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School bus slides into ditch from ice on rural roads By Kyla Corpuz
FORT ST. JOHN – On Nov. 5 a school bus travelling down a rural road slid into a ditch because of icy road conditions. The bus had come to a full stop, but slid because of the ice on
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the side roads, according to School District 60’s superintendent Larry Espe. Espe couldn’t recall if there were any students on board. “I don’t know if there were kids on the bus, and if there were there weren’t very many. There was no speed involved, they just slid into the ditch.” This brought concern to residents, who are wary of the road maintenance on the 262 Road area and Stoddard area. The province, rather than the city or the regional district, overlooks the maintenance of rural roads. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure media spokesperson, Kate Trotter, said the ministry holds their contractors responsible for their work to ensure a “safe and reliable transportation network.” “We regularly monitor [the contractor’s] performance,” said Trotter. “Our monitoring indicates Yellowhead Road & Bridge (YRB) is generally meeting and, in some cases, exceeding specifications.” The area of concern though, is not listed as a high priority road. “ The maintenance contract is laid out in such a way that the contractors respond to road conditions by response times based on road classifications. “The maintenance contractor first addresses the Class A & B routes, such as major and secondary highways, after which they move onto the class C roads; both Stoddard Creek and 262 Road are C class roads.” The conditions of rural roads in the wintertime while picking up students by bus is looked at by Espe. “Mike Fitzgerald is our bus supervisor and he works with YRB, the road and maintenance crews, and each of its drivers has it’s capacity that if they feel their run isn’t safe [because]
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weather in areas are not conducive to good driving they can cancel; and so there’s no policies to put busses on the roads.” Drivers are given “full authority” to determine if the route is necessary or not. “It’s made very clear to the drivers that they don’t drive if they are beyond their experiences and comfort zones.” However, this can sometimes cause confusion with some parents. “One of the issues is that [the school district has] a great, big distance [to cover]; and we have weather systems that go right from the Alberta border … [to] Hudson’s Hope and Prespatou,” said Espe.” Therefore, often times, if the weather conditions are bad in one part of town, but “high and dry” in another part of town, it leaves parents to question why their child’s bus route is cancelled. “We’ve closed busses at certain times and we make that call with as much information as we can,” he said. “Interesting enough, if we close busses every time it snowed, there wouldn’t be much school going on.” Espe added that the day the bus slid into a ditch, the rest of the runs were cancelled. “Other runs, they thought they were okay, but obviously when there is an icy spot, then that happens.” When asked whether or not this incident should be a concern for parents, Espe said he doesn’t know that it should be. “For parents it’s always their prerogative to students, whether it’s because of the cold or road conditions…” The last school bus incident is nearly two years old, according to Espe. “That wasn’t weather condition [related]. Someone parked where they shouldn’t [have] and the bus ran into it.”
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Human remains found in Tumbler Ridge By Jill Earl TUMBLER RIDGE - On Nov. 3 local RCMP responded to suspicious fire in the Bull Moose Forest Service Road area where respondents found what has been confirmed as human remains. The BC Coroner’s Service, the Foresic Identification Section and the North District Major Crime Unit have all attended the secured scene, but the victim has not been identified and the age of the bones and sex of the victim have not been released.
RCMP are continuing their investigation and the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the remains are being treated as suspicious at this time. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Tumbler Ridge RCMP at (250) 242-5252. If you would like to remain anonymous please contact CRIMESTOPPERS at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Ski Association only grant approved for 2013 By Jill Earl
place to live and improve the quality of life. The City has budgeted $50,000 in the past two annual budgets, as well as in the 2013 budget, to give out to eligible applicants in the community; it’s also used to sponsor events and for any extraordinary grants. Six years ago the City designed a new criteria for their grants policy that rotates Council’s community grant priorities every year from capital projects, to seniors, to recreation, and sports. Capital projects of non-profits are the focus in 2013. The purpose of the rotation is to ensure a variety of different groups will 9944 104 AVE benefit. “The whole point is to try and disperse it around the commuAcross from Pricesmart nity so we can hit as many different cross-sections because we don’t want to have it, let’s say, every year it’s the sports people that come forward and they’re the only ones that get grants or just the arts people,� Bernier said. Before the new criteria was put in place Bernier said that council didn’t have a grants policy and that council would often end up giving away money that wasn’t necessarily deserved. He added that council saw anybody as any time throughout the year for grant requests, decisions whether to approve the grant or not would often turn into a political debate. “We got to the point where we were spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on community groups that otherwise in most other communities wouldn’t qualify for any Meet our Staff: Corri, Pam, Cecilia, Jen grant. What we said as a council years back was that we need to have a policy in place to really start measuring and quanti250-785-5337 fying this because it can get out of hand,� Bernier said. “We felt that it was incumbent on us as a council to really Open 9-5 Tues to Fri make sure that we were being as appropriate as we could with 9-4 Sat those grants,� he adds. In the past six years the amount of approved community Walk-ins Welcome. grants has dropped considerably, from $123,708 in 2007 Late Appointment upon request to $65,500 in 2009 and to $15,000 in 2013. With the Bear Mountain Nordic Ski Association as the only recipient NORTHERN BC GUIDES ASSOCIATION of next year’s community Jill Earl photo grants, $35,000 remains for PROUD SPONSOR & CONGRATULATIONS TO Acting mayor, Coun. Cheryl Shuman proclaims Nov. 20 as Na- sponsorships and extraorditional Child’s Day in Dawson Creek. To celebrate swimming at the nary requests in 2013. Kenn Borek Aquatic Centre is free from 2-4pm on Nov. 17. Other activities will also be available.
