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By Alicia Bridges and Jackie Lieuwen

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The Bulkley Valley School District pitched its idea for a $3.5-4-million sportsplex to mixed reactions at a public meeting in Smithers last week.

Last month

the school district announced it would start seeking � nancial support to build a facility which would make more sports accessible year-round.

Turf and court space for indoor sports such as golf and rugby would be part of the proposed new facility, which the school

district has said could also be used to host

regional events.The school district

has committed $1.5-million from

its budget surplus to put towards the project. The remainder would need to be secured in grants and sponsorship.

School district Superintendent Chris van der Mark said last week’s meeting was about gauging community interest and seeking � nancial

support for the project.“We can’t do it on

our own,” he said.“The board

certainly can’t do it on their own and I don’t think they should.

“If there is signi� cant interest then how and who is prepared to make that a possibility?”

District lobbies more timber

SD54 “should address disparities” between communities

By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today

The District of Houston and Dungate Community Forests are seeking more timber to support the community.

“We are going to ask for another 10,000 cubic metres for Dungate Community Forests,” said Houston Mayor Shane Brienen.

“ C o m m u n i t y Forests puts money back into the community… to community groups and to the District of Houston.”

Brienen says they are advocating for this increase to help with the transition after the closure of Houston Forest Products last year.

The Annual Allowable Cut (AAC) in the Morice Timber Supply Area dropped 11 percent on March 16 this year.

The AAC is now 1.9 million cubic metres, instead of

2.133 million cubic metres.

That 1.9 million cubic metres of timber gets split between all the licencees and logging businesses.

Typically they all drop proportionally, but there is opportunity for licensees to seek more timber rights, Brienen said.

Brienen says the District of Houston will send a letter to the Ministry of Forests this month requesting 10,000 cubic metres more timber for Dungate Community Forests.

They are also advocating for small scale salvage to maintain 30,000 cubic metres.

“It gives a chance for the small operators to have timber available to them,” Brienen said.

“They employ people and buy most things locally. While small, it generates lots for the local economy.”

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Jackie Lieuwen/Houston TodayIN THE TrenchesContractors and volunteers from Houston dug water and sewer lines last week for the new seniors housing complex in the Pleasant Valley Village. The Houston Retirement Housing Society has been fundraising since last year for the $700,000 building. They have collected $38,000 through fund raising and donations and are still looking for more to cover the expense. Started in May, the society plans to finish the new six-unit complex in November.

M a n d a t o r y off-road vehicle registration is being deferred from June 1 to Nov. 1, 2015.

The extra time provides additional time for off-road users to prepare for the mandatory registration, while the regulatory details are finalized on both registration and safety.

As well an ICBC-issued numbered sticker will be available in early fall when registering an off-road vehicle (ORV) for those users

who would prefer a sticker instead of a registration number plate. The addition of a sticker addresses a key request from off-road motorcycle and snowmobile groups. The sticker will be a similar size as the number plate, and combined cost for registration and sticker will be the same as with the plate option - $48. ORV owners that choose the sticker will be responsible for removing the sticker if the vehicle is resold.

In early fall, ORV owners who have already taken advantage of the voluntary registration period and have a received a plate may exchange their plate for a sticker, if they want, at any ICBC broker at no additional cost for a limited time.

Full details are anticipated to be announced by early fall, with implementation for both mandatory registration and safety provisions to begin Nov. 1, 2015.

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Mine rescue teams from across B.C. are arriving in Smithers to put their skills to the test at Heritage Park June 13.

Five teams in surface mine rescue and eight in three-person first aid events are competing in the 60th annual Provincial Mine Rescue and First Aid Competition. The tradition of rescue competitions goes back further, with the first recorded in 1915 in Fernie.

Tasks include fire, extraction, ropes, practical skills, first aid and a written exam. The public is invited to watch the outdoor events starting at 8 a.m. and running until about 3 or 4 p.m. said Ministry of Energy and Mines senior inspector of mines Douglas Flynn, who is helping run the event with the local Smithers staff.

“Essentially it’s simulated accidents, recovery of a patient from usually a very hard to get at place, and then some

of the practical skills components: each team member going through their knowledge of all of the tools that they use,” said Flynn.

Raven Rescue’s Ron Morrison will be a rope judge. The Smithers Fire Department is helping out with the provincial competition and the June 11 regional zone competition.

S m i t h e r s Secondary School Drama students are filling in again this year as rescue victims.

This is the fourth time that Smithers has held the event since 2002, and the second year in a row. Including c o m p e t i t o r s , management and family, about 15-20 people per team are expected to visit

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“They kind of become leaders in the mine rescue teams. And of course there’s the prestige of coming out as the top team in the province.”

Coal mine closures due to deflated prices mean there will be no underground mine rescue portion this year.

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A sponsorship plan was handed out and project support-ers were encouraged to spread the word about the need for fi-nancial contributions.

Van der Mark cited health benefits and improved accessibil-ity for students who could not participate in snow sports or hockey as some of the reasons the facility was needed.

It would also re-duce wear and tear on the overused Smithers Secondary School gym, he said.

The concept has been controversial in Houston, where resi-dent Chris Meints last month collected more than 160 signatures on a petition oppos-ing the construction of the facility.

The petition was to “stop the waste of funds on the Smithers sportsplex.”

“My end hope is that some dollars may be handed to the school district to im-prove Houston’s fa-cilities,” Meints said.

