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Nancy Greene Raine Celebrates Hart Ski Hill’s 50th Prince George’s weekly news

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Unique projects offered at Science Fair christine hinzmann 97/16 staff

Hannah Gibson, a Grade 7 Heather Park student, thinks her idea to put opposing magnets on wind turbines will offer perpetual motion essentially saving the world, while Madison Brasson and Kyra Wiebe, Grade 9 Westside Academy students, partnered to prove dogs will help keep your blood pressure in check while cats can help alleviate anxiety.

These intrepid students were among 150 who came from 23 schools across three school districts to showcase 123 projects during Saturday’s 43rd annual Central Interior Science Exhibition in the Bentley Science Centre at UNBC. Students between Grades 4 to 12 came from Quesnel School District (28), Nechako Lakes School District (91) and the Prince George School District (57).

Five projects will be chosen to represent the Central Interior at the Canada-Wide Science Fair that will be held at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton from May 15 to 17 where representatives from 13 regions in B.C. and 107 from across the nation will gather.

Grades 4 to 6 compete in one category, while Grade 7 to 12 compete in another and it’s only the latter that are eligible to go to the national competition.

To get to the Central Interior Science Exhibition some students participated in a school fair and a district fair, while others could just register and participate.

Each project could be a study, an innovation or an experiment.

“We tend to get more experiments,” Anjula Corbin, chair of the exhibition, said.

Students take from the experience so much more than just the science, Corbin said.

“They get experience in public speaking and gain confidence in presenting their own ideas,” she added.

There’s nothing like a 10-year-old talking to a university professor about their science projects to get out-in-the-real-

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Hannah Gibson shows off her exhibit on Saturday morning at the 43rd annual Central Interior Science Exhibition that was held in the Bentley Science Centre at UNBC. The Grade 7 Heather Park student was one of 150 students from 23 schools that participated in the event. world experience.

“There’s also the creativity piece because the children have to make a backboard to exhibit their ideas,” Corbin said. And it’s really good for students to be around like-minded students, she added.

Some of the titles of projects included Go Away Stains, What are Geodes?, Cannabis and Pregnancy and Hot & Spicy, which was about the levels of heat in hot sauces.

Another took on the question of what kind of ice melt works the fastest in the north. Corbin said most of the students are inspired by their passion so one student did a study on which type of horse blanket would provide the best warmth, while another did a study on the best dog treat.

Corbin said UNBC further supports the children interested in science by inviting everyone to return to the university for a day of science.

Hannah got her idea to magnetize

wind turbines by talking with her family. They brainstormed a solution to the problem of how to keep the turbine in motion when there’s no wind and because Hannah likes magnets, it was a natural fit. Hannah made mini turbines to demonstrate her theory. One had no magnets, another had one and the third had two. Hannah earned two awards for her efforts, (see page 19 for details).

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Nancy Greene Raine, Canadian Olympic downhill skier, centre in the red jacket, helps serve cake to guests at the Hart Ski Hill who all helped celebrate its 50th anniversary. Cutting the cake is Bernadette Kipping, president of the Hart Highlands Winter Club which operates the Hart Ski Hill.

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In honour of its 50th anniversary the Hart Ski Hll invited Nancy Greene Raine, 1968 slalom Olympic gold medalist and Canada’s Female Athlete of the Century, to help celebrate.

“To think that it’s been going for 50 years and to think of the thousands and thousands of people who have learned to ski and snowboard on this hill is just amazing,” Greene Raine said. “I was really pleased to come. It’s been fun. There are not very many places in Canada where a major city like Prince George has a ski hill inside the city limits.”

Greene Raine said she appreciates how accessible the hill is and how affordable it is, too. “They’ve got a good ski school here,” Greene Raine said. “I think this year they’ll teach over 2,000 kids how to ski and that’s a life long gift to them.”

Greene Raine said she feels very fortunate to have grown up in a town where there was a community ski hill run by volunteers, just like the Hart Ski Hill.

“I have been blessed to be associated with such a great sport,” Greene Raine said.

Bernadette Kipping, president of the Hart Highlands Winter Club which operates the Hart Ski Hill, wanted to offer

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Nancy Greene Raine poses for a photo at Hart Ski Hill on Saturday afternoon as part of the hills’ 50th anniversary celebrations. a brief history of it before slices of cake were shared with those who attended the celebration.

The ski hill started out in 1968 as a recreation area designated for a ski hill with a rope tow, tobaggan run and little league baseball diamond.

Kipping said the rope toe is in the same spot now as it was then and night skiing was made available by having placed

lights in the trees.

In 1971 the Hart Highlands Winter Club society was formed. The facility has been volunteer run for its entire history.

In the same year the Nancy Greene Ski Club was formed and it still part of the society today.

In 1983 the lodge was built allowing for a gathering place for those who attend the Hart Ski Hill.

The most recent development was to bring in equipment to make snow in 2017.

“This has been a huge undertaking but with so many great people we were able to bring in water, build a pump house, install the pump, lay pipe and purchase the snow gun and the work continues as we are not finished yet,” Kipping said. “This step was taken to ensure the Hart Ski Hill can run at full capacity day and night. We are very proud of the Hart Ski Hill.”

The hill was open for 100 days last season largely in part to the ability to make snow and the society will soon be expanding the capacity to ensure future successful seasons.

Kyle Sampson, acting mayor, MLA Shirley Bond and MLA Mike Morris were on hand to offer congratulations to the Hart Ski Hill for their 50-year service to the community.

“If you look around this is what the Hart Ski Hill is all about - families come out to ski with one another on beautiful days like this and it really is a testament to the community we live in - all of the hard work for 50 years to make sure that this place continues to grow and develop so families like mine can come here and enjoy themselves,” Bond said.

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career big part of local nurse’s life Seniors’ Scene Kathy Nadalin

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oan (Dempsey) Lemky was born and raised in Hythe Kent, England in 1929. When she turned 15, she volunteered at her church social functions for the young men of the allied forces waiting to be deployed for D-Day in 1944. This is where she met her future husband Pete Lemky who was 20 years old and heading off to war.

Second World War veteran Pete Lemky was born in Edenbridge, Sask. Pete had three sisters who were also in Europe with the Canadian armed forces. Joan became a pen pal with his sister Sue for the next 15 years. She would not actually really get to know Pete until 1958.

Life went on and Joan took her nurses training in Eastbourne, England, and her midwifery in Edinburgh, Scotland. She worked as a nurse until she got itchy feet and wanted to travel and in particular, she wanted to explore the United States. From 1954-58, she nursed at Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, Tampa General in Tampa, Florida, St. Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colorado and the Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, New York.

Pete came from Nipawin, Sask. to Prince George in 1954.

His early years were spent as a welder, heavy duty mechanic and equipment operator. He worked in Prince George during the winter and went back to Saskatchewan to work on the farm during the summer.

Joan and Pete met up again in Sarnia, Ont. in 1958. Pete returned to Prince George in October of 1958 and Joan followed in December; they were married in February of 1959.

Pete sold the farm in Saskatchewan in 1961. He worked for the John Deere dealership and then taught welding at the Prince George Vocational School (now CNC) until he started P&W Logging. He retired at the age of 60 and went gold mining.

He always loved the wildness and the quiet of the bush. Sadly, he passed away in 2011 at the age of 88 and after 54 years of marriage.

When the babies started to arrive, Joan became a stay-at-home mom. They had five children – Janis, Patricia, Lyn, Peter and Barbara – who in turn gave them 10 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

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Joan Lemky had a ground-breaking nursing career. In the top photo she is seen currently in her home and below she is pictured during the time she worked in the United States in the 50s.

Joan said, “In 1962, I worked Friday and Saturday nights in the operating and emergency rooms to stay current in my profession. The children didn’t even know I was gone.

“When the children were all in school, I worked week nights and spent the weekends at home. There was no TV until 1974 so we did many things together as a family.”

Joan said, “Memorable events in my career are as follows: Dr. Edwin Henry a progressive internist started the first coronary care unit. We started out with three beds and I started learning all over again. We progressed and added another three beds in 1964 and became a coronary and intensive care unit. Those of us that worked in the unit went through a steep and stimulating learning curve.

“In 1972 we moved to a 10-bed unit in the new west-wing of the Prince George Regional Hospital. This created the need for a program for registered nurses wanting to work in the intensive care unit and the coronary care unit. I researched most of it, put the training modules together and then I was invited to teach the program. I loved teaching and it turned out to be an excellent choice for me.

“The volunteers at the hospital auxiliary funded some of the new equipment and the courses I attended to try to keep up with all that was evolving in coronary and critical care at the time. I am grateful to the auxiliary ladies for those invaluable learning opportunities.

“In 1973, Dr. Steve Lowe initiated the start of the cardiac lab and asked for my assistance. This began a string of firsts for the P.G.R.H. Modern equipment enabled us to do automated cardiac stress testing.

Once this was up and running, we com-

menced doing 24-hour remote cardiac monitoring using the Holter device, which was actually a heavy reel to reel tape recorder worn around the waist.

“Next we opened the pacemaker clinic to regularly assess the patient and the device for any problems including approaching end of battery life. The first pacemakers were large and heavy and the zinc-mercury batteries lasted about two years.

