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The Vanderhoof Crime Watch Patrol is asking for $2,500 from the District of Vander-hoof for the recovery of fuel costs and other needs.

Traugott Klein has been the president of the patrol for the about two years and he be-lieves that $2,500 is not much to ask for the service provided. The district has always agreed in the past, they have given a total of $11,600 to the patrol over the years.

The money is spent chiefly on fuel for the volunteer vehicles as well as equipment such as scanner radios and high quality flash-lights. It costs as much as $700 to buy an RCMP quality flash-light.

“We have our own vehicles that we drive around and certain areas that we drive through,” said Klein. “We try to stay away from where the RCMP is, that’s one reason we have scanners, so we can hear what’s go-ing on.”

The Crime Watch Patrol currently has 26 members, eight of

which were added in 2013. Klein suggests the increase is due to their appearance at the trade show.

Because of the member increase, Klein wrote the annual letter to the district asking for the money which would allow for more patrols. Klein said that there were about 40 patrols one year but that with the member increase they are going to be aiming for two per week.

“Our problem is the same for all volunteer groups,” said Klein. “We volunteer for more than one thing and we’re all busy. There’s very few who can do it on a regu-lar basis, I try to do it once a month and that’s fine, I can han-dle that.”

The Crime Watch Patrol spends most of their time in the downtown area of Vanderhoof, usually at night but the time is completely flexible. Whenever somebody has time to go out, they go out, it doesn’t have to be during the night.

One crazy thing Klein observed last year was a cow walk-ing down Stewart

Scott Urness (left) races against Michael Payne (right) during the Airport Snowmobile Drag Races put on by Nechako Valley Motorsports on Saturday, February 15.

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Street at three in the morning.

The cow was walk-ing along near Grip-tion Tire having ap-parently come from a farm south of town. It took off back towards home shortly after it was called in.

Another time, Klein was on a patrol and be-cause it was so cold, he decided to turn around a little earlier than he usually does. On that

night, someone was killed right at the spot where he would have been had he not called it quits early.

“You just wonder what you could get into,” said Klein. “You might run into some-thing and there might be consequences.”

Patrols observe and when they see some-thing they make judge-ment call on whether to write it down or

call the RCMP too. They might see a ve-hicle that looks suspi-cious but not enough to call it in so they’ll write down a descrip-tion and plate number. They usually just write down what area they were patrolling that way the RCMP can go back and look at the notes if they have to.

The notes are all kept on file by their police contact Officer

Jason Baird.“We don’t advertise

ourselves,” said Klein. “We try to protect indi-vidual members iden-tity except for those who choose not to like myself. We try to not drive into any area we can’t easily drive out of. But we’ve never had any problems.”

The Crime Watch Patrol is always look-ing for new members, if you want to join get

in contact with Trau-gott Klein who can be found in the Co-op Lumber office or with Jason Baird at the RCMP detachment.

All members must be at least 18 years old and have a yearly criminal record check. New members will go out with a more ex-perienced patroller and get some personal training for the first three patrols.

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While the rules governing eligibility for and the amount of the federal tax “breaks” can be detailed, students generally can claim a non-refundable tax credit for tuition (but not residence) bills, an “educa-tion amount” based on the number of months they attended school during the tax year, and a “textbook amount”. As well, many of the expenses which may be claimed by taxpayers generally, such as moving costs and the cost of public transit, are equally claimable by students.

Aside from the cost of residence (which is not, in any case, deduct-ible or creditable for tax purposes), the largest single expense for most students is tuition fees, which can range from around $5,000 to over $15,000, depending on the school and the program. No matter what the amount, students are entitled to a federal tax credit (which reduces their tax otherwise payable) equal to 15% of their tu-ition bill. Each province also provides a non-refundable tax credit for tuition paid, with the percentage amount ranging from 5% to 11%.

Both full-time and part-time university students can also claim the “education tax credit”, which is calculated as a � xed amount for every month of full-time or part-time attendance during the tax year. For 2012, the full-time amount to be claimed on the federal tax return is $400 per month, while the part-time amount is $120 per month. The total amount claimed is then multiplied by 15%, to arrive at the credit claimed on the federal tax return. As with the tuition tax credit, the provinces all offer an education tax credit, with both the amount and the conversion percentage varying by province.

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New local weather stationSam Redding

Omineca Express

The Vanderhoof high school installed a weather station on the roof that the students and staff are excited about.

The station is acces-sible through a number of websites and even has an app available for your phone on the Weather Underground website.

The Davis weather station costs about $500 retail which places it in the middle of high and low end electronic weather stations. It even has a sort of cup on top to measure precipitation but only when it rains. It would need a lot more power if it was going to melt the snow and mea-sure how much of that fell.

The device needs no maintenance, it runs off solar and wind energy and is mounted onto ex-isting structures on top of the school. Extremely

Sam ReddingOmineca Express

As part of the Economic Action Plan for 2014, the federal government has introduced a tax credit to recognize the importance of Search and Rescue volunteers.

Volunteers will be able to draw 15 per cent, or $450, out of an amount of $3,000 for ground, air and marine rescue volunteers.

The credit will be available to any volunteer who puts in at least 200 hours a year, the credit will be applicable for 2014 once the tax year is over.

