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Phraser Connector Volume # NOV 22, 2015 42

Local businesss are promoting a Shop

Local opportunity for pre-Christmas shopping.

In past years, stores extended their shopping hours, often opening on the last Sunday before Christmas and open-ing on a few select nights in December. From the business perspective, retailers would come together and turn Christ-mas shopping into an event. Consumers could take advantage of the extended hours and shop at their leisure.

Many moons ago Midnight Madness shopping promised extra savings for those wearing pajamas. And for anyone who could stay awake until midnight, the sales just got better.

In Fraser Lake the stores are a mix of inde-pendent, corporate and franchise. By ex-tending shopping hours, more staff must be hired and some local store managers dont have authority to do so.

Unlike the BIG box stores down the road,

local retailers dont have the luxury of

ordering huge volumes of stock. And sub-sequently cant compete with the level of pricing afforded the retailer who orders 100 of the same item. Managers are con-stantly juggling the bottom line with their need to move product out the door.

Prices can vary from store to store and from town to town and its safe to assume

some items may be higher here, but some may also be lower. And until you check out your local shops, you will never know what gems are sitting here for your convenience.

Local owner of Par 3 Sports, Craig Lepoidevin says, People should give

local a chance. I do special orders for people. It may take a week for it to come in, but if someone gives me their business, I will support them too.

When you must factor in the cost of gas for the four hour return trip to the city plus a few meals, and factor in the

time you spend away, you may not have saved much in the pocketbook.

To promote the Shop Local theme, the weekend of Nov 27th & 28th has been deemed Moonlight Madness with some businesses staying open until 10:00 on Friday night. Read their ads on page 6 & 7.

Were all in this together

Shopping local helps us

Some Reasons to Shop Locally:

By supporting local business you are supporting OUR fire department, OUR library, OUR arena& curling rink, OUR parks and OUR schools. Not the Fire Truck or the volunteers in the next town.

Local merchants donate dollars and prizes to local charities, teams & groups.

By buying local you are supporting local jobs.

When you shop local, you support the surrounding institutions like your bank, restaurants, hairdressers and liquor outlets.

You save time by shopping local.

You can reduce your likelihood of encountering icy road conditions by cutting down your trips to the big city.

Our community is unique, and our one-of-a kind businesses and crafters make their ordering decisions based on our rural needs.

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In this age of technology and social media, much can be queried about appropriateness and the realms of political correctness

Communication through social media sites is instantaneous. There is little pause to reflect or to consult, and the result often pits people against one another. Sometimes people are looking for an argument but just as often a slight made on facebook is unin-tentional.

Lately, due to the threats of terrorism, I have noticed that formerly innocent com-ments or posts on facebook are being con-strued as racist and offensive.

A formerly inspirational post with a stun-ning backdrop displaying a blue ocean and orange sky, endorsed with a sappy caption reading .. Be the person your dog and cat think you are and BAM! Out of nowhere, the insults fly.

First the bird owners get offended because their pet has been excluded from the post. Then the fish and hamster owners get their tizzy in a tangle and argue being over-looked and underappreciated.

The rational person would argue that a saying is just that...a string of words meant to evoke an emotional response.

In true definition: saying...a short pithy expression that generally contains advice or wisdom.

I know for many of you non-facebook readers, this does not apply. And for those who wish not to worry themselves with one more thing...you may go for a walk now or plug in the kettle for a cup of tea.

To the rest of you

I would like to say this:

#1 Facebook is not the Dictionary

#2 Facebook is not your mother.

#3 Facebook does not differentiate be-

tween fact and fiction.

#4 Facebook is merely an electronic com-munication tool that facilitates an exchange of typed messages between users.

#5 Facebook friends may not be your true friends in real time.

#6 Personal posts on Facebook are someones pumped up version of their

present reality. THEIR reality!

When you like or a share or a

comment on their post its oftentimes a

kneejerk reaction to how the post made you feel.

You respond for a variety of reasons -You may believe the post to be true You may

love at least one line of it Or You love

the concept but not the dog/truck in the background. OR You believe your friends

would think more of you if they thought you were capable of such deep thought

OR You always thought this to be true but were afraid to let others know you were: This sensitive That naive That brilliant This much of a Redneck

BUT (note*.. capital BUT)

PLEASE consider before you share

PLEASE reconsider before you like

PRETTY, PRETTY PLEASE do not com-ment and, Please do not engage.

