Williams Lake Tribune, January 29, 2016

Despite some unseasonably warm weather and even a little rain this week the 2016 Winter Carnival is a go this weekend.

Well be fine, says an optimistic committee chair Darrick Boyes.

There may be bare patches around the park where the snow has melted but in the key areas

where it is needed the base in there, Boyes says.

He says the city brought in 10 dump-trucks of snow and there is a foot to a foot-and-a-half base to work with.

He is also pleased with the weather report calling for cooler temperatures and snow for Friday.

Well make things happen, Boyes says.

The Winter Carnival takes place

in Boitanio Park from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 30 and 31 and will include all sorts of outdoor activities provided free of charge (equipment includ-ed) such as sledding, cross country skiing and snowshoeing. Saturday there will also be free skating next door at the Cariboo Memorial Complex.

There will be face painting, ka-raoke, performances by magician

Jesaja Class, First Nations cultural activities in a teepee, maple syrup candy making, chili cooking con-test for amateurs and professionals, childrens games, mini-petting zoo, snowman art contest, horse-drawn sleigh rides, a bonfire and more to enjoy.

People will also be able to pur-chase breakfast cooked by the Li-ons Club and international dishes on offer by various food vendors.

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Williams Lake RCMP are breathing a temporary sigh of re-lief after arresting men they believe are respon-sible for some of the recent gang shootings, vehicle thefts and break and enters occurring in the lakecity.

Williams Lake RCMP Insp. Milo MacDonald said two prolific offenders are back in jail and two more are in police crosshairs following weeks of intense, tar-geted police investiga-tions toward known individuals, who were picked up last week on unrelated charges.

The accused are cur-rently in Prince George Regional Corrections Centre facing various charges including pos-session of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, uttering threats, breach of probation and fail-ing to comply with the

conditions of an under-taking.

So far, police have been unable to connect anyone formally with the more serious charg-es relating to the Jan. 2 shooting on Mackenie Avenue which left two men wounded, one crit-ically, and the shoot-ing in Wildwood Jan. 20, where a home with children inside was shot at several times. Mac-Donald admits find-ing witnesses willing to name suspects in the on-going gang violence has been a stumbling block in the investiga-tions, however, RCMP have seemed to find another way to get the suspects off the streets.

If we can keep a few of these top-end guys in jail, I know it will significantly reduce the risk to public safety, said MacDonald, who was planning to give the same message to concerned members of the Williams Lake and District Cham-

ber of Commerce at its monthly luncheon Thursday.

I want to remind people that this is a very, very small group of individuals who have not only been ter-rorizing Williams Lake but also Anaham and Soda Creek. They are not representative of these communities and when they are off the streets, everyone is much safer.

Residents and busi-ness owners have been on edge since gang violence erupted on the streets two days

into the new year on the one-year anniver-sary of the murder of Jesse Delmer Frank. The weeks following have seen vehicle thefts increase from one a month to sometimes two per 12-hour police shift, MacDonald said.

A turf war between drug dealers is believed to be at the heart of the crime.

This is a dispute be-tween two rival gangs selling cocaine, Mac-Donald said.

Tsilhqotin National Government Chief Joe Alphonse, whose own

community has strong ties to one of the gangs, agrees that if police take care of the drug dealers, they will take care of much of the crime.

But its going to take all of us to make that happen, Al-phonse said Wednes-day. There just seems to be a never-ending supply of drugs.

While Alphonses community and many others like it in the area continue to struggle with extreme pov-erty and often over-whelming challenges

in housing, health and education, Alphonse is calling his own people to action by volunteer-ing and becoming a positive influence with aboriginal youth.

We have 120 people working for us. How many of those give back to the commu-nities they represent? That needs to change, Alphonse said, empha-sizing he wants to see First Nations commu-nities hosting soccer, baseball and hockey tournaments, for ex-ample.

Maybe some of these guys we cant turn around, but there are all the eight and 10 year olds out there who we can reach before its too late ... we can drown out (gang violence) through our culture and recreation. Give them pride, give them community.

Alphonse said lead-ers from many of the areas First Nations have met to discuss the

recent gang problems and are working to-gether against it.

As long as we keep talking and standing beside each other as leaders and set an ex-ample, then we are do-ing the right thing.

He is also hoping the local police will work closely with First Nations leaders when dealing with prolific of-fenders.

These offenders know the system and they know how to get around it. If we are working together may-be there will be more accountability

MacDonald seems to have taken that mes-sage to heart and just this week arranged to have an officer, area chief and community elder meet with an of-fender scheduled to be released from jail to welcome them back, and also set out expec-tations for the individ-ual upon returning to the community.

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Williams Lake city councillor Scott Nel-son is broiling over the BC Safety Councils proposed commercial and industrial propane tank permit fee.

It is a multi-million dollar tax grab and attack on rural Brit-ish Columbians, said Nelson, who owns Best Buy Propane in the lakecity.

BCSA is proposing a $27 annual fee for tanks 80 to 999 gallons and $38 for tanks be-tween 1,000 to 1,999 gallons, effective Feb. 1, 2016.

Homeowners using propane tanks for resi-dential use are exempt from paying the fees.

Theyve used the gun registry as a tem-plate, Nelson said.

As he picked up a stack of propane con-tainer report forms his company has been submitting to BCSA for the last nine years, he suggested the in-dustry is already mak-ing sure propane tank information is being managed.

BCSAs director of stakeholder engage-ment Quinn Newcomb

emphasized Thursday the permit fee is not a tax grab.

