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It started with two, but by the time The Ebbs finished their first interview as a band, they had grown to three. And they haven’t even played their first concert. Together, that is. William Kuklis is a well known solo performer in Prince George, for his songwriting and his emotive vocal power. Joe Shea is part of the popular Rocky Mountain act Trundled with nationally known bandmate Ellen Braun (of Ottawa and Canmore). Over the years they made their way to Prince George after coming from other places in Canada. Kuklis was a Lower Mainland transplant (with some Victoria and some Wells in there, too). He has been noted as much for acting as for his concerts and songs. Shea is from Hamilton but his wanderings (Calgary, Canmore, Kathmandu) eventually brought him west. “We were both approached to play at a concert at the Caledonia Nordic Ski Centre, a show in the clubhouse, which is really great for that, by the way, what a place, and that’s where I met Willie,” said Shea. “It was a great night, a fun crowd, the setting was crazy cool, everybody was into it, and Joe and I just hit it off,” Kuklis said. When Kuklis performed a solo gig at Nancy O’s not too long after that, he invited Shea to come up on stage with him for some guest accompaniment. Again, it worked. They liked each others’ songs. It was as
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The Ebbs make their live premiere Friday night at Trench Brewing. simple as that. It helped that both were multi-instrumentalists as well, so neither of them get bogged down in sound ruts. It was a duo in the making. But there is only so much two performers can do together, especially when both have the gift for hearing music in their heads more holistically than just the instrument in their hands at the time. To help Kuklis and Shea expand their sound they asked Fin Scott-Neff to join in.
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Here in Prince George from California, Scott-Neff was busy with his UNBC studies and was happy enough to perform on a part-time basis with a set of university profs on a band they called - for a quintessentially northern B.C. identity - Beetle Kill. He wasn’t keen to lock into an upstart duo that didn’t even have a name, even though they extended the invitation to their Cali-friend. A long email chain but a short time
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later, Kuklis and Shea did have a name for their project: The Ebbs. It took them some hashing and gnashing to get there, but it has a certain flow, doesn’t it? And as Scott-Neff sat in on their debut interview ahead of their premiere concert coming up on Friday, he didn’t even notice himself start using words like “our” and “we” as the conversation unfolded. By the end of the visit, everyone just nodded and agreed there had just been an ebbspansion of the band. “This gig is actually the first step in the visa process to obtain my full Canadian citizenship,” Scott-Neff deadpanned. “People always thought I came here for the school. It was for The Ebbs.” The songwriting so far is handled by Kuklis and Shea bringing their own tunes to the table and the others adding their layers to it. “We take on each others’ songs and do our best to not make them worse,” said Shea. “We take whatever the songwriter brought in and just add in some harmonies and develop some extra instrumentation, and that’s about all,” said Kuklis. Shea said “sometimes it’s symbiotic, sometimes it’s psychotic, but it’s working so far.” When asked if that meant his solo cupboard was being depleted, Kuklis just shrugged and said “Take ‘em. Take ‘em all. This is ebbsolutely working.” The duo that is now a trio will perform their maiden voyage on Friday at 8 p.m. at Trench Brewing & Distillery. No cover charge.
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COUPLE WORKING TOGETHER TO OVERCOME STROKE’S EFFECTS J ulia (Bussey) Cook worked as the coordinator for the Prince George Stroke Recovery Branch, a part of the not-for profit Stroke Recovery Association of B.C., for 10 years until she had a stroke in 2015. When she suffered the stroke, she was also involved in a motor vehicle accident. Four years later, she is still slowly recovering from one of the most traumatic events in her life. Julia explained, “A stroke happens when blood cannot supply oxygen and important nutrients to your brain cells. When brain cells do not get enough oxygen or nutrients, they die. A stroke can happen in two main ways: cholesterol plaque or a blood clot blocks an artery or a blood vessel leaks or breaks. There is also a transient ischemic attack (TIA) which happens when the blood supply to the brain is blocked temporarily. “A stroke can happen to anyone and the main thing to remember is that the
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faster the stroke is treated the better it will be for the patient. “Fortunately, my previous work with the Stroke Recovery Association has helped me understand my situation. The association provides services and information to anyone whose life has been affected by stroke and offers social, emotional, mental and physical support for stroke survivors, their caregivers and their families. Program activities include exercise sessions, physical games designed to maintain coordination and mental fitness, speech therapies, health and wellness lectures, caregiver support and community reintegration.” Julia, the eldest of five children, was
born in Moose Jaw, Sask. in 1944. In 1966, she completed her licensed practical nursing degree (LPN) and worked her way across Canada, landing in New Brunswick where she took her civil service exam allowing her to work for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Her sister had previously moved to Prince George; Julia and her husband Bob Crozier followed in 1974. Bob was a carpenter and easily found work with Erickson Construction upon their arrival in Prince George. Bob passed away in 1984 due to a heart attack. Julia worked for the Woolco department store for four years. She worked as a care aid and the recreation director at the Simon Fraser Lodge for 26 years. She was laid off in 2004 when the job was changed to contract work. From there, she went to work for the We Care Home Health Services (which later became Northern Home Care) for the next eight years and coordinated blood pressure, flu
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and wellness clinics. Julia met Neal Cook at a dance in 1989. They got married in 1991 and as she said, “The rest is history.” Neal was born in Vancouver; his parents Edward and Martha Cook moved to Prince George in 1969 where his father worked as a mechanic at Lakeland Mills. Neal graduated from Duchess Park school and remembers him and his two brothers crossing the railway tracks twice a day on their way to and from school. After graduation, Neal and a partner formed an auto body business for about six years. He went to work at Prince George Precut, attended CNC and earned his accounting diploma and drove for a towing company. Later, he worked in Quesnel for Frank Thompson Trucking out of Prince George and then he drove for Mel Wiebe hauling freight for the next five years. Neal is now semi-retired, works part-time hauling freight and enjoys working in his woodworking shop and playing bridge. Over the years, Neal was a volunteer driver for the CNIB curling team and volunteered at the Legion. Julia was a volunteer at the Hospital Auxiliary for 20 years, the Prince George Council of Seniors for five years and the Festival of Trees for 20 years. Julia concluded by saying, “My life was so much easier before my stroke. I still have memory deficiencies and I am working toward improvements to my mobility. “I have recovered enough to currently act as the interim coordinator of our Stroke Recovery Branch. Our program offers social events, exercise, communication, cognitive stimulation and friendship. “I have chosen to not drive until I am better; with that decision I have to depend on the HandyDART BC Transit system, friends, relatives and my husband Neal for transportation. “I realize that caring for stroke survivors can cause high levels of emotional, mental, and physical stress for both the stroke survivor and the caregiver. Caregiving is challenging and is often described as the most difficult job you never applied for. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank my doctors and the HandyDART transit system, friends, relatives and my loving husband Neal for all that they do to help me get through this. “To the general public my hope is for compassion and empathy to all people with disabilities.”
