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Extensive newspaper archive launches online Cam Fortems – Kamloops This Week

New coordinator for seniors programs Lynne Frizzle cleans up after a morning “Coffee Clatch” on Tuesday, May 19 at the Seniors Drop-In Centre in the former Dutch Lake School. Frizzle has been hired as the Seniors Coordinator for the duration of the grant received from New Horizons Senior Program, funded by the Federal Government, which continues until March 2016. Two lunch programs with local speakers have already happened. The next is on Tuesday, June 9 at Elks Hall. Coffee is ready at 10:30 a.m. and at 11 a.m. council members will speak on past, present and future senior initiatives and are happy to answer questions. All seniors are invited; lunch is provided. There is no cost to attend, and fares for seniors to ride the transit bus from Evergreen Acres and return is covered. Check bulletin boards, this paper, and the Connector for more activities for seniors in Clearwater. Photo by Kay Knox

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Local historians are getting the first taste of what will become a feast of information as the city’s and region’s newspapers become available through an online searchable database. It will replace a painstaking, imperfect system of research based on volunteers indexing newspapers by subject. “Right now it’s in soft launch,” acknowledged Thompson Nicola Regional District director of libraries Marc Saunders. The project, several years in the making, began earlier this month with availability of Kamloops Daily News archived copies to 2001. Kamloops This Week is expected to be online in May. The archive is presented in a clean, easy-tosearch style. “We want to do all the papers in the TNRD,” Saunders said. “We’re able to do this longer-term preservation.” The library has in the past made available online searchable stories from city newspapers through a commercial database. But, Saunders said, the service was expensive and provided text-only stories. The newspaper archive, dubbed Newshound, offers searchable images of the papers, including photos, layout and advertising. “The goal is to present papers for communities long term so people can reflect back on their history and have that reference point,” Saunders said. Andrew Yarmie, head of the city’s heritage commission, has spent plenty of time thumbing through index cards at the Kamloops Museum and Archives. “It’s important to have the newspapers to tell the stories,” he said. “I’ve always used newspapers for every research project I’ve done.” Yarmie said the index-based system works for news events, for example, but is impractical for larger sociological research projects. The project began with the easy part first. For the past 15 years or so, electronic images of Kamloops newspapers have been in exis-

TNRD director of libraries Marc Saunders looks at microfilm. KTW photo

tence, but not readily available for research. Saunders said the library is able to get these editions quickly online and make them searchable. Newspapers from the 1990s from across the region will be made available in the next two years. Staff are working on digitizing older microfilm and making images available online. “The tricky thing for us is we’re trying to get good optical recognition,” Saunders said. “We’re dependent on that. We’re running into film that’s really dark.” Outside the technical problems are copyright challenges. One of the biggest treasures the library hopes to make available is the Inland Sentinel. Newshound has dates blocked out to make the Inland Sentinel available back to 1871. When it shut the doors in the 1980s, the newspaper was owned by Thomson Corp. Saunders said the billionaire Thomson family owns its rights and he has so far been unsuccessful in getting any correspondence returned from the Thomson family trust. “I won’t give up on them,” he pledged. The Merritt Herald, as well as now-closed publications from the Nicola Valley, will be part of the project. Saunders said he also wants to digitize the Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal, which he called “a gem.” But, those rights are owned by publisher Black Press. Once newspapers are 80 years old, they are no longer covered by copyright law. The archive is available at arch.tnrdlib.ca.

Snowpack levels near spring averages Cam Fortems – Kamloops This Week While several areas of the province are seeing the lowest snowpack in recorded history, both the South and North Thompson watersheds are within the normal

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early and go back down,” he said. “We haven’t seen that in past.” All that remains is alpine snowpack, the bulk of which will come down in the next month. The river at Overlanders Bridge typically peaks in early June. Sutherland said flooding can still occur in the valley if a number of weatherrelated events converge. Those include a spate of hot weather and warm evenings, followed by hard rains in the North Thompson system.

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Bearview development submits revised TIA Times staff Doomsday Discover Disc Golf will be coming to Clearwater on May 31. Fifteen to 30 players are expected to attend reported councillor Dennis Greffard. “Disc Golf is becoming main stream and Kamloops will be hosting the world championships in 2018. They would like to use Clearwater Disc Golf Course as one of the courses during the championships, noted Greffard. Closed circuit video inspection Public works superintendent Bruce Forsyth recommended to Clearwater town council to award a $12,000 contract to Down Under Pipe Inspection Ltd. to do a closed circuit video inspection of the District's waste water collection system . The District owns

and operates 4284 meters of waste water collection system that was mostly installed in 1972 and consisted of mostly asbestos cement piping, reported Forsyth. The sanitary system should see an annual flushing maintenance program which was complete this past month and to further understand the inside of the pipes an inspection needs to be done. Bearview submits revised TIA A revised Traffic Impact Assessment was submitted to council on behalf of Bearview development. The assessment proposes “backage” road access to the proposed development site and a new highway intersection 1.03 kilometres east of the Park Drive roundabout and 960 metres west of Candle Creek Road. (A backage road is one that runs

behind a commercial development along a highway). Bearview has applied to amend the OCP designation on the subject property from Country Residential to Commercial and to rezone the land from R-1 (residential single and two family) to C-1 (retail commercial ) to allow retail commercial use. The applicant proposed to develop a 50,000 sq. ft. Shopping centre. On April 2, 2015 the Bearviews transportation engineer submitted a revised TIA as prepared jointly for the developer of Lot 4, Plan 2225 to the south (Emerald Village) who also has an active zoning amendment application. (Above) The future road alignment map illustrates their contemplated road layout. The applicant would be required to construct both the highway intersection (on the neighbouring property) as well as the extension of Woreby Road through his property. The remaining area required to connect the highway intersection south to Park Drive would have to be secured by legal means such as a Statutory Right of Way with the approval of the property owner of District Lot 3852. Submitted graphic

