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PACIFIC NORTHERN Gas (PNG) wants to raise its rates next year, saying it needs more money to meet rising costs.

In an application for an interim price hike as of Jan. 1, PNG forecasts an overall in-crease per gigajoule burned of 4.4 per cent.

That works out to a hike, says PNG, of from $17.911 a gigajoule now to $18.699 a gigajoule in 2013.

Overall, PNG says it needs to charge cus-tomers another $600,000 in 2013.

It cites general inflation, wage increases of three per cent, hiring two new executives (at a cost of $180,000), a $146,000 execu-tive compensation program, initiated by new owners AltaGas of Calgary which is meant

to keep valued employees from moving on and $346,000 in fees to be paid to AltaGas as some of the reasons a rate increase is needed.

PNG does say that while the above may be regarded as new costs, in some places they replace costs that had been in place ear-lier.

One such example cited is the $346,000 fee to AltaGas with PNG saying it’s lower than what PNG might be paying out had it still been an independent company and not a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Alberta en-ergy company.

One cost item that won’t change as of Jan. 1 is the cost of natural gas itself – it’s to remain at the current rate of $3.375 a giga-

joule.That’s being regarded as about as low as

it can get after several years of price drops because of a sudden increase in supply across North America.

PNG isn’t allowed to put a mark up on what it pays for gas and simply passes that cost to its customers.

But when taxes, fees and assorted cost-plus factors are added, the true rate per GJ nudges $20.

The provincial Liberal carbon tax alone amounts to $1.490 a GJ or about 41 per cent of the actual cost of the natural gas itself.

PNG’s requested increase comes just af-ter a slight decrease it says will amount to $8

a month for both November and December.Although the BC Utilities Commission

did allow PNG a rate hike of $0.098 a giga-joule as of Nov. 1, a special account main-tained by PNG resulted in a credit of $0.595 a gigajoule, enough to offset that increase and result in a temporary decrease.

Whenever PNG collects more money than it told the utilities commission it origi-nally needed (chiefly arising when more gas is burned than anticipated), the excess is paid into this account.

PNG can then use the account to cushion future price hikes essentially by refunding money to customers it has already collected.

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■ Cookies for everyone...StudentS at Skeena Middle School spent last week baking almost 900 cookies to be distributed to groups across town. Ksan House, the women’s shelter, soup kitchen and the Suwilaawks bazaar were some of the outfits who received the treats, thanks in part to donations from the local Safeway and $300 from terrace totem Ford.

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Northern B.C. bus service is key: inquiryTHE MISSING Women Commission of Inquiry released a report on Monday, Dec. 17, examining the “phenomenon” of missing and murdered girls and women in B.C.

The 1,448-page report, titled Forsaken, analyzes the cir-cumstances related to missing or murdered girls and women – many of First Nations descent – across the province.

The report largely focuses on the disappearances of more than 60 women, at least 26 of whom were murdered by serial killer Robert Pickton in Vancouver, over a 20-year period.

“The loss of life is staggering,” wrote Commissioner Wally Oppal, a former B.C. attorney-general who directed the public inquiry.

The disappearances and murders of girls and women along the Highway of Tears, which are the subject of an on-going RCMP investigation called Project E-PANA, is also reviewed extensively in the report.

“The number of missing and murdered girls in northern B.C. is unknown; people have been disappearing along the highway network of Highways 16, 97 and 5 for decades,” the report says.

“The vast spaces between communities acutely increase women’s vulnerability to violence given the lack of public transportation, and create additional challenges to the initial search and investigation of missing persons.”

Oppal recommended that an enhanced public transit sys-tem be developed “to provide a safer travel option connect-ing the Northern communities, particularly along Highway 16”.

Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Mary Polak said work on the public transit recommendation will get un-derway after the holidays.

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Shell says bye to headwatersBy Tom Fletcher

THE B.C. government has agreed to a $20 mil-lion compensation deal that will see Shell Can-ada give up a disputed coalbed gas tenure in the remote Klappan re-gion of northwest B.C.

Shell’s exploration of 4,000 square kilome-tres at the headwaters of the Skeena, Nass and Stikine Rivers has been opposed by the Tahltan Nation since the tenure was awarded by the province in 2004. The company drilled three exploration wells in the � rst year, which it now intends to decom-mission as it leaves the area.

The B.C. govern-ment has agreed to pro-vide Shell $20 million in gas royalty credits to compensate for its investment in the Klap-pan region. That is to be put towards a water recycling project that Shell is building to sup-ply hydraulic fracturing operations on its shale gas developments in the Peace River region of northeast B.C.

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traction has additional hazards because of salt-contaminated water that often surfaces with natural gas when coal deposits are drilled. Hydraulic fracturing can be used in coalbed development, but it is more extensively used in drilling deeper shale formations to extract natural gas.

“The Klappan is one of the most sacred and important areas for our people,” said An-nita McPhee, president of the Tahltan Central Council. “It is a place of cultural, spiritual, historic and social im-portance. Our people do not want to see it devel-oped, and we look for-ward to working with British Columbia on achieving that goal.”

McPhee added that the Tahltan have re-ceived offers of support from local, provincial, national and interna-tional organizations in their opposition to the development.

Shell Canada presi-dent Lorraine Mitch-elmore said the com-pany’s shale gas tenures in the northeastern

B.C. offer “better com-mercial and geological prospects,” and sustain-able water use is im-portant to that develop-ment.

Energy Minister Rich Coleman said shale deposits offer much greater gas vol-umes, in regions where roads and other infra-structure already exist.

Aboriginal Relations Minister Ida Chong said

the government is look-ing forward to further “government-to-gov-ernment” talks with the Tahltan over resource development in their entire traditional terri-tory.

Skeena Bulkley Val-ley MP Nathan Cullen praised this decision in a release distributed last week, drawing links between this withdrawn project and Enbridge.

“There’s a contrast here with Enbridge and the Northern Gateway pipeline, which poses tangible and unaccept-able risks to our homes and our environment,” said Cullen in a release. “Shell did the right thing. The only thing. We’re looking to En-bridge next to do the right thing, and respect the will of the commu-nity.”

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JanuaryThe beginning of 2012 saw record snowfalls with 41.6 cm of snow falling Jan. 1 to ring in the new year.

A series of extreme weather events came next, with more intense snow falls, flooding near Furlong bay on hwy37 Jan. 4 which slowed motorists down, and a rock slide 12 km west of Terrace on Jan. 5 that closed the road completely while cleanup crews worked to re-open it.

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TwenTy-one-yeAr-old devin Charles Azak-davis goes missing in gitaus, the Kitselas First nation subdivision located 20 km east of Terrace, Jan. 1. Police discover a different body near his place of disappear-ance Jan. 5, that of Troy robert Mason. no links between the two twenty-year-olds are made. Azak-davis’ body is discovered Jan. 10.

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The CiTy of Terrace appoints a task force Jan. 3 to review the fate of the old Co-op property and make recommendations on its usage by the beginning of 2013.

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enbridge AnnounCes the results of an ipsos reid survey it commissioned, re-leased Jan. 5, which shows nearly half of british Columbians surveyed are likely to support the company’s proposed northern gateway Pipeline Project.

results show 48 per cent of those who took the online survey are in support, with the highest support coming form northern b.C. residents at 55 per cent.

The survey results are criticized by free-lance public relations consultant Andrew Frank from vancouver who works part time for environmental group Forest ethics.

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norThwesT CoMMuniTy College an-nounces a deficit of between $1.6 to $2 mil-lion. This is the precursor to potential layoff notices being passed to staff.

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enbridge’s ProPosed northern gate-way Pipeline Joint review Panel hearings begin in Kitimaat village Jan. 10 – 11. The first round of federal-review body hearings then land at the Terrace sportsplex Jan. 12, where the Kitselas First nation, Kitsum-kalum First nation, and Terrace’s chapter of the Metis nation of british Columbia each present information relating to the planned project.

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Cheques Are mailed to local businesses to which the shames Mountain ski Corpo-ration, owner the shames Mountain ski Fa-cility, owes money. Payments amounting to $200,000 are made at 75 cents to the dollar to about 80 local creditors Money for repay-ments comes from a public-buy-in campaign launched in 2011.

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giTxAn herediTAry chiefs reject a

benefits deal signed with enbridge for its northern gateway Pipeline Project after meeting Jan. 17 in a 28 – 8 vote.

The nisga’a add a voice of opposition to the project through a statement Jan. 19.

FebruarylisiMs/nAss valley rCMP recommend charges against two brothers who they say operated a “sophisticated crime operation” after executing a search warrant on a resi-dence in the 300 block of Front street in laxgalts’ap (greenville). Police seize nearly $3,000 in cash, two firearms and 24 grams of “rock” cocaine, reported police. Also seized were seven unopened 18-pack cases of beer, three cases of vodka and a flat of coolers, said police.

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The FederATion of Post secondary educators of bC, a union representing aca-demic workers at northwest Community College, calls on the provincial labour re-lations board for a cease and desist order to stop the college from issuing layoff notices to its staff.

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on Feb. 13, Terrace's city council votes to oppose enbridge's northern gateway pipe-line project in a 5 - 2 vote. This move shift-ed the neutral stance arrived at in a former council decision.

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giTwAngAK residenT Arthur loring, well-known in his community and for stand-ing up for gitxsan treaty rights, dies when a tree strikes him while he is falling trees 60km up the Copper Forest service road east of Terrace.

loring, a chief in the gitxsan eagle clan carrying the name of gu Tsagan, among oth-ers, gained recognition in the late 1980s and early 1990s when they pursued claims to more than 22,000 square miles of land in the hazelton area.

