100 Mile House Free Press, January 29, 2014

January 29, 2014

Municipal museum

dream losing momentum

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Community group needed to restore project potential

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The vision of a museum in 100 Mile House is being hindered by a lack of avail-able volunteers to fundraise and champion the project.

Last April, $50,000 was provided to the District of 100 Mile House after Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett lobbied for the one-time provincial grant.

Now, Mayor Mitch Campsall says a new com-munity group is needed to take on the operation-al aspects of getting The Lodge repaired and safe for the public use.

Basically, we need some-one, or a group of people, to champion it.

The previous group managing the project, the 100 Mile & District Historical Society (OMDHS), wasnt able to continue working on the project on top of all its ongoing volunteer labour operating the 108 Heritage Site museum, he explains.

Upon receipt of the grant, Campsall says the district quickly came up with the

funds to bring the bud-get up to the anticipated $80,000 required to rebuild an unsafe floor in The Lodge.

However, he adds District council engaged an architect to provide a complete over-view of the whole facility, which identified a number of other safety issues related to public assembly.

Meanwhile, a Sept. 7 ref-erendum made the Cariboo Regional District a part-ner in making decisions on certain District facili-ties, including the Martin Exeter Hall complex, which includes The Lodge.

Now, Campsall says it is up to the South Cariboo Joint Planning Committee to provide council with recommendations for the complex, and then more third-party funding will be sought.

OMDHS president Tom Rutledge says its members had dealt with mayor and council for two or three years on the project, before finally realizing two big projects was too much to handle.

We threw up our hands in frustration when the mayor and council said, $50,000 is just a drop in the bucket, were going to need a whole lot more if were going to open it to [public assembly].

Since then, the society has removed all the artifacts it had gathered for the muse-um, Rutledge explains, and

temporarily stored them in a safe and secure location.

Until another group is found to organize the proj-ect and help find grants, Campsall says there isnt much the district can do.

When it does look for funding, the district wont risk its ability to obtain the necessary grants for crucial infrastructure projects, he explains.

Weve been looking for out-source money, weve been trying to find the money to do that repair job

without affecting the bud-get.

Meanwhile, Barnett says council should also provide a council member to work with a new volunteer group, which could gain helpful advice from the OMDHS, as well as the stored artifacts.

I say its time for the District to get a councillor, and call on the volunteers to sit down and put such a great project together.

We can do it working together. We can always find money somewhere, but

lets just get it done.The Cariboo-Chilcotin

MLA adds the grant dead-line of March 31, 2015 to complete the floor can likely be extended, if necessary, but she sees no reason why the floor cant be fixed now, and then work on funding for the rest later.

I really and sincerely hope by 2015 we are well on the way ... if I wasnt doing this job, I would be more than happy to work on the museum project. But, Ill help wherever I can.

District of 100 Mile House Mayor Mitch Campsall ponders how The Lodge could be upgraded to make it safe for public assembly and a proposed museum. While floor funding and some artifacts have been secured, he says a community group is needed to champion and further fundraise for the project.

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Breeder awarded as ambassadorScottish Highland Pony introduced in North America

Dog licenses for 2014 are now offered free at the District of 100 Mile House office at 385 Birch Ave., but only for applications received on or before Feb. 28.Pet owners in the District are required to maintain annual licences for every dog, but after Feb. 28, must pay an annual license fee that rang-es from $20 to $50, with reduced rate cat-egories for puppies, spayed and neutered dogs, and dogs new to the District.

The 2014 War Amps Key Tags are now being mailed to British Columbia resi-dents.Support of the Key Tag Service funds artificial limbs and amputee programs in the province.Key tags ensure lost keys can be returned to you for free, once the finder drops them in any mailbox or calls The War Amps. Key tags are more vital than ever under the high replacement cost of electronic devices.If you do not receive Key Tags, order them at www.waramps.ca or call toll-free to 1-800-250-3030.

A report on B.C.s sec-ond Justice Summit held recently is now online at www.justicebc.ca/shared/pdfs/SecondSummit Report.pdf.The summit saw more than 70 crimi-nal justice leaders hold a collaborative discussion on how to improve the prov-inces criminal justice system.The report will inform the provinces first justice and public safety strategic plan.

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The Lone Butte-based breeder of a rare Scottish pony breed has received a prestigious award.

Ann Armann of Circle H Ranch has been pre-sented the Ambassador Award for Outstanding Breeder by the Highland Pony Enthusiasts Club of North America (HPECA). She was awarded for both introducing and significantly promoting the Highland Pony in North America.

HPECA treasurer Judy Brescia of Virginia trav-elled to Lone Butte last summer to present Ann with a handmade vase carved and painted with Circle H ponies, as well as an embroidered vest and a rosette sash.

I was extremely honoured by the totally unex-pected award by the HPECA, and the beautiful pottery vase that I will always treasure and feel very gratified and humbled to have received, says Ann.

Breeding these wonderful ponies and having them in my life has been my pleasure and fulfil-ment.

Thirty-four foals have been born, handled and weaned on Circle H Ranch before being sold to owners across eight states and three provinces. Combined with Anns breeding stock of eight ponies, this represents about half of all the Highlands in North America, with the balance mostly imported from Scotland (after she began breeding).

Ann spends a lot of time promoting the breed and introducing Highlands to people unfamiliar with the breed, says Judy.

She is very forthright with potential buyers and helps them select a pony that matches their needs. Her ponies all receive a basic education before shipping out to their new owners.

Also a sheep farmer and cattle rancher, Ann say she was less involved in her familys longtime Highland Pony breeding activities in Scotland until her mother, Pat Scobie, suddenly shipped her four, four-year-old mares in 1996. They were followed by two more mares in 1997, and all were bred from her mothers mares and Coulmore studs.

Pat also sent two, unrelated Glenbanchor-bred stallions across the ocean to her daughter, and before long, Ann was in the breeding business.

