barriere star journal, march 19, 2015

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Saturday’s wind storm takes out buildingWind gusts of up to 90km per hour last Saturday proved to be too much for this large hay and equipment barn on Agate Bay Road. Other damage in the area included numerous reports of trees down and some across power lines. A downed power line on the Yellowhead Highway just north of Barriere caused a three hour highway closure, while another power outage in the Barriere area due to a downed or blown transformer, had residents without power from approximately 12 noon to midnight. The Bear radio station in Barriere reports their radio mast was blown over Saturday afternoon, which put the station off air until emergency repairs could erect a temporary tower, returning them to the air late Sunday morning. As of press time Tuesday, residents continued to report on damaged roofs, campers blown over and plenty of clean up to do from tree branches and blowing debris.

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By Dawn McCormick

On Wednesday, March 11, at the invitation of Barriere Elementary, several people from the community came together to judge the annual Barriere Elementary School Science Fair.

The judges were made up of community leaders, retired science teachers and local volunteers who were given the task of judging over 80 Science Fair entries from kindergarten through grade 7.

The judges were asked to meet in the morning at the library in the school, and upon arrival were given coffee and scones to enjoy while the principal Gordon Cumming gave the judges an overview of the judging forms, how to score each entry and how to interview the stu-dents.

Exhibits and experiments ranged from creating electricity using a bicycle and a battery; strength of bridges or structures using spa-ghetti, popsicle sticks, or Legos; growing crystals from substances like sugar and salt; how to produce biogases from different substances as well as flammable and non-flammable uses of those biogas produced; and conductivity of electricity using potatoes; just to name a few.

Judging took place in the gymnasium, and was based on original-ity of the experiment, content, how well organized the presentation was, the science journal or log kept by the student as the experiment progressed, oral presentation by the students and their knowledge of the material.

Each entry had a presentation board that showed the hypothesis;

details of the experiment such as materials used, how the experiment progressed and safety procedures; what the conclusions were; and how the student arrived at that conclusion.

This biogas chemistry experiment being judged by Gai Conan was constructed by Tyson Schilling. Schilling’s entry was the highest scored experiment in the Barri-ere Elementary School’s Science Fair, receiving a score of 99 out of a possible 100.

Submitted photo: Dawn McCormick

On Wednesday, March 11, at the invitation of Barriere Elementary,

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By Tom FletcherBlack Press

B.C.’s minimum wage is going up by 20 cents in September, and will see annual in-creases to match the B.C. consumer price in-dex each September after that.

It’s the first increase since 2012, when the current wage of $10.25 was set.

Jobs Minister Shirley Bond said this year’s increase reflects what would have taken place if indexing to inflation had been in place at that time.

The lower minimum wage for restaurant and pub servers is being retained, going from $9 to $9.20 in September.

The discount from the general minimum wage will remain at $1.25 per hour to account for tips earned by servers, Bond said.

Piece rates for seasonal piece workers are to receive proportional increases, as are day rates paid to live-in camp counsellors and residential caretakers at apartment buildings.

B.C. is the last province in Canada to move to an automatic formula for setting the mini-mum wage.

The annual increase will be announced each March based on the previous year’s consumer price index, and will take effect each Septem-ber to give small businesses time to prepare.

In the case of negative inflation, which the province experienced briefly in recent years, the minimum wage would not be decreased.

Bond said she expects continued debate on the wage rate, led by the B.C. Federation of Labour, which is calling for an immediate in-crease to $15 an hour.

Naomi Yamamoto, B.C.’s minister of state for small business, said consultation with business was clear that employers want pre-dictable increases, not large jumps.

The September increase amounts to about two per cent, keeping B.C.’s minimum wage higher than Alberta and Saskatchewan’s $10.20 an hour.

Using a similar formula, Ontario’s mini-mum wage rose to $11 an hour last year.

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B.C.’s minimum wage is going up by 20

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Keeping valley residents informed!

The Kamloops and District La-bour Council is delivering 70 cases of canned salmon to food banks in Kam-loops, Barriere, Clearwater, Chase and Merritt.

This year the KDLC joins a labour movement initiative called Protein for People, a union operated charity which recognizes the immediate need to ad-dress shortages of high nutrient food at BC food banks.

“It’s very unfortunate that people in communities right across Canada need to rely on food banks in order to survive. In a country as wealthy as ours, hunger shouldn’t be an issue for anyone,” says KDLC President, Barb Nederpel.

“Canadian governments at all lev-els, have absolved themselves of their legal responsibility to protect the less fortunate from hunger,” says Nederpel. “Charities like the food banks give the false sense that the issue is being ad-dressed, allowing governments to look the other way.”

BC has the highest poverty rate in the country and is one of the last two remaining provinces without a poverty reduction plan. Higher poverty rates leads to higher health-care costs, in-creased policing and crime costs, lost

productivity and lost economic activ-ity.

“We can’t just stand idly by watch-ing unemployed, underemployed and under-funded families go hungry while we wait for better public policy to be enacted.”

The � rst Canadian food bank was established in Edmonton, Alberta in

1981 and was supposed to be a tem-porary measure. However, the need for food banks has continued to grow over the years to the point where there are approximately 800 food banks in Canada now.

“I want to be clear though, Food Banks are a band aid, not the cure, to hunger in Canada.”

KDLC donates canned salmon to the Barriere Food Bank

Representatives of the Kamloops and District Labour Council (centre) recently deliv-ered 10 cases of canned salmon to the Barriere and District Food Bank.

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Ottawa- Cathy McLeod, Mem-ber of Parliament for Kamloops – Thompson – Cariboo says last week’s announcements from Vet-eran’s Affairs regarding enhanced lifetime support for injured Vet-erans and their families, as well strengthened bene� ts for Reservists, is a great step to ensure Veterans receive the care and support they need, now and in the future.

“This week’s announcements respond directly to concerns raised by the Veterans Ombudsman and the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs,” said McLeod.

The new Retirement Income Se-curity Bene� t will provide moder-ately to severely disabled Veterans with continued assistance in the form of a monthly income support payment beginning at age 65.

This bene� t will work in concert with existing services and bene� ts to establish a continuum of support that spans a disabled Veteran’s en-tire life.

Income support would also be extended to families through con-tinued payment of a monthly ben-e� t to the Veteran’s survivor.

Under proposed changes aimed at ensuring respect for Reservists, beginning in April 2015, part-time Reserve Force Veterans who are eligible for income support, due to injury, disability or illness, through the Earnings Loss Bene� t will re-

ceive the same minimum level of income as full-time Reserve Force and Regular Force Veterans. As part of this change, Reserve Force Veterans’ Earnings Loss Bene� t will be calculated using their actual military salary. Survivors of part-time reservists who are in receipt of the Earnings Loss Bene� t are also eligible and will bene� t from this change.

“I want all Veterans, Reserv-ists and their families to know that if they need any assistance with these new initiatives in the coming months, to please not hesitate in contacting my of� ce for assistance,” concluded McLeod.

MP applauds support for injured Veterans,

Reserve Force Veterans and their families

Cathy McLeod, Member of Parlia-ment for Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo.

By Jeff Nagel, Black Press

Canada’s high court will weigh the constitutional rights of medical marijuana users for the � rst time on Friday.

At stake in the case before the Supreme Court of Canada is whether approved legal cannabis users can be restricted to just using dried marijuana – the only authorized product under the new system of regulated producers – and denied access to oil ex-tracts and other options, such as pot brownies and cookies. It � ows from the 2009 drug traf� cking ar-rest of Owen Smith, a Victoria man who baked pot into various edibles for a cannabis buyers’ club.

Medical pot patients have twice convinced lower courts in B.C. that it’s unconstitutional for them to be denied their medicine in different forms if they cannot or do not wish to smoke it.

The B.C. Court of Appeal split 2-1 on the issue last August, agreeing federal regulations should sim-ply state “marijuana” instead of “dried marijuana” but said actual changes to legislation should come from Parliament. Health Canada has so far refused to authorize alternative medical marijuana products.

“Other means that don’t involve smoking are less problematic for health,” said Abbotsford law-yer John Conroy, calling the restriction inconsistent with the medical marijuana regulation’s goal of pro-tecting health.

He said alternative forms are more effective for some people.

“Sick people trying to enhance their quality of life should not be criminalized for their choice of medicine,” said lawyer Kirk Tousaw, who represents Smith.