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“ It is not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?” - Juvenal, writer Published by Black Press Ltd. 74 Young Road, Unit 14 Brookfield Mall Clearwater, B.C. V0E 1N2

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Bank buy-ins will rob deposits Editor, The Times:

The recession of 2008 is said to have been caused by a collapse in the derivatives market, particularly what are called securitized mortgages. In the U.S., banks lent money on overvalued real estate. Then the banks would group a bunch of these mortgages into an investment product, tie them up with a pretty bow and sell them to unwary investors; other banks, pension funds or individuals. It is said that derivatives – mutual funds, hedge funds, futures, etc.- are a way of transferring risk. Warren Buffet goes further, calling them "weapons of financial mass destruction," time bombs just waiting to explode, as they did in the recession of '08. Responses to the crisis of '08 varied. In the U.S., the Federal Reserve simply printed more money and this was used to bail out the banks. In Canada, Harper rescued

the banks with public money, part of his Economic Action Plan. In effect, Canadians just paid some of their taxes to the big banks, absolving them of responsibility for the problems they had created. After all, they were “too big to fail.” Cyprus was a different story. A small, European country, its banks also got into trouble. However, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund imposed a different solution; a bank buy-in scheme in which the banks were allowed to confiscate the assets of depositors in order to rescue themselves. The Guardian newspaper said, “The private savings of tax payers and uninsured depositors were robbed of their lifelong hard-earned bob in order to save those share and bond holders.” Cyprus has been seen as a test case but bank buy-ins are now policy. On page 145 of Canada's

2013 budget, one of Harper's omnibus bills, rammed through without proper debate, the plundering of bank deposits has been set into law as the solution to future economic crises. Harper has also signed an agreement with the G20 countries to the same effect. The big banks won't be allowed to fail, because they will be allowed to plunder bank accounts, as they did in Cyprus. If the Harper gang were truly conservatives, instead of co-conspirators with the international banking elites, they'd be imposing strict regulations on the types of investments that banks are able to offer instead of concocting HoodRobin rescue plans to snatch our hard-earned savings. Who, in his right mind, would believe that such a plan could make the banks any less reckless?

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How much money is enough? How much money does one need to earn before anything more becomes ridiculous? We can talk about movie stars and professional athletes and corporate titans when considering the questions. But, the decision by a Seattle CEO of a relatively small company is something that has people talking — rightly so. Dan Price is CEO of Gravity Payments, a mobile credit-card payment service. He has decided that all 120 of his employees should make no less than $70,000 a year, a figure he said will help alleviate emotional stress from money. According to a story in the Toronto Star, about 30 of those 120 employees will see their annual salary double, while others will get a bump to that $70,000 level. About 50 employees were already at or above that salary. Online, the story has gone, as they say, viral — and why not? It’s a slam-dunk good news story. Price seems extremely genuine when speaking about why he believes a decent wage is not only good for his employees, but also for his company. His employees are understandably overwhelmed and there has been a welcome focus on the growing gap between what frontline workers make and what CEOs earn. Earlier this month, USA Today analyzed data from the S&P Capital IQ. The newspaper calculated that CEOs of 13 well-known U.S. retailers and restaurants earned an average of $5,859 per hour, based on a 40-hour week. By comparison, employees at those 13 businesses making $10 per hour would need to work 60 days, or 480 hours, to earn what their CEOs pocket in one hour. The American Federation of Labour released a study last September that showed the U.S.

with a 354:1 CEO-to-worker ratio, with CEOs making, on average, $12 million and a worker earning, on average, $34,600. The same study showed Canada with a 206:1 CEO-toworker ratio, with CEOs making, on average, $8.7 million and a worker earning on average $42,300. Not surprisingly, the study found Norway, a country lauded for its use of its oil wealth and its care of its residents, with a CEOto-worker ratio of 58:1. At Gravity Payments, CEO Price makes $1 million a year. In order to get all of his employees to that $70,000 annual salary mark in a few years, he will take a pay cut — to $70,000 per year. The difference between his current pay and his eventual wage will be enough to cover the upgraded salaries for 13 employees. Of course, Price’s new salary is temporary and will rise once (if) his company recoups the profits lost to the higher wages. He is, after all, a self-professed capitalist. But, the plan is to keep the employees’ wages at a level believed to stave off the emotional stress of money — at least $70,000. It will be interesting to follow the financial implications of Price’s audacious and altruistic gambit. In the meantime, perhaps some of our country’s CEOs residing in that rarefied air of 206:1 can find some loose change in their pockets and help some of their lower-earning employees. Imagine if each CEO halved their salaries and distributed the difference amongst the masses. Even at half the 206:1 wage gap, the titans would still be making more than $4 million a year. Again, how much money is enough? – Christopher Foulds is editor of Kamloops This Week

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Question of the Week

Do you plan on attending any graduation ceremonies this year?

