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MAYOR: REPORT NOT WORTH DEBATING

Debate over a report advising the provincial government to reign in municipal wages is wasting time that could be focused on more important issues, says Kamloops mayor Peter Milobar.

According to a report prepared by Ernst and Young on behalf of the province, wages for unionized municipal workers rose by 38 per cent between 2001 and 2012, while wages for provincial employees rose by 19 per cent.

That finding is being challenged by may-ors, including Milobar, who note Ernst and Young catego-rized BC Ferries and TransLink employ-ees as municipal workers in their calculations.

But, Milobar said, whether the report is accurate or not, its not worth debating.

Id rather just receive the report and move on and get back to trying to deal with real issues like mental health, addictions issues, things like that, that us and the province need to be working on together, he told

Kamloops This Week.Kamloops assistant director of

finance Doug Stewart said he hasnt examined the report in enough detail to determine if the 38 per cent figure would be accurate, but said the citys wage policies mean its pay rates are growing on pace with other B.C. communities.

We try to stay with the market, said Stewart, noting the city uses a P-50 policy, setting wages in the middle of the pack.

We would be the median rate of our peers, Stewart said. That was the mandate council gave us and thats where our rates have been set.

Between 2001 and 2012, the citys total payroll grew from $29.6 mil-lion to $52.7 mil-lion.

In that same period, the number of city staff

grew by 34 per cent, from 533 to 714. Weve had a lot of increases in

services since 2001, Stewart said. Weve built the water-treatment

plant, the Tournament Capital Centre, Tournament Capital Ranch, wastewater-treatment plant, Fire Hall No. 7 and all of those have added on a few staff.

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After months at a standstill, a 15-unit affordable-housing project on Columbia Street is moving forward but unforeseen difficulties with the site will make it less affordable than originally planned.

The John Howard Society officially broke ground on its townhome proj-ect at 275 Columbia St. more than a year ago, but soon discovered the site was a hub for the citys aging utility infrastructure.

Theres a 50-year-old water line and sewer line, John Howard CEO Dawn Hrycun said.

All of the utilities are extremely old and they all have to be updated and they all have to be moved. So, its taken lots of discussions with the city and lots of consultants and engineers to figure out how were going to do that.

Its the latest in a list of difficul-

ties the society has encountered as it attempts to bring the project to completion.

In 2008, the proposal was first pitched as an affordable-housing proj-ect with 44 one-bedroom units, which would be run with support from BC Housing.

The design secured council approval, but faced fierce opposition from neighbours, who said they were concerned about the buildings impact on traffic.

From there, the Columbia Street lot sat vacant for several years, until the John Howard Society brought forward a new design in 2013.

Once complete, the 15 townhomes on the property will have two to three bedrooms each and two-car garages.

Unlike its previous design, costs for this project are borne entirely by the society, with no financial support from BC Housing.

Though the society had hoped to rent the homes for about $1,100 per month, Hrycun said it now looks as

though it will have to increase that price to cover the additional $350,000 in costs that will come with moving the utilities.

It starts to really impact the peo-ple who can rent there, who we want to have rent there from us, but theres nothing much I can do about that, she said. Its a cost. Its a hard cost to be incurred.

Hrycun is hoping the city may be willing to take on some of the societys costs since the infrastructure is aged, but negotiations have yet to begin.

Despite the setbacks, Hrycun is happy to finally see the project taking shape.

Its been a dead piece of property for me, she said.

I keep driving past thinking were so close and still so far.

Excavation work at the property is already underway.

The project should take about a year to wrap up and Hrycun said the society plans to begin advertising soon for tenants.

The man accused of killing a teenaged girl in Kamloops and leav-ing her lifeless body in Guerin Creek has been ordered to stand trial in B.C. Supreme Court.

Damien Taylor was committed to trial following a four-day preliminary inquiry last week in Kamloops pro-vincial court.

The 22-year-old was arrested in January after police spent more than a year investi-gating the death of 16-year-old CJ Fowler.

Fowlers body was discovered in Guerin Creek, near downtown Kamloops, on Dec. 5, 2012.

The Crown called 16 witnesses at Taylors preliminary inquiry a pre-trial hearing to determine whether there is enough evi-dence to go to trial. All evidence heard at a preliminary inquiry is subject to an automatic publication ban.

At the time of her death, police said Fowler, who was from the Terrace area, had been visiting friends in Kamloops.

Investigators believe Fowler and Taylor, who were involved in a romantic relationship at the time, travelled to Kamloops together.

Fowler had appar-ently been planning to return home to Terrace before she was killed.

Taylor has been in custody since his arrest.

Hes due back in court on Oct. 6.

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The city also contracts out less of its work than it has in the past, claiming it is often cheaper to do the work in-house.

Milobar said wage increases are often offset through other cost-saving measures in the citys oper-ation, something the report doesnt take into account.

