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By Ryan Jensen Black Press

A Burns Lake contractor lost his battle with West Fraser over the use of a rail line that travels across his property just off Highway 16 in Houston.

On Tuesday, lawyers for Tahtsa Timber owner Klaus Posselt and the forestry giant were in a Vancouver courtroom after West Fraser applied for a

temporary injunction to allow them to use the rail line.

Posselt said he was fed up with being bullied by the forestry company over issues such as logging rates, changing terms of contracts and a general lack of communication.

On March 13, he took matters into his own hands and positioned an excavator over a rail line on his

property located just off Highway 16 in Houston. West Fraser does not have an easement to the rail line and had no legal right to it. Because of this, HFP was not able to ship their product out by rail.

“I’m not happy,” Posselt said after returning from the Lower Mainland earlier this week. “I had a legal right to the blockade but they wanted to maintain

the status quo because [Houston Forest Products] has been using the line for 40 years.

“Had West Fraser dealt with me fairly and honourably beforehand, this would never have happened,” he said. “It was a little bit of tit for tat.

“I’m hoping they revisit their attitudes or strategies on how they deal with contractors.”

The action was the culmination of

years of frustration of dealing with the company, Posselt said.

“Logging is the largest and most continuous business in our community and we’re in service to the big boys,” he said. “They say jump, and we do nothing but ask how high and when. Especially since they announced the [HFP] shutdown, they’ve been telling us how it’s going to be.

“They just run

roughshod over everybody in so many ways. These guys are making huge profits and they’re in charge of a public resource.”

The rail line in question is on 65 acres of land purchased by Posselt about a year ago.

Posselt said his intention was to use the property for a new business venture and he believed the rail line would be an asset.

“I bought that

property because I wanted rail access but I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to get it because I was told West Fraser owns it,” he said.

“When I investigated it, I discovered there’s no easement on the rail line, so it just belongs to the property owner.”

West Fraser Forest Products did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Huckleberry tax revenues

West Fraser (HFP) wins rail line court injunction

New revenue-sharing agreements will enable four First Nations in the Bulkley- Nechako area to benefit from the expansion of the Huckleberry Mine.

E c o n o m i c and community d e v e l o p m e n t agreements (ECDAs) will enable Cheslatta Carrier First Nation, Nee-Tahi-Buhn Band, Skin Tyee Nation and Wet’suwet’en First Nation to receive a share of mineral tax revenues collected by the Province from the expansion of the Huckleberry Mine, located 123 kilometres southwest of Houston.

The agreements represent the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th ECDAs that the Province has reached to ensure

First Nations benefit from mining activities within their traditional territory. The ECDAs fulfil the BC Jobs Plan commitment to support existing jobs plus create new jobs through the expansion of existing mines and the establishment of new mines.

Since June 2013, under the BC Jobs Plan, the four ECDAs bring the total of non-treaty agreements reached with First Nations to 31.

Additionally, the ECDAs bring a total of 13 non-treaty agreements and exceed the BC Jobs Plan commitment to attain 10 new non-treaty agreements with First Nations by 2015.

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Todd Hamilton/Black PressREVENUE SharingMike Robertson, senior policy advisor for the Cheslatta Carrier Nation, shakes hands with Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad during a revenue sharing announcement on Wednesday in Vanderhoof. Rustad, the Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, made the announcement at the beginning of the Minerals North Conference that will see economic and community development agreements (ECDAs) enable Cheslatta Carrier First Nation, Nee-Tahi-Buhn Band, Skin Tyee Nation and Wet’suwet’en First Nation to receive a share of mineral tax revenues collected by the Province from the expansion of the Huckleberry Mine 123 kilometres southwest of Houston.

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Originally slat-ed to close in 2014, Huckleberry Mines Ltd. received a per-mit amendment in December 2011, ex-tending the life of the mine to approximately 2021. The extension sustains close to 230 full-time and 30 part-time positions and will generate about 50 new positions. With workers residing in Burns Lake, Smithers, Houston, Granisle and Telkwa, the payroll contributes approximately $20 mil-lion to local economies. With 50% owned by Imperial Metals Corp. and 50% owned by three Japanese compa-nies, the open-pit cop-per and molybdenum mine has operated since 1997 and currently includes a workforce comprised of 17% First Nations.

Quotes:Aboriginal Relations

and Reconciliation Minister John Rustad –

“These agreements will not only bring so-cial and economic ben-e� ts to the four First Nations, but the entire Bulkley-Nechako re-gion. Reaching non-treaty agreements with First Nations is an important component of our government’s BC Jobs Plan, and I’m proud that today we surpass our goal of ten new agreements by 2015. They ensure First Nations have the op-portunity to participate in the economy, while giving industry the cer-tainty to invest in our province.”

Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett –

“The expansion of the Huckleberry Copper Mine has cre-ated jobs for First Nations and helped make their communi-ties stronger. These agreements show what can be accomplished through the co-opera-tion and collaboration with First Nations in responsible mining de-velopment.”

Cheslatta Carrier Nation Chief Richard Peters –

“We are pleased to have concluded this agreement with the Province. For genera-tions, Cheslatta have watched the exploita-tion of their mineral re-sources and were never allowed a share of the

bene� ts. This arrange-ment will allow the Cheslatta community to be part of the process and receive a portion of the royalties collected from the Huckleberry Mine operations.”

Quick Facts:• ECDAs are agree-

ments between B.C. and First Nations for sharing the direct min-eral tax revenue on new mines and major mine expansions.

• As part of com-mitments made in the Transformative Change Accord, the Province committed to seeking ways to address the socio-economic gap be-tween Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal citizens by working in partner-ship with Aboriginal communities.

• The � rst ECDA was signed in 2010 for the New Afton Mine and the B.C. govern-ment has signed a fur-ther 10 mining revenue-sharing agreements since then that will bring bene� ts to First Nations communities, while also helping to create certainty for the mining industry.

• In response to First Nations and industry, government now has a mandate that provides greater � exibility to reach more revenue-sharing agreements in less time.

• To date, B.C. has shared more than $12 million in mineral tax revenues as a result of ECDAs with First Nations in whose tradi-tional territories mines are located.

• The Cheslatta Carrier Nation, has approximately 304 members with its main reserve in Southbank, on the south shore of Francois Lake.

• The Nee-Tahi-Buhn Band has approx-imately 135 members and � ve reserves. Their main reserve is located on Francois Lake.

• The Skin Tyee Nation has approxi-mately 165 members and six reserves in the area west of Prince George near Francois Lake.

• Comprised of 213 members approxi-mately and 11 reserves, the Wet’suwet’en First Nation is located in the area between Burns Lake and Houston with their main community near Burns Lake.

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Economic and community development agreements (ECDAs) will enable Cheslatta Carrier First Nation, Nee-Tahi-Buhn Band, Skin Tyee Nation and Wet’suwet’en First Nation to receive a share of mineral tax revenues collected by the Province from the expansion of the Huckleberry Mine.

