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GIVING THE GIFT OF SIGHT ANDREA KLASSEN STAFF REPORTER andrea@kamloopsthisweek.com

L

es Nolin was hoping the dinner staged by his church might shave $1,000 off the cost of a new technology to improve his barely there vision — and even that amount seemed like a big ask from the congregation at Westsyde Fellowship.

But, when his wife brought home a brown envelope from the Dec. 7 event bulging with cheques and cash, Nolin was blown away.

The church had raised more than $12,000 with a single meal, four times the $3,000 he’d collected through online fundraising and enough to cover the full cost of his new eSight glasses.

“I was in shock,” said Nolin, a former firefighter who now works as a counsellor for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.

Nolin has cone/rod dystrophy, a disorder of the eye with no known cause or cure which most commonly leads to loss of vision.

Three years ago, he was declared legally blind.

Today he has about five per cent vision.

“I’ve never had really great vision but, up until maybe four and a half years ago, I was actually driving,” Nolin said.

“It’s just in those last four years my vision has deteriorated rapidly.”

Early this fall, Annette Tyler, wife of Westsyde Fellowship pastor Don Tyler, approached Nolin about a new Canadian invention she had seen on the news.

Called eSight, the technology uses LED screens, processors and an HD camera all mounted on a

pair of frames to display a real-time video feed, which is enhanced to the wearer’s specifications.

“I said, ‘Would you be a good candidate?’ He said, ‘Oh, absolutely, but do you know how much they cost?’”

While the $15,000 price tag was daunting, Tyler said she wanted to see what could be done.

Knowing Nolan’s daughter was due to be married next summer, she gave herself until then to help raise the money.

“That was my goal,” she said, “for Les to be able to see his daughter in her wedding gown.”

With the help of eSight itself, Nolin set up an online donations page through GoFundMe.com, and Tyler decided to make the special glasses the cause of choice at this year’s Ladies Christmas Dinner.

In previous years, the annual dinner has raised funds for causes like the Y Women’s Shelter, and Tyler said she was sure the 110 women in attendance could make a dent in Nolin’s $15,000 goal.

More optimistic than Nolin, she set a target of $2,000 to $3,000.

When the evening’s funds were counted up, she, too, was astounded by the outpouring of generosity.

“We called it a Christmas miracle,” she

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Les Nolin shows off his new eSight glasses, which he purchased with the help of fellow congregation members at Westsyde Fellowship.

said. “When I was given the envelope I just started shaking . . . everyone in the room was crying.

“We were just in shock, in awe.”

While most of Nolin’s family was in attendance — as well as his wife and daughter, his son was at the event to provide live music — family members deliberately held off on calling home so they could break the news of the donations in person.

A few days before Christmas, Nolin tested out his eSight glasses for the first time.

Though he doesn’t plan to wear them all the time, he said they’ve replaced a number of other aids and will make some tasks much less labour-intensive.

“If I wanted to see something on the bottom shelf in a store, I would have to get down on my hands and knees and see

the prices, where now I’ll just be able to zoom in and see it,” Nolin said.

“There’s certain aspects of getting around where it’s definitely going to be a real benefit.”

When the congregation met again on Sunday, Dec. 28, Nolin was able to put the technology they had helped him purchase into practice, reading the Bible in print rather than braille for the first time in several years.

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FRIDAY, January 2, 2015

CITYpage Council Calendar Regular Council Meeting Jan 13 - 1:30 pm Public Hearing Jan 13 - 7 pm

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Food and Urban Agriculture Plan Advisory Committee Jan 15 - 11 am TCC, Meeting Room "A"

Until January 15, 2015 Recycled trees save landfill space and produce compost material for use in parks and gardens. Last year we recycled over 3,600 trees!

Tranquille Road Beautification and Enhancement Gateway Task Force Jan 19 - 6 pm Corporate Boardroom, City Hall

Please ensure your tree is clean of any wires, tinsel, decorations, or plastic. For more information, call 250-828-3461.

Arts Commission Jan 20 - 4:45 pm Second Floor Boardroom, City Hall Social Planning Council Jan 28 - 5 pm DES Boardroom, 105 Seymour Street Coordinated Enforcement Task Force Jan 26 – 10 am Corporate Boardroom, City Hall Police Committee Jan 26 – 11:15 am Corporate Boardroom, City Hall Regular City Council meetings are broadcast on Shaw Cable as follows: Thurs and Sat at 11 am and Sun at 7 pm.

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Snow Angels is a program where neighborhood-based volunteers are paired with seniors or residents with limited mobility in need of snow removal services for their pathways, stairs, sidewalks and driveways so they are clear and safe for use.

2015 Business Licence Renewals The City of Kamloops 2015 Business Licence renewals have been mailed.

Payments are due by January 1, 2015, and may be paid online using your MyCity account, by online banking services, mail, or in person at City Hall, 7 Victoria Street West, Kamloops, BC, V2C 1A2. Business Licence accounts outstanding after January 15, 2015, will have a $25 late payment charge added to the balance owing.

If you have not received your renewal notice or if there has been a change to your business, please contact the Business Licence office at 105 Seymour Street or phone 250-828-3481 prior to submitting the 2015 payment.

Mayor’s Gala for the Arts On Jan 31, 2015 the Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops Symphony, Western Canada Theatre, and the City of Kamloops will host the 8th annual Mayor’s Gala for the Arts. Join us to celebrate the Arts in our region with a gourmet dinner and an entertaining evening. Tickets on sale now. More information at www.mayorsgalaforthearts.com.

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Commercial Vehicle Licence Plates range from $25 to $40 per vehicle annually and are based on vehicle weight. They can be purchased at City Hall, 7 Victoria Street West, and By-law Services Parking Control, 6 Seymour Street West, between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, on presentation of a validated certificate of insurance. The decal must be displayed on the lower right-hand corner of the vehicle’s windshield.

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LOCAL NEWS One person is dead and another is in custody after an altercation in a North Kamloops apartment. RCMP Cpl. Cheryl Bush said police received a report of a murder just after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 30. A woman was found dead in a ground-floor unit.

A patrol car sits outside unit 107 of the apartment building at 435 Cherry Ave., the apartment unit where the homicide is believed to have occurred.

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A woman is dead and a man is in custody following an altercation in a North Kamloops apartment.

RCMP Cpl. Cheryl Bush said police received a report of a murder just after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 30.

“A deceased female was located inside an apartment on Cherry Avenue,” Bush said.

“A 41-year-old male has been arrested for murder and is known to police.”

Bush said investigators believe the victim and the suspect were associated with one another.

The death took place in the apartment building at 435

Cherry Ave., which was formerly known as Residences at Sun Valley Ridge, a building that was notorious for numerous police calls in recent years.

Dan Van Runt, a resident of the building, told KTW he let police into the complex at about 2 p.m..

Mounties were asking to get to unit 107, a ground-level unit that faces the parking lot behind and west of the building.

Van Runt said Mounties brought from unit 107 a man with dirty blond hair who stood between five-foot-eight and five-foot-10.

Van Runt said the man arrested is known to become involved in altercations with residents, noting a female resident of the apartment building told him she had been involved

in a confrontation with the man.

Another resident told KTW the man arrested is known in the area and is always dressed in green army fatigues.

A third resident told KTW he heard the victim was stabbed to death.

Bush said no additional details are being released at the time being.

“It’s in its very early stages and we’re not releasing every detail,” she said.

The Kamloops RCMP’s Serious Crimes Unit has taken over the investigation.

The accused was scheduled to make a court appearance on Wednesday, Dec. 31.

Go online to kamloopsthisweek.com for updates on this story.

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LOCAL NEWS

Diabetes and drink lead to at least 30 days in jail CAM FORTEMS

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A Kamloops resident who pleaded guilty to causing a disturbance and uttering a threat against a Mountie may be sent back to prison to serve the remainder of a 17.5-year U.S. sentence.

Crown prosecutor Katie Bouchard said police received a report of a domestic conflict

at an apartment on Summit Drive in early September.

When Mounties arrived, they found Damien Connolly yelling from a step, screaming at a female neighbour. He initially refused to come down to police. When he did, police found he was drunk.

At one point during the confrontation with the neighbour,

Connelly pounded so hard on her door that he bloodied his knuckles.

During his arrest at the squad car, Connelly told a Mountie he would “find his address and deal with him,” Bouchard said.

“He said he was Irish and part of the IRA.” Provincial court judge Chris Cleaveley sentenced Connelly to 30 days in jail on

Monday, Dec. 29, along with a year of probation. He has been in custody since the incident, based on his parole status.

However, defence lawyer Don Campbell said the sentence may not be the end of the 57-year-old man’s punishment. In a rare occurrence in court in Canada, Connelly’s American criminal record was entered in

the sentence hearing.

In 1993, the Canadian-born man, who moved to Wisconsin as child, was sentenced on charges of conspiracy to traffic in drugs and benefit from related financial transactions.

He received a 17.5-year sentence.

He was also sentenced several years later for escaping custody.

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He was jailed for another two years, receiving full parole in 2009.

But, Campbell added, Connelly must appear this year in front of the parole board, which has the option of sending him back to jail for another 18 months.

Campbell said Connelly is a diabetic who had not been taking medication due to financial problems.

The combination of alcohol and his condition was “incendiary,” Campbell said, and led to Connelly’s attitude on the day of his arrest.

Connelly apologized during sentencing, saying there is excuse for my behaviour.

“No one forced me to have that drink,” he said.

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The City of Kamloops and the ThompsonNicola Regional District (TNRD) have teamed up to offer training sessions to the general public and business community of Kamloops and surrounding areas on using interactive mapping and accessing local government data stored in a geographic information system (GIS).

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Campbell said Connelly has a degree in sociology and political science, but became enmeshed in the “pot culture” in the U.S., leading to involvement with a major trafficking operation.

Campbell said Connelly has typically worked as a chef.

After serving sixand-a-half years in a maximum-security prison in the U.S., Connelly was transferred to a Canadian penitentiary and later released on parole.

In 2001, Campbell said, his client skipped out on parole and went to Ireland to care for his ailing brother. Connelly returned to Canada after six years when his wife was diagnosed with cancer.

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LOCAL NEWS A 56-year-old Kamloops man and his wife were entering the U.S. at the Abbotsford/Sumas crossing when the man collapsed. Quick work by U.S. border officers helped save the man, who at last word was in a Bellingham hospital.

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KAMLOOPS RESIDENT AND WIFE WERE STARTING FOURMONTH TRIP U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Abbotsford/Sumas border crossing helped save the life of a 56-year-old Kamloops man this week.

The man and his wife arrived at the border to cross from Abbotsford into Sumas in the U.S. at about 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 29.

They were in a motorhome destined for a four-month winter tour of the U.S. when, during a routine secondary screening, the man collapsed to the floor and was gasping for breath.

