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With a slew of fatal accidents on Highway 16 this winter and expected increased industrial traf� c, the province is changing the highway’s designation.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone announced Tues-day morning that the highway, from Prince Rupert to the B.C./Alberta border and Highway 97 north from Prince George, will be moved from a Class B des-ignation to Class A, changing how snow removal and mainte-nance is conducted.

“A Class A highway has more patrols,” Stone said dur-ing a press conference at the CN Intermodal facility in Prince George. “Patrols will take place every four hours as opposed to every eight hours. The maxi-mum amount of snow accumu-lation that is permitted on the highway before it has to be re-moved is quite a bit less … four centimetres, as opposed to six centimetres. There will be more snow removal, more plowing,

there will also be more salt and sand applications. All tolled, it represents a heightened level of winter road maintenance.”

It will also mean renego-tiating contracts with the six highways maintenance con-tractors that are responsible for maintaining the stretches of highways. Stone expects the changes will cost the province between $2 million and $3 mil-lion per year.

“Those dollars I have found within our ministries,” he said.

He said the province has looked at the number of acci-dents and fatalities along High-way 16, in addition to traf� c volumes in making the decision to reclassify the highways.

“It is absolutely the right time to reclassify Highway 16 and Highway 97,” he said. “It will immediately improve safe-ty in those corridors.”

The province has put $129 million into Highway 16 im-provements for past four years.

The changes are expected to be in effect by mid-to-late Feb-ruary.

Highway 16 reclassified

Transportation Minister Todd Stone and John Rustad MLA for Nechako Lakes.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Titania the fairy queen, played here by Brittney Martens, argues with her lover Oberon during the first half of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at NVSS. Erin Baker, drama teacher, put on the play with her grade ten to twelves on Friday, January 24.

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The Conservation Of� cer Service in Vanderhoof has received three complaints in the last week regarding dogs chasing deer.

Violation tickets can be issued by Cam Hill, the Con-servation Of� cer, or by the RCMP in the amount of $345 or a court accessed penalty of up to $100,000 or one year imprisonment for a � rst offense where an owner allows his dog to run at large and pursue wildlife.

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NVSS was host to a performance by high energy rock group Speed Con-trol on Tuesday, January 21.

Speed Control is made up of broth-ers Graeme (vocalist and guitarist) and Jody Peters (bass and vocalist), and Ian March on drums.

They hail from the Yukon and were in Vanderhoof teaching students about the history of music.

“We call it from Rags to Rawk,” said Graeme Peters. “Sometimes we go back all the way to 1898 and we play some ragtime music but if there’s no piano we start at 1943 and we go through the decades and hit on some of the musicians that we think influenced rock and roll at the time.”

“We’re all classically and jazz trained musicians,” said Peters. “My brother and I were both elementary school music teachers and we thought why not do something for the schools then we can make a little money on the side and also get a lot of attention.”

Being a jazz drummer and then a rock guitarist and vocalist in the Yu-kon wasn’t lucrative enough until they found a way to combine their shows with gigs at schools. This way they can make enough money to tour and they can teach kids about music, something

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they believe is lacking in today’s cur-riculum.

They came up with the name Speed Control when they saw it on a street sign on their way to a gig and Graeme said he thought “we had just come up with the worst pun ever”.

But after the gig was over and they had declared themselves Speed Control, American musician Beck, or Beck Hansen, showed up and said he was doing a secret show and borrowed Graeme’s guitar. From then on the name had to be Speed Control.

“We also do rock and roll camps for kids in the summer,” said Peters. “It’s kind of like Jack Black’s School of Rock type of thing. I like seeing music in schools, there’s not a lot of funding for it in a lot of places so if we can play some music and get some kids excited about music then perfect.”

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“Dogs are generally able to travel quite freely on the crust of the snow while deer and other un-gulates are having a difficult time moving around,” said Hill “Deer are very vulnerable this time of year as they are becoming weak-ened by hunger due to their lack of mobility and access to food and pregnant females are particularly susceptible to injury or death due to dog harassment.”

In one case it was determined that a dog or dogs killed two deer, a young Whitetail buck and a doe in the Sturgeon Point area near Van-derhoof. And in Fort St. James a doe mule deer had to be put down after injuries and constant harass-

ment by dogs out on the ice of Stu-art Lake.

In the other case, five lab dogs were seen running deer along the Nechako River west of Vander-hoof.

Although the Wildlife Act au-thorizes Hill to put down a dog ob-served harassing wildlife, he would prefer not to.