“It is pretty exciting,” said Chris Mushumanski, Nechako Valley Search and Rescue team leader. “I’m not sure if people are aware but it’s been in the works from Search and Rescue’s side for 15 years now. So to see it come to fruition I think has made people really satis� ed that there’s recognition for volunteers.”

So why now after so many years of struggle?In the document it makes reference to Tim

Jones, the North Shore Rescue leader and paragon for search and rescue volunteers.

“That might have been an incentive or an oppor-tunity to recognize how much time that one individ-ual had put into search and rescue and to recognize all the volunteers not just one person with this.”

What is still left for search and rescue teams to work out is what hours will count towards the credit and who will be able to claim them. Mushumanski sits on the provincial search and rescue board and said this will be one of the steps they have to work on next.

“Locally there’s been some satisfaction that search and rescue volunteers are getting recognized for their time and volunteerism,” said Mushuman-ski. “And we take this as a real positive step for the

government to say search and rescue services are valuable and to say the volunteers’ time and energy is being respected.”

Dialogue continues for getting a similar credit with the provincial government of B.C.

Recognition in credit for rescue volunteers

low temperatures aren’t an issue for the device but a high wind could be threatening.

The station was sent to NVSS from a col-laboration of UNBC and the Oceanographic Soci-ety. According to NVSS teacher Dale Horita, the collaboration had some money left over to fund weather stations for schools.

So all NVSS had to do was get it working. Which is where Horita comes in.

Horita spend several hours getting the station working. And longer in setting up the equip-ment to read and record the information collect-ed by the station.

“I teach info tech and I’m a geek so I like this kind of stuff,” said Hor-

ita. “These are so cool, they really are. The kids can see the temperature and we’re starting to talk about it in classes.”

Horita had a station at home for a bit, not as pricy as this one and it got destroyed when a high wind came.

“Just shattered it,” he said.

Horita said students are checking the site ev-

ery day. Students were the � rst to notice when the unit needed to be restarted when it wasn’t working correctly. Hori-ta is excited to be work-ing with this equipment and loves messing with the data in the class-room.

The weather site can be accessed from wun-derground.com, cirrus.unbc.ca/weather/ or from the weather under-ground app.

NVSS is proud of its new weather station. It was installed a few months ago and updates the weather several websites.


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RCMP ReportSam Redding

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There were 51 calls for service from Feb. 6 to Feb. 12.

Call-outsOn February 10 the

RCMP received an anonymous complaint of a impaired driver on Nechako Avenue.

The RCMP officer on scene was able to stop the car and noted that the driver was not impaired just driving erratically.

The RCMP then checked the other occupants of the ve-hicle and noted that one male had three outstanding warrants with numerous mi-nor offenses for each. The male was breach-ing alcohol conditions that he was supposed to be following.

The male was ar-rested and is in cus-tody pending a bail hearing.

Also on Feb. 10, after 11 p.m. a vehicle hit the ditch near the intersection of Kenny Dam Road and Stoney Creek Road. When

RCMP members ar-rived the found a lone occupant inside and noted that the individ-ual was impaired.

The members per-formed an impaired driving investigation and obtained breath samples which deter-mined the individual was drinking and driv-ing at the time. The driver was taken into custody and appear in court for impaired driving offenses.

Positive com-ments

Corporal Justin Thiessen, current commander at the Vanderhoof RCMP detachment, would like the public to bring in any stories of positive police inter-action.

“A majority of the interactions are posi-tive,” said Cpl. Thies-sen. “But if the public has one in which an officer goes above and beyond in their duty or acts with pro-fessionalism or com-passion, then they are encouraged to come and let us know.”

Cpl. Thiessen said that, in a career like policing, it can be hard to see positive things everyday so if someone came to the station, or phoned them at 250.567.2222 or even left a message on their website, then it would be a big reas-surance to all the of-ficers.

Here are the statistics for the year 2013 for Fraser Lake Fire Rescue and Vanderhoof Volunteer Fire Depart-ment.

In Vanderhoof:Emergency calls6 medical10 life assist60 motor vehicle accidents21 commercial � re alarms7 residential � re alarms2 carbon monoxide5 hydro lines down37 � res6 smoke reports5 hazmat callsTotal calls for 2013 were159Member commitment3,462 � re� ghter hours for emer-

gency reponses1,152 � re� ghter hours for training396 � re� ghter hours for commu-

nity eventsCurrently the Vanderhoof Volun-

teer Fire Department consists of one full time Fire Chief and 36 volunteer � re� ghters including junior � re� ght-ers.

They performed 225 � re inspec-tions and 137 re-inspections and had

two mutual aid calls to Fraser Lake last year. They suffered no time loss workplace incidents and the � ve hazmat calls listed sound serious but they were only fuel spills from vehi-cle accidents.

In Fraser Lake:Emergency calls-96 medical-5 lift assists-21 motor vehicle incidents-19 commercial � re alarms-2 residential � re alarms-1 carbon monoxide-1 hydro line down-15 � resTotal calls in 2013 were 204. The

year previous had only 162 calls.Member commitment1,332 � re� ghter hours for emer-

gency responses955 � re� ghter hours for attending

training90.5 � re� ghter hours for partici-

pating in community eventsFraser Lake currently has 20 mem-

bers on strength including three junior � re� ghters and they also experienced no time loss workplace incidents in 2013.

