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DC Exhibition and Stampede plans announced Following the announcement that the 99th Dawson Creek Exhibition and Stampede would indeed take place this year, the Exhibition executive released plans for this year’s event, which runs August 11 to 15, on Tuesday morning, July 13. The World Professional Chuckwagons, Western Chuckwagons, and All Pro Chuckwagons will all be running, as will the Canadian Pro Rodeo Association’s rodeo. There will be a
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junior and ranch rodeo this year as well, the first time in 18 years that the DC Exhibition and Stampede has had one. Unfortunately, one of the main attractions visitors look forward to each year, the rides and midway, will not take place. “This years event will look a bit different, however it will still be the ‘Greatest Show in the Peace!’” read the announcement.
The exhibition will also feature the annual agricultural fair — including light horse, heavy horse, cattle and horticulture — as well as beer gardens and live music, a petting zoo, bouncy castles, food trucks, and more. The Dawson Creek Rotary Clubs are hosting the annual parade Friday, August 13, starting at 10 a.m. sports@ahnfsj.ca
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FaithCorner DC Ministerial Association St James Presbyterian Contact: David Roch Church 250-782-0150 davidphyllisroch@gmail.com 11501 17 St, Dawson Creek
Reformed Ministries & Missional Outreach Pastor Terry Hagen 403-835-7235 houseofhagen@hotmail.com
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First Baptist Church
Our Sunday service is at 10:30 am year round. Live on our website. 1400-113 Ave. Dawson Creek 250-782 4792. In crisis, get a hold of Pastor Terry by appointment only. email: office@dcfirstbaptist.ca www.dcfirstbaptist.ca Contact: Pastor Terry Coe terry@dcfirstbaptist.ca
Grace Lutheran Church Grace is a caring church community. We welcome all to worship and share our life in Christ’s love. 250-782-3624 Email : grace@pris.ca 11101 17 St Dawson Creek Sunday Worship 10:30 am
Grandview Chapel
Is a friendly church nestled on the hill in Dawson Creek grandviewchapel.ca Contact: Tony Vigar 250-782-4225 900 94 Ave Dawson Creek Sunday Meetings 10:30 am
Notre Dame Catholic Church
Pastor Terry Hagen 250-782-4616/403-835-7235 houseofhagen@hotmail.com 1501-108 Ave. Dawson Creek Sunday Service: 10:00 am Mon-Thurs: 9:00 am-4:00 pm New Testament Studies Wednesdays: 7:00 pm Old Testament Studies Thursdays: 1:00 pm
St Marks Anglican Church Contact Lay Reader – Rupert Kirk 250-782-2939 Email: stmarks@pris.ca and on Facebook 1029 103 Ave, Dawson Creek Sunday Service: 10:00 am Food Bank: Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00am-1:00pm
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Northgate Anabaptist Sunday Service: 11am Fellowship 250-782-3085 (Mennonite Church) Pastor Christopher McLean stpaul58@telus.net 901 Cornwall Cres, Dawson Creek
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Church of the Nazarene Service times: Sunday 2pm, Friday 7pm Website: www.dcnazarene.com Pastor Megan Polowski Email: dcnazarene@gmail.com Phone: 250-719-7425
Please contact the office for service times and for ministerial program Church of the information Contact: Fr. Venerando Sabacan New Jerusalem 250-782-3456 A distinctive Christian church Email: nddc@shaw.ca dedicated to learning, living and 908 104 Ave Dawson Creek sharing the spiritual understanding of the Bible as revealed in books written by Emanuel Swedenborg. South Peace We worship the Lord, Jesus Christ United Church as God Himself in Human form. We Contact: Marilyn Carroll believe his whole word is a divine 250-782-2636 allegory with a spiritual sense. We Web: www.neonet.bc.ca/ also have a unique and extensive unitedchurchdawsoncreek/Spuc_ set of teachings about the life after Home.html death. Our motto “ All religion is of Email: spuc@neonet.bc.ca life, and the life of religion is to do 11101 17 St Dawson Creek what is good.” All are welcome to Sunday Worship 10:30 am our services and other events. Visit www.dawsoncreeknewchurch.ca for more info and the church newsletter. Salvation Army Church 250-782-8035 250-782-4812 9013 8 St Dawson Creek 1436 104 Ave. Dawson Creek Sunday Worship 11:00 am Church Service: Sundays 11:00 am
