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AuTuMN MacdONALdObserver Reporter
The Quesnel District Teachers’ Association (QDTA) while disappointed over the recently released school budget, says it’s something “they can live with.”
After School District 28 (SD28) released their 2015/16 budget, noting a shortfall of more than $900,000 and plans on how to recoup those costs, the QDTA points the finger at the provincial government for the board’s difficult budget decisions.
“While the budget cuts are frustrating, this is a budget we can live
with,” QDTA president Lisa Kishkan said.
“Programs for kids are protected, and the lost teacher jobs can be attributed to declining enrollment.
“We requested that management positions be looked at, and they were. We requested that building usage be looked at and it was. Overall, we feel like as a partner group we were listened to.”
Kishkan did however note she felt the Provincial Standing Committee was not listened to.
“They recommended that funding to education be increased. The provincial treasury opted not
to listen to this recommendation and school boards across the province, ours included, are facing the consequences.”
In late April the board released an open letter to Minister of Education Peter Fassbender highlighting their disappointment regarding “the lack of education funding for 2015/16.”
“Our district has continued to make the required cuts to our annual budget; however, we are past the point of being able to keep the cuts from impacting students,” the letter reads.
To balance the budget the board made the
following adjustments:• phase out International Program $8,590;• eliminate 1.375 full time equivalent (FTE) managerial positions ($123,000);• reduction of 6.2 FTE teaching positions ($576,600);• reduction of .5 FTE custodial position ($21,590;• reduce equipment replacement – technology/school ($50,000);• consolidate learning resources software ($20,000);• decrease diesel fuel budget ($20,000);• relocate aboriginal education program ($4,220);
• reduction in purchase of carbon credits ($2,000).
“We tried our best not to impact the classroom as much as we could,” board chair Tony Goulet said.
“This was a very difficult budget, they always are.”
“This is a government that is systematically stripping public services in order to save money,” Kishkan added.
“Unfortunately, the people most affected are those who can least afford it, or who can’t speak out on their own behalf regarding government cuts – the poor, the unhealthy and the children.”
CUPE 4990questions raise
AuTuMN MacdONALdObserver Reporter
After many cuts to School District 28’s budget, CUPE 4990 president, Denice Bardua wants to know why the board voted in favour of a remu-neration increase.
“School District 28 Board of Edu-cation has said they were disappoint-ed that the provincial budget falls short of expectations,” Bardua said.
“The latest budget targets $29 mil-lion in cuts to administrative pro-grams and an additional $25 million in 2016-17.
“This budget follows more than a decade of underfunding of public education in B.C. No one knows exactly what impacts these cuts will have on our students and schools here in Quesnel, but it won’t be good.
“That’s why I was shocked to learn that the board increased their own remuneration at a meeting, May 13, when it had already been defeated twice. That just seems wrong to me.”
Voting in favour of a 0.9 per cent increase were trustees Dave Chap-man, George Natalizio, Howie Schonke and Wendy Clement. Opposed were Tony Goulet, Gloria Jackson and Julie-Ann Runge.
“We had to find $900,000 in sav-ings, we’re cutting etc. But we’re giving ourselves a raise?” Goulet questioned.
“It doesn’t resonate.” Bardua agrees, and says she “urges
them to stand up to this provincial government and insist on increased funding for K-12 education, not to increase their own stipends.”
Goulet said now that the decision is final he simply wants to move forward.
“It passed,” he said.“So we’re moving forward. For
me, it was the principle of it… bad timing.”
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As part of B.C. on the Move, the Prov-ince’s new 10-year transportation plan, work is underway to four lane Highway 97 between Dragon Lake Road and Quartz Road south of Quesnel, to improve safety and mobility along this important corridor.
A $7.84-million contract has been awarded to Jakes Construction of Chill-iwack and comple-tion on the project is anticipated for late summer 2016.
This project is part of $200-million com-mitted for Phase 2 of the Cariboo Connec-tor program that will add 30 km of new four-lane sections to Highway 97.
This builds on the $240 million already invested through Phase 1 of the pro-gram.
Almost three km of Highway 97 near Quesnel will be a four-lane. Accelera-tion and deceleration lanes will be added and the highway shoulders will be widened. Intersection
improvements at Sales and Campfire Roads will include left turn bays and illumina-tion.
B.C. on the Move is government’s new 10-year plan for the improvement of the province’s transpor-tation network. It provides a compre-hensive road map for transportation invest-ments and strategic policy actions over the next decade. The actions prioritized in B.C. on the Move will grow the economy, maintain and replace
aging infrastructure, and support trade for B.C.’s expand-ing resource sectors through Canada’s Asia-Pacific Gateway.
“The additional four-lane section south of Quesnel is welcome news,” Cariboo North MLA Coralee Oakes said.
“Improvements and investments to the safety and efficiency of our highways have significant, positive effects on how our residential, commer-cial and tourist traffic moves throughout the
Cariboo and across the province.”
“One of the priori-ties in our B.C. on the Move 10-year trans-portation plan is to improve the capacity and reliability of our provincial roads and highways,” Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone added.
“As a vital link to northern parts of the province, work to four lane Highway 97 through the Cariboo Connector Program is a key component of that plan.”
Cariboo Connector continues
Minister Oakes and staff from Jakes Construction and the Ministry of Transporta-tion and Infrastructure.
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Over the Victoria Day holiday weekend, Wildfire Management Branch crews from the Cariboo Fire Centre responded to nine new wildfires. Fire suppression efforts also continued on the Pelican Lake fire.
Thanks to timely reports from the public and nearby aircraft, all of the new incidents on the weekend remained small and were extinguished quickly.
The largest lightning fire on the weekend covered about three hectares west of Anahim Lake. Airtankers, one helicopter
and 19 firefighters responded and the fire was extinguished by Monday afternoon.
The six other lightning-caused fires were small and are all now out or in the patrol phase. Three of them were in the Big Bar area, one was southwest of Quesnel, one was near Pelican Lake and one was near Eagle Lake.
On Saturday, an initial attack crew put out a human-caused wildfire near Highway 20 in the Chilcotin. It covered about 0.1 hectares.
On Sunday, a second
human-caused fire covered about 11 hectares northwest of Puntzi Lake. An initial attack crew and an additional 16 firefighters responded. The fire is currently in the patrol stage.
As of press time Thursday, the Pelican Lake Fire was 100 per cent contained and in the patrol stage. An Incident Management Team and two unit crews (consisting of 20 firefighters each) were released from the fire on Sunday. Sixteen Wildfire Management Branch firefighters, one
helicopter and one piece of heavy equipment remain on site. Twenty-five local contract firefighters are helping to patrol the fire over the next few days.