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TRUTH AND LOVE ANTIDOTES TO EXTREMISM LESSONS IN LEARNING
Crimes against humanity are in essence borne out of the horrendous lie that we need to fear those who are different. When we examine this fear more deeply, we see the preposterousness of it.
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umanity is reeling from the deaths of innocent people all over the world in houses of worship. Members of no religion seem to be immune from violence, nor can any major religion claim to be free of extremists who perpetrate hate crimes. Many will ask what the world is coming to. In actual fact, these horrendous crimes against humanity are nothing new. Need we be reminded of pogroms, cross burnings and countless other attacks on innocent people which were racially and religiously motivated? To begin to understand what to do today, we need to ask how we responded in the past, and what responses were most effective. In a recent interview, former Ontario Premier Bob Rae pointed out that the extremists who organized and carried out the recent attacks in Sri Lanka are no more representative of the Muslim religion than the Ku Klux Klan are representative of Christianity. The same can be said of anyone who commits hate crimes. They have nothing to do
Ilibagiza with religion and everything to do with human beings struggling with internal brokenness. How then do we respond? In the past, the government of the United States took strong action against the Ku Klux Klan in order to protect the rights of African Americans and other minorities. They made their organization illegal and strictly enforced these laws. Though the organization did resurface several times, these actions were and continue to be largely effective. The media was also influential in diminishing the influence of the
Klan. In the 1940s, several episodes of the popular series Superman were dedicated to demonizing an organization which had much in common with the KKK. Recent films like the award-winning BlackkKlansman continue to discredit this organization in the public eye. The most profound response, however, comes from people who choose not to react with hatred and vengeance. In response to the horrific attacks at mosques in his country, Iman Gamal Fouda stated, “This terrorist sought to tear our nation apart with an evil ideology that has torn the world apart. But instead we have shown that New Zealand is unbreakable, and that the world can see in us an example of love and unity. We are broken hearted but we are not broken. We are alive. We are together. We are determined to not let anyone divide us.” Crimes against humanity are in essence borne out of the horrendous lie that we need to fear those who are different. When we examine this fear more deeply, we see the preposterousness of it.
Immaculee Ilibagiza illustrates this point in her book about the Rwandan Genocide, Left to Tell. She discusses how the accusations regarding Tutsis made on the Hutu Power radio broadcasts would have been comical, had people not taken them seriously. Discriminatory comments rarely have anything to do with truth. I recall listening to a person’s rant regarding immigrants. He said, “They expect us to take them in. If we went to their countries, would they welcome us?” To this I replied, “Yes. That has always been my experience. I’ve lived in several countries and on four continents. I’ve always found people very kind and welcoming, even if I struggled to express myself in their language.” I’d be hard pressed to think of any Canadian who did not have a similar experience. The threat of racially, ethnically and religiously motivated terrorism will not soon disappear. We can be grateful for international law enforcement experts who work very hard to keep us safe. At the same time, we each have our role to play in making the world more peaceful by being more peaceful ourselves. Truth is powerful in helping us to find peace, and the truth is that goodness exists in every group and in every person. Truth also points to the most powerful force in the world. When we choose to respond with love, we can never be broken. 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 writings, go to www.gerrychidiac.com
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n April 17, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, released a consensus statement on nutrition for athletics. A team of 50, including the Head of Sports Nutrition at the Australian Institute of Sport and representatives from Athletics Canada and the Canadian Sport Institute, looked at new developments in sports nutrition to see how they apply to the five core areas of athletics: sprints, jumps/throws/combined events, middle distance, long distance and ultra distance/mountain running. The consensus statement recognized the fact that sports nutrition is a constantly evolving science and so these summaries are needed to pull recent evidence together and translate it into practice. Similar studies were conducted in 1995 and 2007. Reading through the statement, I noticed several findings that are either not wellknown or were stating the opposite to commonly held sports nutrition myths. One seemingly lesser known issue, even in elite athletics, is Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S), formerly known as Female Athlete Triad syndrome, which can occur when an athlete consumes less calories than they’re expending. The triad referred to the combination of disordered eating, loss of menstruation and osteoporosis, but can also contribute to reduced testosterone levels in
