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Dr. Pilgrim, the clinic’s only doctor, will retire in July 2016;its only nurse practitioner, his partner, will leave with him

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A dark cloud hangs over the future of the Dawson Creek Medical Clinic.

Unless something can be done to change its fate, the clinic will close its doors permanently on July 1, 2016, according to its sole physi-cian, Dr. Michael Pilgrim.

Pilgrim intends to retire on that date, and his part-ner, the lone nurse practi-tioner at the clinic, will leave with him, according to a let-ter Pilgrim sent to the Alaska Highway News.

If no replacements are found, the clinic will close its doors for good — that is unless Northern Health can step up and create an “in-come guarantee” model at the clinic.

“Dawson Creek is head-ing into the same crisis that Fort St. John experienced,” Pilgrim later explained over the phone.

“As much as we will try to avoid it, it may be inevitable because of the fact that new doctors don’t want to work in the old model of running your own clinic.”

In its heyday, the Dawson

Creek clinic was home to 12 doctors, a lab and an X-ray unit.

“Newly recruited doctors like those in Fort St. John are not interested in owning or running medical clinics,” Pilgrim wrote, “they are on service contracts and work in facilities operated by Northern Health.”

Such a facility owned by Northern Health recently opened up in Chetwynd, operating under what health authority officials refer to as an income guarantee model.

Northern Health’s Chief Operating Officer for the Northeast, Anglea De Smit, said in a May interview that one of the advantages of Northern Health owning the building doctors work in is that their overhead is cov-ered.

“It’s a fee-for-service mod-el so a physician’s income is based on their productivity,” she said. “The income guar-antee model is a very attrac-tive, particularly for new graduate physicians who are concerned about whether or not they are going to be able to earn reasonable income.”

It’s unclear whether a sim-ilar clinic would be set up in

Dawson Creek after Pilgrim’s retirement.

“I have asked the health authority to help out and to keep the clinic going,” Pil-grim said, “but, at this mo-ment they’ve said they are not interested in doing that, so it remains to be seen.”

Northern Health spokes-man Jonathan Dyck said the decision to close the clinic would be entirely up to Pil-grim and his staff.

“It would be up to them,” he said.

“We would look at if we can support them in other ways or see what we can try to do to help… I don’t know what conversations have taken place so I don’t want to speculate.”

Earlier this year, the Fort St. John Medical Clinic warned it would by the end of the year if no new recruits could be found.

The clinic later an-nounced that it would re-main open after meetings were held with local doctors, Northern Health represen-tatives and the Ministry of Health.

The meetings reportedly led to the development of Continued on Page 5

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Visitors to Dawson Creek now have a new way to explore the city with a pair of tourism experiences laced with the town's history of pioneers, surveyors and, of course, the United States mili-tary.

A rainy August day was the back-drop for the announcement, which was made outside the Visitor Informa-

tion Centre in an authentic canvas U.S. army tent Tuesday afternoon.

Inside the tent is a new military themed presentation centre that aims to capture the feel of what soldiers ex-perienced when they fi rst arrived in Dawson Creek to build the highway.

The interactive experience gives an overview of the building of the highway and looks at the town before and after construction.

New guided walking tours of down-town Dawson Creek were also launched at the event. The walking tour map and associated plaques that already exist downtown have enabled visitors to do a self-guided tour for the last few years.

Now, tourists will have the option of joining a guided tour with a Tourism Dawson Creek employee.

The two new tourist experiences are part of Tourism Dawson Creek’s new

Mile Zero Signature Experiences brand.“We’re starting to brand and unveil

new tourist experiences that are going to be unique to Dawson Creek,” Tour-ism Administrator Blaine Wade said.

“[They will] tie in a lot of the histo-ry from the past and the culture in the present to give visitors an experience that is a must-see in Dawson Creek, and will really separate it as a stand out tourist destination.”

Yesterday’s event gave a taste of what was to come.

It began in the presentation centre with attendees then proceeding to take

part in the walking tour. “The self-guided tour has been a big

feature for a number of years,” Wade said. “But now [you can do it] with a guide… who will tell the story and give a bit more detail at some of the loca-tions.”

The goal is to give visitors an authen-tic experience, she added.

“We try and capture the feel of what some of the soldiers and civilians would have experienced when they fi rst came to Dawson Creek during WWII.”