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TerrACe’s PubliC library gets more

money from the city and regional district of Kitimat stikine after threatening to shut its doors should it not receive enough for staff wage increases. A two-week closing period is warded off by $13,640 more granted dur-ing a city budget meeting Feb. 29.

March A Three-dAy teachers strike starts March 5 following months of teachers refusing to perform supervisory and administrative tasks. Teachers are ordered back to all duties March 15 under bill 22, which halts any job action for six more months while a mediator attempts to resolve the dispute between b.C. teachers and the province.

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MuniCiPAl eleCTion spending results are released showing Terrace’s mayor dave Pernarowski tops campaign spending for november 2011’s mayoral race. The value of Pernarowski’s campaign is $7,033.58, al-most five-times more than his leading elec-tion contender bruce Martindale who spent $1,454.37.

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The KiTsuMKAluM First nation is the last First nations group to sign up for eco-nomic benefits resulting from the construc-tion of bC hydro’s northwest Transmis-sion line. At the same time, Kitsumkalum signs a contract for right-of-way clearing and access road construction work from ki-lometre eight to 62 of the line.

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on MArCh 20, lisims/nass valley of-ficers were called to investigate suspicious activities at a rural acreage at 1718 nisga’a hwy at nass Camp.

officers speak to two men, who live in two different cabins on the property. darrell Frederick grace, 40, flees on foot into a for-ested area nearby. A police dog service team from Terrace tracks the suspect through thick forest and heavy snow for more than three hours. officers set up a perimeter around nass Camp and the nisga’a hwy and advise

area residents and motorists of the happen-ings. grace is not found.

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sKeenA bulKley valley MP nathan Cullen might not be the leader of the feder-al ndP party — but his third-place ranking on March 24’s ndP leadership race means he was one of the top contenders. Cullen was eliminated from the race after the third ballot, Thomas Mulcair becomes the par-ty’s leader and brian Topp finishes second.

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norThwesT CoMMuniTy withdraws a mass notice of potential layoffs issued in January following two days of informal hearings conducted by the provincial labour relations board. instead, individual instruc-tors and other affected employees – ones who have already been told they will either lose their jobs altogether or face reduced hours – will get those notices in a different fashion.

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MArCh 26, city council has turned down a Terrace and district Chamber of Commerce request to freeze tax mill rates at 2011 lev-els and to form a committee to look at how property taxes are calculated in the first place. This request came from chamber ef-forts to keep property taxes low for business but would have shifted some of the burden onto the shoulders of residential taxpayers.

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bC hydro has pushed the price tag of its northwest Transmission line to $561 mil-lion — past what was regarded as an upper-end cost just over a year ago.

The new figure is listed in the provin-cial crown corporation’s service plan for the years 2012 to 2015 and was posted to its website in February. it’s more than the range of prices provided in late 2010 – from $364 million to $525 million – and substan-tially more than the $404 million that was being commonly used in press releases and other government pronouncements for sev-eral years. The reason? More details, higher costs, says bC hydro official greg reimer.

The Year in Review2012 IN NEWS

BELOW FIND THE TERRACE STAN-DARD’S annual year in review of significant news events of the past year. This issue con tains events from the first six months of 2012. The next issue contains events from the last six months of 2012. Community and sports events are handled the same way.

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Vehicles at the Northwest Regional airport were buried after a series of heavy snowfalls in January 2012.

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AprilAfter A winter’s worth of record snowfalls, Dutch Valley resident Jim Wold asks the regional Dis-trict of Kitimat Stikine for flood protection for residents of the Dutch Valley, saying the valley is in danger and rip rap needs to be put along the riverbank to keep water from flooding property and residences.

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Although the Coast Moun-tains School District had plans for $375,000 it saved during a three-day province-wide teacher’s strike, the province announces it has its own plans to spend the overall $37 million saved.

of that, education minister george Abbott said $30 million will be going to the province’s learning Improvement fund and $7 million will be available direct-ly to school district’s for specific priorities.

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the KItIMAt-Stikine regional district talks with the Coast Moun-tains School District to keep the thornhill Junior Secondary School gym open as the school is closing for good in June. the gym is the largest in the area and keeping ac-cess is regarded as critical for local sporting groups.

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the CItY of terrace announced it’s closing its pilot drop-off re-cycling depot beside the george little house in favour of one to be run by the Waste Management firm, for free. the new depot will be located on terrace’s Southside. this service provides an estimated $50,000 in savings to the city.

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After the federal government negotiates a new 20-year rCMP contract the City of terrace con-fronts an unexpected officer pay hike at a meeting April 10. the city had already anticipated the cost of police services here rising $16,000 but council decides to wait to see by how much that number will climb. After receiving more infor-mation at April’s end, it agrees to continue rCMP services here.

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After A months-long effort to renew a two-per-cent accommoda-tion tax on rooms in terrace and thornhill, the local tourism-mar-keting body Kermodei tourism comes up short of needed support. this signals a future loss of operat-ing revenues.CArVer AnD former Kitsum-kalum chief councillor Clifford

Bolton dies April 12. Bolton, a respected elder who had been ill, produced works of art collected all over the world.

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A KeY player in the effort to ne-gotiate treaties in B.C. says fish aren’t included in Kitselas and Kit-sumkalum agreements in principle because the federal government is waiting for the results of the Cohen Commission, which is examin-ing the decline of the fraser river sockeye fishery.

And while negotiations are con-tinuing without fish provisions, there won’t be any final treaties until fishing rights are included.

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In MID-APrIl, teachers prov-ince-wide voted 73 per cent to fully withdraw extracurricular and volunteer activities in protest of the province’s back to work legislation being created, Bill 22.

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northWeSt CoMMunI-tY College (nWCC) is getting $839,537 to better train people for jobs in the region. It comes from a federal-provincial program and is a one-time allocation from $10 mil-lion being spent on worker training across BC this year..

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SKeenA-BulKleY VAlleY nDP MP nathan Cullen has been named as house leader for the official opposition in the house of Commons. Cullen’s appoint-ment comes with a salary bump, resulting in a pay packet of nearly $200,000 a year.

MayAn ASSAult trial against a lo-cal police officer stationed at the rCMP detachment ended almost as soon as it began when Const. robert hull pleaded guilty May 2. Judge Agnes Krantz adjourned court to fix a date for sentencing. hull was charged with assault for punching an intoxicated woman when she was in a cell here.

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MInIng CoMPAnY Imperial Metals says it wants to combine efforts with BC hydro to deliver power up hwy37 north. the pro-posal would deliver power to its red Chris copper mine property and power to residents of the Iskut area which is now served by diesel generators. A new line would link to BC hydro’s northwest transmis-sion line.

In the mean time, on May 4, the tahltan Central Council’s Anita McPhee says the red Chris mine poses an environmental risk, the same day the province gave Impe-rial Metals a Mines Act permit.

Imperial Metals hopes to con-vince the tahltan first nation that groundwater won’t be affected by

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feDerAl heArIngS into whether or not enbridge’s north-ern gateway pipeline project should be approved return to ter-race.

they’re held at Kitsumkalum community hall for four days be-ginning the evening of May 7.

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A StrIng of vandalism incidents means the city has locked vehicle gates to its cemetery on the Kalum lake road. one of the more seri-ous incidents involved holes in the ground at one of the grave sites.Many local residents aren’t happy.

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Shell CAnADA announces a partnership with three Asian com-panies to build a large liquefied natural gas plant in Kitimat, lng Canada, May 15.

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northWeSt CoMMunItY College has improved its ability to train heavy duty equipment opera-tors thanks to a grant from a fed-eral program.

the $573,380 grant has paid for 11 training simulators, a 32-foot trailer which houses six of the sim-ulators and a truck which will tow the trailer to offer training where and when needed.

An event May 22 at the college attended by lynn Yelich, the fed-eral Minister of State for Western economic Diversification, show-cased the simulators, trailer and truck.

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the fIrSt information kiosk to help tourists find out about terrace and area was officially opened at the northwest regional Airport May 29.

JuneAn InVeStIgAtIon begins into the cause of a helicopter crash that claimed three lives near terrace June 1. the Bailey helicopters’ eurocopter AS350 crashed onto the back side of Sleeping Beauty Mountain 11 nautical miles west and its three male occupants were confirmed dead hours later.

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enBrIDge regArDS a contro-versial development deal it signed with the gitxsan treaty Society last year is alive and well after it releases a report June 5 claiming 60 per cent for first nations along its proposed pipeline route have signed on for economic benefits. the gitxan deal led to the tem-porary suspension of a chief who negotiated the ir and the ongoing blockade of the treaty society’s of-fices by gitxsan who opposed it. Kitsumkalum and Kitselas first nations say neither has signed on.

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the ProVInCIAl government announces $540,000 will go to-ward a program aimed at organiz-ing training programs to provide the kind of skilled workers needed by companies as their projects de-velop in this region. the plan has a locals-first focus.

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ConStruCtIon WorKerS have their sleeves rolled up while renovating Skeena Mall, owned by lower Mainland development giant Bosa Properties. Sport Chek, Winners and Dollarama are await their new locations.

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the BC Civil liberties Associa-tion announces June 12 it wants an independent investigation into a May 15 incident in which a lo-cal man had a spit hood placed over his head by police officers. It says William Watts, 36, re-ceived “multiple head injuries and alleges he was punched after he was handcuffed, subjected to racial taunts and had his head put in a bag by police.”