He will argue the current law limiting authorized users to dried marijuana restricts the choice of treat-ment for serious illnesses and therefore violates the charter right to life, liberty and security of the per-son.

Tousaw will urge the top court to simply exempt medical marijuana possession from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

Medical pot could then still be regulated by other means by Ottawa, he said, but its users would be shielded from criminal prosecution.

“You can keep your outdated, ineffective prohibi-tion on recreational marijuana consumers and pro-ducers. But let’s take sick people off the front lines of this ridiculous war on this plant.”

Police and federal authorities object because, un-like a bag of dried bud, it’s dif� cult to readily deter-mine if personal possession limits are exceeded with

products or extracts like brownies, cookies, oils and topical creams.

Tousaw insists it’s a red herring and other juris-dictions have dealt with that issue.

“To our immediate south in Washington, you can access all of these products, medically or recre-ationally, without fear of criminal sanction.”

The one-day Supreme Court hearing on March 20 is just one legal front in in a war between pot ad-vocates and the federal government over how medi-cal marijuana is controlled.

The other key battleground is in Federal Court, where Conroy has sought to overturn the federal government’s ban on personal home growing by li-censed users, which has continued under an injunc-tion pending the outcome of the case.

He is also making a constitutional argument on behalf of users who say they cannot afford to buy commercially grown marijuana under Ottawa’s new system and that it denies them control over the strains they use.

The court heard con� icting evidence last week from � re chiefs from Surrey and Fort McMurray on the severity of public safety risks from authorized home grows.

Conroy will argue Ottawa has insuf� cient justi-� cation for the ban in closing arguments set for the end of April.

A win at the Supreme Court of Canada would likely have major implications for the case on home growing, Tousaw said, and could � nally force re-forms that the government has resisted, despite 15 years of litigation.

“Canadians have had to � ght for every inch they’ve been able to get in court and the system continues to cause people to suffer in an arbitrary way that’s unrelated to protecting health and public safety.”

High court to decide right to pot cookiesCanada’s high court will weigh the constitutional

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Dried bud is currently the only form permitted by Health Canada for the legal sale of medical marijuana.

ber of Parliament for Kamloops – Thompson – Cariboo says last week’s announcements from Vet-eran’s Affairs regarding enhanced lifetime support for injured Vet-erans and their families, as well strengthened bene� ts for Reservists, is a great step to ensure Veterans receive the care and support they need, now and in the future.

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Honey is one of the few foods that doesn’t spoil. With liquid honey, there may be some crystallization with time, but this doesn’t mean it’s gone bad. Placing it in warm water will dissolve the crystals. By the way, a bit of honey is helpful when your child is coughing. Give it a try if your child is over one year of age.

People who have trouble sleeping at night might benefit from a long, warm bath one or two hours before bedtime. Evidently our core temperature drops starting about two hours before bedtime and is at its lowest around 4 a.m. Warming up the body with a nice bath combined with the drop during the night will relax you.

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Guest Edi tor ia l ; by Steve Thomson

After more than 10 years of review and negotiations, it’s time to put the issue of wildlife harvest allocation (WAP) behind us and have some certainty.

At the end of the day, all stakeholders want the same thing – healthy wildlife populations that can be sustainably used by all groups.

Obviously, the issue is contentious, with a middle ground that was hard to � nd. If it weren’t, it wouldn’t have taken 18 months of intensive negotia-tions to determine how to allocate the 7,500 big-game animals affected by allocation.

Under the decision, an estimated 60 animals have been moved to guide-out� tter hunts. Regardless of this decision, resident hunters will continue to harvest about 92% of the 48,000 big game animals taken annually by hunters.

Many popular species are not affected, including mule deer, white-tailed deer, most Rocky Mountain elk populations and black bear. This is be-cause allocation is required only for species in areas that cannot be man-aged solely by general open season and only in the parts of British Colum-bia covered by guiding territories.

Hunting and � shing are key parts of many B.C. families’ lives and I am committed to keeping it this way. The increase in resident hunters from 82,000 10 years ago to over 102,000 today is, in part, because of resident hunter recruitment and retention strategies implemented by our govern-ment.

The WAP decision also re� ects this commitment – resident hunters con-tinue to have priority over non-resident hunters. Resident hunters make an important contribution toward the provincial economy by pursuing their passion for hunting and � shing, and it is anticipated this will continue. They also make large and ongoing contributions to wildlife stewardship.

The guide-out� tter industry also plays a valuable role, encouraging tourism and providing income for B.C. residents and families. Out-of-province guide-out� tter clients are some of the highest-spending tourists per capita in B.C.

I am also committed to maintaining the viability of the guide-out� tter industry, and to do that this allocation decision was required.

That said, I am sensitive to concerns of resident hunters. It was for this reason I revisited my December 2014 determination and found strategic ways to reduce the transfer of animals from 110 to 60.

Guide out� tters were not happy about this shift, but I felt it was impor-tant to balance the priority of resident harvest with the need of business certainty for guides.

Government’s intent is for a consistent and transparent policy that is fair to all wildlife user groups, where conservation comes � rst, First Na-tions’ needs are met, and resident hunters receive priority allocation. The WAP decision meets this intent, and will ensure the $350 million that hunt-ing brings to B.C. (from both guides and residents) continues to be viable for years to come.

I am hopeful resident hunters and guide out� tters can work together with government to support these goals, which are supported by all hunt-ers.

*Steve Thomson is the Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations min-ister.

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The North Thompson Star/Journal is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documen-tation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, P.O. Box 1356, Ladysmith, B.C., V9G 1A9. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

To the editor;April is Cancer Month, and it is quickly approach-

ing. Once again we are in dire need of canvassers to step

forward for the Barriere area door to door fundraising campaign for the Canadian Cancer Society.

If you are willing to give up a few hours to help us in this endeavour, please me at 250-672-9655.

Thank you for caring.Val StamerBarriere, B.C.

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To the editor;I would like to congratulate the House of Lords for passing historic legislation which requires

the British government to allocate 0.7 per cent of their GDP to Overseas Development Assistance.Why this is of such interest to Canadians is that was our Prime Minister, Lester Pearson, who

in 1969, challenged the developed countries to achieve this level of funding to those countries less fortunate than us. Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Luxemburg and now Britain have achieved that target.

Unfortunately, despite promises by several governments, Canada is still below 0.3 per cent. Perhaps it is time for us to pass such a law in Ottawa and honour the memory of a great man.

Sam WellerReceived by email

To the editor;CF-18 jet � ghters are bombing ISIS. Special Ops soldiers are training Iraqis. There have been � re� ghts. Cash is � owing from the Federal treasury as we try to turn the tide

of radical Islam on the other side of the planet.It’s a pity that the government seems so willing to spend enormous

sums � ghting in this troubled part of the world while letting aid to the same countries languish.

Five years ago Canada started a new program called TB REACH, that funded tuberculosis detection programs in remote and poorly served areas.

Areas like we are now sending our CF-18s.TB REACH was Canada’s own program; we are its only funder.It has proven itself enormously successful at detecting TB and pre-

venting the spread of this ancient, terrible disease. The funding of TB REACH has now come to an end with no sign it

will be renewed. The irony is that � ve years of TB REACH has shown it be inexpen-

sive and effective, while 10 years of costly war against Islamist radicals in Afghanistan has produced at best inconclusive results.

Perhaps Minister Paradis thinks we can no longer afford TB REACH. Perhaps this government just prefers spending tax dollars on bombs.Nathaniel PooleVictoria, B.C.

To the editor;The Conservatives “anti-terror” Bill C-51 is

seriously � awed; sweeping, dangerously vague and ineffective. It doesn’t do things that are proven to work, and puts politics ahead of protecting Canadians.

The threat of terrorism is real and protec-tion of the public must be paramount. How-ever standing up for our values, refusing to allow cowardly attackers to change our way of life doesn’t mean we must sacri� ce our free-doms.

C-51 is yet another massive Omnibus bill and Conservatives are ramming it through Parliament.

The Liberals have folded, but New Demo-crats are standing on principle, demanding the bill gets needed scrutiny.

It gives broad new powers to CSIS without enhancing oversight. It makes possible for law enforcement agencies and CSIS to take action against legitimate social and political activism.