It is a huge honour that mum sent them, in the beginning, and without asking for

anything financial.It was quite exciting. I couldnt believe it when

they arrived with Coulmore [Scottish] mud on them.

Ann also credits her pony breeding success to her late husband, Ernie Armann, an accom-plished horseman who really showed her the ropes when it came to handing equines.

I was interested because Ernie was, and the Cariboo is such a great place for these ponies. And, it also gave me a huge interest because it was a part of Scotland that had followed me.

Highland Ponies have a special quality about them, she notes, from the big-eyed look they give folks to the consistent interest and com-municative manner they maintain.

Ann keeps in contact with the owners of her ponies and follows the animals progress and achievements.

Her own ponies have participated at the Mane Event in Chilliwack, the Calgary Stampede and many other shows, and are fre-quently seen in the Santa Claus Parade in 100 Mile House.

I feel immensely proud that, collectively, breeders, owners and advocates have made the Highland Pony breed recogniz-able on this continent, and hope we can strive to keep the knowledge of this won-derful breed alive.

Known as the versatile breed, the Highlands are a comparatively large and sturdy pony breed that dates back about 10,000 years.

Many Circle H-bred ponies successfully compete in vaulting, dressage, jumping, driv-ing and other events. Some also appear at the foremost breed demonstration, the Highland Games in New Hampshire, and the national Equine Affaire in Massachusetts. They are also used for trail riding and ranch work.

Two of Anns Highlands were recently named as HPECA Pony

Ambassadors Circle H MacDougal (owned by Debbie Bailey of Vancouver) and Circle H Glenfiddich (owned by Deb Coburn of New Hampshire).

They were chosen for their years spent in the public eye demonstrating the versatility of the Highland Pony, such as dressage, trail rides, drill team, vaulting and representing the breed at horse

expos.Queen Elizabeth II is the patron of the Scottish

Highland Pony and reportedly continues to ride them today.

More information is online at www.hpeca.org and www.high landponysociety.com.

Circle H MacDougal is a Pony Ambassador for the Highland Pony Enthusiasts Club of North America.

Circle H Ranchs Ann Armann of Lone Butte has been pre-sented the Ambassador Award for Outstanding Breeder by the Highland Pony Enthusiasts Club of North America.

Circle H Glenfiddich is one of two Highland Pony Ambassadors for his breed in North America.

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Bill Bennett, the provinces Minister of Energy and Mines and Minister Responsible for Core Review, met with various federal ministers in Ottawa on Jan. 13.

He went to the nations capital to dis-cuss the New Prosperity Gold-Copper Project, and encourage them to recognize the strong economic and social benefits the proposed mine would create for C a r i b o o - C h i l c o t i n communities.

Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett, who also supports the project, says she is very pleased Bennett approached his federal colleagues in Ottawa.

Hes been a very strong advocate to move the mine forward.

Barnett adds a rally held for Bennett in Vancouver before he left, which she attended, was a demonstration of the strong support for the project in British Columbia.

It was to show the importance of and the support for investment in resource industries in British Columbia for good, safe, environmen-tally friendly resource development ... First Nations consultations [and] revenue sharing.

Bennett sat down with several federal ministers, including Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver, Labour Minister Kellie Leitch and Industry Minister James Moore.

He pointed out the $1-billion project would provide 500 full-time jobs in the Cariboo region, and cited B.C.s proven track record of mitigating environmen-tal impacts.

He also met with the Colin Carrie, parlia-mentary secretary to Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq because she isnt dis-cussing the project prior to her decision, due in late February.

Bennett told media this was also the case in all of his meetings, so he did not come away

with any indication of his level of success.

Aglukkaq is consid-ering the results of the recent federal environ-mental review, although the proposal requires the eventual approval of both the federal and provincial governments to proceed.

Barnett notes its now a waiting game until that final word from

Aglukkaq, the federal cabinet ministers, and then the province, come down.

However, she encour-ages all those who support the project to indicate it in a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper because, she says, those is opposition always ensure they get their message through.

That can be done online at www.pm.gc.ca/eng/contactpm or at the address indicated on that webpage.

Barnett says she would like to see the review panels 29 rec-ommendations handled in the provincial per-mitting stage because they all have to do with environmental stan-dards.

I would like to hear them say, yes, and move it forward to the provin-cial government to say, yes, again and to move forward to the permit-ting process.

Meanwhile, the project proponent is disputing the review panel findings. Barnett notes Taskeo Mines Ltd. indicated in November the wrong tailings pond

design was used in the panels analysis.

They looked at the wrong plan, apparently.

There are all these questions out there, so lets move forward. Lets put the concerns into the permitting process and lets get on with it before its too late for development in British Columbia investors will be leaving.

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Please be advised that the Cariboo Regional District is intending to enter into a long term lease with the Northern Secwepemc Cultural Society to accommodate the development of an aboriginal cultural centre and museum at the 108 Mile Greenbelt adjacent to the highway rest stop across from the 108 historic site. The term of the proposed lease is 99 years with an annual fee of $1.00 per year. The concept for the cultural centre and museum includes buildings of approximately 3800 square feet that are speci cally designed to integrate with the natural environment and landscape. The centre is intended to provide display space for local First Nati on arti facts, photographs and historic informati on. The centre will be open to att ract visitors and also provide rooms for educati onal programs and acti viti es.

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K a m l o o p s -Thompson-Car iboo MP Cathy McLeod says she is interested to hear what Canadians in her neck of the woods think about Conservative MP Michael Chongs private members bill proposing

a reform act.The Reform Bill

received a lot of inter-est, and I think its an important conversation that well be having.

While she supports some of the bills com-ponents, McLeod notes she questions others.

I sent a letter to all

the members of the par-ties because its a big change for them.

Locally, McLeod has sent out a survey encouraging party members in the riding to share their thoughts on the issue.

