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Terry Fox Run its not too late to

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RCMP report on recent roberies

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Barriere Elementary celerates 50 years

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By Jill HaywardNorth Thompson Star/Journal

Do you remember the Barriere Secondary gradu-ating class of 2014? Remember that tall, slim ath-letic fellow called Alexander McDonald?

In high school Alex was well known for his ath-letic achievements, especially in cross country skiing; one of those young people who everyone feels has places to go and things to accomplish. And that is exactly what Alex has been doing since graduation.

Following his dream Alex immediately left Barri-ere to live in Whistler, B.C., where he is training with Coach Chris Manhard and Maria Lundgren of the Callaghan Valley Training Centre (CVTC) where he is a member of the BC Ski Team, and following his goal to compete internationally in a sport he has come to love.

Last month Alex returned to Barriere for a couple of weeks to recuperate and to see family and friends. While here, the Star/Journal interviewed this young 19-year-old athlete, who told this reporter he now has “...one year of training and racing down.”

Asked what that 12 months of training involved Alex answered, “Training involves lots of running, roller skiing, roadside cycling, and a lot of working

Alex McDonald trains on the Haig Glacier this summer with the BC Ski Team at the Betty Scott

Camp near Canmore, Alberta. Every morning the team would hike up onto the glacier, ski for two to

three hours.

Alex McDonald is living his dream

Lisa QuidingNorth Thompson Star/Journal

Earlier this week preparations for construction began for the Barriere Search and Rescue (BSAR) building. The two bay 30’ x 50’ building will house the highway rescue truck and BSAR communications trailer. The building will be designed to coincide with the current downtown communi-ty buildings. It will also be utilized for storage, meetings and communication

for the group allowing them to save money and be in a secure location. Currently, BSAR occupies the School Board building on Fouquet Road in Barriere which is unable to house their truck and trailer.

The fundraising for the project began some time ago when BC Am-bulance Service asked BSAR to move the highway truck from their location. The group managed to raise money and received a grant from the Lower North Thompson Community Forest

Society (LNCFS) making the building possible.

The District of Barriere has do-nated the land for the structure and has told BSAR once the new Solar Aquatics Wastewater plant is running, it would provide heat for them as well.

Three bids were received for the project and it was awarded to Tyand Builders from McLure. Tyand worked hard to � nd many donations and its bid included in-kind services in order to � nish the building on budget.

The foundation will be poured prior to ground freeze and the main construction will begin in the new year with expected completion by early spring.

BSAR would like to acknowledge the incredible contributions from the community that aided to make this all come together; LNCFS, Tyand Build-ers and their contributors, the District of Barriere, Quality Contractors for the land prep and the many donations received.

Barriere Search and Rescue building is underway

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Another good reason to exercise regularly: It helps reduce the loss of height that often comes with aging. Those little discs between our vertebrae often dry out and get smaller with age. This results in our becoming shorter. But regular exercise will compress and relax these discs and help keep them from shrinking.

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As you can see by the green that has spread through the downtown over the past week, the recent hydroseeding will bring life back to ar-eas that have been un-der construction for the last two years.

LNB Construc-tion, the contractor for the new Wastewa-ter Collection System for the wastewater project in downtown Barriere, is � nishing up boulevard restora-tion and working their way through a list of de� ciencies provided by the District.

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up with a � nal list of de� ciencies that will have to be brought up to contractual stan-dards prior to release of hold back monies. The one year war-ranty period begins with substantial com-pletion and another thorough inspection will be done prior to the expiration of that warranty period.

At the Solar Aquatics System, the � nal pour of concrete by ECO-TEK � nished off the entrances and ramps into the build-ing and 95 per cent of the large cylindrical surge blending tank. The tank takes three to four weeks to prop-erly cure before liq-uids can be received. The electrical distri-bution box and con-duits are installed on the top of the surge blending tank ready for pump connections. Local contractors and ECO-TEK staff will complete the green-house framing, cross

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Guest Edi tor ia l by Tim Ryan - Forest Practice Board

The week of Sept. 20-26 marks Na-tional Forest Week in Canada. Origi-nally established around 1920, and re-named National Forest Week in 1967, this occasion has evolved to encom-pass educating Canadians about the many and varied human and environ-mental aspects of Canada’s forest re-sources-past, present and future. Na-tional Forest Week remains, first and foremost, a challenge to individual Canadians to learn more about their forest heritage and support greater recognition of this valuable resource.

With this year’s theme-”wildland fire”-being so relevant to the events occurring in British Columbia this summer, the Forest Practices Board challenges British Columbians to learn more about how they can help prevent catastrophic wildland fires in their communities and to take action.

Our recent report on “Fuel Man-agement in the Wildland Urban Inter-face” highlights issues such as the lim-ited government resources to respond to wildfires where communities are at risk, and inadequate efforts by com-munities to treat forest fuels to protect homes and property from wildfire risk. In our report, the board makes a number of recommendations and suggests ideas for how to improve the situation and reduce the risk to prop-erty and lives. For example, one of the most effective actions individuals can take is to FireSmart their property.

As of Sept. 17, B.C. has experi-enced 1,810 wildfires which burned over 298 000 hectares. Within weeks of the fire season start, the provincial government’s $63 million allocated for fighting the fires was depleted, and the total spent now stands at $272 million - money spent reacting to fires to pro-tect communities and infrastructure. By comparison, our report found that just $60 million was invested in the strategic wildland fire prevention ini-tiative over the past ten years, with an additional $500,000 announced this past week.

Our findings highlight B.C.’s need to get ahead of the game through wildfire prevention and readiness so we can save on the costs of fighting fires and, more importantly, reduce the risks to people’s homes and prop-erties - and lives. Most communities in B.C. have a Community Wildfire Pro-tection Plan now, and those that don’t should. But a plan doesn’t help if it’s not implemented and hazard fuels are

not treated.Community Wildfire Protection

Plans require sustainable funding for fuel reduction treatments and re-treatments. All parties need to find ways to treat more area effectively at a lower cost. This includes accept-ing prescribed burning as an efficient and effective treatment in the right circumstances and engaging the forest industry in carrying out fuel reduction treatments. Education is also a critical component to getting property own-ers to take steps to protect themselves. As a result of the board’s report and suggestions, BC Assessment is now looking at informing property own-ers about FireSmart programs in their mailout of annual property assess-ments. Perhaps the FireSmart status of a property will even be recognized in property assessments or insurance rates in the future. Is there a role for BC Hydro or other government agen-cies to get involved and help?

The role of local government should also be re-examined to capital-ize on their strengths. Local govern-ments do not generally have technical expertise in fuel reduction on staff, nor should every municipality. But local governments are very good at co-or-dination, facilitation and community consultation. Perhaps the province could provide the technical expertise while local governments provide co-ordination and communication?

First Nations, communities and individuals need to do their part too, in taking action to reduce forest fuel around their homes and properties. Simple acts such as storing firewood away from one’s home and pruning trees and shrubs can make dramatic differences when a wildfire threatens one’s property. The type of landscap-ing and roofing material used on one’s home can also play a role in mitigating against the hazards of wildfire.

It’s time for B.C. to start being pro-active - not reactive - when it comes to wildland fire. What’s needed is leadership to galvanize action and all parties need to get involved - the Province, municipal governments, First Nations, the forest industry and individual citizens. No one party can make a difference on their own. Our report provides some ideas and sug-gestions to get the prevention conver-sation started. Now who will step up and carry the ball? We challenge every one of you.

Challenges of reducing the risk of wild� re

Be careful about voting for change

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Jill HaywardEditor

Lisa QuidingProduction

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To the Editor, The man who wants to be

prime minister of Canada is making a lot of blunders in public.

NDP Leader Thomas Mul-cair says his child-care plan will pay out one million $15 per day in child-care spaces over 10 years, yet in reality if he would review his notes, that NDP child care plan is over eight years.

He says the present corpora-tion tax rate is between 12 and 13 per cent, yet in reality, it is at 15 per cent. He proposes to raise the rate in the range of 18 to 19 per cent.

It is amazing of how a lot

of Canadian taxpayers are wanting change and thinking of Thomas Mulcair to be that change without ever thinking of the consequences of that thought.

Many taxpayers work for corporations and if Mulcair is successful at becoming prime minister, many taxpayers will be heading to the unemployment office to make a claim for em-ployment insurance.

The reason for this is that if the corporation tax goes up, the corporation has to find other means to cover for this increase. That would mean an immediate decrease in labour costs, which

equates to a layoff slip.Voting for a change to put

yourselves out of work. You call that smart thinking? You have to have your heads exam-ined, big time.

Once laid off, is Mulcair go-ing to find you another job?

Remember there are always two sides to the ledger. Think before marking your voting bal-lot.

Remember there is no such thing as a perfect world, which is why the facts and reality is that you cannot have your cake and eat it, too.Joe SawchukDuncan


Timber Supply ReviewKamloops Timber Supply Area (TSA)

Discussion PaperMembers of the public are invited to review and provide comments on a new discussion paper as part of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations’ Timber Supply Review of the Kamloops Timber Supply Area (TSA).

The Timber Supply Review provides the province’s chief forester with information required to determine the allowable annual cut (AAC) — the maximum volume of timber available for harvest from the TSA — for the next 10 years.

The discussion paper includes background information, a summary of key issues to be addressed in the timber supply review and a summary of harvest forecasts from the timber supply analysis. The chief forester will consider the timber supply analysis, public and First Nations input, and other information required under the Forest Act when a new AAC is determined.

Copies of the Kamloops TSA Timber Supply Analysis Discussion Paper are available online at: www.for.gov.bc.ca/hts/tsa/tsa11/index.htm or at the Thompson Rivers Natural Resource District at 1265 Dalhousie Drive, Kamloops, B.C. V2C 5Z5

Comments are encouraged and may be sent to: Thompson Rivers Natural Resource District, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, 1265 Dalhousie Drive, Kamloops, B.C. V2C 5Z5.

Comments will be accepted until November 24, 2015.

If you have any comments or questions, contact Alan Card, RPF, Stewardship Forester, at 250-371-6531 or [email protected]

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B.C.’s minimum wage has risen 20 cents to $10.45 an hour, the � rst annual increase since the provincial government tied it to the B.C. consumer price index.