“If I have any idea who the owner is I would contact them but in the past I’ve not been able to find the owners and have had to put dogs down.”

The Wildlife Act doesn’t specif-ically say that the public can shoot dogs observed chasing wildlife it is a real risk.

“Many residents, includ-ing those who operate farms and

ranches, will not tolerate dogs running at large,” said Hill. “Dogs that chase wildlife are also prone to chasing livestock and again, a year like this with very icy condi-tions, makes livestock, as well as wildlife, particularly vulnerable to serious injury from falling on ice.”

Hill has seen dogs that have been the gentlest of family pets hunt and kill deer just for the pure thrill of the chase. If your dog is wondering at large, he or she may be a danger to wild and domestic animals and one day may not come home.

Anyone who sees or is aware of dogs harassing wildlife is en-couraged to contact the Conserva-tion Officer Service at 1-877-952-RAPP(7277). Callers can remain anonymous.

Several deer injured


Sergeant Jason Keays, Vanderhoof RCMP Detachment Commander, will be leaving Vanderhoof for Fort McMurray to take on a higher posi-tion there.

Sgt. Keays has worked in Vander-hoof for just under two years after taking over from Sgt. Dave Beach. When Keays is gone Corporal Thies-sen will be the acting detachment commander until the Sergeant posi-tion is taken over.

Sgt. Keays is proud of the work that members have done in the de-tachment and the work done on the prolific offender program.

“The credit goes to the hard work-ing members and support staff,” said Sgt. Keays. “I know I am leaving the community safer and hope that my legacy is one of openness and excel-lent communication between the de-tachment and public officials as well as the Saik’uz First Nations and the rest of the community.”

Sgt. Keays said that he has truly enjoyed working in the community and has made many great friends and wonderful mentors.

The RCMP detachment will host the position until an officer who cur-rently holds the position of Sergeant applies. If there is no interest then

the promotion will be made available to any Corporal looking to advance. Keays spec-ulates that the position would be filled before July.

Sgt. Keays said that he will miss how peo-ple waved at him when he first came to the community, something unexpected for an of-ficer from a larger city.

“And I’ll miss the genuinely warm, law-abiding people in the community,” said Ke-ays.

“It’s pretty sad,” said Gerry Thiessen, mayor of Vanderhoof. “He came into our town and he was a young man with lots of enthusiasm and he developed a strong support with the detachment. So are we sad to see him go? Yeah but we’ll work from here and continue to work with the RCMP in finding a replacement.”

Some of the bigger cases that Sgt. Keays has worked during his time here in Vanderhoof include the case of missing Madison Scott as well as the double homicide that occurred over a year ago.

There are a few people in the com-munity that Sgt. Keays would like to thank including former Saik’uz chief Jackie Thomas, current Chief Stanley Thomas, Saik’uz councillor Benjie Alexis, Mayor Gerry Thiessen, Area F Representative Jerry Petersen, Fire Chief Joe Pacheco, Omineca Safe Home coordinator Sylvia Byron and NVSS principal Ken Young.

Keays will be leaving Vander-hoof and beginning his new posi-

tion as Staff Sergeant in Fort Mc-Murray on the first of February. He will be in charge of one of four watches as a watch commander in a detachment led by three command-ing officers.

The position holds many new challenges for Keays but he looks forward to taking them on and won’t forget the lessons learned and the hard work done by everyone in the Vanderhoof detachment.

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Sergeant Jason Keays

The College of New Caledonia’s Board of Governors voted Friday in favour of raising tuition and mandatory fees by up to 2% this fall.

The move is predict-ed to generate about $100,000, depending on enrolment.

“It will help a little bit, but frankly it’s a drop in the bucket as we look to cut another $1.2 million from our budget once again this year,” said CNC interim president Bryn Kulmatycki. “We’ve had to cut millions from our budget for several years now and it has become very dif-ficult to do.”

The college is working to resolve a predicted $1.2 million budget shortfall for the 2014/15 fiscal year, due to rising costs and overall funding, which has been stagnant.

“We will continue to look for cost savings with our usual mea-sures, such as reducing expenditures, reallocat-ing unused budgets, as well as early retirement incentives and volun-tary severance pack-ages,” Kulmatycki said. “But we have been do-ing that for years and it likely won’t be enough anymore, which means we will likely have to look at further efficien-cies and reductions.”

Colleges are re-quired by provincial legislation to plan for a balanced budget every year, which means changes to the budget are necessary in order to deal with the projected shortfall. Final 2014/15 operat-ing budget approval will occur at the board meeting April 25.