The Wildfire Management Branch is not expecting significant fire behaviour this week in the Cariboo Fire Centre. However, due to the weekend’s lightning activity, crews will likely be kept busy extinguishing small fires that may flare up as temperatures rise this week.
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The Quesnel Rod and Gun Club (QRGC) held their 7th Annual Family Fishing Day at 10 Mile Lake which attracted the attention of Freshwa-ter Fisheries Society (FFS). One of their inter-ests is to help replace or install docks every year at lakes where people will benefit from them. 10 Mile Lake received its new dock this year thanks to FFS.
The annual Family Fishing Day, sponsored by the QRGC has grown every year and is held at the 10 Mile Lake boat launch on the Saturday of the Father’s Day weekend in June.
“It’s a terrific event with lots of prizes gener-ously donated by local businesses,” QRGC di-rector Tony Koett said.
“They also supply some food and beverages for those that attend.”
This yearly event is a collaborative effort with support from the Freshwater Fisheries Society, Go Fish B.C., B.C. Parks, Department of Fisher-ies and Oceans Canada and local conservation officers.
The new 32ft dock with a ‘T’ at the end re-places the old 10ft dock, a substantial improve-ment.
Top: QRGC director Tony Koett and FFS’ Ian McGregor agree on the site for the new dock; below: the new dock is installed at 10 Mile Lake. Contributed photos
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WHITNEY GRIFFITHS Observer Reporter
Local business owners, business improvement area (BIA) representatives, members of city council and the Quesnel Community and Economic Development Cooperation (QCEDC) were among the many in attendance at Gold Pan
City’s business forum, held May 19, at the Legion.
This forum gave local business organizations a chance to present their previous, current and future marketing strategies for the recruitment and retention of business within Quesnel.
The main focus of the
forum was to brainstorm and discuss ways to enhance the retail experience in Quesnel with the hopes of enticing people to shop local, keeping as many retail dollars as possible in the local economy.
The meeting also worked to look at retaining and enhancing current businesses and
attracting new businesses to town, such as Andres Electronics who already have an established customer base in Quesnel.
Presenters included Mayor Bob Simpson on behalf of the City of Quesnel, the West Quesnel Business Association, the South Quesnel Business Association, the Quesnel and District Chamber
of Commerce, Cariboo Community Futures and QCEDC.
The meeting was also the first public look at the QCEDC marketing strategy draft with the main focus being the retention and attraction of people who will invest in Quesnel, digital (online) marketing and collaboration among
Gold Pan groups.The draft includes
enticing footloose entrepreneurs (location independent business), enticing potential investors via tourism and targeting an audience with established connections to Quesnel.
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If you remember the suave, love-sick, skunk character Pepe Le Pew in the Looney Toones cartoons you will know this French term of endearment: “Ooh, la, la mon petit chou.” Literally translated it means: “My little cabbage.”
If they can make kale, cauliflower and Brussel sprouts sexy, I’m sure there is an image consultant out there who can put a new spin on cabbage.
Maybe we can bring back Pepe as the new poster boy for cabbage and give this common vegetable a passionate revival.
It certainly has as many health benefits as those other vegetables. It really is a keeper. Pardon the pun.
The nutritional breakdown of one half cup of shredded cabbage is pretty impressive. It contains only 17 calories, 1g of protein, 1g of fiber and 2g of sugar. If you cook this half cup it will give you 47 per cent of your vitamin C for the day, along with
102 per cent vitamin K, 6 per cent folate and 8 per cent of manganese, with lesser amounts of calcium, potassium and thiamin.
And then there is red cabbage, which contains even higher amounts of these good things.
Cabbage comes with a long list of benefits, including: being a powerful antioxidant, improving digestion, supporting your immune system and an anti-inflammatory. There are many studies that prove these claims but I like to look at home grown facts.
I always remember our old friend, Lawrence Gradnitzer, a wise master gardener, who swore that when you had joint pain you only had to wrap the area with Savoy cabbage leaves to reduce the inflammation.
Now if that’s how it can help topically, imagine the effects it has internally.
The recent trend in health is fermentation; however, this form of storing food has been around for a very long time and is anything but new.
It is a great way of getting probiotics into your diet. Making fermented cabbage, more commonly known as sauerkraut, is easy. The list of ingredients is very simple: cabbage and salt.
I don’t have space to get into a how-to-make sauerkraut recipe but if you are interested there is much online and the guru of fermentation is Sandor Ellix Katz, author of Wild Fermentation: The Flavour, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods.
Veggie guru at Richbar Nursery is Melanie Baker.
Last year Melanie made 37lbs of sauerkraut. She divides her batch of fermented cabbage (and also adds carrots to the mix) into small freezer bags and pulls them out as she needs all year long. She also enjoys winter cabbage well into March by keeping large heads in a cool spot.
Red cabbage will keep into the winter, but not for as long as late cabbage.
There are many varieties of cabbage: early, mid-season and late, plus
Chinese, Savoy and red cabbage. You can plant out transplants near the end of May into rich, well-drained soil.
Aphids and cabbage maggots are the most common pests of the cabbage.
Cover the plants with crop row fabric. It allows water and air to penetrate, but prevents insects from laying their eggs, plus provides frost protection.
Cabbage and Richbar Nursery have a long history together. My in-laws, Peter and Bart planted both turnips and cabbage back in the 60’s on what is now the golf course.
Roy fondly remembers driving the tractor and trailer when he was six years old while his siblings worked behind him harvesting the cabbage and turnips.
I’m sure his siblings’ memories were not nearly as fond.
Jean Atkinson is a horticulturist with Richbar Golf and Gardens and regular Observer columnist.
All about cabbagesThe lowly brassica needs a image makeover
Left: winter-keeping cabbage; middle: red cabbage; right: savoy cabbage. Google images
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My father had three kinds of cancer last year:
basal cell carcinoma caused by sunburns as a kid, a low grade leukemia that needs to be monitored twice a year and in the winter he was diagnosed with an advanced stage of esopha-gus cancer which had him fighting for his life.
Fortunately, it was a fight he had a chance of winning.
Like any challenge my dad’s ever had, he ap-proached the devastating diagnosis with perseverance and optimism.
Last week on his 67th birthday weekend, he and his seven friends traveled up from the Greater Vancouver area to Kelowna for five rounds of golf at five differ-ent courses.
Some of his friends didn’t expect him to make the trip and were visibly thrilled when he did.