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I'm afraid no. I don't have any kids graduating. However, I might go because I have some friends and neighbours graduating.

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No, all my kids are grown up.

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Yes, my wonderful niece Christa will be graduating.

Visitor says thanks for small town hospitality Editor, The Times:

We drove to Clearwater on the May long weekend, eager to experience Wells Gray Park and enjoy some R&R. That plan changed abruptly when, two km before we got to our motel, the car broke down. We were towed to Aspen Service Centre at 3 p.m. on Saturday. The fuel pump had gone, we were told. And the

part was not in stock. "I'll be in Kamloops tomorrow. I could see if I could find it for you," the mechanic said. But the shop would be closed Sunday and Monday. How would we get back to Kamloops by Monday night? The mechanic called us Sunday. He'd found the part. He couldn't guarantee it, but he might be able to help us in time;

otherwise, Tuesday was the best we could hope for. Without wheels, we hoped, walked and taxied all weekend, and envisioned having to hitch a ride home. On Monday at 7:30 a.m., the phone rang. The mechanic had risen early and replaced the fuel pump; the car was ready to go. We got to see Spahats Falls and still get home on time.

Road to Wells Gray Park needs widening

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Have you who are reading this letter or others ever gone to the road to Wells Gray Park to walk or to ride your bike? But then, did you stop yourself at the realization of the danger involved in what you were going to do? Due to limited space, biking and walking are simply too dangerous to do on the road to Wells Gray Park. RVs are especially dangerous, due to their size and aversion to allowing hikers, walkers and bikers adequate space. Many driv-

ers may be driving the RVs for the very first time, or they become distracted by the surroundings and beautiful scenery. Parks and tourists are important to Clearwater, but this poses a great danger for not only tourists, but also locals. Some locals refrain from stepping on the roads in the summer at all because of their fear of not having any road space. We hope to spread awareness of this issue and to hopefully, in the future, have the roads widened perhaps to

Helmcken Falls, so that everyone can safely enjoy the beautiful wilderness that is Clearwater. We ask the readers to help spread awareness of this issue and to share your opinion on this short anonymous survey: tinyurl.com/wellsgrayroads. Just something short will be fine! But of course, you can write as much as you want as well. Thank you for your input and time.

Janice Lau and Rylee Zittlau Clearwater, B.C.

Alberta's new NDP leader calls for change Editor, The Times:

After the election of Rachel Notley's NDP government in Alberta, toppling a stagnant incompetent conservative dynasty of 40-plus years, a certain panic filled the air. One analyst described the situation as “completely devastating.” Not to mention extremely dangerous. In other words the four horsemen of economic apocalype were going to ride through Alberta swinging their swords and scythes, laying waste and devastation to Wildrose Country. The fact that this had been happening – a sort of death of a thousand cuts — the terrible environmental mess that the Athabaska tar sands the proposed pipeline to nowhere (Northern Gateway and Keystone XL) is packing Alberta jobs away, the ruined environment – no drinking water in place like Rosebud

They argued that a new or the Peace under successive Conservative government. Well government would harm their that wasn't even acknowledged. businesses, impeding innovaWhen oil prices were at their tion and profits. From the pages of the highest, with the money rolling Vancouver Province in a in, Alberta ran a huge deficit, paraphrase of FDR's famous $6 billion at one point. words, “All business should Despite all the prediction of waste and destruction, there fear from Notley is fear itself,” by Stewart Prest. have been saner voices comPrest points out that ing from some very unlikely Notley's government is likely to sources. In the Edmonton Sun Ricky be very pragmatic, whether in raising oil royalties or corpoLeong asks, “What took us so rate taxes. long?” Leong points out “On In other words, some finanthe public side the NDP transicial armageddon from Alberta's tion team will have to tackle a newly elected NDP government rusty bureaucracy that's been is strictly nonsense. doing the same thing for 44 Not that one would ever years.” He goes on, “On the private know by listening to the voices of doom coming from certain side you have to wonder what sectors of the country. got into the heads of those Edmonton business leaders Dennis Peacock when they held a press conferClearwater, B.C. ence to plead with Albertans www.clearwatertimes.com to maintain the PC dynasty.”

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The School District 26 board asked Alan. H. Child to take over as principal of the elementarysecondary school in Clearwater. A native of Saskatchewan, he had degrees from UBC and had previously taught in Kamloops, Vancouver Island, Fraser Valley, Sechelt and Ashcroft. Leonard James Gamble, a teacher in Ashcroft, was to become the vice-principal. Talk of the development of major copper deposits in the Barriere Lakes area was creating great interest in Barriere. Minister of Education L.R. Peterson and P.A. Gaglardi, Minister of Highways and the local MLA, wrote letters to local individuals and groups, assuring them that no changes would be made in school district boundaries without consultation. The Department of Agriculture

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School District 26 trustees discussed a school building program for Blue River during a special meeting in the community. About 40 persons attended, besides trustees and staff. Secretary-treasurer Barry Morton said a four-classroom block was to be constructed by 1976. Plans also called for a community school center, similar to that in Vavenby.