He said the city has treated its employees fairly when it comes to wages.

I agreed to the wage settlements weve signed over the last 12 years, so I dont know how it would be a surprise that Im comfortable with what were pay-ing people, he said.

While the provinces report suggests a number of ways the government might clamp down on municipal pay rates from centralized bargaining to withholding grants for cities whose payrolls exceed provincial targets Milobar is skeptical.

I dont know how they would do it, he said. Before my time, municipalities couldnt even

agree to all negotiate firefighters at the same time. But, if the province wants to change the laws, theyre free to do that. Theres not much we can do to change that.

This year, Kamloops signed a five-year deal with its CUPE staff, with 7.5 per cent in wage increases over the life of the deal.

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Milobar says wage hikes offset

Getting Grouchy with policeIf youre going to swear at

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Dewayne Joseph Grouchy pleaded guilty in Kamloops pro-vincial court yesterday (Sept. 29) to one count of theft and two counts of breach of probation stemming from incidents this past summer.

He was sentenced to 60 days in custody.

Court heard the 40-year-old

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On July 14, Grouchy went into McCracken Station liquor store in Valleyview and tucked a bottle of Fireball whisky down his pants before leaving the store.

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He told police he had sold the booze.

Grouchy was arrested and read his rights, to which he replied, F---you, court heard the same response he offered

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When the arresting officer asked Grouchy if he understood what was being told to him, he called the Mountie a pig.

Grouchys guilty plea was delayed after the Crown changed its position during the hearing.

Crown article student Oliver Potestio agreed to a time-served 30-day plea bargain, then changed his mind to 30 new days during the hearing after Kamloops provincial court Judge Stella Frame questioned the length of the sentence given Grouchys criminal record.

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The proposed Ajax copper and gold mine south of the city will lower property values in Aberdeen and Sahali, bring higher rates of pollution-causing dis-ease and decrease tour-ism and tournament activity in Kamloops, according to a report released on Friday, Sept. 26.

Ken Blawatt, a retired Thompson Rivers University business professor, and Dennis Karpiak, a retired respirolo-gist, co-authored the 35-page report, which was completed over a one-year period.

The two men told reporters they consult-ed journals and experts where possible and used conservative fig-ures in their findings.

It doesnt represent what Ken and I have to say, but what 100 or more scientists have to say, Karpiak said at a press conference at Hotel 540 used to release the findings.

Last week, a sum-mary made available in advance of the release totalled economic loss-es created by the mine at $6.2 billion, com-pared to its economic benefits, primarily in

jobs and taxes, at $2.2 billion.

Most of those losses are due to its location within kilometres of existing city residences, Blawatt said.

If they can move the mine 10 or 15 kilo-metres away, then the problem virtually goes away.

Robin Bartlett, a spokeswoman with KGHM-Ajax, said the corporation will look more closely at the report this week.

At first glance, we still believe its written by opponents with a very biased view of the project, Bartlett said.

Were still in the middle of our environ-mental assessment and waiting for studies to be completed.

In all cases, Blawatt said, the report used conservative figures to estimate environmen-tal or health damages, for example.

That also includes the reports estimate that property values in Aberdeen, Sahali and Dufferin will fall by five per cent.

That equates to a $155-million decline in property values.

Blawatt said some estimates have placed real-estate losses in comparable commu-nities at 30 to 40 per cent, but noted he and

Karpiak chose a lesser figure.

In other jurisdic-tions where mining moved in, the resulting losses were much high-er, the report states.

Among the highest costs from the mine cited in the report are from health care.

It cites a Swedish study that found more than 100 studies have found adverse health effects from higher levels of PM 2.5, or tiny dust particles.

That will cause increase in respiratory symptoms, worsen-ing of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), airway infections including pneumonias as well as worsening of cardiovas-cular diseases like heart attacks and strokes, the report states.

Karpiak said that is likely to deter sport tourism another fac-tor added up among the costs of the mine.

He acknowledged, however, the study lacks data expected to come from Ajax consultants who will project how much dust will be created at the site and how much of that material will make its way into the citys airshed.

We dont know until the mine is built then well know,

Karpiak said.While Blawatt and

Karpiak said the report, titled Economic, Health and Environmental Evaluation at Full Cost for the Proposed Ajax Mine, is based on facts, studies and expert opinion, they acknowl-edged lack of funding meant they couldnt do surveys, for example.

In that absence, the study predicts, for example, a five per cent drop in international students at Thompson Rivers University cit-ing a cost of $17 million a year and $342 million over the life of the mine a percentage figure Blawatt said he arrived at after speaking with former colleagues.

Neither the report nor its two authors shied away from highly charged language.

During a question-and-answer session with reporters, Karpiak gave the example of a young soccer player who comes here for a tournament and wakes up gasping with newly diagnosed asthma.

