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It’s kind of a good news/bad news thing. The good news is Prince George doesn’t have the worst road in the province, according to the results of an annual poll conducted by the British Columbia Automobile Association (BCAA), however the city has the second worst, Domano Blvd., and the third, Tabor Blvd., the sixth, Massey Dr., and the seventh, 15th Ave. “I’ve provided the BCAA my feedback on the survey from last year,” Mayor Shari Green said. She added there are factors that affect the outcome of the survey, particularly when it comes to northern communities.
“They do it in spring when roads are in the worst shape in northern communities,” she said. “This is the most populated northern community, so it’s not a surprise to me we’ve got a lot of people focused on the roads. They are in bad shape. There’s no question, but it’s not the level playing field with the south.” Southern communities, she said, have the opportunity to pave all winter long. In the north, paving cannot begin until May. “So if the survey was done in the fall would it be the same results?” she asked. She sees the annual survey more as a good way to drive people to the BCAA web site and improve their membership, a savvy business move. However, the BCAA turn to PAGE A4
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Potholes and road defects on city streets that devour cars are unacceptable, but acquiring the money to repair and maintain this crumbling infrastructure without spiking property taxes will take some innovative thinking. “People are upset and rightfully so,” said Coun. Brian Skakun, who delivered a report to council at Monday’s meeting outlining several options for council to scrutinize in an effort to find a solution to the problem. “There are roads that need repaving that just won’t get done this year. This issue is not going to die down like it traditionally has.” Skakun said the issue has been on his
mind for a long time. “In the last couple of years everything has just been accumulating when it comes to the destruction of roads. I’ve talked to so many people about it.” The city, he said, is continuing a game of catch-up, doing the best it can while understanding there is a $3.5 million deficit in the road rehabilitation budget. “We started in 2002,” Skakun, who is on his fourth term in council, said, “putting a little over $1 million a year in road repaving. Now we’re up to $3.5 million, and now we’ve been told by administration we need to put in at least $7 million per year. This year is the first time administration has come to us and turn to PAGE A8
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Two weeks have passed is organizing a Benefit for the since a devastating explosion Fund being held June 9. tore through the sawmill at the • Original Joes is coordinatLakeland Mills site in Prince ing a donation as part of their George. Donations have eased proceeds from its grand opensomewhat but continue to flow ing for the Fund. into the Lakeland Fire Assis• Two supporting individuals tance Fund held with the Prince have ordered 10,000 wrist bands George Community Founda- with “We remember Lakeland tion. Mills” that will sell for The fund currently sits $2 each with proceeds at just over $110,000. going to the fund. LocaThere have been a tions for the sale of variety of fundraisthese will be available ers set up through the shortly. community and many The Prince George retailers and businesses There have Community Foundahave also pledged a been a varition was designated as a portion of their sales, ety if fundcentral agency to accept or a match on employee raisers set up donations on behalf contributions. of the Lakeland Mills through the A few examples are: employees and their community • Save On Foods has a and many families. Anyone wishcoordinated effort from retailers and ing to donate can do so their four locations in businesses through our website at Prince George to spon- have also www.pgcf.ca by clicking sor a Round Up money pledged a the red “Donate Now” drive from now through portion of button and designating to May 19. it to go to the Lakeland their sales, • J.J. Springer has pro- or a match Fire Assistance Fund or moted to their custom- on employee by cheque made payable ers the ability to turn contributions. to the Prince George in their points for cash Community Foundation that will go towards the and mailed to PO Box fund. 1204 Station A, Prince George, • Homesteader Meats has BC V2L 4V3 or by calling (250) donation envelopes and a drop- 562-7772. They can also take a off location for donations. transfer of securities. • Gamescape, in the back of All donations will be issued the Hart Mall, has a Gaming an official income tax receipt. Tournament where proceeds At the direction of the fundfrom the event will go to the holder, an independent commitFund. tee will be set up to administer • Blackburn Community Hall these funds.
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Two Prince George sisters are doing their part for victims of the Lakeland Mills explosion and fire – and they’re getting a lot of help. “We started the day after the (April 23) explosion,” says nine-year-old Tianna Schnepf. “We were at Superstore that
weekend, and we were there again last Saturday.” Her six-year-old sister, Anataya, says the response of people to the sisters and their sign asking for donations has been great. “One woman gave $20 to the jar, then gave each of us $5 for doing all this work.” Another woman went and bought some lottery tick-
ets and donated them to the cause. “We won $1,” Tianna says. So far, they’ve raised about $1,600. Excel Industries has indicated it will match their efforts. They’re hoping to reach $2,000 before they finish on May 26. The sisters plan to be at Superstore again on Sunday between 11 a.m and 3 p.m.
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have said they do the survey in order to make municipal politicians aware of the state of the roads in their communities. “We’re acutely aware of the state of our roads. We would like some provincial and federal awareness about the state of our roads. The BCAA could really help us by lobbying for some other revenue opportunities, or revenue structure around municipal governments because we can’t continue on this unsustainable financial path so many municipalities find themselves on.” Green pointed out the notice of motion put forward by Coun. Brian Skakun, which
offers several recommendations to deal with road repair. “What C o u n . Skakun brought forward isn’t a new concept. Those concepts are all things that have been talked a b o u t Shari m a n y times in many venues by all of us, ideas discussed by council several times in the past.” However, she said, there are roadblocks going forward. “We have hit a wall in terms of tolerance in this community. We are as frustrated as everyone else,” she
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During the early morning hours of May 10, the Prince George RCMP were called to the scene of a suspicious death on Holmes Road, just east of the city. Once on scene, officers located a dead woman and a critically injured man. Initially, the male was transported to the University Hospital of Northern BC by the BC Ambulance Service, but has since been flown to Vancouver for further treatment. Members of the Prince George RCMP’s Serious Crime Unit have been called in to investigate. The property has been secured and is expected to remain in police control for a number of days, pending further investigation. Investigators believe there is no threat to the public.
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A worker secures the crane to the top of one of the 150,000litre fuel tanks being installed at the Prince George Airport on Wednesday afternoon. the fuel farm if they are needed. “It will give customers a greater choice of fuel. An airline that gets its fuel from a specific distributor and gets a good rate for buying in bulk can
store the fuel in one of the tanks.” With the tanks in place, the airport will now be completing the piping and plumbing for the fuel farm, which Green says should be in operation by July.
