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An education in the outdoors ELAINE ANSELMI / AlAskA HigHwAy News In the 1960s, Pat O’Reilly first saw the need for a new strategy on educating students that don’t thrive in the classroom environment. That need was for an entirely different educational environment altogether: the Pat O’Reilly Outdoor Education and Environmental Centre in Gwillim Lake Provincial Park. “I had a class of 44 Grade 7 boys, 15 and 16 year olds in the class,” says O’Reilly, seated in front of a fire at the Bear Mountain Nordic Ski Trails where he’s also undoubtedly left his mark, but we’ll get there later. “They just weren’t having any success in the classroom, a lot of them. So, I decided to get them outside.” He took students on camping, canoeing and

hiking trips and says other people in the district gradually became interested in outdoor education. “The school district doesn’t hire teachers to set up tent camps and run kids in the bush where there’s bad weather and bears and all that kind of thing,” says O’Reilly. “In ‘75, I started thinking about putting a facility together to accommodate more people; a teacher could go out there, drop their gear and start teaching and it didn’t matter what the weather did and it was safe.” O’Reilly says the lessons on these trips and later trips to Gwillim Lake tie in heavily with the science curriculum - to critics, he argues he could “teach as much physics in a canoe as they could in a classroom”. He says the trips were also critical Cont. on Page 3

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People of the Peace O’Reilly is a firm believer in “nature deficit disorder” among children today and associates that lack of connection to the natural world with a subsequent lack of appreciation for it. “When you talk about nature deficit disorder and all of that, I really believe that that is a significant reason why our environment is so screwed up,” says O’Reilly. “People don’t really have any awareness of what their impact is: so what if I let the water tap run? So what if I get a new phone every six months and a new car every year? They don’t have any concept of their impact on the environment and they get some of that up there.” More than 55,000 students have gone through Gwillim Lake since it was established and these students will have a chance to build that connection. With his heavy involvement in the centre, O’Reilly laughs that his wife and children spent more time at Gwillim Lake than anyone else. O’Reilly worked at School District 59 for 36 years, moving into various positions such as teacher, vice-principal and principal of several schools, before moving to the district in 1975. He worked as district principal, coordinator and director of instruction. He also led the career programs and aboriginal education and said the outdoor education component was an added 10 per cent of his job. In 1988, the chair of the school board was Doug MacLennan who worked in forestry and shared an interest in establishing outdoor recreation opportunities for the community. “He was just about to retire from forestry and he said we’ve got to set aside land for recreation,” says O’Reilly. Between 1960 and 1975 a group of about 15 people had already a established a sort of cross country ski club, tak-

ing to cutlines, the old ski hill and making trips out to Pouce Coupe. “Then it was ‘75, we established trails at the south end of 17 Street along with Gary Loiselle because it was on his land and an old city park was about 20 acres of it,” says O’Reilly. The trails were far narrower than those at the current Bear Mountain trails, only allowing for grooming by snowmobile and O’Reilly says the site wasn’t ideal for skiing. “The problem there was it was either steep as a cow’s face or it was flat across

and there were sharp turns to make, it wasn’t very conducive to cross country skiing,” says O’Reilly. Before retiring, MacLennan got together the necessary paperwork to set aside the 500 acres that now makes up the Bear Mountain Nordic Ski trails, out of a 1,700-acre test forest. “That’s when we moved over here,” says O’Reilly, who just got in from a quick ski before we sat down. He tries to ski every day although when there is heavy Cont. on Page 4

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Cont. from Page 2 relationship builders between instructors and students that surpassed the classroom. “That was in the days that they used to fail kids if they didn’t meet our expectations. They stayed another year, but typically we didn’t do anything different with them, they’d just do it again,” says O’Reilly. “These kids had strengths, a lot of them were off the farm and basically, nature awareness was a big thing; getting them out in an active kind of program rather than sitting at a desk, these kids couldn’t sit at a desk, there’s no point.” He says one thing they saw amongst the students was that those who may have struggled in the classroom began to excel in the outdoors, becoming leaders amongst their peers. “It kind of changed the whole dynamic, instead of these kids being seen as screw ups, they were seen differently,” he says. “Anyone who gets involved in outdoors environmental studies and takes kids outdoors can see that.” Remembering his first trip up to the centre with students, O’Reilly laughs that it was actually much less rugged than what the students were used to. “We’re used to being out in the bush,” says O’Reilly. “We walked into log cabins and bunks and we had our own mattresses and what not, but what is good about it is we’ve got a classroom, we’ve got resources there that people don’t have to waste their time developing, they just start teaching.” In those days, O’Reilly says he had many reason to get involved and still does, adding that students today that grow up in cities, exposed to electronics and things of that sort, are disconnected from the outdoors and lack practical skills.