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After a successful showing at the Hockey Night in Canada Play On! tournament in Ed-monton in June, a local ball hockey squad has garnered an invitation to the Redwood Cup national championship, held this year in Leth-bridge, Alberta.

The Dawson Creek Lightning, a seven-per-son team, two of whom play on the Dawson Creek Senior Canucks, are chomping at the bit to get into the action which kicks off Sept. 30.

“We’ve been going to the qualifiers in Ed-monton for four years now,” said Jeff Taylor, as-sistant captain with the Sr. Canucks and one of the Lightning's organizers.

“It’s a big tournament.”The Lightning will face other teams in the

Play On! tournament in a 3-on-3 format.There are several different divisions that

compete, including men’s, women’s, kid’s and the less competitive “muckers” and "grinders" divisions. Taylor and his team, however, take on the best each year in the elite division.

After going 2-1 in the round robin, the team qualified 10th out of 26 for the playoff round. After knocking off the 7th, 18th and 3rd seeds, they faced the first overall team in the finals.

“We lost in a shootout in the final,” Taylor said. “We were up 2-1 with about four minutes left and they scored. The shootout went to the third round [out of three] and they scored. It was crazy.”

Although they didn’t walk away with the ti-tle, they lost to a good team, who happened to be the reigning Edmonton city champs.

Still, the team not only scored an invitation to the Redwood Cup, it won back its $750 entry fee, and Taylor left thrilled with the result.

The last time the team made a showing in the Redwood Cup tournament, which shifts from region to region each year, was three years ago in Victoria. The team lost in the quarter-finals that year.

“We’ve been invited each year, but flying out to Nova Scotia can get expensive,” Taylor said. “This year we can drive there.”

The competitiveness and the chance at win-ing some big prize money keeps Taylor and his friends heading back to Edmonton each year.

“It’s such an intense tournament,” he said.“The team that has won the nationals the

last three years in a row have made close to $100,000 playing ball hockey.”

First prize at the nationals is $25,000, with second prize netting $10,000, and third place getting $5,000.

“We [were] playing in ball hockey leagues and saw the Play On! tourna-ment on TV and realized there was a qualifier in Edmonton,” Taylor said. “The first year we kind of threw together a team and since then, we tweaked our roster until finally now we have a pretty solid team.”

The team helped fill the gap for Taylor while the Dawson Creek Senior Canucks were out of commission last year.

“We took a leave of absence last year because we just didn’t have the commit-ment,” he said.

“[We all] really started to miss the team and the competitiveness and so, we’re ready to roll this year. Everything is on track. We’re looking forward to a good season and hopefully come back with a championship.”

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Recruitment of all medical per-sonnel, not just doctors, has been hot topic in the north for years, and is poised to be an issue for those run-ning to represent the Prince George -Peace River- Northern Rockies con-

stituents in October’s federal elec-tion.

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Three alleged cattle rus-tlers made fi rst appearances

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Travis Ricky Wiebe, 24, Cody Lee Housego, 21 and William Rodrick Blanchard, 19, ap-

peared before the court ac-cused of killing and butchering three calves in a community pasture in Groundbirch on July 26.

The three face multiple charges including causing un-necessary pain and suffering to an animal, killing or injuring cattle, theft under $5,000 and unauthorized possession of fi rearms.

None of the men have en-tered pleas on the charges, so it is too early to say whether the case will go to trial. The men have not been proven guilty of the alleged offences.

Gina Odden, who owned one of the three calves, said it had a value of between $800 and $1,200.

A person found guilty of kill-ing cattle faces a maximum prison term of fi ve years or a fi ne of no more than $10,000.

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More people in the Peace Regions are col-lecting employment insurance (EI) benefits than this time last year, according to new data from Statistics Canada.

Around 460 people in Fort St. John collected some form of income benefit in June, an in-crease of around 40 per cent over June 2014, when 270 people were on EI. In Dawson Creek, 210 people were on the rolls this June, a year-over-year increase of around 19 per cent.

The numbers are seasonally adjusted, meaning they have been modified by Statistics Canada to eliminate the effects of people who regularly go on EI between seasonal employ-ment.

The number of people on EI in Fort St. John reached a 24-month high in June, while Daw-son Creek peaked at 220 in April.

Jeanette Karasiuk, who works at Employ-ment Connections in Fort St. John, said the collapse in the price of oil has hit local employ-ees hard.