“There are a number of carriers who are interested in using the airport, now that we have the new facilities in place, but they’re not going to come here until all the pieces are in place.”
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The final piece of the puzzle is in place at Prince George Airport. That was how director of operations Cuyler Green summed up the arrival of a pair of 150,000-litre fuel tanks on Wednesday. “This is the last piece of the puzzle for large aircraft to use the airport,” he said, as a large crane manoeuvred the second tank into location. “We have the runway in place, the other facilities, and now the fuel tanks.” The tanks – which are over 14 metres long, almost five metres tall and almost four metres wide – arrived by truck from Tisdale, Sask. on Wednesday. “We left Monday morning,” said Cam Johnson of Williams Petroleum. “These are the largest tanks ever brought into the province on truck or rail. Anything larger has always been built on site.” Johnson said the trip was “like moving a house.” “These are special trailers, trombone trailers. After we unload the tank, the trailer can sort of fold back into itself and be 20 feet shorter when it’s not hauling.” The tanks are capable of pumping 4,000 litres of fuel a minute, and Johnson says they’re designed to cut down the possibility of pumping contaminated fuel. “They use a special system where they pump from the middle of the tank. If there’s any contamination, it’s likely to be at the top or the bottom, so that fuel isn’t used.” Green said two more of the tanks would be installed early next week, and there is room for four more at
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flood of new legislation from the B.C. Liberal government in the last weeks of the spring session has the NDP opposition hopping mad. This week the government tabled bills to integrate ambulance and emergency health services, streamline traffic tickets, enforce fines for transit-fare evaders, create an online system for civil and family court disputes, introduce a new family day holiday and set up a provincial athletic commission to regulate professional fighting events. That’s on top of bills already before the legislature to reform development rules on aboriginal reserves, encourage changes to the school calendar, and change other B.C. laws. And still to come is the heftiest bill of all, the one to pave the way for eliminating the harmonized sales tax and restoring the provincial sales tax next spring. NDP house leader John Horgan said Tuesday that he expects a total of 23 pieces of new legislation, with only 11 sitting days left until the spring session ends at the end of May. “That strikes me as legislation by exhaustion,” Horgan said. “We should put most of this legislation off until the fall.” It’s a bit ironic, given that under Gordon Campbell the Liberals often cancelled the fall sitting preferring, instead, to have the premier’s office rule the land. The taxpayers are paying MLAs to work, they should be rolling up their sleeves and doing it. However, it should be noted that neither Liberal house leader Rich Coleman nor Premier Christy Clark have committed to a fall sitting this year either, leaving open the spectre of a return to a so-called democratic government in which the elected members don’t actually get together to conduct the business of the day. It’s all done by the premier and a select few unelected insiders. As for the legislative logjam, Coleman said the government has not intentionally piled up complex legislation. Legal work on the transition back to the PST has consumed a large amount of staff time, and other bills have been brought forward as they have been prepared, he said. Clark said Tuesday the government intends to pass the PST legislation before the spring session ends May 31. Finance Minister Kevin Falcon said there is no simple or quick way to convert the provincial sales tax system quickly, converting three previous tax acts into one modern one. Falcon insisted that a week would be long enough to debate first to add to the story or read the newBe PST legislation, because its main focus is to return the whattoyour exemptions whatneighbour they were inthinks. 2010. Be a Here’s a novel idea,community if there is legislative part of your paper. work to do then extend Comment the spring sitting of the Legislature past the end of online. May. Perhaps if Clark wasn’t so busy touring the province reannouncing projects and/or “shoveling money off the back of a truck” maybe the MLAs could focus on getting the legislative work done. Be a part of your community paper. Comment Be aonline. part of your
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Slow travel is a wonderful way to get a lot of enjoy- mix of old and new. Moose Jaw (love the name) has their tunnels, a spa and some of the friendliest people ment out of life and those who we meet along the in the country. way. The Maritimes are the doorway to our history. Head If we take a little extra time when we make a trip, across the Canso Causeway into Cape Breton and we can take some of the interesting byways and see you find the Alexander Graham Bell museum. Not and enjoy places and people we would normally only the inventor of the telephone, but speed past in our haste to get to our deslikely designed the best airplane and is tination. As slow cooking adds flavour rumoured to have had an airplane flying and energy to food, slow travel adds a year before the Wright brothers. interesting and broadening aspects to our The Atlantic Coast is so different from lives. the Pacific Coast that it is a must visit. My epiphany came many years ago Onside Drive from Halifax around the province. when I was doing an extraordinary VictorBowman A wonderful, friendly experience that is amount of business travel. A casual comwell worth the time it takes. ment by one of our accounting staff to There are just too many wonderful places to go in the effect, “it must be nice to get to visit all the differthis land of our and the world to cover in this limited ent places you go,” prompted a surprising response space. Staying in Canada, some of the must see and from me. Although I went on at length, the gist of my experience are Old Montreal, Quebec City, the Eastern remarks was I could describe in detail most airports Townships and north. in Canada and a large part of the United States and I Slow travel doesn’t mean long trips and extensive could tell you how similar one hotel is to another, but planning and expense. Even as we travel around our I saw little of the towns and cities I travelled to. own province, there is more than one can see and do It took a while, but I began to plan my travels to in a lifetime. allow a little extra time to see a bit more of where I Even a short jaunt can yield some interesting was. I used holidays and weekend time plus a bit of events. my own money, to see a bit more than airports, hotel On a recent trip to