“Houston is get-ting very little fund-ing as far as our track and field… Safety is number one and the kids need to have a little better conditions here in Houston, be-fore they spend mil-lions on a sportsplex in Smithers.”

Questions were raised at the meeting about student access outside of Smithers and the possibility of relocating the facility

to Houston.Van der Mark said

moving the facility to Houston would mean transporting 75 per cent of the school district’s students who are located in Smithers.

However, he said he was confident the school district could afford to bus students from Houston and Moricetown to access the facility.

He said the district currently facilitated students who wanted to attend a trade cen-tre it built in Houston.

Houston resident Blaine Silbernagel was sceptical the school district could maintain the cost of bussing students to the sportsplex in the long-term.

He said although he liked the project concept he was con-cerned about disparity in government spend-

ing between Smithers and Houston.

“Houston’s a re-source-based commu-nity and there’s been a lot of tax dollars gen-erated from Houston that hasn’t come back into the community,” he said.

“I love the project, I think it’s bang-on, I just want some of the disparities be-tween Smithers and Houston facilities to be addressed.

“I think [bussing students between communities] could work but I’m sceptical that this school board will have the opera-tional money in the budget to maintain that over the long-term.”

The school board agreed to host an-other public meeting in Houston at the re-quest of Silbernagel.

Van der Mark said the board did not

want the project to become a divisive is-sue.

“I agree the dispar-ity is a problem, so how can we best miti-gate that to maximize [access]?”

“Is the access ever going to be the same? No. But how do you maximize it to take that into account. How do you make it accessible?”

Lake Kathlyn Elementary School learner support teacher and librar-ian Roxanne Wilfur was concerned the sportsplex would use up funds that were needed to accommo-date the new school curriculum being in-troduced this fall.

“[The curriculum] is meant to be indi-vidualized and to ad-dress the children’s personal strengths and passions,” said Wilfur.

“In order to really meet curricular needs through that children need to really be in-volved in projects in a large way, lots of projects-based learn-ing, which requires space, more electric-ity, storage places, we just need vast more amounts of space.”

Wilfur did not be-lieve the facility was needed as a priority.

Attendees at last week’s meeting were given 15 minutes to write “questions, con-cerns and opportuni-ties” on white boards provided.

School board chair Les Kearns said the board would take that feedback into ac-count.

“I think our job right now is to take the information that’s on those three boards, distill it down to something, provide some answers for the concerns and then use the lists of email ad-dresses (of attendees) to get that informa-tion out,” he said.

Buses considered to make facility accessible

School District Superintendent Chris van der Mark explains plans for the sportsplex they are proposing to build in Smithers in partnership with other funders.

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Reconciliation is for all to doAfter six years, countless tears and

thousands of emotional accountings of residential school experiences, the

national Truth and Reconciliation Commission report came down this week.

Rather than making broad-based, sweep-ing recommendations that are more a state of mind, the report makes nearly 100 specific action points aimed at such things as helping aboriginal people recapture their culture, educating the gen-eral population about the country’s aboriginal heritage, and creating government policies and programs designed to enhance our understand-ing of the importance of that heritage and the distinctiveness of Canada’s aboriginal people.

The phrase “cultural genocide” was used to describe the systematic removal of aboriginal children from their homes and families and the residential school system’s abhorrent strategy of “taking the Indian out of the child.” It was an attempt to sever the cultural connection that saw aboriginal elders and heads of families pass on their language and other traditional heritage to younger generations.

In the 1960s, leaders in Quebec sought to have their province’s “distinct society” – its majority French-speaking population, unique culture and civil law tradition – officially recognized by the government of Canada.

Two attempts to entrench such uniqueness in the Constitution, the Meech Lake and Charlottetown accords, failed, as have subsequent referendums on separation.

Nonetheless, Quebec and its uniqueness in this country are today recognized as an integral part of Canada’s heritage and cultural makeup.

The same recognition must be afforded Canada’s First Nations. Fortunately, work has begun, little by little, to acknowledge aboriginal distinctiveness in Canadian life.

Righting past wrongs will take more than sim-ply throwing money at the problem of residual anger and shame over residential school abuses.

It will take further inclusionary practices and action by individuals just as much as by governments.

Rather than asking, “What does this have to do with me?” or stating, “It wasn’t my ancestors who did that,” we all need to ask ourselves, “What can I do personally to change the way I feel about and interact with aboriginal people in my community?”

It starts with systemically re-imagining the relationship between aboriginal and non-aborig-inal people on a personal, individual level. It’s about treating all people as fellow human beings, free of judgment, with respect and compassion.

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Celebrating the invisible migrationEach spring,

approximately 300 million juvenile salmon make their way from every lake, river and stream in the Skeena watershed to the saltwater refuge of the Skeena estuary.

On May 11, 2015, almost 300 people from across the Skeena watershed gathered at the Babine River to celebrate this natural wonder. The event has been dubbed “the invisible migration” because the millions of baby salmon are invisible beneath the Skeena’s brown floodwaters.

“The giant outmigration of baby salmon goes relatively unnoticed as it happens during the spring runoff, when rivers are high and muddy,” explained Shannon McPhail, Executive Director of the Skeena Watershed C o n s e r v a t i o n

Coalition.“If the rivers were

clear, we would see giant clouds of the hundreds of millions of these baby salmon (also called smolts) making their journey to the Pacific Ocean,” she added.

The return of salmon has been celebrated for countless generations, but this was the first time that local First Nations celebrated the outmigration of baby salmon.

“It was very good to do this,” said Lake Babine Nation Chief Wilf Adam.