DAWSON CREEK - Good news comes to skiers and trail users in the city with Council’s approval of awarding $15,000 of community grant funding to the Bear Mountain Nordic Ski Association. The Club was only one of two applicants requesting to be considered for the 2013 budget, meeting the Sept. 30 deadline. The Dawson Creek Golf and Country Club was the second applicant, Council denied their request for $100,000 in funding to support Phase 1 of the golf course’s master plan redesign. “What the golf course does out there, it’s great for the community, no doubt about it, but just the scope of that project was way beyond what council felt that we could assist with,� said Mayor Mike Bernier. The ski club will use the $15,000 to upgrade their trail systems by clearing stumps, removing trees and making repairs to culverts and bridges. Community grants are meant to recognize and support local non-profit organizations who are forward looking and involved in the community, promote sustainability, promote a life long
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Hockey heroine helps women find balance under presssure tough selection process for these girls, so I know that they are excited,” she said. Among the advice she gave to the young players at the Tuesday night banquet dinner was to enjoy themselves and be good team players. “I know they’re excited, they have high expectations, they are elite athletes, but I really want to make sure that they enjoy it because it is a special event and the second thing I encouraged them to be is a great team mate. You’re playing a team sport and they’re all ambitious but I think that’s probably one of the most important things,” said Botterill. Wednesday’s all-female breakfast was also filled with advice like: try new things, remember your passion and trust yourself, however Botterill stressed the importance of pursuing excellence and maintaining a balanced lifestyle. She said that although balancing life and commitments can be difficult the key is in focusing on one element at a time and striving for excellence—not perfection. “It’s tough, it’s something we all have to work at, and certainly it’s busy and when you’re training and going to school and doing all those other things. It is busy but you learn about time management and that’s what I hope they will think about… I think in the end [balance] helps you in every area so that when you’re in every avenue of your life then you can just really embrace that,” she said. Botterill’s mother is a two-time Olympian speed skater and her father a sports psychologist, she said her family always supported her and encouraged her to just enjoy being active. She said that it was her father that gave her a lot of the advice she passes along to people today, and believes that it was his advice that made her a better athlete. “It was about enjoying it, it was having that balance… there wasn’t pressure, it was just enjoying being active…you had that balance, and that was something, at a young age, just became habit, it became lifestyle to have that balance…I think that in the end that sort of helped me focus on the athlete thing,” said Botterill. Having a positive attitude also played a role in Botterill’s success. She recalled the time
leading up to the 2010 Olympics where Team Canada lost eight exhibition games in a row to the U.S. Obviously, the loses had many Canadian hockey fans concerned with the future success of the team, but instead of cracking under the pressure of the expectations of fans, Botterill encouraged all to remain positive. “If one person in that locker room felt that we could be successful that’s what the person next to them felt and the person next to them…The attitude that you take absolutely impacts the people around you,” she said. “I went into big games or big situations, and people ask how do you deal with big pressure and big expectations- it’s no, we want to do well here. This moment, this hockey game is not going to define my worth as a person, because I’m balanced, will all these other things so that the focus is ‘I want to do well’, and it’s embracing that opportunity,” Botterill added. This is the first time Botterill has been back to Dawson Creek since coming to the area in the fall of 2009 for a grueling onemonth training camp. She said that being back in the area is bringing back a lot of great memories, but is looking forward to enjoying her relaxing, pressure-free time here.
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Waiting in line at Starbucks I think it’s about time Fort St. John gets their very own standalone Starbucks. If you’ve waited for over 20 minutes to get your Starbucks fix, I think you’d agree. Having our very own green and gold coffee joint would help me out, it would help us all out, I think. One: I won’t have to wait 30 minutes to get a caramel macchiato. Yes, a caramel macchiato. Why? because I am not going to be late for work from standing in line for a drip coffee. I would have gone through the McDonald’s drive-thru eight times if I wanted to spend the same amount of time ordering—just a coffee. Two: When I’m finally done eating my Safeway soup and sandwich and I’m ready to order my caramel macchiato I won’t be met with a sign that reads: “Will be back at 4.” It’s 2 p.m. Who takes a two-hour lunch?! Okay, besides the world’s corporate executives who have little moguls doing their work. Three: I won’t have to wait in line for 30 minutes. Do you get my drift here? Starbucks, the actual stand-alone Starbucks, strives off their customer service and their ability to move lines with dozens of people faster than they can even make a caramel macchiato. That’s what they train their employees for. My sister used to be a Starbucks shift manager and I used to go to Starbucks
every morning. I know how fast they are trained to work, like little elves in Santa’s workshop. Or children in a Cambodian sweat shop. Okay, I may be getting ahead of myself here. I won’t neglect the fact that there is probably a staffing shortage, which is why they can only work so many hours within a day, and why lineups take longer. The abundance of staff is just not there. I completely understand. So, how are we going to get people to work at a stand-alone Starbucks if we can’t get anyone to work at the Safeway Starbucks? Easy. The stand-alone Starbucks just looks more legit. Cool, hip people always work at the stand-alone Starbucks, am I right?
