Houston Today, October 10, 2012

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The BC Northern Real Estate Board reports 3749 properties worth $865.5 million sold through the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in the fi rst nine months of 2012.

At this time last year, 3443 properties worth $740 million

had changed hands. As of Sept. 30 there were 4889 properties of all types available for sale through the MLS®, down from 5076 properties at the end of September last year.

President Joni Brown comments “there are increases in most markets across the board – not

drastic, but showing a sustainable market compared to other areas of the province. Interest rates are still low, making it a good time for entry level buyers to get into the market, and investors to add to their inventory.”

In Houston, towards the end of September, 42 properties worth

$6.4 million sold in the Houston area, compared with 39 properties worth $6.6 million in the same period last year.

At the end of September there were 50 properties of all types available for purchase through MLS® in the Houston area.

In Smithers, as of

Sept. 30, 192 properties worth $47.6 million changed hands in the

Smithers area, compared with 211 properties worth $44.7 million in the fi rst nine months of 2011. Half of the 96 single family homes sold so far this year, sold for less than $250,000 and these homes took, on average, 70 days to

sell. Also changing hands this year were 28 parcels of vacant land, 42 homes on acreage, 8 manufactured homes in parks and 12 manufactured homes on land. As of Sept. 30, there were 218 properties of all types available through the MLS® in the Smithers area.

For Burns Lake,

so far this year 48 properties worth $6.2 million have been reported sold through MLS® compared to 61 properties worth $6.9 million in the fi rst nine months of 2011. At the end of September there were 146 properties of all types available for sale through the MLS® in the Burns Lake area.

Health care funding

Bulkley Valley real estate markets are slowly picking up

By Jackie LieuwenHouston Today

A new health foundation has organized to help fi ll funding gaps for health care and hospital needs in the Bulkley Valley.

The Bulkley Valley Health Care & Hospital Foundation, is a new foundation to help get medical equipment for the Bulkley Valley, to educate people about ways to stay healthy and to deal with illness, and to give people a way to invest, donate and fund raise for specifi c health care needs in the local area.

“The main purposes of the foundation are fi rst of all to try and help the public and the people fulfi ll their personal desires in the health care fi eld,” said Ted Bobb, chair of the Foundation, adding

that they are in the process of applying for Charitable status.

The Foundation is a way for people to bring up needs they see in local hospitals or gaps in the local health care system, and to fund raise to fi ll those specifi c needs, said Bobb.

With Northern Health, they decide what the greatest health care needs are and where money goes, but with this Foundation, the community decides for itself where money should go, said Jo Ann Groves, director of the Foundation and inspiration behind its formation.

It’s not just hospital needs, added Bobb, it’s also for other types of health care like holistic health and particularly illness prevention and promoting healthy living. See HEALTH on Page 3

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HEALTH from page 1“We are going to

fund gaps that the gov-ernment doesn’t fund,” said Bobb, adding that in his opinion keep-ing people healthy is a large gap in the current health care system - or as he calls it, “illness care system.”

The Foundation is legally formed but is still coming together, with 11 volunteer board directors - none from Houston yet - and four more members needed.

“It’s important

to have directors from Houston,” said Groves, explaining that Houston needs someone to represent their needs on the board.

There is a $50 board

membership fee, and anyone interested in volunteering or get-ting involved in the Foundation is asked to contact Ted Bobb at 847-3733, or email him at [email protected].


A driver rolled her truck on Highway 16 just outside of Houston last Wednesday, after losing control while trying to pass another vehicle.

The woman in the vehicle was wearing a seatbelt, fortunately for her, and was not injured in the accident, said RCMP Sergeant Rose. “Otherwise she likely would have been ejected from the vehicle,” he said.

The woman was coming out of town, between Sullivan Motor Products and Buck Flats Road, and was pulling back into her lane after passing another vehicle when she lost control, skidding one way, overcorrecting and then skidding the other way until hitting the dirt shoulder and

rolling the truck, said Sergeant Rose.

The other driver had sped up when the woman tried to pass, and though investigation is ongoing, Sergeant Rose says charges will likely be laid against both drivers.

Sergeant Rose wants to remind drivers that if they have concerns about dangerous or illegal driving, they need to call the RCMP rather then try to police the roads themselves.

Rose also wants to remind drivers that they must slow down near a crash site or whenever they see emergency vehicles.

***This past week,

police also responded to an alarm at the Legion, and found someone inside while clearing the building, said RCMP Sergeant Rose.

