A transport truck carrying a hazardous additive used in mining blasting applications rolled over Thursday evening around 6 p.m. 14 kilometres north of Williams Lake.

The accident occurred on High-way 97 near Wildwood, in be-tween West Coast and Hickory Roads. The driver and lone oc-cupant of the truck was airlifted to Vancouver with serious head injuries.

The driver was en route to Mis-sion, said Sgt. Bob Verbree, re-gional commander, RCMP Cari-boo Chilcotin Traffic Services.

Bruce Collinge, president of RBS Bulk Systems from Calgary said the product is called Centra. “It is not actually ammonium ni-trate, but it is classified as a haz-ardous material.”

RBS Bulk has a contract to

transport the product from the Orica manufacturing site located at Gibraltar Mines.

“Apparently right after the inci-dent there was a small amount of seepage from a rear hatch — the hatch was tightened and the seep-age stopped,” College said, adding it is estimated that perhaps 200 kilograms of the hazardous mate-rial — which looks like a viscous liquid — seeped out.

Local Wildwood residents were put on evacuation alert Thursday evening, and a detour was set up to reroute traffic around the scene.

At noon Friday, the Cariboo Regional District issued an emer-gency services evacuation order as a preventative measure while a hazmat team removed the hazard-ous material from the scene.

Williams Lake RCMP Insp. Warren Brown said in excess of 50 homes were evacuated within a 400 metre perimeter of the ac-cident scene by RCMP and local

Search and Rescue personnel.A hazmat team then began re-

moving the hazardous material from the truck’s damaged contain-er into a specialized transfer truck.

Ted and Iris Worsley live on West Coast Road, two houses down from Highway 97, and were out collecting their mail Friday morning before the evacuation or-der.

They knew they were on evacu-ation alert, but Iris said she wasn’t worried for her own safety.

She’d packed an evacuation bag Thursday night and unpacked it Friday morning.

“We were surprised the acci-dent occurred on a straight stretch of the highway though,” she said, adding there was a spill of lumber on the same stretch of the road last year.

“The Wildwood volunteer fire department is excellent,” Iris add-ed. “They are always there imme-diately, which I think is phenom-

enal.”Wildwood Elementary School

remained closed for the day and traffic was detoured away from the cleanup for several hours into the night.

Emergency Services set up a reception centre at the Salvation Army Community Services build-ing on Borland Street in Williams Lake for evacuees that remained open until the evacuation order was lifted at around 10 p.m. Fri-day night.

“Forty folks registered at the reception centre,” said safer com-munities co-ordinator Dave Dick-son. “Huge thanks to the Williams Lake Salvation Army — captains Randy and Claudine Kadona-ga and their team for their hos-pitality and kindness for opening their facilities.”

The cause of the accident is still under investigation by the RCMP’s Cariboo Chilcotin Traf-fic Services.

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Assault trial underway in Williams Lake court

The week-long trial began Monday, Jan. 21 in Williams Lake provincial court for the assault case involving RCMP Const. Andy Yung, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault, following a Sept. 10, 2011 inci-dent when then 17-year-old Ja-mie Haller was alleged to have sustained injuries while in the custody of the Williams Lake RCMP.

Charges were recommended on Mar. 7, 2012 after the Abbotsford Police Department had concluded an independent investigation of the totality of the circumstances.

Judge Randall William Callan, Provincial Court of B.C. Prince George, is overseeing the trial.

Monica Lamb-Yorski photoA transport truck carrying hazardous material used in mining blasting applications rolled over on Highway 97, 14 kilometres north of Williams Lake Jan. 17. On Friday morning crews arrived to prepare to remove the hazardous material from the site.

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One of the tougher issues school trustees will address at their Initial Options Report decision meeting to-night is whether to go ahead with the propos-al to close Wildwood elementary school.

The Initial Options Report proposes to close Wildwood El-ementary School and consolidate its stu-dent population with Cataline Elementary School in September.

The school is cur-rently operating as a Kindergarten to Grade 3 school.

The complexity of the Wildwood situa-tion came to light dur-ing open discussion by trustees at a special board meeting Thurs-day, Jan. 17 to contin-ue discussions on the Initial Options Report started at the special open board meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 15.

At both meetings trustees discussed the report options in light of input from the pub-lic consultation pro-cess and new reports from staff on items such as updated enrol-ment figures.

In efforts to meet Ministry of Education budget constraints the Initial Options Re-port proposes clos-ing and consolidating Wildwood, Kwaleen and Glendale elemen-tary schools with other schools in Williams Lake and making the remaining elementary schools in Williams Lake Kindergarten to Grade 6 schools.

Grade 7s would be elevated to a new one school/two cam-

pus secondary school comprised of Williams Lake and Columneetza secondary schools.

Low enrolment and resulting finan-cial inefficiency were reasons for choosing Wildwood, Kwaleen and Glendale for clo-sure.

During discussion on the Wildwood clo-sure School District 27 Secretary-treasurer Bonnie Roller said the student population at the school is pro-jected to rise and that it would take 10 more students returning to Wildwood next year for operating costs to break even.

According to Roll-er’s enrolment report Wildwood (Kinder-garten to Grade 3) had 25 students in 2012 and currently has 31 students. Enrolment is projected to rise to 34 students by 2022.

School District 27 Trustee Joyce Cooper said many of the fami-lies living in the Wild-wood catchment area chose to send their children to schools in Williams Lake over the years because of the ongoing uncer-tainty about whether the school would be closed.

She said she felt that if there was some cer-tainty the school would stay open parents liv-ing in the catchment area would send their children to the school.

Until visiting Wild-wood school, Cooper said she didn’t real-ize the great extent to which programs at the school support First Nations students.

She said one of the goals of the district is to improve graduation

rates for First Nations students so it didn’t make sense to close a school that is provid-ing a solid foundation for First Nations stu-dents that is also meet-ing cultural needs.

Trustee Doug Neufeld noted that since Wildwood had been included in the Initial Options Re-port, the same criteria should be applied for closing Wildwood as for closing Glendale and Kwaleen elemen-tary schools.

He said he traveled Highway 97 to Prince George a lot this past year and it only took nine minutes to travel from the Wildwood store to Williams Lake, which wouldn’t add a great deal of time to the commute for the Wildwood students if they were bused to Cataline.

Trustee Sheila Boehm noted that the Wildwood situation is different from the situ-ation at Kwaleen and Glendale elementary schools. She said stu-dents come from as far north as McLeese Lake to attend Wildwood school.

Trustee Tanya Guen-ther noted Wildwood is also the district’s northern most elemen-tary school.

Boehm and other trustees also expressed concerned about the lack of First Nations participation in the consultation process.

Cooper said it was her feeling that many of the First Nations people living in the catchment area hadn’t participated because they have been work-ing to keep the school open for many years,

and believed the deci-sion to close the school had already been made and their input wouldn’t make a dif-ference.

According to Roll-er’s updated enrolment and financial report closing Wildwood and sending the students to Cataline elemen-tary would save the district $256,881 in salaries and benefits. Continuing savings af-ter year two would be $139,232 per year.

She said the impact of losing the small communities grant currently received for Wildwood would be low because the dis-trict continues next year under Ministry of Education funding protection.

While not support-ing the idea one way or

the other, Trustee Jack-ie Austin noted that if Wildwood remained open then the Glen-dale balanced calendar program could fit into Cataline elementary annex without the use of portable classrooms.

The longest bus commute for one small group of students in the Wildwood catch-ment area is currently about 90 minutes but in an updated busing report Roller said the addition of a third bus run would reduce the longest commutes by 20 to 30 minutes.

There was also some discussion on an al-ternative option of keeping one or two Kindergarten classes operating at Wildwood elementary, rather than closing the school completely.

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The Board of Education will be making their decision on the Initial Options Report regarding school configuration and school closures on January 22, 2013.

If there are school closures, catchment areas will have to be revised. Therefore School of Choice applications will be accepted at schools and the District Office beginning on January 29, 2013. Applications will be date and time stamped when received at schools or the District Office.

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Fringe area residents filled the Gibraltar Room in Williams Lake Thurs-day to hear about fire pro-tection services at a meet-ing hosted by the Cariboo Regional District.

It was the first public meeting held for affected residents since the CRD obtained a court injunc-tion on Dec. 21, 2012 that required the City of Williams Lake to provide fire protection services to fringe area residents un-til April 30, 2013, at the Nov. 24, 2012 referen-dum rate of approximate-ly $129 per $100,000.