However, the local MP welcomes all of her constituents to voice their opinions to her on the matter at [email protected].

Any person who con-tacts me, we are sending them out a survey to do and we have com-prehensive questions we are asking about it.

Currently, local can-didates are approved by the party leader. The bill suggests candidates should be selected and approved by the partys local riding association, she notes.

Should there maybe even be a dual sign-off, both national and local? she asks.

McLeod says another significant shift pro-posed in the bill is to allow a request signed by 15 per cent of the members of a caucus to prompt a non-con-fidence vote to oust a party leader poten-

tially, also the nations leader by a majority vote.

There is the [poten-tial] ability now for a national veto. So, is that a good change to have an absolute veto at a local level, or should we look at a blend?

Thousands upon thousands of party members elect a leader, McLeod explains, so she wonders if a handful of MPs should have the power to reverse that decision.

I think thats an appropriate conver-sation to have; is that right, or is that not appropriate?

The Conservative MP notes Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was elected last year by hun-dreds of thousands of his party members. But, with a caucus of just 32 MPs, a majority vote of caucus members (who are present at the time) means 16 people could

overturn that election.She had recently par-

ticipated in a robust conversation about the bill with her elec-toral district association board, but McLeod

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I think the party members need to have a lot of input into this decision.

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Kevin Goldfuss likes what he sees so far.

The director of municipal services for the City of Williams Lake has done a cou-ple of interviews with different media outlets recently discussing a beet-juice anti-icing solution being tested on roads in the city, located about 90 kilo-metres north of 100 Mile House.

Beet 55 is a mixture of 40 per cent beet con-centrate and 60 per cent salt brine. When applied before a storm, it keeps ice and snow from bonding to the road and becoming compacted, and staff can plow the street basically down to the pavement, Goldfuss explains.

He says the natural product is less corro-sive and less expensive than the magnesium chloride solution the city was using before. Williams Lake looked to Beet 55 to cut down on the use of salt and sand and make snow removal easier. The sug-ar-beet juice and saline mix looks brown and is described as slightly sticky and sweet-smell-ing.

Everything were seeing to date looks really good. Were still testing it.

I havent made a final decision if were going to continue to use it, but were really like what were seeing.

Goldfuss adds if its

working in Williams Lake, theres a good chance it can work in 100 Mile House, where the elevation is higher, but the climate is simi-lar.

Phil Doddridge, quality manager with Interior Roads, the road and bridge contrac-tor for the South and Central Cariboo, says hes aware of the grow-ing usage of Beet 55 and similar products. (Its used on roads in the Merritt area, through-out the Midwestern United States, and in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto.)

Doddridge says the 100 Mile House and Williams Lake climates are different enough that the effect of Beet 55 is still unpredictable here.

We have a bunch of microclimates all packed in together, he says of the South Cariboo. Without trial and more evidence, I dont want to jeopardize conditions on the high-way.

For now, salt and sand remain the best options for maintaining roads in the 100 Mile House area, he adds.

However, Doddridge says he wont say never when it comes to Beet 55.

People are always trying to come up with a better, faster and stronger way to main-tain highways. I wont say we wont try it in a limited area, but we have to stick with what we know works.

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New maintenance classifications for Highway 97 North and Highway 16 will mean more main-tenance and quicker snow removal for two of north-ern British Columbias key corridors.

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) states the routes, which bisect in Prince George, are being reclassified in mid- to late-February from Class B to A spe-cifically, the northern section of Highway 97 from Cache Creek to north of Fort St. John, and on Highway 16

from Prince Rupert to the B.C./Alberta border, will now be maintained as Class A highways.

Highway 16 and Highway 97 are both

key corridors in the North, supporting the regions grow-ing LNG and industrial devel-opment, says Transportation Minister Todd Stone.

This change will ensure these high-ways are maintained to the best possible stan-dards.

The new designations represent a significant increase in the mainte-nance commitment for both highways, which will result in more fre-quent patrols, quicker response times, more

plowing, snow removal and salt and sand appli-cations.

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Public hearings are for all persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaws. The public hearings are to be held by a delegate of the Cariboo Regional District Board. A copy of the CRD resolution is available for public inspection.

Written submissions regarding the proposed bylaw will also be received. These submissions may be submitted at the public hearing or should be received in the Cariboo Regional District office at 180 D North 3rd Avenue, Williams Lake, BC, V2G 2A4, (fax number 392-2812) forty-eight hours prior to the hearing. No further information or representations can be considered by the CRD Board after the public hearing.

The bylaw and an information package may be inspected at the Cariboo Regional District office, 175 Airport Road, 100 Mile House, BC, V2J 2B8 between 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, from January 24, 2014 to February 4, 2014 inclusive (excepting public holidays). This information may also be inspected at the Cariboo Regional District office at 180 D North 3rd Avenue, Williams Lake, BC, between 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, from January 24, 2014 to February 4, 2014 inclusive (excepting public holidays). Telephone inquiries should be directed to the Planning Department of the CRD at 1-800-665- 1636.

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rezoning amendment earle lake (off horse lake north road)6:00 pm, February 4, 2014, at lone butte Fire hallThe Cariboo Regional District (CRD) has received an application to amend Cariboo Regional District South Cariboo Area Zoning Bylaw No. 3501, 1999 by rezoning the property described below:

Bylaw No. 4867Part of Lot 1, District Lot 2891, Lillooet District, Plan KAP58460, from Resource/Agricultural (RA 1) zone to Special Exception C 2-24 zone (minimum lot size 32 ha in RA 1; 2.7 in C 2-24) (maximum density - 2 lots in RA 1 and 1 lot in C 2-24)

Purpose for Rezoning: to permit a guest ranch with a maximum of 10 housekeeping cabins for agri-tourism use.

The subject property is located at Earl Lake (off Horse Lake North Road), as shown on the sketch plan below, and is owned by Hungry Valley Ranch Inc.