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HOLIDAYS OVER, DUI FOCUS NOT

Winter after winter, the RCMP CounterAttack road check program returns to B.C. roads.

The final series of holiday roadblocks were dismantled as New Year’s Eve gave way to New Year’s Day. There are, of course, impaired-driving checks throughout the year, but the Christmas-New Year’s stretch is the main focus, being the season to party.

There was a time when impaired driving was considered acceptable behaviour. Thankfully, we’ve come a long way from that. But, after all those years of messages, roadblocks and increasing penalties, some drivers still operate a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, believing nothing can happen to them or they won’t get caught.

B.C.’s CounterAttack program is entering its 38th year and the province’s tougher roadside penalties on drinking and driving are responsible for a drop in alcohol-related crashes.

Still, on average, 86 people die every year in crashes involving impaired driving.

Drinking and driving carries consequences.

Whether it’s a small fender-bender, an arrest and driving suspension or a serious crash that claims your life or that of an innocent person — it’s only a matter of time before someone pays the price.

Statistics released by ICBC show that, between 2009 and 2013, there were an average of 29 impaired-related crashes in the Southern Interior. That’s the most of B.C.’s four regions (23 in Lower Mainland, 22 in North Central and 13 on Vancouver Island). Though the numbers are trending down, driving under the influence still accounts for 23 per cent of all fatal crashes.

Police will continue to be out in force — in the winter, in the spring, in the summer and in the fall — driving home the message we all need to take to heart: Don’t drink and drive.

Plan ahead, use alternate transportation or use a designated driver.

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The crystal ball sees all . . .

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t is Jan. 2, 2015, a time when the 11-year-old me back in 1980 was told by a science-magazine article that I would be driving a flying car by now and living in a war-free world.

Turns out I am living in a flying car-free world in which war remains in the driver’s seat.

Nevertheless, the start of a new year is always a good time to look ahead.

So, as I gaze into the distance of what will be 2015, here is what my crystal ball reveals: • The much-anticipated Overlanders Bridge resurfacing project is completed on time and on budget in the summer, with only one snag — somehow, the completed job results in the span becoming a southbound, four-lane, one-way thoroughfare.

While North Shore businesses decry the expected negative effect on their bottom line, the city points out morning commutes to the South Shore will be much, much quicker.

• Coun. Denis Walsh, elected with much fanfare in November, creates a major buzz in February when he stands up in council chambers, holding aloft a rectangle package, inside of which he claims is irrefutable video proof the closure of Stuart Wood was done illegally.

Walsh’s claims are diluted somewhat by October when, after eight months of searching, still nobody can find a Betamax machine on which to play his explosive video.

• After city council approved,

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MUSINGS then denied, then approved a Battle Street rezoning bid involving an apartment complex, Coun. Ken Christian noted it was not the best of times for the city’s politicians.

“I think there’s certainly enough blame to wrap city hall twice with the blame on this issue,” Christian said at the Dec. 16 council meeting that featured council’s second aboutface.

Not surprisingly, the contract awarded to wrap city hall twice with blame goes seriously overbudget in May when workers inadvertently wrap city hall thrice with blame.

• Seniors in Kamloops remain upset throughout 2015 when city council ignores their call for some space at the new indoor soccer facility that will replace the McArthur Island Youth Centre.

Council cites the pressing need for an indoor soccer facility in Kamloops.

When seniors point out there already exists a soccer dome on Tk’emlups Indian Band land

and another indoor soccer facility on Eighth Street on the North Shore, council immediately unannexes all of North Kamloops outside of McArthur Island, pointing out there is still no indoor soccer facility within city limits.

• Preliminary work on the privately financed water park at the city’s Tournament Capital Ranch is halted in May when proponents of the muchdelayed Sedric’s Water Park project file a court injunction, claiming theft of intellectual property.

When reminded Sedric’s remained as real as Bigfoot, proponents vowed that 2015 is indeed the year the water park/ arena/hotel/airport/conference centre/hospital/teleporter/ open-pit mine/gondola/restaurant/marina/fishing resort/ski hill/golf course project would indeed rise in all its majesty.

They added that they promise this time.

Really.

Honest.

• Despite the lingering stink of the Mike Duffy trial and the rise of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister Stephen Harper confounds all pollsters by becoming the first PM since Wilfrid Laurier to win four straight elections.

While pundits parse all polling data in an attempt to explain the unexpected victory, it is believed a promise by Harper to never, ever again sing a Guns ‘N Roses song truly resonated with voters. editor@kamloopsthisweek.com

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SEE THAT ANGRY PEDESTRIAN? YEP, THAT’S ME Editor: I drive from the North Shore to downtown every day for work, as countless numbers of us do.

I park my car and walk the couple of blocks to my office, as countless numbers of us do.

If you see someone crossing the street — in a crosswalk, with the walk signal — and that someone glares at the cars approaching, trying to turn quickly either in front or just behind, chances are that angry-looking pedestrian is me.

I was crossing at a pedestrian crosswalk between Second and Third avenues on Victoria Street and I waited while a car went past without stopping to let me cross.

No problem.

The problem came when said car was thrown into reverse and backed up at a ridiculous speed, through the crosswalk that I was now in and almost striking me, so the driver could get to the parking spot he had just

driven past.

He then got out of the car and yelled at me across the street, saying he could not see me — like it was my fault.

On another day, with streets icy from recent snowfall, I waited for the light to change so I could across Seymour Street.

I was about halfway across when the driver of a white pickup truck making a left turn onto Seymour was gunning his motor and trying desperately to get some traction.

When he did get traction, he barrelled the truck through the crosswalk, driving just bare inches from me.

He also had the presence of mind to swear at me from his open window, telling me I should learn to walk.

I was walking cautiously through that intersection because the street was a total sheet of ice. He should have known as he was driving on it.

I cannot count the number of times

pedestrians have been struck and killed in Kamloops due to driver inattention.

They have to get through that turn they are making and carry on. They are going somewhere important.

We are all going somewhere important — whether we are walking or driving.

When does it stop? How many pedestrians and cyclists have to get hit by Kamloops drivers for the rest of them to wake the heck up and pay attention?

Drive defensively. Drive with caution. Be aware of your surroundings. Stop driving your vehicle like you stole it.

And, when you see the angry woman in the crosswalk, waving her arms at you because you just could not wait the extra seconds to make that turn, you can bet that angry woman is me.

Lizzy Cline Kamloops

SMART-METER FOES BEING PUNISHED FOR THEIR STAND Editor: Re: Ann Findrik’s letter of Dec. 2 (‘BC Hydro meter-reading fee unfair’): I dearly hope Findrik received an apology from BC Hydro and had her power restored.

I would like to bring something else to the light of day.

Via a freedom-of-information request, I learned that nearly 70,000 smart meters were being read manually as of Jan. 1, 2014.

As of Sept. 1, 2014, nearly 50,000 smart meters are still being read manually.

I have also learned that many BC Hydro smart meters will be read manually more or less permanently.

Those customers are receiving the same service as those with analog meters, but are not being charged the $32.40 per month fee ($64.80 per reading).

This practice is definitely discriminatory under the Utilities Commission Act, which states all customers must be charged the same rate for the same service.

How can anybody justify this unfair practice?

Some people say it is pure

extortion and a punitive measure from Bill Bennett, minister responsible for BC Hydro.

It definitely needs explaining to the people of British Columbia as to how a Crown corporation is allowed to treat its customers in this manner, which is illegal under the Utilities Commission Act and runs counter to Bennett’s own directive.

I believe people are being punished for taking a moral stand and this is a sad thing for democracy in B.C. Guenter Gottloeber Kamloops

Should former U.S. president George W. Bush and his administration be prosecuted in light of the report on torture?

Results: Yes: 132 votes No: 105 votes

practice?

Some people say it is pure extortion and a punitive measure from Bill Bennett, minister responsible for BC Hydro.

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A new year is upon us.

Which New Year’s resolution will you adopt on Jan. 1?

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A selection of comments on KTW stories, culled online RE: STORY: HICKETTS CLAN’S ‘SURREAL’ EXPERIENCE AT WORLD JUNIORS: “Joe is an example to every young person in Canada. He is a very intelligent young man and you can see that in his playmaking.

“He has captained almost every team he has played on and I think last year he was chased as the top academic hockey player in Canada.

“This boy has all the qualities that any parent would be proud to say, ‘This is my son.’

“Academically, he is in the top percentile in his age group.

“Canada is fortunate to have such a representative and many of us in Kamloops who have met Joe wish him all the best in the future.”

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he toughest part of the Kamloops Blazers’ travel schedule might be in the rear-view mirror, but the road ahead is still filled with peril.

Included in the obstacles for the Western Conference’s last-place team are seven tilts against the WHL-leading Kelowna Rockets, who visit Interior Savings Centre tonight (Jan. 2).

Game time is 7 p.m.

“I think everybody that was a part of last year wanted to have a lot better year than we’re having this year, especially after the start we had,” Blazer defenceman Ryan Rehill said on Wednesday, Dec. 31, a night after his club fell 6-3 to the hometown Vancouver Giants.

“Expectations were a little bit higher than what we’re producing right now. Everybody is kind of frustrated and wants to get back to winning.”

Kelowna will be looking to bounce back from a rare loss on Tuesday, when the Prince George Cougars went into Prospera Place and upset the Rockets 5-3.

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Kamloops Blazers defenceman Ryan Rehill: “Expectations were a little bit higher than what we’re producing right now. Everybody is kind of frustrated and wants to get back to winning.”

Western Conference Team 1. Kelowna 2. Everett 3. Spokane 4. Portland 5. Victoria 6. Prince George 7. Seattle 8. Tri-City 9. Vancouver 10. Kamloops

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their Okanagan rivals through two periods in Kelowna on Dec. 27, but third-period goals from Rourke Chartier

and Dillon Dube lifted the Rockets to a 4-2 victory.

“We just let it slip in the third,” Rehill said.

“They pushed back like we thought they would and we weren’t ready for it.

“We have little lulls and teams have been taking advantage. “ With only four wins in their last 20 games, the Blazers are in dire need of a spark, sitting four points back of the Giants in the Western Conference basement as of KTW’s

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ISC press deadline on Wednesday.

Vancouver is in town to play Kamloops tomorrow (Jan. 3). Game time

is 7 p.m. at ISC. Perhaps Collin Shirley can prove a catalyst for his club this weekend.

The 18-year-old left-winger from Saskatoon has been a bright spot for the Blazers of late, recording six goals in his last six games.

If Kamloops is going to steal a win tonight, a strong performance will likely be required in the crease from either Cole Kehler or Connor Ingram.

“It’s been a lot like our team, very inconsistent,” Blazers head coach Don Hay said of his 17-year-old netminding duo.

“A goaltender is a key player on every team. When he’s playing his best, he really gives us a good opportunity to gain points.

