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we’ll be isolated.” “The other thing is our capacity for fire fighting. Right now, we don’t have the capacity because we only have the one tower.” The funding will completely cover the cost of the refurbishment and it will also pay for new transmission lines. “We’re going to go up to request for qualifications here, for consultants here, probably by the end of the summer, and we’ll probably design in the winter,” Glavin said. Construction will start next spring and completion will arrive in early 2017, he added. At the council chambers on Friday, Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad came to announce the funding put forth by both the federal and provincial government.

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Councillor Jonathan VanBarneveld, Mayor Shane Brienan, Councillor Tim Anderson and Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad posing for a photo-op after Rustad delivered his speech promising funding to Houston’s water supply infrastructure.

Houston will see an injection of $2.34 million into its infrastructure in the coming year. The federal, provincial and municipal government will each put in $780,000 that will go towards the refurbishment of a deteriorating water tower located off Mountainview Drive and a new water transmission line that promises to improve Houston’s water security. “We’ll know that we have a tower that’s not going to fail,” chief administrative officer Michael Glavin said. “By having this tower, this extra line, if we ever lose our main water line, we have a back up water line. And that’s important because right now we don’t. So if we ever lost that water line,

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Missing boaters: Search and Rescue not taking chances By Xuyun Zeng Houston Today

On July 25, two people went on a boating trip, and when they did not return, someone got worried and called the RCMP to report them as missing. Using the i n f o r m a t i o n provided, RCMP

decided that they needed to call on a search. They got in contact with Houston Search and Rescue and drew up a plan. Houston SAR Director Andy Muma said that since the people were reported missing on the Morice River, they immediately called in back up.

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Police calls are up by nearly 100 compared to last year. RCMP Corporal Steve Thackeray said it is due to more proactive policing. “We are urging the members to be more active in the community… [which means] more traffic files and breaches,” he said. There is a significant jump in thefts in Houston due to the large rash of thefts from vehicles earlier this year, Cpl. Thackeray said. “Other than that, it is normal,” he said. One top police priority is road safety in Houston. Cpl. Thackeray says overall traffic calls are down, but the number of impaired drivers is up.

Six impaired drivers were removed from the road. Police did four roadblocks in the first quarter of 2015, April to June. They have increased their presence at schools and visited local classes seven times since April. Cpl. Thackeray says they also continue to target prolific (habitual, repeat) offenders. “We identified one individual in our community who was very prevalent in violent crime, especially domestic violence,” said the corporal. He says police talked to the male in February and told him he was identified as a prolific offender. Police offered to help the male change his criminal behaviour by giving

Chart shows the RCMP quarterly statistics for April to June 2015. access to services such as drug and alcohol counselling or mental health services. “The idea of the prolific offender program is to help them leave their criminal behaviour. If they elect not to, then they will get some attention from us,” said Cpl. Thackeray. Police had been dealing with this male

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“The federal government coming to the table really helps makes it possible for us to be able to provide these kinds of grants for communities.” The water tower in question has seen rust and cracks developing. A 2012 report from Opus DaytonKnight suggested that the tower might have been built substandard. Currently, the town uses the tower as a reserve for peak hour demands and for firefighting. Despite its deterioration, Glavin says the tower is still fully functional. “We don’t anticipate any issues,” Glavin said.says the tower is still fully functional. “We don’t anticipate any issues,” Glavin said.