Commitment, compassion, pride

Train derailed, no injuries

At approxi-mately 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 8, a westbound CN train struck the tail end of another west-bound train eight kilometres west of Vanderhoof. No CN crew members were injured and no dangerous goods were involved. One locomotive and eight intermodal cars were off the rail but upright.

The incident is still under an inter-nal investigation.

Anyone affected in any way by mental health and/or addictions issues is welcome to attend.

Omineca Lakes Mental Health & Addictions Advisory Committee meetings are held via video-conference on the second Thursday of the month from 1-3 p.m. at the fol-lowing community venues:

St Johns Hospital - Telehealth Clinical Room (Vanderhoof)

Fraser Lake Community Health Center - Library Conference Room

Your voices are needed! Phone Doris at 250-699-6976 for more information.

Photos from Project Fire� ghter in May 2013. The members of all � re-� ghter services are seeing a trend of less home � res and more motor vehicle incidents.

Mental health meetings for family and patients

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Dear Editor,

For several years advocates for the care sector of the econ-omy have waited. Those who devote hours of labor, unpaid, to the wellbeing of the young, sick, handicapped, frail elderly or dying have been put on hold, told that their time would come. Those who serve in volunteer ca-pacities � re� ghting, doing search and rescue are among the many who make up the 1/3 to 1/2 of the GDP the nation depends on, of work done for free. They rep-resent roles not of� cially even called work by tax and labour de� nitions.

Advocates want government to notice that these tasks are not hobbies, but essential to the econ-omy. They want recognition of money saved from not hiring pro-fessional and institutional work-ers in the � eld. They want recog-nition of money saved when the work is done well and the � re does not spread, the lost hiker is found, or the wayward child is nurtured and turns out well. The savings have been misread as savings to the family, when in fact families give up income so someone can do these roles. The savings are to the govern-ment, that does not have to then fund costly hospital beds, nursing homes, or only institutional care of toddlers.

The February 2014 budget takes only small steps to value this sector. It will permit search and rescue volunteers a tax cred-it similar to the one volunteer � re� ghters now get. It will give adopting families more expense tax breaks. But why not recog-

nize the other care roles too? The small admission of our debt to the unpaid worker falls short of what would be fair recognition.

Income-splitting is rumored on the horizon in the 2015 bud-get, recommended by many re-searchers, including Professor Jack Mintz. It was the subject of a 2002 conference on Parliament Hill and is already practiced in many countries - a key way to recognize the unpaid worker in a household. Pension splitting is a start but we await the fairer ex-tension of income splitting to all households that share income.

Funding for the caregiving has unfairly tilted for years to the paid sector. Maternity bene� ts are still tied to last year’s salary. There is no birth bene� t, unlike Australia or Singapore. Universal funding for care of a child at $100 a month is small, and ends at age seven, while hiring a third party non family member, or enrolling in daycare provides deductions to age 14. Deductions for care of the handicapped or frail elderly are still preferentially given to third party non family members and ignore the costs and sacri� ce of a family caregiver. Pensions are still tied to paid work only.

We need a budget that rec-ognizes the sel� ess work done at personal cost, to help others. It has been taken for granted, as the UN noted in 1996 ‘invisible’. By this budget it mostly still is. A crack has opened in the door and a tiny light shines through. Open the door!

Beverley Smith Canadian children’s and

women’s rights activistCalgary, Alberta

Ruth LloydCaledonia Courier

Generalizations.We all use them, they are use-

ful tools to help humans understand one another or our experiences at times.

Sometimes generalizations might help us understand or relate to certain ethnic groups to look at a trend in society.

While generalizations are often based in a real trait or trend, stat-ing a generalization as broad state-ments is not useful. It does not allow for an open mind, it closes us to possibilities - group de� ned, mind set, move on.

For example: Scandinavians like to nordic ski.

Now not all Scandinavians nor-dic ski, and not all Scandinavians who nordic ski probably like it. Like most generalizations, it is a blanket statement which helps us understand something, and this type of skiing is a bigger part of Scandinavian culture traditionally than it is in many places, but phras-ing it as a blanket statement elimi-nates individuality.

I recently had someone in my house making generalizations about an ethnic group.

The generalization may have been based in facts and statistics, however, a member of this particu-lar ethnic group was in the house at the same time, and therefore I found it disrespectful and asked the person to stop.

He was offended, but he did stop.

It made me think about how sometimes there is a � ne line to being politically correct and being considerate or sensitive.

I believe this person thought I was trying to be politically correct, but I was trying to be respectful. The conversation did not have to stop necessarily, but it did need to stop being a racist generalization.

It is one thing to say something and identify it as a generalization like: Nordic skiing is a fairly popu-lar sport in many Scandinavian cul-tures or many blue-collar construc-tion workers have lower education levels than white-collar workers.

While - in general - these may be true statements (I’m not saying they are, I just wanted to use an ex-ample not based on race), but they allow us to understand while these are generalizations, there are also exceptions and there are informed and educated blue-collar work-ers and Scandinavians who don’t cross-country ski. One of these statements made into a blanket generalization would be something like: Blue-collar workers swear a lot and aren’t very educated.

If you are a blue-collar con-struction worker you will prob-ably be offended by a statement negatively generalizing about blue-collar construction workers in this way. Of course, even if you do � t the pro� le, you would likely � nd this offensive, as it just assumes things about you based on your job,

and this is a gross oversimpli� ca-tion of who you are or why you do what you do. It dismisses you as a person.

