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Nurturing knowledge with natureRebecca Watson

Ominceca Express

The Redmond Flats Wetland Restoration project is underway and, once completed, will offer an educational wetland experience for residents and tourists of Vanderhoof, said Wayne Salewski, a retired forest protection officer and volunteer conservationist on the project.

“We want to create walking paths and plat-forms to allow kids to engage in the wetland as-pect,” said Mr. Salewski.

The Redmond Pit wetlands are located a few kilometres west of Vanderhoof on highway 16 across from Stoney Creek. The property is owned by Ducks Unlim-ited in partnership with the Vanderhoof Fish and Game Club. The initia-tive started a few years ago with a vision of re-constructing the area to create an environmental sanctuary that people can walk through.

“Right now the focus is still on ducks and cattle, but only an-other year or two it will be people ready,” said Mr. Salewski.

Animals and wildlife have started to inhabit the 90-acre prop-erty including countless species of birds and plants and various other animals such as fox, deer, and coy-

ote. A group of cattle also reside there full-time during the summer months. Although the cows are confined to one area of land, they play a key role because all ducks don’t nest in or [around] water, said Mr. Salewski.

“Pintails in particular like to nest in pasture land and once the ducks are hatched the mom march-es them over to water. The cattle

grazing creates nesting opportuni-ties were the un-grazed land won’t. The fence keeps the cows and cow manure out of the water but still helps to create that relationship,” said Mr. Salewski.

The plan is to clear, grade and fence the parking lot at the begin-ning of the property and have the walkways start from there. As they progress throughout the wetland,

they will move up and around large oxbow (u-shaped) ponds. Boardwalk cutouts throughout the path will give onlookers access to wildlife habitats giving onlookers a chance of experiencing up close encounters with all the different plants and animals.

“Wherever you see cat tails theres a waterhole and thats the part dedicated to ducks, geese or

any type of bird that likes wetland living like mal-lards or American wid-gets,” said Mr. Salewski.

BC Hydro has even committed to donating a pole that will be used to create a large nest for a bird such as an eagle or osprey. A birds-eye-view post is also being looked at so people can get a full-spectrum view of the land.

“Ospreys being fish hunters would fit right in with Stoney Creek be-ing right there, but we have to see who chooses to nest there,” said Mr. Salewski.

Members of the proj-ect are also looking into cameras that can be set into nests so baby birds can be publicized in schools as another type of educational opportu-nity.

Once the property is finished, Ducks Unlim-ited plans to donate it to the District of Vander-hoof. Brian Frenkel, city councillor and director of Avison Management Ser-vices, feels the wetland is

a wonderful project. “Its a fantastic gift to the com-

munity. It’s always been there but to have the Vanderhoof Fish and Game club work on it and then have Ducks Unlimited gift it to the community, its not only going to be a lasting gift but something we can showcase to visitors,” said Mr. Frenkel.

Photo by Rebecca Watson

WELCOMING WETLANDS: Wayne Salewski, a volunteer on the Redmond Flats Wetland Restoration project, is a member of the Vanderhoof Fish and Game Club who has partnered with Ducks Unlimited to bring residents and tourists of Vanderhoof a way of experiencing an upclose encouter with wetland animal habitats.

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48th Annual Nechako Valley Exhibition

August 15, 16 & 17Come on down to the annual fall fair

and have some fun, we have something for everyone!!!

Starting off with a fall fair Parade and through town friday - 4pmSingle Horse Pull friday - 7pm

The Drill Team will be putting on their glow in the dark ride Saturday - 10pm

Me and Mae with be performing Saturday night4-H is celebrating 100 years of 4-H in BC

Dog Obedience and Dog agility CompetitionBits n’ Boots

Mutton BustingCarnival Games and face Painting

live Entertainmentranch rodeoBeef Show

Heavy Horse ShowTeam roping

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The Omineca Express and Black Press are proud sponsors of the Nechako Valley Exhibition and Fall Fair

