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Groups wrangle for arena use

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contention. Many riders at the meeting said they Tempers were flar- don’t want to join or ing and emotions were form a group, and also high when the 100 demanded they be Mile Agriplex Society granted arena rental met with the 100 Mile use by the hour. & District Outriders “That’s what we’re Club and individual disputing here,” said equestrians at the Outriders vice-presiSouth Cariboo Rec. dent Ron Szigety. Centre on March 4. “That means no Voices were individual in raised and critithe commucisms hurled nity can come over the issue at in and ride hand – how the – and that is horse enthusi‘wrong’.” asts can access Agriplex and ride in the director Peter old Stan Halcro Reid explained PETER Arena – and in addiREID in a manner to tion to floor the satisfaction of both g r o o m i n g / m a n u r e parties. cleanup costs and rearAgriplex Society entrance snow removal director John for horse trailers, a volMcCarvill chaired unteer member of the the meeting and tried society had to be on vigorously – if unsuc- site at all times it is cessfully – to keep in use because of the the meeting on track rental agreements. toward a solution rathNumerous riders er than digressing into spoke out about the past disputes and his- current $300 daily tory. fee for horse use Many of the horse rental, stating this owners said they have is inordinately high. been “blocked out” Many didn’t see why for several years from they couldn’t be handusing the arena for ed a key and left to equestrian use. handle the grooming The Agriplex on their own. Society’s recent move The Outriders, in to exclude individuals particular, said at least from arena use in the one point in a letlease agreement with ter Reid had sent to the Cariboo Regional the SCJC before the District (CRD), which CRD lease change was approved by the was approved in midSouth Cariboo Joint February – that at “an Committee (SCJC), earlier work party to Continued on A3 was a major point of Free Press

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Three-year-old Clarke Harvey was in awe when four little lambs visited Our Place Pre-School and Child Care Center in 100 Mile House. The children helped bottle-feeding the orphaned lambs, cuddled and played with them until it was time for them to go back to the ranch. Look for calves and lambs on the ranchers’ fields as this is lambing and calving season all over the Cariboo.

GROW courses continue Effective Jan. 1, 2015, the B.C. Liberal government has ceased paying tuition for adult upgrading students who are not considered low-income. As a result, public post-secondary institutions may begin to charge fees for these programs. According to the Ministry of Advanced Education, the decision to allow institutions to charge tuition for adult upgrading programs was necessary to

“ensure sustainability” of postsecondary programs. In 100 Mile House, The GROW Program principal Michael Franklin says fees will apply to basic education upgrades for some adult students due to the loss of funding. GROW students in the current program have had about 70 per cent of program costs covered by provincial funding, he notes. “After May 1, graduated adults

who want to upgrade ... will have to pay. It looks like it’s going to be about $280 a course.” Low-income students will continue to receive full support through subsidies, and there will still be no cost for Dogwood graduation courses, he says. Franklin adds he does not expect this fee change to affect enrolment much for the local program. Continued on A5

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Around the South Cariboo Chris Schmidt photo

The Lone Butte Ladies OUT Group held a Pink Shirt Day in honour of anti-bullying at its local community hall on March 3. Chris Nickless photo

100 Mile House Save-On-Foods employees Jessica Felce, left, and Tanya Girvan cut and served cake, while store manager Craig Lee looked on during the Save-On-Foods 100th birthday celebration on March 8.

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All of the employes at Lordco Auto Parts participated in Pink Shirt Day on Feb. 25, as they posed in front of pink car.

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Sunrise Ford sales manager Vern Peever, left, and owner Leon Chretien presented a $1,780 cheque to South Cariboo Aquatic Society directors Sue and John Code on March 5. The money was raised with the help of residents who test drove 89 vehicles at a Drive One 4 UR Community event last fall.

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Jaime Harper, left, volunteered to do some face painting during Save-On-Foods 100th birthday celebration in 100 Mile House on March 8. Peyton Sullivan held very still, while Jaime applied paint to her face.

Eclectica Community Choir of 100 Mile House performed with two Williams Lake choirs – The Cariboo Men’s Choir and Quintet Plus and Synergy during the Parade of Choirs in Williams Lake on March 1. The event was a fundraiser for the Hough Memorial Cancer Society, which purchases equipment for the Cariboo Memorial Hospital.

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FAST bytes GREEN SCHOOLS

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Questions and accusations were flying when the 100 Mile & District Outriders Club and individual equestrians met with the 100 Mile Agriplex Society at the South Cariboo Rec. Centre on March 4.

Equestrians seek hourly rates, and access for individual riders

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clean up the arena to make it safe for horses, no one from the equine community showed up” – was false. They said they go back a long way in communications with the society about arena use, and have never been invited to a work bee. They took strong offence to Reid’s

explanation that this referred to a no-show in 2010, while there have been many work bees since then, including last fall and early in 2015. One woman spoke out harshly against this statement and said she will demand the CRD retract its lease change under her allegation this was requested under false pretences. (After the meeting, Reid confirmed

the Outriders had not been invited recently, and said this was because they were not using the arena.) McCarvill noted he is newer to the society and attempted to encourage everyone to work calmly to find a solution, as he was confident a solution could be worked out. McCarvill explained he had made a list of action items to follow up on

and will make the results available for everyone involved. These actions included outlining the membership costs, details, and schedule for potential equine use; investigating what constitutes “commercial use” and the potential for a drop-in fee; and establishing a protocol for cleanup and a policy for access and supervision.

Crime reduction constable welcomed Matt Young joins RCMP detachment in specialized unit

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Const. Matthew (Matt) Young joined the 100 Mile House RCMP detachment in August 2014, and is now a member of its Crime Reduction Unit (CRU). He says this means he holds more of a proactive and preventive role in targeted law enforcement. When potential or known crimes are about to happen, Young says he and his CRU teammates collect information and then try to prevent the act before it takes place, or catch the criminal in the act. If known criminals move in to the area, CRU stays in contact with them or otherwise tries to ascertain that no more crimes are in their agenda, he explains. He keeps a bit of a low profile in his specialized police work to reduce and prevent criminal activities.

“We aren’t as actively in the public eye as general duty [officers].” His secondary role as a CRU member is to support and help alleviate some of what the general duty is doing. The detachment’s new constable says joining the RCMP was his longtime interest since attending high school in his hometown of Kingston, Ont. Young says he wanted to do something that contributes to the community and helps those who need it. He transferred here from Strathcona County, Alta., where he was stationed for more than six years. After serving as an officer in that Sherwood Park area covering about

100,000 people, he sought a posting in a rural setting and settled on 100 Mile House. Young says he has always wanted to get into a country setting with more outdoor recreation opportunities. “I have a dirt bike and an ATV and I love to do camping and all those sorts of things.” Prior to police work, Young worked as one of the heads of security at Delta Lodge Kananaskis near Banff for about a year. “I’d say the biggest thing I got from working security was developing that way of interacting and associating with the public in ... a rule-enforcement role.”

Young says he got into policing to have a career apart from the typical nine-to-five desk job, and he enjoys the camaraderie it provides. “It kind of offers a bit of variety, a little bit of excitement, and I’m out dealing with people and the public.” After attending university for 18 months in Australia – where he finished his criminology degree after his college stint in Kingston – he then travelled for six months, he says. “I saw South Africa and a bunch of Egypt, the Netherlands, and Ireland; I toured around to see the world a bit.” Young says he has greatly enjoyed his interactions and activities in the South Cariboo so far. “It’s a great group here in 100 Mile, and it’s a great community to work in and to live in.”

School District #27 will receive $416,142 for boiler and lighting replacements at Cataline Elementary School in Williams Lake. Twenty-four B.C. school districts are sharing $5 million for energy projects, such as lighting upgrades, boiler replacements, solar panels and electric vehicles, under the Carbon Neutral Capital Program. All school districts were asked to submit proposals to the ministry last November, which were then evaluated for carbon emission reductions, operational savings and contributions available from the district and energy service partners.

YOUTH GRANTS BC Youth in Agriculture Foundation grants are available to groups for initiatives involving youth in agriculture. The foundation supports development of leadership in agriculture, strengthening of agriculture communities and agriculture education. Information and application forms are online www.pne.ca/thefair/ agriculture/pdf/2013/ bcyaf-12-grantapp-form.pdf. Applications are accepted year-round and reviewed quarterly.

LIQUOR LICENCES Liquor licensing for special events and festivals is moving online in April after a pilot program got underway on Feb. 2. The pilot is testing a new online application process to simplify liquor licensing, increase convenience and speed up approvals for small, low-risk events. Events hosts will be able to skip the paper forms and agency visits and apply for a Special Occasion Licence on their computer or mobile device.