Vanderhoof held a parental transition meeting in NVSS on Wednesday, January 22 to inform parents on the kinds of changes the schools are facing with the switch to a grade seven to 12 school.

Principal Ken Young and Manager of Facilities Tim Bancroft conducted the meeting and answered ques-tions from parents on the renovations to the physical side of the school as well as the educational side.

Young started off explaining to parents how he and others in the district had visited some schools in On-tario that followed the same transition as NVSS and some that had been doing it for a long time.

He said that at first there was some angst in the com-

munity about the change but “now, if given the chance, they would never go back.”

Some of the ideas for selecting the educational plan for the grade sevens and eights was developed by Dr. Nancy Doda who oversaw many of these kinds of changes and has worked a long time with learners in that age group. Dr. Doda will return to Vanderhoof in March to help NVSS further.

The plan, according to Young, is to make sure the grade sevens and eights stay with their cohort of teach-ers for two years and then when they make the transi-tion to grade nine, that teaching cohort will go back and work with the next group of grade sevens.

The sevens and eights will be staying in the upstairs portion of NVSS and other grades will be encouraged to spend as little time as possible there in order to make

Parent transitional meetingit seem like a safe space for the younger grades.

Young mentioned the opportunity that grade seven’s will now have to visit the high school laboratories and workshop facilities. They won’t be getting their own entrance but Young said that it is something they will be monitoring.

There will also be plenty of washrooms upstairs which was another concern that parents had. The num-ber of washrooms has increased and the renovations should be finished by June.

Bancroft assured parents that there is a contingen-cy plan that will fit all the grades inside the school no matter what but he said he has allowed for delays and should finish in time.

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On December 9th 2013, Omnibus Bill C-18, the Agricultural Growth Act went to Parliament for first reading. Passing Bill C-18 would make Canada compliant with UPOV ‘91, a much more restric-tive form of Plant Breeders’ Rights than we currently have. The sec-ond part of the Act will prepare Canada’s regulatory regime for fast track approval of feed or food additives, drugs or other inventions that are already approved in jurisdictions we trade with. Bill C-18 also opens the door for farmers to tap into multi-year advance payments secured by crops in storage or grown in the future.

After a groundswell of farmer-led opposition to adopting UPOV ‘91 in 2005, the Liberal government of the day let it quietly die, as it became clear that farmers would be drastically restricted in their abil-ity to save, reuse, exchange and sell seed. The Canadian public clearly demanded that genetic resources remain a public good.

Before reintroducing UPOV ‘91 through Bill C-18, Agriculture Minister Ritz has been actively spreading the myth and managing to convince many farm organizations and commodity groups that saving seed is enshrined in this bill., . It is obvious that UPOV ‘91 gives plant breeders significantly more “rights “ and tools for royalty collection, while farmers’ seed-saving right is reduced merely to “privilege”. A privilege was typically given to peasants by feudal lords, and could be arbitrarily and unpredictably retracted.

A closer look at the text of Bill C-18 reveals that indeed, it talks about a farmer’s ability to save seed. When storing that saved seed however, the farmer needs the permission of the holder of the Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) – which may or may not be given. Of course the breeder has the right to charge royalties as well.

Bill C-18 in fact also empowers government to remove, restrict or limit the farmer’s seed-saving privilege by passing regulations, a process that can happen quickly and without public debate.

UPOV’ 91 has many provisions for royalty collection after a crop has been harvested, when seed is cleaned in seed cleaning plants or when a crop is moved off the farm for sale at elevators and other points of transaction, in the year the crop was harvested or any year after that.

Canada should reject UPOV ’91 and defeat Bill C-18. Instead, we should reinforce our public plant breeding programs. With the contin-ued allocation of farmer check-off dollars, there will be ample fund-ing for essential variety development. There is absolutely no need to grant transnational plant breeders more tools to extract excessive funds from farmers. Adopting UPOV ‘91 may result in some genetic improvements of crops, but at significantly higher costs than a pub-lic breeding system -- which benefits the whole Canadian economy. UPOV ’91 would result in significantly higher costs for farmers and

VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark has set off a storm of protest by imposing a referendum on new Lower Mainland transportation improvements, timed with the province-wide municipal elections on Nov. 15.

Even if you don’t live in Metro Vancouver, you’re not immune from this long-running saga. Provincial and federal governments use your tax dollars for the big stuff, including the SkyTrain Canada Line to Van-couver airport and the South Fraser Perimeter Road, a new truck route to port facilities at Tsawwassen.