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rules of Conduct1. The N.V.A. Fall Fair Committee reserves the right to bar any entrant deemed to be offensive to the public at large.2. The RCMP requires that you ensure the brakes on all vehicles and bikes are in the proper working order.3. All motorized vehicles must be licensed and insured to operate in the parade. We request that a fire extinguisher (dry chemical at least 5lbs) be carried with each float. Be sure it is in good working order, and know how to use it.4. Parade marshalling commences at 3pm on Stewart Street east (by Vanderhoof Arena). Parade starts at 4pm sharp.5. For the safety of the spectators, candy and any favors must not be thrown from any float or vehicle. If you wish to distribute anything please have your marchers hand it out.6. Vehicles are to proceed behind the lead car in an orderly fashion. Please keep a distance of 30 feet between entries, maintaining a speed, which is comfortable for those who are walking.

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With the bonus attraction of no entry fee for the float parade the hope is that they can see more businesses or organizations represented in this year’s parade.

Retailers are asked to plan special features for that evening and begin promoting them early. The aim is to increase customers loyalty and promote the local fall fair.

The theme for this year’s fair is “Year of the Horse” as well as celebrating 100 years of 4-H.

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Worshiping with the WiebesRebecca WatsonOmineca Express

The Vanderhoof Gospel Church rang with praise last week during The Wiebes live performance of harmonized gospel music.

“It was a spiritual experience, high energy and quite enlightening,” said Stan Giesbrecht, a massage therapist in Vanderhoof who attended the concert.

Singing together since the day they met, Shane and Angela Wiebe have been married for ten years and share a passion for music and Jesus Christ. They have two children, Joelle 8, and Josiah 7, who have started accompanying them in their travels spreading the word of the lord through song. Joelle has even started singing with her parents on stage.

“We are so passionate about our faith and so blessed to be able to do what we do. One of our big motivations in terms of audience is having the audience journey along with

us in the music,” said Mr. Wiebe. The Wiebes began their singing

journey in 2000 during a choir tour of Germany with the Columbia Singers. Two years later, the couple met again but this time because Angela, a pianist and violinist, needed a last minute accompaniment and was given Shane’s number. From then on they preformed regularly together and a couple years later were married.

In March of 2003 Mr. Wiebe made it to top five on CTV’s hit television show “Canadian Idol” where he worked with musicians including Lionel Richie and Gordon Lightfoot. By 2009 The Wiebes had formed their official release CD, “Into Your Light” which won Inspirational Album of The Year in 2010.

“Music crosses so many barriers you can feel it. Music is a gift and to share that gift with

others is incredible,” said Mr. Wiebe.

Now having traveled Canada on and off for the past six years, The Wiebes have sang at countless churches across the country. Although it was their first time performing in Vanderhoof, they were not at all surprised to find

out they had relatives living here. “We have found pockets of

relatives throughout this country. People have come up to us and are distant relatives and invite us over for coffee and now were family,” said Mr. Wiebe.

This year the family started their tour in Manitoba and will finish in Northern Ontario after trucking through the prairies and mountains with a the large RV hitched to the back of their truck. Most of their concerts are free but they don’t seem to mind.

“We may not be cash rich but we are experienced millionaires,” said, Mr. Wiebe.


HALLELUJAH: Angela and Shane Wiebe sang at the Gospel Church in Vanderoof last week during their cross-country summer tour. The couple is known for their passion of music and Jesus Christ.

“We are so passionate about our faith and so

blessed to be able to do what we do.”

- Shane Wiebe


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OpINIONExpress

Summertime and drinking is easyTom FletcherBlack Press

The B.C. government’s move to ease liquor restric-tions is undergoing its hot summer test, and music fes-tivals are only part of it.

Premier Christy Clark’s government loves its popu-list gestures, and as with increasing rural highway speed limits, the negative effects have yet to be quanti-fied.

Free-range drinking, or removing fences from fes-tival beer gardens, is one of the moves that will be un-dergoing a post-mortem as communities clean up after their big summer parties.

One of the biggest, the Squamish Valley Music Festival with headline acts Arcade Fire, Bruno Mars and Eminem, is still to come, Aug. 8 to 10. Country fans gathered over the long weekend for Sunfest in the Cowichan Valley, with the Rockin’ River Musicfest in Mission coming up next.