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Huckleberry draws praise at Minerals NorthBy Todd Hamilton

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H o u s t o n ’ s Huckleberry Mine was centre stage at the three-day 2014 Minerals North Conference in Vanderhoof last week.

Bill Bennett, Minister of Energy and Mines, used Huckleberry as the classic success story while announcing $3 million in funding for Geoscience B.C.

“The Huckleberry Mine is ... a really good example of how Geoscience B.C. ben-e� ts all of us, the in-dustry, communities, everyone. They did some work close to the Huckleberry Mine and located something that was worth looking at. The company went in and drilled it off and found a very promis-ing deposit. It added 10 years to the life of the mine. That means that several hundred people, a few hundred families ... if you look at indirect jobs, it’s probably more than that, have 10 more years of good employ-ment because of this program,” Bennett said at the close of Day 2 on the confer-ence’s main stage.

“That $3 million of your tax money that we’re putting into Geoscience B.C. is one of the best investments we can make.”

Imperial Metals’ Huckleberry was also singled out by Jeff Kyba, Ministry of Energy and Mines Skeena Region ge-ologist, for its creative solution after a near-crippling bull gear fail-ure.

“Their production had a bit of a hiccup recently with a criti-cal failure with one of their processing pieces but it was incredible to see the ingenuity where they were able to repair the broken piece for their SAG

( s e m i - a u t og e n o u s grinding) mill, reverse the polarity for some of their motors so that the stresses were actu-ally on the opposite side of the regular gear that was broken and they’re actually up and running again much sooner than they had originally anticipat-ed,” Kyba said.

“It’s great to see they’re still using and thinking outside of that box even though that mine has been in

production for a num-ber of years and looks to stay in production until 2021.”

The three-day con-ference opened with an announcement by Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation of four economic and com-munity development agreements (ECDA) coming from mineral tax revenues collected by the province from the expansion of the Huckleberry Mine.

The Cheslatta Carrier First Nation, Nee-Tahi-Buhn Band, Skin Tyee Nation and the Wet’suwet’en First Nation all signed onto the revenue sharing agreement.

Minerals North 2014 drew industry leaders and suppliers from across the coun-try to learn not only about hot-button is-sues and new technolo-gies, but also to discuss the state of mining in northern B.C. — and even the bad news was good news.

Although $474 mil-lion was spent in ex-ploration in the prov-ince in 2013 and of that $201 million in the Skeena (northwest B.C.) region, which was down approxi-mately 30 per cent from 2012, the number is misleading.

More than $600 million had been spent in 2012 and the 2013 numbers, while down,

were still a record.“We’ve been do-

ing really well in B.C. Both 2012 and 2013 were records for B.C., we need to sustain that ... we need not to rest on our laurels ... we need to � gure out ways to make sure that tra-jectory continues to go up and that we contin-ue to see more explora-tion investment in B.C. every year,” Bennett said. “In 2001 ... it was about $30 million.”

Bennett said lower

commodity prices were to blame for the drop from 2012’s re-cord levels. Regardless, despite the halt to some coal production due to low prices, the numbers were encour-aging.

“I know the [min-ing] industry is going through one of the typical tough times or dif� cult times ... be-cause of commodity prices right now,” he said.

“Surprisingly the number of jobs in the industry were actu-ally up three per cent over last year because of the new mines ... we also produced and shipped more coal and ore this past year even though prices were down.”

Bennett also added that the dip from 2012 levels were not neces-sarily a harbinger of things to come.

“Typically, when commodity prices go down, you see, espe-cially after you come out of, what you might call, a supercycle, you had a bunch of small, new companies get started, you do see a a fair number of [those] companies disappear during the downcy-cle... there hasn’t been as many disappear as typically there would be,” he said.

“In fact, just over the last three months or four months, junior companies have been � nding funding easier than what they were

a year ago ... not to suggest everything is peachy because I know it’s not ... but it is get-ting better, it is getting stronger.”

Northwest B.C. over the past decade has bene� tted from a major increase in min-eral exploration and its something Bennett said needs to continue.

“The exploration side of the industry is really important. You can’t have mines unless you have that lonely person out there kickin’ over rocks and � nding something that makes it worthwhile to go out and raise some money and put a drill program on and take it from there,” he said.

On Thursday, it was announced that Smithers and Telkwa will co-host the 2016 Minerals North Conference. MacKenzie will host the 2015 conference.

“The Huckleberry Mine is ... a really good example of how Geoscience B.C. benefits all of us, the industry, communities, everyone.”

- Bill Bennett, Minister of Energy and Mines

Andrea Clifford, who represented Geoscience B.C. at the 2014 Minerals North Conference, was informed by Minister of Energy and Mines, Bill Bennett last week that her non-profit organization will receive $3 million in provincial funding. That funding was granted, in part, due to the organization’s work during the Quest-West project that was a key factor in extending the life of Houston’s Huckleberry Mine from 2010 to 2021. Geoscience B.C. said the extension was estimated to generate 224 jobs and direct benefit to the province of $3 to $4 million in government revenue.

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Garden of delight

“There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.” - Elizabeth Lawrence

For me, there couldn’t be a truer quote. The garden of my childhood was a place of wonder, magic, and hard work.

My mother’s garden was huge. When I say huge, I mean it.

The plow that we used to till the � elds didn’t turn a single piece of sod on the back-40 until the old man, or one of us kids, turned the garden � rst. That’s how big it was, literally and � guratively. It took a two-bottom plow to turn it in the spring. Granted, it only took a handful of turns, but, nonetheless, we got the plow out … and the disk.

Then my mother went to work … planting, weeding, � ghting slugs and caterpillars, and trying to keep us kids out of the pea patch. My father had cut pea sticks out of cedar shakes and, as kids, the peas were high enough for us to hide between the rows as we had pea-pod � ghts … gobbling down the peas and trying to put a welt on one of your siblings’ faces with a well-tossed pod.

How many peas were there? Well, after us kids got through our pea battles, my mother’s goal was usually 40 pints of peas that got shelled, blanched, and then frozen for winter consumption.

As much as my mother loved to garden, our garden was really for sustenance. In addition to the peas, there were enough potatoes and carrots put away in the root cellar to keep us through most of the winter. Cabbages were often turned into sauerkraut (which no one other than my parents ate) and fresh radishes and green onions were almost always on the dinner table throughout the summer.

For us kids, it truly was an enchanted place. We would stand in the garden, seemingly for hours but likely much less, eating fresh peas, radishes, and onions. Talk about never having to get us to eat our vegetables, except the cabbage, of course.

Other than my university days, I think I’ve planted a garden, of some sort, every spring since I was a youngster.

Mine are never quite as enchanting as the garden of my childhood, but they are still worth it.