“If the goaltending hasn’t been good, it’s usually when our team hasn’t been good.”

The Rockets lead the West in goals for, with 164. Rehill said the focus this week on Mark Recchi Way has been on playing better team defence.

“It’s coming along,” Rehill said. “We’re working on it a lot in practice and we’ve just got to translate it into games.

“We’ve got to limit our individual mistakes that have been costing us goals and that end up putting us out of games.”

Chasing B.C. gold ADAM WILLIAMS

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Corryn Brown and her Kamloops Curling Club rink have done almost everything right in their quest to again don the blue and white of Team B.C. The foursome was 3-1 in the Tim Hortons B.C. Junior Women’s Curling Championship in Parksville at KTW’s press deadline on Wednesday, Dec. 31, with their only defeat coming at the hands of the Daniels rink (4-0) of the Lower Mainland.

“It has been going really well,” Brown told KTW in advance of her Wednesday draw against Coquitlam’s Egan rink.

“We kind of had a bit of a slip-up yesterday [Dec. 30] against Daniels, but we regrouped and had a really good game against Fisher to finish off the day yesterday.”

The Kamloops rink — skip Corryn Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Samantha

Fisher and lead Sydney Fraser — was ranked second in the tournament Wednesday, with three games remaining before the elimination round.

The top team at the end of round-robin play will advance directly to the final, while the second- and third-place teams will play off in a semifinal.

“We just have to finish off the round-robin with, hopefully, three wins,” Brown said. “To finish off at 6-1, that would be nice.

“If we don’t make it straight to the final, that’s OK. We don’t mind playing a semi or, even, a tiebreaker.

“If we’re given the chance to play in the final, we’d be happy.”

Round-robin play wrapped up yesterday (Jan. 1).

The semifinal round goes today, while the final will be played tomorrow.

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When Kamloops last heard from Mieke DuMont, hers was one of the most recognizable names in highschool athletics.

Now, she’s one of the most recognizable names in Dalhousie volleyball.

“It has been really good,” DuMont said of her time at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

“The coach and the team have been really nice and really welcoming, so they made the transition a lot easier.”

DuMont racked up accolades in her final year at South Kamloops secondary, where she

was a three-sport athlete for the Titans — volleyball, basketball and soccer.

She collected the District Dogwood Authority Award for Physical Activity and South Kamloops’s service award, as well as its senior female coach’s award, senior scholarathlete award and Titan award. She led the school to a bronze-medal finish in the B.C. High School Girls’ Provincial AAAA Volleyball Championship and was named a first-team allstar in the process.

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DuMont was offered a full varsity volleyball athletic scholarship by the Dalhousie Tigers, as well as an academicentrance scholarship.

Since turning in her Titan yellow and black for the Tiger gold and black, the South Kamloops graduate has continued to hone her athletic prowess.

The Atlantic university has offered the perfect locale for DuMont to continue her development, with a young roster and trusting coach allowing her to have an immediate impact.

She started all nine of the Tigers’ pre-Christmas matches, helping the club to a 3-6 record

and a third-place standing. She’s second on the club in kills (45), service aces (12), digs (71) and solo blocks (6). She’s third on the team in points (75).

It hasn’t been a wholly easy transition — there have been some tough moments on the court and in the classroom — but DuMont said playing in Eastern Canada has been everything she hoped it would be.

“It’s definitely a lot more intense training and there’s more pressure playing, but the coach and the team have made it very easy to transition into,” she said.

“Now I’m comfortable playing there.”

WOLFPACK TO HOST THREETEAM TOURNEY The TRU WolfPack men’s volleyball team will kick off the McDonald’s International Tournament against the UBC-Okanagan Heat tonight (Jan. 2).

The match is slated to begin at 7 p.m. at the Tournament Capital Centre.

The tournament also includes Trinity Western University and Budo International of Japan.

TRU will play Budo tomorrow and Trinity Western on Sunday, Jan. 4. Both matches will begin at 7 p.m.

The bronze- and gold-medal finals will also go Sunday.

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Is the Christmas story truly ‘unbelievable’ ?

A RESPONSE TO MICHAEL FENEMORE’S DECEMBER FAITH COLUMN

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s the Christmas story in Matthew’s Gospel “unbelievable” and “ridiculous”?

Michael Fenemore, in his Dec. 19 Faith column, argues it is.

He is “dumbfounded” that countless Christian generations would accept Jesus’ virgin birth and, therefore, his divinity.

I’m not sure Fenemore is justified in his conclusions or approach.

He begins by pointing out how Matthew’s genealogy skips generations to create the symmetry of 14s, then argues many prophecies Matthew cites have nothing to do with the Messiah.

Both of these points are true.

But, Fenemore thinks this is a problem for Matthew’s credibility.

I don’t agree.

In fact, Fenemore misses the most significant point of all: Jewish people — who believed in the one true God of Israel (YHWH) and would never have dreamed God would become a human being (people like Matthew, all Jesus’s first disciples and the earliest Christians, all Jewish) — did come to believe Jesus was divine.

They worshipped him as such and, like Matthew, invited others to do the same.

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Jesus’s first disciples, as witnesses to his life, death and, most significantly, his resurrection, came to understand Jesus was, in fact, “God with us.”

And they lost property, family, jobs, security and, for many, their own lives as they were brutally tortured and killed for passing on what they had discovered.

So, how should we approach the “problems” with Matthew’s Gospel?

To begin, we owe any author the courtesy of letting him speak within the cultural norms of his day.

Matthew is doing just that and his readers would understand the ways he works with the genealogies and with the Old Testament texts.

Matthew is a theologian and skips generations to make his point.

No problem there.

Jewish writers do that in the Old

Testament as well (eg.

Genesis 5 and 11), so this wouldn’t be an issue for first-century Jewish readers.

Fenemore, however, used a present-day financial metaphor.

Saying that Matthew skipping generations in his genealogy is akin to saying the minister of finance has omitted several expenditures to achieve a balanced budget.

That’s not honouring the genera or literary style of Matthew — or of the Hebrew Bible.

Fenemore next claims there is no apparent reason why Matthew has three sets of 14 generations.

I think there may be a very good, theological reason. The Jewish people would often use numerology to make a point; a practice called gematria.

Gematria would give a numerical value to the letters of the alphabet.

In English, it would work like this: A =1, B = 2, C = 3, etc.

In Hebrew, the name “David” — the king from whose line the Messiah would come — is composed of three letters: Dalet, Vav, Dalet (DVD).

The numerical value?

D = 4, V = 6, D = 4.

Add it up and we get, lo and behold, 14.

Fenemore is trying to discredit Matthew as unreasonable and anyone who believes him

Give the gift of blood There was gift-giving, donating to charities and volunteering over the holidays.

But, the Canadian Blood Services is hoping people will support hospital patients by giving blood.

Across the country, the organization is rallying Canadians to wrap their communities in red to show appreciation to donors and encourage others to consider donating blood at various clinics in January.

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to be equally naïve.

Could it be that Matthew actually is doing something meaningful with the numbers?

The first audience would understand what he was doing — creating a link between Jesus and his ancestry in David’s lineage.

(Yes, this comes through Joseph as his adoptive father.

Naming a child was his adoption right. See Matthew 1:25).

Whatever it does mean, it doesn’t mean Matthew lacks credibility because he presents the genealogy in this way.

This is not a problem and it certainly isn’t fair to equate it to a finance minister fudging the numbers.

Common courtesy and intellectual integrity begs us to let

Matthew speak within his own cultural conventions.

Fenemore then claims Matthew’s genealogy becomes irrelevant because Matthew uses Isaiah 7:14 in reference to the birth of Jesus.

Fenemore makes some helpful points here.

Isaiah 7, for example, is certainly about “God with us” — about God helping the Jews during the reign of King Ahaz.

And Isaiah’s prophecy was fulfilled in the lifetime of King Ahaz.

Biblical scholar Craig Evans summarizes well: “. . . the event, [as recorded in Isaiah 7], which was indeed prophetic and is recorded in Scripture, took on typological significance for later generations. In the

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the Isaiah text to “prove” Jesus is God,’ He already believes Jesus is God and demonstrates why he believes so all throughout his gospel.

This is especially clear after Jesus’s resurrection (Matthew 28:1020).

Here the disciples fall down and worship Jesus — and he let’s them!

The fact that firstcentury Jews come to worship Jesus as a God is astounding!

That’s part of why I can trust their invitation to join them now in worshipping Jesus as “God with us.”

I hope you will consider finding Jesus is present as “God with you,” too, in 2015.

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birth of Jesus, Matthew sees biblical history repeating itself, which is what typology is all about — the conviction that God will act in the future the way he acted in the past.”

(C. Evans, Matthew.

New Cambridge Bible Commentary, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012. P.47).

To put it simply, Matthew hears in Isaiah an echo of Israel’s story being repeated in Jesus birth.

As God was “with” the people of Israel, to save and deliver during the reign of King Ahaz, even more so Jesus is “God with us,” coming to save and deliver his people from the greatest enemy of all — the evil in our own hearts, keeping us from truly living in the freedom God intended for us.

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Obituaries & In Memoriam JAY DENEEN MURPHY

DEBORAH LEE PARKINSON

Jay Deneen Murphy of Kamloops, BC passed away on December 24, 2014 at 84 years of age.

It is with immense sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved daughter, sister, mother, aunt and wife.

Survived by her mother, Joanne Katherine Parkinson, also husband, Albert Charbonneau, children Thomas and Tiffany Meier, as well as stepdaughters Nancy and Marianne Charbonneau, stepson Andre (Melissa) Charbonneau, grandchildren Tristan Ryder, Blade White, Noah Charbonneau, Cecelia and Simone Charbonneau, sisters Katherine (Robert) Allaire and Tammy (Gregg) Gillies.

She also leaves to remember her several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins some of whom were very close to her.

Predeceased by her father Thomas Keith Parkinson, brother Robert Allan Parkinson, grandparents Walter and Dorothy Parkinson and Ivor and Kate Benson.

Deborah was born in Enderby and raised in Armstrong on a dairy farm where she spent much of her childhood. The family summers were spent on Shuswap lake water skiing surrounded by family and friends. Deborah had a real passion for cooking whether with family or at a place of work as well as hair cutting. For those closest to her, Deborah had two beautiful children whom gave her a great sense of fulfilment in her life as well as grandchildren to which she adored greatly. This remarkable lady, Deborah Parkinson will always and forever be remembered for being a very loving individual who filled our lives with love, laughter, joy and pride.

She was the kind person who brought sunshine and happiness into lives of all who knew her.

He is survived by his three children; Michael Gavin Murphy, Pamela Lee Murphy and Patrick Neil Murphy, grandchildren; Eric Phillips and Conor Murphy. He is predeceased by his wife, Elizabeth Louise (Betty) Murphy (nee McArthur).