Clearwater Business Association was approaching the federal solicitor-general with regard to obtaining one of the medium or maximum security facilities being planned for the province.

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Voters from Round Top to Vavenby were to be asked to increase the funds allocated to the Sportsplex. The budget stood at one mil (approximately $16,000 that year) and an additional three mils were needed. Telephone customers in Avola voted in favour of one-way tollfree calling into the Clearwater exchange. CID trustees were considering a new water intake on the Clearwater river to

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Seventy guests paid tribute as Win Rothwell retired after 27 years with B.C. Corrections Branch. Most of his time was spent at the old Clearwater Forest camp and the new Bear Creek Camp, where he was director.

YEARS AGO:

Clearwater IWA official Carol Toth announced she was seeking the NDP nomination for the upcoming provincial election. Other candidates were Barriere TNRD director Jack Lapin and Kamloops locomotive engineer Fred Jackson. TNRD was to demolish the old Vavenby School annex and make the area into a park. Area A director Paul Caissie said the regional district had purchased the property from School District 26 for $1.

The first draft of a study of the Clearwater River corridor from Clearwater Lake to Clearwater was released. The Clearwater was one of the premier rivers in the province for canoeing, kayaking, fishing and other activities, said the draft. Two young men and a young woman robbed a Clearwater couple at knife point at the McLure rest area. They took some cash and the couple's car. The trio was caught in Merritt.

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Enough funds were in the bank to pay for a new Clearwater and District Highway Rescue Society van when it rolled into the valley later that summer. "We've raised over $90,000 in less than two years," said unit chief Garry Ruston.

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YEARS AGO: May Day activities were celebrated in style with a parade, slo-pitch tournament, a casino and stock car races at the oval. Also experiencing growing pains, and the necessity to adopt a new name and mission statement, was the North Thompson Community Skills Centre. They became the Community Resource Centre for the North Thompson. Barb Quinn of Blue River was honored for 23 ½ faithful years with the ambulance service, 15 of those years as unit crew chief. She was succeeded by Darcy Lester.

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Leslie Groulx, M.P. Cathy McLeod, Mayor John Harwood, Darius Groulx and Chris Coulson cut the ribbon to officially open the re-vitalized Rotary Sports Park. About 400 people took part in the festivities, which included displays of BMX riding and skateboarding. Former Clearwater resident Frank Ritcey took second place in CBC Radio's Canada Writes competition. The final assignment

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had been to write a six-word story. They were given 60 seconds to do it. Wells Gray Infocenter re-opened May 3 and quickly looked better than the year before, said Bill Cairns, manager of the Chamber of Commerce desk. A wide variety of floats and individuals took part in the annual May Day parade.

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Highways and Argo staff worked to save the culvert-and-fill crossing at Second Canyon on the road to Wells Gray Park after heavy runoff. Major freshets in previous years had taken out culverts at First and Third canyons, as well as at Spahats. TNRD awarded a $830,000 contract to Borrow Enterprises to construct a septage receiving station in Clearwater. The station would receive septic tank sludge from the vast majority of residences in the upper North Thompson Valley that were not served by a sewer system. District of Clearwater and Yellowhead Community Services were investing $650,000 of their own and their partners' money to convert the former Dutch Lake School into a community center. “The benefits to the community will be enormous,” said YCS executive director Jack Keough.

Antibiotic-resistant organisms are responsible for over 700,000 deaths per year worldwide. A new class of antibiotics has been found of which teixobactin shows the most promise. It was discovered using a new method of culturing bacteria and it will hopefully lead to a whole new line of potent antibiotics. Our bodies change as we age. Our weight may change. The ratio of lean muscle to fat also changes. Digestion, circulation and kidney function slows down. These changes can have an effect on how drugs work in the body and could make the drug not work as well as it did before. The Heart and Stroke foundation has another east mnemonic to recognize the signs of stroke. It’s FAST. “F” is for Face ... is it drooping? “A” is for Arms ... can you raise both? “S” is for Speech ... is it slurred or jumbled? And “T” is for Time to call 911 right away. Act FAST because the quicker you act, the more of the person you save. The season of allergic reactions is on us and for those who are dangerously allergic to stings, now is a good time to check your emergency epinephrine injector and be sure it’s in date. A severe allergic reaction can lead to throat swelling, breathing problems, heart attack and even death. An in-date injector can save your life. We have fresh injectors and all allergy supplies in our pharmacy. Check with us soon.

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Early childhood educator Keli Bjorkman (l) leads the children at Building Blocks Daycare with their singing during a Mother's Day tea held recently. Photo submitted

Daycare students host tea for mothers and grandmothers Submitted In honour of Mother's Day, the Thursday children at Building Blocks Daycare hosted an afternoon tea for their mothers and grandmothers recently. They spent the week baking cookies, squares

and muffins and topped off the treats with ice tea served in old fashioned china tea cups. The guests were also treated to the children's beautiful singing with songs about tea and mommies! A wonderful performance, a good old fashioned ‘High Tea’, some very happy mommies and very proud children!

