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Revamping Fort St. James trailsREBECCA WATSONCaledonia Courier

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

The Snowmobile Society owns and maintains a large por-tion of Fort St. James’ recreational trails. In recent years, the soci-ety has installed three bridges with the help of time-and-material donations from various community members to help stop obstruction of fish streams. Now the main focus has shifted to improving the trails with grooming and sig-nage, said Wayne Moll, vice president of Fort St. James Snowmobile Society.

“With more tourists arriving in town we would like to improve the safety of our trail network with better grooming and signage to indicate where you are, at what kilome-tre, on what trail, and where to go next,” said Mr. Moll.

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

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

colour,” said Mr. Moll.The improvement project

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

The society plans to use a large portion of the money towards a new Razor ATV that a newly-donated trail groomer will hitch onto.

Special options for the Razor including closed doors, a radio and a heater are being looked at since the average age of the executive is 63. The two people grooming the trails last year were Ed Hill 82, and Grant Luck 78.

During the grant applying process, one of the main contributors, Integris Union Community Foundation, made it known that the money they give is not to be

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

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

The group already has a mock design of the maps made up so the actually signs should be seen up by mid August, said Mr. Moll. A project plan submitted to Northern Development Initiative Trust has the entire project scheduled for completion by April 2015. “We want to get the Razor before October so the trails can get groomed before first snow fly. We tried to also work it around the Caledonia Classic which is in February, so it should be done before then,” said Mr. Moll.

The Fort St. James Snowmobile club started in 1972 and became a society in 1998. They started out with the old 81-acre fairgrounds for their club house and with the help of volunteers kept local trails groomed and accessible.

Now, they have 300 km of trail tenured with the BC government that are used by residents and tourists alike for anything from hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, cross country skiing,

snowmobiles and dog sledding.

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

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FUN ON THE TRAILS: Wayne Moll, vice president of the Fort St. James snowmobile society, stands on a trail bridge, one of three recently put in on the trail system operated by the society. The trails themselves will also soon be getting a long-awaited facelift with grooming and signage.

Hotel gets upgradedREBECCA WATSONCaledonia Courier

When The View hotel in Fort St. James was purchased in 2011 by Bonnie and Scott Cameron the plan was to demolish it. The building had been vacant for years and the decor reflected that of a run-down 1960’s hotel. After talking with the head of con-struction it turned out the structure was in excellent shape, so they decided to gut the inside and renovate both floors. There are 34 rooms between the first and second floor, which proved not to be enough to cater to a growing demand. On July 1 an additional floor with 28 new rooms was opened after an extensive ren-ovation period. With the new premium top floor, the hotel now has 62 rooms available for service.

“It was tough but we knew there was a need. So we took everything, gutted the whole building and brought it up to what it is today,” said Mr. Cameron.

Before the Cam-erons bought the hotel, an outdated bar and beer store occupied the front and dinning room spaces of the run-down building. Lesley Braden, 35, currently works at The View and also worked at Larry’s...

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Crafty Creations: arts-and-crafts for kids of all agesREBECCA WATSONCaledonia Courier

Crafting for kids just got more exciting with the Crafty Creations summer camp.

“You � nd friends, and get to make sun catchers, and you get to stick your hands in the gross gooey stuff,” said Waydeann Sherper, 6, about the paper mache aquariums the kids made during last week’s arts-and-crafts camp.

Over the summer the District of Fort St. James offers a variety of summer camps with a range of topics such as sports, baking and crafts.

The crafty creations camp had kids using their imaginations with different two and three dimensional crafting such as making 3D aquariums, ocean in a bottle, sun catchers, and directed drawing.

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one shape at a time until a full picture is drawn.

The kids follow along drawing their own step-by-step version such as a circle that turns into a � sh or a triangular shape that turns into an ice-

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The summer camp co-ordinator Caitlin Burdenuik, 22, plans all the summer events for the camp and wants

to go to school to become an elementary school teacher.

“I like to play and get paid for it,” jokes Ms. Burdenuik. “I’ve always liked working with children, it seems we’ve always had a special bond.”


DIRECTIONAL DRAWING: Summer camp co-ordinator Caitlin Burdeniuk, 22, draws a picture, one step at a time, so the kids can follow along creating their own picture.