So why not identify what you are saying as a tendency but allow for exceptions and individuality. If we want to be able to identify trends or address something which might need to be addressed, like a social problem or perhaps working on blue-collar education levels, we need to talk about them, but do we need to be disrespectful when we do?

It’s not about being politically correct sometimes, it’s about not being a jerk.

No one wants to be thrown into a group and spoken about as though they have no individuality and are being judged solely on their job/race/religion/whatever.

Just like saying all hockey play-ers are bullies, you can not and should not make statements which dismiss people’s individuality.

But then, this is just my opinion after all, and in general there are a lot of self-righteous jerks out there, and sometimes we all might be one, myself included.

Or go ahead, generalize away and then others will probable be generalizing about you right back (perhaps as a privileged white male having never experienced direct discrimination based on a general-ization?).

When we begin to be more civil and open-minded in our conversa-tions we may be more productive.

Generalize this

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Northern health bus routeSam Redding

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Medical services have teamed up to provide north com-munities with a daily bus route to and from the hospital in Prince George.

The new BCAS Low Acuity Transfer bus will be staffed by two paramedics and will be able to take seven patients at a time. The service is meant for non-urgent situations where ac-cess to the University Hospital of Northern B.C. is inconvenient.

It runs five days a week and will pick pa-tients up from Burns Lake to Prince George and then take them back the same day.

The previous sys-tem relied on one ambulance and two paramedics for each transfer. Those same ambulances have to respond to emergency calls which often re-sulted in the cancella-tion or delay of sched-uled patient transfers.

Northern Health as well as the British Columbia Ambulance Service (BCAS) are

working together to provide this service to residents from Vander-hoof, Fraser Lake, Fort St. James and the sur-rounding areas.

“We are very proud of this initiative with Northern Health be-cause the dedicated service strengthens the care that para-

medics, doctors and nurses provide to our patients,” said Mike Michalko, BCAS Ru-ral Operations Ex-ecutive Director. “The Low Acuity Transfer Bus will make it easier for patients to consis-tently attend regular-ly-scheduled appoint-ments and keep our

ambulances in their local communities so they are available for other medical emer-gencies.”

In 2012 and 2013, the BC Ambulance Service responded to over 504,000 emer-gency calls and patient transfers. Transfers from facility to facil-

ity make up approxi-mately 20 per cent of all ambulance service transfers in B.C.

There have been 500 inter-facility transfers from Burns Lake, Fort St. James and Vanderhoof areas each year and the call volume rises consis-tently.

THE NECHAKO VALLEY FESTIVAL OF THE PERFORM-ING ARTS...has a new website. www.musicfestivalweb.com/nechako. Please visit the website for syllabus and reg-istration information. You can view the syllabus online. If a paper copy is required, there is a limited number available at the Vanderhoof Public Library. Registration for the festival is online. The festival will take place from Apr. 12-25, 2014 with the festival concert happening on Apr. 27, 2014.

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The Junior A Girls won � rst place in the Zone basketball tournament last weekend, � nishing out against College Heights 43-39 on Friday, February 14.


The Senior Boys North Central Zone tournament kicked off with Northside Christian school against Acwsalcta Bella Coola. North-side won 70-28.


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I’m Janet Holder, leader of Northern Gateway. This past December, my team came one step closer towards our goal of building a better pipeline. After the most comprehensive, scientifi c review in Canadian pipeline history, the independent Joint Review Panel concluded that Canadians would be better off with Northern Gateway, than without it.

This endorsement came with 209 conditions that we must meet before we start operations. These conditions refl ect the input of thousands of British Columbians and Canadians, and include many of the commitments we made in our submission. We are working towards meeting these conditions in the same way we’ve been working hard to meet the tough conditions put forward by the Province.

Many of these conditions centre around the preservation and protectionof the diverse marine life that populate the coast of B.C. In the comingweeks, we’ll be sharing the details behind a number of these conditions with you – like detailed emergency response and mammal protection plans.

We’ve consulted with experts from around the world to make sure that we’re doing everything possible to protect B.C.’s coastline.

We’re doing all this hard work because we are committed to building a safer, better pipeline.

Sincerely,

Janet HolderLeader of Northern Gateway

Sincerely,

Janet HolderLeader of Northern Gateway

As a proud British Columbian, protecting our coast is one of our greatest priorities.”

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VANDERHOOF’S FAITH

For more information or to joinVanderhoof’s Faith Church Directory

Call Pam at 250-567-9258

Church Directory

Vanderhoof Christian Fellowship

The Church on the Corner“Giving you a Purpose to live for

and People to live with”Worship Service: 11:00 am Sunday School: 9:45 am

Small Groups meeting together regularly:

We have a place for you to belong!For more information call

567-9198 263 Vanderview Drive

The Gospel Chapel

448 Connaught Street

For more information call567-3107

www.thegospelchapel.ca

Our MissionGlorifying God by helping all people move closer to

Jesus Christ one step at a time.

11:00 a.m. Worship Service

(Af� liated with the Evangelical Free Church of Canada)

NECHAKO COMMUNITY CHURCH

MENNONITE BRETHREN

1393 Highway 16 East(Across from P.J. Collision)

250-567-4960Sunday Morning Worship

9:30 amSunday School - 11:00 am

Watoto Children’s Choir Wed. March 12 @ 7:00pm

For more information visit our website: www.vcfemc.com

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Your whole team could win tick-ets to this year’s Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic.