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of bone stress fractures, it should be addressed in both prevention and treatment. A couple myths that were addressed in the consensus statement centered around the inclusion of supplements and the avoidance of gluten. Athletes should take a “food first” approach to their diet and supplements should only be used to address nutrient deficiencies or to help the athlete meet nutritional goals when it may not be practical to eat food, such as taking an energy gel in the middle of a marathon. As well, contrary to the belief of many, there have been no direct benefits associated with the avoidance of gluten by clinically healthy athletes. Other findings: • Only five supplements have a base of evidence to support claims that they contribute to athletic performance, and not all are appropriate for all disciplines. • Nutrition can aid in the rehabilitation of muscle injuries. Goals around recovery should include adjustments to energy (calorie) requirements and distribution of protein intake to minimize the loss of lean muscle mass and increase muscle repair. • Vegetarian diets can support athletic demands but special attention and planning are required to ensure adequate calorie and nutrient intake since specific nutrients are less abundant and/or less well-absorbed (e.g. iron) when coming from plant sources. • Consuming carbohydrates during exercise can provide additional benefits via the
brain and nervous system. Carbohydrates can stimulate areas of the brain that control pacing and reward systems via communication with receptors in the mouth and gut. This evidence provides another reason for the intake of carbohydrates during distance events. The consensus statement from the IAAF serves as a good round-up of current, reliable evidence and how it relates to athletes in specific disciplines. One particularly useful section of the statement includes a table with the common characteristics of different events and the key nutritional strategies to be considered for athletes who train for, and compete in those events. One very important point to keep in mind is that these findings/recommendations are applicable to athletes involved in the field of athletics who are training on a consistent basis and whose physical demands of their sport require specific dietary considerations. These recommendations are not meant for the recreational participant. The IAAF’s consensus statement was published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism but can be accessed for free at journals.humankinetics.com by searching “International Association of Athletics Federations Consensus Statement 2019: Nutrition for Athletics.” Kelsey Leckovic is a registered dietitian with Northern Health working in chronic disease management.
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Registration is now open for Sewing For Young Children and for Sewing Camps-Beginners, a pair of fibre art summer programs for youngsters being offered by the costume department at Theatre NorthWest. The Sewing For Young Children classes run July 2-5 with options for morning (9 a.m. start) or afternoon (1:30 p.m. start). This class is designed for young children with an interest in learning to sew, ideal ages 8-10 years old. The class consists of 3 hours per day for 4 days. The Sewing Camps-Beginners program runs July 22-26 afternoons only starting each day at 1:30. The ideal ages are 1015 years (as young as 8 for experienced kids) with no experience necessary. It runs three hours per day, producing a project each day. Sign up at the Theatre NorthWest website.
The Best Damn Little Art Show Ever is coming up May 3 from 7-9 p.m. at Groop Gallery downtown (1127 3rd Ave.). This is the annual 6x6 art show and auction, where the artists are a mix of brand new and well established and all creations limited to six inches in any direction. It is a fundraiser and a great way to showcase the local arts scene. Tickets are $10 to attend, and participants are encouraged to bid, bid, bid. Adcance tickets can be purchased at Studio 2880.
The Mayor’s Black & White Ball For The Arts happens May 4 at the Prince George Civic Centre, with cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7. Attire is formal with a black and white colour theme. Purchase your tickets at the Theatre NorthWest website. All money raised is shared between Theatre NorthWest, the Prince George Symphony Orchestra and the Community Arts Council.
May 10 and 11 come see the biggest collection of quilts and quilt art of the year, presented by the Prince George Quilters’ Guild at their Fly Into Spring show and sale (this year the quilters will be demonstrating a kite theme). Tickets are $5. It includes vendors with quilting supplies, door prizes, raffles and more all at the Prince George Golf & Curling Club. Times are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
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The PGSO presents Spring Breezes, a “date night” symphony show at the Ramada Hotel ballroom at 7:30 p.m. on May 3 featuring the orchestra’s professional core as they play selections of jazz, classical and pop all while enjoying snacks and beverages. Tickets available via the Central Interior Tickets website.
The 10th Annual African Dinner happens May 4 at the Columbus Community Centre to raise funds for the Northern Uganda Development Foundation. Tickets to attend the dinner are available at Books & Company, at the UNBC Bookstore. Seats can also be purchased, or any form of support arranged by contacting Opio (250-961-9221 or chris@ nudf.org) or fellow foundation member Andrea Byrne (andrea.nudf@gmail.com or 778-689-2160).
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New Moon Kirtan Fusion with Danielea Castell is a New Moon Ceremony involving chant, singing, dance, and sound weaving on May 5 at 2 p.m. at the Zandra Ross Lifestyle Studio (575 Brunswick Street).
The Federation of Canadian Artists has a members’ show on display now at the Bob Harkins branch of the PG Public Library. This group exhibition by the Central Interior Chapter runs through the month of May.
The Variety Children’s Charity Community Clean Up for Kids goes Saturday and Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the gravel portion of the CN Centre parking lot. Bring in any scrap metal items & refundable bottles in support of Variety, the children’s charity. $5 lunch special available throughout the day. ABC Recycling together with our partners will donate all proceeds collected from the $5 lunch, your scrap metal and refundable bottles to Variety Children’s Charity.