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neArlY 30 women pro-tested a June 19 enbridge-sponsored luncheon attended by other women, saying it was an attempt to gain favour for the company’s northern gateway Pipeline plan.

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EDITORIALA6 www.terracestandard.com OPINION Wednesday, December 26, 2012 Terrace Standard

PUBLISHER/EDITOR: Rod LinkADVERTISING MANAGER: Brian LindenbachPRODUCTION MANAGER: Edouard Credgeur

NEWS/COMMUNITY: Margaret Speirs NEWS: Lauren Benn

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COMPOSITION: Keenan Stella

As I write this, an o u t - o f - b o u n d s snowboarder has been lost on Van-

couver’s Cypress Mountain for two days while North Shore Search and Rescue slog through 49 cm of fresh snow toiling only 10 to 15 metres in 30 minutes. Ava-lanche conditions are high, putting searchers and snow-boarder in extreme danger.

Sunday he had been snow-boarding with friends but chose to go out of bounds by himself. Two no-nos.

Two helicopters, including a Cormorant, were brought in; poor visibility grounded them part time. About supper time tonight a helicopter was sent in to pick up a ground search party that had been dropped off yesterday and move them closer to fresh tracks spotted late this after-noon.

He is in a steep ravine from which it may take three hours to carry him up or long-line him out by helicopter in the dark tonight.

The snowboarder is close to the ocean, meaning he has traversed a good portion of the mountain, though the rule is When lost, stay put. He is wearing a white jacket, and

not carrying even an orange garbage bag to make him vis-ible among the trees. His cell phone is dead.

Too many outdoor enthu-siasts leave their common sense at home and venture out to hike, ski, or snowboard often out-of-bounds despite clearly posted limits. They fail to consider how Search and Rescue risk their lives every time they are called out to save the neck of some ill-equipped, completely unpre-pared individual who either hikes off at sundown in run-ning shoes, shorts and a tee shirt in March or ducks under boundaries to be the � rst to leave tracks in fresh snow,

armed only with enthusiasm, “Happy as if they had brains,” my Uncle Gordon would say.

Walking with my dogs this afternoon through “back country” where tall hemlocks sway in a light breeze and the only sounds are the oc-casional squeak of one trunk rubbing on another and our footsteps swishing through two inches of powdery snow, I considered this snowboard-er’s situation.

While I was fenced in by plowed streets on three sides and a mountain on the east side, he has no boundaries other than maybe a ravine or a stream. Even the sounds of traf� c were absent, muf� ed by the fresh snow. He would have heard only overhead he-licopters or planes. Not much guidance from them.

If, by some � uke of weath-er, a blinding blizzard struck erasing all markers, I could leash my dogs and trust them to guide me home. What help has the snowboarder got to keep him on course? Not a thing that I know of or can imagine. I’d be surprised if he’s carrying so much as a compass.

Two weeks ago a Mani-toba hunter survived 23 days lost in dense bush with an

apple for food, a few match-es, and a dead cell phone. He lost 40 pounds and may have sustained permanent damage to his feet. Did anyone learn from his experience?

Or tune in to Global TV News any evening to see Tim Jones of North Shore Search and Rescue listing backcoun-try safety precautions.

Does anyone heed Jones’ precautions? Guess not.

You’d think after the many instances of people being found in the bush, de-hydrated, hypothermic, with frozen � ngers and toes that led to amputation, that the next outdoor nut would dem-onstrate better judgment. But no. Each one starts afresh, deliberately ignoring danger signs, scof� ng at precau-tions, and blithely expecting Search and Rescue personnel and pilots to risk their safety, donate family time and tax-payer funded equipment and gasoline to save them from themselves.

I agree Search and Rescue should wait 72 hours before initiating a search, and charge rescue costs to survivors. If they don’t survive, oh, well. At least no one would have to search for them a second time.

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How is it that humans have progressed so rapidly in science, mathematics, and en-

gineering, yet we continue to ex-hibit behaviors that result in mis-understanding, suspicion, bigotry, hatred, and even violence in our dealings with other people and with other cultures?

That haunted one of the found-ers of the field of general seman-tics, Alfred Korzybski, all his life.

His most penetrating insight concerns how humans use (and misuse) language to generate our models of the world. Korzybski’s repeated dictum, “The map is not the territory,” is a succinct ob-servation that our models of the world often fail dramatically to represent its true nature.

In this way he was like Con-fucius, who argued, “A superior man, in regard to what he does not know, shows a cautious reserve. If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in ac-cordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to

success.”Therapeutic practitioners of

Neuro-Linguistic Programming attune themselves to destruc-tive language models that cause neurosis. Humans’ tendencies to generalize experience, to distort it, or to ignore it altogether can be observed in the ways in which we report it. Unconscious opera-tion of these processes often leads to the kinds of suspicion, bigotry and violence that Korzybski’s question addressed.

Political speech is ripe with the blurry human modeling. Of-ten such speech is riddled through with religious referents, such as, “God Bless America,” or “Al-lahu akhbar!” Even the Nazis had “Gott mit uns” stamped on their military belt buckles.

Political slogans often depend on sentimental group identifica-tion or witticisms to capture at-tention, but they rarely function as more than linguistic fingers pointing in the vague direction of potential party policies. They’re rather warm, simple, meaningless fuzzies.

In the 2011 Canadian Fed-eral election the Conservatives claimed to be “Here for Canada,” here being where, exactly? The Greens told us that, “It’s time.” Yes? For what? The NDP were “Working for Families,” but what about all the single people? The Liberals offered, “Change we need, from a proven team.” Well, if a party didn’t offer change, how would it ever oust a sitting gov-

ernment?Occasionally slogans have left

themselves open to acidic parody, as in the 1964 American election when Republican Barry Goldwa-ter’s slogan, “In your heart, you know he’s right,” was reworked by his opponents to, “In your guts, you know he’s nuts.”

In 2008 Obama repeated the slogans “Change you can believe in,” (which many voters would argue was a hollow promise), and “Yes, we can,” a meaning-less assertion made revealing mostly by what it left out. Most recently Mitt Romney hectored Americans to “Believe in Amer-ica,” as if America exists only for the faithful. This just in: the Prime Minister’s Office uses “the Harper government” rather than “the Government of Canada” in its press releases; just an accident, I’m sure.

Visual and auditory symbols suggest linguistic models, and compel (or at least strongly influ-ence) our behavioral responses, a fact well understood by those wishing to manipulate us. Corpo-

rate brands decorate (some would say despoil) our everyday land-scape, nudging our memories’ pleasure reflexes and alerting us to “needs” we had forgotten to at-tend.

Repetitive pledges, tortured anthems, and mumbled creeds replace thought (and certainly anything as subversive as doubt). As Paul Simon sang, “In my little town, I grew up believing God keeps his eye on us all; and He used to lean upon me, as I pledged allegiance to the wall.” How long have we been standing on guard for Canada?

While the general popula-tion stumbles along, those with more certain agendas set interest rates, sign trade deals and no-bid contracts, slide through tax favours, order drone strikes, and trim public services. The rest of us nervously select lottery tick-ets and roll up our Tim Hortons rims, looking for changes we can believe in, disappointed optimists to the last.

A retired teacher, Al Lehmann lives in Terrace, BC.

And what’s that supposed to mean anyway?

Terrace Standard Wednesday, December 26, 2012 VIEWPOINTS www.terracestandard.com A7

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AL LEHMANN

Dear Sir:December 31st marks not only the end of a once-

new year but also the official end of the Kyoto era. Kyoto, lest we forget, was the first — and so far

only — international treaty on how Earth’s peoples treat the air we all breathe. So, how did it go ?

Canada, unique among earthly nations in having a Harper government, proved also unique in being the only nation to quit the club.

Probably just as well. We sure weren’t going to collect any prizes for over-achievement.

While the rest of the signatories managed to re-duce their emissions by an average of 16 per cent, Canada’s emissions (thanks principally to the Al-berta tar barons) actually ROSE 17 per cent.

Something to celebrate December 31st. Thanks awfully, Right Honourable Mr. Prime Minister, sir!

John How, Terrace, BC

It’s the end of an era...

Thornhill resident warns tenantsContributed PHoto

OperatiOns On alberta’s tar sands, pictured above, contribute to Canada’s carbon emissions.

Dear Sir:I rented a lovely home, paid my rent on

time and kept it clean, and worked on the yard. My husband and teenaged daughters loved it. We were happy and life was good.

After living in the home for well over a year, the landlord went bankrupt and the mortgage was not being paid. My lease had already been renewed so I was not too wor-ried. I had the Landlord Tenant Act to pro-tect me.

In July, I was served with court papers letting me know about the upcoming fore-closure.

Wanting to be sure that I was doing the

proper things, I called the bank lawyer’s office listed on the court papers to see if I should be looking to move and who was I to pay the rent to.

I was told by the bank’s lawyers not to worry, to continue paying my landlord as per my rental contract, and that the bank would give me plenty of notice to move. It would take months to get through the courts.

The Landlord Tenant Act states that if you are evicted for a landlord’s personal use of the property (not through default on rent and such) that a tenant will get two months written notice and a month’s rent free for moving costs or paid out equivalent to one

month’s rent. If there is no damage the ten-ant will also get the damage deposit returned with interest.

This did NOT happen for me. On Dec. 5, 2012, I received a court order

saying the bank required “immediate vacant possession.” I was shocked and afraid and called the bank’s lawyers right away. The lawyers told me that they expected me to be out of the house by Jan. 3, 2013.