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School District #27 (SD27) trustees are looking into appointing student trustees to liaise between their respective schools and the school board.

The trustees reviewed a report outlining research they had requested from district staff, with information regarding student representation on school boards.

The report revealed two school districts in British Columbia have elected a student trustee, and provided the board with fur-

ther details on those appointments.On the Sunshine Coast, School District

#46 also set up a district student lead-ership team to liaise with the student trustees and the student body.

As non-elected representatives, however, student trustees have no vote on school board motions or executive elections, nor do they sit in on in-camera board meetings.

The student trustees can attend the boards committee meetings to provide student perspectives and suggestions for items on the agendas.

Like all trustees, the students must iso-

late themselves from any discussion where there is a potential conflict of interest, such as a parent or sibling having a direct or indirect financial interest in the issue being discussed. Currently, SD27 has stu-dent representatives on its education and business committees.

The First Nation Education Committee is also considering inviting student First Nation Role Models to be members.

The trustees voted to refer development of a policy on student trustees to their education committee, which will then come back to the board for consideration.

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Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School student Todd Saenger, left, Mt. Timothy Ski Area administration manager Alisha Piccolo, and students Tyler Bronk and Brandon Ottie display signs the woodworking class made for the ski hill. The hard work of these students with materials provided by Piccolo will see some old worn-out signs replaced along the ski trails. Missing from photo: students Corey Breau and Wyatt Coulson.

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While reviewing the year-end financial statements, the District of 100 Mile House admin-istration noticed an issue with the water utility revenue.

There was a variance between annual projected revenue and actual amounts invoiced they were off by about 12 per cent.

After a detailed analysis, it was confirmed that 28 of 800 quarterly billings had been under billed for the 2013 fiscal year. Forty per cent of the unbilled volume is attributed to two high-end consumers.

The analysis determined an error was made when administration created a new master file to set up the 2013 utility billing system. When typing in the over 30,000 gallons rate, a parameter of

30,000 to 99,999.99 was input instead of 30,000 to 9,999,999.

This resulted in a system failure to invoice cus-tomers for volumes consumed in excess of 100,000 gallons; thus creating a revenue shortfall at year end.

As a corrective measure, the District is notifying all of the affected customers about the error and informing them of the process to recover the rev-enue for the unbilled volumes.

In most instances, recovery will be billed equally over the four quarterly billing cycles in 2014.

The District will do its best to alleviate the impact and work with clients to implement a recovery plan with those most adversely affected.

Water utility billing error results in 12 per cent revenue shortfall

District of 100 Mile House councillors approved the 2014 council meeting schedule at their Dec. 10 meeting.

Monthly council meetings are usually held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in the council chambers at 385 Birch Ave. (Fourth Street entrance).

Notices are posted on the bul-letin board in the District officer foyer (Birch Avenue entrance).

The council meeting sched-ule is subject to change and all regular public meetings start at 7 p.m.

For details on the times and dates for committee of the whole meetings (delegations and public hearing sessions), go to the District website at 100MileHouse.com.

The 2014 council meeting schedule is as follows: Jan. 14

and 28; Feb. 11 and 25; March 11 and 25; April 8 and 22; May 13 and 27; June 10 and 24; July 8 and 22; Aug. 12 and 26; Sept. 9 and 23; Oct. 14 and 28; Nov. 11 and 28; and Dec. 9.

However, councillors will be away for the UBCM Convention on Sept. 23 and Remembrance Day falls on Nov. 11, so meet-ings will have to be cancelled or rescheduled.

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The dream about turning The Lodge in the Martin Exeter Complex into a museum has turned into a bit of a nightmare, but has not vanished altogether.

After years of trying to secure The Lodge for a museum, members of the 100 Mile & District His-torical Society recently threw in the towel and have decided to concentrate their efforts on operating and maintaining the 108 Mile Historic Site.

A couple years ago, The Lodge was closed to the public for safety reasons due to problems with the structure supporting the weight of the floor.

At the time, it was estimated it would cost around $80,000 to repair the floor supports, so the public could once again be allowed in the building, which has a great history in 100 Mile House.

Then in April 2013, Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett lobbied her government to provide a one-time provincial $50,000 grant to fix the floor, so The Lodge could be turned into a museum.

The grant came with a proviso that the work had to be completed by March 31, 2015.

After the grant came in, 100 Mile Mayor Mitch Campsall says the District found the extra $30,000 needed to bring the floor up to safety standards.

Before that happened, however, an architectural review discovered there are significant issues with the building electrical, plumbing and the fire code.

The conversation between the District and the his-torical society ground to a half when society mem-bers were told they would have to come up with the $400,000 or so needed to bring The Lodge up to the necessary safety standards.

The District is firm in its position that a new com-mittee has to come forward to raise the funds for the museum project.

Councillors are not going to jeopardize any poten-tial infrastructure grants by applying for grants to fix The Lodge.

Whether we like it or not, they are correct in striving to find money for infrastructure upgrades because if we dont fix this problem now, its going to cost taxpayers dearly in the very near future.

However, it would be great if a service and/or business group would head up a museum com-mittee, and it would be better if the District lends some of its expertise by allowing a staff member or councillor sit on the committee.

With the rich history we have in this area, having a museum in 100 Mile House would be a great at-traction for tourists and passers-by.

If we can do a good job of marketing and get people to stop to check out the museum, its very likely they will check out the downtown murals, Centennial Park and, eventually, the water park.

We need a museum

On Dec. 9, 2013, Omnibus Bill C-18, the Agricultural Growth Act went to Parliament for first reading.

Passing Bill C-18 would make Canada compliant with the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV 91), a much more restrictive form of Plant Breeders Rights (PBR) than we currently have.

The second part of the act will prepare Canadas regulatory regime for fast track approval of feed or food additives, drugs or other inventions that are already approved in jurisdictions we trade with.