Smithers, we stopped in Topley rooms, cookie-cutter restaurants, meeting rooms, at the Country Grill. manufacturing plant and airports. It has good solid ordinary food that has an extra I had been to Toronto a number of times, but I had quality you do not get at the roadside chain operanever been up in the CN Tower or had lunch at Shoptions. Add to that the most extensive pig collection I sy’s Deli on Spadina Ave. The tower was a do once sort of thing, lunch at Shopsy’s was worth repeating. I know of, and it is an enjoyable stop. I hope you meet Sophie, who was our server during got to visit the Kleinberg Galleries just out of Toronto Be aIn part your commun a breakfast with a friend in Smithers. herofthirties, and spend the better part of the day with their magBe first to add to the story or read this young lady has a positive attitude that sets you ww nificent collection of the Group of Seven works. what neighbour thinks.and Bea a up for the whole day and longer. Saskatoon has ayour beautiful university campus part of your community paper. You don’t need a lot of money to have wonderful lovely city. It is also where John Diefenbaker and his Comment online. wife, Olive, are buried. He was a wonderful dedicated experiences, you just have to take the time and be friendly. Canadian worthy of respect. Regina is an interesting
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Editor: Some years ago my younger brother, John, considered joining me as an immigrant to Canada. He ran a successful small business in North Carolina employing two people. He believed he could easily transfer his business skills, as well as an appreciable amount of capital, to our community. But John had had some minor run-ins with the law down there in his younger years. He knew that a clean record was required to acquire landed immigrant status in our wellordered, law-abiding land. In light of this, he determined that application would be fruitless so he carried on contributing to the economy of the United States. In retrospect I see that John suffered some handicaps preventing his entering Canada. He had never renounced Canadian citizenship. He was never convicted of any felony in the States. He would not have been able to solicit entry from within an American prison. And, lastly, he was not a darling of the right with regular columns in their print organs. Some applicants have not borne the burden of these shortcomings and have been admitted with open arms by our current regime. Pity. John could have been a significant and proud addition to our city, province and nation. James Loughery Prince George
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www.pgfreepress.com Running Start Patrick Holmberg of Terrace slides out in front of Boyd Marchand of Prince George in the boys 14-15 1,200 metres at the Sub Zero Meet on Saturday at Masich Place Stadium. Marchand ended up winning the race, with Holmberg second. A lla n W ISHA RT/ Fre e Pre s s
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Editor: Unbelievably, my 20-year-old niece, Madison Scott, remains missing after mysteriously disappearing on Saturday, May 28, 2011, from the Hogsback Lake forestry campsite 25 kilometres south of Vanderhoof, one hour west of Prince George. She was camping with a group of young people from Vanderhoof who were celebrating a friend’s birthday. Everyone left the party by about 4 a.m., and Maddy was left alone at the campsite. Something happened that led to Maddy’s disappearance; foul play is suspected.
Maddy remains missing despite a vigorous and in-depth RCMP investigation and ongoing efforts by family and friends. We believe someone knows where she is, but they have not come forward with the truth. The purpose of this letter is to appeal to all British Columbians and visitors to be watchful for and mindful of anything suspicious as they head out into the outdoors as spring and summer approach. Our family needs everyone’s help. If anyone has any information that will help bring Madison home to her family, come forward now.
If you have information, or were at Hogsback Lake the weekend she went missing and have not yet come forward, please call the Vanderhoof RCMP at 250-567-2222 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Our hearts are shattered by Maddy’s disappearance. Further information, including photos of Maddy, can be found on madisonscott.ca or the Help Find Madison Scott Facebook page. Thank you for helping us to find Maddy and bringing her home where she belongs. Sandra Kelly Klassen Williams Lake
JobFest aims at getting youth interested in jobs
Get ready to rock, Prince George-Mackenzie! This month, a rock concert-themed mobile event is rolling through town, and it’s designed to get youth excited about jobs in B.C. The JobFest Tour educates youth aged 15-25 about labour market trends and PATBell the upcoming career opportunities in our province. Over the next decade, there will be over one million job openings in B.C., and we want to make sure that youth know about these opportunities and have the skills to fill those positions.
Along with performances by a headliner rock band and local talent, JobFest also offers an engaging exhibition that features presentations and guest speakers, inspiring youth stories, interactive career discovery tools and games, and various MLA information displays. JobFest Report staff are extremely knowledgeable about the many resources and services that are available for jobseekers in B.C., and are always willing to answer any questions. They may even give you some free JobFest giveaways, such as T-shirts and DVDs, as souvenirs of this fun event. JobFest will visit Prince George on May
24 and Mackenzie on May 26 as part of its northern tour. Twenty-six communities in northern B.C. will welcome the exhibition between now and July, with a southern tour of another 24 communities planned for the fall. Youth and young adults should be excited about their futures and their jobs. The Province provides various tools and resources to support youth as they search for their perfect career. We provide over $500 million per year for training programs to meet regional and industry labour market needs, over $100 million annually in apprenticeship programs through the Industry Training Authority, and approximately $66 million
annually through the Canada-B.C. Labour Market Agreement to help people find jobs in their home regions. In addition, we provide funding for post-secondary institutions to create and support apprenticeship and trades training programs. As Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation, I understand the value of job creation and industry training. As part of the BC Jobs Plan, the Province is committed to supporting individuals, families, and communities through job creation, smart investments, and a strong economy. I am proud to welcome JobFest to our region as a unique and exciting way to engage and educate youth about job opportunities in B.C.
