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Relief efforts from Vanderhoof to families affected by the Fort McMurray wildfi re ramped up last weekend through community support — individuals and businesses alike.

80,000 people had been forced to evacuate from the Al-bertan city so far, where a wildfi re that grew from 7,500 hectares on May 4 to 85,000 hectares overnight destroyed more than 1,600 homes and buildings.

On May 6, Trevor Louie and Lane Turnbull from Fraser Lake gathered two pickup trucks and a horse trailer full of in-kind donations from the community, including Vander-hoof, to Prince George, where semi trucks were transport-ing combined contributions from the north central B.C. region to evacuees in Buffalo Lake.

Louie connected with Prince George’s Shawn Peters online, where Peters and a group of volunteers are coor-dinating the regional community relief effort through the Facebook page “PG Supports FTMac.”

“I just thought I can help out,” said Louie, who has friends living in the fi re-affected region as well as others who previously worked at Fort McMurray. “I want to send our thanks to the community for their contributions.”

On May 7, Vanderhoof residents Jeff Williams and Catherine Weaver gathered more donations from the com-munity as well for the coordinated relief effort.

“It’s just a kind thing we decided to do,” Williams said. “Cause if we were in the same situation, we’d want people to help out in the same way.”

Attendees to the latest fundraiser for the Vanderhoof Aquatic Centre, featuring four local bands in Vanderhoof’s arena at the Ice Out Party on May 7, also contributed to the wildfi re relief, as half of the event’s proceeds would be going towards Canadian Red Cross’ Fort McMurray wildfi re relief.

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Stealing in soccer season at Clearwater

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A member of Nechako Valley Secondary’s girls soccer team fights for the ball at a tournament in Clearwater on May 6. Clearwater won on a shootout, with each team taking about 10 shots before the winning goal is scored. See LOCAL BUSINESSES on page 2

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Regular Board Mee ngs of the Board of Educa on of School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes) for the months of May and June 2016 will be held as follows:

May 16, 2016School Board O ce, Vanderhoof, BC

June 20, 2016School Board O ce, Vanderhoof, BC

These mee ngs will commence at 6:00 p.m. Members of the public are invited to a end.

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PRINCE GEORGE Recent warm, dry conditions have led to increased fi re activity in the Prince George Fire Centre. Scattered showers are forecasted for this weekend which should aid fi re suppression efforts.

There are currently seven wildfi res of note, which are all lo-cated in the Peace Region. The Beatton Airport Road wildfi re, which is located 45 kilometres north of Fort St. John, is estimated at 12,000 hectares in size. The Siphon Creek wildfi re, located 40 kilometres northeast of Fort St. John, is estimated at 24,000 hectares and has crossed the Alberta border.

The BC Wildfi re Service is currently responding to 55 wild-fi res throughout the Prince George Fire Centre; 49 of those wild-fi res are in the Peace Region. Compared to the 10 year average, the Prince George Fire Centre has had nearly three times the amount of fi res normally seen at this time of year with over seven times the amount of hectares burned.

These incidents have been caused by people with the majority due to open burning. Ten fi res have also been handed over to the Conservation Of-fi cer Service for arson investigations.

The public is urged to follow open burning pro-hibitions to help prevent human-caused fi res.

Category 2 open fi res are prohibited throughout the entire Prince George Fire Centre. Category 3 open fi res are also prohibited in the Fort St. John, Fort Nelson and Dawson Creek natural resource districts.

On May 7, two incidents of unauthorized use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, or drones near active wildfi res were reported).

Going into fi re season, the public is reminded that Transport Canada and the BC Wildfi re Service explicitly prohibit the use of drones of any size near a wildfi re. Many drones also require a Special Flight Operations Certifi cate (SFOC) for commer-cial use. For more information, check here: http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/standards/general-recavi-uav-2265.htm?WT.mc_id=1zfhj#safety

Violating these rules can put the lives of aircrews and those on the ground in jeopardy. For safety rea-sons, if a drone is detected in the controlled air-space over a wildfi re, the BC Wildfi re Service will ground our nearby aircraft until the drone has left

the area.If necessary, the BC Wildfi re Service will work with police

to locate drone operators violating these rules and suspend their operations.

The Prince George Fire Centre has been able to keep the ma-jority of recent fi re starts small and in the initial attack stages. This has largely been due to prompt reports from the public. The BC Wildfi re Service thanks the public for their continued help reporting wildfi res and illegal open burning by calling 1 800 663-5555 or *5555 on a cell phone. For up-to-date information on current wildfi re activity, burning restrictions, road closures and air quality advisories, call 1 888 3-FOREST (1 888-336-7378) or visit: www.bcwildfi re.ca You can follow the latest wildfi re news on: Twitter at: http://twitter.com/BCGovFireInfo; Facebook at: http://facebook.com/BCForestFireInfo

Firefi ghting crews continue eff orts on wildfi res in northeast B.C.

Since May 6, local business-es such as Your Independent Grocer and Vanderhoof & Dis-tricts Co-operative Association are taking donations for Red Cross at the cashier.

As of last weekend, over $3,000 have been raised so far from YIG’s till, said store man-ager Jim Mackie.

Co-op would be matching their customers’ donations, and on May 5, the grocery store donated 792 litres of fuel and supplies to Prince George resi-dent Rod Derksen, who left last week with water and food in a 20-foot trailer to help evacuees in the region, said general man-ager Alan Bieganski.

Before assuming his role in Vanderhoof two years ago, Bie-ganski managed the local Co-op in Plamondon, Alberta.

Located a two-hour driving distance south of Fort McMur-ray, the store is currently oper-ating 24 hours to serve the rush of evacuees and keep supplies stocked on shelves.

RELIEF, continued from front

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Prince George resident Shawn Peters coordinates with other volunteers online in gather-ing and transporting in-kind donations from the north central B.C. region to Fort McMur-ray families evacuated to Buffalo Lake, Alberta.