We meet to worship God, study the Bible, encourage and support each other, and work together to further God’s purposes in the world. Contact: Eileen Klassen 250-219-6375 northgate.a.f@gmail.com Sunday Meetings on Zoom 10:00 am
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 250-782-4921 Web: www.mormon.org/ 10901 13th St. Dawson Creek
Peace Mission Chapel
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Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Bible Study: 10:00 am Church Services: 11:00 am Contact: Church office 250-782-1710 9201-14th St. Dawson Creek Pastor: Michael McPherson
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DC Rotarians hosting rodeo parade ‘celebrate communities’ is the theme
These two youngsters were at the firehall over the heatwave to get a blast from the firehose and got more than they bargained for. Siblings Allison, 9, and Mia, 3, met the ‘president of Dawson Creek’. Both were as stoked as the president was. sUbMitteD
Dawson Creek Rotarians want Mile Zero to come together to celebrate community. Various parade categories are a go - including marching bands, draft horse, commercial/ business, cars, tractors, non-profits, vintage vehicles and more. “Design your entry to celebrate all that makes us celebrate living in the region.” The parade goes August 13 at 10am. Floats will assemble at 9am in the Co-op parking lot. Route will travel up 102 Ave., onto 12th St., back up 103 Ave., down 10th Street, onto 13th Street, to 113 Avenue, and then will end at NLC college campus. Register now at info@dcrotary.ca editor@dcdn.ca
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Summer time is one of the best times of year to ride in the Peace Country but then we may also notice lameness in our horses when we riding a lot. After a hoof abscess and laminitis, caudal heel pain (also known as navicular syndrome) is the one of the most common causes of front foot lameness in our horses. In this article I aim to discuss a bit more about the condition and treatment options. What is Navicular Syndrome?
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A degenerative condition involving the navicular bone and the soft tissue surrounding it including the deep digital flexor tendon. The navicular bone is a small bone in the back of the hoof. There are tendons, ligaments and other soft tissues surrounding this small bone which all act to help absorb shock when the horse moves. Because this condition affects more than the navicular bone, this condition may also be referred to as caudal heel pain. Concussion causes inflammation and abnormalities within these soft tissues and the navicular bone. This condition generally affects both front feet although one may be worse. What kinds of horses are affected by this disease? Generally certain conformation features such as upright pasterns and small foot size relative to body mass predispose a horse to navicular syndrome. Also high impact sports such as cutting, reining, roping and jumping may increase the risk of this disease forming. Horses that are incorrectly or irregularly trimmed or shod may be more at risk due to having a long toe and a low heel which increases the stresses on the structures in the foot. Navicular syndrome is typically first seen in horses 7-14 years of age but can be seen at other ages as well. What diagnostic tests can be done to determine if my horse has this syndrome? 1) History: Intermittent lameness in one or both front feet reluctance to go down steep hills, reluctance to walk or trot on hard or uneven ground, lameness often worse when horse trotting in tight circles. owners often think that their horse has problems with their shoulder because of the way they move. 2) General Lameness exam: Generally a horse with navicular syndrome will take shortened strides with both front legs. 3) Nerve blocks: If a horse is lame enough a short acting local anesthetic can be applied to the nerves leading to the foot. Once these nerves are desensitized, the horse will go sound on that foot. 4) Radiographs: X-rays may show some changes to the navicular bone but these changes may not correspond to the degree of lameness or the long term prognosis. Also some horses may have navicular disease but no changes will be evident on radiographs.