Jay was born at Miniota, Manitoba in 1930. He attended the University of Manitoba and his profession as a Geological Engineer took him around the world, eventually settling in Kamloops. He was an active part of the mining community over the years in northern Manitoba, Northwest Territories, BC and Ontario and outside of Canada, in Bolivia and Spain.

He worked his own Mineral Claims even in his final years.

To the delight of many readers (and the annoyance of his family), Jay was also a prolific letter writer, expressing his opinions in local and provincial newspapers.

In accordance with his wishes, Jay will be returned to Miniota and the Assiniboine Valley he remained so attached to.

A special star shines in the heavens, to remind us of our very dear Deborah.

Special thanks to the Intensive Care Unit at Royal Inland Hospital and Jay’s Todd Road friends and neighbours in Barnhartvale. Many thanks to the incredible spirit and work of Snow Angels.

A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 11:00 am in the Chapel of Kamloops Funeral Home, 285 Fortune Dive, Kamloops, BC.

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Bill Morrison of Calgary, Alberta passed away on December 25, 2014 at 82 years of age.

Bill was born in Lochee, Dundee Scotland on November 25, 1932 but spent his formative years in Rattray and Blairgowrie Perthshire Scotland. He began his career as a baker at the ripe age of 14 in the Scottish trades. At age 33 he moved from Scotland with his wife and three daughters to Kamloops, BC to work as a professional baker for Woodwards. In 1984 Bill and his family moved to Calgary where he worked for Safeway and rose to the position of Bakery Manager before retiring in 1992. He went back to work after his retirement for the Co-op bakery, officially retiring from professional baking in 1995, but continued to bake at home for family and friends.

Bill is survived by his loving wife Mary, daughters Lynn (Marti), Rona (Joe), Myra (Dev) and Kim (Nyren); grandchildren Chris, Mike, Travis and Leanne; and great-grandchild Charlotte, as well as many family and friends in Canada, Scotland, and Australia.

Willie was a proud Scot and member of the Black Watch, his family’s regiment. He served in the British Army for 2 years during the Mau-Mau conflict in Kenya with his beloved Bren Gun. The Black Watch trained him well as he was an excellent marksman with a rifle. Bill loved a good joke and a laugh, traveling, camping, and photography. He returned many times to Scotland during his life but he was always thankful to return to Canada. He was a semi-pro soccer player in Scotland, and was an avid soccer player during his time in Kamloops, B.C. He was a supporter of the Moose, Royal Canadian Legion, and Dundee Football Club.

Thank you to the doctors and nurses at Foothills Hospital for their kindness and compassion during his short stay.

No formal service by request. As expressions of sympathy donations may be made to the SPCA in memory of Bill and his love of all creatures great and small, but especially cats.

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Don was a chef all his working life, and worked at various hotels, restaurants and golf courses throughout BC and Alberta. He and his wife spent 11 years in the Cayman Islands, where they ran a small hotel and restaurant. During that time, Don and his culinary team won numerous awards at competitions throughout the Caribbean. Don mentored many young chefs who have gone on to have successful careers in the hospitality industry.

Don was an avid fly fisherman and outdoorsman, and enjoyed fishing all around BC. He is survived by his loving wife of 36 years, Lana, brothers Brian, David, Blair, and sister Marie, aunts and uncles, and numerous nieces and nephews. Don is also lovingly remembered by Audrey MacLeod (mother-in-law), Janet Bernes (sister-in-law), Peter Bernes (brother-inlaw) and Grant Bernes (nephew), all of Kamloops.

He enjoyed life to its fullest and loved to laugh—he will be greatly missed by his family and friends.

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If Tomorrow Never Comes If I knew it would be the last time That I’d see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time I’d hear your voice lifted up in praise, I would video tape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day.

If I knew it would be the last time, I could spare an extra minute to stop and say “I love you,” instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.

If I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day, Well I’m sure you’ll have so many more, so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there’s always tomorrow to make up for an oversight, and we always get a second chance to make everything just right.

There will always be another day to say “I love you,” And certainly there’s another chance to say our “Anything I can do?”

But just in case I might be wrong, and today is all I get, I’d like to say how much I love you and I hope we never forget.

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike, And today may be the last chance you get to hold your loved one tight.

So if you’re waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today?

For if tomorrow never comes, you’ll surely regret the day, That you didn’t take that extra time for a smile, a hug, or a kiss and you were too busy to grant someone, what turned out to be their one last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today, and whisper in their ear, Tell them how much you love them and that you’ll always hold them dear Take time to say “I’m sorry,” “Please forgive me,” “Thank you,” or “It’s okay.”

And if tomorrow never comes, you’ll have no regrets about today. © Norma Cornett Marek ~ 1989

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sonorous chant wakes me up.

I peer blearily at my watch, which reads 6.a.m.

It is a call to prayer from the village mosque and the baritone voice is haunting, the cadence mystical.

The sound dies away.

Others take its place — a cockerel’s lusty crowing, the chirrup of birds and, from somewhere inside the house, a muffled conversation.

Time to get up.

I am in Kuala Medang, a kampong (village) in the Pahang province of Malaysia, staying with a Malaysian family.

We don’t share a common language, but my gentle-eyed host “mother” urges me with a series of gestures to eat breakfast.

Malaysian breakfasts are hearty: rice, a bowl of chicken mee goring (fried noodles) and aubergines in a spicy sambal sauce — washed down with milky tea.

The young men of the family have already left for work at a nearby palm plantation, but my elderly host “father,” dressed in a traditional Malay sarong and tunic, is watching a political rally on TV. He smiles and responds to my greeting, “salamat pagi” (good morning), with a slight bow, hand on heart.

Malaysia’s Homestay Program has been in place for about 10 years and my host family’s large — Tourism Malaysia approved — bungalow has several bedrooms for family members, in addition to a guest room and bathroom set aside for visitors.

Their guest book offers comments by local students, as well as quite a few appreciative European visitors.

Remarks focus on the grass-

MARGARET DEEFHOLTS PHOTO Locals showed Margaret Deefholts how to make onde-onde, a Malaysian treat made by forming rice and palm sugar into a ball and covering it in grated coconut.

farmers’ market.

In an adjoining kitchen, we get hands-on For more information/contacts, go online to go2homestay.com/homestay- experience at making traditional kuala-medang Malaysian sweets: dodol (made from glutinous rice and roots experience of life in a rural coconut milk), onde-onde (rice setting — a refreshing change and palm sugar balls covered in from impersonal city hotels — grated coconut) and curry puffs even though frills such as airwith dainty fluted edges. conditioning and Western toiletry Our reward is a high tea where supplies are absent. we sample our Malaysian delicaOur homestay involves not cies and chat about recipes with only our host families, but the our hostesses, with the help of entire village community. our guide and translator, Kamal.

We drop into a spotless comThe next day, we head into munal kitchen to watch, fascijungle to visit the Semai — a nated, as two women produce tribal people living in a world far skeins of noodles to sell at a local removed from technological wiz-

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ardry — to get a cooking demo of a very different sort.

A wrinkled old woman and her granddaughter hack away the bark of tapioca roots, stuff the pieces into a hollow bamboo stump with water and salt and, then, along with rice wrapped in Lerek leaves, place the stumps over an open fire.

The roasted result is tastier than it looks, especially when eaten with dry, salted river fish.

The Semai depend on the forest for their food — whether fruit, plants, vegetables, fish or game.

When hunting animals, they wield their traditional hunting tool — a blowpipe.

We take turns blowing through the mouthpiece while aiming at a

paper bag hanging off the branch of a nearby tree.

While most of our group manage to hit it, my effort goes wide of the mark, evoking much merriment among the tribal children in the audience.

Visit over, the group boards dug out canoes fitted with outboard motors to travel up river — an experience that is at the very heart of Malaysia.

The river, like thick brown treacle, winds through dense tropical jungle — mango, palm groves, rambutan trees and flowering creepers bend to the water’s edge. The air smells of green vegetation and moist soil.

Disembarking at a village community centre, we are plunged into activities that are not only unusual, but also a lot of fun.

Most of us supermarket shoppers only know rice in its sterile packaged form, but today we run our fingers through yellow kernels from a nearby paddy field.

Some of our group, coached by our hosts, roast, crush and thresh soaked paddy to remove the husks from the grain and the result — cooked into a traditional rice-flour sweet — is served to us at tea time.

“Top spinning is a fiercely contested sport here in Malaysia,” says Kamal, beckoning us over to watch a top-maker as he painstakingly crafts tops from Malaysian hard wood.

Later, we watch a lively top spinning competition between two teams.

Urged on by our hosts, some of us wrap the large heavy tops with sturdy string and whip them with varying degrees of success onto a mat.

The day wraps up with a colourful cultural dance performance at the kampong’s Community Centre.

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Former Kamloops MLA Cathy McGregor is now an associate professor at University of Victoria.

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Those with long political memories recall her as former Kamloops MLA Cathy McGregor, but today she goes by “Catherine,” is newly married and an associate professor at University of Victoria.

McGregor was a primary teacher and teacher-librarian in Kamloops for more than a decade, moving here for her first teaching job after graduating from the University of Victoria with a teaching degree.

She became active with the NDP and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation here and picked up the New Democrat nomination after NDP MLA Art Charbonneau decided not to run again.

She was elected in 1996 behind Premier Glen Clark, who

rewarded her with a variety of ministries, including Minister of Advanced Education and Minister of Municipal Affairs.

But, it was as Minister of Environment that McGregor achieved a high profile as she pushed to remove Six Mile Ranch, under intense local pressure, from the ALR so it could become Tobiano resort.

McGregor said

she always went by “Catherine” but friends called her “Cathy” and she rolled with it in politics.

“I just let it go — when you’re a politician, that’s what you do,” she laughed.

The New Democrat went down in defeat to the Liberals in 2001, when the party was reduced to just two seats.

She remained in Kamloops for a year,

teaching at Dufferin elementary, then left for Simon Fraser University to complete her master’s degree in education, continuing directly to her PhD. McGregor was hired as a lecturer in the teacher education department at University of Northern B.C. in 2003.

She spent three years there teaching while completing the research for her PhD.

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McGregor married Allyson Fleming, a professor at University of

Vancouver Island, last year.

“I have a few friends I keep in touch with [in Kamloops],” she said.

“I’ve been to Kamloops a couple of times in the past few years… . Kamloops was so good to me.

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When he was 12 years old, Reece Sellin had aspirations of replacing Bill Gates as head of Microsoft.

Now, 20 years later, “I don’t even use any Microsoft programs,” Sellin said. “I use Macintosh.”

The pre-teen Sellin drew media attention back in October, 1994, when he started studying computers at what was then known as the University College of the Cariboo.

A year later, when he was finally a teenager, he was fully enrolled at UCC studying computer sciences — and having already created an operating system he called Freedows.