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[This is in addition] to the story Coupons Cater-ing to Fresh Cuisine. While CNC is partnering with the Farmer’s Market this year, it’s not the first time this program has been offered in Fort St. James. In fact, the program first ran in 2009 as a partner-ship between Fireweed, the Nak’azdli Health Centre, and the Farmer’s Market. The next year the provin-cial government chose not to fund the coupon program. We had seen the success of the program in the Fort. Frontline workers recognized the need and we felt it was too important not to try and run it a sec-ond time. We fundraised locally, developed all of the materials and cooking

programs ourselves, and successfully ran a coupon program until the end of market season in 2012. Our program became a model for the province, and we were asked to develop a manual for the BC Associ-ation of Farmers’ Markets for communities and mar-kets wanting to start their own locally-funded coupon program (that manual is now available from the BCAFM website and has been accessed by com-munities in BC, Alberta, and Washington State). Our partners included the District of Fort St James, Integris, the Fort St James Early Child Development Committee, the Rose-hip Awards Committee, Fireweed, the Nak’azdli Health Centre, Syaz Yaz, and Nak’azdli Home and

Community Care. And the program was 100% locally funded.

As the former manager of the Farmer’s Market, and the coordinator of our local coupon program, I wanted to recognize the work and commitment that led to a true community initiative that made a dif-ference for a lot of folks. The problem with relying on government funding was made evident first time around when the prov-ince cut the purse strings. Relying on community resilience, creativity and initiative, which Fort St James has in bucketloads, is the only way to go.

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Coupon program background What It’s Like: To go ATV’ing

Rebecca WatsonCaledonia Courier

The trail we went down was right harsh. Huge logs stuck out of the ground and trees bent over scraped the roof of the Razor. Vroom Vroom. We bounced over twigs and brush and down into and out of pot holes.

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

I swerved and shot for-ward, and somehow squeezed through the tiny space keep-ing on the trail. Boulders, fallen dead trees and tall grass and brush made it hard to tell which way I should go. After ten more minutes of life-threatening adrenaline, we finally got off the rough trail and made it back onto the semi-groomed path were the

obstacles turned into pebbles and ridges in the dirt. With a deep breath it was actually nice to be surrounded by na-tures beauty.

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

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

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

Thank you Wayne Moll for taking me out on the RAZOR.

REBECCA WATSONCaledonia Courier

Fort St. James is one step closer to welcoming new co-op housing.

The district anonymously granted Peter Valk, chair of the Fort St. James Co-op Housing project, a letter of support during this months council meeting on Wednesday, July 16. His plan is to submit the letter to the Northern Development Initiative program by August 8 for a chance at acquiring another $10,000 for the Fort St. James Co-op Housing project.

“Once we have the properties tied down and approved we can move forward as planned, but � rst

we have to get the properties assessed to know if they are even big enough to hold it and, are there services in place,” said Mr. Valk.

The Fort St. James Co-op Housing society was started in 2013 but was incorporated in February of this year. The vision is to create quality, affordable housing for residents in the District of Fort St. James and the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako.

Support came in the company of 116 committed internal members which was more than double the expected amount.

Three more members have since signed up and many community members,

including the Chamber of Commerce and the city’s district of� ce, immediately jumped on board after hearing what the society planned to do.

The Canadian Mortgage Housing Corporation also recognized the need and granted the society $10,000 at the beginning of the year after being sent letters of support.

Although the society is entirely volunteer run, the project has remained

moderately on schedule and is now moving into the assessment stages.

There are four properties being looked at throughout Fort St. James as possible homes for the predicted apartment-style housing co-ops.

The rough footprint for each three-storey building is about 30 units offering both one and two bedrooms. While the housing will be open to everyone, the focus remains on affordability for

seniors and low income, said Mr. Valk.

The cost of services that still need to be assessed include sewers, power and water. Other big costs still needing to be assessed include parking and accessing the properties by roadway.

The process of initiating an assessment contract has begun and based on an interim budget it will cost about $20,000 for the property assessment,

feasibility and business plan, said Mr. Valk.

“It doesn’t happen

overnight but after all this we will soon know if it’s feasible,” said Mr. Valk.

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ONE STEP CLOSER: Peter Valk, chair of the co-op housing project, received an okay for a letter of support from the District of Fort St. James during the July council meeting. The plan is to submit the letter to the Northern De-velopment Initiative in hopes of receiving an-other $10,000 grant to put towards the co-op housing project.

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GROWING A GARDEN: Participants of the Healthy Minds peer support group are tending to the group's garden located off Dog Creek.


A peer support group in Fort St. James is gaining interest by addressing the stigma on mental health.