(Another big bash next weekend is Shambhala, the popular electronic music event on a farm near Nelson, but alcohol is officially banned there and their big is-sue is controlling the effects of “ecstasy” and other rave drugs.)

Early reviews of free-range festivals have been pos-itive. Victoria’s Rock the Shores event went smoothly without a fenced-in area for alcohol sales. Festival or-ganizers did create a fenced “dry” area, but I’m told hardly anyone used it.

Penticton has had its share of experience with summer bashes gone bad. For B.C. Day it inherited the Boonstock Music and Arts festival, sent packing from a small community in Alberta after complaints of rowdy crowds and crime, so Penticton officials were understandably cautious.

Boonstock organizers were refused a provincial li-quor licence after struggling to arrange security and emergency services. The festival licence process is

likely getting renewed attention these days.After attending the recent Calgary Folk Festival,

where the beer garden was securely fenced and the capacity monitored, I’m wondering what is really achieved by these measures. Litter and empties were contained, but since under-aged festival visitors are al-lowed into the serving area, it’s not clear to me wheth-er the fence was ever worth the effort.

It’s unlikely that there will be riots at farm markets as a result of allowing sales of locally made beer, wine and spirits, or from relaxing rules for operation of win-ery tasting rooms. But there are more reforms to come.

New regulations are on the way for the Agricultural Land Reserve. As it stands, farms are allowed to have a winery or cidery, but not a brewery or distillery. Expect that to be changed as B.C. and other provinces strive to develop their craft beer and spirits industry, trying to emulate the tourism benefits that have come from an expanding wine industry.

One area where the B.C. government has screwed up is its minimum pricing rules, introduced along with the overdue move to allow “happy hour” discounts in pubs.

The minimum price of 25 cents an ounce for beer, 60 cents an ounce for wine and $3 an ounce for hard liquor was an effort to balance business-friendly policy with legitimate public health concern about over-con-sumption.

But the minimum beer price prompted protests from a few watering holes that had been selling pints or jugs of beer for slightly less. Some media made a big deal of this, and the government over-reacted to this tempest in a beer stein with an ill-thought-out cut in the minimum price to 20 cents an ounce – for beer in jugs only.

The pub industry was not impressed with this bit of knee-jerk populism. Encouraging beer jug sales makes it difficult to see if someone at a table of revelers is being over-served, drinking most of the jug himself.

What It’s Like: To go ATV’ing

Rebecca WatsonOmineca Express

The trail we went down had not been driven through for quite some time. Huge logs stuck out of the ground and trees bent over scraped the roof of the Razor. Vroom Vroom. We bounced over twigs and brush and down into and out of pot holes.

“Ok hit the left hard and we can miss those over hanging trees,” said Wayne Moll, my co-pilot and vice president of the snowmobile club.

I swerved and missed the overhanging trees but bounced off some logs. I shot for-ward and somehow squeezed through the tiny space keeping on the trail. Boulders and fall-en dead trees overtaken with tall grass and brush made it hard to tell which way I should go. After ten more minutes of

life-threatening adrenaline, we finally got off the rough trail and made it back onto the semi-groomed path were the only obstacles were pebbles and ridges in the dirt. With a deep breath it was actually nice to be surrounded by na-tures beauty.

But the Zen was short lived as I approached the deep-wheel carvings of fellow ATV’ers. Big mud holes with tires tracks higher on one side then the other filled with wa-ter.

“Once you start you have to keep going. No stopping in the middle or we’ll sink,” said Wayne.

Wide eyed I gripped the steering. Time to get dirty!

Thanks To Wayne Moll for taking me out on his Razor and for pushing me to keep going even when terrain got tough.


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NOTICE FROM THEDISTRICT OF VANDERHOOF

During this particularly hot dry weather, it is more difficult to maintain an adequate water level in our reservoir. Low water levels could be problematic should a fire emergency arise. The District of Vanderhoof wishes to remind the public of our Urban water restrictions, which are in effect until September 30th, 2014.

Lawn and garden sprinkling shall only be done from

7:00 am to 10:00 am and from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

with the following schedule.