It’s the � rst increase since 2012, when the wage was increased to $10.25. For restaurant and pub servers, the minimum wage rises from $9 to $9.20. Jobs Minister Shirley Bond has said the discount from the general mini-mum wage will remain at $1.25 to account for income earned in tips.

NDP labour critic Shane Simpson called the increase “dismal” and “paltry.” B.C. Fed-eration of Labour pres-ident Irene Lanzinger said by the end of 2015, B.C. will have the sec-ond lowest minimum wage in Canada.

“Seattle will reach $15 an hour by 2017, Alberta by 2018,” Lanz-inger said. “B.C.’s mini-mum wage will reach $15 per hour by 2034.”

Ferry fare increases below 2 per cent

BC Ferries Commis-sioner Gord Macatee has restricted fare in-creases to a maximum of 1.9 per cent for the next four years.

Macatee said calls from the public to low-er fares are outside his mandate to balance the interests of ferry users and taxpayers who sub-sidize the service. He said earlier projections for fuel costs are sta-ble, and the price caps are below the Bank of Canada’s target in� a-tion rate of two per cent. The � rst increase would take effect April 1, 2016.

Transportation Min-ister Todd Stone said he is encouraged by the fare caps, the lowest in-creases since 2004, and a four per cent increase in BC Ferries traf� c since April.

Stone said the low Canadian dollar has helped BC Ferries’ tourist business, and the corporation has more work to do to cut costs.

Fishing reopens after drought closures

The B.C. govern-

ment has lifted its � sh-ing ban in the Okana-gan region, joining most areas of the South Coast region where � shing was reopened earlier this week.

Fishing is reopened on the Similkameen, Kettle, Middle Shus-wap and Okanagan River mainstem, after rain and cooler water temperatures reduced the risk to � sh stocks.

In the South Coast region, the Seymour and Coquihalla Riv-ers remain closed, due to barrier restrictions from rockslides that re-strict upstream migra-tion of steelhead.

The restrictions and reopening are co-or-dinated with Fisheries and Oceans Canada regulations for migra-tory salmon.

Liquor stores collect for Syrian relief

B.C. government liquor stores are col-lecting donations to

help the Red Cross in its efforts to assist refu-gees � eeing four years of civil war and recent terrorist invasion.

Customers are asked to donate $2, $5 or multiples of that amount. Red Cross is providing emergency supplies to Syrian refu-gees including food, water, clothing, tem-porary shelter and hy-giene items.

The federal govern-ment has established a $100 million fund to match donations from individual Canadians and registered chari-ties, from now to the end of 2015. The B.C. government has also established a $1 million fund to help Syrian refugees settling in B.C.

The previous dona-tion drive by BC Li-quor Stores collected $102,000 for assistance to people affected by wild� res in the Rock Creek and Oliver areas.

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Marking 35 years of success, Barriere participates in the annual Terry Fox run on Sunday Sept. 20, 2015. With do-nations still rolling in at press time, the community has raised nearly $10,900. We will have further coverage on the � nal tally in the upcoming papers.

Pictured are Barriere Secondary students doing their part at the Terry Fox run held at the school during their lunch hour on Sept. 21.

If you would like to contribute it is not too late, please call Kathy Cooper at 250-672-5758.


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The new Trade and Investment website for the provincial government is www.britishcolumbia.ca replacing Opportu-nities BC on Sept. 10. The new website provides an oppor-tunity listing service and BC community pro� les as well as comprehensive pro� les for B.C.’s key sectors. Investment op-portunities are accessed directly at www.britishcolumbia.ca/invest. The new website allows anyone to list commercial and industrial properties at no charge through the listing websites, www.ventureconnect.ca and www.spacelist.ca. Our regional economic development portal, www.InvestThompsonNico-la.ca, is also linked to this new site. The Louis Creek Indus-trial Park lots have been listed via VentureConnect.

MOTI to Build Road Link The Ministry of Transporta-tion has agreed to fund a gravel connection road from the end of the Louis Creek Road (the southerly boundary of the Dis-trict of Barriere) to the Old Sawmill Court cul-de-sac road. This seven metre wide road would be the property of the Dis-trict of Barriere and will not be maintained or warrantied by the MOTI. They plan on constructing this link this fall.

Meeting with Interior Health, Mayor Smith met with Wen-dy Hansson - Vice President Community Integrated Health Services, Sharlene Lively - Community Integration Health Services Manager and TNRD Area O Director Bill Kershaw to discuss how to best integrate services between the district,

Area O, Emergency Support Services and Interior Health. The suggestion was that a committee/board be formed and meet twice a year to discuss problems that would impact ev-eryone. For example, if there was a concern pertaining to a proliferation of drugs being used in the community, this is more than an RCMP matter. It is important for all agencies to know and share their emergency plans and other plans to deal with community issues so everyone is prepared and working together. The Mayor will follow up with Interior Health on the formation of this committee.

Simpcw Resources Ltd. Gravel Pit Application: The district has received a request for comments from the Ministry of En-ergy and Mines regarding an application for a gravel pit op-eration immediately adjacent the Ministry of Transportation pit at Agate Bay Road and Highway 5 on Lot 13 in the Louis Creek Industrial Park owned by Simpcw Holdings Limited. A joint access permit has been applied for to both the Min-istry of Transportation and Infrastructure and the district of Barriere as the proposed access onto Agate Bay Road is op-posite the access to the TNRD Eco Depot and straddles both district and Crown road allowances. The district has also re-quested that Simpcw provide a draft agreement regarding the use and excavation of gravel surrounding the property line that fronts on Agate Bay Road that will come to Council at a future date for consideration.

Vandalism at the Bandshell: For some reason, vandals tried on a number of different occasions to gain access to the back of the bandshell stage by prying the side of the metal gate open. Staff took measures to get to the bottom of this issue by installing a trail cam in the vicinity. As a result, we now have the reason why. The camera shows not only who some of the culprits are but that the reason they wanted access was merely to plug their cell phones into the outlet on the stage behind the gate. In an attempt to put an end to this destructive, repetitive behaviour we have

provided an outlet that is accessible in front of the gate and will be following up with these vandals individually once posi-tive ID has been con� rmed.

Lions Gazebo in Fadear Park: Due to a slight lean that has developed since the construction of the gazebo, there has been temporary bracing added to the structure to ensure its safety for public use until such time as additional permanent bracing can be installed.

New Memorial Bench in Bradford Park: There is now per-manent seating in the shade in Bradford Park courtesy of the Memorial Bench program. Staff worked with the donor to choose the best location.

Venture Kamloops Labour Market Analysis Update: The Labour Market Survey being undertaken for our area by Ma-latest and Associates, working for Venture Kamloops on the market analysis project, is planned for release to the public by the end of October. Around 600 market surveys were com-pleted in the region by web and telephone. Key informant in-terviews were also conducted with around ten education and training providers and ten to 15 other stakeholders (including industry representatives, economic development of� cials, etc..

The Public Affairs and Communications Of� ce for the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation re-quires three weeks between the � nal results of the Labour Market Survey and the public release of the results.

Therefore, on Oct. 28, 2015, Venture Kamloops is plan-ning four public presentations of the � ndings by Malatest and Associates at events throughout our region as outlined below:• The morning of Wednesday, Oct. 28 there will be a press

release and a public presentation in Kamloops. • Mid Afternoon on Wednesday, Oct. 28 there will be a press

release and a public presentation in Clearwater.• The late morning of Thursday, Oct. 29 there will be a press

release and a public presentation in Valemount. • The morning of Friday, Oct. 30 there will be a press release

and a public presentation in 100 Mile. Venture Kamloops will be providing marketing materi-

als to all of the Project and Community Partners to help promote the events. The venues will be ad-vertised.

Barriere Business Walk Results: Myles Bruns from the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Train-ing has provided 100 copies of the recent Business Walk results. Copies are being delivered to the busi-ness community with additional copies available at the district of� ce, the Chamber of Commerce and AG Foods as well as on the district website at www.barriere.ca.

Splash Pad Apple Pie Volunteers Needed: Last year the “pie team” sold and produced around 300 pies with all the proceeds going to the Splash Pad reserve account. This year we have once again re-ceived a donation of apples from the Okanagan so are planning on repeating the fundraiser. Please call Tasha Buchanan at the district of� ce (250-672-9751) if you would like to help out on Friday evening, Oct. 2 to make pastry or on Saturday or possibly Sunday to peel apples and make the pies.

Tree Donations: The district recently received a much appreciated donation of four Sugar Maples. These will be planted in one or more of our parks and will bring along their lovely fall colours. In early spring we will also be planting indigenous trees and bushes as part of our landscape plan for the new Solar Aquatics Wastewater plant. If you would like to donate a suitable tree or bush please contact Dustin Doherty at our of� ce (250-672-9751) or by email at [email protected].

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NOMINATION FORMThe Barriere & District Chamber of Commerce is

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BUSINESS OF THE YEAR FOR 2015My choice for citizen of the year is:

Why do you feel this business is deserving of this award? Please list reasons; i.e. excellent quality; customer service; growth in employees, sales or service; contributions/involvement in the community etc

Please forward nomination forms to:The Barriere & District Chamber of CommerceBox 190, Barriere, BC, V0E 1E0For further information call 250-672-9221email: [email protected]

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Public Notice 2014 TAX SALE

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 403 of the Local Government Act, the following properties will be ordered for sale by public auction on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers at the Municipal O� ces, 4936 Barriere Town Road, Barriere, B. C.

It should be noted that the sale of a property will be cancelled ifthe delinquent taxes are paid in full before the above date and time.

Folio Civic Address Legal Description PID Upset Price1470.320 486 Oriole Way Lot 11, Plan KAP28208 DL1483, KDYD 004-569-911 $4,212.02

Basic Information - Annual Property Tax Sale

1. The tax sale is held each year on the last Monday of September at 10:00 a.m. in the Council Cham-bers.

2. The lowest amount for which parcels may be sold is the “Upset Price”. The Upset Price includes: a) delinquent and arrears taxes plus interest to date of sale; b) current years taxes plus penalty; c) the sum of 5% of the foregoing amounts; and d) $84.30 for the Land Title O� ce fees.