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TIME FOR A CHANGE MARCH INTO SPRING

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Local elementary schools music teacher Jasmine Kreschuk conducted nine separate bands, including 150 School District #27 South End elementary band students, 20 Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School music students and several members of the 100 Mile Community Band during the Elementary Band Spring Concert, Feb. 26. Kreschuk says there were about 200 Ken Alexander photo people in the audience.

Regional workshops for fire department heads

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A series of regional workshops is offering administrative training throughout the province over the next two years to better support community fire departments. The workshops will provide key skills and knowledge to local government administrators and chief fire officers, and kicked off with a three-day pilot in Prince George in November. 100 Mile House FireRescue chief Darrell Blades led one of the training sessions at the first workshop. He recommends all local fire chiefs who did not make it to the pilot to attend one of the upcoming workshops. “It was a very good workshop for a volunteer-based department.” Interlakes Volunteer Fire Department chief Doug Townsend was one of the local fire chiefs and administrators who attended the pilot workshop. “It was extremely worthwhile to let the administrators and the people who control budgets to get more of an idea of what training is required, and the costs for this training and for equipment....” For small departments, t hes e expenditures are significant, he says, adding members can’t be compensated for missed wages, and sufficient numbers of personnel must remain behind to man the hall. Although much of

the training is done in-house by a local member who travels for instructional education, Townsend notes this is not always the case. “To get the very latest of training, we have to send people away.” Townsend says he heard how the administrators can help, such as by being more descriptive in public communications on where local government funding goes. The workshop also fostered more understanding for some of the fire chiefs, he adds. “I guess there is a certain level of frustration that most of the chiefs feel, regarding being unable to take advantage of some of this stuff

because of financial restrictions. “You have to be able to come back to your people with the reasons they are and the reasons they are not getting some of the training.” Cariboo Regional District CAO Janis Bell attended the initial workshop, and says she was also pleased with what she heard. “It is encouraging that these forums will include perspectives from both local government chief administrative officers and those of the fire chiefs from across the province.” While the $50,000 in workshop funding comes from the province’s Emergency

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You’ve been to Court - and you won. The Court has ordered the unsuccessful defendant to pay you thousands of dollars. Now, however, the defendant says that they won’t pay until after their appeal has been heard. What does the law say? The BC Court of Appeal was recently faced with this issue in the case of Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc. v. Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company [2015 BCCA 6]. In the Acciona case, 2 construction companies built a 500 bed patient care facility at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, BC. Problems arose and the construction companies sued the insurance companies which had declined to honour the insurance policy. The construction companies were successful in their lawsuit against the insurance companies and they were awarded a judgment of $8.5 million. The insurance companies applied to the court for a stay of the judgment pending the outcome of the appeal. If the stay of judgment had been granted, then the insurance companies would have been entitled to await the outcome of the appeal before paying. In British Columbia, however, the general rule is that the judgment must be paid unless the court orders otherwise. When will the court order otherwise? The Court of Appeal held that a stay of judgment will only be granted if there is a real risk that the successful plaintiff would be unable to pay the money back in the event of a successful appeal. In other words, it is not enough for the appellant to say that they are afraid that they might not be able to get the money back after winning the appeal. The appellant must actually show a significant danger of being unable to recover the money. In the result, it is not enough for an unsuccessful defendant to say that they won’t pay until the appeal is finished. Instead, they must go to court to seek a stay of judgment and they must show good reasons why the stay of judgment should be granted. Article written by Centennial Law Corp. (DED)

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Residents questioned need for new well, treatment at 108 Mile Ranch

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Some residents feel a water system upgrade would increase property values

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Several people at the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) 108 Mile Water System information meeting on Feb. 19 voiced their concerns about the presentation by the regional district representatives. CRD Area L Director Al Richmond and CRD environmental service manager Mitch Minchau walked about 130 residents through a PowerPoint presentation of the water system report provided by Kala Geosciences Ltd. Some folks questioned the need, and cost, for drilling a well in the north aquifer and building a new treatment, as well as the amount of water the 108 Mile Golf Resort uses. Drilling north aquifer well Increasing water demands highlighted the need for drilling in the north aquifer, according to the report. Noting water was being pumped from the north aquifer around the clock for 52 consecutive days last year, one resident said he measured 108 Mile Lake and the lake level was going down. (Later in the meeting, a resident said the lake level was actually going up.)

Another resident suggested using the 106 Mile well to supplement the existing wells, but Minchau said the water recovery wasn’t good enough and there is arsenic in the water. Some folks voiced support for upgrading the water system so the water quantity and quality would be increased to improve property values. Others were dead set against spending millions of dollars to drill a new well, piping it to and from a new treatment plant. They offered several alternatives, which they felt would be cheaper and wouldn’t bump up taxes and fees. Their views often involved limiting or changing water access for the golf course. 108 Mile Golf Resort A resident said there are no lake level drops when the golf course’s surface water pumps were off and, he suggested the CRD look into this issue. Richmond said the flow of water going into the lake and the golf course’s water usage were taken into account by Kala Geosciences, and surface water extraction was assessed 31 per cent during a drought year. Another resident wondered if the 106 Mile well could supply water to the golf resort, so

it wouldn’t have to take water from 108 Mile Lake, and he suggested arsenic wouldn’t be harmful for the golf course. Minchau said it would be a Ministry of Environment decision on whether it would approve putting water containing arsenic on the golf course. He added this idea had been “floated by” the resort owner, but the money to bring the water from the well to the golf course wasn’t available. The followup question was whether it would save money and be reasonable to ask the provincial government to help put a system to get the water to the golf course rather than spending “a lot” of money for an upgraded water system. As a public utility, Richmond noted it can’t provide tax money for water for a privately owned golf course. He added the other issue is the CRD wants to maintain control of the water. A resident asked if there was anyway to ask the province to revisit the golf course’s water licence to decrease the amount of water it takes. Richmond said folks would have to go to their MLA regarding that question. He added that if they can’t irrigate the golf course and people can’t play golf on it, the

owner always has the option to subdivide the property and “we would have to supply them with water.” Richmond noted the golf course owner has a water licence. A few people shouted, “That’s just a scare tactic!” If they decide they want to subdivide the golf course, Richmond responded, they’re in the water service area and we have to give them water. “So, that’s just a reality; whether you like it or you don’t, they’re in the water service area.” The golf course owner has been working hard to reduce the amount of water usage, Richmond said, adding the current and former owners have been good community partners. He noted the well is on the 108 Mile Golf Resort’s property. “They’re the folks who gave us the right-of-way to be there and worked with us with the water lines.... They’re not an enemy in our community.” Richmond said public consent through a referendum would be needed before October, so there will be another meeting when more information is available and more testing has been done.

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“We find that most of the people who come for upgrading are a different clientele; they tend to have the means to pay for it, generally, and we definitely have the means to help out those that don’t.” The GROW Program currently operates 12 hours a week, but there is “some flexibility,” Franklin explains. “As the number of students grows, we have the opportunity to add more hours, if it warrants it.” While this is based on the currently funded 0.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) teacher hours after cutbacks happened last year, he notes the program is still accommodating 30-40 local students. Franklin says learn-

ing supports are also available online from teachers in Williams Lake during regular school days, which are currently being utilized by only a few of its most senior math students. The decrease in teacher funding since 2014 has made it only slightly more difficult for students to connect with GROW classes as they adjust to the tighter schedule, he adds. “Enrolment has decreased a little bit, but not significantly. It is as successful as before.” GROW offers all the core courses (geared toward the Dogwood diploma) to select from to give students the prerequisites to move on to post-secondary education or the skills they need for the workforce, he notes.

Franklin says he expects to have more cross-enrolled students from Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School taking courses

that are not available at their school, or that they missed. Low-income or not, he encourages anyone interested to check with

him before deciding if they can afford the programs. For information, call Franklin at 250-3985800.

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Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015 Where: Lions Den Meeting Room at the South Cariboo Recreation Center. Time: 6-8 pm

Bring your fund-raising or activity date, and place it on the calendar available at the meeting. From all responses, an Annual Calendar of Events will be made. Major conflicts between groups and organizations will hopefully be eliminated or at least decreased. If a representative from your group is unable to make it to the meeting, or should you wish more information, please contact Don Jones (Director of Marketing-100 Mile Wranglers) at 250-644-3420 OR send your activity and date by email to donabel@shaw.ca

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Award Categories & Criteria Business Excellence Dinner will be held on Saturday, April 11 at the 100 Mile Community Hall. This event is open to the public and all are welcome to attend and nominations are open to ANY business or organization. Tickets are $45 or $40 if a non – perishable food item is donated at the time of ticket purchase. A discounted price of $300 is being offered for a purchase of a table (8 tickets) with non-perishable food items. Tickets will be available at Andre’s Electronics and the Chamber ofﬁce or call to reserve 250-395-6124. Seating is limited so get your tickets early to avoid disappointment.