“Take it easy out here,” one of them advised when they got on the course.
“Just do what you can. You don’t have to make every shot.”
With his energy level and strength not up to par, my dad thought that was sound advice.
“But after I ended up with the lowest score on the first
day, their sympathy ended,” he giggled before explaining that a low score was a good thing in golf.
He didn’t need to clarify that to someone with both a father and a husband who are avid golfers, but that’s my dad for you.
He likes to be clear and he likes to be understood.
And for that reason, he’s kept his family and friends informed about his cancer treatments since a plan of action was first figured out. Over email he would send us brief progress reports written with his signature positive attitude that prob-ably helped us cope with the frightening situation as much as it helped him.
The best one by far was his post surgery update after all the detectable cancer had been successfully removed and had not spread to his other organs. I cried tears of joy reading that, even
though he’d previously told me the wonderful news over the phone.
“I still have to get X-rayed every three months to make sure it doesn’t show up again,” he said.
“But I don’t think it will.” It won’t if a good attitude has anything to do with it. I believe my dad’s sense of humour has helped in his healing as well and it’s definitely what led to the annual golf trips he attends.
“It all started with a busi-ness lunch I was on about 25 years ago,” he said.
“At one point I let out a laugh and a guy at a nearby table turned around and said ‘You’re Ken White!”
Even though my dad hadn’t seen this man since they were in grade eight together – almost 30 years prior – he immediately responded with an excited “Chris!”
After catching up with him later and discovering a mutual love of golf, my dad was invited on his former school chum’s annual golf trip and has been going ever since.
“It’s a great group of guys,” he said.
“And they’ve been worried about me lately.”
He felt good spending time with his friends and show-
ing them how much better he was doing.
“With all my cuts and scars they said I looked like I’d been in a drive by shoot-ing,” he joked.
He’s also much slimmer. Down from his regular waist size of 34 inches to a svelte 30 inches, he’s doing his best to take in enough calories to regain his health, which is a challenge with the rewiring of his insides and the amount he’s able to consume.
He now has to be careful what he eats and listen to his body more than ever.
And he knows his mind needs just as much atten-tion.
After focusing on his main goal of attending his annual golf trip and achieving that, he has a new plan to assist in his recovery.
“I’m going to continue improving my strength, flexibility and skills so I can win every one of my golf games,” he said.
For someone who fought cancer and won the battle, I think he’s got an excel-lent chance. If he fails, who cares? He’s alive and well, and that’s all that matters.
Lori Welbourne is a syn-dicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWel-bourne.com
A second chance at life
Long roadOne of the side effects of hav-
ing fixed election dates in Canada, a move that was
pioneered by the B.C. Liberals when they first were elected here in 2001, is that campaigns have become much, much longer.In fact, having a short campaign pe-
riod is considered a disaster by most political handlers now. One of the criticisms made of the Alberta Pro-gressive Conservatives (after the fact, of course), is that they only had a 28-day period to campaign in.The federal election campaign has
actually been underway for some time — certainly since the beginning of the year. While Parliament is still sitting and passing laws, MPs and candidates of all stripes are hard at work getting ready for the October election.Because of the long campaign peri-
od, voters need to treat almost every-thing said or done by political par-ties and particularly by their leaders, with a great deal of skepticism.They need to follow the advice of
lead singer Sting of The Police in the song Every Breath You Take:“Every vow you breakEvery smile you fakeEvery claim you stakeI’ll be watching you.”NDP leader Thomas Mulcair was in
Surrey for a rally Friday night. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has
also made a number of visits to the Lower Mainland in recent weeks — with at least two of them to Surrey. One was to the Kwantlen Polytech-nic University campus in Cloverdale, part of the new riding.While they haven’t been election
rallies, his visits are directly con-nected to the campaign. In particular, the time he spent with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Surrey, Vancouver and several Ontario ven-ues was invaluable.Liberal leader Justin Trudeau will
almost certainly be in the area several times in the coming months as well, and it is possible Green Party leader Elizabeth May will be in the vicinity. It’s likely she will spend a lot of time defending her Vancouver Island seat and trying to build on the strong in-terest in Green politics on the island.Voters aren’t too engaged in feder-
al politics right now, but the parties most certainly are.
–BP
Lori Welbourne
On A Brighter Note
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Editor: The week of May 10 –
17 was selected as a Week of Action for Child Care. We know that 75 per cent of mothers in Canada with children under the age of six are in the paid workforce – part-time or full-time.
Two parent families are finding it more and more difficult to meet the needs of their families on a single income and there are many lone parent families who struggle to provide for their children.
We also know that one in five children in B.C. lives in poverty and that one in three children in B.C. arrive at kindergarten vulnerable in one or more areas of development as measured on the Early Development Instrument administered provincially.
These issues are of concern to all members of society, not just those with young children.
Whatever our political preferences, most Canadians have supported the idea of public funding for health care, education and social services of some description.
We are happy to pay taxes for children to attend school from kindergarten to Grade 12 whether we have children or not.
We subsidize university education through our tax system.
We certainly provide health care for all ages and very much so for our senior citizens.
Yet when we talk about publicly funded child care, people often expect families to shoulder that huge expense alone.
Today’s young families are called “Generation Squeeze,” a generation with huge student loan debt, high housing costs, exorbitant child care costs and faced with supporting their aging parents as well.
Child care is both economically and socially a sound investment in society.
We often lament the fact that people collect social assistance and don’t work, but when we ask that we publicly fund child care so that families can work and invest in their family’s future, we sometimes have a hard time seeing this as an important investment.
The return on investment in a publicly funded child care system is huge.
Economists have quoted up to a 254 per cent return on investment.
Child care not only helps families to work and participate in higher education, it provides young children at the most important stage of their brain development with quality early experiences that lay the foundation for all the
years that follow.Quality child care
has been shown to support school readiness, increased graduation rates, lower incidences of involvement in the criminal justice system, higher attachment to the workforce and better lifelong health outcomes.
We are asking that all citizens investigate the possibility of a national child care plan, the benefits this will have to society, the real outcomes that will result for the various parties’ platforms and consider carefully voting for child care in the upcoming federal election.
In B.C. we are promoting a $10/day child care plan and federally all the major parties have developed different approaches to solving the child care crisis in our country. Putting a few extra dollars into people’s pockets is not the answer – we need to build a system that works for all families.
It is important to closely analyze who benefits the most from each approach and ensure that our families and young children are supported to ensure a strong and sustainable economy and children who are prepared to be active, engaged and productive citizens.