3. The highest bidder at or above the upset price shall be declared the purchaser. If no bids are re-ceived, the District shall be declared the purchaser. Any person upon being declared the successful bidder must immediately pay by cash, money order or certi� ed cheque a minimum of not less than the upset price. Failure to pay this amount will result in the property promptly being o� ered for sale again. Any balance must be paid by cash, money order or certi� ed cheque by 3:00 p.m. the same day. Failure to pay the balance will result in the property being o� ered for sale again at 10:00 a.m. on the following day.

4. The purchaser has no legal rights to the property until one year has expired from the date of the tax sale.

5. The owner has one year in which to redeem the property; paying back the upset price plus interest accrued to the date of redemption.

6. At redemption, the purchaser is paid back their bid plus interest accrued from the date of the tax sale.

7. Title to property not redeemed within one year from the date of the tax sale will be transferred to the purchaser.

8. The purchaser will be responsible to pay the Property Purchase Tax on the fair market value of the property at the time of the transfer of the title.

9. The Property Purchase Tax Act rates are 1% on the � rst $200,000. of the fair market value and 2% on the balance.

10. The municipality makes no representation, expressed or implied, as to the condition or quality of the property(ies) for sale.

Nora Johnson, Collector

Barriere RCMP gives updates on current investigations

Submitted by Barriere RCMPCpl. Steve Mancini

Robbery: On Aug. 24, 2015 at approximately 22:30, the Barriere RCMP were noti� ed of a robbery that occurred within the town of Barriere.

The investigation revealed that the victim(s) were ap-proached by an unknown male who produced a weapon and demanded personal items. A brief struggle ensued and the unknown male � ed the area on foot. The male was described as wearing a dark coloured hooded sweater.

The investigation is on-going with the assistance of Kamloops Forensic Identi� ca-tion Services.

Attempted Robbery: On Sept. 19, 2015 at approximate-ly 20:54, the Barriere RCMP

were noti� ed of an attempted Robbery which occurred in the town of Barriere.

The investigation revealed that the victim was approached by an unknown male who de-manded items from the victim. When the victim declined, the unknown male produced a weapon. A brief struggle en-sued and the unknown male � ed the area. The male was de-scribed as being approximately 5’8”, wearing a black hooded sweater and black jeans.

The investigation is ongo-ing.

To date no arrests have been made, and police continue to investigate the incidents. Po-lice do not believe the incidents are related and are requesting that anyone with information regarding one or both of the robberies contact the Barri-

ere RCMP at 250-672-9918 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

As a result of an increase in residential and motor vehi-cle thefts, the Barriere RCMP would like to remind the public to ensure they lock the doors to their residences as well as vehicles. The RCMP are also asking that the public report any suspicious persons or be-haviour to them by contacting the Barriere RCMP Detach-ment or by calling 911.

Should any members of the public wish to express concern regarding community issues, the Barriere Community Con-sultative Group is meeting on Oct. 15, at 4 p.m. at the Ridge and welcome members of the community to attend to voice any concerns as well as discuss possible solutions.

Submitted by Bev Murphy NTVIC

Have you signed up yet? “The Vitals tools for Success” seminar is fast approaching and the lineup of speakers has been con� rmed. David Sheach a repre-sentative from the B C Association for Chari-table Gaming from Vancouver will be our main presenter. Mr. Sheach will set you up with all the tools to building and sustaining your group as well as handy tips on applying for grants.

Jill Hayward will be on hand with ideas for promoting your group in the community and share her insights. Donna Kibble will rep-resent the district and share her expertise on group involvement and a spokesperson from Capri Insurance will offer information to help your group know what kind of insurance coverage your group should have.

There will also be presentations from our hosts of the event The North Thompson Vol-unteer and Informa-tion Centre as well as The North Thompson Community Founda-tion and The Lower North Thompson Com-munity Forests Society. Everyone is welcome to

attend but we ask that you pre-register by calling or stopping by the volunteer centre

The date of the event is Sat-urday Oct. 3 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Volunteer Room at

the Ridge. The cost of the event is $5 per person and includes coffee and a light lunch. If you have questions or would like any further information please call 250-672-0033.

Submitted by Kathleen PilatzkeYellowhead 4-H

Through many generous donations the Yellowhead 4-H club has been able to construct a new electronic weigh scale at the North Thompson Agriplex for use at our monthly weigh days and for the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo (NTFFR) and the Provincial Winter Fair. We would like to thank everyone who donated both time, sup-plies and money for the building of the

scale. A great big thanks to Karl Rein-er, Kerry Fennell, Paul Kempter, Ange Pawloff, Darcy Feller, Ian Mitchell, Mark Ralko, Varsteel, Suz Cartage, Barriere Timber Mart, BC Livestock, TNRD, Horn Levy Fund, and the Lower North Thompson Community Forest Society. The scale was set up in time for the NTFFR, and was used for the weighing of the 4-H and open beef projects and the heavy horses. Thanks once again to all the generous contri-butions.

New beef weigh scale at the Agriplex

The newly constructed beef scale is being tried out at the North Thompson Agriplex.

Through many generous donations

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Complementary LunchTransit will be at Evergreen Acres Between 10-10:30 am

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Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

With a new school year underway, the Province, ICBC and Kamloops RCMP are reminding drivers and parents to help keep children safe in school zones, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone announced today.

“I have three chil-dren of my own and as a parent, I’ve taken the time to ensure my children understand how to be safe as pe-destrians,” said Stone. “We’d like to remind motorists to watch

their speed through school zones and at crosswalks. As parents, drivers and students, we all need to do our part to stay safe.”

Drivers are remind-ed that every school day, unless otherwise posted, a 30-km/h speed limit is in effect in school zones from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Par-ents can map out their child’s walking or cy-cling route to school ahead of time, so they know exactly how to get to and from school safely.

“The beginning of the school year is an exciting time for chil-

dren, so road safety may not be top of mind for them,” said Lindsay Matthews, ICBC’s di-rector responsible for road safety. “We’re en-couraging parents to talk to their children about the rules of the road and their daily route to school. Even older children need to be reminded about road safety.”

Police and Speed Watch volunteers are closely monitor-ing drivers’ speeds in school zones to help children get a safe start to the school year.

“Police want to re-duce the number of

pedestrian collisions and complaints related to speeding in school zones,” said Cpl. Brian O’Callaghan, Kam-loops RCMP. “Kam-loops Traffic Section recently undertook a zero tolerance en-forcement initiative for school zones. As a result, police issued a number of violation tickets and significant-ly reduced speed-relat-ed complaints. School zones are a safe haven for children and mo-torists need to respect the posted 30-km/h speed limit between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. when school is in session.”

Government joins partners to bring attention to school-zone safety

Ministry of Health

The provincial government an-nounced Friday that it is committing $500,000 for 2016 Age-friendly Com-munity Planning and Project grants to help local governments establish or continue projects and community planning that supports healthy, active seniors.

“With a growing population of se-niors, including many who value their independence, it’s important that B.C. communities be equipped to meet their needs,” said Health Minister Terry Lake. “The Age-friendly grants make possible innovative programs and municipal planning that greatly benefit seniors throughout British Co-lumbia, including those experiencing mobility and other health challenges.”

According to the program’s web-site, District of Barriere received an Age-friendly pilot project in 2008 plus an Age-friendly grant in 2013. District of Clearwater received an Age-friend-ly grant in 2012.

For the 2016 round of Age-friendly grants, communities are encouraged to consider projects and community planning that focus on accessibility, dementia, elder abuse prevention and non-medical home supports. Applica-tions for 2016 grants are due to the Union of British Columbia Munici-

palities (UBCM) by Friday, Oct. 30, 2015.

“Currently, almost one-sixth of B.C.’s population is over 65 years old. We are proud to support communities their seniors with these grants through UBCM,” said Darryl Plecas, Parlia-mentary Secretary for Seniors.

To date, over 140 local governments in all areas of B.C. have received at least one grant and over 240 projects have been funded. Age-friendly grants provide up to $20,000 to municipal governments for projects that engage seniors within the larger community

Some examples of age-friendly projects and community planning in-clude:

• creation of local age-friendly plans;

• senior-focused recreation and so-cial programs;

• community and age-friendly ac-cessibility assessments and official community plan updates;

• senior-friendly information sourc-es; community gardens and healthy eating and wellness programs; and

• community awareness and sup-ports for those living with dementia and their families.

With the recent funding announce-ment, government’s total investment in age-friendly initiatives is $5.25 mil-lion.

Renewed support for Age-friendly grants

Honours and Awards Secretariat

Good citizens are the un-sung heroes of our commu-nities. Help us recognize the exceptional citizens in your community by nominating them for the new Medal for

Good Citizenship by Oct. 2, 2015.

The nomination deadline has been extended to ensure British Columbians have more time to consider the people in their community, workplace, family or circle of friends who

dedicate their time and energy to the greater good.

This is the first year gov-ernment will formally honour B.C.’s most community-mind-ed citizens: the people working in non-profits, volunteering their free time and continu-

ously striving to make their community a bet-ter place. The Medal of Good Citizenship reflects their gener-osity, service, acts of selflessness and out-standing contribution to community life.

Help us recognize these standout citi-zens by nominating those who dedicate their time and passion without expectation of reward. British Co-lumbians of any age can be nominated for this award and good citizenship takes many forms - from a commu-nity hero who stands up for the rights of vulnerable citizens to a life-long volunteer who gives their time to a charitable cause.

All nominations must be submitted to the Honours and Awards Secretariat of-fice in Victoria by Fri-day, Oct. 2, 2015. An independent selection committee will con-sider nominations and make recommenda-tions. Successful nomi-nees will be recognized at a special ceremony hosted by government in late 2015.

Last call for good citizen nominations Last call for good citizen nominations

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A new funding stream within the Strategic Wildfire Prevention Initiative will assist commu-nities to develop or advance local planning efforts to mitigate risk from wildfire on private lands in the wildland urban interface. Fifty grants of up to $10,000 each will be made available to local gov-ernments and First Nations under the 2016 SWPI FireSmart Grant program.

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The Thompson Valley Players are putting on a Christmas Play, the ‘21st Century Christmas Carol’, Dec. 19 and 20. It has 16 parts available for anyone who has ever wanted their name in lights. If you would like to give acting a try please contact Bev Murphy for more details 250-672-0033. If you don’t have stars in your eyes, there is always a need for stagehands and costume designers.