The person was

arrested and charged with promise to appear in court, he said.

***This past week,

police also got several calls from people who had found loose dogs.

Sergeant Rose wants people to know that neither the RCMP nor the District will deal with loose dogs after business hours.

The District is more than willing to come get loose dogs during business hours, but if a loose dog is seen after hours, they need to need to be left or kept until the following day, said Sergeant Rose, adding that the RCMP will respond to calls after hours about vicious or dangerous dogs.

Truck rolls on Highway 16

Helping fill funding gaps for health care in the Bulkley Valley

Ted Bobb and Jo Ann Groves present to Houston Chamber of Commerce about Health Foundation.

OpinionIn our opinion:

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Gas Play Natural gas taxation revenues

are down, way down, because the price (and therefore how much the province skims away) has dropped. Overall sales are down as well because of new supply hitting the market in the United States.

That’s blown a huge hole in the pro-vincial budget and it’s anyone’s guess how finance minister Mike de Jong is going to plug it.

It’s bad news for the province but good news for the consumer. The more natural gas there is, the lower the price drops and the less the consumer pays.

To be sure, the provincial Liberals have slapped on a carbon tax affecting the total bill, but generally speaking, consumers are benefitting from lower natural gas prices.

The one area where natural gas pricing remains a problem is here in the northwest. We’re paying far more than elsewhere to have gas delivered to their homes because industrial us-ers who once helped pay to maintain the Pacific Northern Gas pipeline have disappeared.

But a liquefied natural gas project at Kitimat, the smallest of the ones on the drawing boards, is designed to fill up the surplus pipeline space.

When that happens, the money that project pays to run gas through the pipeline should then lower the price the rest of us pay.

The new project also means new rev-enue for the province. Could this be a rare occurrence – something that helps the government and us?

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Taking a doggy on boardOn a beautiful walk

around the lake last week I passed some-thing that made me do a double take. It was a dog in a stroller.

“Excuse me,” I asked the lovely lady pushing the pup. “Is your dog unable to walk?”

“Oh he can walk just fi ne,” the lady gig-gled. “But his little leg-gies can’t keep up so I push him in a buggy or carry him in a poochy purse.”

“Is he a Chihuahua?” I asked.

“Yes,” she replied. “His name is Sugar. He’s my baby.”

Clearly.Dressed in sweet

doggy duds, the sight of him reminded me of the day a few years ago when I came home to witness our two

house-training pup-pies running around in circles trying to get out of the diapers they were wearing.

“Look Mom,” six-year-old Daisy had said excitedly. “Lola and Charlie don’t need the doggy door. They can just go in their dia-pers!”

Charlie was the fi rst to break free from his Pampers, and Lola quickly followed.

“That’s okay,” my n i n e - y e a r - o l d - s o n said, consoling his sis-ter. “It’s better if they go in the yard. Their fur could be hard to clean.”

Since then the kids have been periodically dressing them up in different items when-ever they think of it. They’ve never taken them for a walk in a

stroller though. I’m sure they would if we actually owned one.

“How often do you walk him?” I asked the lady by the lake.

“Twice a day,” she said earnestly. “He be-comes a real Grumpy Gus if he doesn’t get his fresh air and exer-cise.”

Meeting Sugar and his doting “mother” had me refl ecting on how many of us hu-manize our dogs in one way or another. If we didn’t, pet cloth-ing and accessories wouldn’t have become the multi-billion dollar business that it now is.

Yet there are some who fi nd the entire idea ludicrous.

“Anyone who lets their dog in the house is an idiot,” my older friend stated aggres-

sively. “Dogs belong outside, not bringing nasty germs and para-sites indoors.”

As one of those “idiots” who not only allows my dogs in the house but on the bed as well, I bristled at his harsh remark. But with his opinion of dogs as mere farm animals, my pups and I must look as extreme to him as Sugar and his owner did to me.

The way I see it, our pets are an important part of our family and we like having them around. If they were strictly back yard dogs I’d hardly ever see them.

Every home is dif-ferent and what works in one family doesn’t necessarily work in another. Perhaps if my dogs weighed 100

pounds instead of 20, I’d keep them outside too. And maybe if they were just two pounds each with little leg-gies, I’d be purchasing a stroller or poochy purse just like Sugar’s.

I’d insist on my hus-band walking them in that way though. I’d pay top dollar for a picture of that.

