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Kamloops | 2013 Edition

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Forty- ve it's not really middle age but there's a lot of history, a lot of experiences, a lot of living behind those four-and-a-half decades.

For Kamloops Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram, that time span has meant some deep roots established in the River City and in families that, from grandpa to mom and dad to son or daughter, have been united in their loyalty to the d e a l e r s h i p and the cars it sells.

As Kamloops Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram celebrates its 45th year in the city, those two digits will be prominent in pricetags, said general manager Dave Jacobs, as he and his staff, many of them long-time employees, celebrate the anniversary.

There will be plenty of time spent looking back at the beginning of those deep roots, when the original dealership started out in the area where McCracken's Pub can now be found. From there, it moved east into the 2300-block of the East Trans-Canada Highway on a lot it rapidly outgrew. As more and more people came and more and more cars were sold it became necessary to nd a larger location, which led the dealership to move to its current site right in the middle of the Auto Mall strip at 2525 East Trans-Canada Highway, where Moore's Motel used to sit.

And, as the dealership grew, so did the cars it sold, as Chrysler introduced new models, dropped others, merged lines together and continued to bring to Kamloopsians cars and trucks ideally suited for the area terrain and driving requirements.

There are many reasons why Kamloops Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram has not just remained a xture in the community but is a business that has grown, Jacobs said. Perhaps the

biggest in his mind is the dedication of everyone at the dealership to customer service.

The simple reality is technology has moved cars and trucks forward and "all cars are good now. All trucks are good now," Jacobs said, so there has to be more that brings people back to the dealership. There has to be that dedication, the personal touch, the ever-expanding knowledge required to service vehicles.

Derek Johnston agrees. Now retired, the man who used to be in the of ce every day said one of the strongest assets Kamloops Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram has is its staff, many of whom have been there for decades. They know the vehicles, they know the customers and they know how to make sure every

interaction lives up to what Kamloopsians want.

Technology has changed the industry and, especially what happens in the service bays. Those long-time employees "are technicians now. They're no longer mechanics," Johnston said.

Talk to any of the service staff there and you'll nd they agree. Everything under the hood and pretty much everywhere else in a vehicle has dramatically changed from the old days when any car buff would spend a Saturday morning changing the spark plugs or draining and replacing the oil.

Environmental awareness is one reason. The average person simply isn't equipped to properly dispose of any old oil, for example.

Technology is another reason. The heart of the engine isn't the carburetor anymore it's the computer that, in many models, not just tells you when you need an oil change but will let you know through a dashboard indicator or even a warning voice if you've used the wrong weight.

So, there's plenty to celebrate this year as Kamloops Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram marks its 45th year selling cars and trucks to Kamloopsians and Jacobs and his staff are inviting everyone to take part in the party with sales promotions and specials

almost every week of the year.

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DID YOU KNOW?Kamloops population, according to Statistics Canadas 2011 census, is 85,678

making a

THE KAMLOOPS CHAMBER OF Commerce has been handing out little buttons that have a big message.What Are You For? the round buttons ask, the implication being it is easy to be

against something, but it takes some creativity and effort to be for something to advocate for an issue that will better the community.

The buttons display the truth.It is easy to oppose and, sometimes, it is an admi-

rable and necessary action.However, promoting and getting behind a positive

idea can literally change the world.Think of the Canadian brothers, Craig and Mark

Kielburger, social activists who, while still pre-teens, laid the foundation for what are now the movements known as Free the Children and Me to We.

The endeavour began as a way to bring attention to the horrors of child labour in Third World nations.

Today, youth in Kamloops and across the world embrace the movement and its message, which, dis-tilled to its core, urges one and all to help make the world in which we live a better place to make a difference.

Making a difference is the theme of this years Kamloops This Week Progress magazine.

We set out to profile the Kamloopsians who, day-to-day, do things that help others not for money, not for glory, but for the good of the community.

In these pages, you will meet a cross-section of altruism, from artists and musicians, to current and former Mounties, to university students and seniors, all of whom have decided to make a difference in Kamloops.

The lessons in giving are plenty, from Emma Compton spending her time teaching fellow stu-dents art to the South Kamloops Titans senior girls basketball team exemplifying perseverance and

dedication to a cause.Being a newspaper and a community leader in

online information, the staff at Kamloops This Week is, on a daily basis, immersed in the hard news that happens in the Tournament Capital.

It is refreshing, therefore, to offer up a slice of the city that may not make the headlines and dominate water-cooler conversation.