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Police were called about a missing mushroom picker on July 26 at 7:45 p.m. RCMP Sergeant Stephen Rose says the person went picking with a group but walked away by himself. Houston, Burns Lake and Vanderhoof Search and Rescue

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he B.C. Liberal government is looking at cracking down on distracted motorists who use their cell phones and other hand-held devices while driving, and we agree whole-heartedly. Distracted drivers not only endanger their own lives, but also put in jeopardy the people who share the roads with them. British Columbia introduced its distracted driving legislation five years ago, but the message just isn’t getting through to some motorists. They continue to text and e-mail while they’re sitting behind the wheel of a fast-moving vehicle while taking their eyes off the road to look at their hand-held devices. The government tried to crack down on these people by increasing penalties to a $167 fine and three penalty points for using an electronic device while driving. Did it work? Nope. Last year, police issued around 55,000 tickets to drivers who were caught using an electronic device behind the wheel. In 2013, they issued about 53,000. These statistics are staggering when you consider that police are obviously not pulling over every distracted driver in the province. Police watch for distracted drivers while on regular patrols and have blitzes when they specifically look for people using hand-held devices, but they are really just skimming the surface. ICBC estimates that 9,500 drivers in B.C. are using a hand-held device at any given time, 40 per cent texting or e-mailing while driving. Studies show that texting or using a Smartphone while driving is more distracting than talking on one – the crash risk is 23 times higher for drivers who text. The B.C. government attributes 88 deaths to distracted driving last year, which is second only to deaths caused by speeding and more than fatalities involving impaired driving. It’s a huge problem that must be faced quickly. The government is going to increase the fines for distracted driving, but that is just the start. It is also considering suspending driver’s licences and impounding vehicles, and we are in favour of all of the above. The message has to get out to distracted drivers that if they are caught, it is going to hurt their pocketbooks and they are going to be without a vehicle and a driver’s licence for a while. Sitting behind a driver’s wheel requires our complete attention. We don’t want to see our families devastated by the loss of a loved one because some other driver just had to read that text message and took his or her eyes off the road for a couple of seconds. - Ken Alexander, Black Press

A fond farewell for now Before working at Houston Today, I had no idea about the ins and outs of this town where I grew up. In the last three years working for the Houston Today, I kept learning more about our very active and friendly community. From sports to business to education and emergency services, Houston is packed with dedicated people who work hard to make the most of limited resources and population. Leadership is so important - whether it is a father leading his family or business and club leaders guiding employees and volunteers. When a caring and dedicated leader steps up, others naturally follow the charge. It is great to see people like Jonathan Van Barneveld, who explores and values the natural beauty of our valley, and founded Houston Hikers so others could discover it too. He and several others work diligently

to maintain maps and trails for people to explore. Then there are the Search and Rescue directors who dedicate hours to training and planning. Andy Muma is leading SAR groups across the province in advances to the program. Houston has people like Adrian Meeuwissen and Arnold Amonson who have spent over 50 years serving in the community. Arnold continues to coordinate and lead a very active Seniors Society. Then there are Ruby Kenzle, Cindy Verbeek, Sally Sullivan, Dawn Potvin, Shane Brienen, Paul and Diane Batley, Bobbi Edmunds, Noreen Scott, Euvermans, Reitsmas and many, many others who serve in their respective spheres. This community is blessed. We definitely need to celebrate these leaders in our community. Let us not forget

those who are building the foundation: Dads and Moms, whether working careers or at home raising families. Good parents are essential to society and observation has shown me that raising kids to work, serve, love and respect is not easy. I have felt so privileged producing a newspaper that celebrates many of the cool people who make up our town. I love capturing photos of special moments between parents and kids, and sitting down for interviews with interesting local people. I have learned so much through this job in Houston. One of the biggest lessons is the importance of being informed. Before working here, I was so ignorant about this town and what was happening. Like many people, I didn’t read the paper, didn’t talk to many people outside of my circles, and used the internet only to look up

what interested me. I lived in a bubble, and did not know anything about the lives and activities of people I was not connected to. Of course, I still have particular things I am involved in, but now I know more about the world outside of my own. (Not in terms of gossip, but in terms of the events and groups) I think that it is important for people to be informed. It is important for communities because it helps us to understand and value each other. As we learn more about all the groups and events going on, we can understand better why so many clubs struggle for volunteers. Instead of being frustrated with people for not doing what we are doing, we can see and appreciate what they contribute in another area. We can also learn things from people who do things differently and pick up skills

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By Jackie Lieuwen that we can apply in different ways. I have definitely learned a lot from the people in Houston, and as I move to Terrace to work at the newspaper there, I am eager for the opportunity to learn more. Every experience in life teaches us different things, and I plan to continue learning and changing and growing to understand and care for people better. I want to be a valuable, contributing part of my community, where ever I end up. More then that, I want to value other people and what they do. Through that, I pray that my life would honour the God who made me and gives me each breath.