Give it a few hours, or a few days and if you are still passionate about the topic, tell your dog or write it into a card and send it you momma.

And in the interim, relax!

Please do not add to the fodder of words about religious beliefs, the high cost of gas, the political party in power, the folks you voted out of power, or the new folks you voted into power. Please refrain from

commenting about your right to be heard, and the right to your opinion, and your right to express your ideals .

Facebook is not the soapbox to promote your cause. Cut your teeth somewhere in front of a live audience where you can use your wit, hand gestures and body language to explain and defend your position.

Facebook is not the forum to complain about your neighbour or your boss or the price of oil.

Your negative thoughts on facebook travel like fire in beetle-killed pines. One little hint of smoke and the whole forest is under attack.And you will be putting out hot spots for weeks to come.

There ought to be rules of etiquette on facebook:

#1 If you dont have anything nice to say,

dont say anything at all.

#2 If you cant look that person in the eye and say it...dont type it!

#3 If you know your mother would wash your mouth out with soap for saying it, dont print it.

#4 If you know those words would hurt you, then dont use them on others.

The intent of Facebook was to bring uni-versity students together for communica-tion purposes. It was launched in 2004 for Harvard students and within two years had expanded into Canada and the world.

With people using social media as their main form of communication, there is little doubt they are often misunderstood. Typed words do little to demonstrate iro-ny, ambiguity and redundancy of thought.

Facebook is a wonderful tool for communi-cating but rather than a Like & Dislike

button it should have an EJECT but-

ton..just kidding!

Are YOU misunderstood on Facebook? ...take a number

Written by Elaine Storey


December 2015

Sun Mon Seniors Carpet

Bowling 1 -3 Legion

Tue Walking Group

Wellness Massage

Wed Thu Seniors Carpet

Bowling 1 -3 Legion

Fri Walking

Group 10:00

Coffee 2:00

Sat

1 Crocheting 6-7:30 pm

2 Drop-in Sewing

1:00 pm

3 4 5

6 7 8 Quilting

6:30 9:00 pm

9 10 11 12

13 14 15 Cancer Support

Luncheon noon

16 Drop-in Sewing

1:00 pm

17

MMS

Concert

18

Last day

school

19

20 Community

Potluck 5:30

Host Autumn Services

21 Closed for the

holiday

22 Closed for the

holiday

23 Closed

4-7 Family Social & Dance

7pm Charity Hockey Game

24 Closed for the

holiday

25 Christmas

.. Day .. Merry

Christmas

26 Closed for the

holiday

27 Closed for the

holiday

28 Closed for the

holiday

29 Closed for the

holiday

30 Closed for the

holiday

31 Closed for the

holiday

Closed until Jan 04

Closed until Jan 04

Nov 27, Community Market

11-2pm


On June 2nd, 1916, I was captured by the Ger-

mans and spent thirty months in captivity in a

variety of camps, first in Dulman south of the

Dutch border, then in Miden in Westfalia.

This is one of my stories.

...Things were not as bad in our camp at Miden as they were in most of the other POW camps. For one thing the Gen-eral in Command of the Lagar was a worn-out elderly cavalry man who when he came into the compound always rode on a white horse and often would argue in a loud shrieking voice as though he was going to have us boiled in oil the first time any of us slipped out of line and often, to emphasize his point, would draw his useless old sabre and smack his poor old nag on the rump. His own Commanders were more afraid of their commander than we were. We knew his bark was worse than his bite and we were aware that his son, an officer in the German cavalry was a prisoner of war in England.

One day when he was particularly violent on his inspection to us he drew the sabre and gave the horse a real savage smack that startled the poor old hag of bones. It stopped, reared up and bolted. The old General was nearly thrown.

One of our lads who was nearby did what not one of the Generals own soldiers dare do. He broke ranks, grabbed the horse by the bridle and soon soothed it. The General was visibly shaken, but he did what few German officers would do to a POW.

He said Danke. We always showed respect for the poor old boy, and that paid off for us in many ways.