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Piano recital
Northern FanCon is on. The city’s definitive pop-culture event takes over the CN Centre complex from May 3-5 with superstar guest Edward James Olmos, sci-fi star Amy Acker, original Hulk actor and strongman Lou Ferrigno, Hollywood favourite Alan Tudyk, and so many more from the world of acting, cosplay, film production, art, writing, and more. Tickets are on sale now at the Tickets North website or at the door.
The Prince George Conservatory of Music hosts the Terry Yeh Piano Recital on May 4 at 7 p.m. (location: 3555 5th Ave and Union Street). Yeh will perform solo works by Chopin, Bartok, Debussy, Beethoven, Khachaturian and more. Admission is by donation, all proceeds donated by Yeh to the Conservatory.
2880 show Painter Darin Corbiere is the artist in the spotlight with his new exhibition at the Studio 2880 Feature Gallery. Entitled Seeing Things In A Different Light: Changing Perspectives, this special presentation of the Community Arts Council will run until May 9.
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Ebbs concert The Ebbs perform their debut concert at Trench Brewing on May 3. This Prince George duo is comprised of two well established muscians, William Kuklis and Joe Shae. This is their first public appearance working as a band. They will show their skills on a number of instruments, as well as vocals. Special guest act Finn Scott-Neff joins them for this event. The music starts at 8 p.m. No cover charge.
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Nove Voce Award-winning local vocal ensemble Nove Voce is hosting a night of geeking out with song. The choir will perform May 4 (yes, as in, May The Fourth Be With You) as a complementary show to Northern FanCon happening the same weekend. The choir will be at the Prince George Playhouse at 8 p.m. to sing selections from video games, and sci-fi franchises, “all your favourites including Star Trek, World of Warcraft, Harry Potter and so much more,” said director Robin Norman. Tickets are $20 at Books & Company or the door.
Open studio May 5 is the next Sunday Open Studio at Two Rivers Gallery. Drop in from 1-4 p.m. to make art from the provided general materials. It’s free for gallery members or $7.50 adults, $3 children, or $15 for families.
Children’s play Theatre NorthWest hosts the children’s play Jack & The Magic Bean on May 9 and 10. Written by Linda Carson, directed by Kim Selody (both former PG theatre professionals), this is an enthralling new spin on the old story of Jack & The Beanstalk. Showtime is 6 p.m. both nights (get tickets online at the TNW website). Perfect for ages 3-9, fun for any age.
Rock of Ages Rock Of Ages pumps out the hard rock tunes of the ‘80s in a musical theatre event coming to CN Centre for one night only. A small-town girl arrives on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood and falls head over heals into the L.A. lifestyle when she meets a big-city rocker. Rock Of Ages has delighted international audiences for the past 10 years. This is the P.G. debut. Tickets available now at the CN Centre box office or online at the TicketsNorth website. Start believin’ and don’t stop.
Maker lab Two Rivers Gallery hosts a May 11 special event called Science OdyssyEnhanced MakerLab from 1-4 p.m. Try 3D doodling, use the laser cutter, try out cyanotypes, see demos and try your hand at the build-it station and more. It’s a free drop-in event for all ages. Call 250-6147800 for more information.
Symphony Art Of The Dance is the final mainstage show of the season for the Prince George Symphony Orchestra, with a very special guest performer. Enjoy Lehar’s Merry Widow Waltz, Brahm’s Hungarian Dances, Marquez’ Danzon No. 2, Smetana’s Three Dance Episodes from Bartered Bride, and Strauss’s On the Beautiful Blue Danube. Also joining us for this evening will be the winner of the 2018-2019 Integris Youth Concerto Competition. The show is May 11 at the Prince George Playhouse at 7:30 p.m. Get tickets via the Central Interior Tickets website.
Rap & Rhymes Omineca Arts Centre is the stage for A Night Of Rap & Rhymes on May 11 at 8 p.m. All welcome, tickets are sliding scale from $10-$20 at the door. Kids are welcome (licensed event). Bring your own poetry for the open mic component. Featured performers are telephone switches, The Brain Porter, theWETuntreatedCEDARshingle and GRIM.
Lake fundraiser May 11 is the Save The Lake fundraiser at the Westwood Pub, all money raised goes to purchase a weed harvester for Tabor Lake. Burgers and auction. If you have a business and can donate or help please call David Mothus at 250-961-7664.