We are an indepen-dent not-for-profit or-ganization in the prov-ince that oversees the safe installation and operation of seven dif-ferent technologies, Newcomb said. Gas and propane vessels are two of those.

As a not-for-profit they run a balanced budget, and any fees for permits go directly to administer the BC-SAs safety system that oversees those techni-cal systems.

The fees go to help pay for safety officer inspections, admin-istering permit ap-plications, eduction programs and enforce-ment action they may need to take when equipment may pose a hazard.

Since 2004, propane pressure vessels over 80 gallons have re-quired a permit in B.C.

There has been a fee required for oper-ating permits but back in June we clarified we were going to be more stringent Newcomb said, noting the fee collecting has been put on hold for now.

Nelson admitted he

had an inclination the fees were coming, but said he thought indus-try was still in negotia-tion with the BCSC.

A chart provided by the BCSC also shows that the permit fees will increase each year. Nelson said that will be hard for busi-nesses such as resorts with several tanks on their properties.

Cariboo Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett has been working steadily with the Cana-dian Propane Associa-tion since 2012.

On March 18, 2015 Scott Nelson contact-ed me with concerns about the proposed fees, Barnett said. I know the tanks are continuing to be filled for now, but on a personal level I dont agree with the fees ei-ther.

The Stampede Street Party will no longer be organized by the Wil-liams Lake BIA.

In a letter dated Dec. 29, 2015, informing city council they wished to amend the Fee-for-Ser-vice Agreement with the city that stipulated they

organize the street party, WLCBIA chairperson Angie Delainey said survey and word-of-mouth feedback from BIA membership indi-cated the street party is not beneficial to down-town business and prop-erty owners.

In a press release is-sued Thursday, the BIA said it hopes the city will find another group interested in organizing the street party.

City council received the service agreement amendment Tuesday at its regular meeting.

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The cost of solid waste containers is increasing in Wil-liams Lake from $65 to $105.

Seven years ago we purchased 8,000 containers, said

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We got a really good deal on that bulk order but weve run out of those carts.

When the city did the initial disburse-ment of the gar-

bage and recyclables containers to 3,500 homes, the cost of the carts was includ-ed on customers util-ity bills.

Now when new houses come on line, they purchase them outright, Engleberts said.

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Economy the focus of new projectAn economic de-

velopment project launched in Williams Lake Wednesday is not meant to reinvent the wheel.

Were here to work with individuals and organizations to find out whats unique to this area and how to help make things hap-pen, said Marleen Morris, co-director of the Community De-velopment Institute at UNBC who is part-nering with the Wil-liams Lake Economic Corporation on the project.

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a masters student at UNBC, began meet-ing with people on Monday in Williams Lake and said so far theyve heard some great ideas.

The Cariboo has assets to build upon to diversify the economy even further, whether thats in agriculture, tourism, or meeting the needs of an aging population to attract more people to retire here, Morris said.

Bhodi said they want to hear from lo-cals about niches in the Williams Lake area.

It is anticipated the project will last six to eight months.

The first stage will see meetings with in-

dividuals and organi-zations. In the second stage, the project will proceed to small work-shops resulting in con-crete action.

Our mandate is to collaborate and part-ner with people in the community to help make changes, Mor-ris said.

Funding for the project has come from the Cariboo Chilco-tin Beetle Action Co-alition and the citys newly revamped eco-nomic development corporation, Mayor Walt Cobb said.

There have been a lot of reports done in the past but we want to pull it all together and focus on the is-

sues, Cobb said, not-ing while the economic development corpora-tion is funded by the city, it operates inde-pendently of city hall.

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Monica Lamb-Yorski photoMike McDonough, president of the Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin (left), Miriam Schilling and Xatsull First Nation com-munity economic development co-ordinator chat with Marleen Morris, co-director of the Community Development Institute UNBC Wednesday at city hall during the launch of Growing Our Future, the Williams Lake Economic Development Plan.

What would happen to our community if we did not have volunteers?

If you take a look around the community at the organi-zations and groups that are in Williams Lake you will find many of the volunteers who make our city a better place.

The Chamber of Commerce, the Royal Canadian Legion, the Ladies Hospital Auxiliary, the Scouts and Cadets, the Sal-vation Army, indeed these and all the groups in Williams Lake would not operate without vol-unteers.

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big service.We would not be having a

Winter Carnival this weekend if it were not for volunteers.

President Darrick Boyes of the Winter Carnival has given lots of his time organizing vol-unteers to help out at the many events.

A couple of years ago Dar-rick was lamenting there was no winter carnival and, after talking to many people who thought it was once again time we had one, he decided to take the bull by the horns and get going.

Last years event was a good

community affair, even if the weatherman didnt give us enough snow. Different snow scene this go around.

There will be a Lions Club pancake breakfast and other food during the day and the many events that appeal to all ages. There will also be a chilli cook off. You can experi-ence the First Nations culture and their teepee. There are so many events to take in. I like the snowman contest and the snow art.

Many volunteers are needed to put together this kind of community event.

Seventy-three businesses have also joined in helping make this second annual Wil-liams Lake Winter Carnival a success.

I like the advertising for the carnival that states: This event brought to you by the community.

Take some time to visit the Winter Carnival and see for yourself how many volunteers are needed to make a go of this second annual event.

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The virus, which only came to the attention of the WHO last year, is spreading explosively across the South and Central Americas and has recently been linked to significant birth defects in babies whose mothers were bitten by mos-quitos carrying the virus during pregnancy.

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The WHO said the pathogen is spreading so fast it could in-

fectasmany as three to fourmil-lion people within 12 months.

