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With the National Day of Rememberance and Action on Violence Against Women com-ing up, the Omineca Express spoke to Sylvia Byron, who runs the Omineca Safe Home, about the possibility of creat-ing something similar for the men of Vanderhoof.

“I think there’s a need for a men’s shelter everywhere,” said Byron. “Definitely. I think that men’s services don’t get the appropriate response. We have men struggling. There’s a need for men’s services in this community, there’s a need for housing in this community. Violence and addiction is com-plicated. It’s not just because people want to choose that. It’s because they’ve learned it, they’re struggling and they’re in poverty. They don’t feel there’s any options. So unless we have an option for people to reach for help, they may choose to reach for addiction.”

Byron wants to look at a pre-vention strategy that includes advocacy for both men and for women. She is a feminist, but she believes that things won’t get better unless both sides are taken care of.

“There’s not a lot of op-tions for men,” she said. “And I don’t think that’s fair.”

Another thing Byron would like to see is permanent, long-term housing for single people.

“We have B.C. Housing for people with families,” she said. “But if you have a really big family, there’s not many options and if you are just a

single person, there’s basically nothing. And they’re getting less and less available, all the time.”

Byron would like to see something in place that would be almost exactly the same as the shelter available from the Safe Home.

At the Omineca Safe Home, women are provided with ad-vocacy, counselling, childcare, referral, and accompaniment. As well as a safe place to stay away from violence or violent households.

“You can’t force people to do stuff, they need to be able to access it on their own time. You need a place for men to go, when they feel unsafe or unsafe in their community. Or if they feel like they’re going to be unsafe to be around.”

Vanderhoof RCMP Detach-ment Commander Sergeant Ja-son Keays believes that a men’s shelter is desperately needed in Vanderhoof, especially dur-

ing the next few months when it will be so cold for anyone forced to live on the streets.

“We have apprehended peo-ple before for fear that they would succumb to alcohol and the cold,” said Sgt. Keays. “I would welcome a men’s shel-ter, at least a cold weather shelter that could be unisex.”

Keays took a walk down the street and found several places where people will commonly take shelter from the cold. The post office and the lobby for the bank are a couple of places where people can stay warm but this only causes friction between the homeless and the rest of the community.

“There absolutely is a need for a men’s shelter,” said Sgt. Keays. “The Omineca Safe Home does a terrific job, what I’d like to see is a place where men can warm up and know they’ll be safe. Let’s start the ball rolling.”

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Sgt. Keays showing an enclosed area where the homeless might take shelter.

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Vanderhoof has been without a proper Greyhound service for many weeks now, and the situation has not shown a lot of improvement.

Currently the Vanderhoof location is a bus stop that passengers may embark or disembark the coach at. But in order to do so passengers have to purchase their tickets online, at another Greyhound office or by phone.

But packages are still un-available for delivery with Greyhound services.

This is something that comes up in council every cou-ple of months and they are con-cerned about this service that is essential for some people in their transportation needs.

“I did meet with the Grey-hound representative a few weeks ago when she was in town,” said Evan Parliament, Vanderhoof CAO. “She was in-

terviewing people who would like to take over the business of hosting and taking parcels. I told her the district would not interfere unless there was no one available. But we are talking to Greyhound to re-tain that service. We’re in the backburner. They know that we would rescue that service if it ever had to leave Vanderhoof. But we’re going to allow the private sector to take first po-sition and maybe someone can enter into a contract with Grey-hound. Failing that, the district would save that service, that’s

the goal of council.”Greyhound sent the follow-

ing in an email to the Omineca Express:

“Greyhound is working closely with the Vanderhoof municipality to resume service in the Vanderhoof area. The goal is to open as soon as pos-sible to serve the needs of the community as the busy holiday season approaches… Grey-hound is working with the lo-cal city council to re-establish ticket sales and Greyhound Package Express in Vander-hoof.”

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Bennett � rst appearance

Former Fort St. James � re chief Robert H. Bennett made his � rst appearance in provincial court on Nov. 19.

Bennett requested a continuance in order to consult legal coun-sel after formally be-ing charged with three counts of sexual assault.

Bennett was released with conditions until his next appearance on Jan. 20, 2014.

The charges come af-ter allegations of sexual harassment brought for-ward by a female Fort St. James volunteer � re-� ghter. The � re� ghter made the allegations to Bennett’s then-employer the District of Fort St. James. Two other women also brought forward al-legations of harassment.

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There has already been one nearly tragic case this year. The case of a couple hitchhiking their way through town one night in the pouring rain. An RCMP officer happened to hear of these people and the community really came together to support them. A church donated food and clothing, and the couple even got a bus ticket to help them on their way.

Byron estimates that there are maybe 200 homeless people in Vanderhoof. There are vary-ing degrees of homelessness but about 200 peo-ple in Vanderhoof could benefit from some sort

of shelter and the services it could provide.“Wouldn’t it be amazing if mom and the kids

could stay home, and dad had a place to go?” said Byron. “A safe place, where he didn’t have to drink if he didn’t want to. That he could find a place to sleep and stay warm.”

The Omineca Safe Home started in 1988 be-cause women saw the need for it. It was volun-teer run and had the support of the RCMP who have always tried to find the best way to keep the community safe.

That’s what should be replicated here ac-cording to Byron, and it should be government funded and community supported.