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Top: Barriere Lions Club members server up 250 pancake and sausage breakfast to students of Barriere Elementary

Bottom: Students of Barriere Elementary enjoy a different start of their school day with a hot breakfast in the school gymnasium with their fellow classmates.

Lisa QuidingNorth Thompson Star/Journal

The sweet smell of hot cakes and sausages could be smelt throughout Barriere this past Monday morning as the Barriere Lions Club cooked up a huge spread for the students and staff at the Barriere Elementary School.

The generosity of the Barriere Lions Club was brought on by the celebration of Barriere Elementary’s 50th birthday of education in the North Thompson.

Lions members were busy first thing in the morning when the school buses pulled in, greeting students with a hot plate of food outside the school. The stu-dents then went and sat down at the deco-rated tables in school colours in the gymna-sium where there was a brief assembly.

Speakers who par-

ticipated in the assembly were Rhonda Kershaw, School District 73 trustee, and the District of Barri-ere’s mayor, Virginia Smith, who addressed the stu-dents and gave brief congratulations to the school.

On behalf of the student body, Aurora Sabyan and Kendra Rutschke presented the Lions Club with thank you cards for the generous support for the donation and the cooking of the 500 pancakes and 500 sausages which served about 250 breakfasts.

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Alex McDonald, a Barriere Secondary grad of 2014 currently lives in Whistler, B.C., where he is on the BC Ski Team and training with Coach Chris Manhard and Maria Lundgren of the Callaghan Valley Train-ing Centre. He is pictured here skiing in a cross country ski tunnel in Torsby, Sweden, during training camps he attended with four other BC Ski Team members in Norway and Sweden this summer.

in the gym. We do a lot of longer workouts – run for four-and-a-half hours – and sometimes split the workout like two-and-a-half hours running, and then two-and-a-half hours roller skiing.”

Asked if the training was based on interval training, Alex noted, “Yes, we do a lot of short maximum effort stuff and then longer workouts to train aero-bic capacity.”

What is Alex physi-cally best at in his train-ing program at this time?

“I do well at sprints,” said the young athlete, “I know I can do well there; so we train my ex-plosive power. Sprints need bigger muscles to quick fire – which means lots of time in the gym to build the bulk of the muscle, plus super long hours of training which gives you the muscle ca-pacity to work with.”

We asked him if his height (6’9’ or 10’) and incredibly long legs give him an advantage or disadvantage due to his length of stride during competitions?

“Length of stride is really dependent on ter-rain,” said Alex, “My full length of stride on a rolling course is a little bit more of an advan-tage, and in the sprints I can have a little bit more power. I like to think my specialty would be a classic sprint.”

He also tells that long distances require bigger lung capacity so that requires a lot of training over time to increase that capacity at the CVTC Training Centre in Whistler.

We asked if he also held down a job to pay for the training, but he noted, “The training is so intense there is no time for a job. I have to pay out of my own pocket, and mostly it is my Mom and Dad who contribute. I’m just tak-ing it year by year.”

Does he like the program and the rig-ors of training with the CVTC?

“I really like it down there. I get deals on my ski equipment, and the team has some sponsors

for equipment. Hope-fully, I will be able to get a personal sponsor this year.”

Alex says that his training program last year “..was more of a building year, and now we are looking for more results.”

He also notes that currently he is the only one at the CVTC camp that stays in the training program consistently.

“There was only two kids in my age group out of 20 that continued ski-ing after graduation,” says Alex, “Many quit. After school they just wanted to party. Cur-rently there is just me and my coach. I get a lot of one-on-one and technical work.”

Alex tells that some-times training takes him to other areas in British Columbia to train with other people.

“It really helps you to see where you are at in your training and you get to work with anoth-er group.”

As training progress-es he is also starting to compete at a higher level.

“I did Nationals in Thunder Bay in March 2015, but I got sick the day we got there,” says Alex, “I was in bed for four days, missed the first race, and then managed to qualify in the next.”

Unfortunately, he was unable to compete in the final due to the fact that he had “...used everything I had up in the qualifier which was a 30k. Being sick, spending all those days in bed, and then in the qualifier I fell off the bank, but did manage to struggle back up and still qualify. It was just mid-pack results, but I was actually happy with them considering I had been in bed for so many days beforehand.”

Two years ago Alex competed at the Cana-dian Nationals in Cor-ner Brook, Newfound-land, which was his first National event.

The athlete com-mented he felt this pro-vided a great opportu-nity to learn, and he was happy with his per-sonal results finishing

on top in his age group.Right now Alex says

his sights are set on competing in the World Junior Trials at Thunder Bay, Ontario, in Janu-ary 2016, and then the Canadian Nationals in Whitehorse, Yukon, mid-March of the same year.

“Right now my focus is to make the World Ju-nior Team for Canada, which is a lofty goal for me,” says Alex, “But if I don’t make the team, there is a ‘B’ tour I could go on.”

What is his vision for competing in the future?

“My main goals are that I want to race in the World Cup and the Olympics; but that’s a long way down the road,” says Alex with a smile full of enthusiasm for his goals. “I’m seven to 10 years away from that – it’s a long commit-ment – increasing the hours every year, and tweaking the intensity,”

Commitment to ex-cel in the sport started for Alex when he was just three-years-old when his Mom put him on skis.

“It’s been almost all my life. I had some time when I really didn’t want to do it; but my Mom kept pushing me – and now I am really glad I stuck with it. All the opportunities are amaz-ing, and if Mom wasn’t pushing me, driving me to Kamloops three days a week after school, or up to Sun Peaks I wouldn’t be where I am now.”

Most recently this summer, the CVTC with Alex and four other BC Ski Team members from Hollyburn and Larch Hills ski clubs had the opportunity to travel and train in Swe-den and Norway. They had a unique opportu-nity to experience the adventure of skiing in a cross country ski tunnel and also roller skied on some incredible paved trail networks in Sjus-joen, Sweden. They also visited the 1994 Winter Olympic Games venue at Lillehammer, Nor-way; visited Holmenkol-len and Oslo, and then attended the Elite Camp Idre with the Swedish

National Junior Team in August.

“When we went to Sweden, I really enjoyed being in another coun-try and seeing how they do things over there,” tells Alex. “One of our coaches is from Sweden (a successful racer over there) and she wanted to take some B.C. Team kids to a big camp there. There were five of us athletes and two coach-es who attended.”

Alex says they skied everyday, sometimes roller skiing in the after-noon.

“They have a large tunnel that is just over a kilometre long with arti-ficial snow that is always at minus -5°C degrees. You do loops in it and it is open all year long.”

Being in Norway for a few days was a high-light for the team said Alex. “That was awe-some. We looked at World Cup venues, and where our cabin was the roller ski track was right outside the door. The track was like a roller coaster and I had the most fun I’ve ever had on roller skis.”

Alex tells they also trained with 107 other people, and he re-ally enjoyed skiing and training with the Swed-ish National Junior Team members, ages 16 to 19 years.

“We did an uphill running test that was up a downhill ski run – that was really hard,”

He says training in Sweden was “...an amazing opportunity to see the difference in how they train over there – more intense, more training.”

Alex also tells that before the team went to the Swedish training camp, they attended a BC Team training camp near the Haig Glacier in Canmore, Alberta.

“We were there for about a week. There is a three hour run/hike in to the Becky Scott Camp where we stayed in cool huts right on the rocks. We would hike up onto the glacier ev-ery morning, ski for two to three hours, and then run down on the snow. Breathing is different there because you are at an altitude of 2700 me-ters. Then if you had the afternoon off you did strength exercises or went for a run. We had great weather, the sun shining everyday. One of the best camps we do every year.”

Asked what this life of training and pushing personal limits means to him, Alex answered, “You definitely stay focused, and ideally I need to be healthy all the time. You have to

sacrifice some of your social life as well to do what you want to do. Even though I want to go out with my friends I can’t always do that. If that means not go-ing to a party one night – that’s what I have to do. It’s all about commitment, and you have to have the drive to do it. But you also make many friends in the sport, and in other countries as well.”

Asked what he en-joys about competi-tive racing, Alex said, “Going into a race you know what your time was before, and you try to do better and im-prove – a progression of getting better. There is never an end to being the best that you can be. Once you reach a goal, you pat yourself on the back and then move on to the next goal. There is always that next goal.”

Alex says the aver-age race for him at this stage of training is 15k, “... that’s where you put your body into ‘the zone’ as the distance flies by”.

“When you are in ‘the zone’ everything is just that much bet-ter, especially on 30k. You have to just focus. You have to break the course down to certain points in the course. If

your mind wanders you are in trouble, then you notice your lungs are burning, your legs are seizing up and you start asking yourself, “Why am I doing this?” If you have been running for four hours you have to come in with the same focus as in training.”

Why does Alex con-tinue to put himself both physically and mentally through this incredibly grueling training and competi-tions?

“I like the feeling when you cross the fin-ish line and know you couldn’t have pushed any harder ....it’s ex-haustion ...and when you get up you know you couldn’t have pushed any harder.”

Does training fill all of his days, or does he take time off for other things, as he is doing now visiting family and friends in Barriere?

“When you have downtime after a few days you start to get restless,” answers Alex, “You miss that rush of doing something with your body.”

Is Alex enjoying this highly challenging and competitive path that he has chosen?

“I’m having a great time – it’s awesome!

“I’m living the dream!”

Alex McDonald is living his dream ... continued from page 1

Photo submitted


SPORTS

2015 Annual Barriere 911 Emergency Services

Golf Tournament

Donation Request Application for Youth:

Please complete this form with supporting information on you, your group or organization in support of youth in the North Thompson. This information will be reviewed and a decision made by the tournament committee. Applications must be received by October 8th, 2015 at 4:00pm at the Barriere RCMP Detachment. The successful applicants will be contacted by phone for a presentation, in October 2015, at the Barriere Fire Hall.

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Describe the project you are working on (ie: type of function, location, time line, date of completion)

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Please attach more documentation if needed to complete each section in support of your application. Completed forms should be dropped off at the Barriere RCMP Detachment.