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s an informal part two of my campaign to bring back fluoride into our water supply like a normal, well-educated community, I wanted to spend a little bit of column inches to go over my own personal experience of what it is like when a community removes fluoride from the water and the consequences thereafter. Before I begin, in my last column, I declared that I believe in science. A friend has reminded me that science is science regardless of whether or not I, or you, believe in it. You can have your own opinion. You cannot have your own facts. Facts are facts and science is science and the science stands with fluoridation and removing it from our public water supply is a bad idea. Also, it has been exceptionally inconvenient for me personally and traumatic for my son. Last year, my son had a dentist appointment. We have been blessed with good health care coverage and have been able to go for cleanings and check-ups every four months. At this appointment, he got a full x-ray exam, which revealed four cavities. From zero to four in six months. For context, our daughter is a candy fiend and loves all sweets and chocolate. Left to her own devices, she would subsist on corn syrup and soda pop and jitter her way through life. Our son, on the contrary, chooses water to drink and fruit is his poison. Forty per cent of our grocery bill is bananas, oranges and apples. He can have treats but he would rather an apple
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over a cookie. I would have guessed that my daughter would have been the kid with bad teeth but here we were. It was recommended that he be sedated in order to take care of the cavities all at once and it was expensive but we did it in order to not have him overly traumatized at the dentist. He was put asleep, they fixed up the cavities and we carried him home – a leggy, six-year-old with a fresh root canal and a crown on a tooth that will eventually fall out. My husband and I both had to take the day off work because you need two adults to drive home because the kids are out of it and super floppy. Fast forward to a month ago and his crown has fallen out, he’s developed an abscess and he’s in a lot of pain. He’s in so much pain that he’s not eating much, which breaks my heart because he loves to eat. We brought him back to the regular dentist after spending the evening with hipsters in the walk-in medical clinic to get antibiotics. The tooth had to be pulled and a spacer put in to hold the space for the adult molar. Two needles later, my son is convinced that everything will hurt and he screamed every time the dentist came near him. Back to the other dentist we go so he can be sedated to pull the tooth.
This time however, he’s older, heavier and harder to manage. Unlike the first sedation where he just slept for fourteen hours straight and woke up ready to party at 3 a.m., this time he was convinced that he need to be somewhere. He is a limby, almost eight-year-old, who weighs 70 pounds. A stringy boy is hard to hold down when he is hallucinating, convinced he’s got to be somewhere and bleeding profusely from his swollen mouth on my sofa pillows. He was scared, frustrated and upset. He couldn’t talk (which is a major hobby of his) and he so desperately wanted to feel better. Our dentist has told us that without fluoride in the water, there is no time to “keep a watch” on kid’s teeth in between appointments. The cavities will start and get worse in between appointments and our kids teeth hurt. Cavities and fillings and needles for children have increased exponentially since fluoride has been removed from our water. Is this the type of thing that our community wants to be known for? There is no legitimate reason to remove fluoride. There is nothing that says that we can’t have it back. By discussing my family’s experience with childhood dentistry and relating it to fluoride, there will be a number of personal attacks made towards me and my parenting. People will say that I am a terrible mother and we have terrible hygiene and that is why my son has cavities. People will say exceptionally awful things about me personally. It is com-
ments like these that make it difficult for regular people to stand up and fight for the things that are scientifically-proven and factual from any qualitative measure. Activism is for the strong-willed and passionate people who can withstand public vitriol, hate and slander. I am not an activist. Most of the time, I like to stay at home and read on the couch. I write a family-based column that is focused on the community that we live in and what it is like to live here. It is hard to put yourself in the public eye knowing that the internet trolls will come and visit and the people who agree with you will do so quietly and without fervour because that is what is encouraged in our society. If you are one of the quiet majority, I am calling on you to take a very small step forward towards the greater good of our community. Contact a member of city council – the contact information for all of the councillors is conveniently located on the City of Prince George website. Ask your representative about what they believe and whether they stand with science and fact, not hysterical untruths. Ask them to stand up for us and for the health of the community at large. It is not just about me and my family, it is about yours, and your neighbours, and for the families that cannot afford to take their kids to the dentist because they do not have extended health care. This community fought to keep the dental hygienist program in our community; let’s fight to bring back fluoride too.
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Artists Mathieu Doyon and Simon Rivest look over one of their interactive pieces on display at Two Rivers Gallery.
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If we are lost, sang Blue Rodeo, then we are lost together. Society has tools now that allow for millions of people to be in unprecedented touch with each other, but those same tools also build figurative walls or incent us to stay within our actual ones. This junction in time is the basis for (Dis)Connected, the latest exhibition to open at Two Rivers Gallery. “At the beginning of the 21st century, communication and other technologies ensure that we are more connected to each other than at any other time in human history,” said gallery curator George Harris. “Yet, many have argued, we are paradoxically more disconnected from our shared humanity than ever before. This condition is the focus of artists whose work is collected here offering insights from a number of different perspectives.” The show is a group exhibition, with artwork created by combinations of solo and duo artists. The creator roster includes Jeroen Witvliet, Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan, Brendan Lee Satish Tang & Diyan Achjadi, and the team of Mathieu Doyon & Simon Rivest who usually work as a team. Doyon-Rivest is a well-known name(s) in the Quebec arts scene. “It’s our first show west of Toronto,” said Rivest. A mutual friend of Harris’s acted as intermediary to connect the duo with Two Rivers Gallery.