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The Dawson Creek Mirror, JULY 22, 2021
Pouce Coupe mayor given back most duties
Sierra Neuls and Stephanie Bieri make sure visitors have their tourism facts straight at the Chetwynd Visitor Information Centre on Thursday. rOb brOwN
Lorraine Michetti has been given back most duties as the mayor of the Village of Pouce Coupe. On February 20 the village held a council meeting to discuss online posts of Michetti on social media. The meeting was held in contravention of various sections of Pouce Coupe’s community charter “It was illegally held without proper notice. There was not enough notice or process,” says Michetti to the Mirror Wednesday. Members of the public including the media were in attendance at a Feb. 20 meeting that saw Michetti lose most of her representative powers of mayor. She says she has been reinstated as the village representative on most boards beyond the PRRD. The municipality will also have to pay all court costs after the decision to hold the meeting as well.
City of Dawson Creek looks to address lifeguard shortage
The City of Dawson Creek says their pool is short staffed. The municipality is exploring options to bring up lifeguard staffing levels to needed demand. Reduced hours may have to put in place if additional lifeguards aren’t found, note officials. Mayor Dale Bumstead says recruits typically come from the community, youth who took part in various swim programs as teens, and then training to be lifeguards during their college and university years. “Traditionally, you get these young folks that go through the SEALS swim club, becoming very prolific swimmers and they take all of the Red Cross Training to become a lifeguard,” he said. “As they move on and go to university, we tend to lose them.” He added the Kenn Borek Aquatic Centre is currently staffed with eight or nine guards, but much more are needed to keep the pool running. “We can’t operate the pool and provide our swim lessons and red cross swim lessons without these fully trained instructors and life guards.” Two guards are needed per shift, with two shifts making up the day and night hours, five days a week, he noted. Bumstead added the pool is important to Mile Zero citizens, and says the city will continue working to remedy the situation. Tom Summer, Local Journalism Initiative. tsummer@ahnfsj.ca
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Michetti noted now that replacements have been hired to fill leaves and absences on Village of Pouce Coupe staff, the village’s by-election can be held.
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KUCHARUK: don’t marginalize death
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It’s been a minute since my Dad passed away and I think that I am still in a state of denial. Intellectually I know that he is gone, but psychologically I still cling to the hope that I will hear his voice again. Our biggest fear beginning back in March of 2020 was that one of our parents or family members would need to be hospitalized during the pandemic and a) due to restrictions, we would not be able to be there with them as advocates and to provide comfort and b) they would contract COVID-19 while they were hospitalized. Both of those scenarios occurred. Dad spent many days in the hospital without one of us by his side and, ultimately, he did contract COVID-19 and pass away from complications. When I tell people that Dad passed away from COVID, the first thing they ask is, “How old was he?” or “Was he sick before?” as if his age or
pre-existing condition makes it any less painful or meaningful. Quit doing that! Quit marginalizing death based on age. It does not make a lick of difference to the family whether Mom or Dad was ‘older’ when they passed away. No child is ready to lose a parent. The reality is that our parents are aging, WE are aging, and WE need to work towards a system that can accommodate the elderly or infirm so that they have dignity and respect in the twilight of their lives. Dad originally went into hospital because we were concerned that his ebbing strength would contribute to a fall, which in turn would turn result in a hospitalization. It was a Catch-22: damned if we did and damned if we didn’t. Dad received good care, but at the same time, hospitals are not a longterm solution for our elderly. I was listening to a gentleman on CBC radio last week speak to the
fact that upwards of 65% of his small community on Vancouver Island were made up of folks categorized as seniors. He was addressing the lack of mental health care for senior citizens, but he might as well have been including other resources which are lacking in the Province of BC. I realize that resources for Health and Education are stretched thin, BUT if we reflect on the industries/ organizations who have been carrying the weight of the pandemic, we must admit that Health and Education top that list. We must do more to assist our aging population. Our smaller communities must have access to resources to support the long-term care of our parents. Judy Kucharuk Columnist