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Skakun wants new look at roads share of the provincial tax rebate. For the most part, he said, people have been supportive of the idea of having a local gas tax, said we picked a set of roads to be repaved this with revenues dedicated to road rehabilitation, winter during the budget process but we realized however they also want the province to share this spring there are roads worse off than the ones more of the rebate it gets from the federal governchosen.” ment. This discovery initiated a change in priorities Skakun’s third recommendation asks that the over which roads will be resurfaced first this year, city use some proceeds of the Terasen Gas lease with some being postponed indefinitely. fund for road rehabilitation. Skakun’s report offers seven recommendations The city, he points out, needs to contact the council will consider, likely during the next regu- province and find out how to levy a local gas lar meeting on May 28. tax, and he wants the city to survey locals about First, Skakun want a list of city-owned real whether or not they support such a tax. estate holdings. Administration, he said, should also find out “I want a total value from our administration,” the cost difference in procuring extended warranhe said. “My understanding is we own a number ties on paving. of properties downtown and I want to know do His last recommendation is the city create a we have to sit on those or can we sell some of two- to five-year-plan to meet the estimated $3.5 them and generate some revenue, and get more million shortfall. tax dollars from those properties.” “I looked at a bunch of options to try to meet He wants the city to lobby the province for a the deficit of $3.5 million without raising property taxes,” he said. “We’re going to deal with this OPEN FOR notice of motion in three weeks, and we’ll see how MOTHER’S DAY it goes. I hope I get support from a majority of the Sunday 4-8pm council members to deal with these issues.” 5087 Domano Blvd., His concern, he said, is things have come to the College Heights point where the issue is not only aesthetic, which Appies: Hummus, Tzatziki or Eggplant Dip does affect attracting new people to the community, but also a matter of safety. • Calamari • Donair: Chicken or Beef “Some of these potholes and the damage they • Spinach or Cheese Pie w/Salad • Prawns ala Pan are causing to vehicles is unacceptable. I went up • Souvlaki: Chicken, Beef, Prawn • Mousaka to Hart Highway today and some of the roads up • Fresh Pasta • Special Mixed Souvlaki there are unbelievable. There was one pothole I AND MUCH MORE - COME IN & SEE OUR FULL MENU! saw that was 20 feet long, 10 feet wide and a foot EAT IN or TAKE OUT 778.416.1616 and a half deep. There were several of those in a row, and it was absolutely dreadful.” If the city moves forward on the recommendations, some will likely be sent through to the finance and audit committee while others will go to the resolutions committee. Currently, he added, finance and audit is working on a similar plan, though theirs takes a more long-term approach. “Finance and audit Does mommy like antiques? are dealing with a We carry fine antique furniture from motion we made durAntiques on 6th and would bet mom would ing budget to create a love this 1850s Quebecquois pine long-term plan. This dresser/vanity for only $725. kind of fits with that. Come in and browse our many other pieces I’m talking about a of furniture as well as our handmade gifts, three- to five-year plan gourmet food, clothing and gift baskets. Let’s do what we can Call 250-562-8067 for more info or now, then tie in with to book a shopping party finance and audit.” Skakun added his goal is to double the 1483 - 3rd Avenue Open: Tuesday - Friday 11am to 5pm amount of road repav250-562-8067 Saturday 11am to 4pm ing the city does this • Purses • Specialty Foods • Aromatherapy Products • Clothing and much more year. from PAGE A1
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COUNCIL COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS MEETINGS
May 7 – 13, 2012 is “Mental Health Week” May 13 - 19, 2012 is “Drinking Water Week” May 20 - 26, 2012 is “Public Works Week” May 24, 2012 is “National Schizophrenia Awareness Day” May is “Child Find’s Green Ribbon of Hope Month and May 25 is National Missing Children’s Day” May 28 - June 3, 2012 is “Bike to Work and School Week” May 29, 2012 is “Day of the Honey Bee”
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A reduction in $125,000 to the parks division at the city, the equivalent of two full-time positions, has forced council to revamp the maintenance standards for that division. Flavio Viola, manager of parks and solid waste, presented a report at Monday’s council meeting which explained the need for the revamp as well as showcased three options council could choose from, though he recommended the first. The option recommended, and the one chosen, will reduce the service levels of boulevard and turf maintenance, affecting primarily sports groups. It will also allow the division to form another mobile crew so high-priority areas can be maintained once every 10 working days, medium-priority can be maintained once every 20 to 23 working days, and low-priority will be serviced when the time permits. “I think we are feeling the effects of the decisions we made a couple of months ago,” Coun. Lyn Hall said. Mayor Shari Green agreed some hard decisions had to be made.
Select Committee on a Core Services Review Wednesday, May 16th Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m. Advisory Committee on Development Design Wednesday, May 16th 12:00 p.m.
BROADCASTING OF COUNCIL MEETINGS: To follow live Council meetings, visit the City’s website at www.princegeorge.ca as webcasting services and video archiving of agenda items are available for the public.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the provisions of Section 26(3) of the Community Charter that the City of Prince George intends to lease 1412 Second Avenue, Prince George, BC to 2nd Thoughts Buy and Sell for a term of 1 year at a rent of $10,200.00 per year. Ian Wells Planning and Development
HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application for a Road Closure Bylaw will be considered at the regular meeting of Council in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 1100 Patricia Boulevard, Prince George, B.C., on Monday, May 28, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. 10th Avenue and Patricia Boulevard Road Closure Bylaw No. 8397, 2012
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PROCLAMATIONS May is “Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month” May is “Speech and Hearing Awareness Month” May is “National Missing Children’s Month” May 6 - 12, 2012 is “NAOSH WEEK” (North American Occupational Health and Safety)
That subject to the adoption of “10th Avenue and Patricia Boulevard Road Closure Bylaw No. 8397, 2012”, an approximate 0.561 ac (0.227 ha) portion of highway situated adjacent to Lot A, District Lot 343, Cariboo District, Plan PGP35522, will be stopped up and closed to traffic and the highway dedication thereof be removed to facilitate a future sale of the property. A copy of the proposed bylaw and related documents may be inspected at the office of the undersigned on May 10, 11, 14, 15, 16,
For further information, please contact the City of Prince George Real Estate Services, 4th Floor, City Hall, 1100 Patricia Boulevard, Prince George, B.C., 250 561-7678. Walter Babicz Corporate Officer City Of Prince George
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – SALE OF COMMERCIAL PAINT BOOTH The City of Prince George is considering the disposal of a commercial paint booth, complete with venting and electrical. For more information, or if you are interested in purchasing this unit, please contact Scott Bone at sbone@city.pg.bc.ca, before May 21, 2012. For information concerning City of Prince George bidding opportunities visit BC Bid at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca
CORE SERVICES REVIEW The City of Prince George is launching its Core Services Review process at a public meeting on Tuesday May 15, 2012 from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall. Members of the KPMG team, contracted to conduct the core services review, will provide information and answer questions about the project. In addition, the KPMG team will describe when and how members of the public can participate in the process. The event will also be webcast on the City’s website: www.princegeorge.ca.
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17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 28, 2012, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. At the Hearing, all persons who deem their interest in property to be affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard on matters pertinent to the bylaw. Written submissions delivered to the Corporate Officer by noon on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, will be included in the council agenda package. Those received thereafter will be forwarded to Council on the day of the Hearing.
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DRINKING WATER WEEK
Here in BC we often take our tap water for granted, but it is a finite resource that we should value and protect.