“Today, all of these devices have been upgraded and improved due to modern technology. It was an exciting challenge to be at the beginning of all of this.

“Dr. Donald MacRitchie established the cardiac rehabilitation program at the YMCA gymnasium in 1975 with the approval of the YMCA CEO Colin Reid. The program was run by volunteers with Dr.

MacRitchie providing medical guidance and advice and I monitored the patients.

Trish Ouilette was our fitness leader and she ran the program three days a week from 7 to 8:30 a.m. The program ended in 2014.

“In 1982 I became the full-time critical care instructor at the hospital until I retired in 1992.

“In 1987 I seconded to the Justice Institute to lead the first group of Prince George paramedics through their practicum and later upgraded them to advanced cardiac life support.”

Joan volunteered for the Canadian Red Cross and the Heart and Stroke Foundation until the age of 70 and then retired.

She served on the board of the Registered Nursing Association of B.C. from 1992-1996.

She has been a member of the Sons of Norway since 1959 and says that she is an honorary Viking.

She continued to volunteer as team leader for the cardiac rehabilitation program exercising with the patients three times a week.

She provided support and counsel to the group from 1994 to 2014.

When Joan needed heart surgery, at the age of 85, she knew it was time to retire.

Joan concluded and said, “I have proud and satisfying memories of my nursing career in Prince George and all the exceptional people that I worked with over the years.

“I am enjoying my retirement. I am almost 90 and I can still get down on my knees to give thanks for all that I have, my good health, my energy, my good friends and a remarkable family. What else is there?”

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Reconciliation needs to include African-Canadians Lessons in learning Gerry Chidiac

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ewly elected American Congressional Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez recently stated, “Until America tells the truth about itself, we’re not going to heal.”

There is reason to hope that America will heal. It is very encouraging to see several Democratic presidential hopefuls include recognition of the impact of the slave trade and subsequent racist policies against the African-American community as part of their platforms.

It is very easy for Canadians to look self-righteously at these developments and say, “Yes, America. Get your act together. We told the truth about ourselves when Stephen Harper stood up in Parliament and apologized for the residential schools way back in 2008.”

While there is some truth to this, we still not only have a long way to go in following the recommendations of the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

There is another very ugly chapter of Canadian history which is rarely discussed.

Canada has rightly made reparations to Japanese Canadians and many others, but we have largely ignored the sufferings endured in New France and British North America by Africans and their descendants. We also largely ignore the history of racist laws that existed in our country.

The fact is, the United Nations Human Rights Council, upon studying the issue,

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This image shows the new vertical $10 bill, which features Viola Diamond, who refused to leave a whites-only section of a movie theatre in 1946. Her court case was a demand for racial equality in Canada and her story is part of the permanent collection at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. has recommended that we create a federal department of African-Canadian affairs.

We speak proudly about the Underground Railroad and the Book of Negroes, but these only tell part of our story.

The Underground Railroad did exist, and tens of thousands of slaves escaped to British North America after slavery was abolished in the British Empire. It is also true that thousands of black people in the American colonies who were loyal to Great Britain were granted freedom in the British Empire after the American

War of Independence. Ironically however, loyalist slave owners who immigrated to Canada at the same time were allowed to bring their slaves with them.

We cannot forget that slavery was legal in New France and that it was legal in British North America until 1834. While there were no cotton fields or sugar plantations in Canada, the treatment of slaves was no better than elsewhere. Their life expectancy was very low and Canadian slave owners were just as apt to be cruel as their counterparts in the United States and the

Caribbean. There was even a time when slavery was abolished in certain northern states and slaves would try to escape from Canada in order to be free.

We would also be doing the discussion of slavery in Canada a great disservice if we did not acknowledge that slaves were not only of African descent, many of them were Indigenous Canadians.

What has been the legacy of slavery in Canada? The CBC radio program Ideas recently did a thorough investigation on this topic. As with our Indigenous population, social statistics reveal that there is a problem. Black Canadians are more likely to be stopped and searched by police, their children are more likely to be in foster care, and despite higher levels of education, black women in Ontario are more likely to be unemployed than the rest of the population.

While it is disturbing to look on past policies which would consider Viola Desmond (featured on the new $10 bill) as “less than” simply because of the colour of her skin, we need not fear looking honestly at history. The truth allows us to see who the real heroes are. It is not the slave owners and those who supported racist laws, but those who responded to them with true courage.

We also need to remember that we not only study history, we are in the process of making the history which our descendants will study. Let’s make them proud of the generation that told the truth about the past, thus allowing Canada to heal.

Gerry Chidiac is a champion for social enlightenment, inspiring others to find their greatness in making the world a better place. For more of his writing go to www.gerrychidiac.com.

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Revenge is never really sweet N one of us can truly share the misery and horror of Auschwitz and the other Nazi death camps. So vile were the Nazi programs that the idea of seeking some form of revenge against Germany seems natural. NAKAM was a small organization formed in the aftermath of the Second World War that sought revenge against Germany in an attempt to kill six million Germans as reprisal.

The organization was started by Abba Kovner.

He had escaped the Vilna ghetto to join the Soviet partisans. He fought the Nazis with them. After the war, he visited with survivors of the death camps and determined that the Germans and Nazis must pay for what they had done. He formed NAKAM to extract revenge from Germany. As the Nazis had killed over six million Jews, NAKAM proposed to kill six million Germans in retaliation.

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With the support of some very influential Jews in Palestine, the plot was simple. NATAM’s Plan A was to poison the water supplies of four major German cities - Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich, and Nuremberg. Members were sent to Germany to obtain details of the water supplies of these cities, the sources and distribution methods.

In Palestine, a chemist prepared a poison that could be easily added to any water supply in small amounts and which would affect the whole system and be fatal to any that ingested it. NAKAM thought that this would kill at least six million Germans.

Just as the Nazis had not cared about which Jews they killed, the indiscriminant death of men, women, and children was of no concern. Nor did it matter if those opposed to the Nazis or even foreigners were killed by the poison. The potential victims were Germans or in Germany. That was enough.

When the poison was ready, it was placed in safe containers and picked up

by Kovner to be taken from Palestine to Germany on a British ship. Aware of the plot, the British arrested Kovner on board. His accomplice threw the poison containers overboard; Kovner was jailed in Cairo for a few months.

Plan A was cancelled but Plan B could now go forward.

After the war, German soldiers were held in large concentration camps by the victorious Allies. Plan B was to poison the bread made in one of the camps near Nuremburg with arsenic. Only partially

successful, several thousand prisoners became ill but no deaths were recorded.

Kovner joined a Jewish resistance movement prior to Israel’s independence and then the Israeli army. A well-respected poet, he spent his final years in an Israeli kibbutz.

Violence begets violence.

Revenge for a wrong is a natural instinct in our species. In our modern world, personal revenge has been replaced by our system of laws and justice.

Society takes revenge for those wrongs, not the victims personally. Vigilante justice by private people or groups is illegal. Many would say the attempt by NAKAM was justified – an eye for an eye.

Had it been successful, the result would have been further “tit for tat” actions that would never end. No doubt others would have been drawn into the conflict.

Instead, those most culpable had the Nuremburg trials.

Panic at the pool confirms need for swimming lessons

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fter successfully enrolling my kids into swim lessons, (which was harder than it should have been), we have been spending two evenings a week at the Four Seasons Leisure Pool.

On weekend day evenings, it is fairly quiet and largely filled with kids in lessons and moms and dads, in bare feet with their pants rolled up, sitting on the wooden bench relegated to holding

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jackets and towels.

Last week was the parent observation lesson. My son’s instructor said that he

was doing well but he lacked confidence in the water and needed some practice. He is turning eight this year and he has been pushing for a little more independence which coincided with these remarks.

For these reasons, and a general need to learn to let go a little, I agreed to let him swim in the pool while my daughter’s lesson was going on. I was rubbernecking between the baby pool and the waterslide pool making sure that I could see him and watch her lesson.

When it came time to talk with her teacher, I watched her and her little friends glide enthusiastically into one another as they were showing off their skills they have been working on. I turned to see where my son was and I couldn’t see him.

I looked again. Not there.

I ran over to the pool and he was nowhere to be found. I looked at the other pool, not there. He had gone to the bathroom less than five minutes before he was in the water so the only place he could have been was in the pool.

I was in a full-blown panic and I believed I was repeating incessantly, “I can’t find my son.” I ran to one lifeguard who said I needed to tell the other lifeguard and I ran up to the lifeguard who I had seen my son talking to earlier.

The lifeguard asked me how old my

son was and if he could swim. I said that he couldn’t swim very well and I don’t remember if I ever told the young lifeguard how old he was.

I am pretty sure that all I was saying was that I couldn’t find my son. Then the whistles started blowing and I died a little inside.

The mom who I was chatting with at my daughter’s lesson said check the bathroom and the lifeguard ran in to the men’s room and yelled out that he had him. My son came out and I grabbed him in a half-wet hug while I shudder-sobbed.