“I think I got ahead of myself then,” Sellin said of the open-source software.

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one from Malaysia contact me about a month-and-a-half ago asking about it.”

While the computing world was his goal at the time, things changed along the way, with Sellin becoming an advocate for seniors — inspired when his grandparents were in care in Kamloops — and also in the publishing world as a magazine editor and an editor at a community newspaper in Fort Saskatchewan, where he and his mother

moved in 2006.

“But I’m back in it again,” Sellin said, working for a San Diego-based websitedesign company.

He’s also debating a return to school — Sellin has a bachelor of science and a master’s degree in political science — having written the law-school admission test in June and now mulling around a law career.

And, while he visits Kamloops once in a while — he has a nephew starting at Thompson Rivers University soon “and that makes me feel old” — Sellin said Alberta is likely going to remain home.

He has plenty of family on both his mother’s and father’s sides “and there’s that familial pull.”

Sellin acknowledged another reason he and

his mother moved to Alberta was the result of a fight between them and the Interior Health Authority about the quality of care his grandfather was receiving, one that led to secretly recorded videos, injunctions, a court battle and a lot of stress for him and his mother.

Sellin said he finds life in Alberta and, in particular, the province’s health care, to be better than that in British Columbia.

For example, his mother was ill a few weekends ago “and she went to the walkin clinic, saw a doctor and was out with a prescription in 15 minutes. I have a doctor here.

“If I wanted to change doctors, I could probably do that by the end of the day.

“You can’t do that in B.C. “It’s not perfect here but it’s a lot better.”

The education professor remains a member of the NDP but is not currently active in the party.

Her most recent political involvement was raising money for Victoria-Beacon Hill MLA and former NDP leader Carole James before the 2013 provincial election.

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at Davies laughs as she recounts the day she had to go out to buy a couple of bookcases.

Anyone who knows her would also laugh at the irony, considering she at one point owned a business crammed full of overloaded bookcase shelves lined with categorized books, with stacks of other books nearby.

It was a scene that made you realize how one misstep might have led to a dominolike cascading of some of the great — and not so great — literature of the past many decades.

But, that was during the days of At Second Glance Bookstore, when Pat Davies was known as Pat diFrancesco.

She shut down the Victoria Street used book store two years ago after 13 years of operation.

“I let go the store, let go the dogs, let go the marriage and let go the hair,” Davies said.

While she has a dog again, the canine mainstays at the store — Molly and Bentley — have since died.

Davies said she cut her hair — which, when the store closed, reached to the middle of her back — shortly after the last book was sold.

She knew the idea she had been considering for some time was the right one when she

Pat Davies once owned At Second Glance Bookstore and is now a “new thought” minister.

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told a friend, who went into another room and returned with a gift certificate for a hair salon.

“Now, when I look in the mirror, I see my mother,” Davies said.

She also changed her name when her marriage ended.

A regular at the Centre for Spiritual Living, she had started ministerial studies, which she delved into as deeply as she would have a book in years before, completing her studies earlier this year.

Davies works with the centre as a “new

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NOW? thought” minister who can oversee anything from a wedding to a celebration of life to a house blessing — any instance in which some spirituality might play a role.

Davies described ministers like her as those who believe people are co-creators of their lives, responsible for their actions, but “with the understanding there is something

greater and grander than us and we work with that. It exists within us.”

She believes there have been many spiritual teachers, including Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha and Allah.

“We honour all of them,” Davies said.

“When you peel away all the dogma of the world’s religions, you always come back to love is the answer.”

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he main purr religious war spanning the e pose of yearentire Middle East, or even a g end reviews, global religious war between M of course, is to Muslims and everybody else. hold the ads The Sunni fanatics and the S apart.

Shia fanatics are far too busy t But, they can also serve trying to kill each other to have t as a kind of annual check-up time to spare for attacking n on the political health — non-Muslims. and, also, on the economic, (Besides, most Muslims d demographic and even physdon’t want to attack anybody, GWYNNE ical health — of the planet they just want to be left in DYER and its teeming human peace.)

World population.

Quite a lot of the slaughter WATCH So, imagine that we are a in Iraq and Syria is driven by panel of high-priced medicos religion, but we are still a long reviewing the health status way from a religious conflict of our most important client, the human that directly involves the really important race. states of the Middle East: Egypt, Saudi The first thing to note is that the client Arabia, Turkey and Iran. is still piling on weight at an alarming rate Even the anticipated surge in terrorist — up from two billion units to seven bilattacks outside the region is not likely to lion in the past 75 years — but continues come to pass. to thrive, for the most part.

The only strategic purpose for such And, most of the ailments that it worries attacks by any organized group of Islamist about are mere hypochondria. extremists is to gain support and recruits Take, for example, the widespread within their own region. concern — at least in the media and If they can lure Western powers into among what Bob Fisk calls the “think-tank killing lots of Muslims in their region, then mountebanks” — that the emergence of their cause will prosper locally. the so-called Islamic State in the no man’s As it turns out, Islamic State has not land between Iraq and Syria will lead to even needed to carry out terrorist attacks catastrophe. in the West to achieve this goal.

There will allegedly be a surge in terrorVideos of Western hostages being ist attacks around the world, a Sunni-Shia beheaded have been enough to get the

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bombing going again. Western governments are no more troubled by the sheer pointlessness of the bombing than they were in the past.

Both sides are playing for the home audience and really don’t care much about the impact of their actions on the alleged enemy.

The whole “Islamic State” panic is a tempest in a fairly small teacup.

The casualties are small and the entire region matters little economically or strategically except to its own inhabitants.

Even in the unlikely event that a SunniShia religious war should engulf the whole of the Middle East, it would have no more effect on the rest of the planet than the European wars of religion four centuries ago had on the Middle East.

That is to say, hardly any.

So, in terms of the global system’s health, the rise of radical Islamism is not a life-threatening disease.

It’s a local infection that will probably have to run its course.

If it really gets bad, some quarantine measures may be needed, but this is not ebola.

Speaking of which, the Ebola outbreak in Africa seems on the way to being contained, although it will probably remain as a low-level chronic problem in the three West African countries where it reached epidemic status: Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

There is a small risk that Ebola might take root in a densely populated country whose people travel widely, like Nigeria or, even worse, India, but so far, so good.

The other great shock of 2014 was a war in Europe.

The Ukrainian revolution of last February was a messy and complicated business but it need not have ended in Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and in a Russian-backed separatist war in Ukraine’s two easternmost provinces.

We owe that mainly to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s world-view as a former agent of the KGB, the Soviet secret police, which (as the old saying had it) thwarted 10 anti-Soviet plots for every one that actually existed.

The KGB was full of very clever people — indeed, it was the most intelligent and best informed part of the old Soviet regime, one of the world’s strongholds of institutionalised stupidity — but, it was also a nest of paranoid fantasists.

You may debate to your heart’s content whether this was a Russian cultural phenomenon or an extreme case of the disease that infects every great-power spy agency, but that’s why Putin reacted the way he did.

Western European governments are so divided and introspective that they could not come up with a credible plan to boil an egg. They care very little about the parts of Eastern Europe beyond the European Union’s borders.

The only section of the American population that sees President Obama’s administration as capable of hatching a plot is the extreme right, and they think he’s a foreign-born Communist plotting the overthrow of the United States.

Various Western politicians showed up in Kiev to cheer the protesters on, but these were just the usual suspects taking advantage of a good photo-op.

Their real intended audience, as usual,

was back home.

As for NATO, it is another Cold War institution that has long outlived its purpose, but it no more wants to bring Ukraine into the fold than it longs to recruit Mongolia as a member.

Too much trouble and no profit whatsoever.

There was no Western plot, but Putin is driven by the belief that there was.

He has taken Russia into a confrontation with the West that it cannot win. The country’s economy is already crumbling under the twin strains of coping with Western sanctions and the collapse of the oil price.

He is finding it almost impossible to back away without losing face, but he has nothing to gain by continuing the conflict either.

Risk of a new Cold War: minimal.

So far the patient’s health is looking pretty good.

There is the usual clutter of minor ailments — a mini-civil war here (Libya, South Sudan), civil rights protesters under attack there (Hong Kong, Missouri) — and there is a significant possibility that next year will bring another recession.

That’s as inevitable as catching a cold once in a while. But, there has been nothing really out of the ordinary this year, nothing that sets off alarm bells.

The only big worry the doctors have is the same one that has bothered them for the past 25 years: the patient simply won’t stop smoking.

Their increasingly grave warnings are met with empty promises to cut back or quit entirely, but not right now, just some time far in the future.

Maybe.

The news flows in endlessly and some of it has significant impact on many people’s lives — a billion people’s lives when India elects a new prime minister or China gets an (unelected) new president, both of which happened this year.

But, truly fundamental change is much rarer than people think (and than the media encourage them to think).

Now that the threat of large-scale nuclear war has died down, only one thing qualifies.

Climate change is the spectre at every feast, the unstoppable rot that undermines every positive development.

The failure at Copenhagen in 2009 bleeds indistinguishably into the fudge at Durban in 2011 and on into the feeble compromise in Lima in 2014, which sets us up for the bigger disappointment of Paris in 2015.

And, even if by some miracle we get a useful agreement in Paris next year, nothing will actually be done until 2020.

The patient thinks there’s still plenty of time to quit.

There isn’t.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries. gwynnedyer.com

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Memories & Milestones KAMLOOPS HAPPY NEW YEARS BABY – 49 YEARS AGO

Happy 8 TH

JASE DEVIN ANDREW

Born Dec. 1, 2014, 7lbs 7oz

Birthday

PAIGE Love, Mom, Khyber, Alley, Bear and Poppa

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKO! Love from Mom and the family

Wishing you a safe and healthy holiday season and all the best for 2015

Congratulations Rikki & Devin on the birth of Jase!

We couldn’t be more excited!

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Grand Opening Aberdeen

Veterinary Hospita

Dr. Diane McKelvey and Dr. Ken Gummeson are pleased to announce the opening of their new hospital on January 2, 2015 Diane McKelvey and Ken Gummeson have spent their professional lives practicing companion animal veterinary medicine. After several years working in clinics throughout Kamloops, the pair is opening Aberdeen Veterinary Hospital, a modern practice they built from the ground up.

Combined, they bring over 30 years of local veterinary experience to the new facility — McKelvey has practiced in Kamloops for 18 years and Gummeson for 14. Their previous experience working in already established clinics inspired a desire to design a veterinary hospital that combined all the effective practices they witnessed. They saw an opportunity to be creative and design a purpose-built practice, one that was suited specifically for their needs.

“We wanted a fresh start. We wanted to design a modern practice,” Gummeson said. “It’s been a long process but we’ve stuck with it and we are really looking forward to being open in January.”

Both Gummeson and McKelvey spent the last two years away from private practice and bring many fresh perspectives to the new hospital.