School District 73 trustees approved a package of student ancillary fees on Monday, May 11, but not before trustees asked questions. Joe Small noted a lack of standardization of some common fees across the district, wondering why they vary. Assistant superintendent Alison Sidow said the differences come from specific projects teachers are including in the courses, citing woodworking as an example, where one school may choose to use a more expensive piece of wood than another. The fees also cover

the value of works students create and are allowed to keep. Meghan Wade asked why there were detailed descriptions accompanying the fee schedule for all schools except Brock middle. Those were some of the largest academy fees in the district at $350 for aquatics, $475 for soccer, $250 for hockey and $225 for dance. Board of education chairwoman Denise Harper said a large portion of the fees goes toward renting facilities for each academy. Harper asked about student fees in the district’s trades and transition programs, which includes the NorKam trades school. While the district

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Vavenby residents question use of water meters at public meeting Robyn Rexin A public meeting held on Thursday, May 21 at the Vavenby Community Hall was well attended. Residents had signed a petition against the installation of water meters so TNRD Area A representative Carol Schaffer felt there was a need to talk about it. TNRD water system representatives Peter Hughes and Arden Bolton were at the meeting to present the information. First topic on the agenda was why use water meters. Meters promote conservation, support user-pay principle, aid in leak detection, and provide accurate flow data to be used for sizing future improvements like infiltration. When water problems were discussed it was explained how the meters could detect a leak right away and its location. It would not take days to find the broken pipe as it has sometimes been the case previously. Hughes went over recent leaks from as far back as 2013 and the cost. This was shown on a chart, listing other small towns in the area for comparison. The meters will cost approximately $325,000 to install. The TNRD has applied for the gas tax fund (GSPF) to get 100 per cent of the funding. Residents were concerned about the monthly rate homeowners would be charged. The community was told that there would be a flat rate for a couple of years and then it would be analyzed and decided. Water quality was next on the agenda and then future improvements. One future need Vavenby has is its filtration system.

Questions came throughout the presentation and after. There were many disgruntled residents. Bags were handed out at the end of the meeting, one per household. The bags contained water bottles, pamphlets, and other objects.

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pays the tuition for students in the courses, there are additional fees ranging from $1,140 for parts and warehousing to $2,195 for heavy mechanic. Sidow said those fees go toward safety gear, uniforms, tools, learning guides and textbooks, among others, all items students can keep. Because the courses provide post-secondary credit through Thompson Rivers University, students also have to pay for the fees other TRU students are billed for, including the university’s building fund, student union, Omega newspaper, Cariboo Child Care Society, radio station and Canadian Federation of Student membership.

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Spawning channel provides healthy habitat Submitted Blue River, BC, - The children of Blue River Elementary School had a fun and educational day exploring the spawning channel at Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing on Eleanor Lake this spring. The channel was constructed in 1991 to provide a place for trout to spawn and return to the lake. “The lake used to be stocked annually,” says Michelle Wiegele creator of the spawning grounds “The fish’s growth was stunted by the procedure, but now that they can reproduce naturally they are much healthier.” Since the construction the Eleanor Lake’s

trout population replenishes itself naturally. Resident expert Rory Quinn gave the children an educational tour, explaining the spawning process. This unique conservation project was built with the generous support of Mike Wiegele and staff, Gerry Hanna, Trans Mountain Pipelines, Grizzly Anglers, and B.C. Fish and Wildlife.

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learning environments.” “This program works directly with local growers and distributors to bring fresh B.C. produce to the students, right in the classroom. It is great that students are also learning that eating fresh, local produce supports B.C. farmers and the economies of our rural regions,” said Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick. New this year, the Fresh to You fundraiser was recently introduced in schools. Fresh to You allows families to buy fresh bundles of produce, with 40 per cent of the proceeds going to support the school. This year with the launch of the fundraiser, 60 schools raised a total of $34,382 through the sales of 4,387 bundles packed full of B.C. produce.

“Thanks to this program students from throughout the province are now learning how important it is to make fruits and vegetables a part of their regular diet - both at school and at home,” said Lindsay Babineau, executive director, BC Agriculture in the Classroom. “This additional funding and fundraising initiatives will support the continuation of the program.” The BC School Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional program was created in partnership with the Ministries of Health, Agriculture, and Education and is led by the BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing B.C.’s agriculture to students.

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Lakeland inquest concludes with recommendations Submitted PRINCE GEORGE – A coroner's jury has made 33 recommendations aimed at preventing future tragedies like the explosion that rocked the Lakeland sawmill in Prince George in 2012, killing two workers. After deliberating for approximately eight hours, the five-person jury ruled the deaths of Glenn Roche and Allan Little to be Accidental. A death classified as Accidental is one due to unintentional or unexpected injury. The recommendations are directed to a wide variety of agencies including WorkSafeBC, the RCMP, the

Steelworkers Union, the mill owners, and the ministries of Justice and of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour. Presiding Coroner Lisa Lapointe and the jury heard from 54 witnesses over the course of 21 days, beginning on March 2. Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour Shirley Bond released the following statement in response to the B.C. Coroners Service Lakeland inquest jury recommendations: "I again want to extend my condolences to those who were injured or lost loved ones in the Lakeland mill tragedy. They have shown grace and dig-

nity throughout difficult times and during the inquest. "I want to thank the jury for their dedication to the inquest process and for these recommendations. The inquest jury has issued 33 recommendations, with five addressed to my ministry and 16 to various other provincial government bodies. "Government will now take the required time to review the recommendations and continue to pursue the steps necessary to ensure that workers are safe in British Columbia. We will do everything we can to prevent this kind of tragedy from happening again." New Democrat labour spokesperson Shane Simpson commented, “The