It is also an honour to introduce these everyday heroes to our readers.

In these pages, you will learn about your fellow Kamloopsians, all of whom state what they are for through their actions.

We hope you enjoy their stories and we encourage you to join them as they continue to make Kamloops that much better.

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KIRSTI CREASER MIGHT NOT BE from Kamloops, but she has made a difference in this community through her work with Enactus Thompson Rivers.

The student-run, non-profit organization at Thompson Rivers University operates programs designed to increase the standard of living and quality of life in Kamloops.

Creaser, a 20-year-old arts student from Campbell River, was recently recognized for her volunteer work with young mothers through Enactus, winning a Scotiabank Bright Future Young Leaders Award, one of only six Canadians and 12 worldwide to receive the honour.

Just the feeling of seeing their smiles every day and actually knowing that Im helping teach

them and somehow improving their lives in one way or another feels amazing, Creaser said.

Winning the award came as a welcome surprise.I applied online a year ago and I completely

forgot about it, said Creaser, who helps mothers between the ages of 14 and 24 achieve their edu-cation goals.

A year later, my reference got a call about making sure my volunteer hours were correct and then I got a call saying I got it.

It was an amazing day.She received a tablet-computer device from

Scotiabank for personal use and $2,500 to donate in her name to a charity of her choice.

Creaser decided to give the money to Enactus, for which she also runs financial-literacy work-shops.

Its a pretty amazing feeling, she said. Surreal, actually.

Creaser started volunteering time at Carihi

secondary in Campbell River and carried the benevolence on to university in the Tournament Capital.

She plans on pursuing a bachelor of social work degree at TRU.

I would really love working with young moth-ers or First Nations bands, said Creaser, who has volunteered about 200 hours of her time with Enactus in a two-year period.

This year marked the first time Scotiabank handed out the Young Leaders awards.

These young people represent the next gen-eration of community leaders and remind us of the essential role of volunteers to the long-term operation of charitable organizations, said Sylvia Chrominska, Scotiabanks group head of global human resources and communications.

It is exciting to have youth from communities join us in building this tradition of creating bright futures one community at a time.

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By Dale BassKTW STAFF REPORTER

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Who knows what triggered Kris Ruston to become a musician?

Perhaps it was listening to the tales of his dad, a country musician who co-wrote songs with Charlie Pride and performed with the likes of Ferlin Husky and Whispering Bill Anderson.

Maybe it was listening to the familys records.It could have been sharing the North Shore nightclub

his parents ran with the many bands that came in for sound checks before they would perform at which time a young Kris would be home in bed.

Maybe it was something as simple as being that little kid in a walker, motoring across the dance floor of Joes Cabaret and spinning under the disco light, perhaps dreaming of sharing a spotlight himself one day.

Whatever it was, fast forward to now and Ruston,

33, teaches budding musicians, works his magic in pro-duction and engineering, plays guitar, bass, keyboards and, in a pinch, percussion, writes, sings in a bucketful of bands in the area and just generally makes music.

Steeped in dads country roots and taught at an early age to play organ, Ruston studied jazz guitar at Capilano College and found work outside the classroom as a session musician.

Ruston would take advantage of those opportunities to pick the brains of the producers and set up a small studio at home when he returned to Kamloops.

He picked up some clientele, went back to the music teaching he had started right out of high school and hopped into his Volkswagen with some portable record-ing equipment to head out and offer to make demos for local bands.

While he loves to make music and will likely move more into that area when his wife returns to work after a maternity leave and he becomes a stay-at-home

dad Ruston said it is teaching that keeps him com-pletely connected to that world.

Teachings been good for me. It keeps me up to date with whats going on, he says.

He learns about the genres kids are listening to today from the tracks they suggest to him, from YouTube vid-eos they email him to check out and from the general studio banter that is always about the music.

With the music industry in constant flux and actual albums in any format becoming more and more obso-lete, Ruston says its important to ensure young musi-cians understand what their roots are, something he sees as important a role for a music teacher as is ensur-ing every chord is played properly.

Its why his role as a teacher remains integral to his music.

Its the most important part of what I do, getting kids involved and stoked, Ruston says. I dont care what theyre playing. Im excited that theyre excited.

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Teachings been good for me, says Kris Ruston. It keeps me up to date with whats going on. Dave Eagles/KTW


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DID YOU KNOW? The CIty of Kamloops issued 5,347 business licences in 2012

Altruistic army heart of cityWhat would Kamloops be without volunteers?The Tournament Capital would be a shadow of

itself if not for the thousands of people to give self-lessly to ensure events of all manner succeed.