Maybe just where I’m from? Please don’t be offended; I’m not saying that the current Starbucks baristas aren’t hip or anything. Besides, if people like me are going to wait 30 minutes for a Starbucks, I’m pretty sure a stand-alone joint would do just fine. -Kyla
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are no longer just model-based predictions, though. NASA scientist James Hansen, who sounded the alarm about climate change in 1988, recently wrote in theWashington Post, “Our analysis shows that it is no longer enough to say that global warming will increase the likelihood of extreme weather and to repeat the caveat that no individual weather DAVID SUZUKI event can be directly linked to Environmentalist climate change. To the contrary, our analysis shows that, for the extreme hot weather of the recent past, there is virtually no explanation other than climate change.” The damage that climate change is causing and that will get worse if we fail to act goes beyond the hundreds of thousands of lives, homes and businesses lost, ecosystems destroyed, species driven to extinction, infrastructure smashed and people inconvenienced. It will even devastate the one thing that many corporate and government leaders put above all else: that human creation we call the economy – the very excuse many of our leaders use to block environmental protection and climate action. According to Hansen, the Texas drought in 2011 alone caused $5 billion in damage. Repairing the damage from Sandy in the U.S. is expected to cost at least $50 billion. And as former World Bank economist Lord Stern has pointed out, slowing
climate change will cost, but doing nothing will cost far more And yet, in the U.S. presidential election, one candidate openly mocked climate science while the other all but ignored it. In Canada, our government’s highest priority is to quickly extract and sell tar sands bitumen so that it can be burned up, mostly by China, which will further fuel global warming. Some solutions are relatively simple and would provide economic benefits: implementing measures to conserve energy, putting a price on carbon through taxes and cap-and-trade and shifting from fossil fuels to clean and renewable energy sources. Some may require a bit of sacrifice for people in the wealthiest parts of the world – substantially cutting down on automobile use and air travel and shifting from rampant consumerism to a more conservative way of living, for example. Much of this requires rethinking the ways we measure progress and govern our economies. That’s what we’ve always done when our tools no longer fit our circumstances. But it’s just not compatible with rapid tar sands expansion and governing for the sake of the fossil fuel industry. Even the Conference Board of Canada says we can rapidly expand tar sands production or we can do something about global warming – but not both. Thus, we see a mad rush to get the bitumen out of the ground and sell it quickly before it becomes economically unfeasible. For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority. David Suzuki Guest editorial
The storm that wreaked havoc on Caribbean nations and the U.S. East Coast in late October offers a glimpse into our future. Along with recent heavy rainfall, flooding, heat waves and droughts throughout the world, it’s the kind of severe weather event scientists have been telling us to expect as global temperatures rise. Does that mean climate change caused Hurricane Sandy? No. Experts know that tropical Atlantic storms are normal this time of year. This one and its impacts were made unusually harsh by a number of converging factors: high tides, an Arctic weather system moving down from the north and a high-pressure system off Canada’s East Coast that held the storm in place. But most climate experts are certain the intensity of the storm and the massive damage it caused were in part related to changing global climate, attributed mainly to our habit of burning fossil fuels as quickly and inefficiently as possible. Global warming causes sea levels and ocean temperatures to rise, which results in more rainfall and leads to a higher likelihood of flooding in low-lying areas. Scientists also believe this year’s record Arctic sea-ice melt may have contributed to the high-pressure system that prevented Sandy from moving out to sea. In short, the storm and the unprecedented flooding and damage are exactly what climate scientists have been predicting. Extreme weather events, including heat waves and drought,
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Reply to compulsory vaccinations Editor, This in answer to the compulsory vaccinations. There is a lovely little nurse here in Fort ST John, who was made to take the Hepatitis B vaccine in 1993. After the first vaccination, she felt tingling in her body, this was totally ignored when she got her 2nd and third vaccination. This girl has not been able to work a day since. Her parents have taken care of her since. She is still unable to walk without a walker or cane at all. This vaccination cost her 19 years of her life so far and no hope for the future. This is a very high price to pay for what you didn’t need in the first place. I would not take any vaccinations at all. I have travelled to Europe four times but if anyone said that I would have to be vaccinated then I would rater cancel the trip than be vaccinated. My gr. Grandchild had a DPT vaccination, at 6 months he was dead with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Two of my grand daughters also had this vaccination and both quit breathing about a month apart. We were lucky as it happened in daylight and were both seen immediately and taken to hospital. Autism is another vaccination plunder that ruined the lives of many children. Last year, one lady had her flu vaccination on Monday in the Fort St John Care home. On Friday she was dead. Another lady said “ You can’t blame that on the flu shot because she was sick when they gave it to her.” Well I say, if she was already sick, they should not have given it to her at all. If they can convince every one to be vaccinated, then this would be a good time to put a chip into our body also. I have a video of Eva Snead, a medical doctor, who is well aware of the stuff in the vaccination. You can most likely find her on the Internet also. You can come and see it here.
I, also believe that this part of the depopulation agenda. This world is NOT OVERPOPULATED. Take 5280 feet in a mile X 5280 = number of square feet in a mile X 264,000 square miles in Texas. Every man, woman and child of the world could each own a 1200 square foot house in Texas and the rest of the world would be totally empty. So the population is like a spit in the ocean. If you live 5 or 6 in a house then you have room for a garden as also. Then we have the fluoride also to help get rid of the population. This creates work for the doctors with hip and knee replacement and problem with all our insides as well and is no help to our teeth except to the dentist, who get paid to fix our teeth after fluoride makes a mess of them. When fluoride can eat the pipes from our water supply, why are we still drinking it? Well it helps to keep the doctors busy and keeps their paycheck bigger. Our taxes has cost us more to remove all those pipes this year and replace them with new pipes and new streets that had to be redone after the new pipes laid. It is easier to learn from other people’s mistakes than to make the mistakes your self. Miami took fluoride out after changing their pipes three times. Calgary council took it out without a vote because they could not afford to keep repairing the water pipes. The new pipes may not last as the old ones did so it may be more taxes to replace more pipes. There are two sides to every argument, so you had better trust no one but yourself with your health as you are the one to take the best care of yourself and you have to live with the mistakes, yours or theirs.
