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Prince George will be searching for a new city man-ager after mayor and council were notified Derek Bates is concluding his employment contract at the end of December.

“He is a fantastic leader and he has a great relationship with mayor and council. That has been very important to him and important to creating the right environment at city hall. I’m sorry to see him go but very excited for him as he takes on new challenges,” Mayor Shari Green said.

A press release stated, “Mr. Bates has been employed with the City since 2007 as city manager and under his

administrative leadership, the city has benefitted from many successful initiatives, including gold level certifi-cation in the Excellence Canada PEP (Progressive Excel-lence Program) Quality program, leading staff and the community through the myPG process, delivering and a new OCP, a successful 2015 Canada Games bid, to name just a few.”

“City council wishes to acknowledge the dedication of Mr. Bates to his staff, the council team and this commu-nity through his outstanding commitment to excellence in local government. We wish the absolute best for Mr. Bates and his family, in their future plans”, Green added as part of the formal statement.

Bates has extended an invitation to assist city council in

the coming months in their planning for a smooth transi-tion to new management for the City of Prince George.

“He has been here six years, and I think he’s looking for a new challenge. I’m very thankful he’s going to be here for the next four months and help us with the transi-tion, and give us some guidance,” Green said. “Council will begin to chat when it reconvenes at the beginning to month. We will chat with Derek and talk about what replacing him looks like. I’m sure different people around the table will have different ideas on moving forward. We want the right person for the job. That may mean filling it temporarily, having a senior director for the time being. We want to make sure we have the right person to lead our team going forward post core review.”

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A man caught joy rid-ing on a stolen snow-mobile earlier this year pled guilty last week to impaired operation over .08 and possession of property obtained by crime in provincial court.

Kenneth Jacob Kemp, 21, was spotted operat-ing a snowmobile in an alley off Austin Road on March 3. While trying to flee, the snowmobile collided with a parked logging truck. Police

arrested Kemp. Believ-ing him to be intoxi-cated, he was given a Breathalyzer test and blew more than twice the legal limit.

The snowmobile, which was found to be stolen, was returned to its rightful owner.

As part of his sen-tence, Kemp was fined $2,000 and will pay nearly $4,000 in restitu-tion. He was also given a one-year driving sus-pension.

WINNIPEG STREET

New traffic pattern in placeNo more two lanes each way, as widths reallocated

Drivers will notice some major changes along Win-nipeg Street after the city, working with recommenda-tions from ICBC, completes some safety improvements.

The work is being done as part of the city’s paving pro-gram, road rehabilitation, taking place from Fourth Avenue to 13th Avenue.

“We worked with ICBC, who conducted a road safety audit this spring. The work

that’s done out there is part of the paving program. With that, the opportunity is there for reallocation of lane widths,” Heather Andrey-chuck, supervisor of trans-portation engineering for the city, said.

“Out of the road safety audit that was done this spring there was safety ben-efits recognized for provid-ing room for all the users,” Andreychuck said. “Now you have the new cyclist lanes. Instead of two lanes in each direction for vehicles,

it’s changed to one travel-ling lane each direction for vehicles and one two-metre bike lane in each direction for cyclists, and one middle lane which is called a two-way left turn lane.

The two-way left turn lane allows for movement into the middle as vehicles approach the intersection and want to turn left without interrupt-ing the through traffic.”

The longitudinal lines are in, and the transfer mark-ing will come next, which is all the crosswalks, left-turn

arrows and hatching.Then bike symbols will go

in.“Then we’ll have signage

through corridor marking where it is a bike lane, and there will be no stopping of vehicles along Winnipeg,” Andreychuck said. “This is an important improvement and provides.safe transpor-tation for all modes of traf-fic.”

She added the improve-ment matches goals laid out in the active transportation plan as a priority.

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Noah Sims puts some effort into turning the crack on the ice-cream maker at Huble Homestead on Sunday, under the direction of Alex Mackey. The dem-onstration was part of Homestead Days, marking the centennial of the Huble House.

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It was a month for lake excursions, barbecues and long cool drinks this July in Prince George, a happy change from July 2011 when when the warmest day was 23C.

Though the first four days of the month were cool and wet, summer kicked in thereafter. After-noon temperatures either met or exceeded 20 C from the fifth of the month onward.

Sixteen days of the month daytime highs reached 25 C or higher.

The warm temperature boosted the mean temperatures just over a degree and a half above normal.

With precipitation, the first three days brought the majority at almost 18 mm. The rest of the month was very dry with the grand total of precipitation being 29.3 mm for the month. Last year, July brought 112 mm of rain.

The warmest day of the month was July 20 at 30C. The greatest rainfall was July 2 with 11.7 mm falling.

It was a hot and dry July

Stranded rafters rescuedTwo rafters were rescued from an

island between Hanbury and Rustad roads, between the Foothills and John Hart bridge Friday after fire rescue got a report of a rafter falling from a flotation device.

Eleven fire rescue personnel from two halls responded to the call and were joined by several RCMP officers and BCAS paramedics.

Personnel in one apparatus made voice contact with two people stranded on the island. Personnel from another apparatus solicited assistance from a resident of the Del Haven Estates who had a boat ready to deploy.

The resident and a firefighter with river rescue equipment travelled upriver from Pozer Road, located and rescued the two stranded rafters. Neither rafter was

injured, nor were any rescue personnel.Prince George Fire Rescue urges cau-

tion when engaging in water-based activ-ities. Both the Nechako and Fraser are still running high, fast, and cool. Life jackets should be worn at all times by anyone floating or boating on the rivers. Addi-tional caution must also be exercised near river banks, where hidden erosion may cause sudden bank collapse.


Don Wilkins of the Prince George Trappers demonstrates a leghold trap to a group at the Huble Homestead on Sunday. Wilkins also demonstrated fur-working techniques as part of Homestead Days, marking the cen-tennial of the Huble House.

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It’s just a normal summer in Prince George schools when it comes to mainte-nance, says Nino Maletta.

“There’s nothing unusual this summer,” says the property maintenance gen-eral manager for School District 57. “There’s no really big projects.”

A look at the capital proj-ects shows a lot of light conversions and a couple of new gym floors. The gym floors, Maletta says, are obviously a must-do

during summer, while the lighting conversions will be ongoing into the school year.

“The gym floor changes are something we’ve been working on over the past few years, doing a few each year. If the current floor is on a concrete slab, we have an athletic pour-in-place compound that we use.

“If it’s one of the gyms that has wooden joists under the floor, we can’t do that, so we use a differ-ent method.”

In any case, he says, stu-dents at the schools with

new floors won’t just notice new paint in the gyms.

“The floors do feel dif-ferent.”

A number of schools in the district are seeing T-12 lights being replaced by T-8, a move Maletta says is partly cost-driven and partly from necessity.

“The provincial govern-ment had said the T-12 lights weren’t going to be produced past this year, so we had to change them over, but now it looks like they will still be around for a while.

“We get an energy rebate

for changing to the T-8s, as well, so it’s a good idea.”

A couple of schools are also seeing boiler upgrades or replacements. Unlike the lighting, these jobs have to be done during the sum-mer; like the lighting, the reasons are similar.

“We’re taking out the inefficient gas boilers in some schools and put-ting in more efficient hot-water boilers. Again, we get an energy rebate for doing that, and some of that is actually the money we’re using for the lighting upgrades.”

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Sixteen days of the month daytime highs reached 25 C or higher.

The warm temperature boosted the mean temperatures just over a degree and a half above normal.

With precipitation, the first three days brought the majority at almost 18 mm. The rest of the month was very dry with the grand total of precipitation being 29.3 mm for the month. Last year, July brought 112 mm of rain.

The warmest day of the month was July 20 at 30C. The greatest rainfall was July 2 with 11.7 mm falling.

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Stranded rafters rescuedTwo rafters were rescued from an

island between Hanbury and Rustad roads, between the Foothills and John Hart bridge Friday after fire rescue got a report of a rafter falling from a flotation device.

Eleven fire rescue personnel from two halls responded to the call and were joined by several RCMP officers and BCAS paramedics.

Personnel in one apparatus made voice contact with two people stranded on the island. Personnel from another apparatus solicited assistance from a resident of the Del Haven Estates who had a boat ready to deploy.

The resident and a firefighter with river rescue equipment travelled upriver from Pozer Road, located and rescued the two stranded rafters. Neither rafter was

injured, nor were any rescue personnel.Prince George Fire Rescue urges cau-

tion when engaging in water-based activ-ities. Both the Nechako and Fraser are still running high, fast, and cool. Life jackets should be worn at all times by anyone floating or boating on the rivers. Addi-tional caution must also be exercised near river banks, where hidden erosion may cause sudden bank collapse.


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In Provincial Court in Prince George on May 17:

James C.M. King was found guilty of assault and assaulting a peace officer, placed on probation for 18 months and assessed a victim surcharge of $50. King was also found guilty of failing to com-ply with a condition of an undertaking or recognizance, fined $250 and assessed a victim surcharge of $27.50.

Shaun McCook was found guilty of being unlawfully in a dwell-ing-house, sentenced to 36 days in jail and time served of 54 days and placed on proba-tion for 18 months. McCook was also found guilty of uttering threats, sentenced to 30 days in jail and placed on probation for 18 months. McCook was also found guilty of two counts of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 14 days in jail. McCook was also found guilty of causing a disturbance and sen-tenced to seven days in jail. McCook was also found guilty of failing to provide a breath sample when ordered to do so, fined $1,000 and placed on probation for one year.

Terra L. Underwood was found guilty of unauthorized possession of a restricted or prohibited weapon, sentenced to one day in jail and fined $100. Underwood was also found guilty of failing to com-ply with a condition of an undertaking and failing to attend court when ordered to do so and sentenced to one day in jail.

Joey L. Arrance was found guilty of possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition, sentenced to

three and a half months in jail, placed on probation for 18 months and prohibited from possessing firearms for 10 years. Arrance was also found guilty of failing to comply with a condition of an under-taking or recognizance, sentenced to 60 days in jail and placed on probation for 18 months.

Michael J.T. Richards was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and sentenced to seven months

in jail.In Provincial Court in Prince

George on May 18:Jason K. Elder was found

guilty of breach of recogni-zance and sentenced to one day in jail.


Landon A. Leduke was found guilty of driving without due care and atten-tion, fined $500 and assessed a victim surcharge of $75.

Wayne H. Parry was found guilty of assault, placed on probation for 18 months and prohibited from possess-ing firearms for 10 years. Parry was also found guilty of a second count of assault, sentenced to 51 days in jail, placed on probation for 18 months and prohibited from possessing firearms for 10 years. Parry was also found guilty of two counts of failing to comply with a condition of an undertaking or recogni-zance and sentenced to 30 days in jail.

Ronald R.W. Stanley was found guilty of possession of a controlled substance and assessed a victim surcharge of $400.

Justin L. Stapley was found guilty

of possession of stolen property with a value less than $5,000, sentenced to 90 days in jail to be served intermittently, placed on probation until the expiration of the jail sentence and assessed a victim surcharge of $50. Stapley was also found guilty of three counts of driving while prohibited, sentenced to one day in jail, assessed a victim surcharge of $50 and prohibited from driving for three years.


Ian M. Begg was found guilty of theft of property with a value less than $5,000, placed on probation for six months and assessed a victim surcharge of $100.