Those numbers, coupled with the severity of possible health out-comes from brain defects in chil-dren to paralysis in adults make the situationurgent.

Brazil, which is preparing to host the world for the Rio 2016 Sum-mer Olympic Games in six short months, is the epicentre of the crisis, where the country is dealing with more than 4,000 suspected cases of microcephaly in newborns linked to the Zika virus.

In a press release issued Thurs-day by SFU, Carl Lowenberger, a professor of entomology and para-sitology and expert in mosquito-borne diseases, cautions that the Zika virus is a significant threat and impossible to completely avoid if travelling to Mexico, the Caribbean and South and Central America.

As a precaution, All-Ways Travel in Williams Lake strongly recom-mends that women not travel to these affected areas while pregnant as the risk is just too great.

- Williams Lake Tribune

The federal election cam-paign has produced a jumble of conflicting claims about wheth-er or not Canada has a bal-anced budget or a deficit, how it was determined, and whether it even matters.

The definitive word on this came out last week, with the release of the Government of Canada Annual Financial Re-port, signed off by Auditor General Michael Ferguson.

The government posted a budgetary surplus of $1.9 bil-lion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, compared to a budgetary deficit of $5.2 billion in 2013-14, the report says.

Revenues increased by $10.7 billion, or 3.9 per cent, from 2013-14, reflecting in-creases across all major revenue streams.

Program expenses increased by $5.2 billion, reflecting in-creases in major transfers to persons and other levels of government, offset in part by a decrease in direct program ex-penses.

The Conservative govern-ments pre-election budget cal-culated that last year was in deficit, and this year would be the first in the black since 2008. Ottawa pundits say this sur-prise surplus was engineered with intentionally pessimis-tic budget estimates, so Prime Minister Stephen Harper would get a boost right about now.

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau claimed last years surplus was partly generated by cuts to Vet-erans Affairs and Aboriginal Affairs.

Wrong and wrong. Veterans Affairs spending was up 13 per cent, and Aboriginal Affairs spending rose nearly 30 per cent.

Trudeau has also insisted Canada is in recession now, which helps his suddenly ad-opted position that a Liberal government would run deficits for the next three years to build infrastructure.

Harper ran the biggest defi-cits in Canadian history after the 2009 crash, bailing out auto makers and building lots of shovel ready infrastructure, as did the U.S. and other coun-tries.

The question raised by Trudeaus plan is whether its a good idea to keep doing that without a financial crisis.

France, for example, has run operating deficits every year since the early 1970s, although the current Socialist govern-ment vows to balance the books by 2017. Frances operating debt is now equal to 91 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product.

Canadas net debt-to-GDP ratio is currently around 30 per

cent, down from frightening levels in the 1990s before the Chrtien government finally balanced the budget.

(Fun fact: then-finance min-ister Paul Martin not only cut transfers to provinces, unlike the current government, he in-flicted the largest-ever cuts to the CBC. Harpers CBC cuts were part of government-wide reductions, again due to that 2009 crisis.)

NDP leader Thomas Mulcair has promised to balance the budget every year of his man-date, should he form Canadas first-ever socialist government. He will spend the rest of the

campaign trying to reconcile this promise with the grandiose spending plans he has piled up.

Meanwhile in B.C., Finance Minister Mike de Jong may have benefited from Harpers lowball budget.

In his first quarter update last week, de Jong reported that his February budget forecast is on track, with a $277 million sur-plus.

This is despite a $300 mil-lion bill for forest firefighting, thanks to personal and corpo-rate income tax revenue expect-ed to be $374 million higher than budgeted. B.C. bases its tax revenue figures on federal

estimates, and the ones they got early this year were clearly low.

Understated or not, this is a nice problem to have.

De Jong says that at the cur-rent pace, B.C. will pay off its accumulated operating debt by 2020.

The last time the province was free of operating debt was 1982. The big debt peak came during the NDP 1990s, with an-other spike from 2009 to 2013 under the B.C. Liberals.

Tom Fletcher is legislature re-

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Computers and ranching: high tech and old techThis week has been historic in

the ranching and farming industry locally.

The first class of students came together this week and spent the week getting to know each other, some local ranching operations, and some of their instructor/fa-cilitators. They met at the Thomp-son Rivers University (TRU), this campus in Williams Lake, where they will periodically come to-gether if they are close and if not they will be connected via Skype, Bluebutton or some other media.

The learning strategy of the new Applied Sustainable Ranching (ASUR) program is to have stu-dents from ranches live on a ranch to learn applied skills and to con-nect to an online learning system

(at TRU this is called Moodle.) Coming together face-to-face re-inforces the online learning and maximizes the success and com-pletion of the program.

A series of industry experts from

anywhere in the world will come to the program in person or via we-binar (TV or computer screen) so that the best knowledge possible can be available to students and producers in the area.

Feb. 5 which is during the first week of the online study/learning course on sustainable enterprises, will see Dave Pratt, who offers a program on Ranching for Profit, give a one-day seminar in Williams Lake.

This will be open to the ranch-ing/agriculture community and public for a small fee.

Ranching for Profit likes to nail the idea that ranching is a business, not just a way of life. The TRU ASUR program starts with equip-ping students to develop a business

strategy for their own family busi-ness or some business enterprise they would like to run.

Best efforts will be made to link and co-ordinate ongoing learning for agriculture producers with the speakers program run by the TRU program.

What better way to learn for students than to be mixed with a broad range of people in the ranching business locally?

