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CLOSE MISS:Lightning hits tree by house. See page A3 for what happened.

Keith McNeill

As of press-time earlier this week, it appeared that a quick response by local Forest Service per-sonnel and contrac-tors had contained a small forest fire a few kilometers north of Vavenby.

The fire was spotted Saturday afternoon, reported Richard Swift, a forest protec-tion assistant with Clearwater Fire Zone.

An Initial Attack crew (usually three-per-son) plus a helicopter were dispatched right away. The helicopter dropped bucketloads of water to control the fire, plus an air tanker dropped retardant.

Local contractors were able to install a machine guard on the fire that evening.

Hot and dry weather on Sunday meant the fire picked up and burned off the green trees within the guard, but the fire

did not spread.As of Monday

morning the forest firefighters were mop-ping up. In addition to the IA crew, there were contract crews, an excavator, a water ten-der, a first aid vehicle and an incident com-mander on the scene.

The fire was located in a 10-year-old plan-tation between two roads: Montana Creek Forest Service Road and a subsidiary road. It was clearly visible from Vavenby.

Although it had yet to be officially determined, the fire was believed to be lightning-caused.

The blaze near Vavenby was not the only fire to keep staff at Clearwater Fire Zone busy.

About six other fires, all of them small, appeared towards the end of last week.

All but the two near Clemina are believed to have been caused by the lightning that went through the area recently. Hot and dry weather since then brought the embers to life.

As of last Friday, all of B.C. was under a campfire ban, except for a narrow strip along the west coast of Vancouver Island.

A helicopter drops water from a bambi-type bucket as it tries to control a fire near Vavenby on July 4. Photos by Robyn Rexin

Fire threatens Vavenby

Photo shows forest fire burning on the slope to the north of Vavenby on Saturday afternoon.

Canada Day in Upper ClearwaterSharon Neufeld (l) holds Canada flags and Susan Ward holds a cake decorated with a flag as they lead singing of O’ Canada during a pot-luck held on Canada Day at the for-mer Upper Clearwater schoolhouse (now Thompson Rivers University’s education and research centre). About three dozen people took part. For more about the event, see page A6 inside.Photo by Keith McNeill

Happy Canada Day at Dutch LakeRiver Shook looks al-most overwhelmed as he chows down on a hot dog during Canada Day celebrations at Dutch Lake beach. A large crowd came out to enjoy games, music and other activities at the beach during the day. For more photos from the event, see page A9 inside.Photo by Keith McNeill

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Yellowhead Mining Inc. announced on July 2 that it and the BC Environmental Assessment Office had agreed to the BC EAO issuing an order suspending the 180-day review period timeline for

Yellowhead's Harper Creek mine project.The suspension order was issued in order to

provide sufficient time for the company to provide additional information requested by the BC EAO.

The 180-day application review period com-menced on Jan. 28, 2015.

The review of the Harper Creek environmental assessment application will, however, continue dur-ing this period.

According to Yellowhead, the company is currently in the process of responding to com-ments from the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office (BC EAO) and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEA Agency), together with members of the Working Group, on the application (EA application) for an environ-mental certificate (EA certificate) for the Harper Creek Project.

In addition, the company is undertaking an updated alternatives assessment for Harper Creek, and continues to evaluate the conclusions and rec-ommendations of the independent expert report on the Mount Polley tailing storage facility breach for its relevance and applicability to Harper Creek.

Yellowhead continues to work with the BC EAO and the CEA Agency with respect to the additional work and documentation required to properly respond to the requirements of the BC EAO with respect to these matters in order to complete the environmental assessment process for Harper Creek.

The company also continues to pursue addi-tional working capital to complete the environmen-tal assessment process and to continue the ongoing development of Harper Creek.

Harper Creek is a proposed open pit copper-gold-silver mine that would be located about 10 km southwest of Vavenby.

Times Staff

Canada Day in Blue River is always a fun event and this year was no exception, organizers report.

There were just over 100 people at Eleanor Lake Park on the day. The parade was small but enthusiastic with the Blue River Volunteer Fire Department leading the way, ending at the park.

Barb Quinn once again organized the kids and adults for the singing of Oh Canada at noon on the beach.

Birthday cupcakes and ice cream started an eventful afternoon of games, face painting and lots of laughs, culminating in a tug-of-war that got everyone involved.

Benoit Simoneau and his helpers kept a wild tribe of energetic kids entertained all afternoon!

The volunteer fire department staged an immensely popular demon-stration with their fire hose.

Willow MacDonald and Tamara Salzmann painted faces – young and not so young!!

Heritage Canada provided a $500 grant for the event, while Blue River Powder Packers Snowmobile Club made a $250 donation. Lakes District Management donated sand for the beach and for the sandcastle building contest

The Oakman family, Blue River Campground, Mike Wiegele Heli-Ski and Blue River Community Association also showed continued support of this event.

North Thompson Communities Foundation provided a grant to help off-set the setup costs of a community gar-den, which was open for people to view during the day. The garden is located next to the Blue River Community Hall.

Skydive Salmon Arm participated in the day for the third year, provid-ing people with a unique and exciting experience.

Blue River celebrates Canada Day with fun

Right: Charlie Guinn (l) and Keenan Crawford ride in the Mike Wiegele Heli-skiing float during the Canada Day parade in Blue River. Photos submitted

Dozens of cupcakes decorated with Canadian flags tempt passersby during Canada Day festivities at Lake Eleanor beach in Blue River.

Clock stops on Harper Creek’s environmental assessment review

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Vavenby resident Wendy Pollard had a narrow escape when her home was struck by lightning recently.

On Tuesday afternoon, June 30, a mighty storm with booming thunder, lightning, strong winds, and lashing rain hit Vavenby. The storm was a surprise. The rain was needed but came down so hard that it ran off the ground instead of soaking in.

Chuck and Wendy Pollards' place was struck by lightning around 4:30 p.m. It first hit a fir tree about 10 feet from the ground and split the trunk on both sides to the top of the tree.

A clothesline was attached to the fir tree. The light-ning strike went right through the clothesline and dried the clothes which were wet again from the rain. The clothes were not scorched or burned.

Wendy was standing in a covered patio that the other end of the clothesline is attached to.

The roof leaks so she was thinking of mopping up the water. While she was holding the bucket, lightning went through the patio right past her. She dropped the bucket. It made her heart race and Chuck told her that her hair was standing on end.

On its travel through the patio the lightning struck a 2"x6" post and took a chunk out of it. The force of the 2"x6" strike blew a piece of plywood out onto the pool deck and shook the whole house.

The lightning also hit the clothespins, which were in a container in a corner of the patio, and caused them to burn.

The Pollards phoned Vavenby Volunteer Fire Department but managed to get the fire out before the trucks arrived. The Pollards decided to have the department probe for any hot spots and check out the tree that was hit.

There were no power surges. Everything worked except the television. A new one had to be bought.

After their experience they went out for dinner and took their three dogs with them "just in case". They consider themselves very lucky that they had been home. They feel that their house would have burned down if they had been away.

Pollards have lived in their house for 38 years and nothing like this has ever happened before.

Keith McNeill

“He was definitely a lucky little calf that day.”

That's how Bobbi Bordeleau described an incident that occurred Saturday eve-ning, June 27, when a newborn Hereford calf fell into the North Thompson River west of Birch Island.

The calf belongs to her uncle, Dan Moss, and he spotted it on a sandbar in the river while he was haying, she said.

About seven family members responded and drove down to the river to help.

Unfortunately, the newborn animal pan-icked and jumped off the downstream end of the sandbar.

“It broke my heart when he did that,” said Bobbi Bordeleau. “It was just before

sunset, maybe 8:00 or 8:30. It was just get-ting dark. The calf was in the main cur-rent and I thought it was a goner.”

She ran down the bank, following the calf, while the rest of the family members followed behind in their vehicles.

At one point the calf came close to shore. Her husband, Richard Bordeleau, tried to reach it and ended up falling in himself.

He was unhurt and was able to get out almost right away, but lost a shoe in the process.

Her cousin, Kenny Irvine, got into a kayak and was able to direct the calf into shallower water.

Once there, the others were able to rescue it and bring it to shore.

Her Uncle Dan tubed the calf with warm formula to help prevent hypothermia and it fell asleep on Bobbi's lap.

After a night in a warm barn, the calf was returned to its mother the following day.

The cow was an experienced mother and there was no prob-lem with her accept-ing the calf, Bobbi Bordeleau reported.

“She had been looking for her calf but she seemed a bit

surprised when my Uncle Dan brought it back,” she said.

Following the inci-dent most of the herd was seen grazing near the river – all but the calf (now called Ken-27 after its rescuer), which was as far from the flowing water as it could get.

“My faith in humanity was restored by what happened,” Bobbi Bordeleau said. “Everyone jumped into action and did what needed to be done.”

Lightning strike narrowly misses Vavenby woman

Left: A scar splits a fir tree in the Pollard residence in Vavenby following a lightning strike on June 30. The bolt followed the clothesline on the left into the home's covered patio. Photos by Wendy Pollard

Above: Photo shows a chip that was blown out of the 2"x6" post on the left. Attached to the outside of the post is the clothesline that the lightning passed along. Vavenby Fire Department's thermal imager found the nails in the post were still hot some time later.

Newborn calf rescued from river

Former resident returnsDoug and Cheryl Hall are the new

renters of the old Vavenby Community Hall. They moved in June 1 from Edmonton.

This is a return to Vavenby for Doug. He worked at the Weyerhaeuser sawmill in the 1980s until it closed down.

He likes the area and finds it less expensive than Edmonton. Doug is doing computer repairs, specializing in data recovery.

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Editor, The Times: Back in the good

old days, when the Berlin Wall was torn down, Germany was reunited and capital-ism emerged trium-phant, there was much talk about how the free market would solve it all. Just let everything float free and a new Jerusalem of prosperity, fairness and all those good things would reign upon the planet.

Among those who picked up on this were the financial sectors of various countries. Those South of the Border really swal-lowed this hook, line, and sinker. The Glass-Steagall Act in the US

of A since the Dirty 30s was cancelled. Banks, financial insti-tutions, you name it, were allowed to merge, mingle and dream financial schemes that, in retrospect, appear to come from the mind of Lewis Carroll. Not even financiers sup-posedly in the know could explain these Mad Hatter money forces.

Here in the land of the Maple Leaf, Canada's banksters took up the cry. Mega-size the banks – we can't compete globally unless the financial institutions of Canada are merged into one or two huge entities ready to take on all comers.

Jean Chretien resist-ed this call, pointing out that Japan's banks had done just that and look at the mess they were in.

One man who was all for mega-sized Canadian banks (along with joining George Bush's ship of idiots' in Iraq) was Stephen Harper. Along with Canada's banksters, he promot-ed the idea that one or two huge financial entities here in Canada could compete glob-ally. Where have we heard of this before?

Yet the legend of Stephen Harper as a great financial man-ager persists. True, Canada did come

through the financial crisis of 2007 – 2008 much better than the United States or other European countries, which had to be rescued by possibly the biggest financial bailout in history — socialism for the rich one might say! The Harperites went against all their instincts by providing some $50 billion of stimulus to the banks.

As to Canada's financial wizards they waved and patted themselves on the back and took the stimulus.

And the legend of good financial man-agement lives on!

Dennis PeacockClearwater, B.C.

People's ability to cooperate explains much in history

editorial by keith mcNeill

Opinion“ Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are

one's mistakes.” -Oscar Wilde, writer

BC Press CouncilThe Times 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 BC Press Council.Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to BC Press Council, PO Box 1356, Ladysmith, B.C. V9G 1A9For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org

Free market is not the solution to all

Why does northern Italy rank as one of the wealthiest, most advanced regions in Europe, while southern Italy is one of the poorest and least progressive?

The answer is the difference in the ability to work together coop-eratively of the people in the two regions, according to Peter Turchin in his book, “War and Peace and War.”

He even has a word for it: “asabiya.”

This is not a new idea. In fact, Turchin borrowed the word asabi-ya from Ibn Khaldun, an Arab his-torian who lived 1332 – 1406.

Turchin is a population biolo-gist and what he has been able to do is back up the idea with num-bers and statistics. He has also been able to explain how asabiya works in terms of evolutionary biology.

According to Turchin (and Ibn Khaldun), societies go through asabiya cycles.

Asabiya is most likely to devel-op on a frontier where a society faces an external threat.

People learn to work together and, eventually, overcome that threat.