“I think there have definitely been more lay-offs, we’re helping more people fill out EI ap-plications, applying for training dollars, train-

ing support,” she said. She said the agency was helping around 120

clients a day, which isn’t an unusual amount for this time of year.

“In the fall we tend to have a busier time,” she said. “We have a lot of people coming into Fort St. John in the fall for oil and gas work.”

But most of the 190 jobs on the agency’s board are in retail, hospitality and trades, she said.

In July, the rate of unemployment in the re-gion rose for a fifth-straight month to 6.4 per cent. Around 39,600 people were employed in the region at the time. In 2014, northeast B.C.’s unemployment rate averaged 4.6 per cent—the lowest in the province.

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Dealership fined for deceptive practicesSeven fines levied against Northland for misrepresenting price advantages, charging admin fees

The B.C. Motor Vehicle Sales Au-thority has fined the owners of Northland Chrysler Jeep Dodge $44,000 and its former principal, Brent Marshall, $3,550 for engaging in deceptive practices.

The penalties, issued Aug. 13, are in relation to the sale of four used ve-hicles advertised in a June 2013 flyer distributed to communities outside of Prince George.

In all, seven fines were assessed, three of them related to the sale of a 2006 Honda Civic. Northland was fined $6,000 and Marshall $600 for failing to advertise the Civic on the lot at the same price advertised in the flyer.

It had been advertised for $9,988 but during the June Mega Sale, where dealers gather at the CN Centre park-ing lot to sell vehicles, the sticker price was $14,888 and it was sold for

$13,500 plus the administrative fee for a total base price of $14,089 to a couple who had not seen the flyer.

Using the image of a four-door sedan when, in fact, the Civic was a two-door coupe, yielded a further $2,500 penalty for Northland and $250 for Marshall.

Northland was fined $6,000 for misrepresenting a price advantage, as the couple was told they would be getting a "really good deal" and a "family deal" on the car.

Marshall was not fined on that count.

Failing to price a 2009 Chevrolet Impala on the lot at the same price advertised in the flyer led to another $6,000 fine for Northland and $600 for Marshall.

The Impala was advertised for $10,988 but was sold for $12,089 at the Northland lot. The sticker price was $14,800 and the salesperson ac-cepted an offer of $11,500 while the administrative fee was added on.

Charging the purchaser of a 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan a $589 admin-istrative fee on top of the advertised price without advising the purchaser that such a fee would be levied led to a $2,500 fine for Northland. Marshall was not fined on that count.

Northland was fined $1,000 and Marshall $100 for describing a 2013 Dodge Journey in the flyer when the actual vehicle for sale was a 2012 model.

On top of those fines, Northland was levied a $20,000 penalty and Marshall $2,000 for "general con-duct calculated to deceive and mis-lead customers."

The MVABC, the regulatory agen-cy authorized by the provincial gov-ernment to administer and enforce the Motor Dealer Act, found in May 2014 that Northland's and Mar-shall's actions violated portions of the Business Practices and Consum-er Protection Act. But, for a series of reasons, a hearing on the penalties

was delayed until May 26-27 this year.

The MVSA had been seeking $134,000 in administrative penal-ties, a seven-day suspension of the dealer's registration and a compli-ance order.

Northland largely consented to the terms of the compliance order, opposed suspension of its registra-tion and proposed penalties in the range of $5,000.

Marshall, meanwhile, voluntarily gave up his salesperson licence in December 2014 and no longer works at Northland.

And Northland has voluntarily reimbursed the purchasers who bought the vehicles at issue.

"These factors have caused me to reduce somewhat the amount of penalties I might have otherwise im-posed," acting MVSA registrar Wen-dy Baker said in the decision.

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Marg Lajeunesse says a pair of phone scammers nearly tricked her into sending money to the Dominican Republic. JONNY WAKEFIELD PHOTO

A Dawson Creek woman is on a mis-sion to bust a ring of phone scammers after they nearly tricked her into send-ing $4,000 to the Dominican Republic.

Marg Lajeunesse says two men call-ing from an unlisted phone number earlier this month had her convinced her son had been in a car crash.

On Aug. 21, her husband George, who is hard of hearing, got a call from someone claiming to be their son, who handed off the phone to an RCMP "of-fi cer."

The offi cer told him that his son had rear-ended a vehicle driven by a couple from the Dominican Republic, and that he would receive a followup call from a lawyer with instructions on removing the incident from their son's record.