Local biz support relief with fuel

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Golf for help towards cancer patients on the ‘hoof

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Members of the Vanderhoof Golfers Association present a cheque for $3,500 to April Hughes, Heather Floris, and Tina Auchstaetter, administrators at St. John Hospital. The money raised in 2015 have been designated to be used to help purchase an IV pump for the Oncology department.

The Vanderhoof RCMP lodged 88 fi les, which included 11 prisoners, in the past week.

WILDLIFE IN TOWNOn May 2 at about noon, a

bear that was fi rst seen in Riv-erside Park eventually ventured into the surrounding residential area.

Vanderhoof’s conservation of-fi cer was on scene to ensure that the bear will not be a problem for the community again, the police said.

Several weeks ago, a cougar was also sighted off Seventh Street by the Rip’n the North Bike Park.

DRIVING NOT ACCORDING TO CONDITIONS

A car that suffered exten-sive body damage on Redmond Pit Road by Highway 16 was reported on May 3.

On the previous day, the car was travelling too fast when heading south on Redmond Pit Road towards the highway, going off road to the right, the police said.

No injuries were incurred.

ON THE ROADOffi cers from general and traf-

fi c units are active in conducting road checks in the region, includ-ing Fraser Lake, in the past week.

Warmer weather in the past week also led to a higher number of impaired and prohibited driv-ers charged, in comparison to earlier this season, the police said.

- with fi les from Cpl. Wade Harvey, Vanderhoof RCMP

Police Update

Cyrus Lee James Joseph was charged for assault in Fort St. James on July 26 last year, and he presented information with reasonable grounds that he fears another person causing injury to his family or property.

Joseph is also found guilty for driving while prohibited in Fort St. James on June 23 last year. Joseph is prohibited from driving for a year.

Desiree Dawn Patrick is charged for dangerous and impaired driving causing death, causing an accident that results in death, operating a mo-tor vehicle while disqualifi ed, and stealing a motor vehicle on Oct. 3

last year in Fort Fraser. She will next appear in Prince George Law Courts on May 18.

Lance Robert Polard is found guilty for uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm on May 21 last year in Takla Landing.

Sebastien Soucisse is found guilty for willfully resisting or obstructing a peace offi cer on May 16 last year in Fort St. James.

Jake Harvey Allen Felix is charged for willfully resisting or obstructing a peace offi cer on April 17, assaulting a peace offi cer on April 28, as well as breaking and entering to commit an

indictable offence on Aug. 6 last year in Fort St. James.

On Oct. 10 last year, along with Dexter Mitchell Felix and Jonathan Monk, Felix is also charged fro intentionally discharging a fi rearm, mischief, careless use or storage of a fi rearm, possessing a weapon for dangerous purposes, and possessing a fi rearm without a license or registra-tion. He will next appear in the Fort St. James Provincial Court on May 16.

- with fi les from the Ministry of Justice

Before the Judge, week of May 2

A workshop on resume writing and interview skills for young adults and teens will take place at 3:30 p.m. on May 11 at the Vanderhoof Public Library.

Snacks are pro-vided, and attendees are advised to bring pencil and paper to create a draft resume.

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Parenting workshops

Saturday preschooler fair with fun

On May 24, a school Professional Develop-men Day, the Vander-hoof Public Library is hosting Lego Play from 1 to 2 p.m. and a screening of the Pea-nuts movie from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m.

Preschoolers must be accompanied by an adult and participants can bring their own snacks to the movie.

The Ready Set Learn Children’s Fun Fair invites preschool-ers for a day of fun activities at W. L. McLeod Elementary from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

With snacks, face painting, door prizes, pony rides, and free de-velopmental screening for three-year-olds, the fair will also showcase the services and activi-ties that are available to preschoolers in Vanderhoof.

From May 13 to June 24 at 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., all families with children before the age of seven are welcome to attend the You Make the Dif-ference parenting program, organized by Carrier Sekani Family Services in Vanderhoof, at the Toy Lending Library at Glad Tidings Tabernacle on Burrard Avenue.

Snacks, toys, and a step-by-step guidebook will be provided.

Correction for May 4th edition

On front page in the Omineca Express May 4 edition, Shirley Moon from the Nechako Valley Regional Cattleman’s Associa-tion was misquoted for stating that clean bedding helps cattle avoid diseases such as mad cow.

The disease, formally known as Bovine Spongiform Encepha-lopathy, is transmitted through meat and bone meal that was in-cluded in cattle feed in the past, according to Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Wood shavings provide clean bedding for cattle to avoid dis-eases, increase cattle comfort, as well as improve the region’s soil for crops, Moon stated.

Moon, along with Alex Kul-char and Wayne Funk, presented to the district council on April 25 on long-term fi bre supply need.

Barbara LatkowskiCaledonia Courier

On May 4, 2016 at 9:29 a.m., Fort St. James RCMP responded to a re-quest to assist with a reported helicop-ter crash approximately 50 kilometres north of Fort St. James by Tchentlo Lake.

  A helicopter belonging to High-land Helicopters of Richmond, B.C. was working in the Fort St. James area when it encountered problems and crashed in a logging cut block. 

The helicopter  emergency locator transmitter sent a signal received by the Joint Rescue Coordination Cen-tre.  The three on board were rescued by another helicopter belonging to Highland Helicopters which was the

closest aircraft to respond according to the RCMP.

 The three survivors were transport-ed to the Fort St. James airport where B.C. Ambulance Service and Fort St. James RCMP were waiting to provide assistance. 

The three were transported to Stu-art Lake Hospital for treatment of rela-tively minor injuries.

 Injured are two men from Williams Lake, ages 62 and 31 and a 28-year-old female from Prince George.

Fort St. James RCMP assisted the Transportation Safety Board during the initial hours of investigation, but has since turned that investigation over to them.

 “One of our offi cers fl ew into the scene with Highland Helicopters as

they checked on the machine to miti-gate fi re risk and preserve evidence.  After viewing the photos of the heli-copter, it is nothing short of a miracle that these people survived and are walking around.” said Sergeant Hal-lam, offi cer in charge of operations of Fort St. James RCMP.