And now’s the time. Get out and get some plants in the ground. Who knows, you might not have to force-feed vegetables on your kids and you might be able to create something for them that is “more fragrant than ever again.”

- Bill PhillipsPrince George Free Press

A walk in the parkI started out

this year extremely depressed, low on energy and reluctant to get out of bed. Like an alcoholic falling off the wagon, I had once again succumbed to my junk food addiction, knowing full well I was making my situation far worse. I’d gained weight and felt sick, both physically as well as mentally. I was also avoiding people because I didn’t think I had much to offer in my darker state.

When I � nally agreed to meet up with one of my best friends for coffee, she confessed to me that she was feeling some of the same things that I was. Like me, her stress and anxiety were taking a toll and she was also self-sabotag-ing with junk food and not taking good care

of herself. We decided to help each other, but we weren’t sure how to go about doing that.

At � rst, we’d just talk about our troubles and support each other’s efforts to eat clean, get more active and do things that would improve our well being. But despite our mutual desire to shape up, nothing much was happening for either one of us.

After several weeks of healthy eating and exercising separately, we saw little to no change and decided to try walking together to see if that would help. It did.

My � rst stroll with Kim was by the lake in Peachland and she walked so fast I had a � ashback to being a little kid trying to keep up with my dad. I couldn’t believe some-

one the same height as me was able to make strides as though their legs were twice as long, but she walked that way the next time we met as well. I hadn’t thought of this simple form of exercise as be-ing much of a work-out, but with Kim it de� nitely was.

It wasn’t too strenuous though. I used to work really hard running and lifting weights, and I never considered walking – even speed walking – enough of an aerobic challenge to make any signi� cant changes to my body. Yet it is all I’ve been doing for exercise the last few months, and I’ve lost 35 pounds as a result.

I can thank Kim for getting me started on all this, but she’s no longer my only � t-

ness friend. From the moment I get up, my ridiculously excitable dogs start following me around the house visibly eager to go for their morning hike. Witnessing their un-mistakable glee as they frolic in the woods has been an amazing and healing way to start the day, no mat-ter what the weather might be like.

I’m not lying in bed reluctant to get out of it anymore. I’m now enthusiastic about moving my legs and breathing in the fresh outdoor air, just as much as the dogs are.

Many of my friends that I’d typically sit and have coffee with have become my walk-ing-talking partners as well. Even my husband and kids are joining me and the pups.

I feel ready to in-

tensify my exercise routine, and I have plans to do that, but I don’t imagine I’ll ever stop going on my won-derful non-workout feeling walks. Besides helping me slim down, they’ve been inexpen-sive and effective ther-apy sessions for my de-pression and anxiety.

They’ve also been so enjoyable that this whole experience has felt easy. Turns out I like easy. It seems to like me too.

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School districts are formalizing their plan to cut teacher pay for strike action with a stop-work order that takes effect 45 minutes before and after school hours and during lunch and recess breaks.

The partial lockout, effective Monday, mirrors the B.C. Teachers’ Federation’s first stage of strike action, refusing student supervision outside classroom hours and communication with management. Rotating strikes begin next week,

and the lockout is an attempt to bolster the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association case for cutting salaries by 10% in response to the strike action.

BCTF president Jim Iker said Thursday the stop-work order will disrupt after-hours activities, including graduation ceremonies.

“No more calls to parents, no more emails home, it all comes to an end because of the lockout,” Iker said.

BCPSEA chief

negotiator Peter Cameron said the lockout terms match existing union work hour restrictions and do not interfere voluntary activity. Teachers can choose not to contact parents or take part in graduation, but the lockout doesn’t prevent that and there is no pay to cut for such volunteer activities, Cameron said.

B C P S E A a d m i n i s t r a t o r Michael Marchbank notified the union of the lockout terms in a letter delivered

Wednesday. The letter also confirmed that if no agreement is reached, secondary school teachers will be locked out June 25 and 26, and all BCTF members will be locked out June 27, a year-ending administrative day.

Iker said the year-end lockout may disrupt report cards and marking of provincial exams for graduating students.

Cameron replied that most provincial exams are unaffected, and teachers a d m i n i s t e r i n g English 10 and Social

Studies 11 exams on June 24 will be exempted from the lockout.

BCPSEA says the BCTF’s wage and benefit demands add up to 21.5% over four years.

“This is almost four times the rate of increase in the current settlements of the other major public sector unions,” Marchbank’s letter states. “On top of this, the BCTF wants to restore class size and composition formulae that are enormously expensive – in the

order of $2 billion annually by year four – despite the fact that educational outcomes have s i g n i f i c a n t l y improved since the formulae were removed.”

The union is appealing the pay cut to the Labour Relations Board. Iker said it’s unfair to cut the pay of teachers who are still on the job while others take part in one-day strikes.

The union says rotating strikes could continue after next week if the B.C.

government doesn’t put more money on the table.

April LieuwenGardener

“We have a big vegetable garden and

two small flower beds. We grow all the good

kinds, carrots, potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower,

cabbage,the whole sha-bang.”

Theresa KeegstraGardener

“I grow potatoes, in pots, in my greenhouses really...nothing in my

garden. And tomatoes in the greenhouse. ”

Georgina DottoGardener

“Vegetable-wise, or flower-wise? We are growing two kinds of

potatoes, peas, carrots, zucchini, two types of onions, lettuce...most

of this stuff will last us until spring.”

Hilda KeegstraGardener

“I take care of seven greenhouses, but in my own individual flower bed, I put petunias, pansies, daisies and

geranium.”

Teacher dispute may disrupt grad and exams

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“Stop talking to media and start talking to each other”By Adam Olsen

BC Greens Leader

The relationship between the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association (BCSEA) and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) continues to disintegrate. Their dueling press conferences in the past couple of days has once again magni� ed the poor state of contract negotiations in public education in British Columbia.

Public education is the cornerstone of a healthy, productive

and innovative society. The current round of negotiations is just the latest chapter in a confusing and complex history; both bargaining groups must sort it out -- soon.

It appears they have given up on making a real effort to � nd common ground, and instead focused their efforts on winning a publicity battle that is detrimental to our children and their teachers.

We will not accomplish anything until both sides dial

back the war of words and make an honest effort to repair their damaged relationship. Unfortunately, the more militant voices in the debate have been ampli� ed, effectively drowning out the more reasonable ones.

Rather than devising cunning ways to apply public pressure on each other, why don’t the BCSEA and BCTF stop talking to the media, and start respectfully communicating with each other?

Both sides should be locked in the

bargaining room and not allowed out until they can present a strategic plan to British Columbians that outlines the pathway to a healthy and productive relationship.

I am not talking about a long-term contract. I am talking about a commitment to a new relationship focused on what is best for students, parents and teachers, and the quality of our public education system.

Neither side in this debate should use the end of a school year

as leverage. There are far too many innocent parties whose futures are negatively impacted by these regressive and unproductive negotiating ploys.