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Living in northern climate presents us with many advantages and some challenges. Win-ter is a long season and often we � nd ourselves outdoors looking for ac-tivities.

Currently, the rivers and bodies of water in and around Vanderhoof are freezing over. It is important to be aware of, and respect, the dan-gers in order to avoid terrible and sometimes tragic accidents.

Sergeant Jason Ke-ays, the Vanderhoof RCMP Detachment Commander said: “People should always be aware of the dan-gers of walking on thin ice. If police see a dan-gerous situation such as children playing on thin ice, they are ob-ligated to take action. However, responsible adults have the free-doms to enjoy outdoor recreation such as ice � shing without unnec-essary police interven-tion, the onus is on the individual to take the proper precautions.”

Some safety tips for outdoor recreation and thin ice: measure ice thickness in several places, stay off river ice and never ice skate on a lake alone. These are all

Beware of thin ice

suggestions to mitigate potential fatal incidents.

• Always supervise children playing on or near ice

• Have an emergen-cy plan

• Take safety equip-ment

• Keep your dog on a leash

• Avoid traveling on ice at night

• If you drive on ice, have an escape plan

Recommendations for ice thickness are based on clear, blue or green ice. White ice has

air or snow in it and is unstable. Follow the guidelines below:

3” (7cm) or less STAY OFF

4” (10cm) ice � sh-ing, walking, skating, cross country skiing

5” (12cm) ONE snowmobile or ATV

8” - 12” (20-30cm) one car or small pickup

12” - 15” (30-38cm) one medium truck (pickup or van)

For emergency situa-tions, remember the fol-lowing tips.

• First, call 911. Be careful; you can fall

through the ice too. • Anyone on or near

the weak ice should slowly lie down.

•Use a long reaching assist, i.e. rope, stick or ladder.

•Tell the person to kick and slowly ease out of the water.

• Have them crawl or roll away from the bro-ken ice.

•Make sure you are both far enough away from the hole before you stand up.

• Help them into dry clothes and treat for hy-pothermia.

Sgt. Jason Keays wants to illustrate the dangers of traveling on thin ice without taking any precautions.


Nancy Doda, a Ph. D psychologist and speaker on the needs of adolescents was in Vanderhoof last week to speak to parents and teachers about what works best for adolescent learners.

Parents had the op-portunity to attend an en-tertaining and informative evening with Dr. Doda on Thursday, November 21. She discussed the nature of young adolescence, research-based education and wisdom for parent-ing through the “wonder years”.

Parents also had the chance to ask Doda ques-tions at the end of her talk.

On the Professional De-velopment Day on Friday, November 22, Doda held a workshop for teachers and spoke of various methods and ways of looking at adolescent education.

The workshop had teachers splitting off into groups and working on projects much like students in a classroom will be split off and assigned tasks.

“Kids have to see them-selves in the curriculum,” said Doda to the teachers. “What if kids heard from day one that people aren’t born smart, they learn to be.”

Doda stressed a need to rede� ne smart in school. She cited how her own kid, who was a brilliant inventor and made little robots for her in elemen-tary school would come home and complain that he couldn’t read as well as any of the other kids.

She told him that she loved his inventions but he said back that he didn’t go to a school for inventors he went to a school for readers.

Doda also said some-thing to the teachers about how students are like a Cracker Jack box. Every kid or box has a prize in it, but sometimes you have to get all the way to the bottom to � nd it.

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The latest pool plans were unveiled and dis-cussed by councillors of the District of Vanderhoof as well as members of the public on November 18.

Bruce Carscadden, the architect and lead de-signer for the aquatic centre presented to council a number of sketches and preliminary blueprints of possible pool designs.

“It’s good to be able to look and feel and touch designs as we move into the fundraising portion of our work,” said councillor and acting mayor Ken Young.

Carscadden told council about a tour he took of similar facilities in and around Vancouver that ranged in age from brand new to 20 years old.

Most of the discussion during the tour and at council was on whether to build a six or four lane lap pool. This lap pool will be in addition to the lei-sure pool which is where, Carscadden pointed out, up to 80 per cent of people will be going.

Councillor Steve Little and Vanderhoof CAO Evan Parliament were also at these meetings along with the Director of Aquatics in Vancouver and other knowledgable parties.

Parliament told council that in order to have

real and competitive swim meets, the people he has talked to recommend building a six lane pool. But having a six lane pool could increase operating costs for the facility by up to 30 per cent.

Councillor Little said at council that the impres-sions he was given from the meetings in Vancouver was that four lanes would be suf� cient for a town of Vanderhoof’s size. With the facilities in Prince George close and with only one or two swim meets a year, keeping everything shallow and long in-stead of deep and short was the recommendation.

Council did not land one way or the other on the matter of pool lanes. There are costs and losses for both options that need to be considered.

Another topic that was debated was the inclu-sion of second � oor multi-purpose rooms and � tness spaces. Some councillors and members of the public felt that the multi-purpose spaces in the arena nearby were more than suf� cient for Vanderhoof.

Some felt that money could be saved if people used other � tness centres in Vanderhoof instead of building new ones in the aquatic centre. Carscad-den pointed out that � tness centres are often a sig-ni� cant source of revenue for aquatic centres.

There were no votes or decisions made on the pool, the council meeting was for strategic plan-ning purposes.