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An education in the outdoors Cont. from Page 3 snowfall he spends most of his time navigating the groomer through the 25 km of trails. “It was actually 1990 to 1992 that we started to lay out the trails and then it was ‘92 to ‘95 that we started clearing the first trails,” says O’Reilly. “It was ‘93 to ‘94 that the club actually began skiing on them.” O’Reilly lay out the trails himself but points out the large number of people that donated time and money to make the project come to life. Everything from the materials for the shop that we sit in and time to put it together, up to the gas to run the groomer were made possible through donations of time and money from individuals and companies. “There’s no pay here, it’s just a passion that I have,” he says. “My reward is watching these kids develop and seeing families out here skiing.” He hopes to see membership at the trails grow - 500 members to start with which would allow them to expand the shop, add a lodge and become more self-sustainable. Maintaining the trails is arguably a

full time job and being an older forest, O’Reilly says they’ve spent a great deal of time clearing away trees affected by wind storms and pine beetle infestations. O’Reilly is no stranger to time spent out in the bush, while working through his masters in education and counseling at the University of Victoria, he led initial attack crews for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources. “We were always the first in on the forest fires, we’d do the initial break,” says O’Reilly. “It kept me busy in the summer.” Even throughout his years spent in the classroom, O’Reilly would head out to lead crews during summer holidays. O’Reilly didn’t take a clear-cut path to teaching, he joined the Loyal Edmonton Regiment in Edmonton and after graduating from high school O’Reilly was at CFB Wainwright and had to decide whether to continue on with the army, which at that time meant a seven-year commitment. “I had to decide whether I was going to stay with the army, make the army a permanent career, or got to university,” says O’Reilly. “So it got to the point

where I got a sergeant stripe in the army, came back and said: if the Credit Union gives me a loan, I’ll go to university, if they won’t I’ll go with the army.” The Credit Union did approve his loan and O’Reilly headed to University of Victoria where he also met his wife. O’Reilly’s earlier school years were spent between Dawson Creek and Edmonton, he attended Notre Dame School, which was then a major boarding school. At the time, he said there were about 80 boarding students - half boys, half girls - and the top floor of the three-storey building was split with the boys and girls dorms on either end. The school was run by the Sisters of Providence and O’Reilly said it took in students from around the region, for whom driving in and out to school everyday wasn’t an option. “In Grade 9 my younger brother and I went out to a boarding school in Edmonton, it was run by the Salesian Priests and Brothers,” says O’Reilly. “There was three of us there that were sponsored by our parents and the rest were all wards of the government.” O’Reilly and his brother were at St. Mary’s Technical School where he says

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there were some eye-opening experiences granted by the students, at the time there was 80 boys in the Edmonton school between Grades 4 and 9. O’Reilly says his own experience certainly shaped his attitude as an educator and now 14 years after retiring, he continues to work tirelessly - although he says his workload is nothing like it once was. “That job with the school district was consuming. My wife says, ‘he does now during the days what he used to do between supper and midnight’,” O’Reilly laughs. He says he’s made a point this year of getting more skiing in but still has a long list of work to be done around the trails right through the spring and summer. With his passion and track record for making things work, there’s no doubt he’ll get it done. “It’s amazing what you can do when you just wear away on it and enlist the support of people who are likeminded,” says O’Reilly. - See more at: http://www.alaskahighwaynews. ca/regional-news/local-news/pat-oreilly-an-education-in-the-outdoors1.1144385#sthash.nfIrpuiF.dpuf

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William Stodalka / Staff Writer One way of looking at speed skater Jacob Graham is that he’s a quiet explosion. His coach, Richard Stickel, says that as a student, Graham, the 18-year-old who just recently earned gold in the 2015 Canada Winter Games, is a very quiet student eager to learn. But that all amps up when Graham gets on the track. “He's just probably the most explosive skater I've coached,” said Stickel. “Just his quickness, when he gets off the line.” Graham was born in Dawson Creek. According to Graham, speed skating in northeastern B.C. is more prevalent because there are more tracks available. “A lot of skaters don't get a chance (in other parts of the country),” he said. Graham got into speed skating in a roundabout way, as a method to improve his hockey skills, 11 years ago. As he grew into the sport, Graham began to love the speed that came with it. “The speed obviously, is a lot of fun,” he said. “It's just a rush, I think, just the feeling you get when you're on the start line.