“It is open art, as much as possible open for people’s interpretations and imaginations,” Doyon said. Rivet added, “to set the table for people’s discussions. We want people to think about the computer, the smart phone, the social media without actually using those things in the art.” The public in Quebec City already got a close look at one of their showpieces on that theme. It is a film on a television screen of what looks to be a drive-in theatre showing a movie, but coloured lights flash inside all the assembled cars parked in their rows, and the eye soon detects that no one is in any of the cars. The automobiles themselves are reacting emotionally to the scenes on the screen. “The drive-in is kind of an archetype of the American dream,” said Rivest. “You are sitting in your car beside other people in their cars, all reacting to one source of input but disconnected and physically separated from each other. It is very analogous of what is happening right now with our screens held in our hands. We are connected by these devices like never before in human history, but we are alone with them, distracted from each other by them.” In Quebec City, the viewers got to walk among the actual cars in their actual makeshift drive-in. In Prince George, the viewers are seeing this installation art play out on yet another screen. In another segment of Two Rivers Gallery, the duo has another piece that was
so new that Doyon and Rivest were still constructing it on the spot the day the show opened. It is a box into which viewers put their head to see a TV screen at the far end. The screen shows a sequence of film clips and mirrors surround the box’s interior to give the effect of infinite images – images of the screens and images of you as you enter their world. “This whole piece is the first time we’re showing it,” said Doyon. “We had the video made but we didn’t know what we were going to do with it, the thought wasn’t formed until we came here. This is the first time ourselves that we get to see it.” The pair has other pieces of art in this exhibition as well, and each of them is a silent discussion of how modern technology has taken steps forward from past technologies in a progression of disconnection. This is all the more underscored by the two artists working together on installations that now stand alone to entertain and inform. “Because we are two, the bright side of working together is we can work out ideas and question those ideas before it gets to the point of being in a gallery,” said Rivest. It’s a helpful irony, in the case of this particular show, where the entire two-gallery showspace is devoted to the concept of a society at odds with human interaction. It is a rare occasion that both of the gallery’s primary display rooms are used for one combined exhibition.
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“Dealing with diverse concerns during fraught times, these artists examine various points of disconnection within their photographs, paintings, video and installation-based work,” said Harris, describing the exhibition as a whole. “Doing so they embody the human impulse to connect with others and remind us of what it is to be human at a time when it seems too easily forgotten.” Harris brought in Rivest and Doyon who are a career duo, but he also created a connection for some of this show. He explained that “normally independent artists Diyan Achjadi and Brendan Lee Satish Tang have collaborated to produce Residue: Tracing the Lore, a series of photographs that explore the transmission of traditions through generations and the enduring legacies that remain with us.” Another pair working together, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, were pulled by Harris right out of cyberspace into the tactile world. Their piece Consideration Liberation Army was, said Harris, “originally a web-based project but reprised here as an installation, calls for thoughtful acts and respectful deeds where civility is often lacking.” The final participant is someone with a dual background. Born in the Netherlands and now living in Canada, Jeroen Witvliet’s work in this exhibition speaks, said Harris, of “connections to place, the self and others as a way of investigating different forms of belonging.” The show is on at Two Rivers until July 7.
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WHO ARE YOU REALLY ANGRY AT WHEN YOU RAGE AGAINST ADDICTS? I am angry about all the hurt, the pain and denial out there. Addiction strikes about one in 10, so the next time you are in a classroom, a meeting, workplace or bus, take a gander around and estimate how many might be secretly addicted or impaired near you. Then consider their impact on others, how widespread their disease is and how far it reaches beyond only you. Mothers, fathers, children, nephews, cousins, employers, sisters, brothers, grandparents, foster parents, government (in terms of costs), doctors, nurses, lawyers, coworkers, police, ambulance attendants, funeral directors, morticians, journalists, reporters, employees and friends – even strangers hit by drunk drivers and onlookers are all impacted by this deadly disease. We live in such utter denial about its harmful reach – people who vape, smoke, gamble, overeat, undereat, drink, drug, have excessive sex, watch too much porn, masturbate too much, overspend, hoard, continually seek love, play endless video games, are addicted to anger or rage, take steroids, overwork, overexercise, compulsively wash – each of these people impact us all. I become curious about those who previously raged on Facebook then suddenly stopped. I fear you have retreated or worse, are living in denial about the impact of all this. You stopped commenting – perhaps thinking your silence
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conveys you are OK – while I am thinking your anger does not. I am not here to incite rage but rather to help. When people refuse to comment and remain in their pain (by simmering in silence), then this is what worries me most as you truly are hurt. The disease of addiction loves to silence all those around – it loves to go underground, into the dark, this is where addiction flourishes most. People rage against the alcoholic/addict and say we must stop; they point their finger at us while three fingers point right back at them. Dr. Phil says it best – “there’s something about that person that I don’t like about me.” I isolate because people reflect me back to me. I can’t be me because of people like you, who unconsciously rage against people like me. Pain begets more pain and increases mine – and when in my pain, I reach for more wine (whine/anger/drugs). Life is too deadly to be taken seriously all of the time. People wonder why it is so hard for addicts to seek help. All I can say is look
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Be careful about judging addicts too harshly. Dr. Phil says it best – “there’s something about that person that I don’t like about me.” in the mirror to see why that might be. I see me wherever I go; I isolate at times because it is hard to see me, reflected in you.
You are unconsciously hurt and refuse to admit this; you have denial, just like within us. You are not like the addict you might unconsciously scream; unfortunately, your unacknowledged pain/anger comes out sideways when dealing with us. You rage online, you rage against addicts like me who do exactly the same thing when we rage against you. You, like the addict, blame us for your pain. You, like the addict, refuse to seek help. I am grateful to have a program to lean on, a higher power which guides me each day. I am not religious, but spiritual in nature. It bears repeating that addicts are frustrated mystics who constantly seek greater purpose in life. When we discover alcohol or drugs we think: “Finally the answer, the hole in my soul is filled from these drugs!” We mistakenly believe we have found our answer, the meaning in life through intoxicated states, so when the drugs turn we grow frustrated and rage. Twelve step programs bring us a life lasting peace – they provide us purpose and meaning in life. We no longer suffer. Ironically, it’s no longer yet always, all about me (and you, if you have the courage to step up beside us). – Questions for Ann? Send your submissions (anonymously, if you choose) to columns@pgcitizen.ca and we’ll pass them along.