When you get a body of men together consisting of many nationalities and coming from all walks of life, you will find that they consist of men of many trades, talents and professions. The Regular army men of both Britain, France, Rus-sia and Italy were more or less men who were captured early in the war and were, by seniority the camp governing body, setting up the rules and patterns for later arrivals to follow if they expected to survive. But we also had tinker-ers, tailors, shoe repair men, bakers, carpenters etc.

We had artists, actors, magicians and all kinds of entertainment professionals, sportsmen and musicians.

For entertainment the Germans set aside an unused barrack where our artists and actors could put on shows. They built a stage, made props and scenery, and by the time our group arrived in 1916, this was well underway and we en-joyed one concert a month, which was even attended by the German officers and sergeant majors. They of course oc-cupied the best front seats. Somewhere our lads had scrounged up an old printing press and even had programs print-ed. Cost was one pfennig each at the door, but it was a good policy to give out free copies to the German elite.

Another privilege granted was in the summertime when the weather was fine we were permitted to go, under guard of course, for a nice brisk route march on Sunday. About ten or twelve of the 1914 prisoners were from Scotch Regular Regiments who were rushed to the front in the wars early stages in their kilts complete with sporrans and head dress. They had kept their uniforms in parade condition and always headed the parade. Two of them in particular, Sergt. Bill Craig of the Gordon Highlanders and Sergt. Bill Harry of the Royal Scots were magnificent specimens of Scottish Highland Regiments and they were always up in the front.

My first trip was one I will always remember. We marched out of the camp all in perfect step and down the highway towards the town of Minden, singing many of our marching songs. When we came to the town the streets were packed, it must have been a colourful sight to see those Highlanders and further down the line the French Poilus in their red pants and blue tunics. Among the spectators were lots of pretty girls and young women, children, older peo-ple and a sprinkling of men.

We really put on a parade performance. All of a sudden a nice looking girl of about eighteen or nineteen couldnt re-strain herself any longer, she simply had to know. She made a wild run over to where Bill Craig was striding alone, eyes fixed straight ahead and kilt swishing. She grabbed the front of Bills kilt, up they went and she let out a squeal of delight. Bills reaction was instantaneous. He grabbed her by the arm, gave her an upside down flip over his bend-ed knee, lifted her skirt, and gave her a couple lusty smacks on her bare behind.

Bill had hardly moved a stride before he was back at the head of the marching column, his head high and his kilt swinging. Everyone roared with laughter, even our guards and the whole crowd. Back at the camp we had a lot of fun with Bill.

Say, Bill, did ye know hae yer breeches on mon? Bill grinned.

Well ye ken it was a very warm day and a mon has to hae a wee bit of air, besides no true Scot would stand for a snip of a lassie takin a wee peek at his testimonial wie oot haen a bloody guid look at her credentials.

Life in a Kriegs Gefangenen Lager

by Robert Parker Storey


Call Cheryl Stewart for an appointment

Every Tuesday at Autumn Services

250.699-1837

Foot Care &

Wellness Massage

Journey By Massage

On Thursday Nov 5th over one hundred people attended our third annual HealthFest.

Nine health booths provided free information and services. They included Medicine Centre, FL Fire Dept, FL Crisis Centre, Cooking with Bonnie, Relaxation neck massage with Cheryl Stewart, FAMILIES for Mental Health with Heather Mechleson and John Allen shared information about mental health at his Northern Health table. Loretta Jackson performed Hep C testing and two Public Health nurses administered flu vaccines.

Over seventy people received vaccinations throughout the day and many participants stayed to enjoy a healthy lunch of soup, sandwiches and home-made goodies.

Thanks to our many wonderful contributors who gave gen-erously for the goodie bags and door prizes.

Our Autumn Services volunteers remain busy with Com-munity Spirit Family Fun Night on Thursday Nov 26th up-stairs in the arena. This is a night of fun for all ages. As in the past well have pictures with Santa, paint the ice, home-based vendors, a fish pond, our Chinese Auction, crafts and much more. Admission is by donation and there will be a 50/50 draw. This is a great family event and everyone is welcome to attend from 3:00 -8:30 pm.

In December we are organizing a family social and dance on December 23rd upstairs in the arena. The first annual event last year was a huge hit and we look forward to bringing families together again on Dec 23, the Christmas homecom-ing. This event is held a few hours prior to the much antici-pated Charity Hockey Game at 7:00pm.