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On a brighter note

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On a brighteOn a brighte

Opinion

Greg SorokaKelowna

“It’s been alright. We landed four

yesterday, and the weather has been good

for October.”

Lonnie KamKelowna

“Pretty slow, just got the first one we’ve caught

on a fly.”

Jason GowdaDawson Creek

“It’s been okay. We’ve been here a couple days

and got one on each day. It hasn’t been fantasic

but it’s starting topick up.”

Greg BondyVancouver

“I haven’t been here long, but no bites yet. But it’s a great day to

be here.”

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Rancher named B.C. Lieutenant GovernorNicola Valley

rancher Judith Guichon has

been named B.C. Lieutenant Governor, as Sto:lo Grand Chief Steven Point’s fi ve-year term comes to an end.

Guichon runs the family cattle ranch in the Nicola Valley. She has served as president of the B.C. Cattlemen’s Association, a director of the Grassland C o n s e r v a t i o n Council of B.C., and on provincial government task forces on ranching

and species at risk.“Mrs. Guichon

has dedicated herself to her community, province and country,” said Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a statement Monday.

“She is a leader in keeping British Columbia’s agriculture and cattle industries e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y sound and she has worked hard to promote and protect the ranchers of British Columbia.”

Premier Christy

Clark thanked Point for his work and congratulated Guichon.

“She has a deep appreciation for the history and traditions of British Columbia and has spent a lifetime ensuring that we all stay connected to our roots – particularly through her work with the B.C. Cattlemen’s Association,” Clark said.

L i e u t e n a n t Governors are appointed by the Governor General on the recommendation

of prime ministers. They serve fi ve-year terms as the Queen’s representative in each province, declaring new legislation and performing ceremonial duties around the province.

Point is a former provincial court judge. Before being named to chief commissioner of the B.C. Treaty Commission, Point served as an elected chief of the Skowkale First Nation for 15 years.

He also served as the tribal chair

of the Stó:lo Nation Government, and Grand Chief of the Stó:lo Tribal Council.

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Dallas and Marnie, Pharmasave employees, accepted the Employee Customer Service Award on behalf of Patti Moe, who was not at the Business Award evening. (Houston Today apologizes for any confusion this may have caused.)

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Forest Week Trivia – Did you know...?• Explorer Captain Cook was the first European to make use of B.C.’s forest

products. Sailing masts were fashioned from the tallest Douglas-firs.

• B.C. lumber was used for trestles, ties and bridges on the Canadian PacificRailway.

• B.C.’s first sawmill was built in 1847 at Esquimalt Harbour.

• B.C. is the world’s largest exporter of softwood lumber.

• Less than 1% of forest land is harvested each year.

• B.C. is Canada’s most ecologically diverse province, with temperate rainforests, dry pine forests, alpine meadows and more.

• B.C. has more than 40 different species of native trees.

• B.C. spruce was used to build British Mosquito fighter bombers during the Second World War.

• The masts and booms of the famous Bluenose schooner, pictured on the dime, were made from B.C. Douglas-fir.

• One metric tonne of dry wood pulp will make...1 tonne of newspaper, 1,400 lbs of magazine paper and 0.9 tonne of toilet paper.

• Sawmills use computers and lasers to get the most value out of every log.

• Roofing shakes are made from blocks of wood too small to cut into lumber.

• An average house requires 15,000 board feet of lumber.

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Maureen Czirfusz, Manager of Houston’s Chamber of Commerce, was recently chosen presi-dent of the British Columbia Chamber Executives Association (B.C.C.E.), a not-for-profi t, volunteer or-ganization that is a learning network for Chamber managers and staff.

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“They have been the ones that have given me my success. They are just a fabu-lous group of people,” said Czirfusz.

B.C.C.E. has pro-vided her with a net-work of people to help brainstorm ideas, suc-cessfully plan and run events, and celebrate successes.

Most Chamber managers don’t have co-workers in their community, so B.C.C.E. gives connec-tion with people - some with up to 30 years of experience and a great

wealth of knowledge - to give suggestions for events and share what has worked in other communities, said Czirfusz.

“And that, I think, is the biggest benefi t of B.C.C.E., is being able to pick up the phone and say, ‘I need help.’”

Czirfusz says the Business Awards night is a great example, us-ing ideas from other Chambers and chang-ing a small ten-person event into one that sells out and is a great success.

Besides being a sounding board, B.C.C.E. also holds annual, three-day

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As president of B.C.C.E, Czirfusz de-veloped a yearly work plan and timeline over the summer and now her main responsibil-ity is making sure that everyone else is doing what has to be done, she says.