Look no further than this summer, when 3,500 athletes will arrive in Kamloops to take part in the 2013 BC Seniors Games.

Without volunteers, such events wouldnt get off the ground.

If you are looking to volunteer or looking for volunteers, look no further than Volunteer Kamloops, which works for community agencies that need vol-unteers.

Volunteer Kamloops is the middle man, so to speak, but the group works hard to ensure the con-nection between volunteers and agencies goes as smoothly as possible.

That often means doing nothing at all just let-ting the two sides meet via the magic of the Internet.

People can visit Volunteer Kamloops website at volunteerkamloops.org and get all the information

they need, with the site allowing agencies looking for volunteers to post wanted ads stating exactly what they need.

Prospective volunteers scour the posts, take down the information and connect with the group on their own.

I enjoy volunteering because I like it and not because I have to, said Kamloops resident Rodney Jackson in his testimonial.

I enjoy helping the community, getting out of the house and off the couch. It helps my mind.

The Volunteer Kamloops website receives up to 500 unique visitors each month.

In addition to the Internet service, Volunteer Kamloops also does things the old-fashioned way in its Seymour Street office, where it will refer about 60 people per month.

Volunteer Kamloops employs three staff members and charges organizations a modest membership rate of $50 per year.

The service is free for volunteers.For more information about Volunteer Kamloops,

visit the website or call 250-372-8313.The office, located at 705 Seymour St., is open

Tuesdays through Fridays from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.An Erma Bombeck quote on the Volunteer

Kamloops website sums up the importance of those who give of their time:

Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nations compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.


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United Ways investment in the Circle of Care program at Lii Michif Otipemisiwak (LMO) has made a difference in the lives of many M-tis youth in our community. From assisting a vulnerable female youth, who otherwise would have hitch hiked to an unknown destination in the lower mainland, by buying her a bus ticket to buying another young man a pair of ice skates so he could go skating with his cousin in the wake of his mothers sudden and tragic death.

According to Colleen Lucier, Executive Di-rector at LMO, the connection they have with United Way has opened doors they wouldnt have considered.

We had no funding for a celebration on Louis Riel Day but through United Way we were con-nected to the United Steelworkers Local 7619 and they agreed to host a pancake breakfast, she says. Not only did this event bring the commu-nity together it also made a direct impact in the lives of four youth who were there that day.

One of those youth is Philip, an 18-year-old Mtis youth from Blue River. Since relocating to Kamloops in September 2012 LMO has helped establish him in the community and is now help-ing him navigate applying to Thompson Rivers University.

Theyve helped me set a direction for where Im going in life, he says. I appreciate every-thing theyve done for me.

LMO provides a variety of culturally based preventative and support services to Mtis chil-dren, youth and families residing within Kam-loops.

Wendy Chernivchan is the Michif Circle of Care Facilitator who works with Philip and oth-er youth at LMO. She offers one-on-one support that includes everything from accessing servic-es to daily living skills like grocery shopping, cooking lessons and fi lling out job or rental ap-plications.

The funding from United Way is a corner-

stone of the program. It allows me to provide youth fi nancial stability when they have no other means, Wendy says.

The impact of USW 7619 on Philip did not stop at the Louis Riel celebration. He joined them a few months later and volunteered at the Cana-dian Mental Health Association turkey dinner and plans to get out with them again soon.

My mantra is that no one ever walks alone, says Jim McCarthy a member of USW 7619

and a long-time volunteer in the community and supporter of United Way.

As a community impact organization, fund-raising is only a part of what United Way does. Collaboration and bringing together donors and Community Partners is also an important part of their work.

At LMO we are well-connected to the Ab-original community but not very connected to the non-aboriginal community. United Way has been that bridge for us, Colleen says.

United Way supports Mtis youth

The funding from United Way is a cornerstone of the program.It allows me to provide youth nancial stability when they have no other means.

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When the Kamloops Salvation Army needs a last-minute vol-unteer, they often turn to Kevin Kane.

About twice a month, Kane can be found manning the mobile kitchen behind the Kamloops Daily News building on Seymour Street, where the Salvation Army serves up a free hot meal two times a week.

Hell pick up the evenings food from the Army headquarters, the kitchen from its space at the city yard, and set up tables and garbage cans while he waits for other volunteers to show up and dinner service to start at about 6 p.m.

Depending on the night, hell help serve between 60 and 100 people over the next hour.