With the threat overcome, asabi-ya declines. The rich get richer, the poor poorer, and social cohesion falls apart.

If a new threat arises, the soci-ety needs to relearn asabiya – or be overcome itself.

Turchin spends quite a bit of time talking about Rome.

The Roman Republic faced a series of external threats, most notably the Gauls and the Carthaginians.

To deal with these threats the Romans developed what was, for the time, a remarkably democratic and egalitarian social structure.

One of the heroes of the time was Cincinnatus, an aristocrat who was plowing his field when he received word that he had been elected dictator to deal with an invasion by a neighboring tribe.

Cincinnatus left the plow in his field, defeated the invaders, and then relinquished the dictatorship two weeks later.

Once the Gauls and

Carthaginians had been overcome, however, the Romans did not face any serious external threats.

A tiny percentage of the popu-lation came to control nearly all the wealth while the vast majority owned nothing.

Towards the end of the Roman Empire there were almost no Romans in the Roman Army, and very few Italians.

First the army and then the empire itself came to be controlled by people from the frontier along the Danube River, where there was the constant threat of attack by the German tribes.

According to Turchin, south-ern Italy has never recovered the asabiya it lost during the Roman Empire.

People's interests there do not extend beyond their family or clan.

Northern Italy, on the other hand, became a frontier region again during the fall of Rome. German tribes invaded and had to be fought off or assimilated.

Today, hundreds of years later, that crucial difference in history has resulted in important differenc-es in how people in the two regions organize themselves.

Much the same process has happened with Ibn Khaldun's own people, the Arabs.

Back in the days of Mohammed, the Arabs were threatened by the Byzantines and the Persians.

Mohammed showed them how to work together and in a few short years, the Arabs had con-quered a huge empire.

With the threats overcome, the Arabs lost their asabiya.

Today they find themselves being threatened and taken advan-tage of by the West. Movements such as ISIS and the Arab Spring have taken sharply divergent approaches to correct that situ-ation but, so far, without much success.

Globally, the new frontier we face is Outer Space. However, it is not a threat so much as an oppor-tunity. It remains to be seen if we human beings will develop the asabiya we will need to explore and settle there.

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Julie Steffler, community health facilitator, Interior Health

Recreation is an important part of being physically and mentally healthy. But did you also know that recreation plays a key role in the health of our communities?

Individuals and communities are healthier when mem-bers feel connected

to each other. In fact, social connectedness is just as important for our health as diet and exercise.

Recreation offers opportunities for a community to connect. Local governments can play a key role in supporting and creat-ing opportunities for social connectedness in our communities. Community members can encourage and support local gov-ernments to create

policies, planning, pro-grams, and community design that promote social connectedness.

Recreational activi-

ties can be physical, social, cultural or artis-tic. Infrastructure such as parks, libraries are just a few examples.

Jeanie Munro: No, not at all. I love winter. I burn ... I'm very Scottish.

James Cameron:No, not much. I kind of miss the rain. It kept it cool.

Shanli Penner:Yes, as long as everyone stays fire-smart and dog-smart. My tomatoes love it.

Gayle Peekeekoot:Yes, fabulously. On Canada Day we went hiking in Wells Gray Park – Pyra-mid Mountain and Helmcken Rim Trail. It was beautiful.

Clive Phillips: Not really. It's too hot. Mind you, I have a toothache and a pulled calf, so noth-ing feels good.?

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Are you enjoying the hot weather?

Pipeline twinning not a threat to refineryEditor, The Times:

I question the assertions of Dennis Peacock (UNIFOR member) wherein he claims the Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMPL) expansion may force the clo-sure of the Chevron Refinery in Burnaby (“Time to re-think Trans Mountain twin-ning,” June 18 issue).

If this is true, why did Chevron sup-port the expansion (Burnaby NewsLeader, March 2013)? Why did Business in

Vancouver say (March 3-9, 2015) “Chevron appears to be ambivalent about the expan-sion” and “It’s still unclear whether the Burnaby refinery will have better access to oil following the Trans Mountain expan-sion.” In short, I do not hear Chevron singing Mr. Peacock’s tune.

Chevron’s refinery had the same oppor-tunity as any other pipeline shipper to sign long term contracts for capacity on TMPL; for whatever reason they did not do so.

I worked at one of the three similar sized refineries on Burrard Inlet that shut down not due to crude supply, but because their small size made them uneconomic in the face of new envi-ronmental requirements and cost pres-sures. If the union fears Chevron might shut down, they might want to examine their own contracts with Chevron to see if they can assist in the long term surviv-al of Chevron, rather than blame TMPL.

To claim that the TMPL expansion has no long term benefits is ridiculous and grossly inaccurate. Mr. Peacock can check the estimates on the TMPL web-site.

By the way, contrary to his claim, China does have unions. I worked there.

John Hunter, P. Eng.J. Hunter & Associates Ltd.

North Vancouver, B.C.

Editor, The Times:The federal Conservative gov-

ernment’s latest budget gives the most to those who need it the least.

Stephen Harper’s priority is a $2 billion income-splitting plan and a massive increase to the limit for Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs). Both of these measures disproportionately ben-efit the rich instead of focusing that help on the middle class and those who are working hard to join it.

The vast majority of Canadian households – 85 per cent – won’t get a dime from income-splitting, but they will be the ones left to pay for it.

Increasing the TFSA limit to $10,000 per year is also expensive and unfair.

The previous TFSA limit was helping the middle class save for retirement. However, most Canadians won’t benefit from the new higher limit. Canadians who are struggling don’t have an extra $10,000 to sock away each and every year. But wealthy Canadians do.

The new TFSA limit will end up costing the government bil-lions of dollars each year. A third of that cost will be borne by the provinces. And because TFSAs don’t count toward income-tested benefits, it will result in addi-tional Old Age Security (OAS)

payments for already wealthier seniors.

When asked about the long term consequences of the new TFSA limit, Finance Minister Joe Oliver shrugged and said it was a problem for “Stephen Harper’s granddaughter to solve.”

Yet these are the same Conservatives who, shortly after the last election, broke their promise and passed a law to raise the age of Old Age Security from 65 to 67. They falsely claimed that they had to do it in order to keep the OAS program financially sustainable.

Raising the age of OAS to 67 takes $32,000 away

from each of Canada’s poorest and most vulnerable seniors. The government will be taking that money away at precisely the same time as the extra OAS payments for wealthier seniors start to really kick in.

The federal Conservatives are stealing from poor seniors in order to give that money to the

rich. It’s unfair and un-Canadian.“The rich get richer and the

poor get poorer,” used to be an old adage. Under the federal Conservatives, it has become gov-ernment policy.

Scott Brison, MPLiberal Party of Canada finance

critic

Conservatives' budget steals from poor seniors to give to the rich

Recreation makes communities healthier


Editor, The Times: Back in the good

old days, when the Berlin Wall was torn down, Germany was reunited and capital-ism emerged trium-phant, there was much talk about how the free market would solve it all. Just let everything float free and a new Jerusalem of prosperity, fairness and all those good things would reign upon the planet.

Among those who picked up on this were the financial sectors of various countries. Those South of the Border really swal-lowed this hook, line, and sinker. The Glass-Steagall Act in the US

of A since the Dirty 30s was cancelled. Banks, financial insti-tutions, you name it, were allowed to merge, mingle and dream financial schemes that, in retrospect, appear to come from the mind of Lewis Carroll. Not even financiers sup-posedly in the know could explain these Mad Hatter money forces.

Here in the land of the Maple Leaf, Canada's banksters took up the cry. Mega-size the banks – we can't compete globally unless the financial institutions of Canada are merged into one or two huge entities ready to take on all comers.

Jean Chretien resist-ed this call, pointing out that Japan's banks had done just that and look at the mess they were in.

One man who was all for mega-sized Canadian banks (along with joining George Bush's ship of idiots' in Iraq) was Stephen Harper. Along with Canada's banksters, he promot-ed the idea that one or two huge financial entities here in Canada could compete glob-ally. Where have we heard of this before?

Yet the legend of Stephen Harper as a great financial man-ager persists. True, Canada did come

through the financial crisis of 2007 – 2008 much better than the United States or other European countries, which had to be rescued by possibly the biggest financial bailout in history — socialism for the rich one might say! The Harperites went against all their instincts by providing some $50 billion of stimulus to the banks.

As to Canada's financial wizards they waved and patted themselves on the back and took the stimulus.

And the legend of good financial man-agement lives on!

Dennis PeacockClearwater, B.C.

People's ability to cooperate explains much in history

editorial by keith mcNeill

Opinion“ Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are

one's mistakes.” -Oscar Wilde, writer

BC Press CouncilThe Times 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 BC Press Council.Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to BC Press Council, PO Box 1356, Ladysmith, B.C. V9G 1A9For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org

Free market is not the solution to all

Why does northern Italy rank as one of the wealthiest, most advanced regions in Europe, while southern Italy is one of the poorest and least progressive?

The answer is the difference in the ability to work together coop-eratively of the people in the two regions, according to Peter Turchin in his book, “War and Peace and War.”

He even has a word for it: “asabiya.”

This is not a new idea. In fact, Turchin borrowed the word asabi-ya from Ibn Khaldun, an Arab his-torian who lived 1332 – 1406.

Turchin is a population biolo-gist and what he has been able to do is back up the idea with num-bers and statistics. He has also been able to explain how asabiya works in terms of evolutionary biology.

According to Turchin (and Ibn Khaldun), societies go through asabiya cycles.

Asabiya is most likely to devel-op on a frontier where a society faces an external threat.

People learn to work together and, eventually, overcome that threat.

With the threat overcome, asabi-ya declines. The rich get richer, the poor poorer, and social cohesion falls apart.

If a new threat arises, the soci-ety needs to relearn asabiya – or be overcome itself.

Turchin spends quite a bit of time talking about Rome.

The Roman Republic faced a series of external threats, most notably the Gauls and the Carthaginians.

To deal with these threats the Romans developed what was, for the time, a remarkably democratic and egalitarian social structure.

One of the heroes of the time was Cincinnatus, an aristocrat who was plowing his field when he received word that he had been elected dictator to deal with an invasion by a neighboring tribe.

Cincinnatus left the plow in his field, defeated the invaders, and then relinquished the dictatorship two weeks later.

Once the Gauls and

Carthaginians had been overcome, however, the Romans did not face any serious external threats.

A tiny percentage of the popu-lation came to control nearly all the wealth while the vast majority owned nothing.

Towards the end of the Roman Empire there were almost no Romans in the Roman Army, and very few Italians.

First the army and then the empire itself came to be controlled by people from the frontier along the Danube River, where there was the constant threat of attack by the German tribes.

According to Turchin, south-ern Italy has never recovered the asabiya it lost during the Roman Empire.

People's interests there do not extend beyond their family or clan.

Northern Italy, on the other hand, became a frontier region again during the fall of Rome. German tribes invaded and had to be fought off or assimilated.

Today, hundreds of years later, that crucial difference in history has resulted in important differenc-es in how people in the two regions organize themselves.

Much the same process has happened with Ibn Khaldun's own people, the Arabs.

Back in the days of Mohammed, the Arabs were threatened by the Byzantines and the Persians.

Mohammed showed them how to work together and in a few short years, the Arabs had con-quered a huge empire.

With the threats overcome, the Arabs lost their asabiya.

Today they find themselves being threatened and taken advan-tage of by the West. Movements such as ISIS and the Arab Spring have taken sharply divergent approaches to correct that situ-ation but, so far, without much success.

Globally, the new frontier we face is Outer Space. However, it is not a threat so much as an oppor-tunity. It remains to be seen if we human beings will develop the asabiya we will need to explore and settle there.

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50 YEARS AGO:The swampy section

of Dutch Lake Beach Park was filled with sand, thanks to the highways department.

An editorial noted the high incidence of accidents with the increased influx of tourists and visitors, and called for the immediate organiza-tion of a search and rescue team.

45 YEARS AGO:A raft that was

to float 90 miles to Kamloops to mark

Kami-Overlander Days hit a snag and upset an hour after setting off from Vavenby. All the crew, their provi-sions, a cookstove, a canopy and a dog were spilled into the North Thompson. One of the men, erroneously believing that a crew member was missing, reported the incident to the RCMP, who began a search.

A new business, Dee's General Store, was to open in Birch Island. Chuck and Anna Mae Dee had moved from North Vancouver about six months earlier. Chuck Dee and his father, Ernie Dee, had built the 900 sq. ft. store almost completely by themselves.