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Unusually warm and dry weather con-ditions for this time of year means forest fi re season is far from over — but that’s not neces-sarily a bad thing.

“We’re getting un-seasonable warm and very dry weather,” said fi re centre informa-tion offi cer Lindsay Carnes last week when a northwest open-fi re ban was announced to prevent human-caused wildfi res. Despite fi re prevention efforts, Carnes said some are now being allowed to burn because they’re considered good for the forest.

This August fea-tured drier weather than last year, with 40mm of rain spread over nine days com-pared to 80mm spread over 16 days in 2011.

September 2011 brought with it 203.3mm of rain com-pared to September 2012 has seen 31.6 mm

so far. Warmer drier tem-

peratures lead to drier fuels which in-crease risk of fi re, said Carnes, adding that the end of fi re season is as unpredictable as the weather.

“We need a signifi cant weather event to end fi re season,” said Carnes. “At this stage we’re really looking at snow.”

So far in 2012, 105 wildfi res burned 13,020 hectares in the northwest, while last year 19 fi res burned 11,011 hectares.

This year, there are three major fi res active in the northwest, burning 12,982 hectares to date.

The Good Hope Lake fi re, east of Dease River near Boya Lake Park, was discovered early August and was caused by lightning. Still going, it has burned 3,500 hectares

so far.The Entiako Lake

fi re south of Burns Lake, discovered late August, has burned 6,120 hectares and is also still burning.

Close to Houston, the Atna Lake fi re near Morice Lake continues to burn and has burned 3,362 hectares to date. It was discovered mid-August.

Each of these fi res is being monitored but they are also being al-lowed to burn natu-rally.

The decision to let a fi re burn naturally is based on a variety of factors, explained Carnes.

Information on the Northwest Fire Centre websitet explains that wildfi re is a natural part of the forest life-cycle, returning nutri-ents to the soil and re-sulting in new growth.

And as some of the fi res are currently burning in provincial

parks, the decision to allow some fi res to burn has been made with BC Parks.

The following is a list of considerations made by B.C. Parks with respect to wildfi re.

“Although fi res are natural and provide ecological benefi ts, they must be moni-tored if they occur in parks,” said a docu-ment released by B.C. Parks Sept. 19. “They can be allowed to burn only if they are in a remote area of a large park and represent limited risk to the park or values in adjacent

areas, or if control ac-tions are limited by a lack of access or con-cerns for wildfi re fi ght-er safety.”

B.C. Park’s wildfi re management policy involves a balance of consideration between maintaining natural ecosystems which in-cludes fi re in the for-est landscape with protecting human life and also property, said the release, adding 500,000 hectares of forest burned annually in British Columbia before widespread fi re control.

This is compared with a recent annual

average of less than 50,000 hectares.

“These periodic fi res burned the surface fuels that collect on the forest fl oor and reduced tree density, lowering both the risk of hot, uncontrollable wildfi res and the forest’s susceptibility to insect infestations and disease,” said the release.

“Decades of fi re suppression have al-lowed forest fuels such as branches and dead trees to build up. This creates the potential for severe wildfi res that burn hotter and can damage soils, leading

to erosion and fl ood-ing. The risk is com-pounded by the warm-er, drier temperatures associated with global warming and the in-creased number of trees killed by moun-tain pine beetles.”

To strike a balance between nature and safety, B.C. Parks man-ages fuel buildup and takes other protective measures such as re-moving dead trees and fuel accumulation.

“In large wilder-ness parks, areas may be designated where wildfi res can burn with little interference,” said the release.

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As B.C.’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, I’m pleased to celebrate National Forest Week. This year’s theme, Healthy Forests – Healthy Communities, provides an opportu-nity to refl ect on how forests and communi-ties are connected.

This year the prov-ince celebrates the cen-tennial birthday of the BC Forest Service. For the past 100 years, the BC Forest Service has managed and protect-ed our forests so we all can enjoy the benefi ts they offer.

Whether providing great economic ben-efi ts – accounting for over 53,000 direct jobs supporting families all around the province, or recreational oppor-tunities for residents and visitors, our for-ests play a signifi cant role in local communi-ties.

B.C. continues to be

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Over the past year, B.C.’s forest industry has benefi ted from a positive 15 per cent increase in lumber prices, and to the end of June, a 17 per cent increase in lumber ex-ports to the U.S., com-pared to the same time last year.