I and every respi-rologist I know will provide evidence in a courtroom . . . You wont see an Ajax oper-ation in conjunction with the Tournament Capital [program].

Much of the more than $6 billion in costs

cited in the report comes from remedia-tion the authors pre-dict will be eventually paid for by taxpayers, decades or a century into the future when KGHM, the Polish min-ing company behind the project, may not event exist.

To come up with that conclu-sion, the report uses

Yellowknifes Giant mine, among Canadas most toxic sites, as well as other mining envi-ronmental disasters.

Other issues of concern in the report include the loss of B.C. Lions training camp, a five-point reduction in IQs of children, an increase in suicide, the loss of vacation-ers who will avoid the

city, pollution of the water table and Jacko Lake, contamination of Peterson Creek, potential loss of the Adams Lake salmon

run, collapse of the hospitality industry and daily blasting damage.

Blawatt also said some of Ajaxs project-ed economic-benefit numbers come from reallocation of jobs from Northern Alberta and Highland Valley Copper, for example from where many experienced workers will come.

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Two dozen surger-ies were cancelled ear-lier this month when a lack of beds forced the eight operating rooms at Royal Inland

Hospital to close for a day.

Nancy Serwo, act-ing administrator for the hospital, said the operations scheduled

for Sept. 10 were all elective; some urgent ones went ahead.

Serwo said this isnt the first time operat-ing rooms have been closed due to a lack of

beds and the hospitals plan, which involves working with residen-tial-care facilities in the city and the hospitals surgeons, worked well.

Many apologies were issued to those inconvenienced and the hospital continues to work with the doc-tors to help reschedule the operations.

Kamloops Rotary Day is next month

Bocce, barbecue and a walk to raise funds to eliminate polio are all on the agenda for Kamloops Rotary Day.

At their meeting tomorrow (Sept. 30), Kamloops city council will proclaim Saturday, Oct. 4 as Rotary Day, a day to highlight the efforts of Rotary groups in the fight against polio.

Rotary clubs have already helped elimi-nate the disease in most of the world through oral immuni-zation programs, but it

continues to affect peo-ple in Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

While polio infec-tions are often symp-tomless, in about one per cent of cases the virus enters the central nervous system, lead-ing to paralysis.

To highlight Rotarys campaign to complete-ly eliminate the disease, the Kamloops North Rotary club is organiz-ing a march from the North Hills shopping centre to McDonald Park.

The walk begins at 12 p.m.

Once Rotarians are assembled in the park, there will be presenta-tions on polio.

On the other side of the river, members of the Kamloops Fusion Rotaract Club are host-ing a bocce tournament featuring beer and bar-becue.

The event is $40 per team and takes place at Hal Rogers Hall in Albert McGowan Park. Registration is at 1:30 p.m.

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RIH average in hospital rankings

The Interior Health Authority doesnt take issue with a recent study from Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) on its hospitals but it has some questions about the findings.

Dr. Andy Hamilton, the IHAs medi-cal director for surgical services, said the CIHI study provides valuable oversight and noted the report states the information shouldnt be used to compare hospitals, although he acknowledged thats what many in the public will do.

Information used to compile the report on access, quality of care, patient safety and emerging health trends across the country comes from the hospitals themselves, Hamilton said, with 37 indicators included in the online report.

Royal Inland Hospital came out as average in terms of access (85.7 per cent), slightly better than the national (82.5 per cent) and B.C. (81.8 per cent) averages. The data used to generate the figure was hip-fracture surgery wait times.

In terms of safety, RIH was also ranked as average in terms of in-hos-pital sepsis incidents, at 3.6 per 1,000 patients. The provincial statistic was 4.7. The national statistic was 4.4

RIH ranked below average in a second data area of obstetric trauma with instrument, at 28.9 per cent. The provincial rate was 16 per cent and national was 18.9 per cent.

Hamilton said the rating was a concern and hell be working with IHA obstetricians to gain more information on this if the trauma is the result of vaginal tears, for example.

RIH ranked below average in sev-eral categories of appropriateness and effectiveness of care, including percentage of patients re-admitted to hospital under various conditions from medical to surgical and obstetric patients but the B.C. rates were also below average.

For example, 9.5 per cent of all patients were re-admitted to hospital within a 30-day period, while the per-centage was 9.4 for B.C.

Nationally, it was 8.8 per cent.The lowest percentage, while still

below average, was 2.5 per cent of obstetric patients, while the highest was 14.6 for medical patients. Those rates were within 0.1 of a percentage of the provincial figures.

Hamilton said more information is needed on this part of the report.

Its puzzling, he said, so weve asked for the raw data to look into it further. It could be someone with a new illness that is unrelated, for exam-ple, but it is still classified as a 30-day return.

RIH ranked effective in terms of patients 19 and younger being re-admitted, with 3.6 per cent.