Aquatic centre plans debated

This tiny replica made of paper and cardboard was brought in by architect Bruce Carscadden to give people some idea of what the aquatic centre will look like.

Vanderhoof Traf� c Services, Burns Lake RCMP and the Burns Lake Volunteer Fire Department were on the scene of a fatal motor vehicle colli-sion located two kilometres east of Burns Lake on Highway 16 West.

RCMP were called to the scene at approximate-ly 10:22 pm on November 20, where they located the � ery crash that claimed the life of a 43-year-old

female driver of an SUV. Witnesses advised that an SUV traveling eastbound collided with a west-bound Commercial transport truck. Both vehicles became engulfed in � ames at the time of the im-pact. The driver of the transport truck was taken to Lake District Hospital with minor injuries.

The name of the deceased is not being released due to ongoing efforts to notify next of kin.

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Every year since 2007 the Matsui Scholarship has existed for interested NVSS grade 10 to 12 students.

This scholarship is for students who want to study Japanese culture for one month, usually in May.

This year could be the last year for the scholar-ship according to Barb Ziler, coordinator and coun-sellor at the high school.

This year’s winner was Saba Rancier, the � rst grade 10 student to win the scholarship. Saba will spend a month living with the Matsui and his wife who will provide room and board and $1,000 to be spent purely on expenses that the student will incur.

The winners have to pay for their own � ight as well as their own shopping and spending money.

Each student has worked with Kazuhiro and It-suko Matsui to create their own personalized trip to learn about the culture as well as traditional and modern aspects of the Japanese.

Students may visit such cities as Tokyo, Yokoha-ma, Kamakura, Kyoto, Nara, Hamamatsu and Iwata City.

In a letter to former NVSS principal Lynn Maksymchak, Matsui described some of the stu-dents’ stay in Japan.

“We made the educational tours for many cit-ies and historical places with them, mainly western parts of our land. We cooked several kinds of Japa-

nese cuisines for them at home. We talked with them every day and night over the cultures [sic] the his-tories and customs. We tried to let them meet with many friends of us so that they could feel the differ-ent ways of life in the world. Such programs might sometimes have been embarassing to them.”

Kazuhiro Matsui was born on February 27, 1939. Matsui worked for the Mitsubishi Chemical Co. for 43 years and was a prominent businessman when he decided to take a tour in B.C. to learn about Cana-dian culture.

He decided to create the scholarship to teach peo-ple in return for how he was taught.

“He returns to the community every two or three years,” said Ziler. “He’s been here as a guest teacher and made many friends. He just loves the commu-nity.”

Matsui is one of the main reasons why the District of Vanderhoof council is considering the creation of a Honorary Citizen award. His contributions to Van-derhoof and its students has impressed principal Ken Young and many others in the community.

Previous scholarship winners:2007 - Sasha Striegler Ianone2008 - Becky Russell2009 - Michael Martins2010 - Amanda Funk2011 - Melanie Van Erp2012 - Nicholas Taylor2013 - Dylan Rogers

Matsui scholarship awarded

Principal Ken Young and counsellor Barb Ziler present Saba Rancier, grade 10, with the Matsui Scholarship. Rancier will receive $1,000 for expenses incurred during her 30 days in Japan.

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Dear Editor

This is to ask your readers to sign the legal tactics petition at Change.org.

This petition asks the Chief Justice of Canada to instruct judges they must decide cases upon justice rather than legal tactics, especially when they are deciding upon the well-being of a child. The use of legal tactics can be soul-destroying. As fam-ily breakups are frequent and of-ten end up in court, this problem could easily have a future devas-

tating impact on somebody close to you.

This petition is about mor-ally challenged lawyers using tricks to get judges to ignore the law and make decisions which are unjust, unfair and often cru-el. Some examples are ignor-ing the principle that a person should have the right to answer to allegations against them, an unwritten law that men should not have emotions and the use of an injunction based on an appeal which all parties know will never happen.

A detailed statement is on the link below or go to Change.org and search for “legal tactics”. If you think justice is important, please read and sign the petition and please forward this message to as many people as you can.

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VICTORIA – Two days after Energy Minister Bill Bennett an-nounced the demise of the Paci� c Carbon Trust, the public accounts committee convened at the legislature to pound a few more nails into its carbon-sequestering cof� n.

Assistant Auditor General Morris Sydor was there to defend his report from last March that concluded the B.C. government was not “carbon neutral” in 2010, because the trust paid $6 million for hast-ily arranged offset projects that were not valid.

An Encana Corp. gas � aring reduction project at Fort Nelson and a forest preserve in the Kootenays would have proceeded without assistance from $25 a tonne carbon fee imposed on hospitals, uni-versities, colleges and until last year, school districts. In fact they did proceed without this subsidy. The government continues to deny this, but not many people outside the international carbon offset sales racket believe them.

The Paci� c Carbon Trust’s functions will continue, Bennett said. Instead of a board of directors and 18 staff, � ve people headed by an assistant deputy minister will evaluate projects and bestow mil-lions taken from college, university and health authority budgets each year.

B.C.’s school districts are still paying $5 million a year to offset such nefarious activities as heating their schools. But now the mon-ey goes into a “Carbon Neutral Capital Program,” and districts have to apply to get their money back for emission-reducing projects.

This is going so well, according to Bennett, that post-secondary institutions and health authorities will be converted to a similar pro-gram in the years ahead.