Similar to the public meeting held in Sep-tember, CRD staff had prepared a power point presentation that outlined costs, including compari-sons to Quesnel and rural fire departments in the region.

“Going into this, the tax rate you were paying in the rural fringe areas was about $190 on $100,000 of assessment. That was the average of the last two years because it fluctu-ates,” CRD chief admin-istrative officer Janis Bell said. “The residents of the city at the time were pay-ing $63 on $100,000 of assessment.”

The agreement the CRD negotiated with the city would have seen the rural rate move closer to

the city rate, Bell said.“The rural rate would

have decreased to ap-proximately $129 per $100,000 and the city rate would have increased to $72 per $100,000.”

The original agreement was also for a five-year term, with an option to re-new for another five-year term, however the city came back on Dec. 12 and notified the CRD by letter that it wanted to agree to a one-year term and enter into discussions for fire protection services.

Someone asked if the CRD ever received the rates in writing from the city, and Bell said “no,” adding the reason is the rates fluctuate every year.

“Rates are not what we agreed to because de-pending on their budget and assessed values ev-ery year they’re going to change. What was agreed to was to use assessment as the formula, that’s what was agreed to and yes we do have that in writing.”

Some residents that spoke at the meeting wanted the CRD to hold the city to the agreement.

Others wondered if a mediator would be better than going to court.

The word “greedy” was used to describe the city, while someone suggested the city needs the fringe residents more than the fringe residents need the city and did city taxpayers realize they would have

to pay more if the fringe residents were taken out of the equation?

A chart in the presen-tation showed in 2012 the fringe residents paid more than $600,000 in tax requisition amounts for fringe fire protection.

The total expenditures for the Williams Lake fire department were $2,003,030 for 2012. Debt servicing for the new fire hall was $512,000.

Several people thought city representatives should have been at the meeting to answer ques-tions and advised the CRD to make a similar presentation at a city council meeting in the near future.

Others said the CRD should pursue building another fire hall and won-dered where it would be located.

Bell said the CRD’s “fall back solution if they aren’t successful in court” would be to attempt to build a centrally located fire hall.

“We do have to remain within the distances pre-scribed by insurance,” Bell said.

150 Mile House Vol-unteer Fire Department Chief Stan McCarthy said he didn’t know if anyone had thought about extend-ing the existing services out of Wildwood and 150 Mile, or even putting in a satellite hall for the time being to cover Fox Moun-

tain and White Road.“I know volunteer fire

departments work their tails off to provide the ser-vices to the community and it’s a lot of work to get volunteers,” McCar-thy said. “We work well with Williams Lake and have mutual agreements with Wildwood, Miocene and everybody. The fire departments work well together.”

Chair Al Richmond said while he knows that some people are angry

at city council, that the council is split.

“You don’t have every-one on council opposed to you, it’s not a rural ver-sus urban issue,” he said. “We’re all neighbours and friends and we need to deal with that. I think we firmly have a contract, and we need to remind the city of that, but we need to be respectful.”

Bell confirmed the CRD filed in B.C. Su-preme Court on Jan. 15 to continue with legal action

against the City.To date the CRD has

spent $9,000 on the ref-erendum and $15,000 to obtain the court injunc-tion, costs Bell said rural taxpayers will pay for. Everyone pays the same rates to use the Cariboo Memorial Complex and the hospital, those are ex-amples of good partner-ships, he added.

“We need to rebuild the relationship, but we need some firm direction from you about what you want

us to do.”Fringe area residents

have until Jan. 28 to com-plete a fire protection survey. A meeting will be held Feb. 12 to share the survey results and any other feedback.

The Tribune asked the city for comments several times leading up to and after the CRD meeting, but so far has received no reply, only the press release issued by the city on Jan. 17, that ran in the Weekender Jan. 18.

Cariboo North NDP’s newest can-didate said he has to change gears, put aside some of his ranching activities, and start meeting with the people in his rid-ing.

At the riding asso-ciation’s nomination

convention held Sun-day in Quesnel, 150 Mile House ranch-er Duncan Barnett emerged the success-ful candidate.

“I’m very pleased and I’m excited and looking forward to the coming months and the May 14 election,” Duncan Barnett said Monday.

“I’m not ready to

start campaigning just yet, but it’s definitely time to start meeting people to make sure that I am 100 per cent up on the issues.”

Around 150 people attended the nomina-tion convention held at the Royal Canadian Legion in Quesnel.

“There were a lot of observers there, the le-gion was full,” Barnett

said.After Barnett and

Quesnel candidate Sushil Thapar had 10 minutes each for an introduction, speech and question and an-swer period, voting took place.

A total of 78 people cast votes, Barnett said.

NDP leader Adrian Dix also gave a key-

note address.“It was an excellent

speech,” Barnett said. “I was very pleased.

I not only liked what he said, but how he said it. It really made me feel confident, getting behind him as leader. I think people in the room were also impressed.”

Barnett noticed some young people

in the crowd and de-scribed the convention as a positive event with lots of energy and enthusiasm.

Realizing he will have to acquire a cell phone and a Facebook page, Barnett said he will have to become re-connected.

“It won’t be as calm as feeding the cows,” he added.

Monica Lamb-Yorski photoCariboo Regional District Chair Al Richmond hands the microphone to a rural resident during the fire protection service information meeting hosted by the CRD Jan. 17.

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School District 27 trustees are expected to make their decisions tonight on recommen-dations for closing and consolidating schools in the Williams Lake area contained in their Initial Options Report.

The report proposes closing Wildwood, Glendale and Kwaleen elementary schools in Williams Lake and raising Grade 7 stu-dents from elementary schools to a recon-figured Columneetza and Williams Lake secondary school that would be operated as one grades 7 to 12 sec-ondary school on two campuses.

The report was put to the public in Sep-tember and decisions tonight will be made based on information received in the public consultation process and updated reports from staff on issues such as enrolment, bus routes, require-ments for additional portables to house in-coming students, and other financial consid-erations.

Trustees received the reports and dis-cussed implications of public input during two special open board meetings Tuesday, Jan. 16 and Thursday, Jan. 17.

Public question pe-riods on items on the agendas were held at the beginning of each

meeting and following each meeting on items not on the agenda.

One of the consid-erations discussed by trustees last week was whether to “rip off the bandage quickly” and make changes by next September as original-ly proposed or phase in some of the pro-posed changes over 18 months.

Several trustees supported the idea of moving quickly with any changes the board makes, rather than prolonging the uncer-tainty for parents and students.

Proposals discussed for the secondary school included hav-ing grades 7 to 12 at both Columneetza and WLSS or having grades 7 to 9 at one school and 10 to 12 at the other school, with some shared schedul-ing between the cam-puses.

Some trustees sup-ported the idea of 7 to 9 being at the Columneetza campus because of concerns by parents they didn’t want their young chil-dren having easy ac-cess to downtown dur-ing their lunch hours.

In his report to the board Jan. 15 Superin-tendent Mark Thiessen said there were ways to minimize commutes for students between the two campuses.

For instance sched-ules could be set up so that students bus be-tween schools only at

lunch time or changes might occur only at se-mester breaks.

He said class sched-uling is the most dif-ficult part of the puz-zle for operating one school on two cam-puses.

The report recom-mends hiring a consul-tant to work on details related to the restruc-turing.

When it comes to options for configur-ing the 7 to 12 second-ary school, one school/two campus model, trustee Doug Neufeld said the board needs to be clear from the start which direction it will take so students are not subject to a lot of change.

The idea of remov-ing students from school classrooms and putting them into por-tables didn’t sit well with several of the par-ents who spoke at the meetings.

The Initial Option Report recommends that Nesika elemen-tary receive the French Immersion students now at Glendale El-ementary.

The addition of two portable classrooms at Nesika is recom-mended to accommo-date classroom sizing, growth of French Im-mersion, and the cur-rent learning resources program.

The learning assis-tance program at Ne-sika which currently has its own dedicated space would also be

impacted by the influx of Glendale students.

The Initial Options Report proposes that the Glendale regular program students and Wildwood students would move to Cata-line elementary school requiring use of the annex.

Trustees also dis-cussed possibilities for continuing the year round program now at Glendale which would require the addition of one or two portable classrooms.

The Initial Options Report proposes to move students living in the Kwaleen el-ementary catchment area to Chilcotin Road elementary school and return other students at the school to their original catchment area schools. This change would require

the addition of one portable.