“I visited with the survivors at the hospital  and shared a few tears with them as the realization of what they had just been through began to sink in.  I was so thankful to be able to be speaking with these people and know-ing they would be going home to fam-ily.”

  The Transportation Safety Board has conduct of the investigation and any further questions can be referred to them.  1-800-387-3557 

Th ree people survive chopper crash near Fort St. James

600 elementary school students will each release one-year-old juveniles Nechako white sturgeon — born and raised in Vanderhoof’s conservation facil-ity — into the Nechako River by Riverside Park on May 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

At the Nechako White Sturgeon Conservation Centre on Burrard Avenue, juvenile sturgeon pro-duced each spring are held over the winter to allow them to grow large enough to escape most preda-tion risks before their release.

This year’s event is the seventh annual Save-Our-Sturgeon presented by the Freshwater Fish-eries Society of BC and the Nechako White Stur-geon Recovery Initiative’s Community Working Group, which aims to increase the public’s aware-ness about the recovery process and the ecological

problems facing the Nechako white sturgeon. As of April 1, 2015, all licence revenue generated from fi shing licences is directed to the non-profi t fresh-water fi sheries society to invest in services aimed at enhancing and conserving freshwater fi sh resources in BC.

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MARKET REPORT FOR MAY 4, 20161800 head of cattle for Williams Lake, Vanderhoof

Kamloops & Team SalesSTEERS HIGH AVG HEIFERS HIGH AVG300-399 242.50 230.00 300-399 217.50 204.77400-499 231.00 224.00 400-499 207.50 196.00500-599 232.50 210.00 500-599 190.00 188.00600-699 216.00 205.00 600-699 182.00 171.10700-799 188.00 180.00 700-799 175.00 168.26800-899 171.00 164.13 800-899 168.00 153.66900+ 165.00 156.01 900+ 149.00 135.01Butcher Cows 93.00-105.00 Butcher Bulls 110.00-124.50

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Waste must be set to the curb by 7am on Tuesday, May 24th, 2016. Pickup will occur throughout the week from Tuesday to Friday. Yard waste must be pack-aged and large items must be bundled; unsuitable items will not be picked up.

The District is happy to offer this annual service free of charge in an ef-fort to assist residents who do not have the means or equipment to transport large items. We encourage residents to use the service in order to keep Vanderhoof clean and beautiful.

Flavio NienowLakes District News

The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) has recently announced the appointment of the RDBN’s new chief administrative offi cer (CAO).

Melany de Weerdt will be fi lling the position of acting chief administrative offi cer as of July 1, 2016, transitioning to CAO on Jan. 1, 2017.

She takes over from former CAO Gail Chapman who has retired after 27 years with the regional dis-trict.

According to the RDBN, Weerdt brings exten-sive knowledge to the position with over 15 years’ experience at a senior management level, with the past seven years in local government.

From 2010 to 2015, Weerdt held the positions of chief fi nancial offi cer and deputy CAO for the District of Taylor. From 2015 to 2016, Weerdt was the CAO for the Village of Cache Creek.

In addition, she has completed the University of Victoria’s professional specialization certifi cate in local government management, board of examiners certifi cate in local government service delivery, and is currently enrolled at the University of Victoria in pursuit of the board of examiners executive man-agement certifi cation in local government.

“We are excited to have Melany join us,” said Bill Miller, Chair of the Regional District. “The RDBN board of directors is very excited to have fi lled the CAO position with someone who brings signifi cant local government management experi-ence; we look forward to working with her.”

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On April 25, public works crew of the District of Vanderhoof renewed bark mulch along Bur-rard Avenue to discourage weeds and odour in the downtown core.

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St John Hospital Auxiliary Society is extending a HUGE THANK YOU to residents of Vanderhoof and surrounding district for your much appreciated support. In 2015 your support enabled St John Hospital Auxiliary to donated over $195,000.00 in equipment and comfort items for St John Hospital. Along with donations from the community of Vanderhoof and surrounding area, St John Hospital Auxiliary raises funds through events such as our Christmas Raffl e, Walkathon, Yard Sale, Recycling, and Purdy’s Group orders. We also support the Senior’s Wellness Health Fair by operating a concession. In 2015 sixteen auxiliary members along with fi fteen youth volunteers volunteered over 3,900 hours. Once again your support is invaluable and enables St John Hospital Auxiliary Society to continue supporting healthcare in Vanderhoof.

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Right: The top 6 winners overall are (from left) Su-zanne Sharp for female 5-km walk, Kaley Strachan for female 8-km run, Julia Steinebach for female 3.5- km run, Alexander Nemethy for male 8-km run, Isaac  Goodrich for male 3.5-km run, and Tony Prazma for male 5-km walk.

Below: Eight boys of ages 8 and under participated in the 3.5-km run.

Nearly 300 runners, joggers, walkers, and strollers stretched their feet on Victoria Street for the 38th Annual Wild Goose Chase Fun Run in Vanderhoof on May 1.

Brian and Wanda Nemethy will be stepping down as race directors next year, after 19 years in their role.

“We’ll be able to race next time,” Wanda said.

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Right:A record number of 27 girls aged eight and under participated in the 3.5-km run on May 1.

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Before our mayor and council at the present time, is a plan to dismantle Ferland Park to make a space for a new skateboard park.

It is incomprehensible to me that our council would seriously plan to strip a quiet, family friendly children area and replace it with a skateboard park.

I appreciate the need for a space for a skateboard park. But let’s have input from all you moms, dads and grandparents who would like to redirect the skateboard activities to a more suitable place — allowing our heritage Ferland park to remain as it is.

The council who was voted in by you should be willing to evalu-ate the wishes of the community to make this a win-win situation. Citizens — speak and write to council.

Respectfully, Julie Ephrom

Letter to the Editor: speak up!

When Earl’s announced it could not fi nd a large and consistent enough supply of Canadian beef that met its criteria, there was a quick and emotional backlash. Yet, Earl’s sourcing decision also highlights Canada’s need for a more diversifi ed beef system that would create more value for both farmers and consumers.