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Did you know the Sukunka Falls Provincial Park preserves the wildest stretches of the river for viewing and posterity? A series of falls and rapids have viewpoints and there is a short hiking trail down to river level below the main falls, with offshoots to the rapids upstream and downstream. blake brOwN
The Dawson Creek Mirror, JULY 22, 2021
LANGEVIN: a self improvement project The struggles within us are often more critical than those outsides us. How we manage these affects every aspect and relationship in our lives, and will determine the outcome. None of us are exempt. How many of us have lost family, friends, jobs, opportunities, done things that we not only regret, but have left serious scars, and all because of our careless and or selfish ways. Without doubt, no one will always get it right; nevertheless, let us take a brief look at some areas to monitor: ATTITUDES, APPETITES, BEHAVIORS, HABBITS, and MOTIVES. ATTITUDES: Obviously our attitudes can be both good and bad. Attitude is often based on perspective, choice, and character development (or the lack thereof). Let’s consider some: impatience, intolerance, pessimistic, combative, self-centered, irresponsible, spiteful, arrogant, stubborn. Do you see how harmful these are to any and all relationships? They should never find unchallenged refuge in us. APPETITES: Here is another that we are all familiar with. Initially food comes to mind, but there are far more serious indulgences. Not only can our appetites be addictive and selfdestructive, but they are often at the expense of others, like lusts, drunkenness, drugs, gambling… not so innocent and harmless, are they? We actually need to be rescued from these. That is where Jesus comes in, but we must break our agreement with them. BEHAVIORS: Hopefully your parents trained you well, but somehow bad behavior can slip through the cracks, like unchecked anger and violence, cruel jesting and mocking, which are always targeted at someone. The Bible says that reckless words pierce like a sword. You may have gotten away with some of these, but perhaps now it is time to sever these behaviors. How many people have we hurt? HABITS: Again, not all habits are bad, and having good habits are critical for leading a disciplined and structured life. On the other hand some of our habits can be disturbing or even harmful to others, like forms of uncleanness? What about the petty indulgences
that we feel we have the right to do no matter how they affect others. Are your personal liberties and preferences so important that you can disregard how they affect, disturb, or hurt others? True, some people can be ridiculous and over sensitive. But how do we like it when we have to put up with the bad habits of others? People outside your home have an escape, but not your family! MOTIVES: Here is another thief that can creep in and cause serious harm. True, we can and should have good motives at all times and in everything we do, but that is not always the case, especially when selfishness slithers in. When we place ourselves before others, seek to be a prime beneficiary, or strive to gain preeminence, that is where we make ourselves odious to God and others. Wrong motives can lead to deceiving, using, and betraying others for personal gain or advantage, even against those closest to us. Our motives can bring about cruel and ruthless actions yet all the while we feel justified. In the business world the expression is (and though sometimes necessary) “Nothing personal, just business.” God weighs all the motives of our heart. We may be shocked on Judgment Day. Certainly these are an endless and daily struggle. So how do we combat them? 1- We must care enough. If you don’t care or feel bad about how you are affecting others, will you put in the effort to change? 2- Walk in Love in all that we do as the Bible teaches us. Selfishness and inconsideration cannot live there. 3- Be teachable and correctible. Humility and pride are not companions. Pride feels it is right and is self-justifying. So you can be sure you won’t see your errors, nor be willing to change. 4- Look to Jesus for the grace of God because we not only need His help, but will not always get it right. Which also means that we must be forgiving and patient with others, since neither will they. May you ever prevail! Gerard Langevin Columnist
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Dawson Creek Pickleball action took up the floor of the DC Curling Club on Sunday with men and women divisions. brOwN
Recycling partner project will take wood fibre waste
$299,759 will go toward reusing wood fibre waste in Chetwynd, under a partnership project led by Duz Cho Logging of the McLeod Lake Indian Band and Canfor Energy North.