To apply, just submit an entry to Black Press Contests. Tell us how hockey, your team, or your favou-rite player has inspired you, and your team could win 25 tickets to to watch the Vancouver Canucks play the Ottawa Senators at BC Place.

Anyone can enter on behalf of their team, or their favourite B.C. minor hockey team.

10 minor hockey teams from Brit-ish Columbia will each receive 25 tickets to attend the Heritage Clas-sic, held on March 2 in Vancouver’s BC Place stadium.

This year’s Tim Hortons Heritage

Classic will hold up to 55,000 fans, eager to watch a vintage, clearly Ca-nadian showdown between the Ca-nucks and Senators.

“Playing in front of 50,000 fans, the atmosphere will be amazing,” Canucks defenceman Kevin Bieksa said in December, when the Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic’s arena was unveiled. “Most of us grew up learning how to skate out-doors. We’ve been watching these games for a few years now and chomping at the bit hoping we could get into one.”

Kevin Bieksa got his wish. Will you, too?

Submit your entry before Friday, February 21, 2014.

Go to our contest page Online by clicking Contests at the top of www.ominecaexpress.com

Play hockey? You can win tickets to the

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PICTURE THIS....Your activity could be featured in “Picture This.” Snap a photo at your groups’ fundraiser. It could be anything from a car wash to cleaning up our streets. It could even include school activities. Basically people making a difference in our community. Send us your photo by e-mail ([email protected]) or drop it off at the Omineca Express (150 W. Columbia Street). Please provide a brief description accompanied with the photo.This week’s submission....

Oscar for more info: 250-567-4582.***

AL-ANON...Has your life been affected by someone elses drinking? The Al-Anon is for you! Meetings held on Mondays at 7pm in Community Room at Omineca Safe Home Society. For more information contact Gail at 567-4318.

***The NOrThside WOmeN’s iNsTiTuTe...meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month. Newcomers always welcome. For more information call Brenda, 250 567-9705.

***V’hOOf hOspice sOcieTy... Do you have a few hours a month to give? Are you sensitive to the special needs of those persons at the end stages of life? Want to be part of a great organization that makes a difference in our community, then we are looking for you. The V’hoof Hospice Society is a not-for profit charity looking for new volunteer members. Our Society has a desire to help others. We are sensitive to the special needs of the dying patient and their families. We do not have personal agendas or “missions” to our Hospice work. Our main fundraising come in the form of donations to our Tree of Life. We are looking for new members to continue this great service. For more info contact Debra-Ann at 250-567-0623 or email [email protected]

***The fOOd BANK... is in serious need of food donations. Specifically the following is needed: “Chunky” soups and stews and canned milk.

***BAdmiNTON AT fLess Gym... Every Thursday at 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. come out and have some fun!

***The VANderhOOf cANcer suppOrT GrOup...meets the first Friday of every month @ noon at the The Reid. For more info call Karen @ 567-4828.

***eNdAKO hALL sOcieTy...meets every THIRD Wednesday of the month in the hall at 7:30pm.

***The yeLLOWheAd drAfT hOrse AssOciATiON...is an organization for those interested in light and heavy horse driving. Monthly meetings every second Tuesday of the month. For more info contact: Jon 250-567-8484.

***NechAKO QuiLTers GuiLd... meets the third Tuesday of the month 9:30 am (Sept. - May) at Nechako View Seniors Common Room. Fran Sheeley 567-5254.

***The frAser QuiLTers GuiLd... meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 10am at the Fort Fraser Community Hall. Newcomers welcome.

***hOspice Tree Of Life... is to honour the living as well as to remember and honour those who have passed on. For more info call Debbie @ 250-567-7956.

***The frAser LAKe cANcer suppOrT GrOup... meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 12 noon in the New Fraser Lake Restaurant. For further information call Judy at 250-699-7763.

***NechAKO VALLey hisTOricAL sOcieTy...meets every second Thursday of the month 6:30 pm at the Chamber of Commerce office.

***VANderhOOf 899 Air cAdeT sQuAdrON...Cadets will meet every TUESDAY night – 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the 480 Connaught St. at the Gospel Chapel. Anyone age 12 to 18 interested in the Cadet Program is welcome to attend. Any adult interested in assisting in anyway, please contact the officers at the 480 Connaught St. at the Gospel Chapel Tuesday night. For more information call: Capt. John Callaghan - 250-640-0218, Yvonne Melo - 250-690-7496 Evenings.

***AA meeTiNG... Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. United Church Hall. 567-8087 or 567-4588

***frAser LAKe AA meeTiNGs... Tues & Thurs 8:00 p.m. at St. Wilfred’s Church just across from police station.

***sT. JOhN hOspiTAL AuXiLiAry sOcieTy... meets second Tuesday of the month (with the exception of July & August) at 7:00 p.m. in the hospital cafeteria. For further info contact Edna 567-9759 - New members welcome.