Chief Adam said organizers were surprised by the turnout.

“The event had a wonderful turnout as we were expecting around 60 people, and over 280 people showed up,” he said. “It was a great event as we released the smolts

with the community, hereditary chiefs and singers.”

Activities during the event included jet boat tours of Babine Lake, helicopter tours, drumming and singing, bannock made fresh on the fire, button making and salmon barbecue.

Two other invisible migration events also took place downriver. On May 20, people gathered in Hazelton to celebrate the smolts as they passed through. And on May 23, in Prince Rupert, a final event took place to mark the salmon’s arrival at the Skeena estuary.

McPhail said the Skeena estuary is one of the most pristine and productive estuaries of its size in the world. It’s estimated that about 300 million salmon will arrive at the Skeena estuary by

June 1.“Every juvenile

salmon that leaves the Skeena, feeds in the estuary; it is their nursery,” she said. “Juvenile salmon arrive at the estuary during one of the most sensitive times of their life, as they transition from fresh water to salt water.”

These young salmon will become the adult salmon that return to the Skeena watershed during summer and fall over the next 200 years.

McPhail explained that the abundance of Skeena salmon in the following years depends on the survival of juveniles migrating down the Skeena watershed right now.

“Salmon are the most valuable food source; they support our regions’ ancient and unique way of life.”

The Skeena estuary also happens to be the very place Malaysia’s state-owned Petrona is proposing a liquefied natural gas terminal - the Pacific NorthWest LNG project.

“There simply isn’t a worse location to site their terminal, they [Petrona] need to move,” said McPhail.

Greg Knox, Executive Director of SkeenaWild Conservation Trust, said he is concerned the terminal could damage the eelgrass beds that provide rearing habitat for all of the Skeena’s wild salmon. The abundant eel grass habitat of the estuary provides a refuge from predators, and food to grow, while juvenile salmon adjust to their new life in the ocean.

“The health of the estuary has been on the minds of many res-idents lately,” he said.


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The province may let contracted private clinics keep patients overnight for as long as three days so they can take on more complex surgeries than the day procedures they’ve so far been permitted to perform.

That possibility is mentioned in a health ministry discussion paper of potential surgical reforms that’s gone out for stakeholder comment.

“ I m p r o v e d access to surgical services may include performing select surgical procedures which have length of

stay up to three days, in private surgery centres using public funds,” the paper says, adding the change would require amending the Hospital Act.

B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake announced an extra $10 million Monday to perform more day surgeries this summer – some through private clinics using public funds – in order to cut wait times.

But NDP health critic Judy Darcy said letting private surgery clinics go beyond day surgery to multi-day stays would be tantamount to turning them into full-� edged “private hospitals.”

Private surgery

clinics so far perform barely one per cent of government-funded procedures in B.C. when public operating rooms aren’t available.

Longer patient stays would open the door to many more surgeries � owing to private facilities, Darcy said, adding critical staff may follow, further reducing capacity in public hospitals.

“ H e a l t h professionals are in short supply – anaethesiologists, specialty nurses – and if we drain them out of the public system into the private system we effectively become captive to private for-pro� t clinics,” Darcy

said.She called the

proposal a “game changer” that has been quietly advanced under the guise of a short-term “band-aid” to cut waits.

“They ought to be doing the innovation and the strategic investment to use our public system to the maximum.”

Fraser Health does not initially foresee hiring private clinics to supply the extra 500 surgeries it plans over the summer – it will open more of its own closed operating rooms.

But the Vancouver Island and and Vancouver Coastal health authorities

have indicated they expect to make some extra use of private surgeons.

Health Minister Terry Lake was unavailable for an interview.

The ministry instead issued a statement defending extended private clinic stays as a successful method of handling more hernia surgeries in Toronto.

“This is just one option that is on the table for consideration,” it said. “Not all of these will be implemented.”

The policy paper indicates the main reason that about one in six hospital operating rooms are

closed at any time is lack of funding, while staff shortages and lack of demand are also responsible in some cases.

The ministry says it’s working to increase training for specialist nurses and support recruitment and retention of key specialists, including anaethesiologists.

Doctors of B.C. president Dr. Bill Cavers said health watchdogs are right to be wary of the potential to drain staff from the public system, but said the association believes some increased use of private surgery clinics “can be a good idea” as long as it’s

publicly administered and funded, and quality and safety standards are upheld.

Demand on hospitals can vary due to � u season or a backlog of patients waiting for a particular procedure, he said.

“We feel that utilizing different avenues of access to care can improve the overall ef� ciency of the system,” Cavers said. “We have surgeons right now who can’t get enough operating room time.”

He said he doesn’t foresee large numbers of clinics opening to the extent that they might cause problems for the public system.

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Houston and Burns Lake Army Cadets recently held their annual ceremonial review at the Community Hall in Houston. The Burns Lake Army Cadets - 3080 RCACC were the recipients of the Buckley Award this year. Mr. Buckley, a former Army Cadet created the GBCF (Gerald Buckley Cadet Fund) jointly with the Army Cadet League of Canada and Scotiabank to fund training and activities not covered by the Department of National Defence. Over the years, Mr. Buckley has generously increased his support by distributing the grant of $3000 to each of four Army Cadet Corps. Major R. Lewis presented the award to Captain M. Murphy on behalf of the Cadets on May 9, 2015 with the Houston Army Cadets (3020 RCACC) at the annual ceremonial review.