Both of these in-creases are helping lo-cal mills prosper and supporting jobs.

As B.C.’s forest sec-tor continues its recov-ery from 2009, we still face challenges like the mountain pine beetle.

On August 15, 2012, the Special Committee on Timber Supply released a re-port that provides 20 recommendations to

increase the timber supply and value of mid-term timber in B.C.’s Interior forests.

A number of the recommendations re-fl ect actions already underway by the min-istry, and we will work closely with communi-ties, First Nations and stakeholders to imple-ment all of the report’s recommendations.

I can assure you the ministry’s response to the committee’s rec-ommendations will provide a solid foun-dation for us to move forward and will ad-dress the needs of communities and fam-ilies in the region.

Our forests are not only about jobs. We manage our forests for a multitude of val-ues including fi sh and wildlife habitat, water quality, cultural heri-tage, and recreation, to name just a few.

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ebrate visit: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/pab/nfw/2012/

Steve Thomson is the Minister for Forests, Lands and Natural

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This bear came to investigate a hunting camp with a moose hanging and blood in the pickup. One morning the hunters looked out of their camper to see the grizzly in their truck. The bear kept hanging around despite some warning shots. The hunters didn’t want to shoot it and ended up getting a game warden and a police officer to stand guard so they could cut their moose down off the meat poles and leave.This was at 43KM on the Morice River Road about 25KM from where the fisherman was mauled by a sow grizzly a few weeks ago.

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The Gateway pipeline route has already seen a decade of planning and testing, and thousands of hours of work, to ensure maximum safety and minimal environmental disturbance. And I’m proud to tell you that the work isn’t fi nished yet.

First of all, I want to set the record straight on recent claims that the Gateway pipeline runs through the Great Bear Rain Forest on British Columbia’s coast — they are categorically false. As it happens, our team of engineers has taken great pains to ensure that the proposed pipeline route is almost entirely made up of pre-existing corridors of activity — such as logging roads, forestry roads, cut lines, or other “pre-disturbed” areas — to reduce its footprint as much as possible.

Our engineers, and experts familiar with B.C.’s terrain, have also spent years using the most advanced technology available to identify the potential for geohazards — landslides, rock fall, avalanches, seismic issues, and marine clays. As a result, we’ve worked hard to minimize the risk, and ensure the safest pipeline route possible, with extra measures such as deeper pipe burial, tunnels, and special pipe design.

Our engineering team is constantly refi ning the Gateway pipeline route. Years ago we started with Route A, and nearly two dozen route amendments later, we’re working on Route V. Many of those changes have come, and others will come, as a result of working with environmental groups, Aboriginal communities, and government agencies.

Along the entire length of the pipeline in B.C., we’ll minimize impact to sensitive fi sh and animal habitat, reclaim the right-of-way for wildlife, and strictly control and manage access.

Safety, and respect for the environment, have been our primary considerations in charting the Gateway pipeline route over the past 10 years. And that’s not about to change.

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New pastor pleasantly surprised by what Houston offers By Jackie Lieuwen

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New Christian Reformed pastor comes to Houston

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Coming from Winnipeg to pastor at Houston Christian Reformed Church, Pastor Martin Vellekoop says he and his wife Cindy didn’t expect to end up in place like Houston.

“Cindy and I just really talked to the Lord about it,” said Vellekoop, adding that things really fell into place in Houston – in-cluding Cindy’s grade one and two teaching job at the Houston Christian School – which made them feel that Houston was where they were being led.

Having lived in cities their whole life, com-ing to Houston was a bit of a culture shock, but they have been pleasantly surprised by what Houston does offer.

“It’s not a big city, but there’s more here than meets the eye,” said Vellekoop, point-ing out how well-kept Steelhead park is, how nice the Leisure Facility is, and how friendly the people are.

Vellekoop has been involved in ministry ever since university.

After getting a Calvin College Bachelors degree in classical history and a degree from Calvin Seminary, Vellekoop went with his wife Cindy to Japan with Christian Reformed World Missions to plant churches there,

he said. Preparing to stay in

Japan, Vellekoop and his wife spent a couple of years in language school, as well as go-

ing to a few different parts of Japan for in-ternships, he said.

“You can’t learn Japanese like you do here. Here we are taught to question... if you are question-ing a teacher there, it’s sort of a sign of disre-spect,” said Vellekoop, adding that learning Japanese was just a lot of memorization.