Clark has promised a bridge replacement for the George Massey tunnel under the Fraser River, which may or may not be tolled like the Port Mann bridge. The patchwork of Lower Mainland tolls is a growing political liability for the B.C. Liberal government, and if further tolls are avoided, major works elsewhere in the province may be delayed as the budget is eaten up by the big cities.

Clark announced the Massey tunnel replacement in a September 2012 speech to the Union of B.C. Mu-nicipalities. In the same speech, she also pledged to complete the four-laning of the last 240 km of the Trans-Canada Highway from Kamloops to the Alberta border. That’s one of the most mountainous stretches of highway in Canada, and the province’s cost was es-timated at the time to be $650 million over 10 years. Time will tell if that promise is kept.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone inherited the mess left behind by former minister Kevin Falcon, who took transit authority away from Metro Vancouver politicians. He appointed a board of experts and set up a toothless “mayors’ council” to rubber-stamp their de-cisions, after forcing through the Canada Line ahead of a long-promised transit extension to the east.

Local politicians wrangled for years over that east-ern extension. They finally settled on surface light rail, only to be overruled by the province, which wanted the vastly more expensive SkyTrain.

The latest rebuke to the mayors’ council was when they decided not to proceed with a costly new elec-tronic fare card system. Falcon reversed that one after taking a junket to London and falling in love with their “Oyster card” subway system. All the glitches from TransLink’s new “Compass card” program will be en-countered this summer, just before those mayors go to the polls to face voter wrath.

Speaking of reversals, Stone is now demanding the mayors come up with their list of priorities for new projects. They are expected to believe their choices won’t be overruled again.

Stone correctly notes that Vancouver wants Sky-Train on Broadway, Surrey wants new surface light rail, and other Lower Mainland communities want new road and bridge works. Local governments have a long history of parochial squabbling, getting their pet projects done and then suddenly developing the urge to rein in spending once it’s time to dig deep for their neighbours.

Lower Mainland taxpayers are weary and confused by all this reorganizing and in-fighting. Many likely believe that it is their regional government that has im-posed the Port Mann bridge tolls, when in fact that is a provincial highway project over which they had no say.

Clark has made it clear there is no going back from a November referendum on new regional transporta-tion financing tools, a promise explicit in the B.C. Lib-eral election platform. She hopes it will increase the dismal voter turnout for local votes.

If it does that, it may be worth it. Right now, civic elections are dismal affairs, with voter turnout and awareness of local issues drifting from bad to worse.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]

Bill C-18, the Agricultural Growth Act

-- Growth for whom?

growth in profits for Bayer, Monsanto, Dow and Syn-genta and other seed and chemical companies head-quartered outside of our country.

Jan Slomp is President of the National Farmers Union. He holistically manages a 65-cow dairy farm

near Rimbey, Alberta.

Tug of war for transportation taxes


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This photo is out on North Chilco about 1923. This is my grandparents. The lady standing is Mrs. Lynn the local mid wife. Grampa is holding Uncle Elbert, Grandma is sitting, the little girl standing is Aunty Kay and the handsome boy is my dad. The Reid’s and Gillbert’s moved here in 1913 by wagon train.

Vanderhoof History and Facts

Tina James brought up Herbert Vanderhoof, an American publicist who founded the town in the early 1900s with the idea of making it into a cre-ative retreat.

He had hoped the town would attract artists and writers. But instead, ranchers and loggers settled here after being lured by the � elds of cheap agri-cultural land and forests.

Chilco’s school kids some time around 1925-30 notice some with no shoes!

7-11 constructionThe current con-struction at Vander-hoof’s 7-Eleven fran-chise will end with a new canopy and new lights similar to the large lights that Petro-Can in Prince George has installed.The 7-Eleven fran-chise in Vanderhoof has been undergo-ing a lot of construc-tion in the past few months. What origi-nally was supposed to be � nished in Oc-tober has been done in pieces during the three months in be-tween.