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We need to value our drinking water methods in your area. We invite you to get involved and learn more about your water. Start by taking the Community Water Challenge and pledge to be water wise. By incorporating practical actions into our daily routines, we can make a difference. Visit www.drinkingwaterweek.org to find out about Drinking Water Week events in your area, and to download activities and educational resources provided by BC Water & Waste Association.
drinkingwaterweek.org/challenge Be Water Wise: N Limit your shower time to 5 minutes per day. N Install a low-flow fixture or appliance. Look for the WaterSense label on retail shelves across BC. N Return unused or expired medications to the pharmacy for proper disposal. N Turn off the tap while brushing your teeth, shaving and doing dishes. N Dispose of household wastes such as cleaners, paints and grease responsibly, instead of putting them down your sink or toilet.
True and False: Test your water knowledge – take the quiz!
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1. British Columbians use more water than other Canadians.
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3. The best way to achieve a healthy lawn is by watering lightly several times a week.
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ANSWERS: 1.True: British Columbians use an average of 426 litres of water per day; the average Canadian uses 329 litres of water per day (nearly double what Europeans use!)* 2. False: Never put fats, oils or grease down the drain - when these substances enter our wastewater they can clog pipes and deplete oxygen in the aquatic environment. 3. False: Watering your lawn thoroughly once per week rather than lightly at a greater frequency will strengthen the roots and promote a greener, healthier lawn.
When you turn on your tap asks you to “Get to know and clean, safe water comes your H2O.” Think about the out, do you ever wonder how impact of your everyday acit got there or what happens tions and how a few simple when it goes down the drain? changes really can make a Or why you should care? difference. “It is often said that the Have you thought about ability to provide clean how much water you can drinking wasave by ter and treat limiting sewage is the your shower greatest contime to five tribution to minutes, or public health by turning off our world has the tap while seen,” says brushing Daisy Foster, your teeth? CEO of BC How about Water & by reducing Waste Assolawn waterciation. “Yet, drinkingwaterweek.org ing or raising in our part of the level of the world, we your lawn take for granted that we can mower blade to cut down on simply turn on the tap and evaporation? clean water gushes out. We Did you know that what we forget that we use that same put down our sink or toilet treated water to hose down can have a serious impact our driveways and water our on fish and the aquatic lawns. We flush our toilets environment? Detergents, and away it goes along with medications, and many other whatever we put down there.” household products end She adds, “We make the up at wastewater treatment effort to turn out lights to plants where special processconserve energy, yet we es are required to minimize don’t make the connection the impact on the receiving between energy and water waters. Fats, oils and grease use. Many of us are unaware that we put down our drains of the energy that is used to can often cause blockages in treat and distribute water.” sewer lines resulting in costly During Drinking Water repairs. During Drinking Week, May 13 – 19, 2012, BC Water Week, take the time to Water & Waste Association find out about safer disposal
Are you water wise? Take the Community Water Challenge and enter to win an exciting water-themed getaway courtesy of the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel and Helijet! It’s simple – just pledge to take one of the water wise actions below. Make your pledge at:
N 26% of British Columbians have no idea where the water that flows from their tap comes from.* N The average Canadian uses 329 litres of water per day. However, the average Canadian thinks they only use 132 litres per day.* N We use up to 50% more water in the summertime when people are watering their lawns and gardens.** *2011 Canadian Water Attitudes Study, commissioned by RBC and Unilever Canada **BC Stats 2009
For more water wise tips and ‘Did You Knows’, and to download educational activities for your home or classroom, visit www.drinkingwaterweek.org.
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Join us Sunday, May 13 at the Four Seasons Leisure Pool for a free swim day!
CUPE 399 and 1048 and the City of Prince George will be offering free tours of Fish Trap Island Wellhouse on Friday, May 19 from 12 noon to 7 p.m.
The pool will be open to the public from 4-6 p.m.
Come learn more about where your water comes from, how clean it is, and how great Prince George municipal tap water is! The wellhouse is located at 100 Foothills Blvd. – look for signs directing you to the event.
Come and enjoy a free swim on us!
ENJOY YOUR PUBLIC WATER! Look for us at the Prince George Farmers’ Market (corner of Third Avenue and George Street) Saturday, May 19 from 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. We will be giving out free reusable water pouches so Prince George residents can enjoy public water straight from the tap every day!
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SOMETHING TO COUNT ON… DRINKING WATER IN THE CITY OF PRINCE GEORGE Residents of the City of Prince George enjoy some of the best drinking water in the Province. City drinking water comes from 6 municipal wells that draw approximately 17.8 billion liters of water each year from groundwater in underground aquifers.
Where does groundwater come from? Groundwater comes from rain, snow, sleet, and hail that soaks into the ground (aquifers). The water moves down into the ground because of gravity, passing between particles of soil, sand, gravel, or rock until it reaches a depth where the ground is filled, or saturated, with water. By utilizing underground aquifers, residents are protected against bacteria and other pollutants often found in surface sources such as lakes or rivers. The drinking water supply can be broken down into three parts: the source water, the drinking water treatment system, and the distribution system which carries the treated water to homes, businesses, schools, and other buildings. The plumbing inside your home is an extension of the distribution system.
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All of the water supplied by the City of Prince George is monitored in strict accordance with guidelines from Health Canada and the Provincial Ministry of Health. The raw water from the drinking water wells is chlorinated and fluoridated according to guidelines set out by the Northern Health Authority. The amount of chlorine used is monitored daily to maintain an end point of 0.05mg/L to ensure the highest degree of protection for all residents. The amount of fluoride used is continually monitored and maintained at 0.7mg/L. The City’s disinfection practices maintain product integrity and purity throughout the distribution system. No further treatment of tap water is required. City operators monitor water quality on a continuous basis through manual sampling and on site automatic instrumentation. Approximately 90 samples are taken every month and sent to the BC Center for Disease Control (BCCDC) with the goal of having zero coliforms present. No Cryptosporidia or Giardia is present due to the natural filtering of groundwater. A year long sampling for these two protozoal parasites yielded zero readings in a survey of weekly samples taken in 1997. As a result, Prince George is considered one of the best water systems in the province for protection against these organisms and as such, is used as a negative protozoal cyst control in BCCDC and UBC studies on Cryptosporidia and Giardia. Since 1997, Prince George continues to have no incidents of Cryptosporidia or Giardia. (Provided by the Northern Health Authority) The buffered chemistry of the City’s water and moderate amounts of calcium and hardness dissuade the leaching of heavy metals or plasticizers out of plumbing or containers. For example, Prince George scored one of the lowest concentrations of lead in the province in a Ministry of Health survey. (Provided by the Northern Health Authority)
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Playbill Art Auction
Two Rivers Gallery is having its Live Art Auction on Saturday, May 12 starting at 7:30 p.m. Enjoy an entertaining evening of wonderful art and support the gallery. Indulge in delicious hors d’oeuvres, socialize with friends and find a treasure to take home. Tickets are $25 each or two for $40. Phone the gallery at 250-614-7800 for more information.