Provincially, the rate was 5.8 per cent. Nationally, it was 6.5 per cent.

RIH alas ranked favourably in hos-pital deaths per 100 following major surgery, at 1.4 deaths. The provincial statistic was 1.7 and the national was 1.8.

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FRAUDSTER MUST REPAY $20K

A woman who defrauded the pro-vincial welfare system pleaded guilty yester-day (Sept. 29) to an offence that will not leave her with a crimi-nal record.

However, Holly Sargent, 30, must pay back the Ministry of Social Development almost $20,000 she wrongfully collected.

The former Kamloops resident now living in Lillooet was originally charged with fraud over $5,000, but pleaded guilty in return for the lesser charge of providing false and misleading information under the Employment and Assistance Act.

Crown prosecu-tor Chris Balison said

while Sargent was living apart from her boyfriend, bank state-ments revealed she continued to be in a dependency relation-ship.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Hope Hyslop accepted a joint sub-mission for a restitu-tion order equal to the $19,600 the mother of five wrongfully col-lected starting in early 2010 for nearly a two-year period.

Defence lawyer Michelle Stanford said Sargent is now sepa-rated from her former boyfriend, who also has custody of her children, ages three to 13.

Sargent does not know their where-abouts, Stanford said.

She found her-self, in her words, in a desperate situation, Stanford said.

It [the relationship] was dysfunctional with physical and psychological abuse, Stanford said.

She was trying to have some kind of financial indepen-dence.

Sargent has a Grade 11 education and has worked only at mini-mum-wage jobs.

Stanford said now that Sargent has pleaded guilty under the act, she cannot apply for assistance, unless under a hard-ship application, for the next year.

The Crown asked for a $500 to $1,000 fine in addition to the restitution order, but Hyslop opted to make it $1.

I have difficulty understanding how she will ever pay this [restitution order] back, Hyslop said.

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At the very least, Dennis Karpiak and Ken Blawatt can be commended for taking their pas-

sionate stance against KGHMs proposed Ajax copper and gold mine to the next level.

But, the duos 35-page report on the possible perils the mine may bring to Kamloops needs to be read with a decided emphasis on possible.

As Blawatt conceded during a press conference on Friday, Sept. 26, at Hotel 540, the dire situations outlined in the report affecting the economy and environment are not facts, but possibilities based on estimates.

That much should be obvious based on some of the concerns summarized near the back of the report: A five per cent decline in the IQ of our kids, an increase in suicide rates, an increase in juvenile violence, the loss of B.C. Lions training camp and the very existence of Knutsford.

Again, these are listed as issues of concern about what may occur should Ajax receive approval and begin mining operations just south of Aberdeen.

However, there is an argument that a fully operational Ajax, over the 23-year life of the mine, will result in an economic benefit of $2.195 billion, which the authors claim will be overshadowed by a cost of $6.147 billion via sub-sidized electricity, clean-up and site-mediation costs, lost real-estate values and lost property-tax revenues.

Among the assumptions that led to the authors arriving at those numbers was a reference to international-student attendance at Thompson Rivers University.

Today, more than 2,000 inter-national students attend TRU. The report states approval of Ajax

will see those numbers drop.A mining town is not usually

looked on as an attractive place to attend a university or college, the authors write in the report. It is suggested there would be at least a five percent decline as a desir-able place to attend university or $ 17.2 annually and $342 million over the life of the mine.

When asked who suggested there would be a five per cent decline, Blawatt said the figure was arrived at by discussions with various people but not with Thompson Rivers University itself.

Sitting in on the press confer-ence was Kamloops Coun. Nelly Dever, who asked if the authors had spoken to the university, Venture Kamloops, Kamloops Chamber of Commerce while compiling information for the report.

Blawatt said they had not.When Dever asked why not,

Blawatt replied: They have no information that is worthwhile to us.

It was a strange, strange state-ment to make considering the authors arrived at a specific per-centage decrease in international students without speaking to the one institution TRU that would, presumably, have the

most expertise on the subject.Similarly, Venture Kamloops

released a much-discussed report earlier this year that looked at the effect of industry on Kamloops under various scenarios, includ-ing what might happen if Ajax is approved.

It would seem to only make sense to at least consult with those groups to help make the report that much more substantial.

Another part of the report needs clarification and, to his credit, Blawatt conceded the error. In discussing corporate governance, the report stated: The Environmental Investment Organization rates KMGH as the absolute worst polluter in Europe out of 300 companies cited in the report.

That is not true.The Environmental

Investment Organization looked at the 300 largest companies in Europe and ranked them based on their publicly reported levels of greenhouse-gas emissions relative to their revenue. KGHM was not found to be the absolute worst polluter in Europe; the company was placed at the bot-tom of the list because it did not publicly disclose its emissions levels.

However, as Blawatt repeated at the press conference, the information he and Karpiak were seeking was information to sup-port their belief Ajax will be bad for Kamloops.