40 YEARS AGO:A Kamloops man

was uninjured after his rubber raft went over Osprey Falls at the south end of Clearwater Lake. He ended up on the wrong side of the river and had to backtrack five

or six miles through dense bush.

Construction of the new Clearwater Secondary School was slightly behind sched-ule. Principal Eldon Cameron remarked that the science labs were not exactly what the science teachers had wanted. The gym floor was to be cov-ered by a tartan rub-ber type material.

35 YEARS AGO:Shadowfax Track

and Field Club had six students build-ing a 13-station fit-ness and jogging trail through the grounds of Clearwater Secondary School. A photograph identified five of the six as Neetu Rishiraj, Mitch Tremblay,

Christine Nielsen, Indra Dhillon and Bruce Agla.

30 YEARS AGO:Fire totally

destroyed the Blackpool home of Hans and Lilo Krauseneck. Hans Krauseneck was the Blackpool fire chief, and the annual fire-men's supper was to have been held just over 24 hours after the fire occurred.

Hundreds of residents attended the 1985 Strawberry Festival, reported organizer Stan Johnson. Jennifer Lamberton was Miss Strawberry Festival.

25 YEARS AGO:Department of

Highways representa-tives met with Little Fort residents to discuss various items of concern, including plans to straighten Highway 24 where it went through the vil-lage.

B.C. Parks burned the cabin at Stillwater on the Murtle River in Wells Gray Park. The cabin, built by Ted Helset in the late 1940s or early 1950s, was a fire hazard and was

being undermined by the river.

20 YEARS AGO:Seven vehicles

were trapped behind a slide at nine km on the Clearwater River Road. Adults carried five local children across the debris to transportation at the other side. A number of kayakers simply left their vehicles behind and took to the river to bypass the muddy mess.

A brief visit by a small herd of tres-passing cattle left a few trampled path-ways through Trophy Mountain flower meadows. The cattle had wandered from permitted grazing on nearby Crown Land.

15 YEARS AGO:Environment

Canada presented Vavenby's Val Moilliet with an award for her family's 87 years of continuous collection of weather data.

Clearwater Forest District's longtime operations manager Max Tanner moved up to the top job – district manager – taking over from Jim Munn.

Negotiators ham-mered out a tentative agreement between the IWA and IFLRA, the bargaining agent for 11 southern Interior forest companies. Workers were to receive two per cent increases for each of the contract's three years.

Blue River resi-dents Barb Quinn and Alfons Jalink officially opened the Millennium Trail, a pathway along Herb Bilton Way to the soon-to-be-opened beachhouse. Ninety deciduous trees from all over the world lined the trail.

10 YEARS AGO:Low-beds and

other equipment filled Avola streets follow-ing a train derail-ment. Two locomo-tives had left the rails and one went down a bank. The engineer and conductor were taken to hospital in Clearwater and released the same day. The cause was under investigation.

The outdoor ice arena in Vavenby North Side Park got a boost with a $2,000 donation by Interior Savings Credit Union. With the outdoor arena, area residents now had recreation opportunities in their own backyard and should attract further development of the area, commented Leslie Groulx, Wells Gray Country ser-vices coordinator.

A judge placed Interact Forest Products into receiv-ership. Outstanding cheques totalled close to $200,000 and account receivables were not sufficient to cover them.

5 YEARS AGO:Many former

Vavenby residents attended its school reunion. They includ-ed Ruby and Bob Gledhill. Ruby had been born in Vavenby in 1929 and the couple had run the store there for many years.

Simpcw First Nation was opposed to replacing a Haida totem pole at Jasper with another Haida pole. Parts of the national park were within the band's tra-ditional territory, said Chief Keith Matthew.

The only two youngsters left in Avola, Jeneen Jensen and Preston Tucker, graduated from CSS. When she moved to Avola 20 years earlier there had been lots of kids and teens, said community correspon-dent Colleen Herns-Jensen.

1 YEAR AGO:Clearwater

Crushers crushed all opponents to win the U16 provincial soft-ball championships in Clearwater. Pitcher Karter Romeo was chosen to play in the Canadian champion-ships in Fredericton.

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(L-r) David and Barbara Zimmer from Ontario plus local residents Susan and Mike Ward wear Canada T-shirts as they load their plates during a Canada Day potluck at the former Upper Clearwater schoolhouse. Photo by Keith McNeill

Potluck in Upper Clearwater

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Health Minister Terry Lake has asked B.C's Ombudsperson to lead an investigation into the government's firing of eight contracted health researchers in 2012.

The province has been under fire for weeks for deflecting demands for a full public inquiry into what it has admitted was a mistake.

Criticism intensi-fied after the release of RCMP documents that undermined government claims the researchers were under active inves-tigation by police into a possible data security breach.

Six of the eight university research-ers who were assessing pharmaceutical drugs

for Pharmacare coverage have been paid settle-ments and reinstated, one is suing the gov-ernment for wrongful dismissal and another committed suicide.

Lake said in a statement he shared the "ongoing public interest and concern" and believed new Ombudsperson Jay Chalke is the right choice to investigate further.

The surviving

researchers and the family of the deceased have demanded a full public inquiry, but Lake has said privacy issues and potential high costs make that problematic.

Lake said he is ask-ing the Ombudsperson to "investigate the events leading up to the deci-sion to terminate the employees, the decision to terminate itself, and the actions taken by gov-

ernment following the terminations, in addition to any other matters he may deem worthy of investigation."

An independent review last year failed when the labour lawyer leading it said she was stymied by restricted terms of reference.

The NDP has vowed to press for an inquiry with powers to compel testimony.

Blue River AirportClearwater police received informa-

tion from a concerned citizen in Blue River of people cutting through the airport runway, ignoring the authorized personnel only signs.

The person reporting was concerned as the runway is used by numerous pri-vate people in small planes and if a plane was on final approach and someone was on the runway, it could become very dan-gerous for the person on the ground and/or the plane and its occupants.

There are also regulations in place which could result in fines for persons caught on the runway.

Passes on double solidOn Monday, June 29, a motorcyclist

was driving travelling northbound on Highway 5 near Avola and decided to attempt to pass other vehicles on a dou-ble solid line.

The motorcyclist was forced to swerve

back into the northbound lanes between a semi-truck and a vehicle it had just passed. In doing so, the motorcycle clipped the back of the semi-truck and its driver lost control.

Thankfully the driver received relative-ly minor injuries. The driver was issued a violation ticket.

Impaired DriverOn June 30, police received a report

of a person driving over things in his yard who had almost struck people and who was impaired while driving. The driver then put the vehicle in the ditch while attempting to leave.

The driver was issued a driving pro-hibition and also faces criminal charges related to driving. The vehicle was impounded.

Driving semi while impairedIn the early hours of July 3, police

stopped a semi-truck/trailer as it was just coming into Clearwater after receiving multiple complaints of the driver possi-bly being impaired.

The driver now faces drug charges, motor vehicle sanctions and tickets. The truck and trailer were towed to a local impound lot.

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Locating radio interferenceBC Hydro contractor Roy Charlesworth uses a parabolic reflector to locate arcing or other sources of radio interference on a power pole in Clearwater recently. His vehicle behind him has a directional antenna on its roof that he used to determine which pole was giving the problem. Warm, dry weather can increase the interference, he says, as any stray electricity is more likely to short to ground if the wood is wet. Also, metal expands and wood shrinks, re-sulting in more chances for sparking. Once he has located where the problem is, a crew will be sent in to fix it. Charlesworth is a resident of Cloverdale but travels all over the province for the power utility. Photo by Keith McNeill

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Campfires, open fires and fireworks banned throughout B.C.BC Wildfire Service

KAMLOOPS – Effective at noon (Pacific time) on Friday, July 3, all open burning, includ-ing campfires and fireworks, was prohibited throughout the majority of the province, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson announced.

This prohibition will remain in place until the public is oth-erwise notified.

This extraordinary step is being taken to help pre-vent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety. Unseasonably hot and dry weather is being experienced around the province and any preventable, human-caused fires divert critical personnel and resources from other inci-dents.

Campfires will still be allowed in the area known as the "Fog Zone" along the west-ern coast of Vancouver Island. A map of the area covered by

this open burning prohibition and campfire ban is available online at: http://bit.ly/1IyUZG4

This ban applies to:• open fires of any size,

including campfires;• the use of fireworks, sky

lanterns and tiki torches;• burning barrels or burning

cages of any size or descrip-tion;

• the use of binary explod-ing targets (e.g., for rifle target practice); and

• the use of air curtain burners (forced-air burning systems).

This prohibition does not apply to cooking stoves that use gas, propane or briquettes. It also does not apply to a por-table campfire apparatus with a CSA or ULC rating that uses briquettes, liquid or gaseous fuel, with a flame length of 15 centimetres or less. The use of this equipment may be prohib-ited locally and at a later time if deemed necessary, so check "current fire bans" online at:

www.bcwildfire.ca The use of a portable campfire apparatus that does not meet the condi-tions noted above is prohibited.

This prohibition covers all BC Parks, Crown and private lands, but does not apply within the boundaries of local governments that have forest fire prevention bylaws and are serviced by a fire department (all open fires are also banned within District of Clearwater).

Anyone found in contra-vention of an open burning prohibition may be issued a ticket for $345, required to pay an administrative penalty of $10,000 or, if convicted in court, fined up to $100,000 and/or sentenced to one year in jail. If the contravention causes or contributes to a wildfire, the person responsible may be ordered to pay all firefighting and associated costs.

To report a wildfire or unat-tended campfire, call 1 800 663-5555 toll-free or *5555 on a cellphone.

Ombudsperson tapped to probe health firings

Jay Chalke


50 YEARS AGO:The swampy section

of Dutch Lake Beach Park was filled with sand, thanks to the highways department.

An editorial noted the high incidence of accidents with the increased influx of tourists and visitors, and called for the immediate organiza-tion of a search and rescue team.

45 YEARS AGO:A raft that was

to float 90 miles to Kamloops to mark

Kami-Overlander Days hit a snag and upset an hour after setting off from Vavenby. All the crew, their provi-sions, a cookstove, a canopy and a dog were spilled into the North Thompson. One of the men, erroneously believing that a crew member was missing, reported the incident to the RCMP, who began a search.

A new business, Dee's General Store, was to open in Birch Island. Chuck and Anna Mae Dee had moved from North Vancouver about six months earlier. Chuck Dee and his father, Ernie Dee, had built the 900 sq. ft. store almost completely by themselves.

40 YEARS AGO:A Kamloops man

was uninjured after his rubber raft went over Osprey Falls at the south end of Clearwater Lake. He ended up on the wrong side of the river and had to backtrack five

or six miles through dense bush.

Construction of the new Clearwater Secondary School was slightly behind sched-ule. Principal Eldon Cameron remarked that the science labs were not exactly what the science teachers had wanted. The gym floor was to be cov-ered by a tartan rub-ber type material.

35 YEARS AGO:Shadowfax Track

and Field Club had six students build-ing a 13-station fit-ness and jogging trail through the grounds of Clearwater Secondary School. A photograph identified five of the six as Neetu Rishiraj, Mitch Tremblay,

Christine Nielsen, Indra Dhillon and Bruce Agla.

30 YEARS AGO:Fire totally

destroyed the Blackpool home of Hans and Lilo Krauseneck. Hans Krauseneck was the Blackpool fire chief, and the annual fire-men's supper was to have been held just over 24 hours after the fire occurred.

Hundreds of residents attended the 1985 Strawberry Festival, reported organizer Stan Johnson. Jennifer Lamberton was Miss Strawberry Festival.

25 YEARS AGO:Department of

Highways representa-tives met with Little Fort residents to discuss various items of concern, including plans to straighten Highway 24 where it went through the vil-lage.

B.C. Parks burned the cabin at Stillwater on the Murtle River in Wells Gray Park. The cabin, built by Ted Helset in the late 1940s or early 1950s, was a fire hazard and was

being undermined by the river.

20 YEARS AGO:Seven vehicles

were trapped behind a slide at nine km on the Clearwater River Road. Adults carried five local children across the debris to transportation at the other side. A number of kayakers simply left their vehicles behind and took to the river to bypass the muddy mess.

A brief visit by a small herd of tres-passing cattle left a few trampled path-ways through Trophy Mountain flower meadows. The cattle had wandered from permitted grazing on nearby Crown Land.

