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Jump! Scream! Throw things! Run for your life! Spiders. Nature’s way of making the bravest folk shriek ear-piercing screams and turning the meekest into hardened exterminators demanding that it be killed and killed again with more force than necessary and that the whole family must die. The truth is most spiders are harmless and do not have mouthparts strong enough to penetrate human skin. There is an exception in our northern desert climate the Black Widow... and they are most definitely in abundance in River City. For one person a sighting might not mean much, while a raging arachnophobic might panic and consider breaking out the hairspray and lighter to set it ablaze. Suddenly a newspaper, shoe or broom becomes a spider-murdering device. Remain calm. Know your enemy. The Widow has received a bad rap over the years and is most notorious for their bloodthirsty courtship practices. For the most part though, they are shy, sedentary and largely nocturnal, preferring to avoid a conflict. Female Black Widows are longlegged, shiny, coal-black spiders about 3.8 cm (1.5 in.) long, but may be smaller. They are identified by a red, orange or yellow hourglass-shaped marking on their underside, and often hang belly up. They are not exactly great web designers and generally have a messy web in an out of the way location, with a lower net where she will store her wrapped prey for later. They live in a variety of natural habitats but are frequently found in low-lying webs around man-made structures such as garages, lawn furniture, barbecue grills, around swimming pools, in irrigation boxes and woodpiles. Typically they are not aggressive but will bite defensively when their webs are disturbed. Then they become ninjas. Not much is faster than a Black Widow in flight. So, what should you do if a Black Widow spider bites you? One of the first things to consider is if you actually saw the spider attack. Many conditions of the skin produce the same symptoms
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The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) now has nomination packages available for the offices of Electoral Area Directors for each of the TNRD’s ten electoral areas. General voting day for local government elections is Saturday, November 15. Nomination Packages are available for download from the TNRD website at tnrd.ca or can be obtained at the TNRD office, 4th floor, 465 Victoria Street during regular office hours. The Chief Election Officer will receive nomination documents from 9:00am Tuesday, September 30 until 4:00pm on Friday, October 10 at the TNRD offices.
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The North Shore Community Centre received a donation of $500 from RBC to go towards the purchase of an automated external defibrillator. The centre is now over the halfway mark towards their fundraising goal! The North Shore Community Centre has raffle tickets on sale at their front desk and at NuLeaf Produce Market on 740 Fortune Drive. Pictured here is (L-R) Ryan Wall, treasurer of the North Shore Community Centre Society, Wendy Dickson, front desk volunteer, and Norm Cooper, manager at RBC, North Shore branch.
Former Kamloops Storm player Duncan Schulz has secured a tryout with the East Coast Hockey League in Elmira, New York. The Storm would like to wish Duncan good luck. Duncan played 103 regular season games scoring 35 goals and 54 assists over three seasons. Duncan was instrumental in scoring the goal to force overtime in the 2010 Western Canadian bronze medal game, which the Storm won.
Investments in Wetland Conservation announced MP Cathy McLeod announced $395,000 in funding to support two North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) projects in her riding. In partnership with organizations such as Ducks Unlimited, the Government of Canada implements the NAWMP program, which conserves the continent’s important wetlands and related habitat for the benefit of waterfowl and other wildlife. In Kamloops -Thompson- Cariboo two projects received funding: Ducks Unlimited Canada will receive $375,000 over five years as part of the Delivering the
NAWMP through the Pacific Coast and Canadian Intermountain Joint Ventures Project. This project will assist in key planning, data collection, analysis and evaluation activities that form the basis of conservation actions, which include securing, managing and enhancing priority wetlands and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, shorebirds and water birds. Grasslands Conservation Council (GCC) of British Columbia will receive $20,000 this year as part of the Priority Grasslands Analysis Methodology for habitat planning and conservation in the Canadian Intermountain Joint Venture. The GCC completed the only comprehensive mapping of
the grasslands in BC in 2003. This information is used extensively by Environment Canada and others for species at risk and habitat planning activities. These grassland data layers will be updated to reflect losses from development and then used to identify priority habitats for grassland birds. The GCC will refine and update its unique “Grassland Portfolios” and create new grassland portfolios for the North Okanagan and Cariboo regions of BC, modifying them to include data on the Bird Conservation Region Strategy for this area, priority bird species and federal species at risk. This data will be used to help prioritize Intermountain Joint Venture activities for all birds.