We were looking for the kinds of adverse effects mining does present, he said. Our numbers are debatable. The information is based on estimates.

Again, the report is not a pre-diction of what will occur, but a look at what may occur and it is never a bad idea to give thought to the [email protected]

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What may (not will) occur

PROMISES MUST BE POSSIBLEH

eres a simple request for candidates seeking a seat in the Nov. 15 board of education and municipal elections: Only promise what you can deliver.

That might seem an obvious request but, all too often, can-didates vow to achieve things they clearly cannot. They either fail to pro-vide the true cost of their promise or they promise something outside the legal mandate of the office they seek.

Call it exuberance. Call it ignorance. Either way, it doesnt serve the voter and it disrespects the process.

For example, there are some fairly severe limits on what a city can and cannot do. It must work within the provincial legislation that governs its existence. A promise to silence every train whistle within city boundaries might sound attractive, but trains are a federal responsibility. City council cant make them do anything.

Likewise, a promise by a school-board candidate to hire more teachers wont happen without an explanation of where the money to pay for those new employees will come from. School districts (unlike the federal or provin-cial governments), cannot, by provincial law, run a deficit.

Which brings up the second point: Money.Rarely does a promise come without a cost and

candidates have an obligation to identify what that cost will be.A promise to double the number of parks in the city, for example, might

draw support. But, what will it cost to maintain those parks and what impact will the removal of that land from the tax base have on city financ-es? A promise to cut taxes, or at least hold them at zero, must also include details on where the cuts in services will be made (or alternate revenue found) to accommodate that plan.

None of this is to suggest candidates cant have ideas or voice creative and imaginative solutions to the problems communities face.

But, they have an obligation to voters to ensure that what they promise is practical or even possible.

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Retired engineer Ken Blawatt (left) and retired doctor Dennis Karpiak put together a report that argues the cost of the proposed Ajax copper and gold mine will be three times the economic benefit.

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YOUR OPINIONA selection of comments on KTW stories, culled online

RE: STORY: TEMPERS BOIL OVER IN BRONCOS LOSS:

Broncos didnt give up. No one quit. Thats what makes this team great. Greatest season ever.

Glad to hear that the injury to Angove wasnt worse, but a concussion is bad enough.

The referees need to get more training at this level.

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RE: STORY: UBCM CONVENTION: KAMLOOPS HOTDOG RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY DELEGATES:

Could you make a more mediocre law?

If people have the time to get stressed over the heat of dogs, that must really say something for the people who run this city at large.

Please spend your time and money on something more use-ful for the community.

The dogs arent going to suf-focate dont worry.

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Editor:Re: (Report says Ajax will drive down prop-

erty values, increase disease rates):Respectfully put, there is nothing in con-

crete that anyone should be sounding the alarms over because the first sentence of this report prepared by retired physician Dennis Karpiak and retired professor Ken Blawatt sets the tone for what follows.

It states: The report is the result of careful deliberation by qualified professionals who have spent considerable time studying the potential effects of an open pit mine next to Kamloops.

Most people understand that using words

like potential effects is not a definitive state-ment thats being made.

Not at all.The very first sentence of this report sets

the tone for everything that follows.Respectfully, it was a nice try by Karpiak

and retired Blawatt, both of whom are obvious opponents.

Thats 100 per cent OK but, when words like potential effects are used to set the tone and very embodiment of this report, theres nothing left to offer the burden of proof.

Who can say the reports described per-ils will happen to Kamloops with certainty?

I wouldnt sound the alarms.This is simply a report offering the opin-

ions, conjecture and the potential effects given by 100 or so colleagues consulted by Karpiak and Blawatt.

Well done but, Ill surmise that oppo-nents like Karpiak and Blawatt do not speak for the 90,000-plus citizens of Kamloops or do they?

What about other highly trained doctors who may not be in agreement?

Ill bet theres a great many who remain sit-ting on the fence.

Les EvensKamloops

Editor: I would like to respond to the vitriolic non-

sense posted online by PeterS in response to a letter regarding accessing assistance from MPs (Asking for help is pointless).

Complain and ask for more. Why do we seem to be so good at that?

We live in the best country on the globe, but are never satisfied.

We think we are entitled to still more and we are raising the current younger gen-eration to think so, too.

Does any governing party get it all right all the time? Of course not.

But, the silly nit-picking, not to mention the constant attempts to discredit our prime minister, is offensive.

I consider myself a Conservative, not sim-ply because I believe Prime Minister Stephen Harper to be an exemplary statesman, but because I espouse conservative principles.

I believe government can best serve the people by being less intrusive, governing less, taxing less and paying the bills as they accu-mulate.

More freedom through less govern-ment is the slogan of the National Citizens Coalition.

Certainly others are entitled to different political persuasions.