15 YEARS AGO:Environment

Canada presented Vavenby's Val Moilliet with an award for her family's 87 years of continuous collection of weather data.

Clearwater Forest District's longtime operations manager Max Tanner moved up to the top job – district manager – taking over from Jim Munn.

Negotiators ham-mered out a tentative agreement between the IWA and IFLRA, the bargaining agent for 11 southern Interior forest companies. Workers were to receive two per cent increases for each of the contract's three years.

Blue River resi-dents Barb Quinn and Alfons Jalink officially opened the Millennium Trail, a pathway along Herb Bilton Way to the soon-to-be-opened beachhouse. Ninety deciduous trees from all over the world lined the trail.

10 YEARS AGO:Low-beds and

other equipment filled Avola streets follow-ing a train derail-ment. Two locomo-tives had left the rails and one went down a bank. The engineer and conductor were taken to hospital in Clearwater and released the same day. The cause was under investigation.

The outdoor ice arena in Vavenby North Side Park got a boost with a $2,000 donation by Interior Savings Credit Union. With the outdoor arena, area residents now had recreation opportunities in their own backyard and should attract further development of the area, commented Leslie Groulx, Wells Gray Country ser-vices coordinator.

A judge placed Interact Forest Products into receiv-ership. Outstanding cheques totalled close to $200,000 and account receivables were not sufficient to cover them.

5 YEARS AGO:Many former

Vavenby residents attended its school reunion. They includ-ed Ruby and Bob Gledhill. Ruby had been born in Vavenby in 1929 and the couple had run the store there for many years.

Simpcw First Nation was opposed to replacing a Haida totem pole at Jasper with another Haida pole. Parts of the national park were within the band's tra-ditional territory, said Chief Keith Matthew.

The only two youngsters left in Avola, Jeneen Jensen and Preston Tucker, graduated from CSS. When she moved to Avola 20 years earlier there had been lots of kids and teens, said community correspon-dent Colleen Herns-Jensen.

1 YEAR AGO:Clearwater

Crushers crushed all opponents to win the U16 provincial soft-ball championships in Clearwater. Pitcher Karter Romeo was chosen to play in the Canadian champion-ships in Fredericton.

HISTORICAL Perspect i ve

BACK IN TIME

6 - 7

(L-r) David and Barbara Zimmer from Ontario plus local residents Susan and Mike Ward wear Canada T-shirts as they load their plates during a Canada Day potluck at the former Upper Clearwater schoolhouse. Photo by Keith McNeill

Potluck in Upper Clearwater

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Canada Day 2015 at Dutch Lake beach was a terri� c event thanks to all who attended. Special thanks to all those who did a great job at the barbecue and kept the beach activities fun to do and to watch. A great job done by the local musicians of the music guild. Special thanks to our great supporters: District of Clearwater...Tourism Wells Gray...Fleetwest Enterprises... Clearwater Lodge for the ice cream... Buy-Low foods for the watermelon.. Strawberry Moose for the cupcakes... and the drill team

for a great performance... Success By 6 and the face painters making the little ones

happy... Kinder Morgan and Pharmasave for the prizes and

United Way for popcorn.

A FANTASTIC EVENT MADE POSSIBLE BY A LOT OF PEOPLE. WE THANK THEM ALL!!!

Canada Day 2015 at Dutch Lake beach!

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Eleanor Deckert

One hundred years ago, in 1915, when the stretch of rails between Valemount and Kamloops was finished, this rugged valley, isolated and cut off by so many obsta-cles and challenges, became linked to the rest of the world.

What was life like for valley residents before, during con-struction and after the completion of the railroad through the North Thompson Valley?

The story of the railroad intersects with so many other sto-ries: immigration and race relations, world events and technology, geography and place names, living condi-tions and the law.

To mark this cen-tennial, this writer will describe this richly textured piece of local history.

If you have not yet had the experience, perhaps sometime soon you might buy your ticket on the pas-senger train and travel through this scenic mountain valley of British Columbia.

Thinking of importance of railroads

It would be safe to guess that some of the food you are eating, the clothing you are wearing, the lumber that supports your house, your imported electronics, even your vehicle and many other objects you own have all at one time been cargo on a train.

It’s hard to realize that everyone in the world relied on muscle

power and lamp light until steam and electricity were har-nessed. Machinery was slowly improving until technology suddenly leaped forward when, in the early 1800s engines could safely be operated using steam under pressure.

The Iron Horse, as railroad engines have been called, brought changes to all parts of society: mines and farms, factories and shipyards, cities and wilderness.

Together with the telegraph, continents seemed to shrink as messages, goods and people could be trans-ported across vast distances in a small amount of time.

As the Age of Steam Engines dawned, development of North America

rapidly expanded as opportunities previ-ously out of reach became realized. Small railroad lines began in the more populated east. But what would be possible if there were a transcontinen-tal railroad?

More than a symbolToday, the railroad

across Canada might seem to be merely a nostalgic symbol of Canadian unity, sta-bility, efficiency and safety. However, the historic reality is very clear that without the railroad, there would be no Canada “A mari usque ad mare.” (Canada’s official motto: “From sea to sea.”)

The effect of Canada's borders

Since the American

Revolution in 1775, the United States had been expanding its territories. The War of 1812 threatened British holdings and in the mid-1800’s the slogans “Manifest Destiny” and later “Fifty-Four-Forty or Fight” propelled US claims in Oregon, Texas and the Spanish and French areas of the continent.

The purchase of Alaska from Russia directed attention to the north and west. British North America and vast uncharted areas of what is now western Canada were vulnerable.

Boundary disputes about western and northern lands had to be settled, both on paper and maps, and also guarded against bleeding resources

away if commerce and transportation ran north-south and not east-west.

Gold Fever fuels more exploration

The California Gold Rush of 1849 and the gold strike in Barkerville of 1858 were followed by sud-den interest in the Klondike in 1896. Hastily, populations moved, resources were needed, trade was imperative, but transportation was still difficult. Pressure from these discoveries was leverage to focus government attention on developing the west and north.

The 1860s-1880s are a pivotal time

Perhaps there is no time like the 1860s-1880s that indi-cates quite so sharply the differences between the east and the west. It is as though dis-tance from east to west was actually time travel, and the further west one moves, the more primitive the liv-ing conditions.

In the 1860s, the Civil War was in full force in the United States. Railroads moved troops, sup-plies, the wounded, the President.

In 1862, the Overlanders are the first white fam-ily to travel across what is now Canada from east to west by cart, on foot and by river raft to arrive in Kamloops. Meanwhile columned banks and mechanized industry, university campus and grand railway stations were built in

Toronto. Surveyors hack through devil’s club in the North Thompson Valley while the wealthy in Ottawa dress in silks from India.

Furs trapped in the Rockies wrap ladies in Montreal.

Every student of Canadian his-tory knows that there is an insepa-rable link between the Confederation of Canada in 1867, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald, and the railroad across Canada.

In 1870, when Canada formally united with British Columbia, the agree-ment between them contained this pledge: “The Government of the Dominion under-take to ... secure the completion of such a Railway within 10 years from the date of the Union.”

North - SouthGeographically, the

mountain ridges and their river valleys run north to south.

Before the railroad, rivers were the main routes for transporta-tion. Since the early days, fur trade by canoe brought heavy loads along rivers, lakes and bays.

By the 1880s, the vast forest resources, the discovery of mineral deposits and developing agriculture in the west call for the need for reliable trans-port of cargo. The easiest way to build is in the north-south river valleys.

But this will drain away commerce from Canada and build

up companies in the USA.

East - WestThe journey was so

hazardous, either over land through the barri-cade of the mountains or by ship around the tip of South America. Once the proposed railway is complete, east and west will both benefit when settle-ment, commerce and security will flourish.

Yet it seems a Herculean task to scale mountains, search for and survey likely routes from east to west and accom-plish so great a feat.

In order to draw one man-made line across the map mark-ing the Canada-USA border and protect the Canadian economy, it became necessary for men and machinery to cut a line though the forest, across marsh-lands, measuring, estimating, blasting rock, tunnelling under mountains. Sweating men and horses, steam driven machinery, slowly the work was accomplished and two parallel lines of steel reached across the continent.

Canadian Pacific Railway comes first

It took longer than estimated, but at long last the anticipated completion of the Canadian Pacific Railroad coast to coast became a reality. The 1885 last spike at Craigellachie, British Columbia marked this significant turning point in history.

Look for more rail-road history in upcom-ing Valley Voices.

A diorama at the Miniature Museum in Victoria shows the town of Yale as it ap-peared in 1885. Construction of the railroad through the Yellowhead Pass and down the North Thompson Valley was completed in 1915, but settlements along the route likely looked quite similar. Photo by Eleanor Deckert

Railway marks 100 years in North Thompson Valley

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By Elli KohnertNorth Thompson Star/Journal

The small settle-ment of Vavenby is home to Ecki Manthei, a gifted artist who‘s artwork grows out of his connection to nature, and his drive to follow every new idea with a passion that moves him to create what is in his imagina-tion, without delay.

Ecki’s home stands out from all others in the Vavenby trailer park where it cannot be missed. Two large life-like eagles formed from wood, seem to be guarding his prop-erty. Varieties of crea-tures also made from wood, line the path to the house; and the ambiance of this place leaves no doubt that an artist lives here.

Ecki, and his life partner, Marilyn, arrived in the North Thompson Valley about five years ago. When they saw the trailer court in Vavenby, they “liked it right away and bought it”; a comfort-able, quiet place that allows his creativity to flourish.

Ecki says he emi-grated with his parents from Austria when he was a very young boy in 1945. He has lived and worked in various northern locations in

Canada, and eventu-ally came to live in Cloverdale, B.C. It is there that he began his artistic career.

Seashells were his medium then, tells Ecki as he explains how they lend them-selves to be made into clocks for instance, or be used as a canvas for his paintings.

When the couple eventually settled in the community of Vavenby, it is here that Ecki took on art as his life work.

Ecki has trans-formed one room of their home into an art gallery, where he now displays the numer-ous ‘Art By Ecki’ cre-ations.

The variety of his work is remarkable; it ranges from usable art, like wooden spoons and clocks, to wildlife and nature paintings. Ecki uses antlers for many of his carvings that depict wildlife, especially wolves, in their habitat.

“When I am walking in the forest, or along a stream, I often see something that gives me an idea for a proj-ect,” says the artist, “I may pick up a rock that would be just right to paint something on, or maybe I am lucky to find a moose or deer antler, and I know right away what I want to

carve on it!” He notes that near-

ly all the materials he uses in his creations are natural; giving the artwork its special character.

Sometimes a per-son may come into the gallery to view Ecki’s work, and they may purchase a special item of art for their own home. Most of the time though, Ecki and Marilyn market the art work by taking part in craft fairs.

“At some I do well, with others I do not,” commented the art-

ist on selling his work through craft fairs.

The couple say they have a few tentative ideas in mind for mar-keting; such as going on the road to sell their creations. But right now, they have no immediate plans that they want to follow.

“We like it here in Vavenby,” says Ecki, “We feel comfortable around here, and we do enjoy to be with the friends we have made in the area. For now, ‘Ecki’s Art’ will have its home in the North Thompson Valley .”

Nature plays a large part in Art by Ecki

(Above) Ecki Manthei of Vavenby shows one of the many ant-lers he has carved that are displayed in his home gallery.

(Top left) Ecki’s life partner, Marilyn, looks on on as he passionately describes his art creations to the Star/Journal reporter.

(Bottom left) Some of the beautiful creations that Ecki offers for sale to the public from his Vavenby gallery or at craft fairs.

STAR/JOURNAL photos: Elli Kohnert

Celebration of Art in Barriere June 23, 24By Jill HaywardNorth Thompson Star/Journal

Everything is in place for the June 23, and 24, Barriere Celebration of The Arts. The venue will be similar to last year’s event and will once again be hosted on property beside Highway 5 in Barriere, now the home of Sam’s Pizza and Rib House.

The two day Celebration of Art event is an extravaganza of art and culture, featuring the amazing talent of the North Thompson Valley and British Columbia.

Put on by the North Thomspon Arts Council, and the Yellowhead Artists Cooperative, the venue

continues to be admission free to the public, and encourages youth to attend and participate in the 12 years and under Art Activity Area.

Those involved say they expect a strong turnout of ven-dors this year and that they are looking forward to presenting such a broad range of top qual-ity art for exhibition and/or for sale.