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The gun goes, and you're off.” Graham joined the Fort St. John Elks Speed Skating Club, and trained under Stickel. “He's very quiet, very respectful,” said Stickel. “He's really easy to coach, because he wants to learn.” Graham actually moved from Dawson Creek to Fort St. John so that he could be closer to the speed skating training opportunities in the Energetic City, even though that meant switching high schools. Graham credits Jay Morrison, a former national speed skater and brother of Olym-

pian Denny Morrison, as an inspiration for helping turn him into the skater he is now. “I came up here three years ago and Jay was here, I approached him, asked if I could skate with him, and for the next three years, he was just a major role model and influence.” Stickel said that Graham attempted to imitate Morrison’s strides, and noted that competitive skating involves both physical strength and “a very strong technical aspect.” “As far as training, I'm a bit of a perfectionist,” said GraCont. Page 7

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A Need For Speed skate the 500 metres in 36.39 seconds. (That is about 49 kilometres per hour, meaning that the cops might’ve pulled him over had he done that on some certain streets.) Being really fast isn’t always fast enough, though. Earlier this year, Graham expressed hope that he could enter the ISU’s World Championships. ““Getting to wear the Team Canada suit and you know represent your country would be pretty cool,” he said at the time. But this unfortunately didn’t happen. Graham came in third in the 500 metre, with a best time of 38.20 seconds, and fourth in the 1,000 metre, with a best race time of one minute and 17.92 seconds. (The first place winner beat him by less than a full second.) In order to place on the national team and head for the international championships in Poland, Graham would have had to come in the top two spots. Still, Graham also said at the time that he was happy to compete in the 2015 Canada Winter Games, against some of the quickest athletes from across Canada. An unplanned shift in the weather also gave him a hometown advantage. Unseasonably warm weather in Prince George made the outdoor oval there unsuitable for the games, putting them instead to Fort St. John and the Pomeroy Sport Centre — the same oval where he and Jay Morrison trained. “It’s awesome so far,” he said. “It’s a really cool experience, even just (B.C.) being the hosting province, but coming back we’re walking by a bunch of

“It’s a really cool experience, even just (B.C.) being the hosting province, but coming back we're walking by a bunch of people I've known in the skating club. It's cool to have that extra support.”

people I’ve known in the skating club. It’s cool to have that extra support.” That extra support and other hometown advantages may have helped Graham win the 500 metre race, with a best time of 37 seconds. This gave him a Gold medal, which as of Thursday morning is B.C.’s eighth in the competition. He even did it battling a cold, which makes his win all the more remarkable. Graham also has a chance to win even more medals, as he was supposed to skate in the 1,500 metre speed skate

on Thursday. (The results of those races weren’t available by press time.) After the competition is over, Graham — like many other athletes — has his eyes set on the five-multi coloured rings of the Olympic Games. “I just think that, right now that’s a bit of a distant goal,” he said. “I’m young, I’ve got lots of time to do with it I want to do.” -with files from Brock Campbell and Byron Hackett reporter@ahnfsj.ca

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Cont. from Page 5 ham. “I like to think a lot about what I'm doing.” Making sure you do things right is important in speed skating, where wins can be measured in fractions of fractions of seconds. A January championship between Alberta’s Gilmore Junio and Quebec’s Laurent Dubreuil was decided when it was determined that Junio was 0.01 seconds faster than Dubreuil. (By comparison, the average time it takes someone to blink is 300 to 400 milliseconds - meaning that it was decided, literally, in less than a blink of an eye’s difference.) In 2013, at the young age of 16, Graham posted one of the fastest times of the season, in both the 500 and 1,000 metre races. In one 500 metre race at the International Skating Union (ISU) Junior World Cup, he received a 36.64 time, the second best in the country. (The world record, set in 2007 by Canadian Jeremy Wotherspoon, was for 34.03 seconds, and Denny Morrison’s record, also set in 2007, was 34.85 seconds.) He continued to practice, but this desire to be the best wasn’t always healthy. “I wanted to do well in school and skating at the same time, it didn't leave much time for hanging out with friends.” Since that time, Graham said he now manages his social, school, and skating spheres in better balance. However, he continues to be a strong speed skater. In one race earlier this year in Calgary, he managed to