Stone Iris
A blues, rock, reggae and soul band from Edmonton plays Prince George May 17 at Nancy O’s Restaurant. Stone Iris is on tour promoting their new EP Illuminations which is set for release May 15. Show starts at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are at the door.
How does this garden grow? Mostly thanks to the hard work David Douglas Botanical Garden Society members who will be hard at work this month tending to their gardens at UNBC.
Huble Opens
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May 20 and 21, Huble Homestead historic Site opens for the 2012 season with Seebach Days. Visit from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ribbon cutting on the new permanent exhibit Seebach’s Cabin. Monday, May 21 at 11 a.m. there is a sheep shearing event. Demos both days include blacksmithing and blackpowder shooting. Huble Homestead is located 40 km. north of Prince George.
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A local group dedicated to beauty and education hopes the results of their collective “green thumb’ efforts will be inspiring for “blooming” gardeners in this northern region. The long weekend in May is traditionally the time to begin preparing soil and planting – and members of the David Douglas Botanical Garden Society are anxious to get out there digging in the gardens at UNBC. “The Education Display Gardens are located in front of University of Northern B.C. and provide a place of beauty and
a learning environment for all Prince George citizens and their guests,” said Norm Monroe, chair, education display garden committee. The gardens are intended to showcase the many perennials and shrubs that will survive and do well in our northern climate, he said. Visitors to the gardens can enjoy and learn from the varieties planted. “We learn as we experiment, monitor and record which plants thrive and which ones do not,” said Monroe. “We encourage university students, Master Gardener students and students of all ages to explore, learn and enjoy.”
The beauty of the gardens also invites people to pause, relax and take time to enjoy all there is to see. Like many carefully nurtured outdoor gardens which grow, evolve and mature over time, there is still work to do at the site. “Having completed the Ike Barber Bridge in 2010, and the major water feature last summer, this year’s plans are to plant, plant, plant,” said Monroe. “We intend to put in more than $20,000 worth of perennials, shrubs and trees this summer.” “The Education Display Gardens are the result of many dedicated individuals who dreamed, planned, organized and created,”
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Monroe noted. “The establishment of these gardens is the work of many wonderful volunteers. The maintenance of these gardens is also completely done by society volunteers.” Garden enthusiasts can add new varieties of plants to their own gardens and add to their own gardening knowledge this weekend. The David Douglas Botanical Garden Society will hold its 2012 annual plant sale Sunday, May 13 at UNBC Parking Lot B. Annuals, perennials, compost, specialty plants and more. The sale is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information visit www. ddbotgarden.bc.ca.
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The Prince George Cantata Singers will have their day in court, jokes member Evelyn Lee. No, they’ve done nothing wrong. Indeed, they did everything right. That’s why the choral group was able to secure a unique venue for their May 12 concert, Bach to the Future. Their mixed voices will fill the atrium of the courthouse. It took lots of months of planning, some ingenuity, and a letter-writing campaign to get permission to get to use the space, said Lee. “We were thinking of places that might have good acoustics. The courthouse has a dome – like a cathedral - so we thought it might be a great venue for our concert. “A couple of us walked up and down the stairs and we sang a few notes (court was not in session) and liked how it sounded. The acoustics there are just fabulous.� Getting the final go-ahead came as welcome news. Teresa MAL L AM/F ree P ress “It’s a provincial space, so we PG Cantata Singers Society president Evelyn Lee talked first with court management poses with a concert poster Wednesday. team. Later we got a letter from
Relay for Life goes Saturday ALLan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress.com
At 10 a.m. Saturday morning, survivors of cancer will gather under an awning of balloons at Masich Place Stadium, and the 20th annual Relay for Life will start. Jim Vanderploeg, the honorary chairman for the Prince George event which raises funds for the Canadian Cancer Society, says he looks back to the first relay, which he helped organize with Steve Horton. “We started with six teams and 60 participants, so to see what it’s become is incredible.� At a press conference Wednesday to lay out the final details of this year’s event, Vanderploeg said one of the special events at the relay shouldn’t be missed. “The Luminary Service at midnight, where we honour and remember those who have lost their battle with cancer and honour the survivors, is awe-inspiring.� He remembered one Luminary Ceremony some years ago. “I had a friend up from Vancouver, who I invited to come to the ceremony. We were listening to people tell their stories, and I looked over and he was crying. “We talked for a few hours that night about his family’s involvement with cancer.� Team development
volunteer Trevor Patenaude said simply taking part in the relay can be inspriring. “I remember the first year I participated. I was walking for my father, and I made so many friends. There was one woman I was walking with lap after lap, and we were talking about why we were walking. “She didn’t make it to the next relay.� Cancer society regional director Margaret Jones-Bricker said everything was coming together perfectly for the event, which goes from 10 a.m. Saturday, with the Survivor Lap, to 10 a.m. Sunday with the Fight Back Lap. As an example of
how much the event has grown in 20 years, Patenaude noted the first year raised about $9,000.