Given public con-sultation the trustees are also considering moving all Kwaleen elementary students to Chilcotin Road which would require the addition of two por-tables. A portable is already in use on the site.

The trustees also discussed grandfather-ing Kwaleen siblings who are not yet in school to attend Chil-cotin Road.

Roller reported that Chilcotin Road would be fairly full for the first couple of years if all current Kwaleen students were grand-fathered into Chilco-tin Road but the long term projection is for a continued reduction in student population over the next 10 years.

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WHEREAS improving the reading, writing and other basic literacy skills of all British Columbians is vital to our social and economic development as a province; and

WHEREAS research shows the strong influence parents have on the literacy development of their children; and

WHEREAS family literacy programs ensure that children have the best possible environment for getting a head start on life-long learning; and

WHEREAS family literacy programs provide an opportunity for children and parents to learn together.

NOW THEREFORE I, Kerry Cook, as Mayor of the City of Williams Lake, do hereby Proclaim the week of January 20-26, 2013 as “FAMILY LITERACY WEEK” in the City of Williams Lake.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 27(CARIBOO-CHILCOTIN)

Registration for Kindergarten will begin on January 29, 2013.

Children beginning Kindergarten must be five years of age by December 31, 2013. Children presently enrolled in Kindergarten do not need to re-register for Grade One.

A birth certificate (or other proof of age) and presentation of the BC “Care Card” is required at registration. Students will normally register at the school in their attendance area. Parents not sure of their attendance area are requested to contact the nearest elementary school, the School District Office (250-398-3800) or the website at www.sd27.bc.ca

If you wish your child to attend a school other than the one in your attendance area, please contact an elementary school or the School District Office at 250-398-3800 for the School of Choice process and application.

The deadline for School of Choice applications is March 15, 2013.

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elementary school enrolment continues to drop in lakecity

Student enrolment in the Williams Lake area is forecast to continue de-clining over the next 10 years.

Updated enrolment fig-ures were presented to the School District 27 board by Secretary-treasuer Bonnie Roller during a special public meeting Tuesday, Jan. 15 on the topic of the board’s Initial Options Report.

The report proposes closing and consolidat-ing Glendale, Wildwood and Kwaleen elementary schools in the Williams Lake area and reshap-ing Williams Lake and Columneetza secondary schools into one grades 7 to 12 secondary school operated on two cam-puses.

Changes are proposed to meet dwindling Min-istry of Education opera-tional funding which is based primarily on student enrolment figures.

Roller’s report includes enrolment projections for Glendale, Kwaleen, Ma-rie Sharpe, Mountview, Nesika, 150 Mile, Cata-line, Chilcotin Road, and Wildwood elementary

schools forecast over an 11 year period starting in 2012 and ending in 2022.

The report indicates the actual grand total of student enrolment at the above schools was 1,522 students in 2012 and 1,535 students in 2013. Enrolment is currently projected to drop to 1,430 students by 2022.

Initial enrolment pro-jections made in 2011 for the above schools was for a grand total of 1,491 stu-dents in 2012 and 1,506 students in 2013; drop-ping to 1,441 students in 2022.

• 150 Mile House ele-mentary had 245 students in 2012 and currently has 242 students. Enrolment is projected to fall to 213 students by 2022.

Projected enrolment in 2011 was for 217 students in 2012 and 203 students in 2013; falling to 143 stu-dents by 2022.

• Cataline Elementary had 273 students in 2012 and currently has 282 stu-dents. Enrolment is cur-rently projected to fall to 246 students by 2022.

In 2011 Cataline pro-jected enrolment was for 274 students in 2012 and 293 students in 2013; fall-ing to 269 in 2022.

• Chilcotin Road Ele-mentary had 181 students in 2012 and currently has 185 students. Enrolment is predicted to drop to 225 students by 2022.

Chilcotin Road project-ed enrolment in 2011 was for 169 students in 2012 and 168 students in 2013; dropping to 157 by 2022.

• Glendale Elementary had a grand total of 124 students in 2012 and cur-rently has 120 students with enrolment projected to drop to 105 students by 2022.

In 2011 the total pro-jected enrolment for Glen-dale was for 120 students in 2012 and 113 students in 2013, dropping to 105 students by 2022.

The Glendale regular program had 48 students in 2012 and currently has 45 students; with enrol-ment projected to drop to 34 students by 2022.

In 2011 the projected enrolment for the Glen-dale regular program was for 49 students in 2012 and 44 students in 2013; dropping to 106 by 2022.

Glendale French Im-mersion had 76 students in 2012 and currently has 75 students. Enrolment in the French Immersion program is projected to

drop to 71 students by 2022.

In 2011 Glendale French Immersion enrol-ment was projected to be for 71 students in 2012 and 69 students in 2013; dropping to 79 students by 2022.

• Kwaleen Elementary had 94 students in 2012 and currently has 87 stu-dents. Kwaleen enrolment is projected to drop to 76 students by 2022.

In 2011 projected enrol-ment at Kwaleen was for 103 in 2012 and 98 stu-dents in 2013; dropping to 92 students in 2022.

• Marie Sharpe Ele-mentary had 149 students in 2012 and currently has 142 students. Marie Sharpe enrolment is pro-jected to drop to 120 stu-dents by 2022.

In 2011 projected enrol-ment at Marie Sharpe was for 139 students in 2012 and 136 in 2013; rising to 148 students by 2022.

• Mountview Elemen-tary had 189 students in 2012 and currently has 185 students. Enrolment at Mountview is projected to rise to 219 students by 2022.

In 2011 projected enrol-ment at Mountview was for 213 students in 2012

and 222 students in 2013; rising to 287 students by 2022.

• Nesika Elementary had 242 students in 2012 and currently has 261 stu-dents. Enrolment at Ne-sika is projected to drop to 192 students by 2022.

In 2011 enrolment pro-jected for Nesika was for 238 students in 2012 and 254 students in 2013; dropping to 220 students by 2022.

• Wildwood Elementa-ry (Kindergarten to Grade 3) had 25 students in 2012 and currently has 31 stu-dents. Enrolment at Wild-wood (K-3) is projected to rise to 34 students by 2022.

In 2011 projected enrol-ment at Wildwood (Kin-dergarten to Grade 3) was for 18 students in 2012 and 19 students in 2013; dropping to 19 students by 2022.

Beginning in the middle of February, a new BC Ser-vices Card will be brought

in to replace the aging CareCard. From Feb. 15 through the next five years, British Columbians between the ages of 19 and 74 will have the chance to replace their CareCards with the BC Services Card; the new card is free of charge and all they need to do to obtain it is renew their enrolment in the Medical Services Plan.

As we know all too well technol-ogy has changed a lot s i n c e 1 9 8 9 , when the C a r e -Card was

introduced. The new BC Services Card incorporates some of the new technology that has been developed in the past two decades, making it both more secure and more conve-nient than the CareCard. It includes features such as a photograph, anti-forgery technology, identity proof-ing, and a date of expiry. It serves as photo ID and can even be combined with a driver’s license, so you won’t need to worry about carrying extra cards around with you.

Since the new card can be com-bined with your driver’s license, you will have the option of enrolling when you are renewing your license; for those who don’t drive, you can still enroll at our local ServiceBC office or anywhere that driver’s li-censes are issued. Once you have en-rolled, you will receive the new BC Services Card, and will need to re-enrol every five years. The BC Ser-vices Card is free, and if you choose to combine it with your driver’s li-cense, this will cost no more than the driver’s license itself.

For certain groups of people, such as children, elderly citizens, or those in residential care or hospital care, the procedure involved may be dif-ficult. The program takes this into consideration, and these groups will be exempt from the requirement to re-enrol, which will instead be han-dled through special arrangements.

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Donna Barnett is the Liberal MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin.

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MLAMusingsDonna Barnett

Fringe fire spat reminds me of a song

Out with the old, in with the new

The local fire protection fuss reminds me of a song from my childhood that went

“I don’t want to play in your yard, I don’t like you any more; you’ll be sorry when you see me sliding down my cellar door” ... or starting my own fire department.

The City of Williams Lake and the Cariboo Regional District have had rows before but this is the first time, I believe, that either went to court.

M o s t s p a t s h a v e c o n -c e r n e d w h o pays for

what, but relations have been ami-cable for some years now as the two governments reached cost-sharing agreements in several areas.