Bill C-18 also opens the door for farmers to tap into multi-year advance payments secured by crops in storage or grown in the future.

After a groundswell of farmer-led opposition to adopting UPOV 91 in 2005, the federal Liberal government let it quietly die, as it became clear farmers would be drastically restricted in their ability to

save, reuse, exchange and sell seed.

The Canadian public clearly demanded that genetic resources remain a public good.

Before reintroducing UPOV 91 through Bill C-18, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has been actively spreading the myth and managing to convince many farm organizations and commodity groups that saving seed is enshrined in this bill.

Its obvious UPOV 91 gives plant breeders significantly more rights and tools for royalty collection, while farmers seed-saving right is reduced to privilege.

A closer look at the text of Bill C-18 reveals that it does talk about a farmers ability to save seed. When storing that saved seed, however, the farmer needs

the permission of the holder of the PBR, which may or may not be given.

Of course, the breeder also has the right to charge royalties.

In fact, Bill C-18 also empowers government to

remove, restrict or limit the farmers seed-saving privilege by passing regulations a process that can happen quickly and without public debate.

UPOV 91 has many provisions for royalty collection after a crop has been

harvested, when seed is cleaned in seed cleaning plants or when a crop is moved off the farm for sale at elevators and other points of transaction in the year the crop was harvested or any year after that.

Canada should reject UPOV 91 and defeat Bill C-18.

Instead, we should reinforce our public plant-breeding programs. With the continued allocation of farmer check-off dollars, there will be ample funding for essential variety development.

There is absolutely no need to grant trans-national plant breeders more tools to extract excessive funds from farmers.

Adopting UPOV 91 may result in some genetic improvements of crops, but at significantly higher costs than a public-breeding system which benefits the whole Canadian economy.

UPOV 91 would result in significantly higher costs for farmers and growth in profits for Bayer, Monsanto, Dow and Syngenta and other seed and chemical companies headquartered outside of our country.

Jan Slomp is president of the National Farmers Union. He holistically manages a 65-cow dairy farm near Rimbey, Alberta.

Bill C-18 needs to be rejected

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To the editor:Chocolate, cherry, peach, mint

and vanilla though they may sound like treats, we want to see these flavours of tobacco removed from the shelves in 2014.

In honour of Canadas National Non-Smoking Week, its time we say goodbye to the brightly packaged, highly addictive, candy-coated carcinogens.

We know youth are the biggest

users of flavoured tobacco, but what may be surprising is that youth are also the biggest support-ers of a provincial ban.

Recent polling reveals 81 per cent of British Columbia teens, aged 15-18, agree the B.C. provincial government should adopt legislation to ban all tobacco products with fruit and candy fla-vours.

An additional 74 per cent of B.C. adults (18 years and over) also sup-port a ban on flavoured products.

Flavoured tobacco products carry the same health risks and are just as addictive as regular tobacco products, though their candy-like packaging suggests otherwise.

Whats worse is that fruit, candy and menthol-flavoured products reduce the harsh experience of cigarette smoke, making it easier for youth who are experimenting with smoking to become addicted to tobacco.

Tobacco-use claims the lives of more than 6,000 British

Columbians each year and its completely preventable. Its time for a change. Help stop smoking before it starts by asking your local MLA and Health Minister Terry Lake to take action and create a provincial ban of all flavours of tobacco products.

Randene Wejr, regional directorCanadian Cancer SocietyPatti King, health promotion team leaderCanadian Cancer Society

Flavoured tobacco products should be banned

To the editor:I am responding to your edito-

rial, Happy New Year, eh?, on page 9 of the Jan. 8 edition of the 100 Mile House Free Press.

The big banks are now confirm-ing that Canadians are having a hard time saving for retirement. (Fewer Canadians have money to contribute to their RRSP this year: bank polls Jan. 10)

All the more reason to avoid mutual funds, with their usurious rates and management fees that are among the highest in the world.

Heres a better idea. Expand Canada/Quebec Pension Plan ben-efits.

For each contribution dollar, the CPP/QPP offers far more cost-effective retirement saving and secure retirement benefits than RRSPs. And employers match workers savings in CPP/QPP, dol-lar for dollar youre on your own with RRSPs.

Forget the high priced lattes. For the much lower cost of a dou-ble-double, Canadians can save a whole lot more for their retire-

ment with an expanded CPP/QPP and keep the banks and mutual fund industry from picking their pockets.

Ken Georgetti, presidentCanadian Labour Congress

Reader: avoid mutual funds

To the editor:One has to wonder why some

people in our community, includ-ing our MLA Donna Barnett and some members of the South Cariboo Chamber of Commerce, continue to support and promote Taseko Mines Ltd.s mining pro-posal at Fish Lake, despite the fact the project has received its second bad environmental review.

One of Taseko Mines main selling points for its New Prosperity plan was that Fish Lake (Teztan Biny) would be saved, and yet the independent Federal Environmental Review Panel has found otherwise.

For example, the panel deter-mined there would be significant adverse effects on water and water quality and fish and fish habitat in Teztan Biny. If the 27 square kilo-metre mine were to proceed, Fish

Lakes water quality would dete-riorate to the point that its unique 85,000 trout would die perhaps within a decade.

The report also shows the proposed mine would have devastating impacts on First Nations. The mine would have a significant adverse effect on Tsilhqotin current use of lands and resources for traditional purposes, and on their cultural heritage. It would interfere with Aboriginal peoples rights, protected under our Canadian Constitution.1

The panel accepted Dr. Nancy Turners assertion that Fish Lake (Teztan Biny) and the surrounding area is a Cultural Keystone Place for the Tsilhqotin people, a place that has extremely high and irre-placeable cultural significance.2

In light of all this evidence, how can anyone, in good conscience,

continue to support this mining proposal?