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must supply their own canopy or tent, and that power is not available.

If you would like more infor-mation or would like to book a space, or volunteer, please call Jessie at 250-672-9772.

“We figure that all the rain will be done with by then,” said one positive thinker, “It will be a great weekend, and the vendor tents will be to provide shade from the sun, not keep the rain off. We are expecting lots of art-ists, and a steady stream of visi-tors to our presentation. Come on down and see the extremely good works being produced from people within our art com-munity. You’ll be impressed – I guarantee it!”

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At the Farmers MarketThree of the Campbell sisters (l-r) Gracelee, Lisalee and Shenelle, show that their family has talents and abilities other than music as they model handmade, brightly colored knitted and crocheted wear they had for sale during the Clearwater Farmers Market on Saturday, July 4. This is Meet My Market Month and people can win prizes by introducing a friend to the market and filling in a form at the info booth. You can also win by posting a photo via social media.Photo by Keith McNeill

Enjoying Canada Day at Dutch LakeLeft: Boys (l-r) Wyatt Streek, Kash Baker, Owen Thon, Owen Simms, Aus-tyn Streek and Rylan Baker show off the sand-castle they built during Canada Day festivities at Dutch Lake beach.

All photos byKeith McNeill

(L-r) Gerda Faber, Sam Willan, Howard Mitchell, Jack Keough and Doug Fenwick entertain the crowd.

Clearwater councilors (l-r) Barry Banford, Gord Heisterman and Ken Kjenstad cook up hot dogs and hamburgers.

Lisa Jensen makes some lively moves as she leads people in Zumba, a dance system inspired by Latin rhythms.

Machaella Harwood concentrates as she paints five-year-old Keyanna Pelton's face.

Kamloops This Week

The head of the region's United Way for the past 11 years is leaving to join the organization in the Lower Mainland. Brenda Aynsley, cur-rently executive director of the United Way of the Thompson-Nicola-Cariboo, will leave on July 31 to become vice-president of resource development with the United Way of the Lower Mainland.

“Brenda has been a fantastic leader for our United Way over the last 11 years and she is leaving the organization in a strong position, with dedicated and talented staff and lots of momentum to keep building, which is the true test of a great leader,” United Way board chair-man Jason Fawcett said.

During Aynsley’s time as executive director, the annual United Way campaign locally grew from raising $880,000 to $2.3 million last year.

Times Staff

District of Clearwater will once again be hosting provincial soft-ball championships this summer, according to sports coordinator Melody Romeo.

The U14 Boys and U18 Boys championships will take place in local ball fields on July 17 and 18.

Between 12 and 16 teams are expected, coming from Smithers, 100 Mile, Surrey and more.

Clearwater won the right to host the championships over two major cities.

Organizers are currently look-ing for volunteers and sponsors. If interested, contact Melody Romeo sports@docbc or 250-674-8009.

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Eleanor Deckert

One hundred years ago, in 1915, when the stretch of rails between Valemount and Kamloops was finished, this rugged valley, isolated and cut off by so many obsta-cles and challenges, became linked to the rest of the world.

What was life like for valley residents before, during con-struction and after the completion of the railroad through the North Thompson Valley?

The story of the railroad intersects with so many other sto-ries: immigration and race relations, world events and technology, geography and place names, living condi-tions and the law.

To mark this cen-tennial, this writer will describe this richly textured piece of local history.

If you have not yet had the experience, perhaps sometime soon you might buy your ticket on the pas-senger train and travel through this scenic mountain valley of British Columbia.

Thinking of importance of railroads

It would be safe to guess that some of the food you are eating, the clothing you are wearing, the lumber that supports your house, your imported electronics, even your vehicle and many other objects you own have all at one time been cargo on a train.

It’s hard to realize that everyone in the world relied on muscle

power and lamp light until steam and electricity were har-nessed. Machinery was slowly improving until technology suddenly leaped forward when, in the early 1800s engines could safely be operated using steam under pressure.

The Iron Horse, as railroad engines have been called, brought changes to all parts of society: mines and farms, factories and shipyards, cities and wilderness.

Together with the telegraph, continents seemed to shrink as messages, goods and people could be trans-ported across vast distances in a small amount of time.

As the Age of Steam Engines dawned, development of North America

rapidly expanded as opportunities previ-ously out of reach became realized. Small railroad lines began in the more populated east. But what would be possible if there were a transcontinen-tal railroad?

More than a symbolToday, the railroad

across Canada might seem to be merely a nostalgic symbol of Canadian unity, sta-bility, efficiency and safety. However, the historic reality is very clear that without the railroad, there would be no Canada “A mari usque ad mare.” (Canada’s official motto: “From sea to sea.”)

The effect of Canada's borders

Since the American

Revolution in 1775, the United States had been expanding its territories. The War of 1812 threatened British holdings and in the mid-1800’s the slogans “Manifest Destiny” and later “Fifty-Four-Forty or Fight” propelled US claims in Oregon, Texas and the Spanish and French areas of the continent.

The purchase of Alaska from Russia directed attention to the north and west. British North America and vast uncharted areas of what is now western Canada were vulnerable.

Boundary disputes about western and northern lands had to be settled, both on paper and maps, and also guarded against bleeding resources

away if commerce and transportation ran north-south and not east-west.

Gold Fever fuels more exploration

The California Gold Rush of 1849 and the gold strike in Barkerville of 1858 were followed by sud-den interest in the Klondike in 1896. Hastily, populations moved, resources were needed, trade was imperative, but transportation was still difficult. Pressure from these discoveries was leverage to focus government attention on developing the west and north.

The 1860s-1880s are a pivotal time

Perhaps there is no time like the 1860s-1880s that indi-cates quite so sharply the differences between the east and the west. It is as though dis-tance from east to west was actually time travel, and the further west one moves, the more primitive the liv-ing conditions.

In the 1860s, the Civil War was in full force in the United States. Railroads moved troops, sup-plies, the wounded, the President.

In 1862, the Overlanders are the first white fam-ily to travel across what is now Canada from east to west by cart, on foot and by river raft to arrive in Kamloops. Meanwhile columned banks and mechanized industry, university campus and grand railway stations were built in

Toronto. Surveyors hack through devil’s club in the North Thompson Valley while the wealthy in Ottawa dress in silks from India.

Furs trapped in the Rockies wrap ladies in Montreal.

Every student of Canadian his-tory knows that there is an insepa-rable link between the Confederation of Canada in 1867, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald, and the railroad across Canada.

In 1870, when Canada formally united with British Columbia, the agree-ment between them contained this pledge: “The Government of the Dominion under-take to ... secure the completion of such a Railway within 10 years from the date of the Union.”

North - SouthGeographically, the

mountain ridges and their river valleys run north to south.

Before the railroad, rivers were the main routes for transporta-tion. Since the early days, fur trade by canoe brought heavy loads along rivers, lakes and bays.

By the 1880s, the vast forest resources, the discovery of mineral deposits and developing agriculture in the west call for the need for reliable trans-port of cargo. The easiest way to build is in the north-south river valleys.

But this will drain away commerce from Canada and build

up companies in the USA.

East - WestThe journey was so

hazardous, either over land through the barri-cade of the mountains or by ship around the tip of South America. Once the proposed railway is complete, east and west will both benefit when settle-ment, commerce and security will flourish.

Yet it seems a Herculean task to scale mountains, search for and survey likely routes from east to west and accom-plish so great a feat.

In order to draw one man-made line across the map mark-ing the Canada-USA border and protect the Canadian economy, it became necessary for men and machinery to cut a line though the forest, across marsh-lands, measuring, estimating, blasting rock, tunnelling under mountains. Sweating men and horses, steam driven machinery, slowly the work was accomplished and two parallel lines of steel reached across the continent.

Canadian Pacific Railway comes first

It took longer than estimated, but at long last the anticipated completion of the Canadian Pacific Railroad coast to coast became a reality. The 1885 last spike at Craigellachie, British Columbia marked this significant turning point in history.

Look for more rail-road history in upcom-ing Valley Voices.

A diorama at the Miniature Museum in Victoria shows the town of Yale as it ap-peared in 1885. Construction of the railroad through the Yellowhead Pass and down the North Thompson Valley was completed in 1915, but settlements along the route likely looked quite similar. Photo by Eleanor Deckert

Railway marks 100 years in North Thompson Valley

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(L-r) Jim Chambers of Little Fort shows a skull of a small mammal to Vancouver residents Vendula and Patrick McManus. Chambers display included scat from various animals in small bags, with identifica-tion of what animal they came from on the reverse side. Photo by Keith McNeill

Kamloops This Week

The Big Little Science Centre is shooting for Mars as part of several activities planned this summer.

On Saturday, July 25, NASA engineer Luke Dubord will discuss exploration efforts with a lecture for youngsters and families from 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. and a full lecture from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., both in the Brown Family House of Learning Room 190 at Thompson Rivers University.

Dubord works on the Insight Mars Lander project, scheduled to launch in March 2016 and worked on the Curiosity mission, which saw the rover touch down on Mars after nine months of space travel.

Tickets are $5 per person and $10 per family and can be pur-chased from the centre or online at blscs.org.

The centre is also holding sum-mer camps for kids and other activities. For more information, go online to blscs.org.

Higher distracted driving finesTom Fletcher – Black Press

Halfway through a consultation on dis-tracted driving policy, the vast majority of B.C. residents who have responded want fines increased.

Justice Minister Suzanne Anton says thousands of people have participated on the B.C. government’s consultation website, and more than 90 per cent want stronger action to stop people talking or texting on their phones while they’re behind the wheel.

B.C.’s fine is the second lowest in Canada, and a three-point insurance penal-ty was added last fall. Anton said she doesn’t intend to follow Ontario’s lead and put the fine up to $1,000 for repeat offenders, but an increase will be coming within a year.

Infocentre hosts Canada Day events for travelers

Staff from the tourist desk at the Wells Gray Info-center line up for a photo on Canada Day. Pictured are (l-r) Nicole Scott, Charlotte Smith, Katie Bieber and Andrew Soles. Photo by Keith McNeill

(L-r) Dan Saul, Cindy Wilgosh and Sam Saul show off in their regalia at the Wells Gray Infocenter on Canada Day. The two Sauls entertained tourists and others with their traditional stories. Photo submitted

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SportsTimes Staff

Expect to see a lot of all-terrain vehicles in the area next week.

ATV-BC organizes a poker ride every year at different places in B.C. This year it is coming to Clearwater.

Clearwater ATV Club is assisting in the event, which will take place on Saturday, July 18. With special permis-sion from Canfor, it will be based out of the old airstrip on

Camp 2 Road, where camping will be available.

The poker ride will begin at the airstrip and follow a marked trail into Canfor’s tim-ber management area, stopping at some lakes before returning to the airstrip. Riders will draw cards at a series of checkpoints to see who has the best poker hand.

Prizes will be $3,000 for first, a utility trailer for second, and a full year's insurance pol-icy for an ATV for third place.

But that is not all – riders also will have a chance in a draw for several random prizes.

Raffle tickets are being sold for a $14,000 ATV; second prize is a 2,000 watt generator, with third prize being a pres-sure washer. Tickets are avail-able from Aspen Auto Parts.

New regulations require the licencing of all off-road machines. Interior Savings Insurance allows 10 per cent discount on ATV insurance if you have a membership in an

ATV club. Memberships are available at Aspen Auto Parts in Clearwater.

Here's a suggested itinerary for visitors (camping at old airstrip):

Monday, July 13 – Come and camp early to see the town of Clearwater.

Tuesday, July 14 – Do a raft trip on the Clearwater River.

Wednesday, July 15 – A good day to do your own thing, such as tour Wells Grey Park to see the waterfalls.

Thursday July 16 – 10 a.m., club ride to Foghorn and Granite mountains; take a lunch, 60 km ride.

Friday July 17 – 8 a.m. – 10 a.m., ride to pancake breakfast at Elks Hall, 2 km; 10:30 a.m. ride to Grizzley Mountain, six hour trip; 6 p.m., evening ice cream ride, 8 km each way.

Saturday July 18 -10 a.m. Poker Ride, about 70 km; 6 p.m., ride to Legion Hall, 2 km, pre-sold tickets for roast beef dinner.

Submitted

It was a scorcher out on the course on July 2 for the 15 ladies who came out for Ladies Night. Everyone was glad to get into the cool-ness of the clubhouse at the end of the game and enjoy a very big glass of ice water.