How is that school program going? Here are some examples. The Coast Mountains School District around Terrace paid

$66,452 for carbon offsets last year. It got back most of its three years of offset payments as a grant to complete a boiler upgrade for its Kitimat high school.

Abbotsford and Nanaimo school districts each have to pay about $100,000 a year. They got money back for school boiler upgrades as well, although local school of� cials say that would not likely have been the top priority for spending, if it hadn’t been for the program that forces districts to spend grants immediately on emission reduction.

Surrey school district paid out $585,000 last year, and also up-graded boilers. Vancouver’s pitch this year was for three electric cars.

Leaving aside the distortion of spending priorities caused by this

Carbon neutral scheme is

sinking

restrictive tax-and-spend scheme, what happens when they run out of boilers to upgrade? And has it occurred to the government’s “carbon neutral” braintrust that those new boilers are still burning natural gas?

This program is about to be foisted onto universities and hospitals. Does anyone actually believe that heat-ing hospitals and college classrooms is a key driver of global warming? Presumably our carbon czars know that 40 per cent of B.C.’s human-generated greenhouse gas emissions are from transportation, and a few electric cars for school district staff aren’t going to change that.

And what happens when colleges and hospitals run out of boilers to modernize and insulation to upgrade? It won’t be long at this rate.

In hindsight, this “carbon neutral government” scheme is perhaps the worst single idea implemented

in 12 years of B.C. Liberal government. Gordon Camp-bell’s grand vision of a province where government sets the green standard and the private sector economy follows has simply not worked.

The NDP presented a motion in April 2012 to re-lieve hospitals, colleges and universities of their carbon offset obligation. The idea was supported by a B.C. Liberal backbencher, who argued that B.C. should also scrap the carbon tax and quit pretending it can change the climate.

His name? Bill Bennett.

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The District of Vanderhoof cel-ebrated the launch of the Love Van-derhoof Project on Wednesday, No-vember 20 at the Friendship Centre.

This started in Quesnel with the Small Town Love project and involves a professional quality website with photographs. Vander-hoof’s site as well as sites in Burn’s Lake, Fort St. James and 100 Mile House were all launched on No-vember 1.

The project is a partnership be-tween Northern Development Ini-tiative Trust and the District of Van-derhoof. More than 30 businesses in Vanderhoof and over 200 central B.C. businesses in other communi-ties have signed on to be a part of the project. And more businesses are expected to be added.

“Based on last night’s atten-dance, I think it was tremendously successful,” said Renata King, after the celebration. “Great interest from the community as well as the inde-pendently owned businesses that are participating in the program.”

NDIT funded the pilots and off-set all of the costs for the pilot pro-

gram. They also collected $50 from each of the businesses that went di-rectly to funding the launch.

“When people, visitors, travel to the north, we want them to say ‘Is this a Small Town Love town?’ And we want them to be able to go onto the internet and be able to � nd all of those little diamonds in their back-yard that make Vanderhoof a very unique community.”

“It’s good to know that if there are people who aren’t sure what’s out there, they can go to the web-site and say oh there’s all these businesses in town that they might not have known about,” said Alissa Kristiansen, who owns the small business Blue Rose Soap.

The focus now is to drive traf� c to the Vanderhoof site and to pro-mote it at every opportunity.

“Love Vanderhof has been a pos-itive experience for our community. To succeed, we need to have strong locally owned independent busi-nesses, and this project will help them prosper,” stated Mayor Gerry Thiessen in a press release. “We are pleased to partner with North-ern Development on this initiative to support the health and growth of our local businesses.”

Love Vanderhoof programMany Vanderhoof businesses attended the launch celebra-tion and many entered a draw to win Vanderhoof dollars.


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Terri Daniel, a life skills teacher, and one of her students have been recycling bottles each week and have collected “tons”.

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She doesn't wear high heels to crime scenes and they can't get fingerprints off of kidneys.

But Corporal Theresa Oelke does have a pretty cool job as a forensic iden-tification specialist, even if it doesn't live up to the Hollywood idea created by C.S.I..

"It's not as fast and it's not as glamour-ous," said Oelke.

Oelke is one of a department of fo-rensic identification workers stationed in Prince George who cover the North District.

They can be called out across the district to crime scenes or to process evi-dence taken in relation to a crime.

The work may be slower, but it does involve dusting special powders on with special brushes.

It is also not always that slow. If necessary, prints can be prioritized and luckily they are processed in B.C., while other provinces have to send their prints to Ottawa.

Identification of matches takes a lot of work, and is also not like C.S.I..

First, if there is no suspect in the case, the print is processed and analyzed to see if it can be used to identify one source and controls for homeowners and others are eliminated before sending the print away.

The print is photographed, enhanced and sent to the B.C. Integrated Forensic Identification Service (I.F.I.S.) in the Lower Mainland where they search for a match using a computer database of prints on file.

The match is confirmed by another forensic specialist before being sent back.

The forensic identification special-ist or technician then again checks the print match which is again confirmed by another forensics specialist. So the print goes through four people to ensure a

good match.Good prints are harder to come by

than on t.v., but even if no match is found, they can be kept in relation to a crime for a number of years after they are captured, depending on the crime.

Oelke was processing a number of items while in Fort St. James, some from a recent case involving thefts from vehi-cles outside the New Caledonia Motel, in which some items were recovered after the execution of a search warrant.