They would NOT be giving me my dam-age deposit (even though I have proof I paid it) they would NOT be giving me two months to find new accommodations and they would NOT be giving me one month rent free or the

monetary equivalent.I immediately phoned the landlord ten-

ancy branch to find out if this could be done to me and my family.

The answer, sadly, was yes. Foreclosures go through the Supreme

Court of British Columbia and trump the Landlord Tenant Act. Everyone kept saying “foreclosures are different and have different rules!”

I was a good tenant, I did all the right things, paid on time and I got shafted. I’m unhappy, and, as you know, rentals are few and far between.

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A10 www.terracestandard.com Letters Wednesday, December 26, 2012 Terrace Standard

SCHEDULE OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGSThe following is the schedule of Regular Council Meetings for 2013. Meetings

commence at 7:30 p.m. and are held in City Hall Council Chambers at 3215 Eby Street. To be included on the Council agenda, call 250-638-4721 or 250-638-4722. Agendas are posted at City Hall and on the City website at www.terrace.ca

Alisa Thompson

Corporate Administrator

SCHEDULE OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS

The following is the schedule of Regular Council Meetings for 2013. Meetings commence at 7:30 p.m. and are held in City Hall Council Chambers at 3215 Eby Street. To be included on the Council agenda, call 250-638-4721 or 250-638-4722. Agendas are posted at City Hall and on the City website at www.terrace.ca

Regular Meeting, Monday, January 14Regular Meeting, Monday, January 28

Regular Meeting, Monday, July 8Regular Meeting, Monday, July 22

Regular Meeting, Tuesday, February 12Regular Meeting, Monday, February 25

Regular Meeting, Monday, August 12Regular Meeting, Monday, August 26

Regular Meeting, Monday, March 11Regular Meeting, Monday, March 25

Regular Meeting, Monday, September 9Regular Meeting, Monday, September 23

Regular Meeting, Monday, April 8Regular Meeting, Monday, April 22

Regular Meeting, Tuesday, October 15Regular Meeting, Monday, October 28

Regular Meeting, Monday, May 13Regular Meeting, Monday, May 27 Regular Meeting, Tuesday, November 12

Regular Meeting, Monday, November 25

Regular Meeting, Monday, June 10Regular Meeting, Monday, June 24

Regular Meeting, Monday, December 9

Alisa ThompsonCorporate Administrator































I have found a teeny tiny two bedroom place to move into. It’s very cute and will do the job and I can keep my cats. One of my daugh-ters has been forced to find her first apartment (time to grow up) and I have to sell half of my belongings. I am owed approximately $1275 rent and damage depos-it. I will never see it.

Tenants be fore-warned, if your landlord stops paying their mort-gage, start looking for a place to live right away and don’t pay your rent because your rights are

not protected what so ever. Happy holidays!

P.S. Christmas is cancelled at our house this year...thank you Royal Bank of Canada!

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Will you consider making a one-time donation of $25, $50 or $100 to support our grassroots work here in the Skeena? Your donation will go straight towards our on-the-ground work. Just fill in the form below, clip it out, and mail it to us. We’ll send you a 2012 tax receipt.

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Post-holiday green tipsBy nOw, many of us have started to mini-mize our footprint dur-ing the holiday season, from avoiding dispos-able gift wrap, to choos-ing gifts that have less packaging.

Despite our attempts to minimize excess waste leading up to and during the holidays, there is usually still a bit of the inevitable af-termath: leftover pack-aging, food, and finding a new home for gadgets, toys and electronics that have been upgraded or replaced.

The good news is that B.C. is a leader for Extended Producer Re-sponsibility (EPR) pro-grams, which put the onus on producers to take full responsibility for the collection and re-cycling of their products and packaging. EPR pro-grams cover everything in B.C. from paint to bat-teries! B.C.’s expanded electronic-waste pro-grams is the first of its kind in north America.

Below is a quick review of some of the recycling options for the most common items you may need to recy-cle during the holiday season. This list is by no means exhaustive; please refer to the Re-cycling Council of BC website for all EPR and recycling options avail-able in the Terrace area.

Batteries & Cell Phones: City Hall (3215 Eby) or see www.call-2recycle.ca for a full list of drop-off options. Cardboard, Plastic and Paper Packaging: waste Management Commu-nity Depot (4430 Keith), Do your Part Recycling (3220 River Dr.)

Electronics, bottles and most countertop ap-pliances: Terrace Bottle & Return-It Depot (3100 Kalum) Used furniture, building materials and working appliances: Core Store (3111 Kalum Street – Coop Property)

Take notice of what is leftover this holiday season. Are you still

producing more waste than during other times of the year? Feeling a little overwhelmed by the amount of stuff you have received?

Start talking now among friends and fam-ily to come up with al-ternative gift ideas for

next holiday season (i.e. experiences versus physical presents) and ways to further reduce the amount of waste produced in your house-hold throughout 2013.

Contributed by Tara Irwin, City of Terrace sus-tainability coordinator.


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Gas rates set to rise in new year

But if less money is collected, customers can be billed more to make up for a revenue short-fall.

As of Jan. 1, PNG says it can still provide a cushion from this ac-count, but one that’s only $.111 a gigajoule.

The utilities commis-sion usual practice is to grant requests for inter-im rates which are then made permanent or are adjusted during hearings held later on in the year.

In contrast to PNG’s rates, those just approved for interior BC custom-ers of Fortis BC, the province’s largest natu-ral gas supplier, are ap-proximately half of what people here pay despite an increase on the deliv-ery end.

That increase now means Fortis customers in the interior will be paying approximately $5 a GJ to deliver gas and $2.997 a GJ to buy the gas itself.

That works out to a combined delivery and commodity price of just under $8 a GJ, roughly half that paid in north-western BC.

Northwest gas users can look to the collapse of heavy industry here as the cause of regional de-livery cost rate increases over the years.

The closure of two pulp mills, several saw-mills and an ammonia and methanol plant in Kitimat, Prince Rupert and Terrace, severely re-duced the amount of gas flowing through PNG’s pipeline and with it, the amount they were paying to use the pipeline.

That left residential and remaining business-es to shoulder more and more of the cost of main-taining the line and other PNG facilities.

The only chance of reducing the natural gas price for northwestern residents is the construc-tion of the smallest of the planned LNG plants in the region.

Variously called BCLNG or the Douglas Channel Energy – the Haisla First Nation has an equity stake – this project involves a float-ing plant just offshore to liquefy natural gas for export to Asian markets.

Feeding the floating plant would take up the large surplus capacity of PNG’s existing pipeline and generate the kind of

revenue needed by the gas utility to ease the rates for its existing cus-tomers.

BCLNG has passed all of the various envi-ronmental approvals and even has a gas export licence from the federal government.

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BCLNG did take out a 90-day vessel charter option the end of No-vember with a company called Golar for two new LNG carriers.

The BCLNG floating project would cost an es-timated $400 million to $600 million.

“PNG is increas-ingly optimistic that this project will proceed as planned causing the pipeline to be fully uti-lized and generating ap-proximately $15 million per year in revenues,” said PNG official Janet Kennedy. “After taking into account some in-cremental operating and capital costs, this project should result in great benefits to PNG custom-er,” she said.

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Greyhound responds to inquiry call for bus“In the new year

we will start targeted consultation at first in-volving stakeholders involved in regional transit like local govern-ment, community lead-ers and First Nations... Part of that is born out of the way regional transport operates in the province. Currently all regional operations do involve local govern-ments,” she said.

“From that I think we’ll be able to scope out an overall consulta-tion strategy that is a bit broader. We’re hopeful to have the initial phase concluded by the sum-mer of 2013, and a key piece of that is to really get a handle on what could be done in the re-gion. The good news is that a lot of work has al-ready been done along the corridor and study-ing it.”

Polak also said she is aware of concerns about the impact a public transportation system could have on the operations of Grey-hound, the only private bus service operating in northern B.C.

“It is something we will have to pay close attention to because we don’t want to damage any of the existing ser-vices or reduce the level of those services,” she

said.Greyhound has al-

ready applied to B.C.’s Passenger Transporta-tion Board for a reduc-tion in service in the northwest.

The company now runs 11 buses east-bound and 11 west-bound each week for a total of 22 along Hwy16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert but

should its reduction ap-plication be accepted, that frequency could drop to just one each way each day or 14 a week.

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senger service manager Grant Odsen said a collaboration between the province and Grey-hound in light of the re-port’s recommendations is a possibility.

“If they were to ap-proach us we would be more than happy to dis-cuss those options with them,” he said.

The passenger Transportation board

hasn’t yet approved or declined the Greyhound service reduction appli-cation, with staff there saying that decision won’t come until the new year.

THe BROTHeR of murdered teen CJ Fowler was involved in a traffic incident and as of late last week and is in Vancouver hospital with a brain injury.

Around 5 p.m. on Dec. 15 he was hit by the side mirror window of a passing truck while he was a pedestrian, ac-cording to an RCMP re-lease. The 30-year-old driver of the truck was sober and cooperative with police.

S ix teen-yea r-o ld CJ Fowler was found murdered in Kamloops earlier this month. Her death is still under in-vestigation, with po-lice releasing last week surveillance footage of her leaving a Kamloops hospital near 3 a.m. the morning of her murder.

Her 20-year-old brother was in Terrace from Prince George for the funeral.