The winners for this week were: For Flight #1: Carol Hindle – low gross, long putt and long drive in 2; Debbie Pearce – low net and KP; Lois Vandamme- long drive. For Flight #2: Joan Streadwick – low gross; Madeline Klassen – low net, long putt and long drive; Marg Anderson – KP and long drive in 2. For Flight #3: Anna Mae Dee – low gross; Daisy Hystad – low net and KP, Abbey Bates – long drive and long putt;

Stephanie Turner – long drive in 2.

Debbie was the only one to get her tee shot onto the green on #7. Marg had a good long putt on #4. Carol had the least putts and Joan Slingsby had the most.

Tanya Desjarlais was the closest to the wind-mill on #2. No one lost a ball into the water, at least not on fairway #1.

Thank you to our sponsors for this week: Fleetwest (hole-in-one), Pharmasave, Painted Turtle Restaurant, Wells Gray Inn, The Caboose, Century 21 Realty, Home Hardware, The Hop’N’Hog, MacLennan Farms, and The Strawberry Moose.

See you all next week. Remember to book your tee time with Lacarya Golf Course at 587-6100.

Stephanie Turner sizes up the distance to the green on Hole #4 during Ladies Night at Lacarya on July 2. Photo submitted

Brute strength on display in KamloopsNick Dewland puts his power on display at the B.C.’s Strongest Man com-petition, held in honour of the late Rob Medves at Big O Tires on the North Shore on Saturday, June 27. Photo by Alan Douglas, Kamloops This Week

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July is a Blue Moon month

Summer reading clubs for all ages at LibrarySubmitted

The TNRD Library System is once again running its popular Summer Reading program. This year’s theme is “Build It!”, and there are two clubs: the Read-To-Me Club, for children aged five and under, and the Summer Reading Club, for children aged six to twelve. Registration is free.

Children who take part are encouraged to read (or be read to) for 15 minutes a day, every day, through August 22. Their reading is recorded in a logbook (given to the child when he or she registers), and those who qualify get their name entered in a draw for cool weekly prizes and an

amazing grand prize.The Summer Reading Clubs are

designed for children to complete on their own, but the Ashcroft Library is hosting three Reading Club events for program participants this summer, on July 8 and 22 and on August 5. Each session will be held from 1:30–2:30pm, and features activities and crafts.

During each week of the program, a different theme is used to explore various types of writing. Build the Future looks at science fiction and futuristic technol-ogy; Build Your Story examines biogra-phy, autobiography, and journals; Build It Yourself encourages children to find out more about crafts and DIY; Built to

Last explores the world of architecture and structures; Build Your Imagination is about fantasy and animation; Build For Fun lets children see the world of games, puzzles, Lego, and more; while Build a Mystery is all about the world of mystery and horror. Library staff will be happy to direct children to books about all these subjects and many more.

The TNRD’s Adult Summer Reading Book Club will be looking at two nov-els by Harper Lee. The author’s debut novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was pub-lished in 1960 and won a Pulitzer Prize. Now, 55 years later, a sequel — To Set A Watchman — is being published, and although the novel isn’t published until

July 14 it’s already a bestseller, and one of the most talked-about books of the year. The Book Club will give readers a chance to read and discuss these two books: one of which has sold 40 million copies, and one which has already caused a media sensation.

For more information visit your local library, or the TNRD Library System website at www.tnrdlib.ca

Goldie Krawec

On the night of July 2 we witnessed the first of two full moons for the month of July. The second will occur on July 31.

July, this year will have a “Blue Moon.”

What is a Blue Moon? The modern day definition of a Blue Moon is when there are two full moons in one month. A full moon occurs roughly every 29.5 days and on the rare occasions when the full moon falls at the very beginning of a month there is a good chance a Blue Moon will occur at the end of the month.

The last Blue Moon month was August of 2012 when full moons occurred on Aug. 2 and Aug. 31.

The next Blue Moon months will be in 2018. The first occurring Jan. 2 and Jan. 31, with the sec-ond occurring two months later, March 2 and March 31.

In 2020, a Blue moon will occur in

October and in 2023 in August. This is some-thing to look forward to. Why don’t you mark these important dates on your calendar of things to do? Hope that the cloud cover is sparse and you can witness the next time two full moons occur in one month.

In the year 2034, a Blue Moon happens again on July 1 and 31, the same month as this year.

As we learned in school, the moon is full when the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. When this occurs the entire surface of the moon looks to be illuminated. On the evening of July 1 the moon seemed closer to earth than it did on July 2.

Have you ever tried looking at the moon through binoculars? This will bring out a lot of details we miss with the naked eye. Whatever power your glasses are means it brings the moon that much closer to us. Try it.

A full moon shines over the Clearwater River — one of two full moons this month. Photo by Goldie Krawec

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Expect to see a lot of all-terrain vehicles in the area next week.

ATV-BC organizes a poker ride every year at different places in B.C. This year it is coming to Clearwater.

Clearwater ATV Club is assisting in the event, which will take place on Saturday, July 18. With special permis-sion from Canfor, it will be based out of the old airstrip on

Camp 2 Road, where camping will be available.

The poker ride will begin at the airstrip and follow a marked trail into Canfor’s tim-ber management area, stopping at some lakes before returning to the airstrip. Riders will draw cards at a series of checkpoints to see who has the best poker hand.

Prizes will be $3,000 for first, a utility trailer for second, and a full year's insurance pol-icy for an ATV for third place.

But that is not all – riders also will have a chance in a draw for several random prizes.

Raffle tickets are being sold for a $14,000 ATV; second prize is a 2,000 watt generator, with third prize being a pres-sure washer. Tickets are avail-able from Aspen Auto Parts.

New regulations require the licencing of all off-road machines. Interior Savings Insurance allows 10 per cent discount on ATV insurance if you have a membership in an

ATV club. Memberships are available at Aspen Auto Parts in Clearwater.

Here's a suggested itinerary for visitors (camping at old airstrip):

Monday, July 13 – Come and camp early to see the town of Clearwater.

Tuesday, July 14 – Do a raft trip on the Clearwater River.

Wednesday, July 15 – A good day to do your own thing, such as tour Wells Grey Park to see the waterfalls.

Thursday July 16 – 10 a.m., club ride to Foghorn and Granite mountains; take a lunch, 60 km ride.

Friday July 17 – 8 a.m. – 10 a.m., ride to pancake breakfast at Elks Hall, 2 km; 10:30 a.m. ride to Grizzley Mountain, six hour trip; 6 p.m., evening ice cream ride, 8 km each way.

Saturday July 18 -10 a.m. Poker Ride, about 70 km; 6 p.m., ride to Legion Hall, 2 km, pre-sold tickets for roast beef dinner.

Submitted

It was a scorcher out on the course on July 2 for the 15 ladies who came out for Ladies Night. Everyone was glad to get into the cool-ness of the clubhouse at the end of the game and enjoy a very big glass of ice water.

The winners for this week were: For Flight #1: Carol Hindle – low gross, long putt and long drive in 2; Debbie Pearce – low net and KP; Lois Vandamme- long drive. For Flight #2: Joan Streadwick – low gross; Madeline Klassen – low net, long putt and long drive; Marg Anderson – KP and long drive in 2. For Flight #3: Anna Mae Dee – low gross; Daisy Hystad – low net and KP, Abbey Bates – long drive and long putt;

Stephanie Turner – long drive in 2.

Debbie was the only one to get her tee shot onto the green on #7. Marg had a good long putt on #4. Carol had the least putts and Joan Slingsby had the most.

Tanya Desjarlais was the closest to the wind-mill on #2. No one lost a ball into the water, at least not on fairway #1.

Thank you to our sponsors for this week: Fleetwest (hole-in-one), Pharmasave, Painted Turtle Restaurant, Wells Gray Inn, The Caboose, Century 21 Realty, Home Hardware, The Hop’N’Hog, MacLennan Farms, and The Strawberry Moose.

See you all next week. Remember to book your tee time with Lacarya Golf Course at 587-6100.

Stephanie Turner sizes up the distance to the green on Hole #4 during Ladies Night at Lacarya on July 2. Photo submitted

Brute strength on display in KamloopsNick Dewland puts his power on display at the B.C.’s Strongest Man com-petition, held in honour of the late Rob Medves at Big O Tires on the North Shore on Saturday, June 27. Photo by Alan Douglas, Kamloops This Week

Clearwater to host BC-ATV poker ride July 18

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St James Catholic Church

Sunday Service Mass

11am - 12pm

324 Clearwater Village Road

250-819-5579

Clearwater Seventh-Day

Adventist Church

Pastor John MasiganSaturday Service - 10amClearwater Christian ChurchPh. 250-674-3468

Clearwater Living Streams Christian

FellowshipMeeting at

New Life Assemblyevery Sunday 4:00pm

Contact Dave Meehan 250-674-3217email: [email protected]

Clearwater Community Churchopen to everyone - all denominations

CLEARWATER NEW LIFE ASSEMBLYDan Daase - Pastor

Sunday Morning Worship 10:30am

(Kids church during service)Wednesdays Am - Ladies Bible Study

Phone: 250-674-2345308 W Old N Thompson Hwy

ChurchDirectoryYour places of worship

VAVENBY CHRISTIAN CHURCH

3083 Capostinsky Rd. • Service 11 a.m.

Sunday Morning Celebration

ServicesIan Moilliet Pastor -

250-676-9574Non Denominational

Clearwater Christian ChurchNon-denominational congregation in fellowship with

the broader Christian community in the area.Meeting at: 11 Lodge Drive

Wayne Richardson (Pastor)

Sunday Worship Service

10 amOn the Web: www.clchch.com

For information 250.674.7073 or 250.674.2912

Pastor Doug Spinney 250.674.3624www.ccbaptist.ca

CLEARWATERCOMMUNITY

BAPTIST24E Old North Thompson Hwy

Worship Service 10:30

CLEARWATER UNITED CHURCH

Meeting at Catholic Church of St. James

WorShip Sunday 9am

Rev. Brian Krushel250-672-5653 • 250-674-3615

www.norththompsonpc.ca

The Lifeguard Outreach Society

Is Coming to Clearwater! OFFERING FREE DROWNING PREVENTION LESSONS

FOR ALL AGES AT DUTCH LAKE!

Friday, July 17, Saturday, July 18,

& Sunday, July 19 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (Come early to sign a waiver)

You Can REGISTER ONLINE: http://goo.gl/forms/tRQG1qxbh0

Or Find Them on Facebook:

The Lifeguard Outreach Society Check out their promotional video to see what it’s all about!

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Business & Service DirectoryACCOUNTANT - CERTIFIED

STONE & COMPANYJason O’Driscoll, CPA, CA - Bob Lawrie, CPA, CGA

Chartered AccountantsRison Realty • 32 E Old N. Thompson Hwy.

Feb. 1st to Apr. 30th - Every ThursdayMay 1st to Jan. 31st - By AppointmentHours: 9:30 am to Noon, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Phone: 250-674-2532 • Kamloops: 554-2533 • Fax: 554-2536Financial Statement Preparation • Corporate & Personal Income Taxes

Accountant - Certified Appliance Repair

CARPENTRY

Hazel’s HousingQUALITY WORK

• NEW CONSTRUCTION • RENOVATIONS • ROOFING

CLEARWATER, B.C.

250-674-4083Hazel Dowds

Journeyman Carpenter

Carpentry

Advertise Hardware

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674-3343

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A DVERTISING Electric Contractors

Licenced & BondedReg. NO: 99142

JAGER GARBAGEResidential & Commercial

Garbage Collection. Residential includes Blue Bag Recycling

Containers available for construction sites, yard clean-up, industrial sites etc.