Those who still support the mine are supporting the destruc-tion of Fish Lake and its fish. They are supporting the destruction of an irreplaceable Cultural Keystone Place for the Tsilhqotin people, the loss of their culture, and infringe-ment of their legal rights.

Lets move on. Lets explore economic development opportunities that have less environmental impact and that have the support of First Nations.

1. Report of the Federal Review Panel New Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine Project. October 31, 2013. Page 251-254

2. Ibid. Pages 190-92

Patricia Spencer108 Mile Ranch

Time to move on

Opinion

Premier Christy Clark has set off a storm of protest by imposing a referendum on new Lower Mainland transportation improvements, timed with the province-wide municipal elections on Nov. 15.

Even if you dont live in Metro Vancouver, youre not immune from this long-running saga. Provincial and federal governments use your tax dollars for the big stuff, including the SkyTrain Canada Line to Vancouver airport and the South Fraser Perimeter Road, a new truck route to port facilities at Tsawwassen.

Clark has promised a bridge replacement for the George Massey Tunnel under the Fraser River, which may or may not be tolled like the Port Mann Bridge. The patchwork of Lower Mainland tolls is a growing political liability for the B.C. Liberal government, and if further tolls are avoided, major works elsewhere in the province may be delayed as the budget is eaten up by the big cities.

Clark announced the Massey Tunnel replacement in a September 2012

speech to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities. In the same speech, she also pledged to complete the four-laning of the last 240 kilometres of the Trans-Canada Highway from Kamloops to the Alberta border.

Thats one of the most mountainous stretches of highway in Canada, and the provinces cost was estimated at the time to be $650 million over 10 years. Time will tell if that promise is kept.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone inherited the mess left behind by former minister Kevin Falcon, who took transit authority away from Metro Vancouver politicians. He appointed a board of experts and set up a toothless mayors council to rubber-stamp their decisions, after forcing through the Canada Line ahead of a long-promised transit extension to the east.

Local politicians wrangled for years over that eastern extension. They finally settled

on surface light rail, only to be overruled by the province, which wanted the vastly more expensive SkyTrain.

The latest rebuke to the mayors council was when they decided not to proceed with

a costly new electronic fare card system. Falcon reversed that one after taking a junket to London and falling in love with their Oyster card subway system.

All the glitches from TransLinks new Compass card program will be encountered this summer, just before those mayors go to the polls to face voter wrath.

Speaking of reversals, Stone is now demanding the mayors come up with their list of priorities for new projects. They

are expected to believe their choices wont be overruled again.

Stone correctly notes that Vancouver wants SkyTrain on Broadway, Surrey wants new surface light rail, and other Lower Mainland communities want new road

and bridge works. Local governments have a long history of parochial squabbling, getting their pet projects done and then suddenly developing the urge to rein in spending once its time to dig deep for their neighbours.

Lower Mainland taxpayers are weary and confused by all this reorganizing and in-fighting. Many likely believe it is their regional government that has imposed the Port Mann bridge tolls, when in fact that is a provincial highway project over which they had no say.

Clark has made it clear there is no going back from a November referendum on new regional transportation financing tools, a promise explicit in the B.C. Liberal election platform. She hopes it will increase the dismal voter turnout for local votes.

If it does that, it may be worth it. Right now, civic elections are dismal affairs, with voter turnout and awareness of local issues drifting from bad to worse.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]

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Yet our hydro rates are expect-ed to rise by at least 45 per cent over the next decade. What gives?

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Larah PincottBuffalo Creek

Yes. Go there. (Nods, that would be fun.)

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Uh-uh (no); Ethan. (Dad says I want to see my brother Ethan play in the Novice hockey tournament on Sunday).

Kara Olsen100 Mile House

Uh-huh (yes). (Mom says I like singing and dancing.)

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We live in Clinton, so we cant come up here for that. It sounds like fun for kids.

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Driver ticketed in truck incidentVERNON Mechanical error has been ruled

out and the driver of a runaway garbage truck that ended up between two Vernon houses Tuesday (Jan. 21) morning has been ticketed.

A Progressive Waste Solutions truck went between two houses at the intersection of 15th Street and 40th Avenue shortly before 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Witnesses told investigating officers the truck had been parked on 40th Avenue when it started rolling while the driver was collecting garbage.

The driver ran after the truck, said witnesses, but could not catch up to it.

The vehicle underwent a mechanical inspection in Armstrong at the request of Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement investigators, said Vernon RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk.

Everything was discovered to be in working order.

The truck, which was damaged in the accident, clipped the corner of one home, causing some inte-rior and exterior damage.

Bears hitting the slopes without a lift passNELSON Whitewater Ski Resort reports that

a bear wandering around their Glory Chair, likely awake due to the warm temperatures.

A blog post describes the bear as wandering around during the day and going back to its den at night.

This is unusual winter behaviour for a bear and we are hoping that colder, winter temps will prevail and the bear will go back to its den and back into its more usual winter pastime hibernation, says the blog post.

Whitewater is warning skiers to stay away from the bear and ask that everyone skiing in the Glory terrain be especially conscious of food and garbage, as this will further attract the bear.

The bear has been reported to conservation offi-cers who are monitoring the situation. The resort doesnt want to see the bear become habituated to humans and then killed because of concerns for human safety.

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100 Mile House RCMP responded to 70 complaints and calls for service during the past week.

Rollover injuriesOn Jan. 25, the local

RCMP and emergency services crews respond-ed to a single-vehicle rollover collision on Highway 24 at Lac des Roches.

The driver and sole occupant of the truck, lost control while travelling east on the highway, the vehicle slid sideways into the ditch, rolled and came to rest on its roof. The driver was provided assistance by people in the area.

The driver suffered minor injuries was transported by ambu-lance to 100 Mile District General Hospital. Road conditions were a con-tributing factor to this collision.