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A member of the Super Freaks gets forced out at first by the Stingers as the two teams take part in a 14-team slow pitch tournament held at Capostinsky Park on the May long weekend. Photos by Keith McNeill

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The North Thompson Spartans junior rugby team finished the season strong on Thursday, May 21. Coach Gabe Francis reported, "We dressed all five of our grade 8's and two grade 9's for a sevens match with South Kamloops and won handily." He noted and congratulated each of the grade 8 boys on the team who registered try's in the

win; Ryan Green, Ryan Groom, Nathan Jensen, Austin Chrystall and Cedrik Menard. The juniors then had their third match of the season with Sahali, earning another good victory with a score of 46 to 15. Tristan Holt scored five trys, Mackenzie Alain reportedly had multiple trys, Keanen Bromley scored one and kicked three converts. "The cleats are hung up for the year," said the coach, "Can't wait to start running again next February. Great effort lads!"

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groups. The sticker will be a similar size as the number plate, and combined cost for registration and sticker will be the same as with the plate option - $48. ORV owners that choose the sticker will be responsible for removing the sticker if the vehicle is resold. In early fall, ORV owners who have already taken advantage of the voluntary registration period and have a received a plate may exchange their plate for a sticker, if they want, at any ICBC broker at no additional cost for a limited time. Full details are anticipated to be announced by early fall, with implementation for both mandatory registration and safety provisions to begin Nov. 1, 2015. In the interim, voluntary one-time registration for

operating an ORV on Crown land will continue with the combined cost of the registration certificate and ORV number plate remaining at $48. This registration is integrated within the pre-existing structure of ICBC's motor vehicle registry, reducing implementation costs and allowing ORV owners to register at any of the 900 plus ICBC insurance brokers in the province. The Off-Road Vehicle Act is a key element of the Province's Off Road Vehicle Management Framework. The framework will help British Columbians get out and enjoy the beauty of the province's backcountry and ensure offroad vehicles are driven in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.

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Seniors’ advocate calls for housing reforms By Tom Fletcher, Black Press Too many seniors are going into residential care when they could still be accommodated in assisted living, due to rules that are “outdated and too restrictive,” B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie says in a new report. The report found a 10-percent vacancy rate for assisted living facilities, meaning space is usually available, at least in

urban areas. It calls for a “fundamental redesign” of regulations for registered assisted living, to change spousal eligibility and reduce the number of higher functioning seniors moving to residential care. More than 90 per cent of B.C. seniors live independently and 80 per cent are homeowners, who should be able to apply for a provincial loan against equity to pay for repairs, the report recommends. “A new roof or the need

ing on assisted living changes. Some recommendations, such as providing private rooms with ensuite bath for residential care beds, have “wide-reaching implications for health authorities” and require more study, Lake said. Subsidized assisted living is based on 70 per cent of the resident’s net income, with a minimum of $325 left to the resident. Mackenzie recommends that minimum should increase to $500 to allow more low-income

to fix a dilapidated deck may be a cost that forces a senior out of a house they have loved for decades,” Mackenzie said. “Living in a house that is worth $500,000 or even a million dollars does not mean much if you’re living alone on $24,000 or less, which is the median income of seniors in B.C., and you can’t find the cash to pay the bills.” Health Minister Terry Lake said he supports the direction of Mackenzie’s 18 recommendations, and the ministry is work-

seniors to use assisted living rather than going directly to residential care, where more costs are covered by the province. A survey of B.C. seniors finds 20 per cent are renters, with one in five of those receiving a rental subsidy. Average rents range from a high of $1,038 in Vancouver to $547 in Quesnel, and the report finds that for remote and rural communities, the biggest challenge is not cost but the availability of suitable housing.

No handicap needed for Ladies Night Submitted What a great day it was for golfing. Seventeen ladies came out to enjoy a great day on the coarse and a fun evening and a wonderful special for dinner. We would like to encourage new ladies to come out. You do not need to have a handicap and there are lots of ladies that would welcome you to come out with them. Just give the golf coarse a call and they will get you out with a group. Times start at 1:00 p.m. and last tee off time is 6:00 p.m. so come on out enjoy a great day/night.

Winners for Thursday May 21 were: Flight 1 gross, long drive, long drive in 2 and KP all Carol Hindle, Hindle also got a birdie on #2; Net, KP, putts all flights, Karren Cassie; long putt, Deanna Pendergast; Flight 2, gross, Larissa Hadley; Net, long putt, long drive in 2, Madeline Klassen; P, Joan Slingsby; most putts, Rosemary Harley; Flight 3, gross, long putt, Anna May Dee; Net, Daisy Hystad; KP, least putts, Reita Vandenborre; long drive, long drive in 2, Sheila Colter; best poker hand went to Jane Olson with 4, 5's with a 9 and hidden score was 55 and

won by Margaret Anderson. RIP this week (water balls) were Debbie Pearce, Karen Cassie, Jane Olson and Sheena. Thank you so much to our sponsors this week Fleetwest who are our Hole in One sponsor this year, Painted Turtle, Buy-Low, Hop "N" Hog, Wells Grey Inn, Caboose, Century 21, Home Hardware, Pharmasave, Raft River Green House, MacLennan Farm and Dairy Queen. Looking forward to next week. Be sure to book your Tee times with Lacarya 250-587-6100