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BYRON HACKETT / STAFF WRITER It all ended too soon— for one team anyway. The Fort St. John Huskies beat the Dawson Creek Junior Canucks in overtime of game three in their five game series on Saturday night at Kin Arena, a series that had all the makings of a another epic between the two Alaska Highway rivals before it was over. The Huskies completed the sweep in historically unique fashion, a 5-4 win that surely had the hearts of the visiting fans close to cardiac arrest midway through the third period. “It was unreal,” Huskies head coach Gary Alexander said after the game. “You go up four goals within ten minutes of the first period and then you just watch it melt away.” Through 20 minutes, it was utter elation for the Fort St. John side, leading 4-0 after the first period and feeling ready to cruise toward their round two opponent. Goals from Daylen Pearson, Jordan Gies, Blair Karasiuk and John Apsassin had the Huskies out front. The Junior Canucks however, were determined to clinch a better fate for

themselves, after losing both games one and two by a goal, and game two in overtime. You would need several mile markers to measure the resiliency of the Dawson Creek bunch, who after looking completely dead in the water through one period, found some traction and brought the game back to within one goal after two periods with goals from Colton Gies, Connor Rose and Cody McManus. “[After the first] I just asked them if they still wanted to play,” Junior Canucks head coach Eric Fulton said. “It’s up to them. No strategy is going to help you come back. All they needed to do was work harder and be more determined and we did that.” With the second frame belonging to the Junior Canucks, the ice slowly start titling in the favour of the home side in the third. “We just had to get control of ourselves. Get back to discipline and playing hockey. Their minds go in all directions when they start having a turnaround and it was just a tough process to get them back on track again,” Alexander said of his team and their collapse. That was when Junior Canucks rookie Kolhman Brinsky completed the come Cont on Page 10

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All Swept Up Cont. from Page 9 back, rolling a desperation backhand on net while his team was shorthanded with three defenders collapsing around him, the puck found the target. With no solution coming in regular time and for the second time in two nights, sudden death overtime was called upon. Just three minutes in, Huskies’ defenseman Shane Rutherford wrote his name into lore. A seeing-eye power play point shot found its way past Junior Canucks standout goalie Josh Round, who made 31 saves in the loss and the series was over. “It’s a big thing to fight through the adversity,” Alexander said. “This team has always had the talent, even four years ago when we started here, we knew we had the talent but we could get them to control their emotions and fight through the adversity. It’s finally starting to show and they are getting rewarded for it. I still expect to make big leaps and bounds with this team because of that.” The Huskies stormed the ice and the Junior Canucks hung their heads, but only for a moment before shaking hands and saluting what was one of the loudest crowds in Dawson Creek all season long. “I’m proud of them,” Fulton said. “Ken Dryden said hockey doesn’t make charac-

ter, it reveals it. And it revealed a lot of our character tonight. Our guys weren’t going to quit— weren’t going to throw in the towel. Back was against the wall and they just kept swinging until they made some connections.” Alexander also tipped his cap to the opponent, but explained his team found a little extra edge that eventually propelled them to the series win. “You can’t take anything away from the Dawson [Creek] boys,” Alexander said. “They worked their hearts out out there. They stuck with their game plan and they were physical and they never gave you a shift off. There was no meltdowns by them really, everything we got we had to earn it… we just stuck together at crucial times and got the winner.” Daimon Derouin made 19 saves for the Huskies in the win. The Huskies will now face the regular season champion North Peace Navigators in round two. Fort St. John managed to hand the Navigators one of their three loses this year in a 5-2 win at North Peace Arena. A series start date has yet to be determined. sports@ahnfsj.ca

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More than 350 hockey players, figure skaters, curlers, refs, coaches, fans and parents gathered on the bare floor of Memorial Arena in early February to film Dawson Creek's Hockeyville video. Inset: Bill Darnbrough, Jenn Harcourt and Brad Nelson appealed to council Monday to waive fees for a ball hockey tournament at Memorial Arena. The minor hockey association and other ice users are leading Dawson Creek's 2015 Kraft Hockeyville bid.

Hockeyville organizers plan tourney to (hopefully) celebrate top 10 finish Jonny Wakefield / Staff Writer Next month, ice users will pack the bare floor of Memorial Arena to find out whether Dawson Creek moves forward in its bid to become 2015 Kraft Hockeyville. Organizers of Dawson Creek's push to win the annual contest — with its prize of an NHL preseason game and $100,000 in arena repairs — asked city council Monday to waive fees at Memorial Arena to host a ball hockey tournament on March 14.