Lynne Resid
Putting children first
What’s up, Doc? The eighth class of students from the Northern Medical Program celebrated their graduation on Saturday in Prince George. The 30 graduates received their shingle cut out of beetle pine wood and their long coat as they transition from students to doctors. These graduates now move into two to seven years of medical residency and fellowship training, depending on spe-cialty. The class of 2015 includes 14 graduates from Northern BC, including local Ryan LeB-lanc. LeBlanc won the Dr. Joe Sidorov Award of Excellence in Internal Medicine at the gradua-tion celebration. Twenty of the graduates will be entering family practice residency programs, with nine of those training in northern BC.
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A beautiful daughter – Theresa (Terri) was born 60 years ago to John and
Gloria Lazzarin. She grew up bright and full of fun but when she turned 22 the family was forced to take a look at mental illness in the face of their loved one.
Gloria strongly believes in family standing together and instead of devastation and grief this mother of four became the general in this war against the little-understood disease. This attitude soon turned into the greatest passion of her life.
Gloria cared for her eldest daughter with help from her supportive husband Johnny, but they were shocked to discover how little support there was in the Cariboo/Chilcotin region.
Gloria had acquired skills in mobilizing her fellow city councilors during her three full terms.
Her philosophy in life is: “anyone can do anything they really want to do if they have a passion and pursue every avenue.”
She turned into a “pit bull” for victims of mental illness and we are now blessed with the Quesst Unit in Quesnel. It has been a safe haven for many over the years. Gloria, Dr. John Havens and Jeff Dinsdale worked together to head up the Mental Health Association and they are still very supportive.
I asked Gloria how Terri is doing now. She is living with her husband in Williams Lake. They keep each other accountable with their medications and live life to the fullest. Terri’s recovery is due in large part to the support of her church and the whole
congregation joined in with most of her family recently to celebrate her 60th birthday. Terri has regained her driver’s licence.
In the rest of her life, Gloria has always been an avid reader. Gone with the Wind is her favourite book. She is of the opinion that Aboriginal peoples have contributed greatly to the Canadian culture. She has read most, if not all books written by Joseph Boyden and is now reading Medicine Walk by a Metis author Richard Wagamese.
Gloria had a generally happy childhood despite moving from town to town in British Columbia and to quote again from her philosophy of life: “life is a series of adjustments and the most difficult is the loss of a long term spouse.”
Her dear husband Johnny passed on in 2009 unexpectedly.
Now Gloria is adjusting to life at Maeford Place.
She can’t say enough good about the staff, the facility and even the food,“the soups and desserts are delicious.”
In 1996, Gloria Lazzarin was honored as Citizen of the Year for the many ways she has contributed to the quality of life in Quesnel.
For example she was the one who instigated the rose garden in front of the Museum.
She loves music and was one of the pioneers in 1953 of the Overture Concerts, now known as Quesnel Live Arts.
She says, “what you put out in life, you get back.”
Gloria Lazzarin truly has a great legacy as a passionate Canadian.
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Gloria Lazzarin proudly holds her Outstanding Volunteer Award from the Canadian Mental Health Association while posing with author Marion Gallard in front of the Quesst Unit at G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital. Annie Gallant photo
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. Che
vrol
et is
a b
rand
of
Gene
ral M
otor
s of
Can
ada.
Off
ers
appl
y to
the
leas
e of
a 2
015
Chev
role
t Cr
uze
LS (
1SA)
, Cr
uze
LT (
1SA)
, an
d pu
rcha
se o
f a
Trax
LS
FWD,
Equ
inox
LS
FWD.
Fre
ight
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, $1
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, $1
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, $1
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d PD
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lude
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icen
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istr
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n fe
es,
deal
er f
ees,
PPS
A an
d ap
plic
able
tax
es n
ot in
clud
ed.
Dea
lers
are
fre
e to
set
indi
vidu
al p
rices
. Li
mite
d tim
e of
fers
whi
ch m
ay n
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
with
oth
er o
ffer
s, a
nd a
re s
ubje
ct t
o ch
ange
with
out
notic
e. O
ffer
s ap
ply
to q
ualif
ied
reta
il cu
stom
ers
in B
C Ch
evro
let
Dea
ler
Mar
ketin
g As
soci
atio
n ar
ea o
nly.
Dea
ler
orde
r or
tra
de m
ay b
e re
quire
d. *
Off
er v
alid
to
elig
ible
ret
ail l
esse
es in
Can
ada
who
hav
e ob
tain
ed c
redi
t app
rova
l by
and
ente
red
into
a le
ase
agre
emen
t with
GM
Fin
anci
al, a
nd w
ho a
ccep
t del
iver
y be
fore
Jun
e 1s
t, 20
15 o
f any
new
or
dem
onst
rato
r 20
15 m
odel
yea
r Ch
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let C
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. Gen
eral
Mot
ors
of C
anad
a w
ill p
ay o
ne m
onth
’s le
ase
paym
ent o
r tw
o bi
wee
kly
leas
e pa
ymen
ts
as d
efin
ed o
n th
e le
ase
agre
emen
t (in
clus
ive
of t
axes
). Af
ter
the
first
mon
th, l
esse
e w
ill b
e re
quire
d to
mak
e al
l rem
aini
ng s
ched
uled
pay
men
ts o
ver
the
rem
aini
ng t
erm
of t
he le
ase
agre
emen
t. PP
SA/R
DPR
M is
not
due
. Con
sum
er m
ay b
e re
quire
d to
pay
Dea
ler
Fees
. Ins
uran
ce, l
icen
ce, a
nd a
pplic
able
tax
es n
ot in
clud
ed. A
dditi
onal
con
ditio
ns a
nd li
mita
tions
ap
ply.
GM
res
erve
s th
e rig
ht t
o m
odify
or
term
inat
e th
is o
ffer
at
any
time
with
out
prio
r no
tice.
See
dea
ler
for
deta
ils.
¥ Le
ase
base
d on
a p
urch
ase
pric
e of
$16
,004
/$20
,969
(in
clud
ing
$1,0
00/$
2,00
0 le
ase
cash
and
a $
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ner
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r a
2015
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ze L
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mon
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at 0
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and
incl
udes
Fr
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d Ai
r Ta
x, o
n ap
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qua
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d re
tail
cust
omer
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GM
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anci
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nnua
l kilo
met
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limit
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0,00
0 km
, $0.
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er e
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lom
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. $13
50 d
own
paym
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requ
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men
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ay v
ary
depe
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dow
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ymen
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ade.