There doesn’t appear to be any commitment to � nd common ground, and both sides have resorted to arguing their talking points in the public. Perhaps it is time for the BCSEA and BCTF to go to counselling, because unlike an estranged couple, divorce is not an option.

In the short term, let’s introduce an in-dependent third party to arbitrate a fair con-tract. For the medium and long-term, British Columbians must de-mand both parties � nd a way to mend their bitter and unproduc-tive interactions.

Let’s focus on an arbitrated con-tract that will get us through the next 2-3 years, but keep the me-diator around for that period and require all three parties continue meeting until they can reconcile their differ-ences and drastically

improve the quality of their negotiations.

A strong public education system is the most important in-vestment we can make in our society, and it is not just a long-term investment; the social, economic and cultur-al bene� ts of a high quality education are evident immediately.

It is not appropri-ate to let this situa-tion continue to erode; we owe it to our chil-dren, their parents and teachers to implement a process to identify the deep-rooted issues and resolve them.

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TopleyStructural Firefighting/Hwy Rescue. Interest-ed? Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applications. No experience necessary please contact Byron - F/C 250-696-3348 or come to a fire practice: Thurs. @ 1930 hrs (7:30pm)

Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. meetings every 2nd Tues. of the month at 7:30 pm. Fire prac-tices every Thurs. at 7:30pm.

GranisleGranisle and District Seniors meeting every 2nd Sunday of the month at 7:00pm at the Seniors Centre.

Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meet-ings & fire practices every Tues., 7:00pm at the Fire Hall.

Granisle Church of the Way services are Sunday, 11:00am.

Please keep your announcements as brief as possible. Deadline (faxed or mailed or delivered) is 4 p.m. Thursday. Items are printed or alternated as space permits. Items will be accepted via fax, email or dropped at the office. No phone calls please. More calendar items are listed online and can be submitted or viewed at www.houston-today.com

2014 MS Walk Saturday, May 31 starting at 11:00 a.m. at the A & W parking lot. Walk goes to Jaime Baxter Park with pizza and entertainment to follow.

Houston Public Library - Free Guitar lessons for all ages are being offered on Friday afternoons from 3:30-4:30pm. Lessons sponsored by Northwest Community College, Houston Link to Learning, and the Houston Public Library. You must bring your own guitar. Last day of lessons will be Friday, May 30 • Lego Club – For children ages 6 and up (children who are “6” must be accompanied by an adult). The last session of Lego Club will be May 29 from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. Lego Club will resume in the Fall. Snack is provided and this program is FREE.

• After School Games – For children ages 7 and up. For more info on any of the above events or to register, please call the Houston Public Library at 250-845-2256.

Houston’s “Love by the Bowl” Soup Kitchen serving homemade soup in two different seatings, 11:00 -12:00 and 12:00 -1:00 on Wednesdays.

The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Monday of the month is Executive, 4th Monday is General Meeting.

Seniors Bingo is every Tuesday at 7:00pm at Cottonwood Manor. Entry is $1. Come out & enjoy a fun prize filled evening. Lots of prizes!

Houston Secondary School - webpage: http://hssweb.sd54.bc.ca

Houston Dart League is Saturday evenings at 7:30pm upstairs at the Houston Curling Club. Blind doubles games.

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RCMP Sergeant Stephen Rose tries out the new handheld radar that the Houston RCMP bought to enforce speeding. Sgt. Rose says the laser device can pinpoint vehicles and measure speeds very accurately, which makes it harder for people to get away with speeding charges. The radar was bought through grant funding Houston RCMP got from the BC Civil Forfeiture Office. Police increased traffic enforcement May 13 to 19 for Canada Road Safety Week.

SPEEDRADAR

Jackie Lieuwen/Houston Today

Terrace Standard Black Press

Police are beginning to take a different approach to crime.

Instead of reacting to crimes after they’ve happened, they’re looking to be proactive with a new position focused on prevention.

“Investigators are

always investigating an incident that’s already happened,” said Cpl. Mike Dame of the Drugs and Organized Crime Awareness Service (DOCAS), a new position in Terrace.

“This focuses on stopping an incident from happening.”

There is a similar position in Prince

Rupert but it doesn’t extend its area of service to here.

When more money came from the provincial government for more positions around the province, this position opened up and Dame grabbed it. There are 13 DOCAS positions in the province.

In all of Dame’s

nearly 20 years of policing, he’s done every aspect of the job

from general duty to major crimes and drug � les but says that this is the � rst chance he’s had to get information out into the public ahead of time so people can make choices to prevent unhealthy behaviours.

“It’s an exciting position and I’m enjoying it,” said Dame.

The position involves getting community groups together with police to get a proper message out to young people, families, community on healthier lifestyles and healthier choices with the main focus on substance abuse, says Dame.

He covers off drug education and the WITS program so if a school needs information, he has it or will seek out and provide the needed resources.

His job also involves helping communities put together their

own Community Prevention Education Continuum, drug

prevention that involves prevention and uses the strengths of the communities.

“It’s easier to build stronger children than repair broken adults,” said Dame.

The position is very broad and the big thing is to get people information so they can make good choices, he said.

Dame has spent a lot of time researching information.

To start, he’s working with a project with the middle and high schools up to New Aiyansh to provide the community with information to promote healthy choices.

His area includes New Aiyansh, Terrace, Kitimat and out east to Houston and Granisle.

And it’s a federal position so he doesn’t answer to the local RCMP detachment, but rather to his boss who is in Vancouver.

RCMP focusing on crime prevention

“New position on crime

awareness to cover from New Aiyansh to Terrace to

Houston and Granisle.


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District of Houston Newsletter ~ May 28th, 2014 edition

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Council is very saddened by the closure of Houston Forest Products sawmill and what it means for that mill’s employees, their families and the businesses that rely on it. But a mill closing its doors does not mean that the District of Houston is closing its doors. Houston has thrived because of its partnership with industry and the District looks forward to continuing to work with industry, not just forestry but mining, transportation, energy, tourism and others, to continue to strengthen the local economy.

The District, Chamber of Commerce and our employment and training agencies have been working with the Provincial Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training (JTST) Community Adjustment Team since the October 24th announcement and will continue to work hard to plan for Houston’s future.

Since the announcement Council worked on addressing the immediate impacts to workers by ensuring they had access to all available service program information locally for making informed decisions about future plans. Also, by putting plans and strategies in place to address Houston’s economic future.

The Province facilitated two workshops: an Economic Development Workshop held in February which will provide Council with an action plan outlining new economic initiatives, and a Land Development Workshop which will help to market available industrial and commercial lands for investment purposes. If you are a property owner of industrial or commercial lands and would like to sell your property, please contact the Economic Development Offi cer at [email protected].