- Even numbered addresses on even numbered days - Uneven numbered addresses on odd numbered days

If you live on the North Side of the Nechako River these water restrictions do not apply to you. Northside Water Services will provide you with their own watering restriction rules.

The District of Vanderhoof thanks you for limiting your water usage to the times permitted.

Nechako Valley Community Services Society (NVCSS) is currently seeking two individuals to join its Board of Directors, with the opportunity to make an important contribution to the strategic direction and

governance of the Society.

NVCSS is a vibrant and dynamic non-pro� t agency that serves the communities of Fraser Lake, Fort St. James and Vanderhoof. Since 1977 NVCSS has engaged in supporting children, youth, adults, and seniors, to promote and support independence and con� dence in managing their daily lives while respecting the diversity within our communities.

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Revamping recreational trails


FUN ON THE TRAILS: Wayne Moll, vice prsident of the Fort St. James Snowmobile Society stands on one of the trail bridges recently put in by the society.


The Trail Improve-ment Project is under-way and trails west and south of Stuart Lake will soon be getting a long-awaited facelift.

The Snowmobile Society owns and main-tains a large portion of Fort St. James’ recre-ational trails. In recent years, the society has installed three bridges with the help of time-and-material donations from various commu-nity members to help stop obstruction of fish streams. Now the main focus has shifted to improving the trails with grooming and sig-nage, said Wayne Moll, vice president of Fort St. James Snowmobile Society.

“We get people coming from Prince George and Vanderhoof and with more tourists arriving in town we would like to improve the safety of our trail network with better grooming and signage to indicate where you are, at what kilometre, on what trail, and where to go next,” said Mr. Moll.

Trails affected include Dog Creek Trail, Bridge to Ridge Trail, Tulle Lake Trail, Angly Lake Trial one and two, Barlow FSR Trail, Pam Lake Trail, Water Tank Trail and Whitefish trail.

The plan is to have large colour-coated kilometre signs and

directional arrows placed throughout the trails, along with nine large colour-coated maps placed at key locations. The society is also in the works of producing hand-held map brochures to make available at various outdoor recreation and tourist outlets.

“I’ve seen other trail maps and there black-and-white and it’s hard to figure out. That’s why were doing it in colour,” said Mr. Moll.

The improvement project has been in the works for a few years but got rolling this year with the help of five key contributors. A total of $41,000 was given in grant money and donated material

towards the project.The society plans

to use a large portion of the money towards a new Razor ATV that a newly-donated trail groomer will hitch onto. Special options for the Razor including closed doors, a radio and a heater are being looked at since the average age of the society’s executive is 63. The two people grooming the trails last year were Ed Hill 82, and Grant Luck 78.

During the grant ap-plying process, one of the main contributors, Integris Credit Union Community Founda-tion, made it known that the money they give is not to be used for a machine. Being

one of the larger dona-tions, it was fortunate that they later agreed to have their grant spent on the add-ons for the ATV and any left-over monies on signage and grooming.

“We’ve been trying for five years to get the ball rolling on this and since April everything has just popped into place,” said Mr. Moll.

The group already has a mock design of the maps made up so the actual signs should be seen up by mid August, said Mr. Moll. A project plan submitted to Northern Development Initiative Trust has the entire project scheduled for completion by April 2015.

“We want to get the Razor before October so the trails can get groomed before first snow fly. We tried to also work it around the Caledonia Classic which is in February, so it should be done before then,” said Mr. Moll.

The Fort St. James Snowmobile club start-ed in 1972 and became a society in 1998. They started out with the old 81-acre fairgrounds for their club house and with the help of volun-teers kept local trails groomed and acces-sible. Now, they have 300 km of trail tenured with the BC govern-ment that are used by residents and tourists alike for anything from hiking, horseback rid-ing, mountain biking, cross country skiing, snowmobiles and dog sledding.

“People come from everywhere. We’ve even had people from the Yukon and Switzerland inquire about coming to learn dog sledding, so that’s international. The trails will be wider, safer and better looking. It’s definitely going to bring people to town,” said Mr. Moll.