First, we must look at where in the supply chain the decisions are made regarding synthetic hormones, antibiotics and slaughter methods. Over 90 percent of Canada’s federally inspected beef is slaughtered and processed by two foreign-owned companies – JBS of Brazil and US-based Cargill – using two packing plants in Alberta and one in Ontario. These companies own the feedlots where they fi nish a large proportion of the cattle that supply their packing plants. They have a great deal of infl uence over the price paid for livestock, and thus the kinds of practices that make other feedlots economically viable.

It is understandable that family farmers feel unfairly labelled by Earl’s decision. Farmers do not have any say in the packing plants’ slaughter methods or in the phar-maceuticals used by large feedlots. Canadian farmers and ranchers typically raise beef animals in relatively small herds that spend their summers grazing on pas-ture. Cow-calf producers generally do not use hormone implants or antibiotics in the feed because they are both expensive and unnecessary. Antibiotics are used when needed to treat sick animals, which is a humane prac-tice. Some farmers are able to fi nish their beef (on grass or grain) then direct-market to consumers or supply niche markets such as restaurants and specialty retailers, and consequently obtain a good price that refl ects their production methods. Most, however, must sell into the system that Cargill and JBS control and take the price offered. It is not fair to blame the farmer for the deci-sions of these corporations.

We would like to challenge restaurant chains such as Earl’s to fi nd a way to support Canadian farmers while also listening to their customers and avoiding the ecological footprint of importing meat from the USA. Couldn’t they work with a network of locally-owned, provincially-inspected abattoirs that contract with farmers who produce according to their speci-fi cations? Cow-calf producers are already on-side.

Smaller feedlots might need to be established to fi nish the cattle without using the hormones and prophylactic antibiotics. Some of the abattoirs might need to invest in some upgrades, but with an assured market they should be willing to do so. This investment would also allow them to serve a broader market. With increasing consumer interest in local food, demand is likely to grow. Such an approach would contribute to localizing the food system by helping create a market for beef producers in each province where the restaurant chain operates, and would contribute to the infrastructure needed for local food systems.

The fact that Earl’s chose to look to the USA for a reliable source of 900 tonnes annually also shows that Canada is far from being in a position to benefi t from the CETA trade deal. If ratifi ed, CETA will give Canada market access to export over 50,000 tonnes of beef per year to the European Union. However, like Earl’s, the EU excludes beef produced with synthetic hormones and antibiotics, though it does not require Temple Grandin’s humane slaughter methods.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has helped large, foreign corporations dominate the federally-inspected beef sector by designing a regulatory sys-tem that makes abattoirs so costly to operate it largely excludes smaller companies. Meanwhile, beef sector commodity groups appear to be reluctant to challenge the status quo. The Earl’s situation is highly visible, but is just one of the opportunities our farmers have lost due to the lack of alternatives in Canada’s system.

Let’s turn the Earl’s decision from a negative into a positive. It shines a light on Canada’s commodity-oriented beef sector and the absurdity of claims that CETA is going to help farmers. Farmers, ranchers and consumers would be much better off if Canadian ag-riculture and food policy turned towards supporting the kind of diverse, viable and transparent system that would allow consumer-oriented companies to source all of their products from Canadian farms. Perhaps Earl’s customers will also convince the company to add “raised locally” to its ethical sourcing criteria.

Emery HuszkaNational Farmers Union, President

Our beef is not just with Earl’s – a better system is within reach

Another incredibly successful Daffodil Month is behind us and we are able to continue making a meaningful impact in the fi ght against cancer because of communities like Vanderhoof.

Thank you to the volunteers who distributed fresh cut daffodils and daffodil pins and arranged for pin donation boxes to be present in businesses around town.

Thank you to the countless community members who generously gave money, proudly and compassionately wore their daffodil pins, and helped spread the word of Daffodil Month to their friends and family. You ensured that during the month of April, cancer patients knew they were not alone.

Thank you to the businesses who encouraged their employees to get involved, displayed our daffodil pin donation boxes, or donated their own dollars to help us.

Because of all of you, the Canadian Cancer Society is able to help support local cancer patients and their families living with more than 200 different types of cancer.

So, thank you. You have made a real, lasting difference.It’s not too late to show your support for Daffodil Month and the

Canadian Cancer Society. Please visit cancer.ca/daffodil.

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Vanderhoof’s hay is now nourishing livestock be-yond Canada, reaching animals in Asia and the Mid-dle East.

Showcasing its hay-pressing machinery to over 30 members of Vanderhoof’s farming community in March, the Vanderhoof-based Tophay Agri-Industries Inc. is looking to expand its operations through lo-cal support, said the company’s spokesperson Relax Ding.

Currently producing 10,000 to 15,000 metric tons of hay per year, Tophay aims to eventually increase its production to 50,000. This summer, the company will expand its equipment for hay compression to double its current size, Ding said.

The machine cuts bales into three pieces and press-es each to half its volume, producing blocks of 25 to 30 kilograms that are easy for conservation and ship-ping, he explained.

“We can’t produce all the hay by ourselves, so that’s why we are working with the local farmers, to benefi t each other,” he said, adding that hay is cur-rently priced at $290 to $350 USD, while bales that have been rained on — about 30 per cent of all pro-duced — tend to decrease in value by $50.

“Our idea is to sell all the products from the farm-ers,” Ding said.

Started in 2012, the company began with 72 acres of land on Carmen Hill Road West and now owns 12,000 acres in the region, he explained.

Its directors, involving with China-based interna-tional businesses of various sectors such as logistics and electronics, found that China imported a large amount of alfalfa from the United States, and picked Vanderhoof for its location, he said.

“Vanderhoof is the second biggest farming com-munity in B.C.,” Ding said. “It’s close to Prince George railway station, where we ship the hay to Prince Rupert.”

The central B.C. climate is also a factor in the qual-ity of hay produced.

“Here there’s good land and good water,” Ding said. “The hay retains more sugars, since it’s so hot in the day and so cold at night in the north.”

In the past, Japan was the biggest hay purchaser with 1 million tons per year, but China rose to the top this year with 1.2 million tons — Tophay customers included sheep farmers, race horsing associations, and Cirque de Soleil in China, he said.