A Job Fair was held on April 9th with 350 people attending. The Fair helped bring together workers and employers, as well as those interested in entrepreneur opportunities with agencies that can help. Plans are being made for a second Job Fair to be held in September.

With funding received from Northern Development Initiative Trust there are two programs available to assist businesses. The Small Town Love Program was launched as a pilot program designed to promote small business in communities with populations of 5,000 or less. The pilot program is a partnership between Northern Development and entrepreneur Amy Quarry, who created and launched the original “Small Town Love” buy-local initiative in the City of Quesnel.

The program is designed to deliver a unique marketing campaign that celebrates locally-owned independent businesses (that range from bakeries and coffee shops, to gift stores, salons, quilters and health food stores) with an aim to strengthen their competitiveness and keep more dollars in the local economy by having their products

and stories featured through unique community web portals. The portals feature fi rst-rate photography, storytelling, a search bar and directory function to quickly fi nd businesses online, plus a map function that helps residents and tourists to the community locate and visit each business with ease.

The Business Façade Improvement Program is designed to encourage commercial building owners to invest in façade and storefront improvements by accessing a grant to cover a portion of eligible costs. The District is encouraging property owners in the downtown area to access this program to accentuate the downtown form and character. Improvements should encourage pedestrian traffi c and mobility in the downtown core by enticing shoppers to engage the business sector. A healthy business sector plays an important role in the vitality of a community.

For more information on these two programs, please contact the Economic Development Offi cer at [email protected].

Council has identifi ed the need to undertake a place branding process to facilitate identifi cation of a unique competitive identity for Houston and proactively communicate the positive characteristics of our community for the purposes of business development, worker retention and attraction, and attraction of visitors. The District itself would also like to develop a consistent corporate look and message related to the place brand identity. Mayor and Council have supported this process as a function of their economic development goals. The brand development will reinforce the District’s commitment to the retention and attraction of business and skilled workers and being a healthy, sustainable community where people want to live, work and visit, as well as storyboard for a promotional video project that will take place later this summer. This process includes research and analysis, creative development to include a logo, tagline(s), appropriate communication materials and an implementation plan. The process involves substantial community input. The District engaged the services of a qualifi ed consultant with substantial experience in this fi eld to provide a meaningful place brand and associated sub-brands. Work on this project began in April and is expected to be completed by the end of June.

For up to date information go to our website at www.houston.caand click on the “Municipal Hall” tab and then the “Mill Closure”link.

Mayor and Council wish everyone affected by themill closure every success.

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Website: www.houston.caPlease visit the website

for info on:

• Council Meeting Agendas• Pool Schedule• Arena Schedule• Important Public Notices• Tenders & Job Opportunities• Lost Dogs

Municipal Of� ce HoursThe Municipal Office located at

3367 – 12th Street is openMonday to Friday,

8:00 am to 5:00 pm(closed on statutory holidays)

Email: [email protected] Phone: 250-845-2238 Fax: 250-845-3429

For Public Works Emergencies

(example: water main break)Call the Municipal Office

@ 250-845-2238 for a recordedmessage with the contact number

of the person on call.

Pool & Gym Phone: 250-845-7420 Email: [email protected]

Arena Phone: 250-845-7432

Burning PermitsRequired

All open burning within the District of Houston requires a Burning Permit all year round. To obtain a permit contact the

Fire Department at 250-845-2250

Upcoming Council Meetings:Tuesday, June 3, 2014Tuesday, June 17, 2014

The above meetings are held at 7:00pmin Council Chambers, 3367 – 12th Street.

The Agendas can be viewed on the District’s website: www.houston.ca

Mark Zagwyn Photography – Thursday, June 5th from noon to 5:00 pm.

Best Wishes The District of Houston will say goodbye to

Linda Poznikoff on May 30, 2014 after 22 years with the District of Houston. Mayor & Council would like to sincerely thank Linda for her dedication and hard work over the years. Best wishes for a happy retirement Linda!

New Chief Administrative

Of� cerThe District of Houston is pleased to welcome Michael

Glavin in the position of Chief Administrative Offi cer. Michael worked for the District of Houston as the Director of Engineering from 2009 to 2013 and we are happy to welcome him back as our Chief Administrative Offi cer.

Thank Youto our Volunteer

Fire� ghtersThe Annual Fireman’s Ball was recently held and special recognition was presented to Tom Guest for 35 years of service & Ambrose Kelly for 25 years of service! Congratulations and thank you for your dedication. The Fire Department also welcomed their new recruits: Anthony Shepherd, Rebecca Meehan, Tyler Cooper and Taylor Wandler. Welcome to the team!

The Annual Pancake Breakfast was held over the May long weekend and the Fire Department raised $1,935 with all proceeds going to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Thank you to the community for their generous support!

Leisure Facility Programs & Events:

Ball hockey at the Claude Parish Memorial ArenaKeep the hockey spirit going all summer! Organized by volunteer coordinators, Drop-In Ball Hockey is a community-based, recreational program that is open to all ages and abilities. It’s fun, affordable, and a great way to keep � t and meet new friends! Challenge your friends and family to a game and enjoy all the health and social bene� ts this great game has to offer.

CHILDREN & FAMILY - All ages and abilities are encouraged to join in on this “just for fun” pick up game! Parent participation is required with children aged 7 and under. YOUTH & ADULT - Jump into the action in this fast-paced recreationally competitive non-contact pick-up game geared towards players aged 14+. GAME ON! May 5 - July 30: Mon & Wed 6:00-8:00pm$2 drop-in *No hockey on stat holidays For additional info please call us at 250-845-7420 https://www.facebook.com/ Houston.LeisureServices

Mill Closure Update What Do You Think?Is Houston Age Friendly

Water RestrictionsUntil further notice, the use of water supplied through the District

of Houston water system, for other than domestic requirements, is restricted. Restricted uses include lawn/garden watering. These restrictions will be imposed as follows:

EAST OF BUCK CREEK: (example: Butler Avenue)MAY water on even calendar days between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to

10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. ONLY.WEST OF BUCK CREEK: (example: Mountainview Drive)MAY water on odd calendar days between the

hours of 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. ONLY.

These restrictions are required due to seasonal increases in water consumption, and to ensure adequate water supplies for fi re fi ghting and domestic demands. For further information, please contact the District of Houston Municipal Offi ce at 250-845-2238.

The District of Houston is undergoing an age friendly assessment. You are invited to participate in a community survey to provide valuable input on Houston’s age friendly future. Please fi ll out a survey at one of these 5 locations:

District of HoustonHouston Senior’s CentreThe Houston Leisure CentreThe Houston PharmasaveHouston Health Centre Why participate? Houston has a growing population of

older adults. Reshaping communities to be age friendly is one of the most effective strategies to promote healthy and active aging, and contributes to the creation of sustainable, healthy communities. Furthermore, when communities are improved for older adults, all

community members benefi t – from parents pushing strollers to people with disabilities of all ages. All residents would benefi t from making Houston Age Friendly.