This one came as a surprise, and it happened so quickly. City council-lors have to keep an eye on finances — that’s their job — but their tim-ing and communications on this is-sue suck. CRD Chair Richmond has been in the media explaining the dis-trict’s side of the story but the city’s news releases haven’t really gotten to the meat of the matter and even some of us townies are confused.

It’s too bad Mayor Cook didn’t go to the CRD’s public meeting last week to explain the city’s position. She is, after all, Williams Lake’s di-rector on the CRD.

The Cariboo has changed a lot since regional districts came into be-ing in 1969. Maybe we need a differ-ent system.

Two tries to form a district mu-nicipality failed (fringe areas balked) so what about trying something else, like three separate districts — north, middle and south — with one gov-ernment for each district, no sepa-rate city or town status and directors elected at large.

I’m not sure where the Chilcotin would fit. Or, maybe Williams Lake could split up and join areas D, E and F.

Some area D, E, and F residents don’t want to play in our yard. As a city resident/taxpayer for 43 years, I’m a bit embarrassed.

Diana French is a freelance col-umnist for the Tribune. She is a for-mer Tribune editor, retired teacher, historian, and book author.

Help support literacyBrowsing through the pages of the Tribune this week,

you’ll notice a theme.It’s Family Literacy Week (Jan. 20-26) and the Tri-

bune, in partnership with the Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy, are helping promote one of life’s most es-sential skills — literacy.

This Thursday marks the 12th anniversary of the Tri-bune’s Reach a Reader edition.

Throughout various articles in Thursday’s paper, along with today’s issue, we’ll be highlighting the importance of literacy — whether it’s those who have struggled with reading and writing in the past, the CCPL’s various and multiple programs, information on computer literacy and financial literacy, or simply reading to your children.

Bruce Mack, president of the CCPL, said the issue is far-reaching and affects many residents in the Cariboo. He added many take literacy for granted, but it’s a skill many people struggle with.

Without programs such as the CCPL’s, many local residents may never have a chance to learn to read and write at an acceptable level, or pass along their skills to

their own children.Help the CCPL this Thursday by purchasing the Tri-

bune’s Reach a Reader edition. CCPL volunteers will be out on the street selling the Tribune, by donation, at Save On Foods, Safeway, Tim Hortons, the Bean Counter and Walmart. Even if you receive the paper in the mail, we encourage you to donate.

Additionally, Save On Foods has donated $10 gift cer-tificates which will be inserted into random papers being sold by CCPL volunteers.

All of the funds will be used to help the CCPL fund its various programs.

Reading helps us perform daily tasks like reading street signs, looking up important phone numbers in the telephone book, or even putting together our favourite cooking recipes.

So thanks in advance for your donation. And thanks to the CCPL and its volunteers for the tireless work they perform in the community to help make it a better place for everyone.

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Lobby groups manipulating CanadiansEditor I want to applaud regular Tri-

bune, Black Press commentator, Tom Fletcher regarding his Jan. 4 Tribune Weekend Edition col-umn headlined “Is gas the enviro-villain of 2013”.

There has been a great Ameri-can Lobby effort to paint Can-ada’s Oil Sands as the world’s worst environmental disaster — couple this with an effort to pos-sibly also paint proposed ship-ments of Liquid Natural Gas as the next worse thing that could happen to the world.

Spearheading the negative propaganda are rich, powerful and very influential anti Cana-dian, American lobby groups that view Canada as their exclusive playground and don’t want this playground, in their opinion, im-pacted by any Canadian Govern-ment’s efforts to provide social programs for its citizens by the marketing of Canada’s assets.

For those that do not think that these powerful American lobby groups are manipulating Cana-dian’s, think again.

Tom Fletcher, in his column, mentions the “The Great Bear

Rain Forest” and the “Spirit Bear.”

Both of these phrases are Cal-ifornia-based marketing tools. In almost 25 years up to the 1980s, serving the Central Coast of Brit-ish Columbia, not once did I hear any native or non-native refer to the Central Coast as the Great Bear Rain Forest, or the Kermode Bear, referred to as a Spirit Bear. Both of these names came about during a period of time when a major logging company during the late 1980s attempted to log an area on King Island on the Cen-tral Coast.

Bella Coola hereditary chief Ed Moody, now deceased, protested that the logging was occurring on sacred native ground. Fair enough, his cause was taken up and supported by protest groups looking for a cause all the way to California. Ed Moody both a friend and former customer was invited to California, gaining broad support for his cause.

It was here that the name Great Bear Rain Forest, and Spirit Bear were contrived.

Couple this with the claim that the logging was occurring in old growth forests.

Forests that had been pre logged starting in the early 1900s by Pacific Mills limited of Ocean Falls and because of the damp coastal climate had regenerated to the point that to a novice, with closed eyes to the moss covered rotting stumps, these forests ap-pear like old growth.

Using the heavy hammer of a vast American population, envi-ronmentally manipulating Cana-dians, it seems, is an American pastime.

Doug Wilson

Williams Lake

governments need to be held more accountable

Editor:

These past few weeks we have been hearing and reading a lot about the First Nations “Idle No More” protests.

These persons have concerns regarding living conditions, pov-erty, land and mineral claims, and environmental degradation of their lands.

There are others of us that are stating the First Nations have received enough tax dollars and need to be more accountable with the spending.

After reading Macleans maga-zine, Jan. 14, 2013 issue and the article “99 Stupid things the govt’s did with your money” I don’t feel we can criticize any-one.

Here are two examples listed in the article: Agriculture Canada gave $826,000 to Cardinal Meat

Specialists to develop a sausage that doesn’t burst when cooked. CBC radio spent $56,000 to sur-vey its own employees — 80 per cent found a positive opinion of CBC, 70 per cent said it enriched democratic life.

I feel all levels of government from federal, to municipal to trib-al need to be more accountable with tax payers dollars.

At the federal and provincial levels we have elected supposed-ly intelligent persons to run our financial affairs.

The First Nations people are just starting to govern their own people and most likely could use some guidance and education on how to control their affairs. I re-ally feel the “pot is calling the kettle black” in this instance.

Sylvia Hlina

Williams Lake

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The event ran at the 108 Heri-tage Site on Jan. 12-13, with a total of 63 teams registered, including several from the South Cariboo.

Chilly weather, which dipped to -23 C but hovered around -11 C on Saturday, kept some potential spectators away, but it was ideal for mushing, says race committee chair Len Doucette.

Sunday was milder, with an esti-mated 300 to 400 visitors making a stop at the site.

Racers from Alberta dominated the competition, with the 10-dog-open race win going to Rob Pee-bles, with Brooke Hartum in sec-ond place and third going to Mark Hartum – all from the Wild Rose province.

In the six-dog-open, B. Hartum led the pack, with Dave Johnson of

Yukon in second and Alberta’s Ken Bernard in third place.

Bernard won the four-dog open and B. Hartum cashed in again with second place in that event. Rob Ramsey from Manitoba raced to third place.

Hans Appleman of Alberta wrapped up a win in the six-dog purebred class, and in the four-dog purebred race, Sally Swan of Prince George got the win and Pam Barker from 100 Mile House was second.

The skijoring event had compet-itors race five miles on skis pulled by at least one dog.

Appleman clinched first place, Bernard was second and Dana Luck from Rossland was third.

Prize money was paid down to eighth place, ensuring that just about everyone cashed in.

Doucette says mushers loved the course and some mentioned it was among the best in Western Canada.

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A novelty weight-pull contest saw Taku, a malamute owned by Georgina Vellenoweth, cross the finish line and keep going as far as the parking lot before he could be stopped.

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en participants who all won prizes of dog food.

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Doucette says the committee is already planning next year’s event.

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Speed demon

Greg Sabatino photoWilliams Lake Bantam Tier 2 Timberwolf Daine Dubois uses his speed to get around a Prince George Cougars defenceman Saturday during a 12-1 regular season win at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex. The T-wolves went on to win a two-game set and are currently in the midst of a highly successful season.

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Chris Nickless photoHaywood, Man.’s Rob Ramsay takes his sled around a bend during the Cariboo Challenge Sled Dog Race, hosted at the 108 Heritage Site. Ramsay finished fourth in the six-dog open.

Saturday, Feb. 2 and Sunday, Feb. 3Stampeders home playoff games

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Friday, Feb. 8 to Sunday, Feb. 10Williams Lake Atom Development Hockey Tournament

Williams Lake atom players will get a chance to show their stuff on home ice when the Williams Lake Minor Hockey Association hosts its Atom Development Tournament. For teams and more information check a future Tribune.

