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Fire totally destroyed a trailer in Barriere on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20. The lone male occupant was not home at the time and there were no injuries. However, the occupant is believed to have had no � re insur-ance.

According to Barriere � re chief Al Kirkwood, the call came in at 2:45 p.m. on Sunday. Nine Barriere � re� ghters responded but the trailer in Riverland Trailer Park was fully involved when they arrived.

They were helped by nine members from Chu Chua Fire Department under a recently renewed mutual aid agreement with the Simpcw First Nation.

RCMP and BC Ambulance also attended the scene.The � re is not considered suspicious and the cause is believed to be

a wood stove.

(Right) Fire� ghters from Chu Chua Volunteer Fire Department help out at the Dec. 10, trailer � re in Barriere under a recently renewed mutual aid agreement.

Trailer destroyed by � re in Barriere

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Barriere � re� ghters battle a trailer � re at Riverland Trailer Park in Barriere on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20.

Fire totally destroyed a trailer in Barriere on Sunday afternoon, Dec.

Gilbert Smith Forest Products celebrates 60th

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Star/Journal Christmas Story Contest essays continued from Dec 17

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By Tom FletcherBlack Press

The B.C. govern-ment’s new training and employment pro-gram for single par-ents has enrolled more than 1,300 people since it began Sept. 1.

The program cov-ers tuition, daycare and transportation costs for up to a year of on-the-job training or education towards in-demand jobs for

single parents on so-cial assistance or dis-ability payments. The bene� ts can continue for up to the � rst year of employment, in-cluding extension of government-paid den-tal and other health bene� ts.

It replaces the pre-vious system, often re-ferred to as the welfare trap, where single par-ents would lose their assistance payments and bene� ts if they

went back to school to train for a job.

Social Develop-ment Minister Mi-chelle Stilwell called the results of the program’s � rst four months “a very good sign,” particularly since about 400 of the voluntary partici-pants are not in the ministry’s “expected to work” category be-cause their children are under the age of three.

Of the 1,330 people signed up to the pro-gram as of mid-De-cember, 50 are already on the job in construc-tion, retail, health and community service positions. More than 90 per cent of partici-pants are single moth-ers, re� ecting the fact that women are 90 per cent of the 16,000 sin-gle parents receiving

income and disability assistance in B.C.

“When they come into a WorkBC of-� ce, there is an as-sessment that takes place to determine the best path for that individual,” Stilwell said in an interview. “The case managers look at aptitude and background as well as what’s going on in the

local job market, and try to � gure out how to individually map the supports that are needed for that per-son. It’s a very � exible program.”

When the single parent program was launched, Stilwell de-scribed it as “one of the most signi� cant social program shifts this government has

ever introduced.” It came with a � nancial commitment of $24.5 million over � ve years.

The ministry cites research showing chil-dren who grow up in an income-assistance family are up to three times more likely to become dependent on income assistance themselves later in life.

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Donald, a 22-year-old single father, is receiving daycare and other support to allow him to study electron-ics at University of the Fraser Valley.

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Premier Christy Clark at her Victoria office Dec. 10.

Clark on carbon tax, government adsPremier Christy Clark sat down with Tom Fletcher for a year-end interview at her Victoria office Dec. 9.

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BC VIEWSTF: I want to start with your trip to the UN climate conference in Paris. Did you speak about natural gas as a transition fuel, and did you find support for that idea?

PCC: Yes and yes. The new government in Ottawa is a big support-er of our LNG plan, and part of the reason for that is that they also see it as a way forward for Canada to make a huge contribution to fighting global climate change.

There are 150 coal plants on the books to be built in China today. The only way that those plants and the ones that come after will be stopped is if they have a transitional fuel to move to. We all want to get to 100 per cent renewables one of these days, but that’s not go-ing to happen in the next few years, prob-ably not for the next many years.

TF: Prime Minister Trudeau campaigned against subsidies for fossil fuels. That was in-terpreted by some peo-ple as cancelling capital cost allowances for an LNG plant, passed by the previous Stephen Harper government.

PCC: They continue to support that change made by the previous government. They have publicly endorsed that position. LNG will be source of emissions for Canada, but overall it’s going to be a big favour to the world.

TF: B.C.’s 2020 greenhouse gas target, reduction of emissions by a third, another tar-get that isn’t going to be met. Why?

PCC: Some of those targets were more am-bitious I think than were possible for us to meet. When the gov-ernment brought in the carbon tax and the first iteration of the climate change plan, it was based on the assump-tion that other jurisdic-tions around us were going to eventually catch up. And none of them have.

And so the balance that we have to find is to make sure that we’re environmental leaders at the same time that we’re protecting jobs and growing the econo-my. And there comes a

point where the carbon tax can only get so high before we start chasing all those jobs out of the province.

Those emitters go to other jurisdictions, they take the jobs with them and they pollute more than they would in B.C. because they’re under a lax environ-mental regime. That’s what we want to avoid, and that’s been part of the reason why this has slowed.

TF: You’ve been promoting B.C.’s rev-enue neutral approach to carbon tax glob-ally now. Your advisory committee says it needs to go higher starting in 2018 if it’s going to have an effect. Do you really have a choice there?

PCC: Let’s see what happens in the rest of the country. Let’s figure out what the national goal is going to be, which we don’t know yet. Other provinces are starting to get closer to where we are. By 2018, Alberta’s going to have come some way. By then Ontario will be into a plan, and Quebec already is.

The thing that I thought was really in-teresting about the Climate Leadership Team’s results was their acknowledgement that

environmental policy and economic competi-tiveness have to work together.

I really want to con-gratulate Merran Smith and Tzeporah Berman for thinking so untradi-tionally about this. Ten years ago you wouldn’t have found many ac-tive environmentalists who wanted to work so hard to protect trade-exposed energy-inten-sive industries. Pretty amazing.

TF: On a related topic, transit spending. Your new minister Pe-ter Fassbender has talk-ed about a “new day” in Ottawa and he’s down-playing the idea of an-other referendum for new funding sources. Is that off the table now?

PCC: It’s the law, so it’s on the table. It may be possible that the fed-eral government wants to invest more in tran-sit, and take up some of the slack from the local government level. There are a lot of different possible solutions that might mean it doesn’t have to go to referen-dum. And we are very much at the forefront of that discussion with the federal government.

TF: You’re not changing that referen-dum law?

PCC: Nope. People deserve a say.

TF: On LNG, oil and natural gas prices are continuing to go down, and supply con-tinues to go up around the world. Did you see any positive signs in the market this year?

PCC: What I saw this year was develop-ing countries, especially China, making a firm commitment to reduce

their emissions. They say they’re going to peak in 2030. The only way for them to do that is to move to a greater degree to natural gas, and the bulk of their in-dustry is still located on the east coast of their country, a long way from Russia and close to B.C.

So I think the con-cern about climate change is going to re-balance the market for natural gas.

I guess the other positive sign is that nobody has accurately predicted any of these changes, negative or positive, in the past. I’m not sure if what’s happening today would even predict the future.

But I do know that countries are going to be looking to natural gas as the primary so-lution to the climate change issues they’re trying to resolve.

TF: Veresen has just green-lighted a second gas processing plant for the Montney region, so they must have some confidence.

PCC: Producers have invested $20 bil-lion in B.C. so far and there’s no sign of that slowing down. These are long, 30-year agree-ments. I’m going to be 80 by the time some of those agreements ex-pire. Goldman Sachs couldn’t predict this latest downturn in oil. I don’t think anybody knows what it’s going to look like in 30 years.

TF: The high cost of urban housing. Are we going to see some policy action in 2016, and will there be some relief from the property transfer tax?

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OPINIONGuest Edi tor ia l ; By Gwynne Dyer

The climate deal that almost 200 countries agreed to in Paris on Satur-day was far better than most insiders dared to hope even one month ago.

The biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, China and the United States, are � nally on board. There is real money on the table to help poor coun-tries cut their emissions and cope with warming. They have even adopted a target of holding the warming to only +1.5 degrees C, instead of the limit of +2 degrees that was the goal when the conference opened.

Given all that, it’s a pity that the deal won’t actually stop the warming.The plus-two limit was always too high. Beyond that, governments told

us, we would have “dangerous warming”. Nonsense. We are having dan-gerous warming now – bigger storms, worse � oods, longer droughts – and we are only at +1.0 C.

At plus-two or thereabouts, what we get is catastrophe: runaway warm-ing that can no longer be halted just by stopping human emissions of car-bon dioxide. Nature will take over, and we will be trapped on a one-way escalator that is taking us up to +3, +4, +5, even +6 degrees. Hundreds of millions or even billions of people would die as large parts of the planet ceased to be habitable by human beings.

If you don’t want to risk unleashing that, then you don’t want to go any-where near +2, so the of� cial adoption by the world’s governments of +1.5 degrees as the never-exceed limit is a major step forward. But note that they have only pledged “to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5C.” The hard-and-fast promise is still not to go past +2 – and there is not even any guarantee that that will be achieved.