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D.C. Rotary Club calls on community for children of Colima By Jill Earl DAWSON CREEK - Today the Rotary Club of Dawson Creek headed south for Colima, Mexico to deliver two school buses to be used by university and elementary school students. The group of five, including three Rotary members, headed by Rotarian Larry Moody will spend the next 16 to 20 days driving
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to arrive at the Mexican boarder on Dec. 3. Once in Colima the group will spend a week wrapping gifts for less fortunate children in celebration of the Feast of Guadalupe. Rotarians have spent the last couple of weeks gathering supplies like toothbrushes, pens, paper, soccer uniforms and hats to give to the children when they arrive; items which Larry Moody said many children in Mexico never have the opportunity to own. The Rotary Club is donating the two school buses to an organization called, Project Amigo, that was established by two Rotarians from California in the 80s, Ted and Susan Rose, who still run it today. The project aims to provide books and school supplies to students in Colima, along with incentives to stay in school and access to higher education; breaking the cycle of poverty. They also help to provide dental, vision and health care when possible. “It’s really something for these families, because they’ve got nothing, most of them, generation after generation, never do have an opportunity to get out of that treadmill of nothing. These people that have gone and got educated have just made an outstanding contribution to the community,” said Moody, about the organization and students’ success. Moody said that many of the students touched by Project Amigo grow up to be influential in their towns, becoming lawyers, nurses and teachers. One of the school buses will be used for students attending the University of Colima, the other has had most of the seats removed for use as a travelling computer lab to introduce elementary school students to the technology. Occasionally Project Amigo will temporarily ask for the buses back for other projects in the organization and field trips. This isn’t the first time the Dawson Creek club has been involved with the project, in 2007 they drove six school buses, two ambulances and a fire truck to Mexico for the people of Colima. Moody says that when they arrived, the community was in the middle of building a fire hall for the truck because they had never had one before. School buses were necessary for the children as many can’t afford to take the regular school bus and some live out of walking distance from schools. Dawson Creek Rotarians were introduced to the idea of helping out Project Amigo when one of their members met Ted Rose at a conference. Many in the local club were interested in helping out because they felt Rose had managed the organization responsibly and that it
was a worthy cause. Instead of giving away the buses to communities Rose felt were in need, he put out a proposal asking people to apply with information about their need, how they were going to utilize the buses, maintain them and put fuel in them. D.C. members also liked the idea of working with another Rotary Club and providing the community with the equipment they needed instead of just giving them money to buy it themselves. “We don’t just take funds or take on a project and give them money, because there is no way of controlling it, so what the Rotary Club does is we go with another Rotary Club and that way there is no administration fee, all money is for the use of these projects,” Moody said. In order to meet the Project’s need for two more buses, the club called on the community to help wherever they could. “The Mexican government doesn’t want us to send junk down so the buses have to be in good mechanical order and so the college has volunteered and the students have worked on these buses to get them going,” said Rotary president, Sue Lavoie. Several students at Northern Lights College had the opportunity to work on the buses, the carpentry class made the desks for the computer lab, the welding class attached the legs for the desk, and the automotive program did maintenance work and a complete safety check on both buses. “I thought it would be good training to have my students involved in this project, and get the extra experience from doing the work on the buses. Most of what we train on is cars and pick-ups but it’s good experience for them to get a look at the little bigger stuff…We’re happy to be able to participate and contribute to the project because it’s a worthwhile project for the kids of Mexico,” said Rick Hall, automotive instructor and Rotary member. Sponsors also included: Software Emporium, R Home Supply, the Steel Yard, Epscan Industries, Integra Tires, the City of Dawson Creek, Elite Auto, Bluewave Energy, Super 8, Uniglobe Phillips Travel, Douglas Lake Equipment and School District 59 for the donation of their old school buses. “Dawson Creek supports Rotary amazingly well, so when they can see that a project like this is going to help, then they want to help, and Dawson Creek has been very good to Rotary,” Lavoie said. Each year the local club also donates $5,000 to sponsor children in Colima in going to school; the money goes towards books, uniforms, pens, paper and lunches. ”It’s really eye opening for those communities and those little tykes that don’t get an opportunity any other way…At this point we’re just wanting to get those little tykes educated,” said Lavoie.
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With help from Northern Lights College students, the Dawson Creek Rotary Club was able to transform this school bus into a mobile computer lab.
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By The Investors Group Submitted article The two leading types of fraud in North America are identity theft and real estate title fraud. You may think that you will never be a victim of fraud, but unless you take the right precautions it could happen to you. Identity Theft In 2009, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) received identity fraud reports from 11,095 Canadian victims, for a total loss of more than 10 million dollars.1 Real Estate Title Fraud Industry experts estimate that the average real estate title fraud amounts to $300,000 and cost Canadians as much as $1.5 billion a year.2 The most common forms are mortgage fraud – when a buyer provides fraudulent information to secure a mortgage; and title fraud – when a person fraudulently assumes the identity of a homeowner and takes over title of the home, sells the property or arranges a new mortgage then takes the
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Bizzybody Events gets special recognition Continued from Page 4. to September Eisert has planned eight events, like the first sand building event, Sand Sensations BC in Taylor; the Northern Aboriginal Business Conference with former NHL player Theo Fleury; and even her own wedding, to name a few. “I think I provided some great services to many companies here in the northeast and I’m humbled to be recognized by my peers,” said Eisert. In order to qualify for one of the BC Aboriginal Business Awards, the company has to be nominated. The Northern Aboriginal Business Centre nominated Bizzybody Events. An advisory panel of judges in Vancouver then reviews the companies and selects individuals in the seven categories that the Aboriginal Business Awards offer, explains Nora Newlands, executive director of the BC Achievement Organization. “We termed it the Outstanding Business Achiever [because] they were recognized, as well as the recipients of the award in that category, what they do well in their communities,” said Newlands about the award Bizzybody Events received. “Bizzybody has great track record of offering its services successfully,” said Newlands. “It’s a successful business, it contributes to the community—not only as a provider of services—but also as a supporter of the community and it has demonstrated good, fiscal management.” Eisert is thrilled with the recognition. “It’s one thing for the Northern Aboriginal Business Centre to nominate me, but then for a panel in Vancouver to say, ‘Hey, this little one-person company in Fort St. John did do something amazing and need to make sure that the rest of the province knows about it,’ that is fantastic.” She will be presented with her recognition at a Gala Dinner on
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Left to right: Jocelyn Eisert, Theoren Fleury and Keith Henry, president of BC Metis Federation. Taken at the the BC Metis Cultural Gathering this past summer in Kelly Lake, the only official Metis land settlement in B.C. The event was the first ever in the province and unified a community for the first time in over 20 years. A proud metis moment, says Eisert. Nov. 26 at the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver, with her husband by her side. Eisert is originally from Winnipeg who only planned to stay in Fort St. John to visit a friend. “I came here on a holiday to visit a high school girlfriend and met Dwayne and never left. And it just all worked out.”