The group will find out that day whether Dawson Creek is one of 10 towns to advance to the second round of the competition. "We're hoping to make the final cut and that we're able to watch it on the screen [at the tournament,]" Dawson Creek minor hockey's Brad Nelson told council. Council decided to waive rental fees at the arena for the event, with possible followup events if Dawson Creek moves forward. The event will be filmed to further promote Dawson Creek, if it makes the top 10 list.

In the first round, a panel of judges picks five towns from Western Canada and five towns from the East. The second and third rounds are decided by online voting. Organizers hope the $100,000 can go towards fixing the Memorial Arena's broken chiller, which ended the ice season early last year. While the money would help, the city has pegged the cost of fixing the arena's refrigeration system at more than $3 million. Dawson Creek netted 82 of 1,001 total Hockeyville nominations—around 8 per cent nationally. reporter@dcdn.ca

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Visit local events online at: www.dawsoncreekdailynews.ca • March 5, 2015 - Concert with Saskia and Darrel at 7 p.m. Presented by/at Dawson Creek Senior Centre - 1101 McKellar Ave. For advanced tickets call Fay 250-782-5472. • Fridays Steak Night at Bear Mountain Ski Hill, 6-10 pm. Menu: 8 oz NY steak or herb roasted chicken breast or teriyaki glazed salmon steak and garlic mashed or rice. Meals include caesar salad andhomemade dessert. Regular concession available. (02) MACHITAWIN FAMILY LEARNING CENTRE • If you have any questions please feel free to drop by for a coffee at 14-1405-102nd Avenue, Central Place or give us a call at 250-782-1169. Monday: Gross Motor Skills Development 9:00 am - noon • Walking • Swimming • Playing Tuesday: Fine Motor Skills / Literacy Development 9:00 am - noon • Sharing Circle • Story Time • Singing • Crafts Wednesday: Breakfast Group 9:00 am - noon • Start the family off to a healthy breakfast with a Cultural theme Thursday: Parent - Child Mother Goose Program 9:00 am - noon • Come learn to sing your favorite song and tell rhyme with your children. Traditional Dance - 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm. • Come learn the Powwow style way. Friday: Field Trip Day 9:00 am - noon. Getting to know your community. Gaia Program 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm • Support for Pregnant Moms using Drugs and Alcohol. (11) NAWICAN FRIENDSHIP CENTRE • Mondays - Soup Kitchen 12-1pm, Nurse 11am2pm. Tuesdays - Fund raiser BBQ11am - 1pm Wednesdays - Soup Kitchen 12-1pm Thursdays - Bannock 11am Fridays - Soup Kitchen 121pm. Also call 250.782.5202 for the dates on the following events: Afternoon Fund raiser Bingo - Elders Free Dinner/Entertainment - Community Fund raiser Dinners/Entertainment. • Dawson Creek Seniors Hall: Monday 9:00am, Skittles/Pool 10:00 am Exercise 11:45 Lunch 1;00pm Pool 1:30pm Carpet Bowling 7:00pm Crib & Bridge. Tuesday 8:00 Foot Care/Blood Pressure (by appointment) 1:00 pm Pool / Bingo 7:00pm Floor Curling/Darts. Wednesday 9:00am Skittles/Ladies Pool 10:00am Exercise 1:00pm Pool/Crib & Bridge 3:30 pm Beginner Line Dancing. Thursday 10:00am Game board Café 1:00pm Floor Curling 7:00pm Floor Curling. Friday 9:00 Skittles/Pool 10:00am Line Dancing 1:00pm Pool 1:30pm Carpet Bowling. For more info on our activities call the 250 782 7620 or visit our hall at 1101 McKellar Ave. MONDAY • AA Meetings 8:00 pm at the Dawson Creek Health Unit. (0) • New! AA Meetings noon at South Peace United Church, 1300 - 104 Ave., Dawson Creek. (0) • Cocaine Anonymous meets 7:00 pm at 1320 - 102nd Ave. The only requirement is a desire to quit using cocaine and other mind altering substances! (0) • Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention: A skills group open to adults struggling with addiction Mondays 10:30am-12noon @ Mental Health & Addictions at the Dawson Creek Health Unit, 1001 110th Ave., Dawson Creek. Call Sean at 250-7196525. (0) TUESDAY • AA Meetings 8:00 pm at Dawson Creek Health Unit, Living Sober Meeting, 219-7624. (0) • AA Closed Meeting 8:00 pm at Pouce Coupe Community Church Annex (next to the Post Office)

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