In order to avoid a debacle like the one at the last climate summit in Copenhagen six years ago, nobody even tried to put enforceable limits on national carbon dioxide emissions this time. Each country was just invited to submit the emission cuts that it is willing to make.

The sum of all those promised cuts (if the promises are kept) is what we will get by way of global emission cuts in the next � ve years.

United Nations experts did the math, and concluded that these emission cuts fall far short of what is needed. If this is all that is done, then we are headed for at least +2.7 degrees C – or rather, for a lot more, because of the feedbacks. So are we doomed to runaway warming? Not necessarily.

The cuts that are politically impossible now may become quite possible in � ve or 10 years if the cost of renewable energy goes on dropping, if tech-niques like carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) become economically viable – and if people are suf� ciently frightened by a climate that is getting wilder and less predictable by the year.

So there is a review process built into the treaty. Every � ve years, start-ing in 2018, there will be a “stock-taking” exercise in which everybody’s progress in cutting their emissions will be reviewed, and everybody will be encouraged to increase their commitments.

We are not out of the woods yet, but we are probably heading in the right direction – and it would be right at this point to put in a good word for the United Nations. It is the only arena in which global negotiations like this can be conducted, and its skills, traditions and people were indis-pensable in leading them to a more or less successful conclusion.

– Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Cheering and fearing at COP21

Published by Black Press Ltd. at Unit 10 - 4353 Connor Road, Barriere, B.C., V0E 1E0

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To the editor;About two weeks ago I looked out of our porch

door and there coming up the walk was the pret-tiest cat I had ever seen. It was a � uffy calico cat and it was crying like a child, and actually shed-ding tears. It also never took it’s eyes off of me.

I quickly got a dish of cat food and set it on the step. It started to eat and didn’t stop until it � nished the dish and I re� lled it.

We already have a cat and he would be upset if we took in another one. But we also had an angel in our house that day who had come to help us, she is a caregiver who comes to homes where there is sickness.

When she was going home she scooped the new cat up in her arms, turned and grinned at me, and said “thank you”.

In the morning I phoned to see how she had made out with her new resident and she said it had cuddled with her all night, and she also has a kitten and they are now friends too.

I would not have sent the cat away, and would have fed it, but I doubt our own cat would have accepted it.

This worked out beautifully for both the lady of the house and her two companions.

I had never seen a cat crying before, and I am so happy knowing that there is now one less cat crying out in the world.

Our neighbour at one time was feeding up to 50 cats that people had dropped off. Hard to be-lieve is it not!By Florence DebodtBarriere, B.C.

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OPINIONGuest Edi tor ia l ; By Gwynne Dyer

The climate deal that almost 200 countries agreed to in Paris on Satur-day was far better than most insiders dared to hope even one month ago.

The biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, China and the United States, are � nally on board. There is real money on the table to help poor coun-tries cut their emissions and cope with warming. They have even adopted a target of holding the warming to only +1.5 degrees C, instead of the limit of +2 degrees that was the goal when the conference opened.

Given all that, it’s a pity that the deal won’t actually stop the warming.The plus-two limit was always too high. Beyond that, governments told

us, we would have “dangerous warming”. Nonsense. We are having dan-gerous warming now – bigger storms, worse � oods, longer droughts – and we are only at +1.0 C.

At plus-two or thereabouts, what we get is catastrophe: runaway warm-ing that can no longer be halted just by stopping human emissions of car-bon dioxide. Nature will take over, and we will be trapped on a one-way escalator that is taking us up to +3, +4, +5, even +6 degrees. Hundreds of millions or even billions of people would die as large parts of the planet ceased to be habitable by human beings.

If you don’t want to risk unleashing that, then you don’t want to go any-where near +2, so the of� cial adoption by the world’s governments of +1.5 degrees as the never-exceed limit is a major step forward. But note that they have only pledged “to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5C.” The hard-and-fast promise is still not to go past +2 – and there is not even any guarantee that that will be achieved.

In order to avoid a debacle like the one at the last climate summit in Copenhagen six years ago, nobody even tried to put enforceable limits on national carbon dioxide emissions this time. Each country was just invited to submit the emission cuts that it is willing to make.

The sum of all those promised cuts (if the promises are kept) is what we will get by way of global emission cuts in the next � ve years.

United Nations experts did the math, and concluded that these emission cuts fall far short of what is needed. If this is all that is done, then we are headed for at least +2.7 degrees C – or rather, for a lot more, because of the feedbacks. So are we doomed to runaway warming? Not necessarily.

The cuts that are politically impossible now may become quite possible in � ve or 10 years if the cost of renewable energy goes on dropping, if tech-niques like carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) become economically viable – and if people are suf� ciently frightened by a climate that is getting wilder and less predictable by the year.

So there is a review process built into the treaty. Every � ve years, start-ing in 2018, there will be a “stock-taking” exercise in which everybody’s progress in cutting their emissions will be reviewed, and everybody will be encouraged to increase their commitments.

We are not out of the woods yet, but we are probably heading in the right direction – and it would be right at this point to put in a good word for the United Nations. It is the only arena in which global negotiations like this can be conducted, and its skills, traditions and people were indis-pensable in leading them to a more or less successful conclusion.

– Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

The Christmas cat

The North Thompson Star/Journal is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documen-tation, should be sent to B.C. Press Council, P.O. Box 1356, Ladysmith, B.C., V9G 1A9. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

Cheering and fearing at COP21

Published by Black Press Ltd. at Unit 10 - 4353 Connor Road, Barriere, B.C., V0E 1E0

250-672-5611

To the editor;About two weeks ago I looked out of our porch

door and there coming up the walk was the pret-tiest cat I had ever seen. It was a � uffy calico cat and it was crying like a child, and actually shed-ding tears. It also never took it’s eyes off of me.

I quickly got a dish of cat food and set it on the step. It started to eat and didn’t stop until it � nished the dish and I re� lled it.

We already have a cat and he would be upset if we took in another one. But we also had an angel in our house that day who had come to help us, she is a caregiver who comes to homes where there is sickness.

When she was going home she scooped the new cat up in her arms, turned and grinned at me, and said “thank you”.

In the morning I phoned to see how she had made out with her new resident and she said it had cuddled with her all night, and she also has a kitten and they are now friends too.

I would not have sent the cat away, and would have fed it, but I doubt our own cat would have accepted it.

This worked out beautifully for both the lady of the house and her two companions.

I had never seen a cat crying before, and I am so happy knowing that there is now one less cat crying out in the world.

Our neighbour at one time was feeding up to 50 cats that people had dropped off. Hard to be-lieve is it not!By Florence DebodtBarriere, B.C.


To the editor;It was with dismay

that I recently read of B.C. Provincial Court Judge Stella Frame’s misguided decision to stay charges against twice-convicted poach-er Abe Dougan.

Dougan illegally killed a Dall sheep in the Yukon and, al-though Frame found him guilty, she inexpli-cably stayed the charg-es, effectively denying justice.

I have read in full the decision on guilt and the staying of charges.

Frame exaggerates the length of time taken when she writes that this “lingered on over all these years . . .”

In fact, the trial took one year, spread over several court dates, to complete. The judge acknowledges both the Crown and defence contributed to delays.

In her ruling, Frame made light of the poaching incident, say-ing the sheep are not endangered and hunt-ing of them is permit-ted.

I find it troubling that a judge could so badly confuse the real issue here.

This case was never about whether Dall sheep were endangered or whether Yukon resi-dents people could le-gally hunt them.

It was about wheth-er it is right for a Brit-

ish Columbia resident to come to the Yukon, hunt illegally and take the trophy back to Brit-ish Columbia.

In my reading of both decisions, I was struck by the judge’s apparent bias against the prosecution of this crime. She clearly stated her bias when she wrote that “. . . the public was ill-served with this prosecution . . .” even though Dougan was found guilty of a seri-ous crime.

Frame also stated in her decision that “Mr. Castagner [a Crown witness] did not attend to give evidence at trial. He is serving federal prison time.”

This assertion about Castagner is

absolutely false.To clarify for Frame,

illegal hunting is not right, we take it serious-ly in the Yukon and her actions and statements have made light of a se-rious problem.

In so doing, she un-doubtedly encouraged other poachers to fol-low Dougan’s lead.

I respectfully ask the

government to give se-rious consideration to appealing this verdict, for the sake of justice and for the sake of sending an appropriate message to all of those who might take the wrong message from this judge’s unfortunate mistakes.Ken TaylorWhitehorse, Yukon

Decision on poaching should be appealed

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TF: In the recent fed-eral election, national NDP leader Thomas Mulcair rejected the Trans Paci� c Partner-ship sight unseen, en-dorsing letters from Unifor and CUPE say-ing this is a bad deal. Is your party seen as against Paci� c Rim trade?

JH: No, I don’t think so, and what I said at the time was that I support trade. We’re a trade-centred province. We’re looking across the ocean at the largest market the world has known, and I support getting our products to higher-priced markets. But having said that, the B.C. Liberals embraced TPP without even hav-ing seen it.