PLEASE RETURN YOUR SURVEY BY JUNE 5th For more information please contact Jessica Blewett at phone: 250-562-2390 email: [email protected], or

John Guenther at phone: 250-845-2238 email: [email protected].

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May 30 - June 15 (Fri/Sat/Sun): $354.34 - Must be 16 years of age and have completed Bronze Cross and Standard First Aid.

For more information, prices or to register, please contact the Houston Leisure Facility @ 250-845-7420 or e-mail [email protected] or check out our website at www.houston.ca or you can Like us on Facebook! Go to Leisure Services – District of Houston to get all the latest information on programs and events around town!

Join us for a Public Open HouseThe District and community are embarking on a land use/zoning and transportation plan- How to protect the environment?

How to plan for the future? The project will inform and educate the community and landowners regarding:• development steps• decision making regarding development potential• how to protect the environment yet plan for growth/slow growth• thinking strategically about services and the costs of development -roads, sewer, water, and drainage

A public open house is planned for Wednesday, June 25 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm in Council Chambers at the Municipal Offi ce. Please plan to attend.

Is Houston Age FriendlyThe District of Houston is undergoing an age friendly assessment. You

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District of HoustonHouston Senior’s CentreThe Houston Leisure Centre

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Changes toUtility BillingsYou will notice that effective January 1, 2014

Annual Utility Billing ceased and all customers are now billed quarterly for the water, sewer and garbage user fees. The quarterly utility billings for Water, Sewer and Garbage will be billed as follows: March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 with payment due in 30 days. Quarterly billings are sent after the service period; therefore the prompt payment discount previously offered on annual (pre-paid) accounts will no longer be applicable. For your convenience, payments can be made online. To set up your online payment, search for Houston (BC) District of - Utilities through your online banking service provider. Please be aware that you can pay for the full year if you so desire.

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Steer Daubing 1. Debbie Reimer 2. Jason Rempel 3. Nicole Oben

Steer Undecorating 1. Kirby Brown

Break-away Roping 1. Debbie Reimer

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Open Barrels 1. Lareina Campbell 2. Lila Stewart 3.Lareina Campbell

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Open Keyhole: 1. Dennis Gunn 2. Irene Prevost 3. Cheryl Stewart

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Dash for Cash 1. Tatum long 2. Jennifer Rempel 3. Carli Wardrop

With smiles and sunburns, the Pleasant Valley Horse Club members and specta-tors agree: May long weekend at Houston’s Four Seasons Rodeo Grounds was non-stop riveting action and a huge success.

Sponsorships, buck-les, horse tack, door prizes, and gift cer-tificates, plus supplies for ground improve-ments totaled just over $10,000! Thank you Houston, Burns Lake, Smithers, Terrace and Vanderhoof!!

Everyone was blown away with how many contestants attended this year. The prizes and added money were mind blowing. Young girls were running out of their trailers, before their precious cargo was even unloaded,

and exclaiming, “wow, look at how many people are here!!” Competitors ranged in age from two and half to 72, and came from as far away as Terrace and Williams Lake.

The dream of the horse club was to

ramp up the efficiency and timeliness of the event this year, get the community involved, and give the event a facelift. For that, they wanted a show manag-er. Deanna Bell didn’t quite know what she got herself into when

she volunteered for this one. She’d learned a lot from experience as an underling, trade shows, boxing smok-ers, other rodeos, and while on her college rodeo scholarship in the states, under a coach who was GM of Las Vegas Events and ran the National Finals Rodeo. But there is a difference between being a work-er and a head man-ning an event of this magnitude. Jonathon Vandermooren, Lory Howard, Carrie Wardrop, the Bell clan, Breuer’s, Teer’s, Himech’s, Long’s, Wendy Siemens and Moore’s were instru-mental in helping her pull this off. Hopefully she’ll get her voice back soon. Next year walkie talkies, a new sound system, more advertising, lengthier concession hours, more new events, and double the contestants and prizes are on the wish list.

The club added an event this year to get local non-horse-own-ing kids involved. This kicked off the weekend Friday at 5 p.m. with

Danielle Himech’s unprecedented brain-child, the Stick Horse Rodeo. Some people asked, what is that? The reply was, bring a stick horse and find out. Over $900 in cash and prizes was paid out for the children on

their wooden wonders. After Friday, the word spread, and if it wasn’t for the only rain of the weekend, attendance would surely have tri-pled Saturday. From the young ones wad-dling over their poles, to the lightening gal-lops of the young la-dies and dead runs of the older boys, it was the cutest thing ever to see. The laughter and joy, and the bright eyes that sparkled when the money, goodie bags and ribbons were handed out, made it all priceless.

Two stick horse ro-deos, four BC barrel Races, two cattle sorts, two drill team exhibi-tions from the amaz-ing “North Country Drill Team” from Vanderhoof, as well as ranch hand and roping, jackpot gym-khana and the Little Britches Rodeo pro-vided non-stop action. Last minute, we added four chuckwagon rac-es interjecting them on Saturday and Sunday. Nothing is more goose bumpy than watching them leave their bar-rels, head onto track and rally for position

coming into final turn. This was a great op-portunity for Duane Wheele, Sonny and Bernie Moore to test out their freshies for the Alberta circuit their heading to in a couple weeks - a full month of racing in

northern Alberta.As far as feed-

back, Myrna Himech summed it up best af-ter watching her great grand kids compete. “It was TERRIFIC,” she shouted to her daughter. Others commented that it was a “Classy event” and “very professionally run.”

Lana Shields, barrel racer from Williams Lake was blown away. She especially wanted to thank the town of Houston. It’s “one of the most friendly, helpful towns I have ever been in,” she said. “We got to our room late Friday night and were so tired. I or-dered pizza and then had to ask the fellow for directions on how to pick it up, as they had no delivery ser-vice and it has been 20 years since I’ve been here. He asked his boss if he could deliver and he said yes!! You don’t get that kind of service anywhere. Our entire weekend was like that, everywhere we went!! Thank You Houston, we will see you next year.”

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where we have cell phone coverage, sometimes I have to move my phone around the room to be able to get a minimal signal to send or receive a text. Many areas along the highway have no coverage. Even if the service is good we still need to invest in a phone and phone plan to be able to call, that is, if the system is up and running properly. When we do get our call through we are often met with an impersonal answering machine or a computer that leaves us wondering if we ever will connect with a real person. Lots of technology, very little real empathy, care or understanding.

There is a wonderful method of communication that has been around since the beginning of time, which is still available today, it is called prayer. There are no interruptions, cold computers or answering machines on the other end. Actually there is one who is eager and willing to hear us at any time. It is Jesus, the one who descended from his heavenly throne to live among us for some 30 years, to die a horrible death to pay for our debt of sin. He conquered death by physically rising from the dead and ascended back to his home at the right hand of the Father to intercede and mediate for us so our earnest prayers will be heard by the only One who truly loves and cares for us.