Tot
al o
blig
atio
n is
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$11,
135,
plu
s ap
plic
able
tax
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ptio
n to
pur
chas
e at
leas
e en
d is
$7,
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rice
and
tota
l obl
igat
ion
excl
udes
lic
ense
, in
sura
nce,
reg
istr
atio
n, t
axes
, de
aler
fee
s, o
ptio
nal e
quip
men
t. O
ther
lea
se o
ptio
ns a
re a
vaila
ble.
Dea
lers
are
fre
e to
set
ind
ivid
ual p
rices
. Li
mite
d tim
e of
fer
whi
ch m
ay n
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
with
oth
er o
ffer
s. S
ee y
our
deal
er f
or c
ondi
tions
and
det
ails
. Ge
nera
l Mot
ors
of C
anad
a Li
mite
d re
serv
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he r
ight
to
amen
d or
te
rmin
ate
this
off
er, i
n w
hole
or
in p
art,
at a
ny t
ime
with
out p
rior
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e. †
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ffer
app
lies
to e
ligib
le c
urre
nt o
wne
rs o
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ssee
s of
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el y
ear
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or
new
er c
ar t
hat h
as b
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regi
ster
ed a
nd in
sure
d in
Can
ada
in t
he c
usto
mer
’s n
ame
for
the
prev
ious
con
secu
tive
six
(6) m
onth
s. C
redi
t val
id t
owar
ds t
he r
etai
l pur
chas
e or
leas
e of
one
elig
ible
201
5 m
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car
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ssov
er a
nd p
icku
p m
odel
s de
liver
ed in
Can
ada
betw
een
May
1st
– J
une
1st,
2015
. Cre
dit i
s a
man
ufac
ture
r to
con
sum
er in
cent
ive
(tax
incl
usiv
e) a
nd c
redi
t val
ue d
epen
ds o
n m
odel
pur
chas
ed: $
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cred
it av
aila
ble
on C
hevr
olet
Spa
rk, S
onic
, Cru
ze, V
olt,
Trax
, Mal
ibu
(exp
ect L
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it av
aila
ble
on o
ther
s Ch
evro
let v
ehic
les
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ept
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rado
2SA
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mar
o Z2
8, M
alib
u LS
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lver
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uty
and
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y D
uty)
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ffer
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ligib
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urre
nt o
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rs o
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mer
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odel
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r 19
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r ne
wer
car
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role
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insu
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anad
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the
cus
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nam
e fo
r th
e pr
evio
us c
onse
cutiv
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dit
valid
tow
ards
the
ret
ail p
urch
ase
or le
ase
of o
ne e
ligib
le 2
015
mod
el y
ear
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role
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r, SU
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ross
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and
pic
kups
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els
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anad
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twee
n M
ay 1
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Jun
e 1s
t, 20
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redi
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a
man
ufac
ture
r to
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sum
er in
cent
ive
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usiv
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labl
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vrol
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park
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ruze
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) ; $
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edit
avai
labl
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oth
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le C
hevr
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veh
icle
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xcep
t Ch
evro
let
Colo
rado
2SA
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aro
Z28
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Mal
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LS).
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tra
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a f
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mem
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the
sam
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useh
old
(pro
of o
f ad
dres
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quire
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s pa
rt o
f the
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nsac
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dea
ler
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req
uest
doc
umen
tatio
n an
d co
ntac
t Gen
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ors
of C
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igib
ility
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h an
d m
ay n
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er c
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or
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ply.
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ler
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ate
offe
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Members are encouraged to attend; non-members welcome.
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REMEMBERTO RECYCLEBurgers
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Members of Barlow Creek 4-H Club and the
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thanks to donations from Save-On Foods. This was a 4-H fund-
raiser.Annie Gallant photo
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In an enormous convention room on the Vancouver harbour-front, with cruise ships and pedestrians framing every view, the B.C. Kidney Foundation Summit began with an impressive multi-cultural entertainment show.
Without taking away from the enormity of the occasion, the opening remarks belonged to John and Lotte Davis, a husband and wife team that share everything including her spare kidney, followed by Elder Leonard George with a traditional welcome and guest speaker MLA and Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services Amrik Virk.
It was evident from almost the � rst words spoken and the agenda listed, this summit was a focused, powerful presentation.
There was a introduction of the jury, made up of nine impressive jurors who would assess the presentations of three questions concerning the state of organ donation in the province. The statistics on chronic kidney disease are staggering. One in 10 Canadians are battling kidney disease with 15 Canadians diagnosed with kidney failure every day. In B.C., 354 of the 465 people waiting for organ transplants need a kidney and � nally between 30 – 40 per cent of Canadians waiting will never get the kidney they need and those waiting in B.C. have the longest median wait
time of 4.8 years. Nearly 50 per cent of Canadians don’t live past four years on dialysis, the most common treatment for those in desperate need of a new kidney. The saddest statistic is even though 95 per cent of British Columbians support the idea of donating a kidney to someone in need, and 51 per cent reported they were a registered organ donor, only 19 per cent actually registered on B.C.’s of� cial organ donor registry.
Before the presenters began, actor and highly dialysis patient William Stewart introduced 12 community speakers including Quesnel’s own Bonnie Leclerc who has been waiting on the kidney transplant list for eight years. Each speaker told their stories, some were transplant recipients, some were donors, some where like Bonnie, still on the waiting list. Each story as compelling, each speaker passionate. Perhaps the most powerful story was not spoken but rather demonstrated by four-year-old Logyn who urgently requires a kidney transplant. His high energy, ready smile and winning ways on stage (also the poster child for B.C./Yukon Kidney Foundation) spoke eloquently of the need for organ donations.
The questions posed, both for and against, included presumed consent (everyone is considered a donor unless they opt out of the system), incentives, should the province adopt � nancial of
other incentives to increase living and deceased kidney donations; and � nally strategies in high risk communities with low organ donor registration: is there a cultural or a systemic barrier.
With passionate arguments for and against each question, the jury had the opportunity to question each presenter.
After careful consideration, the Jury, chaired by the Honourable Wally Oppal QC recommended B.C. adopt presumed consent legislation, rejected the idea of offering � nancial incentives to organ donors and � nally stated that Asian, South Asian and Aboriginal communities in B.C. are over-represented in kidney disease numbers and under-represented in kidney transplants. They � agged this as an area requiring more culturally appropriate and community driven research to identify and solve cultural and systemic barriers.
“Kidney disease is serious and until there is a cure, the best available therapy for a dialysis patient is kidney transplant,” Dr. David Landsberg, Medical director of the Kidney Transplant Program for B.C. Transplant said.