TF: The NDP and unions have histori-cally been protectionist. Do you see any need to modernize the B.C. party?

JH: When it comes to trade, I think we have modernized. And who was the � rst premier to go on a trade mission from British Columbia? It was Dave Barrett. And now there has been

a succession of premiers make regular visits to other markets to try to stimulate economic ac-tivity here at home.

TF: Your party sup-ports the carbon tax now, but not the revenue neutral approach. Do you support increasing the rate?

JH: I’ve looked care-fully at the report tabled by the premier’s [adviso-ry] group, a vast array of British Columbians, and there was a lot of water put into the wine to get to the position they got to. What I’m comfort-able with is that the date that they’ve selected for a ramping up of the car-bon tax is 2018, which will be a year after the next provincial election. So if I’m successful and

form a government, I’ll have time to look at tax policy broadly to see if we can make improve-ments in the carbon tax.

For me, and I think for most British Colum-bians, the model that Alberta has adopted of taking revenues and driving them into in-dustries, or activities like transit, that will reduce emissions over time.

TF: Natural gas price and volume con-tinue to go down, along with commodities gen-erally, and supply of oil and gas keeps going up. What’s your take on the prospects for LNG after the year we’ve had?

JH: Not good. I’ve always said price will determine whether investors drop down multi-billions of dol-lars in a far-away place to provide a product that is not developed here. Brown� eld op-portunities have moved very quickly in the U.S. Changing LNG import facilities to export facili-ties is a whole lot easier and cheaper than start-ing from scratch. Getting to the coast is a challenge for fossil fuels, and the

last LNG price point I saw delivered in Asia was $5.70 a unit. You’re not going to make money at that price, even with rock-bottom prices here in B.C.

TF: We’ve just had a couple of announce-ments as part of the government’s Jobs Plan, $100 million in � nanc-ing for tech startups, which your critic was pleased about, and an agriculture and food strategy. Are we going to see more Jobs Plan advertising in the new year?

JH: It’s the Christ-mas season, the federal election is over, there are two sets of ads run-ning now. I think these ads are self-promotion. These are not inform-ing the public on infor-mation that they really need.

If it’s just smiling people with hardhats on, I think we’re going to have something to say about that.

Tom Fletcher is leg-islature reporter and col-umnist for Black Press. Email: t� [email protected] Twitter: @tom-� etcherbc

Horgan on trade, carbon tax and LNGNDP leader John Horgan sat down with Tom Fletcher for a year-end interview in his Victoria of� ce Dec. 10. Here are some excerpts. For the full version, see the Opinion tab at www.starjournal.net

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PCC: You’ll see in the February budget, but we are looking for ways to provide some relief for home buyers.

There are two things we can do to make life more affordable for people.

One is to reduce tax-es, and the other is to create a stronger econ-omy for more people to

get higher-paying jobs. We’re working on

both.Frankly I think the

job creation side of it is the one that needs the most attention, be-cause we already have really low taxes in the province comparative-ly. In terms of property purchase, we’re looking at that now, but I can’t

give you an de� nitive answer.

TF: We’re starting to see government ad-vertising ramp up. We saw a lot of Jobs Plan advertising before the 2013 election, we saw the federal government do it with their Eco-nomic Action Plan, which was very expen-sive, and to most peo-

ple’s eye self-serving or political in nature at taxpayers’ expense. Is that what we’re going to see in the next year and a half?

PCC: It won’t be political. I think some of that was, really, po-litical. You saw a lot of advertising this sum-mer, for example, anti-forest � res. And that all gets counted in there.

You will see more infor mat ion-based advertising out there, talking to people about for example, the Reg-istered Education Sav-ings Plan. People need to know that, so you’ll see more of that.

TF: Not Jobs Plan 2.0?

PCC: I don’t think that’s in the plan. I wish I could say to you no, never, but I, you know….

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Interview with the PremierContinued from page 3...

Community leaders dish it out at BSSThe annual Christmas dinner at Barriere Secondary took place at lunch time on Dec. 16. This event brings the Christmas spirit to the students by expressing how much the community cares for them, as area lead-ers, stakeholders and volunteers step forward each year to serve up the meal. Pictured are three of the many servers who turned out; (l-r) serv-ing Chris Mowat, Branch Manager at Interior Savings, TNRD Area ‘O’ Director Bill Kershaw and District of Barriere Mayor Virginia Smith.

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CSJ creates summer job opportunities and valuable work experience specifically for youth aged 15 to 30 in-tending to return to their studies in the next school year.

The program’s aim is also to help employers create sum-mer job opportunities that

focus on priorities important to their local communities, which could include special events such as sporting or cultural occasions.

In Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, the priorities focus on local special events, loca-tion and sector priorities, but all eligible applicants are en-couraged to apply.

The new government is seeking applications which will also complement a num-ber of national priorities, in-cluding support for:

• Employers who help wel-come and settle Syrian refu-gees to Canada, as well as Syrian students;

• Indigenous people, who are among the fastest-grow-ing segments of the Canadian population;

• Small businesses working to become more innovative, competitive and successful, in recognition of their key contribution to the creation of new jobs; and

• Cultural and creative industries looking to create jobs and to strengthen our rich Canadian identity.

This latter priority will support the planning of Can-ada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017.

The application period runs from January 4, 2016, to February 26, 2016. Appli-cants approved for funding will be able to hire students as early as May 2016.

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Every year B.C. credit unions contribute 25 cents per member to the Success By 6 initiative - which totals more than $3 million contributed to date. Two out of every � ve British Columbians support Success By 6 as credit union members helping all young children in B.C. thrive. Suc-cess By 6 recently sent a big “thank you” to B.C. credit unions and their members for “Helping all Children Succeed for Life.”

“Success By 6 plays a critical role in support-ing the health and well-being of young children, and for many families, provides a direct line to programs and services they wouldn’t have ac-cess to otherwise. We’re proud to support Suc-cess By 6 and the work they do in Barriere and surrounding communities,” said Chris Mowat, Branch Manager at Interior Savings in Barriere.

A special thank you to our local Interior Sav-ings Credit Union for being an integral partner in their support of Success By 6 in the Barriere area,” says a Barriere Success By Six representative.

To see a special video by Success By Six about

the help theyreceive from B.C. Credit Unions go to: https://youtu.be/ikoWfPg5J50New video illustrates how giving to the community gives back

Every year BC credit unions contribute 25 cents per member to the Success By 6 initiative - which totals more than $3 million contributed to date! 2 out of every 5 British Columbians support Success By 6 as credit union members and help all young children in BC thrive! We'd like to say a big thank you to BC Credit Unions and their members for "Helping all Children Succeed for Life!"

“Success By 6 plays a cri<cal role in suppor<ng the health and well-‐being of young children, and for many families, provides a direct line to programs and services they wouldn’t have access to otherwise. We’re proud to support Success By 6 and the work they do in Barriere and surrounding communi<es,” says Chris Mowat, Branch Manager at Interior Savings in Barriere.

A special thank you to our local Interior Savings Credit Union for being an integral partner in their support of Success By 6 in the Barriere area!

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Little Stars all in a rowThe Little Stars preschool Christmas concert took place on Dec. 10 in the gymnasium at the Ridge. Parents, family members and friends turned out to see the kids performance and to offer up hearty applause for a job well done. After the concert Yellowhead Community Services featured an open house with plenty of seasonal goodies on hand for both kids and grown-ups.

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Success by 6 and Yellowhead Community Services would like to extend our sincerest thanks

to all of the very generous individuals, businesses and organizations that supported the Breakfast with Santa on December 12th. Your contributions, volunteer time and efforts made it possible for all the Barriere and area families to come out and enjoy a wonderful time together.

Because of our community’s generous support, we were able to raise a substantial amount of donations for the Barriere Food Bank to support their Christmas Hampers. A total of $745 as well as toys and food items were collected! The event was a huge success and would not have

been possible without your generous support. Our most heartfelt thanks go out to; Barriere Lions Club, Yellowhead Community Services,

Thompson Nicola Cariboo United Way, Aboriginal Engagement Success By 6, Interior Savings and Credit Union, North Thompson Volunteer and Information Centre, Sweetnams, North Thompson Star/Journal, Barriere Food Bank, and the many, many individuals who donated

their time and energy to make these festivities possible. Success starts with each of us and in-vestment in a child’s early years pays dividends for the future of our communities and province.

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After 40 years of teaching the children of Barriere and area, Helen Fraser has retired.

Her last day at Barriere Elementary School took place on Tuesday, Dec. 15.

Fraser says she started teaching in Barri-ere right after graduating from college

“I had the education but I still needed to learn the skills to actually teach,” said Fraser, “I taught grade 3... in a portable... it was quite an experience.”

From there her career in teaching slowed for a short time when her children were young and she opted to stay at home so she could be with them, during this time she was “a teacher on call”.

Fraser says she has seen many changes during her career as a teacher, “You have to roll with the � ow to be successful.”