Phone Jager Garbage 250-674-3798Serving from Vavenby to Blackpool area

GARBAGE COLLECTIONGarbage Collection

CONTRACTORS

Septic - Installation - Service - PumpingDemolition - Excavation - Backhoe Service

Trucking - Crane Truck - Water - DumpGravel - Sand - Top Soil - Snow Removal

Paul Jack250.819.3205 250.299.9510

ContractingConstructionConstruction &

Renovations from Foundations

to Roof

Rob Kerslake

Steve Noble

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

NORTH RIVERAPPLIANCE REPAIRFour Star Service

250-674-0079

DOUG JAMESPARTS - SALES - SERVICE CALLS USED APPLIANCES

Contractor

Building Contractor

Renovations • HAFI Jobs

250-674-3875

40+ years experience

Building Contractor

HANS OUNPUU

MOTOR LICENCE OFFICE

ICBC AgentDistrict of Clearwater

Phone: 250-674-2257 • Fax: 250-674-2173 Box 157, 209 Dutch Lake Road, Clearwater, V0E 1N0Of� ce Hours: Monday to Friday - 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Open through the Noon hour

Motor Licence Office

Plumbing & Drains

NORTH THOMPSON

NTPDPLUMBING AND DRAINSGot Leaks? Plugged Drain? New Installs

Fully Insured • 100% Guaranteed • 250-674-8151

Wells & Pumps ≈ Yearly Maintenance ≈ Frozen pipesWe are right around the corner

Construction

Construction and Home Renovation

MARSHALL MCRAERed Seal Carpenter

[email protected]

250-674-1182

On the Level Enterprises

Automotive Repair

Marcel’s

250-674-2522

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Raft River Rd

Scott Rd

Wildwood RdEden Rd

Archibald Rd

Barber Rd

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Foote Rd

Jenkins Rd

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Yellowhead Hwy.

Automobile Service & PartsBall Fields

Gas

GolfGroceries & ProduceInformationLibrary

LodgingMedical Services

PharmacyPicinic Grounds

North Thompson Sportsplex

Post Of�cePolice (RCMP)

Real EstateRestaurant

Welcome to

Double Dragon

Safety Mart

Supersave Gas Wells Gray Golf Resort & RV Park

Pharmasave

Aspen Auto & Service

Dee’s General StoreClearwater Times

Wells Gray Inn

Dairy Queen

Old Caboose

Resource Centre

Home Hardware

XXX Liquor Store

XXX

Fire Department

Clearwater Towing

Kal Tire

Jim’s Market

Murtle Cr

Hydro Rd

Park Drive

Wildwood Rd

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Bayley’s BistroJenkins Rd

Upper Clearwater

Lower Clearwater

Birch Island

TNT TransmissionsThe Laundromat

Get Your Tan On

Lane’s Towing

On Call TowingCountry Inn & RV

Safety Mart

649 Kennedy Road • www.wellsgrayservicecenter.ca

Carpet Cleaning

CARPET CLEANING Commercial & ResidentialCerti� ed Technician | Truck Mounted

Kathy Hodder

250-674-1629

CARPET CARE EXTRODINAIRE

PRO-FORM Feeds

Your number one stop for all your garden, building and farm supplies

Complete Farm & Garden Centre • Customer Service at its BestSummer Hours • 7:30am - 5:30pm • Monday to Saturday

250-674-3386 - 213 W. Old N. Thompson Hwy.

• Paint Supplies • Plumbing & Electrical • Hardware • Plywoods • Lumber • Fencing Materials • Vinyl Sidings • Roo� ngs • Specialty Items

• Treated Timber • Farm Gates • Interior & Exterior Doors

Building Supplies

Septic Service

CLEARWATER SEPTIC SERVICEGive us a call before it’s too late! BEST rates in town

“Interior Health approved” POTABLE WATER SERVICE

250-674-3562

& PORTABLE TOILET RENTALS

TAXI SERVICE

WELLS GRAY

TAXIAVAILABLE 24 HOURS • 7 DAYS A WEEK

250-674-2214 • 250-674-1542

Taxi Service

Electric Contractors

Business & Service Directory

She Is Looking for Home Improvement Help. Will She Find Your Business?

Advertise your business for as low as $16/weekCall for more information or come in to the Times #14-74 Young Road

250-674-3343

Auto Repair & Towing

HindleMotors

Automotive Repair • Used Auto Parts • Mobile Repairs Designated Vehicle Inspection • C.V.I. Inspections

Commercial Truck & EQ Repair Fully Licensed Technicians

CLEARWATER TOWING LTD.24 Hour ServiceFree Scrap Car Removal516 Swanson RoadUsed Auto Parts

OFFICE: 250-674-3123or CELL: 250-674-1427 ®

••NOW DOING COMMERCIAL TRUCK REPAIR••

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Taylor, Epp & DolderLawyers

Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. - NoonBarriere Centre - 480 Barriere Town Road

Lawyer in attendance: Elmer Epp

Barriere 250-672-5244 • Kamloops: 250-374-3456

Lawyers

MOTOR LICENCE OFFICE

ICBC AgentDistrict of Clearwater

250-674-2733132 Station Road, Box 157, Clearwater, B.C. V0E 1N0Offi ce Hours: Monday to Friday - 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Open through the Noon hour

Motor Licence Office

Service • Sales • InstallationsStar Choice Approved Service TechnicianPhone: 250-674-0066 or 250-674-8877

email: [email protected]

Satellite Service

WELLS GRAY

TAXIAVAILABLE 24 HOURS • 7 DAYS A WEEK

250-674-2214 • 250-674-1542

Taxi Service

BUD’S WATER WELLS LTD.Toll Free 1-888-83WELLS OVER 25

YEARS EXPERIENCEResidential & Industrial Wells

Certifi ed Well DrillerDuane BochekKamloops, B.C.

Bus. (250) 573-3000Toll Free 1-888-839-3557

Water Wells

Safe ShelterIf you need help getting away from domestic abuse,

call Safe Home

(250) 674-2135 in Little Fort, Clearwater, Birch Island, Vavenby, Avola & Blue River

(250) 682-6444 in Dar eld, Barriere, Chu Chua, Louis Creek and McLure

Anytime day or night - Please don’t wait until it’s too late.Call us now. We can help.

If you would like to volunteer, call 250-674-2600 and ask for Wendy

Lawyer

Jim McCreightin Clearwater the 2 nd & 4 th

W ednesday of each month

Ph: 250-674-2255 (Clearwater)Toll Free: 1-888-374-3161

Located in the BB&R Insuranceoffice, Brookfield Mall

Jim McCreightin Clearwater the 2 nd & 4 th

W ednesday of each month

For all your legal needs, including:• Wills & Estates • Real Estate • Accident & Injury

Located in the Interior Savings Offi ce, Ph: 250-674-2255 or Toll Free: 1-888-374-3161

Nursery


Kodiak Kennels Breeding & Boarding

Breeders of Golden RetrieversPet Vacations at Kodiak Ranch

Lyle & Mary ThomasBox 189Clearwater, B.C. V0E 1N0

Ph. 250-674-0093Toll Free. 1-877-Kodiak9www.kodiakranch.com

Pick up and delivery available

KennelHorseshoeing

Cell: 250-682-5577 • Home: 250-674-4033

Interior Design

• C u s t o m B l i n d s & D r a p e r y • H o m e D é c o r F a b r i c• F l o o r i n g S a m p l e s • J o u r n e y m a n F l o o r I n s t a l l a t i o n s• P a i n t i n g - I n t e r i o r & E x t e r i o r • S m a l l R e n o v a t i o n s

• I n - H o m e D é c o r C o n s u l t a t i o n s

Call Val the Blind Gal250-674-1543

Toll Free 1-866-674-1543

Valerie PantonIn-home Décor Consultant 26 years experience

Jim PantonFloor Layer & Painter

37 years in the trade• • •

• C u s t o m B l i n d s & D r a p e r y • H o m e D é c o r F a b• F l o o r i n g S a m p l e s • J o u r n e y m a n F l o o r I n s t a l l a• P a i n t i n g - I n t e r i o r & E x t e r i o r • S l l R

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Service CenterLandscaping

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Construction, Renos & DemosSeptic Service - Pumper TruckBackhoe & BobcatCertifi ed Traffi c Control & Tow Truck - 24 HoursTraffi c Control/Certifi edPortable toilet rentalsChimney SweepPlumbingWell Repair

Traffi c Control & Towing

RON ROTZETTER250-674-0145 / 250-318-7235

Call 250-674-1869

DIVISIONS

Naturalized Landscaping

Box 463Clearwater, B.C. V0E [email protected]

Tel: (250) 674-3444Fax: (250) 674-3444

Geoff Ellen, P. AGForest Agrologist

• Landscape Design • Xeric Dryscapes • Native Species Landscapes • Hydroseeded Lawns • Land Reclamation

• Agroforestry • Range Management • Raw Land Assessment/Ideas • Aerial Revegetation • Greenhouses

AMARANTH FARM & NURSERY - McLure BCColorado Spruce Blue/Green

1m to 3m’s - Burlapped & Basketed

$60 - $160 • Hundreds to Choose from

Large Caliper Colorful Shade Trees to 14’

Call Bob at 672-9712 • cell 819-9712Wholesale to the Public & Business

massage

Located In The Legion Building

BODY HARMONYShiatsu Clinic

Registered with N.H.P.C. & Canadian Refl exology Association

Open Tues., Wed. & Thurs. Call for day or evening

appointments(250) 674-0098

ACUPRESSURE & SHIATSU MASSAGE

JAYLEE DOG GROOMINGArlee Yoerger

Professional Quality Pet Grooming

3133 Hundsbedt RdVAVENBY BC

250-676-0052

Pet Grooming

Septic

ON CALL SEPTIC SERVICES in Clearwater will be in

Valemount, Blue River and Avola every fi rst Friday of each month.

Charges for septic pumps start at $250 plus tax. Charges are subject to pump volume, location of the tank

and dumping fees.We do require a minimum of 3 appointments

to be able to service your area.

Please call to make an appointment250-674-0145 or 250-674-1869

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250.674.0145 | [email protected] Yellowhead Hwy S. Clearwater, BC V0E 1N1

O� ering Heavy Duty mechanical and Inspections

Mon. - Fri. • 8am – [email protected] • 851 Yellowhead Hwy S.

• PLUMBING• PORTABLE TOILET RENTALS

• SEPTIC INSTALLATIONS• SEPTIC PUMPING

• WATER COMPACTION• WELL INSTALLATION

• DUST CONTROL• WATER HAULING

• REGISTERED ON-SITE WASTEWATER PRACTITIONER

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Bryan Yu

This is not the forestry recovery that was hoped for.B.C.’s lumber production has long been considered a sec-

tor that would contribute positively and significantly to pro-vincial economic growth in the post-recession period, with U.S. economic growth and increased home building the key triggers for higher lumber export demand.

Despite U.S. housing starts rebounding to over one mil-lion units in 2014 from about 609,000 in 2011, and grinding out year-to-date growth of six per cent this year, B.C. lum-ber production remains in a disappointing holding pattern.

Monthly production is trundling along at pace that is not all that different from the average level observed since 2012. In April, monthly production of softwood lumber was up 1.7 per cent from a year ago to 2.67 million dry cubic metres, pushing year to-date production growth to a lacklustre 1.5 per cent.

Part of this year’s production growth reflects increased capacity due to the restart of rebuilt mills in Prince George and Burns Lake. This aligns with dollar-volume manufac-turing growth of sawmill and wood preservation products of 3.7 per cent over the same period with the differential owing in part to mild price growth over the period. Lumber shipment gains have lagged growth in broader wood-product manufacturing activity of about eight per cent year to-date, which includes products like veneer, plywood engineered-wood, pellets, and other products.

While a seemingly contradictory (and rosier) picture emerges with the growth in year-to-date physical exports of softwood lumber to international markets of 13 per cent through April, the outsized gain reflects base-year effects. Exports were curtailed sharply in early 2014 during the Metro Vancouver port strike.

Similar to production, the underlying month-to-month

export trend has generally held range-bound, despite the strong year-over-year gain.

The frustratingly slow rebound in lumber activity is a mild downside risk for our provincial growth outlook and reflects a number of factors. On the U.S. front, while hous-ing starts are grinding higher, and are anticipated to pick up steam, exports have not kept pace. B.C. mills face significant competition from southern U.S. producers for market share and a low price environment. Benchmark prices have fallen to the lowest levels since 2012.

While the low Canadian dollar has provided some cush-ion north of the border, low prices have triggered export charges under the softwood lumber agreement. In April, the B.C. export charge rate was five per cent – downward pricing momentum through the second quarter has lifted the B.C. export charge rate to 10 per cent in June and 15 per cent in July.

Meanwhile, export demand from China, which has surged six-fold since the recession and provided a needed cushion following the U.S. housing bust, has softened. Slowing economic growth in China, a weaker housing mar-ket, and elevated global supply and lower prices for logs and lumber have conspired against growth in B.C. exports.

Domestically, Canadian housing starts are also showing little momentum, which is unlikely to change given the cur-rent soft patch in the economy.