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Forest Grove Legion president Jim Tindale, left, Interlakes Community Complex representative Carolyn Charlton, local MP Cathy McLeod and Lac la Hache Old Age Pensioners Organization representative Judy Boehm were all smiles when McLeod made some funding announcements on March 4.

Local MP Cathy McLeod brings cheques for facilities

K a m l o o p s T h omp s on - C ar i b o o MP Cathy McLeod, announced $65,558 in funding for three South Cariboo communitybased projects, which are led or inspired by seniors, at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #261-Forest on March 4. The Forest Grove Legion received $25,000 to replace flooring and chairs to continue its social seniors outreach and community hospi-

Local fire departments host recruitment campaign Members of 100 Mile House and area fire departments will be bringing some equipment to the SaveOn-Foods parking lot this Saturday (March 14) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Area fire departments are in the midst of a joint recruitment campaign, and every one of them needs new volunteers. This event will provide folks, who have questions about what is involved in joining the volunteer fire department in their communities, an opportunity to talk to their local firefighters and get those questions answered.

tality programs. The Lac la Hache Old Age Pensioners Organization received $15,558 to replace flooring and purchase a public address sound system to continue activities, such as dinners, auctions, workshops, exercise classes, dancing, games and events. The Interlakes Community Complex received $25,000 to purchase and install an audio visual system to allow seniors to con-

tinue activities, such as yoga, Tai Chi, darts, chair aerobics, special events and sports activities. “Our government recognizes the valuable contribution seniors have made to our society and the economy,” said McLeod. “By supporting New Horizons for Seniors Program projects, we are acting to ensure seniors maintain a good quality of life and continue to be active members of our community.”

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The nominees are (in no particular order): • Walt Sherry • Lucille Armstrong • Josh Dickerson • Al and April Roberts

• Larry Rode • Ingrid Meyer • Richard Bergan • Lori Fleming

The nomination packages have been handed over to the Chair of the Citizen of the Year Selection Committee, our MLA Donna Barnett. Barnett will convene a Committee of past winners to review the nominations and select the winner for 2014. The winner will be announced at the Chamber’s 21st Annual Business Excellence Awards at a gala evening to be held on Saturday, April 11. The evening will be an entertaining and enjoyable event honouring not only the 2014 Citizen of the Year but also local business excellence with 13 categories of awards.

Nominations 2015: The top four nominations in each category will be voted on at the Business Excellence Awards Dinner. Please note, the top four are in no particular order. FAMILY FRIENDLY BUSINESS Sponsored by Cariboo Family Enrichment Centre TOP FOUR: Tim Hortons Dairy Queen One Another. A Coffee House Save-On-Foods Other nominations for recognition Sunrise Ford 108 Mile Supermarket Jeans Place Snacks 4U Vending – Chuck Douglas Donex Pharmacy & Department Store Nuthatch Books GREATEST IMPROVEMENT 2014 Sponsored by Sunrise Ford TOP FOUR: Sunrise Ford Country 840/The Goat Dairy Queen West Fraser Other nominations for recognition Andre’s Electronics 108 Mile Supermarket RISING STAR Sponsored by 108 Mile Supermarket TOP FOUR Focused Fitness Borgos’ Sport Shack Our Kitchen Corner One Another. A Coffee House Other Nominations for recognition Century Home Hardware RE/MAX 70 Mile Store General Store Gold Trail Recycling Sean Watson Safeway Dairy Queen CaribooRadio.com TOURISM/RECREATION AWARD Sponsored by Regency Chrysler TOP FOUR Cariboo Challenge – Family Fun Night CaribooRadio.com Mount Timothy Ski Society Canlan Ice Sports Other Nominations for recognition South Cariboo Visitor Information Centre Watch Lake North Green Lake Business Association Spring Lake Ranch The New 108 Resort The Hills Health and Guest Ranch BEST MARKETING AND PROMOTION Sponsored by the 100 Mile Free Press TOP FOUR CaribooRadio.com Andre’s Electronics 100 Mile House Wranglers Country 840/The Goat Other nominations for recognition Canlan Ice Sports Meridian RV The Hills Health and Guest Ranch Invis-The Guimond Group Green Sisters The Lac La Hache Garlic Festival

COMMUNITY INCLUSION AWARD Sponsored by Cedar Crest Society for Community Living TOP FOUR Safeway 100 Mile Wranglers Cariboo Family Enrichment Centre Focused Fitness Other nominations for recognition Cedar Crest Society RBC One Another. A Coffee House Millsite Lodge Canlan Ice Sports

RESOURCE-BASED EXCELLENCE AWARD Sponsored by Ainsworth Engineered Canada LP TOP FOUR Findlay Meats Sitka Log Homes Ainsworth Engineered LP CEEDS Other nominations for recognition McNeil and Sons Logging 3M Simmental Ranch CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD Sponsored by Country 840 & The Goat TOP FOUR Tim Hortons Gold Trail Recycling United Flooring Village Hair Studio

BEST HOME-BASED BUSINESS Sponsored by Bank of Montreal TOP FOUR High Tech Computers Justin Guimond Jayco Plumbing Furnace Repair Other nominees for recognition Creating Joy in Art Work n Play Clothing Green Sisters Findlay Meats Our Kitchen Corner Other nominations for recognition Century Home Hardware Rainers’ Health House Safeway Ingrid’s Foot Care 7-11 My Spare Time Happy Landing Restaurant Snack 4U Vending Top Line Printers First Stop Auto Donex Pharmacy & Department Store Ridgeview Therapy Ace Hardware Old School Grill BEST NEW BUSINESS Save-On-Foods Sponsored by Williams Lake & Dist. Credit Union facination street TOP FOUR New Attitude Hair Designs Our Kitchen Corner Exeter Forest and Marine Cariboo Country Mobile Vets Higher Ground Natural Foods Borgos’ Sport Shack Pita Jack PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD - BEST BUSINESS Other nominations for recognition Sponsored by Tim Hortons TOP FOUR Lone Rock Café Borgos’ Sport Shack One Another. A Coffee House One Another. A Coffee House Always and Forever Weddings Regency Chrysler NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR Chartreuse Moose Cappuccino Bar and Bistro Sponsored by CaribooRadio.com Other nominations for recognition TOP FOUR Andre’s Electronic Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy Donex Pharmacy & Department Store Cedar Crest Society Cariboo Country Mobile Vet South Cariboo Search and Rescue Century Home Hardware Whisker Kisses Safeway facination street Other nominations for recognition Smitty’s Family Restaurant Mount Timothy Ski Society Old School Grill 100 Mile and District Soccer Association Fire House Diner Psalm 23 Gold Trail Recycling 100 Mile Festival of The Arts Special Olympics COMMUNITY-BASED EXCELLENCE AWARD Sponsored by PMT Chartered Acccountants TOP FOUR Country 840/The Goat 108 Mile Super Market Save-On-Foods Century Home Hardware Other nominations for recognition Mount Timothy Ski Society Shaver Comfort Solutions Cariboo Family Enrichment Centre Horton Ventures Timber Mart Cariboo Mobile Vets Snack 4U Vending The Outaw Clothing Co. Canlan Ice Sports 70 Mile General Store 59 Mile Business Centre Thanks To Our Media Sponsors:

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The South Cariboo Chamber of Commerce (SCCC) nominations for the 21st Annual Business Excellence Awards are now closed and the top 4 in each category have been chosen. “We are doing the voting a little differently this year ... the top 4 nominees for each category will actually be voted on at the 21st Annual Business Excellence Awards Dinner,” says Chamber executive director Shelly Morton.” Ballots counted Family Friendly Business Award Top 4: Tim Hortons, Dairy Queen, One Another. A Coffee House and Save-On-Foods. Greatest Improvement in 2014 Award Top 4: Sunrise Ford, Country 840/The Goat,

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Rising Star Award Top 4: Focused Fitness, Borgos’ Sport Shack, Our Kitchen Corner and One Another. A Coffee House Tourism/ Recreation Award Top 4: Cariboo Challenge – Family Fun Night, Caribooradio. com, Mount Timothy and Canlan Ice Sports. Best Marketing Award Top 4: Caribooradio. com, Andre’s Electronics, 100 Mile House Wranglers and Country 840/The Goat. Community Inclusion Award Top 4: Safeway, 100 Mile House Wranglers. Cariboo Family Enrichment Centre and