Wondering why all of the people in the pool were staring at us, he told me that he had to go pee and he thought I knew he was in the bathroom. I asked him gently how would I know if he was in the bathroom when he didn’t tell me? He sort of shrugged, apologized and asked if he could go back in. I let him once he had a thorough understanding that he must stay in the pool area and actually speak to me if he had to leave.

Then I lost my coat in the family locker room.

It was a hard evening and I am so grateful to the lifeguards and for the other parents who were there with me when I had lost my mind. Now we have signed up for more lessons and, if nothing else, they will become better swimmers and have more confidence in the water.

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Coming events for this week Miracle Theatre

Until Wednesday, March 20 at 8 p.m. with 2 p.m. matinees on March 10 and 17 at ArtSpace, above Books & Co., 1685 Third Ave., Halfway There is a professional theatre production with actors hired from across Canada. This comedy is about friends for life and the surprises that arise when a new doctor comes to town. This year’s beneficiary is the Community Foundation and all net proceeds will start the new Children of Prince George Fund. Tickets are $33 at Books & Co. or call 250-563-6637.

A Maker Night for Adults

Friday at 7 p.m. at the Two Rivers Gallery, 725 Canada Games Way, Booze & Build: A Maker Night for Adults sees guests make, build, drink and create at this entertaining evening just for adults.

Sip on some wine or craft beer while you try your hand at 3D doodling. Explore the exhibitions, laser tattoo some bananas and other one-of-a kind activities.

It’s a night like no other. Tickets are $42.

For more information 250-614-7800 | visitorservices@tworiversgallery.ca.

BC Ringette Provincials

Friday to Sunday at the Kin Centre Arenas, 2187 Ospika Blvd. S and Elksentre, 4833 Heather Rd., watch the fastest game on ice. Prince George hosts 39 of the top A and B-Level qualifying ringette teams from each of the four regional leagues across B.C. More than 600 athletes and 145 coaches and officials from the Lower Mainland, Thompson Okanagan, Vancouver Island and Northern Leagues will participate in showcasing the speed, skills, finesse and sportsmanship of BC U14, U16, U19 and 18+ ringette players. For more information 250-277-2116 | info@pgringette.ca.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Friday until Saturday, March 16 at Theatre NorthWest, 556 North Nechako Rd., see musical comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Based on the 1988 slap-stick comedy starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels follows the story of two men who con their way through a series of beautiful women on the French Riviera. This show features catchy songs, farcical humor and a plot twist that will leave you saying “Sacré Bleu!” Tickets are $10 for UNBC and CNC students with valid ID, and $15 for nonstudents at tickets.theatrenorthwest.com.

International Womxn’s Day Punk Show Friday at 8 p.m. at Omineca Arts Centre, 369 Victoria St., there’s an all ages

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Miracle Theatre production of Halfway There was in rehearsal last week. Abraham Asto, left, as Sean Merrit, Melissa Oei as Janine, Dolores Drake as Rita, Linda Carson as Mary Ellen and Sheery Smith as Vi. The play can be seen until March 20. punk show in support of International Womxn’s Day. Tickets are $10 to $20, pay what you can. There are a variety of entertainers including Hujune, Native folk metal; Rupture, hardcore punk/doom metal; Rat Trapper, crust punk/fast rock; Karen M, solo punk/garage; Britt AM, rock/gritty loops. For more information 250-552-0826 | info@ominecaartscentre.com.

Vancouverite Thomas Beckman who plays regularly with the PGSO. The St. Roch Overture was written in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the launching of the RCMP schooner that traveled the waters of the North West Passage.

For more information 250-981-8456 | marketing@pgso.com.

Dining In the Dark

Every Monday until April 15 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Northern Sports Centre (NSC), 3333 University Way, P.G. LumberJacks wheelchair basketball is a Rec North drop-in program at the Northern Sports Centre. No experience necessary and all equipment including sports wheelchairs is available. Everyone welcome. Free for NSC members and youth under 13 years or $6 drop-in rate for non-members. For more information 250-613-5187 | pgwheelchairbball@ gmail.com.

Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Coast Inn of the North, 770 Brunswick St., ignite your senses and explore the different flavours and aromas of an exquisite selection of food chosen by the executive chef at Coast Inn of the North, while wearing a blind fold. This is a fundraiser to support CNIB programs. Tickets at 100-490 Quebec St.. For more information 250-5631702 | shalon.morrison@cnib.ca.

Sea Stories

Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Prince George Playhouse, 2833 Recreation Pl., the Prince George Symphony Orchestra presents St. Roch Suite, composed by

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Wheelchair Rugby

Every Tuesday until May 28 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the College of New Caledonia, 3330 22 Ave., PG Wheelchair Rugby pro-

gram runs weekly. No experience necessary and all equipment including sports wheelchairs are available. Everyone welcome. BC Wheelchair Sports annual membership is $10.

In this full-contact sport, athletes play in tank-like wheelchairs and hit each others’ chairs in an attempt to carry a ball across the line. For more information 250-649-9501 | Northern@bcwheelchairsports.com.

Tea n’ Beads n’ Bannock

Wednesday from 7 to 10 p.m. at Omineca Arts Centre, 369 Victoria St., there is a community beading circle hosted by Lynette La Fontaine, a Metis artist who blends traditional art and teachings with contemporary flair in the form of acrylic paintings and beadwork. Learn by watching, asking and doing.

This is not a class, but a place to bring beading projects and sit together to inspire, connect and learn from one another. Anyone with an interest is welcome.

Admission is by donation. For more information visit www.ominecaartscentre. com.

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Her experiment explored the theory of perpetual motion being sustained with the use of repelling magnets when there was no wind to keep the turbine in motion.

“This could help us save more energy and save the planet, kinda, really,” Hannah explained.

Madison and Kyra had followed current news that reported how the survivors of the Humbolt bus accident were coping.

One of the players received a therapy dog to offer support and comfort.

“We wanted to find out if that was actually the right animal for him,” Madison said. “What if he was given a horse or cat?”

Kyra and Madison wanted to see for themselves if having a dog was best for the survivor’s needs.

Madison and Kyra wanted to know if having a dog, cat, or horse for a pet helped lower blood pressure and diminish anxiety. They conducted their study on a group of 14 people to test each theory and included those without pets as well. Participants filled out a questionnaire about their lives and their pets and each was monitored for an extended period. The experiment took months.

The two Grade 9 students were able to conclude that dogs were best at lowering blood pressure while cats were best at alleviating anxiety and all animals were better for you than no animals.

From personal experience the girls had their own opinions to share.

Kyra found her cat Kuta abandoned on the side of the road not quite a year ago.

He was just a baby.

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Kyra Wiebe, left, and Madison Brasson show off their exhibit on Saturday morning at the 43rd annual Central Interior Science Exhibition that was held in the Bentley Science Centre at UNBC. “When I come home from school and it’s been a hard day Kuta will always come running to me meowing and ask for hugs and cuddles,” Kyra said. “So I’ll pick him up and we’ll cuddle for about five minutes and I just get so calm and relaxed when he’s around.”

Madison has a three-year-old Maltese Shih-tzu named Gracie.

“A dog is always there for you, you can always trust them to keep your secrets – you know they can’t really talk so they won’t say anything,” Madison laughed.

“You can pet them and hang out with them all the time. They’re really just awesome pets.”

Judging at the Central Interior Science Exhibition took place Saturday.

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Canada Games a highlight for Hanson ted clarke 97/16 staff

Kieran Hanson knew he wanted to give speed skating a try the day he watched Charles Hamelin win Olympic gold for Canada in the 500-metre event in Vancouver.

Hanson was eight at the time and the following season he joined the Vanderhoof Clippers Speed Skating Club, where coaches Nicole Ebert and Calvin Desmarais began teaching him the fast way around the ice.

By the time he was 12, Hanson was hooked on the sport, short track and long track, and during the 2015 Canada Winter Games he was riveted to the action on the ice at Kin 1 arena watching Canada’s future Olympians hot-lapping each other.

It wasn’t until two years ago, when he found out he was the No. 6-ranked skater in the province, that Hanson started to realize he was good enough to take a run at locking up one of the four spots for the B.C. long track team in the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer.

Well Hanson made it, and in his first race on the outdoor oval in Red Deer two weeks ago, competing against skaters as much as four years his senior, the 16-year-old Prince George Blizzard Speed Skating Club member shredded his own personal record in the 1,500-metre race. In his first race he finished 11th out of 33 in that race and took 14 seconds off his previous best time.

“The first race it was windy and it was snowing and it was cold as hell, like minus-25, and it went really well,” said Hanson. “I had some mess-ups but dealt with them and then had some pretty good racing after that.

“The guy who won gold, he’s 20 and he just got back from international traces and he did it 1:55 and I was 2:07. He did my indoor PB, outdoor.”

Hanson was the youngest racer in the long track event and he said he wasn’t at all intimidated racing older athletes. He’s been doing that for years at provincial and regional meets.

“Everybody knew I was the youngest one and that didn’t change anything.

Everybody was really on the same playing field there and I was happy with it,” he said.

Right from the opening ceremonies, Hanson felt privileged to be part of the

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Kieran Hanson of Prince George leads the pack around Kin 1 on Saturday during a T2T 15 Male Mixed Gender 1500m heat during the first day of competition of the 2019 B.C. short track speed skating championships.