***VANderhOOf

LiBrAry hOursTuesday 10:00am to 5:00pm

Wednesday 10:00am to 5:00pm & 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Thursday 10:00am to 5:00pmFriday 10:00 am to 6:00pm

Saturday 10:00am to 5:00pm***

frAser LAKe LiBrAry hOurs

Sunday & Monday ClosedTuesday 10am - 4pm

Wednesday & Thursday3pm - 8pm

Friday 10am - 4pmSaturday 10am - 2pm

***NVss BOTTLe depOT hOurs

Open Mon, Tues, Friday 11am-5pm

Saturday 10am-5 p.m.***

cOmiNG eVeNTs....Will appear, as space is available, free of charge in this section. Coming events are available to non-profit organizations only. This area is not intended for thank you submissions or selling products. It is simply a place for non-profit organizations a place to announce upcoming free activities. You can e-mail your item to [email protected] or by fax (567-2070). Your organizations’ announcement can also be dropped off at our office located at 155 W. Columbia. Decision of the publisher is final.

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NEW EVENTS....

The NechAKO VALLey fesTiVAL Of The perfOrmiNG ArTs...has a new website. www.musicfestival-web.com/nechako. Please visit the website for syllabus and registra-tion information. You can view the syllabus online. If a paper copy is required, there is a limited number available at the Vanderhoof Public Library. Registration for the festival is online. The festival will take place from Apr. 12-25, 2014 with the fes-tival concert happening on Apr. 27, 2014.

***VOLuNTeers Needed fOr idi-dALAp4cANcer...For more infor-mation please contact Carrie Smith. Email: [email protected]

***NechAKO VALLey hisTOricAL sOcieTy...meets at 7pm on the 2nd Thursday of the month at the OK Cafe.

***AduLT BAdmiNTON...every Thursday at 8pm at NVSS gym. Bring your own racquet. Indoor runners required. For more info call Ann at 250-567-9908.

***sTuArT NechAKO mANOr...looking for volunteers. Help needed with outings, Serving meals, entertainment and visits for the residents. Please contact Marnie at 250 567 6290 for more information.

***VOLuNTeers Needed....Would you like to become part of a team working together to improve the quality of life for stroke survivors? The Vanderhoof Stroke Recovery Group is looking for volunteers to join their team. Vanderhoof Stroke Recovery’s goal is to encourage stroke survivors to improve their lives through education, exercise, work groups, crafts, outings, etc. No special skills required; training and orientation are provided. Patience and caring understanding a necessity. Volunteers share responsibilities: assisting with activities, exercises, education, crafts, outings, fund raising. Time commitment: 3 hour meeting each Monday morning (excluding stat holidays), from September through mid-June.

Please contact Penny (250) 567-3966

[email protected]

***seNiOrs cONNecTed... is looking for Seniors in need of Outreach & Transportation. We are also taking applications for Volunteers wanting to take part in the VSC Program. Vanderhoof Seniors Connected is a program dedicated to improving the quality of life for Seniors/Elders in our community through Companionship and Transportation Assistance.For more information contact Debra-Ann Bishop at 250-567-0623 or email at [email protected]

***cALLiNG ALL seNiOrs... come and join us for carpet bowling, pool or snooker - Monday and Thursday afternoons at the Friendship Centre. We also have cards or bingo on Wednesday evenings. Music nights are also popular and these are the last Friday night of the month. Come and have some fun! Everybody welcome young or golden agers. Call

Nechako Notes

W.L. McLeod elementary students were out enjoying the sunshine last week as they played broom ball and three way soccer during the Carnaval de Québec.

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Holly Janet McNabbMay 16, 1959 - January 26, 2014

It is with great sadness and a heavy heart to announce the sudden passing of Holly who had made Kamloops, BC her home for the past 26 years. She leaves behind her father, Alfred (Joan), siblings Laura (Garry), Farley, Scott, Vicki (Don) and one Nephew Spencer, many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Predeceased by her mother Gwen. She will be dearly missed by all.A memorial service will be held at a later date.We ask that in lieu of flowers that donations be made to the charity of your choice.

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Career Opportunities

Announcements

Coming EventsQUALITY ASSURANCE course for Health Canada’s Commercial Marijuana Pro-gram. February 22 & 23 Best Western Hotel, Kelowna, BC. Tickets: www.greenlineacademy.com or 1-855-860-8611 or 250-870-1882.

THE 5th annual WCOWMA-BC Convention & Trade Show will be held at the South Thompson Inn and Conference Centre (3438 Shuswap Road) in Kamloops on February 20 - 23, 2014. Work-shops, open forum discussions, networking opportunities and door prizes. Trade show admission is complimentary. Don’t miss the only wastewater trade show and con-vention in BC. More info at www.wcowma-bc.com

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Obituaries

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InformationNECHAKO RESERVOIR

UPDATE12 February 2014

Reservoir Elevation: 850.59 m (2790.65 ft.)SLS Discharge: 32.55 m3/s

Total snowpack: 78%long term average

Visit website www.wateroffi ce.ec.gc.ca for up to date real-time fl ow information for the Nechako River.

Contact Rio Tinto Alcan at 250-567-5105 for more information. A re-cording of this notice is available 24-hours in Vanderhoof at 250- 567-5812

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School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes)

LIMITED DURATION JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER TQ – VANDERHOOF

MAINTENANCE DEPT.

HOURS OF WORK: 8 hours per day, 5 days per week

DUTIES TO COMMENCE: March 3, 2014 – August 31, 2014

RATE OF PAY: $28.10 per hour as per the current Collective Agreement

School District No.91 (Nechako Lakes) is seeking a highly motivated, progressive individual who would be interested in working as a Journeyman Carpenter – Trades Qualified in the Vanderhoof Area. This individual would provide carpentry and maintenance services to the repair, alteration and construction of District buildings, fixtures and equipment.