It is the intention of the pro-gram to draw out local knowledge from the people who have it and use that to connect the formal on line learning by students with the real world.

Universities cant really teach experience. They can, however, bring universal knowledge to stu-

dents at home.Lesson number one for this pro-

gram: continuing learning is a first step to being able to adjust to new realities as they emerge in the busi-ness environment.

There are 14 students registered for the first year: six from the Wil-liams Lake and surrounding area, three from the 100 Mile area, one from Spences Bridge, One each from Quesnel, Kamloops, White-horse, and one from Massachu-setts (has a ranch in Africa).

David Zirnhelt is a member of the Cariboo Cattlemens Associa-tion and chair of the advisory com-mittee for the Applied Sustainable Ranching program which is starting at Thompson Rivers University in Williams Lake this January.

RanchMusings

with David Zirnhelt

Gaeil Farrar photoCariboo Chilcotin Conservation Societys Brianna van de Wijngaard took the long gun registry course provided by Barry and Judy Jenkins over the weekend along with about 20 other people. She took the course because she lives in a rural area and never knows when she will have to defend herself against a wild animal or humanely put down one of her animals that is injured. Instructor Judy Jenkins is smil-ing just behind the vintage rifle Brianna is holding. Part of the training included getting to know and feel comfortable loading and unloading a vari-ety of long guns. Some people took the course because they hunt while others took it in case they have to transport a long gun family heirloom.

LONG GUN TRAINING IMPORTANT


COMMUNITY CALENDARIS FOR NON-PROFIT EVENTS HAPPENING WITHIN 2 WEEKS

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The CCCIPC is hosting its annual Regional Strategic Planning Session to prioritize local invasive plant species on Wed Feb 24th at the CRD of ce in Williams Lake at 9:30 am. This meeting is open to the public and anyone with an interest is encouraged to attend. Visit www.cccipc.ca for more info. RSVP for lunch by Feb 19th to [email protected] or call 250-855-WEED (9333).

Would you wrap you Newborn in Newspaper? In some third world countries, this is an unfortunate reality! Church on 11th is asking our community of crafters to quilt, sew, knit or crochet baby items (0-2 years) such as receiving blankets, sleepers, diapers ( annelette) and clothing, during the next few months. Or, you can purchase new items for expectant and new moms and newborns. Items can be dropped off at the church to be stored. On Saturday April 2, from 2-4pm we will hold a Third World Baby Shower & Tea at the Church on 11th, 1100-11th Ave. We will display all the items made and purchased before they are shipped overseas. For more information, contact Marie at 778-412-9257 or the church of ce 250-392-2843.

Hough Memorial Cancer Society. Cancer affects all of us. Our mission is to collect funds to purchase equipment for our local hospital for early cancer detection. All monies remain in our community. For more information www.houghmemorial.org or contact Bob McIntosh at 250-305-1041. Our mailing address is PO Box 4311, Williams Lake, B.C. V2G 2V4. Your donation is tax deductible.

The Williams Lake Wanderers partake in a variety of outdoor seasonal activities - currently snowshoeing, x-country skiing and hiking as weather permits. We meet at the Cariboo Memorial Complex at 10am each Tues., Wed. and Thurs. Come and spend the morning. For further information please call 250-392-6423 or 250-392-4705.

Nature Kindergarten will be offered by SD#27 at Scout Island beginning in September 2016. Interested parents must attend a mandatory information session in early January. For details go to www.sd27.bc.ca/nature-kindergarten.

Registration for Quintet Plus is now closed. We look forward to inviting new members in the fall.

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EASTERN STAR DONATES TO CDC

GIVING WHERE WE LIVE

PIONEER HELPS SALVATION ARMY

The Princess Pine Chapter 67 of the Order of the Eastern Star recently presented a cheque for $572.39 to the Cariboo Chilcotin Child Development Centre. Pictured are CDC staff member Linda Matherly (left), Eastern Star members Sandy Fowler, Elaine Cawley presenting the cheque to CDC member Sara Fulton, with Nancy Frost of CDC and Kevin Daniel also of CDC. The funds were raised by the Eastern Stars annual raffle held in October.

Jo-Anna Johnston senior regional mar-ket manager (left) and Andres Electronics manager Krista Mitchell (right) present Salvation Army Cpt. Isobel Lippers with a donation of $500 for the foodbank raised before Christmas. At Telus we give where we live, Johnston said.

Salvation Army Capt. Ben Lippers receives a dona-tion from Amanda Fuller of Pioneer Log Homes of B.C. Pioneer staff made the donation to the SAs Christmas Hamper pro-gram.


PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

ARIES Mar 21/Apr 20A burst of optimism has you moving toward a new goal, Aries. This positive frame of mind can propel you to the finish line quickly, but make each decision carefully.

TAURUS Apr 21/May 21Taurus, new revelations may inspire you to make some long-desired changes. Write down all of your plans so you can see them on paper and weigh all of your priorities.

GEMINI May 22/Jun 21An old friend you havent seen in a while may suddenly reappear in your life, Gemini. This person may take you on a fun trip down memory lane. Enjoy the laughs.

CANCER Jun 22/Jul 22Expect a change of circumstances at work, Cancer. This change may come by way of a transfer or a promotion, or it might be something less significant. Embrace it in any case. LEO Jul 23/Aug 23A close friend of yours may suggest a last-minute trip, and you just may be game for an adventure, Leo. Pack all of your essentials and do not think too much, or you might back out.

VIRGO Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, a financial windfall may seem like a great thing on the surface, but it doesnt come without a price. Resolve to be responsible with your newfound largesse.