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One northern B.C.’s biggest names in music is coming for a Prince George concert appearance, with two other shows in the nearby area. Country star Aaron Pritchett is riding tall on the strength of new hit single Better When I Do. The tune hit No. 1 earlier this month, and that was preceded by the hot chart hits Worth A Shot and When a Momma’s Boy Meets a Daddy’s Girl just before it. The radio rotation is a comfortable place for Pritchett after a string of hits over the years including favourites like Hold My Beer, Dirt Road in ‘Em, Let’s Get Rowdy, Hell Bent For Buffalo, How Do I Get There, his version of The Band’s classic song The Weight, and many others. He has been nominated for 58 major music industry awards in Canada (including three Junos), winning 30 of them. He has called the Lower Mainland home for his adult life, but he spent many childhood years growing up in Kitimat. In more recent years he’s settled (as much as a touring troubadour can settle) on Gabriola Island which is exactly where Prince George’s country music legend Gary Fjellgaard pitched his permanent tent, and where Fort Fraser’s Heidi Burtenshaw of local band Sound Of The North recently moved. Pritchett has already done one round of Canada on his Out On The Town tour, and now he is circling in for some shows
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Aaron Pritchett returns to Prince George for a show in October. in this region. Joining him will be hot new talents Kira Isabella and David James as supporting acts. Both are buzz-names on the Canadian country scene these days, out earning their road miles with Pritchett showing them the way. They will perform at Heartbreakers on Oct. 5, then off to the Roundhouse Theatre in McBride for Oct. 6 and the Valemount Community Theatre on Oct. 7. Tickets go on sale Friday via his website: www.aaron-pritchett.com.
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The Insterstellar Jays are set to play a show at The Legion in Prince George on May 18. able acoustics, the bass amp in the basement, the piano on the main floor, and so on. “We had 300 feet of headphone cables, I think,” he laughed. Then they took all the tracks to Kuch’s and Sumi’s house to set the levels, back-
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of silicone. When it’s exposed to heat, it causes a chemical reaction that bonds its atoms back together. The higher the Picture this: You’re playing soccer with heat, the quicker this happens. Wang friends. As you kick the ball, you realize says healing can happen at room temthe bottom of your foot feels cold and wet. You turn your sneaker up to look at perature, too – it just takes more time. the sole. A big crack is letting water from To 3-D-print a self-healing object, the puddles seep right through it. When you first step is to make a model of it in the get home, you throw your ruined sneakcomputer. The model is virtually “sliced” into 100 smaller images. This first image ers in the trash. is projected onto Now imagine thin layer of the another scenario. “It can heal just like a wound arubber, which starts You don’t throw to your muscle, returning to out as a liquid. The the sneakers away. rubber takes on Instead, you push its original structure,” the shape of the the two sides of Wang image, and the light the cracked sole from the projection together so they’re turns it from liquid touching. You leave to solid. The next image is projected on the sneaker in a warm spot. A few hours another layer of liquid rubber on top of later, the crack has fused itself back the first one. The final, complete shape is together. built up layer by layer like this. Thanks to Qiming Wang, a self-healing Many different companies “want future sneaker sole could soon become realtechnology like this,” Wang says. His ity. He’s a professor at the University of research was funded partly by the United Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering. In February, he, three of his States Air Force. It is hoping to make “3-D-printed airplane wings that can selfstudents and a professor from the Uniheal after impact with a bullet or a bird,” versity of Connecticut announced that he says; 3-D printing makes this kind of they had invented 3-D-printable rubber manufacturing quick and inexpensive. that could fix itself. After Wang’s team published its “It can heal just like a wound to your research, it was contacted by footwear muscle, returning to its original struccompanies that want to use their mateture,” Wang says. The material could be used to 3-D-print not only sneaker soles, rial to make shoes. First, though, Wang but also toys, bike tires, even satellites. Continued on page 18 The material is a kind of rubber made THE WASHINGTON POST
when you do it yourself. And months later, we’re still really happy with it. I still consider it good driving music when you have that hour on the road.” According to the band, when asked to self-describe their sound, Interstellar Jays “em-
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The birdwatchers haven’t reported any sightings, but music fans are hearing the songs of Interstellar Jays all over the Cariboo. The sound of the Interstellar Jay is a little bit ska, a little bit old tyme, a little bit klezmir, and completely infectious. There was just a sold-out infestation at The Occidental in Quesnel, and the twitter of their tunes will touch down at the Sunset Theatre in Wells on May 17 then The Legion in Prince George on May 18. The Interstellar Jays flock includes Sean Scallion on drums, Joel Stern on bass, Leila Sumi on fiddle with her husband Birch Kuch on piano, Rhodes, and clarinet. They have just released a 14-song album entitled Musasabi Madness that Kuch described as “55 minutes of groove-driven good times.” Kuch said the band was gifted with a couple of months in an empty house in the Cottonwood community on the Barkerville highway, while the owner was away for a long period. It allowed the band members, who live in various locations around the area, to have a recording studio set up to their precise wishes. The drum kits was set up in a bedroom with favour-
brace instrumental music by exploring all that a melody and a rhythm have to offer. Original arrangements of obscure and familiar old tunes mix with traditional gems to fill a large and growing repertoire of music for any occasion.” They call Quesnel their hometown “because that’s where we all buy our groceries” even though none of them live inside the city boundaries. They’ve appeared on a Prince George stage a couple of times in the past, doing mini-sets for the Coldsnap Music Festival two previous years. When they come to P.G. this time, it will be the first time they’ve been able to play a full set. Watch for them at a number of the region’s music festivals this summer as well. Their summer schedule includes the Valemount Craft Beer Experience, Performances In The Park at Williams Lake, the Midsummer Festival in Smithers, Arts On The Fly in Horsefly, the Bella Coola Music Festival, the Robson Valley Music Festival at Dunster, and ArtsWells in Wells. For their show at the Sunset Theatre, Quesnel band No Big D will be opening while the group My Band will be the opening act in Prince George.