Hit-and-runOn Jan. 21, police

responded to a col-lision on Highway 97 near the intersection of Exeter Road in 100 Mile House.

The driver of a blue/grey Chevrolet Cavalier was coming south into 100 Mile House. The vehicle was being driven on the edge of the road. It appeared to pull into a snowbank and then collided with a metal light standard, knock-ing it to the ground.

The driver continued southbound without stopping.

Anyone having information about this hit-and-run is asked to call the 100 Mile House RCMP at 250-395-2456.

Clinton RCMP responded to a rolled semi-trailer that came to rest in a frozen pond north of 70 Mile House around 9 p.m. on Jan. 21. Police confirm road conditions with black ice and freezing rain, and the highway was closed briefly while crews cleared some of the plywood, which spilled on the road. The driver, suffering from non-life threatening injuries, was taken by BC Ambulance Services to 100 Mile District General Hospital. The tractor-trailer was winched out the next day.

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At 10:20 p.m. on Jan. 24, a witness observed two males exit an older model brown pickup truck and smash three windows at the Wheel House Restaurant at the 108 Mile Resort.

The males were described as wearing dark clothing and hoodies.

Gasoline theftSometime overnight of Jan. 21, unknown

culprits stole a fuel tidy tank from the rear of pickup truck parked at a business in the 900 block of Alpine Avenue. The value of the theft is estimated to be $600.

If you have any information on this or any other crimes in the 100 Mile House area call 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Your identity will remain unknown. Should your information lead to the arrest of the responsible party Crime Stoppers will pay cash for the TIP.

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The name of the victim of a fatal crash just east of Fraser Lake on Jan. 17 has been released by the British Columbia Coroner Service as Duane Francis Pearson, 46, of 100 Mile House.

RCMP members from Fraser Lake, Vanderhoof and Prince George responded to the scene at Highway 16 West near the 100 Forest Service Road at 8:26 p.m.

The two-vehicle crash occurred when the driver of an eastbound Ford pickup truck lost control and crossed into the path of a westbound Hyundai SUV.

The head-on collision claimed the life of Pearson, the driver and lone

occupant of the Hyundai.The male driver of the Ford

appeared to be uninjured, but a pas-senger in that vehicle was taken to St. John Hospital in Vanderhoof and treated for non-life threatening inju-ries.

The investigation is still ongoing.A collision reconstructionist was

called to the scene of the crash and the highway was reduced to single-lane alternating traffic while forensic experts identified and documented the physical evidence at the scene.

Police are seeking assistance from anyone who may have witnessed the crash.

Collision claims local life


By Gaiel FarrarWhile Aboriginal

graduation rates are climbing in British Columbia, School District 27 continues to lag behind the pro-vincial average when it comes to Aboriginal and overall graduation rates.

The six-year comple-tion rate for Aboriginal students in B.C. climbed to 59.4 per cent in 2012/13, according to a recent Ministry of Education report.

The six-year comple-tion rate for Aboriginal students in SD 27 improved marginal-ly to 44.2 per cent in 2012/13, according to schools superintendent Mark Thiessens 2013/14 Report on Student Achievement released in December and due in Victoria this month.

The six-year com-pletion rate is the percentage of students who graduate with a Dogwood diploma within six years of start-ing Grade 8 for the first time.

According to the provincial report, the Aboriginal student completion rate has steadily improved dur-ing the past 10 years, rising from 45.9 per cent in 2002/03 (up 13.5 percentage points or a 29.4 per cent increase).

Thiessens report also indicates a steady rise in the six-year completion rate for First Nation stu-dents in SD 27 during the past few years: 44.2 per cent in 2012/13; 43.4 per cent in 2011/12; 38.3 per cent in 2010/11; 42 per cent in 2009/10; and 33 per cent in 2008/09.

He said the six-year

completion rates for all students in SD 27, and especially for First Nations students, while continuing to show improvement, are still far too low.

According to the provincial report, the six-year completion rate for all B.C. students was 83.6 per cent last year, up from 79.1 per cent in 2002/03.

In SD 27, the six-year completion rate for all students was 69.7 per cent in 2012/13; 65 per cent in 2011/12; 67.7 per cent in 2010/11; 65 per cent in 2009/10 and 64 per cent in 2008/09.

Thiessen noted the achievement gap between First Nations students and non-First Nations students is shrinking, but still remains a concern for the school district.

The achievement report outlines numer-ous initiatives to improve the gradua-tion rates of all SD 27 students, including in-school suspension programs to keep stu-dents at risk connected to their school; new ini-tiatives in reporting and monitoring attendance; comprehensive school health plans that pro-mote a students sense of belonging; and a number of literacy and numeracy initiatives designed to help stu-dents succeed and stay in school to graduate.

The schools superin-tendent said the district continues to have evi-dence that all students (including First Nations students) who are suc-cessful in reaching Grade 12 have a very high graduation rate.

According to the provincial report, 53 school districts in B.C. have signed an Aboriginal Education E n h a n c e m e n t Agreement, which sup-ports a partnership between Aboriginal communities and school districts that involves shared decision-making and specific goal-setting to meet the educational needs of aboriginal stu-dents.

SD 27 is one of them.Thiessen said there

is a link to the school districts Aboriginal enhancement agree-ment on the districts website as well as a link to the latest annual report on the agreement on the same page.

Gaiel Farrar is a reporter for the Williams Lake Tribune.

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Last week, a trace of snow and a trace of rain was recorded. Highs peaked at 3 C,

with lows to -12 C.

Monday

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100 Mile House & District Womens Centre Society

will celebrate WoMen of tHe Cariboo

with photos this international Womens Day 2014

We need your photos of the extraordinary women in your life! The WC is looking for photos of Cariboo women past and present. Singing, laughing, horseback riding, fishing, hugging their kids. You decide, take your best shot of your mom, sister, friend, daughter, grandmother and send in your photo to help the WC celebrate International Womens Day. If your photo is chosen, the WC will showcase your photo in a special gallery event on March 6, 2014.