It is a three-year training program for the job, one year of which is spent as an apprentice. After approval by a board you can become cleared to give an opin-ion as evidence in court and then two more years and further training can lead to becoming a full specialist.

While some regular duty officers for the RCMP have the training to process some evidence from a scene and turn it over to the forensic team, the forensics training takes the evidence to the next level and can testify in court as experts on what they have collected.

Corporal Theresa Oelke shows some of what is behind the work of forensics specialists in the RCMP.

Caledonia Courier


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The CNC Job Options pro-gram recently celebrated its graduates and the gainful em-ployment they have received be-cause of the program.

The job options program en-ables people to gain certi� cates, job skills and the chance to work on their interview, resume and

computer skills.“The job options program

was a 10 week program, six weeks classroom and four weeks of work experience,” said Debra Montgomery, CNC Continu-ing Education. “The classroom learning was entry level job skills training. So they did customer service, occupational First Aid, WHMIS, cashier training and lots of others.”

There were 10 graduates this year who received their diplomas and certi� cated on Thursday, No-vember 21 after working since September 16 in the program.

Mary-Lou John was one grad-uate and she said she loved the program.

“I’m on my way to complet-ing my grade 12 and with this program I got my � rst aid, my WHMIS, my FoodSafe all sorts

CNC Graduates

Mary-Lou John receives her diploma, she will move on to � nish her schooling and continue her job at the bakery.

Nyrecha Kalt receives her Job Options Diploma, she moves on to an advisory position for the District of Fort St. James.

of things. I’d recom-mend it to anyone.”

“It’s about basic self-con� dence stuff,” said Ellie Sampson, CNC. “And building some es-sential skills for work, literacy, numeracy. We connected them with the learning centre too so they can improve them-selves more.”

Life skills learned in the classroom included the three skills of know-ing yourself, loving yourself and being true to yourself. Students learned open minded-ness, resilience and ac-ceptance.

Mount Milligan ships metalThompson Creek Metals loaded

their � rst ocean concentrate shipment Nov. 16.

Thompson Creek made the an-nouncement on Nov. 21, and said that based on preliminary weights and assays upon ship loading, this � rst shipment consisted of 5,530 wet metric tonnes of concentrate contain-ing approximately 2.8 million pounds of copper, 5,540 ounces of gold, and 10,500 ounces of silver.

Thompson Creek said they expect to receive a provisional payment for

90 per cent of the value of the concen-trate in early December.

“We are pleased to have loaded our � rst shipment of concentrate just twelve weeks following the start-up of the Mt. Milligan Mine. This con-centrate shipment represents a tre-mendous milestone for our company and our employees. Looking forward, we expect Mt. Milligan to create sub-stantial value for our company and our shareholders,” said Jacques Per-ron, chief executive of� cer of Thomp-son Creek, in their release, “


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The Village of Fraser Lake is proud

to support:

Fraser Lake Moonlight Madness

Extended hours and specials at many

local businessesNovember 29th, 2013

Community Spirit Family Fun Carnival

Great family fun at the Fraser Lake Arena

3pm to 8pm on November 29th, 2013

Mauve Friday is Coming.

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School District No. 91 (Nechako Lakes) has openings for families to host foreign students coming to our communities and attending our schools.

Potential homestay parents are required to have a criminal record check and an interview prior to finalizing a homestay agreement. Families receive a monthly allocation to assist with this project.

If you are interested in providing a homestay placement for a student during the current school year, or would like to find out more about this program, please contact the School Board Office in Vanderhoof at (250) 567-2284.

Homestay Families Required to Host Foreign Students

Friday, November 29th12pm to 1:30pm

Community Futures, 2750 Burrard AveMeet and greet with lunch, ICS Power Point presentation,

Questions and Answers.1:30pm to 5:30pm

Free consultations - startups, entrepreneurs, SMEs, EDOs, etc. One on one with potential clients - needs assessment. ICS programs, services and strategizing with respect to the

next steps.6:00pm to 8:00pm

Reid Hotel, 2508 Burrard AveNetworking session at a local pub. Sharing business

experiences, hurdles and opportunities in the region.Please send your RSVP to Graham Stanley

at Community Futures Stuart [email protected]

CAR vs MOOSEEverybody Loses

High risk times of day: 5 - 8 am and 5 - 7 pm

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FLESS toys for charity

The senior woodshop classes are pleased to announce that the toy sales at the craft fair went remarkable well. The shop classes raised $435 with the sale. The two classes then decided that the charity they would like to support is the UNICEF program: Kids In Need of Desks. This program builds desks in Malawi, Africa, in the children’s local community, helping to support the local economy, and getting the kids off the concrete so they can study in a little more comfort. Larry Ashmore thanks his students and all in the community.

Peewee TournamentVanderhoof has two Peewee hockey teams this year and they both made it to the champi-onships at the tournament last weekend. The Kodiaks and the Grizzlies knocked out every comer and when they played the � nal game against each other on Sunday night, Marty Floris’ the Kodiaks took � rst place.“The Grizzlies had played like three games that day though,” said Heather Floris, team manager. “So they didn’t have much spunk left.”