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By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today

Someone broke into a commercial building on 10th Street at 9:30 a.m. June 2. Sgt. Rose says the door was damaged but nothing was stolen. Police believe the break in happened overnight and anyone with information is asked to contact Houston RCMP at 250-845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

***Police got report

of a break and enter happening at a home on Pearson Road at 9 p.m. June 1. Sgt. Rose says the complainant heard breaking glass in the unoccupied home, and then

saw three people running away. Police attended and arrested one suspect nearby who matched the description provided. The suspect faces charges for break and enter and mischief and the case is still under investigation.

***Police arrested

a drunk male who was hitchhiking on Highway 16 near North Nadina Avenue at 1:45 p.m. May 30. RCMP Sergeant Stephen Rose says police held the male until sober and released him with no charge.

***Police arrested a

male and female for assaulting each other at a home on Hagman

Crescent at 10:30 p.m. May 30. Sgt. Rose says they are both facing charges for assault.

***Police arrested a

male for breaching conditions at a home on Hagman Crescent at 4 a.m. May 31. Sgt. Rose says the male was charged and sentenced for time served.

***Police got report

of theft at a home on Highway 118 at 11:45 p.m. June 1. Sgt. Rose says a red tailgate was stolen off a GMC truck. Police have no suspects and anyone with information is asked to contact Houston RCMP at 250-845-2204 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

***Police recovered

some stolen windows at 10:30 a.m. June 2. Sgt. Rose says the windows went missing and the owners did not report it. The windows were found by other people at the Duck Pond and then posted for sale on the Houston Buy and Sell Facebook page. The owner saw the post and noti� ed police. Sgt. Rose says police do not know who is responsible for the theft.

***Police stopped a

swerving vehicle on Hagman Crescent at Hungerford Drive at 10:40 p.m. June 2. Sgt. Rose says the driver did a roadside screen and got a

warning. He was issued an immediate roadside prohibition and the vehicle was impounded three days.

***Police got report of

a dispute after a dog was hit by a vehicle on Severson Road in Topley at 9 p.m. June 3. Sgt. Rose says police are investigating and interviewing those involved to determine if an offence was committed. The case is still under investigation.

***In seven days,

police got 56 calls for service, including four traf� c complaints, two false alarms, two abandoned 9-1-1 calls and one bylaw complaint.

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By Alicia BridgesBlack Press

Researchers from the University of Northern British Columbia are investigating the psychological and physical impacts experienced by drivers who have hit a deer or moose on the road.

The university has launched an online survey asking the public about the short and long-term impacts they experienced after car accidents involving deer and moose.

Questions about what might have led to

the collision, trauma experienced by the person, how much time they needed to take off work and how long they were in hospital are included in the survey.

Emergency medical physicians were also consulted about the content of the survey.

UNBC ecosystem science management senior lab instructor Roy Rea, who is leading the project, said existing information about the impacts of wildlife collisions on individuals was limited.

“ICBC keeps

records on how much it costs to � x a vehicle that’s hit a moose and we know approximately how many moose are hit each year in northern B.C. but what we don’t know are some of the long-term impacts to some of the people who hit moose,” he said.

Rea has been studying moose and vehicle collisions for 15 years.

He said feedback from crash victims was the catalyst for the project.

“I’ve been trying to � gure out ways to keep moose off the

roads and to educate drivers about what to look for when they are driving in moose country and then I realized, after all the questions I’m getting from people saying ‘what about this?’” said Rea.

“What we tried to do in the survey was try to answer some of these ‘what about this’ questions.”

He was not aware of any similar studies, although he said medical doctors had researched the types of injuries caused by collisions.

Rae said collecting information about the

long-term impacts on drivers would help focus resources on reducing the amount of collisions.

“We also have to think about the long-term impacts to people’s productivity and the emotional stress it causes and in many cases the long-term physical problems they suffer as a result of these collisions,” he said.

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New Constable seeks to be a role model

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By Jackie LieuwenBlack Press

New Houston Constable Ryan Creasey wants to role model integrity to youth.

Cst. Creasey grew up in Mission B.C. and says he always wanted to pur-sue a career in the RCMP.

He had good interactions with po-lice and the school liaison of� cer during high school, he said.

“It made me want to be like that, and be a positive role model to youth and other people in the community.”

After he graduated, Creasey studied criminology at the University of Fraser Valley for two years.

Working towards completing his di-ploma, he became a corrections of� cer at the age of 19.

Creasey worked at a maximum secu-rity prison in Maple Ridge doing case management and helping inmates deal with the daily challenges of jail and ad-dictions.

“I learned in corrections that people make mistakes, and there are a lot of people willing to get help and � nd solu-tion,” said Creasey.

“They just need someone to help guide them to that. In the RCMP now, I can be that person who can help them � nd solutions.”

Creasey says that being in correc-tions also gave him knowledge of the law and how to treat people with re-spect.

Creasey spent seven years in cor-rections before he went to the Regina RCMP depot in August 2014.

After training there, he did pro-tective policing on Parliament Hill in Ottawa for two months.

Then, he was posted to Houston. Coming from the Lower Mainland,

Cst. Creasey says Houston is small, but

� ts him well. He likes doing “anything outside,”

including dirt biking, quading, hiking and snowboarding. He also wants to get into snowmobiling again.

“For me, it’s like heaven coming here because you can basically go out your back door and be in the outdoors,” he said.

Cst. Creasey says he and his girl-friend found Houston very welcoming.

As they moved in, they had neigh-bours stopping by, introducing them-selves, offering to help and inviting them for dinner.