Destruction And Vandalism Is Not The Answer
I know many of you have been shocked by the recent church burnings, vandalism, and destruction of statues and I strongly condemn these appalling actions. While it is true that we are at a deeply emotional point in our nation’s history, we cannot resort to destruction and violence. That is not the way to reconciliation. The discovery of over a thousand unmarked graves at former residential schools – and knowing there are more yet to be discovered – has been a somber reminder that more work needs to be done to address the devastating and harmful effects that residential schools had, and still have, on many survivors today. This destruction only undermines the important conversations that need to take place
on how we can move forward. As the Honourable Murray Sinclair, former senator and former chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, said in a recent post on his Facebook page: “I’m not at all impressed by acts of destruction such as this. The people who commit these acts and those who condone them, need to understand how much they set back any chance of moving the dialogue on changing the bad relationship we have, forward. Do you really think this is going to help? Of course you don’t. That’s not why you did it. You may have been instigated by those who want nothing to do with changing the relationship. You may have been instigated by people bent on making you look bad. You may have easily acted to do this because of the anger you feel and some sort of sense of getting even. I feel no pride in any of you who did this.” Many other Indigenous leaders, as well as residential school survivors have condemned these actions. This includes Jenn Allan-Riley, a Sixties Scoop survivor and the daughter of a residential school survivor, who said, “burning down churches is not in solidarity with us Indigenous people… we do not destroy people’s places of worship…If you want to support us you can stand
with us and you can mourn in our grief and support us as we discover more graves across this country.” Canada’s history is far from perfect. In order to move forward we must learn more about our past and how to meaningfully address it, while also securing a future that includes everyone. I believe Canada’s future will be defined on how we build our nation up, not tear it down. As Perry Bellegarde said in one of his last official statements as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations: “We need to understand what happened and learn to speak openly about it. Destroying property will not help us build the peaceful, better and accepting Canada we all want and need. I believe in processes that unite rather than divide. Violence must be replaced by turning to ceremony and all that our old people taught us about peaceful co-existence and mutual respect. Thoughtful dialogue not destruction is the way through this.” For forgiveness and healing to happen, we need to truly listen to and hear one another. These criminal acts only jeopardize this important national conversation from taking place. Bob Zimmer Member of Parliament Prince George-Peace RiverNorthern Rockies
“We were very pleased with the opportunity to help take the lead in this project,” said Duz Cho Logging Manager Chris Hayward, in a press release. “One of our core principles at Duz Cho is we ensure the footprints we leave behind are the ones our children will be proud to walk in, and this project was definitely in alignment,” he said. The funding came from the Forest Enhancement Society of BC as part of a green initiative funding 14 projects across the province, including this one. Hayward added fewer greenhouse gas emissions will be created as the project eliminates pile burning of lowgrade residual wood fibre materials. The fibre is now being hauled to the Canfor Energy North Pellet plant in Chetwynd, chipped and used for pellet and energy production. 14,742 cubic metres of residual waste fibre were used by the project, equivalent to 295 truckloads Canfor North’s Woodlands Manager Don Rosen says the project is a win economically and environmentally. “The project helped to expand our capacity for what we can do as a company in the future to better utilize fibre from our operations and create additional revenue streams for our partners like Duz Cho,” wrote Rosen. “We also know there are downstream benefits of these projects for logging contractors and haulers/truckers. We look forward to doing more.” sports@ahnfsj.ca
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Tentfire Creek blaze hits 1,700 hectares The District of Tumbler Ridge has noted the Tentfire Creek fire burns 1,700 hectares in size at kilometre 23 on Kinuseo Falls Road and is 18 kilometres away from the townsite. The District says BC WiIdfire Service says they anticipated the growth as firefighters remain on scene with heavy equipment to attack the head of the fire and to establish guards where needed. The fire near Hook Creek is now approximately 203 hectares and continues to be monitored. Monkman Provincial Park remains closed at the park boundary. There are 306 wildfires currently burning in the province, with 26 new fires in the last two days. Tom Summer, Local Journalism Initiative. Email Tom at tsummer@ ahnfsj.ca