In the Middle East, Tophay’s hay was sold as feed-

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stock for camels and dairy productions, and the company looks to explore the Japanese market this year.

“People realize that quality hay will give them good production of the milk,” Ding said.

Last June, David Martens and Sons Limited sold 3,200 acres of its 6,000-acre holdings to Tophay.

The 60-year-old business, man-aged by David’s six children for the last 30 years after he died, kept its dairy production under Allan Mar-tens and its beef herd under Richard Martens, as well as 1,000 acres under Dale and Sheila Martens, Dale said.

“I think it’s been a positive thing for the community,” he said. “There’s extra options for the farmer to market their feed.”

The couple looks to sell 300 acres of hay to Tophay this year, while Dale’s brothers will be cooperating with the company by trading high

quality hay for feed of lower quality, Dale explained.

“The cow calves usually use up your poor feed…they can survive on almost anything,” he said. “Might as well export the good stuff.”

In the past, the family’s hay was used to feed livestock in the region.

“Some years, of course, it’ll be better to sell the feed and they might make more that way than they do with the cattle.” Dale explained. “It’s like any other business…there are years where the cattle prices are good.”

For Mayor Gerry Thiessen, who also attended the machinery show-case, the growth of hay exporting from Vanderhoof helps with the com-munity in diversifying its industries.

“Agriculture has always been the mainstay of Vanderhoof,” Thiessen said. “Nothing is a silver bullet, but bit by bit, it adds to our com-munity.”

Vanderhoof hay goes to Asia, beyond

Tophay employees demonstrated its hay-pressing ma-chine to Vanderhoof’s farming community in March. The company looks to double its operations this summer.

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Even fairy tale characters shall be equal before the courts again this season in Van-derhoof.

Kicked off with an evening session on May 4 and a matinee on May 10, comedy play Disorder in the Court - the Sequel presented by Mapes Elementary will reprise on May 12.

The dinner theatre production is building on last year’s success, when two sold-out evening shows featuring Goldilocks and Big Bad Wolf on trial welcomed 100 attendees each night, said teacher Jim Holtz.

Twenty-three stu-dents from grades 4 to 6 made up the cast and crew, who also served — while in costume — dinner and drinks to the audience between act-ing out scenes on stage.

With each student contributing to the play in various roles, whether it is staging, prompting, assist-ing with directing, or preparing props, the play provides a range of learning opportuni-ties that cover different parts of the curriculum, Holtz explained.

“For language arts, there are lots of higher level vocabulary, and we discuss why we use certain lines,” he said. “There’s a line that mentioned red being associated with com-munism, and we have a huge discussion about that.”

On stage, the stu-dents practised public speaking and voice projection.

“They work on get-ting used to speaking in front of people, and we play drama games,” Holtz said. “Some are exceptional…they feel very much at home on stage.”

For Grade 6 student Mara Walther, who plays Gretal — with a brother named Hansel — it’s her fi rst time per-forming a play on stage, as she recently moved from Switzerland.

Students were given the opportunity to audi-tion and choose their roles this year. “It was hard choosing what I wanted…I don’t want too big or too small,” Walther said. “I like the

story because everyone likes their parts.”Grade 5 students Evan Warkentin and

Ayva Lewis participated in the play last year and found the production a little easier this time, with their experience.

Warkentin played the Big Bad Wolf last year, and will be the judge this year.

“[The challenge is] how to emphasize

the right words,” he said. “It’s cool that [the story is] set in Germany and Mara has a little bit of a German accent.”

Lewis was Goldilocks in last year’s pro-duction, and will play Rosine Leckermaul this year. “I’m the little lady who lives in the middle of the woods,” Lewis said. “[We learned] how to not laugh in front of one

hundred people.”Their favourite part is when Lewis gets

captured and is taken into jail. “We have a little fi ght,” she said. “It’s weird when I’m in a dress.”

Proceeds of the dinner theatre go to-wards Mapes’ student leadership team and their year-end fi eld trip.

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Vanderhoof wrestlers held their own on the national stage this season. The 2015-16 wrestling season was extended this year. At the end of another strong season by the Nechako Valley grapplers, four NVSS wrestlers had qualifi ed for the National Championships which took place last month in Calgary.

After an impressive showing at compe-titions in Edmonton, Richmond and Ab-botsford; Grade 12 Jesse Raymond, grade 10 Eran Bach and grade 9s Addison Miller-Gauthier and Aiden Evenson found they had earned enough points to represent Team BC at the Nation Championships. The four athletes trained hard in preparation for this big event.

Over the 3 day Canadian Championships event the athletes wrestled in 2 different events, repre-senting the 2 Olympic wrestling styles of Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling. At the end of the competition Vikes wrestlers returned with six top 6 performances.

Grade 12 and team captain Jesse Raymond competed in a very tough Juvenile (16-18 year) 76 kg division. In his fi rst match he drew Quebec competitor Julien Choquette, last year’s national silver medalist and came up short. Jesse won his next two bouts in convincing fashion but was eventually eliminated from the competition in a very close match to BC Champion Tyler Halver-son. Jesse was forced to withdraw due to injury in the Greco Roman style but after going undefeated to that point in the competition Jesse managed well deserved 6th place fi nish.

Eran Bach wrestling the 69kg division also had a good weekend in Calgary. Although the freestyle competition did not go well for him, going 0-2 on the day Eran bounced back in the Greco Roman style, a style that does not permit leg attacks or leg holds. Eran went 2-2 on the last day of competition and placed 5th in the nation in the Juvenile division.

Grade 9, Addison Miller-Gauthier also demon-strated that you don’t have to be big to be tough. Addison wrestled in the high speed 42kg Cadet

division (14-15 year old). He lost to the eventual gold medalist from Ontario in the second round, after receiving a bye in the fi rst. He bounced back to defeat his next opponent before losing his last bout to a tough competitor from PEI. Addison was the top BC placer in his division, placing 6th in freestyle. He continued to battle in the Greco Roman division winning his fi rst bout before losing to the same 2 competitors he faced in Freestyle. Addison fi nished the day with a very impressive 4th place result.