There are those who think government need not be concerned about debt, that money borrowed to indulge our desires (espe-cially if they are worthy ones) will never need to be repaid.

I do not trust an ideology that promises to hand out favours to the select, proposing to steal from so-called rich people who pay taxes.

This may sound simplistic, but over-taxing the worker and spending more money that we do not have is not the solution to our coun-trys problems.

The result of that philosophy is only to increase inflation and make everyone poorer.

Harpers leadership with the backing of a caucus that agrees with him placed Canada among, if not at the top of the list, of the worlds most respected nations.

Middle-income family income has

increased faster in Canada than anywhere else in the developed world.

Canadian families have seen the federal tax burden reduced to its lowest level in 50 years.

According to data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Canadians are among the most educated citi-zenry on the globe.

According to the three main credit rating agencies Moodys, Fitch and Standard & Poors Australia and Canada still rate Triple A.

According to the evaluation of Gary Scott, Canada rates first among the worlds countries having the soundest banking systems.

But, Canada still has a huge federal debt that needs to be continually addressed and this government continues to do so.

Our deficit-reduction surplus wont stay a surplus if it gets spent on wishes and wants before necessities.

Budgets do not balance themselves. Colleen Carbol

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Cheryl Phippen has battled the regions bloodsuckers as mosqui-to-control consultant for the Thompson-Nicola Regional district.

Now, shes looking to move from bugs to budgets by running for a seat on Kamloops city

council in the Nov. 15 municipal election.

Phippen, who lives in Barnhartvale, said she wants to advance con-cerns of the citys outly-ing neighbourhoods, which she believes havent had the same attention as those at the core.

One of the things were looking for in

Barnhartvale is some sidewalks, some safe places for us to walk, for our children to walk and thats been a long time coming, she said.

And thats not

just Barnhartvale. I see the same thing in some areas of Dallas and Valleyview and Westsyde, Phippen said. Theres a lot of walking issues, in my opinion.

Phippen said she also wants to see the city make changes that would attract more tour-ism dollars to Kamloops and also make Kamloops more attractive to young families and to young professionals graduating from Thompson Rivers University.

We bring people into the city for these amaz-ing tournaments. They stay in hotels, they have pizza and they go home, she said.

Were not extend-ing their vacations in Kamloops. So, what else can we bring to Kamloops that is going to keep families here an extra couple of days?

Phippen said the city should find more ways to promote the Thompson rivers to out-of-town visitors and look at developing its waterfront in the Valleyview area.

She also wants to see better connectivity between the outlying neighbourhoods and the citys waterfront parts, suggesting opening more

of the citys parks to leashed dogs.

Phippen said the lat-ter would allow more people to attend events in Riverside Park or feel safe running after dark on McArthur Island.

On the Ajax mine

front, Phippen said shes concerned about the prominence of the pro-posed copper and gold mine in the election, noting she does not want to see the city spend money on a referendum, as another candidate has proposed.

The cost of a refer-endum is substantial to get the opinion of Kamloopsians on some-thing that is not decided

by Kamloopsians, Phippen said.

Its decided at the provincial and federal level.

Phippen believes Ajax has the potential to benefit the city through job creation.

The nomination period opened today (Sept. 30) and candi-dates have until Oct. 10 to submit their nomina-tion papers.

Phippen wants to ght for outlying areasANDREA KLASSEN STAFF [email protected]

Cheryl Phippen, whose company BWP Consulting does mosquito control for the Thompson- Nicola Regional District, examines a dipper for mosquito larva. Phippen has decided to seek a seat on Kamloops council in the Nov. 15 election.

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Adam Jensen has an immediate source of advice as he prepares to run for a school-board trustees seat in the Nov. 15 election his mother, Kim, who was on the board from 1996 to 1999.

The city worker who runs his own digital-arts and design com-pany said the reality of politics has been with him not only through his mothers involve-ment, but also as an active union member since he graduated from Thompson Rivers University.

Jensen attended Parkrest elementary and Brocklehurst sec-ondary, but said many Kamloopsians might know him better from the 11 years he spent as a lifeguard with

the Kamloops YMCA-YWCA, Camp Grafton and the city.

The board of edu-cation attracted him, he said, because it involves an area of community life about which he is passionate and because he sees potential for his skills in bringing partners together to work col-laboratively.

Children should matter to everyone and it shouldnt mat-ter if they have or dont have kids themselves, Jensen said.

This is because I know that children will be the people to take care of us in the future and giving them the best possible opportu-nities now will pay off dividends in the years to come.

The 29-year-old he will be 30 before the Nov. 15 election

added that, as a believer in creating a succession plan and seeing many trustees who have been on the board for years, he feels its a good time for a younger person to step up and learn before incumbents decide to step down.

I believe in mentor-ship and people like [board chairwoman] Denise Harper would be excellent role mod-els for me to learn from, he said.