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Dawson Creek Honey Farmer Receives $10,000 RBC Award Kole Casey of Nordic Vale Honey Farm was selected as Futurpreneur Canada’s RBC Rock My Business Emerging Entrepreneur Award Recipient A local family honey farm is on a mission to provide an enriched experience, integrating the past with the present while acknowledging culture and tradition. All this, while providing great tasting, high quality honey products. Kole and Coline Casey operate Dawson Creek’s Nordic Vale Honey Farm, presently maintaining a dozen beehives in their apiary with plans to expand to even more next season. “Our farm is a northern family owned and operated apiary that provides a family farm experience,” says Kole Casey. “Our apiary produces local honey from farm-raised bees and other beerelated products.” Kole recently participated in Futurpreneur’s newly expanded, free digital Rock My Business workshop series, supported by RBC Future Launch. Futurpreneur Canada provides financing, mentorship, and resources to aspiring young entrepreneurs age 18-39. Participants in the workshop series were able to apply for a RBC Rock My Business Start-up Award, offering entrepreneurs $10,000 to help kick start their dream business. This year, there were eight, $10,000 awards – six to recipients aged 18 to 29 for the Youth Entrepreneur Awards, one to the recipient of the Emerging Black Entrepreneur Award, and one to
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Meet the new 2021-22 NLC Rodeo Team The Northern Lights College Rodeo Team heads into its fourth season this fall, and the team in the 2021-22 saddle will be bigger and better than ever. Not just in terms of the amount of riders, though the 12 committed members is nearly double the seven committed a year ago, but the 2021-22 season promises to be an action filled affair after a full year without any college rodeos. Returning to the team next season are High Point Cowgirl Tyler Bondaroff and High Point Cowboy Tucker Esau, both of Dawson Creek. Keaton Collett of Beaverlodge is returning for her third season with the team, while Justin Harris of Courtenay will be back for his second year. Joining them for next season are Averee Whitewood and Kevin White of Dawson
Creek, Aspen Wollen of Fort St. John, and Brekan Loewen of Charlie Lake. Ryan Collett will compete alongside sister Keaton, while bull rider Lane Paley of Quesnel is back after a year off. Rounding out the team are Shardy Coxon from Clinton, B.C., and Jared Froese of Peace River, as well as Dawson Creek’s Rachel Moat, who will be a dual-credit student next year. There are a number of riders who have yet to commit, and team coordinator Leanne Esau is hoping that their goal of having 15 team members will be met by September. “I’ve been around this family for a long time, and wanted to stay a part of it as long as I could, so joining the NLC Rodeo Team was a great way to do this and I’m really excited to be a part of something like this,” said Whitewood, who is graduating form high school rodeo this year.
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“I’m excited, my horses are very excited, and I missed not competing last year,” Wollen said. Wollen said she chose to go to NLC and join the rodeo team because it’s close to home, they have good coaches, and she is very familiar with everyone involved. “I hope my horses do good at the college level. I’ve been riding them for the past two months and can’t wait to get started,” she said. Bondaroff, this year’s NLC Overall High Point winner, will be back with the team this year, though she may be studying at UNBC in Prince George instead.
Esau, who competed as a dualcredit student while still in high school last season, is excited to be a full time member of NLC and the rodeo team. “We will have a lot of good people on our team, and hopefully it turns out well for us,” Esau said. Moat is really looking forward to compete in both high school rodeo and college rodeo next year, especially now that there will be actual rodeos (fingers crossed) to travel to and compete in. “I’m excited to go to different places, it’s really important to learn different things from different people and places, and by going up against new competitors, there will be a lot of opportunities to learn something new,” Moat said.
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“I’ll be competing as part of the NLC team either way. There are a lot of people coming back next year, as well as new but familiar faces that I have competed with in the past at high school rodeos and it’s really great to see our team grow,” Bondaroff said.