Fraser’s dedication to her profession and her students has been consistent throughout her ca-reer. She has gone above and beyond in her con-tributions of time and expertise to many events within the school; including the Spaghetti/Math Night, Heritage Fair, Young Artists, Parent Tea, Scholastic Book Fairs, Pac Projects, Art for Others, Social Club, Newspaper Group, Girls’ Group and so much more.

As many of her former and current students would attest, Mrs. Fraser was fun, fair and a fa-vourite for many. Her years teaching and serv-ing as the school librarian have instilled a love

of reading for her students, something that they now pass on to their own youngsters.

“I will miss the kids,” said Fraser, “ But I have no regrets about my years as a teacher in Bar-riere. I am the last one of the teachers here who has remained in this community for my entire teaching career.”

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Wenlock wins Bullarama tickets

Jerry Wenlock was the lucky recipient of two tickets to the New Year’s Eve Bullarama at the North Thompson Agriplex. The draw was part of the Bar-riere and District Chamber of Commerce Passport to Holiday Shopping late night shopping event, with the District of Bar-riere donating the tickets.

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Fraser retires: 40 years of teaching in BarriereAfter 40 years of teaching the children of

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Helen Fraser has retired after 40 years of teaching in Barriere.

Helen Fraser work-ing with students

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School on her retirement day,

Dec. 15, 2015

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VALLEY VOICESVALLEY VOICESGilbert Smith Forest Products celebrates 60th

anniversary of business in the North ThompsonGilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd

(GSFP) celebrated their annual Christmas party on Saturday, Dec. 5, along with their anniversary of 60 years in business.

The event held at the Lions Hall was attended by over 130 present and past em-ployees as well as their spouses.

Everyone enjoyed an amazing turkey dinner that was prepared by the Barriere Legion Ladies.

Attendees were entertained by stories and photos of the “old days”, and were gifted a $60 gift certificate to be redeemed at one of the local merchants.

The company also had their annual Movember contest in support of prostate cancer research, had a safety draw, and an-nounced the years of service awards with two employees this year hitting a milestone of 40 years. Congratulations were given to Glen Stanley and Dan McMartin for all their hard work.

“As an anniversary arrives, you find yourself looking back to the beginning, remember-ing every change made along the way, any challenges faced, and work up to how things are today,” stated GSFP general manager Greg Smith.

“Historically, Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd started in the pole industry and then converted to sawmilling. Gilbert Smith came to the North Thompson Valley with his fam-ily in 1906. In 1955 Gilbert and his sons, Carman and Ted, established Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd. Gilbert retired in 1957 leaving his sons to run the company.

“In 1967 Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd purchased a used portable mill and set it up on site, and by May of 1968 lumber was produced. Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd extended its capabilities by adding the planer in 1970, followed by the Resaw and then added a Bin Sorter in 1989.

“After surviving the McLure Fire in 2003 with the support of our crew, contractors and a little luck, we then in 2004 added a Hewsaw small log line which more effectively processes small logs with improved recovery.

“The package press was added in 2011 to enable packaging to service National Home Center business and overseas export markets, enhancing the reputation of the company abroad and increasing sales during one of the toughest market downturns ever experienced.

“There has also been numerous improvements to the sawmill over this past year to mod-ernize the headrig and small edger along with more improvements planned for 2016.”

Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd takes pride in being a third generation family run operation. The business originally started with one man who quickly added his sons and it grew to include a crew that now features many family connections of their own: brothers working together, fathers and sons, mothers and sons and a husband and wife.

“We all share in the success of this business,” said Smith, “And we all celebrate this milestone and many more years to come.”

GSFP held their annual Movember contest (in sup-port of prostate cancer research) in conjunction with the company’s 60th anniversary celebrations Dec. 5 at the Lions Hall in Barriere.

GSFP retirees, including Carman and Ted Smith (far right front), are pictured taking part in the 60th anniversary celebrations.

Gilbert Smith pictured in the pole yard of the mill. Smith came to the North Thompson Valley with his family in 1906. He established Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd in Barriere in 1955 with his sons Carman and Ted.

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Gilbert Smith Forest Products Ltd planer burner mill in January of 1969.

GSFP years of service awards were handed out with two employees this year hitting a mile-stone of 40 years. Congratulations were given by GSFP general manager Greg Smith to Glen Stanley (left) and Dan McMartin (right) for all their years of hard work in the business.

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By Elli KohnertNorth Thompson Star/Journal

The small settle-ment of Vavenby is home to Ecki Manthei, a gifted artist who‘s artwork grows out of his connection to nature, and his drive to follow every new idea with a passion that moves him to create what is in his imagina-tion, without delay.

Ecki’s home stands out from all others in the Vavenby trailer park where it cannot be missed. Two large life-like eagles formed from wood, seem to be guarding his prop-erty. Varieties of crea-tures also made from wood, line the path to the house; and the ambiance of this place leaves no doubt that an artist lives here.

Ecki, and his life partner, Marilyn, arrived in the North Thompson Valley about five years ago. When they saw the trailer court in Vavenby, they “liked it right away and bought it”; a comfort-able, quiet place that allows his creativity to flourish.

Ecki says he emi-grated with his parents from Austria when he was a very young boy in 1945. He has lived and worked in various northern locations in

Canada, and eventu-ally came to live in Cloverdale, B.C. It is there that he began his artistic career.

Seashells were his medium then, tells Ecki as he explains how they lend them-selves to be made into clocks for instance, or be used as a canvas for his paintings.

When the couple eventually settled in the community of Vavenby, it is here that Ecki took on art as his life work.

Ecki has trans-formed one room of their home into an art gallery, where he now displays the numer-ous ‘Art By Ecki’ cre-ations.

The variety of his work is remarkable; it ranges from usable art, like wooden spoons and clocks, to wildlife and nature paintings. Ecki uses antlers for many of his carvings that depict wildlife, especially wolves, in their habitat.

“When I am walking in the forest, or along a stream, I often see something that gives me an idea for a proj-ect,” says the artist, “I may pick up a rock that would be just right to paint something on, or maybe I am lucky to find a moose or deer antler, and I know right away what I want to

carve on it!” He notes that near-

ly all the materials he uses in his creations are natural; giving the artwork its special character.

Sometimes a per-son may come into the gallery to view Ecki’s work, and they may purchase a special item of art for their own home. Most of the time though, Ecki and Marilyn market the art work by taking part in craft fairs.

“At some I do well, with others I do not,” commented the art-

ist on selling his work through craft fairs.

The couple say they have a few tentative ideas in mind for mar-keting; such as going on the road to sell their creations. But right now, they have no immediate plans that they want to follow.

“We like it here in Vavenby,” says Ecki, “We feel comfortable around here, and we do enjoy to be with the friends we have made in the area. For now, ‘Ecki’s Art’ will have its home in the North Thompson Valley .”

Nature plays a large part in Art by Ecki

(Above) Ecki Manthei of Vavenby shows one of the many ant-lers he has carved that are displayed in his home gallery.

(Top left) Ecki’s life partner, Marilyn, looks on on as he passionately describes his art creations to the Star/Journal reporter.

(Bottom left) Some of the beautiful creations that Ecki offers for sale to the public from his Vavenby gallery or at craft fairs.

STAR/JOURNAL photos: Elli Kohnert

Celebration of Art in Barriere June 23, 24By Jill HaywardNorth Thompson Star/Journal

Everything is in place for the June 23, and 24, Barriere Celebration of The Arts. The venue will be similar to last year’s event and will once again be hosted on property beside Highway 5 in Barriere, now the home of Sam’s Pizza and Rib House.

The two day Celebration of Art event is an extravaganza of art and culture, featuring the amazing talent of the North Thompson Valley and British Columbia.

Put on by the North Thomspon Arts Council, and the Yellowhead Artists Cooperative, the venue

continues to be admission free to the public, and encourages youth to attend and participate in the 12 years and under Art Activity Area.

Those involved say they expect a strong turnout of ven-dors this year and that they are looking forward to presenting such a broad range of top qual-ity art for exhibition and/or for sale.

Organizers say booth space is being filled fast by artists and artisans, and they encourage those who have not yet registered to do so now and avoid being disappointed. Service groups and organizations are also wel-come to participate to promote their programs in a booth at the site. Vendors are reminded they

must supply their own canopy or tent, and that power is not available.

If you would like more infor-mation or would like to book a space, or volunteer, please call Jessie at 250-672-9772.

“We figure that all the rain will be done with by then,” said one positive thinker, “It will be a great weekend, and the vendor tents will be to provide shade from the sun, not keep the rain off. We are expecting lots of art-ists, and a steady stream of visi-tors to our presentation. Come on down and see the extremely good works being produced from people within our art com-munity. You’ll be impressed – I guarantee it!”

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It’s going to take some time, but Ken Gil-lis is hopeful residents in the Thompson-Nic-ola Regional District might soon have some recourse in their ever-growing battle against grasshopper infesta-tion.