Friday, Feb. 15 to Sunday, Feb. 17Third Annual Co-Ed Valentine’s Futsal Tournament

The Williams Lake men’s and ladies’ soccer leagues are now accepting registration for the upcoming Third Annual Co-Ed Valentine’s Futsal Tournament.The tournament goes Feb. 15-17 at the Williams Lake Secondary School gymnasium.On Feb. 16, following games, there will be a social at the Oliver Street Bar and Grill.Registration forms for the tournament can be downloaded at www.williamslakesoccer.ca or can be picked up at Caribou Ski Source For Sports.The registration deadline to play is Feb. 1.For more information contact Katie McMahen at katiemcmahen@gmail.com.

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The Williams Lake Minor Hockey Association hosted a 10-team novice tournament on the weekend at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex, where seven- and eight-year-old lakecity hockey players got a chance to show their stuff.Tournament organizers said it was a round-robin format, with every team getting four games. They added it was a lot of fun, noting lakecity teams played well.Top left: Williams Lake Blue Bombers player Jordin Wycotte (second from left) carries the puck through a pack of Lac La Hache players en route to the net.Bottom left: Williams Lake Yellow Lightning player Nick Bachmier fi res a shot on the 100 Mile House Invis netminder.

It’s been a goal of mine, since I was para-lyzed on my entire left side, to make it to the B.C. provincial dart tour-nament.

It was May 27, 2011, around 5 a.m. I was at work and had just fin-ished my lunch break. That’s where it happened — blood vessels in my brain burst and I laid on the floor, my body shak-ing uncontrollably.

I was two hours north of Fort McMurray and had to take a two-hour ambulance ride to the nearest hospital where I soon was diagnosed with an AVM rupture (right frontal lobe of my brain), which caused a hemor-rhage.

I then had a one-hour flight to Edmonton.

During the flight I quit breathing, then woke up two days later in Edmon-ton, right before my first of two brain surgeries. I spent three months in three different hospitals and survived two brain surgeries.

I lived all this but had no movement on my entire left side. I was un-sure if I would ever walk again. At the hospital I started physiotherapy. I was just learning how to walk and to stand again, when I asked my thera-pist if I would ever be able to play darts again. He told me it depended on how hard I was will-ing to work towards that goal.

From that day my goal was to get better, no mat-ter what. I made a prom-ise that someday I would be well enough to attend the B.C. provincial dart

tournament. I set a goal for myself that day in the hospital before my first step, unsure if I would ever reach it.

I talked to my dad about it, and he said if I made it he would come watch me play in the Ca-nadian National Champi-onship dart tournament. I then asked “Do you think I can make the men’s provincial dart team?”

He said, “Son, don’t worry about asking the team, you will make it. Just look what you have accomplished. Making the provincial dart team will be one of your easi-est challenges you will have to face in the last year and a half. I believe you can make the dart team. I believe after what you have shown me there isn’t much you can’t do if you put your mind to it.”

I surprised myself be-

cause a lot of the time I’d get frustrated and want to give up, then would think: “What if I made the team by some fluke?” It would be one of the greatest comebacks of all time.

I’ve had to learn to stand, to walk and to throw darts all over and to do this I had to gain strength on the left side of my body, as well as gain confidence. I prac-ticed playing darts work-ing on my balance for a year and a half for two hours a day at home.

My journey has been a long process of rehabili-tation and doesn’t have an ending yet. The Cari-bou Brain Injury Society and the Williams Lake youth dart program has joined in a joint fundrais-ing venture. All funding will be split evenly be-tween the two organiza-

tions.For just a $2 donation

you can help me start a Williams Lake Youth Dart League, associated with the National Darts Federation of Canada. The money will also help fund our trip to the B.C. provincial finals touran-ment.

We will be going door to door in Williams Lake, or you can drop off your donation to the Caribou Brain Injury Scoeity at 301-19 North First Av-enue.

I would like to thank the Caribou Brain Injury Society for helping me along with this journey and to anyone who do-nates — it’s much appre-ciated.

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Emily Lucassen, 9, takes advantage of the beautiful, sunny weather at the outdoor skating rink Sunday at Nesika Elementary School, along with a friend.

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You probably don’t need to be told that smoking is bad for you. But what are the benefits of quitting?

Quit now and reduce your risk of can-cerIn Canada, it is estimated that smok-ing is responsible for 30% of all cancer deaths and is related to more than 85% of lung cancer cases.

The more you smoke and the longer you smoke, the more you increase your risk of developing lung cancer. But within 10 years of quitting, an ex-

smoker’s overall risk of dying from lung cancer is cut in half.If you quit, your risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, larynx, esophagus, blad-der and cervix decreases.

Quit now and breathe betterEven relatively light smoking may cause lung damage because smoking is repetitive, and the effects of inhaling add up over time. If you’re a smoker, you may have noticed that you:• feel out of breath when walking up a short flight of stairs• cough a lot

• spit up mucus• have repeat chest infectionsThese are not signs of aging or being out of shape. They are signs that smok-ing is damaging your lungs.

Quit and feel better in so many other waysThe single best thing you can do to im-prove your health is to quit smoking. And the improvements start almost right away. As soon as you stop smok-ing, your body begins to cleanse itself of tobacco poisons.

Here’s how:• Oxygen levels in your blood increase and carbon monoxide levels drop within 8 hours.• Your sense of smell and taste begin to improve after 2 days.• You’ll find it easier to breathe within 2 weeks to 3 months because your lungs are working better.• Coughing, sinus congestion, tiredness and shortness of breath improve within 6 months.• Your risk of a smoking-related heart at-tack is reduced by half after 1 year.

Why should I quit?

Monitoring and analyz-ing tobacco stats helps us keep track of our suc-cesses in the tobacco field – and points us towards where we need to do more work. The two main sur-veys we rely on are:The Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring SurveyThe Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) provides us with important informa-tion about the changes in smoking status and the amount smoked by Cana-dians.Key results• 17% of Canadians (15 years or older) were cur-rent smokers in 2010 – down from 18% in 2009. Current smoking has fallen only 2% over the last 5 years, whereas in prior years, smoking rates were decreasing by 1% per year on average. The

main reason for the slow-ing decline has been the availability of cheap con-traband cigarettes.• More men smoke than women.• Smoking rates for youth have gone down to 12% of young people (15–19 years old) currently smoking in 2010. This is good news.Youth Smoking SurveyThe Youth Smoking Sur-vey monitors tobacco use in school-aged chil-dren (grades 6 - 12). The most recent survey in 2008/2009 found that 3% of students in grades 6 to 9 are smokers, and 13% of students in grades 10 to 12 are smokers. These rates are unchanged from 2006/2007 but are up from 2004/2005 when 2% of students in grade 6 to 9 and 11% of students in grades 10 to 12 smoked.

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Tuesday, Jan 22Film club night

The Williams Lake Film Club present The Intouchables tonight Jan. 22 at the Gibraltar Room starting at 7 p.m.“The Intouchables” has broken box office records across Europe and is the official entry of France to the Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards 2013 and is one of the selected five contenders.

Thursday, Jan. 24Reach A Reader special edition

On the morning of Thursday, Jan. 24 volunteers will be selling the Williams Lake Tribune newspapers by donation at various locations in Williams Lake. Reach a Reader Day is one of Cariboo-Chilcotin Partners for Literacy (CCPL) major fund raising activities. This year we are raising money to buy new books for the Bright Red Bookshelf. CCPL provides more than 250 books each month, free of charge to children living in Williams Lake and surrounding area. Every dollar raised will support this program. Please come out and buy a paper and support this fun and worthwhile event. If you or any member of your organization is able to help by selling the Williams Lake Tribune newspaper please have them contact Janette Moller CCPL Partner Assisted Learning co-ordinator at 250-392-8161 for more information. If your organization would like further information about the Cariboo-Chilcotin Partners for Literacy and its role in the community please contact publicity and marketing director Melody Newcombe at mel@caribooliteracy.com or by phone (250-945-4199).

Saturday, Jan. 26Star gazing

Local Astronomers Lynn and Steve Capling will guide and evening of star gazing for all levels of star gazers on Jan. 16 at the Scout Island Nature Centre from 6 to 8 p.m. Bring your telescope or binoculars if you have them. If very cold or overcast the event will be cancelled. This free event.