Gummeson was appointed as registrar of the College of Veterinarians of BC in 2012. The College is the agency that regulates veterinary medicine in the province, including handling complaints and ethical issues. It also deals with licensing and registration and practice inspection. Gummeson is a past president of the College of Veterinarians of BC and still works as an inspector for the agency.

Aberdeen

“Being the administrator of a very large organization was a good experience and helped me in building this practice,” Gummeson said. “Also, being the head of the agency, it gave me a good overview of everything that is going on in the profession in B.C.” Gummeson also spent over a year doing locum work, filling in for veterinarians at various clinics around the province. He worked in clinics across B.C., from Dawson Creek to Osoyoos, Powell River to Kitimat, and gained a perspective that he said made him a better veterinarian.

Dr.tendency Diane McKelvey Dr.probing Ken Gummeson She said the for studentsand to ask questions hasare keptpleased her at theto topannounce of her game.the opening of their new hospital on January 2, 2015.

“It’s easy to get into a rut and to stop thinking about why you #301 do things- a1150 certain Hillside way, but if Drive, you work Kamloops around students they shake you out of that and you 250-374-7549 start analyzing what you’re doing and why you do it,” she said.

Aberdeen After two years away from private practice, both

Veterinary Hospital

“It was a great learning experience to see all the different ways that different veterinarians approach their work, both in how they practice medicine and how they run their business,” he said.

McKelvey spent the last two years working as a specialist in internal medicine at the veterinary school of the University of Adelaide in Australia.

Shortly after McKelvey arrived, the school opened a large teaching hospital, with a 24-hour medical and surgery referral service. Many of the problems were similar to those seen in dogs and cats in Canada, but some conditions, such as cane toad poisoning, death cap mushroom poisoning, and brown snake bite paralysis, were unfamiliar. The patients included not only pets but also wildlife such as kangaroos and koalas. “Fortunately we could call on wildlife specialists to help out in those cases.”

Gummeson and McKelvey are excited to open Aberdeen Veterinary Hospital, returning to helping local pets and continuing to do what they enjoy most: offering surgery, medicine and diagnostic imaging for companion animals.

Gummeson has a particular interest in orthopaedic surgery, veterinary dentistry and canine reproductive medicine — all of which he calls extremely rewarding.

McKelvey is one of only two feline specialists in B.C. and is also looking forward to bringing new knowledge about ultrasound to the new practice.

“It is great to be back – diagnosing and treating sick animals is still the best job around. But the part they never told you about in veterinary school is even more important— in the end it’s all about making a connection with the animal and with the owner,” McKelvey said.

McKelvey also teaches students at the veterinary Dr. Diane McKelvey and Dr. Ken Gummeson technician program at Thompson Rivers University.

Veterinary Hospital

are pleased to announce the opening of their new hospital on January 2, 2015.

www.aberdeenvethospital.ca

#301 - 1150 Hillside Drive, Kamloops 250-374-7549

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Household items, vehicles, trailers, RV’s, boats, ATV’s, furniture, etc.

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Announcements

Employment

Employment

Employment

Anniversaries

Information

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking

Help Wanted

We require 5 qualified Canadian Drivers Immediately. We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualified drivers for the Western Provinces. All picks and drops paid. Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time.

Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs.

We offer a rider and pet policy.

All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude. Please fax resume and abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

We require qualified US capable Class 1 drivers immediately: We are an Okanagan based transport company looking for qualified drivers for US loads we run primarily in the Pacific Northwest, Utah, Arizona and Nevada. We offer a new pay rate empty or loaded. All picks and drops paid.

Assigned units company cell phones and fuel cards. Regular home time Direct deposit paid every second Friday with no hold backs. We offer a rider and pet policy. Company paid US travel Insurance. All applicants must have reliable transportation and a positive attitude. Please fax resume & abstract to 250-546-0600 or by email to parris@ricknickelltrucking.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

Hiring Nanny for 3 children for private household. Perm & F/T, $11.00/hr. Req: Secondary School or equivalent; At least 6 months of F/T training OR Min 1 yr exp in the past 3 yrs as Caregiver or related occupation; Fluent in English. Duties: Supervise, care, prepare meals for children; Bath, dress and feed children; take children to & from school; light housekeeping; discipline children as per parents’ methods; create positive child care; maintain safe environment for children. Free Room & Board provided.

Private room with lock provided. Work location: 1635 Goodwin Avenue, Kamloops.

Email resume: tranpreet1@gmail.com

Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities

HOLIDAY SEASON Kamloops This Week will be closed on the following dates: • Thursday, Dec 25th • Friday, Dec 26th • Thursday, Jan 1st Please note the following ClassiďŹ ed Deadline Changes: Paper: Dec 23 Dec 25 Dec 26 Dec 30 Jan 1 Jan 2

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Happy Holidays from all of us at Kamloops This Week.

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It is agreed by any Display or ClassiďŹ ed Advertiser requesting space that the liability of the paper in the event that errors occur in the publishing of any advertising shall be limited to the amount paid by the advertiser for the portion of the advertising space occupied by the incorrect item only and there will be no liability in any event beyond the amount paid for such advertisement.

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PERFECT Part-Time Opportunity

3 Days Per Week call 250-374-0462

Lost & Found FOUND key with Honda fob on it call Parkcrest area (250) 554-4886 Lost: Wedding ring set 3 soldered on N/Shore between Safeway/Chances.

Reward.

250-376-3137.

Travel

Timeshare CANCEL YOUR Timeshare.

No risk program stop mortgage & maintenance payments today. 100% money back guarantee. Free consultation. Call us now. We can help! 1-888-356-5248

Career Opportunities 6773927

Truck Driver Training

Professional Truck Driver Program - Funding available for those who qualify!

CERTIFIED ICBC AIR BRAKE COURSE

January 9-11 • January 23-25

Employment Business Opportunities ~ Caution ~ While we try to ensure all advertisements appearing in Kamloops This Week are placed by reputable businesses with legitimate offers, we do caution our readers to undertake due diligence when answering any advertisement, particularly when the advertiser is asking for monies up front.

Career Opportunities Independent Younique Presenter Work from Home.

Flexible Hours 250.319.3391

Drivers/Courier/ Trucking Lakes District Maintenance Ltd. has openings for PLOW TRUCK OPERATORS

Positions are available in Bob Quinn Lake and Jade City.

Both are camp locations with bunkhouses available for successful candidates. Positions are for this winter season.

Wages start at $21.18/hr plus isolation, bunkhouse & other allowances. Experience is an asset, but not required. Class 3 BC Drivers licence with air required. Apply with resume and current drivers abstract:

In person: 881 – Hwy 16W Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0 Fax: 250-692-3930 Email: careers@ldmltd.ca More career opportunities at ldmltd.ca/careers/

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Announcements

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Garage Sale

$11.5+tax per issue 3 lines or less

Employment

Employment

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Experienced Dog Groomer needed starting January for a busy Kamloops shop. Send resume to 1662 Valleyview Dr or call / interview 250-372-3800 I PAY Cash $$$ For All Scrap Vehicles! and $5 for auto batteries Call or Text Brendan 250-574-4679

Marlin Travel is looking for experienced travel consultants to join our team. Galileo and Global Matrix an asset. All applicants will be kept confidential.

Please send resume to: lani.malanchuk@marlintravel.ca

Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities

IN FIND IT THE CLASSIFIEDS

General Freight Company is now expanding our fleet!

Owner Operators to run Super B’s in BC/AB/SK/MB/NWT/.

Fuel Cards, insurance, health benefits and safety incentive program.

Minimum 2 years experience required.

Send resume and current drivers abstract to: 1115 Chief Louis Way, Kamloops Phone: 250.374.3467 or Fax: 250.374.3487 or email: careers@valleyroadways.com

Air Brakes 16 Hour Course 20 Hour Course

call 250.828.5104 or visit

tru.ca/trades

Class 1, 2 and 3 Driver Training - Job placement available!

FULL-TIME LEGAL ASSISTANTS Our full-service law firm located in Kamloops, BC provides quality legal services to clients throughout BC’s beautiful Interior region.

We are currently seeking full-time legal assistants for positions in multiple areas of practice.

A strong candidate will demonstrate their experience in legal work by possessing many or all of the following characteristics: t 4PMJE VOEFSTUBOEJOH PG MBX mSN QPMJDJFT BOE QSPDFEVSFT t 1SPEVDUJPO PG BDDVSBUF MFHBM EPDVNFOUT XJUI NJOJNBM TVQFSWJTJPO t 0SHBOJ[BUJPO BOE QSJPSJUJ[BUJPO PG OVNFSPVT UBTLT BOE BCJMJUZ UP DPNQMFUF UIFN VOEFS UJHIU UJNF DPOTUSBJOUT t $BQBDJUZ UP QSPPGSFBE NBUFSJBM GPS HSBNNBUJDBM UZQPHSBQIJDBM PS TQFMMJOH FSSPST t &YDFMMFOU JOUFSQFSTPOBM TLJMMT UP DPNNVOJDBUF BOE GPMMPX JOTUSVDUJPOT FGGFDUJWFMZ GSPN MBXZFST DMJFOUT BOE TUBGG BOE UP QSPWJEF JOGPSNBUJPO XJUI DPVSUFTZ BOE EJQMPNBDZ t "CJMJUZ UP NBOBHF TUSFTT CBMBODJOH XPSL BOE IPNF MJGF FGGFDUJWFMZ t "CPWF BWFSBHF DPNQVUFS TLJMMT 8PSE &YDFM 0VUMPPL &TJMBX SFUSJFWBM BOE EJTUSJCVUJPO PG mMFT BT XFMM BT XSJUUFO PS TDBOOFE EPDVNFOUT t 0QFSBUF TUBOEBSE PGmDF FRVJQNFOU IBSEXBSF BOE TPGUXBSF A certificate of completion for a legal assistant training program is welcome, however, if experience is proven, not necessarily required.

The successful candidate will enjoy our small yet friendly and supportive work environment.

If you are interested in exploring a position with our firm, please send your resume and cover letter to Box #1449 at customerservice@kamloopsthisweek.com outlining specific details of your work experience and compensation expectations. Please note that all applications will remain confidential.

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Adult Care

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Services

Services

Merchandise for Sale

Merchandise for Sale

Merchandise for Sale

Medical/Dental

Mind Body Spirit

Stucco/Siding

$500 & Under

Seeking full-time MOA/Practice Manager

Heavy Duty Machinery

Misc. for Sale

Relax and unwind with a full body massage for appointment couples welcome (250) 682-1802

Employment

Employment

Help Wanted

EARN EXTRA $$$

KTW requires door to door substitute carriers for all areas in the city.

Vehicle is an asset Call 250-374-0462

is looking for substitute distributors for door-to-door deliveries.

Vehicle is required.