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Buying local food means more than just supporting your local economy, community, friends and neighbours. Buying locally means you may also reduce your carbon footprint in the environment and actually have the chance to get to know what you are eating by asking the right questions. If you have any additional questions then call the producer, and if you also provide this service but are not listed in the Nechako Valley Food Directory give them a call at 1-866-279-973 ·Canyon Tree Farms – 250-996-1577 – [email protected] – www.canyontreefarms.ca*Black angus beef – pure bred for breeding, and those that don’t make the cut are turned into beef. A producer of 15 years they are located in Ft. St. James, available at their market. A full range of products such as jerky, sandwich meats, patties, smokies, sausage and more. It is best to email for an order, currently taking orders as beef is processed in March. You may need to get on a waiting list if you are interested; in the meantime you can buy and try the petro service station where they have a freezer that stocks 24/7.*Featuring all natural beef, grass and forage fed and grain finished. No use of growth hormones or steroids, additives or antibiotics. ·Nechako Pastures - Gary and Judy Blattner, 250-567-4850 [email protected] – 12452 Blackwater Road*Grass fed on pasture as well as hay, forest range and optimal plant selections. Animals raised in a low stress environment which produces a great beef*No use of hormones, nothing artificial, government inspected. You can stop by to pick up or to visit the farm and see for yourself. The beef is aged, cut, trimmed, packaged and fast frozen to your individual specifications with great prices. The beef has a higher percentage of omega oils and are naturally finished on the rich fields and natural ranges of the Nechako Valley. The Blattner family prides itself on its conscientiousness of land use, and farm management as well as respectful animal husbandry. · Country Locker – 250-567-4774 - [email protected] M-F- 9-5 and Saturday 10-4 – facebook- www.countrylocker.com*Beef is drawn from varied producers in the Nechako Valley as well as local feed lots. All from reputable producers.*For the last 15 years has worked to provide services as well as selling stock that ranges from specialty cuts, custom cutting, steak, roasts, stew, patties, sausage etc. You can order exactly what you would like, whether you want beef that is grass fed, grain finished or a specific breed, they cater to your custom desires including e.g. low sodium bacon and much more. There is a retail outlet present where standard cuts are available*Some items are seasonal and it is always best to order ahead for large functions to be assured stock.*You can order online, over the phone or come into the store. Many methods of payment accepted.*The Nechako Valley is rich in feed and produces an exceptional quality of animals in this area.*Look for a future article on the Country Locker regarding its other locally available foods such as goat, lamb, chicken, bison and more. · Lazy B Ranch – hm. 250-848-3050 cell: 250-845-8474 – Tanya Belsham *Located in Fort Fraser, with beef available December and May, please call for more information*Grain fed for a minimum of 60-90 days Houston and Fort Fraser – twice a year. No growth hormones, antibiotics if needed. Mostly angus and angus cross. Based out of Vanderhoof – call or e-mail, sold by ¼, ½ or whole. Call in advance to reserve. May have more available at other times of the year so call to check. *Do offer a guarantee for the beef, can refund or replace (Has never had to)

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Northside Debate Cheyleah Reimer-2nd Place Regional Tournament Emma Wiebe- 3rd Place 13-14 Season Caroline Shenk and Katie Wiens-1st Place Junior Team Regional Tour-nament.

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My name is Janet Holder and I am the leader of the Northern Gateway Project. This past December, my team came one step closer towards our goal of building a better pipeline.

After weighing the evidence in the most comprehensive, scientifi c review in Canadian pipeline history, the Joint Review Panel of the National Energy Board and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency provided its recommendation.

The Panel concluded that Canada and Canadians would be better off with the Northern Gateway Project than without it. They also provided 209 conditions we must meet before we build the project or before we start operations.

From the beginning, Northern Gateway has committed to building a safer and better pipeline. The Panel’s conditions are an important step towards that goal. They refl ect the input of thousands of British Columbians and Canadians, and include many of the commitments we made in our submission. But our work is far from done. As a proud British Columbian, I assure you that my team will continue to work hard towards meeting all of the fi nal conditions set out by the Joint Review Panel, just as we’re working hard to meet the Province’s tough conditions.

Building a better pipeline isn’t easy. It takes hard work and completededication to meeting the highest standards possible. The JointReview Panel’s recommendation is an important step toward buildinga better pipeline.

Sincerely,

Janet HolderLeader of Northern Gateway

© 2014 Northern Gateway Pipelines Inc.

Working in partnership with B.C. and AlbertaFirst Nations and Métis Communities, andleading energy companies in Canada

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The Joint Review Panel’s recommendation is an important step toward building a better pipeline.”

Sincerely,

Janet HolderLeader of Northern Gateway

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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

Making Jesus known

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I F YO U H AV E A V E H I C L E F O R T H I S A U C T I O N I T M U S T B E O N T H E G R O U N D B YM O N D AY, S E P T E M B E R 2 3 R D AT 5 P M - S PA C E P E R M I T T I N G - S E E YO U S A L E D AY !