Ian V. Cooper was found guilty of possession of a weapon obtained by the commission of an offence, sentenced to two years and a day in jail and pro-hibited from possessing firearms for 10 years. Cooper was also found guilty of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of a firearm know-ing its possession is unauthorized and unauthorized possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle and sentenced to six months in jail. Cooper was also found guilty of possession of stolen property with a value less than $5,000 and sen-tenced to four months in jail.

Michael J. Cyca was found guilty of mischief, fined $500, assessed a victim surcharge of $75 and placed on probation for 30 days.

Christopher R. Middlemiss was found guilty of two counts of theft of property with a value less than $5,000 and placed on probation for three years.

Nikkita A. John was found guilty of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 10 days in jail. John was also found guilty of failing to com-ply with an undertaking or recognizance, failing to comply with a condi-tion of an undertaking and two other counts of failing to comply with a probation order and sentenced to 45 days in jail.

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Edward Seebach (Seth Logan), right, tells Darcy McLeod and a group touring the Huble Homestead about everyday life at the site back in 1912, when the Huble House was built. The site held Homestead Days on the weekend to mark the centennial.

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A graduate student at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) has been honoured by the Canadian Asso-ciation of Geographers for his research involving the First Nations treaty process in B.C.

Chris Turner recently received the pres-tigious Robin P. Armstrong Memorial Prize for his master ’s thesis on First Nations’ “overlapping claims.” The prize recognizes and promotes excellence in applied research on Canada’s Aboriginal peoples and is selected from among both masters and PhD-level theses across the country.

“I’m delighted to be recognized for this research,” says Turner, who is currently a doctoral candidate at UNBC. “It’s flat-tering to have the project singled out, and my graduate supervisor, Dr. Gail Fondahl, as well as my thesis committee deserves a lot of credit. UNBC is a ter-rific school to do graduate research in the field of indigenous geographies.”

“UNBC is an exemplary school for a whole bunch of reasons. The world-class faculty goes out of its way to help stu-dents succeed,” says Turner.

“I work with a legal scholar with exten-sive experience in treaty negotiation, an expert in the legal geographies of indig-enous peoples, and the Canada Research Chair of comparative indigenous-state relations.

“These are first-rate scholars and very generous people. There is isn’t another university in the world where I would have the kind of knowledgeable mentor-ship I receive at UNBC.”

Turner ’s research examines the poten-tial of a bi-cultural institution such as a commission of inquiry to research and hear evidence concerning land claims and, where required, mediate territorial disputes among First Nations. This is the first time this has been investigated to resolve land claims disputes in B.C.

“One of the fascinating aspects of this work is the idea that through such an institution we can learn about and accom-modate indigenous legal systems, and thus support a more just application of Canadian law and treaty making,” says Turner.

Right now, only four treaties in B.C. have reached the final stages of nego-tiation in B.C.: Nisga’a, Lheidli T’enneh, Tswawwassen, and Maa Nulth. Turner argues that the current approach to treaty-making in B.C. is problematic and that a solution, at least in part, could lie in the establishment commission of inquiry-style institutions, such as those which can be found in New Zealand and Australia.

“With the project I set out to address two related questions concerning ‘over-lapping’ indigenous claims: first, does the Crown’s practice of settling treaties in overlapping and contested areas privi-lege some indigenous groups to the detri-ment of others?

“And second, are overlapping and con-tested claims a barrier to the ethical settlement of treaties, and if so, what can and should be the role and policy of the Crown concerning overlapping claims and treaty negotiation in B.C.?”

“In B.C. we are engaged in a treaty process intended to satisfy our legal obligations to indigenous peoples. Such processes need to recognize and take into account the indigenous systems on which these claims are made.

“My hope is that this research will contribute to achieving our shared goals, including the ethical settlement of trea-ties in B.C.”

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Heartbreak.It’s the only way to describe the Canadian wom-

en’s Olympic soccer team’s loss to the United States on Monday.

Losing in the dying seconds of injury time in overtime is a bit-ter pill to swallow. However, it should be pointed out that had Canada held on for a couple more seconds the game would have gone to a shootout, and no guarantee of a better result. Shoot-outs, even in the NHL, are crapshoots at the best of times.

What’s really hard to take in Monday’s loss is a couple of questionable calls from the referee. With Canada up by one and pressing, an obvious handball inside the American 18-yard box was missed by the referee. Had that call been made, it would have given Canada a penalty kick and, almost certainly, a two-goal lead.

Then came the infamous call that the Canadian goalie held the ball for more than the allowed six seconds. The last time that call was made in high-level competition was a decade ago. It’s just not a call that is made, even though the rule is there.

That, of course, led to the handball inside the 18-yard box, a penalty kick for the U.S. and a tie game.

Canada came so close to upsetting its perennial nemesis and, we’ll see later this week, arguably the best women’s soccer team in the world. All those who watched Monday’s game know that, save for a call or two, that mantle would have fallen to the Cana-dian squad … at least for a while.

It’s kind of like the Rocky story … the underdog goes toe-to-toe with the champion and, even though not victorious, show that they belong there earning the respect, and hearts, of the world.

Monday’s match was epic in scale and excitement. It was the game of the Olympics. We suspect that the upcoming gold medal match will pale in comparison.

Regardless of the result of the bronze medal match, the Cana-dian team members are still our Olympic heroes.

Heartbreakand heroes

How often do you get to go to a 100th birthday party?

Not very often. But you can today, tomorrow, Fri-day, Saturday, and Sunday.

The 100th Prince George Exhibition gets underway today at Exhibition Park and it promises to be the best year … which is tough to do, given that there have been 99 wonderful renditions of the fair previous to this year. However, we’re confident the fair organizers have outdone themselves this year.

After all, how often to you get to plan a 100th birthday party?“A proud past … a bright future,” is the very appropriate

slogan for this year’s fair. The PGX has a wonderfully rich, and proud, past and as the venerable fair moves into its second cen-tury, the future looks good.

Plan to take in some, or all of the events, this weekend at the PGX and help the community celebrate this landmark year.

Welcome tothe 100th PGX

So what greets me upon my return to work after two weeks of vacation?

More than 2,000 e-mails in my in-box. So, if I’m a little sluggish returning your e-mail, please forgive me.

Welcome to the paperless soci-ety (although I still get a lot paper crossing my desk these days as well … people are sometimes amazed at how much paper is on my desk and suspect I never clean it but what they don’t know is most of the paper was only put there yesterday).

One of the downfalls of the so-called paper-less society is that we seem to get a whole heckuva lot more stuff.

I installed TweetDeck on my computer a while back. For those who don’t know what TweetDeck is, it’s a nifty little program to track all the tweets of the twits you are following. It gives you a nice little beep every time a tweet arrives. I shut it down because the beeps every two or three seconds are just a little annoying.

How anyone can keep up is beyond me. Although, as I write this, The Tyee is postulat-ing, in a tweet, about the competition bureau possible tackling the issue of media conver-gence. Interesting. The tweets can be over-whelming, but they can also contain interesting and relevant information … such as the Prince George Free Press tweets.

Once again, Jasper had the lowest gas prices on our trip at $1.19 per litre. Saskatchewan

Crossing in the park had the highest at $1.45 per litre. One of the downfalls of gassing up in the middle of nowhere … put in $20 worth and stopped again in Jasper.

For those looking for a tractor update: It’s in the shop, got the fuel line fixed only to discover that the clutch is gone (left with the bull’s virility, I suppose). Neighbour has graciously agreed to help. It will only cost us the bull’s stud services …

guess who gets the last laugh on that one?Still managed to work on my farmer ’s tan

though … sitting in the field watching the neighbours toil away. Now that’s how the hay-ing should be done every year.

Watched some of the Olympics on the tube. Maybe I’m just a fair-weather watcher. If Canada’s competing, I’m interested. Watching Lithuania battle Vietnam in table tennis, how-ever, not high on my watching priorities.

Maybe it was because the 2010 opening ceremonies in Vancouver were indoors, but I thought they were much more dramatic than the London opening ceremonies. London’s weren’t bad, I just think that Vancouver ’s were better.

I did watch most of the women’s soccer game on Monday. What a great game, even though the Canadian team lost a heartbreaker.

Good luck to all the Canadian athletes still in the hunt for a medal at the Games.


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Coffee with a reporterStories come to reporters in a variety of ways. News

releases, press conferences and phone calls are some. Sometimes you might think whatever story you have in mind isn’t worth a phone call or visit to the news-paper’s office, but is it worth a cup of coffee?

Reporter DeLynda Pilon would like the chance to hear what you have to say so every Friday at 11 a.m. she will be having a coffee break at Zoe’s Java House at 1251 Fourth Ave., and is hoping you will drop by to chat. Or just stop in and introduce yourself.

11:00 am Fridays at Zoe’s Java House at 1251 - 4th AvenueDELYNDAPILON

Toto, I don’t think we’re in Prince George anymore.

I mean, nice weather on a long weekend? This isn’t the Prince George I remember from either my youth (and yes I can remember back that far) or even the recent past.

Long weekends in Prince George were usually the sign for the skies to open and for 72 hours or so of heavy rain. This weekend was actually too hot for a lot of people I talked to.

Of course, that heat meant I wasn’t mov-ing too fast. In fact, I was just ambling along most of the weekend.

• I’ve said it before and I’ll probably say

it again: At intersections up to a certain traffic level, three-way or four-way stops

are probably the best way to keep traffic flowing – as long as people obey the rules.

Most of the drivers in Prince George are really good about allowing the right of way at stops like this. You get to your stop sign

at the same time as another driver gets to theirs. You look up, make eye contact, and one of you waves the other one through.

You wave back, proceed, and everyone takes their turn.

There are other rules that still have to be followed, though. I was second in line at a four-way stop on the weekend, with

another vehicle in the facing lane. The driver ahead of me went through, getting a dirty look from the driver of the car com-ing the other way.

I couldn’t figure out why at first, until the other driver turned left – without hav-ing their indicator on. The driver ahead of me didn’t see an indicator, figured the other driver was proceeding straight ahead, and did what anyone else probably would have done.

• So what with the eight-hour time difference and some continuing sleep problems, I’m not seeing too much of the Olympics, although I am trying to follow it on different websites.

The time difference between Prince

George and London is eight hours, which is awkward enough. In 2014, when the Winter Olympics are in Sochi, Russia, the time difference will be 11 hours, so every-thing will be pretty much flipped as far as a.m. and p.m. are concerned.

I can’t wait for 2016, when Rio de Janeiro is only four hours ahead of us and we might actually see some events live at a decent time of day.

• I have heard a rumour that when the NASA probe landed on Mars, it was right on top of a Felis silvestris catus and brought its life to an end.

In other words Curiosity killed the cat.I won’t let the door hit me on the way

out.

Allan’sAmblings

ALLANWISHART

A long weekend with good weather? Who knew?

How not to be a rubber-lipperMy vocabulary has

expanded somewhat after several months with my new friends.

For example, there is the term rubber-lipping. It is not a good thing to be accused of being a rubber-lipper, which is your basic everyday gossip, especially if you repeat a story while adding your own two cents worth to it, causing unnecessary prob-lems for others..