For more information please call the Circulation Department at

250-374-0462

LEGAL ASSISTANT The law firm of Watson & Haines is seeking an experienced conveyancing/commercial assistant for a one year maternity leave commencing late March, 2015.

Please forward your resume to ci@watsonhaines.ca

NEED EXTRA CASH? LOOKING FOR A WAY TO FUNDRAISE FOR YOUR CLUB OR TEAM? JOIN THE YELLOW PAGES TEAM TODAY! We are looking for individuals or organizations with a car or small truck, to deliver the Yellow Pages Phone Book, in the Kamloops area.

How can you apply?

Contact Melissa melissa.thomas@yp.ca Phone: 1-800-268-3550 *January Start*

Need extra $ $ $ Kamloops This Week is currently hiring Substitute Carriers for door-to-door deliveries.

Call 250-374-0462 for more information.

Seeking Resident Manager couple that are willing to consider relocation. Must have strong communication skills, be computer literate and experience with the Residential Tenancy Branch an asset. Basic maintenance skills for plumbing, drywall, carpentry a must. Please submit resume via fax: 778-471-7170, email: kamloopsapartmentrent@shaw.ca

or drop off at 109 Victoria Street.

Steakhouse at Sun Peaks Lodge is hiring experienced line cooks. Email resume to: info@sunpeakslodge.com

to join our team at a busy ophthalmology and retinal subspecialty practice in Vernon.

We strive to provide high quality patient care in a friendly and team-oriented setting. Our office is paperless and uses the latest in eye care technology.

We are looking for an experienced MOA who is highly organized, able to multi-task and communicates effectively.

Do you have an item for sale under $750?

Fitness/Exercise

Did you know that you can place

WE will pay you to exercise!

your item in our classifieds for

Deliver Kamloops This Week

one week for FREE?

Call our Classified Department for details!

Only 3 issues a week!

call 250-374-0462

250-371-4949

for a route near you!

*some restrictions apply

Electrical

Computer Equipment

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock.

Trades are welcome.

40’Containers under $2500!

DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift.

Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator.

Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

SUNDANCE ELECTRIC

sundanceelectric.ca

Firewood/Fuel

Sales

Handypersons

ADVERTISING Consultants: Our company is always looking for great sales representatives to add to our team. Our business requires a highly organized individual with ability to multi-task in a fun, fastpaced team environment.

Strong interpersonal skills and a strong knowledge of sales and marketing are required.

Excellent communication skills, valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle are necessary.

If you have a passion for the advertising business, are creative and thrive on challenges, we want to hear from you. Interested applicants should email their resume and cover letter to:khall@aberdeenpublishing.com We thank all applicants; only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

RICKS’S SMALL HAUL

ALL SEASON FIREWOOD. For delivery birch, fir & pine.

Stock up now. Campfire wood.

(250)377-3457.

1-set of Nokian Winters on rims 235/75/R16. Used one season. Regular price new $1200 selling for $600. Call 250-851-1304.

WOOD PELLETS “more heat than fir” $200 per ton. Vinsulla.

250-319-4546, 250-578-6967.

8FT. Red canopy fits 2007 4x4 Chev Silverado, fully insulated. $1,100. 250-851-8871.

Furniture

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper?

Work Wanted HOME & YARD HANDYMAN If you need it done, Give us a call ! Steve 250-320-7774.

WANTED! Newer MacBook Pro or MacBook Air 250-3711333

Call Gerry 250-574-4602

For all Deliveries & Dump Runs. Extra large dump trailers for rent.

Dump Truck Long and Short Hauls!!

250-377-3457

Pets & Livestock

Pets Animals sold as “purebred stock” must be registrable in compliance with the Canadian Pedigree Act.

PETS For Sale?

Landscaping

TRI-CITY SPECIAL!

YOUR BUSINESS HERE

for only $46.81/week, we will place your classified ad into Kamloops, Vernon & Salmon Arm. (250)371-4949

Only $150/month

Run your 1x1 semi display classified in every issue of Kamloops This Week

classifieds@kamloopsthisweek.com *some restrictions apply.

Dining Room Table c/w lazy susan & 4-chairs. Dark Wood 54” diam. round. Like new. $400. 778-471-1951.

Dining room table & hutch/6chairs. $300obo 250319-5258.

Oak China Cabinet. $500/obo.

Armoire. $500/obo.

Good cond. 250-672-9408 (McLure).

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SHOP LOCALLY

Queen Storage bed, 4drs in headboard/footboard.

8dr dresser, 2 night-tables. Exc. cond. $1200. 250-376-7979.

Education/Trade Schools

Education/Trade Schools

Education/Trade Schools

Call 250-371-4949

Online: jobs.arrow.ca, Email:jobs@arrow.ca, Fax:250-314-1750, Phone: 1-877-700-4445

Nordic Track Walk Fit Treadmill Self powered with arm exerciser poles like new $625obo (250) 578-7449 Villageois Cherry Qu Bed Head and foot brd adj. base $500 (250) 828-0871

Misc. for Sale

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Our Cancer Information Service can help you make informed decisions about prevention, diagnosis, treatment & more.

Talk to someone you can trust.

It’s free and it’s confidential.

Free Cancer Information Service

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Misc. for Sale

WHITE TARPS 10X10 weave (Heavy Duty)

STARTING AT $3.99

BLACK TARPS 14X14 weave (Industrial Duty)

STARTING AT $5.49

Help Wanted

We are an equal opportunity Employer.

MISC4Sale: Camperette $300, Oak Table Chairs-$400, 2-Standard 8ft truck canopies $300/ea Call 250-320-5194 after 6pm or leave msg.

STARTING AT $2.19

250-376-7970

You possess: • Super B driving experience • A clean drivers abstract • References

Private Collector Looking to Buy Coin Collections, Silver, Antiques, Native Art, Estates + Chad: 250-499-0251 Local

BLUE TARPS

Courses.

Next C.O.R.E. January 10th & 11th. Saturday and Sunday.

P.A.L. January 17th, Saturday.

Challenges, Testing ongoing daily. Professional outdoorsman & Master Instructor:

We oīer: • Full Time, Year Round Work • Home Every Day • CompeƟƟve Wage, BeneĮts & Pension

BUYING gold jewelry! Bracelets, chains, necklaces, rings, watches, coins, gold teeth, etc.

Call Todd @ 250-864-3521.

10X8 weave (Medium Duty)

HUNTER & FIREARMS

HIRING DRIVERS – New Gold Ore haul Seeking qualiĮed drivers for immediate openings in Kamloops, BC for our New Gold ore haul.

Misc. for Sale

Misc. Wanted A Collector wants to buy your silver coins, Ingots, collectors coins, old money, old stone carvings, and sculptures. Call Todd 250-864-3521

“BEST PRICES IN TOWN!”

FOODSAFE COURSE

by Certified Instructor January 17th 8:30am-3:00pm $70 Pre-register by phoning 250-554-9762

www.arrow.ca

Invacare pwr wheel chair, $3000, King size medical bed (2 twins together) $1350 (250) 579-5231 aft 6pm

TARPS! TARPS!

Education/Trade Schools

Bill

Kamloops BC call for availability 250-374-7467

Medical Supplies

This position fulfills a leadership role in our clinic and will command a high wage.

Please email cover letter and resume to hhollands.office@me.com

“A” Licensed and Bonded Serving Kamloops Small Jobs & Silver Label on older Mobile Homes

ROLL ENDS AVAILABLE $5-$10/ ROLL 1365 B Dalhousie Drive

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

NEED EXTRA CASH? Join the Kamloops This Week Down Route Crew We are looking for responsible, hardworking individuals that want to work part-time only

3 days a week.

Vehicle an asset.

Interested call 374-0462

FOAM SHOP MATTRESS REPLACEMENTS SINGLE TO KING SIZE 2” TO 6” THICK - CUSTOM CUT OR CUSTOM ORDER MEMORY FOAM TOPPER PADS - 3LB DENSITY SINGLE TO KING SIZE - 2” & 3” THICK

CUSHION REPLACEMENTS TORN OR TATTERED? SOFAS, CHAIRS, OTTOMANS, SNOWMOBILES SEATS, TRACTORS

YOU NEED IT - WE WILL CUT IT!

CAMPING FOAM, MEDICAL WEDGES & BOLSTERS, PILLOWS

“ A CUT ABOVE THE REST” FIND US ON FACEBOOK

www.surplusherbys.com

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Apt/Condos for Sale

Apt/Condo for Rent

Apt/Condo for Rent

Rooms for Rent

1bdrm renovated Apartment $750 a mnt + util. Avail Now n/p, a/c, laundry, free parking, close to bus route & shopping (250) 377-8304

ONE Month Free Rent and Free Telus Cable and Internet for one year! New 55+ living.

Next to North Hills Mall with in suite laundry, balconies, A/C, rooftop terrace, amenities room, parking and storage.

Pet friendly. $850/mth.

Call 250-819-0101.

Furn room for female on TRU Express util incl kitchen use $450 avail now 250-554-2296

Acacia Tower

343 Nicola Street 1bdrm and bachelor suites starting @$645 per month includes utilities laundry facilities adult building no pets no smoking 1 year lease reference and credit check required

Houses For Sale

RIVIERA VILLA 1&2/BDRM Suites

1/bdrm starting at $675/mth 2/bdrm starting at $800/mth Incl/heat, hot water. N/P. Senior oriented.

250-554-7888

250-374-7455

FOR SALE OR TRADE for residential property in Kamloops. This very bright, fully furnished, three bedroom/two bath corner unit townhouse in Big White offers your very own hot tub on the patio, carport, high end furniture/appliance pkge, stacking washer/dryer and rock-faced fireplace.

Short stroll to Gondola, skating rink, tube park, Day Lodge.

Ideal for family or as a revenue generator throughout the ski season. Strata fees only $155.00 per month. Call Don at 250-682-3984 for more information.

Asking $189,000.00

Mobile Homes & Parks

CARMEL PLACE 55+ Quality Living in new medical building.

Studio suites with affordable rates, FOB entry, elevator, scooter stations and Telus Optik Package! Call Columbia Property Management to book your appointment: 250-851-9310 GARDEN VIEW APARTMENTS - BROCK Modern 2bdrm apts., 5 appliances, a/c, video monitoring, secure bldg., $870/mos. + utilities, min. 6 mos. lease. No Smoking & No Pets. 250-3762254.

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent Downtown 2bdrm/baths furnished undergrd parking Jan 1-Mar31 $1200 778-471-3301

Bed & Breakfast BC Best Buy Classified’s Place your classified ad in over 71 Papers across BC. Call 250-371-4949 for more information

2 or 3 Bedroom Condos Juniper, 1-2 bathrooms Hot Water Heat Included. $1,000-$1,150 + Hydro Sunden Management Ltd (250) 376-0062

www.sundenmanagement.com

Nicola Towers Downtown Secure building w/prk, 2bdrm 3appl n/s, n/p $1000 372-7161

NORTH SHORE

1 and 2 bedroom apartments.