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ON HAND WILL BE APPROX 3-5 BANK REPOS & 10 VEHICLES FROMTHURSDAY FEBRUARY 6 • 6:30PM SHARP

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Dearly missed since November 12th from the area of of Campbell, Lampitt, Columbia and Stewart streets. May be elsewhere in town.1-1/2 year old, small (6 - 7 lb) spayed female. Gray with white chest, belly and feet. Distinctive “milk moustache” on face.

Lost Cat: LUNA!

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Please call 250-567-3043 if you have any leads.

Although our weather has not been looking like winter lately, our ski trails at the Nechako Valley Sport-ing Association (NVSA) have man-aged to hold up so that we were able to host the third race in the North-ern Cup series which is sponsored by Teck. Teck is the title sponsor of each regional cup in BC. Clubs ac-cumulate points based on finishing positions of skiers within categories and participation in the event. Within each region a club has the opportuni-ty to win the regional cup for the year.

Last Saturday January 18th 110 cross-country skiers came to the NVSA ski range, in Vanderhoof, to take part in the Teck Northern Cup ski race. Temperatures of minus sev-en Celsius at race start were ideal for the event.

Skiers ranging in age from five years old to 62 years old, and from four communities in the north (Prince George, Vanderhoof, Burns Lake and Smithers) took part in an interval start skate technique race format. Our youngest category (Atoms five to seven years old) completed a 0.75 km course, while the oldest competitors (open and masters) completed a 10 km course. All other categories com-pleted distances within the 0.75km to 10 km range. A total of 43 skiers from the Nechako Nordics took part in the event. Curious about results- check out zone4.ca and scroll down to 2014 Teck Northern Cup #3.

Of course no event of this size can be successful without the support of sponsors and volunteers. Many thanks to the title sponsor of the event Teck and our local sponsors; Avison Forest Management, L and M Lum-ber, Earthenware, Woody’s Bakery, the Co-op, Extra Foods, and Dykam Ranch and Tamon Creek Farms for the outstanding beef sandwiches, as well as Biathlon BC, for use of the timing equipment. Thanks to Clarke Action photography who provided photo services. Our approximately 40 volunteers from our club and community helped make our event run efficiently and enabled it to be a memorable and fun experience for all participants.

Atom Boys, .75kmFirst - Theo Clarke, Nechako NordicsSecond - Briar Folkeard, Nechako Nor-dicsThird - Vian Thoma, Nechako NordicsAtom Girls, .75kmFirst - Payton Sinclair, Caledonia Nor-dicSecond - Danielle Clare, Caledonia NordicThird - Iona Cadell, Caledonia Nordic

Pee Wee Boys 1, 1.5kmFirst - Jeffrey Reynolds, OminecaSecond - James Baxter, Bulkley ValleyThird - Liam Sinclair, Caledonia Nor-dicPee Wee Boys 2First - Joshua Fiala, Caledonia NordicSecond - Euan Murray, Caledonia Nor-dicPee Wee Girls 1, 1.5kmFirst - Mya Blackburn, Caledonia Nor-dic

110 racers attend the Teck Northern Cup Cross-country Ski Race in Vanderhoof

Second - Cara Nesset, Caledo-nia NordicThird - Hannah Parslow, Cale-donia NordicPee Wee Girls 2First - Stephanie Horning, Cale-donia NordicSecond - Adrienne Bender, Om-inecaThird - Emma Hoogeveen, Cale-donia Nordic

Bantam Boys 1, 2.5kmFirst - Martin Williamson, Cale-donia NordicSecond - Conor Murphy, Bulk-ley ValleyThird - Gregory Baxter, Bulk-ley ValleyBantam Boys 2First - Liam Connon, Caledo-nia NordicSecond - Elliott Tone, Nechako NordicsThird - Cameron Stewart, Om-inecaBantam Girls 1, 2.5kmFirst - Elise Clare, Caledo-nia NordicSecond - Lia Huggett, Caledo-nia NordicThird - Brynn Witwicki, Cale-donia NordicBantam Girls 2First - Sadie Bialuski, Caledo-nia NordicSecond - Nicole McBride, Nechako NordicsThird - Linnea Moutray, Necha-ko Nordics

Midget Boys 1, 3.1kmFirst - Jesse Smids, Bulkley Val-leySecond - Marco Bucher, Bulk-ley ValleyThird - Rory Finnegan, Bulk-ley ValleyMidget Boys 2First - Andrew Gatacre, Necha-ko NordicsMidget Girls 1, 3.1kmFirst - Zoe Hallman, Bulk-ley Valley