For example, not being a rubber-lipper myself, I would never tell a soul, especially Jack, that Kris and Cupcake (AKA Chick-let or Kat, a lovely young lady who both Jack and Kris would do anything for, including go fish-ing in a hot outhouse for a pair of lost sunglasses - just check back a few issues for the rest of that story) swam across the entire lake together dur-ing our last camping trip. As I’ve said before, Jack is not really water friendly. Chicklet usually gives him a big squeeze after she

gets out of the lake, and even though he squeezes back, his face is generally screwed up into a sad gri-mace.

Jack: C’mon, c’mon, c’mon. I just had a shower two days ago.

Anyway, Jack was get-ting ready

for work while we were at the lake, so he didn’t get to witness those two heads bobbing across the water, voices slowly fad-ing as they vanished in the horizon. If he had been there, the big worrywart would’ve found a way to lasso them back to shore. And if he found out after the fact, nobody would hear the end of it. There would be lectures about water safety, reminders of his dislike of water and plenty of hard-eyed glares from below the brim of that black cowboy hat (those glares, by the way, are con-siderably less intimidating now he’s shaved off some of his bark, revealing a pair of deep mischievous dimples on either side of his mouth). But none of

that will happen since no one is going to rubber-lip about it.

But if I were to say some-thing out of place, in all likelihood Kris would ask me, “Are you broken?”. This is another phrase they use extensively, a ques-tion thrown out whenever someone does something silly or says something ridiculous. Actually, though posed as a question, it’s really more a statement and generally requires no answer, cause if someone asks if you’re broken, the assumption is that, in all likelihood, you are.

Once satisfied that you are broken, Merle will generally say, with deep pathos, ‘No more good’.

‘No more good’ is a phrase that can be applied in several different ways. For example, say it takes a gal who has publicly admitted that reverse is not her friend then tries to back her car out of a root and deadfall infused back road, some guy might say ‘No more good’ about her driv-ing abilities, which is really not fair. That same guy might volunteer to back the same car out of the same

road a few hours later, doing the job in one try.

Kris: (Eyes sparkling, choking back laughter while he tosses me back the keys) I always win. Always.

And whether it comes to navigating back roads in reverse or making a philo-sophical point, I have to admit so far he has always won.

Always, dang-it.However, the phrase

‘no more good’ might also might be applied to an empty bottle of Sambuca.

Kris: (holding the bottle up, peering sorrowfully at it as he confirms it actually is empty) ‘No more good’.

‘I says pardon’, a phrase that has to be uttered in your deepest possible voice, is another Merle-ism, one used when a question-able or ridiculous statement is made. For instance, say Kris discovers the Sambuca is all gone, then someone walks in with another bottle and asks if anyone wants a drink, Merle (or any of the guys) might utter ‘I says pardon’ on account of the question being completely redun-dant. See, if you don’t want a shot of Sambuca, in all

likelihood you’re broken, which means you’re prob-ably no more good.

Are you following me? Capice?

Those two sayings belong to Jack and are likely to be issued at the end of a disagreement which Jack has won, some-thing that happens all the time. For example, I might say Elton John is the great-est artist of all time and therefore probably has the most number one hits of all time. This will get you a keen-eyed glare from Jack, who will then throw a bunch of facts, figures and trivia at you about George Strait and his 94 number one hits and how no other artist even comes close to that record and no one ever will. After he beats you with facts and figures, he will ask ‘Are you following me? Capice?’

This, for the record, is not a rhetorical question. You have to answer it. After you concede defeat, the likely follow-up is ‘Who’s right?’. Then you have to admit Jack is right. Again.

Both Jack and Kris have this annoying tendency to always be right. And they

will nag you to death until you admit they’re right. It’s kind of a funny exasperat-ing trait most of the time, But some of the time it’s more. They seem to have this keen ability to use their common sense to get to the root of a problem you’ve been struggling with. And they’re not shy about shar-ing that insight, shooting it straight from the hip, as cowboys do. They’re also not shy about sharing their affection with you, welcoming you into their lives, warming your heart with a smile, an arm slung around your shoulder or a much needed hug. The strength of character they share overshadows you, embraces you and reminds you that sometimes fam-ily is more than blood and bone, but rather a bond people choose to forge.

That bond is the gooder-est thing of all. The phrase ‘gooderest’ is kind of self-explanatory meaning wise, and comes from Merle. Apparently when some-thing is gooderest, it just can’t get any better. And there just isn’t anything bet-ter than spending time with the family of your heart.

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DELYNDAPILON


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Heartbreak.It’s the only way to describe the Canadian wom-

en’s Olympic soccer team’s loss to the United States on Monday.

Losing in the dying seconds of injury time in overtime is a bit-ter pill to swallow. However, it should be pointed out that had Canada held on for a couple more seconds the game would have gone to a shootout, and no guarantee of a better result. Shoot-outs, even in the NHL, are crapshoots at the best of times.

What’s really hard to take in Monday’s loss is a couple of questionable calls from the referee. With Canada up by one and pressing, an obvious handball inside the American 18-yard box was missed by the referee. Had that call been made, it would have given Canada a penalty kick and, almost certainly, a two-goal lead.

Then came the infamous call that the Canadian goalie held the ball for more than the allowed six seconds. The last time that call was made in high-level competition was a decade ago. It’s just not a call that is made, even though the rule is there.

That, of course, led to the handball inside the 18-yard box, a penalty kick for the U.S. and a tie game.

Canada came so close to upsetting its perennial nemesis and, we’ll see later this week, arguably the best women’s soccer team in the world. All those who watched Monday’s game know that, save for a call or two, that mantle would have fallen to the Cana-dian squad … at least for a while.

It’s kind of like the Rocky story … the underdog goes toe-to-toe with the champion and, even though not victorious, show that they belong there earning the respect, and hearts, of the world.

Monday’s match was epic in scale and excitement. It was the game of the Olympics. We suspect that the upcoming gold medal match will pale in comparison.

Regardless of the result of the bronze medal match, the Cana-dian team members are still our Olympic heroes.

Heartbreakand heroes

How often do you get to go to a 100th birthday party?

Not very often. But you can today, tomorrow, Fri-day, Saturday, and Sunday.

The 100th Prince George Exhibition gets underway today at Exhibition Park and it promises to be the best year … which is tough to do, given that there have been 99 wonderful renditions of the fair previous to this year. However, we’re confident the fair organizers have outdone themselves this year.

After all, how often to you get to plan a 100th birthday party?“A proud past … a bright future,” is the very appropriate

slogan for this year’s fair. The PGX has a wonderfully rich, and proud, past and as the venerable fair moves into its second cen-tury, the future looks good.

Plan to take in some, or all of the events, this weekend at the PGX and help the community celebrate this landmark year.

Welcome tothe 100th PGX

So what greets me upon my return to work after two weeks of vacation?

More than 2,000 e-mails in my in-box. So, if I’m a little sluggish returning your e-mail, please forgive me.

Welcome to the paperless soci-ety (although I still get a lot paper crossing my desk these days as well … people are sometimes amazed at how much paper is on my desk and suspect I never clean it but what they don’t know is most of the paper was only put there yesterday).

One of the downfalls of the so-called paper-less society is that we seem to get a whole heckuva lot more stuff.

I installed TweetDeck on my computer a while back. For those who don’t know what TweetDeck is, it’s a nifty little program to track all the tweets of the twits you are following. It gives you a nice little beep every time a tweet arrives. I shut it down because the beeps every two or three seconds are just a little annoying.

How anyone can keep up is beyond me. Although, as I write this, The Tyee is postulat-ing, in a tweet, about the competition bureau possible tackling the issue of media conver-gence. Interesting. The tweets can be over-whelming, but they can also contain interesting and relevant information … such as the Prince George Free Press tweets.

Once again, Jasper had the lowest gas prices on our trip at $1.19 per litre. Saskatchewan

Crossing in the park had the highest at $1.45 per litre. One of the downfalls of gassing up in the middle of nowhere … put in $20 worth and stopped again in Jasper.

For those looking for a tractor update: It’s in the shop, got the fuel line fixed only to discover that the clutch is gone (left with the bull’s virility, I suppose). Neighbour has graciously agreed to help. It will only cost us the bull’s stud services …

guess who gets the last laugh on that one?Still managed to work on my farmer ’s tan

though … sitting in the field watching the neighbours toil away. Now that’s how the hay-ing should be done every year.

Watched some of the Olympics on the tube. Maybe I’m just a fair-weather watcher. If Canada’s competing, I’m interested. Watching Lithuania battle Vietnam in table tennis, how-ever, not high on my watching priorities.

Maybe it was because the 2010 opening ceremonies in Vancouver were indoors, but I thought they were much more dramatic than the London opening ceremonies. London’s weren’t bad, I just think that Vancouver ’s were better.

I did watch most of the women’s soccer game on Monday. What a great game, even though the Canadian team lost a heartbreaker.

Good luck to all the Canadian athletes still in the hunt for a medal at the Games.


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A12TERESA MALLAM 250-564-0005 [email protected]

CommunityNorman Unrau could write a book – and did

There were times of deep despair and crippling pain of such magnitude he wondered how much longer he could endure it. But Norman Unrau had good reason to go on – his loving family and his own stubborn pride.

In 1965, Unrau was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.

Of the 100 different types of arthritis known, this is one of the most devastating. And for a previ-ously healthy 40-year-old in the prime of his life, the news was a complete shock.

“I was working as a junior fore-man in the engineering division at a Forest Service camp near Finlay Forks. The forest and creeks were my delight...I was young and healthy,” said Unrau.

For three years, he worked with severe pain and stiffness to his hands and ankles. However his ‘ideal job’ at Finlay Forks finally came to an end.

“It will fool you,” Unrau explained. “You think you’re improving, it will seem to get bet-ter, and then it will knock you right flat down. Eventually, I was given a job job working in the office in Prince George.

“I was an outdoor person (in his spare time, he hunted and fished in what’s now Williston Lake.) So that was a drastic change for me – but you do what you have to do.”

Now 85, Unrau has written a book about his life with unwel-come companion RA in a bid to help and support others who are also afflicted with the disease.

The local author (besides other books, he wrote Arthritis and the Long Haul nine years ago) is first to say that his new book Living with Arthritis – See What I Mean? is not a scholarly work or even good journalism.

In his introduction, he says:“When style was mentioned

prior to putting pen to paper, my concern was not for the niceties or correctness of proper English.” Instead, the book is sprinkled with the wise words of scholars such as Aldous Huxley:

‘Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you.’

September is National Arthritis Month.

“I thought it would be a good time to come out with the book,” he said. Unrau wondered if the excruciating pain in his fingers and hands would subside long enough so he could write.

There were some dark moments, indeed.

“You have to decide if you want to go through this,” he told the Free Press during an interview last week.

“What are the options? Suicide? I’m not one to hold a pistol to the head. You do feel you’re a burden on your loved ones, you want to help them and yet, here they are helping you.”

Joyce, Unrau’s wife of 50 years – the couple moved to Prince George in 1965 – says she has no misgiv-ings. ‘In sickness and in health,’ she agrees.

“It’s been a long, arduous jour-ney for him but I didn’t want him to give up,” Joyce said.

“The kids came to understand that Norman wouldn’t be able to do activities with him that he would have liked. But he did his best. They were involved in soccer and swimming, so I took them to practise and was there to watch. Norman did take them fishing.”

The couple has three children, two grandchildren.

Still, Unrau has his personal regrets – and poignant memories of how, over time, the disease robbed him of his strength.