Going forward, we see some abatement of current headwinds for the sector. Rising U.S. housing starts are anticipated to lift B.C. exports even if market share remains a challenge. Current consensus has U.S. starts rising about seven per cent this year and 14 per cent next. Meanwhile, loosening of restrictive housing policies in China and recent cuts to benchmark interest rates should support the housing market.

Forestry is forecast to be a shallow growth driver for B.C.

over the next few years. Improved demand will lift direct forestry activity in B.C. to grow about two per cent this year with mild growth in 2016 and 2017. Manufactured wood products will fare better with growth averaging 2.5 per cent through 2017.

Growth will, however, be temporary given undeniable supply constraints in B.C. that will limit growth near the end of the decade. The mountain pine beetle epidemic has permanently lowered timber supply in the province, which will constrain the availability of fibre for B.C. mills – setting the stage for further mill and timber rights consolidation.

Additionally, the expiration of the existing 2006 Canada/U.S. SoftwoodLumber Agreement in October is sure to add further instability to the sector as political rhetoric ramps up to move to a new agreement. While operations will be unchanged during a year-long cooling off period (if an agreement is not reached in the interim), it could trigger investment uncertainty in the sector.

– Bryan Yu is a senior economist, BC Central 1 Credit Union

Few green shoots in B.C.’s lumber recovery


Thought of the week

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REGISTER TODAYTEL: 250.674.3530 IN PERSON: 209 Dutch Lake Rd. EMAIL: [email protected] • www.tru.ca/regional_centres/clearwater

UPCOMING COURSES OFA LEVEL 1 AUG 5, SEPT 27 $95TRANSPORTATION ENDORSEMENT AUGUST 6 $105FS 100 FIRE SUSPENSION TBA $135OFA LEVEL 3 SEPT 21 - OCT 2 $795

Eureka SCIENCE CAMP for Kids July 6th – July 10th The EUReKA! Science Program is coming to Clearwater on July 6th-10th, 2015. At EUReKA! you will get to do Crazy Chemistry, unBelievable Biology, Exciting Engineering, and Funky Phys-ics. The best part is… you get to do all your own experiments! Our wacky instructors will be there to guide you along the path of discovery! This week long camp will take place at the Dutch Lake Community Centre in Clearwater. Camp hours are: Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. If you are interested check out the EUReKA! website at www.tru.ca/eureka or call1.250.371.5534 for more information. We would love to have you join the EUReKA! team for this exciting summer. P.S. that means there will be more people there for the water fi ght!

OFA Level 3 courses qualify candidates for certifi cation by WorkSafe BC as fi rst aid attendants in industry. TRU pro-vides instruction in both the theory and practice of fi rst aid. The OFA Level 3 examination will follow the completion of the course. Prerequisite: 16 years old

Fee: $795 (incl. book & exam)

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TO ADD YOUR COMMUNITY EVENT OR ORGANIZATION CALL THE TIMES AT 250-674-3343

July 9: Summer Night music night, DLCC � eld – 209 Dutch Lake Rd., 7-9 pm, hosted by various guild members and with featured guests.

July 11: Legion BBQ, 257 Glen Rd, doors open 5 pm, dinner served 6 pm.

July 11: Youth Group for ages 12-18, @ DLCC – 209 Dutch Lake Rd, info 250-674-2600.

July 12: 60th Annual Squam Bay Fishing Derby, Adams Lake, weigh-in 3-5pm at Agate Bay boat launch.

July 16: Summer Night music night, DLCC � eld – 209 Dutch Lake Rd., 7-9 pm, hosted by various guild members and with featured guests.

July 17-19: The Canadian Blue Moon Elvis Festival. NT Fall Fair Grounds. info at www.cdnbluemoon.ca or call 250-319-0402

July 18: ATV Poker Ride, info www.atvbc.ca

July 25: Legion BBQ, 257 Glen Rd, doors open 5 pm, dinner served 6 pm.

July 26: Clearwater Kayak Festival, 1-3 pm, Little Pink on the Clearwater River. Spectators welcome.

Aug. 8: Legion BBQ, 257 Glen Rd, doors open 5 pm, dinner served 6 pm. Adults $12; children 7-12yrs $6, 2-6 yrs $3

Aug. 22: Legion BBQ, 257 Glen Rd, doors open 5 pm, dinner served 6 pm. Adults $12; children 7-12yrs $6, 2-6 yrs $3

Sept. 18-19: Little Britches Rodeo Finals @ NTFF Grounds.

Sept 4-7: North Thompson Fall Fair & rodeo

Sept. 24-28: Provincial Winter Fair

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT• Indoor Market: Every Saturday May – Oct, 9 am – 12 noon, Elks

Hall.

• Tuesday Morning Coffee (TMC): Meets 10am – 11:30 @ Clearwater Community Baptist Church. All women and children welcome. (9:30-10 am Bible Study). Info 250-674-3624

• Women in Business Luncheon: Last Wed. of the mth at Wells Gray Inn, 12–2 pm. Preregister at 250-674-2700

• Clearwater Choir: Youth 3:30 - 5 pm; Adult 6:30 - 9 pm, Tues-days, Clearwater Christian Church

• Crafts & Conversations with Cheryl. Tuesdays 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at the North Thompson Aboriginal Sharing Center. Phone 250-674-3703 for more info.

• Clearwater Farmers’ Market May – Oct. Saturdays 9am– Noon. For more info please call Anne at 250-674-3444.

• M&M (Mrs. & Ms.) Social. Last Sun of the mth Wells Gray Inn. 1pm: 250-587-6503

• Blackpool Community Hall Coffee House; Local musicians – 2nd Fri. of the mth. 6:30pm. Concession, $3 or 2 for $5.

• Clearwater Elks Bingo - 2nd & 4th Wed. Elks Hall 5pm, Info call Phyllis 250-674-3535

• Cribbage Wed. at the Royal Canadian Legion. 12:30 pm.• Fun Darts Fri. at the Royal Canadian Legion. 6 pm.

• Upstream Community and Heritage Society open house Tues-days: 9am-9pm @ Avola School House, various activities. Info ph Fay 250-678-5302.

• Thompson Valley Quilters. Meet 2nd Wed. and 3rd Mon. of the mth at NTAC in the DLCC, 9 am - 4 pm. Info Linda 250-674-3437 or Dorothy 250-676-9270

• Vavenby Needle Arts Group. Meet every Tues. 11am - 4pm at Vavenby Community Center. Info Dorothy 250-676-9270

CHILDREN & FAMILIES• Racoon StrongStart - Raft River Elem school days Mon, Tues,

Thurs & Fri 8:45-11:45am

• Racoon StrongStart - Vavenby Elm school days Wed 8:50-11:50am

• Clearwater Breastfeeding Group: 3rd Wed. of every month 7:30pm @ YCS

• Mother Goose - Monday mornings, reg. Kerry 250-674-3530

HEALTH & HEALING• Hospice Grief Support: 2nd Thur of every mth, NT Funeral Home

1-3 pm, info 250-674-2400

• Shambhala Meditation Group: meets every Tuesday at Forest House 6:30-8:00 pm. Info: 250-674-3233.

• Connections Healing Rooms - Wed. 1-3pm (except stat. holi-days). 86 Young Rd. No charge. Sponsored by Living Streams Christian Church. www.healingrooms.com.

• Healthy Choices – Tues 9am Clearwater Christian Church bsmnt (behind Fields). $2/wk drop-in free. Kim 250-674-0224

• Clearwater & District Hospice 3rd Mon. Sept-Jun 10am Legion 778-208-0137.

RECREATION• Drop-in soccer: May-Sept. Tuesdays & Thursday at 7pm at CSS

� eld. Everyone welcome!

• Bowling: Mon. 10–12pm & 1-3pm; Thurs., 1-3pm. Seniors Centre at Evergreen Acres. 250-674-3675

• Clearwater Sno-Drifters: 1st Thurs every mth. 250-676-9414

• CNT Rod & Gun Club: 3rd Tues. of the mth. Blackpool Hall 7pm Nov., Jan., & Mar. AGM in May

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Cards of ThanksI wish to say a special thank you on behalf of my family to Janice, Frankie’s homecare nurse and to Al, his homecare aide - to Dr. Broadbent for his excellent care. And a special thank you to the nurses and doctors in ICU at Royal Inland for their kindness in his fi nal hours. To my family, what can I say. I’m so proud of you all. You stepped up to the plate to protect me. Frankie’s daughter Lindsey for being with me at a time of making diffi cult deci-sions. To friends that rallied around the family. Clearwater, you are a com-munity, with big hearts always ready to go the extra mile to help out. Also to Drake who assisted my young grand-daughter through those hard days for her and her family. Last but not least, to Lloyd Strickland for being so suppor-tive to Lindsey and my family. A beautiful service and cele-bration of Frankie’s life. To so many of friends and relatives that were here for us on this sad occasion. I love you all. GOD BLESS. Marina & family

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IN LOVING MEMORYGuy William Wilson

1956 - 2015

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Guy ‘Ziggy’ Wilson on Saturday, July 4, 2015 in Kamloops BC. He was born in Vernon, BC on September 16, 1956 to Jack and Marion Wilson. Guy lived in Westwold, Brennan Creek, Vavenby and then took up permanent residence in Clearwater BC.

He is survived by his children; son Cory and daughter Krista (Jeremy), his grandchildren Kaylie and Jemma, his sister Charlene (Jim), niece Jilene, and sister Jackie (Dale), nephew Garick, niece Janel (Grant) and grand nephew Jase. Guy was pre-deceased by his parents Jack and Marion Wilson.

After years of illness, he went peacefully nestled in the bosom of his family. Guy left this world as he lived it, his way, surrounded by the love of his family and friends and food and drink! He will be dearly missed and is loved by so many.

There will be a Celebration of Life on Saturday July 11, 2015 starting at 1 p.m. at Zig’s house, 12 Jenkins Rd. Blackpool (Clearwater). Cremation arrangements entrusted to North Thompson Funeral Services, 73 Taren Drive, Clearwater, BC, telephone 250-377-8225.

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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.

July 9 - July 15, 2015

More than the usual amount of interference has you wondering how to get around it.Your efforts to remain true to yourself have cost you a lot.

It’s never just one thing; there are always at least three issues dancing around the totem pole. Between the everyday-ness of things, and the voice in your head that can’t find any fulfillment in them, many of you are ready to snap.

The workaholic syn-drome has just about run its course. As much as you’ve accom-plished a great deal by putting your heart and your shoulder to the wheel, it’s time for you to wind things up and reap a little from what you’ve sown.

Christ, this has been such a heavy-duty period of time, you’re either feeling like a piece of road-kill, or in a state of total spiritual renewal. The fact that there’s such a fine line between the two isn’t lost on you.

I don’t know how all these bridges got burned, but you are plowing through the wreckage of stuff that has nothing to do with you. You can stick around and try to be here for this, but only up to a point.

You have a lot of soul searching to do. The merry-go-round has brought you back to square one and it’s time to get real. Lots of things have to change. The impulse to hang on competes with the notion that you’d be nuts to keep beating a dead horse.

You’ve made so many adjustments in the last few months, it’s hard to figure out what’s going on, or know why things are so crazy around here. Whenever we start to repair things, it stands to reason that stuff is going to get stirred up.

You’re at one of those points where you’re beginning to realize that every-thing comes from the level of honesty and purity that we bring to each situ-ation.

Skirting the issues is getting old. You can’t be objective to any of this when your biggest lessons are in the midst of playing out in front of your face.

You’re coming to terms with the one thing you never thought you’d have to address. Coming clean about what we do to create things goes hand in hand with turning even our worst nightmares into a more doable fairy tale.

Sitting here in limbo isn’t your favorite place to be, but you’ve learned how to float — and you’re smart enough to know that life happens in spite of us, not because of us.

You’ve got to find a way to make things work. Keep in mind that everything happens in spite of us, not because of us, and step out of the way. You will be able to make your influence felt, but only up to a point.

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Clearwater: 222 Dutch Lk Rd, 4 bdrm (2 up/2 down), full suite downstairs, $135,000; 225 Murtle Cres, 4 bdrm, 3.5 bath, 10 yrs old, $249,000; 414 Buck Rd, 2 bdrm MH on own lot, $66,000; Vavenby - Peavine Rd, 3 bdrm up, 1 bdrm suite down, on 4 single lots, new renos, $185,000.Ph. 250-674-3668 mornings 9 am - noon, eve 5:30 pm - 9 pm

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