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Best Home Based Award Top 4: High Tech Computers, Justin Guimond-Jayco Plumbing Ltd., Creating Joy in Art and Green Sisters. Best New Business Award Top 4: Our Kitchen Corner, Cariboo Country Mobile Veterinary Services, Borgos’ Sport Shack and Pita Jacks. Non Profit Award Top 4: Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy, Cedar Crest Society for Community Living, South Cariboo Search and Rescue and Whisker Kisses. Community Based Award Top 4: Country 840/

The Goat, 108 Mile Supermarket, SaveOn-Foods and Century Hardware. Resource Based Award Top 4: Findlay Meats, Sitka Log Homes, Ainsworth Engineered Canada LP and C.E.E.D.S. Customer Service Award Top 4: Tim Hortons, Gold Trail Recycling, United Carpet and Village Hair Studio. People’s Choice Award Top 4: Borgos’ Sport Shack, One Another. A Coffee House, Regency Chrysler and Chartreuse Moose. Gala dinner The South Cariboo Chamber Of Commerce is hosting its 21st Annual Business Excellence

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Don Jones wants to help people get on the same page. The 100 Mile House Wranglers director of marketing knows firsthand what happens to attendance numbers when big events are happening simultaneously in a small town like 100 Mile House – they drop. To help local organizations, clubs, schools, church groups and the like, Jones is offering to compile a master list of all the events, activities and fundraisers planned between April and March 2016. The idea being that

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Harvest allocation fair to all hunters

fter more than 10 years of review and negotiations, it’s time to put the issue of wildlife harvest allocation (WAP) behind us and have some certainty. At the end of the day, all stakeholders want the same thing – healthy wildlife populations that can be sustainably used by all groups. Obviously, the issue is contentious, with a middle ground that was hard to find. If it weren’t, it wouldn’t have taken 18 months of intensive negotiations to determine how to allocate the 7,500 big-game animals affected by allocation. Under the decision, an estimated 60 animals have been moved to guideoutfitter hunts. Regardless of this decision, resident hunters will continue to harvest about 92% of the 48,000 big game animals taken annually by hunters. Many popular species are not affected, including mule deer, white-tailed deer,

most Rocky Mountain elk provincial economy by populations and black bear. pursuing their passion This is because allocation for hunting and fishing, is required only for species and it is anticipated this in areas that cannot be will continue. They also managed solely by general make large and ongoing open season and only in the contributions to wildlife parts of British Columbia stewardship. covered The guideby guiding outfitter industry territories. also plays a Hunting and valuable role, fishing are key encouraging parts of many tourism and B.C. families’ providing income lives and I am for B.C. residents committed to and families. keeping it this Out-of-province way. The increase guide-outfitter Steve in resident clients are some Thomson hunters from of the highest82,000 10 years spending tourists ago to over per capita in B.C. 102,000 today is, in part, I am also committed to because of resident hunter maintaining the viability recruitment and retention of the guide-outfitter strategies implemented by industry, and to do that our government. this allocation decision was The WAP decision also required. reflects this commitment – That said, I am sensitive resident hunters continue to concerns of resident to have priority over nonhunters. It was for resident hunters. Resident this reason I revisited hunters make an important my December 2014 contribution toward the determination and found

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or the past decade, the provincial government, the British Columbia Wildlife Federation (BCWF) and the Guide Outfitters Association of B.C. (GOABC) have been trying to iron out a policy that would give certainty to how many big game animals resident hunters can harvest compared to how many non-resident hunters can harvest. Non-resident hunters must hunt under a special permit with a guide outfitter, who is represented by GOABC. Resident hunters are represented by the BCWF. For the past decade, GOABC and the BCWF have wrestled vigorously to try to gain more of the wildlife harvest allocation. In 2007, the provincial government, resident hunter and guide outfitter representatives signed a wildlife allocation policy that first set out the big game harvesting priority order – conservation, First Nations, resident hunters and non-resident hunters. Once animal conservation is satisfied, then First Nations has to be satisfied and then resident hunters and guide outfitters share the remaining allocation, with resident hunters getting priority over non-resident hunters. Soon after the policy was signed, the economy went into a recessionary tail-spin, and guide outfitters’ clientele dropped off and they started filing hardship grievances because they weren’t able to harvest their use-it-or-lose quotas stipulated by the province. During this period, moose populations started declining, which added to the problem – and the allocation goal posts started shifting on a regional management unit basis. Tempers started to flare between GOABC and the BCWF over allocation issues, and eventually exploded in December 2014. This when Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson announced he was moving some 168 big game permits out of the resident hunters’ limited entry hunt (LEH) areas and giving the permits to the guide-outfitter industry. It infuriated resident hunters and the BCWF, and a letter-writing campaign to government and its MLAs began. Protest rallies popped up all over the province, including in 100 Mile House. Eventually, Thomson limited the transfer to 60 animals to the guide outfitters, stating it was a done deal and he hoped the BCWF and GOABC could work together to support the government’s goals (see the Guest Shot on this page). However, guide outfitters and resident hunters have turned their sights to the provincial government, and are demanding further negotiation and changes for the allocation system. They also want changes in the LEH system and they want to work with the government to create healthy wildlife populations for the future.

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strategic ways to reduce the transfer of animals from 110 to 60. Guide outfitters were not happy about this shift, but I felt it was important to balance the priority of resident harvest with the need of business certainty for guides. Government’s intent is for a consistent and transparent policy that is fair to all wildlife user groups, where conservation comes first, First Nations’ needs are met, and resident hunters receive priority allocation. The WAP decision meets this intent, and will ensure the $350 million that hunting brings to B.C. (from both guides and residents) continues to be viable for years to come. I am hopeful resident hunters and guide outfitters can work together with government to support these goals, which are supported by all hunters. Steve Thomson is the Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations minister.

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Resident disputes some water meeting 'science' To the editor: Your decision to place the water meeting report on the front page of the Feb. 26 edition of the Free Press will be appreciated by 108 Mile Ranch’s 1,000 homeowners. It’s unfortunate Kala gave erroneous answers to three questions. • Return of the lake level to historic levels will not occur naturally: My comment is the Cariboo Regional District’s (CRD) decision to limit sprinkling to every second day has resulted in the aquifer pro-

viding adequate flow to the pump without drawing down the 250foot crack from the lake. Hence, the Kala (Geosciences Ltd.) figure of 33% becomes 0%. In contrast, the lake level will rise seven inches per year; 10 inches per year if the golf course is supplied from the unused wells at 106 Mile and Easzee, as proposed by the Duncan/Leslie report of 2008. • During a drought year ... (paragraph 8): During my 44 years in the South Cariboo, there never has

been a drought year. Watson Lake has always remained full, with its overflow feeding the Ducks Unlimited ponds in the Walker Valley. Surface Water Extraction 31%: The only extraction is for golf course irrigation, which uses far less than its licence permits. • What does Kala mean by this statement: “Lake levels will drop until the lake area is small enough ...? Over the past five years, precipi-

tation has exceeded evaporation. Despite no inflow from the Tubbs Lake watershed, the level of Succour Lake had, by late summer 2014, reached overflow, as the V-notch flowmeter at the 108 Heritage Site has shown. The Kala figure of 36% of evaporation over precipitation makes no sense. Those people who walk the lakeshore trail expressed their delight that the lake’s level had, in summer 2014, risen by over one foot.

Spending $115,000 on a well into the north aquifer to provide six inches rise a year – confirmed by an unnamed third-party consultant – is economically unrealistic. Regarding the CRD’s proposal to spend $5 million on a treatment plant except to say that since 1997, our water softener and reverse osmosis unit has provided 100% pure water. Neil Duncan 108 Mile Ranch

Premier’s wildlife allocation policy wrong

To the editor: This is an open letter to Premier Christie Clark. I have been a B.C. Liberal supporter for a long time and have remained silent regarding many issues/changes that you and your government have forced upon the residents and taxpayers of British Columbia to our detriment. However, your recent wildlife allocation decision that favours B.C. guideoutfitters (GOABC) and their foreign hunters is an issue that is the deal breaker for me and many other resident hunters who have depended on access to the hunting of wild game over the years to fill our freezers. Maybe you, your ministers, and other MLAs think that handing off resident hunting opportunities to foreigners is no big deal, but I can assure you that is a major miscalculation on your part. Whether you think so or not, the 102,000 resident hunters, their families, friends and sympathizers in this province are a force to be reckoned with, and we are quite capable

of making a huge difference regarding which political party forms the next government. If you think not, just continue to ignore our concerns and proceed with your present wildlife allocation policy. Our Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA (Donna Barnett) should have received a wake-up call at our recent resident hunter rally in 100 Mile House and, in turn, she should have communicated the seriousness of our mes-

sage to you. Obviously, she failed to do that. By dismissing the huge wave of protest from resident hunters concerning this issue the B.C. Liberal government’s arrogance becomes ever more evident to all B.C. residents. That Ms. Clark, will serve to be Donna’s mistake and the rest of your B.C. Liberal government’s problem when voters go to the

polls the next time around. I would be willing to bet that many B.C. Liberal MLAs will suffer the consequences of your poor decision-making in the next election if you don’t reverse your decision to sell out resident hunters, and sell off B.C.’s wildlife and hunting territories to foreigners. Larry Badke, resident hunter 100 Mile House

Lack of moose in our area apparent

To the editor: I am writing regarding your resident hunters vs. guide-outfitters squabble over hunting allocations story on page A3 of the Feb. 19 edition of the Free Press. I sure liked the picture of the moose as I haven’t seen many in the flesh this year. Is the only good moose a dead moose? I am raising this question on behalf of the moose that don’t have any rights to speak on the matter. From my observation, there isn’t

as many of these creatures living amongst us as even a short 20 years ago. How about a moratorium on hunting them for about five years? Give these great beasts a chance to rebuild their numbers. Maybe the days of a “viable industry” are past and our society should shift gears and re-examine the attitude of “pride in bagging a moose” or depending on an “industry” that depends on the killing of the biggest and best.