Harper’s judgment on CSIS oversight is lacking, he abolished the internal watchdog of� ce in 2012. PM Harper dismisses parlia-mentary oversight as ‘red tape’, something re-quired by all our major allies.

Protecting democratic rights is not ‘red tape’!

Canadians died in wars for fundamental freedoms.

I attended Kamloops Rally against C-51 be-cause I am a democrat, � rst and foremost. I belong to a team analyzing C-51 for the CBA (36,000 Canadian lawyers).

The Harper government engages in parti-sanship, refusing to hear from the CBA, Spe-cial Advocates (experts in national security hearings), and the Privacy Commissioner. It ignores former Supreme Court Justices, 4 for-mer PM’s, and legal scholars.

Instead Conservative MP’s respond with talking points, on matters of fundamental im-portance. MP Cathy McLeod is wrong is alleg-ing “misinformation” by those expressing con-cern about C-51 and that it has been cleared for Charter compliance.

The overwhelming legal expertise is not on-side with the government.

Harper’s government has recently experi-enced half-dozen Supreme Court defeats for violating the Charter.

This is a cynical government that does not respect meaningful Charter compliance and puts crass politics ahead of respect for funda-mental freedoms and the Charter.

C-51 goes too far and isn’t balanced. Cana-dians can count on New Democrats to take a principled stand for our rights and freedoms.Bill Sundhu,Federal NDP Candidate,Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo

Lester Pearson’s challenge

Federal NDP candidate Sundhu says MP Cathy McLeod wrong on Bill C-51

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Tax dollars well spent on TB REACH programTo the editor;

of radical Islam on the other side of the planet.

sums � ghting in this troubled part of the world while letting aid to the same countries languish.

that funded tuberculosis detection programs in remote and poorly served areas.

venting the spread of this ancient, terrible disease.

will be renewed.

sive and effective, while 10 years of costly war against Islamist radicals in Afghanistan has produced at best inconclusive results.

Perhaps this government just prefers spending tax dollars on bombs.Nathaniel PooleVictoria, B.C.

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Highlights from the Thompson-Nicola Re-gional District Board of Directors’ Meeting of March 12, included:New Cemeteries Bylaw for Avola, Blue River

Avola and Blue River cemeteries have had sep-arate bylaws that have not been updated in more than 10 years.

The Thompson Headwaters Services Committee (Electoral Area “B”) requested a cemetery bylaw re-view in 2011. Since that time, Consumer Protection BC has au-dited both sites, with recommendations for price; interment right contracts; bylaws; per-petual care funds/gen-eral maintenance; and records.

The Board approved the incorporation of the two bylaws into one common bylaw to cover

both Avola and Blue River cemeteries — the Thompson Headwaters Cemeteries Bylaw No. 2494, 2015.Review of Bylaw Enforcement Policy and Practices

A report was provid-ed to the Board regard-ing Bylaw Enforcement policy and corporate practice. The TNRD core policy is that en-forcement generally starts with a complaint, and that the complaint must be in writing and be submitted in good faith.

The TNRD has based its policy and practices in consultation with other Regional Districts and some of the best practices put forward by the License Inspectors and Bylaw Of� cers Association of B.C.Community Mailbox

Theft Issue in Electoral Area “P”

There have been numerous complaints about theft from com-munity mailboxes in Electoral Area “P” (Riv-ers and the Peaks). In response, the Board is inviting a representative from Canada Post to a future Board meeting to provide information about measures taken to improve mailbox safety.Change of Zoning for 2726 Loon Lake Road

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2492, 2015, was introduced, given � rst two readings, and was approved for public hearing at a future meet-ing. The primary pur-pose of this application is to rezone the eastern portion of the subject property from LRT-2: Existing Lakeshore Resort Zone to LR-1: Lakeshore Residential

Single Family, to enable a two-parcel residential subdivision with com-mercial remainder. Ad-ditionally, the northern portion of District Lot 5244 is requested to be rezoned from LRT-2: Existing Lakeshore Resort to C-4: Recre-ational Commercial, as housekeeping, to match the � shing resort’s cur-rent C-4 zoning.Kamloops Film Festival Screening of Shana: The Wolf’s Music

The Kamloops Film Festival hosted a screen-ing on March 7 of Sha-na: The Wolf ’s Music. It was � lmed in the Mer-ritt area and locals were hired as actors and crew.

The cast and crew were also present at the well-attended screening.

The Regular TNRD Board Meeting is sched-uled for Friday, March 27, at 1:15 p.m.

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KELOWNA – A signi� cant milestone was reached last week when Interior Health’s Board of Directors approved the last of eight health agreements supporting Aboriginal populations living in the B.C. Interior.

The board gave support to a Letter of Un-derstanding with the Ulkatcho First Nation, the seventh First Nation government to enter into a formal relationship with the health authority. IH also has a Letter of Understanding with the Métis Nation BC.

“These Letters of Understanding create a strong link between Interior Health and Aborigi-nal leaders to share decisions on initiatives to im-prove health outcomes for First Nations and Ab-original people,” said Health Minister Terry Lake. “This work builds on our commitment to provide culturally safe, holistic and accessible health ser-vices for First Nations and Aboriginal people.”

Ulkatcho is part of the Dakelh Dené Nation, located northwest of Williams Lake. About 730 of the 930 band members live on reserve, while another 200 live off reserve. The LoU will be formally signed by representatives of IH and the Ulkatcho Nation at a later ceremony held on Ulk-atcho traditional territory. These historic sign-ing ceremonies celebrate the LoU relationships, which guide both parties toward the identi� cation of common goals for equitable access to health services and improved programs.

“Interior Health Board of Directors is pleased to support relationship-building opportunities that will help eliminate the health disparity be-tween Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people,” said IH Board Chair Erwin Malzer. “The signing

of the LoUs represents an important commitment to work collaboratively toward enhancing health programs and services for First Nations people.”

IH CEO and President Dr. Robert Halpenny acknowledged the dif� cult history First Nations people have encountered within the health system.

“These Letters of Understanding guide us in ensuring we have culturally appropriate health services for Aboriginal populations,” said Dr. Halpenny.

He noted that in collaboration with First Na-tion leaders, Interior Health has made a number of signi� cant strides toward removing health bar-riers for Aboriginal people.

Speci� c actions include 12 nurse practitioners hired to work directly with First Nations commu-nities; eight Aboriginal Patient Navigators sup-porting Aboriginal patients, caregivers, and their families while in the health-care system; and the incorporation of First Nation culture in health fa-cilities through art, sacred spaces, welcome signs, and cultural ceremonies.

Aboriginal Health Director Brad Anderson says the Letters of Understanding are essential � rst steps toward developing trusting relation-ships that will close the health status gaps that ex-ist for Aboriginal people.

“Ensuring First Nation leaders have mean-ingful participation in health-care decisions and services that impact their communities and popu-lations is a high priority for Interior Health’s Ab-original Health team members,” said Anderson.

Interior Health has also signed Letters of Understanding with Tsilhqot’in, Secwepemc, Northern St’at’imc, Okanagan Nation Alli-ance, Nlaka’pamux, Ktunaxa, and BC Métis nations.

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First Nations’ agreementKELOWNA – A signi� cant milestone was

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Sure sign of springNo wonder they call these tiny � owers “Johnny Jump Ups” - it is only the middle of March and along the park area at the Barriere River these little � owers have already “jumped up” at the � rst signs of an early spring.

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For The RecordAn article on page 7 in our March 12,

2015, issue should have been titled, “Geopa-rk discussed for Barriere to McBride Cor-ridor Pilot Project”. We apologize for any confusion this error may have caused.

By Keith McNeillThe Times

What is a Global Geopark? Should the communities from Sun Peaks to McBride seek to get that international status for this area?

Those were just a couple of the questions that a series of workshops held last week by the Global Geopark steering committee sought to answer.

The workshops were held in Chu Chua and Clearwater on March 3, in Valemount on March 4, and in McBride on March 5.

Although there are about 111 members of the Global Network of National Geoparks, only two are in North America.

Stonehammer, which is located in and around St. John, New Brunswick, has been a Geopark since 2010.

Tumbler Ridge, B.C., with its unique di-nosaur fossils and tracks, was declared a Geopark last fall.

Getting Geopark status is seen as less expensive and more achievable than World Heritage status – and could be a step to-wards that designation.

The proposed Wells Gray Geopark would have the volcanoes of Wells Gray Park and area as its centrepiece.