Minor HockeySaturday October 3 9:00 – 10:00 Novice10:10 – 11:00 Prenovice2:30 – 4:15 Atoms vs. Chase4:45 – 6:45 Bantam Rep vs. South Okanagan7:00 – 9:00 Bantam House vs. Merritt

Sunday October 48:00 – 9:45 Atoms vs. Chase10:00 – 11:45 Bantam house vs. Merritt12:00 – 2:00 Bantam Rep vs. West Kelowna

Adult Ice Breaker Tournament Sept. 25 – 27 Register as a team or individual Call – 250 674 2143

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We had another successful year with amazing support from the sponsors and players. This is the fourth year of the rebirth of our great little tournament. We have worked hard over the last four years to provide more opportuni-ty to the youth in our valley. Our goal has been to support a diverse group of new or existing youth organizations, programs or initia-tives. This year saw 72 players take on the Chinook Cove Golf Course within their teams. We lucked out again with the weather and had a beautiful day on the links. The course was in fine shape, allowing for some great golf and low scores. The winning team this year was a local squad of Deb, Cory, Theresa and Jeff with a five under 31! The most honest team was a repeat of last year with Stretch, Aimee, Mi-chelle and Susan taking home the coveted pink shovels (to help fill in their divots)! After the game all enjoyed a great meal hosted by the Chinook Cove Golf Course while

they shared their stories from the day. Following the dinner all play-ers pulled a number for their prize in the amazing tables of goodies, thanks to the support of our spon-sors! After each team received their prizes the long drive and KP prizes were handed out with some im-pressive shot-making! Then prior to heading out the huge table of door prizes were drawn and silent auction items were awarded to the successful bidders. At the end of the day a huge success all around!

Over last three years we have been able to put out $6,000 each year, with $7,000 this year, for a total of $25,000 over four years. We have supported the following groups once or multiple times, at various levels:

Celebration of Rural Living Expo and Trade Show• North Thompson Fish and

Game Club• North Thompson Recreation

Society – Cross Country Skiing/snow shoe Program

• Barriere Curling Club• North Thompson Volunteer In-

formation Centre – After School

Program• Barriere Secondary Basketball• Barriere Secondary grade eight

math program• Yellowhead Community Services

– Friday Night Youth Program• Barriere Elementary School

Community Garden Program• Farm Kids Scholarship Fund• Bonnie Cruzelle-Myram Memo-

rial Scholarship• Barriere Youth Soccer• Barriere Literacy Outreach• Barriere Bike Park• Upper Thompson Army Cadets• Barriere Elementary School

Meal ProgramTournament Sponsors for 2015• 4TR Ventures• Abbot Wealth Mgt• AG Foods• Act 1 Services• Armour Mountain Office• Argo Road Maintenance• Art Knapps Plantland• Barriere Medical Clinic• Barriere Smoke Eaters• BC Lions• Barriere Legion #242• Barriere Country Feeds• Brandt Tractor

• Rona Home Center• Boulder Mountain Contracting• Chinook Cove Golf and RV• Country Store Antiques

• Canadian Tire• Costco• City Centre Auto• Dearborn Ford• DJ’s Plumbing• District of Barriere• D & G Transport• Dr Chris Wilson – Dentist• East Barriere Lake Volleyball

Tournament• Gabion Wall Systems• Guillevin International• Harley Davidson Kamloops• Home Depot Kamloops• Home Hardware Building Sup-

ply – Kamloops• Interior Savings Credit Union• IDA Pharmacy• Integrity Realty, Kathy Campbell• Insight Tire & Automotive• Kamloops Blazers Hockey Club• Knights Inn• KNV Chartered Accountants• Labatts Canada• Leading Edge Motor Sports• Mino’s Restaurant• Mountain Springs Motel• Murry Purcha• North Thompson Star/Journal• Oak Barrel• One Step Landscaping• Virginia Smith in memory of

Ron Smith• River City Cycle• Rivershore- Jeep Dodge Chrysler• Royal Lepage Westwin Realty• Royal Lepage – Tracy Moffat

• River Rock Casino & Resort• RTR Motor Sports• Shoppers Drug Mart – Sahali• Simpcw First Nation• Stamer Logging• Starbucks – Sahali• Styling by Janice• Sundown Construction• Subway• Sweetnams Store• Sam’s Pizza• Timbermart• TNRD Area O – Bill Kershaw• Wholesale Sports

I am truly proud of the mem-bers of the committee that work so hard each year to put this event together and make it the success it is. The amount we are able to give back each year is so impres-sive when you compare it to other events, especially when you consid-er it is a nine hole golf tournament in a community of under 2,000 residents. We love to see the large variety of programs and hope we can continue to play a small part in the success of each of them as they are also supported by their own incredible and hard working volun-teers. We live in a great community where most everyone is willing to pitch in and make it a better place to live. Thank you again to all the great people that make this event happen and those that support us each year!

2015 – Barriere 911 Emergency Services Golf Tournament

We had another successful year


LIFE WITH PETS

Pet food is popular topic these days. With a dizzying ar-ray of choices, it can be dif� cult for a pet owner to make an informed decision about which food is best for their animal.

First, dogs and cats are very different creatures (just ask your cat if you don’t believe me). Cats are strict carnivores and their systems are designed to break down and digest meat proteins. Vegetable matter serves as an indigestible � bre. In a non-domesticated cat, the bones, internal or-gans and the ingested food of their prey serves to balance the other nutrients they require. The exception to this rule are specially formulated vegetarian diets for cats, which must be created so that the vegetable protein can be ab-sorbed by the cat’s digestive system. Food for cats must also contain suf� cient amounts of taurine, an essential amino acid that cats cannot make on their own.

Domestic dogs are omnivores, like their owners, and their systems are able absorb nutrients from both an-imal and plant sources. Balanced diets for dogs should have an appropriate ratio of protein, fats and carbohy-drates. Growing puppies require more protein that adult dogs and a good-quality puppy food provides a suf� cient amount to meet those needs. Large-breed puppy foods are developed so these puppies grow at an appropriate rate. Adding supplements to an already balanced diet can actually do more harm than good.

Cats or kittens that eat primarily dog food can develop serious amino acid de� ciencies and can suffer health is-sues as a consequence of this imbalance. Canines that eat cat food are receiving an excess of protein and a lack of balance of other nutrients that they require.

While many owners concern themselves with speci� c ingredients, such as grain-free, protein content, etc., they

may overlook the more important factors. Most of our pets are creatures of leisure compared to their wild ancestors. As a result, an excess of protein and fat can cause far more long-term health issues than speci� c ingredients. If your pet has an intolerance or allergy to a speci� c pro-tein,such as beef or corn, than it is advisable, of course, to avoid that in your pet’s food. A balanced diet with a limit-ed number of ingredients is generally a better choice than a pet food with a large variety of protein and fat sources and a wide array of ingredients.

For most pets, one of the most important considerations should be caloric content and quality of ingredients. High-er protein foods and those with high fat content often have too many calories for most pets. Excess protein is stored as fat and can contribute to undesirable weight gain.

Pet foods with different colours are designed to appeal to owners. Animals are basically color-blind, so different shades make no difference to your pet. These colours are frequently achieved with edible food colourings. Arti� cial � avours, sugar and salt may also be added to increase the odor and palatability of the food. Lower quality pet diets can be the equivalent of your pet living on pizza, potato chips and ice cream. When this happens, pets may then turn their nose up when healthier choices are offered.

Pet snacks that resemble bacon, beef bones or crunchy treats with a soft � lling often contain a lot of arti� cial � avourings, gum and binding agents to retain their con-sistency and � avour. Better choices for both cats and dogs can be green beans or even a piece o their regular food. For many pets, it is the attention from their owner that accompanies the food that is the best reward.

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The Little Britches Rodeo at

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Despite some poor weather in Barriere this past weekend, the arena at the Fall Fair grounds were chalked full of young par-ticipants in the Little Britches Rodeo.

(l to r) Ladies night golfers; Carol Hindle, low gross winner and Deb Legaree, low net winner.

Photo submitted by Quinn Morin

Photo submitted by Elli Kohnert

Submitted by Leslie Stirling

Mommy! It’s Over! That is how the comedy show, Just For Laughs ends. Victor, the trade-mark cries out “Mom-my! It’s over!” And that is just how I feel now that the Ladies Golf Night season is finished. We had a wonderful fi-nal night on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The weather was (in a word) lousy but the 34 ladies that showed up didn’t let it get them down. The ladies golfed in their pajamas as we were put-ting ladies night “to bed for the winter”. Special thanks to Babes Shanko for providing us all with a bag of popcorn, Cindy Leibel for providing a little goodie bag for each lady and Leslie Stir-ling, Brenda Oakland and Trudy Forsythe for bringing dessert. We golfed. We ate. We had a meeting. We held elections. We picked up prizes. Everybody picked up prizes...that’s right, Everybody! We laughed and laughed and laughed.

Now I know many of you have been won-dering where I have been the last couple of weeks. Life has been busy. I thought it would be quieter when I retired from the fall fair but somehow it just didn’t turn out that way. No rest for the wicked, I guess. I think the ladies who won prizes were a bit disappointed not to see their name in lights

(oops in print). Here they are now.

Winners for Sept. 1 were: Carol Hindle, Trudy Forsythe, Jean-nie Webber, Sara Watts, Marie Hakes, Joan Streadwick, Cathy The-riault, Darlene Nickull, Brenda Oakland, Bren-da Carl, Val Aylward, Cindy Leibel, Audrey Rilcoe, Chris LeCerf, Doreen Landry, Karen Peterson, Susan New-berry, Wanda Amos, Debbie Pearce, Jeanne Seaman and Barb Smith.

Winners for Sept. 8 were: Christina LeCerf, Brenda Oakland, Leslie Stirling, Val Williams, Kathy Matthews, Bren-da Carl, Barb Smith, Carol Hindle, Cindy Leibel, Carol Willox, Marnie Pfeifer, Lara Plummer, Betty Baillie, Darlene Nickull, Au-drey Rilcoe, and Lynda Fournier. The big win-ners for the Ringer Board were Carol Hindle with the lowest final score and Lynda Fournier with the great-est reduction in score.

The club champion-ship was held on Satur-day, Sept. 12. Thirteen ladies took part. Low gross with a phenom-enal score of 83 was Carol Hindle and Low net with a score of 96 which isn’t too shabby was Deb Legaree. Pin placement prizes went to Susan Newberry, Au-drey Rilcoe, Evelyn Lu-cas, Deb Legaree, Carol Hindle, Carol Willox and Susan Mitchell. Carol Willox took home

the deuce pot. Thanks to Captain Deb Rainer for looking after the event.