Brother of slain teen in hospital


Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd.Application for Approval of 2013 Revenue Requirements

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NOTICE OF REVENUE REQUIREMENTS APPLICATION

THE APPLICATIONOn November 30, 2012, Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. (PNG) filed its 2013 Revenue Requirements Ap-plication with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission), pursuant to sections 58 to 61, 89 and 90 of the Utilities Commission Act (Act) seeking Commission approval to, among other things, increase delivery rates as a result of increases in cost of service and decreased deliveries to some customer classes (Application). The Application also seeks interim relief to allow PNG to amend its rates on an interim and refundable basis, effective January 1, 2013, pending the hearing of the Ap-plication and orders subsequent to that hearing.

The delivery rate increase is estimated to be approximately $0.256 per GJ for a residential customer. This represents an increase of 2.2 percent compared to the 2012 delivery rate. The delivery rate increase for a small commercial customer is estimated to be $0.203 per GJ corresponding to an increase of 2.1 percent compared to the 2012 delivery rate. The Granisle propane delivery rate increase for a residential customer is estimated to be $0.167 per GJ corresponding to an increase of 2.6 percent compared to the 2012 delivery rate.

Based on the gas cost recovery and GCVA rate riders effective November 1, 2012 thru December 31, 2012 the overall average bundled rate increase for a typical residential customer consuming 68.2 GJ per year, is 4.4 percent, an increase of $54 per year. Similarly, for a small commercial cus-tomer consuming 314.0 GJ per year, the increase is 4.8 percent or $230 per year, and for Granisle propane customers consuming 56.0 GJ per year the overall average bundled rate increase is 0.7 percent, an increase of $9 per year.

THE REGULATORY PROCESSThe Commission wishes to hear from affected parties before determining the public process necessary for the disposition of the Application.

Commission Order G-192-12 establishes a Preliminary Regulatory Timetable for the review of the Application. The detailed Preliminary Regulatory Timetable can be reviewed on the Commission’s website at www.bcuc.com under Current Applications.

PUBLIC INSPECTION OF THE APPLICATIONThe Application and supporting material will be made available for inspection at public libraries in Prince Rupert, Terrace, Kitimat, Houston, Smithers, Burns Lake, Vanderhoof and Fort St. James, and at the Head Office of PNG at Suite 950, 1185 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 4E6, and at the British Columbia Utilities Commission, Sixth Floor, 900 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2N3.

The Application will also be available for viewing on the PNG website at www.png.ca (http://www.png.ca/regulatory-applications), and on the Commission’s website at www.bcuc.com. The Commis-sion’s website also contains detailed materials related to the Application including Commission Or-ders and Intervener materials (http://www.bcuc.com/Proceeding.aspx?ApplicationType=Current).

REGISTERING TO PARTICIPATEPersons who expect to actively participate in the review process should register as Interveners. Inter-veners will receive copies of the Application, all correspondence and filed documents. Persons not expecting to actively participate should register with the Commission as Interested Parties and will receive a copy of the Application’s Executive Summary, all Orders issued, as well as the Commis-sion’s Decision.

Interveners and Interested Parties must inform the Commission Secretary, in writing or by online web registration, by Friday, January 18, 2013 of their intention to become Interveners or Interested Parties with respect to the Application.

All submissions and/or correspondence received from active participants or the general public relat-ing to the Application will be placed on the public record and posted to the Commission’s web site.

FURTHER INFORMATIONFor further information, please contact Erica Hamilton, Commission Secretary, or Philip Nakoneshny, Director, Rates, as follows: Telephone: (604) 660-4700 or (B.C. Toll Free) 1-800-663-1385 Facsimile: (604) 660-1102 E-mail: [email protected]

By Anna Killen

A child who has been out of school for over a month is back in class after a months-long dispute between the child’s mother and forces in the school district – a battle that is still ongoing.

The parent, who will remain unnamed to protect the identity of the child, pulled her two children out of a Terrace school follow-ing what she alleges is bullying, teacher-mis-conduct, and misman-agement by the school’s administrators.

The trouble started in September when the parent alleges a teach-er maltreated her child after an incident with another student.

She raised her con-cerns to the school’s administrators and met with officials at the coast Mountains School district, who attempted to remedy her concerns via a ser-ies of meetings and action-plans directed at improving how the child felt at school.

But the mother was not satisfied with the re-sponse, saying her child no longer felt safe at the school and needed to change schools.

her child has a his-tory of behavioural issues. But these had been improving signifi-cantly over the last few years, she said.

She claims the al-

leged incident with the teacher and incidents at the school in the weeks that followed acted like a turning point, revers-ing the child’s progress.

“he cries very easy,” she said, noting this was normal behaviour a couple of years ago, but had stopped after sessions with a child psychologist. “Those behaviours have started up again.”

And so she pulled her two children out of school on Oct. 31 and continued to lobby for a school change. She also attempted to enrol her children in private school.

But changing schools in the district mid-year is not always easy, especially for children who require extra help, as staff-ing requirements and class-composition have already been estab-lished.

“The government has cleared that stu-dents can attend any school in the district, as long as there is room,” said dave Bartley, dir-ector of instruction, learner support for the district.

Room involves the number of children in the classroom, but also classroom composition, he said.

“Our job is to try to make sure we have stu-dents in the appropriate program. We often have parents who want their children to attend dif-

ferent schools, different classrooms, and to the degree that we’re able to accommodate that, we do,” he said, noting that the district fulfilled its responsibilities in providing an education-al program for the stu-dents in question.

“The parent [chose] for them not to attend that school,” he said.

But earlier this month the school board made good on its efforts to find an-other school for the child, although the child’s younger sibling will be home-schooled until other arrange-ments can be made in the new year.

“We’re going to give it a try, see how [my child] does there. hopefully it will work out better,” said the mother.

“We met with the principal and the vice-principal and it looks like it will work ... [my child] seems very happy there.”

But the moth-er’s fight is not over. She has filed a com-plaint with the Min-istry of Education about her and her child’s experience with the former-teach-er, is gathering letters of support from other parents and members of the community, and is considering filing a civil suit.

“i do have a lawyer now, but i can’t meet with her until Janu-

ary,” she said, noting it has taken time to find people to help her.

“i finally feel like i’m getting somewhere will all of this.”

The branch of the Ministry that deals with teacher-misconduct is the Teacher Regulation Branch (TRB).

The TRB commis-sioner, an independ-ent statutory decision

maker, reviews each complaint or report re-garding the conduct or competence of a certifi-cate holder and decides which process will be used to deal with each report or complaint made under the Teach-ers Act.

According to the ministry, the regulating body average about 36 complaints a year.

The cMSd is un-able to comment on the alleged misconduct, cit-ing privacy issues. The teacher is currently on a leave of absence from the school.

The parent says she has also received a let-ter from the district stat-ing she is not allowed on district property, but says she will be fighting the ban as well.

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make their way to intended recipi-ent evelyn Baxter after someone finds them and drops them off for Catherine Baxter, who realized they weren’t hers.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆a class of Grade 9/10 girls at

skeena Junior take a day off from wearing makeup and doing their hair to make a point about girls bullying others about their appear-ance at see Me 4 Me, organized and planned by Tanya Corstanje’s Inquiry class.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆Four young people are com-

mended by the Thornhill fire chief for saving two men from serious burns after a spark ignites spilled gas into flames on Jess Hansen and Murray Hamer. The four are Mur-ray’s sons Patrick, 12, and Nicko-las, 9, and his niece Dayne wright 12, and nephew Parker wright, 8.

FebruaryBreNDa HaaKsTaD gets her head shaved and plans to continue

every week for one year to raise awareness about the Canadian Cancer society’s relay for Life.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆Dr. robert (Ted) edmund Mus-

grave Lee – Dr. r.e.M. Lee – dies in Victoria at age 85 and is remem-bered for being generous, lobbying for a community theatre that now bears his name, spearheading the group who set up the Dr. r.e.M. Lee Foundation, being dedicated to bringing the hospital up to the highest standards and maintaining them, making sure a band program started in schools, and for being on the committee that laid the foun-dation for Northwest Community College.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆Brooklynn stanvick, 6, is fea-

tured on the front of a brochure for the war amps Champ program, a program that’s part of the war amps and looks after paying for prosthetics for children, including extracurricular limbs for sports.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆an anonymous donor covers

the $2,000 needed so Nass Valley residents still have free access to Terrace’s public library this year after the Nass Valley school district said it couldn’t pay the user fee for the valley’s residents – the valley does not have a public library.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆animal lovers raise money so

wolfie, a blind mixed breed born at the city animal shelter, can have eye surgery with the hope he will be able to see.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆Gitwinksihlkw elementary

school student Owen Percival, 10,

goes door to door in New aiyansh, where he lives, on two evenings and collects pennies and donations totalling $365 to help the people in Burns Lake after the mill fire there in January.

Percival had missed the coin drive in which the nearly 50 stu-dents at his school collected more than $500 in coins.

all together, the school donates $941 to the Burns Lake Commu-nity relief Fund.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆amy spencer vows to wear a

garbage bag to prom if she raises $1,000 for the Cinderella Project – a Lower Mainland charity that gives less fortunate girls used prom dresses – as her protest against girls trying to outdo each other for prom, when other girls can’t afford a prom dress.

MarchDeNTIsT Dr. Vincent Drouin, two other dentists, two hygienists, a dental assistant and a registered nurse go to Bangladesh to hold a dental clinic.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆Friends of Jack armstrong,

3, who was diagnosed with the most common type of leukemia in children, acute lymphoblastic leu-kemia, rally around with several fundraisers to help with the boy’s three-year treatment.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆singer Maggy Ottenbreit, 13,

writes and records a song “Beaten” and give it to the cancer society as a way to raise money because many members of her family either have, or have died from, the disease.