Now, these hunting factions sound like dogs fighting over a bone. Some areas are admittedly overrun with deer and elk and could still have a hunting season. I’m not opposed to hunting for food. Look 10 years ahead and this discussion could be moot unless we start to protect their well-being in a healthy wilderness. Karen Greenwood Horse Lake

Seniors’ advocate strikes a chord

The survey found that 60 per cent of to afford to stay in their homes. See home seniors living on $30,000 or less annual adaptation, property tax and rent subsidy income didn’t know they are eligible programs above. for discounts on Medical Services Plan Awareness and usage of the SAFER program premiums. For income less than $22,000, was lowest in the north and highest in urban the entire $864 cost of individual areas, perhaps not surprising since MSP premiums is waived. the B.C. government exists more in Other frequently overlooked theory than in fact in many remote programs are a monthly places. rent subsidy called Shelter So what should the government Aid for Elderly Renters do about this? Well, it could (SAFER), grants for disability advertise these programs. modifications called Home The government does lots of Adaptations for Independence, advertising, but not about old drug cost assistance called news like the SAFER program, Fair Pharmacare, property which dates back to the 1970s. Tom tax deferment and the federal Clark’s government did a whack Fletcher Guaranteed Income Supplement of advertising in the election program. Those older than 75 year – 2013. Much of it was about with income of less than $30,000 the B.C. Jobs Plan, heavy on the reported the lowest awareness of assistance hardhats and blueprint-style graphics and designed specifically for them. But you arc welding and stuff like that. don’t get these benefits unless you apply Then last year the government’s big ad and show that your income qualifies. campaign was around the teachers’ strike, The survey also found that the biggest fear and the payments to parents to help with of low-income seniors is they won’t be able child care while teachers demanded twice

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ritish Columbia’s new seniors’ advocate has issued her second report, and the media mostly ignored it. When this new office was promised by a campaigning Premier Christy Clark two years ago, I suggested B.C. already has 85 seniors’ advocates. They’re called MLAs, and inquiries go to their local offices. Much to the chagrin of the Opposition, Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Mackenzie’s mandate is not to pursue individual cases, and so she won’t be serving up a fresh assortment of horror stories to embarrass the government. Instead, it is to look for “systemic challenges” and recommend ways to deal with them. The latest report is based on a survey of more than 500 seniors from around the province, and the key finding was not what she expected. “We were surprised to learn of the lack of awareness among seniors, particularly lowincome seniors, of government programs and the subsidies available to assist them,” Mackenzie said.

as big a raise as all the other unions. Education Minister Peter Fassbender is still bragging about the response rate for $40-aday parental strike pay, which was snapped up by almost 100 per cent of eligible parents. This demonstrates that the government can indeed give away money with great efficiency, just by telling people how to get it. The NDP’s version of seniors’ advocacy is to find the most tragic problems from complaints coming into constituency offices, and use those to ambush the government. A popular choice is an elderly couple who have to be separated because their medical needs are too different to keep them in the same facility. TV news loves that one. People cry on camera and denounce politicians for being heartless, as if the health minister stayed up late plotting how to break their granny’s heart. Maybe this seniors’ advocate wasn’t such a bad idea after all. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @ tomfletcherbc E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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the province Accused in shooting RCMP wants court to speed up KAMLOOPS — The man accused of shooting a Kamloops Mountie during a traffic stop in December appears to be frustrated by the length of time it is taking to have his file move through the courts. During a brief appearance on Thursday, March 5, in Kamloops provincial court via video from Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre, Ken Knutson urged the Crown to pick up the pace. After his next appearance was set for April 2, Knutson, 36, asked whether the Crown would provide its disclosure by then. “It’s been since December, right?” he said. “Pitter patter, let’s get at ‘er.” He was then led out of video frame by a sheriff. Knutson is facing a raft of serious charges, including attempted murder, stemming from the Dec. 3 shooting of RCMP Cpl. Jean-Rene Michaud. Knutson, a convicted killer with a lengthy criminal history and ties to gangs, is due back in court for a potential bail hearing on April 2, giving defence lawyer Jordan Watt time to review the file. Michaud, meanwhile, is still recovering at Royal Inland Hospital. Mom teaches child to speed excessively KELOWNA — The Kelowna Integrated Road Safety Unit spent a few hours in the southbound lanes on Highway 97 between Oyama and Winfield Sunday afternoon and caught a number of speed hungry drivers, including one pair that left them shaking their heads. A vehicle sporting an L sign was driving more than 50 km/hour over the 100 km/hour limit, prompting police to pull it over. When they did, they found a mother presiding over their child's lessons, said Const. Kris Clark, noting they got a ticket and the car was impounded. Speeds that high significantly impair the ability to stop or navigate when trouble arises, Clark pointing out the problem. In addition to the speedy family, Mounties issued eight tickets for excessive speeding with vehicle impound, including three N drivers.

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I would say no. I think the old Junior school building could be used for another purpose, not torn down.

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I think it’s a good place for the school as long as the safety and security of the children can be assured there.

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Yes, I think so. The Junior site is close to the town and amenities and it is already situated for a school.

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Traffic backed up and motorists began pulling U-turns when a roadblock was set up on Highway 97 on March 9. A driver had reported someone was pointing what appeared to be a rifle toward the traffic just north of 100 Mile House.

Motorist reports seeing person with rifle

Shortly before 10 a.m. on March 9, a motorist travelling south on Highway 97 just outside 100 Mile House reported a young male walking on the side of the road and pointing what was believed to be a rifle towards the highway. Several patrol units from 100 Mile House

RCMP responded to the complaint and set up containment in the area of the Marmot Ridge Golf Course. Highway 97 was also closed for a period of time while officers searched for the young male. Further information was provided, which led police to the

7-Eleven in 100 Mile House where the young male and his guardian were located. Investigators were able to confirm that there was no firearm involved in this incident and the young boy had been pointing a stick. Once there was no further public safety

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concern, the highway and surrounding area were re-opened.

Sometime between 7 and 9 p.m. on March 5, the window of a vehicle parked at the South Cariboo Theatre was damaged. Between midnight and 1 p.m. on March 6, the window of a vehicle parked at the South Cariboo Rec. Centre was also damaged. Fuel theft Sometime between March 2 and 3, unknown culprits stole approximately 300 litres of diesel fuel from a business west of the 100 Mile Industrial Park. Three fences were also damaged during the theft. The total amount of loss is estimated by the $2,400. If you have any information on this or any other crimes in the 100 Mile House area call 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Your identity will remain unknown. Should your information lead to the arrest of the responsible party Crime Stoppers will pay cash for the TIP.

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report The 100 Mile House RCMP responded to 54 complaints and calls for service during the past. This was the highlight of the week. Excessive speed On March 8, Cariboo-Chilcotin Traffic Services members detected a vehicle being operated at a high rate of speed on CanimHendrix Lake Road near Buffalo Creek. The vehicle was stopped and the driv-

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The hard work by students paid dividends with a successful fundraiser and entertaining show on March 4. The Amnesty Concert is an annual event organized by the Amnesty International Club at Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School. The event saw musical acts by students and teachers and raised $859, which will be split in two donations to the 100 Mile House Food Bank and Loaves & Fishes Outreach. “We’ve been working on it for a few months,” says teacher Noelle Lamoureux. “The students are really pleased with how it came together in the end.” The student-driven club currently has about 15 members. Each year, the students choose a new theme for the concert. This year it was local children in poverty. “The whole idea is to have a forum for students to perform, but also to raise awareness of human rights and helping people,” says Lamoureux. “We’re very fortunate in this country and not everyone is as fortunate. We’re raising that kind of awareness.” Lamoureux thanked all the performers, as well as the art, band and leadership students who helped organize the event.