“I did end up writ-ing a sermon,” said Vellekoop.

It took him six weeks to write and get edited and then he was able to go around and preach, he said.

After being in Japan three years, per-sonal reasons brought Vellekoop and his fam-ily back to Canada.

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Ridge, B.C. - and also spent a year and a half getting licenced as a facilitator for healthy congregations at the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center before going to Winnipeg and then Houston.

“I have always been intrigued with how people get along or don’t get along,” said Vellekoop.

“For me as a Christian that’s re-ally important… Jesus prayed that - he prayed that [the church] would have unity, so I think that’s important,” he said.

But for now, Vellekoop says he is still getting to know the Houston CRC congre-gation and “learning

their dance steps.”“I’m kinda the new

partner here, and I’m not here just to teach a new dance when I haven’t even learned

what the dance is,” said Vellekoop.

Then, after fi guring out how things work here, he will begin to work together with the church to fi gure out what God wants them to do, he said.

It will probably in-volve a lot of different things, including loving and listening, coming alongside and sharing the love of Christ, said Vellekoop.

In the next fi ve to ten years, we will be working together to fi gure out how to be a Houston CRC com-munity and how to be part of the Houston community, he said, “because Houston is bigger than the Houston CRC.”


Pastor Martin Vellekoop is the new pastor at the Christian Reformed Church on the hill.

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The coach is picked and the team nearly chosen, and the Houston Luckies headed to their fi rst game last weekend.

Alonzo Slaney stepped up to coach this year. He had played for 12 years and didn’t want there to be no team just because there was no coach, he said.

“Not putting skates on will be a little different probably,” said Slaney.

Slaney says the team is pretty much picked, with just a few people who will be decided this week, after the fi rst league game last Saturday in Terrace against the River Kings.

The tryouts brought out 20 people on Saturday and 18 on Sunday and at least ten new players, said Slaney.

Several guys from Burns Lake join

the team this year, including David Little, goalie; Kurt Strimbold, defense; Brett Michell,

forward; Tim Martens, defense; and Jaden Janzen, a forward player returning from Juniors with Brandon West, forward.

“With the Burns Lake guys we will have a little bit better of a team this year I think,” said player Skylar Hasell, “as long as some of our older guys show up too.”

Slaney says the new young guys and

the third goalie are an added strength for this years team, which will be set sometime this week.

The fi rst Luckies home game is Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Claude Parish Memorial Arena.

Slaney is the Luckies coach


Twenty players From Houston and Burns Lake tried out for the Luckies team on Sept. 19.

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Investments in local communities: we invest in the areas of wellness, safety and environment in the locations where our employees live and where we operate our assets. Through our engagement with local communities we will identify areas where we can help build stronger, vibrant communities through initiatives such as job training and community partnerships.

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JANET RUTH KEMPF

January 22, 1956 - September 17, 2012

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Janet Kempf after a short but very courageous battle with cancer.Jan is lovingly remembered by her husband of 37 years Brian, her daughter Brenda (Matt), grandchildren Brandon and Katelyn, sister Barbara (Dave), brother Kevin (Nancy),

stepfather Peter and many other relatives and friends. She will also be sadly missed by her good friend Shenny and many of her adopted family at Canadian Tire in Kamloops.She was predeceased by her sister Joy, brother Norbert and parents Henry and Caroline.Jan was born in Burns Lake, B.C., and grew up in Southbank, B.C. She then went to high school in Houston, B.C., lived with her husband in Houston, B.C., Terrace, B.C., Mackenzie, B.C., Prince George, B.C. and the last 6 plus years here in Kamloops where she fell in love with the city.Everyone who came into contact with her will always remember her frank but gentle manner, her friendly smile and her infectious laugh.Thanks to everyone who helped during Janet’s illness, especially sta at Community Care Nursing, Royal Inland Hospital and the Kamloops Cancer Clinic.A short Celebration of her life was held at Schoening Cremation Centre, #8-177 Tranquille Road on Friday, September 28th, 2012 at 11:00 a.m.In lieu of owers, donations can be made in Janet’s name to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation, 311 Columbia Street, Kamloops,B.C. V2C 2T1.

KELVIN WILLIAM MARKMAY 25, 1960 - SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

The family of Kelvin Mark is saddened to announce his sudden passing of natural causes in West Vancouver, BC.