Confi rming this with their son was not possible at the time, as he works out of cell phone range as a park facility operator in Monkman Park.

The follow-up call from the "law-yer" instructed Lajeunesse to send two Moneygrams to the Dominican Repub-lic totaling nearly $4,000. When asked for a number where they could be reached, the callers gave the number of the Prince George RCMP detachment.

"It was hurry, hurry, hurry, push, push, push, get it done," Lajeunesse said. "They're pretty convincing."

The caller even told her to send the

money from the post offi ce at the Shop-pers Drug Mart, likely to keep veteran Canada Post employees from recogniz-ing the scam.

“A senior (employee) came in and said ‘what the heck am I doing?’” Lajeu-nesse said. “So she sent me down to the RCMP detachment. They knew ... the red fl ags.”

She said she saw those red fl ags, but was overwhelmed with worry for her son. Now, she hopes the RCMP anti-fraud unit will investigate the phone scammers.

Dawson Creek Sgt. Ed Reinink said a call of this kind would never come from an RCMP offi cer, as police are not involved in fi nancial settlements be-tween people involved in crashes.

It’s not the only scam targeting peo-ple in the Peace Region.

Dawson Creek funeral homes last week warned of another scam aimed at families of the recently deceased.

Bergeron Funeral Services have had one report of scammers claiming to be the Canada Revenue Agency. The caller told the grieving family that the deceased, whose obituary was recently published, owed money.

Police have warned residents to be aware of these calls.

As for how it feels to be tricked by a phone scammer: “Not very good,” Lajeunesse said.

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• September8,2015-ThePeaceRiverSongwritersGroupwillbemeetingatFakingSanityat7:30pm

• September8,2015-TheSouthPeaceCommunityArtsCouncilwillbeholdingtheirmonthlymeetingatnoonattheCalvinKrukCentre(KPAC).

• September9,2015-TheKiwanisPerformingArtsCenterwill be holding theirmonthlymeeting at noon at the

NEWCalvinKrukArtsCentreon10thSt.and104thAve.• September10,2015-TheSouthPeaceArtsSocietywill

beholdingtheirmonthlymeetingatnoonattheCalvinKruk Centre (KPAC). Phone 250-782-2601 for moreinformation.

• September 11, 2015 -The Dawson Creek Art Gallery’sopeningforSurfaceTension,anexhibitshowcasinglocal

artist’sviewsonwater,willbeopeningandondisplayatKPACattheCalvinKrukCentre,7-9pm.Thiseventisfreeandopentothepublic.ThisexhibitwillbeupuntilOctober2nd.

• September 12, 2015 - Harvest Dance featuring NightSoundswithAngusMcDonald,PhilStefanyk,&DennisHall at the Seniors Hall on McKellar Avenue Dance

startsat8pmtill1amwithamidnightlunch.ThisisafundraiserfortheDawsonCreekArtGalleryTickets.Moreinformationcall250-782-2601

• September15,2015-TheSouthPeaceHistoricalSocietywillbeholdingtheirmonthlymeetingat2:00pmintheArchivesRoomattheCalvinKrukArtsCentreon10thSt.and104thAve.

• September22,2015-FriendsoftheLibrarymeetat10am• September22,2015-The2015/16HomeRoutesConcert

Series kicks off with Singer-songwriter Braden GatesfromEdmontonatFakingSanityCafe/Bookstore(cornerof9thSt.and103rdAve).Doorsopenat6:30pmwithlocalopeningmusician(TBA)beginningat7pm.Call250-782-2601forinformation.PresentedbytheSouthPeaceCommunityArtsCouncil. VisitBradenGateswebsiteatwww.bradengates.com

• September 26, 2015 -The Peace Region Songwriters’Associationwillbehosting theirmonthlyCoffeeHouseat Faking Sanity from 6:30-9:30pm. Open Mic takesplace throughout the evening including music andspokenword.Opentoallgenresofmusicandskilllevels.Admissionbydonation.Coffee,tea&goodiesavailable.(cornerof9thSt.&103rdAve,DawsonCreek)

• September26,2015-LadiesWine&ArtNight.Wewillprovide thewine, desserts,& ambience, if youprovideyour creativity. Each night will bring a new artisticexperience-beitpainting,sketching,orsomethingelseentirely.Youmustregisterasspaceislimited.PleasenotethatLadiesNightwillbeheldatouradultartspaceintheoldO’Brienschoolwhilethegallery isbeingrenovated.For more information call 250-782-2601 or [email protected]