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“Indulgence during the holidays is normal” “Everything in moderation”, “a day to really celebrate and enjoy yourself” The problem with this thinking is that the very indulgence we permit ourselves at this time of year, seems to continue on throughout our year, now that we have so much accessible to us for so much less.Some green ways to celebrate the holidays: · Consider using LED lights (a Canadian invention too) outdoor lighting can use up to 99% more energy than an LED. · Buy what you can locally we have many great locally available food from meat to jams, and even home baked goods! Look to your Nechako Valley Food Network for more details. · Buy organic produce if you can, this lessons the impact of using pesticides, fertilizers and fossil fuels. · Recycle where possible, consider reusable gift bags for gifts, use wrapping paper more than once, buy recycled material when possible, and gift cards prevent many unwanted items from being stored and kept. · If you can buy it in the cloud consider that. Many music and movies can be purchased online and stored there, saving you from actually piling up CD and DVD cases. · Consider a toy swap! For kids try getting together with some friends or neighbours and “trade” toys that you can wrap up for your own children. · One of the best gifts money can’t buy. Family time, or time spent with those who have no one. Consider volunteering or spending time with your family. Spending a happy time with family creates the best memories, memories that will usually outlast plastic toys.Everything in moderation: typically permissible is the 80/20 rule. 80% of the time live, eat well, and 20% of the time you can indulge. People enjoy things more when they don’t always have them at hand and this is true with many aspects of our health as well.Christmas is a great time of year � lled with opportunity to teach children about the meaning of the season. Teaching your children about how to be good and not greedy can be dif� cult with so many great things available to us at a fraction of the cost they used to be. Remember to impart charity to help children understand that we are not loners, and our lives mingle with other, as we help them so we help ourselves by creating a better place, a kinder place.Questions? Future topics you’d like to read about? Feel free to stop by and see me at the CO-OP this Saturday.

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The Harlem Crowns played the NVSS Basket-ball team on Monday, November 18. The Crowns are an exhibition basketball team that employs practical jokes, theatre and athleticism all in the backdrop of a basketball game.

The two teams kept the scores within 10 points of each other but the Crowns took the win. A team of trained and tall basketball players had a bit of an unfair advantage on the high school team but every-one made a good show of it.

The Crowns took advantage of every moment to ad lib and they keep a constant stream of chatter throughout the game even while they slam dunk the ball.

The Harlem Crowns took double dribbling to a

Harlem Crowns play NVSS

whole new meaning as they took turns carrying one another around the court. Then one player decided to quit and sit down in the audience for a few min-utes.

The referees were good sports throughout the night, calling the penalties as often as they could while being harassed in good spirit by formidable basketball players.

The audience laughed and played right along with the players’ jokes and kept the fun going right until the game ended.

The Harlem Crowns ran circles around the NVSS basketball team but everyone had fun. Especially the referees, who had to bend down and watch players’ feet to make sure they weren’t cheating.

Our Pet of the week is Griswold. Griswold is a 7 year old neutered male. This big grey and white fellow is available for adoption. And is looking for just the right home. He is very laid back, and loves a good chin scratch. He is fairly new to the adoption, so he is still shy. He is very dignified here in the

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shelter, but he is a little sad. He would rather be lying on a couch in a sunbeam somewhere instead of at the shelter.If Griswold sounds like your type of cat, come to the North Cariboo BC SPCA and meet him!


VANDERHOOF’S FAITH

For more information or to joinVanderhoof’s Faith Church Directory

Call Pam at 250-567-9258

Church Directory

Vanderhoof Christian Fellowship

The Church on the Corner“Giving you a Purpose to live for

and People to live with”Worship Service: 11:00 am Sunday School: 9:45 am

Small Groups meeting together regularly:

We have a place for you to belong!For more information call

567-9198 263 Vanderview Drive

The Gospel Chapel

448 Connaught Street

For more information call567-3107

www.thegospelchapel.ca

Our MissionGlorifying God by helping all people move closer to

Jesus Christ one step at a time.

11:00 a.m. Worship Service

(Af� liated with the Evangelical Free Church of Canada)

NECHAKO COMMUNITY CHURCH

MENNONITE BRETHREN

1393 Highway 16 East(Across from P.J. Collision)

250-567-4960Sunday Morning Worship

9:30 amSunday School - 11:00 am

Making Jesus known

For more information visit our website: www.vcfemc.com

PICTURE THIS....Your activity could be featured in “Picture This.” Snap a photo at your groups’ fundraiser. It could be anything from a car wash to cleaning up our streets. It could even include school activities. Basically people making a difference in our community. Send us your photo by e-mail ([email protected]) or drop it off at the Omineca Express (150 W. Columbia Street). Please provide a brief description accompanied with the photo.This week’s submission....

The NorThside WomeN’s iNsTiTuTe...meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month. Newcomers always welcome. For more information call Brenda, 250 567-9705.

***V’hoof hospice socieTy... Do you have a few hours a month to give? Are you sensitive to the special needs of those persons at the end stages of life? Want to be part of a great organization that makes a difference in our community, then we are looking for you. The V’hoof Hospice Society is a not-for profit charity looking for new volunteer members. Our Society has a desire to help others. We are sensitive to the special needs of the dying patient and their families. We do not have personal agendas or “missions” to our Hospice work. Our main fundraising come in the form of donations to our Tree of Life. We are looking for new members to continue this great service. For more info contact Debra-Ann at 250-567-0623 or email [email protected]

***The food BANK... is in serious need of food donations. Specifically the following is needed: Canned vegetables, meat, fish, canned milk, sugar, pasta, pasta sauces, soups, toilet tissue.