There are never enough words to thank all our sponsors. They add so much to our Ladies Night and their generousity is appreciat-ed. We encourage all our golfers and you readers out there to thank them and support them when possible. And here they are: AG Foods, Armour Mountain Office Ser-vices, Barriere A & W, Barriere Timber Mart, Barriere Massage, Crys-tlee’s Hair Design, Bon-dar Forest Planning, Carl’s Market Garden, Campbell & Company, Country Store An-tiques, Estylo Hair De-sign, Knights Inn, Pot-tery by Ramona, EBL Ventures, Ron Wallace Trucking, Stamer Log-ging, Barb and Carman Smith, Rainer Custom Cutting, Sam’s Pizza, Station House Restau-rant, Val Bella Studio, Interior Savings Credit Union, Chad Belbin of Hub International, Bob Stirling CRI, Bar-riere Auto Parts, Al-pine Meadow Resort, North Thompson Star/Journal and Chinook Cove Golf Course. We are always looking for new sponsors so if over the winter you decide you would like to do so please give Deb Rainer or Leslie Stirling a call.

So merry christmas and happy new year to all you golfers and non-golfers. We will see you again in the spring.

The � nal golf report for the summer

Photo Submitted by Leslie Stirling

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Street style photography at the Fall Fair“Every year when

summer comes around

“They stretch a banner ‘cross the

main street in town“You can feel

somethin’s happenin’ in the air…

“County fair, county fair,

“Everybody in town’ll be there

“So come on, hey we’re goin’ down

there…” Bruce Springsteen –

County FairWhere I live in

British Columbia, the months of Au-gust and September see communities’ large and small host-ing end of summer fairs.

This year, same as last, I drove north to the small town of Barriere, parked my car, gave the smiling lady at the gate a cou-ple bucks and strolled into the excitement of the North Thomp-son Fall Fair packed with exhibits of lo-cal produce, poultry, livestock, all sorts of arts and crafts, lots of outdoor shows that included a ro-deo, trick riders, sev-eral different horse competitions, an action packed mid-way with amusement

rides, challenges for the children like wall climbing, and even a motorized bull that quickly dislodged even the most ath-letic of riders.

There were all sorts of people sell-ing cowboy hats, clothing, jewelry and too much more to list here. And one lady almost accosted me, demanding I try out her boot wax and leather preservative. (I will say my boots never looked better.)

Oh, and the food. The inviting and punishing, yep, that’s the word I am go-ing to use for the smell of all kinds of mouthwatering foods that one confronts as far away as the en-trance gate. Enticing everyone to make the next stop at one of the food venders.

The picture mak-ing possibilities im-mediately assaults those of us with cam-eras. What to photo-graph?

Well, it’s all excit-ing.

Last year I spent most of my time pho-tographing the rodeo, but after discussions and encouragement from the many pho-tographers I have met

online that excel in street photography, I decided to dedicate my time this year to photographing the people I saw wander-ing or performing in the midway.

I have written be-fore about my admi-ration of those that are proficient at wan-dering city streets creating stories with the way they pho-tograph the people. Readers will recall I discussed my frus-tration last summer in Anacortes, Wash-ington, when I tried using a DSLR with a big 24-70mm lens mounted on it. Peo-ple saw me coming with that big pack-age and when I got close enough to grab a picture they almost leaned towards me to see what I was photo-graphing. No chance of being inconspicu-ous or assuming stealth mode.

This time I brought a cropped frame DSLR and

105mm lens and ex-tended my camera strap so I could point and shoot from the hip as I released the shutter. I think I can hear the laughing coming from some of those more skilled and experienced at this type of photog-raphy than I. Yep, I had little control over what I was aim-ing at. I did get some viewable shots, but I also got lots of im-ages that showed the top of people’s heads and a great quantity of sky. How did those gunslingers in the old west hit their target?

Maybe I need to put some beer cans on a fence rail and practice like I saw actor Alan Ladd do in a movie I watched last week. Or better yet, I have a friend with one of those ex-citing little Fuji 100 cameras. I wonder if I took beer cans (full) over to his house in-stead of putting them on the fence, I could

convince, or bribe, him to lend that cam-era to me next time I want to try.

I searched online for some street pho-tography tips. Here are a few I could find.

1. Use a wide-an-gle lens.

2. Get close.3. Look for juxta-

position.4. Focus on the es-

sential.5. Look for the

light and shadows6. Look at the

foreground and the background.

7. Tell a story.Street photogra-

phy, whether at an event like a country fair, in a bustling

city, or on some quiet back lane, is about photographing soci-ety around us.

Some photogra-phers’ shoot for the challenge, and some wander the city as a release of stress from everyday ex-istence, and oth-ers because of their need to make some statement about the world in which they live. I wonder at the “Decisive Moment” of prolific French photographer Henri C a r t i e r - B r e s s o n , or the journalistic style of Leica toting Robert Doisneau, or the harsh images of marginalized people

by Diane Arbus. They, and many oth-ers have left us with their own styles of street photogra-phy that affect each viewer on an emo-tional level.

These are my thoughts for this week. Contact me at www.enmanscamera.com or [email protected]. Stop by Enman’s Camera at 423 Tran-quille Road in Kam-loops.

And if you want an experienced photog-rapher please call me at 250-371-3069.

I also sell an in-teresting selection of used photographic equipment.

John Enman Photo

Street photography, whether at an event like a country fair, in a bustling city, or on some quiet back lane, is about photographing society around us.

Library System boosts French collectionSubmitted

The TNRD Library System has recently in-creased its French collection, thanks to the � nan-cial support of the Province of British Colum-bia through the Regional District of Nanaimo and the Canada-British Columbia Cooperation Agreement on Of� cial Languages for the addi-tional purchase of French material.

“La bibliothèque du district régional Thomp-son- Nicola reconnaît le soutien � nancier de la province de la Colombie-Briannique par le biais du district régional de Nanaimo et de l’Entente de collaboration Canada- Colombie Britannique en matière des langues of� cielles pour l’achat

supplémentaire de matériel en français.”The increased French collection is primarily

focused on children’s and youth material and should better meet the needs of the local Fran-cophone community as well as those students enrolled in French Immersion and their families.

The new French titles will be housed at the North Kamloops and Kamloops libraries, but will be available at any of the Library System’s branches.

The TNRD Library System has recently in-

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A member of a photography site I frequented some time ago posed the question, “What inspired you?”

I took that to mean what inspired you as a pho-tographer?

One would think that a question on a photog-rapher’s website page would be a great opportunity for photographers to talk about those that encour-aged, influenced, or affected their development in this exciting medium.

Anticipating discussions on celebrated photog-raphers who had inspired others on that forum to get into photography I looked forward to reading members replies. However, I was surprised and dis-appointed with how few took the time to respond, and those that did seemed silly by only naming long gone painters like Rembrandt. Rembrandt? Not one member on that photographer’s forum mentioned another photographer.

Unable to contain myself I wrote, “I was in-spired to do photography by photographers not painters. Those I admired and inspired me at dif-ferent times include Man Ray, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Arnold Neuman, Gregory Heisler, Sarah Moon, Sheila Metzner and Annie Leibo-vitz. I must also mention scenic photographers like Elliott Porter, Ansel Adams, Edward Steichen and Edward Weston.”

Today I sent a friend a picture I had taken of him and several other friends in the early 1970s. I remembered at that time I was rarely without a camera, and how frustrating that was to some that just got tired of my constant picture taking. That’s when I recalled the preceding post on inspiration and my response.

I suppose there are painters and sculptors I like, but do they inspire my photography? No not really – I look to photographers for that. The first pho-tographer and artist that inspired me all those years ago was Man Ray. It was after viewing his fascinat-

ing pictures that I began to study photography.However, it is the second photographer on my

inspiration list, Richard Avedon that I’ll quote here, “I think many photographers create in order to survive, both emotionally as well as financially. For a photographer, taking a photo is just as im-portant as breathing”.

Sometimes when I see a photograph that I like I get excited. I might not be able to go to the location or find the subject of that picture, but it still makes me want to grab my camera and begin searching for something. I could say that photograph in-spired me to create one of my own in my own per-sonal way.

In my list to that forum I forgot to include the famous Canadian nature photographer and au-thor, Freeman Patterson. I think any photographer interested in photographing gardens or landscapes will find inspiration in his photographs and his writing. Patterson wrote, “Seeing, in the finest and broadest sense, means using your senses, your intellect, and your emotions. It means encounter-ing your subject matter with your whole being. It means looking beyond the labels of things and dis-covering the remarkable world around you.”

There are many things and people that inspire me, too many to write down here, but the original post was on a photographer’s forum, so it’s photog-raphers not painters that I thought about. There are many photographers past and present whose images are worth searching for, looking at, learning from, and of course, gaining inspiration from that will surely affect one’s own photography.

Find what inspires you to do photography

Ministry of Advanced Education

The Province is funding 32 addi-tional health-care assistant spaces at Thompson Rivers University.

“The $275,000 in targeted fund-ing for Thompson Rivers Universi-ty is our government responding to the need for more health-care assis-tants to work with an increasingly aging population in the region,” said Kamloops-North Thompson MLA and Health Minister Terry Lake on behalf of Advanced Edu-cation Minister Andrew Wilkinson while making the announcement at the Kamloops campus of TRU. “Students can train for rewarding health-care positions that are re-quired in the Thompson, and also support the health-care needs of their communities.”

One-time funding for short-du-ration health-education programs helps address the immediate needs of specific communities so that the supply of trained health-care work-ers is aligned with demand.

“I’m delighted that government is providing one-time funding to train 32 additional health-care as-sistants in Kamloops,” said Kam-loops-South Thompson MLA, and Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Todd Stone. “It is about

aligning the health-care needs of the community with training, and Thompson communities will ben-efit.”

Public post-secondary institu-tions in British Columbia are help-ing address the needs of the health system by ensuring that students in the health-care professions have the skills and training they need to serve their communities well.