Sometimes it depends on the weather, the amount of transients that are going through, he says.

There are economic factors at play, too.

Its sad. Theres some seniors that by the time they pay their rent they dont have much money for food.

Between his regular kitchen shifts, Kane also acts as a fill-in when other volunteers fall through.

Lots of times people stand them up, or they cant show up for some reason, he says. Im kind of like an emergency contact for them as well.

Kane, a facilities-gaming

specialist for the B.C. Lottery Corporation, originally attended a Salvation Army church while liv-ing in Ontario.

When he moved to Kamloops nearly a decade ago, he became friends with the minister of the local organization and has volun-teered ever since.

I just wanted to help, he says. When not lending a hand in the

kitchen, he also pitches in at the Kamloops SPCA.

For myself, it makes me feel good, Kane says of his volunteer service.

I always strive to be a better person.

I like to think that if I try every day to be a better person, then eventually Ill get there one day.

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Vicki CollettBC-born Vicki Collett, co-owner of

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Vickis love of food and wine, along with a weekend wine-tasting trip to the Naramata

Bench in the Okanagan, which led her and husband Ed Collett to start having conversa-

tions about owning a winery. I simply like food and wine, and in no particular order, says

Vicki.

Ed CollettKamloops-bred Ed Collett, co-owner of Harpers

Trail, has always used hard work and his wits to achieve whatever goal he decided was important.

Whenever Ed has faced adverse situations, he has managed to work them to his advantage. Add to all this

a love of wine, deep respect for the land, and ability to ask for help and bring in experts, and you have a winery

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John DranchukHarpers Trail vineyard manager John Dranchuk has been making his way on

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Mission Hills Estate Winery for five years, and now Harpers Trail. He took formal viti-cultural courses at Okanagan College in Oliver, BC, in the midst of his hands-on learn-

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Michael BartierMichael Bartier is consulting winemaker to Harpers Trail. He crafts

the wine at the Okanagan Crush Pad facility in Summerland, BC, where he is head winemaker and responsible for a number of labels.

Michael, who brings his sharp wit and knowing nose to work every day, firmly believes that the biggest myth in winemaking is winemaking be-

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Like many success stories, it began with a dream. Wine entered Ed and Vickis lives gradually. Throughout their careers, they visited wine regions in other parts of the world, particularly Australia and Chile, and were struck by the similarity in climate to the Thompson River Valley. The possibility of starting a vineyard crept into the couples minds and a weekend getaway overlooking the vines in the Okanagan cemented their desire to create their own vineyard. With a firm vision, but no vineyard or winemaking experience, the couple sought consultation and advice from several industry veterans to help set them on the right path. Along the way, the Colletts came to recognize that the land they had chosen for their vineyard had so much more under the surface than just ideal limestone-veined grape-growing soil. Today, the 23-acre vineyard shows the promise for wine growing in the Thompson Valley. With careful attention to the land, the Colletts are committed to showcas-ing Kamloops to the world as a place in BC where one can craft fresh, fruit-driven, quality wines. There is nowhere in British Columbia like the riverside setting of Harpers Trail. The South Thompson River is on the vineyards doorstep, with myriad birds, majestic eagles, bulrushes and beautiful wintering swans. Composing the backdrop to the vines are rolling hills of sage and ante-lope brush and majestic, mysterious hoodoos carved into clay banks. Bighorn sheep, mule deer, and bears graze and roam. In the vineyard is a fully productive natural spring that offers further biodiversity to this special place. The Colletts are proud to be the pioneers who are forging this emerging wine region, and they are inspired to share the history, beauty, and flavours of their unique site with the people of Kamloops and beyond.

The fi rst estate winery in Kamloops,

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the Okanagan Crush Pad in Summerland by veteran Michael

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When Kevin Mulligans grandmother moved into The Hamlets at Westsyde five years ago, he did what any good grandson would do and headed over to visit his nana.

Then, he saw the grand piano in the facility and sat down to play.Soon, some of the residents were listening, smiling, enjoying the music and

Kevin had found yet another way to help others while pursuing his love of music.Now, Kevin and his brother, Eric, head over to the home, where they visit with their

nana and play for the residents at least once a week. The 17-year-old Grade 12 student at St. Anns Academy has been playing piano

since he was five, adding the trombone to his resume when students were asked to pick a musical instrument to learn when he was in Grade 7.

Now, the teenager writes music, sings in his schools jazz and regular choirs, plays in the school band, heads down to The Art We Are on summer days to perform and vol-unteers with B.C. Living Arts.