Jensen has received the backing of the Kamloops and District Labour Council and his mom has signed on as his campaign man-ager.

LOCAL NEWS

Children should matter . . . ADAM JENSEN IS SEEKING A SEAT ON THE SD73 BOARD OF EDUCATION

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The first time Tom Dickinson walked up some land on Corral Road near Wells Gray Park, he encountered some black-bear dens in the ground and, a bit farther along, a pioneer-era cabin and corral.

Subsequent walks through the area revealed a wetland habitat the dean of science at Thompson Rivers University had not seen anywhere else in the 5,250-square-kilometre pro-

vincial park. I knew it was an

important place, he said.

What hes learned since, Dickinson said, is that 160-acre parcel of land its owners Anne and Roland Neave just donated to the univer-sity is so unique and important that two international research-ers have already told Dickinson theyd be here in a heartbeat to continue their own research at the site.

For the univer-sity, the donation will enhance its existing Wells Gray Wilderness Centre and give TRU the opportunity to add some permanent build-ings and increase the long-term research and educational opportu-nities the terrain pro-vides.

Its not just a real-ity that appeals to Dickinsons faculty and students, he said; with the presence of old artifacts, theres a lot of geography and stories to be had up there and it will be beneficial to the geographers here, too.

About one-third of the land is a wetland

and home to many ani-mal and bird species.

Dickinson said a recent visit to the site also showed him the extent of the botanical inhabitants of the area.

Its also an impor-tant black-bear habitat and is one of the spots Dickinson has taken others to see grizzlies.

A researcher from Finland who toured the site with Dickinson said hes not seen anything comparable anywhere in North America in terms of the habitat, flora, fauna and other aspects that, combined, create a vir-tual classroom teeming with learning opportu-nities.

Dickinson, who recently returned from a UNESCO meeting, is hoping the dona-tion will also enhance a bid to see the park given a UNESCO World Heritage designation.

It has huge ecologi-cal value, Dickinson said.

The Neaves are long-time supporters of the university and, with this donation, bring their total gifts to TRU in the past two decades to almost $600,000 in value.

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A GREAT FISH TALE: The Kamloops Fish and Game Club hosted a fishing experience and barbecue for the Kamloops White Cane Club at Lac Le Jeune on Sept. 7. Sixteen visually impaired guests caught 23 fish, with Shirley Mathews and guide Jim Woodward and Judy Nielsen and guide Bob Goldy catching five fish each to win the award for most fish caught.

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR:Kamloops Arts Council board member Lucy Gearey (left) presented the Volunteer of the Year award to Anne Zhang during the councils recent annual general meeting and vol-unteer appreciation night. The award was given based on a volunteers reliability, accountability, flexibility, resourcefullness and more.

DRIVING HOME A DONATION: The Masonic Okanagan Cancer Car Project received a cheque for $10,189.50 from members of the Breath Integration Counselling and Training Centre, who raised the funds. The Masonic Okanagan Cancer Car Project has a van stationed in Kamloops that is used to transport cancer patients to and from the Kelowna clinic for their treatments. The van runs five days per week and is operated by volunteers as a free service for cancer patients. In the photo, left to right: Jeanne and Bob Chambers accept the donation on behalf of Masonic Okanagan Cancer Car Project from Andrea Mortimer, Greg Stewart, Jamie Drummond, Karen Kilba, Amanda Somerville, Sebastian Gardner and Arnica Crawshay.

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Scratch Market opens today (Sept. 30) in the meat store on College Drive on the campus.

Faculty member Ed Walker said the market will feature food to go soups, entrees, arti-san breads and many other dishes.

The market will be open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays will remain the meat-mar-ket day from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

To accommodate the change, the store has been renovated, Walker said, and money raised will go back into the program.

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projects are taking part in the annual Aviva Community Fund com-petition.

The Centre for Seniors Information is seeking funding in the $50,000 to $100,000 level from the insur-ance companys challenge, money it would use to create a larger-scale community kitchen.

The centre in Brocklehurst envisions a program that will offer a food subsidy to those on low fixed incomes and create a location where people can share and learn skills, food prepara-tion, security and basic interpersonal skills.

The program could also provide a place for people to go who otherwise would spend their days in isolation.

The Interior CarShare Co-operative is campaigning in the less than $50,000 cat-egory with its project to create a 24-hour fleet of vehicles people can rent on a short-term basis going to the grocery store, visiting

friends or other quick jaunts.

The vehicles would be owned by co-oper-

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The Kamloops High School class of 1954 was the largest graduating class of its time, with about 120 stu-dents.

On Friday, Oct. 3, 45 grads will meet at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre to celebrate 60 years since having left the hall-ways of the Kamloops high school, which, through various buildings, is now more than a century old.

Over the years, they have reunit-ed for several milestones 10 years, 25 years, 40 years, a half-century.