“Unfortunately the demand for kidney transplants far exceeds the available supply. Right now there are 361 British Columbians on the of� cial wait list for a transplant and many of them will die before they get one.”
The Kidney Trnasplant
Summit pro� led the best available evidence to support recommendations made by 2,500 British Columbians on how the Kidney Foundation of Canada could achieve its commitment to increase kidney transplants and organ donor registration by 50 per cent by 2019.
More than 361 kidney patients traveled to the Kidney Transplant Summit from all parts of the province along with family members and caregivers to speak out on the urgency for more organ donor registration and kidney transplants.
“I was overcome with emotion at the Summit,” William Stewart, who is waiting for a kidney said.
“It was so inspiring to see hundreds of people from all over the province coming together to speak out for kidney patients on dialysis like me.”
The Kidney Foundation of Canada, B.C. and Yukon Brnach exists to help prevent kidney disease or delay the onset. They provide support services to patients who have chronic disease and promote organ donation to increase kidney transplant rates.
For more information on how to become a donor (now possible at all ServiceBC counter service locations) go online at register.transplant.bc.ca or contact the B.C./Yukon Kidney Foundation at [email protected].
Ask about live kidney donation.
Kidney crisis
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The Quesnel and District Museum, the Quesnel Museum Commission, and the Friends of the Quesnel Museum
are proud to host this year’s British Columbia Historical Federation Conference.
The weekend promises to be full of things to do as well as learn more about our history.
Thursday night a meet and greet at the Museum was held as guests register for the conference.
Friday, it was off to Barkerville on a guided tour. Our tour guides informed the guests all about the Cariboo Wagon Road including Wingdam and a drive through Stanley and its historic cemetery. On to Barkerville for a behind-the-scenes look at how this heritage site is managed – de� nitely lunch at the Bakery. Back on the bus and swing by Wells with its history and arts culture. Upon their return to Quesnel, there was a Movie Night at the Museum.
Saturday, promises to be fun-� lled and informational. The afternoon will have Tom Moffat, telling us what it was like growing up in the Cariboo. In revolving presentations, there will be a Cemetery Tour and an Authors’ Fair.
The Authors’ Fair is being held at the Quesnel Library, 1 – 4:30 p.m. Historical non-� ction authors, local and out-of-town, are invited to present their published books and novels. The general public is invited to meet the authors, talk about history and perhaps purchase a book or two if it interests you.
For more information, or to register please contact Susan Smith-Josephy or the Quesnel Museum 250-992-9580.For more about this event, check out http://bchistory.ca/conferences/2015/index.html
Honey Af� eck is chair of the museum commission and regular Observer contributor.
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MS WalkAlthough people
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local group and the MS Society.
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MONDAYSAVE YOUR MILK
JUGS for use during Skyfest 2015, Aug. 1 – 2. Organizers are asking everyone to save, clean milk jugs with their lids on and please don’t crush them. If you have somewhere to store them, please do so, if not drop off with Connie at Curves.
WEDNESDAYECO-SPROUTS
NATURE EXPLO-RATION SUMMER PROGRAM June 3 – Aug. 26 10 – 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays. Learn about trees, pond life, wildlife safety and more. Suggested donations $2 per child and $5 per family with more than two children. Snacks provided,
bring water bottle, reusable dish, hat, sunscreen, bug repel-lent and an attitude for adventure. For information or to get a summer schedule, call Laurie 250-255-7513 or e-mail [email protected].
THURSDAYTHE LIONS
HOUSING BRICK CAMPAIGN is really going well and they thank those that have supported them to date. However, some that would like to buy a brick may have mislaid the brochure that was distributed. If you need another, contact Ron Silver, 250-747-3758 or Dennis Asher, 250-992-3593.
FRIDAY
QUESNEL MUL-TIPLE SCLERO-SIS SELFL-HELP GROUP meeting June 5, 12:30 – 2 p.m. in CD Hoy room at city hall. For information contact Donna, 250-992-3369.
QUESNEL ART GALLERY PRES-ENTS Once a Tree, an exhibit of work of the Quesnel Wood Turners Guild, open-ing reception June 8, 7 – 9 p.m. at the Quesnel Arts and Recreation Centre. Gallery hours are Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
SATURDAYPRESENTATION
AND DISCUSSION ON QUESNEL’S TWO PIONEER
PHOTOGRAPHERS, CS WING AND CD HOY as presented by Lorna Townsend and Susan Smith-Josephy with stories about the photog-raphy subjects and the photographers, May 23, 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. at the Quesnel Museum, cost is free with museum admis-sion or membership (otherwise $5).
HISTORICAL AU-THORS’ FAIR, May 23, Quesnel Library, 1 – 4:30 p.m. Free admission.
QUESNEL GOLF CLUB, LADIES CLUB ANNUAL KICKER TOURNA-MENT, May 23, 10 a.m. Entry fee is $20, includes lunch and prizes. Sign up sheet in the club house.
NEIGHBOUR-HOOD GARAGE SALE North Ques-nel Neighbourhood Association’s 15th annual Block Sale in the 300 block of Mc-Naughton Avenue, May 23, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Plants, house-hold and miscella-neous items for sale. free hot dogs and drinks for vendors. Vendors, bring your own tables or sell from your tailgate. For information call 250-992-8980.
FOAM FUN RUN May 23, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. West Fraser Timber Park present-ed by North Cariboo Christian School, register at www.foamrun.eventbrite.ca Early registration
$35 (adults) $20 (children) until May 10; May 11 – 22, $40 and $25; day of event $45 and $30.
17th ANNUAL CHARITY MO-TORCYCLE POKER RUN June 13, regis-tration by 10 a.m., run starts at noon, meet at Maple Park Mall, south of Ques-nel. Entry fee is $10/person. For informa-tion contact Marc, 250-747-3292.
ONGOING EVENTSQUESNEL AND
DISTRICT HERI-TAGE ASSOCIA-TION, ANTIQUE MACHINERY PARK meets the first Wednesday of each month, 7 p.m., 3055 Dragon Lake Road. Membership is $5/
year and new mem-bers are welcome. For information, contact Del, 250-747-2857 or leave a message at 250-747-4621.
KEENAGERS FIT-NESS CLASS at the Legion, Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. lead by fitness instructor Cindy Paul. NOTE: classes are cancelled when school buses are not running.
With the risk of a late spring frost behind, for most of us, it’s now time to focus on bigger and better things, like giant pumpkins.