We are looking for digital photos or film Color or Black & White Deadline for Entry is February 17th, 2014.

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Please include your name, the photographers name, phone number and email or physical address, as well as photo information. You must have permission from the person or persons in the photo to use the photo. Please identify the women from left to right. All photos become property of the 100 Mile House Womens Centre for promotional purposes.

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Loaves & Fishes Outreach was a huge success this past Christmas thanks to the overwhe lming support of 100 Mile House.Many businesses donated food and money as well as toys and physical help. There are far too many to list but all was greatly appreciated.

Thanks again and God Bless!Trudy Endacott (President)

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An account is set up at Gold trail recycling and any contribution is appreciated.

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As part of the Ministry of Educations approach to manag-ing education funding, districts will be receiving holdback funding based on actual September enrolment numbers.

Before the start of every school year, the ministry holds back a portion of the overall funding in case student

enrolment is higher than forecast. These holdback funds are then released to school districts as enrolment is counted during the year.

This year, of the hold-back funding available:

About $17.8 million will be used to fund higher student enrol-ment in some districts.

Another $31.6 mil-lion will be distributed

to all districts in the form of a grant recal-culation at $60 per school-age full-time equivalent.

A further $10.2 million remains in the holdback to address enrolment growth reflected in the February and May counts.

By holding back this portion of the $4.725 billion total funding

committed to K-12 education for 2013/14, the ministry is able to manage unforeseen pressures or swings in student enrolment and ensure all school districts are treated equitably.

Both the govern-ment and school districts share the challenge of having to balance their budgets, says Education Minister

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Ken AlexanderFree Press

At the Jan. 14 District of 100 Mile House com-mittee of the whole meeting, councillors made it abundantly clear they dont want anything to do with a medical marijuana fac-tory.

They unanimous-ly voted in favour of introducing a medi-

cal marijuana zoning amendment that would prohibit medical mari-juana production within District boundaries.

The amendment includes a definition for a medical marijua-na production facility, verbiage to clarify the definition of agri-culture and a general prohibition of this use in any zone within the municipal boundaries.

Mayor Mitch Campsall says the District has had five inquiries about a pot production facility, including a local one.

Campsall notes coun-cil just doesnt have an appetite for a facility because of the possible underlying issues of having medical marijuana production in the communitys back yard.

Were not saying the growers could be bad or good or other-wise. Were just saying there could be prob-lems....

In a small town, I dont think its a good place for it. I think it would be better in an open area where there is nobody around. Council is definitely uncomfortable with it.

As for public con-

cern, the mayor says he has heard some nega-tive comments in the past, and he has not had anyone coming up to him saying it would be a positive thing.

However, he adds folks will have an opportunity to express their feelings at a public hearing on Feb. 25 after council gives the zon-ing bylaw amendment first and second reading

this month.Campsall says he

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Pending approval from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, the amendment could be adopted on March 11.

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The South Cariboo Regional Airport Commission (SCRAC) is seeking a volunteer from Cariboo Regional District (CRD) Area L to fill a vacant position.

The SCRAC administers the South Cariboo Regional Airport at 108 Mile Ranch, which is owned by the CRD.

The commission consists of the three CRD electoral area directors, one District of 100 Mile House coun-cillor, and four volunteer community members each of whom reside in one of these jurisdictions. Area L Director Bruce Rattray is the com-mission chair.

The current vacancy on the com-

mission is open to someone from Electoral Area L, which covers the Interlakes, Horse Lake, Lone Butte, Watch Lake, North Green Lake and some surrounding areas.

(A map of Area L is available online at www.cariboord.bc.ca under About Us, Electoral Areas.)

Commission meetings are held as needed, but generally only meet two to four times per year.

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Ken AlexanderFree Press

The District of 100

Mile House is in the process of trading some land with Purser Creek Holdings Ltd. on the

corner of Birch Avenue and First Street in order to build a sidewalk.

The District will

acquire a 1.5- by 4.5-metre strip of land from Purser Creek Holdings, and in exchange, per-manently close and remove the highway dedication of the lane between Birch and Cedar avenues, and between the First Street and the lane adjacent to the 100 Mile House Elementary School.

100 Mile Mayor Mitch Campsall says it is close to being the same amount of land.

Eventually we want to build a sidewalk there ... not necessarily today or tomorrow but sometime. Its a bad cor-ner because its pretty tight there and its not safe as it is right now.

The closed road will be transferred to the owners of the adjacent lots (where the dilapi-dated houses were torn down last year), which will also be consolidat-ed into one lot.

The landowners and the District will share equally the costs of all matters related to the road closure, property transfer and consolida-tion.

Campsall says the land they will be giving up will temporarily be closed until the end of the public hearing pro-cess.

Councillors gave first, second and third read-ing of the Road Closure Bylaw at the Jan. 14 council meeting.

Folks who have ques-tions about the road closure can contact the District office at 250-395-2434, or view the Road Closure Bylaw at the office during busi-ness hours until 4 p.m. on Feb. 11.

Councillors will hear public representations at the Feb. 11 council meeting and then con-sider and adopt the bylaw.

The family of Easton Mills, 8, is the billet family this season for 100 Mile House Wrangler defenceman Jordan Low, from Prince George. Both hockey players recently wore their matching Wrangler gear at the South Cariboo Rec. Centre.

BILLET BROTHERS

Kim Mills photo

Swapping land for future sidewalk

Like search and rescue teams across British Columbia, South Cariboo Search and Rescue (SCSAR) members are mourning the loss of North Shore Search and Rescue (NSSAR) leader and spokes-person Tim Jones.

Jones, 57, died on Jan. 19 when he col-lapsed on a trail near a rescue cabin on Mount Seymour. Since then, tributes hail-ing him as a hero and icon have poured in from

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