• FridaysSteakNightatBearMountainSkiHill,6-10pm.Menu: 8 ozNY steakor herb roasted chickenbreast orteriyaki glazed salmon steak andgarlicmashedor rice.Meals include caesar salad and homemade dessert.Regularconcessionavailable.(02)

MACHITAWIN FAMILY LEARNING CENTRE• Ifyouhaveanyquestionspleasefeelfreetodropbyfor

acoffeeat14-1405-102ndAvenue,CentralPlaceorgiveusa call at250-782-1169.Monday:GrossMotorSkillsDevelopment9:00am-noon•Walking•Swimming•PlayingTuesday:FineMotorSkills/LiteracyDevelopment9:00am-noon•SharingCircle•StoryTime•Singing•CraftsWednesday:BreakfastGroup9:00am-noon•StartthefamilyofftoahealthybreakfastwithaCulturalthemeThursday:Parent-ChildMotherGooseProgram9:00am-noon•Comelearntosingyourfavoritesongandtellrhymewithyourchildren.TraditionalDance-3:00pm-4:30pm.•ComelearnthePow-wowstyleway.Friday:FieldTripDay9:00am- noon. Getting toknowyourcommunity.GaiaProgram1:00pm-3:00pm•SupportforPregnantMomsusingDrugsandAlcohol.(11)

NAWICAN FRIENDSHIP CENTRE• Mondays - Soup Kitchen 12-1pm, Nurse 11am-2pm.

Tuesdays-FundraiserBBQ11am-1pmWednesdays-SoupKitchen12-1pmThursdays-Bannock11amFridays-SoupKitchen12-1pm.Alsocall250.782.5202forthedates on the following events: Afternoon Fund raiserBingo-EldersFreeDinner/Entertainment-CommunityFundraiserDinners/Entertainment.

• Dawson Creek Seniors Hall: Monday 9:00am, Skittles/Pool 10:00 am Exercise 11:45 Lunch 1;00pm Pool1:30pmCarpetBowling7:00pmCrib&Bridge.Tuesday8:00 Foot Care/Blood Pressure (by appointment) 1:00pmPool/Bingo7:00pmFloorCurling/Darts.Wednesday9:00amSkittles/LadiesPool10:00amExercise1:00pmPool/Crib & Bridge 3:30 pm Beginner Line Dancing.Thursday 10:00am Game board Café 1:00pm FloorCurling7:00pmFloorCurling.Friday9:00Skittles/Pool10:00am Line Dancing 1:00pm Pool 1:30pm CarpetBowling.Formoreinfoonouractivitiescallthe250782

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• New!AAMeetingsnoonatSouthPeaceUnitedChurch,1300-104Ave.,DawsonCreek.(0)

• Cocaine Anonymousmeets 7:00 pm at 1320 - 102ndAve.Theonlyrequirementisadesiretoquitusingcocaineandothermindalteringsubstances!(0)

TUESDAY• AA Meetings 8:00 pm at Dawson Creek Health Unit,

LivingSoberMeeting,219-7624.(0)• AAClosedMeeting8:00pmatPouceCoupeCommunity

ChurchAnnex(nexttothePostOffice)5002-49thAve,PouceCoupe.Bigbookstudy.(0)

• Mile“O”Quilter’sGuildmeetseveryTuesday&Thursdayat at theNewCalvin KrukArts Centre on 10th St. and104thAve.at7pm.(06)

• First Tuesday: - Piecemakers Quilt Guild meets in theboard room at Tiger’s Printing & Stationers, 7:00 pm.Contact250-786-5793.(12)

WEDNESDAY• New!AAMeetingsnoonatSouthPeaceUnitedChurch,

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• TOPS B.C. #3450 - Arras, meets everyWednesday atCutbankHall,from3:30-5:00pm.FormoreinfocallLindaat 250-843-7410 or Doreen at 250-780-2324. Join ushavingfunwhilewinningwithweightloss.