As director of Area L south and east of Ka-mloops (Grasslands), Gillis spoke to KTW in August about the prob-lems the insects were causing throughout the province, vowing to seek a meeting with Minister of Agricul-ture Norm Letnick at the convention of the Union of B.C. Munici-palities in September.

“In some areas of our regional district, certainly in my area, the grasshoppers have reached plague propor-tions,” Gillis told KTW at the time.

On Dec. 10, the TNRD accepted for in-formation a letter from Letnick, which refer-enced the possibility of introducing legislation similar to the Grass-hopper Control Act, which was repealed by the NDP government in 1998.

The Act applied a grasshopper tax to rural areas where the pests had been shown to be a problem. Mon-ey collected each season gave landowners the resources necessary to deal with the insects in problem years. The tax was only applied to resi-

dents in rural areas who voted it in and did not affect city dwellers.

Letnick’s letter also said his staff had fol-lowed up with Jackie Tegart, MLA for the Fraser-Nicola, and would be doing the same with the TNRD and staff in the Minis-try of Environment.

“I was quite im-pressed by the reception we got in Victoria from the minister,” Gillis said

following the TNRD meeting.

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From the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture:

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VICTORIA – The Province will no longer sell paper applications for the fall 2016 Limited Entry Hunt-ing draw as of Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson announced Dec. 10.

The change is part of the tran-sition to a new online registration service, which the Province will introduce in the spring. The new service will be an ef� cient and con-venient way to address the needs of hunters and guide out� tters, and will help the Province ensure the health and sustainability of wildlife populations.

The new service is part of gov-ernment’s commitment to improve service delivery for British Colum-bians that is faster, easier to access and simpler to use.

In July 2013, Thomson commit-ted to launching the new service in spring 2016.

Hunters who have previously purchased paper application forms can use them for either the spring or fall 2016, LEH draws, or submit

the unused form for a refund. Ap-plication forms bought after Dec. 15, 2015, are good for the spring 2016, draw only, and are available only from select vendors in B.C. and Service BC.

Limited Entry Hunting autho-rizations are awarded by lottery, and applications are available to resident First Nations and other British Columbians with a resident hunter number. The lottery is a fair and effective way to limit the num-ber of hunters, and to protect and manage speci� c species by limiting the number of animals taken.

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(in no specific order)

A Reindeer On My Back PorchBy Grace Farrow, Grade 1, Barriere Elementary, Mrs. Peterson’s class

I found a reindeer on my back porch because that is where Santa left it.

He wanted us to keep it, because he is the nicest man is the whole world.

The reindeers name is Grace, she is a very special friend of Santas.

Grace eats sparkles. She will live in my room. She will have half my room and I will have the other half.

I need to keep her a secret because my Mama doesn’t like animals in the house...especially reindeer.

~~~~~Reindeer On My Back PorchBy Macklin Pullen, age 5, kindergarten

One day there was a reindeer on our back porch looking for carrots and smelling for carrots. He smelled some carrots in the fridge. He opened the door, and walked as quietly as he could and got all the carrots. He went outside and ate all the carrots.

A kid wanted carrots, so he opened the fridge and then looked in the bottom drawer and said “where are the carrots? Hmm? I guess I’ll just have a cucumber.”

The kid was twelve and he took a knife and cut up the cucumber and that was his breakfast along with a piece of toast.

The kid was done his breakfast and he looked out the window and saw the reindeer. He was really surprised and he always wanted to ride a reindeer. He pulled out his saddle, put it on the reindeer and rode the reindeer. It was re-ally fun riding the reindeer for the first time. He had always wanted a toy with a guy riding a reindeer, but instead he got to ride a real reindeer. He rode the reindeer to the store and bought more carrots.

He had a plan. He got the carrots out of the fridge and shared them with the reindeer.

~~~~~

The Barriere Take Down By Dylan, Grade 3, Bar-riere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

Officer Jeremy and Dylan were happily sitting in their police station when the phone rings. Ring, Ring, Ring!

Curtis, who lives near AG Foods, calls the Police because he saw a robber going into the store.

Officers Jeremy, Dylan, Jaden and Corey bring in the reindeer police dogs. They quickly sniff out the bad guy in the store.

The bad guy runs and slips on a black, yucky ba-nana peel and breaks his back. Then Curtis comes in and they all capture the Barriere Bandit together.

The town was safe again and had a merry Christmas.

~~~~~Three Little Reindeer By Devyn, Grade 3, Bar-riere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

It was the night before Christmas and all through the house the family could hear something making noises on their back porch.

Three little rein-deer were on the back porch! Rudolf had a drip-py nose and cupid went to lala land because he was day dreaming of eating watermelon while in a hot tub. Cupid was singing “Jingle Bells.” Blitzen was telling Cupid to start pull-ing the sleigh. Cupid was in the front of the sleigh that had crashed on this porch.

They were all on the back porch because the sleigh stopped and fell out of the air. Cupid had caused the crash. Santa was going to be late for Christmas this year. San-ta came the next night once everything was fixed.

The family was sad that Santa didn’t come on time but he still pushed himself to make up for it on Box-ing Day. From that day on he never missed Christmas again.

~~~~~The Reindeer Brothers By Jeremy, Grade 3, Bar-riere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

One day the Salle fam-ily was having a party at their house. Bob, a kid,

was their too. He de-cided to look on the back porch. He couldn’t believe his eyes! He saw three rein-deer!

He ran inside and told his mom. She called in of-ficer Jeremy to help. He came immediately. He was shocked. He fell over and slid down the steep, icy hill.

The reindeer picked officer Jeremy and Bob up on his antlers. More cops came in a car. They tried to trap them but they got around them. They chased the reindeer into town and everyone was screaming.

Officer Jeremy was still on the reindeer’s antlers. Officer Jeremy jumped down and helped the reindeer back and helped Bob down too. He led them back to Santa.

Everyone was okay and lived happily ever after.

~~~~~The Healing SamBy Ryder, Grade 3, Bar-riere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

Officer Jeremy heard foot steps out side. He goes outside and sees Reindeer on his back porch! Officer Jeremy freaks out!

A huge snow ball comes out of the middle of nowhere! Officer Jeremy has a heart attack!

Rudolf takes officer Jeremy to the hospital but on his way he hits a sign! All of the magic falls out of Rudolf’s nose! But then the world healing Husky dog comes to the rescue! He heals Rudlof’s nose with a slobbery lick.

Rudolf asks “what’s your name?”

“My name is Sam. What’s your name?”

“Rudolf.” Sam healed Jeremy.

They lived happily ever after.

~~~~~The Littlest AngelBy Haylee, Grade 3, Bar-riere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

There are seven peo-ple in this story: mom, dad, older sister named Elissa, Allabell, the pet dog named Max, an angel named Hana, and a police officer named John.

One morning Allabell woke up, took a shower, got dressed and she looked out her window. She was

expecting the mail man but instead she seen some-thing really small. When she went down stairs she opened the door. It was the smallest angel ever!

Allabell asked what her name was.

It was Hana. She said she was flying with her mom and dad and got separated from them.

Hana asked to come in. Allabell said sure. So Allabell led Hana to the couch. Allabell asked if Hana wanted tea. Hana wanted tea. Allabell made some green tea for Hana. Hana told Allabell her story about getting sepa-rated. They enjoyed their evening.

~~~~~The Three Reindeer Broth-ersBy Jaden, Grade 3, Bar-riere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

There was a little boy named Jaden and on Christmas he wanted to see at least one reindeer. He woke up on Christmas morning. He unwrapped presents and then he went outside. There on his back porch, he saw three rein-deer sitting down.

He was shocked and called 911! Then Offi-cer Jeremy came to the house. Officer Jeremy was shocked when he saw the big, scary reindeer too!

He fell down the stairs and fainted. Jaden called the hospital quickly. Offi-cer Jeremy was in the hos-pital for three weeks when he came back he scared the reindeer off the back porch.

They all had a snow ball fight in the back-yard. Jaden won and got a snow trophy! Then they all went inside and had hot cocoa.

After that, they went back outside to build a snowman and kicked it over. They were getting along well!

In the spring the rein-deer flew back to San-ta. They had fun at Jaden’s house.

Jaden was really happy that he got to play with the three reindeer!

~~~~~Christmas Traditions at my HouseBy Isabella, Grade 3, Barriere Elementary, Mrs.

Matthews classHi, I am Isabella. I am

eight years old. You may think these traditions are maybe odd or out of the ordinary. But some of it really tastes good. I didn’t like the food at first but it grew on me and now I love it!

Now lets get to the tra-ditions... first for the peo-ple. My cousins come, and obviously my parents are going to be there. So about half the family is there.

Okay, now for the food. For dinner we have rats and mice and for des-sert we have termite ice cream.

Then after dinner the kids would go play with Christmas presents and the adults would play an adult trivia game like Trivial Pursuit. Or sometimes we would play a game all to-gether as a family.