OFFERING: Septic Tanks ** Lagoons

Sawdust Vac ** Dry Vac ** Dust Control Holding Tanks ** Grease Traps Floor Drains

Car Washes ** Storm Drains ** Pressure Washing High Pressure Water Jetting ** Thaw Frozen Lines Portable Toilet Rentals **Water Truck Dust Control

TWO FAMILY EVENTS COMING

Caught this beauty staring right into the lens..

Photo by Elaine Storey


See Teresa & Joanne for your family

hair-care needs Tasha is available for

Waxing and nails & eye-lash extensions

Open from 9:30 5:30

Monday to Friday Drop in on Nov 26 & 27

.the coffee and cookies are on us

Community Market

INDOOR @ Autumn Services

Friday Nov 27

11:00 - 2:00 pm Hearty Soup & Bun

Only $5.. Come on over and

check out the local vendors

Bonnies Baking

Gills Photography

Bonnies Nerium

Natural Obsessions

Soup by Eleanor

Come out to the indoor market

Fresh bread! Cookies! Buy some beauty products

and a gift of local photography.

Have a bowl of hearty soup and a fresh bun for $5

Moonlight Madness

Enter to WIN one of four door prizes

Check out our Pre-Christmas Specials

Thank-you for shopping local

6:00 to 10:00 pm

We are open LATE Friday, Nov 27, 2015

8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Stop in for hot chocolate & cookies 6-10

Moonlight Madness Sale

Par 3 Sports

Door Crasher Sales

starting at 4:00pm Fri Nov 27

Select Items up to 50% off

Shop flyer 5 days early

Tons of sales throughout store

Workwear & Boots on sale

Enter door prize draw with purchase

Thank you

for supporting local business

20% off Phone

accessories

Clothing Gloves Toques

Select shoes Winter Wear

699-8063 15% off Hockey

Gear

Open late Friday night until 10:00

SHOP

LOCAL


Pictures with Santa Skate with Santa Chinese Auction Fish Pond/Crafts

Free Popcorn Door prizes 50/50 draw

Home-Based Vendors Admission by donation

Thurs. NOV 26th

3:00 pm To

8:30 pm

Upstairs at the

ARENA

Family FUN!!!

Lumberyard not open after 5:00

Exercise your

Community Spirit

and shop locally this

holiday season Thurs. Nov 26, Home-Based

vendors 3-8:30pm

Fri. Nov 27, Community Market

11-2:00pm

Friday, Nov 27

These stores open til 10:00pm:

Ace Hardware

Par 3 Sports

Super Valu

A Cut Beyond -

Reg hrs Thurs & Fri

Dec 23rd

Community

Charity Hockey

Game

After Family Dance

& Social

Starts @ 7:00 pm

Admission

By Donation

Dec 23rd

Family Dance & Social

Upstairs At arena

Before Community

Charity Hockey

Game

4:00 pm

To

7:00 pm


TECHNOPURE WATER

Water Treatment Systems

Drink only the best

For bottled water, pick up, or delivery

Call 699-6688

We shall remember them.

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#1Legion Members, Air Cadets, RCMP, Fire Dept, First Res.

#2 On the march

#3 Elders from Nadleh Whuten

#4 Legion President George Woolsey laying wreath

#5 Jamie Neilson with Beth Woolsey Reciting In Flanders Fields

#6 The boots

#7 Our flag

#8 The cross

#9 Cst. Dan Carter laying a wreath

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9


Hello again from the land of plenty.

The abundance of the caribou and the egg fish have been a great blessing for the people this year.

There is plenty of food from the land for those who have been able to get out, and those they share with.

Once the river ice was safe, the people started to set nets for the egg fish. The egg fish are the female whitefish that are filled with eggs. The eggs are eaten either cooked inside the fish, or raw. Some of the local fisherman say the best is just squeezed out on the ice, with a little salt on top.

It seemed counterintuitive to us to wait for the ice for the main harvest of fish, but of course the locals know what they are doing! With a couple holes in the ice, and a jig to move the net along, the nets are set under the ice and are checked a couple of times a day.

Ray offered to help one of the elders with his nets. They would routinely get 80, 90, 110 fish each time they pulled their nets which are about 75 long.

The fish are whitefish, though occasionally there is lingcod and inconnu in the nets.