She said she never pictured the success her company would acquire after five years of being in business. “I didn’t ever think it would be much more than doing a couple of fun things in a course of every year.” Now she’s looking forward to planning events in the coming year as one busy body.
investing in the Fort Nelson community through two significant appointments at that branch, including the addition of a new position based in Fort Nelson. Lois Warren, who has been the branch manager in Fort Nelson for the last six years, has been appointed to the new role of Business Development Manager. Lois will be working at all branches to generate the kind of community-focused financial solutions that make credit unions so unique. “I grew up in Fort Nelson, and I raised two children here. I care deeply about this community, and I’m excited about helping it prosper.” Lois would be delighted to hear
from anyone who wants to learn more about any NPSCU service, via phone at 250-774-5215 or email at lwarren@npscu.ca. Nolan Hill, currently Business Account Manager at the Fort St. John Branch, has been appointedBranch Manager of the Fort Nelson branch, where he is looking forward to enriching the community, one transaction or conversation at a time. Says Nolan, “Because credit unions are owned locally by members, we bring a local focus and service level that’s unmatched. I’m excited to offer that quality of service to people here in Fort Nelson.” NPSCU CEO Mitchel Chilcott explains that the changes and new position are an expression of NPSCU’s commitment to Fort Nelson. “These appointments are an investment in the community and people of Fort Nelson and in the North. We believe in this community, and these appointments will go a long way to helping Fort Nelson continue to prosper and grow.“ OPEN HOUSE EVENT The Fort Nelson Branch invites one and all to congratulate Lois and welcome Nolan at an open house on Friday, November 9th between the hours of 11:00am and 2:30pm at the Branch location at 5420 50th Ave North. The open house will also celebrate the selection of NPSCU as People’s Choice winner of “Best Financial Institution” for the third straight year. ABOUT NORTH PEACE SAVINGS AND CREDIT UNION North Peace Savings and Credit Union is a full-service financial organization offering banking, commercial, investment and insurance products. Located in Northeast British Columbia, North Peace Savings has proudly served the north for 65 years and is committed to the social, economic and environmental well-being of the communities in which it operates. NPSCU has four branches, a financial planning office, over 11,000 members and was recently recognized for the 3rd consecutive year as the People’s Choice winner of “Best Financial Institution”.
District of Hudson’s Hope NOTICE OF BY-ELECTION BY VOTING PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY given to the electors of the District of Hudson’s Hope that a by-election by voting is necessary to elect one Mayor and two Councillors to complete a three-year term ending December 2014 and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are: Mayor – One (1) to be elected Surname JOHANSSON JOHNSON
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Left: Trisha Clark, creator of Grandmas Buttons Boutique, showcases her home made pillows at the annual Ladies Day Out event, a fundraiser for the Fort St. John Dance Society on Nov. 10. Below: Dancers from the Move Dance Studio in Fort St. John pose in front of an array of donated food for the Salvation Army food bank at the Ladies Day Out event.
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Fort St. John residents gather at The Legion in honour of Remembrance Day on Nov. 11.
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Curlers from the across the Peace took to the Peace Curling Tour at the Curling Club in Fort St. John from Nov. 9 to 11.
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Fort St. John local, Dayna Manning, shows off her band Trent Severn’s debut album at the release and listening party hosted at Whole Wheat and Honey on Nov. 6.
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pened in Hudson’s Hope since 2005,” says Locher. “The new ICSP and OCP update will help us to catch up to recent changes and give us the tools to address the future.” He says the ICSP and OCP update is intended to address a number of specific issues, including some of the following: • Municipal services and facilities • Community engagement • Business and economic development • Energy conservation • Land use patterns • Management of growth • Affordable housing
• Environmental protection • Transportation including walking, biking and transit The City is providing a number of ways for people to participate in the process – some of which include: • Facebook – search “District of Hudson’s Hope” to see up-to-date information on the process • Twitter – follow @ ourhudsonshope to get updated tweets about the ICSP/OCP process, or hashtag your comments with #HHICSP to join the conversation • Workshops and Public Open Houses – join us in person
at the Hudson’s Hope Community Hall from 4-8pm on November 20th and/or at the Hudson’s Hope Curling Rink from 6-9pm on November 22nd • Community Survey – will be available online at the project website www.ourhudsonshope.ca and through the Facebook. Hard copies will also be available at the District Office • Talk to your area Councilor – speak to your elected officials to share ideas, concerns, and suggestions The development of an ICSP and associated update to the OCP will ensure that Hudson’s Hope has a clear plan to guide the community to a sustainable future.
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Province replaces Tourism BC C with new Destination BC By Jill Earl DAWSON CREEK - Premier Christy Clark delivered on her commitment to developing a tourism marketing organization with the announcement of a new Crown Corporation, Destination BC, on Nov. 5. The Corporation’s model was recommended to government by the Tourism Industry Association Task Force, created in June 2011, and will comprise of a board of nine who will work with stakeholders throughout the province to market tourism. Four of the members may be actively involved in the tourism industry, but the remaining five will be selected for specific skills that they can bring to the board such as an accounting or law designation. Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Pat Bell hopes to form the board for Destination BC by the end of November. Bell will provide the names of three eligible people for each position for a total of 27 names, to the Minister’s Advisory Council and the TIATF who will then decide the final nine. Future boards will be appointed by having the existing board make recommendations to the minister responsible for tourism. They will provide the minister with three names to select the successful candidate from for each vacant position. After representatives are selected, the minister will have them officially appointed. %DQNV VD\ “This is completely different then anything that has ever 12 WR D ORDQ " PROBLEM!