We are pleased to present two seminars from The Alzheimer Society of B.C. Sept 4th • 1 - 4 pm • The Family Caregivers Series Sept 18th • 1 - 3 pm • Advocacy: Your Voice Matters Limited seating. Call Glenna to RSVP. Chartwell offers residents a secure and rewarding lifestyle that they can be happy to call home.
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Into the Fray at the museum The Kamloops Museum and Archives, in partnership with the Rocky Mountain Rangers, has announced it’s upcoming exhibit, Into the Fray, which runs from September 18 to December 31. Between 1914 and 1918, the Great War raged causing an unprecedented loss of life. Into the Fray explores this extraordinary sacrifice through the eyes of the Kamloops community and the individuals CHAIR RENTAL AVAILABLE call for details
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Justin DeFehr recently got his hair ready for back to school by Alanna Smith at A Cut Above Family Hair Care. Visit A Cut Above at #5 -177 Tranquille Road on September 7 to get your hair done and help out with a very special fundraiser. Alanna’s newborn grandson Hunter was born with craniosynostosis and all funds raised from haircuts will be donated to help cover the cost of his surgery and recovery at Children’s Hospital.
The Attack-X tabletop war gaming expo is being held this year at the TRU Grand Hall Friday, September 12 to Sunday, September 14. This is the second year they are welcoming gaming competitors from all over BC, parts of Alberta and as far away as Oregon. They will be playing in tournaments for Warmachine/Hordes, Warhammer 40K, Warhammer Fantasy and a World War II based game Flames of war. They will also be running tons of Demo games. Along with the gaming they have added new this year a painting competition and a Cosplay Costume Contest. Members of the 501st Legion, a group of Star Wars enthusiasts that make movie quality costumes will be helping promote the expo. Entry is free and the public is more than welcome to check out the action.
Aviva Community Fund is back The Aviva Community Fund competition opens for idea submissions on September 22, and voting begins on September 29. You have a chance this year to win a share of the $1,000,000 Aviva Community Fund. Back again for the sixth year, simply submit an idea that creates positive change in your community and you could win. You may remember in 2012, Western Canada Theatre reached the semifinals and Kamloops United Church’s submission was awarded $80,000 towards kitchen equipment for their new kitchen. A great idea is one that you passionately believe will create positive change
in your community. To qualify for the Aviva Community Fund, an idea must be action-oriented, provide positive impact in the community, require funding of $100,000 or less, benefit people in the community, be associated with a Canadian Revenue Agency registered charity, and be well underway by December 2015. New this year, you may have the chance to win a share of $20,000 in Wildcard prizes in each of three qualifying rounds. That’s $60,000 up for grabs. It’s pretty simple too, just submit your idea and once you’ve reached 1,000 votes you’ll be entered to win. Twenty ideas will be ran-
domly selected from each round to receive $1,000 for their associated charity. That makes for a total of 60 more winners this year that will be announced in January 2015 and a little more of everything that makes the Aviva Community Fund great. For full details of the Wildcard competition,
please go to AvivaCommunityFund.org and to learn more about how to participate in this year’s Aviva Community Fund competition visit avivacommunityfund.org. You will also find inspiration from previous winners as well as the new idea guide for tips and tricks to get started.
Calling youth actors! The Kamloops United Church Youth Drama Group is seeking youth ages ten to 17 to appear in the classic play “The Railway Children”. This play is scheduled to run in the first weekend of December with rehearsals beginning the first week of September. Whether you have acting experience or if you have just always wanted to try your hand at acting you can call Sharon at Kamloops United Church at 250-372-3020 or send an email to kuchurch@shaw.ca.
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Busy bodies and busy brains Christy Horvath hopes to spark a keen interest in Kamloops kids by sharing knowledge of the endless natural surroundings offered to us with the animals and plant life that inhabit the Kamloops region. Christy has worked with children for over 20 years as a Licensed Early Childhood Educator, foster parent and after-school care supervisor. She loves the outdoors and is passionate about respecting our community and planet. Bridging these passions, Christy hopes to demonstrate to kids that there is much more out there than screen time. Busy Body Busy Brain is a City of Kamloops Parks, Recreation and Cultural program that will begin in September in the Discovery Room at Kamloops Museum and Archives located at 207 Seymour Street. The six-week program, facilitated by Christy, is geared toward children ages eight to 13 years of age. The program focuses on creative expression as well as physical expression. Physical activities aim to enhance concentration and cognition. Participants learn about the environment in a fun and creative way using various craft activities that teach about wildlife and the areas they inhabit. Brain teaser activities, I-Spy collections and music will compliment simple physical games. Christy comments, “My goal is to have the children gain a greater sense of their community and the natural surroundings. We will take a look at how to respect and protect all the abundance we have been afforded. The children will have an opportunity to meet new
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Free coaching courses PacificSport Interior BC has announced that with the assistance of ViaSport BC funding, and sponsorship from Regional City Offices for facility rentals, select National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) multi-sport coaching certification modules will be offered throughout the region for free to coaches in celebration of BC Coaches Week in September. BC Coaches Week runs September 21 to 28; however, select courses will be offered the last two weeks of September to celebrate coaches and their contributions to our communities. For a complete listing of all NCCP courses being offered in the Interior BC Region this fall, or to register for any of the courses, go to pacificsportinteriorbc.com/.