“It seems like a very tight-knit com-munity,” he said.

“It was very comforting to know that people are there if you fall on bad times.”

Cst. Creasey says one goal for his � rst post is to get involved in the com-munity.

Not sure yet how, he is considering coaching a sports team.

“I was a pretty good soccer player

when I was young, so I’d like to pass on that knowledge,” he said.

“I want to get my face out there, get people to know me.”

Longer term, Cst. Creasey wants to get involved with youth as a school liaison of� cer or with programs like Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.).

He believes a good RCMP of� cer is one with integrity, honesty, and a strong personality to avoid being in� uenced to do wrong.

“I want to be compassionate,” Cst. Creasey said.

“I think everyone deserves to be treated with respect, no matter what their situation. Everyone has different situations in life. Everyone has bad days. I want to be fair and non-judge-mental.”

RCMP Constable Creasey comes

from a depot with seven years

of experience working at

a maximum security prison in

Maple Ridge.

“For me, it’s like heaven coming here because you can basically go out your back

door and be in the outdoors,” - Constable Ryan Creasey

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Houston Hospice Society has had another successful year, thanks to our volunteers and

supporters.In May of 2014 we

were able to support and participate in an educational conference held in Smithers to advance the concept of Hospice Care in the Northwest. The conference was successful in attracting many people including health care professionals.

In order to raise funds for the society we have begun a partnership with the Arts Community in the Valley who have generously donated items to our Art Auction and Gala. Along with corporate sponsorship this event has allowed us to continue to support the dying in Houston.

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Re s p i t e / Pa l l i at ive Care Unit at the Houston Health Centre and were able to provide a bladder scanner for this unit by working with the Bulkley Valley Hospital and Health Care Foundation.

Our equipment is always ready to be delivered to the home of a person who chooses to die at home. Our trained volunteers are able to assist the caregivers and families both at home and at the Health Centre.

Last spring we presented a community education workshop on grief which had a very positive response. Out of this we trained several volunteers who are now providing 10 week Grief Workshop

sessions which run when we have sufficient numbers to create a supportive group.

This year we are hosting Stephen Garrett, an international speaker, teacher, and death coach along with Spiritual Coach Lisa Mueller. They will be in Houston the weekend of June 12 – 14.

Everyone is invited to attend this event. The cost to the public is $10 a day to cover refreshments and lunch on Saturday. Watch for the posters for this event to see what topics are covered and what you may gain from attending.

Houston Hospice is looking for new volunteers to carry

out the work of the Society. We need people who want to train to be visitors who support the dying and their families and people who are interested in training to be grief support personnel. There are also positions for equipment personnel who may or may not wish to train as visitors. To support all of this work we very much appreciate the Board of Directors and the fundraising volunteers. There are many ways to help hospice continue to work in Houston.

If anyone wants more information on the workshop or becoming a volunteer you can call 250-845-4921 or email h o u s t o n h o s p i c e @hotmail.com

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Pacific Timber plays big role in communityMichael Riis-Christianson

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Not so long ago, there were hundreds of small, inde-pendent sawmills in British Columbia’s Central Interior. For decades, these mills -- some of them little more than ‘mom-and-pop’ operations -- were the economic backbone of rural BC, providing much-needed jobs and a host of other benefits to remote communities.

In the past two decades, however, B.C.’s forest industry has become increasingly dominated by large, multinational players with the financial resources and expertise to com-pete in what has become a global marketplace. Today, five major companies control most long-term forest tenures in the province, and independent sawmills are all but a thing of the past.

But in Burns Lake, one company is bucking the trend -- and proving that it’s possible to survive in the shadow of big industry. Pacific Timber, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tahtsa Timber, opened for business in 2011 with one mill and five employees. A scant four years later, the Burns Lake company has expanded its operations to include two mills and 31 employees. In 2014, it spent $1.9 million in di-rect wages and another $1.3 million in goods and services.

“In the community last year, just between Burns Lake Auto, LD Printing, all the small stuff -- no power, no fuel, nothing -- the two mills spent $351,000 in town,” Karl Garrett, Pacific Timber’s mill manager, said recently. “That is just the two mills, none of the bush crew or Tahtsa. And in the region that’s between Houston and Prince George... we spent $971,000.”

Garrett and Stephen Burkholder, general manager of Tahtsa Timber, have been telling the Pacific Timber story to almost anyone who will listen lately and they appeared before Burns Lake council.

Garrett told council members May 12 that the compa-ny’s two mills -- one in the Burns Lake industrial park, the other east of town adjacent Babine Forest Products -- spe-cialize in producing cants. Ten per cent of the company’s production is sold to B.C. customers, while 15 per cent is shipped to buyers in Alberta. Fully three-quarters of all fin-ished products are transported by truck to Prince Rupert, where they’re loaded into containers for export to Asia.

“We produce nothing that the majors produce,” Garrett stressed. “Primarily, all our stuff goes to Asia (and the) oil and gas industry -- tenon blocks for rig mats, pipe skids. And the treating market. The really low grade stuff that we have goes to pallet manufacturers.”

In 2014, Pacific Timber shipped 14.6 million board feet, the equivalent of 456 super ‘B’ truck loads. This year, pro-duction is projected to be 24 million board feet.

Because it strives for maximum log utilization, Pacific Timber also supplies the Pinnacle Renewable Energy Group’s Burns Lake plant with fibre. In 2014, the company supplied the wood pellet producer with 1,450 truck loads of chips, and even sold some of the material to farmers for cattle bedding.