“When my daughter Elizabeth was two and a half years old, I went to pick her up (he makes a lifting gesture with his hands) and when she was about up to my chest, I just couldn’t hold on to her anymore and she slowly slipped down to the floor. That’s one time I remember.”

For her part, Joyce admits the last few years especially have been taxing on her.

“I’m tired,” she says. “I do the housework and keep everything up and ...there are times when I’d like to stay in bed but I have to get up and do things for Norman.”

“I feel very guilty,” says Nor-man. “When you love your mate and yet she’s here having to help you, you feel like you’re a burden.”

That’s where writing the book was so important, he says.

When he first got his diagnosis, Unrau began a regimen of good diet, vitamin and mineral supple-ments. He joined CARS (Canadian Arthritis Rhumatoid Society), a group he says was instrumen-tal in getting him on a “holistic approach, diet included.”

He still believes that has helped. However, besides his outward

appearance – uneven gait, gnarled and disfigured fingers (his right “pinky” finger has been ampu-tated) and curled toes – the disease has other unseen features, like rob-bing his memory bank.

“I realized that I was losing cer-tain parts of my memory when I was writing this book,” he said.

“It was scary but it pushed me to finish the book while I still could. I think I broke all the rules of writing when I did.”

Self-pity has never been an option for Unrah.

“I find it difficult to feel sorry for myself,” he wrote. “After all, I live in Canada I have access to all the modern services right here.”

The book chronicles his roller coaster of emotions.

“My first two doctor visits confirmed the presence of the RA factor in my blood. My doctor prescribed Aspirin for now and explained that RA is a systemic condition. As the seriousness of the matter slowly sunk in, I became

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Norman Unrau shows hands disfigured by rheumatoid arthritis.

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Jessica Davey, Karen McDowell and Teva McDowell want to make a difference. They hope that on August 11, community members will come together for a special Hands Across the Sand event held at Fort George Park.

“I got the idea for holding the event here after I heard two years ago about the Hands Across the Sand event in Florida (Feb. 13, 2010). About 10,000 people came out. Now they have people coming out to the event in several countries all over the world,” said the local group’s spokesperson,

Karen McDowell. “The idea is for as

many people as pos-sible to join hands near the water in support of a clean energy future and to end our depen-dence on fossil fuels. It will be fun and fam-ily-friendly, there will be food, music, infor-mation booths and speeches.”

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“The focus is on clean energy,” said McDow-ell. “There’s lots of marches and protests going on [about sav-ing the environment] but they can lead to a police presence and an atmosphere that isn’t very child-friendly.

Everyone agrees we need to change what we’re doing to the envi-ronment – but we need to know what those changes are.”

It starts with educa-tion.

“Our industry is on the Fraser and Nechako rivers,” said Davey. “So it makes sense for us to hold this event close to water [behind the mini-railway in Fort George Park]. We will have a First Nations elder out

to bless the land there and there will be peo-ple from UNBC com-ing out to talk to us about how we can use clean energy and end our dependency on fos-sil fuels.”

The Hands Across the Sand event will be held Saturday, August 11 at Fort George Park (behind the mini-rail-way) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. In many other areas of the world, people joined hands

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at the PGX, Saturday, August 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. Prince George Farmers’ Market at the PGX on Farm and Ranch Day. Sunday, August 12 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Check out all the fun and entertainment on www.pg-x.com.

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Coming together for a clean-energy future


Teva McDowell (left), Karen McDowell and Jessica Davey are organizing a Hands Across the Sand event to be held Saturday, August 11 at Fort George Park, part of a worldwide gathering of people dedicated to a clean energy future.

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You can ask – but she probably won’t tell you – where the name Miss Quincy comes from.

“It’s just me. It’s who I am,” the Canadian roots rocker tells the Free Press reporter on Thursday.

Originally from the Peace Region, Miss Quincy is songwriter and guitarist with her all-girl band The Showdown.

She and bandmates Shari Rae (upright bass) and Holly Magnus (drums), both from Alberta, have just come off a seven-week tour of Europe.

They’re in the midst of a sum-mer festival circuit in Canada which includes ArtsWells (they played there on the weekend) and the Robson Valley Music Festival.

The Showdown is touring hard and performing almost every night of the week in support of the April release of Miss Quincy’s second full-length album, Like The Devil Does. You can’t miss them when they come into town.

“We tour in a van we call Van-gina which has a 13-foot trailer. It’s completely self-contained. We like it because we can enjoy the scenery and stop whenever we need to or find somewhere to

camp.”Miss Quincy and

The Showdown plays Nancy O’s on August 23.

“We have lots of online resources and an active Face-book page, so we can keep in touch with people while we’re touring,” Miss Q said. “One thing people are surprised about when they come out to our shows, from comments we hear, is that they’re not used to see-ing three girls, an

all-female line-up, playing rock and roll, roots and blues music.”

Armed with talent and steely determination to make it in a tough business, Miss Quincy set out to put together a band of top musicians.

“I started this band a year ago. There is a small musi-cian community in Canada with an independent grass roots music industry. It’s a big country so everybody has to tour and we see our musician friends more than we see our own friends and families from home.”

Miss Quincy still has a cabin on the family farm in Peace Region and two months out of the year she goes to the Yukon for seasonal work that gets her out into the wilder-ness and gives her inspiration for songwriting.

Playing hard is all she knows.

“I see the value in just playing as much as we can,” said Miss Q. “We play five to seven nights a week and it’s really amazing what happens what you do that, the creative magic really comes out.

“Playing that much, it comes more easily, it frees you up. Frees you up musically, so you can be creative.”

That means top-notch musicianship.

“We are committed to high musical standards. We make it fun and we try to put on the best show that we possibly can, every time. Some bands can’t do the con-stant touring. Some musi-cians aren’t used to the road warrior lifestyle like we are. If it’s been a bad day or a long drive, you still have to get out there and perform and do the best you can.”

And if you think one woman can be high mainte-nance, imagine a van with three women and hundreds of kilometres between shows. Miss Quincy calls the road home for now. Everything they need is in their “self-contained van.”

“We’re heavy on mainte-nance, we check the oil and tires – and I have BCAA

membership,” says Miss Q. “We try to keep our van and ourselves in good shape. I’m fortunate to have had five years of fulltime work learning how to live this lifestyle.”

For those who come out to the local show at Nancy O’s, Miss Q promises an enjoyable evening.

“Be prepared to come out and have a really good time. The show is fun, it’s dynamic, it’s a whole event. It’s danceable. Our music is unique. Another thing unique about our band is that we travel with our own boutique.”

Yes, it’s true. On the merchan-dise table, there will be Miss Q’s hand-made items such as T-shirts that are hand-designed and

printed. “I have lots of time on the road

to make things. (She laughs.) Oh, and there’s preserves from my mom’s garden. We do this [music] to make a living. This [touring] is our life.

“We play every small town in this country – and in many other countries because the music busi-ness, at this level, is not known for making people rich.So we just do what we have to do to allow us to keep doing what we love.”

Miss Quincy and her trio The Showdown play Nancy O’s, 1261 Third Ave. on Thursday, August 23. Show starts at 8:30 p.m. Cover charge is $10. For more about Miss Quincy, visit www.missquincy.net.

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somewhat, not depressed exactly, discouraged, yes, my work responsibilities had not suffered and my job was not hazarded but I became worried, even angry... I was going to be thirty-nine years of age.”

Unrau took early retirement in 1982 at age 55. It was simply too much, he says.

Besides muscle waste, he has sensitivity to light and there are other lingering problems.

“I have limited movement with my head. My two vertebrae (C1 and 2) were fused so my overall height is shortened by about four or five inches. It has also become quite crooked.”

He has undergone several sur-geries to try to alleviate some of the pain and crippling effect of the disease. Besides the removal of one finger, the joints of all his fingers have been removed and “replaced with plastic.”

Most of his operations have

been performed in St. Pauls Hos-pital or the General Hospital in Vancouver. Some were successful, others not so much.

“What they did is give me back some time,” said Norman. Time to adjust to his limited mobility. Time – about four decades now – to savour his family and enjoy whatever he can out of life.

“When you get it that young, I was not yet in my 40s, it sets you up for when you’re older.”

With new parts, he’s not quite yet the ‘bionic’ man, but close, he thinks. His dry sense of humour has helped, says his wife.

Unrau hopes his book will inspire others suffering from RA to try to live live to the fullest.

“I want to give them hope. As a reasonably young man [when diagnosed] it hit me very hard. But life doesn’t end – there is lots of reason to keep going.”

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You can ask – but she probably won’t tell you – where the name Miss Quincy comes from.

“It’s just me. It’s who I am,” the Canadian roots rocker tells the Free Press reporter on Thursday.

Originally from the Peace Region, Miss Quincy is songwriter and guitarist with her all-girl band The Showdown.

She and bandmates Shari Rae (upright bass) and Holly Magnus (drums), both from Alberta, have just come off a seven-week tour of Europe.

They’re in the midst of a sum-mer festival circuit in Canada which includes ArtsWells (they played there on the weekend) and the Robson Valley Music Festival.

The Showdown is touring hard and performing almost every night of the week in support of the April release of Miss Quincy’s second full-length album, Like The Devil Does. You can’t miss them when they come into town.

“We tour in a van we call Van-gina which has a 13-foot trailer. It’s completely self-contained. We like it because we can enjoy the scenery and stop whenever we need to or find somewhere to

camp.”Miss Quincy and

The Showdown plays Nancy O’s on August 23.

“We have lots of online resources and an active Face-book page, so we can keep in touch with people while we’re touring,” Miss Q said. “One thing people are surprised about when they come out to our shows, from comments we hear, is that they’re not used to see-ing three girls, an

all-female line-up, playing rock and roll, roots and blues music.”

Armed with talent and steely determination to make it in a tough business, Miss Quincy set out to put together a band of top musicians.

“I started this band a year ago. There is a small musi-cian community in Canada with an independent grass roots music industry. It’s a big country so everybody has to tour and we see our musician friends more than we see our own friends and families from home.”

Miss Quincy still has a cabin on the family farm in Peace Region and two months out of the year she goes to the Yukon for seasonal work that gets her out into the wilder-ness and gives her inspiration for songwriting.

Playing hard is all she knows.

“I see the value in just playing as much as we can,” said Miss Q. “We play five to seven nights a week and it’s really amazing what happens what you do that, the creative magic really comes out.

“Playing that much, it comes more easily, it frees you up. Frees you up musically, so you can be creative.”

That means top-notch musicianship.

“We are committed to high musical standards. We make it fun and we try to put on the best show that we possibly can, every time. Some bands can’t do the con-stant touring. Some musi-cians aren’t used to the road warrior lifestyle like we are. If it’s been a bad day or a long drive, you still have to get out there and perform and do the best you can.”

And if you think one woman can be high mainte-nance, imagine a van with three women and hundreds of kilometres between shows. Miss Quincy calls the road home for now. Everything they need is in their “self-contained van.”

“We’re heavy on mainte-nance, we check the oil and tires – and I have BCAA

membership,” says Miss Q. “We try to keep our van and ourselves in good shape. I’m fortunate to have had five years of fulltime work learning how to live this lifestyle.”

For those who come out to the local show at Nancy O’s, Miss Q promises an enjoyable evening.