The ideal candidate should demonstrate or meet the following criteria:

KNOWLEDGE completion of Grade 12 (Dogwood Certificate) valid BC Trade Certification as a Carpenter valid Class 5, B.C. Driver’s License with an

exemplary driving record as demonstrated by a current driver’s abstract

EXPERIENCE Experience gained through Trades Qualification

apprenticeship program inclusive of 1 year industry related experience Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

(WHMIS) Certificate and Familiarity with Work Safe BC safety procedures

SKILLS & ABILITIES ability to read and interpret drawings and

specifications good basic knowledge of painting and finishing ability to perform a variety of skilled carpentry tasks

in the construction and maintenance of school district facilities thorough and current knowledge of the standards,

practices, regulations, methods, tools and equipment of the trade ability to communicate effectively using courtesy, tact

and discretion in dealing with requests, complaints and clarification of information ability to use judgment to interpret, analyze and

modify methods and procedures physical capability to perform the job duties basic working knowledge of computers

For complete duties and responsibilities of this position, please contact Lynn Maksymchak at 250-567-2284 or [email protected]

Applications will be accepted for the following position until 12:00 noon, Wednesday February 26, 2014 by:

LYNN MAKSYMCHAKDISTRICT PRINCIPAL – HUMAN RESOURCES/

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTSCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 91 (NECHAKO LAKES)

PO BOX 129VANDERHOOF BC V0J 3A0

School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes)

LIMITED DURATION MAINTENANCE III - VANDERHOOF MAINTENANCE DEPT.

HOURS OF WORK: 8 hours per day, 5 days per week

DUTIES TO COMMENCE: March 3, 2014 – August 31, 2014

RATE OF PAY: $23.70 per hour as per the current Collective Agreement

School District No.91 (Nechako Lakes) is seeking a highly motivated, progressive individual who would be interested in working as a Maintenance III in the Vanderhoof Area. This individual would provide carpentry and maintenance services to the repair, alteration and construction of District buildings, fixtures and equipment.

The ideal candidate should demonstrate or meet the following criteria:

KNOWLEDGE • completion of Grade 12 (Dogwood Certificate) • BC Driver’s License - Class 5 Full Privileged with an exemplary driving record as demonstrated by a current driver’s abstract

EXPERIENCE • four years of current relevant experience with an understanding of the various trades • WHMIS Certificate and familiarity with Work Safe BC (WCB) safety procedures

SKILLS & ABILITIES • maintains the confidentiality of sensitive information seen or heard • competent in the use and care of tools and equipment common to this position • ability to read and interpret drawings and specifications • ability to use courtesy, tact and discretion to deal with or settle requests, complaints or clarification of information • ability to work independently and use judgement to determine which of many methods are applicable in any given situation • physical capability to perform the job duties • performs all duties with a level of interpersonal skills appropriate to the position • basic ability to use computers

For complete duties and responsibilities of this position, please contact Lynn Maksymchak at 250-567-2284 or [email protected]

Applications will be accepted for the following position until 12:00 noon Wednesday, February 26, 2014 by:

LYNN MAKSYMCHAKDISTRICT PRINCIPAL – HUMAN RESOURCES/

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTSCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 91 (NECHAKO LAKES)

PO BOX 129VANDERHOOF BC V0J 3A0

FIELD SCHEDULER AND RECRUITERWe are currently seeking a full time Field Scheduler and Recruiter to work out of our head office located in Smithers, BC. Some travel is required.Key responsibilities include: • Managing full cycle recruitment activities for all field

positions (Driller’s Helpers, Drillers and Foremen)• Ensuring there is an adequate number of staff at all drill

sites by scheduling crew and arranging their travel. • Managing last minute staffing changes on

evenings and weekends. For more info about this employment opportunity, please visit our website: www.hy-techdrilling.comApplication Deadline: March 9, 2014

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Help WantedNorth Enderby Timber is looking to hire for various positions including Millwright and/or Fabricator, Heavy Duty Mechanic and Electrician. We offer competitive wages along with a comprehensive benefi t package. Please fax resume to 250-838-9637.

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Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services

CREW MEMBERSWANTED

• Full-Time Opportunity• $10.25-$10.50/hr.

Apply In PersonKFC Vanderhoof,250 First Street

Fax: 1.780.486.3496 oremail: [email protected]

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Professional/Management

SUTCO requires a dispatcher for fl at deck division, position is based in Salmon Arm BC. Working knowl-edge of highway logistics is a must. Experience with Qualcomm and Tailwinds Programs would be defi -nite asset. Sutco is an equal oppor-tunity employer and offers employ-ees great pay, extended health benefi ts, and a pension plan. Sub-mit resumes on line www.sutco.ca / fax to 250 357 2009 or email [email protected]

Trades, TechnicalELECTRICAL COMPANY re-quires Journeymen & Appren-tices for a new hospital project in Burns Lake. Email resume to: [email protected]

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Trades, Technical

ELECTRICIANHouston, BC

DH Manufacturing is looking for a F/T Electrician. Candi-date needs to be min. 3rd yr, reliable, team player, me-chanically inclined, able to work independently on pro-jects, and willing to travel for some jobs. Wage will be ne-gotiable on experience.