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Street... What has been your favourite part of the summer so far?

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Savanna Boudreau Grade 4

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“My favourite part is camp. I like the activities like swimming, archery, canoeing, crafts, and riflery. I also like singing songs around the campfire at night.”

“My favourite part is doing archery at Rough Acres. Another favourite part was when my family had a water balloon fight at my house.”

“My favourite is breakfasts at Rough Acres. It is really good and different everyday. I also like lunches at camp.”

Illness from tainted oysters soars with heat Risk grows with rise in water temperatures By Jeff Nagel Black Press

A surge in shellfish-

related illness because of the hot summer weather has prompted the B.C. Centre for Disease Control to issue a warning to oyster lovers. The centre says 35 cases of a bacterial infection called Vibrio parahaemolyticus

have been reported in June and July – an unprecedented number. Most people got sick from eating raw B.C. oysters served in restaurants, although some cases involved oysters that were selfharvested or bought

at retail outlets. The bacteria occurs naturally in shellfish like oysters, clams, mussels, scallops and cockles and their concentrations rise in the summer months when water temperatures get warmer.

“The risk is especially high this summer, as we can see from the number of Vibrio infections reported during the last two months,” said BCCDC epidemiologist Marsha Taylor. People can get sick

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when contaminated shellfish are eaten raw or undercooked. Diarrhea is the most common symptom from infection, but nausea, vomiting, fever, headache and bloody stools can also result. Symptoms last three

days to a week and don’t usually require treatment. The BCCDC advises consumers to eat only cooked shellfish to destroy the bacteria and reduce the risk of gastrointestinal illness.

Prospects for B.C.’s biggest investment Now that the political back-andforth is over, there are two questions left about the Petronas-led proposal to make the biggest private-sector investment in B.C. history. Will it actually happen? And is it a good deal or a bad one? Premier Christy Clark ducked the first question on the day the project agreement for Pacific Northwest LNG was approved by the B.C. legislature. “After many predictions about the Canucks and the Alberta election, I don’t make predictions any more,” Clark said. “But I can say that this project has gone farther than any of our critics said that it would.”

For what it’s worth, my prediction is on record: it will go ahead. The latest evidence is the company’s continued, costly effort to gain federal and local approval for a suspension bridge to Lelu Island to minimize the marine impact. Lax Kw’alaams Band members could not have had details on that change from an underwater pipeline when they voted to oppose the project in May. Is it a good deal? The mayors of Prince Rupert and Port Edward have made their views clear – they see it as a lifeline for an area that has struggled for years with a faded forest and fishing industry. The B.C. NDP is

also now clear, having voted against the project agreement in the brief summer session of the legislature that concluded last week. Whether the project proceeds or not, this will be a key election issue in 2017. NDP leader John Horgan and other MLAs made much of the lack of job guarantees, pointing to similar projects in Australia. Natural Gas Development Minister Rich Coleman issued a statement with excerpts from the state of Western Australia’s agreement for the Gorgon LNG project. The so-called guarantees contain qualifiers like this: “... except in those cases where … it is not reasonable or economically practi-

cal to do so, use labour available within Western Australia.” Obviously there were no job guarantees, which could only exist in a command economy, in other words a communist dictatorship. Everyone agrees that specialized trades such as welding alloys for low-temperature operation will be brought in. And LNG processing trains will be shipped in pre-fabricated from places like South Korea, as they have been in Australia and elsewhere. Pacific Northwest LNG is on record with federal regulators that in the latter stages of construction, the use of foreign labour for the project could reach 70 per cent. Does that make it a bad deal?