The fish freeze on the ice. They are taken home in the big toboggans pulled behind the skidoos and shared or stored for the winter.

There are different ways to cook them, but a common way is to bake them whole - not gutted - the eggs are cooked inside the fish. The eggs and fish meat are eaten together, though there is not a lot of meat on the egg fish - maybe 1/3 eggs, 2/3 meat. Another favorite recipe of many people here are fish patties.

We enjoyed helping a local fisherman, George, with his net. He is very knowledgeable about the land. He is 80 years old and lives in a wall tent by the river. He has lots of stories and enjoys teasing us. He has about 1000 fish for the winter. He needs the fish for his family, and his dog team of 10 dogs. He saves the female egg fish to eat, and the male fish are for his dogs. Cont. on page 10

Local Family finding life very busy in Tsiigehtchic submitted with thanks


Give us your old appliances, power tools and electronics

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Fraser Lake Keep Fraser Lake Green!

REFUNDS for Beer cans & bottles 10 & up

REFUNDS for Alcohol bottles .10 & up

REFUNDS for Pop/Juice bottles 5 & up

REFUNDS for Pop/Juice cans 5 & up

REFUNDS for Juice Pouches . 5 & up

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For RENT

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Small Appliances Power Tools Radios Microwaves Vacuums Heaters Lightbulbs Cardboard Electronics like TVs & Computer parts Cell Phones & chargers & their cords

Continued from page 9

Meanwhile on the river, the ferry continues to travel back and forth through a single channel in the ice to keep the highway from Fort McPherson to Inuvik con-nected.

An excavator works steady, all day, every day, pulling ice from the river and has amassed quite a pile of ice.

Tsiigehtchic has been cut off for a couple of weeks now, but the crew is out in all weather building the ice roads. Building the ice roads is very much manual la-bour with shoveling, chiselling ice, running pumps - basically building a big skating rink. The men are out there working from morning into the night, and may soon work 24 hours a day. Yesterday the temperature was -31C. They have pickups they can warm up in time to time. They all have to wear floater suits for safety working on the ice.

Yesterday, the Arctic Red River ice bridge opened, so now we can go by milk!

A week or so back, little Theresa was really wanting some milk. She still is not used to the canned milk or powdered milk, and we had run out of frozen milk. I went to our little store. They had long since run out of milk. I was pleasantly surprised when I found one lonely container of chocolate milk in the back of the cooler. When I went to pay they said "oh, this is really out of date...you can just have it". It was still palatable and Theresa was thrilled.

As we settle in for the winter, we are enjoying getting to know the people here and learning the rhythm of life in Tsiigehtchic.

God bless,

Therese, Ray, Matthias, Kathleen, Mae, Theresa Rose and little Daniel

The Steiners harvesting fish and freezing them naturally on the ice surface


A HUGE THANK-YOU

to Cst Dan Carter

for recognizing my plight

and helping me at

the Cenotaph

on Remembrance Day.

You were truly kind and helpful

Thank You so much!

Signed

Lynda Rubis

Ages 1 to Adult F L Public Library

Thursdays Time: 3:45-5:00

Nov 26 Dec 10

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Are you a single parent receiving income or disability assistance? You may be eligible for funded training through the

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Contact our office today for more information.

Fraser Lake Hours Thursday 9:30 am 4:00 pm

298 McMillan Avenue 1-866-567-7375

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Early Childhood Development Programs at Mouse Mountain School:

Tuesday 11:30-1:00 pm Preschool Gym Time Tuesday 1:00 -3:00 p.m. Cruisers and Crawlers play-time for up to early walkers (18 mo) Thursday 1:00 -2:30 p.m. Baby Talk For pre-crawlers, speakers or topics, separate area for siblings Baby Talk agenda: Nov 26 Post Partum depression or Household safety Dec 3 Public Health Nurse, immunizations feeding etc. Dec 10 -Christmas party Check out our facebook group for up-to-date information on these and any future groups. Call Jana CAPC 250.567-7626

www.facebook.com/groups/FLECD/ We would like to resume the support group for families of children needing behavioural supports. If you are feeling stressed out and/or isolated due to your child's behaviour please call Lynn at 570-7868 and let me know when

is a good day and time to attend and I will try to accommodate you.

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