Every Monday at 7 p.m the Healthy Minds support group meets at the Stuart Lake Hospital conference room to address the challenges of mental health. Anyone is welcome to attend and the discussions are entirely confidential, said Greg Kovacs, co-founder of the group.

"We want to break isolation and we are hoping to open the dialogue. No one understand what it is like to have a men-tal illness better the those experiencing it. Everyone has their own technique we can learn from," said Mr. Kovacs.

The group started meeting in March of this year as a safe haven for people to have open discussions about anything related to mental health or addictions. The first of many presentations on Monday July 21, had Dr. M. Van Zyl speak about anti-depressants, how they work in the brain, there role in mental health and some of the resources that can be found in town. As the group consistently grows, co-ordina-tors hope to have regular guest speakers come to at least once a month and talk about various aspects of mental health. The next speaker is already scheduled for August 25 where Jana Gainor, a registered

yoga instructor, will be giving a yoga demonstration.

Ideas for upcoming demonstra-tions include relaxation therapy, yoga therapy, art therapy, grief, naturopathic and homeopathic remedies. Healthy Minds also opened a garden this year 15 min-utes outside Fort St. James by Dog Creek.

"It grow minds and hearts as much as it grows vegetables," said Mr. Kovacs, who is hoping to have the garden moved in town to get more seniors and high school stu-dents involved. He also applied for the Imagine grant through North-ern Health to help with moving the

garden in town, but won't know until October if the group will get it. Healthy Minds also caters to participants through arranging outings and barbecues with the help of Northern Health life skills worker Carol Blackwell, who has been an instru-mental part in supporting the garden. It is Ms. Blackwell's job to help clients of the mental health and addictions centre in Fort St. James.

"She's gone above and beyond helping introduce us to clients, with grant appli-cations and funding through Northern Health for the startup of tools and seeds," said Sandi Taylor, co-founder of Healthy Minds. Ms. Taylor and Mr. Kovacs started Healthy Minds because they had acknowl-edged that them themselves have encoun-

tered symptoms of mental health at one point of another. So they started looking for ways to offer a safe place for people to have open discussions without any placed stigma. "Depression is apart of the human experience, everyone has experienced it. The illness comes in with the inability to manage it," said Mr. Kovacs.

After starting a small peer group in town last year, the two joined the BC Men-tal Health and Addictions Advisory Com-mittee which is funded through Northern Health. They gained the support of the advisory committee and through them were funded with a year start-up.

"We believe people with mental illness have great insight and a lot to offer," said Mr. Kovacs.


Volunteer Fort St. James is becoming an army-base for volun-teers.

“We put anyone needing volunteers into contact with peo-ple willing to help. It’s basically a clearing house for volunteers and those needing vol-unteers,” said Chester Hiebert, Vice Presi-dent of the Stuart Lake Seniors Association, which runs Volunteer Fort St. James.

For the past year, Volunteer Fort St. James members have been committed to helping local organiza-

tions by volunteering and recruiting volun-teers. The group has continually grown and their efforts were rec-ognized last week by the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako with a $2000 grant-in-aid in sport of creat-ing awareness for the project. “Once people find out what it’s about they’ll be happy to volunteer. It’s an opportunity for people to get involved,” said Mr. Hiebert.

The goal of the orga-nization is to help fit volunteers with an organization and to connect people who are like minded. Going project by project, the

plan is to get people doing what they like to do all while helping the community. Cur-rently there are 72 vol-unteers ranging in age but it was seniors who initially thought of the idea and put it into action. “Even though the baby boomers are getting older their vision is still clear. Typically in Fort St. James seniors have been among the most enthusiastic, however, seniors need the sup-port of other seniors and young people,” said Mr. Hiebert.

With help of the grant-in-aid, promo-tional efforts are being planned, including

traditional newspa-per and television methods along with a barbecue and other festivities to help get the word out. So far the response has been good. “That’s because people in the North know how to get along and get things done,” said Mr. Hiebert.

As a Fort St. James lifer and regular vol-unteer, Yvonne Gil-bert 44, loves the feel-ing she gets when she helps others. “If someone calls me up I usually volunteer. It’s the smiles on the kids faces. It makes me feel good when I can make something happen,” said Ms. Gilbert.


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New restaurant, new cookREBECCA WATSONCaledonia Courier

The smell of food is lingering in Fort St. James since the opening of a new restaurant in town.