Frank Kraemer, QC, [executive director, judicial administration, superior courts judiciary] in Vancouver that the request was referred to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for his approval,� said Lee. “He wanted to confirm the group was not for profit and asked for more detail on the ‘modern works,’ to ensure that they would be of a ‘dignified and tasteful nature’ suitable to the location.� Lee sent a YouTube video of our choir performing, she said. They got the approval. Had they been a heavy metal rock band, Lee’s not sure the outcome would have been the same. But now they know they can sing there, choir members are busy in rehearsals this week to prepare for their special concert under the big dome. The concert will be a musical journey through time, with classical pieces from Bach, Mozart, Dvorak, Copland, Paert and Whitacre. “We will be singing on the [winding] staircase and on the landing while the audience will be sitting across from us. We’ve arranged for more seating.� The mixed-voice choir currently has 45 members. “All the pieces are written for big
“This year, we have somewhere between six to 10 teams who could match their total as an individual team.�
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“Her hair grows really fast.” Just four years after having all her hair taken off, Harraway’s hair had reached the minimum length for donating for wigs for people undergoing chemotherapy. It was a real family affair at the Cancer Cancer Society office, as other family members and friends turned up, some with children, to watch the cut. “I am doing this in hopes that someone else will be blessed by it,” Harraway said in the release, “and I am shaving my head to bring awareness to the fundraising efforts of the Canadian Cancer Society and to the battle that people fight daily.” This weekend marks the society’s annual Relay for Life at Masich Place Stadium. The 24-hour walk starts at 10 a.m. on May 12, with about 1,600 participants expected to spend at least part of the time on the track.
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Harraway gives hair away for cancer Colinda Harraway shows the length of hair she’s having cut off in support of the Canadian Cancer Society’s wig program. Harraway’s sister, Adele Rouleau, did the cutting Friday.
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Opposing players chase a loose ball in action Saturday at the Rotary Soccer Fields. This weekend was the opening of the new youth soccer season.
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Young soccer players contend for the ball during opening-day action Saturday at the Rotary Fields.
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The best senior carpet bowlers in the province are in Prince George this week, vying for provincial titles. The B.C. Senior Championships are being held at the Hart Pioneer Centre. They started Tuesday and wrap up today. “We’ve got quite a few teams from the Island,� says Judy Jackson, a competitor and one of the organizers. “We’ve got teams from the VanA lla n W ISHA RT/ Fre e Pre s s couver area, the OkaUnpire Lindsay Hick of Prince George makes a measurement to determine who is scornagan, and across the ing in a match at the B.C. Senior Carpet Bowling Championships, being held at the Hart north.� Pioneer Centre this week. Teams played off of the players will be in more each in the threes and twos. player would throw four. in their zones to earn Jackson was actually sitting Each division will see a full the right to come to the pro- than one of the events. “We’re running the fours round robin to determine the out one of her team’s games, vincials, but the North East zone, which includes Prince today (Tuesday) and Wednes- standings. In the event of a not because of injury, but to George, gets an extra host day, and then we’ll do the tie between two teams, the give the spare a chance to threes and twos, so there’s no scores from each game will be play. team in each division. “Some of the teams have a used to break the tie. The competition includes overlap.� spare, and as the host club, Jackson says it’s not unusual There 1are5/3/12 nine teams comteams of2068_vvcan_may_sale_4.31x8.14.pdf four, triples and 10:46 PM doubles. Jackson says many peting in the fours, and seven for there to be more teams in we provide two people who the fours than can fill in as spares if somethe other divi- one on any of the teams can’t play.� sions. The ages of the players at “It’s less s t r e n u o u s the event, she figures, range in the fours, from 55 to 85, and most of because you’re them are staunch carpet not throwing bowlers. “Not as many do lawn as many balls. Some of the bowling as you might figure. people are get- I’ve played a lot of sports, ting to the age and this is the most difwhere they ficult I’ve played. The ball don’t like hav- being weighted on one side ing to throw a means there’s a lot of strategy lot, with a bad involved. “You have to have a good back, say.� In the fours, skip to have a chance.� Play starts today (Friday) each player throws two balls at 9 a.m. at the Hart Pioneer each end. In Centre, and is expected to finthe twos, each ish around 11 a.m.
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Trio get commitments from BCHL teams Three Cariboo Cougars’ forwards are heading for Vancouver Island next season. Hayden-James Berra and Eli Jarvis have received commitments from the Cowichan Valley Capitals, while Nathan Craft has received one from the Alberni Valley Bulldogs. Both of those teams will be in the Island Division of the Coastal Conference of the BCHL. The Prince George Spruce Kings will be in the Mainland Division of the Coastal Conference next season in a BCHL realignment. Berra and Jarvis impressed Capitals’ coach and general manager Jim Ingram at the team’s recent spring camp. “I think the thing that stuck out most with those two players for the coaching staff and our scouts,” Ingram said in a press release, “was their work ethic. We really
north. They’re a lot of times no-frills, no-gimmicks type of players. “They’re very easy to put into a team environment, they just come to play hockey.” Craft, who led the Cougars with 27 goals last season, was on the Alberni Valley radar most of the season, and a strong showing
at their spring camp earned him the commitment. “They like my hardwork style of play,” Craft said in a press release. “When they did commit to me, they asked me where they saw me fitting in the lineup, and I just said I wanted to be offensive, but just keep
working hard.” Craft, a Kitimat native, knows Alberni Valley loves its hockey. “They have a great crowd base, a great community, a great organization. They all seem to get behind the Bulldogs there, and it seems like a great place to play.”
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Nathan Craft, seen here in action for the Cariboo Cougars at the Mac’s Tournament in Calgary last season, is one of three players who will be headin to BCHL teams next season. wanted to replace what we lost from last year’s team with a strong work ethic and both those kids fit that bill for sure.”
De Jersey up for national award Paul Kariya, Dany Heatley, Mike Comrie . . . and Paul De Jersey? The Prince George Spruce Kings forward will find out tonight if he will join the list of winners of the RBC Canadian Junior Player of the Year. De Jersey is one of 10 candidates, one from each league in the Canadian Junior Hockey League, for the award, with the winner being announced at the RBC Cup awards banquet in Humboldt. Sask. tonight. De Jersey was a surprise winner of the Brett Hull Trophy as the leading scorer in the B.C. Hockey League this past season. After scoring just 15 points in 33 games with Salmon Arm in the 2010-11 season, he exploded for 41 goals and 57 assists in 59 games with the Spruce Kings. A leader both on and off the ice, he also spent time with the St. Vincent De Paul Society in Prince George, helping prepare and serve meals for the less fortunate. He also worked with elementary-school students during the season, talking and reading to them. De Jersey will be heading to Providence College, an NCAA Division 1 school, this fall to continue his hockey career and major in business.