Cutting the ice Games.

“It’s completely Almost everybody there has with Canada’s best and soaking up the different, I had an all- the potential to be a future multi-sport atmoaccess pass so you can Olympian, it’s really cool. sphere that defines go watch what you the country’s want when you want, you can eat what Kieran Hanson mini-Olympics every four years you want, when you makes him strive want, it’s amazing,” to be there again he said. “It’s really in 2023 with Team B.C. when the Games neat going to see different sports, you come to Prince Edward Island. Having get to see what kids like me who have just turned 16 in January, Hanson will worked towards in their particular sport. still meet the age criteria in four years.

It’s interesting.”

“Most skaters are unable to make a You can’t really wrap your head around team at 15 years old so they didn’t get it until you see everybody leaving then two shots and he did and that’s a pretty it clicks in, ‘this is what I competed at.’

Almost everybody there has the potential big achievement for Kieran,” said former Blizzard head coach Adam Ingel, who to be a future Olympian, it’s really cool.”

coached Hanson at the Games in Red Deer and has known him since he was kid.

“He’s never satisfied, he always wants more and that’s one of the things you want in an athlete. He’s very committed and works really hard. He really likes the shorter stuff but he’s very good at the 1,000 and 1,500 and he did a ton of work on the 5,000 and that’s what got him on the team.”

Hanson was one of four male speed skaters from the Blizzard club who made Team B.C. Eric Orlowsky, 18, also competed in long track, while 17-year-olds Keenan St. Rose and Craig Miller were part of the short track team. Ingel said Hanson was very close to making the short track team as well.

“Kieran is one of the few who is doing short track and long track, it’s so strongly encouraged,” said Ingel. “If you’re going into short track you are gaining some agility and acceleration and tactics and you go into in long track you balance out your skating. A lot of short trackers are weak with a left-leg push on a straightaway and you can’t do that on a long track. It develops endurance and gives you more power and we encourage them do both as long as possible.”

Hanson was back on home turf over the weekend, one of 11 Blizzard skaters who took part in the two-day B.C. short track provincial championships at Kin 1 in the first major meet on the Olympic-sized rink since the 2015 Canada Games.

“Stuff like this is fun, there’s no pressure and you get to skate without any stress whatsoever,” he said.

Hanson was using the provincial meet as a tune-up for the Western Canadian short track championships in Grande Prairie, Alta., March 22-24.

It’s part of busy month of racing ahead of him. He plans to be in Calgary for a Grand Prix meet next weekend and the Oval Finale in two weeks, both long track events.

Hanson has missed 40 school days since September but his marks haven’t suffered and he’s been a perennial name on the principal’s list as a Grade 10 student at College Heights secondary school.

He needs to maintain his grades so he can go on to study kinesiology at the University of Calgary in a couple years.

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No bribes to be paid M ost of us have sat down to watch a movie or documentary and wondered “why is it always an African country struggling with civil war and starvation?”

I realize that there is no easy or simple answer, and I also realize that many people have done a great deal of work to find even a partial answer.

Perhaps our current federal political scandal provides a clue. Perhaps it’s partly our fault. Let’s indulge in a bit of navel-gazing.

SNC-Lavalin is charged with bribery and now shareholders are risking their pension cheques to pursue company wrongdoing and politicians are enjoying the excitement infused into the doldrums of a long winter.

Perhaps the unassuming, apologetic, Canadian has something to apologize for

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Here we are, hiding behind our beautiful constitution and rule of law, (which has taken quite a beating this week, but nevertheless;) on our comfortable couches, in our comfortable homes settling in to watch the next episode of whatever crime, drama, or thriller set in a war torn African country Netflix has to offer, “cluck-clucking” at why those Africans can’t get their act together.

Please allow me to take a few liberties to make a point: In a nearby comfortable

Canadian city, even in our capital, we have politicians and staffers desperately trying to get a Canadian company off the hook for bribing foreign officials.

Let’s unpack that, just a bit: Canadian company (originating from the land of “good government”) goes to Libya and bribes officials with money that comes out of the mouths of hungry Libyan babies.

How does the hungry baby pay this bribe?

By the corruption this bribery supports, and the increased cost of projects.

We all know that costs are passed on to the customer or taxpayer.

My allegory is certainly not perfect, Libya is one of the countries doing a bit better than many, but I really think that we need to consider how our Canadian companies who are working or bidding

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on contracts abroad are complicit in keeping some of these countries in near failed-state status.

I am not sure what the solution is, because bribery is a way of life in many developing or undeveloped nations, but perhaps we could begin by not contributing to the problem.

By meaning it when we make laws saying that if they want our companies to bid on their infrastructure projects, then no bribes can be paid.

This is essentially what our law states and the application of our law is precisely what Jody Wilson-Raybould was NOT interfering in.

How seriously we take rule of law, and I would say how seriously we care about our real impact in our world, not just our photo ops and feel-good donations, remains to be seen.

YouTube suspends comments on videos of kids rachel lerman 97/16 wire service

SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube said it will turn off comments on nearly all videos featuring kids – potentially affecting millions of posts on the site – after reports last week that pedophiles were leaving inappropriate comments on innocuous videos of children.

The change comes as YouTube grapples with moderating content across its platform as concerns about hate speech, vio-

lence and conspiracy theories continue to plague it.

It will take YouTube several months to disable comments on all videos featuring minors, the company said.

It already started the process last week when it turned off comments from tens of millions of videos.

Advertisers including Nestle, AT&T and Fortnite-maker Epic Games pulled ads from YouTube last week after the inappropriate comments about children were unearthed by a popular YouTuber and

media reports.

At least one company, Nestle, was satisfied with YouTube’s response and reinstated ads late last week.

A small number of channels which have videos featuring kids will be allowed to keep comments turned on.

But they must be known to YouTube and must actively monitor the comments beyond the standard monitoring tools YouTube provides.

Turning off comments on such a large number of videos seems an “extreme

reaction,” said eMarketer analyst Paul Verna. But the issue involves the safety of children, so it makes sense YouTube would want to act quickly, he said.

Comments aren’t the main focus of the video-publishing site, but turning them off will likely diminish the experience for many users and video creators, he said.

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki acknowledged the concerns, tweeting, “Nothing is more important to us than ensuring the safety of young people on the platform.”

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The local CNIB branch is hosting the second annual Dining in the Dark event Saturday at the Coast Inn of the North where blindfolded guests have an opportunity to explore different flavours and aromas of a variety of foods specifically chosen for the event by the executive chef.

The event has been designed to offer people a better understanding of the impact of vision loss, while raising funds for programs and services provided to those in need in Prince George and across the province.

Celebrating its 100th year, CNIB, a non-profit organization, is hosting the unique local event, which is the only one of its kind in the province.

“Folks can expect to enjoy the lovely venue of the Coast Inn of the North during the fundraiser,” Shalon Morrison, coordinator, philanthropy for CNIB, said.

“Besides the dining experience we’ll have a silent auction, live music and we just want folks to know that it’s a great event to come out to because it’s a unique experience. We also have a guest speaker who will share her personal story about her connection with CNIB.” Decades ago, Laura Ferguson used to volunteer with CNIB, then in 2001 she was employed by the non-profit organization and now uses their services here in Prince George.

“I’ve come full circle with CNIB,” she said.

Ferguson first started noticing problems with her eyes about 10 years ago

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The local branch of CNIB is hosting the only Dining in the Dark event in the province at the Coast Inn on March 9 as a fundraiser for those who are visually impaired. days when it stands in my way and then and after 10 surgeries and many other I fight with very deep depression from treatments she ultimately lost her vision completely which was caused by diabetic it. So for me I am fairly upbeat and get along with people retinopathy. and then there are “CNIB got me set CNIB got me set up with days that I just kind up with a cane and a cane and did some of crash with it. I did some mobility mobility training and I was tend now to be on training and I was quite an emotional taught how to do taught how to do things for roller coaster. It’s things for myself,” myself. been six years that I Ferguson said. “I come for the supLaura Ferguson have been completely blind. There’s not port group meeteven a glimmer of ing every Tuesday sight.” because it’s nice to CNIB, a non-profit organization, prohave that connection. It’s nice to have vides physical aids to those who have a people you can speak with.” visual impairment, along with programs The last decade has been about adaptto support and advocate. ing to the loss of vision and all that it Ferguson was provided with the white means to Ferguson. cane, which is not only functional but “You just have to keep moving foralso is a symbol to let others know she is ward,” Ferguson said about her blindblind. ness. “At this point there are days that I “It’s my lifeline,” Ferguson said about really do quite well and then there are

her cane. She recently switched from a smaller tip of the cane to a larger one because she was getting caught up by the many cracks in the sidewalks she navigates around town.

“I call it my clown nose, because it’s bright red and it makes moving along the sidewalks much easier,” Ferguson said, who is currently living with her daughter, Shawna, 21. Ferguson also has two sons, Tyler, 29 and Bryce, 26 and gets lots of support from her family.