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LeRae HaynesSpecial to The Tribune

Buy a paper and a chance to win $10That’s right. On Jan. 24, 2013,

Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Lit-eracy (CCPL) volunteers will be selling the Williams Lake Tribune by donation.

When you see them standing in front of local businesses, such as Save On Foods, Safeway, Tim Hor-ton’s, Bean Counter, and Walmart, make a donation and receive a pa-per (even if you do get the paper at home, please donate).

All the money we raise will go to support local literacy programs in the Cariboo Chilcotin — pro-grams such as: Books for Babies, Financial Literacy, Adult Tutoring, Bright Red Bookshelf, and Com-puter Literacy to name just a few.

“But how do I get a chance to win $10?” you ask yourself.

Every year, Save On Foods do-nates gift certificates in the amount of $10 which we randomly insert into the newspapers our volunteers sell.

You won’t find this in your news-paper at home!

So on Jan. 24, buy a newspaper from one of volunteers and we’ll all be winners.

Greg Sabatino photoSave On Foods manager Mark Law (middle) presents $10 gift certificates to Lil Mack (right) and Carla Bullinger of CCPL.

Robbie Burns Night coming up this weekend

Aubrey Jackson, Joe Bazan and Tyler Witte from the Wil-liams Lake Pipe Band escorted the haggis in style on Saturday for a Robbie Burns celebra-tion at the Legion in 100 Mile House.

The band performed eight sets of music to an enthusias-tic crowd, including tunes like Loch Ruan, Water is Wide and Steam Boat.

The celebration was fol-lowed with a dance by Perfect Match.

The Royal Canadian Legion in Williams Lake is hosting a Robbie Burns celebration of its own this coming Saturday, Jan. 26.

The event will include a de-lectable and traditional dinner and toasts and tales to honour the “immortal bard.”

The audience will enjoy tunes by the Williams Lake Pipe Band, Doug White and Brock Everett and Perfect Match.

Stunning and energetic danc-ing by Wee Walker Highland Dancers from 100 Mile House will also be featured.

Tickets are available at the Legion in Williams Lake.

For more information call 250-392-4255.

LeRae Haynes photoAubrey Jackson, Joe Bazan and Tyler Witte from the Williams Lake Pipe Band escorted the haggis in style on Saturday for a Robbie Burns celebration at the Legion in 100 Mile House.

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The son of David and Evelyn Hoy, Stu-art Joseph Hoy, was the third of seven children and grew up in Fort St. James, B.C.

He was born June 25, 1927 and passed away on Dec. 27, 2012, pre-deceased by two wives (Fran and Alma), and four siblings, Norma, Marion, Doug and Bob.

Dad survived the trag-ic loss of his first wife, and three years later managed to find a sec-ond lady to love him and spent the next 30 years with Alma.

He was father to six children, Brenda (Phil) Levesque, Doug (Carol), Donna, Leslie (Yuki), Richard (Donna) Smith, and Laura (Lyle) Matchke, 11 grandchil-dren, and one great-grandson, Jordan.

Dad lived a very full life. He left Fort St. James at age 24 to join the Air Force, and trained as a communi-cations technician. He spent six years in the RCAF where he met and married Fran, before returning to the Fort in 1960.

He joined the B.C. Forest Service in 1963, moved to Prince George and continued on to Wil-liams Lake in 1972.

He spent 25 years ensuring communica-tions were in place from Williams Lake to Fort St. John. Long before cell phones, he installed towers on mountains that enabled forest fire fighters to communicate with each other.

He retired in 1987 and spent a couple more years travelling around the area installing auto-mated weather stations, while living in Horsefly, and later moved to Kere-meos where he helped build the SunKatchers

RV Park.Dad loved the out-

doors and nature in gen-eral. He would rather walk up the mountain than take a helicopter. He was in great physical shape, complaining that he was getting old be-cause he couldn’t shovel cement for eight hours a day when he was 75 (I know 20 year olds with that problem).

Dad was the king of one liners and famous for his stories, which he told over and over.

He moved to Nanai-mo in 2007 and gave his family a few good years and a lot of memo-ries. He followed family around through the prep-camp in Port Albernie, and numerous minor hockey games where he could always be counted on to buy 50/50 tickets, never expecting to win, saying he considered it his ticket to watch.

And he could always tell you which rink had the best fries.

His family had lots of time with him, listen-ing to his stories and he enjoyed his time, help-ing his family to build a home at Haggard’s Cove, fishing and help-ing out.

His grandchildren Dani and Dalyce got a chance to know him bet-ter, his grandson-in-law Clint and great-grand-

son, Jordan, spent many happy hours fishing and listening to his stories and Jordan will always remember Grampa Hoy’s hockey sticks — that he offered to pay for as his contribution to Jordan’s quest.

It’s sad that his second grandson-in-law, Lee never got a chance to know him as the smart guy that he was.

He loved his Japa-nese grandsons, Leon and Lemiel and enjoyed their many visits to Can-ada and his five trips to Japan, along with Ha-waii and Disneyland to be part of their lives.

Thank you to Richard and Donna, for hauling him out to their place at Horne Lake to enjoy the nature and help with fence building — and the occasional glass of wine … and many hours visiting and keeping him company.

Thank you also to my sister, Donna, for her many trips from Edmon-ton. You took him out to enjoy the outdoors and kept him company, so that Phil and I could enjoy the occasional few days away.

Dad had Alzheimer’s and did his best to ac-cept it and continue his life. He suffered a stroke in 2011 that slowed him down physically, but he kept up his positive at-titude. He always con-sidered himself a lucky man. Dad spent two years at Berwick on the Lake, keeping the girls there amused by his jokes, and received ex-cellent care before his health took a turn down and he moved to Na-naimo Seniors’ Village, where he spent the last four months surrounded by a new group of car-ing individuals that treated him with respect and dignity, and did their best to keep him com-fortable.

He taught all of us kids a lot and we all agree that his most im-portant message was to “always leave the camp-site cleaner than we found it.”

That’s how he lived his life and if more peo-ple lived that way, the world would be a better place.

Although his passing was not unexpected, it does leave a big hole in lives. He was the most optimistic person I knew, and wanted to “live as hard as he could for as long as he could, and when it was time to go, leave without caus-ing a fuss.”

He was a kind, gentle soul and although we will miss him always, we’re glad that his pain is gone.

Good-bye dad, and thank you for all you did for all of us.

Thank you to all the people who cared for him during his last few years, friends and family who accepted him into their lives, Dr. Pienaar, the staff of Berwick on the Lake and Nanaimo Seniors’ Village, Amit for his efforts to help him to walk again, and his good friend Harold (Thor) Hamilton, who visited him often and brought back memories of his early years in Fort St. James.

At his request we are not holding a formal service. We will remem-ber him in our hearts and celebrate his life this summer in Fort St. James.

If anyone wants to honour his memory, please think of him as you drink a glass of red wine, or enjoy a piece of chocolate cake. No flowers please. If you wish, please make a donation in his name to the Nanaimo Hospice House, or the Alzheim-er’s Society.

Stuart Hoy

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CITY OF WILLIAMS LAKE

The City has received numerous inquiries from both City and rural residents, the most common of which involves the continuation of rural � re protection services after Jan. 1, 2013.

The process of � nding an equitable solution to rural � re protection services has been a complex and challenging one. Negotiations with the Cariboo Regional District were dif� cult and inconclusive. There was extensive deliberation and debate by Council, and decisions were not unanimous. Consistent among all members of Council was the intent to continue the service, and ensure residents were not without � re protection.

The City made an offer to the CRD within the bounds of the costs outlined in the referendum question, which the CRD did not accept. This left the City unable to offer the service without an agreement in place, due to signi� cant insurance concerns and liability risk. The Dec. 21 Supreme Court of B.C. injunction allows the service to continue to April 30 without a long-term agreement.

“The City’s relationship with the Cariboo Regional District is very important, and we want to have a positive, constructive one,” says Mayor Kerry Cook. “The City and CRD have important business to do together, and the City is committed to � nd ways to do that business in a respectful manner. I’m con� dent that it can happen on this issue as well.”

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Tall tales and great food at annual game banquetAn entertaining eve-

ning filled with good food, awards, tall tales and conversation will get underway Saturday, Feb. 2, when the doors open on the Williams Lake Sportsmen’s As-sociation annual wild game banquet.