“Be prepared to come out and have a really good time. The show is fun, it’s dynamic, it’s a whole event. It’s danceable. Our music is unique. Another thing unique about our band is that we travel with our own boutique.”

Yes, it’s true. On the merchan-dise table, there will be Miss Q’s hand-made items such as T-shirts that are hand-designed and

printed. “I have lots of time on the road

to make things. (She laughs.) Oh, and there’s preserves from my mom’s garden. We do this [music] to make a living. This [touring] is our life.

“We play every small town in this country – and in many other countries because the music busi-ness, at this level, is not known for making people rich.So we just do what we have to do to allow us to keep doing what we love.”

Miss Quincy and her trio The Showdown play Nancy O’s, 1261 Third Ave. on Thursday, August 23. Show starts at 8:30 p.m. Cover charge is $10. For more about Miss Quincy, visit www.missquincy.net.

Busy summer for Miss Quincy and ShowdownTERESA [email protected]

Photo submitted

Look out, Prince George. There’s a Showdown coming and Miss Quincy is in charge.

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A17ALISTAIR MCINNIS 250-564-0005 [email protected]

Sports

GOLF CHAMPIONBlair Anderson won

his second Simon Fraser Open men’s golf title on the weekend at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club.

It took a four-hole playoff on Monday, but Anderson edged runner-up Shaun Lees to win the 2012 edition of the annual men’s golf championship tournament. Anderson and Lees entered the playoff with three-round scores of 212.

Anderson, 21, was also the Simon Fraser winner in 2008.

For more on this year’s tournament, check Friday’s Free Press.

HOCKEY SCHOOLThe 2012 Spruce

Kings Hockey School is underway.

Week 1 began on Monday and wraps up Friday. The three-week school, open to players of all skill levels between six and 14 years old, wraps up on Aug. 24.

BASEBALLThe Prince George

Lomax Knights competed in the BC Minor Baseball Association peewee AA provincials at Chilliwack on the weekend.

The Knights finished short of the title with a record of 1-3.

SportsShorts

Langley beats Grays, then takes titleThe layoff was long and

the arms were short.Both factors didn’t help

the BID Group Grays against the Langley Blaze, a playoff game under the Citizen Field lights on Sunday night. The visitors downed the B.C. senior men’s provincial championship hosts by a 6-3 score, the beginning of a three-game winning streak that ended with the Blaze players celebrating the tournament title on Monday.

The night game began at 9:30 p.m. and players didn’t leave the diamond until midnight. The Grays also suited up for the first game of the day Sunday, an 8 a.m. contest against the Victoria Mavericks that ended with Prince George celebrating a 7-5 extra inning victory.

As Sunday night’s game wore on, the Grays were running low on pitching options.

“We were really out of arms. We had thrown all our throwers just to try to get to this game, so it was just pitching by com-mittee basically,” Grays coach Craig Horswell said shortly after their loss to Langley. “We throw Brandon (Hunter) in, he does a heck of a job. But he’s more of a position player.”

Riding the momentum of the Sunday night tri-umph, the Blaze defeated the Nanaimo Coalminers 4-1 in Monday morning’s semifinal to set up a con-

test against the Kamloops Sun Devils in Monday afternoon’s champion-ship game. Langley defeated Kamloops 6-1 in the final.

The Grays finished the eight-team tournament with a 2-2 record. They lost the opener against Kamloops 10-5 on Friday evening. They rebounded the next night with a 4-1 triumph over the Burn-aby Bulldogs.

The Trail Orioles and Kelowna Jays rounded out the field of teams at the tournament. The Sun Devils advanced to the final with a 16-1 rout over

Trail in Sunday evening’s first playoff game.

“I think this weekend was a big step forward for us as a program. Last year we had a really tough provincials and it was a really short but long tour-nament for us,” Horswell said. “But we gained a lot of respect from teams. We beat really good teams in Burnaby and Victoria, and other than the first game, where we kind of gave them a bunch of runs early, we were in every game. We had a chance to win every game which is huge for us. It goes a long way.”

Filled with Prince George talent, the Grays didn’t play together in a league this past sea-son. Instead they met for practices and entered a couple of tournaments, one in Maple Ridge in late March and another in Red Deer in July.

The tournament pro-gram listed 21 players on the Grays’ roster: Hunter, Chris Allard, Scott Ather-ton, Jon Bourassa, Chris Clark, Angelo Desantis, James Haviland, Dalton Jones, Tyson Mackus, Curtis Sawchuk, Lyn-don Toews, Paul Wilson, Graham Allard, Garrett

Belanger, Jay Cook, Doug Clark, Jesse Dill, Kalen Kirkpatrick, Adam Norn, Calvin Todd and Mike Tomlinson.

“We want to build baseball in this city. We don’t want to bring guys in that don’t really give anything back to the com-munity or give something for the younger players to aspire to,” Horswell said. “We really thought that if we could make it a com-pletely local team, then it would give something for younger players, those kids coming up who just won their provincials, to look forward to.”

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Prince George’s drag racing site has oper-ated under new own-ership with a new name this season.

With those changes, the Northland Dodge Motorsports Park will see significant upgrades to its facility off Chief Lake Road.

Brent Marshall, using the strength of his company’s brand, is the man leading the park in its new direction. The North-land Dodge president became owner of the park in the spring.

Anybody who’s heard of Marshall is aware of his passion for racing. For drag racing enthusiasts, it’s hard not to get excited over the changes he’s planning for the track.

Upgrades include new timing and lights. Marshall says they’ve installed a $30,000 sys-tem.

“It’s the latest thing where you register people wirelessly with iPad so it’s a great sys-tem,” he says. “But it’s new to the industry so they told us it’s going to take some tech sup-port.”

Marshall says the next major task is cre-ating a new starting line for the quarter-mile strip, as they’re bringing in special cement.

“We’re going to have the best starting line in North America, so

we’re going to mimic what they’re doing in places like Las Vegas.”

Marshall notes that the cement in place is 20 years old, and the marks and cracks on the surface make it a challenge to attract faster cars.

“They need a great launch surface to get traction, to put up fast times and to get a good straight launch.”

With the 2012 sea-son well underway, Marshall is aiming to remove the park’s old cement in September.

“When I put that system in, North-land park will have the most state of the art lights and timing, it will have the most state of the art launch pad, so in essence we have everything racers need,” he says. “We’ve got a great crew of volunteers out there. They’ve been just incredible.”

Marshall says he’s putting $1 million into the park this year. More than half of that money went into the purchase of the 138-acre property, which was appraised at

$550,000. Also stepping up

to help Marshall is Chrysler Canada, which will provide $50,000 a year in fund-ing. Mopar, the parts and service arm for Chrysler, is also com-ing in as a major spon-sor.

The upgrades don’t end with the drag strip. Marshall also plans to further develop the motocross track on the land, hoping to land a major competition.

“We’re in negotia-tions with the Cana-dian Motocross Associ-ation to have a national event here,” he says.

The Northland Dodge Motorsports Park held all-out drag racing on July 28 and 29, and is scheduled to put on another event of its kind on Aug. 18 and 19. The track also continues to stage Fri-day Night Street Legals events. Marshall wel-comes newcomers to race on the track, as long as their vehicles pass an inspection. Cars, trucks, hot rods, motorcycles and snow-mobiles are welcome.

“You name it, as

long as it’s safe and you have a driver’s licence,” Marshall says.

For more informa-tion, visit www.north-landmotorsportspark.com.

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Sports

GOLF CHAMPIONBlair Anderson won

his second Simon Fraser Open men’s golf title on the weekend at the Prince George Golf and Curling Club.

It took a four-hole playoff on Monday, but Anderson edged runner-up Shaun Lees to win the 2012 edition of the annual men’s golf championship tournament. Anderson and Lees entered the playoff with three-round scores of 212.

Anderson, 21, was also the Simon Fraser winner in 2008.

For more on this year’s tournament, check Friday’s Free Press.

HOCKEY SCHOOLThe 2012 Spruce

Kings Hockey School is underway.

Week 1 began on Monday and wraps up Friday. The three-week school, open to players of all skill levels between six and 14 years old, wraps up on Aug. 24.

BASEBALLThe Prince George

Lomax Knights competed in the BC Minor Baseball Association peewee AA provincials at Chilliwack on the weekend.

The Knights finished short of the title with a record of 1-3.

SportsShorts

Langley beats Grays, then takes titleThe layoff was long and

the arms were short.Both factors didn’t help

the BID Group Grays against the Langley Blaze, a playoff game under the Citizen Field lights on Sunday night. The visitors downed the B.C. senior men’s provincial championship hosts by a 6-3 score, the beginning of a three-game winning streak that ended with the Blaze players celebrating the tournament title on Monday.

The night game began at 9:30 p.m. and players didn’t leave the diamond until midnight. The Grays also suited up for the first game of the day Sunday, an 8 a.m. contest against the Victoria Mavericks that ended with Prince George celebrating a 7-5 extra inning victory.

As Sunday night’s game wore on, the Grays were running low on pitching options.

“We were really out of arms. We had thrown all our throwers just to try to get to this game, so it was just pitching by com-mittee basically,” Grays coach Craig Horswell said shortly after their loss to Langley. “We throw Brandon (Hunter) in, he does a heck of a job. But he’s more of a position player.”

Riding the momentum of the Sunday night tri-umph, the Blaze defeated the Nanaimo Coalminers 4-1 in Monday morning’s semifinal to set up a con-

test against the Kamloops Sun Devils in Monday afternoon’s champion-ship game. Langley defeated Kamloops 6-1 in the final.

The Grays finished the eight-team tournament with a 2-2 record. They lost the opener against Kamloops 10-5 on Friday evening. They rebounded the next night with a 4-1 triumph over the Burn-aby Bulldogs.

The Trail Orioles and Kelowna Jays rounded out the field of teams at the tournament. The Sun Devils advanced to the final with a 16-1 rout over

Trail in Sunday evening’s first playoff game.

“I think this weekend was a big step forward for us as a program. Last year we had a really tough provincials and it was a really short but long tour-nament for us,” Horswell said. “But we gained a lot of respect from teams. We beat really good teams in Burnaby and Victoria, and other than the first game, where we kind of gave them a bunch of runs early, we were in every game. We had a chance to win every game which is huge for us. It goes a long way.”

Filled with Prince George talent, the Grays didn’t play together in a league this past sea-son. Instead they met for practices and entered a couple of tournaments, one in Maple Ridge in late March and another in Red Deer in July.

The tournament pro-gram listed 21 players on the Grays’ roster: Hunter, Chris Allard, Scott Ather-ton, Jon Bourassa, Chris Clark, Angelo Desantis, James Haviland, Dalton Jones, Tyson Mackus, Curtis Sawchuk, Lyn-don Toews, Paul Wilson, Graham Allard, Garrett

Belanger, Jay Cook, Doug Clark, Jesse Dill, Kalen Kirkpatrick, Adam Norn, Calvin Todd and Mike Tomlinson.

“We want to build baseball in this city. We don’t want to bring guys in that don’t really give anything back to the com-munity or give something for the younger players to aspire to,” Horswell said. “We really thought that if we could make it a com-pletely local team, then it would give something for younger players, those kids coming up who just won their provincials, to look forward to.”

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Unless Canada picks up the pace at the Olympics in Lon-don, this won’t go down as the country’s most successful Sum-mer Games.