The View Bistro & Lounge is now of� cially open as of Tuesday July 22, as a long-awaited new place to eat for residents and tourists alike. The new dine-in eatery offers contemporary western bar & grill type food and an extensive drinks menu. Joel Smith, 36, manages the restaurant as top chef and is proud to have personally created the updated menu.

“I like the craft of building something successfully and I’m a people pleaser. I also like the instant grati� cation [of being a chef],” said Mr. Smith.

Coming to Fort St. James from Calgary, Alberta, Mr. Smith has been cooking for 20 years. After attending the Alberta Institute of Technology for cooking, he obtained his Red Seal, a highly-respected universal certi� cation recognizing prestigious ability in a trade, in this case cooking.

For him it started in high school as a way of making extra money. He worked in a local restaurant cooking and washing dishes and it just snowballed from there.

“I have a pretty short attention span so I can’t do a desk job, I needed something to channel that,” said Mr. Smith.

Having herd of the job opening at The View through a friend-of-a-friend, Joel was a perfect candidate and got hired to go into business with Scott Cameron, co-owner of The View Hotel. “He’s an amazing cook, great personality and a real team leader. We’ve recently hired over 50 people in staff

and he’s de� nitely good at training, taking the time to get everyone up-to-date with the quality of service were trying to deliver,” said Mr. Cameron.

Erica Prosser, 23, is a restaurant server supervisor and has been serving for over � ve years at various restaurants.

“The opening day ran a lot smoother than I though an opening day would.

There’s been a lot of praise about the food. Everyone says it’s delicious,” said Ms. Prosser.

During the recent remodelling of the hotel, not only was the restaurants menu revamped, the entire restaurant was also re-done and now caters to guests with modern decor and a distinguished feel.


NEW RESTAURANT: Nyrecha Kalt, 21, Kelsey Ouellette, 21, are the new floor managers at The View Bistro and Lounge and Chef Joel Smith is the new top chef.

Volunteer club turns into volunteer hub

GRANT-IN-AID: Tom Greenaway from the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako gives Chester Hiebert, vice president of the Stuart Lake Seniors Associa-tion, a $2,000 cheque.


Workshops offered at The KEY outreach centre have become a way for Fort St. James residents to increase their emotional and social well-being.

Offered as a free service, The KEY's Gift of Self Esteem workshop is a 13-part series and will continue to run every Monday from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. until September 29 with lunch provided for participants. Judy Cormier is the centre's academic advisor and has noticed the difference the program is making.

"There is one lady who has attended every one and you can see her self confidence is growing. Even her physical demeanour is reflecting the growth of her emotional improvement. She is making a real effort to apply the skills learned and there is real improvement here," said Ms. Cormier.

The Knowledge Empowers You centre, located across from Spirit Square, is a resource for people to gain access to learning.

In partnership with the College of New Caledonia, The Key offers a variety of classes and workshops on a wide range of topics. The self-esteem workshop is one of many, and offers individual sessions each with a different focus.

"The program is set up so that each module is self contained and can be beneficial in itself but they are even more beneficial as a complete program," said Ms. Cormier.

Each week the workshop opens with a discussion about a particular topic such as managing emotions, balancing your life, principles of high performance and goal setting.

A DVD series component walks participants through a course of self analysis learning. Individuals get their own module booklet to follow along with and through help of the discussions can fill out the take-charge-

of-your-life worksheets."This type of self

analysis leads to self awareness and self honesty," said Ms. Cormier.

Belinda Sam, 37, has faithfully attended every self-esteem workshop. "In just one hour you can learn a lot. We talk about drugs and what they do to your insides and your mind. It's helped me deal with my past, what's happening today and how I can change," said Ms. Sam.

With an open-book policy in place, participants can engage in discussion but they don't have to, said Susan Barfoot, an individual support worker at The KEY.

"Some people don't like talking some do, it's ok either way. They questionnaires help to elaborate on what your personally doing and how you can change. It focuses on myself, 'I am totally responsible'," said Ms. Barfoot.

Although the workshop has already been happening for a few weeks, anyone is welcome to join at any time. There are still seven workshops to choose from including the August 11 Worry Buster workshop.

"How you handle worrying is a reflection of self esteem and this workshop will help develop skills on how

to better handle worries. Everyone worries so this one will be good for anyone. I'm definitely a worrier so it will be especially beneficial to me," said Ms. Cormier.