Other features to be included would be natural rock bridges, waterfalls, inland rain forests, petroglyphs and so on.

Part of the process will be to identify geo-sites that should be included, said consultant Jennifer Houiellebecq.

Speaking at one of the workshops held in Clearwater, she noted that a Geopark would target a particular segment of the tourist market – a segment that would not be likely to defile sensitive sites.

Getting businesses to work together would be important, Houiellebecq said.

“It’s the beginning of a journey we hopefully can take together,” said Steve Nicol, another consultant. “Getting the application in place will require a lot of

input from everybody.”Upper Clearwater resident John Kurta

said he had been surprised at first that the proposal includes Sun Peaks, but now likes the idea.

Including the resort municipality would bring in some talented people who are skilled at marketing, he felt.

Clearwater’s Jean Nelson wondered if get-ting Geopark status would help reverse BC Parks’ tendency to neglect Wells Gray Park.

Forty years ago the Ray Farm was an out-standing example of how pioneers could use their own efforts and ingenuity to achieve self-sufficiency in the wilderness. Now the farm is badly deteriorated.

“It infuriates me,” Nelson said.Jennifer Houiellebecq said having Geopa-

rk status might help with getting funding for the park.

The Wells Gray North Thompson-Robson Valley global geopark project steering com-mittee is made up of representatives from Simpcw First Nation, Barriere, Clearwater, Sun Peaks, Valemount, McBride, Thomp-son-Nicola and Fraser-Fort George regional districts, Tourism Wells Gray, Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association and Thomp-son Rivers University.

Photo by Keith McNeill

Consultant Steve Nicol (l) explains some Geopark information to Clearwater resident Goldie Krawec during one of two workshops held in Clearwater on March 3.

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Submitted graphic:

This map shows the proposed Global Geopark interest area.

Submitted graphic:

The Geopark workshop held in Chu Chua the morning of March 3.

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(L - r) Barriere and District Chamber of Commerce president, Lana Laskovic, and District of Barriere Mayor Virginia Smith look over the Terra Cotta War-rior replica donated to Barriere by Citslinc International owner Leo Lui.

The Barriere and District Chamber of Commerce’s Discover China 2015 program was instigated through a partnership with Citslinc In-ternational, which is offering the local community and businesses an opportunity to travel to China. Citslinc owner, Leo Lui, presented the Chamber and the District of Barriere with a replica of a Terra Cotta Warrior during the Mar. 16, Discover China information meeting held at the Ridge.

The plaque on the warrior states Lui donated the statue as a sym-bol of the partnership between China and Barriere. It also states, “The Terracotta Army or the “Terracotta Warriors and Horses” is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the � rst Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210-209 BCE and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in his afterlife.”

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The ladies night gala, “Putting on the Glitz” held at the Barriere Lions Hall on March 7 was totally sold out and a great success.

Chef Bob Sorenson served an excellent dinner delivered to the tables by members of the Bar-riere Secondary’s Senior Boys Basketball Team.

The Anti Violence Advocates Society ex-tended a big “thank you” to the event’s major sponsors; Stamer Logging, Barriere Lions Club, Women of St Paul Thrift Store, Bev Murphy, and of course the wonderful models who wowed and entertained the crowd.

The event was a fundraiser for the Respectful Relationships curriculum that will be implement-ed in Barriere Elementary and Barriere Second-ary schools this fall. This series of courses will be delivered to Grades 7, 8, 9, and 10 students and is designed to help break the cycle of abuse.

A huge “thank you” was also given out to all the ladies who attended the event and who provided such great support for this important initiative.

Ladies night a huge success for Anti Violence fundraiser

The ladies night gala, “Putting on the Glitz”

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Anti Violence Society director, Barb Gordon, made a moving opening speach during the Putting On The Glitz gala held at the Barriere Lion’s Hall, Mar. 7.

The ladies night gala volunteers are given applause by the audience at the Mar. 7, Putting on the Glitz , Anti Violence Society fundraiser event in the Lions Hall.

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2014 Barriere Citizen of the Year, Audrey Rilcoe, was roasted and toasted to a packed house by family, friends and dignitaries at the fall fair hall last Saturday evening.

MP Cathy McLeod, plus MLA and Minis-ter of Health Terry Lake were on hand to make presentations to Rilcoe, and to thank her for the work she has done, and continues to do, to help make Barriere a great place to live. Pre-sentations were also made from Mayor Virginia Smith on behalf of the District of Barriere, and Frank Gordon on behalf of the Barriere and District Chamber of Commerce and the Thompson Nicola Regional District Area “O”.

Citizen of the Year award sponsor, the North Thompson Star/Journal, was represented by editor, Jill Hayward, who made the award pre-sentation to Rilcoe.

“The Star/Journal is extremely proud to be able to sponsor this award,” said Hayward, “When you are in the community newspaper business you get to have a pretty good handle on who does what in the community. Most of the names we know, but there are also a lot of good folks out there who we do not. It is with great appreciation that we can thank these wonderful community volunteers be recogniz-ing them as a nominee or as a Barriere Citizen of the Year.”

The 2014 nominees were recognized, and those attending presented with a certi� cate for their achievements.

Centenarian Manna(101) and Geordie Salle were in attendance, and special note was made that they were the � rst to be named Barriere Citizens of the Year in 1988.

Great fun was then had by all as a long list of speakers came to the microphone to roast and toast Rilcoe. Flower arrangements, cards and good wishes were in abundance, as were Len and Audrey Rilcoe’s children and grand-children.

In all, awonderful evening to say “thank you” to one of Barriere’s many awesome volunteers.

2014 Barriere Citizen of the Year, Audrey

(Above) Members of the Barriere Curling Club turned up with “Audrey faces” due to the fact she had been pictured in the Star/Journal so many times over the past few months.

(Right) 2014 nominees for Barriere Citizen of the Year; (l-r) Gary and Marnie Pfeifer, Todd English and Gerry Wenlock. Not in the picture is Bruce Clary.

MP Cathy McLeod congratulates Rilcoe.

Min. of Health Terry Lake presents Rilcoe with a plaque.

Rilcoe receives a hug from good friend Diane Bloom� eld.

(L-r) Judy Davis, Carman Smith, Doug Davis and Barb Smith roasted Rilcoe about her passion for bingo.

North Thompson Star/Journal editor, Jill Hayward, presenting Audrey Rilcoe with the 2014 Barriere Citizen of the Year Award. STAR/JOURNAL photos: Jill and Bob Hayward

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The Annual Jam Cam bonspiel for youth was held the weekend of March 13 at the Curling Rink in Barriere.

Barriere Elementary School teacher, Louise Dunstan, was the main organiz-er of the tournament, with assistance from Susan Bondar and Audrey Rilcoe, who are both Leaders of the Youth Curling Program.

It was noted that Jam Cam was started by Jacky Peterson approximately 18 years ago.

While kids were on the rink, the club’s upstairs lounge was set up for those children who were waiting to go on to play. This gave the children something to pass the time with – games, movies – under parental supervision at all times.

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Many of the parents also volunteer when they come to watch their kids; help-ing out with scoring and other duties.

This year, due to an early spring break at school, participation was down somewhat. However, Bondar reported there was still a good turnout, with 48 kids making up 10 teams.

Here are the top win-ners in the Annual Jam Cam hosted by the Barriere Curling Club on March 13 and 14:

First place ‘A’ event(L-r) Sawyer Cousins,

Bryce Welz, Tyson Schilling and

Ty Hartman.

First place ‘B’ event(L-r) Tanner Schilling,

Spencer Schilling, Fraser Schilling and

Alex Coughlin.

Second place ‘A’ event(L-r) Pax Gregory, Raymond Braere,

Seth Bose and Sumahaltza

Makowichuk.

Second place ‘B’ eventand winners of the

Best Sportsman Award(L-r) Nikki Storey,

Shelby Colligan, Taylor Johnson and

Julie Hendricks

Star/Journal photo: Elli Kohnert

The ice rink � lled with youngsters participating in the annual Jam Cam event of Mar. 13 and 14.

Jam Cam fun for 48 kids

The Annual Jam Cam bonspiel for youth was held the weekend of March 13


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There is a season in between winter and spring. It is not cold, but there is still snow. The daylight comes earlier, but there is nothing growing yet. The mud and clouds are dreary grey, but the swelling buds on each twig hint with a blush of yellow-green. Changes are coming but they’re just not quite here yet.