THURSDAY• AAMeetings 8:00 pm - 9:00pm at the Dawson Creek

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SATURDAY• AA Meetings 8 :00 pm , Dawson Creek Health Unit,

DawsonCreek,219-7624.(0)• EachSaturday-SeptemberthroughJune-PeaceCountry

RootsGroupbuildingwillbeopenfrom1:00pm-4:00pm tomemberswanting touse thegenealogy library.Amemberwillbeavailablebyappointmenttoanyonerequiring help on how to get started on your familyhistory. Everyone is welcome. We are located in thesmallbuildinginNARPark.CallLynn250-782-4058,Neil250-782-7651,Lyle250-782-2804PeaceCountryRootsGroupWebsitehttp://peacecountryroots.ca

SUNDAY • NEWAAMeetingattheCulturalRoomattheNorthern

LightsCollege8pmSundayevenings.• Fourth Sunday — September through June - Peace

CountryRootsGroupmeets1:30pminthesmallRootsbuilding in NAR park. Getting started on family treeresearch, need help? Come learn & share experienceswith other amateur genealogists. Everyone welcome.CallLynn250-782-4058,Neil250-782-7651,Lyle250-782-2804 Peace Country Roots Group website: http://peacecountryroots.ca


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Local News

Dawson Creek’s own Fiona Benson took the track world by storm earlier this year when she raced one of the fast-est times by a women in the 800m.

She continues the trend upwards as she competes on the world stage in Bei-jing, China this week at the Track and Field World Championships. She raced to a 2:00.53 in her heat to qualify for the semi-final that takes place Thurs-day. Benson finished just behind Ra-babe Arafi of Morocco whose time was 2:00.37. The top two racers from each heat advanced to the semi-final.

Benson now must finish in the top two in her semi-final heat to qualify for the final or have one of the two other fastest times of the remaining competi-tors.

Benson’s teammate, former Olym-pian and the only Canadian to beat her this year in the distance, Melissa Bishop also qualified for the semi-final and will race in the third heat after Benson in the second.

The final will take place Friday at 5:00 a.m. pacific time and will be broadcast on www.cbcsports.ca

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Benson beating world's best in Beijing

MARK JANZEN PHOTODawson Creek's own Fiona Benson is currently competing at the World Track and Field Championships in Beijing, China.


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Figure skaters, hockey players and swimmers in the South Peace are cash-ing in grants amounting to $55,1540 this week thanks to the B.C. government’s Community Gaming Grant program.

The Mile Zero Figure Skating Club in Dawson Creek received $23,100 while the Chetwynd and District Minor Hock-ey Association raked in $22,750 and the Chetwynd Electric Eels Swim Associa-tion gathered $9,300.

“Sport is a big part of our communi-ty here in the South Peace,” MLA Mike Bernier said. “Funding will help all of these organizations continue to pro-vide residents in our region with a fun means of physical activity.”

These grants are awarded under the Sport and Arts & Culture categories of the Community Gaming Grant pro-gram, which allows non-profit orga-nizations to apply for grants from the pool of money collected by the province from gaming halls and casinos.

The grants are administered from the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cul-tural Development.

Gaming grants are also awarded in the categories of Public safety, Environ-ment and Human and Social Services.

There is still money available. Or-ganizations interested in applying for Community Gaming grants can find in-formation and applications at gaming.gov.bc.ca/grants

[email protected]

Mike Carter Alaska Highway News

South Peace sports groupscash in grants

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Alma passed away in Fairview AB at the age of 97. Alma was born in Lovett, ON to George and Emma Brownscombe.

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Family Dance at the Cutbank Commu-nity Hall on Fri-day September 11 from 7-12pm. Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for mi-nors and Ivea @250-719-8094 or Christal at 250-219-0599. Also available @Reg Norman Trucking. There will be raffl es, snacks, drinks and a free ice cream sundae.FUR BALLS Golf Tournament BC SPCA Fund-raiserSunday Septem-ber 27th2:30pm Registra-tion3:00 pm Shot Gun Start4-person Best Ball, Dinner, Priz-es, 50/50 DrawRegistration pack-ages available at Wizard of Claws Pet Grooming 1230 102nd Ave Dawson Creek BC 250-782-2244$55/per person to enter.Sponsored and hostedby Farmington Fairways Golf Course.

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Play Day for Playgrounds Fundraiser-Sat Sept 12th 1-4pm at Rhubarb to Roses Garden CentreFamily Fun Day and BBQ! Games, Prizes, Vendors, Auctions, Guest Speakers and more! Tickets can be purchased @ Rhubarb to Roses Garden Centre, Dawson Creek Farmer’s Market (Peekaboo Beans table), through Local Peekaboo Beans Playsty-lists!for more info or tickets call (250)888-7158

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Ben passed away with love and family close by. He was predeceased by his parents George and Winnifred Locke, his siblings Hugh, Morford, Lloyd, Dorothy, and Hazel. He is survived by his wife Barbara Jean, sister Pauline Travers, daughter Linda (Randy), Diane, Wanda (Troy), son Wade (Julie), many loving grandchildren and great grandchildren, brother in laws, sister in laws, nieces and nephews.He will be sadly missed.