‘The evening will start with cocktails at 6 p.m. followed by din-ner, catered by Della Rauch, at 7 p.m.

A variety of wild game meat will be on the menu for the eve-ning. The banquet, awards and fundraising affair will be at Sacred Heart Hall.

The event is the main fundraiser for the asso-ciation, which operates the Bond Lake shoot-ing ranges and numer-ous outdoor programs. Education includes hunting, animal identi-fication, ethics, surviv-al and firearms safety, as well as archery pro-grams.

The club provides

for facilities for law enforcement officers to practice and qualify for use of firearms as well as opportunities for sport shooters, archers and biathletes to train.

But the game ban-quet is designed for fun.

The tall tales are part of the competition for the rear-ender trophy, the biggest goof-up in hunting, fishing and outdoor activities.

It’s a time to rat out your buddy and/or your spouse on some silly thing they might do.

The reward is a tro-phy that is typically the north end of a south-bound horse.

The food will be fine, and opportunities to win some terrific prizes abound.

Tickets are available from club members, Surplus Herby’s, Bar-ton’s Insurance, Blue Mountain Gunsmithing and Chilcotin Guns. Don’t wait too long.

Gaeil Farrar photoKaren Kuenzl (left) and Alice Proctor with the antler draw material from last year’s game banquet. In this “pay-what-you-pull” raffle, people pay the amount they draw on tickets that are rolled and stuffed into many holes on the moose antler. Individuals pick the ticket or tickets they wish to pull and then pay the total, earning a chance at one of the prizes. The antler is circulated by a volunteers, who ensure the individuals put their name and phone number on the back of the ticket, which is then put in a draw container. The winner must have a Possession and Acquisition licence to take a gun prize home. There are two antlers used for two different draws.

Celebration concert honours John and Debbie Sykes

An afternoon concert and fundraiser will be held to honour John and Debbie Sykes on Sun-day, Jan. 27 at the Elks Hall in Williams Lake.

Entertainment will include performances by the Cariboo Men’s Choir, Quintet Plus, Willow, the Cariboo Gold Dance Band, and more.

The event runs from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. with entertainment, si-lent auction, refresh-ments, and dancing. Ad-mission is by donation.

Organizers say that Sunday’s event is an op-portunity for the com-munity to honour two people who have given hundreds of hours of volunteer time through many organizations.

John is currently un-dergoing treatment for cancer and the event is a way to show commu-nity support.

Monies raised will be given to John and Deb-bie.

Items for the silent auction can be delivered

to Williams Lake Sec-ondary School between January 23 and 25.

Financial contribu-tions can also be made to the Tuba John ac-count at the Williams Lake Credit Union.

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Brody Jarred Kohnke1992 - 2012

A smile can hide the tears,A laugh can hide the pain,

But nothing stops the longing,For having you back again

Miss you so much SweetheartLove you, Grandma & Gedo

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WANT TO WORK OUTDOORS?Established utilities services company is seeking part time and full time METER READERS for 100 Mile House, Quesnel, Prince George, Williams Lakeand surrounding areas. E perience reading meters is considered an asset ust have a reliable vehicle ust be customer oriented ith good communications skills ust be capable of orking independently in various

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Home Care NurseThe Three Corners Health Services Society, located in Williams Lake, is seeking a Full Time Registered

Nurse to join their dynamic health team to provide home care nursing services or the First Nations communities of Soda Creek, Canoe Creek and Williams Lake. The Three Corners Health Services Society is an accredited organization and is committed to cultural quality improvement care.

Within the HCN role, the nurse will provide assessments in order to develop and deliver comprehensive care plans and conduct case management for community members of all ages with acute, chronic and rehabilitative care needs. The HCN role will include supervision, scheduling and direction to three Home Support Workers.

✓ Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing or equivalent combination of training and experience

✓ Experience with home care nursing practice (preferably in an Aboriginal community setting)

✓ Current practicing member of CRNBC (or eligible to register)

✓ Knowledge of cultural competency in professional nursing practice

✓ Knowledge of First Nations health and social issues

✓ Self-directedness with demonstrated organizational skills

✓ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills✓ alid BC Driver s License✓ Current C R C or equivalent certi cate✓ Skill in the utilization of workplace technology✓ Footcare certi cation an asset

Aligned with the BC Nurses Union salary levels. TCHSS offers an excellent total compensation package including medical, dental, life insurance and pension plan.

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765 N. Mackenzie Ave.

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CITY OF Yellowknife invites applications from qualifi ed candidates for the following positions: Pumphouse and Liftstation Tradesperson - Public Works Department Competition #902-137 Closes: February 1, 2013. Pumphouse and Liftstation Maintainer - Public Works Department Competition #902-135 Closes: February 1, 2013. Building In-spector II - Planning and De-velopment Department Com-petition #220-125U Closes: February 1, 2013 Submit re-sumes in confi dence by the closing date, to: Human Re-sources Division, City of Yel-lowknife, P.O. Box 580, Yel-lowknife, NT., X1A 2N4; Fax (867) 669-3471 or Email: hr@yellowknife.ca Please di-rect all inquiries to the above listed email address. For more information on these positions, including the required qualifi -cations, please refer to the City of Yellowknife’s web page at: www.yellowknife.ca or con-tact Human Resources at 867-920-5603.Here is your chance to get paid for driving your own car. We seek people: regular citi-zens “to go about their normal routine, who would be involved in our automotive advertising program.” If interested, email: wgreenhousehold1@gmail.com

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Recycling

RECYCLINGDepot for batteries,

rads, copper, aluminum, catalytic converters,

alts. and starts. Will p/u, will buy!

Phone 250-398-0672

Pets & Livestock

Feed & HayExc. quality horse & good feeder hay, round bales, & large squares. (250)296-3651Fox Mtn. Ranch. Hay for Sale 5’x5’ rnd bales, Alfalfa Timothy 1450lbs. Excellent horse hay, 2nd cut. Cell (250)305-9931.Hay for sale, 600pound round bails,$25 a piece and mixture of the hay, timothy,brom, alfal-fa, fescue grass,(250)992-7332Hay Sales. Small square bales, barn stored. Ph.(250)297-6265

Livestock40 Black Angus Bred cows & 18 1st calf bred Heifers, 2 Bulls. 1-250-546-9766 even-ings, Days 1-780-518-0901

Merchandise for Sale

AppliancesReconditioned washer/dryer, stoves etc. 6 month guaran-tee. Will deliver in town. More info call Robert. 250-305-6344 days or 250-392-7064 eves.

$200 & UnderFlex Rod Home Gym (Bow Flex Style) $200. (778)412-3397

$300 & UnderLike new elliptical machine, hardly used. Please contact (250)267-3256Older style singer indust. sewing machine, mod. #3115, $300 obo (250)243-2131

Farm Equipment1952 Ferguson Tractor, 3pt hitch, rear blade & tire chains. $3500. obo (250)392-2669

Firewood/FuelDry pine fi rewood, big pick up load, delivered in town. $100/load. Call Oren at (250)392-0856 or Carl at (250)392-5856

Furniture

Annie’ßUnique Furniture & Collectibles

CLOSING OUT SALE

240 Oliver Street 778-412-6643

Last Day Jan 31stYou never know what treasures you’ll find!