It is interesting, during this in between season, to consider how much we have in common with the people who lived here in the early days.

Very differently, we spent winter indoor hours with “screen time” while their winter indoor hours were spent by lamp-light.

Then and now, when this in between season arrives, children are so glad to be able to play outside after supper. In both times mothers’ voices scold, “You’re tramping in mud all over the floor!”

As the wood shed gets empty but the nights remain cold, Bob Jensen remembers his childhood in McMurphy, cutting down standing dead sap-lings, branches and break-ing apart stumps to pro-

vide firewood during this time of year while his Dad was working away from home.

Anne Baker keeps an eye on her root cellar so nothing goes to waste.

“I make creative and inventive dishes with what-ever needs to be used up,” she explains. Squash and pumpkins might be get-ting soft. Potatoes start to sprout. Beets look wrinkly. Turnips might develop a mouldy place. Carrots are getting limp.

“They don’t have to be tossed. Make soups! Try new combinations! Last year I noticed three turnips that sprouted in the root cellar and I planted them. They grew again and made seeds.”

That in between season also involves a great deal of self-discipline. When food is running low, it might be tempting to eat the grains, seeds and pota-toes that need to be saved to plant the coming year’s crop.

Running low on foodAbstaining from what is

within reach is an agricul-tural custom that endures to this day.

Lent, the custom observed for 40 days before Easter, includes fasting,

confession, penance, prayer and works of charity, such as giving money to feed the poor. Ena Chiasson explains “... giving up something you enjoy” as both an exercise in self-discipline and a sign of respect for all that Jesus gave up during his life and death. Lent marks this dreary in between time – in contrast to Easter, which is a time to celebrate “new life” with flowers, baby birds and animals, abun-dant foods and the joyful colours of spring.

Cold mornings. Warm afternoons. It is easy for children to leave their coats, sweaters and jackets at school. Jump rope, hop scotch, ball games in all their variations reappear.

Flying kites, bows and arrows, smashing rocks through the ice, stomp-ing in puddles, building dams in the water trickling down the road. These and other childhood early spring activities are nearly

identical then and now.After months of wood

smoke, soot and bits of bark in the house, it is time for spring cleaning. The longer daylight makes it easier to see the places that need attention, including the windows. The warmer weather means the doors can be left open for traf-fic in and out while rugs are taken up to be beaten, bedding is hung outside, cobwebs are swept from rafters, floors are scrubbed.

Not yet, but very soon, chickens setting on eggs will appear with their brood. Lambs, calves, pig-lets and colts will be born.

Fawns, calves, bear cubs, pups and kits of all the furry folk enter their first spring. Chicks, tadpoles and all kinds of hatchings will take place. Soon the buzzing insects will awake.

Outside workers welcome warm weather

The hazards of cold,

dark, snow and ice are receding. Now flooding, mud slides, falling trees challenge the people who work outside all year.

Trapping season ends. The furs need to be pre-pared to sell.

Logging comes to a halt during “break-up” - the period from when the fro-zen roads thaw until they become dry enough to drive on safely again.

Highways crews watch for places where a tiny crack might fill with water during the daytime, freeze at night, expand and sheer rocks off.

The railroad crews, in the days before electric-ity, hauled blocks of ice, packed them with layers of sawdust for each section crew to store food all sum-mer.

Archie McRae, now deceased and a former resident of Avola and Clearwater, used to harvest birch sap. Much like maple sap, this clear liquid can be

slowly simmered to become a thick, sweet syrup.

A special feature of this in between time is a favourite with children: crusty snow.

“It doesn’t happen every year,” Deryl Cowie, a lifelong outdoorsman explains. “Warm days and cold nights are necessary.

"As kids, we used to play soccer and the little guys had a big advantage since they didn’t break through the crust.

"As a forester, it was so much easier to walk with-out snowshoes."

But it is important to have them with you! In the afternoon, when the snow is soft again, it can be a real difficulty to have to make it back out through the deep, wet snow.

For animals, crusty snow is to the wolves’ advantage with their wide paws to run to hunt moose and deer who break through the crust with their hooves.

In between winter and spring, then and now

(L-r) James, his mother, Elizabeth, and Neil Walford lived in the narrow strip of land between the CN right-of-way and the steep river bank at the McMurphy section house. The father, Victor, built this playpen so the boys could play with their trucks safely. Photo by Victor Walford, courtesy of Walford family

With a little adult supervision and experimentation, a suitable bow and arrow using flexible saplings was made for six-year-old Johnathan Deckert in early spring. Photo by Eleanor Deckert


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This past week I received the following question, “is � lm a bet-ter creative format than digital?”

I admit that the dis-cussion regarding � lm vs. digital isn’t really that common anymore.

Yes, I talk with high school students that are using � lm in pho-tography classes. Those discussions are mostly about how � lm works, about processing, and printing, or using dif-ferent chemicals.

Sometimes an older person who stopped taking pictures in the 1980s will loudly tell me digital is unnatural, doesn’t look good, and is cheating.

Cheating? That conversation is always humorous. However, it is one-sided and not re-ally worth getting into because any opinion but theirs is going to be ignored.

However, this ques-tion wasn’t about which is better as a way of making pho-tographs, it was about creativity, and that in-trigued me.

Creativity is about imagination, original-

ity, and art.My quick answer

to that was that I liked both � lm and digital images. To me, � lm is a more “tactile” me-dium than a digital image, and I like the extreme tonality that a good photographer can achieve. I believe digital image � les can have more sharpness and a lot more de-tail. Sometimes that is good, sometimes not. That also depends on the photographer.

In my opinion cre-ating an image is what the photographer does. It involves deciding upon the kind of cam-era and medium one might use, but the cam-era and medium is just the vehicle for a pho-tographer’s creativity.

It is really all about the � nal image, and how one decides to produce that image for the best visual effect.

I think some times that too much is made about the process. The process is just that, a series of actions or steps that one takes to achieve a particular end.

I guess what a pho-

tographer does to cre-ate that show-stopping photograph is truly in-teresting, but in the end it is really only about the photograph.

The idea that there might be something more creative in mak-ing an image with � lm than with digital doesn’t make much sense.

I remember all the possibilities we had with � lm.

Imaginative photog-raphers would select different types of � lm and change the way they exposed and pro-cess it.

P h o t o g r a p h e r s probably had shelves of different chemicals for both developing � lm and making prints, as well as cabinets � lled with photographic pa-pers, and all as part of their process to bring out personal creative vision.

Now photographers can shoot with cropped or full frame cameras, and instead of dedi-cated rooms � lled with equipment, they load their computers with software programs to help them with their personal creative proj-ect.

When using � lm one would previsualize (a term coined by Minor White) how one want-ed to produce the � nal image before releas-ing the shutter. And I

think many still do that to reach their vision, except now photogra-phers are thinking of programs like Photo-shop or Lightroom in-stead of the chemical processes required with � lm.

There are some pho-tographers that only know � lm, there are some photographers that only know digital, and there are those that are competent in both. And although they might use � lm, digital, or both, to produce an image, creativity comes from the photographer and not the process.

Maybe I should have just replied to that question about creativ-ity with photographer Ansel Adams’ words, “You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photogra-phy all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the mu-sic you have heard, the people you have loved.”

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By Kathleen Pilatzke Yellowhead 4-H Club reporter

The sheep and goat members of the Yellowhead 4-H club are beginning to prepare for the start of their project year. On Sunday March 8, the an-nual sheep husbandry day was held.

The members of both the sheep and goat divisions of the Yellowhead 4-H club were present.

The Smith’s barn and animals were used for the husbandry day. Their ewes had already started to lamb and we got to watch a demonstration of docking, castration and ear tagging the lambs.

After the demonstration a discussion about how techniques varied be-tween lambs and goats was held.

In the morning Maureen Smith gave a talk about the birthing basics for sheep, and in the afternoon Janet Huber gave an overview on raising your lamb.

We also cycled through various stations that provided us with informa-tion on how to raise your 4-H lamb. Things that we learnt at the stations included; immunization and deworming your lamb, halter making, feeding and judging a market lamb.

After lunch the senior sheep members watched videos about how to train your sheep and showmanship.

Overall it was a fun day, the weather was great and all the sessions were informative and interesting.