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Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School student Kira Saenger was one the performers to take the stage, singing Who Are You by Jessie J, at the annual Amnesty Concert in 100 Mile House on March 4. The event raised $859 for local charities.

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Nine-in-ten youth hockey fans say verbally abusive spectators are a “serious” problem for Canada’s iconic winter sport, according to a recent national poll conducted by the Angus Reid Institute. Close to 60 per cent of those surveyed have witnessed angry parents berating referees, and close to 50 per cent saw kids on the ice on the receiving end of this behaviour. The opinion poll was conducted with adult fans who have attended at least one youth game in the past two years.

Wranglers showed continued effort against Kamloops in Round 2

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It's weird, says 100 Mile House Wranglers coach Dale Hladun. The end of a hockey season is a lot like the abrupt end of a movie. Or even more so, like that famous final episode of The Sopranos. There's something, and there's usually something else coming, and then, just like that, there's nothing. Cut to black. Game over. The Wranglers 201415 season ended just like its inaugural one in 2013-14, (except with more controversy this time). The local Kootenay International Junior Hockey League club knocked out the Chase Heat in Round 1 of the playoffs, before falling to its Doug Birks Division rival and powerhouse club Kamloops Storm in Round 2. Kamloops clinched the series at home in Game 5 on March 7. The game took a controversial turn in the second period, explains coach Hladun. 100 Mile House's Austin Turner put the club on the board early in the first, and the

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Cole Weber and the 100 Mile House Wranglers extended a Round 2 series with the Kamloops Storm with a huge 4-1 win in Game 4 at the South Cariboo Rec. Centre on March 6, but fell short in Game 5 following a controversial goal in Kamloops on March 7.

Wranglers had a 1-0 lead until the puck went off a Kamloops skate and past goalie Kristian

Stead. To the Wranglers bench, the puck was clearly redirected intentionally, which should

have meant no goal. Assistant coach Richard Duff was ejected for arguing the call with

the referee, who then handed the Wranglers a two-minute bench minor. Kamloops

scored on the ensuing power play, icing the game and the series, 2-1. Continued on A18

Huber back defending B.C. title Ken Huber is stepping back into the ring to defend a provincial boxing title, following a punishing loss five months ago. The Kamloops amateur boxer, who grew up in 100 Mile House, is defending for the fifth time his CombSport BC Cruiserweight title. While he last successfully defended that championship belt in an actionpacked fight against Victoria pugilist Bryan Colwell last May in Kelowna, Huber more recently lost his national amateur title by unanimous decision to a Toronto boxer, Andre Gore, who

dropped Huber with a bruising punch challenge him to a fight is all. in the fourth round, a few months Heading into the March 21 bout later in October. on Vancouver Island, initiWith the defeat came some ated from a challenge by a big soul searching for the 31-yearSurrey boxer named Aaron old Huber, who operates the Downey, Huber says he's back Kamloops Boxing Academy. on track, healthy, in good He contemplated taking a spirits. break from competition to “My body is treating me start coaching full time. He really well,” the champ says. “I Ken thought about taking a shot want to give this as much as huber at mixed martial arts. a go as I can. I think boxing However, it seems it didn't is where it's at for me. That's take much for Huber to start again what I'm cut out to do and that's what for the boxing ring – someone had to I'm going to keep doing.”

Huber adds he's now thinking of taking a professional fight near the end of 2015. Of Downey, his upcoming opponent, Huber says he doesn't know much about him, except that he's coming down in weight to make the 195-lbs limit, and that he has in the past lost a decision to Colwell, whom Huber last beat via very close splitdecision. “I've heard he's super tough. He's got a bunch of [mixed martial arts] fights. I think he's got a challenge ahead of him, and I think I do too.”

The 100 Mile House Curling Club held its 56th Annual Ladies Bonspiel on March 6-8. Laurie Rippon's rink of Quesnel defeated the Margie Folk girls of 100 Mile House, 8-6, in a very close game that went down to the last rock to finish first in the “A” event. Maria Hamilton's rink from Bridge Lake squeezed past the Lorraine Young rink of 100 Mile, 6-5, in the “B” final. Joanne Doddridge's rink from 100 Mile House won the “C” final. For more on the event, read the March 19 edition of the 100 Mile House Free Press.

NORDICS CLUB A local cross country club is looking for volunteers and a new director. The 100 Mile Nordics are inviting members to an annual general meeting (AGM) on March 23. The AGM is slated for 7 p.m. at the 99 Mile Ski Lodge, located just south of 100 Mile House up 99 Mile Hill.

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Stead, the Wranglers MVP all season long, was credited with the away team's star of the game, turning away 36 shots. Cole Zimmerman assisted on Turner's goal.

Kamloops moved on to the Okanagan Shuswap Conference finals, which started on March 11, with the Osoyoos Coyotes. The Kimberley Dynamiters and Beaver Valley Nitehawks are meeting in the Kootenay Conference finals. The

winners of those two series will meet in the league championship. “I'm extremely proud of the effort all year,” says Hladun. “We had hardworking kids that should make the community proud of their effort right up to the end.”

CLOSE GAMES AT TOURNAMENT

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Mile 108 Elementary School's Noah Dykstra defended against Horse Lake Elementary School's Nate Wolstenholme during a Grade 7 basketball tournament in 108 Mile Ranch on March 4. The tournament saw a number of ties, with 100 Mile Elementary also competing, and very close games throughout the day. Mile 108 finished first place.

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We had hardworking kids that should make the community proud of their effort right up to the end.

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Wranglers bench at the start of next season. “I've coached a lot of years, at a lot of different levels with different organizations. This has been probably my most enjoyable year in junior hockey. From

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The Wranglers forced Game 5 with their backs against the wall in an exciting 4-1 win in front of close to 700 local fans in Game 4 on March 6. A. Turner took star of the game honours for the Wranglers with a two-goal effort. Michael Lynch and Brett Harris also found the back of the net. Harris (2), Devan Suidy and Cole Weber tallied assists. That sudden lull

Hladun spoke about after Game 5 didn't last very long. The coaching staff met with players this week to discuss their past season and their future, and Hladun is now off to the Okanagan, Clearwater, Dawson Creek and Red Deer, to scout midget tournaments ahead of the Wranglers spring camp in April. Hladun anticipates being behind the

the community, from the players on the team, from the executive, you want to win now, you want to win even more.” “I see a lot of successful seasons coming up,” he adds.

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Six 100 Mile House soccer players are attending the Cariboo Soccer Academy in Quesnel. Mario Mastroianni, left, and Ross Holtom, are coaching Alana Forsyth, left, Kailey Lund, Ashley Holyk, Chantelle Walters, Daneya Tessaro and Lee Koch.

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Artists Guild group at showcase gallery Carole Rooney Free Press

A group of Cariboo Artists Guild (CAG) members are featured at Showcase Gallery in the South Cariboo Business Centre this month. Bobbie Crane uses acrylics to express her artistic talents, and enjoys painting under a theme of “fur and feathers” – also the theme of her upcoming solo show at Parkside Art Gallery, May 22-June 20. “I am very eclectic; I do portraits, landscapes and wildlife.” She has been painting for more than 30 years, and teaches regular classes. Cheryl Gauthier’s favourite medium is watercolour, but she also enjoys chalk pastel, oil and acrylic. “I’ve been drawing and painting since I was 10 years old, and I’ve belonged to the guild here for 23 years.” An eclectic artist who currently favours acrylic, Susan Kruse also paints extensively in watercolour, and some pencil crayon. “I love wildlife and I do them in their habitat. I love landscapes; I’ve done still

life – I take lots of photographs and spend lots of time outside.” Kruse uses those photos to paint indoors during the winter. Juanita Corbett enjoys depicting dogs, wildlife and landscapes, typically in pencil and ink, but she is expanding into other mediums, such as pastel chalk. She began painting about 11 years ago, with her first lesson instructed by Gauthier. Acrylic, pastels, and drawings are all seen in Shirley Williams’ work, but she is beginning to dabble in encaustic. While she has painted for decades – ever since she could hold a brush – she put no emphasis on her artwork until about 10 years ago. Over the 12 years Gisela Gruning has been painting, her subjects have ranged from flowers and landscapes to people and animals. “I paint with all kinds of mediums – oil, acrylic, encaustic and watercolour.” Patsy Granberg has been drawing for three decades, but just began painting a couple of years ago, and does

mostly portraits. “I prefer working with oils because it allows you to work a lot more slowly and thoughtfully.” She says being a CAG member challenges her to do more landscapes and other subjects. In her lifelong passion for painting, Carolyne Herperger most often paints Cariboo scenery, with some wildlife pieces. “I like to paint in acrylics, I’m learning how to do pastels, and I’ve done coloured pencil.” Neil Pinkett has drawn since childhood – mostly in ink and oil pastel. He moved into acrylic and oil painting about eight years ago, and has since created five of the murals in 100 Mile House. His preferred subject is trees, but he paints a wide variety of subjects. Sheep are a frequent motif that stayed with him since he depicted them in a series of postcards in England. These and many other CAG members will also be displaying their paintings in the Parkside Art Gallery Summer Art Show, July 31-Sept. 12.