Kelvin is survived by his children; Robert (Laura and Nicholas & Anna); Kirstin (Josh and Peter, Amy & Charlie); Jillian (Tristan and Jeremy); Benjamin (Andrea). He also leaves his sisters; Marlene (Gary); Wendy (Gordon); Christine (Tracy); numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles.

Kelvin was predeceased by his Father, Vagn Mark (1987), his mother, Mona Mark (2011).

A service will be held on Saturday, November 3, 2012 @ 1:30 at Chances Casino in Prince Rupert, BC. If you would like to contribute a remembrance at the service, please contact the family via email by October 18, 2012. Email: [email protected]

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Land Act:Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that TM Mobile Inc. of Burnaby BC, intends to make application to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Smithers, for a License of Occupation for a Communication Site and a Right of Way situated on Provincial Crown land located on PARTS OF DISTRICT LOTS 4209, 4225 AND 4226, TOGETHER WITH ALL THAT UNSURVEYED CROWN LAND IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 16, RANGE 5 COAST DISTRICT, CONTAINING 4.00 HECTARES, MORE OR LESS (Forestdale area). The Lands Files for this application are 6408417 and 6408418. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Skeena Stikine District Land Offi cer, MFLNRO, at PO Box 6000 – 3333 Tatlow Road, Smithers BC V0J 2N0. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to November 10, 2012. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit the website at http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations.

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Structural Firefi ghting/Hwy Rescue. Interested? Top-ley Volunteer Fire Dept. is accepting applications. No experience necessary please contact Byron - F/C 250-696-3348 or come to a fi re practice: Thurs. @ 1930 hrs (7:30 pm)

Topley Volunteer Fire Dept. meetings every 2nd Tues. of the month at 7:30 pm. Fire practices every Thurs. at 7:30 pm.

Topley Victory Church services: 10:30 a.m.

GranisleGranisle and District Seniors meetings are the 2nd and 4th Thurs. of each month at 1pm in the Seniors Centre.

Granisle Volunteer Fire Department meetings & fi re practices every Tues., 7 p.m. at the Fire Hall.

Granisle Church of the Way services are Sun., 11 a.m. Bible study is Thurs. at 7 p.m.

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Houston Hospice annual general meeting Oct. 10, 7:00 pm at the hospice building at the corner of 6th St. and Benson Ave. Please attend if you are interested in supporting any aspect of hospice in Houston.

The annual Houston Pro-Life chain Sat. Oct. 13, 2012, between 1-2p.m along Hwy.#16. We will meet in the parking lot of the Houston Mall then proceed to the highway to demonstrate and pray for the unborn and those involved with abortion. If you need any further information phone Michalle Brown at 845-7494.

Houston Minor Hockey Association Annual General Meeting 7pm in the HSS library on Oct. 16.

Houston Secondary Schools 2011-2012 yearbooks are now in. Please contact the offi ce to get yours or pick up your pre-paid copy. webpage: http://hssweb.sd54.bc.ca

Houston Public Library Events... Oct. 10 – Houston Public Library Story Time for children ages 3 to 5 will begin and run every Wed. until Dec. 12 from 1:30-2:30 pm. To register or for more information please

call the library at 250-845-2256. Baby and Me and Toddler Time will not be available for the Fall session. • Oct. 11 – Mark Zagwyn Passport Photos 11am to 6pm. • Oct. 16 – Join Harold Ludditt at 7pm as he discusses “Bee Keeping”. He will also be bringing some homemade beeswax candles and hand cream. • Oct. 18 – Teen Movie Night from 6-8pm “Pizza and a Movie”: Snow White And The Huntsman. Admission: $2/person.• Oct. 19 – Non-instructional day family friendly movie and popcorn. “Big Miracle” will be playing from 2-4pm. Admission is by donation. Children 6 & under must be accompanied by an adult. • Thurs., Oct. 25 - 2:30 pm - Local children’s author Lydia Millett. Lydia will be doing a reading from her new book “Grey’s Journey”. Her book will also be available to purchase. For more info call Marlee 250-845-2256.

United Church Turkey supper and Silent Auction Friday, Nov. 2 at the Senior’s Activity Centre. Supper sittings are 5 & 7 p.m. Tickets: $10 for adults/seniors and $8 for children under age 12. For ticket reservations call Marianne Dekker at 250-845-3484.