A great big thanks to the Smiths for the use of their barn and animals, and all the parents for helping out with lunch and the stations.

Submitted photo: Yellowhead 4-H Club

Yelowhead 4-H Club held their annual sheep husbandry day on March 8 at the Smith family’s barn.

4-H learn all about sheep

The sheep and goat members of the Yellowhead 4-H club are beginning

4-H club were present.

ewes had already started to lamb and we got to watch a demonstration of docking, castration and ear tagging the lambs.

tween lambs and goats was held.

sheep, and in the afternoon Janet Huber gave an overview on raising your lamb.

tion on how to raise your 4-H lamb. Things that we learnt at the stations included; immunization and deworming your lamb, halter making, feeding and judging a market lamb.

train your sheep and showmanship.

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and all the parents for helping out with lunch and the stations.

Busy as a beaverThese trees along the Barriere River show recent activity from a beaver or beavers that are in the area.



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This week is all about give and take, Capricorn. Do for others, and they will do for you. A special event calls for some extra-special gifts.

Some habits are hard to break, Aquarius. Look to a mentor to help and you will succeed. A fitness goal is easily achieved with a new piece of equipment.

The odds may be stacked against you, Pisces, but that doesn’t mean you won’t come out on top with a little ingenuity. A weekend endeavor requires a leap of faith.

Speak up, Aries, and the problem will be solved. A little miracle at home makes for an interesting weekend. Travel plans come together.

Cast aside all doubt, Taurus. The offer is genuine and will bring you many rewards. A test of faith begins— be strong. Money woes ease.

Feeling blessed these days, Gemini? Pay it forward. A compromise at home raises everyone’s spirits and fun ensues all weekend long!

A business relationship blossoms with an addition. A larger-than- life personality drops by with an offer you can’t refuse. Oh boy, oh boy, Cancer.

Oops, Leo. You fall behind on a project, raising some eyebrows. Not to worry. You will get back on track sooner than you think, thanks to an innovation.

Spend less, save more and you’ll definitely get more, Virgo. More in your bottom line and more peace of mind. Flowers provide a great pick-me-up.

Lady Luck smiles on you, Libra, and there is nothing beyond your reach. A treasured heirloom resurfaces, bringing back many fond memories.

The tiniest of changes make a vast improvement in a project. A rejection is a blessing in disguise. Be grateful for what you’re given, Scorpio.

News from afar gets the creative juices flowing, and you accomplish more than you have in some time, Sagittarius. A game of wits at the office proves challenging.

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A debate forces you to reconsider some long-held opinions. Use this time to reflect on your point of view and if there is anything you might want to change.

A recently started relationship is going great, Cancer. Now might be a great time to take the next step with your special someone. Ex-pect this person to share your feelings.

Libra, you will sort out a complex prob-lem in due time. Don’t let any initial struggles to find a solution keep you down. Continue to focus on the bigger picture.

Capricorn, a distrac-tion this week proves so fascinating that you neglect other responsibili-ties. While you may like a challenge, don’t let it consume your life.

You yearn for privacy this week, Aquarius. Make the most of any oppor-tunity to seek out a quiet corner and spend some time deep in reflection and thought.

Life gets better and better as the week goes on, Taurus. Ex-pect a few obstacles, but remember there’s nothing you cannot tackle, especially when you get some help.

A rush of adrenaline this week will help you sail through any projects that need completion, Leo. Take a break every now and then so you don’t burn out.

Scorpio, use this week to address an unresolved issue. Tackle every project thrown your way head-on and with vigor. Others will notice your efforts.

Chores are com-pletely unappealing this week, Pisces. But they must get done one way or another. Delegate some tasks.

A situation arises at work that evokes strong emotions among your cowork-ers. Stay neutral on the issue until you have had enough time to gather more information.

Virgo, you and a superior at work are seeing eye-to-eye this week. This could mark the beginnings of a great partnership, so continue to work hard.

Sagittarius, try not to over-think things this week. Sometimes the simplest solution to a problem is the best solution. Keep this in mind at the office.

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Fruity Salad1 ½ tbsp olive oil1 tbsp red wine vinegar¼ tsp salt¼ tsp black pepper¼ cup walnut pieces4 cups baby spinach1 pear, peeled, halved lengthwise, cored and thinly sliced½ cup dried cranberries¼ cup thinly sliced red onion (optional)Whisk oil, vinegar, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add pear, spinach, cranberries, walnuts and onion. Toss well and serve.

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Libra, you will sort Libra, you will sort out a complex prob-lem in due time. Don’t let any initial struggles to find a solution keep you down. Continue to focus on the bigger picture.

Capricorn, a distracCapricorn, a distrac-tion this week proves so fascinating that you neglect other responsibili-ties. While you may like a challenge, don’t let it consume your life.

You yearn for You yearn for privacy this week, Aquarius. Make the most of any oppor-tunity to seek out a quiet corner and spend some time deep in reflection and thought.

Life gets better and Life gets better and better as the week goes on, Taurus. Ex-pect a few obstacles, pect a few obstacles, but remember there’s nothing you cannot tackle, especially when you get some help.

A rush of adrenaline A rush of adrenaline this week will help you sail through any projects that need completion, Leo. Take a break every now and then so you don’t burn out.

Scorpio, use this week to address an unresolved issue. Tackle every project thrown your way head-on and with vigor. Others will notice your efforts.

Chores are com-pletely unappealing this week, Pisces. But they must get done one way or another. Delegate some tasks.

A situation arises at work that evokes strong emotions among your cowork-ers. Stay neutral on the issue until you have had enough time to gather more information.

Virgo, you and a superior at work are seeing eye-to-eye this week. This could mark the beginnings of a great partnership, so continue to work hard.

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Fruity SaladFruity SaladFruity Salad1 ½ tbsp olive oil1 tbsp red wine vinegar1 tbsp red wine vinegar¼ tsp salt¼ tsp salt¼ tsp salt¼ tsp black pepper¼ cup walnut pieces4 cups baby spinach4 cups baby spinach4 cups baby spinach1 pear, peeled, halved lengthwise, 1 pear, peeled, halved lengthwise, 1 pear, peeled, halved lengthwise, cored and thinly sliced½ cup dried cranberries½ cup dried cranberries¼ cup thinly sliced red onion ¼ cup thinly sliced red onion ¼ cup thinly sliced red onion (optional)Whisk oil, vinegar, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add pear, spinach, in a large bowl. Add pear, spinach, cranberries, walnuts and onion. Toss cranberries, walnuts and onion. Toss well and serve.

Pasta TossPasta Toss1 cup orzo1/3 cup chopped onion1/3 cup chopped onion1/3 cup chopped onion1 clove garlic, minced1 clove garlic, minced1 clove garlic, minced1 clove garlic, minced2 tbsp olive oil

6 cups spinach1/3 cup chopped black olives1/3 cup chopped black olives1/3 cup chopped black olives1 ½ cup halved grape tomatoes1 ½ cup halved grape tomatoes1 ½ cup halved grape tomatoes¼ cup soft cheese, cubed½ tsp salt½ tsp salt¼ tsp pepper¼ tsp pepper¼ tsp pepper2 tsp lemon juiceBoil orzo. Saute onion and garlic in oil in frying pan over medium/low heat in frying pan over medium/low heat in frying pan over medium/low heat until softened. Add spinach and olives until softened. Add spinach and olives until softened. Add spinach and olives and turn with tongs until spinach is just wilted, about one minute. Add just wilted, about one minute. Add just wilted, about one minute. Add salt and pepper. Drain orzo and add salt and pepper. Drain orzo and add salt and pepper. Drain orzo and add to spinach mixture with tomatoes and lemon juice. Toss. Serve with cubes of cheese on top.cheese on top.

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Mar. 20: Karaoke Barriere Legion

Mar. 24 - Author Bruce Fraser from the Chilcotin will be doing a Writing & Reading workshop at the Barriere Library 1pm

Mar. 28 - Ladies Auxiliary Annual Pie Sale 9am Legion Basement

Mar. 28 - Barriere Farmer’s Market 10am-1pm Legion Basement.