LIBRA Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, you might feel nervous at the prospect of a big change at your job, but you are totally ready for the change and some new responsibilities.

SCORPIO Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, some recent nerves and stress may come to an end this week. You feel focused right now and have your eye on the prize, and relief is on the way.

SAGITTARIUS Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, expect some welcome developments in your romantic life. This may be the week you meet someone new. If youre involved, expect your romantic energy to grow.

CAPRICORN Dec 22/Jan 20Capricorn, youre ready to spread your ideas and plans to others, but the public just may not be open to what you have to share at this time. Dont force the issue at present; give it a few days.

AQUARIUS Jan 21/Feb 18Sacrifices will be well worth the effort this week, Aquarius. Keep in mind that these sacrifices are temporary and not that disruptive. The reward awaits.

PISCES Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, success at work paints you in a new light with your colleagues. You may finally receive the recognition you deserve.

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Photo submittedSeveral children take part in Horseflys StrongStart pro-gram Wednesday to celebrate Family Literacy Week by mailing letters to their grandparents at the Horsefly Post Office.

Students from the TRU Continuing Studies Camp Cook program were honoured Thursday by family and friends at a certificate presentation. The program, sponsored by the Cariboo Chilcotin Aboriginal Training and Education Centre, will allow students to practice the skills they learned during a two-week practicum in busi-nesses and restaurants throughout Williams Lake prior to graduating. Back row: Juanita Duncan, Veronica Boyce, Ashley Jeff, Erica Harry, Sharyl Pigeon, Dolores Duncan. Front row: Juanita Cahoose, Laura Tremblay (instructor), Rosemarie Higginbottom, Tamika Stump, Jacqui Wynja, Anita Fiestas and Rori Johnny.

Monica Lamb-Yorski photoSalvation Army Captain Isobel Lippers says the food bank needs staples like peanut butter and rice.


As January draws to an end I have to say what a beautiful winter so far! Right now the weather is almost like break up! The weather this year has just been amazing for outdoor activities.

In the village of Horsefly people have spent hours of fun on the outdoor skating rink, there are nets to have a game of hockey, and a wonderful fire pit to warm up by when it is chilly out.

You can get a hot cup of coffee from Horsefly Hardware and bring the family out for some fun. Its a great place for little ones to learn how to skate!

If you like to skate at night there are even lights!

I have seen lots of peo-ple out ice fishing on the surrounding lakes and peo-ple out cross country skiing and snowshoeing too!

It has been a good sled-ding year, from kids out on GT snow racers, to all us big kids out having fun on snowmobiles.

Every time I head off to Williams Lake for the day I see a steady stream of trucks with sleds coming out for the day!

I am always amazed at all the fun and wonder-ful activities that we have out here in Horsefly from kick boxing, yoga, bad-minton, volleyball, bingo, poker, family events at

the community club, and great social gatherings and activities that the Horsefly Seniors group put on!

Horsefly is such a great community to live in! The beauty of each of our sea-sons is amazing.

Victor Khong from Horsefly Realty was on his way home a short while ago, going down the Black Creek Road when he spot-ted this amazing owl, in the picture below. He had taken a couple of great photos of this beautiful owl and posted them on face-book. I thought it was so beautiful I asked him if he could share it with me so I could put it in the Horsefly Happenings so all of you can enjoy it too!

The other photo that is featured this month I took along my walk down

Horsefly Landing Road with my little dog Harold. Around the corner the two of us came and Harold started barking like crazy at the snowman at the end of Lisa and Murphys drive-way. Sure made me laugh!

Some upcoming events for February at the Anvil Pub, poker on the 6th and 20th.

Live band Zonnis on 6th. They have played out here before, dont miss out, book a table today!

Valentines Dinner at the Anvil Pub will be on February 13th they will be serving Prime Rib, reserve early, call Crystal today to reserve at 250-620-3323.

If you are coming out this way to go sled-ding, dont forget Horsefly Service has marked gas for you and hot coffee and pizza for some snacks for the day!

Farmers Market starts up again on February 6th runs from 10 till 2 at the Cornerhouse Mall.

Some more news for Horsefly there is a new cafe opening soon in the Cornerhouse Mall, I am not sure on the date yet. It might even be open before this issue comes out!

Well I hope that you are all enjoying this winter as much as I am, and I hope to see you out here in Horsefly sometime soon!

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One of the special First Nations guests at the Winter Carnival in Boitanio Park this weekend will be Spirit Carver Dean Ross/Gil-pin, a member of the Pioneer Log Homes international team of carvers featured in the Timber Kings, Carver Kings television shows.

Ross-Gilpin will be carving small sculp-tures that will be auc-tioned for charity.

The pieces for char-ity purposes will be big enough to carry but not too big, he says.

Pieces he creates are inspired by the indi-vidual pieces of wood presented to him.

Each piece of wood has a different story, Ross/Gilpin says.

Its all about the feeling of the piece, how it makes you feel when you view it, Ross-Gil-

pin says. I want people to feel connected to the piece.

Ross-Gilpin has worked full time for Pioneer Log Homes for about 12 years starting out as a builder and soon finding that he had a gift for carving.

I worked from the bottom up learning the trades as I went along, Ross-Gilpin says.

He learned to carve by picking up and carv-ing scraps of wood in his spare time, a natural evolution of his artistic talents which he says

started with pencil and paper drawings.

The only other carv-ers I knew were on the Carver Kings (television show) and I took my inspiration from them, says Ross/Gilpin, who is grateful to Pioneer Log Homes for allow-

ing him to develop his wood carving talent and donating the wood he will carve at the Win-ter Carnival this week-end.