Since such a wonderful means of communicating with our Maker is so readily available to us, why do we not make it the � rst and most important thing we do?

“For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity – the man Christ Jesus. He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone.” 1 Timothy 2:5,6 NLT

“This is what the LORD says – the LORD who made the earth, who formed and established it, whose name is the LORD; Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.” Jeremiah 33:3 NLT

“However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.” John 6:37 NLT

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Houston Canadian Reformed Church

SUNDAY SERVICES: 10:00 AM & 2:30 PMPastor Carl VanDam [email protected]

~ Everyone Welcome ~3797 Omineca Way, Box 36, Houston, BC

Anglican Churchof St. Clement

2324 Butler Ave., Box 599, Houston, BCPhone: 250-845-4940

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In Loving Memory Fred Lavallie June 14, 1931 - May 28, 2007 and

Evelyn Lavallie November 21, 1931 - July 11, 2009. Those we love do not go away. They walk beside us

every day - unseen, unheard but always there. Still loved, still missed always. Love You Always! Your Family

Thank-youOn behalf of the entire Hamblin family, we would like to thank Rev. Mike Monkman for his patience and advice through long distance preparation and his message of encouragement.Th anks to our four precise candle lighters, great granddaughter Marissa of

Nanaimo; great-great granddaughters Emma and Zoe of Sparwood; and Bella from Smithers.Th anks to Sarah Geary and Jean Guenther. You make magic with your instruments. Th e duet was magnifi cent.To Bruce Hamblin Jr. from Ardrie, Alta. for delivering the eulogy. Well done, Bruce.Th anks to the Legion L.A. for the delicious lunch.Th anks to the seniors of Houston for the use of their hall. Th anks to Lee’s Garden for catering the delicious supper.Th anks to the community of Houston for their expressions of sympathy with the cards, fl owers and donations for the Retired Housing Society and thanks to all the families who travelled considerable distances to attend the service for the celebration of GG’s nearly 105 years of life.

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Flooring SalesThe Houston Division of Bulkley Valley Home Centre requires a sales person for its flooring department. This person will have retail experi-ence that includes measuring, estimating, ordering and selling laminate, hardwood, vinyl, carpet and ceramic. This person will have had experience working with installers.

The ability to provide excellent customer service to homeowners and contractors and assist the store manager with marketing initiatives for the flooring department are key priorities. The position also requires a general knowledge of building materials and the ability to work in a computerized environment.

Compensation includes salary, incen-tive plan and benefits. Please submit cover letter and resume to [email protected] or fax to 1-250-845-7608.

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LUMBER SALES ASSISTANT

Hampton Affiliates, with headquarters in Portland, Oregon is seeking candidates for a position of sales assistant at its Richmond B.C. office.

Responsibilities include sales support and customer service for the Hampton Lumber Sales Canada Sales Program, shipping documentation, inventory reconciliation, order entry, maintenance of Futures/Options orders, documentation review, invoicing, and other sales requirements.

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Please forward your resume no later than Monday, June 2, 2014 with confidence to: [email protected].

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Wages will depend on experience and qualifications.

Please forward a recent resume by Friday May 30, 2014 @ 4:00pm to: Marianne Dekker, Coordinator, Houston Community Services Association, #202 - 3429 10th Street, PO Box 489 Houston, BC V0J 1Z0 or email: [email protected]

Please include 3 references letters. Faxes will also be accepted @ 1-250-845-3482

Thank you for your interest. Only those short listed will be contacted.

The Houston Public Library is currently seeking two dynamic and creative individuals to fill the following positions:

Program CoordinatorThis position is part time and contingent upon available funding. Based on an average of 12 hours/week, the Program Coordinator is responsible for planning and implementing library programs and events that include, but are not limited to Toddler Time, Story Time, Book Club, author events, Family Nights. Hours are flexible and will include evening and weekend hours as required. Training will be provided in basic Circulation Clerk duties and extra hours as a casual Circulation Clerk on-call for holiday and sick leave coverage will be available. A complete job description is available upon request at the library. Wage: $14.00/hour

Summer Programming Assistant (SPA)

This is a temporary position beginning June 17, 2014 and ending on August 23, 2014 for a total of 30/week for ten weeks. The SPA is responsible for working with the Program Coordinator to plan and implement the Summer Reading Club (SRC) program for children ages 3 through 12. Duties include, but are not limited to: planning and promoting the Registration Day event, decorating the Canfor Room according to the provided SRC theme, researching age-appropriate games, crafts and stories, planning and promoting the weekly sessions for each age group, planning and promoting the Wind-up Party event, purchasing supplies for the program and events, recruiting and organizing volunteers to assist where needed, developing attendance and registration forms, maintaining the SRC program binder and reporting as required to the Library Director. The SPA must be between the ages of 19 and 29, be returning to a post-secondary program. Proof of registration in a recognized post-secondary school may be required. Wage: $10.25/hour

To apply for either of these positions, a completed Houston Public Library application form must be submitted to the attention of Toni McKilligan either by mail or in person. Applications for SPA will be accepted until 4 p.m on Friday, May 30, 2014. Applications for Program Coordinator will be accepted until a suitable candidate is found. Application forms and complete job descriptions are available upon request at the library. Please note that we do not accept resumes. You may submit a cover letter with the application form if desired.

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TEMPORARY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR II

The District of Houston is now accepting applications for the above temporary position for summer coverage purposes. This position will work three, eight hour days (Tues, Wed & Thurs) during the week from June 16, 2014 to September 12, 2014. This is a CUPE Union position at a rate of pay of $29.13 per hour.Preference will be given to individuals possessing the following qualifi cations:• Previous municipal works experience• Heavy equipment operating experience• Minimum Class 1 - air endorsed driver’s licence.A valid B.C. Driver’s Licence with current abstract is required. A complete job description can be picked up at the Municipal Offi ce. A positive attitude and ability to work in a team environment is a must!Applications will be received at the District of Houston Municipal Offi ce until Friday, May 30, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.Interested persons should direct all inquiries to: John J. Guenther, Director of Engineering & Development Services Phone: (250) 845-2238 Fax: (250) 845-3429 e-mail: [email protected] 3367, 12th St. Houston, BC V0J 1Z0

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Huckleberry Mines Ltd. is a 19,000 TPD open pit copper/molybdenum mine located 120 km south of Houston in west central British Columbia. We are currently recruiting for the following position to join our team:

ACCOUNTANT TEMPORARY 8 MONTH TERMHuckleberry Mines Ltd. currently has an opportunity for an Accountant at our mine site. This position reports to the Mine Controller and requires an individual with excellent time management skills who can prioritize work to meet goals and deadlines, work well under pressure and pays attention to detail.