Zone MVP Aiden Evenson showed that small town wrestlers are tougher than most. Aiden, a grade 9 student at NVSS, wrestled in the 63 kg Cadet division, often considered the toughest at this age group. After winning his fi rst 2 matches Aiden lost to the eventual bronze medalist from Guelph, Ontario. However, Aiden continued to perform well and stacking up the victories; by the end of the freestyle competition Aiden had advanced to the 12th round and had wrestled 9 matches, placing him 6th out of 32 toughest grade 9 and 10 wrestlers in the nation. Aiden wrestled another 6 matches in the Greco division and fell just a few points shy of a bronze medal fi nishing 4th on the last day of the competition.

These wrestlers and several others from the Nechako Valley Vikes team are back on the mats again after a well-deserved break. They must keep their skills honed as they prepare for the BC Sum-mer Games held in Abbotsford this July.

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Anne of Green Gables, a musical by NVSS

With song and dance, thirty students of cast and crew from Nechako Valley Secondary present the last show of a musical adaptation of the Canadian classic novel Anne of Green Gables in NVSS’s Integris Community Theatre on April 30.It’s the fi rst time that Grade 7 students were included in the production, which includes a large core of younger characters this year, explained director Erin Baker.

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Spotlighting lesser known historical heroes, visiting authors discuss feminism and happiness with Vanderhoof students this spring.

On April 14, BC Book Prize fi nalists Jordan Stratford and Alix Hawley presented their nominated works at Sinkut View Elementary and Nechako Valley Secondary respectively.

With his new mystery series The Woll-stonecraft Detective Agency, which features 19th-century tween girls Mary Godwin and Ada Lovelace solving mysteries with their knowledge in science and math, Stratford looks to make the idea of feminism accessi-ble to the younger population, he explained.

“Feminism is simply the acknowledge-ment that we are all human, we can all learn things, that existence and learning has value, and applying that learning has value regardless of gender,” Stratford said. “It’s a very transformative and provocative word, and I give that to kids to give them power.”

The series is named after 18th-century political philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft, who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of

Woman and argued that the moral and intel-lectual value of a woman was equal to that of a man.

In real life, Mary Godwin, later marry-ing English author Percy Bysshe Shelley, eventually wrote the novel Frankenstein, and Ada Lovelace became one of the world’s earliest computer programmer.

“These are young women who changed the world as young women,” Stratford said. “They didn’t wait to get a PhD, they didn’t wait to grow up or have kids.

“In the Regency Era where their lives as women were extremely circumscribed, they live in a very small box and they manage to detonate that box, through their intellect and education, through the power of their ideas.”

It’s also about encouraging women in STEM careers — science, technology, engi-neering, and math, Stratford added.

“When we look at kids in North America and we ask them at six to nine years old, we have a pretty good gender balance who want to be scientists and veterinarians,” he said. “By the time you get to 14, they become boys who want to be veterinarians and girls who want to be veterinarian as-sistants, or boys who want to be pilots and girls who want to be fl ight attendants.

“So we are losing women’s interest in STEM at this really critical age, and by talking about feminism with boys and girls, we can shore up the number of resources and educated people that we’ll have at the end of this process.

“That’s my great feminist conspiracy all laid out.”

Ultimately, it’s about keeping curiosity and creativity alive, Stratford said.

“Don’t ask for permission, just go be awesome, ask questions, and invent some-thing,” he said. “Ask for help, but there’s no need to wait or delay…everything is science, everything is creativity.”

Hawley: the pursuit of happiness

On April 30, Hawley’s All True Not a Lie in It was awarded the Ethel Wilson Fic-tion Price for the best work of fi ction this year in B.C.

Set during the American Revolutionary War and featured pioneer Daniel Boone, Hawley’s fi rst book of historical fi ction

shows readers that the human condition remains universal through time.

“In 250 years, people are still looking for happiness, trying to fi nd the world that they want,” Hawley said. “It doesn’t always work the way you think they will.”

First time visiting north central B.C. as well as engaging with schools, Hawley shared tips on writing fi ction with students, such as messing up a memory, changing the point of view, dirtying up a pretty detail in a story, and asking the characters a thought-provoking question.

“It was cool to share my book to stu-dents I might not otherwise meet,” she said. “I get them to look at that one portrait that remains of Daniel Boone (painted from life by Chester Harding) and get them to say what that person might have been like…one student said he looks like a person who doesn’t run away.

“I thought that was fascinating because he did run away from things a lot, but he never ran away from his key goal of trying to make a paradise for his family.”

The idea for the book came from a re-

cent memory recall, Hawley explained.“I remember looking at a picture in a

National Geographic magazine when I was 10 years old, and it suddenly came back to me, and it turned out the picture was Daniel Boone,” she said. “I haven’t thought about it in 20 years, but then I looked back into his history and it was so fascinating.”

Inspiring students to write more?

For English teacher Richard Boles of Nechako Valley Secondary, the author visit was an opportunity for students to meet those who make a living writing books.

“It seemed like a foreign concept,” Boles said. “We had students with talent, but they didn’t have the confi dence to pursue it.”

Grade 11 student Ian Douglas fi nds the book interesting, though he normally reads fantasy fi ction — has read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit six to seven times, he said. “I think it’s really cool they can have a story in history,” Douglas said. “They can change the history in it, so it’s not just the facts.”

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Vanderhoof celebrating 90 yearsFort St. James celebrating 210 yearsFort Fraser celebrating 210 years

2,560 acres of Nechako Valley land sold last month

Clean-up Campaign off to a good start

Nechako Chronicle May 5, 1966

Taken from Nechako Chronicle

May 5, 1966

A tour of the town Monday morning with the purpose of ‘taking a reading’ on spring improvement programs showed considerable activity in this fi eld.

Off hand, there wasn’t a block in the town that didn’t show some concrete improvement, giving that particular area much more purpose in appearance.