One of the many programs offered by CNIB offers home visits as part of rehabilitation where the person affected can learn new ways to cook, shop and manage the home, connect to devices and apps that make life a bit easier, training on how to use a white cane and even how to navigate within the community and use public transportation.

Ferguson was offered many little tips to help make every day tasks less daunting as an unsighted person. For example, Ferguson’s shampoo and conditioner are in identical bottles so she puts an elastic band on her conditioner so there are no surprises.

Ferguson said she is very grateful to the local branch of the CNIB for all their support.

“They are who you turn to when your sight goes,” Ferguson said. “It’s a comfort to have a place to go for help.”

Tickets to Dining in the Dark, where proceeds will go towards CNIB programs, are available at the CNIB office, 100-490 Quebec St. or by calling 250-563-1702.

To start the 19+ event doors open at 6, dinner is at 7 p.m. at the Coast Inn of the North.

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Bacteria lodged deep in Ella Balasa’s lungs were impervious to most antibiotics. At 26, gasping for breath, she sought out a dramatic experiment – deliberately inhaling a virus culled from sewage to attack her superbug.

“I’m really running out of options,” said Balasa, who travelled from her Richmond, Virginia, home to Yale University for the last-resort treatment. “I know it might not have an effect. But I am very hopeful.”

Pitting one germ against another may sound radical, but it’s a sign of a growing global crisis. Increasingly people are dying of infections that once were easy to treat because many common bugs have evolved to withstand multiple antibiotics. Some, dubbed “nightmare bacteria,” are untreatable. Now scientists are racing to find novel alternatives to traditional antibiotics, a hunt that is uncovering unusual ways to counter infection, in unusual places.

One possible treatment tricks bacteria out of a nutrient they need to survive.

Others rev up the immune system to better fend off germs.

And viruses called bacteriophages – discovered a century ago but largely shelved in the West when easier-to-use antibiotics came along – are being tried in a handful of emergency cases.

“People’s frustration with antibiotic resistance boiled over,” said Yale biologist Benjamin Chan, who travels the world collecting phages and receives calls from desperate patients asking to try them.

“We’re more appreciative of the fact that we need alternatives.”

Nature’s bacterial predator, each phage variety targets a different bacterial strain.

Originally used to treat dysentery in the early 20th century, today Chan looks in places like ditches, ponds, and, yes, sewage treatment plants for types that attack a variety of human infections.

“The best places are often really dirty places, because we’re dirty animals,” he said.

Chan saw hope for Balasa in a lab dish covered in brownish bacterial goo.

Balasa has a genetic disease called cystic fibrosis that scars her lungs and traps bacteria inside, including a superbug named pseudomonas aeruginosa. A daily dose of inhaled antibiotics kept the infection in check until last fall, when the drugs quit working. A last-ditch IV antibiotic wasn’t helping much either.

Chan grew a sample of Balasa’s bacteria from her phlegm. Then came the key test: He dripped several pseudomonastargeting phages into the grimy dish – and clear circles began appearing as the viruses consumed the bugs around them.

While there are no good counts in much of the world, one often-cited British report said unless solutions are found, by 2050 up to 10 million people globally could be dying from drug-resistant infections, slightly more than die from cancer today.

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Ella Balasa, 26, of Richmond, Va., who has cystic fibrosis, and antibiotic-resistant bacteria lodged inside her CF-damaged lungs, watches as Yale University researcher Benjamin Chan, pours a bacteriophagen he developed for her to inhale, at the Winchester Chest Clinic, in New Haven, Conn., in January.

Yet few new antibiotics make it to market, and many major drug companies have ended antibiotic research, seeing little profit in medicines that germs will soon outsmart. A recent report found just 11 traditional antibiotics being studied to treat any of the World Health Organization’s list of worst bugs, with no guarantee they’ll work.

And while some people are more at risk – those getting surgery, or cancer chemotherapy, for example – “antibiotic resistance is a problem essentially for everyone,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, infectious diseases chief at the National Institutes of Health.

“Over the next several years, all indicators seem to point to the fact that this is going to get worse and worse,” he added.

Finding alternatives means “figuring out what the vulnerabilities of infecting bacteria are. What do they need to cause an infection?” said Dr. Pradeep Singh of the University of Washington.

Singh and fellow UW lung specialist Dr. Christopher Goss zeroed in on iron, a nutrient vital for bacterial growth. It turns out that bugs can’t always tell the difference between iron and a chemically similar metal named gallium. Gallium doesn’t nourish and knocks other systems out of whack, Goss said.

For two small studies, the researchers recruited cystic fibrosis patients who had antibiotic-resistant pseudomonas in

their lungs but weren’t openly sick. The patients received a five-day infusion of a gallium-based drug. Over the next few weeks, their lung function improved, enough that next-step studies are being planned.

“It just seems like a proactive way of destroying bacteria,” said study participant Tre LaRosa, 24, of Cincinnati. His sister died of cystic fibrosis and while his own CF is under control, he worries that one day a resistant infection will flare. “I can’t do anything to prevent that.

Antibiotic resistance I think is one of the least talked about and most significant concerns.”

Fauci envisions doctors one day vaccinating people a few weeks before, say, a planned knee replacement to guard against catching a staph infection in the hospital.

Sixteen experimental vaccines are in development to target various infections, according to a recent presentation to a presidential advisory council on resistant germs.

Particularly promising, Fauci says, are lab-engineered “monoclonal antibodies” designed to home in on specific bugs. In one set of studies, researchers are giving experimental antibodies to ventilator patients who have bacteria building up that could trigger pneumonia.

Balasa learned of another cystic fibrosis patient helped by Yale’s phage

experiments and asked to try, hoping to postpone the last option for CF, a lung transplant.

Phages work very differently than traditional antibiotics. Like a parasite, the virus infiltrates bacterial cells and uses them to copy itself, killing the bug as those copies pop out and search for more bacteria. Once the infection’s gone, the virus dies out. Because each phage only recognizes certain bacteria, it shouldn’t kill off “good bugs” in the digestive tract like antibiotics do.

Bacteria evolve to escape phages just like they escape antibiotics, but they generally make trade-offs to do so – such as losing some of their antibiotic resistance, said Yale evolutionary biologist Paul Turner.

For example, some phages recognize bacteria by a pump on their surface that deflects antibiotics. As the phages kill those bugs, the bacteria rapidly evolve to get rid of that surface pump – meaning survivors should be susceptible to antibiotics again.

“It’s reviving an arsenal of drugs that are no longer useful,” Turner said.

Yale’s first test case was an 82-year-old man near death from a heart implant teeming with untreatable pseudomonas.

Chan purified a phage from a Connecticut lake that he’d matched to the patient’s germs, and with emergency permission from the Food and Drug Administration, doctors squirted it into the wound. The man’s infection disappeared.

Then doctors at the University of California, San Diego, saved a colleague who’d been in a months-long coma, using an IV mixture of several phages that target a superbug named Acinetobacter baumannii.

Doctors and families began calling both centres seeking emergency care, even as formal studies are being planned to try to prove phages’ value.

“There’s an incredible opportunity here,” said Yale pulmonologist Dr. Jon Koff. “But with that you have to have the appropriate amount of skepticism,” with careful testing to tell when it might help.

Last month, Balasa became Yale’s eighth patient, inhaling billions of phages over seven days.

Almost immediately, she was coughing up fewer bacteria. It took a few weeks for her to feel better, though, and during that time she switched briefly to some antibiotics she’d previously given up.

Without a formal study it’s hard to know, but Chan’s tests suggest phages killed much of her predominant pseudomonas strain and made the survivors sensitive again to a course of those antibiotics.

Balasa called that “a very big success for me,” and was able to quit her antibiotics. She didn’t notice additional improvement after a second round of phages, aimed at different strains.

“The true test,” Balasa said, “is how long I can go without using any antibiotics again.”

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Malnutrition risk high in seniors Food for thought

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dvancing age can bring with it experience, wisdom and unfortunately, a higher risk of malnutrition.

Almost a million Canadians aged 65 and older are at nutritional risk, with women being at a higher risk than men. This means that almost one million Canadians have one or more of the risk factors that contribute to poor dietary intake, some of which are preventable.

Impaired mobility and dexterity, declining health and lack of transportation can all be barriers to purchasing and preparing meals. The loss of a spouse can also lead to a decline in dietary intake, especially if that spouse was responsible for preparing all meals.

Chronic conditions and the medications many seniors take to treat them can inhibit appetite, the absorption of nutrients and the taste and enjoyment of food.

Poorly-fitting dentures, poor dentition or difficulty swallowing may also lead to decreased intake due to the avoidance of certain foods for a fear of choking. It can be difficult for many seniors to meet their dietary requirements when multiple barriers present themselves.

Without intervention, seniors at risk of malnutrition may become frail and more likely to develop functional limitations,

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Seniors are shown making healthy food choices. Along with making good choices seniors need to be mindful of getting enough nutritional food for optimal health. skin breakdown, poorer quality of life, longer hospital stays and readmissions, and earlier death. It’s important to be able to identify the risk factors for malnutrition later in life to help prevent or prolong the onset of these issues.