Email to: [email protected]

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Civil EngineeringTechnologist II

(re-Advertisement)District of Kitimat, full time permanent, wage range $37.94 - $45.90, over two years. Civil Technologist diploma required. Duties include infrastructure investi-gations, surveying, design, contract preparation, inspec-tion and material testing on projects related to the municipality’s water, sewer, drainage and transportation systems. Candidates should be profi cient in using electronic survey equipment, computer assisted design using AutoCad 3D. and MS Offi ce. Valid BC driver’s license required. Submit resumes by February 27, 2014, 4:40 pm, to Personnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC, V8C 2H7, Fax (250) 632-4995, or email [email protected]. Further information can be obtained from our website at www.kitimat.ca

MECHANICRequired F/T for Vancouver Outboard. Primary duties will include maintenance troubleshooting and repair of diesel & gas marine engines. Knowledgeable in vessel electrical systems is an asset. Must have own tools and a valid drivers license. Exc. Compensation Based

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MINING LEASE APPLICATION

Take notice that Thompson Creek Mining Ltd., Bag 4001, Fraser Lake, British Columbia, V0J 1S0, free miner certificate client number 140102, has applied to the Chief Gold Commissioner for the Province of British Columbia, for a mining lease of minerals identified by the mineral claims listed below. The mineral claims will be surveyed and approved by the Surveyor General.

The following mineral claims are subject to the mining lease application:

Tenure Numbers 243774-243775, 243832, 244930-244931, 245329, 307068, 307089, 507168-507170, 507227, 507230, 507232, 507252, 532729, 1017548, 1017550, 1017552, 1017559, 1017561, 1017563 and 1017566-1017567

Mineral Titles Map Number 093K005

Posted at the Chief Gold Commissioner’s office in Victoria, British Columbia, this 17th Day of January, 2014.

PRIME TIME CATTLEBULL SALE

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CANOES FOR SALEin Burns Lake: 14’ red Clipper “Prospector” 52lb solo canoe with white gunnel covers: $700. 16’ 4” Clipper Maverick 64lbs, tandem canoe (or can be set up as a solo), green with black trim: $900.Call Ted 250-692-2372

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COMMUNITYExpress

The Community Garden is growing – not only food, but partner-ships and great ideas.

The Community Garden is an initiative of the Nechako Valley Food Network and has been a work in prog-ress for several years. What started as a sim-ple concept of having a patch of ground where citizens of Vanderhoof can go and plant some vegetables, has grown into a multi-level proj-ect, involving the Dis-trict of Vanderhoof, School District 91, W.L. McLeod School Farm to School Program, Nechako Valley Com-munity Services Soci-ety, and now Seniors Connected.

Seniors Connected has recently acquired funding to support se-niors based projects at the Community Garden. Debra-Ann Bishop, Seniors Connected Co-ordinator, recognized a need to get seniors involved with the Com-

Community garden update

in the schools, as sev-eral of our local schools are starting to include growing food as part of their school community.

All Seniors Con-nected projects rely on a large base of volunteers willing to help trans-

port seniors from their homes to the various Se-niors Connected events. To help make the Com-munity Garden projects successful and inclusive to all seniors, Bishop is putting a call out to citizens of Vanderhoof

to sign up to be Seniors Connected volunteers. Please call her at 250-567-0623. Honorariums for mileage available.

The new location of the Community Garden is on View Street, situ-ated along the Vander-

hoof Community Trail and the Nechako River. Although it is currently covered in snow, plant-ing is scheduled to start this spring. To learn more about the Commu-nity Garden, visit www.nvfoodnetwork.ca.

munity Garden. “Seniors involved

with the Seniors Con-nected program have lived in the community for over half a centu-ry. They are experi-enced gardeners with an immense amount of knowledge,” states Bishop.

Bishop hopes to cap-ture some of that knowl-edge, from the simplest tips to the differing philosophies on when to plant and when to harvest in Vanderhoof, and to share that exper-tise with new garden-ers through hands-on mentoring and a printed ‘how-to’ gardening book. As well, Bishop promotes that gardening is a wonderful way for seniors to get outdoors, socialize and exercise, an opportunity unfortu-nately not available to all seniors in our com-munity.

The projects on Bishop’s to-do list in-clude: having seniors mentor students from

the Farm to School Pro-gram at the garden on planting, tending and harvesting vegetables; creating a ‘how-to’ gar-dening book based on the expertise from local seniors, and; provid-ing accessible and safe space for seniors to gar-den for the pure joy of being outside and gar-dening.

To get the ball roll-ing, Seniors Connected is hosting an Open House on February 26 from 11-2 at the Library Multipurpose Room. Seniors from the com-munity are invited to attend this open house to learn more about the Community Garden Senior Connected proj-ects, as well as to sign up to be interviewed for the ‘how-to’ garden-ing book. The book will be a permanent asset at the Community Gar-den space to be used by any gardeners that have a plot at the garden. The book will also be used as a teaching tool

From left: Ken Young, representing the District of Vanderhoof; Debra-Ann Bishop, Seniors Con-nected; Michelle Roberge, the Farm 2 School program; Michael Reese, the Nechako Valley Food Network’s Community Garden group.


Novice Hockey Tournament

Here are the Vanderhoof Grizzlies playing against Fort St. James on Sunday, February 16. Bottom left is Korben Macleod ready to burst into action at the drop of a puck.


vanderhoof omineca express, february 19, 2014

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