Several instances were witnessed where old buildings have been knocked down and are piled for burning, as part of the villages present push on destroying unnecessary eye-sores. In each case, the other buildings in that block are enhanced.

Bulldozers have been at work to considerable advan-tage at several points throughout the residential sections.

Al McIntyre has given much more purpose to his holdings across from the high school with a landscaping program of this sort.

Connaught Street between Burrard and Bute shows promise of becoming an attractive area due to a demolish-ing program and landscaping by Art Balcombe.

The Tommy Smithers are doing it again. The home they remodelled on Burrard last year is now getting landscaped. Tommy’s old home on Columbia grew to be a show place, and now they are busy doing interesting things with cement approaches and rock walls to their new home. With the im-provements that Eric Turner has been doing to his home, adjacent Burrard is becoming a real asset.

Several homes in town are presently under remodelling programs and several more are being contracted.

Danny Fitzpatricks new home on the west end of Stew-art is nearing completion, as is Ken Campbells on Taylor

Drive. Gay Reinkes home on Columbia Street is under ear-ly stages of construction.

South of town, some action appears evident on the road widening program of highway 16 east, with the removal of a building, east of the roadway owned by Lorne Smedley.

In this vicinity, log cabin auto courts continue to press their park development surrounding their commercial premisses.

The levelling of an old building on fourth avenue has given much more purpose to this area.

What was an eyesore last year on the corner of 4th and Nechako has been built into a neat little home by Mr and Mrs Bob Davidson, and they are committing to improve it this year with a landscaping program.

From the amount of activity to date, an especially effec-tive clean-up, paint-up periods may be expected next week as the village offi cially launches its yearly campaign.

Taken from the Vanderhoof HeraldDecember 15, 1917

Notwithstanding the lateness of the season there seems to be no abatement in the stream of landseekers to our midst.

The most encouraging fact is that in nearly every case these newcomers bring the news that they have been advised to seek land in the Nechako Valley by those who have been before them and purchased land in this district.

It is obvious to any experienced agricultural man that the soil of the Nechako Valley is of the very fi nest quality for growing grains, roots and grasses; and that as a mixed farming area it cannot be surpassed.

These land and home seekers are unanimous in the belief that we have a great future before us.

The majority of the men who have come to our midst are from the prairies.

The cry - wheat! wheat! wheat! - has not had for them the all satisfying pleasures and contentment that farmers crave for.

Beauty and variety of scenery, rich fertile soil, cat-tle looking the picture of health and wealth, hogs that make a butcher’s face smile with glee, sheep in large fl ocks grazing in pastures, which bring their owners in a double revenue, and many other benefi ts our farmers enjoy. Sounds like music in the ears of prairie farm-ers who experience and realize on little else but wheat! wheat! wheat!. When that fails what occurs? Unspeak-able disappointment and oft times serious privation and suffering. When the bitter cutting winter winds sweep across the unsheltered prairies the minds and thoughts of her farmers naturally turn toward the happier condi-tions of their fellow agriculturalists in northern British Columbia.

During the month of November, just passed no less

than 2,560 acres of Nechako Valley land was sold to farmers of the prairie prov-inces who will make their homes in this district in the future. JB Armshaw, on behalf of the Nechako Valley Land & Development Company sold 960 acres to JW Campbell of Moose Jaw; 320 acres

to Mrs V Yarham of Loyalist, Alta; 160 acres to Gordon Yarham; 160 acres to Shurman Whitzel of Loyalist; 160 acres to J. Lehmann of Winnipeg and 160 acres to William Trussler of the Peace River district.

Sam Cocker sold 160 acres to Fred

Kitchen of Avonlia, Sask; OJ Reid sold 160 acres to Charles Crown of Avonlia; Alberta Haymann sold 160 acres to HF Shade of Travers, Alta; and 160 acres to JW Cochran of the same town. A grand total of 2,560 acres sold during the month of November to delighted purchasers.

Const. Manson transferredTaken from the Vanderhoof Herald

May 18, 1918After several years residence in the Prince George

district Dominion Police Constable William F. Manson has been transferred to Stony Creek, where he is now making arrangements for suitable living quarters. Con-stable Manson has been attached to the Dominion po-lice for about 7 years, during which time he has proved to be a most effi cient offi cer of the peace, and particu-larly successful in his special sphere of handling the na-tives. The Stuart Lake agency is about the largest in this province, comprising some twenty-fi ve bands.

Stony Creek reserve being the most advanced from an agricultural point of view the government has sta-tioned Const. Manson there for headquarters. He will instruct them in modern and advanced methods of ag-riculture and stock breeding, and oversee their work, as well as pursue his old offi cial duties as an offi cer of the peace.

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Vanderhoof Christian Fellowship

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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. Phone 250-567-8587.For more information contact email at vanderhoofseniors@hotmail.com

***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 Erling Clemmensen for more info: 250-567-9927.

***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 profi t 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 call Valerie Pagdin at 250-567-6218 (weekdays), 250-567-3889 (evenings/weekends) or vanderhoofhospice@gmail.com

***THE FOOD BANK... is in serious need of food donations. Specifi cally 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!

***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 Valerie Pagdin at 250-567-6218 (weekdays), 250-567-3889 (evenings/weekends) or vanderhoofhospice@gmail.com

***THE FRASER LAKE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP... meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 12 noon in Autumn Services. For further information call Judy at 250-699-7763.

***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 offi cers 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 the Village Hall.

***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.

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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 & Thursday12pm - 8pm

Friday 10am - 4pmSaturday 10am - 2pm

***NVSS BOTTLE DEPOT HOURS

Open Mon, Tues, Friday 11am-5pm

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

PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP ... Spruce Capital Seniors Rec Centre, 3701 Rainbow Drive, 2nd Saturday of every month, 2 p.m. (None July and August) Everyone Welcome!

COMING EVENTS....Will appear, as space is available, free of charge in this section. Coming events are available to non-profi t organizations only. This area is not intended for thank you submissions or selling products. It is simply a place for non-profi t organizations a place to announce upcoming free activities. You can e-mail your item to advertising@ominecaexpress.com or by fax (567-2070). Your organizations’ announcement can also be dropped off at our offi ce located at 155 W. Columbia. Decision of the publisher is fi nal.