Mar. 28 - Barriere Genealogy Group, 10:30am Library

Mar. 28 - Barriere Writer’s Group, 1pm Library

Mar. 29 - Barriere First Responders Spaghetti Dinner 4pm-7pm Mar. 29 - Barriere First Responders Spaghetti Dinner 4pm-7pm Mar. 29Legion Basement. 50/50 draw and bake sale

Apr. 3: Karaoke Barriere Legion open at 6pm

Apr. 9 - Barriere Grad Fashion Show and Silent Auction 6:30pm Apr. 9 - Barriere Grad Fashion Show and Silent Auction 6:30pm Apr. 9tickets available through the grads and at the school $10

Apr. 10 - NT Community Chorus presents Broadway Review 7pm Dutch Lake Community Centre Stage tickets at the door.

Apr. 11 - NT Community Chorus presents Broadway Review 7pm Christian Life Assembly Pentecostal Church tickets at the door.

Apr. 11 - Barriere Farmer’s Market 10am-1pm Legion Basement.

Apr. 11 - True Grit Rodeo at the NT Agriplex 6pm, Cabaret Dance to follow (hosted by the Legion), tickets available at the Horse Barn, Barriere Country Feeds, the Star/Journal and Barriere Legion

May 1:May 1: Community Coffee House, open mic. Doors open at Community Coffee House, open mic. Doors open at

6:30pm music at 7pm at the Little Fort Hall (upstairs) call 250-6725116 for more info

May 9 - The Gong Show 7pm FF Hall, call 250-672-0301 for talent May 9 - The Gong Show 7pm FF Hall, call 250-672-0301 for talent May 9entries. Tickets available at NTVIC and the Star/Journal

May 9: Garden Club Annual Plant Sale. Barriere Bandshell 10am-12:30pm

Army Cadets - 2941 RCACC Cadet Corp. - ages 12-18. New Recruits Welcome. Hethar McIntosh 250-587-0027.

Adult Day Program: Mon. & Wed. 9-2. Lunch, crafts & music at the Seniors Ctr. Sherry Jardine 672-5121

After School Program: Mon.-Fri. 3-6pm @ Ridge (NTVIC room). For info call 250-672-0033.

Baha’i Night: Fri., 7:30pm, @ Marge Mitchell’s 672-5615.

Barriere & District Heritage Society: 3rd Wed. of mth, 1pm at NTVIC in winter, atx Museum in summer.

Barriere & District Seniors Events: Whist - Mon. 7pm, Carpet Bowling - Tues., Thurs. & Sat. 10am-12, Fun Cards - Wed. 1:30pm, Breakfast - every 3rd Sun. at 8am

Barriere Youth Group - Fridays ages 12-18 at the Ridge 7-10pm. Enjoy activities, sports and more.

Riding Club: Apr-Oct: 3rd Thurs. 7pm at NTVIC. www.barrieredistrictridingclub.com. Darcey 250-318-9975.

Cancer Support: 672-9263, 672-0017 or 672-1890

Choir: Thurs. @ Christian Life Assembly, Annesty Rd. Youth 7-18 3:30pm; Adults 19+ 6:30pm. Leah 250-957-8440.3:30pm; Adults 19+ 6:30pm. Leah 250-957-8440.

Crib: Barriere Legion 242, every Thurs. 7pm, Sept. to May.

Darts: Barriere Legion 242, Thurs. 7pm, Sept. to May.

Curling Club: Oct.-Mar. Curling, league & bonspiels.

Drop In Art. Fridays 11:30am-2:30pm at NTVIC end of Sep to Mar (except holidays). Nominal fee.

Barriere A-A: Every Tues. 7:30pm at the Pentecostal Church 818 Amnesty Rd. 250-672-9643 or 250-672-9934

Barriere Elementary PAC: 1st Wed. of mth, 6:30pm, call 672-9916.

Barriere Drop In Art. Fridays 11:30am-2:30pm at NTVIC from end of Sept to March (except holidays). Nominal fee. All welcome.

Barriere Fire Dept.: Firehall, Thurs., 7pm

Barriere Food Bank: Every Wed. 672-0029

Barriere Fibre Arts: Every Tues, 6:30pm at the Ridge.

Barriere Genealogy: once a mth at the Library, except Jul/Aug. For dates/times call 250-672-9330.

Barriere Hospice: Loans out handicap equip. 250-672-9391.

Photography Club. Shelley Lampreau 250-672-5728.

Community Quilters: Every Thurs. 2pm at the Barriere Food Bank. Judy 250-672-5275 or Fran 250-672-2012.

Barriere Search & Rescue: 2nd Tues. of mth, 7pm. Training on 4th Tues. of mth, 7pm.

BSS PAC & Booster Club: 1st Tues., 5:30pm. 250-672-9943. 1st Tues., 5:30pm. 250-672-9943.

Survivors of Brain Injuries: John 250-372-1799.

Bethany Baptist Church Prayer: Every Tues., 7pm.

Carpet Bowling: Mon, Wed & Fri., 9:30am-12 @ Little Fort Hall.

Community Kitchen: Call Dede 554-3134.

Community Soup Day: Christian Life Assembly on Annesty Rd. 3rd Mon., 11:30 am.

Crib: Mon. & Fri. 1-4pm @ Little Fort Hall.

Family & Caregivers Group: 1st Mon. of the mth, 10am @ Ridge, kitchen. Info call 778-220-5930.

Gambler’s Anonymous: 250-374-9165 or 250-374-9866.

Literacy Tutoring: Learn to read FREE. Jill 250-319-8023.

Little Fort Recreation: 1st Thurs. each mth 7pm

LNT Catholic Women’s League: 2nd Sat. each mth, 9am at St. George’s. Call 250-672-9330 for info.

McLure Rec.: 1st Wed. each mth at 7:30pm McLure Firehall. Except Jul & Aug. 250-578-7565 for info.

McLure Fire Dept.: Wednesdays, 7pm, Firehall

Men’s Floor Hockey: Tues., 8-10pm at Barriere Sec.

NT Fish & Game: 4th Mon. each mth 7pm NTVIC. 672-1070

NT Valley Hospice: 3rd Tues, 11am, Little Fort Hall. 672-5660.

Quilting: 1st Tues, 10am @ Little Fort Hall.

Safe Home: Get away from domestic abuse, call 250-674-2135 (Clw) or 250-682-6444 (Barriere).

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Jane Lucinda Lof-gren (nee Intermela) passed away peacefully with family by her side in the evening of Thurs-day, March 5, 2015, at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.

She was predeceased by her husband Ray-mond Courtenay Lof-gren and is survived by her sons Raymond Lof-gren (Karen), Eric Lof-gren (Claire) and Shawn Lofgren. She was a proud Nanny to grand-children Christopher (Breanna), Matthew, Jacob, Hunter, Matt (Lacey), and Bailey.

Janie was the young-est of her seven siblings, born in Prince Rupert on June 28, 1933 ,and was married to Ray-mond Lofgren on June 30, 1956. Their oldest son Raymond Lee was born on August 17, 1958, followed by Eric Martin on March 22, 1963.

Raymond and Jane moved to Chemainus on Vancouver Island

in the spring of 1965, and their youngest son Shawn Clifford was born on August 20, 1971.

Raymond and Jane were on the rodeo cir-cuit and opened one of the � rst tack shops on the Island. Her love for all animals was second to none, she had a kind and gentle spirit and all animals loved her. She particularly loved hors-es, dogs and cats.

Jane was an accom-plished baker, and was known for her countless batches of goodies that were devoured by her family.

In 1989 Raymond and Jane moved to

Little Fort and enjoyed many years on their acreage. She spoke of-ten that these were some of the happiest years of their lives.

Jane moved to Barri-ere in 2000 after her hus-band Raymond passed away, and lived in Bar-riere and later at Louis Creek. Jane has many close friends within this area.

Jane was an ac-complished knitter and crotchetier and in 2007 she knitted 999 pairs of slippers and donated them to the children’s hospital. She truly loved handy crafting.

There will be no formal service at her request but a small fam-ily gathering will take place in the near future where she will be laid to rest beside her husband Raymond in the peace-ful cemetery in Little Fort.