His favourite wood is western red cedar and he uses all sizes of chainsaws from the largest to the tiniest dime tip to develop his artistic wood carv-

ings then finishes them with a variety of sand-ers and grinders.

He says the most im-portant sculptures he has created were the 12 stations of the cross plaques which he cre-

ated for the church at Sugar Cane which he worked on for about six months on and off.

It took me a long time and was a big challenge, Ross-Gilpin says.



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Gaeil Farrar photo Pioneer Log Homes Spirit Carver Dean Ross-Gilpin attended a 2016 Winter Carnival committee meeting last week with First Nation events co-ordinator Tanya Hutchinson.

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Texas HoldEm helps build Kidcare DaycareThe Womens Con-

tact Society is host-ing a Texas Hold Em Charity Poker Tour-nament called Hold Em for Kidcare at the Laughing Loon next month.

All proceeds will go to the Kidcare Day-care Program, says event organizer Ash-ley Hyde.

There will be a guaranteed prize pool of $900 with the first prize being $500.

The buy in is $60 per person with two

options to chip up, Hyde says.

However, if a play-er is out of chips they are out of the tourna-ment as there are no re-buys.

The tournament starts at the Laughing Loon at 7 p.m. on Sat-urday, Feb. 6. People who would like to play in the tournament or have questions are asked to contact Hyde at 250-392-4118.

Tickets are also available in advance at the Womens Contact

Society, 51A Fourth Avenue South.

Hyde reminds play-ers to know their limit and play within it.

The game is for adults 19 and older

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LOCAL COMMUNITY

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Sunday School 10:30 a.m.AWANA Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.

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Confessions of a referee

John Nicholson is with the Evangelical Free Church

Since becoming a referee a while back, I now have a special place in my heart for those who step out into this occupational hazard. I was sworn in as a ref for hockey, on a snowy day in late October unaware that the following irreversible laws of the universe were already in motion:

1. When you are Right, no one will Remember.

2. When you are Wrong, no one will Forget.

3. Officiating is like standing between two starving 4 year olds with one solitary ice cream cone.

4. When you were sworn in on opening day, this will not be the last swearing you will hear.

5. Your Eyesight, Good Looks, and Family History will often be called into Question.

During my short illustrious career as a referee I discovered that most dads want their kids to win far worse than the kids do. If given the choice between World Peace and cheering their child on to victory, most dads would ask if its a preseason or postseason game.

This is true in most sports

and I am always heartened when I see people react the way they should. A friend of mine has a son who plays basketball. One unforgettable game with seconds left on the clock, he got the ball with his team trailing by one single point. Moms held their breath, dads prayed for the first time since Easter, and Cory thrust the ball with every ounce of strength he had. He completely missed the backboard hitting nothing but the wall behind. The parents shrieked in disbelief. What moved me was what his dad did next. He ran to

his son, grabbed him and lifted him in the air in a warm embrace. Both Cory and his dad actually laughed. Both of them knew what was most important. Cory had done his part and in the bigger scheme of things, the final score meant far less than the reality that Cory, and his team, had done their best.

Next time you go to a sporting event, think of ways you can encourage and build up the players and their coaches. Better yetturn over a really big new leaf by going to the ref after the game and tell him how much you appreciated the fact that he or she did their best. Dont worry, they will recover from the heart attack!

What memories bring a smile to your face? Yes, its those when that special person expressed to you how much they appreciate you or they celebrate something you have done.

Listen to a few words from the Good BookThe Bible So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing. I Thessalonians 5:11

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St. Andrews United hosts travel and dessert nightsSt. Andrews United

Church is hosting three more presentations in its popular Travel and Dessert Night series, says Barry Sale.

On Friday, Feb. 5 Naomi Miller and Sara Goddard will describe

their journey along the El Camino de Santiago road in Spain.

On Wednesday, Feb. 24 Frances McCou-brey will talk about her summer explora-tions in Mount Edziza Provincial Park near

Dease Lake in North-western B.C.

And, on March 23 Ross McCoubrey will do a travelogue presen-tation on his canal boat travels in England.

Everyone is wel-come to attend these

interesting and enjoy-able slide presenta-tions, Sale says.

Admission is by do-nation.

The presentations take place downstairs in the church hall.

Dessert is served

at 6:30 p.m. and the shows begin promptly at 7 p.m.

Please join us for an evening when you can get away from the win-ter blahs, Sale invites.

The church is located on Huckvale Place.

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Marvin Louis Westwick lovingly rememberedMarvin Louis West-

wick passed away peacefully on Nov. 17, 2015 after a stay in the Abbotsford hospital.

Born, June, 19, 1938 Marvin was the youngest of 10 chil-dren born to Louis and Myra Westwick of Williams Lake, B.C.

Marvins parents were long-time ranch-ers so he grew up in the ranching industry.

He went to school in Williams Lake as a young child staying in town in a dormitory as many young kids

did then. His dad had a saw-

mill so he drove truck hauling lumber for his dad when he was old enough. From there he hauled freight, cat-tle and just about any-thing else you could think of for compa-nies such as Hodgson Freightways.

Marvin worked sell-ing Internationals for Four Star Truck and Equipment. He later opened Marvs Ra-diators in town across from the Elks Hall.

Everyone knew Marvin was always

a wheeler dealer and forever a good na-tured prankster.

Eventually he met his wife Marie (Tim-pany) in Williams Lake and they were married on Oct. 10, 1957.