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PRRD postpones decision on work camp study By Jill Earl DAWSON CREEK - Directors on the Peace River Regional District board chose to postpone the decision on whether they should direct staff to conduct a comprehensive study on worker camps. After receiving a letter from the City of Fort St. John
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requesting that the board fund a study with the terms of reference being modeled after a worker camp study in Australia, district staff proposed the idea to the board in a report at their last meeting, Nov. 8. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Worker camps have enormous impacts on community sustainability and well being. Areas that should be addressed include stress on community services and infrastructure, contributions to local economy, housing availability and affordability, lifestyle and safety issues, worker and family impacts, environmental impacts and government policy and legislative concerns,â&#x20AC;? the Fort St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s letter writes. Many PRRD directors agreed that worker camps affect the entire region and that a study is necessary and important to the district, but some questioned whether it was the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s responsibility to conduct the study and if they were doing it at the right time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why do we as a regional district feel like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our responsibility to do the study? Can we not try to get somebody else to do it? Get Northern Health, OGC (Oil and
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Gas Commission), or get the provincial government to work on this study. I think the study is important, the information is important,â&#x20AC;? said Dawson Creek Mayor Mike Bernier. Northern Health has recently completed the first phase of a study to understanding the state of industrial camps. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got quite a bit of correspondence happening right now over this work camp issue and Northern Health being involved as well so I hesitate to think that this might be the appropriate time for us to get into a comprehensive work camp study when weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not sure how the rest of it will work out,â&#x20AC;? said PRRD board chair, Karen Goodings. Goodings was concerned that with worker camps being a high priority in other organizations some of the information may overlap in the study they would conduct. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It may come back to us that there are recommendations from Northern Health or from the Oil and Gas Commission or from the industry that would not then be necessary to have a $40,000 studyâ&#x20AC;ŚThere are other irons in the fire, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a little concerned that we may be putting the cart in front of the horse,â&#x20AC;? she said. Besides asking if PRRD directors would entertain the idea of conducting a study, staff suggested moving $40,000 of allocated funds from the 2012 Management of Development budget for the preparation of a Subdivision Servicing Bylaw in the Grandhaven/Clairemont/Charlie Lake area to fund the worker camp study. Sewer service has been recently refused in the Grandhaven/Clairemont area and staff believe there is not a pressing need for the bylaw at this time. Directors decided to postpone the issue until January and also passed motion to contact Northern Health and the Oil and Gas Commission for feedback on the intentions of their studies.
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Starting in 2014 Destination BC’s budget will be based on how well the tourism industry is doing, Bell believes this model will motivate the board to be innovative and creative with marketing solutions. “If the industry sees growth in tourism then the budget will grow in the equivalent amount to what the industry is growing at…They will be highly motivated to make sure that we are getting full value for the industry and that we’re creating as much growth as we possibly can,” he said. In addition to the corporation, a tourism marketing committee will also be formed. The committee will include 18 members, three from each of the six tourism-marketing organizations in the province. Each of the six regions will nominate their own representatives to the committee. The committees role will be to provide direction to the Destination BC board on marketing strategies and report on performance. “I’m very excited about this specific model, the notion of having regional destination marketing organizations represented from all over the province will create an openness that perhaps was not achieved previously,” Bell said. Though the creation of the committee aims to be more inclusive of regional organizations, Dawson Creek tourism development coordinator, Samantha Gibeault, said that members may have vested interest in their own regions. “Where the uncertainty comes from, is how do those 18 people play? Because they will obviously have a vested interest in their own region,” she said. Gibeault also expressed concern over funding uncertainties. The 2013 budget has been set but how the board will divide those funds amongst the regions remains unclear. Bell addressed some criticisms that the government has re-
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Notice: Community Workshop and Open House The District of Hudson’s Hope is developing plans to encourage the continued health and sustainability of the community, and they are inviting residents to provide their ideas and guidance to support their community’s future. There have been significant changes in Hudson’s Hope in recent years. To make sure they are prepared to handle changes in the community in future, the District is currently developing an Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP) and updating the Official Community Plan (OCP). The District is holding two public events to seek your feedback: Community workshop: Come to share ideas on topics of community interest in a group setting At the Community Hall, 10310 Kyllo Street, Hudson’s Hope Tuesday, November 20 Drop-in between 4pm – 8pm Public Open House: Come to view information and provide feedback on community goals and direction At the Curling Rink, 10311 Gething Street, Hudson’s Hope Thursday, November 22 Drop-in between 6pm-9pm For more information, please visit the project website at www.ourhudsonshope.com or contact Loretta Foley, ICSP/OCP Project Manager at Urban Systems (250) 785-9697.
High school rodeo champ takes home bountiful win By Kyla Corpuz FORT ST. JOHN – Ricky Warren from Hudson’s Hope made Canadian high school rodeo history this past summer. He became the first high school rodeo student to place in all five categories he qualified for in the 2012 Canadian High School Rodeo Finals in Manitoba. “That was beyond my greatest expectations,” said Ricky during a phone interview. “It came down to a lot of luck, and I don’t know, maybe practice started to pay off or something, but it was pretty cool to be able to do that. It doesn’t happen all the time.” While he took home Saddlebronc Champion for the second year, he also garnered the Reserve Team Roping Champion with Header Lance Isaac, Reserve Calf Roping Champion, Reserve Boys Cutting Champion, All-around Cowboy and came third in Steer Wrestling. Not to mention, he finished with 11th place in Saddlebronc at the National High School Rodeo Finals in the U.S. Getting to this level didn’t come over night; nor did it come without hard work and endurance. “It’s just a huge time commitment to be able to practice each event,” he said. “[It’s] pretty well seven days a week.” Ricky’s mom, Lori, said being in high school rodeo teaches valuable lessons. “I find that high school rodeo is an awesome opportunity for the kids, they have to work hard in order to succeed,” she said. “It’s a really good learning experience. It teaches them how to win, how to lose, how to
compete. They have to look after their horses well. It teaches them a lot of responsibility.” Ricky said it’s not all about him, though. His ‘team mates’, who are his horses, play a big role, too. “It takes a lot on your part, but it’s a big investment, too. You have to have horses for every event.” He said he thanks Dan and Marianne Novotney from Dawson Creek for letting him ride their “awesome” cutting horse, Cat, for the rodeo season. “They have taught me tons about the sport of cutting and I feel honored to have ridden Cat to Reserve Champion at the Canadian High School finals.” He also tips his hat to Mac Leask Jr. from Dawson Creek for letting him ride his horse, Jimmy, for steer wrestling. “Jimmy and I ended up in third place [and] Mac has been super helpful with all of the kids and lets four or five of us ride Jimmy.” Lori feels happy her sons are a part of the high school rodeo community in the Peace. “It’s just a really awesome group to belong to.” Ricky agrees. “The sport of high school rodeo is full of people that are willing to donate their time and knowledge to help us out, and I’d like to thank all of them because without them I would not have had the success that I have had.” Lastly, Ricky extended his gratitude to his parents who he said played a big role in his accomplishments.