Truth be told, his gigs at the Victoria Street art-food-culture venue is as much for the really great food there as it is to entertain, Kevin says.

All this while maintaining what he shyly admits is a pretty good academic standing more than 90 per cent in the 2011-2012 school year, according to a newsletter put out by the local Catholic diocese.

His many extracurricular activities led to the Kamloops Daybreak Rotary Club to recognize his community service recently.

Kevin was given $100 as part of the honour.With graduation looming, Kevin is going to take a year off to focus on his music,

but has his eye on heading to the Coast and studying his passion at the University of Victoria if theyll take me.

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He doesnt take a mulligan when it comes to community service. Be it playing piano for seniors or singing in his schools choir, Kevin Mulligans community service has a sweet sound. Dave Eagles/KTW

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In return for the lunch, Cruickshanks co-workers pay $2, which she donates to B.C. Childrens Hospital.

Over almost two decades, theyve helped the 61-year-old greeter donate $138,000 to sick kids.

Its rewarding to me, because I love kids, says Cruickshank, a term she uses to refer to the younger Wal-Mart employees and the children benefitting from their lunch money.

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While she prepares the fillings for her lunches on weekends and after work, sandwich assembly begins at 3 a.m. each workday.

The early start hasnt dimmed her energy. At her post just inside the stores front doors,

Cruickshank greets customers with a cheery Good morn-ing, when shes not enthusing about her job the chats she has with seniors who know her by name, the smiles she exchanges with the kids who come in to shop, the kids she works with who made sure she was the first to know about a recent engagement.

She refers to her time greeting and lunch-making as 19 years of complete passion.

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Terry Lowe and his team at Kamloops Volkswagen have long been involved in community projects, since the days when the dealership flew the Saturn flag. This playground in Riverside Park and the annual VW Turtle Race are just two of the many projects undertaken by Lowes crew. Dave Eagles/KTW


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It was supposed to be a different kind of car company.

But, while Saturn ceased to exist as of 2009, the community spirit the company helped to foster in Kamloops lives on.

Car dealers in general have kind of a bad rap about how we treat cus-tomers, admits Terry Lowe, owner of the Kamloops Volkswagen dealership in Valleyview which operated as Kamloops Saturn between 1991 and 2009.

So, Saturn was developed to try to change those things.

Giving back to the community formed a major part of the brands mandate. While car dealerships typically make donations to hospitals and childrens sports groups, Lowe said he and the team at Kamloops Saturn wanted to do more and focus their efforts on kids.

In 1997, the team worked with the city to build a playground in Riverside Park.

More playground equipment followed the next year.

In 1999, the dealership pitched in to help St. Anns Academy build a basket-ball court.

After that, it helped build another play-

ground in McDonald Park.However, because of the high cost of

equipment, the dealerships $5,000 contri-butions werent making huge dents.

Lowe decided to get the community to chip in as well and, in 2002, the Saturn Turtle River Race was born.

The event, now called the VW Turtle River Race, is simple to describe dump 4,000 plastic turtles in the river and give prizes to the first few to cross the finish line at Pioneer Park but more difficult to execute.

Weve got boats out in the water, hoping theres always a clear winner, Lowe says.

Volunteers from the Kamloops Canoe and Kayak club follow the turtles, rescu-ing beached racers.

Getting 4,000 plastic turtles back out of the river also takes some doing.

We thought about dropping it a cou-ple of times because its a heck of a lot of work, Lowe says. But, weve been fairly successful in raising some funds.

Each year, the race raises between $15,000 and $23,000, with proceeds going to youth projects from Western Canada Theatre, the B.C. Wildlife Park, the Kamloops Boys and Girls Club and Royal Inland Hospital.

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AT 23, DUSTIN MCINTYRE IS ABOUT TO TAKE A HIATUS FROM POLITICS.

Its a thought the Thompson Rivers University Students Union (TRUSU) president is still getting used to.

Im having a weird reflection time, where Im timing out and I dont know where Ill be after this, says McIntyre, a fourth-year anthropology student at TRU.

TRUSU has taken up my entire life since Ive been here.

In some ways, the local student union was in his blood long before that.

McIntyres mother worked the front desk of the Cariboo College student

association and used to bring him along.

Before returning to Kamloops for university, McIntyre also worked for the BCIT student government.

He first came into contact with TRUSU when he got a job in the stu-dent-run coffee shop on campus.