***BAdmiNToN AT fLess Gym... Every Thursday at 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. come out and have some fun!

***The VANderhoof cANcer supporT Group...meets the first Friday of every month @ noon at the The Reid. For more info call Karen @ 567-4828.

***eNdAKo hALL socieTy...meets every THIRD Wednesday of the month in the hall at 7:30pm.

***The yeLLoWheAd drAfT horse AssociATioN...is an organization for those interested in light and heavy horse driving. Monthly meetings every second Tuesday of the month. For more info contact: Jon 250-567-8484.

***NechAKo QuiLTers GuiLd... meets the third Tuesday of the month 9:30 am (Sept. - May) at Nechako View Seniors Common Room. Fran Sheeley 567-5254.

***The frAser QuiLTers GuiLd... meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 10am at the Fort Fraser Community Hall. Newcomers welcome.

***hospice Tree of Life... is to honour the living as well as to remember and

honour those who have passed on. For more info call Debbie @ 250-567-7956.

***The frAser LAKe cANcer supporT Group... meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 12 noon in the New Fraser Lake Restaurant. For further information call Judy at 250-699-7763.

***NechAKo VALLey hisToricAL socieTy...meets every second Thursday of the month 6:30 pm at the Chamber of Commerce office.

***VANderhoof 899 Air cAdeT sQuAdroN...Cadets will meet every TUESDAY night – 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the 480 Connaught St. at the Gospel Chapel. Anyone age 12 to 18 interested in the Cadet Program is welcome to attend. Any adult interested in assisting in anyway, please contact the officers at the 480 Connaught St. at the Gospel Chapel Tuesday night. For more information call: Capt. John Callaghan - 250-640-0218, Yvonne Melo - 250-690-7496 Evenings.

***AA meeTiNG... Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. United Church Hall. 567-8087 or 567-4588

***frAser LAKe AA meeTiNGs... Tues & Thurs 8:00 p.m. at St. Wilfred’s Church just across from police station.

***sT. JohN hospiTAL AuXiLiAry socieTy... meets second Tuesday of the month (with the exception of July & August) at 7:00 p.m. in the hospital cafeteria. For further info contact Edna 567-9759 - New members welcome.

***VANderhoof

LiBrAry hoursTuesday 10:00am to 5:00pm

Wednesday 10:00am to 5:00pm & 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Thursday 10:00am to 5:00pmFriday 10:00 am to 6:00pm

Saturday 10:00am to 5:00pm***

frAser LAKe LiBrAry hours

Sunday & Monday ClosedTuesday 10am - 4pm

Wednesday & Thursday3pm - 8pm

Friday 10am - 4pmSaturday 10am - 2pm

***NVss BoTTLe depoT hours

Open Mon, Tues, Friday 11am-5pm

Saturday 10am-5 p.m.***

comiNG eVeNTs....Will appear, as space is available, free of charge in this section. Coming events are available to non-profit organizations only. This area is not intended for thank you submissions or selling products. It is simply a place for non-profit organizations a place to announce upcoming free activities. You can e-mail your item to [email protected] or by fax (567-2070). Your organizations’ announcement can also be dropped off at our office located at 155 W. Columbia. Decision of the publisher is final.

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NEW EVENTS....

VoLuNTeers Needed for idi-dALAp4cANcer...For more informa-tion please contact Carrie Smith. Email: [email protected]

***The W. L. mcLeod eLemeNTA-ry ANNuAL chrisTmAs crAfT fAir... will take place on November 30th from 9:30 – 3:30. A great selec-tion of crafts for gift ideas.

***seNiors frieNdship ceNTre crAfT fAir...November 30th at the Friendship Centre. Everyone welcome.

***chrisTmAs TeA & BAZAAr...Saturday, December 7, 11-3pm at the Evelyn Hall, Burrard Street. Everyone welcome.

***NechAKo VALLey hisToricAL socieTy...meets at 7pm on the 2nd Thursday of the month at the OK Cafe.

***AduLT BAdmiNToN...every Thursday at 8pm at NVSS gym. Bring your own racquet. Indoor runners required. For more info call Ann at 250-567-9908.

***sTuArT NechAKo mANor...looking for volunteers. Help needed with outings, Serving meals, entertainment and visits for the residents. Please contact Marnie at 250 567 6290 for more information.

***VoLuNTeers Needed....Would you like to become part of a team working together to improve the quality of life for stroke survivors? The Vanderhoof Stroke Recovery Group is looking for volunteers to join their team. Vanderhoof Stroke Recovery’s goal is to encourage stroke survivors to improve their lives through education, exercise, work groups, crafts, outings, etc. No special skills required; training and orientation are provided. Patience and caring understanding a necessity. Volunteers share responsibilities: assisting with activities, exercises, education, crafts, outings, fund raising. Time commitment: 3 hour meeting each Monday morning (excluding stat holidays), from September through mid-June.