Clean quiet building.

Rents starting at

CALL 250-682-2293 250-682-0312 Southill Manor 2bdrm apt. ac, ns, np, next to shopping and bus. $775. 250-376-9059 The Sands, Lower Sahali.

Centrally located, renovated 1&2 Bdrms, $850-$1100. 250828-1711.

Business for Sale

Business Opportunity For Sale:

Complete Nail/Hair/Wig Esthetics Salon Contact Francois at 250-371-4756 or

headhunt@headhuntershair.com Franchising Opportunities also Available! Ask Francois for details!

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Shared Accommodation Quiet non smoking male to share North Kamloops home with mature male. $500 mo for details call 778-470-0370

Commercial/ Industrial For Lease 2400 sq ft shop 12ft high overhead front door 13ft ceiling, 3-phase power, office, avail Immed. $1500 +gst and util 250-682-0005

Duplex / 4 Plex 4bdrm duplex NShore $1,300 Feb1, n/s, sm pet responsible working adults 250- 318-5270 Brock 3 bdrm 2bath large S/F W/D hookup A/C fenced N/P N/S $1150 +util. 250-578-7529

Modular Homes 2bdrm mobile quiet area 5 min from shopping yard& shed N/P landlord ref $900 +util Avail Jan 1 250-579-8913aft 6pm

Homes for Rent 3bdrm house Downtown cls to RIH. F/S, N/P, N/S. $1200/mo+util+ref’s. 250-6754030/ 250-833-6095 3bdrms top floor, 1-down.

2baths. N/S, N/P. $1650/mo. + 65% hydro/heat. 376-0964.

Looking for a Rental in Kamloops or Logan Lake?

Check out our Listings at

www.sundenmanagement.com

Call 250-376-0062

Rooms for Rent DOWNTOWN Motel Kitchenette units $750-$800 per month util included.

TV and local telephone also included 250-372-7761

SHOP LOCALLY

Auto Accessories/Parts

Furn bach suite. N/Shore.

Prefer female. $500/mo. N/P. Util incld. Bus route. 554-2296

Townhouses 3BDRM 3bth Valleyview pet neg, $1300 close to school and shopping. Avail Immed.

250-374-5586 / 250-371-0206 JUNIPER TERRACE 3bdrm townhouse, 1.5 bathrooms, 5 appliances, garage, patio,$1,250.00/mo. min. 1 year lease. Available immediately. Gateway 250-372-1231 Northshore 3-bdrm townhouse, 4 appl, $1000/mth n/p, 250-554-6877, 250-377-1020.

TOWNHOUSES Best Value In Town

NORTH SHORE *Bright, clean & Spacious 2&3 bedrooms

Cars - Domestic

RUN UNTIL SOLD ONLY $35.00(plus Tax)

318-4321

lilacgardens1@gmail.com NO PETS

Antiques / Classics 1967 Ford Falcon Futura St.6 Auto 2dr all original runs good, $6000 obo (250) 376-5722

Auto Accessories/Parts 2-215/60R16 Snow tires, $200 2-245/50VR16 Eagle Snow $200, 4-275/45R20 Eagle M&S $400, 2-225/60R16 M&S $200, 2-275/40ZR17 M&S $300 call 250-319-8784

1993 31ft. Bounder. Exc. cond.

Must See. 87,000miles.

Generator.

Exec tires. Awning/screens.

Repainted, satellite, sleeps/6. 454 eng. Hitch/tow pkg.

New MW/fridge. $16,900. 250-376-8471.

1998 24ft. Citation Class C Motorhome.

163,000kms.

Well maintained with records. Ind. solar panel. $14,000. 250-523-6446.

2006 36ft. Forest River Georgetown XL. Loaded, 19,560miles. 3-slides. Gen, winter pkg. Awnings. New Mich tires. $68,000. 3728820/574-0090.

*some restrictions apply call for details

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

January 11, 2015 1:00 P.M. MEKONG RESTAURANT 1030 Harvey Ave., Kelowna, B.C.

1991 27ft. 5th Wheel. Fully loaded, like new. Everything incld. Shower, toilet never used. $8,000. 250-579-9029.

1995 Jayco Trailer 30ft. No slide-outs.

Good shape. $7500/obo. 250-851-0264.

2005, 38’ RV trailer 2 slides, sleeps 6 winter pkg, fully loaded, $17,000. 250-376-1655 2005 8ft. Okanagan Camper with solar panel. $10,500. 250554-8031.

26’ Champion motorhome, 440 motor. reno’d ($3000/receipts) $2675/obo.

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2007 Jayco Baha Trailer Rare off road edition. Front deck for ATV/Dirt Bikes Furnace, fridge, in/out stove, bbq, extra water tank Large Mud Tires for clearance, Heavy duty steel frame $7500 250-682-3511 9FT Okanagan Camper. F/S, bathroom.

Good shape. $3,500/obo. 250-376-1841.

Run until sold

New Price $56.00+tax

Do you have a vehicle, boat, rv, or trailer to sell? With our Run til sold specials you pay one flat rate and we will run your ad until your vehicle sells.* • $56.00 (boxed ad with photo) • $35.00 (regular 3 line ad)

Scrap Car Removal

Legal Notices

Membership Renewals will take place from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Sundays - January 4, 11, 18

fall in love.

By shopping local you support local people.

Trucks & Vans 1994 Mazda pickup 6 cyl 2wd manual, canopy winters 244,000km $2200. 374-7708 1998 Ford E350 cube van 16’box w/ramp V10 gas with auto tran $6100 250-459-2275 1999 Chev Dually diesel low km, great cond incl new canopy needs tires $7700 (250) 579-5231 aft 6pm 2005 Dodge 1500 Truck. 5.7L Hemi, canopy, new winters, good summers only 115,000 kms. $7,900. 250-828-6746.

2006 GMC W3500. 5.3L, Isuzu diesel. Med duty tilt cab wit air dam. 16ft. alum box with roll-up back door. Auto, PW, PL, exhaust brake.

375,000kms.

1-owner. $9,000/obo. 250-828-0599.

91 Toyota fully rebuilt, 6 cyl, std 4x4 - lift, winch, 33” tires, hitch, newer seats/carpet – awesome ride. Extra parts. $5600/obo 250-319-1946 Fishing Truck 89 Ford Lariat F150 2-wd 173,000km V8-302 auto with canopy & boat loader asking $3000 250-376-4761 NEW LEER Truck Canopy.

82”x70”. White. $500, Call: 1(250) 314-0072.

Trucks - Logging

Call: 250-371-4949

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL NOTICE FOR 2015

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Jeep YJ 4x4 1987 restored, 6cyl 5sp, lifted, 33”tires on Eagle Rims, 10,000 lb Winch, over $15,000 invested asking $12000 (250) 828-0931

*Some conditions & restrictions apply.

Private party only (no businesses).

SIKH CULTURAL SOCIETY

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2003 Chev Tracker. 4cyl, auto. 130,000kms. Good condition. $6,500. 250-3747979.

Motorcycles 2009 Vulcan LT Kawasaki.

Blue, 43,050kms. 1-owner. Excellent Condition. $5,000. 250372-7116.

Recreational/Sale

Transportation

Snowmobiles

Sport Utility Vehicle

(250)371-4949

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Legal Notices 6787165

1992 Buick Roadmaster. 5.7L, 53,000kms. Exc Hwy car, new tires. $4,300. 250-319-4104.

1999 Red Ford Escort Auto 2yr old motor excel tran, 2 set tires, very gd body As is ICBC W/O $600 obo 250-672-9712 or 250-819-9712 2011 Mercedes CLS 550. 4dr. coupe, fully equipped. AMG sport pkg, V-8, 40,000kms.

New $97,000, Now $49,800.

250-319-8784.

97 Camaro Z28 350 6spd 120,000km black loaded $9,000obo (250) 319-7058

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2011 Ski Doo Summit 800.

154 track. Only 4200km $8000 (250) 851-6879

1986 BMW Coupe 325i.

6cyl. 5spd. Looks good, runs good. Extras. $3,600. 250374-5251.

ASSOCIATION FOR INJURED MOTORCYCLISTS INTERIOR CHAPTER

*Big storage rooms *Laundry Facilities *Close to park, shopping & bus stop

Recreational/Sale

4 Bridgestone Winters on BMW Rims 185/70R14 used one season. $400. 374-5251.

4 Winter Claw Extreme Grip LT265/70 R17. & 5 hole Steel Wheels for Dodge 1500. $750.

314-6620.

Suites, Lower 1bdrm Brock. $750/month plus dd. Incl util. W/D. Private ent. N/S, no parties. Ref req.

250-571-3553 1bdrm furnished suite near RIH for 1 quiet working person/student. N/S, N/P, No partiers. $775/mo. 250-374-9281.

2bdrm Brock $1000 +dd util incl. sep ent no party, prefer mature ref req 250-376-0370 or 250-819-7994 2bdrms, N/Shore. 4-appls.

N/S, $880/mo inclds util. Call 250-852-0909, 250-376-5913 Brock close to schools 2Bdrm inclds lndry, n/s/p $1050mo Feb 1st, 250-682-3199.

Suites, Upper

Juniper Village

$625 + utilities.

Lease to own New 16 x 58 2bdrm 2bth mobile home in new mobile park. Trouble with financing? One or Two year term Call Gerry 250-371-1849

FRIDAY, January 2, 2015

Notice is hereby given to the members of Sikh Cultural Society to renew their membership or apply for new membership. All application forms can be obtained from 700 Cambridge Crescent, Kamloops, BC V2B 5B6 during the above times. All completed applications must be returned before the deadline. Valid ID required.

President Kulwinder Singh Kular Times can be extended without notice

700 Cambridge Crescent

1992 GMC Dump Truck 366 V8 on propane, 5spd manual tranny, hyd brakes. Incl inbox hyd sander and 10’ snow blade. Clean title $13000 obo 250-574-2766 or 250-376-1872 93 Dodge Cummins 2wd 266,533km rebuilt trans ext cab gd rubber gd shape $3150 (403) 581-3823

Boats 1996 Seadoo, 5-seater jet boat & trailer. New motor & impellars, many extras. Excellent shape. $7,000. 250-672-9887.

2007 Sea Doo Speed Boat, 4 Seater.$15,000obo Call 250320-5194 (after 6pm)or lv msg

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FUN BY THE NUMBERS

Like puzzles? Then you’ll love sudoku.

This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test!

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K I T ’ N ’ C A R LY L E

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Answers

WORD SCRAMBLE

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes.

The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

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Ca____t One of a Latin It may follow you or me It may be smoked in England Wor____er Eggs, e.g.

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