Garrett and Burkholder stressed to council the impor-tant role Pacific Timber plays in the community. In addi-tion to the economic benefits already mentioned, the com-pany’s two mills provide much-needed entry level jobs here, often employing people that other firms might be hesitant to hire. It even offers apprenticeships to candidates who ex-press an interest in millwrighting, mechanics, welding, and other trades.

“We’re willing to try anybody, where before, we would try to find the right person,” Garrett said. “If you can get here at 7 (a.m.), and you can make it to 5:30 and give it your all, we’ll train you to do the rest.”

To date, this liberal hiring policy has paid dividends, both for Pacific Timber and the community. Approximately 45 per cent of the company’s employees are First Nations people who come from as far away as Fort St. James, and many of them had little or no experience prior to joining Pacific Timber.

Garrett acknowledges that employee turnover is high. Fully 30 per cent of Pacific Timber’s new hires leave after getting valuable experience in the workforce.

Being a training ground for other companies was something Pacific Timber struggled with initially, says Burkholder, but has since come to accept.

“First we battled that,” he noted. “There was a certain amount of frustration, because you’d get a good guy, and then he’d be gone. But actually, we’ve come to more see ourselves as that stepping stone for people. They come,

they work, and some move on. Thankfully, we have a really solid, core group that has displayed a lot of loyalty, but at the same time, for those that want to move on, well, we feel we’re part of that. I think it’s cer-tainly a value in our company, and a value for the area.”

While Pacific Timber is currently enjoying a ‘moment in the sun’, there may be storm clouds on its horizon.

Last year, Pacific Timber’s two mills consumed 76,429 cubic me-tres (m3) of timber, and this year’s fibre requirements are expected to be 126,000 m3 -- the equivalent of 2,290 logging truck loads. While the company has proved it can create value from low-grade logs, it can’t survive solely on timber rejected by others.

“A lot of the wood we’re using falls off the bottom of the scale,” Burkholder pointed out. “It’s wood that didn’t count. Of course, we can’t have all just bad... (In our log-ging blocks) we’re finding there’s at least 30 to 40 per cent that’s too high a grade for us, and we need to market that to offset our lower cost wood. So to produce our 125,000 meters, we need to log pushing 200,000 m3.”

Finding that much volume isn’t easy for a small, inde-pendent sawmill. Burkholder was quick to point out that unlike BC’s larger forest companies, Pacific Timber does not have a Tree Farm License or any other forest tenure that it can count on for feedstock.

This lack of a guaranteed timber supply -- historically the bane of BC’s small, independent mills -- represents a significant long-term threat to Pacific Timber. It’s an issue that Burkholder and Garrett feel should be of con-cern to the community as well as the company’s owners.

“This is really the life and death question,” Burkholder said in a subsequent interview. “Without tenure, Pacific Timber does not have the longer term security of a certain amount of volume to either utilize and/or trade with other tenure holders. So in a way, we are at the mercy of the tenure holders.”

And as Burkholder has learned first-hand, not all those tenure holders are sympathetic. With the much of the re-gion’s merchantable timber damaged or destroyed by the mountain pine beetle, competition for fibre can be vicious.

“A higher level manager (at a major forest company) told me it’s his job to eliminate competition, not support it, when I was trying to buy wood that they were going to burn,” Burkholder added. “This, when they are to be stewards of this wood for the best of the society. As the volume decreases, all the milling facil-ities continue to look at utilization of any fibre, which drives the log value up (and) will impact our ability to be competitive in the marketplace.”

Burkholder says the company will con-tinue to actively seek timber on the open market, and “attempt to continue to sal-vage wood that is deemed unutilizable (by other producers).” In the meantime, he and Garrett want local residents to know the contribution Pacific Timber is mak-ing here. They’re also hoping their recent presentations will help drum up political support for the company. Yet can elected officials help this firm survive in a free market economy?

Burkholder admits it’s “another big question.” He’s convinced, though, that community leaders can help “open doors” that might otherwise remain closed to Pacific Timber.

“We are not used to begging, but one way (elected officials can help) is to un-derstand and appreciate the value that

we are bringing to the community by the way of our hir-ing practices (and) the amount of dollars we bring into the community by being creative and innovative with logs that would have been burned or under-utilized,” he explained. “(They can help) by opening up doors for a more secure log supply through community forests, by encouraging the ministry of forests to look at options like Category 2 timber sales, licenses to cut, or something like a license that targets low-grade logs, i.e., blowdown, low-volume stands, etc.... (and) by putting pressure on the major sawmills to work with us in the low-grade log that they cannot use.”

It’s a gamble, but one the company appears willing to take. “We feel for survival, we need the support of the communities, First Nations, etc.,” Burkholder said. “Also, (it will) open ourselves up to input that others may have, and opportunities that we have not seen.”


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Baptist Church3790 C.R. Matthews Rd.

Pastor: Larry Ballantyne

Sunday School: 9:45AMChurch Service: 11:00AM

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Pastor Carl VanDam [email protected]

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2324 Butler Ave., Box 599, Houston, BC

Rev. Jacob WorleyPhone: 250-845-4940

Services at:2:00pm Sundays

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Manhas 250-845-2705

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Houston United Church2106 Butler Ave

SERVICES: Sundays at 11a.m.(Kids Sunday Schoolduring the service)

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Morgan Ryder (250-698-7612 -H) or 250-692-9576 -C) or

Marianne Dekker 250-845-2282

St. Anthony’s Catholic Church

2001 Riverbank DriveHouston, B.C. V0J 1Z2Phone: 250-845-2841

Sunday Service: 11:30 AMParish Priest:

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The Dze L K’ant Friendship Centre – Houston Program Office is a thriving Urban Aboriginal Organization, offering quality supportive service to community families. This position is 35 hours per week.