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Raquel Pokiak focuses on the details at Pine Centre Mall on Saturday morning while competing in the Northern FanCon art duel.
The Prince George Canata Singers perform Song For The Mira on Sunday evening at the Prince George Playhouse during the Curve of Gold show celebrating their 50th anniversary.
Amy Blanding performs at Hubspace on Saturday night as part of Good Egg Records Spring Fling.
Michael Lovett, a worker who was hurt during a workplace accident in his youth, speaks at the annual Day of Mourning ceremony on Sunday afternoon at the Worker’s Memorial. Peter Griffiths, left, and Judy Clarke show off the garbage they picked up on Foothills Boulevard near the landfill on Sunday morning during the annual Citywide Spring Clean-up.
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Randy Lewis, a customer security representative with Shred-it, is handed a stack of files and documents to be shredded at the Crimestoppers Shred-it event on Saturday morning at the CN Centre parking lot.
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Team Myatovic forward Seth Habsburg drives to the net past a Team Leslie defender on Sunday morning at Rolling MIx Concrete Arena during the North Central & North West Bantam Zone Camp. Team Myatovic won the game 4-1.
Raiden Lainchbury form Lake City Secondary School flies through the air while competing in the Boys 14-15 triple jump on Saturday afternoon at Masich Place Stadium during the Prince George Track and Field Club’s Sub Zero Meet. Lainchbury won the event with a distance of 9.79 metres.
Two participants pose for a photo on the Cutbanks on Saturday afternoon during the 2019 Climb for Cancer fundraiser. Almost 500 people took part, raising $60,000, a record amount.
Kaelin Govender glides through the water on Sunday morning at the Prince George Aquatic Centre while competing in a 50m backstorke heat of the Prince George Barracuda’s Dental Moose Meet.
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History of Ping-Pong
Ping-Pong paddles come in an endless assortment of colors and patterns. Look carefully at the Ping-Pong paddles below. All of them, except one, have an exact duplicate. Can you circle the unique paddle?
Draw yourself playing Ping-Pong.
In the 1800s in England, the winter weather made it hard to play sports like tennis outside. People invented an indoor game for wintertime fun. The game was such a hit, that soon people were playing it year-round.
What is Ping-Pong?
Ping-Pong is a tennis game played on a table with a small ball and small paddles. Use the code to find out another name for this game.
The First Ping-Pong Balls
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The first Ping-Pong balls were made of different materials. Sometimes they were made of rubber, string and even old champagne corks. In 1901, the Englishman called James Gibb discovered that balls made of celluloid worked better. Today, most balls are made of a plastic that is very much like celluloid.
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Light and Bouncy
The official rules of Ping-Pong state that the ball shall be: spherical, with a diameter of 1.6 inches (40 mm) and weigh 0.1 ounces (2.7 grams) and be made of celluloid or similar plastic material. Which of these items weigh about the same as a Ping-Pong ball? two thumbtacks
three small jellybeans
two large paper clips
Amazing Ping-Pong Records & Firsts
Do the math under each of these statements to see if they are true or false. If the answer is an even number, that statement is true. Odd numbers are false.
The first world championship table tennis games were held in London in 1926.
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In 1988, table tennis was first played in the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
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The official record for the fastest Ping-Pong ball hit is 72.08 miles per hour (116 kph), set by Lukasz Budner in Poland in 2016.
The World Record for the longest Ping-Pong rally is 8 hours, 40 minutes and 5 seconds set in 2014 in London. 23 + 5 =
ANSWER: All of them.
Why is it called Ping-Pong?
That Sounds Good
Ping-Pong is an onomatopoeia, or a word that sounds like the sound it describes. Ping and pong are the sounds the ball makes when it is hit by a paddle and bounces on the table.
Look through the newspaper for examples of words that are an onomatopoeia.
Remember how to spell onomatopoeia by finding each of the letters in the word in the newspaper. Cut out the letters and glue them below to spell onomatopoeia.
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
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Who Won the Ping-Pong Games?
In Ping-Pong, the first player to reach 11 points wins that game as long as they are two points ahead of the opponent when they get 11 points. If not, the game keeps going until a player has 11 points or more and is ahead by two points. Circle the scores that are winning scores in Ping-Pong. Player One Player Two
Which player won the most games? Standards Link: Math/Number Sense: Calculate sums and differences.
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SPHERICAL CELLULOID OLYMPICS PADDLES PLASTIC SUMMER TENNIS SOUND SMALL TABLE TODAY GAME BALL PING PONG
Find the words in the puzzle. How many of them can you find on this page?
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Standards Link: Visual descrimination.
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S C E L L U L O I D Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
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