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The 100 Mile House & District SPCA’s annual Cupcake Day was a huge success, says branch supervisor Randi Dewhirst “We went through 75 dozen cupcakes, and are you sitting down, we earned $1,420.10.” The proceeds from the local branch’s version of the Third Annual National Cupcake Day go where it’s needed the most – helping distressed animals. Dewhirst and her volunteers raised almost $500 more than the $922 they raised last year. The

Shirley Cucksey, left, Sandy Ellis, Lydia Kendall and Jean Nixdorf sold dozens and dozens of cupcakes they and other volunteers baked to fundraise at Cariboo Mall for SPCA National Cupcake Day on Feb. 23.

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What’s On Here’s a convenient listing of upcoming arts, entertainment and cultural events by non-profit groups in the South Cariboo. To be included, call 250-395-2219 at least one week before the event.

• March 13-April 11 – Parkside Art Gallery is featuring Becoming Light Everything Flows by Claudia Ring and Trish Chung who will be showing felted, knitted and sewn lamps. Artist Reception: March 13, 5-7 p.m.; Artist Talk: 5:30 p.m. The gallery is at 410 Cedar Ave. and is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. • March 14 – The 2014 Big Buck Contest scoring will be done at the Lone Butte Fire Hall from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. No-charge scoring for all other antlers that day only. The Lone Butte Fire Department will be providing hotdogs, coffee and pop by donation. • March 15 – Creekside Seniors Activity Centre is hosting a St. Patrick’s potluck lunch. Doors open at noon and lunch is at 1 p.m. There will live music and door prizes. Everyone is welcome. • March 21 – The Watch Lake/Green Lake Community Association is hosting its annual Beef-in-a-Bun dinner fundraiser. Besides beefin-a-bun, coleslaw and pasta salads, dessert, tea and coffee will be served. There will also be a silent auction. Doors open at 5 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12 years. For further information and to reserve tickets, contact Joni at 250-456-7330 or Guy at 250-395-9082. • March 26-28 – The 100 Mile Performing Arts Society is presenting Norm Foster’s The Melville Boys at Martin Exeter Hall in 100 Mile House, March 26-28.The play is about two brothers who have their weekend plans thrown out of whack by the arrival of two sisters who become catalysts for a tenderly funny and unsentimental look at four lives in transition. Performances start at 7 p.m. on March 26, 27 and 28, with a 1 p.m. matinee on March 28.Tickets are $15 and they are available at Didi’s and Donex • March 26 – South Cariboo Sustainability Society will show Clean Bin Project, rescheduled from February at the Community Employment Centre, 808 Alpine Ave., 100 Mile House at 7 p.m. The film follows from last month’s film, Just Eat It, as the filmmakers try to live waste free for one year. Admission is by donation. Information: http://southcariboosustainability. com, facebook or call 250-791-7284. • April 11 – The South Cariboo Chamber of Commerce is hosting its 21st Annual Business Excellence and Citizen of the Year Celebration at the 100 Mile Community Hall – refreshments at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7. Tickets are $45 each, or $40 if non-perishable food item is donated at purchase of ticket. Tickets available at Andre’s Electronics, Donex Pharmacy, the Chamber office, or reserve by calling 250-395-6124. • April 23 – South Cariboo Sustainability Society will show Bringing It Home at the Community Employment Centre, 808 Alpine Ave., at 7 p.m. The film tells the story of hemp past, present and future, its unfortunate kinship with another more infamous plant and its multitude of uses. Admission is by donation. Information: http://southcariboosustainability. com, facebook or call 250-791-7284.

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ting down to a delicious shrimp soup and toasted tuna sandwich. The Legion is also looking for volunteers to help paint the walls and remove the old flooring before the renovation work begins later this month. If you can help, please contact the Legion at 250-397-2455, or sign the volunteer sheets at the Legion.

Science Fair On Feb. 18, 30 grades 3-7 students exhibited their science projects at the Forest Grove Elementary School. As some of them

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On Feb. 27, the Mile 108 Elementary School hosted Ryan Laird, a guest artist from Ontario who presented to the students his “Biggerthanthat! program. Ryan has been nominated twice for the Canadian Country Music Awards and he eagerly presented to the students his program on bullying prevention and youth empowerment campaign tour. The program was well

Country singer Ryan Laird, left, and Mile 108 Elementary School principal Kevin McLennan presented Mile 108 student Baylee Shields an award for her leadership skills during Laird’s antibullying performance on Feb. 27.

The Cariboo Family Enrichment Centre (CFEC) Society is seeking the public’s input on objectives for its 2015/16 Over the next few months, the CFEC board, management and staff will be reviewing their strategic plan and developing objectives for 2015/16. “The board would greatly value the input from the community on gaps, as well as CFEC services and programs

that make a positive difference to the lives of children, youth and families in the South Cariboo,” says board cochair Sheila Hart. Last year, the board set three goals for 20142017. • Positively impact on the lives of children, youth and families in the South Cariboo; • Secure the resources and infrastructure needed to support children, youth and families in the South Cariboo;

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received by the Mile 108 students, as well as students visiting from the Lac la Hache and Forest Grove elementary schools with a total of 240 children in attendance. Ryan sang a number of his songs, such as Hey Ashley and I’m Your Man and concluding with his theme song Bigger than that. Ryan talked about some of the bullying experiences he endured through his elementary school years and explained how he learned to overcome and rise above the challenges to chase his dream of attaining a musical career. His talk inspires and motivates students to strive for their goals in life and not to give into bullying tactics.

Hill is gone Hair of the Dog Grooming has new digs. The old entrance had a very steep driveway that was a concern for some customers, but the new house is more accessible. The house is located at the same address in the 108 Mile Ranch.

nity and how we can help to improve the health and well-being of our children.”

Folks can send their feedback by April 3 to the attention Sheila Hart and Rita Giesbrecht: e-mail cfec@cariboofamily. org; fax 250-395-1811; mail P.O. Box 2427, 100 Mile House, B.C., V0K 2E0; or drop off your written feedback to the CFEC office at 1-486 Birch Ave. 100 Mile House (next to Home Hardware).

Check them out • Lions bingo on March 13 at the 108 Community Hall with doors opening at 6 p.m. and games starting at 7. • RCA games afternoons today (March 12) and 26 at the 108 Community Hall, 1:303:30 p.m. Come and have some fun with darts, crib, cards and board games. $2 gets you coffee, tea and light snacks.

CFEC Society looking for input and • Advocate and mobilize the community to support children, youth and families in the South Cariboo. “Please give us your feedback on what services and programs work well, what doesn’t work so well and how that we can improve,” says board co-chair Rita Giesbrecht. “Tell us about what you think are the biggest challenges facing families in our commu-

The CFEC Society will be developing objectives for each goal for 2015/16, including an action plan with the people responsible to achieve the objective, the actions and the timeline for completion. The society will also include indicators so it can measure if it has achieved the objective.

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Curlers and observers thoroughly enjoyed the Funspiel and indulged in the delicious food provided by the Burger Sisters. Heather Van Osch and helpers cooked and

served dinner for about 70 people. Fundraiser dinner A “Raising the Roof ” fundraiser (for the community hall) will take place at the Forest Grove Legion on March 21 – admission by donation.

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It’s been a while since Deka Lake & District Volunteer Firefighter D e p ar t m e nt’s (DLDVFD) dispatchers were treated to lunch out, but on Feb. 24, they enjoyed a superb meal at Happy Landing Restaurant. It was not only a thank-you to them all, but a very special au revoir to Marion Traill who will soon be leaving the area. A resident since the late 1970s, Marion, a dispatcher for some 30 years, is one of only two remaining founding members of the DLDVFD’s Ladies Auxiliary (LA), as well as a commissioner and then head commissioner when there was a

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Deka Lake & District Volunteer Fire Department dispatchers Donna Watson, back left, Lori Simmons and Ruth Marx, and Diana Forster, front left, and Marion Traill were treated to an appreciation lunch at Happy Landing on Feb. 24. Unfortunately, Lorna Wiebe missed the luncheon, which also served as a farewell to Marion who will soon reside in Chilliwack.