The Houston Legion Branch 249: Meeting: 2nd Mon. of the month is Executive, 4th Mon. is General Meeting (we have not been able to get a quorum in months, members please attend)

Ambulance Society of Houston – is fundraising for a CAREstream Vital Sign Monitor. This will generate a higher level of care for patients in need of medical attention. Paramedics will be able to record vital signs while in the care of the back of the ambulance. The Society is seeking support from the local business community and Bulkley Valley Credit Union was happy to donate $500 in March to assist in their cause.

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Take notice that Shawn D. Meehan from Houston, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Nat-ural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Smithers, for a Crown grant to purchase a residential lease situat-ed on Provincial Crown land located on DISTRICT LOT 7911 and PART OF LOT 24, RANGE 5 COAST DIS-TRICT, (Babine Lake).

The Lands File for this appli-cation is 0283139. Written comments concerning this application should be di-rected to the Nadina District Land Offi cer, MFLNRO, at PO Box 5000 - 3726 Alfred Ave., Smithers BC V0J 2N0. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to October 19, 2012. MFLNRO may not be able to consider com-ments received after this date. Please visit the web-site at http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.isp for more informa-tion.

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By Tom FletcherBlack Press

Kitimat Clean Ltd. has ap-plied for environmental assess-ment of a proposed oil refi nery, after commissioning a poll that found nearly three out of four B.C. residents support the idea.

A province-wide phone sur-vey conducted during September found 78 per cent of respondents were aware of the proposal to build a large refi nery at Kitimat to process Alberta heavy crude oil. Provincially, 72 per cent ei-ther favoured or were “somewhat supportive” of the proposed $13 billion refi nery, which would ship gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel to market rather than tankers of diluted bitumen.

Kitimat Clean president David Black said he was pleasantly sur-prised that so many people have heard of the refi nery proposal, and that most support the idea.

“Obviously the concept has struck a chord with the public,” he said.

Black remains chairman of Black Press Ltd., and formed Kitimat Clean as a separate com-

pany to pursue the refi nery proj-ect. He is fi nancing the provin-cial environmental assessment for it, which he expects to take two years and cost several mil-lion dollars.

Black fi rst proposed the re-fi nery to the B.C. government seven years ago as chairman of the B.C. Progress Board, an ad-visory panel set up to examine economic and social develop-

ment of the province. His inter-est was renewed when Enbridge Inc. applied for federal approval

to build the Northern Gateway pipeline from northern Alberta’s oil sands to a new tanker port at Kitimat.

The Enbridge project has met strong opposition from communities, aboriginal groups and environmental-ists, much of it based on the threat of a tanker spill on B.C.’s North Coast. Black argues that a refi nery not

only reduces the spill risk, it means 6,000 construc-tion jobs and 3,000 perma-nent employees to run it.

Since he announced the Kitimat Clean project in August, Black said he has been contacted by Korean and Chinese people look-ing for more informa-tion. Earlier discussions with Enbridge and other Canadian oil companies did not produce fi nancial support to reverse a de-cades-long decline in B.C. refi nery capacity.

The poll was con-ducted by non-editorial Black Press staff during September. It gathered 1,400 responses from the

Cariboo, Kootenay, Northern B.C., Lower Mainland, Thompson-Okanagan and Vancouver Island regions. The margin of error is estimated to

be plus or minus 2.62 per cent, 19 times out of 20.

More information on the project is available at www.kiti-matclean.ca

Poll finds support for B.C. refinery

Opinion by region

British Columbia household phone survey for Kitimat Clean, September 2012. Margin of error +/- 2.62%, nineteen times out of twenty

British Columbia household phone survey for Kitimat Clean, September 2012. Margin of error +/- 2.62%, nineteen times out of twenty

Main reasons forsupportQ: Of the people who responded in favour or somewhat supportive of this plan, we asked, “What are your top two reasons for considering support for this plan?”

Main reasons for oppositionQ: Of the people who responded entirely or somewhat opposed to this plan, we asked, “What are your top two reasons for opposing this plan?”


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Hunt’s Thick & Rich SauceVariety Pack6x680 ml

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Hunt’sTomatoes2 Varieties6x398 ml

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PampersBox DiapersSizes 1 thru 6

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Italpasta NoodlesAssorted Varieties900 gram2 for

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Hunt’s TomatoSauce2 Varieties12x398 ml

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PampersBaby Wipes2 Varieties640-720 count

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Kraft ParmesanCheese500 gram

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Western Family MushroomsAssorted Varieties284 ml

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Emma Extra VirginOlive Oil3 litre

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Danone YogurtsAssorted Varieties24x100 gram

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