From there, he moved up to director-at-large, internal vice-president and, finally, president.

McIntyre says he feels driven to help his fellow students.

TRU has perhaps not always lived up to its potential, but great things can happen and are happening here, he says.

So, I wanted to get involved in that.

As president, a major portion of his job is making sure the campus and Kamloops as a whole knows what

the union is up to.That means making sure students

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TRUSU also speaks on behalf of students on and off campus.

At school, McIntyres worked to get exam schedules to students sooner and more security phones installed on the grounds.

Off campus, TRUSU has been cred-ited with convincing city council to pursue a 5,500-hour transit expansion last year.

McIntyre says getting two more student-advocacy representatives on the board this year was also a career highlight.

A grad student and an LGBTQ rep join those advocating for women, inter-

national students and First Nations at the university.

These are people on campus who need representation at a different level, who perhaps are marginalized or not looked at as equals, he says.

To bring those positions onto our board will give them a voice on cam-pus, on our board and also the resourc-es they would not have had.

While his time at TRUSU is winding down hell be back for one semester next school year, but plans to step back from the union McIntyre said he hopes to keep the activism going once hes graduated.

Hopefully, theres something, he said.

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Gore received the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Award for the promotion of science.

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He has been teaching for six decades, he has written books on physics and he started what is argu-ably his biggest contribution the Big Little Science Centre.

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DID YOU KNOW? Kamloops has 82 parks that cover an area of 1,350 hectares

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For the better part of two decades, Debbie Goertzen has been a leader for local children.

It started 16 years ago when her daughter, who was nine at the time, enrolled in 4-H.

She was in it for nine years, Goertzen said.

Shes out of it now and Ive never left.

As one of two local key leaders, Goertzen oversees the districts 4-H leaders and helps them with prob-lems.

We keep them updated on all the scholarships and programs the kids are eligible for, she said.

We know the program.

Goertzen said 4-H is often thought of as being solely about kids and animals.

That is not the case.We use animals to get them

interested, she quipped.You do not have to have an ani-

mal to be in 4-H.Goertzen pointed to programs like

adopt-a-grandparent, photography, small engines and public speaking to show the diversity of the program.

The kids that come out of 4-H are sought after if they put it on their resume, she said.

Theyre so good with people because theyve learned these differ-ent skills along the way.

Because shes been active in the program for so long, Goertzen is now seeing second-generation

4-H members.Ive got kids now that their par-

ents were in with my daughter, she said.

Most of the 4-H kids put their kids into 4-H because they got so much out of it.

Goertzen said shell keep work-ing with 4-H kids for the foreseeable future.

Ive thought about leaving, but there are a lot of things going on with us trying to get our own facil-ity, she said.

The motto is Learn to do by doing, and, when I started with 4-H, I learned that they really do that.

Parents and adults are there to help, but they cant actually do it for the kids.

Helping kids learn by doing

Debbie Goertzen is one of two local 4-H key leaders. Andrea Klassen/KTW


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Strauss Herb Company and its traditional products are the result of eight generations of practice in development, production and application of herbal remedies. Most of our ailment specifi c products have been in use for centuries, having been passed down through generations of the Strauss family.

The chain was almost broken when my father took a career in heavy indus-try instead of applying the herbal training he received from his grandmother.

However, fate intervened and at age 57, Dad had a serious heart attack. He couldnt walk, or sleep lying down and was told he would die without surgery and drugs. Thankfully, he remembered an alternative. I was 15 at the time and Dad had me obtain and process a collection of herbs until he was satisfi ed with the taste. This formulation diminished Dads chest pain in 2 weeks. Now he could sleep lying down. A week later he was taking short walks, and in less than a year his former health was fully restored. This experience and his recovery convinced us we had to return to our family tradition.

Today, our Quality Control Manager oversees two GMP certifi ed manufacturing plants with a skilled and dedicated staff. Our remedies are distributed worldwide, having achieved global recognition primarily by word of mouth from satisfi ed customers. Strauss Heart-drops, our fl agship product, has been the catalyst to widespread distribution. Along with this natural formula for the heart and cir-culatory system, the Strauss Herb Company manufactures over 20 other herbal remedies. They are used by thousands of new customers each year. We still personally consult with our clientele to monitor their success with our products. A total effort and commitment is offered to ensure that our customers return to, and maintain, their good health.

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DID YOU KNOW?The name Kamloops is from the Secwepemc word Tkemlups, which means, the meeting of the rivers

Golden girls do us proud

What better way to spread the word about Kamloops than to the nation and the world via ice, rocks and a broom?