Second - Haley Hanchard, Bulk-ley ValleyThird - Danika Fiala, Caledonia Nordic

Juvenile Boys 1, 6kmFirst - Charlie Borek, Nechako NordicsJuvenile Boys 2First - Logan Sherba, Caledo-nia NordicSecond - Kristian Jensen-LeB-lanc, Caledonia NordicJuvenile Girls 1, 6kmFirst - Kaia Andal, Caledo-nia NordicSecond - Alex von Geyer, Cale-donia NordicThird - Fenna Nellen, Nechako Nordics

Junior Boys, 7.3kmFirst - Alexander Nemethy, Nechako NordicsSecond - Markus Klein, Necha-ko NordicsThird - Colton Mac Dougall, Caledonia NordicJunior Girls, 7.3kmFirst - Pippa Roots, Caledo-nia Nordic

Open Men, 10kmFirst - Andrew Casey, Caledo-nia NordicSecond - David Zurevinski, Nechako Nordics

Masters Men, 10kmFirst - Greg Tone, Nechako Nor-dicsSecond - Cory Williamson, Caledonia NordicThird - Walter Bucher, Bulk-ley ValleyMasters Women, 10kmFirst - Jacqui Pettersen, Caledo-nia NordicSecond - Angela Wheeler, Nechako NordicsThird - Carolyn Bax, Caledo-nia Nordic

Juniors lose, Seniors win

The junior vikings basketball team lost their game against Kelly Road Second-ary school on Monday, January 20. But the seniors won their game 90-72.

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SAWMILL PRODUCTION SUPERVISORDunkley Lumber Ltd. operates a modern and efficient SPF dimension Sawmill and Planermill facility at Strathnaver, 75 km south of Prince George, BC. Our quality lumber products are sold across North America and in overseas markets. To find out more about us, please visit our website at www.dunkleylumber.com.

We currently have an opening for a Sawmill Production Supervisor. We are looking for someone who is motivated, takes pride helping others achieve their best and is very safety conscious. The ideal applicant will have supervisory experience in a sawmill environment, outstanding leadership and problem-solving skills, exceptional communication abilities and strong mechanical and technical capabilities.

This position offers a highly competitive wage and benefits program.

If you possess the noted qualifications and are interested in joining Dunkley Lumber, please submit your resume via fax or email to the attention of:

Personnel CoordinatorFax: (250) 998-4513Email: [email protected]

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR / PLANNERDunkley Lumber Ltd. operates a modern and efficient SPF dimension Sawmill and Planermill facility at Strathnaver, 75 km south of Prince George, BC. Our quality lumber products are sold across North America and in overseas markets. To find out more about us, please visit our website at www.dunkleylumber.com.

We currently have an opening for a Sawmill Maintenance Supervisor/Planner.

Key responsibilities include contingency planning, working closely with the Purchaser to maintain operational and mechanical supplies and spare parts, establishing and maintaining corrective, reparative and preventative maintenance programs, as well as supervising maintenance employees. Weekend work will be required.

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District of VanderhoofNotice of Public Hearing

Take notice of a proposed District of Vanderhoof Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1132, 2014 to amend the District of Vanderhoof Zoning Bylaw No. 994, 2006.

Subject PropertyParcel A (Plan 10170) Block D, Section 9, Township 11, Range 5, Coast District Plan 3276, located at 2641 Creasy Avenue, Vanderhoof BC, V0J 3A0.

The area as identified on the map as Lot A will be amended from Residential-1 to Residential-2.

A PUBLIC HEARING has been scheduled in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act Section 890 for February 11th, 2014 at 5:15 pm in the District Council Chambers to hear from anyone who deems their interest to be affected by the proposed changes. 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 Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1132, 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) from January 15th to February 11th 2014.Dated at Vanderhoof BC, this 15th day of January 2014

Tom ClementDirector of Community Development

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.

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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 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.

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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 WaSte reduCtion initiatiVe... invites you to a free film screening of “The Clean Bin Project”. Learn more about waste reduction through the fun and funny story of one B.C. couple’s challenge to see who can produce the least amount of garbage in one year. The free, family-friendly film will be shown on Wednesday, January 29, 6:30 - 8:30PM at the Vanderhoof Public Library.

***the neChaKo Valley feStiVal of the performing artS...has a new website. www.musicfestivalweb.com/nechako. Please visit the website for syllabus and registration informa-tion. You can view the syllabus online. If a paper copy is required, there is a limited number available at the Vander-hoof 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.

***VolunteerS needed for idi-dalap4CanCer...For more informa-tion 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

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Vanderhoof’s Wayne Salewski is man who would rather let his actions speak louder than his words. When something needs to be done he’s the kind of guy that will take action and volunteer to do it, instead of waiting and talking about it.