The couple were very active in the Wil-liams Lake Trail Rid-ers club and Marvin was instrumental in the building of the arena at the time he was the president of the club for several years.

He was also a vol-unteer fireman with

the Williams Lake Fire Department.

Always a caring in-dividual he would give the shirt off his back if he thought you needed it.

In 1970 the couple moved to Langley, B.C. where Marvin started working for Preston Chev Olds. He was awarded salesman of the year on more than one occasion. Marvin will be sadly missed by his family, extended family and friends. He was pre-deceased by his par-ents Louis and Myra,

brothers Lawrence, Burt, Eddie, Andrew, Charlie, and Fred Westwick; his sisters, Violet (Pulver), Ruth (Pickering) and Win-nie (Mackay).

Marvin is survived by his wife Marie of Aldergrove, B.C., his son Derek Westwick of Aldergrove; his ex-tended family, Russ Mackay of Big Lake, Darlene Mackay (Gropp) of Langley, Rita Mackay (Fest-ing) of Aldergrove and Sharon Mackay (Anderson) of Wil-liams Lake.

Marvin Louis Westwick

Maple syrup candy making will be one of the sweet treats at the Williams Lake Win-ter Carnival coming up in Boitanio Park-this weekend.

Its a pretty basic Canadian technique of heating the maple syrup to candy tem-perature, says event organizer Deanna Phillips.

She says tables will be set up to hold snow or possibly blocks of ice with a skiff of snow on top. The maple syrup is

heated up then al-lowed to cool for just a few moments on the snow before being rolled onto a popsicle stick.

The result is ma-ple taffy on a stick, Phillips says. Hav-ing grown up outside of B.C. I used to get to do this every year through school and absolutely loved it.

I hope it will be a great addition to the Winter Carnival this year and that people who have not had the chance to try out this great Canadian treat enjoy it as much as I always did.

She says the maple taffy will be supplied free for the public with all of the syrup being donated by the Sugar Shack at 70 Mile House and other materials such as propane, tubs for snow, baby wipes and the like donated by Hytest Timber Ltd.

The Williams Lake Winter Carnival is coming up in Boi-tanio Park Saturday and Sunday Jan. 30 and 31 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.

There will be all sorts of free activities for people to try from cross country skiing

and snow shoeing, to sledding, horse-drawn sleigh rides and more.

There will also be free skating in the Cariboo Memorial complex next door and a chilli cook-off for professionals and home cooks.

Skates, skis, and snowshoes will also be rented free of charge for children and adults who dont own their own equip-ment. Phillips extends her appreciation to all the volunteers and businesses who are making the Winter Carnival possible.

Maple syrup candy a carnival treat

Gaeil Farrar photo Deanna Phillips made maple syrup candy on the snow as a child and is organizing the free maple candy event for the 2016 Winter Carnival in Boitanio Park this weekend.


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Brenda Jelley leaves a legacy of love and kindness

Sadly, Brenda Jelley passed away on Jan. 6, 2016 leaving a loving legacy of family and friends.

Brenda loved to run for various causes. Here she is running in the lead with her niece Kianna Desmond (behind her left) and her dear friend, Maureen Lee Straza (right behind).

Brenda Mary Jel-ley was born Sept. 10, 1960 to Thomas and Marian Desmond.

Brenda was raised for the first nine years on a ranch on Dog Creek Road, then moved to her fam-ilys permanent home, which is still located on Dog Creek Road.

Often times the fam-ily would pack up to travel with Tom, her dad, so he could work on cow camps.

During the times at cow camps, Brenda, Duffy and Reg spent time riding horses, berry picking, cow chasing, branding and on fishing excursions.

There was the odd mishap that would happen during their adventures as children together.

In 1967 the family moved to town to stay with Grandma Daisy, and Dan was born.

In 1969, Tom de-cided to purchase the Purjue Ranch on Dog Creek Road, where the family home is to this

day.Brenda was taught

by correspondence for the first three years by her mom, Mar-ian, then she attended Mountview School until Grade 7. She at-tended Williams Lake Junior Secondary School, then Colum-neetza Senior Second-ary School where she

graduated Grade 12 in 1978 with many good friends.

In 1979, Brenda and friend, Marcia, moved to Calgary where they enjoyed their adven-ture by sharing a one bedroom apartment between Brenda, Mar-cia and Jude, before moving in to a larger place.

They had fun with road trips through B.C., Alberta and Florida.

Brenda was drawn back to Williams Lake as she missed her friends and family.

In spring 1982, Brenda met the love of her life, Rick.

Little did they both know the amazing life

they would have to-gether.

They bought two homes together, one on Winger Road in 1983, and another at Tyee Lake in 1987. They moved to Tyee Lake full time in De-cember 2000.

On Sept. 1, 1984 Brenda and Rick were married with guests that numbered approx-imately 220 people.

In February 1989, Amanda, the first of two beautiful daugh-ters was born. Sara was born two-and -half-years later in 1991. Her daughters were the joy of Bren-das life.

Brenda lived her life to the fullest. She was an avid snowmo-biler. Along with Rick, and many friends, she ripped around on many a mountain in the Cariboo region and Tyee Lake area.

In the summer she enjoyed quad rides, boat cruising, barbe-cues and theme din-ners with both friends and family.

Annual girls week-ends with her besties was something she looked forward to ev-ery year.

Brenda always want-ed to travel to see new places.

Brenda and Rick would take her Pontiac Solstice and go on va-cations with minimal luggage and have an outstanding time to-gether.