It wasn’t until Sat-urday, Day 8 at the Games, that Canada picked up its first gold medal. The first-place finish came in women’s trampoline, as Rosie MacLennan

of Toronto won her country its first gold of the Games.

No medals were picked up by Canada on Day 9 or 10. Shortly before the Free Press press deadline of Tuesday at noon, Canada sat 12th in the medal count with 10 (one gold, three silver and six bronze). The People’s Republic of China had the lead with 71 (34 gold, 20 silver and 17 bronze), with the U.S. close behind at 66 (30 gold, 16 silver and 20 bronze).

After the top two, there was a significant drop. Third-place Great Britain had 22 gold, 13 silver and 12 bronze for 47 medals.

But let’s get back to Canada. Has it been a bad Summer Olym-pics? Absolutely not. It just appeared like topping the total of 22 (three gold, 11 silver and eight bronze) collected in the 1996 Games in Atlanta was a longshot.

The Games in Atlanta could be considered the most successful for Canada in the Summer Olym-pics. After all, the only Summer Games in which Canada col-lected more medals was the boycotted 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. That year, Canada picked up 44

medals (10 gold, 18 silver and 16 bronze) while nations like

the Soviet Union, Germany and Cuba didn’t par-ticipate.

In the last Sum-

mer Games, the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Canada collected 18 medals (three gold, nine silver and six bronze).

These Games haven’t been a disap-pointment. While only six days of the Games remained when Tues-day began, there were still several events in which Canada was in the hunt for a medal. These include cycling, equestrian, athletics and boxing.

The Games have actually been quite the success for some athletes and teams, including the wom-en’s soccer team that will play France for bronze on Thursday. Canada came close to advancing to the gold medal game of the event, but suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 extra time loss against the U.S. on Monday in a match with suspect officiating.

Furthermore, this final stretch of the Olympics is where the waiting game ends for female freestyle wres-tlers Carol Huynh and Leah Callahan, who grew up in northern B.C. Huynh, a Hazel-ton product, was

scheduled to compete in the 48 kg event today. Callahan, who was raised in Macken-zie, hits the mat in the 72 kg competition on Thursday.

PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

In tournaments, some logistical aspects of putting together a playoff round can’t get sorted out until the round robin ends. I respect and under-stand that.

But it’s too bad fans couldn’t be notified of a semifinal time for the Grays imme-diately after their last round robin game on Sunday morning. No announcement was made on if the Grays would play at 6 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. until later Sunday afternoon.

However, that wasn’t the most frus-trating part. After it was announced the Grays would play in the first play-off game at 6 p.m., spectators were notified the hosts would play in the late game on Sunday night. This change wasn’t announced in advance, in fact it was right before the first playoff game Sunday evening began.

The tournament’s organizing commit-tee cleared the air to media Sunday night, sending an e-mail apology in response to the misinforma-tion about the Grays’ start time. Since Trail defeated Kelowna 10-9 in the final round robin game on Sun-day afternoon, the Grays were moved into the later time slot.

The organizers made it clear that they were moved based on the runs for and against tiebreaker, and had the last round robin game ended in any other score, the Grays would’ve played in the first playoff game.

But on top of it all, we can’t overlook the role of the long weekend and above seasonal summer tem-peratures. Those fac-tors drew more peo-ple away from the ball diamond on Sunday than the confusion surrounding the play-off start time, make no mistake. Diehard fans still stayed up Sun-day night to watch the Grays in action against Langley.

Regardless of the confusion on game time, the baseball at Citizen Field on the weekend was enjoy-able. The play on the field was sloppy at times. But there’s nothing quite like watching a live base-ball game on a hot, sunny summer day. OK, maybe lounging at the beach or park, or boating on the lake.

WHO NEEDS THE LAKE?

While I enjoy going to the lake in the sum-mer, other hobbies and priorities kept me away from the beach on the weekend.

When I wasn’t fill-ing sports reporting duties or catching the Olympics on TV, I did some golfing on the weekend. On Friday I hit the links twice, once with my dad during the day for nine holes at the Links of Maggie May, and again for 18 in the evening with a couple of friends at the Par 3 Alder Hills course on Friday,

Then on the holiday Monday, I went for my first round of the season at Aberdeen Glen Golf Course.

The fun won’t end this week, as today marks the start of the five-day 100th Prince George Exhibition.

HOCKEY Yes, it’s that time of

year again.The logos and ice

got put in at the Coli-seum last week, while the Spruce Kings Hockey School began on Monday.

Warning to the readers of this sports section: hockey will begin dominating the headlines and filling the holes this month. The Spruce Kings Hockey School is just the start. This weekend, the Cariboo Cougars hold their first tryout camp. From Aug. 20 to 24, the Cougars Hockey School unfolds. And at the end of the month, main training camps for the Cou-gars and Spruce Kings get underway.

OK, the city’s three main hockey teams may be in full pre-season preparation mode now. But don’t let that stop you from going out to enjoy the warm weather and sunshine.

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Unless Canada picks up the pace at the Olympics in Lon-don, this won’t go down as the country’s most successful Sum-mer Games.

It wasn’t until Sat-urday, Day 8 at the Games, that Canada picked up its first gold medal. The first-place finish came in women’s trampoline, as Rosie MacLennan

of Toronto won her country its first gold of the Games.

No medals were picked up by Canada on Day 9 or 10. Shortly before the Free Press press deadline of Tuesday at noon, Canada sat 12th in the medal count with 10 (one gold, three silver and six bronze). The People’s Republic of China had the lead with 71 (34 gold, 20 silver and 17 bronze), with the U.S. close behind at 66 (30 gold, 16 silver and 20 bronze).

After the top two, there was a significant drop. Third-place Great Britain had 22 gold, 13 silver and 12 bronze for 47 medals.

But let’s get back to Canada. Has it been a bad Summer Olym-pics? Absolutely not. It just appeared like topping the total of 22 (three gold, 11 silver and eight bronze) collected in the 1996 Games in Atlanta was a longshot.

The Games in Atlanta could be considered the most successful for Canada in the Summer Olym-pics. After all, the only Summer Games in which Canada col-lected more medals was the boycotted 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. That year, Canada picked up 44

medals (10 gold, 18 silver and 16 bronze) while nations like

the Soviet Union, Germany and Cuba didn’t par-ticipate.

In the last Sum-

mer Games, the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Canada collected 18 medals (three gold, nine silver and six bronze).

These Games haven’t been a disap-pointment. While only six days of the Games remained when Tues-day began, there were still several events in which Canada was in the hunt for a medal. These include cycling, equestrian, athletics and boxing.

The Games have actually been quite the success for some athletes and teams, including the wom-en’s soccer team that will play France for bronze on Thursday. Canada came close to advancing to the gold medal game of the event, but suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 extra time loss against the U.S. on Monday in a match with suspect officiating.

Furthermore, this final stretch of the Olympics is where the waiting game ends for female freestyle wres-tlers Carol Huynh and Leah Callahan, who grew up in northern B.C. Huynh, a Hazel-ton product, was

scheduled to compete in the 48 kg event today. Callahan, who was raised in Macken-zie, hits the mat in the 72 kg competition on Thursday.

PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

In tournaments, some logistical aspects of putting together a playoff round can’t get sorted out until the round robin ends. I respect and under-stand that.

But it’s too bad fans couldn’t be notified of a semifinal time for the Grays imme-diately after their last round robin game on Sunday morning. No announcement was made on if the Grays would play at 6 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. until later Sunday afternoon.

However, that wasn’t the most frus-trating part. After it was announced the Grays would play in the first play-off game at 6 p.m., spectators were notified the hosts would play in the late game on Sunday night. This change wasn’t announced in advance, in fact it was right before the first playoff game Sunday evening began.

The tournament’s organizing commit-tee cleared the air to media Sunday night, sending an e-mail apology in response to the misinforma-tion about the Grays’ start time. Since Trail defeated Kelowna 10-9 in the final round robin game on Sun-day afternoon, the Grays were moved into the later time slot.

The organizers made it clear that they were moved based on the runs for and against tiebreaker, and had the last round robin game ended in any other score, the Grays would’ve played in the first playoff game.

But on top of it all, we can’t overlook the role of the long weekend and above seasonal summer tem-peratures. Those fac-tors drew more peo-ple away from the ball diamond on Sunday than the confusion surrounding the play-off start time, make no mistake. Diehard fans still stayed up Sun-day night to watch the Grays in action against Langley.

Regardless of the confusion on game time, the baseball at Citizen Field on the weekend was enjoy-able. The play on the field was sloppy at times. But there’s nothing quite like watching a live base-ball game on a hot, sunny summer day. OK, maybe lounging at the beach or park, or boating on the lake.

WHO NEEDS THE LAKE?

While I enjoy going to the lake in the sum-mer, other hobbies and priorities kept me away from the beach on the weekend.

When I wasn’t fill-ing sports reporting duties or catching the Olympics on TV, I did some golfing on the weekend. On Friday I hit the links twice, once with my dad during the day for nine holes at the Links of Maggie May, and again for 18 in the evening with a couple of friends at the Par 3 Alder Hills course on Friday,

Then on the holiday Monday, I went for my first round of the season at Aberdeen Glen Golf Course.

The fun won’t end this week, as today marks the start of the five-day 100th Prince George Exhibition.

HOCKEY Yes, it’s that time of

year again.The logos and ice

got put in at the Coli-seum last week, while the Spruce Kings Hockey School began on Monday.

Warning to the readers of this sports section: hockey will begin dominating the headlines and filling the holes this month. The Spruce Kings Hockey School is just the start. This weekend, the Cariboo Cougars hold their first tryout camp. From Aug. 20 to 24, the Cougars Hockey School unfolds. And at the end of the month, main training camps for the Cou-gars and Spruce Kings get underway.

OK, the city’s three main hockey teams may be in full pre-season preparation mode now. But don’t let that stop you from going out to enjoy the warm weather and sunshine.

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Book signing & Raw Food tasting

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The next time Jesse Forsberg plays a West-ern Hockey League game at CN Centre, he’ll be doing so as a member of the Seattle T h u n d e r-birds.

L a s t week, the P r i n c e G e o r g e C o u g a r s announced that they traded the d e f e n c e -man and a pair of 2013 ban-tam selec-tions (fifth and sev-enth rounds) to the Seattle Thunderbirds in exchange for for-ward Colin Jacobs. Forsberg and Jacobs are both 1993-born skaters entering their fourth seasons in the WHL, each previous campaign with the same organization.

A product of Wal-deim, Sask., Forsberg has played 170 WHL games over the past three seasons. He’s recorded nine goals, 36 assists and 379

penalty minutes in that period. Forsberg, who’s 6-foot-1 and 195 pounds, also served as Cougars captain dur-ing the 2011-12 cam-

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press release. “He is an experienced WHL defenceman and a proven leader. He is exactly what we need to allow our young defence to develop.

“We were able to accommodate Colin’s request to get a fresh start on a new team while also filling a ros-ter need.”

Jacobs had nine goals and 19 points in 44 games for Seattle last season. In three seasons with the Thun-derbirds, he’s collected

44 goals and 45 assists for 89 points in 186 games.

Jacobs hails from Coppell, Texas and is listed at 6-foot-2 and 204 pounds. He was selected by the Buffalo Sabres in the fourth round, 107th overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.