“One of our top priorities is in-creasing student success and serv-ing our community,” said TRU president Dr. Alan Shaver. “Our students need short-duration train-ing that’s affordable, close to home and that will help them serve the needs of their community. This pro-gram and its funding is an example of how TRU and the government are listening. In a few short months, this group will be working and knowing everyday they are making a difference in someone’s life.”

The one-time funding, which is targeted at programs running for one year or less, was awarded after TRU answered a call for proposals from public post-secondary institu-tions. It is in addition to any regu-lar-funded health-education spaces at the university.

“I’m pleased the government continues to recognize our stu-

dents as key components in the delivery of health care in the re-gion and British Columbia,” said Donna Murnaghan, dean for the school of nursing at TRU. “Our HCA graduates are respected and sought after fortheir knowledge, skills and caring nature, which is backed by the high-calibre instruc-tion received in the classroom, in

their labs and during their practi-cums.”

Health-care assistants provide 24-hour care and supervision in protective and supportive environ-ments for people who have com-plex care needs. They work in a variety of settings including acute care and residential care, as well as in home care and community care,

including independent living and assisted living.

The demand for health-care as-sistants is ever-increasing with the aging of the population and the continual growth of health-care services. Over 50,000 health-care assistants are registered with the BC Care Aide and Community Health Worker Registry.

Province funds more health-care training spacesThe Province is funding 32 addi-

Thirty-two additional health care assistant spaces available at TRU with the $275,000 provincial funding.

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The Yellowhead 4-H club had an exciting weekend at the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo. All of the project members did great and it was great to see all of the projects on display for the public to view. It was a busy weekend and did well to get us into the rhythm for the Provincial Win-ter Fair that is fast ap-proaching for us.

Our sheep club was raking in the awards this weekend, with all of the members do-ing great in their shows on both Saturday and Sunday, along with the club achievement day on Monday. The sheep club also won the 4-H stall competition, spon-sored by Country Feed.

On Saturday, sheep showmanship was held. The sheep club did great with Yellowhead mem-bers placing well in all the showmanship class-es. For pre club show-manship Bobby Raye Farrow placed first in the pre club showman-ship championship. In the junior showmanship championship Halle Smith placed second, Cheyenne Veninga placed third and Tuson Schilling came fourth.

On Sunday, sheep members showed their projects in weight class-es. Once again Yellow-head did great in show. For the pre-club mar-ket class Bobby Raye Farrow placed first. In the 4-H market chan Kinship Halle Smith placed first, with Sara Kate Smith in second and Connor Farrow in fourth. Halle then went on to place first in the overall market class, with Sara Kate Smith placing third.

For the trim and fit class the Yellowhead team of Amanda Hu-ber and Connor Farrow placed second.

In beef, our club also did very well. All mem-bers did well showing on Sunday. For showman-ship Thompson Mitch-ell was the champion junior showman with Cash Sigouin as the re-serve champion. Then in the female weight

classes Leanna Mitchell had the champion 4-H heifer. In the overall Champion female class Dustin Pawloff had the champion female and Leanna Mitchel was re-serve. Beef showed all day Sunday and every-one had a great time.

Our photography section showcased some absolutely amazing photos this year. The unit one champion was Riley Kempter and Josh Tremblay came in as re-serve. In Unit Two, Pax Gregory had the cham-pion photo and Amber McNeice was reserve. In unit three Emma Hamblin was cham-pion with Eli Lingren as reserve. They also did showmanship and were tested on their knowl-edge of photography. In senior showmanship Eli Lingren came in first with Christine Kempter in second, and in ju-nior showmanship Pax Gregory was first with Josh Tremblay in second place.

The brand new goat division of our club had lots of fun showing on Saturday and Sunday. For the preclub show-manship class Rachel Bijl in first and Alexis Nelson in second. In junior showmanship Angela Rutschke came in first with Kendra Rutschke in second. In senior showman-ship Kathleen Pilatzke came in first. For the 4-H doe kid class Ken-dra Rutschke had the champion 4-H doe kid and Rachel Bijl had the reserve champion doe kid project.

Everyone did amaz-ing showing their proj-ects and had a lot of fun at the North Thompson Fall Fair and Rodeo. We are looking forward to next year.

The Yellowhead 4-H club would like to thank its long time sponsor Stamer Logging for their continued support. We would also like to thank them for letting us use their flat deck and yard for the construct-ing of our parade float, along with Jim Powell for driving the float in the parade. Don’t for-get to come see us at the Winter Fair on Sept. 25 to 28.

Yellohead 4-H reports on the Fall Fair

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Please NOTE:The Kamloops Cowboy Festival will be held on a New weekend in the future. Instead of the usual second weekend in March it will now be held on the

Third Weekend in March

Future Kamloops Cowboy Festival Date Change

THETHE

Gearing up for the 20th Anniversary ... of the Kamloops Cowboy Festival – March 17th to 20th, 2016

If you thought the past Ka-mloops Cowboy Festivals were good then you’ll love what’s in store for the 20th Anniversary!

For entertainment we’ll be bringing back nine of the per-formers that were part of the very first Festival at the Stock-man Hotel in 1997.

We’ll also have over twen-ty of the favourite entertain-ers from past years, three new faces, and we’re hoping for one surprise guest appearance by someone you all know and love!

It’s pretty early yet but

we’re already getting calls from people wanting tickets and trying to reserve certain tables for the Dinner Theatre shows which is amazing ... be-cause tickets don’t go on sale until November 1st. We have also had enquiries from three different bus companies that are possibly putting together packages for folks in Alberta and Saskatchewan. See the ar-ticle in this newsletter on the Bus Tour. Our official hotel, The Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Center is worried they that they will be full be-

fore we even start to promote them. Not sure if that’s a good thing or not ... hmmm, guess it’s good.

We’ve also had a lot of en-quiries from people looking for booths in the trade show, too, so I’m think-ing that it will be filled up fast, and with some with some q u a l i t y products.

A d d the Art

of the West Show and Sale, The Spirit of the West Rising Star Showcase, and the fact that it’s just a great place to meet folks and socialize, then add all the above entertain-ment, and it can’t be anything but a good weekend.

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Kathy and I have had a busy year … a week in France with her dad and a second week on a Medi-terranean cruise, and a few days in Winnipeg – two with Mark’s sister and two with Jim and Karen Bell (who put Billie’s and Hugh’s cruise together). We had a super time everywhere we went. You can see photos from Europe, and our diary, on our web site: www.MeadowSprings.com.

We also had a great year for hay … really nice hay and lots of it. We’ve also never had so many calls from people looking to buy hay … glad we could sell some and really glad we don’t have to buy any!

Now that that’s all done, and we just finished the Cariboo Country Night, we’re gearing up for the 100 Mile House Cowboy Concert in February and, of course, the 20th anniversary of the Kamloops Cowboy Festival ... all of which you can read about in this newsletter.

There’s also a little blurb about a “jam” we had here at Meadow Springs Ranch and there’s an ar-ticle on John Deere Doug. Enjoy!

Kathy & Mark McMillan, Editors [email protected]

From the Editors, Kathy and Mark McMillan

The 20th Annual Kam-loops Cowboy Festival is just around the corner. The Fes-tival will now be held on the third weekend in March ev-ery year, and this year we’re excited about our anniversary weekend. It looks like we’ll have eight performers that

were at the very first Kam-loops Cowboy Festival in 1997 on stage this year. The entertainment line is looking super so far, there are new menus for all three of the dinner theatre buffets, the tradeshow is already getting a lot of bookings, and all in

all things are looking like this could be the best Kamloops Cowboy Festival ever!

The 100 Mile House Cow-boy Concert will be Saturday, February 13th and looks like it should be another great one. Cariboo Country Night was also, once again, a super

evening. Scholarship appli-cations have been rolling in all summer, and we’re just waiting for the start of the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame and Joe Marten Award sub-missions.

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As always the second Saturday in February is slated for the An-

nual 100 Mile House Cowboy Concert. We don’t have the enter-

tainers confirmed yet but you can bet it’ll be another great show.

Two shows, a 2:00 pm matinee and a 7:00 pm evening show, will

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Some pretty major changes in the program this year make me think that the 2015 Chilliwack Mane Event Expo will be a pretty awesome weekend. The main change is the addition of a Working Ranch Chal-lenge! Now how excit-ing is that?!

The new Working Ranch Challenge will have session #1 from 8:15 pm to 10:30 pm in the main arena on Fri-day night. Session #2 will be from 2:00 pm to 4:15 pm on Saturday af-ternoon and session #3, the final go, will be from 2:15 to 4:45 on Sunday bringing the weekend to a close.

The Trainers Chal-

lenge, our favourite part, will start out on Friday with the three trainers each having a round between 10:00 am and 12:45 pm and another between 4:45 and 7:30 pm. Saturday they go from 9:30 am to 12:15 pm, and again from 4:45 to 7:30 pm and on Sun-day things wrap up with the finals from 9:45 am to noon.

The trainers this year are: Glenn Stewart from Fort St John, BC; David Simons from Australia; and Sonny Garguilo from New York. All three are extremely experienced horse trainers and I am really looking forward to seeing them in action!

It also looks like

there will be some amaz-ing clinics this year, too. Clinics like: Jimmy Wof-ford – Jumping; Kristi Wysocki – Dressage; Pat Parelli - Parelli Natural Horsemanship; Doug Mills – Horsemanship; Doug Leasor - Barrel Racing; Glenn Stewart – Horsemanship; Jec Bal-lou - Western Dressage; David Simons – Reining; Sandi Simons – Horse-manship; and Sonny Garguilo – Horseman-ship. Wow!

The Trade Show is always second to none with a huge array of dif-ferent booths selling any-thing and everything one can imagine in the way of equine related mer-chandise.

The weekend hours are Friday 9:00 am to 10:30 pm, Saturday 9:00 am to the end of the Equine Experience (about 10:30 pm), and Sunday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. This promises to be a weekend that any-one and everyone liking horses, in any sense of the word, won’t want to miss. See you there!

Chilliwack Mane Event ~ October 23rd to 25th, 2015

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The watch Lake Community Hall was at maximum capacity saturday night, sept 12th and the dance floor was full as people tried to burn off the calories that had been absorbed from the

awesome bbQ steak dinner.