We offer competitive wages, and excellet benefits packages to full time employees. Please email: [email protected] for full job description.

Please address all resumes to:Annette Morgan, Executive Director

Drop off at: 3383 11th Street, Houston or 1188 Main St., SmithersFax: 250 845-2136

or email: [email protected] Date: June 12, 2015

Pursuant to section 41 of the BC Human Rights Code, preference may be given to applicants of Aboriginal ancestry. Only those candidates invited for an interview will be contacted.

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The Dze L K’ant Friendship Centre has an immediate opening for an Accounts Supervisor. This is a full time position responsible for all aspects of financial management for the Smithers, Houston and Dease Lake offices.

The Accounts Supervisor is responsible for the following:Maintaining the accounts receivable ledgerReviewing all accounts payable postingsPosting all general ledger and payroll journal entriesDeveloping and managing all budgetsMonthly bank reconciliationsFinancial reporting to the fundersAttending monthly board meetings

Qualifications:Must have a bookkeeping certificate or at least 5 years related experienceExperience with Adagio and Easy Pay software preferredBe proficient with spreadsheet and word processing packagesWould prefer contract management experience

Closing Date: June 12, 2015

PLEASE SUBMIT COVER LETTER AND RESUME WITH 3 REFERENCES

Dze L K’ant Friendship Centre Society Attn: Annette Morgan, Executive Director

P. O. Box 2920, Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 or email: [email protected]

Accounts Supervisor

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Gitxsan Child & Family Services Society

Gitxsan Child & Family Services Society is a delegated agency based in beautiful Hazelton, BC. It is a rural agency serving the 5 Gitxsan communities. The five communities that our Agency serves within the Gitxsan Nation are: Kispiox, Glen Vowell, Gitseguekla, Gitwangak and Gitanyow. We are surrounded by beautiful scenery, clean rivers and a thriving culture. We are seeking a qualified experienced social worker to join our dynamic team.

The Social Worker is expected to carry a regular caseload, using clinical and interpersonal skills as well as good case management systems, to provide a variety of services. Social Workers primary responsibility is to ensure the delivery of family support services to families and children who require them, guardianship services and the development and maintenance of caregiver homes.

Qualifications: BSW, plus two year related experience

ReQuiRements•We are looking for individuals who are delegated or are eligible to be delegated under the

current Provincial (BC) Legislation.•Willingness to travel •Have a valid BC driver’s license•Must successfully pass a Criminal Records Check

the Generalist social Worker will: •Cooperate and work with Ministry of Children and Family Development workers in ensuring

all Plans of Care are completed before the file is transferred to GCFS. •Participate in case pre-transfer meetings with the MCFD Guardianship Worker, Foster

Parents and the Child in Care

With respect to case management, the Generalist social Worker will:•Complete Comprehensive Plans of Care in accordance with AOPSI Standards•Review Plans of care through formal meetings whenever possible and within specified

timeframes •Set priorities for service delivery in consultation with the Supervisor •Conduct Case Management Meetings at regular intervals to ensure that services to the

child are coordinated and appropriate •Include the child in decision making as appropriate to the child’s developmental abilities•Where possible, ensure the child signs his summary recordings so he understands what is

in his file•Record the Service Plan and Goals for the child•Maintain up to date recordings in the format required by the agency •Ensure that the child’s medical, emotional and educational needs are met through referrals

to appropriate professionals •Inform the child about behavioural expectations and consequences•Consult the resource worker, child’s family the community and the child where this is age

appropriate when moving or placing a child •Ensure that appropriate action is taken when a child is missing, lost or has run away•Ensure that the GCFS Executive Director and the Director for Child Protection are notified of

reportable circumstances and grievous incidents •Ensure consultation with the supervisor at all key decision points (see the AOPSI) •Ensure that children in care receive the support skills and guidance required to achieve

independence upon leaving care at the age of 19

Please submit your resume and cover letter to the attention of:[email protected]

team leader, Gitxsan child & family services societyP.o. Box 333 4215 Government street, HaZelton, Bc V0J 1Y0

DEADLINE: (until position is filled)No phone calls please, only those who have made the shortlist will be contacted.

Generalist social WorkerGitxsan Child & Family Services Society is a delegated agency based in beautiful Hazelton,







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HOUSTON & AREA COMMUNITY CALENDARMeeting Thursday, June 11, at 6 pm at the Houston Public Library for anyone willing to help out with getting a small Houston � sh hatchery off the ground. There is also streamkeepers training coming up at the end of June. For more, see www.arocha.ca/streamkeepers-training-houston-bc

Death Tour - Sponsored by the Houston Hospice Society June 12, 13 & 14 at Houston’s Seniors’ Centre. To register: Linda 250-845-4921, email: [email protected]. $10/day (incl. lunch) for more on Death Tour: www.deathtour.ca.

Houston Public Library Events: Lego Club – Thursday, June 11 from 2:30 to 4:30. Mark Zagwyn Photography – Friday, June 26 from noon to 4:30. For more info please contact the library @250-845-2256.

The Granisle Power Boat Club Annual Father’s Day Fishing Derby 6am-9pm Saturday & 6am - 1pm Sunday. Prize for Biggest Fish $1500.00. $20 per person. Pre register at:Babine Lodge or Granisle General Store.