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Decriminalizing cannabis Continued from Page 19.
Trafficking and the cultivation of cannabis would remain illegal until the province could get the federal government’s cooperation in changing the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to either have cannabis removed from the Act or provide British Columbia with an exception. An exemption on behalf of the federal government would allow for the second part of the Sensible Policing Act, which calls for the taxation, regulation and legal sale of cannabis through the province in a manner similar to that of alcohol and tobacco, to be enacted. A public commission would also be established as a part of the Act to determine the rules and regulations surrounding legalizing cannabis such as age limits, point of sale, taxation and personal cultivation limits. Personally, Larsen prefers the wine model to be applied to cannabis cultivators; it would allow for people to produce a small quantity in their homes to enjoy and share with friends without taxation. If someone wanted a bigger plot, the province would be the primary buyer of the cannabis under strict safety regulations. “There’s no reason we cannot decriminalize possession in our province…The lawyers at Elections BC have confirmed that this legislation is within provincial jurisdiction and suitable for a referendum. Anyone in B.C. can sign up to support our campaign at www.SensibleBC.ca,” said Larsen in his press release. In order for an official referendum to take place, Larsen and his volunteers must collect ten per cent of signatures of registered voters in every single riding across the province in favour of the Act; more then 350,000 people according to Larsen’s estimates. The Sensible BC staff will have to collect these signatures during a three-month time period from September to November next year in order to be approved for the next referendum, scheduled for 2014. Currently, Larsen and the Sensible BC volunteers are asking supporters of the Act to register with them, so that when that three month time period comes they will already have a list of people to contact for the official petition. Larsen estimates that approximately 10,000 names are registered so far. “It’s a good start but a far cry from what we’ll need to achieve victory but we’re getting more and more all the time and it’s going quite well I think,” he said. Larsen is quite confident in his campaign as a recent survey done by Angus Reid showed that 75 per cent of British Columbians are supportive of the taxation and regulation of cannabis, up six per cent since 2011. “I know that we have supporters out there, polls show, most recent polls show 70 to 80 per cent support, but what we lack in is infrastructure and volunteers and people in place to make this happen. So that’s what I’m trying to do, to register people in advance so that when we come to the signature gathering time, we’ve got 400,000 people already registered…so we have the signatures when the time comes” said Larsen. Larsen says that many people who come to his events are generally already supportive of the Act but don’t know all the details and want to find out more. He says some non-supporters don’t fully understand what decriminalizing means and others are afraid of the American reaction. With Washington and Colorado voting legalize recreational marijuana use last Tuesday, Larsen believes people don’t have to worry about the U.S. anymore. “‘America won’t let Canada do this’ or ‘America would shut down the border’, there would be some sort of retaliation from the U.S. if Canada were so audacious to try to change our cannabis laws…I think we don’t have to be afraid of the American reaction anymore, when their own states are turning against the prohibition of cannabis,” Larsen said. According to the B.C. Ministry of Justice more then 3,700 people in B.C. were charged with cannabis possession in 201l, Larsen believes police time is better spent elsewhere. He said that charging people with possession hurts the province economically, as those people convicted can’t live up to their full potential with a criminal record. He also lists the revenue a taxed cannabis system could bring to the province as a potential benefit.
Larsen believes decriminalizing is necessary to benefit the province, he also feels it is a human rights issue. “There’s the human rights question about whether people who use cannabis should be getting harassed and humiliated and charged and convicted for simple possession… it would benefit our province immensely and it’s really an idea whose time has come, British Columbians are ready to see change in our province,” Larsen said. Provincial government does have the power to adopt the Act at any time, but Larsen believes politicians shy away from the issue because they don’t want to be viewed as being on the bad side of police and also don’t want all the media attention that comes with supporting decriminalization. He points to the latest Union of B.C. Municipalities conference, area representatives throughout the province passed over 200 resolutions last September, but the one that got the biggest attention was their endorsement of decriminalizing cannabis. “Cannabis is such a sexy popular issue that it tends to dominate any other news…I think political parties also, when they have a cannabis resolution get passed it becomes the headline story for their convention and although they might support the issue, they may not want that to be their message,” Larsen said. Larsen said that his campaign provides an opportunity for everyone to get involved, and expects a lot of young adults to be active in spreading the word, as they are generally more familiar with the drug. “Young people as well are very excited. Often since more young people are familiar with cannabis and they’re the primary victims of cannabis prohibition, we’ve got a lot of young folks who are getting politically involved, some of them for the very first time,” he said. “If and when it passes in B.C., I’m quite confident that it would spread to the rest of Canada quite quickly. Other provinces will pick it up and it will be the beginning of the end of prohibition in Canada when we get this victory in B.C.,” Larsen adds. For more information visit www.sensiblebc.ca.