They travelled inter-nationally as well to places such as Brazil, Montana, Las Vegas, and Oregon to name a few.

Brenda became an avid runner in the five and 10 kilometre mar-athons. She enjoyed running immensely.

Not only did Bren-da run locally, but on many runs she trav-elled to places such as Quesnel, Kamloops and Vancouver for causes that were close to her heart.

As we all know, Brenda had time for everyone.

A social butterfly, with golden wings is what she was. Every-one enjoyed the gath-erings, visiting and the one-on-one times Brenda had with both family and friends.

As a family mem-ber Brenda loved her brothers so very much. Each and every one of

them were very impor-tant to her.

Time with her ex-tended Pinchbeck family; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins was always a highlight for Brenda. It was important for her to stay connected to them.

The Jelley familys lives are so very much richer for Brenda be-ing a part of their lives. She was our Bennie. She will always be our sister.

Brenda and Rick have worked together since 1990 to build their business to the success that it is today.

Brenda was a well-known business wom-an.

She was involved with many associa-tions, one being the Williams Lake and District Chamber of Commerce.

Brenda will be missed greatly by her husband Rick, daugh-ters Amanda and Sara, brothers Duffy, Reg and Dan, many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law and many friends.

We will miss you for-ever.

Brenda so loved her little red convertible, Pontiac Solstice, that her husband, Rick, surprised her with for her 50th birthday.


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The network group working to stem rac-ism in Williams Lake is planning to roll out its educational campaign in mid-February, says Margaret-Anne Enders, Canadian Mental Health Associ-ation multiculturalism co-ordinator.

Last fall CMHA received a grant of $10,000 from the B.C. Ministry of Interna-tional Trade to form a community-based anti-racism network-ing group tasked solely with launching a me-dia-based anti-racism awareness campaign.

So far the network includes 20 people, with representatives from the City of Wil-liams Lake, Cariboo Regional District, First Nation and In-do-Canadian commu-nities, Thompson Riv-ers University, School District 27, Safer Communities, Wom-ens Contact Society, the local multicultural-ism group, plus other

interested individuals.Earlier this month

Enders facilitated a brainstorming session with about a dozen of the network members and media representa-tives.

She says the com-mittee is open to any-one who would like to contribute to the dis-cussion and may have

ideas and stories to add to the educational campaign.

The committee would particularly like to hear from people who have experienced racism in order to gain a better understanding of their issues.

There is a proposal to post snippets of information about dif-

ferent aspects of rac-ism on a weekly basis in local newspapers, radio and with all forms of visual and social media. The net-work committee is also brainstorming other ways to raise aware-ness about racism.

As discussed by those at the meet-ing, racism and its

relatives, bullying and stereotyping are com-plicated social issues often born of fear, ig-norance and even in-nocence.

For instance chil-dren and teens often use the term thats so gay to describe some-thing that is stupid or lame, not realizing that it is actually a social slur against a certain group of people.

Each meeting the committee leaders start with a quote to inspire thought and discussion about the issue of racism.

The quote for this meeting came from the Australia Human Rights Commission, National Anti-Racism Strategy, July 2012.

Racism can have se-rious consequences for the people who experi-ence it. It can shatter their confidence and their sense of worth. It can undermine their

ability to perform at work or in their stud-ies. It can also affect their physical health and life expectancy. More broadly, racism locks people out of so-cial and economic op-portunities, entrench-

ing disadvantage. it adds unnecessary costs to our workplaces and our economy and it works against our goal of building a fair, in-clusive community. Ultimately, racism hurts us all.

Gaeil Farrar photoPhyllis Webstad (left) chats with Margaret-Anne Enders, the CMHA Cariboo-Chilcotin branch, multiculturalism co-ordinator during a meeting of the citys new anti-racism network committee held at the CMHA board room earlier this month.

After several months of exchang-ing formal letters with their pen pals, Nesika and Alexis Creek elementary students met face to face this month.

Grade 4/5 Ne-sika students and intermediate Alexis Creek students be-gan exchanging let-ters last October, facilitated by Mari-lyn Livingston and Margaret Anne Enders with the Canadian Mental Health Association Mul t i cu l tura l i sm Program.

Then on Jan. 14 Alexis Creek prin-cipal Shane Sliziak and teacher Jeremy Parkin hosted the pen pals first face to face meetings at Alexis Creek school.

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students at Nesika boarded a bus and headed west.

The excitement elevated as many of the students had not been over the Sheep Creek Bridge, Liv-ingston says. One very proud student made sure everyone saw his grandmoth-ers home in Alexis Creek.

She says the pen pals started their visit with a fun game of three-legged rac-es that soon warmed the room up.

T l e t inqox-T in Elders Angie Stump and Nelly Servant, as well as commu-nity member Alli-son Charleyboy fa-cilitated bead crafts and the students had a hands-on les-son on making ban-nock.

The Elders, com-munity members, teachers and stu-dents shared a deli-cious lunch of In-dian Tacos.

The cultural ex-change concluded with the Elders and community mem-bers singing and drumming and the students doing a friendship dance.

The drum was made by students at Alexis Creek School, including a pen pal participant David Hance who was responsible for scraping the hide.

Through formal-ized pen pal activi-ties students from both schools were encouraged to form relationships.

In a day and age of social media a hand-written letter is a special occa-sion, Livingston says. Our hope is when youth have these experiences early in life, they are more likely to develop an under-standing and re-spect for diversity.

She says it is also hoped that the ex-change will help to form the founda-tions for respect and friendship when rural students attend secondary schools in Williams Lake with their ur-ban counterparts.


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