Please contact Penny (250) 567-3966

[email protected]

***seNiors coNNecTed... is looking for Seniors in need of Outreach & Transportation. We are also taking applications for Volunteers wanting to take part in the VSC Program. Vanderhoof Seniors Connected is a program dedicated to improving the quality of life for Seniors/Elders in our community through Companionship and Transportation Assistance.For more information contact Debra-Ann Bishop at 250-567-0623 or email at [email protected]

***cALLiNG ALL seNiors... come and join us for carpet bowling, pool or snooker - Monday and Thursday afternoons at the Friendship Centre. We also have cards or bingo on Wednesday evenings. Music nights are also popular and these are the last Friday night of the month. Come and have some fun! Everybody welcome young or golden agers. Call Oscar for more info: 250-567-4582.

***AL-ANoN...Has your life been affected by someone elses drinking? The Al-Anon is for you! Meetings held on Mondays at 7pm in Community Room at Omineca Safe Home Society. For more information contact Gail at 567-4318.

***

Nechako Notes

During the launch of the Love Vanderhoof Project on November 20, celebrating small businesses in our town.

The NVSS Student Council would like to say a huge thank you to ev-eryone that came out to the Pumpkin Walk and donated non-perish-able food items. We are proud to say that we collected over 100 items, and they have been donated to NeighborLink. Thank you to everyone who supported!

Left to Right: Meghan Naka, Kirsten Hales, Kortnie Vassallo, Taylor Vassallo and Sarah Ebert.

Thank you Vanderhoof

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One man has lived and entertained the peo-ple of Vanderhoof for several decades. Oscar Walstrom is a big part of the community and an excellent musician to boot.

Walstrom is “86 years young” said Debra-Ann Bishop, Seniors Connected Coordina-tor, but he is a very busy guy and even Bishop doesn’t envy his schedule.

Walstrom lived on a ranch near Mapes for 40 years, which he said was some of the best times of his life.

“It’s the perfect job,” said Walstrom. “You don’t have anyone telling you what to do, you are your own boss.”

He moved there from Stettler, Alberta to find work, much like many of Vanderhoof’s residents, but where Walstrom really wanted to make his money was in his music.

He has been in so many bands over the years that the Omineca Express couldn’t get an ex-act number of them, but take a man who taught himself to play guitar before he was a teenager and has been playing in bands for over 70 years and one begins to have some idea.

One of Walstrom’s earliest musical influ-ences was Canadian country music legend, Wilf Carter, Canada’s first country music star. He also loves Johnny Cash and a lot of other bluegrass and country musicians.

When Walstrom used to perform at Mapes Hall, he would bring along his wife and children, his wife Doro-thy being his biggest fan.

Dorothy was born in Vanderhoof and she and Oscar have been married 63 years, quite a feat these days.

“I’ve played for a lot of weddings,” said Oscar Wal-strom. “Actually probably several hundred. A lot of peo-ple aren’t married this long. The quickest one I think was three weeks.”

Walstrom has always encouraged his children to play music too. His son plays the bass guitar and his daughter sings.

“She’s been playing with us for years,” said Walstrom.They had their daughter sing with them when she was

a child and people used to give her money for it. This

continued up until she started asking for more money at the performances at which point Walstrom shut her down.

His kids used to fall asleep sometimes when he played at Mapes, and they’d pick his guitar case out as the per-fect place to sleep.

The hall where he would often perform, Mapes Hall, was actually built by Walstrom himself.

“Every week we’d go to somebody’s place,” said Wal-strom. “Pretty soon the houses got too small. So we fi-nally decided we’d build a hall, so that we did.”

Thus was the Mapes Hall built for those residents liv-ing about 20 minutes east of Vanderhoof.

Last year, Walstrom won the Queen Elizabeth II Di-amond Jubilee medal in 2012, a photo exists of MLA John Rustad handing Walstrom the medal. The Diamond Jubilee medal is awarded for anyone who “has made sig-

nificant contributions to Canada,” according to the Government information site.

The award came as a complete surprise to Walstrom, who couldn’t say what particular contribution led to it.

“I’ve played for dances most of my life,” he said. “I started playing at them when I was 14.”

When one enters Walstrom’s house on Speed-way Road, one must walk through the music room on the bottom floor. This room is filled with guitars of all shapes and colours, but Oscar Walstrom’s favourite guitar is upstairs, getting the most use of it.

When he bought that guitar, many years ago, he paid $11 a month. This was back when he would maybe get $1 for an hour of playing.

A few years ago, Walstrom used to play mu-sic for seniors at the Stuart Nechako Manor beside the hospital, but when his sister passed away Walstrom stopped playing there.

He has played at Riverside Place for over 20 years though, back when it was called the Om-ineca Lodge.

“It does two things,” he said. “It keeps me in practice, and entertains the people. And they like it.”

Walstrom is also the president of the Friend-ship Society of Vanderhoof. He’s been in that position for 18 years, since his sister as a secre-tary there, introduced him to it.

As president, it’s his job to organize all the events at the Friendship Hall, but if there’s mu-

sic to be played, he will often use another band, country if he can get them, to play in his stead.

Walstrom doesn’t play as much music anymore, un-fortunately his hearing has become a little impaired which makes it difficult to play for long, but playing in his band, and keeping up the visits to Riverside Place en-sures that he can still play the guitar like a country star.

Walstrom has recorded many CDs. He records a lot of his own songs, and then once he gets 10 or so together he has them put on a CD.

There are untold treasures to be found in his home. So much independent musical history can be found that a whole book could be written on Oscar Walstrom’s ca-reer. A career that spanned across the Central Interior of B.C. and beyond.

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