In hospital, I visit with many elderly patients whose level of malnutrition is affecting their mobility, overall health and length of admission. Unfortunately, many of these patients have deteriorated

because multiple risk factors have either gone unnoticed or were disregarded as being a “normal part of aging.” It’s up to loved ones and care providers to recognize the signs of malnutrition, especially when a senior does not have as much insight into their own health and behaviours, such as in those individuals with dementia.

Signs of malnutrition in the elderly can include being underweight, weight loss,

loose fitting dentures or clothes, a lack of body fat, slow healing wounds, significant weakness and frequently getting sick.

Malnutrition can go unnoticed when an individual appears to be a normal body weight or overweight. It’s not just a lack of calories or protein that can lead to malnutrition but a lack of vital micronutrients.

A deficiency of calcium and Vitamin D can have a detrimental effect on bone health, and a zinc deficiency can lower immune function in older adults. A poor quality diet can contribute to cognitive impairment, functional limitations, anemia and a lower ability to recover from illness or surgery.

Malnutrition of important micronutrients can lead to a ripple effect in the overall health of a senior.

Although caloric requirements decrease with advanced age, the importance of eating a nutritious diet does not diminish. Unfortunately, an inadequate diet can lead to chronic conditions, while existing conditions, and the associated treatments, can affect or impair the adequacy of the current diet.

If you’re aged 65 or older, or have a senior in your life, and notice any of the risk factors or signs of malnutrition call HealthLink BC at 8-1-1 to speak with a dietitian or go to www2.gov.bc.ca/gov and search Healthy Eating for Seniors Handbook for more information.

Kelsey Leckovic is a registered dietitian with Northern Health working in chronic disease management.

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Witnessing The Handmaid’s Tale 97/16 wire service

The handmaids had been sent good weather.

Dozens of them stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on an unseasonably warm mid-February morning, wearing deep red cloaks and pristine white bonnets. A handful stretched out on the ground because it was almost noon and they had been there since 4:30 a.m. In the memorial’s central chamber, cameramen prepared to shoot a scene of the dystopian series The Handmaid’s Tale.

“No problem with sitting down,” an assistant director said over a speaker to the extras on the National Mall. “Just make sure you’re not sitting on your capes.”

As the handmaids loitered, Washington residents and eager tourists went about their days. A woman wove through the sea of red and up to the eternized president, accompanied by a pair of panting golden retrievers.

A jogger rushed past armed men playing members of the show’s secret police force and yelled to her friends, “Did you not take a picture of me with the Eyes?”

A few young children left their mother’s side and wandered toward the handmaids, mesmerized by the unusual garments.

Security guards shielded star-struck visitors from getting too close but kept a nearby path open to avoid the wrath of the National Park Service.

It was a darkly comical sight, given the gravitas of the handmaids’ fictional existence. The characters originated in Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel, in which a totalitarian, Christian fundamentalist society called Gilead seizes control of the United States and forces fertile women into childbearing enslavement.

The adaptation burst onto the scene a few years ago and the red clothing has since become a symbol of political resistance.

Handmaids and regular folks have commingled in the nation’s capital before – it generally just means there’s some sort of protest going on, whether at the Women’s March or outside the Senate hearing of a soon-to-be Supreme Court justice. But these handmaids were the real deal, as confirmed by the presence of Emmy-winning lead actress Elisabeth Moss, seen sitting next to executive producer Warren Littlefield in a shady corner.

Moss and co-stars Joseph Fiennes and Yvonne Strahovski usually shoot in Toronto but came to Washington for two pivotal scenes from the show’s upcoming third season, set to premiere in June. Gilead’s capital remains in Washington, and the visual drama of the Mall, especially when gazing across the reflecting pool and up at the Washington Monument, lends itself to the show’s bleakness.

In the show, according to producers,

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The Handmaid’s Tale extras are seen in costume milling about in the above photo at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. before gathering in place, below, for their shot. the monument will appear as a cross, Lincoln will literally be blasted out of his chair and hundreds of CGI handmaids will be stationed down the memorial’s steps and along the reflecting pool.

Fiennes found it “somewhat strange and ugly” to preach Gilead’s oppressive ideology in front of a memorial representing the “high ideals of American values.”

Strahovski, who had also filmed another scene with Moss earlier that morning, said in a separate phone call that she felt like she was “really on the wrong side” while standing on the steps in rich teal garments, the colour worn by Gilead commanders’ complicit wives.

“I kept looking at Lizzie (Moss) in her handmaid outfit feeling, like, ‘Oh, if you stood here in a red handmaid’s outfit, you’d feel better about it,’ because it’s a symbol of resistance, really,” Strahovski said. “It’s really incredible to have people feel inspired by that image.”

But those who don’t watch The Handmaid’s Tale probably felt confused that day on the Mall. Among the local actresses who played the handmaids were two women who had previously worked together on the Amazon series Jack Ryan.

Asked how they wound up in Gilead, one of them responded that she had submitted her information to a casting call she found on Facebook, and “they got back to me and asked if we wanted to be – what are we? Not bridesmaids. We’re...”

“...handmaids,” the other answered.

They both laughed, hurrying back to their assigned spots after an assistant director instructed all the extras to do so.

“Hands clasped, as you do,” he said.

“Heads down. If you’re looking at the person’s feet in front of you, that’s probably a good lineup, so we don’t see your eyes.”

As the handmaids got in formation, Park Service employees held tourists back from climbing the stairs.

It was especially tricky to shoot on location, producer Kim Todd said, as they were allowed to film for only about 10 uninterrupted minutes before having to let people in again: “They wouldn’t let us

move the Lincoln Memorial or reroute the planes” overhead, she joked.

Todd, who handles the day-to-day business on set, stood in the corner and watched the live camera footage on a trio of monitors.

The screens showed Moss from the back, descending the memorial’s steps to stand, and then kneel, between Fiennes and Strahovski. As Fiennes began to speak to the dozens of handmaids before him, a police siren went off.

Todd smiled.

“Planes give us the same problem,” she said. “But nothing can roll off a siren. It pierces. They’re made to do that, right?

So you can’t ignore them.”

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How a judge becomes a doctor H ow did the removal of cabooses from Canadian trains end up benefitting the Provincial Court of BC? And how did it lead to a judge becoming a doctor?

As a member of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, Judge Karen Whonnock grew up on a farm near Smithers, BC. After finishing high school, Judge Whonnock went to work for the Canadian National Railway – at the age of 19 she was working as a brakeman and train conductor/yard foreman. When the company retired its cabooses and laid off staff, she decided to use the severance package they offered to attend university, becoming the first in her family to do so and beginning a life-long practice of setting and achieving goals.

After obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 1996, Judge Whonnock went on to obtain a law degree from the University of Toronto in 1999. She was admitted to the Law Society of BC in 2000.

Always passionate about education, Judge Whonnock worked for the BC government in post-secondary education in 2001 to support Aboriginal communities and their members in pursuing postsecondary training and education opportunities. She then served a four year term as an Associate Judge of the Colville Tribal Court in Washington State, where she presided over civil, family and criminal matters including criminal jury trials. Continuing her education at the same time, Judge Whonnock completed a Master of Laws in Alternative Dispute Resolution at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School in 2003, focusing on indigenous dispute resolution systems and domestic violence. In addition, she taught courses at Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, Washington on the Lummi reserve, including courses on Indigenous Women and Leadership and Lummi Constitutional Law. Judge Whonnock also taught Gladue Report Writing at the Justice Institute of British Columbia.

Judge Whonnock also worked as a treaty negotiator, a lawyer for the BC Legal Services Society, and practised criminal law and family law in northern BC, receiving the Queen’s Counsel designation in 2014. In 2016 she was appointed a judge of the Provincial Court of BC. However, in 2009 she had started the

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new Doctor of Social Sciences program at Royal Roads University. There she researched Aboriginal youth incarceration rates in Canada. The doctoral program involved two years of online course work and a month on campus in each of 2010 and 2011, followed by writing and defending a dissertation. Judge Whonnock demonstrated characteristic dedication and persistence in continuing with the program when the demands of work and family slowed her progress. In November 2018 she was awarded a Doctor of Social Sciences degree by Royal Roads University.

“I found it tremendously rewarding,” she says. “I enjoyed the time on campus even though living in student dorms and staying up late to complete assignments was hard. Program participants were intentionally selected with a variety of experience, so we learned from each other, and both students and faculty gave me great support. The program lived up to its motto – ‘living our learning’. Dr. John Borrows, my doctoral supervisor, was very supportive and inspirational.

I am extremely grateful to him and my entire doctoral committee, Dr. Bernard Schissel and Dr. Mary Bernard, for their unfailing and thoughtful guidance.”

What lies next? Judge Whonnock mentions an interest in photography, and reading for pleasure (which she hasn’t had time for in the last decade), as well as unpacking boxes from her last move. Although we cannot call her Doctor Whonnock (as titles bestowed upon lawyers before they are appointed a Provincial Court judge, including Queen’s Counsel and degrees, are superseded by the appointment and not used until the judge retires), Judge Whonnock says she is both honoured and humbled to preside in court in the beautiful Williams Lake and surrounding Cariboo communities.

She adds, “As for education, I encourage everyone to pursue their educational dreams – whether it be a shorter program or a doctoral degree. You never know where your education will take you.”