Anyone interested in the Monday self esteem workshop or any other services offered at The KEY can drop in Monday, Wednesday and Friday anytime between 9 a.m - 4 p.m.

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***MuSIC MakErS...New members always WELCOME. Not everyone has to be on stage, there is lots of work behind the scenes. Call Heike Fonda at 250-996-7006 for more info.

***ThE ThrIFT STOrE...has a new name! “The Bargain Basement”. We are still at the same location, across from Shoppers Food Mart. Donations of clean clothing and small housewares are greatly appreciated. Please, no books or magazines. Proceeds are used for community needs. Open Wed-Sat, 12 noon to 4pm.

***PuBlIC SErVICE aNNOuNCEMENT...If you know anyone, including a child, who has been abused or harmed by a psychiatrist call the Citizens Commission on Human Rights at: 1-800-670-2247.

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WORKSHOP: Belinda Sam, 37, has learned a lot from the self analysis learning modules offered as a part of the self esteem workshop as a free service at The KEY.

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Granting a better tomorrowREBECCA WATSONCaledonia Courier

Making something happen in a commu-nity takes many people and many steps over a long period of time. When expanding a project, grant writing may be a small step, but in many cases, an essential part of the project's overall success, said Shauna Hesse, a grant writer in Fort St. James.

"It is important for organizations to col-laborate on community projects to open up funding opportunities. Fort St. James orga-nizations are outstanding in this aspect," said Ms. Hesse.

Employed by the District of Fort St. James and Northern Development Initiative Trust, Shauna Hesse spends approximately 15 hours a week helping non-pro� t organi-zations write proposals for grants. A con-gratulations from the city's economic devel-oping of� cer, Emily Colombo, was extended to Ms. Hesse at the July council meeting for her outstanding work exceeding her posi-tion's minimum requirement of $250,000 in submitted grant applications for the year. As of last week she reached $356,332 and shows no signs of slowing down, said Ms. Colombo.

"She has done an excellent job working with the community. She has an excellent batting average when it comes to approvals on grant applications she writes but she also works with organizations on making sure they are grant ready. There is a lot more than just writing the project, you need to report on it and that comes from a place of orga-nizational management," said Ms. Colombo, whose job is to work with organizations on strategic planning which allows them to fo-cus their efforts.

Since starting in October 2012, Ms. Hesse has worked with 19 organizations that have submitted grant applications for projects, 14 of which have received funding thus far. Her total con� rmed funding brought into Fort St. James for 2014 is $138,495. Some of her projects include the Court House Renova-tion project, Sports Equipment funding for

Murray Ridge and the Curling Club, and the Trails Study and Housing Needs assessment.

According to Ms. Hesse, the key to hav-ing a strong proposal is a clear mission and mandate. To be able to write constructively, she must not only have a great understand-ing of the groups background and vision of what they want, but why they way to accom-plish it. It's also important that all the mem-bers of the group are on the same page, said Ms. Hesse.

"Speci� cally the organizations board of directors. They are the ones responsible for allocating the money and reporting back once it's used," said Ms. Hesse.

Since organizations typically look for

funding to put into a project months or years later, sometimes there are no immediate results because there is so much involved. That's why an organizationally led applica-tion is generally more successful then an in-dividually led one, said Ms. Hesse.

"When people have numbers they are an united body and you feel a sense of their energy. Their enthusiastic and how they express themselves transpires into me. I be-come more personally invested as a part of their team for a time and their energy trans-lates into my writing," said Ms. Hesse.

Peter Valk, chair of the Fort St. James co-op housing project, is currently working with Ms. Hesse.

"She's very enthusiastic and recognizes the need that people are trying to accom-plish. Iv'e dealt with her through the Seniors Association as well and she is quite capa-ble," said Mr. Valk.

Ms. Hesse is a stay-at-home mom during the other 153 hours a week but the love for her work is obvious and shows through her dedication to community support.

"I love working with people for the com-munity and when you work with volunteers they are there because they care, not for the pay check. We all need to make a living but when you choose to do something above and beyond, that's why I enjoy what I do, work-ing for the people I do," said Ms. Hesse.


COMMUNITY DRIVEN: Shauna Hesse is a grant writer in Fort St. James and has already gone above and beyond the call of duty for this year. She is a stay-at-home mom but loves her part time gig helping the community.

caledonia courier, july 30, 2014

Documents

trail maps

project plan

grant money

james recreational trails

entire project

trail network

large colourcoated maps

improvement project