In February, the rink of Corryn Brown, Sam Fisher, Erin Pincott and Sydney Fraser went to Fort McMurray, Alta., and captured the M&M Meat Shops Junior Curling Championship.

The team was the youngest at the event and the crown was B.C.s first national junior title since Julie Suttons win in 1987.

The title vaulted the River City rink onto an airplane and to Sochi, Russia, where the girls faced the worlds best junior squads.

The experience was invaluable, with the Brown rink winning three of nine games.

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Highland Valley CopperPartners in the Community

At Highland Valley Cooper, we consider people, the environment and our communities of interest with every decision we make.

For the past 27 years Highland Valley Copper has played a major role in the local economy and the mine employs over 1,300 people, with over half of them residing in Kamloops.

Wages and benefits for the last year totaled $169 million. The spin-off benefit of that money goes towards local services, stores and businesses.

Highland Valley Coppers contributions to government services are also significant. The mine pays over $64 million annually in taxes to various levels of government, including fuel, provincial, federal, BC hyrdro and property taxes.

We are committed to community investment; in 2012 we provided funding through donations and sponsorship in excess of $450,000 to local charitable organizations and education. Through our Community Partnership Initiative an additional $279,000 was contributed to non-profit organizations and other initiatives that strengthen our communities.

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Dont ask Henry Small how many years hes been at the helm of Music in the Park.

He cant remember.You know, Ive been trying to do that for years, he

said of looking for an answer to the the question hes often asked. I think this is the 20th year.

Whatever anniversary it is, theres no doubt Small has provided countless hours of free music to people who head to Riverside Park any night between Canada Day and Labour Day.

It all started with an idea that didnt even come from Small.

Fred Oakley was the tourism guy at the city at the time, Small says, and I was on the tourism board with him and he had this idea to do music in the park. And he pushed to get this done with a minimal budget.

Heck, we couldnt even afford the PA system we were using and we could barely pay the musicians. The artists did it for honorariums because thats the way it was then.

It all began in a tiny bandshell in the park Small says wasnt nearly as busy as it is today. Hed book bands, theyd perform and, for whatever reason, people came, Small says.

City administrators took notice and, soon, the tiny bandshell was replaced with what park visitors see today and the budget grew enough that bands could be paid a bit more.

But nothing like what most of them could get else-where, Small says.

Work went into beautifying the rest of the park, creating an outdoor venue Small says never fails to amaze the musi-cians who set foot on the bandshell stage.

Who knows why things work or dont work? Small says. But, for 20 years, people have been entertained in the park and it cost them nothing.

Small says he likes to walk in the park during a concert and see the many ages represented the little children dancing along with the music, grandparents smiling, fami-

lies spending time together.Backstage, however, its a different story some nights

because there have been times when what was expected and what was delivered were two different things.

Of course, there are the nights when the bands arrive late or dont show at all but there are also times like the night a Rod Stewart tribute performer arrived for his gig.

He looked like the singer he was there to imitate, Small says.

Then, he started to sing. Well, lets just say he sure didnt sound like Rod

Stewart, Small says. And then, the guy runs out of songs halfway through

the set and Im backstage dying as he sits down on the edge of the stage and asks people if they have any ques-tions for him.

Small insists on sharing credit for the success with two partners the City of Kamloops, which, he says, had the vision to realize almost immediately Music in the Park was creating traffic in the park, and Lees Music for providing the sound system.

Mike Miltimore, he does such an awesome job, giving back to the community and he does it for far less than what theyre actually giving, Small says.

In the beginning, most of the musicians were local or perhaps regional but the reputation of Music in the Park has grown to the point performers from across Canada and many other countries in the world contact Small, asking to perform.

He credits it to the venue. And the fact theyre treated well. I always have tried to

treat the musicians with respect and pay as much as I could within the budget, Small says.

While he stresses during the lead-up months trying to book bands and juggle the calendar, Small says its always been worth the work.

I love entertaining people, directly or indirectly, Small says.

And, this is something I will be able to look back on and certainly have a sense of pride.

Music in the Park no Small feat

Local musician Henry Small has made Music in the Park a staple event for Kamloops summers. KTW File photo


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Anyone who has ever waited to be taken into an operating room at Royal Inland Hospital knows how boring the wait can be.

Theres not much to do beyond wonder when the nurses will come for you and stare at the ceiling.