Salewski sat down with the Omineca Express to dis-cuss the enormous amount of organizations and work that he has down for the community.

Salewski currently works for the Nechako-Kitimat Development Fund Society, he’s the Habitat and Sus-tainability Chair at the BC Wildlife Federation, he is a founding director and chair for the Nechako Environ-ment and Water Stewardship society and he’s the region-al vice president for the Society for Ecological Restora-tion of Northern BC.

To name a few.To say that Salewski is involved in the maintenance

and health of the environment for this region is an un-derstatement. He would just shrug it off and say that if you live in a community and don’t participate or volun-teer, then what’s the point?

How he originally came to be here in Vanderhoof was with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources, timber cruising and also working with the wildfire branch.

Wayne Salewski grew up with parents that moved around a lot, but he was always a city boy and had to make “good friends with my neighbours, if I ever want-ed to go fishing” he said.

So when Salewski ended up working for the B.C. For-est Service it was a great fit for a young man who had a love for being in the outdoors.

“I heard a story on the radio saying that they were go-ing to cancel youth ball because an executive could not be formed,” said Salewski. “And I thought, seriously? Kids won’t get to play ball because adults can’t form an executive?”

So Wayne went down for the meeting and, without knowing anyone in town, was president of youth ball in half an hour. That was to be his first roots to volun-teerism and Vanderhoof.

Over the next few years, he was married, he had chil-dren, and he grew to love the small town of Vanderhoof. Salewski and his family love to fish, hunt and take pho-tos of wildlife all over Central B.C.

Salewski kept working with the Ministry for 30 years

while he continued to volunteer his spare time for the community. He retired to a nice house on the edge of the Nechako River only a few years ago.

“This is home, in every way, this is home,” said Salewski. “This is the only real, consistent home I’ve ever had. I love Vanderhoof, I always tell people ‘I’m five minutes from a moose and I’m five minutes from a quart of milk.’ It’s perfect.”

Wayne Salewski is also involved in the Murray Creek Stream Rehabilitation project. He had identified that there was a problem with the water systems and began to work together with private land owners and farmers, who were generous enough to allow him on their prop-erty to try and assess the stream’s health.

“Murray Creek was a product of frustration watching my kids on the river not being able to catch a rainbow trout,” he said. “It was beyond my belief, in the centre of British Columbia, in this beautiful area, we couldn’t catch rainbow trout. That’s almost obscene. So I made a commitment that, when we had time, we would get involved.”

Some of the problems involve repairing old crossings. As humans we need to have ways to cross rivers and, in order to not affect the flow of the river too much, we

need to build culverts beneath those crossings. Over a long time, poorly placed culverts or shifted streams re-duce the culverts efficiency leaving fish with no way to follow the river.

Over a long period of time, shifts in streams have caused water to spread out over wider areas, bringing more silt into the water and making streams shallow and inaccessible to fish.

There’s at least a decade’s worth of work left to do on Murray Creek, according to Salewski, and that’s only on one watershed. There are around 30 watersheds that could need as much or more work done on them since they all feed into the Nechako River.

This is why he helped found the Nechako Environ-ment and Water Stewardship Society or NEWSS.

“Now we’ve gone from stream restoration to actu-ally doing watershed planning,” said Wayne Salewski. “So we’ve formed an organization with members from Prince George, Vanderhoof, Northern Health, Fraser Basin Council, Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council, Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resources, DFO, UNBC, School District 91 to create a watershed plan.”

This plan would govern how water is used, the health of water, sustainability, what’s going wrong and what’s going right. This will be the first such plan made in the north.

“It’s about being involved in your community and it’s about managing resources and it’s about being able to catch a sturgeon that big,” said Wayne Salewski as he flipped through a photo album. “I’ve also been involved in the sturgeon program for 30 years.”

He is a board member for the Nechako White Stur-geon Community Working Group who make it their job to make the regional and provincial communities aware of the issues of the Nechako White sturgeon.

Through the Fish and Game Club Wayne Salewski has worked with kids to build bird boxes and try and bring back the blue bird population in Vanderhoof. Blue birds which he says should be showing up some time in March.

“There’s no excuse for not doing something in our community,” said Salewski. “Getting kids involved in these types of projects is critical to our long term suc-cess.”

Wayne Salewski is such a believer of volunteerism and contributing to the community that he inspires those traits in the people around him. Looking at his life one can see the extent to which he has given his time to this community and the extent to which he has inspired and continues to inspire others to donate their time.

vanderhoof omineca express, january 29, 2014

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