Even though I really don’t like the awful burnt food, I still think that CHRISTMAS IS AL-WAYS FUN!!!

~~~~~There were Three Reindeer on my Back PorchBy Haley, Grade 3, Bar-riere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

One day a boy named Dylan and his dad, who

was a police officer, ar-rived home at night from a long evening out watch-ing baseball at a friend’s house. When the boy‘s dad came home he saw three reindeer on his back porch eating old apples! The boy came outside to see his dad and he also saw the magical reindeer that he thought were just deer.

They were there be-cause Santa’s sleigh broke down. Santa ran out of dust.

Santa and the other reindeer were in the forest.

The boy went back in-side because he was scared that the reindeer would hurt him. They were really big!

When the boy came out to see his dad again, he spooked the reindeer and then one of the reindeer hurt the boy. So the rein-deer took the boy to the hospital. Then the boy saw the other reindeer up in the sky with Santa when they were on the way to the hos-pital. The boy thought the reindeer were not special at all, but they really were!

~~~~~There’s A Reindeer On My Front PorchBy Kaelan NelsonGrade 3, Barriere Elemen-tary,

Ms. McGravey’s classYesterday I was going

to play outside. When I got out I saw a reindeer on my front porch laying down sleeping. When I saw the reindeer laying on the front porch I ran inside and told my mom. Then she came running outside and when she saw the reindeer she ran inside and told my dad. Then he came run-ning outside and when he saw the reindeer he took the reindeer and put him or her in the trunk of the car. He drove to the airport on the day before Christmas. They got on the plane and went to the North Pole to drop off the reindeer and see me and Santa saved Christmas.

~~~~~The Littlest AngelBy Savanna WatsonGrade 2, Barriere Elemen-tary, Ms. McGravey’s class

The littlest angel was pretty and sweet. She was known as the Princess An-gel. Life was almost perfect except for one thing. She was small and she didn’t know how to get big. She tried yoga. She tried swim-ming. Finally she tried stretching her shadow and she was big!!!

The annual Star/Journal Christmas Story Essay Contest was a grand success this year with the names and stories of area youngsters who placed in the kindergarten to grade 3. or grade 4 to grade 7 divisions top three published in last weeks newspaper. We also published the stories of those who received honourable mention in the grade 4 -7. This week we bring you the honourable mentions from kindergarten to grade 3, as well as a number of the other entries which are a joy to read. Winners of the two divisions will be presented with their award cheques once school reconvenes in the New Year.

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Last week I wrote about how I enjoy every-thing about the Christmas holidays; the bright colours, the gaudy decorations, the sentimental music, the silly TV programs, and especially the festive city lights.

To that fun list I must add the Canadian Pa-ci� c Holiday Train. Each December, for the past 17 years, the CP Holiday train has travelled east to west across Canada. And fortunately for my wife, Linda, and I the Canadian Paci� c Holiday Train rolls along the railroad tracks that follow the wide South Thompson River a short distance from our home in Pritchard, B.C.

As with last year, the train passes by just as the light begins fading around 4 p.m. The timing could not be better. There is still some illumina-tion in the sky, but not enough to ruin the bright coloured Christmas lights on the train’s engine and cars.

Last year we positioned ourselves across the river for a wide panorama of the train. However, this year because of the construction and reposi-tioning of the highway, we were able to choose a location very near the tracks that gave us plenty of time to prepare when the train � rst came into view and an interesting three-quarter perspective as it rushed towards us.

When we were across the river last year the long focal length lenses worked best, but because we were so close this year we chose wide-angle lenses. Linda had her 24mm and I used my 24-70mm. Both were perfect.

We arrived about ten minutes early, made some test shots to check the fading late after-noon light, then waited with our hot chocolate to keep warm.

With the train’s movement I knew we would need fast shutterspeeds. I selected ISO 3200, which let us both use 1/350th of a second.

Linda said, “There it is!” When the train roared into sight, we jumped

out of the car into the cold wind that was com-ing at us off the river and took pictures as it passed. The engineer tooted the horn at us but we didn’t have time to wave back and take pic-tures too. The whole event was over in about 40 seconds. Ha, what a rush!

Then we got back in the car and ten minutes later we were sitting in our warm home � nishing up our hot chocolate.

Well, one more holiday photographic occa-sion is over, but I know there will be more op-portunities between now and Jan. 1. This is such

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OBITUARYI n L o v i n g M e m o r y

Shirley D. Bertoli (nee Noble)March 28 , 1932 – December 20 , 2015

Shirley D Bertoli (nee Noble), 83 years old, left us on Sunday, December 20th at the Royal Inland Hospital after a brief illness.

Shirley was born on March 28, 1932 in Ka-mloops B.C. to Anne and William Noble. Shirley was the youngest of 5 children and grew up in Birch Island and later moved to Duncan to attend high school, living with her older sister Mildred and her family. Shirley moved back to Kamloops to care for her father, and embarked on a long and rewarding career with the Fish and Wildlife department.

Throughout her life she maintained a posi-tive demeanor and her

love of life and nature is re� ected in her children and grandchildren, as well as the many nieces and nephews that loved her and followed her on her famous nature walks at Scotch Creek and other places.

Shirley was very proud of her son Mark Bertoli (Donna) and her ‘daughter’ Linda Daw-son Reid (Andy) and nothing made her hap-pier than being with her amazing grandchildren; Marisa and Taylor Ber-toli, and Dylan Daw-son.

Shirley is survived by her son, Mark (Don-na), daughter, Linda (Andy) and grandchil-dren Marisa, Taylor and Dylan, as well as her sister Zelma (Bill) and

her brother Bill (Gert) along with numerous nieces, and nephews and wonderful friends. She is predeceased by her brother Bill and Mildred (Stub), and her dear friends Helen and Jim Dawson. Shirley also leaves behind her special family, the ones she loved, laughed with and truly cared for.

Shirley had a real

zest for life, she loved to garden, play cards and dance, but what she loved best was be-ing with her family and many friends. Shirley had deep roots in the North Thompson and the Wells Grey area. Shirley had a unique ability to take time and see the true beauty of this world. The smiles and joy of the ones she loved, the new green leaves in the spring, or god’s beautiful display in the colors of the Fall. Shirley was also a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary. Shirley was the glue of her family. If there was a message she would want to leave behind it would be to be kind and do things for others. Shirley had a passion for visit-

ing and bringing joy and kindness into the lives of many friends and family. It would be truly Shirley to make some-one laugh, send a card, and most of all pay it forward.

There will be a cel-ebration of Shirley’s life at Schoening Funeral Service, 513 Seymour St, Kamloops, B.C., V2C 2G8 on Monday. Dec. 28, at 2:00 pm. Re-ception to follow.

In lieu of � owers do-nations can be made to some of Shirley’s favor-ite charities: Kamloops Food Bank, Heart and Stroke, United Way, B.C. Cancer Agency.

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(nee Noble), 83 years old, left us on Sunday, December 20th at the Royal Inland Hospital after a brief illness.

March 28, 1932 in Ka-mloops B.C. to Anne and William Noble. Shirley was the youngest of 5 children and grew up in Birch Island and later moved to Duncan to attend high school, living with her older sister Mildred and her family. Shirley moved back to Kamloops to care for her father, and embarked on a long and rewarding career with the Fish and Wildlife department.

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This week is all about give and take, Capricorn. Do for others, and they will do for you. A special event calls for some extra-special gifts.

Some habits are hard to break, Aquarius. Look to a mentor to help and you will succeed. A fitness goal is easily achieved with a new piece of equipment.

The odds may be stacked against you, Pisces, but that doesn’t mean you won’t come out on top with a little ingenuity. A weekend endeavor requires a leap of faith.

Speak up, Aries, and the problem will be solved. A little miracle at home makes for an interesting weekend. Travel plans come together.

Cast aside all doubt, Taurus. The offer is genuine and will bring you many rewards. A test of faith begins— be strong. Money woes ease.

Feeling blessed these days, Gemini? Pay it forward. A compromise at home raises everyone’s spirits and fun ensues all weekend long!

A business relationship blossoms with an addition. A larger-than- life personality drops by with an offer you can’t refuse. Oh boy, oh boy, Cancer.

Oops, Leo. You fall behind on a project, raising some eyebrows. Not to worry. You will get back on track sooner than you think, thanks to an innovation.

Spend less, save more and you’ll definitely get more, Virgo. More in your bottom line and more peace of mind. Flowers provide a great pick-me-up.

Lady Luck smiles on you, Libra, and there is nothing beyond your reach. A treasured heirloom resurfaces, bringing back many fond memories.

The tiniest of changes make a vast improvement in a project. A rejection is a blessing in disguise. Be grateful for what you’re given, Scorpio.

News from afar gets the creative juices flowing, and you accomplish more than you have in some time, Sagittarius. A game of wits at the office proves challenging.

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Think about ideas for the future if what you are doing right now does not seem very exciting to you, Aries. A new plan of attack can reinvigorate your motivation.

Cancer, you will be getting a lot of help with a special proj-ect, so expect it to go quite smoothly. Just be sure to pay back the favor when you can.

Somehow you always manage to pull through even with a ton of things on your plate, Libra. Even though you are successful, remem-ber to schedule some downtime once in awhile.

It can be frustrating when others do not seem to understand your motives, Cap-ricorn. Don’t feel pressured to change your way of doing things, especially if it’s working.

Aquarius, some-thing you have been looking forward to for some time is about to happen. It has been a long time coming but entirely worth it. Enjoy the ride.

Taurus, focus your energy on home-related projects. Procrastination is your enemy in these circumstances and can staunch any pro-ductivity you may have achieved.

Leo, a new perspec-tive could help you see that things you thought were a big deal are really mole hills instead of mountains, and that’s an important lesson to learn.

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Virgo, learn how to deal with conflict in a productive way. Otherwise you may be stressed out and full of angst for no reason at all.

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~~~~~I Found A Reindeer On My Back PorchBy Richard BlankeGrade 2, Barriere Elemen-tary, Ms. McGravey’s class

I was just going out-side to feed my chickens named Rosy, Betty, Loosy and Horny when I heard a woosh. I stayed very still until I noticed it was just my mom chasing the chickens into the pen. Then I also saw a reindeer. It wasn’t Rudolph, it was Prancer. I didn’t know what to do. I just ran away.