Thanks to some creativity by students at Beattie School of the Arts secondary, that wait and that ceiling is a lot less dull.

The students were given free reign to create whatever mural they felt inspired to paint.

Gail Kopp, clinical educator at RIH, said most patients wait up to 20 minutes to be taken in for surgery and the art project was created to just add a bit of diversion for them.

The idea came from a leadership session in which Kopp and other surgical staff heard about a similar project at an Ottawa hospital.

From then, it was a matter of getting it done, Kopp said.

Six tiles were removed and replaced.The six went to the school on Ninth

Avenue, where art students took on the design and painting task.

For Guy Bilodeau, seeing even the unin-stalled work was uplifting.

While waiting with his wife, Joyce, Guy said the students works were awesome, something patients like him will appreciate.

The art resonated with him for another reason, since his children attended Beattie in the 1970s.

Lesley McLeod, operating-room manager at RIH, said the works will help brighten the day for people dealing with illnesses and also for the staff working on the floor.

Maintenance staff at the hospital, who also helped with accessing and installing the tiles, created a plaque to install in the wait-ing area, recognizing the work the students did on the project.

And, for Kopp, it may not be the end of the work theres also the day-surgery area and plenty of other boring white tiles in the hospital.

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Change is the consistent at Changes Salon.

And, it can be as personal as a change in hair colour or style to as big as helping to change the world through the Hillside Drive salons participation in WaterCan, a Canadian charity.

The full Aveda-concept salon at 401-1150 Hillside Dr. has been in operation for 16 years and, during that time, owner Alana has created a family of master stylists with decades of experience in the industry.

The team includes nine professional stylists, two estheticians and customer-service representative, all trained in Aveda Advanced Education, a program run by the company that helps build technical skills and discover new artistic inspiration.

At Changes, that means providing the ultimate comfort and service to guests including a beverage while theyre being pampered in the warm, friendly studio.

It means providing high performance with botanically based products that are better for the professionals and their customers.

That care doesnt stop at the studio doors, though.

Changes staff take part in Earth Month every April, raising money for the WaterCan program, which builds wells in disadvantaged countries so people there can have clean, safe drinking water.

This year, the Kamloops salon raised the most of the more than 600 Aveda salons in the country, with stylists selling raffl e tickets for a haircut and colouring.

They also sold candles, held a dinner and silent auction and held a workshop for customers on how to style their hair properly to raise money for WaterCan.

When they were done, they had raised more than $9,000, with Jennifer Akins collecting $1,500 of that total.

That was enough for her to be the top fundraiser at the Kamloops salon.

Akins was chosen to travel to Tilwari, India, in November with Aveda to see the well project WaterCan is involved in there.

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Kamloops is home to one of B.C.s nest dairies. Blackwell Dairy has been maintaining a tradition of excellence for over one hundred years. Back in 1913, Milton Blackwell purchased a farm east of Barnhartvale and started a dairy farm. By the spring of 1914, he was selling his cream and butter at the Farmers Market in Kamloops and distributing milk through a home delivery service. In 1983, the Blackwells built their own processing plant on their farm. From that point onwards they began to produce a full line of uid milk products. In addition to the milk produced by their own cows, Blackwell Dairy also receives milk from dairy farmers in the North Thompson and Shuswap Okanagan for processing and in turn distributes milk back to those regions.

Blackwell Dairy prides itself on providing rst-rate product and service. The Blackwell product is traditional, of high quality and eagerly sought throughout the interior of BC. It can be found in stores as far south as Keremeos, east to Revelstoke, west to Boston Bar, north to 108 Mile and all places in between.Four generations of the Blackwells family have operated the dairy with the same high standards as the original founder, Milton Blackwell. His grandson Ted Blackwell owns the farm, while great grandson, Rob Blackwell manages the dairy processing plant with a staff of nineteen dedicated employees.

The Blackwells are very involved in their community, sponsoring a 15K run through Barnhartvale. Organized by the Kamloops Ridge Runners, the Dairy provides the milk, chocolate milk and whipped cream for the pancake breakfast. Previously, Blackwell Dairy Farm Inc. has teamed up with Tim Hortons in support of the TRU Wolf Pack Kids club.

Believing strongly that milk is an essential part of childrens diets, we supply both 2% and chocolate milk to many childrens activities such as soccer, hockey, swimming and 4H. The local dietician recommends our chocolate milk as a sports recovery drink. Blackwell Dairy Farm Inc. sponsors many dry grads, the KIB Pow Wow, the Shriners, The H

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