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Watson, Culling saddle up at Calgary Stampede The 2021 Calgary Stampede is half--way through competition, and two Peace Region cowboys saddled up for the first four days, winning some hard-earned cash after waiting two years for the chance to compete in Calgary. The 2020 Calgary Stampede rodeo events were cancelled last year. Hudson’s Hope cowboy Jake Watson and Fort St. John’s Stephen Culling participated in pool A action in saddle bronc and steer wrestling, respectively, July 9 to 12. Watson shot out of the gate strong in round one, July 9, finishing fourth with a score of 85 points, just a half point back of third, and 4.5 points back of first place. He won $2,500 for the ride, and won another $1,500 on Saturday, July 10, with a fifth place finish (83.5 points). Unfortunately, Watson was bucked off each of the next two rounds, finishing Pool A in eighth, as he awaits the results from pool B to see if he’ll advance to the finals later this week. Watson is currently ranked 26th in the PRCA world saddle bronc rankings, starting the season strong before cooling off a bit in June. Culling had a similarly hot start in round one, taking down his steer in 4.7 seconds. His time was good for fifth place and a $1,500 cheque, finishing 0.7 seconds back of first place. However, Culling struggled the next three days, failing to record a time in rounds of two and four, and only recording a time of 6.8 seconds (eighth place) in round three on July 11. He finished at the bottom of Pool A. Pool B competition began today, July 13. There are no Peace Region riders competing. sports@ahnfsj.ca
South Peace Soccer looking for new logo South Peace Junior Soccer and the Dawson Creek Adult Soccer League are joining forces, and as a result they are looking for a new logo. If you have any soccer sketches lying around or logo ideas in mind, South Peace Soccer would like to hear from you. SPJS is looking to include white, black, gunmetal grey, and red as colours for the new logo. “Other than the colours, we’re leaving it free to expression to see what people come up with, and would appreciate something unique that ties into the South Peace,” said Shaely Wilbur with the South Peace Soccer Association. Designs can be sent in to admin@spjs.ca, or dropped off at Obair Economic Society, and will be accepted until July 28, with the winning designer receiving a cash prize. Wilbur said the two associations coming together was best for the sport going forward. SPJS had a strong board in place, and the DCASL has a large membership. “It was a chance to come together and build a strong sport for the community,” said Wilbur. sports@ahnfsj.ca
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Mary Reid Berg formerly of Groundbirch, BC passed away June 10, 2021 at Rotary Manor in Dawson Creek. Mary was born in the Pouce Coupe hospital on November 12, 1930, to James and Agnes Neil of Sunset Prairie. She grew up on a farm at Sunset Prairie along with her younger brothers Jim and Dave. Mary attended the high school at Progress, then worked at the Sunset Prairie General Store. She married Rob Berg, December 3, 1949, and they settled on the Berg homestead at Groundbirch where they began their family of six children. They farmed until Rob went to work for Canfor and the family moved to Chetwynd but kept the farm to return to in retirement. Mary thoroughly enjoyed the retirement years with Rob. There were good times with grandchildren and many visits with family and friends over coffee or for lunch at the Co-op. They also travelled to Scotland to connect with Mary’s cousins. Mom loved cooking, reading, and gardening. Her homemade bread and pies were delicious. She also loved being part of a large extended family and enjoyed their visits, cards, and pictures. Her fridge door at the farm was a family photo gallery. Mary was predeceased by her beloved husband Rob in 2008. She will be greatly missed by her children: Ellen (Daryl), Stan, Nancy, Greg, Shirley (Phil), Jennifer (Dave); grandchildren: Craig (Noele), Carly (Adam), Sarah (Andrew), Sandy, Max (Renee), Sam (Brit), Chester (Marina), Marissa and Nigel; and thirteen great-grandchildren, as well as her brothers Jim (Helen) and Dave (Bea) Neil, sisters-in-law Joyce Young and Blondie Berg, and many nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank the staff at the Tamarack Unit, Rotary Manor for their care and kindness to Mom. A private family service will be held. For friends so wishing, donations may be made in memory of Mary to Rotary Manor, 1121-90 Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC V1G 5A3. Very Respectfully, Reynars Funeral Home & Crematorium
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