NDP objects to conditions for Petronas LNG By Tom Fletcher, Black Press Premier Christy Clark and officials of B.C.’s largest liquefied natural gas project are moving ahead with legal restrictions that the NDP says may tie the hands of future governments to change tax and royalty revenue from the industry. Petronas-led Pacific Northwest LNG and the B.C. government signed agreements Wednesday to ship LNG from the port of Prince Rupert to Asia. They include rules for a long-term royalty agreement that Clark said provides the stability and certainty the company needs to make a $36 billion investment. Legislation yet to be passed would put limits on increases to B.C.’s carbon tax, LNG income tax and natural gas tax credits available to investors. NDP leader John Horgan said the agreements appear to give the investors

what they need, but lack job guarantees and assurances that if the natural gas price improves, B.C. taxpayers will receive an adequate share of the resources they own. “My biggest concern is that we’re tying the hands of future governments because a desperate government made commitments that they over-promised on and now they want to get a deal at any cost,” Horgan said. Pacific Northwest LNG president Michael Culbert said he is pleased that the province has agreed to legislate a project development agreement, if Petronas and its investment partners agree to the terms later this year. Pacific Northwest LNG hit a roadblock in recent weeks with a vote by the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation to reject the port site at Lelu Island, despite revenue sharing totalling more than $1 billion over 40 years of LNG shipments.

Colbert said answers to the community’s questions about changes to the project to protect Flora Bank, a shallow bed used by young salmon, were presented to the Canadian Environment Assessment Agency the day before Lax

Kw’alaams members began voting. Clark said there have been agreements reached with 14 of 19 aboriginal communities along the pipeline route, and she is confident that differences can be worked out with the rest, including the Lax Kw’alaams.

All things gardening (L-r ) Leslie Ross and Clara Ritcey chat over some strawberry plants at the Clearwater United Church “All Things Gardening” plant sale on Saturday, May 23. Many plants from vegetables to trees were available for sale. Photo by Yevonne Cline

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Art contest winners from Mrs. Cookes Grade 2 class (l-r) Brook-Lynn Fowler and Mia Thompson receive water conservation kits and a gift certificate to Toys “R” Us Photo submitted

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conservation kit, a $50 gift card from Toys “R” Us, a TNRD refillable water bottle, and a certificate of participation. Runners-up received water conservation kits, TNRD refillable

Grade 4 winners in the art contest (l-r) Hailey Irvine and Eli Priede receive water conservation kits and a gift certificate to Toys “R”Us. Photo submitted

water bottles and certificates of participation. All students and teachers who participated received a certificate of participation and a refillable TNRD water bottle.

Teachers were also given water conservation kits for future lessons. The TNRD thoroughly enjoyed the program and hopes to run it again in the future.

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It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Mike on May 2, 2015. Mike was pre-deceased by his mother Betty (nee Colter); father Thomas Treseng; daughter Tammy Ashley Michelle Treseng; brothers Wally, Roy (Butch) and Ralph; and sister-in-law Lori. Mike is survived by his common-law wife Debby Carr; his son Dwayne Michael Treseng and his mom Ronda Hansen; his daughter Jennyffer Lee and her mom Jean Watson Smylie; son-in-law Norm and grandson Benton Louis; sisters Yvonne Redman (Garry Lillies), Bernice (Len) Hoy, Beatrice (Hugh) Hansen, Helen (Brian) McLaren; and brother Norman Learn More. Achieve More. (Val Jeck); sisters-in-law Darlene (Butch), Tena (Wally); and special friend/adopted brother If you or an adult you know would like to improve reading, writing Mel Hoy, as well as numerous nieces, nephews or math skills, look under and close friends. Mike is also survived by his LEARN in the Yellow Pages or visit www.LookUnderLearn.ca stepfamily Jennifer (Jessie, Destiny and Cole), Angela and Joey (Joey, Justice and Alix), Kyle, Caleb, and multiple family members. Mike was born in Kamloops B.C. on July 26, 1958. He was raised in Birch Island. At a young age he hired on as a gang worker with the C.N.R. Because of his job he travelled and lived in various places. Mike was well known for his love of family and friends. He loved to entertain. He would give up his chair, get you a drink and make everyone feel individually special. He had Sex and the Kitty a particular fondness for children as they did for A single unspayed cat can him. Mikeinloved fishing, gardening, camping, produce 470,000 offspring Libra, yoursmiles schedule Lady Luck on baseball and would have easily become a hobby isyou, loaded with a lot Libra, there justand seven years. farmer. He retired from the C.N. in March 2014. ofis commitments. nothing beyond your While reach.Be Athings treasured responsible — donʼt litter. During retirement, he used his time to travel and might seem hectic heirloom resurfaces, to enjoy doing things he loved to do. from time to time, bringing back many Spay or neuter your cat today. remember that your fond memories. The family would like to thank everyone for www.spca.bc.ca hard work now will their genuine kindness and concern. pay off in the future. Mike will be forever loved and missed. ™