The Fraser Lake Festival of the Arts is calling on visual artists of all mediums, quilters, pottery, bands, singers, poets etc. Festival will be August 8th, 2015.Call 250-699-1234 for more information

or email: [email protected]

Activities for Seniors in Houston at the Seniors Centre: Carpet Bowling Tues. & Fri. 1:00 PM • Floor Curling Mon. 1:00 PM • Pool any afternoon to schedule call; Adrian-250-845-2338 • Breakfasts- � rst Sat. of the month, community invited. • Soup and Sandwich luncheon- third Thurs. of the month. Community invited. At Pleasant Valley Village, 3603 11th St.: Senior Exercise, Mon. & Fri 10:00 AM • Cards Mon. & Thurs. 7:00 PM. At the Bowling Alley: Seniors bowling Wed. 1:30 PM. At the Houston Swimming Pool: Aqua� t, Mon., Wed. & Fri. 9-10 AM. At the Legion: Seniors darts and light lunch Thursdays 11a.m. - 2 p.m.

Coffee Break - an Interactive Women’s Bible Study meet every Wed. morning from 9:30-11:00 at the Houston Christian Reformed Church, 1959 Goold Road. Childcare is provided. For more info call Margaret: 845-2348, Darlene 845-7438, Evelyn 696-3229.

The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Monday of the month is Executive, 4th Monday is General Meeting.

TOPLEYStructural Fire� ghting/Hwy Rescue. Interested? Topley

Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applications. No experience necessary please contact Byron - F/C 250-696-3348 or come to a Fire Practice Thurs @ 19:00 hrs (7pm).

Topley Fire Protection Society meetings every second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm.

GRANISLEThe Granisle and District Senior Citizens meet every second and fourth Thursday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Seniors Centre.

Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings & � re practices every Tues., 7:00pm at the Fire Hall.

Granisle Church of the Way services are Sunday, 11:00am.

Please keep your announcements as brief as possible. Deadline (faxed or mailed or delivered) is 4 p.m. Thursday. Items are printed or alternated as space permits. Items will be accepted via fax, email or dropped at the of� ce. No phone calls please. More calendar items are listed online and can be submitted or viewed at www.houston-today.com

Help Wanted Help Wanted Help Wanted In Memoriam

Birthdays Birthdays

In Memoriam Thank you Thank you

JOHN THOMAS

LYONSJuly 5, 1949 -June 8, 2014

Fish On John!We miss you!

Deeply missed by hisfamily and friends.

You have been an amazing sister, Aunty, Cousin and Friend. We have all watched you succeed in all you do.

You have always been there when one of us needs you. Today June 10 we will celebrate you. Happy birthday.

Love your sis, Tammy. Thanks for being my big sister!!

Happy 50th Birthday Sandy Lokken.

FIND EVERYTHING YOUNEED IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

THANK YOUFrom Houston Hospice Society

For making the Art Show and Auction Gala a Marvelous Success

EVENT SPONSORS: Wilson Bros. Enterprises Ltd. Tom Neufeld Trucking Ltd.

GOLD SPONSORS: Bulkley Valley Credit Union

SILVER SPONSORS: Sullivan Motor Products John Himech Logging Ltd.

BRONZE SPONSORS: Nadina Truck Service Ltd. Monster Industries Ltd. Vanderhoof & Districts Co-op Association Steelhead Valley Contracting Ltd. Houston Today

GRAND DOOR PRIZE: Turcotte Bros. Contacting Ltd.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS AND ARTISANS:Kelly Hobenshield Margaret Regnerus Rick BardenCheryl Gatzke Frank Gerei Ray MakowichukGrace Sullivan Brendan Hodge Rayna DeHoogJames Madam Marlee Johnson Regina MeintsLinda Olson Pete Roberts Simone GrothBriana Foubert Rose Grelson Shirley PlugboerDeanna Breuer Annie Marks Don ForesterBrandon Zimmerman Sarah Vandenbrink Diana BatleyGlenda Ferris Trudy Amonson Cutloose QuiltersKevin Himech Krystal Jaarsma Betty SiebengaDennis Verbeek

If you have misplaced your brochure and wish to contact an artist call 250-845-4921 or email

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DONATIONS: Pam Craig Bell Bros. Pharmasave Getumdone Contracting Vybz Theresa Niven Jean Goold Shear Delight Hair Trendz Blooming Arrangements Countrywide Printing PV Express The Moose Radio Pleasant Valley Rest. Taylor Stoltenberg

FOOD DONATIONS: Majestic Restaurant Brewstir’s Lee’s Garden Houston Food Market

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COMMUNITY PHOTO FEATUREHouston Today Wednesday, June 10, 2015 www.houston-today.com 15

Kids and families are making the most of the sunshine this month,enjoying the parks and ball fields during the warm evenings.

Top left: Deara and Kaylee enjoy the merry-go-round at Jamie Baxter Park last Thursday. Top right: Dustin pills off a switch heel flip at the skateboard park in Houston. Left: Kyle, Allison, Paige, Allisa, Erik and Carson hang out at the skateboard park.

Houston Minor Softball League is drawing out lots of kids every Thursday.

Below: Riley steals a base from Mackenzie. Bottom left: Abby pitches to Gabe during a scrimmage game last week.

Right: Kyle jumps over the stairs at the Jamie Baxter skateboard park last week.

Sunny June inspires Houston fun

Jackie Lieuwen photos/Houston Today


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