AprilThe rock Christian Community

celebrates its 25th year.◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆

Braun’s Island resident rita Hoekstra shuts down her sage and sunflower bedding plant nursery, which has been around for more than 20 years, after the heavy win-ter snow collapsed the roofs on her five greenhouses.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆Martin Loggin and arjunna

Miyagawa are nominated in the aboriginal storytelling category for the film race Club at the 17th annual eyeLens Film, Video and animation Festival.

MayJOe MaNDUr sr., one of a core group of divers who founded the water rescue team component of the Terrace search and rescue or-ganization, is being honoured post-humously with a lifetime achieve-ment award from the provincial government.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆YVONNe NIeLseN is the inau-gural recipient of the Trevor and Debbie Greene award of Honour,

a national award, recognizing work done to make people more aware of acquired brain injuries.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆Thornhill Junior band students

win their highest number of awards at Music Fest Canada in their last time there: the concert band wins gold, the jazz band wins gold and the jazz combo wins silver in what was also the most musical groups the school has ever entered, said band teacher Mike wen.

JuneParKsIDe seCONDarY school sees its largest graduation class in the last six years, nearly 50 grads.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆Nirmal Parmar is presented

with the 2011 Volunteer service recognition award by the affilia-tion of Multicultural societies and service agencies of British Co-lumbia. It recognizes Parmar’s 26 years of contributions to the Ter-race and District Multicultural as-sociation, of which he is a found-ing member, and to the skeena Diversity society.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆The annual review of the 747

royal Canadian air Cadet squad-ron sees cadets receive awards.

awards were given to LaC Jo-siah Bahr for being the best first year cadet, to sgt. Lesley Green for best attendance, to F/Cpl samuel Chris-tiansen for best uniform. To wO2 alway Dawson for NCO of the Year, to Cpl Lesley Hansen and F/Cpl Nicholas Friesen for most im-proved cadet and to wO2 alway Dawson for espirt de corps.

sgt. Dakota Taron was present-ed with the commanding officer’s award, F/Cpl samuel Christian-sen was named cadet of the year, sgt. Nicholas ross and LaC Pat-rick Hamer were given citizenship awards, sgt. Lesley Green was given the winter survival award and F/Cpl ashlee Thompson was presented an award from the spon-soring society.

Cpl. Michell Hess was given an award for most improved shot, LaC Liam Vales for best first year shot, F/Cpl Tristen Christmas and sgt. Christopher Bishop shared marksman of the year honours.

The Cadet Long service Medal went to sgt. Christopher Bishop and sgt. Lesley Green, sgt. Dakota Taron received the Legion Medal of excellence and sgt. Lesley Green received the Lord strath-cona Medal.

FILE PHOTO

Dustin Kester enjoys a freshly made pastry at the first farmers market of 2012.

FILE PHOTO

jocelyn champion and alycia iuliano of the team skeena cancer cause take a break from walking at the relay for life at the skeena junior secondary track may 12.

Community CalendarThe Terrace Standard offers the Community Calendar as a public service to its readers and community organizations. This column is intended for non-pro� t organizations and events without an admission charge. Space permitting, items will run two weeks before each event. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursdays. Fax your event or PSA to 250-638-8432. For complete listings, visit www.terracestandard.com

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JANUARY 4, 2013 - 8:30 PMSNOWED IN COMEDY TOUR (Tickets online)

FEBRUARY 8, 2013 - 8:00 PM BALLET JORGEN’S - SWAN LAKE BALLET - PRESENTED BY THE TERRACE CONCERT SOCIETY Tickets available at George LIttle House (250-638-8887) $30 Adult/$25 Senior (65 +)$20 Child (7-12 years)$25 Student (13–25 if full-time)MARCH 2, 2013 - 8:00 P.M.CADENCE, A CAPELLA BAND - presented by the Terrace Concert Society “innovative jazz arrangements, genre-hopping covers and eclectic originals”Tickets available at George LIttle Hourse (250-638-8887) $10.00 -Child (7-12 years) $25.00 - Adult/$20.00 - Seniors (65+)$20.00 - Students (13 - 25 if full time)

JANUARY 4, 2013 - 8:30 PM

Merry Christmas &

Happy New Year

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COMMUNITY EVENTS THE TERRACE 3BREED Horseshow is hosting a New Year’s Eve Fundraiser at the Thornhill Community Centre. DJ and Boss Blues band perform, door prizes, formal attire, fundraising activities, midnight snacks. Doors at 8 p.m., 19+. Call Laurie 635-9401 or Linda 635-2111 for more information.

PSAs DURING THE HOLIDAY season, please save your recyclable bottles and cans for Helping Hands to help seniors, cancer patients and sick children who need help with prescriptions and trips to Vancouver for treatment. For pickup, call Ron and Mavis at 778-634-3844.

DURING DECEMBER, THE library invites the community to help “Fill Our Shelves.” Donations can be dedicated to someone and his/her name put up on the donation wall. Donations in any amount accepted and tax receipts issued for amounts of $10 and over. All proceeds will be used to support library programs and services.

THE SALVATION ARMY holds Toonie Wednesdays every � rst and third Wednesday of the month – all clothing is $2. All children’s clothing $2 or less is half price.

THE TERRACEVIEW FAMILY Council is a support group and place to voice concerns and ideas to improve quality of life at Terraceview Lodge. Residents’ families and friends meet on the � rst Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. For more info, call Heather at 250-638-8552.

THE GREATER TERRACE Seniors Advisory Committee (GTSAC) meets on the � rst Wednesday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the Happy Gang Centre. Everyone welcome.

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS OF Terrace meet from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. the � rst Thursday of each month at the Back Eddy Pub. Anyone looking to start or has a new business, looking for work, to hire employees, gain clients or collaborate on a project, newly relocated here, wanting to meet people with unique skills, trades or professions living and working in the Terrace area.

COFFEE CLUB: TERRACE Freemasonry (Kitselas Lodge No. 123) invite all men of good character, strict morals to attend our Coffee Club from 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. the � rst Saturday of each month at the Masonic Lodge, 4915 Lazelle Ave. You are welcome to bring your family. For further information, phone Darcy 635-3580 or Richard 638-0852.

TERRACE NISGA’A SOCIETY invites all Terrace and area Nisga’a elders to attend meetings on the � rst Monday of the month at 6 p.m. Come have some fun. For more details or for a ride, call the society or Diana Guno at 250-

638-0311 or Margaret Nelson 250-638-8939.

NORTHERN BRAIN INJURY Support Group meets at 4 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of the month in the boardroom at the Terrace and District Community Services Society (3219 Eby St.). For more details, call Deb 1-866-979-4673.

THE TERRACE ART Association meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the gallery. Call 638-8884 for details.

TERRACE ART CLUB: January 7, 2012, Art Club starts up again. We meet Mondays at 7pm at Skeena Middle School Art Room. Please park in the small parking lot off Walsh Street. We are planning an open studio format with options to work on your own, view art videos or work on projects from the resource library. Art Club is free to attend and all skill levels are welcome. For more information contact Joan at (250) 638-0032 or Maureen at (250) 635-7622.

THE TERRACE PARKINSON’S support group meets the second Tuesday of each month. Persons with Parkinsons, family, friends and support people are welcome. For more information, call Therese at 250-638-1869.

THE TERRACE MULTIPLE Sclerosis Support Group meets every second Wednesday of the month. To � nd out the location of the next meeting, call Doug 635-4809 or Val 635-3415.

THE TERRACE TOASTMASTERS Club meets every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at the Graydon Securities Building on Keith Ave. (next to Irlybird). For more details, call Randy 635-2151 or Rolf 635-6911.

HEALING TOUCH COMMUNITY Clinics continue to be offered. Call Julie for more details 635-0743. Donations accepted.

THE SYLLABUS FOR the upcoming Paci� c Northwest Music Festival (April 4 - 20, 2013) is available online at www.pnmf.ca or at Sight and Sound on Keith Ave. The entry deadline is Jan. 15, 2013. All entries need to be postmarked on or before this date in order to participate in the Music Festival. For more info., call Fiona at 635-9089.

TERRACE BIRTHRIGHT SOCIETY has closed its pregnancy crisis of� ce. The hot line and 1-800-550-4900 will remain available free of charge.

PARK CENTRE OFFERS a variety of parenting education and support programs including Infant Massage, Nobody’s Perfect, So You Have the Blues (PPD/PPND Support), Parenting Plus!, Fathers Group, Building Healthier Babies,

and Building Blocks. Stop in or phone for more information: 4465 Park Ave, 635-1830, or on Facebook (Programs of the Terrace Child Development Centre).

ONLINE CHAT FOR youth in crisis or emotional distress – www.northernyouthonline.ca – from 4 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily, except Mondays and Tuesdays. This chat supplements the Youth Support phone line 1-888-564-8336, available from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. every day.

PUBLIC PRENATAL CLASSES available thru the year. Classes run Tuesdays 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. or Thursday 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. For more info or register, call Park Centre at 250-635-1830.

HEALTH ISSUES? HIGH blood pressure? High cholesterol? Do you suffer from a chronic disease like diabetes, arthritis or any cardiac condition? Healthy Terrace offers free group sessions on various topics. For more information call Alanna at Healthy Terrace, 615-5533.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS MEETS Thursday from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Christian Reformed Church and Saturday from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church. Both meetings are open to everyone.

THE TERRACE CHAPTER of TOPS (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets once a week in the cafeteria in the basement of Mills Memorial Hospital. Weigh-in starts at 6 p.m., meeting at 7:15 p.m. For more information about this, call Joan at 250-635-0998 or Sandy 250-635-4716.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE QUILTERS welcome you to come out on Tuesday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. All levels of quilters welcome. For more info, call Rhonda at 250-635-4294 or Heather at 250-635-3780.