...all LNG proponents here want to use as much local labour as they can, because it’s less expensive and it builds local support. Perhaps B.C. could attempt develop this expertise from the ground up. It seems to me that was tried with aluminum ship fabrication, and it didn’t work out too well. For David Keane, president of the B.C. LNG Alliance, the question is how many large LNG projects, pipelines and all, can be managed at the same time as the Site C dam is being

built. It was skilled labour shortages, and particularly a shortage of supervisors, that caused Australia to lose some of its proposed projects. Keane said all LNG proponents here want to use as much local labour as they can, because it’s less expensive and it builds local support. And he disagrees that B.C. is a sweet deal for the industry. Among other

B.C. Views Tom Fletcher things, pipelines have to be built across two mountain ranges. Not only that, B.C. producers would pay an LNG income tax, which is a first in the history of the industry. Add to that PST, GST, payroll taxes, municipal taxes and federal and provincial corporate income taxes. Add aboriginal revenue sharing, and we have a deal.

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own resources.” what it would be like to be a pilot. As for character, Fennema Adrian also talked to students says Adrian was a good man, often about the responsibility and importance of actively giving drian and Jo hard working and honest. Bob Haslett agrees. Haslett back to your community, Haslett Meeuwissen have been highly involved in the was a school trustee who served said. Adrian led by example. community, school, and church with Adrian for over 15 years. He says ethics guided Besides his involvement in for over 50 years. schools and sports, Adrian was They have left a mark on many everything Adrian did. Adrian was straight forward also a town councillor for five individuals and have bolstered CredittheUnion July 2007 years and mayor for six. Houston community through and honest, but also thoughtful and careful with his words, He says he is proud of how he volunteering. supplied to Newspapers helped lead Houston out of debt. Their lives show the Haslett said. “Adrian was a magnificent When he became councillor importance of service and the s: 287 school trustee. He took the job and mayor, the municipality was fulfillmentPantone that comes with Blue it. Henry Pantone Fennema a to heart. His interest in kids was in deep debt. Adrian ran a strict 356 wasGreen budget and fought for provincial business partner with Adrian for always paramount.” Pantone 139 Harvest Adrian believed his funding for Ruiter Heights 20 years at Nadina Truck Service (a business started by Adrian and responsibility as an elected board subdivision to get Houston free known formerly YEM Trucking). member meant getting involved of debt. He also helped develop Fennema says Adrian is “a with both education and kids. Four Seasons Park during his good example, work-wise and He was always volunteering and terms on council. poured a lot of time into local As for Jo, Haslett says she community-wise.” “He was a very community- sports programs as his children deserves “an awful lot of respect and appreciation” for supporting minded man. He gave lots were growing up. Career Days saw Adrian Adrian, who “committed himself back to this community... The o filecommunity needs men like him talking to Colour Filehis that much to the community.” studentsLogo about “He couldn’t have done all [who are] not scared to give of business and taking students for their own time and even of their rides in his plane to experience that without Jo being there for Houston Today

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him and supporting him,” Haslett said. Adrian and Jo were active and faithful parishioners of church. The design and floor plan of St Anthony’s Catholic Church was developed on their living room floor, Adrian said. Fellow parishioners Liz Gerei and Gale James said Adrian and Jo served the church in many ways throughout the years. Adrian helped build the church, did building and lawn maintenance, and Jo was very active in the Catholic Women’s League. They both did readings during Mass and served eucharist as members of pastoral council. They were always ready to step up and volunteer, James said. In 1982, the Catholic church awarded Adrian and Jo the Benemerenti Medal, which is one of the highest honours for a Catholic lay person and honours them for their long and exceptional service. The award recognized what James called service in the background. “When things needed to be done, they would be there… That’s just who they were,” James said. Highly involved in so many ways, James says they still always put family first. Married for 60 years, Adrian and Jo had five children. Their son Bill was born in 1956, a year after they were married and immigrated from Holland. Four daughters followed - Irene, Adri, and twins Joany and Nettie. Though life was busy, the children knew they were loved and supported. Their daughter Joany says her parents’ priority was always family first. “We always knew they had our back… They always pushed us to strive forward and to do our best