porate into our lifestyle while in these places of beauty. Busy Body Busy Brain runs from September 21 to October 29. Quote course #323052 to register. Use ezReg online, ezregsvr.kamloops.ca, to register for this and other recreation programs offered by the City. Jody Tippett
Tough teacher A teacher injured his back and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. It fit under his shirt and was not noticeable at all. On the first day of the term, still with the cast under his shirt, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in school. Walking confidently into the rowdy classroom, he opened the window as wide as
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BC Hydro estimates that there are secondary or spare fridges in nearly 40 per cent of homes throughout B.C. These unused or underused fridges cost homeowners more than $34 million a year in electricity costs. Refrigerators are one of the most energy consuming appliances in a home as they run 24 hours a day. One fridge alone costs customers up to $90 a year in electrical costs to use. Almost 380,000 B.C. households keep an extra fridge. Through the Refrigerator BuyBack program, BC Hydro is offering to collect and recycle spare fridges free-of-charge for
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HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT We are requesting that anyone who witnessed or has information regarding a motor vehicle accident that occurred on July 11, 2014 at about 4:00 p.m. at or near the address of 359 Linden Avenue, which is just south of the intersection of Linden Avenue and Cedar Street on Linden Avenue on the North Shore in Kamloops, to please contact our law firm. The accident involved a gentleman on a blue three-wheeled scooter who was struck by a vehicle that is believed to be a gray 4-door Dodge Ram truck or similar. If you witnessed this accident, or were present at the scene shortly before or after this accident occurred, or have any information about this accident, please contact Matthew Ford or his legal assistant at: Epp Cates Oien, Suite 300, 125 Fourth Avenue, Kamloops, B.C., V2C 3N3 Telephone: 250-372-8811
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Golf-a-Thon for Food Bank Sun Rivers Resort Community has announced the results of the one day Golf-a-Thon and Community Food Drive held on Wednesday, August 20. 2,550 pounds of food and over $1,500 in cash donations were collected and donated to the Kamloops Food Bank with the assistance of community volunteers and generous sponsors. Knowing the Kamloops Food Bank provides food for over 6,000 people each year, Sun Rivers Resort Community stepped up their annual challenge by collaborating with the Sun Rivers Golf Course Pros who initiated Golf-a-Thon to increase the amount of money raised. The Pros golfed from dawn to dusk collecting pledges, doing special draws and offering a play with participant’s option. The Golf-a-Thon team of Mi-
chael Chmilar, Shannon McGeady, Cody Jackson and Kirk Laukkanen teed up their first round at 5:45am and holed out their last putt at 8:35pm. The team played 144 holes of golf and combined for 89 birdies, three eagles and 336 pars. “We’re beyond thrilled to contribute to this year’s event with the Golf-a-Thon. It was a long day, but we got to do what we love to do and help provide food for those in need, making it all worthwhile.” said head golf professional, Michael Chmilar. The day’s events also included 26 community volunteers collecting food door to door and sorting and packing into the Food Bank Van. “It’s wonderful to see the sense of pride and community spirit with all those involved in this event.” said community administrator, Karri Loadman.
CFBX fall volunteer drive begins CFBX, the campus/community radio station at Thompson Rivers University (TRU), will start its fall volunteer drive on Friday, September 5 at the TRU Back to School BBQ and will run to Friday, September 19. CFBX is an entirely volunteer run and programmed radio station and is always looking for energetic and creative volunteers to help out on air and off air. Volunteers do not need to be TRU students to get involved. CFBX programs a wide variety of music and spoken word programming with a non-commercial focus. Music programming includes folk, roots, classical, jazz, funk, blues, punk, metal, hip-hop and electronic. Spoken word programming ranges from social and political issues to sports and entertainment. In addition, CFBX is especially in need of volunteers for morning shows, late night shows, classical music hosts and anyone interested in programming in a language other than English. CFBX is an excellent place to build up job skills in audio editing, interviewing, writing, organization skills and computer use. There are numerous ways to get involved at the station on air and off. Anyone interested in getting involved with CFBX can call the station at (250) 377-3988, email to radio@tru.ca or drop by the station at House 8, behind the Campus Activity Centre on the TRU campus.