For more informa-tion about the Fort St. James Snowmobile Club visit their Face-Book at www.facebook.com/FortStJamesSnow-mobileclub


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Sturgeon spawning a successRebecca Watson

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Fish at the Nechako White Sturgeon Con-servation Centre are growing as planned, and have survived the hardest part of the husbandry process, said senior fish cultur-alist Mike Manky.

“The first feeding is the most challeng-ing stage because they are quite picky on what they’ll eat and how they’ll eat. We’re passed that now and the fish seem to be growing really well,” said Mr. Manky.

Since it’s grand opening on July 17, the fish conservatory has housed approxi-mately 12,000 baby sturgeon in hopes to putting them back into the Nechako river this spring.

With the help of 18 adult sturgeon caught in a successful brood capture, the centre had a fruitful spawn-ing period. This was done by extracting eggs from the female’s bowels and drawing sperm from the males with a rubber hose on a syringe. After the col-lection the eggs were mixed and fertilized and put into incuba-tion jars that sat inside shallow ponds. Once hatched the baby stur-geon use up their yolk sac as an initial food reserve, but after that they need to be fed right away, said BJ Bruder, a junior fish culturalist whose job is to feed the fish.

“It’s a critical life stage because you know what happens when you don’t eat,” said Ms. Bruder.

The fish food is made from various fish and comes in tiny pel-lets. Krill is used as a flavour enhancer to entice the fish to eat.

Some fish grow faster than others so the pel-lets come in different sizes. Once the fish reach a certain size its important to grade them and put them into

separate ponds, said Mr. Manky.

“We grade them into different ponds geared to size so the bigger ones don’t eat the little ones,” said Mr. Manky.

Another big reason to keep the fish sepa-rate is to avoid adult fish spreading dis-ease into the juvenile (young) fish. To lower

the chances there are three separate water filtering systems. The juvenile, adult hold-ing and adult spawning ponds all get their own water treatment so that

the water can be reused and there is a low risk of contaminating an adult disease with the baby fish.

Water sampling is also done every day to measure levels in the water for things such as ammonia and nitrate, which can be toxic to fish. Even the water temperature must be measured to maintain a

proper habitat since the facility uses both water from the river and de-chlorinated city water.

“The city water comes in handy dur-ing hot weather be-

cause the river water is too warm we have to cool it down,” said Mr. Manky.

Currently the baby fish are about half-an-inch to two inches and will grow to about 10 inches by the planned release date in April.

“Basically they will be the size of a sub from subway,” said Ms. Bruder.

In the past, the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC has run other pilot projects but didn’t get them as big as what is planned for this batch of fish.

“Bigger fish pro-duce a higher sur-vival rate and since when we release them they will be quite big, we are ex-pecting a high sur-vival rate,” said Mr. Manky.

There are two fe-male adult sturgeon being held for next year’s spawning. They are all about 65 years old and seven-and-a-half feet long. White sturgeon are the largest fresh-

water fish in North America and can grow to be 20 feet in length, weigh 1,500 pounds and live over one hun-dred years. Free tours will continue running at the Necha-ko White Sturgeon Conservation Centre weekly on Thursdays from 2p.m. to 3p.m. For more information visit gofishbc.com.


MEASURING WATER LEVELS: Kara Varley is one of four employees at the Nechako White Sturgeon Conservation Centre. It is her job to test the water daily for outlier levels of toxins that could potentialy harm the fish.


JUVENILE TANK: Baby sturgeon swimming in one of the shallow ponds.


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Over ‘riding’ your fears


For some riding a horse comes naturally and for others it takes some work, but once you get the hang of it they do a lot of the work on their own, said Karen Markle 61, a Vanderhoof resident who started riding four years ago.

“Before I would sit on horses but I didn’t really ride. I wanted to get over my fear so I could help with work on the ranch,” said Ms. Markle.

With the help of horse trainer Randy Ophus 43, who owns a horse ranch just outside Vander-hoof and has been training for 27 years, what started out as a desire to overcome a fear swiftly became

one of Ms. Markle’s favourite past times.