~~~~~Christmas Traditions At My HouseBy Anna Stefan, Grade 2, Barriere Elementary, Ms. McGravey’s class

Inside I like to decorate the Christmas tree. I like making gingerbread hous-es and cookies. Outside I like building snowmen, making snow angels and sledding.

~~~~~The Littlest AngelBy Dayna UnderhillGrade 2, Barriere Elementary, Ms. Mc-Gravey’s class

There was a gentle little angel. Her name was Sky. She was new to town. It was only five more days ‘til school started. She was terrified! Her mother came into her room. Sky crunch-ing into a ball and was rolling on the floor with a scared look on her face. Her mother said, “What in the world are you do-ing?!” Then Sky started crying and said, “Nobody is going to like me. I am the smallest angel!” Her mother said, “Sit on your bed. It’s okay.” “No it’s not!” Sky said. Then Sky had supper and went to bed. Her mom gave her a hug and a kiss and left. Sky thought about school more and more. But the more she thought about it, the hap-pier she felt. She fell asleep. When Sky woke up she got dressed, ate breakfast and went to school. She had a great day at school! Sky even skipped all the way home. Her mother said, “How was your day at school?” “Awesome!!!” “That’s great, “ said her mother. “I can’t wait for tomorrow!” Sky said.

~~~~~The Reindeer On My Back PorchBy Taalishia DobsonGrade 2, Barriere Elemen-tary, Ms. McGravey’s class

If I saw a reindeer on my porch I would get a saddle and ride it to the

North Pole. I would see Santa, the elves and the reindeer. I would ask Santa if I could stay for the night. He would say, Yes.” So I would ask if I could ride a reindeer home so I could get my stuff and ask my parents if I could stay for the night. They would say, “Yes”. Then I would pack my bag and go back and have good time. When it was time to go I would say, “Good-bye.”

~~~~~Christmas Traditions At My HouseBy Jaskeerat VirdiGrade 2, Barriere Elemen-tary, Ms. McGravey’s class

I drink coffee. I play with my gift. We have a party in the Bar. My gift is under the Bar’s Christ-mas tree. I play pool in the Bar. I have a drink that is for kids. It is the best drink ever. I like to play in the snow at Christmas. I like to play my guitar at Christ-mas. Santa comes in the chimney. I saw Santa out-side the door. I got my gift from Santa.

~~~~~I Saw A Reindeer On My Back PorchBy Lucas JorgensonGrade 3, Barriere Elemen-tary, Ms. McGravey’s class

Santa fell from the sky and the reindeer got loose. A reindeer landed on the porch by accident. We went out to get fresh air. I was surprised! Then the reindeer was panicked. I said, “It’s okay reindeer. I will help you right away.” Then I decided to take my car and the reindeer got on the roof. The reindeer and I went to find Santa. The reindeer was trying to talk to me. Then we found San-ta. He was surprised. “Ho Ho Ho, Lucas you saved Christmas.”

~~~~~There’s A ReindeerBy Trent MeredithGrade 2, Barriere Elemen-tary, Ms. McGravey’s class

When I walked out of my door I saw more rein-deer with Santa’s sled. I tried to name all of them but I could not. And then I looked in Santa’s sleigh and I saw all of Santa’s toys that the elves made for all the kids that are good enough to get pres-ents from Santa. I also saw the bad and the good list beside the presents at the back. But the reindeer flew away with Santa’s sled and toys. Oh well I had a good time seeing reindeer.

~~~~~The Littlest AngelBy Tyla Mackin, Grade 3,

Barriere Elementary, Ms. McGravey’s class

One day we saw an angel floating down from the sky. She sparkled and shimmered. I was so sur-prised to see her again be-cause I saw her before but, she flew away. Well I really wanted to see her again. Her name is Angela. She is the gentlest angel because she never hurt me in her life. She is in my room right now. She is the best angel ever because she helped my dog when it got a thorn stuck in its paw. I know we’re going to be friends.

~~~~~There’s A Reindeer On My Front PorchBy Linden RansomeGrade 3, Barriere Elemen-tary, Ms. McGravey’s class

This is my story. I woke up late. I heard a sound. I looked out my window and saw a reindeer. It was jumping. It must be Santa’s reindeer. There’s a rein-deer on my front porch. I saw it. I went outside. I helped it. It had sparkles. I was amazed until I saw magic dust. I grabbed it and quickly put it on the reindeer. Before I knew it the reindeer was flying. I waved goodbye and and thought there was a rein-deer on my front porch.

>>>>>>>>KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 3 ENTRIES:I Found a ReindeerBy Chase, Grade 3, Barriere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

There was a boy named Bob. It was a cold winter day. Bob found a rein-deer! Bob did not know what to do. So Bob called the cops. But the cops were scared of the reindeer, so the cops jumped in the snow away from the rein-deer. Then the cops saw a squirt gun. The cops show the squirt gun to the rein-deer. The cop squirts the reindeer...

Squir-rr-rrr-ttt! The reindeer thought it was fun! They continued to do this back and forth every year!

~~~~~Three of Santa’s ReindeerBy Aiden Grade 3, Barriere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

Once upon a time there was a boy named Marsh-mellow. Marshmellow comes out the door and screams because he is sur-prised to see reindeer there. He calls 911 and a few minutes later officer Jeremy comes up the stairs. All of a sudden, Officer Jeremy

faints and falls down the snowy, wooden stairs. The reindeer brings him to the hospital by carrying him on his back. One year later Officer Jeremy heals and he never sees the reindeer that made him fall down the stairs ever again.

~~~~~Two Helpful ReindeerBy Chays, Grade 3, Barriere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

In a small Canadian town some people found a reindeer on there back porch. Then the mom and dad get freaked and dad goes inside and calls officer Jeremy. Jeremy is surprised when he gets there. He sees the reindeer and he falls down the stairs. The rein-deer takes officer Jeremy to the hospital.

~~~~~Reindeer in my BackyardBy Maahi, Grade 3, Barriere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

Santa is delivering Ru-dolf to a boy his name is Maahi because he was a good boy. When Maahi woke up he saw Rudolf in his backyard. He screamed and he fell off of his back porch! Maahi crawled up the stairs and called 911. Then offi-cer Jeremy came and he screamed and fell down the porch stairs too! Then Rudolf took both of them to the hospital. Then Santa came to the hospital to pick up Rudolf. Santa said he needs Rudolf back at home now. Maahi said ok. Then they lived hap-pily ever after.

~~~~~Best FriendsBy Corey, Grade 3, Barriere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

Officer Corey comes through the doors and finds reindeer in his office. The reindeer scare Officer Corey. He yells “Boo!!!!” The reindeer don’t like people. Then Officer Corey and the reindeer are friends for ever but the reindeer has no house, so the rein-

deer decides to go up north to be with Santa.

On Christmas night the reindeer went to Of-ficer Corey’s house first. Then on another day, Of-ficer Corey went to visit the reindeer. One day the reindeer came and stayed the night.

~~~~~Reindeer!By Isaac, Grade 3, Barriere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

A boy named Isaac was sleeping in bed until he heard a whoosh! He woke up, went to the back porch and he was surprised to see, reindeer! Then he went inside to get the phone and his pillow pusher.

Then he called Officer Chase. Two minutes later he came.

Isaac said to the police, “There are reindeer on my back porch!” The police says back, “That’s non-sense kid.”

Then the police looked at the back porch. “Wow”, said the police, “you’re right!”