Heavy Duty Machinery

2 Stretched Peerless Tri Axle Trailers & Short Log Bunks. (250)296-4601 after 7pm

A-STEEL SHIPPING DRYSTORAGE CONTAINERS

Used 20’40’45’53 in stock. SPECIAL

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Dresser TD8G $23,000., TD15C $35,000., TD20C $19,000., DC5E-6 $35,000., TD20H - TD15M. Coastal Pa-cifi c Equipment,Williams Lake, BC 1(250)392-7755

Misc. for SaleFOR RESTLESS or cramping legs. A fast acting remedy since 1981, sleep at night, proven for 31 years. Mon-Fri 8-4 EST 1-800-765-8660 or www.allcalm.com

Merchandise for Sale

Misc. for SaleAT LAST! An iron fi lter that works. IronEater! Fully patent-ed Canada/U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manga-nese. Since 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions;www.bigirondrilling.comPhone 1-800-BIG-IRONBIG BUILDING Sale. This is a clearance sale. you don’t want to miss! 20x20 $3,985. 25X24 $4,595. 30X36 $6,859. 35X48 $11,200. 40X52 $13,100. 47X76 $18,265. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.caSAWMILLS FROM only $3997. Make money and save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info and DVD: 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT www.NorwoodSawmills.com/ 400OTSTEEL BUILDINGS/ Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x 40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x 150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206. www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Misc. WantedPrivate Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Chad: 250-863-3082 in Town

Sporting GoodsATTENTION SNOWMOBILERSSled right from Northern Lights lodge in Likely, BC, to the back country Cabin & Lodge Rentals: - Five fully equipped cabins that sleep 2 to six peo-ple - $120 + HSTper person for a three night stay. - 2 to 3 night lodge stay with 3 din-ners, 2 bag lunches & 3 break-fast $220 per person + HST Jan & Feb. only - call toll free - 1-877-718-2200 website:www.nllodge.com email us @ info@nllodge.comSole F-63 Treadmill, bought Jan 2011 in new condition. Asking $1000. (250)296-3603Vernes Place Closing, every-thing to be sold! Pool tables, shuffl e board, misc equip. Call evenings (250)398-5890

Real Estate

For Sale By Owner1990-168 Mile Rd

2100 sq. ft. Rancher on private 2 acres

Close to town 3 bdrms., offi ce, rec room,

1-1/2 baths, beautiful kitchen, large decks & shop. Nicely landscaped & set up for horses. Lots of extras!

$289,000. For more info call (250)392-1420

Beautiful Family HomeIn Westridge$319,500.00

3 bdrm + den, 3 full bathLaminate hardwood,

carpet, lino, stainless steel appliances, water

softener/rev osmosis, under ground sprinklers.

For more info: kijiji id# 438640498 Contact Annette

evenings:(250)305-5559

Brand New House$299,000

3 bedroom, Hardwood fl oors,

Stainless steel appliances.

Contact Parnell (250)398-7172 or

Bryan (250)392-3621.

Real Estate

For Sale By Owner

Eagleview Estates3 bdrm house with attached garage,

shop, barn, 7.3 acres, fenced for horses,

huge deck with beautiful view of Chimney Valley. 12 minutes from

downtown Williams Lake.

$390,000.(250)303-5146

Largest Condo with best view in Terra Ridge!

Level entry, large yard,Double garage,

3 bdrms, 3 bathrooms, Central Air,

Natural gas fi replace$247,000.

(250)398-2975 evenings 1(778)471-1223 day.

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

BOITANIO PLACE APARTMENTS1 & 2 bedroom suites.

Most desirable apartments for seniors. Clean and quiet. Next to Boitanio Park behind Boitanio Mall. Suite comes

with heat, hot water, elevator, patio or balcony, fridge, stove

and dishwasher. Laundry facility on site, no pets.

250-392-64502 bdrm apartment, South Lakeside area, no pets. (250)392-5074.

2 bdrm apts. avail. immed, se-cure building, close to schools, clean & quiet.r/r(250)302-9934

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

THIS IS MORE LIKE IT!1 - 2 bdrm apt F/S

Dishwasher and A/Cin most units. Quiet -

Good references only. Ask about our incentives.

Call Frank 250-305-1155

pics at

2 bdrm Suites avail immed in Adult only building. Heat & laundry incl.(250)302-9934

2 bdrm Suites avail in secure building close to TRU. In suite storage, shared laundry clean & quiet. r/r(250)302-9934

Cottages / CabinsCOZY 1 bdrm house for rent or lease a few minutes north of town. Incl fridge, stv, washer & dryer. Suitable for single or cpl. No pets or smoking. $625/mth or negotiable with long term lease. 778-464-4633

Duplex / 4 Plex1bdrm in 4plex. $700/mnth util. incl. Shared w/d, close to bus route. (250)302-1155 cell, or (250)398-5883.

3bdrm. suite $895/mo. + util. avail. Feb. 15th, n/s n/p r/r (250)296-3359

Modern newer 2bdrm in 4-Plex Available 1st of January. De-tails, Pictures and map at:www.LivingSpacer4Rent.com

Misc for Rent

Large, Bright, 2 Bdrm Basement SuiteMinutes from all level of schools. N/P, N/S, W/D/F/S, utilities inlcuded. $800/month.

Call 250-267-1088

Rentals

Mobile Homes & Pads

3bdrm mobile, carport, sun-deck, c/w 5app. ref/req. (140 Mile) (250)296-0080 days (250)296-3089 evenings.

Homes for Rent3 bdrm. house. 2 full bath-rooms, n/p F/S Please call (250)392-7617.

4bdrm house, avail. Feb. 1/13. $950/mnth plus utilities. Fenced yard, quiet residential area, 2 bathrooms, w/d n/p Rental ref/req’d. Please con-tact Mary @ Cariboo Friend-ship Society. (250)398-6831

Shared Accommodation

Room for rent. $550./mnth $150 D/D utilities incl. Call (778)412-0040 after 7pm weekdays, anytime weekends.

Suites, Lower2 bdr, bsmt suite, newly reno-vated, close to schools & bus stop, n/p, util. inc. $800.(250)305-1213

Daylight 1bdrm suite, f/s, blinds, n/s, n/p, quiet working people preferred. Avail. immed. $600/mo includes utilities (250)392-4059

Suites, Upper3 bdrm. duplex on Pigeon Ave. W/D, patio and yard. $875/month (250)392-9119

Townhouses2 & 3 bdrm townhouses avail immed. Located near all levels of schools & university. (250)302-9934.

3bdrm Highwood Park, n/p, n/s, f/s, w/d, a/c. $800. plus utilities. (250)303-0345.

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Suite D, 180 North Third Ave,

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Sealed Tenders clearly marked “Janitorial Services – Quesnel Branch Library”

and with the proponents business name will be received at the Cariboo

Regional District Office at Suite 102, 410 Kinchant Street, Quesnel, BC, V2J 7J5,

up to 11:00am, Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Tenders will be opened in public

in the Cariboo Regional District office at 11:00am on the tender closing date.

Tenders received after the closing time will be returned unopened.

Services will consist of full janitorial services at the Quesnel Branch Library and

CRD office located at Suites 101 and 102, 410 Kinchant Street, Quesnel, BC. This

will be a three (3) year contract with a possible further two (2) year renewal.

Tender documents may be obtained from Cariboo Regional District offices in:

Quesnel: Suite 102, 410 Kinchant Street, Quesnel, BC, V2J 7J5;

Williams Lake: Suite D, 180 North Third Avenue, Williams Lake, BC, V2G 2A4;

100 Mile House: 175 Airport Road, 100 Mile House, BC, V0K 2E0

The cost for each tender package is $35.00 including HST and is non-

refundable.

The Cariboo Regional District does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any

quote and reserves the right to reject all quotes and negotiate with any bidder.

Selection will be based upon such factors as qualifications, experience

(especially on similar projects), ability to perform the contract according to its

terms, reputation for quality of work and for timeliness, financial stability of

firm, and cost.

Rick Hodgson, Deputy CAO

Suite D, 180 North 3rd Ave.

Williams Lake, BC V2G 2A4

Phone: 250-392-3351

or toll free 1-800-665-1636

rhodgson@cariboord.bc.ca

INVITATION TO TENDER

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And Cariboo Regional District Office - Quesnel

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Transportation

Cars - Sports & Imports

2006 Honda Civic 4 door sedan

5 spd, sunroof, Auto windows,

120,000kms, new studded tires.

$7900. (250)267-3334

Snowmobiles2012 Pro RMK 800, under 400 miles. Mint condition, with extras. Must see! Asking $9500. Call (250)392-0338

8’ Steel Sled Deck, fi ts short or long truck box. $500. obo (250)398-8822 Leave mes-sage.

Trucks & Vans

2011 Toyota Tacoma 2.7L

Lease to take overcall for info

(250)855-9944

Tenders

Transportation

Trucks & Vans

1992 Mazda B2200 pick-up. RWD. 4cyl. 5-speed manual.

New winter tires, brakes, and ball joints.

20,000km 35 mpg. Well maintained.

$2200 call 250-303-1327

2004 Ford F-350 XLT6L Turbo Diesel 4x4Crew Cab, Long BoxP/W, Tilt Steering, AC

186,600 km’s$7,000 obo

(250)392-2254

***MOVING, MUST SELL***2007 Dodge Dakota

4x4 / 4 door4.7L V8, A/C, power pkg, auto, tow pkg, box liner, good power for towing,

good fuel economy, regularly maintained.

176 000 km. Excellent running condition.

$11, 500. 250-305-7787 Randy

Tenders

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