A big thanks to save-on Foods for do-nating the steaks and a big thanks to the Green Lake watch Lake business Association and its participating volunteers for putting

on an event that is al-ways truly appreciated by all who attend.

ernie Doyle, as usual, put together two great sets around the dinner break and then shared some of his great inventory of old time country favou-rites during the dance.

Jason Ruscheinsky and bernadette Ducha-rme also did two re-ally good sets for the concert part of the evening ... bernadette with mostly originals and Jason with old time covers that you wouldn’t expect to hear from a 20 year

old. They also had what seemed like an endless list of songs that they did for the dance and the dance floor never had a dull moment.

it always amazes me when three indi-vidual musicians, who have never played to-gether before, can get together and put out what sounded like well rehearsed and very practiced dance music ... and have a whole lot of fun doing it. As well as singing her own song choices, bernadette also sang some really nice har-

mony to just about ev-ery song that both Ja-son and ernie did.

To top off a great evening Alan mcAninch (a bridge

Lake resident for over 65 years) celebrated his 93rd birthday at Cariboo Country Night – mostly on the dance floor.

The 16th Annual Cariboo Country Night

it’ll be here before you know it ... and there are a lot of people booked to go already. it’s a 10 day sea of Cortez and the mexican Riviera Cruise! Peo-ple said that the 2011 mexican Riviera Cruise was one of their favorites and of course this one will be with Prin-cess Cruises again, this time on the Crown Princess!

A 10 day cruise from January 8th to 18th, 2016. Join billie and Hugh mcLennan as they leave home to fly

to LA on January 8th, 2016. They'll board the Crown Princess and enjoy stops in: san Diego, California; Cabo san Lucas, mexico; La Paz, mexico; Loreto, mexico; and Puerto Vallarta, mexico. The cruise returns to LA on January 18th.

included in the cruise package price is a special private group tour in Puerto Vallarta. The price includes re-turn airfare from Calgary, edmonton, or Vancouver, and all ground transfers

The 15th Annual Spirit of the West Cruise

in LA. it also includes all port and government taxes, on board meals, entertainment, and room service, spe-cial group receptions on the ship, and a special gift.

one of the nicest things about the spirit of the west Cruise is the fact that you’ll be joining folks that are ranchers, horse people, western life lovers, and/or spirit of the west

Radio show listeners. oh, and you don’t have to stand in line for dinner either, as spirit of the west cruisers have their own reserved section in the dining room!

Check out www.Hugh-mcLen-nan.com and click on the Cruise page or phone Karen and Jim bell at Cruise Vacations winnipeg for all the details - toll free - 1-800-530-0131.

way up in dem der hills, just south of Kamloops, you'll find a ranch known as "Doug Haughton black Angus Natural beef" located in an area called Knutsford.

it all started over a hundred years ago when Henry Haughton moved to bC in 1904 and then homesteaded in Knutsford in 1908. Henry had four kids; Doris, Leon-ard, ernie, and Don. For many years Leonard and ernie were a big part of 4H, the Kamloops bull sale, and the Provincial winter Fair.

ernie's three boys took owner-ship of the ranch after his death in

1986 and at that time added more properties. in the mid 1990s they began operating independently. Jim continued with a cow-calf operation on High Lonesome Ranch, Ken had cow-calf at separation Lake, and Doug ran a cow calf herd at south-lands Ranch. in the early 2000s Doug decided to switch to yearlings as he had previously sold off all his blacks (High River) and red white faces (bC Livestock in williams Lake). He was working full time and therefore the idea of yearlings sounded more appealing. Doug got a feeder loan from bC Livestock

and Doug Haughton black Angus Natural beef went from there.

when brother Ken passed away Doug bought all of his cattle, leased his place, and ended up keeping all the calves. This saw his numbers go upwards of a thousand head. Doug says there isn't much sorting involved before the sale as his cattle are all pretty uniform. "it makes a pretty picture, something a guy can really be proud of, when you see seven nice shiny liners all parked on your road ready to load up at your corrals" says Doug.

Doug Haughton Black Angus Natural Beef

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Annual Fall

Antiques & Collectibles Sale

Bud Webb phoned me one day and said he had heard that Ed and Di-ane Wahl would be stopping over at our place on their way to Barkerville where they would be entertaining at Drover Days. I said “ya, that’s right” and he then asked if they could have a jam session here on the Thursday night, September 10th. We’d just built a new roof over our 30’ by 30’ deck so I said sure and invited the three Cariboo Country Night enter-tainers, too ... and a bunch of friends and neighbours! Sounded like a par-ty to me.

Jason couldn’t make it but Ernie Doyle from Green Lake came and Bernadette Ducharme came all the way down from Horsefly to join in. We threw some burgers on the BBQ and sat back for a great evening of entertainment. I think there were

about 15 of us.It still amazes me ... Bud, at 83

years young, and Ernie only a couple of years behind him, can still remem-ber more songs then I’ll ever dream of knowing ... and they know all the words. Bud even recited a couple of poems.

Friday morning Bud and Ed and Diane headed to Barkervile for the weekend and Ernie and Bernadette headed home. Bernadette stayed over here again on Saturday night after Cariboo Country Night and on Sunday Ed and Diane and Bud re-turned here for a visit on their way home. Later that same night the Hanson Family (also coming from Barkerville) stopped in and spent the night on their way south. We had a very short but good visit with them Monday morning before they left.

Meadow Springs Ranch worked out as a stopping place ...

Larry Friedlander, Mr Tally Ho, passed away on August 25th at the age of 47. Anyone that has visited the City of Victoria has probably gone for a ride, or least seen the horse drawn carriages, and many will remember the big Tally Ho wagons that pack tourists around the Inner Harbour and James Bay area.

Larry started with the horse drawn Tally Ho Carriage Tours at the age of 12 or 13 … at first as a stow-away sneaking rides, then folding blankets on the wagon seats, and eventually ended up owning the company (he had stated at a young age that he would, one day, end up owning the company). When the previous owners bought the business they relied on Larry’s knowledge as it was Larry who knew all the horses and their habits. Although very seldom seen on the back of a horse - he was way more comfortable on a Harley or driving a horse(s), horses were a

passion as well as his life’s work.Larry was witty, loved to tease, and always had

a funny story to share. He was a great husband to his wife Donna of 23 years, and an awesome dad to his two daughters, Brianna and Kennadie who have followed in his footsteps as “confident, capable 'country' girls who have their daddy's kindness and zest for anything fun!”

We’ll always remember “Laurence”, as we called him way back when, and know that he loved his life as it was. He will be missed by many, many people … family and friends … all people that he made smile.

We’re Sad to announce the passing of a great friend and a great horseman

Doug Haughton Black Angus Natural Beef

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Doug pretty much buys when-ever the timing is right, which could be any time of the year. He's a big believer in supporting those that support him, too. "Sometimes you say the right thing ... other times you should have kept your mouth shut" said Dougie, "well this one time I happened to say the right thing at the right time." Doug end-ed up with a nice land lease from a neighbouring ranch and bought all their heifers to boot. Doug spoke to Ron at Kamlake View Meats, where he gets his butchering done, and said that he wanted to sell his beef locally, through Ron's retail store at the time, the Chop N Block. Ron said he'd try a couple but Doug said no, let's start with 15 head. That soon turned into 30 or 40 head.

The Plaza Hotel Restaurant started carrying the Haughton beef on their menu, too, and Doug was happy saying "I love the idea of keeping our cattle within the doors of our Province! People buy BC Beef - they want to know where it came from and how it was raised".

Doug Haughton Black Angus Natural Beef was known for a few years as "Wine Fed Beef" as it was finished by Bill and Darlene Fred-ing at Southern Plus Feedlots in Oliver. They gave the cattle wine from their Rafter F Vineyard - half a litre twice a day per head. Doug snickered when he said "I used to get asked all the time, and by ranch-ers too, 'How do you feed the wine to the cattle?' Well I loved stringing people along and would come up

with lots of different answers for them. I'd also tell them what Bill said - that they were 'really happy cattle' - 'the most laid back cattle in the feedlot' - 'very relaxed cattle'." "Happy cattle, Happy owners" add-ed Dougie.

Doug first married in 1981, to Caroline Quadros, and they had four kids; Ashley, Cara-Lee, Rae-lene, and JD. When this marriage ended they decided to have a BBQ. They called it the "Coming and Go-ing Party" and had about 400 invit-ed guests. "I think having that BBQ might be the first thing we agreed on" laughed Doug, "There's three things I love; Good cattle, Country Music and a good BBQ."

He remarried in 2003 with a promise to Laurie to keep it small ... and that he did. It was a small wedding at Nicola Ranch Church with about 20 people. The recep-tion after though ... well that was a different story. "I invited Betty Hin-ton, our MP at the time, to a small wedding reception" says Doug with a great big grin. "Well that was an-other 400 person BBQ."

Doug was asked to host a BBQ for Premier Gordon Campbell one year during an election. He arranged it at one his neighbour's where he also arranged a cattle drive. The cattle crested the hill above the BBQ and headed down through the fields towards where the Premier was making his speech. Gordon Campbell told Doug that that was one of his favorite events over the years. Most people know Doug

Haughton as "John Deere Doug" as he's been selling John Deere trac-tors for many years. Folks all know Dougie as a very generous man and a proud supporter of most every-thing that's community or local. He has followed in his dad and uncle's footsteps in 4H. He has been a great sponsor of the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame over the years, and always supports the BCCA fundraisers.

Dougie says the last few years have been hard on the family as they've lost brothers, Ken and Bob, and sister in law Marie. His brother Jim still looks after all the cattle along with Doug's family and neighbours, and they are all an inte-gral part of the ranching operation.

The Haughton Ranch was in-ducted into the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame as a Century Ranch at the Ka-mloops Cowboy Festival on March 13th, 2015. Not long after Min-ister Todd Stone presented Doug with a letter. The first paragraph read, "As Premier of the Province of BC, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate you for your life-time achievement in cattle ranching and the cattle industry." Two other paragraphs talked about the ranch and the family, and were followed by, "I hope that you and the rest of the Haughton family have an amaz-ing year." It was signed, Sincerely, Christy Clark, Premier.

Doug's next goal is to "work with the end users". He's been meet-ing with Gillian Watt of the BC Ab-attoirs' Association and is sticking to his belief - "Buy BC Beef!"

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barriere star journal, september 24, 2015

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