Then... Officer Chase faints. Then Isaac grabs his pillow pusher. While he was pushing him down the stairs Isaac says to himself, “I knew this would hap-pen.” Then the reindeer called the reinbelance (aka ambulance) and the rein-deer grabbed a gun from the reinbelance. Isaac grabbed a gun too. Then they shot their guns at the same time. They thought they killed each other but their guns actually disinte-grated. They’re both like, huh? Then the police woke up and he didn’t know what had happened.

~~~~Three Big ReindeerBy Chloe, Grade 3, Barriere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

T’was the night before Christmas and Santa came to the house on the end of North Road. Three reindeer fell out of the sky because their magic stopped working! The

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reindeer looked in the door and saw a beautiful cedar tree. There were pres-ents everywhere! There was a little present by the fireplace. It caught on fire! The reindeer called to the others. Santa turned around. All the other presents caught on fire too! Santa came to the rescue. Santa came and he looked at the house it was on fire like crazy. He land-ed the slay! He ran into the house. He tackled the fire and he put out the fire. He rapt the new presents and he cut down a tree. He decorated the house and made it pretty! Santa was having so much fun he didn’t no that it was morn-ing. He was lucky because that it was the last house in the world. The family woke up and they said it is CHRISTMAS! They ran down the stairs and the kids yelled Santa Santa Santa! Santa said ho ho ho!

~~~~~Helpful Reindeer By Curtis, Grade 3, Bar-riere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

Once on Christmas morning I went on my back porch and...I saw three reindeer. I screamed and ran inside. I called the town police officer, Jeremy. He zoomed to my house. He walked up my back porch stairs. He opened the door. He screamed too! Plice Officer Jeremy fell down the stairs! He knocked himself out! Curtis walked down the stairs to see if he was okay. The reindeer came down the stairs.

Curtis picked Jeremy up and put him onto the reindeer. The reindeer took police officer Jeremy to the hospital. He lived happily ever after!

~~~~~I Found Reindeer on my Back Porch!By Jade, Grade 3, Bar-riere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

A little boy was sleep-ing and when he woke up he went to the back porch of his house. There he saw the reindeer! He was shocked! And so he called the police. The little boy was so scared he was hid-ing from them under his bed. He said to his mom and dad I sow three rein-deer out there! No you are probably just seeing stuff. See, there is noth-

ing out there! I don’t see anything. See? Come out here. But mom, I actu-ally seen three reindeer out there! Mom said, well lets go open our presents. The next day the little boy for-got all about it and he sill had really fun! His name was Jordan.

~~~~~The Boy Who Liked ReindeerBy Morgan, Grade 3, Barriere Elementary, Mrs. Matthews class

The night of Christmas, at midnight, Santa’s rein-deer lost their magic and landed on someones porch in the countryside. Santa dashed to the a town pay-phone to call the North Pole. There were three reindeer left on the back porch. One was named Olaf, one named Rudolf, and the other one named Carrots. All of a sudden there were POLICE there at the house! Somebody called 911! His name was Officer Jeremy. He walked up the stairs with a taser and just before he was go-ing to press the button a boy said

STOP!! Officer Jer-emy was surprised and fell down the stairs!

The boy’s name was Marshmellow. Marshm-ellow didn’t want Santa’s reindeer to get hurt . There is Santa flying over head with some magic and elves! The elves poured the magic into the sleigh,

and off the reindeer and Santa went to deliver more presents for Christ-mas!

~~~~~The Littlest AngelBy Clara TremblayGrade 2, Barriere Elementary, Ms. Mc-Gravey’s class

There was a little angel and all the other angels made fun of her so she decided to leave home. On the way she met a ladybug. The little angel told the la-dybug what the other an-gels said to her so the lady-bug went with her on their way to the North Pole. She saw Santa Claus and his reindeer.

~~~~~I Saw A Reindeer On My Back PorchBy Clara TremblayGrade 2, Barriere Elementary, Ms. Mc-Gravey’s class

When I went to do some shovelling I saw a reindeer on my back porch.

It was Rudolph. I walked towards him. I jumped on his back. We flew off to the North Pole and I saw Santa Claus.

~~~~~The Littlest AngelBy Kaelan NelsonGrade 3, Barriere Elementary, Ms. Mc-Gravey’s class

Once there was a little angel, named the Littlest Angel. Do you know why it’s so small? It is because it was a baby and got shrunk by a shrink ray. Then it got hurt. After it got hurt I went downstairs to get a glass of water. When I went to the kitchen for the glass of water I saw a little angel but, I did not run away. I was brave so I went forward to the angel and I asked it where it lived. Af-ter it told me I dropped it off where it lived and came back home and went back to bed.

~~~~I Saw A Reindeer On My Back PorchBy Savanna WatsonGrade 2, Barriere Elementary, Ms. Mc-Gravey’s class

When I went to play I saw a.... Is it?... Can it be?... It is.... A reindeer on my back porch! It was fright-ened and flew away and went around the world and came back! I hopped on the it started to wiggle and jiggle. I rode home.

~~~~~There’s A Reindeer On My Front PorchBy Tristan GuayGrade 3, Barriere Elementary, Ms. Mc-Gravey’s class

Okay, yesterday I was outside and that’s when it

hit me, a reindeer! Bolter hit me and now there’s no Christmas. But I jumped on and rode him to the North Pole and saved Christmas.

~~~~~I Saw A Reindeer On My Back PorchBy Ethan CurllGrade 3, Barriere Elementary, Ms. Mc-Gravey’s class

I went skiing. I went down to put my skis away, then I saw it. It was a won-derful sight. A reindeer, to be most specific it was San-ta’s reindeer. I ran inside to tell my mom. The reindeer flew away.

~~~~~I Found A Reindeer On My Back PorchBy Taner BrownGrade 3, Barriere Elementary, Ms. Mc-Gravey’s class

I was having breakfast one day when I heard some thumping. I went on to my porch. I saw a reindeer. I passed out. When I woke up, I finished my breakfast.

~~~~~I Found A Reindeer On My Back PorchBy Heather YuillGrade 3, Barriere Elementary, Ms. Mc-Gravey’s class

The reindeer was hurt so I helped her inside. She got up, ate some food, took a drink and went to bed. In the morning she the reindeer woke up, she was ready to go.

~~~~~The Littlest AngelBy Destiny PaulGrade 2, Barriere Elementary, Ms. Mc-Gravey’s class

Once upon a time there

was a little angel. Her name was Mary. She lived in a castle far, far away. There was also an evil an-gel who had a pet sausage. I know, I know, it’s weird. Mhmm so the evil angel always, always fed his pet TACOS, PEACHES and HOT DOTS. Then right when the evil angel fed his pet, Mary’s palace started RAINING GUMBALLS WOW! I know what you’re thinking MMMMM. But the poor little angel couldn’t eat the gumballs cause they would just fall right out of her hand. Then Mary ran straight through the woods and she cried and cried the whole way there. When she got to her palace she ran straight to her bed and slammed the door in her mom’s face. Then she said, “Leave me alone!”

~~~~~The Littlest AngelBy Abby FrenchGrade 2, Barriere Elementary, Ms. Mc-Gravey’s class

The angel fell and hit her head. That is that. Wait is is not over yet. And that is how she shrunk. But she still had magic. One day she found a dead dog and healed it.

~~~~~I Found A Reindeer On My Back PorchBy Karissa WilliamGrade 3, Barriere Elementary, Ms. Mc-Gravey’s class

I found a reindeer on my porch. It flew away and has never been found again. I found it. No one found it but me. But my brother yelled and it flew away again and I got mad. If my brother does that again. The reindeer dropped magic dust on me. It made me fly. I flew to the North Pole.

~~~~~I Saw A Reindeer On My Back PorchBy Jairrel Ortega-Rhodes, Grade 3, Bar-riere Elementary, Ms. McGravey’s class

An evil reindeer is on a rampage. It had a pet croc-odile named The Crook. Her dad has a pet pig named Pork Chop and an Enemy named Dark Va-der with a pet wiener dog named Sassy. They were all in the same city and they will have a fight every day. The day after that they made a truce and after that they made an army to pro-tect Earth.

~~~~~I Saw A Reindeer On My Back PorchBy Cayden JohnsonGrade 2, Barriere Elementary, Ms. Mc-Gravey’s class

I went to start the car and I saw a reindeer out on the back porch. It was hurt and it was drinking the dog’s water. The dog was thirsty. I gave the reindeer my sandwich. My mom came out with the first aide kit. I was going to be late for school so we took it to the vet. The reindeer had to stay a couple of nights.

~~~~~The Littlest AngelBy Madison WittnerGrade 2, Barriere Elementary, Ms. Mc-Gravey’s class

I found the angel out-side. I asked her if she wanted to come inside. She said yes and came in-side. We had some cookies and a glass of milk. We got our snow gear and we played outside and when we came inside we had some hot chocolate. Af-ter our hot chocolate we played a board game. After the board game we built a snowman.

~~~~~The Littlest AngelBy Reine McGraveyGrade 2, Barriere Elementary, Ms. Mc-Gravey’s class

We saw an angel at my house. I fed it because

it was hungry. It came around at night and then she had a problem. It was a fire at her house. She didn’t have any water or a fire hydrant. He neighbour came out the door. She had water. She poured it on the fire. We built the angel a house in the forest.


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