Deka Fire Commission, and a leading light of the LA quilters. Marion also wrote this column before I took over. She will be sorely missed by many friends, but she is wished the best of luck in her new adventure in Chilliwack.

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A special meeting will be held on March 29 to discuss future funding for the 70 Mile House Volunteer Fire Department. The agenda will include a discussion on holding a referendum on Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) funding. The meeting will be held at the 70 Mile Community Hall and will begin at 10 a.m. Poker tourney The next poker tour-

Belated birthday greetings Very special belated birthday greetings go to twins Kimberly and Mikayla Rottluff. It’s special because they turned 19 on Feb. 19, and because this is the first year they have been apart. Kimberly is in Castlegar studying nursing, while Mikayla is studying online here at home.

Quilt show It’s never too early to mention the Log Cabin Quilters will celebrate their 30th anniversary with their third fabulous quilt show, on July 11-12 at Interlakes Hall. Celebrations In my birthday greetings to Vince Forsberg, who turned 82 on Feb 28, I mistakenly typed, “Forsyth,” for which I humbly apologize. This week’s birth-

nament will be held March 14 at the 70 Mile Community Hall. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. and play starts at 12:30 p.m. Supper will be available. To register, call Vic at 250-4562321. Bingo night Bingo will be held March 12 at Seventy Mile Access Centre. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and play starts at 6:30. The next bingo will be held March 26. Bookmobile The TNRD bookmobile will be in the area on March 19. It will be at the South Green Lake Fire Hall from 10 to 11 a.m., and at the 70 Mile General Store from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Calendar Call the writer for contact numbers. • Kids Space meets 3:30-5:30 p.m., March 13 at Interlakes Hall. • Highway 24/ Interlakes Lions meet 6:30 p.m., March 16 at Interlakes Hall • Deka fire practice: 6:30 p.m., March 17. • Log Cabin Quilters meet 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., March 18 at Interlakes Hall. • Family bingo at Deka Fire Hall, March 18. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. and play starts at 7.

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Creative projects on display Gaven Crites Free Press

The 100 Mile House Elementary School gym was filled with impressive and thoughtprovoking projects at a District Science Fair on Feb. 26. Close to 45 projects by grades 4-12 students from all over School District #27 (SD27) were on display for judges. Some of the top students, including 11 locally, are now moving on to the 2015 Cariboo Mainline Regional Science Fair at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops on April 8-10. In the novice division, Matthew O’Dette and Kolton Lindner won gold in the life science category. Megan Balbirnie won gold and Anthony Silverton won silver in the engineering science category. The junior division saw Darlyssa Chretien

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Grade 6 student John Jordaan presented his project, The Observing Experiment, to judge Guy Hildebrand during a District Science Fair at 100 Mile Elementary School on Feb. 26.

and Julia Mosher tie for gold in the life science category with Devin Giroux and Ryan Balbirnie. Jordyn Karl and Maya Geerts won silver. Camille Barton and Mia Weir won bronze. Alexa O’Dette and Emily Menzel won gold in the health science category. In senior, Leanne

Local carpet bowling club hosting semifinals Ken Alexander Free Press

The 100 Mile House Carpet Bowling Club is hosting the provincial carpet bowling semifinals for teams of three at the 100 Mile Community Hall on March 18, and folks are invited to come and watch the action. Six teams – 100 Mile House, Interlakes, Kamloops, Chase, Little Fort and Barriere – will be vying for a berth in

the provincial championships in Prince George, May 4-8. Starting at 10 a.m. on March 18, there will be three games before the lunch break (1-2 p.m.) and three after. The provincial pairs semifinals will be held in Barriere on March 13 and the fours will be held at Interlakes Hall on March 25. The 100 Mile House and Interlakes clubs has competitors in all three semifinals.

Varney won gold in the life science category. Guy Hildebrand, a 100 Mile House resident, was one of the judges on Feb. 26. It was Hildebrand’s fifth time judging the local science fair. “It’s great to see kids actually thinking about this kind of investigative process,” he says, adding a lot of creativity can be found in some of the top projects. “To me that’s what

makes the difference between a really great project and an excellent project. Has it been done before? Is there a twist I haven’t seen before?” He adds science fairs are a great thing for parents and students. “I think it’s a real opportunity for the parents and their children to work together to come up with something where both of them are challenging each other.”

Ice-Off contest underway

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The 108 Mile Lion annual Ice-Off contest is held on the frozen 108 Lake, 300 feet from shore. The “good ship” M.V. Lion sits on the ice in front of the 108 Heritage Site on Highway 97. This year, the M.V. Lion is flying Canadian colours – a larger flag donated by the federal government – representing 50 years of the maple leaf on the Canadian flag. This flag is not visible during the contest as it is stored inside the cabin with the ice-off clock. The ice melts around the ship first, which allows the anchor to drop into 108 Lake, sending the flag up the mast and stopping the clock. The time registered on the clock is the official Lions ice-off time and determines the winner of the contest. Installing and retrieving the M.V. Lion presents one of the many challenges to running the contest. This year, the ship is resting on a

ski-sled, which is keeping it very upright and will make it easier and safer for the move off the remaining ice. The ship also has a new renovated cabin and a taller mast for the larger flag. 108 Mile Lions and the 108 Mile Ranch, Lac

la Hache and 100 Mile merchants sponsor this event donating 20 prizes for the 2015 contest. Ice-off time is recorded to the exact second to determine the winners. It appears that the prestige of winning is just as important as the prize. This unusual Cariboo winter may be the most difficult and challenging to guess correctly in the past 14 years. James Gellein is the 108 Mile Lions Ice-Off contest organizer.

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mong some of the brightest young scientific minds in the country assembled at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in May 2014 was that of a 100 Mile House student. Leanne Varney’s experience there was an eye-opening one, to be sure, and she wants to win her way back again this year. The Grade 11 Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School student is on the right path. Varney won the District Science Fair in 100 Mile House on Feb. 26, and is now off to the 2015 Cariboo Mainline Regional Science Fair in Kamloops, April 8-10. If Varney’s new project impresses enough judges at regionals, she will get another chance at nationals, held this year across the country in New Brunswick, May 14-16. “Honestly, it was the best experience I ever had,” Varney says of last year’s trip to the 2014 Canada-Wide Science Fair, which was held in Ontario. “All of us are fighting to get back there again this year.” Her roommate last year was from New Brunswick and the pair still keep in touch. With awe, Varney talks about the top project by a 16-year-old Ottawa student, Daniel McInnis, who built a 3D scanner for making prosthetic limbs. “Another girl came up with a new physics principle," she adds. "It was just ridiculous.” Her new project, “Talk to You Later, Saving My Life,” is a bold attempt to solve an increasingly dangerous and worldwide problem – drivers texting from behind the wheel. It’s something the 16-year-old and her

Leanne Varney, a Grade 11 Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School student, presented her project, Talk to You Later, Saving My Life, at the District Science Fair in 100 Mile House on Feb. 26. She has her sights sets on returning this year to the CanadaWide Science Fair in May.

friends are starting to see firsthand. Her proposal is a cellphone jamming device hooked up to a vehicle’s ignition, installed underneath the dash. “When you turn your key in the ignition, it drops the switch and activates the circuit,” Varney explains. “It takes the signal from the cellphone and puts it back on itself, to kind of confuse itself into thinking there is no service there, even though there is.” The jamming device when engaged ceases the cellphone’s incoming and outgoing capabilities. Ideally, drivers would have to pull over

safely on the side of the road and switch off the ignition to use their cellphone. Instead of precariously fiddling with their phones while cruising with speed down the road. Varney mentions a number of ideas that app developers and manufactures are coming up with to make driving safer with respect to curbing cellphone use, but none have really caught on universally. Regarding the actual building of the cellphone jamming device, Varney ran into a roadblock: it’s illegal to possess something like that in Canada, let alone start manufacturing. If she wants to realistically go ahead with her proposal, local RCMP members suggested she start a petition to change Canadian law. And that’s what Varney is doing. She jokes she “only” needs to collect 400,000 signatures. Varney started on this project in December. She has the schematics for the device, and she has the data collected from her own experiments done with friends and family to back up the notion Gaven Crites photo that texting and driving is a very dangerous exercise, more deadly even than drinking and driving. “Driving takes manual, visual and cognitive abilities. Texting impairs all three of those.” Needless to say, Varney’s scientific pursuit these last four months has meant a lot of hard work, and she’s had to make at least one sacrifice most teenagers are not really keen to consider. “I didn’t have a social life for a really long time,” Varney laughs. “I apologized to my friends for that.” Hopefully she’s forgiven. In the end, her idea, her time and her effort, can maybe save one of their lives.

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