The trade moves Forsberg away from younger brother Alex, who was a rookie on

the Cougars last sea-son. The 1995-born forward recorded 40 points (15 goals and 25 assists) in 51 games in the 2011-12 campaign. Each sibling was a first-round selection of the Cougars in the WHL Bantam Draft, Alex the first choice in 2010 and Jesse the 11th selection in 2008.

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The Prince George Native Friendship Centre, a visionary non-profi t society, has been serving the needs of the entire community for the past 43+ years.

SCOPE OF POSITIONUnder the direction of the Director of Finance, the Payroll Administrator will perform a variety of accounting and bookkeeping duties according to established policies and procedures, including assisting with yearend audits.

SPECIFIC DUTIES (Include the following, however, other duties may be assigned as required)

Payroll:• Compile payroll data, and reconcile to maintain payroll records

using Sage AccPac Software Program;• Run bi-weekly payroll and required reports; and• Prepare quarterly and annual income tax fi lings, as well as

periodic reports of earnings and deductions.

Accounts Receivable:• Prepare weekly bank deposits;• Reconcile facility rents; and• Provide support to Accounts Receivable staff as required.

Purchase Orders:• Responsible for issuing PO’s and matching receipts for fi ling.

Reconciliation:• Reconciliation of payroll sub-ledgers to general ledger.

Public Relations:• Develop and maintain respectful, positive support and

relationships with staff; • Respond customers/vendors in a personable and respectful

manner; and• Promote and support PGNFC programming and special

events.

Other Duties:• Cover reception desk as required;• Participate in outside training and/or in-service, as approved

by supervisor;• Attend all appropriate PGNFC meetings, including staff

meetings upon invitation;• Participate in other PGNFC activities as appropriate; and• Other duties, as required.

QUALIFICATIONSThis is an entry level position and the successful candidate MUST bring two (2) years of relevant and proven payroll experience, in addition to the following:

• Grade 12 graduation and completion of related course(s), or a combination of education, training and/or experience;

• Proven experience with payroll, accounts receivable, accounts payable, petty cash, strong computer skills (MS Word, Excel) and ability to use electronic equipment and software is a MUST;

• Knowledge and working experience with Sage Software is a MUST;

• Proven ability in sound decision-making and organizational skills;

• Ability to maintain confi dentiality with all records, materials and communications;

•Excellent public relations, oral, written, interpersonal communication skills;

• Ability to work independently and within a multi-disciplinary team;

• Knowledge and experience in working with Aboriginal groups/communities; and

• MUST undergo a Criminal Record Check upon hiring and prior to starting position.

To apply, send cover letter and resume with three (3) references to:

Prince George Native Friendship Centre 1600 Third AvenuePrince George, BC V2L 3G6Fax#: 250-563-0924E-mail: [email protected]

Application deadline: Monday, August 20, 2012 @ 4 pm - no telephone inquiries please. We thank all applicants, but only those short listed will be contacted.

PRINCE GEORGE NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE

Our People make a difference in the community

Job Title: Payroll AdministratorDepartment: Administration & FinanceReports To: Director of Finance

JOURNEY WITH USPOSITIONS INCLUDE:> Manager, Volunteer Workforce> Manager, Communications & Community Relations> Sales Representative, Friends of the Games> Executive Assistant

REQUIRED SKILLS:> Team player & self starter> Excellent communications skills> Ability to make accurate & timely decisions> Ability to perform simultaneous multiple tasks> Previous Games or related experience considered an asset> Willingness to work variable hours, including evenings & weekends > Fluency in French considered a major asset

To apply, please visit www.canadagames2015.ca / www.jeuxducanada2015.ca for full job descriptions and closing dates. Resumes can be forwarded to: Human Resources, 2015 Canada Winter Games, 545 Quebec Street, Prince George, B.C., V2L 1W6 or email [email protected]. All positions are based in Prince George, B.C. The Prince George 2015 Canada Games Host Society is an equal opportunity employer and encourages all individuals to apply for job postings.

The 2015 Canada Winter Games will be the largest multi-sport and cultural event ever held in Prince George and Northern British Columbia to date and is forecasted to generate an economic impact of $70- $90 million while building champions and inspiring dreams amongst Canadian youth. Athletes from 10 Provinces and 3 Territories will compete in 19 sports with the dream of becoming Canada’s next champions. In 2015, choose your path, leave your tracks, and journey with the 2015 Canada Winter Games as we host the nation and share a northern story with all of Canada.

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Maintenance Management Trainee (MMT) Houston, BC

As a dynamic and growing company Pinnacle Renewable Energy is looking for energetic career-oriented individuals looking for a future in maintenance management. The Maintenance Manager Trainee (MMT) is part of a developmental training program for a duration of 18 months to 2 years. This position, through assigned work activities and projects, will develop a working knowledge of the required maintenance for a state of the art pellet manufacturing facility. The MMT will be required to learn and master key management behaviors which will include staff management and labor relations, safety regulations and practices, fi nancial reporting and analysis, and maintenance techniques and practices.

For more information on this position, and how to apply please visit www.pinnaclepellet.com and look under Career Opportunities.

Operations Management Trainee (OMT) Prince George, BC

As a dynamic and growing company Pinnacle Renewable Energy is looking for energetic career-oriented individuals looking for a future in operations management. The Operations Manager Trainee (OMT) is part of a developmental training program for a duration of 18 months to 2 years. This position, through assigned work activities and projects, will develop a working knowledge of day-to-day operations of a state of the art pellet manufacturing facility. The OMT will be required to learn and master key management behaviors which will include staff management and labor relations, safety regulations and practices, fi nancial reporting and analysis, production techniques and practices, logistics, and fi bre management.

For more information on this position, and how to apply please visit www.pinnaclepellet.com and look under Career Opportunities.

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The Community Arts Council/Studio 2880 is seeking a part time staff member for the Gift Shoppe. The primary job will be working in the Gift Shoppe, selling both hard tickets and on the Ticketmaster system. Ideal candidate will be a mature team player with customer service skills.

Hand deliver resumes to Studio 2880, 2880 – 15th Avenue by August 10, 2012.

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BUSINESS ADVISOR / LOANS MANAGERFull time position providing advisory and lending services to business.Additional information available at cfquesnel.com

IF YOU’RE Interested in real estate, then take Appraisal and Assessment, a special-ized two-year business major at Lakeland College’s campus in Lloydminster, Alberta. Your training includes assessment principles, computerized mass appraisal valuation of proper-ties, farmland evaluation and property analysis. Start Sep-tember; 1-800-661-6490, ext. 5429. www.lakelandcollege.ca

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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.

CERTIFIED ELECTRICIANSWanted for growing northern company. Competitive wages and benefi ts. Safety tickets needed. Fax 250-775-6227 or email:info@torqueindustr ia l .com. Apply online: www.torqueindustrial.com.

CERTIFIED MILLWRIGHTSNeeded for growing northern company. Competitive wages and benefi ts. Safety tickets necessary. Fax resume to 250-775-6227 or email: [email protected]: www.torqueindustrial.com

CONCRETE FINISHERS and Form Setters. Edmonton based company seeks experi-enced concrete fi nishers and form setters for work in Ed-monton and northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommoda-tions provided for out of town work; Cell 780-660-8130. Fax 780-444-7103. [email protected].

INSERTING MACHINE Op-erator required for busy Alber-ta printing plant. Previous Al-phaliner or other machine experience an asset. Mechani-cal & computer aptitude re-quired; [email protected]

PARTS AND Services repre-sentatives at Jacobson Ford Salmon Arm BC. We are look-ing for exciting, customer friendly, dynamic individuals capable of working in a fast paced work environment. Parts and service experience an asset but not necessary, email resume to: [email protected]

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Andre’s Electronic Experts is expanding their sales force.Looking for an individual with sales experience & knowledge of appliances/ electronics.Full time Salary/Commission w/potential income to be $45-$60k + benefi ts including extended health plan.Drop off resumes to 2591A Vance Road.Attention: Ed Jangor email [email protected]

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AUTOMATED TANK Manu-facturing Inc. is looking for welders. Due to a huge ex-pansion to our plant located in Kitscoty, Alberta, 20km west of Lloydminster. We have open-ings for 10-3rd year apprentic-es or journey person welders. We offer best wage in indus-try. 3rd yr apprentice $28-$30/hr, journey person $32-$35/hr, higher with tank expe-rience. Profi t sharing bonus plus manufacturing bonus in-centive. Full insurance pack-age 100% paid by company. Good working environment. Join a winning team. Call Basil or Blaine at; (offi ce)780-846-2231; (fax)780-846-2241 or send resume to:[email protected]; [email protected] your feet on the ground in a safe welding environment through inhole manufacturing process. No scaffolding or ele-vated work platform.

NEUCEL SPECIALTYCELLULOSE

is a softwood dissolving sul-phite pulp mill, located in peaceful, picturesque Port Alice, on the majestic West Coast of BC near the North-ern tip of Vancouver Island.Do you appreciate sport fi sh-ing, hockey, mountain bik-ing, golfi ng, scuba diving, hiking, camping, skiing, cav-ing? Port Alice and the sur-rounding areas are a home base and playground for you and your family. Port Alice is a friendly town and a great place to raise children.Currently there are exciting employment opportunities at Neucel and we are looking for qualifi ed and committed people to fi ll them.• 2nd Class Power Engineer• Electrician (2)• Millwright (2)• Vibration Analyst• Process Engineer• Maintenance Purchaser• Manufacturing Support

Engineer• Shift Superintendent

To apply for any of these positions please send

your resume to:[email protected]

or Fax 250-284-7715.www.neucel.com

TIRECRAFT Chetwynd is now looking for experienced OTR & Mining tire technicians to work in camp in the Chetwynd area. Please email resumes to [email protected] or fax them to (250)788-2964

NURSES, Care Aides, Home Cleaners - Bayshore Home Health is hiring casual, on-call RNs, certifi ed care aides and experienced home cleaners. If you are: personable; energet-ic; positive; possess an out-standing work ethic; a passion for superior client service, and a reliable vehicle, pls forward your resume c/w 2 references to [email protected] by Aug. 10. Only those shortlisted will be contacted.

MOTEL MANAGER & HOTEL EXECUTIVE HOUSEKEEPER Prince Motel is currently look-ing for a hard-working, self motivated and experienced in-dividual to fi ll the position of a Motel Manager. If interested please email your resume to [email protected] or Phone at 778-822-0101

Land Use ForesterWestern Forest Products Inc.

Job & application detailscan be viewed at:

http://www.westernforest.com /building-value/our-people

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Required immediately Fabri-cator for busy welding/fabricat-ing/machine shop. Must have various experience in mining and sawmills. Mostly shop work but must be willing to work out of town and willing to work fl exible hours. Beamac offers competitive wages and benefi t plan. Please mail re-sume to; Beamac Installations, 1085 S. Lakeside Dr., Williams Lake, BC. Fax; 250-398-6452 or email: [email protected]

TICKETED Crane Operator in the West Kootenay Area with experi-ence/Ability up to 75 ton crane send resume to [email protected]

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BOOKKEEPING & PAYROLL Services provided accurately & on time by the MB team.www.mybookkeepers.net 250-614-4322

Handyman from NewfoundlandAll jobs big & small, I’se the b’yeto do it all. Carpentry & plumbingetc. W.E.T.T. Certifi ed. Call Jim 250.562.8203 / 250.613.5478

Bath & Kitchen SpecialistWe bring creative design ideas to the table, as we work closely with you to achieve the perfect remodel. No job too big and none certainly, too small. Call Tom today for free estimate.