“[My horse Gomer] is my best friend. When I’m having a down day I go ride and I am no longer down. When people say isn’t it expensive? I say well, he’s my therapy class and my gym class so he’s not expensive,” said Ms. Markle, who had doubts throughout the process but quickly learned that personal doubts make the horse doubt as well.

“The more your around a horse the more you can read what their eyes tell you; if they are calm or wild. The more you trust yourself the more the horse will trust you,” said Mr. Ophus.

It wasn’t before long Ms. Mar-kle was running through the ba-

sics of catching and brushing the horse, putting the saddle on, and putting the bridle in, which is the metal piece put in the horse’s mouth essential for steering. After becoming more comfortable she started reining and breaking her horse in with spins, sides and stops, and soon gained full body control.

“You need to learn how to lead quickly because the horse can get spoiled pretty fast,” said Mr. Ophus.

Now using one hand or a leg movement, Ms. Markle is able to guide which way her horse goes. “I can say whoa or use my body, so now when I do both he really listens,” said

Ms. Markle.Originaly, Gomer was one of

Mr. Ophus’ lesson horses and started working at the age of two. It is uncommon for a horse that young to help train but his mature temperament was clearly shown through a calm demeanour and quick learning ability. Ms. Markle bought him at the age of three and now at the age of seven he listens intently. “I love the feel and con-

nection I get with [Gomer],” said Ms. Markle.

Not long after learning reining the two quickly advanced to sort-ing and cutting cows out of the herd. They have even started team cattle penning, the competitive sport of sorting cattle.

“Randy is just an awesome teacher,” said Ms. Markle. “Riding wasn’t what I intended or thought but now I’m hooked.”


RIDING WITH RANDY: Randy Orphus has been training horses for 27 years and continues to work with Karen Markle and her horse Gomer during weekly training sessions at the arena on his horse and buffalo ranch.


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Summer beautification workers employed by the District of Vanderhoof have been helping to make the community better looking.

Every summer workers are hired to help with uplifting the look of the town, managing and tending to things such as the district’s gardens by

watering plants and mowing lawns, and re-paint-ing benches along with anything else that may be peeling.

Darby Millard 18, and Robin Lilly 18, were hired this year and have been seen painting benches around town.

“When the paint chips off it looks bad so were making the town look beautiful again,” said Ms. Millard.


PAINTING BENCHES: Robin Lily 18, and Darby Millard 18, have been going around town and painting benches on behalf of the District of Vanderhoof as this year’s summer workers.

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SMILING SENIORS: Anne and Ike Thiessen are seen eating lunch at the Vanderhoof farmers market enjoying a beautiful day.


The Vanderhoof farmers market offers residents a way of accessing fresh food and produce. Anne and Ike Thiessen were caught enjoying a meal at the market and had nothing but nice things to say about the market and the day.

“If your depressed your living in the past. If your anxious your living in the future. If your happy your living in the present,” said Mr. Thiessen.

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Take notice of proposed District of Vanderhoof Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1137, 2014, and proposed District of Vanderhoof Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1141, 2014 which will amend District of Vanderhoof Zoning Bylaw No. 994, 2006.

Proposed BylawsDistrict of Vanderhoof Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1137, 2014 is a statement of objectives and policies that guides decisions on planning and land use manage-ment within the District of Vanderhoof.District of Vanderhoof Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1141, 2014 requires all single family dwellings to be sit-uated on a continuously poured concrete foundation.

A PUBLIC HEARING has been scheduled in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act Section 890 for August 11th, 2014 at 5:00 pm in the District Council Chambers to hear from anyone who deems their interest to be affected by the proposed bylaw. Submissions at the Public Hearing may be in written or verbal form. Written submissions will be received at the District Office up to the time of the Public Hearing. The District of Vanderhoof Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 1137, 2014 and District of Vanderhoof Zon-ing Amendment Bylaw No. 1141, 2014 is available for inspection at the District of Vanderhoof Office located at 160 Connaught Street, Vanderhoof BC, Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (closed for lunch 12:00 to 1:00 pm). Dated at Vanderhoof BC, this 9th day of July 2014.

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