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• Nov. 15, 16, 17 & 18: The South Peace Players production of the comedy Mama Won’t Fly will open on Thursday, Nov. 15 with a dessert theatre at 7pm, with the last performance also being a dessert theatre on Sunday Nov. 18 at 2pm. Friday Nov. 16 and Saturday Nov. 17 will be a dinner theatre starting at 6:30 p.m. with a traditional Chinese meal served (RSVP required). Tickets are available at Simple Pleasures. • Nov. 16: Louis Riel Day: 3 p.m. to 6p.m. at the Nawican Friendship Centre 1320 102 Ave. Free Community dinner, 50/50 draw and a cultural performance by Bev Lambert. For more info call: 250-782-5202. • Nov 17: Country Music Dance. Music by Night Sounds at the Senior Citizens Hall: 1101 McKellar Ave, Dawson Creek. 8:30 to 12:30. Admission includes lunch. 19+ welcome. More Info: Fred at 250-782-2192 or Linda at 250-843-7418. • Nov. 17: Ron Pettigrew Christian School: 4th Annual Gingerbread House Adventure and Tea. 1761 – 110th Avenue, Dawson Creek. 11:00 am - 3:00 pm. Admission $4.00/person or $15.00/family. To Enter a Gingerbread House or for more information about the Gingerbread Competition call Roberta at 250-782-7046. There will be a Tea, Musical Entertainment, Silent Auction, Baking, Craft items and a live auction of the gingerbread houses. The Silent Auction will start at 11:00 am and close at 2:30 pm. The Live Auction of the Gingerbread houses will happen after the awards and prizes are given at 3:00 pm. Proceeds go to the RPCS Parent Group to support Projects such as replacing the playground, Special Events & Field Trips and Extracurricular Activities. Everyone Welcome. • Nov 18: Devereaux PAC Christmas Craft and Trade Show at the School. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Great crafts and home based vendors. Raffle on many door prize items. Homemade concession items for sale. Come for chili and bun and goodies. Funds raised will go towards replacement playground equipment and Gr. 7 Field trip. Free admission • Nov. 23 & 24: Ten Thousand Villages Sale will be held on Nov.
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John meets from 7 - 8:30 p.m. every Thursday evening at Northern Lights College, Room 105. Learn valuable communication & leadership skills. Contact Claire Seidler at 250-787-9697 or Gayle Wagner at 250-785-3991 for more information. • Rocky Mountain Rangers Army Cadets meet at 6:30 PM each Wednesday night at the Royal Canadian Legion on 102nd and 105 Ave. If you are between 12 and 18 years old please drop in or call us at 250-787-5323.
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• The Visually Impaired Support Group meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 12 noon at First Baptist Church, 1400 113 Ave. Each month we have a guest speaker and we share lunch. (cost by donation). Anyone who is visually impaired or who cares about someone with vision difficulties is welcome to attend. For further information please call Kathy 782-7539 or Margaret 782-3221. • If you know how to visit with a friend, you already have the skills required to be a CASI Friendly Visitor volunteer! There are seniors in Dawson Creek right now who would like to have a friend come and visit them and perhaps take them to doctor’s appointments or shopping. Can you spare an hour or two a week to visit a senior? Call CASI (Community Action for Seniors’ Independence) today. 250-782-1138 ext. 228, email lstudley@spcrs.ca or visit the website at www.casidc.org. • Mile 0 Quilt Guild meets every Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m., Studio 10 at KPAC. Come join us for sewing, fun and friendship. Contact Gloria at 250 786 5597. for more info. • Alcoholics Anonymous - meets Mon., Tues., Fri., & Sat., 8 p.m. at Peace River Health Unit. Wed. 8 p.m. Hospital Education Room. All meetings are open. • Mile 0 Al-Anon meets 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Thursday evening at the Health Unit, Dawson Creek. • Mile 0 Quilt Guild meets every Tuesday and
Thursday at 7 p.m., Studio 10 at KPAC. Come join us for sewing, fun and friendship. Contact Gloria at 250 786 5597. for more info. • Dawson Creek Toastmasters meets every Thursday at 7pm at Farmer’s Advocacy Office 1032 103 Ave (Front door on 11 st.) Contact Heather at 250-784-5700 or 780-353-3050.
Fort Nelson
• The Community Market is held at the Westend Campground every Saturday except on long weekends. For more info or a vendor package please contact Jaylene Arnold at (250) 7742541 or Audrey Reynolds (250) 774-6574.
Pouce Coupe
• Youth Drop-In at Pouce Coupe Community Church Annex (the old Pouce library). Saturday nights 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Ages 13 to 17.
Chetwynd
• Alcoholics Anonymous meets Tuesday and Friday at 8 p.m. at the Public Library, 5012 46 Street. If you think you might have a problem with drinking, come to an AA meeting. Call for times and places or someone to talk to, phone 788-9658 or 788-1100
Tumbler Ridge
• Alcoholics Anonymous: Thursday. 8 p.m. 115 Commercial Park (Baptist Church). For times and places or someone to talk to: 2424018. • Tuesdays: TR Seniors (55+) Drop-In – Floor curling, carpet bowling, card & board games, coffee & cookies. Community Centre Room 5 from 1-4 pm. Small drop-in fee.
Taylor
• Alcoholics Anonymous: Thursday, 8 p.m. 115 Commercial Park (Baptist Church). Call for times and places or someone to talk to: 2424018. • Civil Air Search and Rescue (CASARA) meetings every second Tuesday at the Taylor Fire Hall at 7 p.m. For information call Bob at 250-789-9152 or 250-787-5802.
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Ricky calf roping at the 2012 Canadian High School Rodeo Finals. He ended up with the Reserve Calf Roping Champion title.
Continued from Page 20. “I’d really like to thank my mom and dad for helping me practice all of the time and for hauling me all over the country. My dad spends hours helping me practice and I really appreciate all the time and effort he puts into helping me.” Lori said high school has changed in some ways since her and her husband participated in it. “The opportunities have probably grown, there is quite a few college scholarships for the kids that do succeed. And that wasn’t really around when I was a kid…” Ricky is in his graduating year and said he is looking at pursuing the rodeo lifestyle during college and making a living out of it one day. He said his eyes are set on attending post secondary school in Wyoming, U.S.
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