TERRACE NISGA’A ELDERS and volunteer group hold craft night Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Terrace Nisga’a Society community room (located across from Gold Diggers).

HELPING HANDS OF Terrace, a non-pro� t organization, recycles cans, bottles and scrap metal with proceeds going to help seniors, cancer patients and children get medications or assistance they can’t access or afford. Individuals and businesses who would like to be involved are asked to call 778-634-3844. Cash donations can also be made at the Northern Savings Credit Union.

KERMODEI OPTIMIST CLUB of Terrace meets on the 10th, 20th and 30th of each month at 7:30 p.m. at Cafenara. For more details, call Dallis 635-5352 or 631-7766.

ROYAL PURPLE WELCOMES new members. For more details, call Alison 635-6673.

Look Who’s Dropped In!

Congratulates the parents on the new additions to their families.

Baby’s Name: Susanna Arianna Renita Robinson

Date & Time of Birth:December 7, 2012 at 5:29 p.m.Weight: 7 lbs. 14 oz. Sex: FemaleParents: Tiffany Robinson &

Jonathan Dick“New sister for Cedric”

Baby’s Name: Taylor Janet DahmsDate & Time of Birth:December 4, 2012 at 11:22 a.m.Weight: 6 lbs. 13 oz. Sex: FemaleParents: Tera Gomez & Andrew

Dahms

Baby’s Name: Valerie Marissa Hope Campbell

Date & Time of Birth:December 6, 2012 at 9:54 p.m.Weight: 8 lbs. 11 oz. Sex: FemaleParents: Candace & Curtis Campbell“New sister for Marilyn & Stanley”

Baby’s Name: Maleah Cathleen DowseDate & Time of Birth:December 4, 2012 at 2:26 p.m.Weight: 7 lbs. 12 oz. Sex: FemaleParents: Christine & Nicolas Dowse“New sister for Damien and Quinten ”

Baby’s Name: Jaxx Bradlet TooveyDate & Time of Birth:December 1, 2012 at 9:44 a.m.Weight: 8 lbs. 6 oz. Sex: MaleParents: Allison & brandon Toovey“New brother for Tripp”

Baby’s Name: Lloyd Edward Nelson WrightDate & Time of Birth: 8:43 a.m.Weight: 6 lbs. 7 oz. Sex: MaleParents: Michelle Nelson & Elliot

Wright“New brother for Jocelyn, Madison, & Paige”

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DECEMBER 2012DATE MAX MIN TOTAL TEMP TEMP PRECIP °C °C mm14 3.0 -0.5 9.4 15 2.5 0.0 2.616 0.5 -1.0 5.417 0.0 -1.5 0.418 -1.0 -3.0 T19 -2.6 -5.4 1.4 20 -3.0 -4.0 0.0

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Make sure you bring in the new year safely – have

a designated driver.

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Music by Rumor RedSnacks and Champagne provided.

Clubs & pubsTHORNHILL PUB: Free pool Wed. and Sun., karaoke night Thurs. Karen and Mark provide musical entertainment every Fri. and Sat. night 7 p.m. Shuttle service if you need a ride.

LEGION BRaNcH 13: Meat draws every Sat. afternoon; New Year’s Eve Dance, tickets at legion.

GEORGE’S PUB: Free poker Sun. 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Wed. 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Karaoke Sun.. Live weekend enter-tainment. Dec. 27 DJ; Dec. 28, 29 After Hours; Dec. 31 Triple Bypass. Tickets on sale before and at door. Shuttle service if you need a ride. mT. LayTON LOUNGE: Open daily noon to 11 p.m. Free pool, darts and shuf-fleboard.

BEaSLEyS mIx: Karaoke every Fri. night, free pool every Sat.

Art ■ TERRacE aRT GaLLERy pres-

ents Invaluable, artwork by Rod Brown and Tara Irwin, in both galleries until Dec. 29. Free admission. Gallery hours are Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur-

day noon to 4 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Monday and Tuesday. Free admission.

Fundraiser ■ BLack aND wHITE Gala New

Year’s Eve 2012 parties into the early morning hours in the Waap Haawk din-ing room (cafeteria building) at Northwest Community College Dec. 31. Formal. Cocktails at 6 p.m.; fine dining dinner at 7 p.m. Dancing until 2 a.m. Cash bar, for-mal champagne celebration, party favours and prize draws. Rides home will be pro-vided on the night of the event. This is a fundraiser for student scholarships and tax receipts will be issued. To buy tickets or if you have questions, call Lynne at 635-6511 ext. 5219, or email, or come to the campus. Ticket purchase deadline is Dec. 13.

Sports ■ GO FOR a drive to Prince Rupert to

see the Terrace River Kings take on the Rampage Dec. 29. The Kings are looking to continue their four-game win streak.

■ TERRacE RIvER kINGS look to kick off the new year with a win at home against the Prince Rupert Rampage at 8 p.m. Jan. 4.

■ TERRacE RIvER kINGS host Kitimat for the King’s second home game of the new year at 8 p.m. Jan. 5.

By Peter Crompton

IN LEGION news, this year’s Poem, Poster and Essay win-ners were in attendance at this month’s legion general meet-ing to receive their awards for their efforts.

The meeting was held Dec. 11. Winning the poem contest for intermediate students was

Christiaan Fourie whose sub-mission will now go forward to the Zone level, joining win-ners from other branches in the North Western zone, as will the essay winner Riley Fell, also at the Intermediate level.

Second and Third places in poem went to Emily Patricia Barron and Myah Bowal.

While Shannon Murtonen

and Carol-Jean McIvor came in second and third in interme-diate Essay.

Congratulations to all stu-dents who entered this year’s contest.

Unfortunately, for the first time ever, we only had stu-dents from one school partici-pate this year

The Annual Legion Bon-

spiel will take place at the Terrace Curling Rink on the weekend of January 26, 2013.

Next Steak Night: 4 Janu-ary 2013, 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Next general meeting (elec-tions to continue) January 8 2013 at 7 p.m. Meat draws every Saturday afternoon, first draw is at 4:30 p.m.

We will remember them.

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WINNERS OF the Branch 13 Poem/Poster and Essay contest receive their awards at the Legion general meeting on De-cember 11. Cmde Peter Crompton stands with the winners: Shannon Murtonen, Carol-jean McIver, Myah Bowal, Riley Fell, Emily Patricia Barron and Christian Fourie.

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Having a place to go…is a home.Having someone to love…is family.

Th ank you for giving us all of this and more. Much love fr om Rita, Andy, Dorothy, Vera and Bett y.

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DAVE “OPA” EBELING

February 15, 1936 -December 31, 2010

What we’d give if we could sayHello, Dad, in the same old way;To hear your voice, see your smile,To sit with you and chat awhile.So you who have a father,Cherish him with care,For you’ll never know the heartacheTill you see that vacant chair.

Love your children and grandchildren

BILL ROUWMay 22, 1937 - December 21, 2007

Dad: We wish so much that we could hearthe laughter of your voice.

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Our thoughts are always with youYour place no one can fillIn life we loved you dearlyIn death we love you still.

You are always and forever in our hearts Love Michelle, Ed & Family XXOO

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General ManagerBurns Lake Native Development Corporation is a First Nations owned and driven organization. With a strong working relationship with its Board of Directors the organization is committed to promoting entrepreneurship and economic growth development within its six member first nations.

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the ideal candidate for this half-time position (moving to full time pending resources) will demonstrate - financial management skills - good written and oral skills - strong management skills and project management experience - experience working with a board of directors - hands-on HR management skills - familiarity with lending principles - experience in community economic development - experience in a non- profit organization - must have experience in proposal writing, forestry, logging and value added operations - good understanding of dealing with first nation communities

Responsibilities: - co-ordinating meetings of, and reporting to, Board and its committees - assisting Board formulate policies and programs - overseeing administration - planning, developing and monitoring budgets and performance targets - developing and maintaining HR policies; recruiting, training, supervising staff - leading economic development initiatives

Applicants ideally will have several years management experience, post secondary education in a business related field, familiarity with log harvesting, small business lending and an ability to work with diverse client and partnership groups. Aboriginal ancestry is an asset.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITYJoin the Chances family today! If you’re looking for an exciting work environment in a first-class facility, Chances Terrace is the place for you. Chances offers excellent career opportunities and competitive wages. Be part of a team that delivers exceptional gaming entertainment in a fun, social setting.

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We are looking for hard working individuals for full and part-time security personnel positions. First Aid Level 1 preferred.

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The Terrace Standard requires a front office manager. This is a demanding position requiring a balance of computer, accounting and people skills. Prior knowledge of computer-based accounting pro-cedures is essential and on site train-ing is provided. The compensation package does include benefits. Please send a resume along with two letters of reference by January 3, 2013 to:

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THINK SAFE! BE SAFE!

Long time Terrace resident Gary Smith passed away peaceful-

ly in Vancouver General Hospital after a short battle with cancer. Thank you to family and friends for your love

and support and to the doctors and nurses at Mills Memorial, the BC Cancer Agency, and Vancouver General for your compassionate care.

Donations in Gary’s memory may be made to Mills Memorial Hospital Auxiliary or the Northwest Therapeutic Equestrian Associa-tion, 4217 Thomas Street Terrace V8G 3H2.

Gary E. F. SmithJan. 30, 1943 - Dec. 15, 2012

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An Alberta Construction Com-pany is hiring Dozer and Exca-vator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfi eld road and lease construction. Lodg-ing and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction at 780-723-5051.