Their group is shrinking with each reunion, but class photos pre-serve the memory of the group as a whole, hanging in the halls of the school, now called South Kamloops secondary.KTW caught up with three former

students from the class of 1954 all of whom are now in their late 70s as they reminisced about high school days, old Kamloops and a different time.

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It was a simpler time

Bill Gurney, 78, remembers 1954.

He and others from Kam Highs school band returned from

Holland with two world cham-pionship titles and the town was waiting at the train station, ready to congratulate them.

It was the only high school in Kamloops at the time.

Everyone knew the school, Gurney said.

The backing of the commu-nity, along with an experienced conductor, Archie McMurdo, helped send the 50-or-so stu-dents overseas that year for the competition.

They traveled by train and boat.

It was before the days of air travel, Gurney said.

They visited Scotland and France while playing impromp-tu concerts along the way.

When they arrived in Holland, the students were bil-leted in a town that happened to have been liberated by the Canadians in the Second World War.

It was like the Canadian heroes returning, Gurney said with a laugh.

They ended up with two golds one in the concert-band category, the other for marching and performed for as many as 30,000 people.

It was the first time a school band from Kamloops had per-

formed on an international stage and it was quite an expe-rience for small-town kids, Gurney said.

In those days, you didnt travel around much.

It was a memorable year for Gurney, who also gradu-ated that year, part of a class of about 120 students, the largest class to date at the time.

Today, the school is overdue for a facelift but, for the class of 1954, it was shiny and new.

Theirs was just the second class to graduate on Munro Street after the school moved in 1952 from Battle Street where the Kamloops RCMP detach-ment now stands due to overcrowding.

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Gurneys friends and former classmates, Bob Macdonald, 78, and Gail Austin (nee Anderson) 79, also remember those days.

Kamloops was a fraction of todays size home to about

13,000 people. It was a time before

televisions, when the Second World War still cast a shadow and when saddle shoes, brush cuts and zoot suits were common-place around campus.

The knees were 12 inches and the ankles were six, Austin said of the zoot suits.

After school was spent rollerskating at Memorial Arena or listening to music at Teen Town. There were dances at the Royal Canadian Legion and the occasional party or game of Spin the Bottle.

When it snowed, First Avenue was closed between

Columbia and Battle streets for sleigh rides.

You talk about global warming, Gurney said.

It was global cool-ing in 53 and 54. They proposed you had domes over your cities glass domes.

There was also the Capital Theatre on Seymour Street.

We all went to the theatre on Saturday morning and it cost 12 cents, Austin said.

We went next door and got 10 cents worth of candies.

A chocolate bar was five cents.

That was our real entertainment, the movies. There was no TV, of course, Gurney said.

You didnt dare miss a matinee because youd miss part of an

ongoing story shown before the feature pre-sentation.

It also showed the news.

The news was a week old, Macdonald said with a laugh.

It was a simpler time, Gurney said.

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Reuniting classmatesNeither Austin nor Macdonald actually graduated.I knew I wasnt going to make it, Austin said with a laugh. That was the best thing

for me to do. I ended up working in the bank.Macdonald ended up in the shoe business and has helped develop local golf cours-

es, including Rivershore Golf Links and the new Sagebrush Golf Club near Merritt.It wasnt uncommon at the time, they said, to leave high school early.Its the reason why the 60th reunion of the Kam High Class of 1954 includes people

who started with the group in 1948, but didnt necessarily nish.A lot of us didnt graduate, Austin said. Thats who we invited. The only problem is that many of those who didnt graduate

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Above: The Kam High graduating class of 1954. The pictures are hanging on the walls at South Kamloops secondary.

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Unlike the pros, the only rea-son amateur actors get involved with community theatre is for love of the art itself.

Its one of the reasons why Darcy Gorrill, director of the opening production for the Kamloops Players upcoming season, is so excited about the production.

Not only does it kick off a four-play season, her cast ranging from a young teen to a couple of retirees has been putting in 12 hours a week get-ting On Golden Pond ready for opening night on Thursday, Oct. 2.

Working with volunteers isnt the only challenge the troupe

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For those who have always wondered, its next to Arigato Sushi and across the road from Mystic Dreams and Mr. Camera.

Gorrills cast includes Liz Ekering and Rod DeBoice as elder couple Ethel and Norman Thayer and Laurel Brewer as longtime family friend Charlie.

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Gorrill said having a cast that spans the decades has been delightful and shes particularly thrilled to have Brendan trying out his acting skills for the first time.

For those unfamiliar with the play, its a perspective on family dynamics and commu-nication.

The film version led to 10 Oscar nominations winning for leading actor Henry Fonda, leading actress Katharine Hepburn and best writing by Ernest Thompson as well as many other award nominations and trophies.

One of the other realities of a community-theatre group is the need for multi-tasking and cast members are also creating the set.

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