Once again, the Quesnel Farmers’ Market is hosting a contest that will determine the very biggest pumpkins that can be grown in the North Cari-boo.
Like in the past, cash prizes in the form of “Market Bucks” will be awarded at the Thanksgiving Farm-ers’ Market, Oct. 10 for the top three pumpkins, starting at $100 for the biggest. In recent years, the winning squash has been around 75 kilos (165 pounds), and a strong rivalry exists amongst a handful of growers, includ-ing the folks from the westside com-munity garden. It surely is time for an upstart to shake things up.
“There are a few tricks to growing competition-sized pumpkins”, accord-ing to Les Gardner, a farmer and for-mer Market president, “and it all starts with good seed stock.” “Use fresh seed from a reputable seed supplier, and then create an environment that suits
them”, he notes.“Pumpkins don’t like cool nights,
so planting them where they can take advantage of some daytime heat stor-age, like near concrete or a retaining wall or fence will help a lot.” “Fi-nally”, coaches Les, “feed the soil well, especially in the early development of the plant.”
Armed with this advice, growers can find potted giant pumpkin starter plants at the Farmers’ Market begin-ning this weekend. Vendors can also provide some secrets of their own to help you grow “the big one.” All kinds of other nursery stock, from tomatoes to flowers can be found at the Market, as well as early season produce such as asparagus, spinach, radish, lettuce and more. In addition, plenty of baking is available, and many selections of wholesome, ready-to-eat foods, too, plus lots of beautiful hand-crafted items. The Quesnel Farmers’ Market is open every Saturday until mid Octo-ber, 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Helen Dixon School Site.
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Green thumbs and high hopes
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Lorna Townsend & Susan Smith-Josephy will discuss the photographs of C.D. Hoy and C.S. Wing and reveal the stories of a few of their subjects.
When: Saturday, May 23, 2015
Time: 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Where: Quesnel Museum
Cost: Free with museum admission/membership (otherwise $5)
Cariboo PortraitsC.D. Hoy and C.S. Wing
An Amazing Photographic Legacy of Early 20th Century Cariboo LifeThis Saturday, May 23, at the Quesnel Library come and visit some of your favourite British Columbian history authors. From 1-4:30 authors will be available to talk about their books, and books will be available for signing and for purchase.2:30-3:00 Tom Moffat will entertain us with stories of growing up in the Cariboo. 3:00-4:30 There will be author readings in the library’s program room.Join us to meet the authors, and enjoy a coffee and cake.
Free admission.
Authors attendingLily Chow
Chris Harris
Rudy Johnson
Tom Lymbery
Richard Mackie
Susan Smith-Josephy
Richard Wright
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ANNIE GALLANTObserver Reporter
Quesnel’s International Airshow Skyfest 2015, July 31 – Aug. 2, is thrilled to welcome Marcus Paine to their lineup of stellar aerobatic performers.
Following in the footsteps of former Alaskan aviator legends, Alaskan-born Paine brings the thrill of aerobatic flight to Quesnel’s airspace. He’s been a pilot for more than 20 years and is the founder and chief flight instructor of Unusual Attitudes LLC at Merrill Field in Anchorage and Marana Regional Airport in Tucson, a flight school that teachers recovery, stall/spin awareness and aerobatic flight. Paine is an FAA safety counsellor and a regular speaker on stall/spin awareness. His teaching directly targets and impacts the stall/spin fatality rate that plagues pilots.
This eminently qualified instructor also provides training for pilots of the U.S. Army, Naitonal park Service, Civil Air Patrol, Alaska State troopers and for the flight inspectors of the FAA flight standards district office as well as, along with his training partner Patty Wagstaff, providing the same training in Kenya to pilots of the Kenyan Wildlife Service.
He is a distinguished graduate of the Virginia Military Insittute and a former U.S. Army Special Forces officer, Airborne Ranger and Jumpmaster.
As an aerobatic airshow pilot, Paine’s performance is one of the crowd’s favourite because of his ability to showcase the capabilities of the Super Decathlon and the Super Cub in a way that general aviation pilots and audiences can appreciate, relate to and apply to their own flying. He flies the Super Decathlon low and very aggressively and he is considered a wizard in the Super Cub.
He does an
unbelievable live, in-cockpit-narrated stall and spin demo and never is above 500 feet.
Paine is also the primary pilot for Third Strike Wingwalking and flies with Carol Pilon on the wing as well as solo in the 450 Stearman.
He now is flying air shows throughout the U.S. and Canada in all three airplanes.
Tickets (adult, youth, family and weekend camping package) for Skyfest
2015 are available at Circle ‘S’ Western Wear, the Tourist Bureuu or online at www.quesnelskyfest.ca/tickets.
Mustang tickets can be purchased at various venues around town and at Cariboo Ford during the Community Drive event May 23 and other local events.
Download the Quesnel Skyfest app to your smartphone and receive updates as they are posted or visit the Skyfest 2015 Facebook page.
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5 ) How many barrels are included in the Barrel
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4 ) Which Quesnel cowboy went pro in
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WHITNEY GRIFFITHS Observer Reporter
Quesnel roller derby girls are getting ready to face the competition.
On Tuesday, the Junior Gold Nuggets and Gold Pain City participated in their first ever combined practice.
It served as a great way for the Gold Pain City derby girls to skate with their younger counterparts, passing on the tricks of the trade.
The teams ran conditioning drills, which are done to ensure all players are fit and safe.
They also ran team work, communication and agility drills throughout the night and ended the practice with a mixed league scrimmage.
The excitement of the local roller derby league has brought in players of all ages to the sport with skaters
ranging from eight years old to 30 years old.
“Roller derby is an exciting, face paced, strategic, full contact sport that is incredibly rewarding to play and very entertaining to watch!” Gold Pain City coach Reani Rink Rash comments.
The season is well underway for the local derby talent and the teams are being kept busy with both practices and games.
The Junior Nuggets team has grown in membership this year, giving the girls the chance to play more bouts and scrimmages.
Reani Rink Rash
explained that since junior teams are relatively new to roller derby the growth with teams in the north will take time to build.
The Nuggets are hard at work, with the hopes of attending a junior tournament/boot camp this summer in the Okanagan area.
The Gold Pain Girls are midway through their season and are working extremely hard to increase fitness. Though the team is short benched this season it hasn’t slowed the derby girls, it just means the team has been working even harder to make up for the
lack of players. However, it’s not
only the skaters that work hard to put on a successful season but the coaches and referees.