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Mount Layton Hotspringshas immediate openings for FT/PT Cook, Housekeeping and Barmaid/lounge server. Resumes may be faxed, emailed or dropped off in per-son to Mount Layton Hot-springs:

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It’s that time of year again—the � rst in-stallment of our sports year in re-view. Here are just some of the mo-ments that caught our attention over the � rst six months of 2012.

December 2011

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆IN ITS � rst year operat-ing as a community co-op, Shames Mountain opens with the biggest snowpack in over 20 years.

January◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆

TIANA DEVOST, 12, a student at Ecole Jack Cook, takes � rst place in the Tri-City Mountain Challenge, a community short essay competition that asked stu-dents to submit essays on what made Shames Moun-tain important to them, their families and the surround-ing region.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆THE CALEDONIA Ker-modes took the top spot in a tournament at Da-vid Thompson Secondary School in Vancouver, Jan 25 - 27.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ACCEPTING THE � rst place title in the A event at the 57th annual legion bons-peil, Jan. 27-29, and the Ken Austin memorial trophy, was Warren Copeland as skip, Shane Dejong as third, Dave Reniero as second and Cam Metzger as the lead.

February◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆

FOR THE � rst time ever, the Terrace River Kings sweep the Kitimat Ice Demons in round one of the CIHL play-offs, but lose to the Smithers Steelheads in round two.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆THE TERRACE Skating Club celebrates its 40th an-niversary with a twisted pro-duction of Alice and Won-derland on Ice – the biggest show the club has put on in � ve years.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆AS THE club nears its half-century mark, members of the Terrace Peaks gymnas-tics club announce funding woes – cutbacks have forced them to a “bare bones” bud-

get.◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆

TERRACE’S HAYDN Ev-ans helped bring B.C. to the top spot at the Las Vegas Invitational Sevens interna-tional rugby tournament in Las Vegas Feb. 9-12.

March◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆

THE KERMODE Tuck, the � rst ski race of its kind on Shames Mountain since the mid-nineties, was held March 3. Eleven skiers from as far as Revelstoke and Alaska came to take part in the event.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆THE TERRACE Female Bantam Rep team takes sil-ver at tier one provincials in Victoria, after losing to Prince George in the gold medal match, 4-1.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆THE TERRACE atom select hockey team ends its season with a win at the Richmond Minor Hockey Atom Spring Classic, March 19 -22. Play-ing at a tier higher than nor-

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

JARED THORN-TON, Nick Fergu-son and Braydon Morretti strike a pose on Shames Mountain. The three skiers repre-sented the North-west Free Riders at the 2012 BC Winter Games in Vernon.

mal, the team took a tie and two wins to take the top spot in the tier two division.◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆

IT WAS a tough three-game series in the battle for the men’s recreational hockey playoff win, and it was the team Sorochan Wood and Metal who triumphed over team Rona in the end, March 30.

April ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆

TERRACE’S JARED Ste-phens, who plays soccer for the Vancouver Island University Mariner’s men’s soccer team, is showered with post-season awards, in-cluding the Paci� c Western Athletic Association athlete of the year.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆TWO TERRACE ringette players, Aimee Qualizza and Rylee English, took to the ice in Burnaby at the U19 Ringette Canadian Na-tionals with the Northern Lights regional team.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆

JANINE WORKMAN PHOTO

AMANDA YOO accepts her awards in the Gymstart events at the annual Terrace Peaks Invitational, held in Thornhill, Feb. 18. There were 70 gymnasts from Smith-ers, Kitimat and Terrace at the meet.

A TOTAL of 40 adults and 65 juniors took part in the annual Terrace Badminton Club’s year end tournament.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆TANNER BRAID, Colin Bell, Jack Lafroth and Ke-aton Gordon all participated in the U16 BC Cup in West Kelowna, a jamboree-style tournament which hosted 160 bantam-age hockey players from across B.C.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆TEN TERRACE residents travelled south to participate in the Vancouver Sun Run, a 10 km race considered to be the largest of its kind in Canada.

May ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆

TWO TERRACE locals have been invited to the U17 Cup in Salmon Arm, May 9th. Austin Turner and Ken-neth Nordstrom are both preparing to join 120 of the province’s best under sev-enteen hockey players, in a bid to make the shortlist that would eventually send them to the World Hockey Chal-lenge.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆THE CALEDONIA BEARS boys rugby team is bound for its � rst provin-cial championship after de-feating Smithers in a hard-fought zone game with a close � nal score.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆THE TERRACE Spirit Bears Special Olympics

soccer team earned second place in a regional quali� er tournament in Mission on May 19 and 20 — it was their � rst tournament in seven years and they played with mostly rookie players.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆THE TERRACE Northmen rugby club sets a 10-year re-cord on May long weekend, for the � rst time the team won a game outside north-western B.C. at Edmon-ton’s Rugby Fest.

June ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆

SKEENA SECONDARY student and 13-year-old basketball player Marek Ormerod is one of two northwestern B.C. players to be offered a spot on the provincial U14 basketball team.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆A RECORD number of par-ticipants came out for the 6th annual Tour de Jackpine bike race this year, with 38 competitors biking the loop on a blustery Sunday.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆THE BANTAM/MIDGET softball team called The Rednecks placed � rst in Terrace Minor Softball As-sociation house league play this year.

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ALMOST 400 people par-ticipated in the fourth an-nual SalmonRun, held at the Kitsumkalum ball � eld on June 24.

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I n the short span of thirty years the sport of steelhead-ing has changed

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Three decades ago, anglers who pursued steelhead with a fly rod were a small subset of all steelheaders. In the second decade of the 21st century fly fish-ing for steelhead with a fly is in the ascendancy and its practitioners are in the majority. In the 1970s and 1980s only a handful of flyfishing steelheaders used a two handed rod – now it’s rare to see a steelheader without one.

Last steelhead sea-son I made more trips up the Zymoetz River than I normally do, car-rying a counter and do-ing more counting than fishing to get and rough ready assessment of the angling pressure un-der the recent changes flowing from the Qual-ity Waters Process. On weekends, my counts averaged 50 anglers per day. On weekdays, when the river was open to anyone with a fishing license and a steelhead stamp, the daily counts averaged about a dozen more than that. Of the hundreds of steelhead anglers I observed, only one, excluding myself, was brandishing a sin-gle handed pole.

When it comes to reels, a few of us still

arm our fly rods with old winches made by the House of Hardy. They are good machines, aesthetically pleas-ing and mechanically sound, these Perfects, St. Johns, St. Georges, and the Salmon series, but our fidelity to them is more nostalgic than practical.

I own a dozen old Hardy reels and three modern reels, two made under the Grays impri-matur and one manu-factured for Fenwick. These last three, all as-sembled in Asia, carry modern lines more comfortably on their wide drums, have a smoother drag than any old reel with which I’ve fished, and, because of their light weight, are better matched with contemporary carbon fibre rods. Other than being too quiet for old ears when fighting fish, these new fangled cranks are superior to their predecessors.

Modern steelheaders have vastly improved wading equipment at

their disposal too. When I began at-

tempting to entice steel-head to a fly, I wore rubber waders built for use in the Eastern mines with rubber treads that resembled those used on deck boots that had no belt around their waist. Years later we moved to neoprene waders whose use the renowned steel-head guide, Steve Perih, accurately character-ized as akin to fishing in a sleeping bag. In comparison, today’s steelheader wears light, breathable, belted wad-ers with neoprene feet that slip into all manner of felted and studded, hard toed footwear.

In earlier columns in this series, I alluded to the primitive lines of yore. Now, thanks to Jim Vincent, John Ha-zel, and their country-men, and to the innova-tive Brits at AirFlo, the array of easily cast spe-ciality fly lines is almost bewildering. So much so, in fact, that the vari-ety of lines is tending to make the sport too tech-nical and unnecessarily complicated.

As is the case with reels and lines, two handed steelhead rods are vastly superior to the old poles in terms of practicality and cost. One of the big breakthroughs is that long rods have become shorter. This is a good thing insofar as ease of landing a steelhead or salmon is inversely pro-portionate to rod length. (Try landing a 15 pound steelhead with a 15 foot rod without dragging it up on the beach to test

this assertion.) The ap-pearance of switch rods eleven feet in length, and a host of shorter Spey rods of 12 and 13 feet is a significant step forward in this regard.

My first shorter double hander was an 11 foot sage. The $700 price tag was a bit of a jolt, but picking it off Randy Murray’s rod rack and giving it a wiggle was all it took to bring me to the re-alization that here was the ideal rod for fishing summer steelhead with small nymphs and even dry flies, yet capable of turning over heavier irons on sinking heads in the dead of winter.

Not knowing any better, I put a Rio Ver-sitip 8 weight fly line intended for a single handed rod on an old Hardy St. John and bolted it to the reel seat of my new short long

rod. This setup was fine until I cast a Scandi-navian line on Jimmy LaTie’s 11 foot rod over the Ostrich Run at Ce-darvale. Here was a line that cast well at short distances yet was capa-ble of blasting a fly out 90 feet with ease when the occasion demanded.

With YouTube and Google, superbly de-signed Spey rods, custom lines for all situations, breathing raincoats, light weight waders, and boots that stick to slippery rocks like Velcro, catching a steelhead on a fly rod has never been easier. The challenge has been diminished, but, as Rod Haig-Brown pointed out a long time ago, when the challenge is diminished, the sport is too.

Rob Brown’s column will return the week af-ter next.

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