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Stage House Theatre’s season opener Kamloops Players will open their 2014/2015 season with the wellknown and critically acclaimed American classic On Golden Pond written by Ernest Thompson. The 1979 play won many awards both on and off Broadway, as did the 1981 film of the same name, also written by Thompson. At times very funny and at times quite touching, this play is, above all, a love story about an aging couple in the twilight years of a long and devoted marriage. Also explored is the turbulent relationship between father and daughter, the gap between the generations and the difficulties facing an elderly couple. Thompson’s writ-
ing, both warm and witty, gives a keen perspective on family relationships, which remains as relevant today as in 1979 when it was penned. Produced by Jessie Thomas, directed by Darcy Gorrill and stage managed by Olivia Hanson, On Golden Pond will be performed October 2 to 5 and October 10 to 11 at the Stage House Theatre, 422 Tranquille Road. The performance on Sunday, October 5 will be a matinee. Tickets are available at kamloopslive.ca or by calling 250-374-5483. For further information please contact Jessie Thomas at jithomas.work@ gmail.com.
We are the North Shore. For 25 years the North Shore Business Improvement Association (NSBIA) has been a positive leader and voice of business in Kamloops.
You don’t have to make it up On the way back from a Cub Scout meeting, my grandson innocently said to my son, “Dad, I know babies come from mommies’ tummies, but how do they get there in the first place?” After my son hemmed and hawed awhile, my grandson finally spoke up in disgust, “You don’t have to make up something, Dad. It’s okay if you don’t know the answer.”
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echo stargazer VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23) There may be a crisis with your children or a lover this week. There are elements of obsessive thinking and criticism involved. Be intentional about keeping an open mind and don’t insist on a black and white answer. LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23) You may hear unfortunate news this week about a family member or someone from your past. It may bring up a resentment you put away a long time ago. This kind of feeling has energy and needs to be expressed. Maybe you should talk to someone you trust or write in your journal. SCORPIO (Oct. 24 –Nov. 22) Think carefully about what is important to you now at this time in your life. Don’t allow old habits from the past to make decisions for you. Rise above your circumstances to a level that can see beyond your ego and the situation becomes more workable. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21) Your exuberant heart wants to reach out in a wide circle, but a controlling power in your life is preventing you from taking action. Search your religion or philosophy to find assistance. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22.- Jan. 20) The pressure of pending change is making itself known in your work arena. It is true that change is absolutely necessary, but perhaps a shift to a totally fresh solution would take the emotional sting from the situation. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 -Feb. 19) Listen closely to your inner self. If you have tolerated a rule well beyond its time, you may rebel and demand to do something different now. Surprise, changeability, and general rebellion are the qualities prominent during this period. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) The full moon is in your sign on the 8th. In the three days before it is exact, you may be feeling moody. If you are a woman you may also be gaining temporary weight. You and everyone around you may be excitable now. Ground yourself with exercise or some kind of project that keeps you in touch with the earth. ARIES (Mar. 21- April 20) Listen to the important people in your life who comment upon what you’re doing. You have significant power now and could readily run over those you care about like a steamroller. Allow the other equal space or there will be pay back time later when the power is on the other side. TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21) Venus, your ruling planet, moves into the sector of life related to children, recreation and romance. The goddess of love is happy in this territory and often brings new energy and light wherever she goes. Your opportunities to share love, personal or humanistic will be rewarding. GEMINI (May 22-June 21) It is of paramount importance that you control your mouth this week. Although you have an opinion about whatever is happening, let it go and say nothing unless asked for it. Being “right” is not as important as maintaining human relations. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Because you are moon-ruled, your moods are prone to ebb and flow with the tides. This is hard for children and adolescents, but adult Cancerians eventually learn to ride the emotional flow up and down more easily. The full moon brings with it a great increase in communications. LEO (July 23-Aug 22) You want to make a grand gesture, but the cost may be too great. It is best to proceed with general routine. Maybe you could offer a service instead of giving an expensive gift. You have a creative talent. There is a workaround to whatever may be holding you back. Horoscopes courtesy of astrologer Vivian Carol. For daily horoscopes go to horoscopesbyvivian.com
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