This year’s line-up includes Reani Rink Rash, Junior Nugget team is coach
Pixie Chick and her assistant Princess of Pain. The referee Crew members are: Flip the Bird, Quick n Derby, GP, Bruise n Cruise and newest ref in training MasterNater.
Come down to the arena on May 23
and see what the excitement of roller derby is all about as the Gold Nuggets take on the PG Spruce City Roller Brats with guests from Grande Prairie’s Fyre Starters, while the Gold Pain Girls face off against the Grande Prairie’s
Rage ‘n’ Fyre. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the junior bout whistle at 6 p.m. and the adult bout whistle at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10, available at Reason 2 Run, the Quesnel Visitor Center or at the door.
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Crossfire bring in another victory
WHITNEY GRIFFITHS Observer Reporter
It’s been a busy season already for the Quesnel Employment Services Crossfire, facing off against their competition every Thursday either away or at home since April 23.
For the second time this season Crossfire took on the Northland Nissan Assault, this time at home.
Crossfire fans made their way to the Twin Arenas to cheer on the local lacrosse talent, May 14.
The Crossfire were off to a shaky start, though Brody Lawlor had raced in for two goals in the first period the Assault still managed to take the lead by one goal.
As the teams ran in for the second period the score was 3-2 in favour of the Assault and it looked as if the Crossfire were only going to fall further behind once again only managing to score two goals to the Assaults three.
Bringing in another goal for the Crossfire in the second period was Lawlor and Eric Chrona.
Now two goals behind and going into the third and final period the Crossfire would have their work cut out for them if they wanted to end the match victorious, but never let it be said that the Crossfire shy away from a challenge.
The team raced into the third and final period with a renewed determination only letting the Assaults let one final goal slip by, while the Crossfire triumphed with four additional goals launching them into the winning slot.
High scorer for the night, Lawlor, brought in one goal in the final period, with Devin Whalen bringing in two and Jarrett Moore bringing in one.
The assists for the night went to Jarret Whalen, Levi Robertson, Devin Whalen, Dayton Toews, Chase Ballendine, Bryston Waffle and Moore for a grand total of 11 assists.
At the end of the night the home team sent the Assault away for more practice with a final score of 8-7.
Quesnel Employment Services Crossfire faced off against the Northland Nissan Assault. Whitney Griffiths photo
“Roller derby is an exciting, face paced, strategic, full contact sport that is incredibly rewarding to play and very entertaining to watch!”
Gold Pain City coach, Reani Rink Rash
Quesnel’s roller derby junior and adult teams first combined practice to prepare for this weekends home bouts. Whitney Griffiths photo
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May 24 - May 30, 2015ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Career goals are front and center, Aries. Try to process any fears that may have held you back before now, and you will discover that those fears are unfounded.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21This week you discover a good mix of creativity and practicality that you can put to use at work and at home, Taurus. Make it last as long as pos-sible to reap the rewards.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21Gemini, you are capable of making big decisions, but you’re not entirely sure if you want to just yet. Bide your time and think everything through for the next several days.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, you have put in long hours on a big project, and now is the time to buckle down and put in one last great effort. After that you can finally relax.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, things will fall into place sooner than you expect if you focus on the things that you can ac-complish. Wishing and hoping won’t get you far.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, others continue to send you mixed mes-sages. While this may be confusing, soon you will learn to navigate others’ signals and make the right decisions.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, your schedule is loaded with a lot of com-mitments. While things might seem hectic from time to time, remember that your hard work now will pay off in the future.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Reevaluate what is most important to you and set a new plan in motion, Scorpio. Others will be very supportive and serve as sounding boards as you determine where to go next.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, take a deep breath and relax when faced with a difficult decision this week. Trust your instincts and make a decision you are truly confident in.
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Capricorn, an authority figure wants to challenge you this week, so show him or her what you really are made of. Your ideas are valid, and you just need to assert yourself.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Aquarius, you are more than willing to give it your all this week. You are accustomed to giving your best effort so this challenge should be nothing you can’t handle.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, a tight schedule has you focused on the tasks at hand. You are more than capable of han-dling what’s on your plate.
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#1075 - GREAT LOCATION NEXT TO PARKS AND HOSPITAL.Lots of quality renos throughout. 5 bedrooms and 2 full baths. Within easy walking distance of all downtown amenities. Carport and small garage, nice deck and a fenced yard with separate dog kennel. Priced to sell! SUPER MOTIVATED SELLER.
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CongratulationsMarshall Brown and Myles Mattila
Marshall Brown is Committed to Westshore Wolves - The Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) 2015/2016 Season
Myles Mattila is Committed to the Okanagan Rockets - The BC Major Midget League (BCMML) 2015/2016 Season
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The Williams Lake/Quesnel Design Flooring Girls Softball Travel Team brought home silver medals from their first tournament of the season last weekend in Kamloops. Coaches Pat Jones and Dana Flanagan were very proud of their team, which includes two Williams Lake girls, after their hard fought 4-3 loss in the final.Jones said there were no losers on the field and he was just happy to have the girls playing ball. Carli Gibbs pitched fantastic throughout the whole weekend, pitching in all our winning games. Olivia Erdman hammered a home-run and bantam player pickup Kassidy Flanagan hammered a home-run. It was a great effort by the girls as they all contributed to the teams success. Back row (left to right): Coach Dana Flanagan, Candace Fontaine, Kyra Buchan, Kassidy Flanagan, Kiana Grath, Olivia Erdman and Coach Pat Jones. Front row (left to right): Carli Gibbs, Lori Fontaine, Amanda Lawrence, Emily Palik, Christina Lawrence and Kayla Flanagan.
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$34,888**
2007 Chevrolet Express
Q2739462
LT
$8,888**
2011 Ford F-150 XLT
Q1119534
Crew Cab,5.0 Liter4WD
$24,888**
2009 Ford F-150 Platinum
Q2911285
Leather,Nav, 4WD
$24,888**
2010 Ford F-150 XLT
Q1019496
Supercrew,4WD
$23,888**
2008 Ford Escape
Q2819568
Limited,4WD
$13,888**
2014 Ford Escape SE
Q1401394
2.0 Eco-Boost Nav, 4wd
$26,888**
2013 Fiat 500 Sport
$14,888**Q1392171
Sunroof,Leather
2013 Smart Fortwo
Q1399509
Heated Seats,Loaded
$12,888**
2007 Pontiac Wave 5
Q2746180
Hatchback,Auto
$5,888**
2006 Pontiac G5 GT
Q2642184
Sunroof, Coupe,Custom Wheels
$6,995**
2012 BMW X1 281
Q1299514
Leather, AWD,Loaded
$26,888**