***FBC AND THE NECHAKO WATERSHED ROUNDTABLE... are hosting community meetings in Burns Lake (May 11) so residents can learn about the health of the Nechako watershed and provide input on the development of a Nechako Watershed Strategy. The meetings are free, and everyone is welcome. Learn more and register:http://www.fraserbasin.bc.ca/2016_Community_Meetings.html

***THE VANDERHOOF CHESS CLUB... Exercise your brain! All ages, from beginner to master, feel free to join the Vanderhoof Chess Club every Monday through the school year (except Statutory holidays) 6:30pm - 7:30pm at the NVSS library. It’s FREE. Play chess with friends and meet new people. Use our boards or bring your own. For details please contact Jeff Obayashi at jobayashi@hotmail.com or Jeremy Hara at NVSS to sign up for the chess club and/or tournament.

***MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE... advocating for better services in our communities, such as: housing, counseling, education and job opportunities. Meetings held on the second Thursday of each month via – video conferencing from the communities of; Burns Lake, Fraser Lake, Granisle, Ft. St. James, Southside and Vanderhoof. 1:30 – 3:00. In Vanderhoof meetings are held in the boardroom at the hospital. Clients, family members and community partners are invited to attend. Your voice is IMPORTANT. For more info on the committee and it’s works contact: Heather @ 250-692-7500. Or your Mental Health Service Provider

***GIRL GUIDES...

Sparks meets 5-6pm Mondays @ United Church.

Brownies meets 6-7:30pmm Mondays @ United Church.

Girl Guides meets 6-7:30pm, Mondays at St. Josephs Gym.

Pathfi nders meets 6-7:30pm Mondays @ Lutheran Church.

For info on any of these please call Laura Freeman 250-567-6997.

***VANDERHOOF PAIN SELF-MANAGEMENT GROUP...Do you struggle with persistent pain? Do you feel like your pain is holding your life hostage? Find it diffi cult to talk about your pain? Join us for an evening of education and understanding at the Vanderhoof Peer-Led Pain Self-Management Group can help you fi nd answers to your questions. Meetings are held the last Tuesday of the month from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. at the Vanderhoof Public Library - Multipurpose Room, 230 Stewart St E, Vanderhoof. Sharing the struggles and the solutions with other people who truly understand, in a safe environment, will help you reduce isolation, grieve the losses and gain an understanding of persistent pain and how you can take back control of your life. For more information please check out our website: www.pipain.com

***VANDERHOOF AIR CADETS... Meet-ings - Tues 6:30-9:30 at the Gospel Chapel For more information call: 250-640-0218 or 250-570-7496

***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:

Nechako NotesNechako Notes

As sirens sound the start, nearly 300 runners, joggers, walkers,and strollers dash off on Victoria Street for the 38th Annual WildGoose Chase Fun Run in Vanderhoof on May 1.

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A member of Fort St. James’ senior girls soccer team (white) is on guard as a Nechako Valley Secondary player (blue) manoeuvres the ball on Vanderhoof’s fi elds on April 26. The game was followed by FS-JSS’ junior girls soccer team against NVSS in the evening.

Girls soccer at home

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Harvey WalshMay 23, 1929 -

May 8, 2009

We miss you so much - we miss your wonderful hugs and you were always ready

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Our family has 27 great grandkids and another

on the way in September.But then you know already,

your our guardian angel. Th ank you so much for the

great life you and I had with our family.

Love Paula and Kids

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VANDERHOOF AND AREABUSINESS DIRECTORY

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ADVERTISINGADVERTISING

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Tandem dump truck, 4x4 Backhoe, gravel sales, general hauling, foundations,

water & sewer lines and snow removal.

All jobs BIG or small, give us a call!FRANK TEICHROEB

3393 Sinkutview Rd, Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A2

567-2029

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADVERTISE HERE GIVE US A CALL: 250-567-9258

Serving Vanderhoof, Fort St. James, Fort Fraser and Fraser Lake

Pam BergerPublisher

150 W. Columbia StBox 1007, VanderhoofBC V0J 3A0

Tel: 250-567-9258Fax: 250-567-2070

Email: advertising@ominecaexpress.com

vertiserReaching Every DoorADSTUART

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Pam BergerPublisher

150 W. Columbia StBox 1007, VanderhoofBC V0J 3A0

Tel: 250-567-9258Fax: 250-567-2070

Email: advertising@ominecaexpress.com

Serving Fort St. James and area since 1972

Pam BergerPublisher

250-996-8482Advertising: advertising@ominecaexpress.comNews: newsroom@caledoniacourier.com

Website: www.caledoniacourier.com

C I E0697864 BC Ltd.

Central Interior Excavating

For All of Your Excavating Needs Residential, Commercial, and Industrial

Lot clearing, waterlines, foundations, driveway construction, planning and installation of Septic Systems

Telephone: 250-567-3855Fax: 250-567-9695

Email: info@centralinteriorex.comExcavators, Backhoes, Crawler Tractors, End Dump

Turn your unwanted items into

“GOLD”Out with the Old in with the New - Garage Sale/Yard Sale time!

Stop by the Omineca Express now!!!Special pricing to our valued readers - list your items for sale

2x4 ad $30.00/week

Denise:250-567-9258

150 West ColumbiaVanderhoof

Real Estate

For Sale By OwnerHouse for sale: 2 bedroom bungalow on a large lot. Quiet neighbourhood and close to hospital. Phone 250-567-2443

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

VictoriaManor

* Balconies* Landscaped View

* Cablevision Available

250-567-4048or 250-567-6085

Large2 Bdrmfrom

Large1 Bdrmfrom $712 - $742

$742 - $772

NO SMOKING - NO PETS

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

ABOVE THE REST!

SilvermillApartments

Secure quiet apartments

VACANCY

250-567-4208

Rentals

Townhouses3/bdrm townhouses: family- friendly complex, near schools & park. No smoking, no pets. $760/mth. 250-567-4430

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