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Train wreck claims three, injures 35 - part 2 Summary of last week's article: CNR engine 6058, the eastbound daily 'Number 2' scheduled for Wednesday, May 27, 1942 had been delayed by repairs to a bridge near Mile 34. Over 24 hours late, at last the way was clear on Thursday afternoon. The Thursday passenger train, CNR engine 5123, a second 'Number 2,' followed the first 'Number 2' with a 20 minute interval between them. Fresh recruits for Canada's armed forces filled the Thursday 'Number 2.' Engine 6058 required more water for the boiler after such a long delay and stopped at the Avola Station water tower at Mile 24.8. Brakeman Kelly stepped off the rear-end to routinely walk back along the gently curved tracks with red flags to 'protect the train.' Unexpectedly, one long blast was heard signalling the approach of a train just passing the one-mile board before the station! Kelly started to run, waving frantically. But the flags were only 10-15 car lengths down the track when the second 'Number 2' passed Kelly. Engineer McKenzie saw the flags, shut off the steam valves, set the brakes and, realizing the collision was inevitable, jumped off.

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Powerless, Kelly watched the 5123, unable to stop, and heard the horrific crash as it happened. Looking up, Superintendent Gough saw the oncoming train looming rapidly closer. He jumped clear. Hearing the approaching thunder, the superintendent's four companions in the observation car dove out of the windows just before the impact. Three were scraped and shaken, one, Gordon McKenzie, killed. 3:55 p.m. The noises were deafening. Royce, a half mile away, started to run towards the commotion. Up in the Craigs' garden, the earth shook. The engine crashed into the steel-framed, passenger car ahead. Glass shattered. Steam screamed out of every tiny crack, high pitched, shrieking. Confusion rattled the first train as each car rammed from behind passed the energy along to the next car forward. Spilling, jostling, tumbling, each person off balance was thrown forward to a sudden stop. Destruction ruined the second train as the un-manned engine smashed into the observation car. The fire, the soot, the steam, the weight of the metal and water rushed out as the unstoppable force met the immovable object. The momentum broke the couplings and the tender car flipped onto its side and lay to the left in the ditch. The

Photo shows the mail car (l) where Mr. Stout was on duty as the Express Messenger. Missing is the tender carrying fuel oil and water which uncoupled and was thrown to the far side of the train. Engine 5123 was unmanned when the engineer jumped to the right and the fireman was found to the left crushed under the tender. The observation car at the rear of the first passenger train was empty at the time of the crash. Most passengers had walked forward to the dining car and five others jumped to escape. Records indicate three were killed and 35 injured. Photo submitted

mail and baggage car, attended by the express messenger W.H. Stout, was shattered as it slammed up against the massive engine. After the smoke cleared away, Superintendent Gough began looking for the engine crew, fearing the worst. Mr. Stout, crawled out of the wreckage, badly burned. Engineer McKenzie sat to the side, head in hands. The fireman was later found crushed beneath the toppled tender car. Evening, Midnight, Morning Telegraph messages to Kamloops sent a train to remove the wounded. The Avola storekeeper and volunteers set up block and lumber benches and tables and somehow

fed the passengers. Ten year old Evelyle Craig helped. Royce Gibson and his buddies, astonished at the wreckage, discovered fluffy baby chicks set loose when the mail car broke open and also strawberries spilled along the track-side. Kamloops CFJC radio announced the accident and called for blood donors to report to the hospital in anticipation of the needs of the injured. Within three hours 63 volunteers had banked enough blood. Ambulances, including a brand new city ambulance and the one used by the Tranquille sanatorium were summoned to meet the 2:30 a.m. arrival of the train returning to the city with the seriously

injured. The hospital prepared 40 beds and 35 patients were admitted. Four days after climbing out of the wreckage, badly scalded by the steam, Mr. Stout, the Express Messenger who had been on-duty in the mail car immediately behind the engine and tender of the second train, succumbed to his injuries. His wife and two sons came to take his remains back to Vancouver. Reports and Restoration The June 4, 1942 issue of the Kamloops Sentinel reported this event as the most serious train wreck in the area. Later issues said that the railway company conducted an enquiry. The coroner's jury also made a report. CNR employees and eye witnesses were

interviewed. Lists of the names of the dead and injured were also printed including the name of their home town. Eventually, Number 5123 engine was restored and Royce Gibson and his buddies watched again as she steamed up the valley. The tender of Number 6058 needed repairs, too. The forward impact of the accident had punched a hole in the water storage tank. Workmen had used their coats to plug the hole so that the unit could make it to Blue River after the accident. Small Town - Big News There is something especially upsetting about a train wreck. The overwhelmingly huge mass of metal, the combined forces of weight and movement

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are staggering to try to comprehend. A welcome transportation link for the small town of Avola, the railroad had been in service through the valley for less than 30 years. Every able bodied person was enlisted that day in May to help care for the passengers who were stranded. The soldiers had unexpectedly experienced their first life-threatening event. The superintendent himself was part of the unfolding events. Surely no one who was present will ever forget their own role in the train wreck of Thursday, May 28, 1942. Readers might enjoy the 30-minute documentary by the National Film Board of Canada, "Railroaders" made in 1958, which can be found on the internet.

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