in everything we did,” she said. The Meeuwissen children were all highly involved in sports, and their parents taught them to value sportsmanship and be involved. They were also raised to be independent and make their own way in the world, said daughter Irene. These were values Adrian and Jo lived and taught both within and beyond the home. Adrian says he loved being involved with education and helping students at school. Haslett recalls that Adrian often talked to students about their responsibility to actively give back to their community. Adrian also enjoyed helping and teaching his employees at Nadina Trucking. “We had some rough, tough people that we worked with who became fine journeymen and businessmen, but we went through some rough times with them,” he said. “I’ve always had great satisfaction training young people.” Adrian says his life of service was not always easy. His effort and impact was not always recognized or appreciated. At times he wonders whether he missed out on things because he dedicated so much time to the community and church. The family went through some tough times financially, but Adrian said they fell back on their faith and made it through. “It was not an easy time, but we always were together, and had a healthy family,” Adrian said. “We had nothing but we had each other and we had health. So we never looked at ourselves as being poor.” “God has been good to us,” he said. “All in all, we’ve had a full life.”

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Storage closets at the Houston food bank are running low. The Salvation Army provides food to people in need by appointment. They give canned meat, vegetables, beans, pasta, pasta sauce, noodles, cereal, juice to people as best as they can, but a seasonal problem has come back to affect them. “We don’t have a lot of space, so we always have a small amount of food that we cache on site at any given time,” said director Rick Apperson. “Summertime is always rough. Donations are always down. And so, correspondingly our shelves are a bit more empty in Houston right now.” Apperson said June, July and August pan out as the worst

“A third of the people in B.C. who are using food banks are children.” - Food Banks BC director Lansink

months for donations and he can only guess at the reasons. He says it could be because people are travelling or it is just not on the forefront of peoples’ minds in the summer. As a result of the shortfall in donations, the food bank gets squeezed for resources when they have an unplanned visitor. “We haven’t turned them away. We are giving them a little less food because we haven’t had as much food in stock,” Apperson said. “We pool a lot of food ourselves, and we also bring some food from Smithers that we have.” The summertime

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Houston Salvation Army is short on food, and is stocking their shelves with food donations from Smithers and groceries they buy. Above is volunteer Mike Murphy, who regularly helps out at the Salvation Army thrift store in Houston. years Apperson has worked in his capacity, he has tried ameliorate the problem by making people more aware, and he has seen slight results through his word-of-mouth

efforts. “During the winter time when people do food drives and they ask how things are going, we always say summer is when we actually have the least

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he noticed that they’re only buying three months’ worth. The community can help Salvation Army by donating nonperishable food items to stock their shelves.

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1299

Welch’s Fruit Snacks

Danone Yogurts

2 Varieties, 24x100 g

Western Family Granola Bars

Post Honeycombs Family Size

Deep Woods Off!

Bernardin Wide Mouth Jars 12x500 ml

399

Heinz Squeeze Ketchup 1 litre

2 for

698

1.6 kg

50 count

100 ml pump or 230 g

799

2 for

Hellmann’s Squeeze Mayonnaise 3 Varieties, 750 ml

2.3 kg

/lb

Bick’s Squeeze Relish

299

Assorted Varieties 510-630 g

Bernardin Salmon Jars 12x250 ml

1299

1099

French’s Squeeze Mustard

499

Chapman’s Ice Cream

Assorted Varieties 4 litre

799

or Selected Varieties 510-595 g

Ziploc Freezer Bags Medium or Large, 3 packs

1199

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