Primary duties of this position are: • Accounts payable • Prepare Monthly Journal Entries • Prepare month-end reports • Assist with Year-end closing and reporting • General ledger account reconciliation • Assist with preparation of company audit • Supervise Accounting Assistant • Review costs & budgets with other departments • Other related accounting duties as required

The successful candidate will have a college diploma in accounting and be working towards their CGA or CMA, has knowledge of Excel and experience with ACCPAC software preferred, but not required, and have more than 4 years of accounting experience.

Huckleberry Mines is a remote mine where its employees live in a camp environment on their days of work. The work schedule for this position is 4 days on followed by 3 days off. (Monday to Thursday) Transportation to and from the mine site is provided from Houston or Smithers. All meals and accommodation are provided to employees free of charge at the mine site.

We thank all applicants for their interest in Huckleberry Mines Ltd., but only those in consideration will be contacted.

uali ed candidates can forward a completed resume to before May 30, 2014 to:

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Her crown came from New Mexico, but when Houston’s own Rebecca Dallaire won the fi rst-ever Smithers Rodeo Queen contest, the moment was totally Bulkley Valley.

When a stubborn sash worn by one of her fellow rodeo royalties needed a pin, it came courtesy of a spectator who happened to have a spare in his arm sling.

And high among the diamond driller’s caps and Western art given out as door prizes at the Aug.18 coronation was an egg carton fi lled with home-made fi re-starter and a bag of garden-fresh potatoes.

If that sounds too homespun a prize for such a regal event, the three girls who competed this year had plenty of sparkle on their crowns, belt buckles and metallic blue riding chaps to out-shine it.

Dallaire’s mother Bibs says the sparkling side of the contest, which combines fashion, speaking and horsemanship events, is some-thing best left to her daughter.

“She likes shiny things,” she says with a laugh. “She’s like a magpie.”

Dallaire’s father Marcel also more toward rodeo than royalty.

“I think they should all have to ride a bull,” he joked. “The one who’s under 8.2 seconds gets to keep the crown!”

But speaking with Dallaire and her fel-low rodeo princesses Amber Gregorowich and Adele Murray, it’s clear that for them too, being rodeo royalties means more than a smile and a slow wave.

Now 22 years old, Dallaire has been riding horses since before she could walk.

And while she likes to show horses, Dallaire says her biggest thrill is barrel racing.

“Your heart gets racing as soon as you come through the gate,” she says. “Everything hap-pens incredibly fast—you don’t have time to make mistakes.”

“If you mess up in your pattern and lose half or even a tenth of a second, that could change your position from fi rst to fi fth and your payout might not even happen.”

Dallaire watches rodeo and racetrack events all over North America, keeping a sharp eye on

how different horse breeds and bloodlines are doing.

Paint and quarter horses are favourites for barrel racing, she says.

“They’re built to take off from a standstill into high speed, and they handle corners really well also.”

Of the two, her mother Bibs says she likes paint horses best.

“They say on the fi fth day, God created the horse and on the sixth day he painted all the good ones.”

Rodeo princess Amber Gregorowich agrees.A confi dent speaker who won this year’s

award for speech craft, Gregorowich warns that she could talk about paints forever.

“Paint horses are my favourite breed because there one of the most versatile horses, and no two look the same,” she says.

“You can do jumping, you can do barrel rac-ing, Western pleasure, they make amazing kids’ horses, they drive, and they’re not as skittish or spooky as some other breeds.”

At 23, Gregorowich has plenty of Smithers and Terrace horse shows under her belt already, but in the next two years she hopes to scout out the world show for paint horses in Fort Worth, Texas.

“It’s the best of the best,” she says, adding that she would like nothing better than to win at Fort Worth with a Bulkley Valley-bred horse.

“If you go down to worlds with a horse that

was bred in a small town and you beat some of these big shots, it’s a great feeling,” she said.

Three months ago, her well-named horse Crayola had a foal that Gregorowich plans to train up in Alberta and Oklahoma.

“I’m hoping she can be my world contend-er,” she says.

The youngest of this year’s rodeo royals, Adele Murray says the contest was her fi rst time giving a public speech, let alone a TV in-terview.

Murray did great, says organizer Andi Houl-den, picking up the award for Most Improved Public Speaker.

At home, Murray keeps eight fi sh and a cat named Chevy along with her one and only horse, Chip.

“I was on a riding lesson and I ended up rid-ing her and fell in love,” Murray said.

“I said ‘I want this one—I don’t care about any of the others.”

Murray bugged her dad about Chip for years until one fi ne December day in 2008.

“I woke up that Christmas morning and she was standing outside,” she says.

Chip is a fast horse, Murray said, a thorough-bred and quarter-horse cross who is more into gymkhanas and barrel racing than showing.

Murray also came to the contest without a lot of show experience, but her confi dence grew after a practice session she held at her house in the weeks before.

“We had good times,” she says. Each of the girls took a practice spin down a pretend “run-way” that stretched from her kitchen to the liv-ing room, she added, with coaching from former Williams Lake rodeo queen Savannah Davies.

As for who fi nally won the queen’s crown or the princess tiaras, Murray said the three friends agreed it was no big deal.

“We’re all good,” she said, smiling.Smithereens got their fi rst chance to meet

their rodeo royals during the fall fair last week-end and Rodeo Queen Rebecca Dallaire will be riding a paint horse made for celebrity.

“He’ll defi nitely be the prettiest horse there,” says Rebecca’s mother. “He’s the Ashton Kutch-er of the horse world.”

“He thinks he’s a male model, he really does.”

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By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today

The Houston Mud Drags is expanding and becoming well known.

Two days of flying mud and spinning wheels has the races in Houston being chosen this year to be part of the point se-ries circuit of the Northern Mud Racing Association, said Corrina Bodnar, Event Coordinator with the Nadina Offroad Society (NOS).

The Mud Drags take place on June 7 and 8 at the Houston Municipal airport.

“It’s going to attract trucks from all over BC to earn points,” she said. “There will be more competition and it will be more fun to watch because of all of the different trucks, vehicles and ATVs.”

A family friendly event, Houston Mud Drags have more racing classes this year, including trucks, sleds, ATV’s and dirt bike classes.

There will be food vendors and a barbecue and a bouncy castle for kids.

“It’s all thanks to the support of the community and businesses that helped build the site last year,” Bodnar said.

“Without them we wouldn’t have anything right now.”

Bodnar says they are look-ing for more food vendors, class sponsorships, members and vol-unteers to help put the race day together.

Volunteers and members get

free passes for the weekend and members can join a members- only mud drag event in September.

Anyone interested in getting involved can email [email protected] or join the

Nadina Offroad Society (NOS) team at a weekly Wednesday meeting 7 p.m. at the airport.

Updates will be posted on the Nadina Offroad Society Facebook page.

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Houston Mud Drags June 7 and 8 is attracting more racers as part of the point series for the Northern Mud Racing Association.


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