On line condolences may be expressed at www.schoeningfuner-alservice.com

OBITUARIESI n L o v i n g M e m o r y

Jane Lucinda Lofgren (nee Intermela)

June 28 , 1933 – March 5 , 2015

I n L o v i n g M e m o r yJohn E. Wenlock

May 9 , 1929 – Februa ry 1 , 2015Born May 9, 1929 in Chu Chua,

B.C., passed away peacefully at Royal Inland Hospital in Kam-loops on February 1, 2015. Sur-vived by his loving wife Helen, and children: John Greg Wenlock (Lyn-da), Jerry Wenlock, and Suzanne; Aunt Caroline Fortier and Uncle Allen Williams, Langdon family – Lea, Howard, Gail, Terry, Bruce; grandchildren: Jayne, Johanna, and John Wenlock, numerous nieces, nephews and relatives. Predeceased by his parents: Jack Wenlock and Josephine (Pina) (Fortier) Wenlock, � rst wife Bertha Matthew, sister Judy Malachowski, brother Harold Wenlock and son James (Jimbo) Wenlock

John was � uent in Secwepemc-stin and knew the history of Chu Chua; a very talented musician and could play any instrument and sing and yodel (sounded just like Hank Williams Sr. and other great musi-cians) – worked with BC Forestry Services at the Baldy Lookout and the Adams Lake Lumber Sawmill

at Chase. He grew up in Chu Chua at the old farmhouse and later on moved to Chase. One of his favou-rite pastimes was watching TV, es-pecially the Young and Restless to see what they were up to.

While working at the lookout a grizzly bear came one day and tried to get into the cabin and John hit it on the head with a frying pan and it ran away.

No services upon request. A cel-ebration of life and cremains burial will be held later in the Spring.


Submitted

The early arrival of spring weather this year means many of us are spending more time enjoying the great outdoors. And we aren’t the only ones basking in the unsea- sonable warmth. The change in weather also brings out ticks – small bugs that feed on the blood of humans and animals and can sometimes transmit disease.

“Ticks are most often found in tall grass and wooded areas, so covering up before you head outdoors and checking for ticks on yourself, your children, and your pets after being outdoors are simple things that go a long way to prevent tick bites,” said Gwen Barker, Communicable Disease Specialist with Interior Health.

The most common tick species in the Interior Health region is the Wood Tick (Dermacentor andersoni), which does not carry the Lyme disease bacteria. The Wood Tick (pictured) can carry other diseases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, although it is very rare. Some ticks also have toxins that can cause temporary muscle weakness and paralysis if attached for several days, but the symptoms fade once the tick is removed. Signs of many tick-borne infections can be quite similar and include fever, headache, muscle pain, and rash.

The tick species that carries Lyme disease (Ixodes pacificus) is more common in the coastal areas of B.C., but may also be present in low numbers in the Interior region. Less than one per cent of Ixo-des ticks in B.C. carry Lyme disease. In addition to fever, headache, and muscle pain, people infected with Lyme disease will often de-velop a rash that looks like a “bull’s eye” target and expands from the site of the tick bite.

“Most tick bites do not result in illness; however, all tick bites should be cleaned, as infection can occur whenever there is a break in the skin,” added Barker. “It is important to watch for signs of tick-transmitted illnesses. Anyone who experiences a bulls-eye rash or oth-er symptoms should see a doctor as soon as possible.”

Other precautions include:• Walking on cleared trails when in tall grass or wooded areas.• Wearing a hat, long sleeves, pants, and light-coloured clothing.• Tucking pant legs into socks or boots.• Applying insect repellent containing DEET on uncovered skin.• Carefully checking clothing and scalp (covered or not) when leav-

ing an area where ticks may live.• Having a shower after returning from areas where ticks may live. To reduce ticks from entering your home and yard, try these steps:• Keep your lawn short and remove any fallen leaves and weeds.• Keep a buffer area such as wood-chip or gravel border between

your lawn and wooded areas or stone walls. Any play equipment or play zones should be kept away from wooded areas.

• Trim tree branches to allow more sunlight in your yard.• Keep wood piles and bird feeders away from the house.• Widen and maintain trails on your property. If you � nd a tick on yourself, a family member, or pet, wear gloves

and gently remove it. Needle-nose tweezers can be used to gently grasp the tick close to the skin. Without squeezing, pull the tick straight out. Be careful not to crush the tick as this could cause it to inject its stom-ach contents into your skin. After removal, clean the area with soap and water. If you have concerns or need assistance removing a tick, please contact your family doctor or visit a walk-in medical clinic.

More information is available at: HealthLink BC file: http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthfiles/hfile01.stm, or: BCCDC Lyme disease information: http://www.bccdc.ca/dis-cond/a-z/_l/LymeDisease/de-fault.htm, or: Tick Talk video: http://www.bccdc.ca/dis-cond/a-z/_l/LymeDisease/ticktalk/ticktalkvideos/TickTalkVideoEnglish.htm

Early spring weather brings out ticks

The early arrival of spring weather this year means

By Elli KohnertNorth Thompson Star/Journal

The Seventh Day Adventists community in Barriere are hosting free vegetarian cooking classes once a week at the Church of St Paul. The classes started March 3, and are happen-ing every Tuesday during this month starting at 6 p.m. The March 3 class was held in the activ-ity room at the church, which had been divided into a dining area and a space for the cooking demonstration.

As Pastor John Masigan greeted the partici-pants he said, “We wanted to invite the com-munity to learn about vegetarian cooking and a healthy eating lifestyle that has been practiced by members of our church for generations.”

The evening class began with a full course meal of macaroni and cheese, Waldorf salad and green peas; with none of the dishes containing any ingredients derived from animals.

Following the meal, the preparation of each dish was demonstrated by women who obviously had used these recipes many times before.

Invited to ask questions, participants showed their interest by asking for details about the preparation of the dishes of which they noted “were amazingly tasty”.

At the conclusion of the evenings proceedings the hosts served a piece of pumpkin pie with a whipped topping that everyone wanted to get the recipe for; and everyone was happy to � nd the hosts had handouts ready of the evenings recipes for each participant to take home.

Following the cooking class Linda (a regis-

tered nurse) and her husband Devin gave a dem-onstration of a natural health practice called a ‘Hot Foot Bath’ , which is a local bath that cov-ers the feet and ankles.

They noted this procedure increases blood � ow through the feet and entire body surface, producing decongestion in internal organs and the brain.

At the conclusion, no one was in a rush to leave; with a number of participants gathering around the facilitators to chat with them about the new and interesting things they had learned.

Almost all said they would return for the next class.

If you would like more information on the upcoming March 24 and 31 classes, or would like to register, please call 250-672-9911.

Free vegetarian cookingclass very well-received

The Seventh Day Adventists community in Barriere are hosting free vegetarian cooking classes on Tuesday evenings at the Church of St Paul during the month of March.


The Seventh Day Adventists community in

Fence building weatherRyan Fadear, of Gabion Wall Systems Ltd., lines up a decorative fence being constructed across the front of Barriere’s Timber Mart facility last Tuesday. The company also constructed the gabion wall to the left that now contains landscaping materials for area gardeners and builders.

STAR/JOURNAL photo: Jill Hayward

the tick is removed. Signs of many tick-borne infections can be quite similar and include fever, headache, muscle pain, and rash.

more common in the coastal areas of B.C., but may also be present in low numbers in the Interior region. Less than one per cent of Ixo-des ticks in B.C. carry Lyme disease. In addition to fever, headache, and muscle pain, people infected with Lyme disease will often de-velop a rash that looks like a “bull’s eye” target and expands from the site of the tick bite.

should be cleaned, as infection can occur whenever there is a break in the skin,” added Barker. “It is important to watch for signs of tick-transmitted illnesses. Anyone who experiences a bulls-eye rash or oth-er symptoms should see a doctor as soon as possible.”

ing an area where ticks may live.

your lawn and wooded areas or stone walls. Any play equipment or play zones should be kept away from wooded areas.

and gently remove it. Needle-nose tweezers can be used to gently grasp the tick close to the skin. Without squeezing, pull the tick straight out. Be careful not to crush the tick as this could cause it to inject its stom-ach contents into your skin. After removal, clean the area with soap and water. If you have concerns or need assistance removing a tick, please contact your family doctor or visit a walk-in medical clinic.

healthlinkbc.ca/healthfiles/hfile01.stm, or: BCCDC Lyme disease information: http://www.bccdc.ca/dis-cond/a-z/_l/LymeDisease/de-fault.htm, or: Tick Talk video: http://www.bccdc.ca/dis-cond/a-z/_l/LymeDisease/ticktalk/ticktalkvideos/TickTalkVideoEnglish.htm

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