250-961-0439

G Gilbert Renovation Year round reno needs. Int/ext,nothing too small. 30 yrs exp. Free estimates! Call Gaetan (250) 560-5845 or 552-7184

Lou’s Renos Roger’s Renos

For all your home reno needs. We also help you renovate

your rental units. References available. For free

estimates call 250-964-6106 Ivan at 250-552-8106 or

Roger 250-552-0471

Norm’s Roofi ng *Residential roofi ng & re-roofi ng*

WCB & Liability InsuredFree Estimates(250)961-4500

HORSE FOR SALE 19 year old sorrel gelding, well trained, not a beginners horse. Used for penning at one time. $2500 obo. (250) 695-6972

April lambs for sale. $150 each. 250-971-2205

PUREBRED MAREMMA PUPPIES FOR SALE!

asking $350Great Guardian Dogs

Perfect for protecting live-stock and yard against

predators (especially wolves & coyotes). Very friendly to-

wards people and they DO NOT WANDER

250-706-7202250-395-0832

Spa @ Home. Poor circulation infl ammation, skin conditions. Natural/Herbal. All ages. Sat &Sun only 1156 4th Ave

Driest fi re wood in town! Split & delivered $180 real cord (250)562-7111

FARM raised chickens. No hormones, antibiotics or by products. Processed and shrink wrapped. $3.50 per pound. Please call after 6pm 778.349-0143

Summit Lake: 1 acre sub lake lot A-frame w/trailer & hydro. $35,000 Ph 778-415-2150 after 5

20 ACRES- Only $99/mo. $0 Down, Owner Financing, NO CREDIT CHECKS! Near El Paso, Texas, Beautiful Moun-tain Views! Money Back Guar-antee! Free Color Brochure. 1-800-755-8953.www.sunsetranches.com

Carriage Lane Estates

2 & 3 BDRMTOWNHOUSES

Close to CNC and shopping(250)563-3093

Midtowne

To Rent Call:250-561-1447

• 1 & 2 bedroom apartments available

• Close to hospital & downtown

• Rent includes heat, hot water• Elevator to undercover

parking • Fridge, stove, quality carpets,

drapes • Laundry on each fl oor • No pets

Briarwood Apts. 1330/80 Foothills Blvd. 1 & 2 Bdrm suites 250-561-1571

HARDWOOD MANOR APTSUnder New Management!

1 & 2 bdrm suitesHeat & Hot water included.

1575 Queesway 250-596-9484

HILLSBOROUGH Apts3820 - 15th Ave

Under New Management

Spacious 3 bdrm apts Clean, quiet, secure entrance.

Students Welcome. Rental Incentives. No Dogs

Phone 250-596-4555

JUBILEE Apt’s1 & 2 bedroom Adult orien-tated, close to downtown &

bus route. N/S, N/P. Parking. Call: (250) 562-7172

SUMMIT APTS2666 Upland Street

1 & 2 bedroom apts. Rentincludes: hydro, heat, hot

water, appliances, drapes and parking. Quiet, no pets

250-564-3162

VENICE PLACE APTS 1438 Queensway

Bachelor, 1 & 2 bdrm SuitesBalcony, Elevator, Under-

ground parking. Heat includedCall (250)561-1446

Space available for rentFor all your rental needs

Call 562-8343 or 562-RENT

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2 & 3 bdrm suites for rent. In-cludes utilities Reasonably priced. 250-552-1178

Pet friendly, 2 or 3 bdrm, cen-tral location. 1 month free for senior. 250-649-8439

1914 Tamarack St. 3 bdrm full house, 2 full bathrooms, very cute $1000 plus utilities. 250-964-2265

Are you a female student coming to Prince George for school? Quiet, friendly home to share with single woman.

On bus route, Internet in-cluded, own bedroom, share rest of house, $550. Can be room and board, cost nego-

tiable. Availability starting July or August. References required. Contact Lorraine at [email protected]

Juniper 3BDRM/1BA, newly renovated large unfurn bsmt suite in quiet home. Private entrance. Utilities incl. Quiet, mature adult only. N/S,N/P. Ref’s required. $775 250-863-3246

Near Costco 2 bdrm suite, main fl oor incl. heat/hydro & laundry. No Pets pls $700/mo available now. Ph (250)612-4785 or (250)552-3989

TOWNHOUSE 1st & Tabor, 3 Bdr, 1.5 Bath. Washer, dryer, dishwasher, 2 decks, updated. Utilities not incl. No pets. 875 month. Doug 250-613-9392 [email protected]

‘96 Chrysler Eagle Vision Good condition, no rust, newer

tires. Asking $2500 OBO 250-964-3117

1978 Lincoln Town Coupe

460 motor, 49,000km. Always under cover.

$3,500. o.b.o. Phone Claude at

(250)392-3809

FULL TIME LUXURY RV 2007 Triple E Empress

4004 Diesel 400HP Class A Motorhome. Full body paint, 4 slides, 8kw. Gen, ONLY 27,900 Miles, 2 solar panels, washer/dryer, power awning, back up and side cameras, auto sat. system with 3 tvs, too many options to list.Stk#2817 Dealer #9968 Sale $199,000www.meridianrv.com

Jim 604-788-5343

‘99 Honda CRV Special Edi-tion 4 cyl, all wheel drive, autoAC,looks like new, 200,000 km, $6500 obo 250-649-6487

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WEDNESDAYWhist, Wednesdays,

7 p.m., Senior Activity Centre, 425 Brunswick St.Wing night

and karaoke, Wednesdays, 6-10 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion.B.C.Civil Liberties

meets second Wednesday of the month, 6 p.m., 2105 Pine St. Next meeting Aug. 8.CNC Retirees meet

fourth Wednesday, 9 a.m., D’Lanos. Information: Lois 250-563-6928.Army Cadet

Rangers free youth program, meets Wednesdays, Connaught Youth Centre. Information: Capt. McCue 250-565-6993, 250-564-9030.

THURSDAYDayBreakers

Toastmasters meets Thursday, 7-8 a.m., Elder Citizens Recreation Association,1692 10th Ave. Information: Heather 250-649-9591.Plaza 400

Toastmaster Club meets Thursday, noon, Aleza room, fourth floor, Plaza 400 building, 1011 4th Ave. Information: 6252.toastmastersclubs.org/ or 250-564-5191.

Spring Ultimate Frisbee League, Thursdays, 6-8 p.m., PGSS fields. Information: www.pgultimate.bc.ca.Chess nights,

Thursdays, 6-9 p.m., Books and Company. Information: Marilyn 250-562-9580.Old Time Fiddlers

jam, Thursday, 7-10 p.m. Elder Citizens Rec Centre, 1692 10th Ave.

ECRA Forever Young Chorus meet Thursdays, 12:45 p.m., ECRA, 1692 10th Ave.

Prince George Grassroots Cribbage Club registration, 6:30 p.m. play 6:45

p.m., Thursdays, Spruce Capital Recreation Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Information: Gerda 250-564-8561.

FRIDAYLive bands, Friday,

8 p.m.-midnight, Royal Canadian Legion.

SATURDAYDance to Country

Caliber, Aug. 11, 8 p.m.-midnight, Hart Pioneer Center.Flea market,

Saturdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 1156 Fourth Ave.Live bands,

Saturday, 8 p.m.-midnight, Royal Canadian Legion.

SUNDAYCaledonia

Ramblers strenuous hike, Aug. 12, at the Driscoll Ridge Crossover. Information: Mike 250-962-2453.Flea market,

Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 1156 Fourth

Ave.Meat draw, Royal

Canadian Legion, 3-5 p.m., sponsored by Peace Keepers Proceeds to Alzheimer and MS societies and others.

MONDAYTai Chi, Mondays,

1:30 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr.Northern Twister

Square Dance Club meets Mondays, 7 p.m., St. Michael’s Church Hall. Information: Gys 250- 563-4828 or Reta 250-962-2740.

TUESDAYBridge, Tuesdays, 1

p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr.Spruce Capital

Toastmasters meet Tuesdays, 7:25 p.m., 102-1566 7th Ave. Information: Tom 250-562-3402.Sweet Adelines

women’s four-part chorus meets Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.,

Studio 2880. New members welcome. Information: Kathleen 250-563-2975.Hospital retirees

meeting, first Tuesday of the month, 9 a.m., Prince George Golf Club. Information 250-563-7497 or 250-563-2885.

SUPPORT GROUPSTuesday night Tops

(take off pounds sensibly) 6:15-7:15 p.m. weigh in, 7:30-8:30 meeting. Everyone welcome. Information: Marvene 250-962-8001 or 250-612-2031.DivorceCare,

a support group for persons going through a separation or divorce. To find out if this group is for you, call 250-564-6213. Group meets at Artspace, Room 202, Sundays at 5 p.m. Call about childcare.Prince George

Healing Rooms - Are you hurting? Do you have health issues? Confidential prayers Wednesday noon-2 p.m, All Nations Church, 1395

Fifth Ave. Information: 250-617-9653.COPD support

group meets Wednesday, 1 p.m., AiMHi. Information: Nancy 250-561-1393.Heartbeat, a group

for mutual support of those who have lost

a loved one through suicide, meets monthly at CMHA office. Information: Sandy 250-960-9047.

Thursday Tops (take off pounds sensibly) 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Knox United Church,1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-564-6336 (days), 250-964-4851 (evenings).Red Hat Chapter

meets for lunches and

outings. Information: 250-564-6879.AiMHi is offering

networking and information session opportunity for parents, guardians, and caregivers. Information: Jule O’Reilly 250-564-6408 ext. 228.Elks’ meat draw,

Thursday, 4:30- 6 p.m., Legion. Proceeds to Elks’ Children’s Fund.

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The Community Datebook provides free community event listings every Wednesday. Submissions are accepted in written form only – dropped off, mailed or emailed – No Phone Calls please. Datebook runs as space allows, there is no guarantee of publication. Mail to 1773 South Lyon St., Prince George BC V2N 1T3 E-mail [email protected]

Donalda Carson of the Prince George Hospice Society accepts a cheque for $1,610 from members of the Integris Group. The money was raised a recent golf tournament Photo submitted

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For information on volunteering with more than 100 non-profi t organizations in Prince George, contact Volunteer Prince George

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Canadian Blood ServicesLooking for In-Community

Volunteers to promote Canadian Blood Services and blood donation at various events including info-booths and street teams. Training

offered. Amy 250-613-3065Salvation Army Community

ServicesElectronics Recycling & Donation Centre – drop off at 1990 Ogilvie

St. The Salvation Army is now accepting electronic items & small

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Two Rivers Gallery children’s programmer Katherine Benny shows off the latest Make Art Make Sense community project which makes use of colourful telephone wire. The project is inspired by Twyla Exner’s exhibit on display at the gallery until Sept. 27.Lots of youngsters had a fun day in Fort George Park on Monday, thanks

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Thelma Werschke, left, and Maureen McGee of the Prince George Genealogical Society were at Huble Homestead on Sunday to help celebrate Homestead Days. The event marked the 100th anniversary of the Huble House.

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