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Central Interior Science Exhbition awards 2019 Special Awards 2019 – The Al Appleton Worksafe Award – Worker’s Compensation Board of British Columbia 1307 – Turf War 2019 – Association of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of BC, Central Interior Branch Award, Perpetual Trophy and $50 2204 – DIY HDPE Pipe 2019 – BC Agriculture in the Classroom Award 1508 – DUNG DUNG DUNNGG!!

2019 – BC Hydro Power Pioneers Award, Perpetual Trophy, Certificate, $100 1301 – Perpetual Motion?

2019 – BC Institute of Agrologists–Cariboo Central Interior Award Perpetual Trophy $100 (For all cash awards, if the project is completed by two students, the money will be shared.)

1204 – The Effect of Smoke on Vegetable 2019 – BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy – Environmental Award, Perpetual trophy and gift certificate.

2215 – On Thin Ice, Global Warming 2019 – BC Nature Award (Federation of BC Naturalists) One prize of $75 for a project in Grades 6 to 8, and one for a project in Grades 9 to 12.

1203 – Algae–mania. Fun with Green Scum 1503 – Factors Influencing Ungulate Visitation Rates at a Mineral Lick 2019 – BC Science Teachers’ Award, $100 1301 – Perpetual Motion?

2019 – Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society–Interior BC/Yukon Chapter Award, $250 cash 1204 – The Effect of Smoke on Vegetable 2019 – CANFOR Forestry Award Perpetual Trophy and Plaque 2217 – Trees in 800 Degrees 2019 – Cercle des Canadiens Francais Prix Pour La Maitrise de la Langue Francaise, Perpetual trophy 2403 – Les Empreintes Digitals Intrafamillials 2519 – Comment est–ce que la coeur pompe le sang 2019 – Darrell W. Dimler Judges Choice Award Perpetual Trophy and 2 adult and 2

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The 43rd annual Central Interior Science Exhibition was held in the Bentley Science Centre at UNBC on Satruday. Roughly 150 students from 23 schools that participated in the event. child passes to Science World Valued at $85.50 1101 – Plastination: Preserving History 2019 – Genome British Columbia Award 1504 – Raising Queens 2524 – Do Pea Seeds Sprout After Being Irradiated?

2019 – Innovate BC Young Innovator Scholarship, $2000 scholarship to be awarded at the fair. If partners, each partner receives $2000 1101 – Plastination: Preserving History 2019 – Integris Community Enhancement Award, Perpetual trophy, plaque, $250 each project 1307 – Turf War 2509 – Temptation Station 2019 – The Mackenzie Secondary Automotive Innovation Award, Perpetual trophy 2302 – Zoom zoom 2019 – The Michael Crooks Physics Prize (BC Association of Physics Teachers) 2304 – Does temperature affect energy output of a solar cell 2019 – Northern Health Sciences Award, Perpetual trophy 2503 – Operation Smile 2503 – Operation Smile 2019 – R.E.A.P.S. Award, $50 and Plaque 1206 – Worms

2019 – Royal Astronomical Society of Canada–Prince George Centre Award One year youth membership in the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada– Prince George Centre 1202 – Earth Against the Sun! 2019 – Science Alliance Award Gift and Family Day Pass for The Exploration Place 2214 – Ruffed Grouse 2019 – SCWIST Award (Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology), Certificate, Perpetual Trophy, $100 1307 – Turf War 2019 – SHAW Multimedia Award 1602 – Cell Phones & Children: A Cautionary Tale 2019 – UNBC Active Minds Award One week registration fee for UNBC Active Minds Summer Camp 2606 – Cookie Crunch 2019 – UNBC Mathematics and Statistics Award, Perpetual Trophy and Plaque (keeper) 1503 – Factors Influencing Ungulate Visitation Rates at a Mineral Lick 2019 – W. E. Coates Nomination Award Nomination 1203 – Algae–mania. Fun with Green Scum

2019 Grand Awards

2019 – Best in Category, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Level II 2521 – Yeast and Sugar: A Growing Relationship

2019 – Best in Category Computing and Information Technology, Level II 2301 – iGecko: A cloud connected reptile habitat monitoring system 2019 – Best in Category, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Level II 2218 – Packing In The Heat 2019 – Best in Category,Engineering Level II 2304 – Does temperature affect energy output of a solar cell 2019 – Best in Category, Health Sciences, Level II 2509 – Temptation Station 2019 – Best in Category, Life Sciences, Level II 2502 – Cryobiology: Warm, Cold, Colder...

2019 – Best in Category, Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Level II 2513 – Loaded to the Max 2019 – Best in Category, Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Level I 1101 – Plastination: Preserving History 2019 – Best in Category, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Level I 1203 – Algae–mania. Fun with Green Scum 2019 – Best in Category, Engineering, Level I 1307 – Turf War 2019 – Best in Category, Health Sciences, Level I 1602 – Cell Phones & Children: A Cautionary Tale 2019 – Best in Category, Life Sciences, Level I 1503 – Factors Influencing Ungulate Visitation Rates at a Mineral Lick 2019 – Best in Category, Physical & Mathematical Sciences, Level I 1604 – Food Fit for Fairies 2019 – Best in Exhibition, Level II 2509 – Temptation Station 2019 – UNBC Award, supported by S. M. Blair Family Foundation, Best in Exhibition, Level I 1602 – Cell Phones & Children: A Cautionary Tale 2019 – CWSF Student for Science Fair Foundation of BC 1203 – Algae–mania. Fun with Green Scum 1307 – Turf War 1503 – Factors Influencing Ungulate Visitation Rates at a Mineral Lick 1602 – Cell Phones & Children: A Cautionary Tale 1604 – Food Fit for Fairies

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Music festival results 97/16 staff

Prince George & District Music Festival results for vocal, choral, strings, instrumental and piano.

Vocal and Choral Medals

Junior Musical Theatre Solos Olivia Yu – Level 1 Freya Boyle – Level 3 Claire Westerlaken – Level 4 Heather Lamb – Level 5 Grace Bowler – Level 6 Intermediate Musical Theatre Solos Teva MacDowell – Level 4 Sean Robinson – Level 7 Junior Musical Theatre Concert Groups Asha Schokking – Level 1 Linnea Helfrich, Lily Hilder, Tyler Meaney – Level 5 Sofie McCarthy – Level 6 Olivia Forgeron, Nakeisha Graham, Erika LeBlanc – Level 7 Grace Li – Level 8 Intermediate Musical Theatre Concert Groups Laura Buchanan, Sarah Dereshkevich, Skyler Fitzpatrick, Kendra Hamelin, Emmanuelle Jacob, Victoria Van Delft – Level 8 Senior Musical Theatre Concert Groups Emily Rachel Siakaluk – Level 9 Jennifer Bourque – Level 10 Courtney Hayhurst – ARCT Adult Musical Theatre Sue Chester, Jasmine Eadie, Anthony Gagne, Mark Johnson, Marian Roesch Ensembles Emmanuelle Jacob and Victoria van Delft, Laura Buchanan, Sarah Dereshkevich and Nyah LaMarre, The Magnificent 7 – Level 8 Anthony Gagne and Mark Johnson, Nove Voce – Adult Junior Classical Solos Sophia Yu, Olivia Yu – Level 1 Freya Boyle – Level 3 Claire Westerlaken – Level 4 Grace Bowler, Linnea Helfrich – Level 5 Erika LeBlanc – Level 7 Intermediate Classical Solos 7 Sean Robinson – Level 7 Mateya Tomasino , Emmanuelle Jacob, Kendra Hamelin, Nyah LaMarre – Level 8 Brenna Jacobson, Brenna Jacobson – Level 10 Junior Classical Concert Groups Jorja Simmons – Level 2 Freya Boyle – Level 3 Abigail Vienna Clark–Chretien – Level 4 Lily Hilder, Heather Lamb – Level 5 Sofie McCarthy – Level 6

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Piano adjudicator Barbara Siemens works with Chloe Krahn during the 68th annual Prince George and District Music Festival at Evangelical Free Church.