Berra cracked the Cariboo Cougars’ roster after a strong camp last summer, and finished the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League season with 33 points in 34 games. Jarvis led the Cougars with 55 points
last year, including 23 goals. “They both just played with a lot of passion and a lot of intensity,” Ingram said, “and those are two traits that we love in our players. We like those boys out of the
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They’ll be tearing up the track at PGARA this weekend, and it will be a jewel of a season. The 2012 racing season is the diamond
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starts at 7 p.m. at the track, located at the top of Airport Hill, just north of Highway 16. Two weeks later, on May 26, it’s the first King of Hill event,
Things kick off Saturday evening with Opening Day, featuring the hornets, mini-stocks and street stocks. Time trials are at 6 p.m. and racing
The ARCA race last year at PGARA was a success, and they’ll be back this season on June 16. Free Press file photo
with the same three classes of cars taking part. The big celebration will be June 16, with the 60th Anniversary Celebration, which includes the ARCA West OK Tire Challenge, as well as the mini and street stocks. The first of the everpopular Hit-to-Pass races goes the following weekend, June 23, with a four-cylinder event as well as a 4x4 tug-of-war. The second King of the Hill event takes place July 14, followed by two days of racing during the 100th anniversary of the Prince
Kenny Lally misses Olympics team tron of Puerto Rico in a quarterfinal bout in the 52kg division of the AIBA American Olympic Qualifying Event. Cintron, who defeated Lally on
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Kenny Lally’s Olympic dream for 2012 came to an end Wednesday afternoon in Rio de Janeiro. The Prince George boxer lost a 16-7 decision to Jeyvier Cin-
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George Exhibition. Aug. 11 and 12 will both be Invitational Days, and they’re being billed as Win A Stetson events. Aug. 25 sees another in the King of the Hill series, while the Labour Day weekend sees two days of Hit-to
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Local Photographers snap up awards
Three talented Prince George photographers returned from a major awards ceremony in Halifax with happy memories – and national recognition in their chosen field. Debbie Malm, Tina Cyr and Ute Wilder were presented with Craftsman of Photographic Arts awards at the Professional Photographers of Canada annual awards banquet held April 24 in Halifax. British Columbia as a province – and for sure Prince George – was well Teresa MALLAM/Free Press represented in the photographers’ Debbie Malm, left, Tina L. Cyr and Ute winners’ circle. Wilder with their prestigious Craftsman “B.C. really rocked it,” said Cyr, who of Photographic Arts awards from the had four of her images accepted and Professional Photographers of Canada. exhibited in the BC Image Salon in The awards were presented at the associaMarch, while Malm was awarded a tion’s annual awards banquet held April 24 in Best in Class trophy for her Portrait of Halifax. a Child class image: Hat On, Hat Off ing produced a body of stunningly beautiful and had two of her images accepted in the images. B.C. Image Salon. And Wilder, featured in an “You learn a lot when you go to these things Oct. 20, 2011 Free Press story with a picture – of course it’s wonderful to get awards but of her “haul” of ribbons and trophy, was also you also get ideas from other photographers. recognized for several of her outdoor images. “Everybody is very creative of course and All three women belong to the Prince they are able to put their ideas together.” George Photographic Society and, naturally, The Craftsman of Photographic Arts award they share a passion for photography. is given to PPOC members whose images But now they’ve shared an experience that accepted into the annual PPOC Image Salon very few professional photographers will have over a number of years are consistently of a in their lifetime. And they agree the next step high quality. The award is given in recognition is to achieve their Masters, a Professional of contributions made by them to the assoPhotographers of Canada (PPOC) designation ciation and to photography in Canada. that truly sets them apart as hav-
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Predator bosses put the team first A controversial move by the Nashville Predators evolved into one of the major storylines in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Predators suspended European forwards Alexander Radu-
curfew prior lov and to game two. Andrei When the Kostitsyn Hart Beat one-game for game suspension three hartleymiller was lifted, against Coach Barry the Phoenix Coyotes for violating Trotz decided to sit the pair again in game four; team rules and missing
however, both were reinserted in the lineup in game five, a 2-1 loss that ended the series. Trotz’s reasoning after game three (a 2-0 victory) was that Nashville had an 0-2 record in the Phoenix series with
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them and 1-0 without them, so at that point there was no need for a change. As it turned out, the Predators’ lack of offence cost them in a 1-0 loss in game four and that opened the door for their return. Radulov and Kostitsyn put their own personal choices ahead of the team, actions that cannot be tolerated at any level. If the Predators gave them a slap on the wrist and not a benching, the other players on the team would have received the wrong message. In other words, why have rules if they are not enforced? Trotz is the secondlongest tenured coach in the NHL behind only Buffalo’s Lindy Ruff. He’s the only coach in Nashville’s franchise history, a total of 13 seasons and 14 years. Trotz has earned immense respect in the game and certainly isn’t worried about job security. He has the kind of clout not all other coaches enjoy and is in complete control of his players, superstars or not. Radulov and Kostitsyn are not superstars, but they are top six forwards on the team. They are also “Johnnycome-lately” players that have not been invested in the Predators like most of their teammates. They clearly disrespected the organization with their actions. The details of their curfew breaking have mostly been kept in house, but it was important for Trotz, GM David Poile and the organization to be consistent and not divert from their principles. “We have always operated with a teamfirst mentality and philosophy. Violating team rules is not fair to our team and their teammates,” Poile told the media. This situation certainly had Nashville suffering short-term pain (losing to the Coyotes) but in reality will have long-term gain. The Predators’ hierarchy showed leadership and demonstrated that yes, skill is important, but not to the degree that the “inmates will run the asylum”. In today’s sports world, this philosophy is a welcome change. Hartley Miller is the sports director for radio stations 94X and the Wolf@97fm. He also writes for the Opinion 250. Send along a quote, note, or anecdote to hmiller@94xfm.com.
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