Erika LeBlanc, Olivia Forgeron, Nakeisha Graham – Level 7 Grace Li – Level 8 Intermediate Classical Concert Groups Laura Buchanan, Sarah Dereshkevich, Skyler Fitzpatrick, Emmanuelle Jacob, Victoria Van Delft – Level 8 Brenna Jacobson – Level 10 Senior Classical Concert Groups Jennifer Bourque – Level 10 Courtney Hayhurst – ARCT Intermediate Sight Singing Emmanuelle Jacob – Level 8 Diverse Styles Duets Olivia Yu and Sophia Yu – Level 1 Musical Theatre Club 12 & Under Immaculate Conception Musical Theatre Club Own Choice Solos Sophia Yu – Level 1 Emily Rachel Siakaluk – Level 9

Diverse Styles Solos Sean Robinson – Level 7 Amy Chester – Level 9 Senior Classical Solos Amy Chester, Marian Roesch – Level 9

Choral Medal Winners

School Choirs Heritage Elementary Primary Choir – 10 and Under Heritage Elementary Intermediate Choir – 12 and Under District 57 Tapestry Singers – Junior TBD Own Composition Adult Kathy Pereira Choral Ensembles Bel Canto Youth Choir, Westwood Mennonite Men’s Ensemble, Cantora Alegre District 57 Tapestry Singers (Senior) – Youth Community Choir 18 and Under Adult Community Choirs Adult – Northern Voices, The Prince George Cantata Singers, Nove Voce

Piano

Baroque Level 4 – Nathan Hunter, Olivia Masich Level 7 – Alysha Krell Level 10 – Sadie Bialuski, Kristi Corbett, Grace Li, Tadd Mao Canadian Level 1 – Doyle Roberts Level 3 – Sergio Tereshchak Level 5 – Elizabeth Hillhouse Level 8 – Abigail Smith Level 9 – Luke Chen Level 10 – Grace Li, Tadd Mao Classical Level 1 – Madelyn Bauman Level 4 – Olivia Masich Level 7 – Chloe Bialuski Level 10 – Sadie Bialuski

Contemporary 20th or 21st Century Level 2 – Jaime Peterson Level 3 – Sergio Tereshchak Level 4 – Breanna Hunter–O’Neill, Matteo Toyata Level 5 – Cassy Clark–Chretien, Hannah Yin Level 6 – Mycah Jolley–Shul Level 9 – Max Whitehouse Level 10 – Kristi Corbett, Elizabeth Klassen, Grace Li, Olivia Wankling ARCT – Zakery Simpson Etude Level 6 – Jai Singh Level 8 – Daniel Chui, Nakeisha Graham Level 9 – Erica Byers, Sabrina Gyllich Level 10 – Ryder Anderson, Kristi Corbett, Tadd Mao ARCT – Zakery Simpson Original Composition 13 years – Elizabeth Hillhouse Senior – Sage Bialuski Own Choice Level 2 – Jaime Peterson Level 5 – Abigail Clark–Chretien Level 7 – Chloe Bialuski Level 8 – Nakeisha Graham Post Romantic / Impressionist Level 8 – Daniel Chui Level 9 – Luke Chen Level 10 – Sadie Bialuski Pop / TV / Movie / Gospel Level 3 – Chloe Krahn Level 5 – Caleb Krahn Level 6 – Jai Singh Level 7 – Chloe Bialuski Repertoire Level 3 – Andrew Lee, Sergio Tereshchak Level 10 – Grace Li Romantic Level 4 – Breanna Hunter–O’Neill Level 10 – Sadie Bialuski, Grace Li Sight Reading Level 4 – Emma Grasley Level 10 – Sadie Bialuski ARCT – Sage Bialuski Concerto Level 3 – Andrew Lee Level 5 – Elizabeth Hillhouse Level 7 – Anthony Lee Level 9 – Luke Chen Level 10 – Grace Li, Tadd Mao Classical Concert Group Level 1 – Sophia Deni Brkich, Evelynne Pennington, Ethan Taite, Makenna Wankel Level 2 – Sebastian Botten, Jenna Hamel, Kairi Reiffarth, Meera Singh Level 3 – Andrew Lee, Hina Reiffarth Level 4 – Callie Peterson Level 5 – Hannah Corbett Level 7 – Chloe Bialuski, Anthony Lee Level 6 – Anika Hollybow, Erin Rushton Duet Junior Raiya Hamel / Doyle Roberts, Ainsley Harris / Meera Singh, Josie Sekulic / Malia Sekulic, Lillianna Botten / Sebastian Botten, Felicity Bleecker / Victoria Bleecker, Sara Cote / Makenna Nelless, Breanna Hunter–O’Neill / Abigail Zhao, Abigail Clark–Chretien / Cassy Clark– Chretien Duet Intermediate Alencia Graham / Jai Singh, Kimberlyn Chow / Joseph Roberts, Chloe Bialuski / Daniel Chui, Erin Rushton / Abigail Smith, Nakeisha Graham / Daniel Ly Duet Senior Justin Corbett / Kristi Corbett Trio Junior Madelyn Bauman / Eva Maloney / Belinda Mou, Alysha Cheang / Hina Reiffarth / Kairi Reiffarth

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This is the front page of the Wednesday, March 5, 1919 edition of the Prince George Citizen.

The Citizen archives are available at the Prince George Library’s website at pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca

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For beautifully cooked steak, take it low and slow in the oven becky krystal 97/16 wire service

As with almost any other endeavor, a healthy amount of self-awareness is crucial when it comes to cooking. My blind spot has been, and I suspect will always be, meat.

If I could tell you exactly why, I wouldn’t be making this confession in the first place, but I suspect it mostly boils down to inexperience and, therefore, lack of confidence. When you’ve had everything from flaming chickens (grill and oven!) and fat splatters to unpleasantly overcooked and questionably undercooked food, it can kind of mess with your head.

So it was with a certain amount of trepidation that I began a foray into steak. My first attempt at pan-frying a large sirloin steak was messy, to say the least. And thanks to the massive size of the cut (enough for four, according to the recipe) and the inevitable hot (and not so hot) spots you find in cast iron, the cook was very uneven – completely gray in some places and practically raw in others.

I’m not one to admit defeat that easily, so I immediately jumped into my next recipe, a low and slow steak we previously published from Modernist Cuisine at Home in 2012. On paper, it seemed to allay all my fears.

To keep the meat from overcooking while you sear it, freeze it for half an hour first. To prevent an uneven finish, cook it at a low temperature for almost an hour in the oven.

So, yes, there’s a trade-off. If time is of the essence when you’re cooking steak, then this probably isn’t the recipe for you. If, however, you’re okay with that commitment of mostly inactive time to get perfectly cooked meat without the hand-wringing anxiety of managing a pan-fried steak (I’m sure I’ll master it at some point, and then I’ll share that recipe, too), then come along with me.

Tasters marveled at the superior texture of the steak I got in this two-prong approach, with the rosy medium-rare reaching from beautifully seared edge to edge. It was fantastic out of the oven, and leftovers would make an excellent sandwich.

The original recipe called for a brush of melted butter on the steaks after cooking, which you can still do if you prefer the simplicity of flavour and fewer dishes to wash. But for extra oomph, I cribbed a rosemary-flavoured olive oil from another archive recipe to replace the melted butter. And since I had a hot

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Seared, slow-roasted steak. skillet with a slick of oil in it anyway, I threw a couple of lemon halves in to sear (if your cast-iron skillet is well-seasoned, a few minutes of the acid should be okay, although I preferred using a small nonstick pan). The pairing channels Italian Florentine steak, and the combined pop of the herb oil and citrus juice complemented the meat extraordinarily well.

As long as you have a trusty instantread thermometer – one with a probe that you can leave in the meat while it cooks is especially helpful – this is a recipe you can easily conquer. If I can do it, then you definitely can, too.

Recipe notes: If your oven temperature does not go as low as 160 degrees, use the lowest setting it has and be vigilant about monitoring the internal temperature of the meat. We tested this only with New York strip steaks.

The steaks need to chill in the freezer for 30 minutes before cooking.

Seared, slow-roasted steak

Servings: 4 Ingredients Two 1-pound New York strip steaks, at least 1 inch thick 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 1⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 or 3 stems rosemary, 2-inch pieces 1 or 2 lemons, halved Flaky salt, for serving Steps Line a small-rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper; place the steaks on it and freeze (uncovered) for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 160 degrees, or its lowest temperature (see above). Brush both sides of the chilled steaks with the vegetable oil, then generously season with the kosher salt and black pepper.

Heat a heavy skillet, preferably castiron, over high heat. Add the steaks and sear for 60 seconds on each side, or until they reach your desired level of char.

Briefly sear the fat on the side of each steak until it is lightly browned (use tongs to hold the meat upright).

Discard the foil or parchment from the baking sheet, then place the steaks directly on the baking sheet. Insert the probe of an oven-safe digital thermometer into the thickest part of one steak.

Transfer to the oven; slow-roast until the meat registers an internal temperature of 133 degrees. The time may vary depending on the thickness of the steak

and your oven temperature, but figure on at least 50 minutes to 1 hour. The meat will be an even medium-rare, lightly pink throughout.

Meanwhile, combine the olive oil and rosemary in a small skillet over mediumlow heat; cook for 5 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until fragrant. Remove from the heat; scrape the rosemary and all but about a teaspoon of the oil into a small bowl.

Return the skillet to the stove top, over medium-high heat; add the lemon halves, cut sides down. Cook until the cut sides are well browned and charred in spots. Use tongs to transfer them to a plate, cut sides up.

Brush the finished steaks lightly with the rosemary-infused oil, and season lightly with the flaky salt. Let the meat rest for a few minutes, then slice and serve, with the remaining infused oil and the charred lemon halves, for squeezing.

Adapted from Modernist Cuisine at Home, by Nathan Myhrvold and Maxime Bilet (The Cooking Lab, 2012) and a 2003 Food section recipe.

Nutrition Calories: 580; Total Fat: 42 g; Saturated Fat: 15 g; Sodium: 190 mg; Carbohydrates: 0 g; Dietary Fiber: 0 g; Sugars: 0 g; Protein: 47 g.

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