Ben loved family, friends, music, and travel. He played in a band for many years. He taught all his children to play and enjoyed the family jam sessions.

Ben worked for highways for 30 plus years before retiring. He was quite proud of receiving an award at a dinner held for him where he met Bill Bennett.

The family wish to thank Dr. Meyer, Dr. Newman and the Dawson Creek and District Hospital medical staff for the exceptional care, and friends and family for their love and support.

A funeral service was held on August 28, 2015 at the Bergeron Funeral Chapel in Dawson Creek, British Columbia offi ciated by Pastor Lee Stephenson. A private family interment took place at the Cherry Point Community Cemetery in Cherry Point, AB.

Expressions of sympathy in memory of Ben may be made by donation to thePeace Mission Chapel, P.O. Box 100, Progress, British Columbia V0C 2E0.

Arrangements were entrusted to Bergeron Funeral Services & Crematorium Ltd.

Anastasia Margaret O’Donovan, a long time resident of Dawson Creek, B.C. passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 in Dawson Creek, at the age of 92 years.

Margaret was predeceased by her parents George & Maria Strasky, her husband Tim O’Donovan, her sistersLudy (Vern) Motzer and Ann (Harold) Nitzel, brothers Victor Strasky, and

Bill (Etella Magusin) Strasky, nephew Brian Strasky,niece Lorna Strasky Dettling, and great grandson Kingston Fontaine-Carto.

We trust that she is reunited with them in a place where there is nomore pain and suffering.

Margaret is survived by her brothers George Strasky Jr., and Fred (Dorothy) Strasky, her sister Helen (Joe) Breti, her sister-in-law Florie Strasky, her children;Eileen (Guy) Jensen, Lorraine (Mike) Malin, Bob (Kathy) Fontaine,Wayne (Linda) Fontaine, and Terry (Sandra) O’Donovan, her grandchildren:Gary (Kim) Peterson, Jacqueline (Eric) Trumble, Dwayne (Linda) Jensen,Shellie (Al) Steidle, Jesse (Jen) Fontaine, Russell Fontaine, Ginger-Lee (Sean) Fontaine-Carto, Jeremiah (Rachel) Fontaine, Cherissa (Wayne) McNeil, Josh (Alicia) Fontaine, Tatiana (Keith) Brown, Kathleen (Gerad) Smithard, and Chantelle O’Donovan, along with sixteen great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 11:00 am at the Notre Dame Catholic Church. Fr. Louis Kwena offi ciated. Interment followed in the Dawson Creek City Cemetery.

For friends so wishing, donations may be made in memory of Anastasia to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. & Yukon, 1480-7th Avenue, Prince George, B.C. V2L 3P2.

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Western CanadianMulching Ltd. is look−ing for a JourneymanWelder. Mechanicalabilities are an asset.Phone: 780−835−[email protected]

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South Peace Search and Res-cue is Recruiting! Our Annual Ground Search & Rescue training Course starts Sep-tember 26. Registration Deadline 7pm September 17 at the SAR Hall in DC at the north entrance of 1639, 99 Ave. If you are seeking a chal-lenge, strive for excellence, enjoy the outdoors, join our Team. Regu-larly scheduled training nights are the 1st & 3rd Thursday of every month, and one full-day weekend exercise every month. Contact Jeramiah for Info: [email protected]

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Attachments for skidsteers, trac-tors, loaders. Large selection of pallet forks, grapples, buckets, snow and dirt blades, tillers, mowers and snow blowers, etc. Phone 780-354-2161, Beaverlodge.

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3D Handyman ServiceHome + Yard Re-no’s & Repairs in-cluding Stone-work. Phone: 250-219-9407

Arctic Duct Cleaning, Furnace & duct cleaning, Chim-ney sweep. 250-787-7217 (FSJ)

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As summer vacation winds down, thoughts turn from jaunts to the beach to readying for a new school year. To-do lists include many of the typical tasks that precede going back to the classroom, including shopping for new clothes, purchasing school supplies and finishing summer reading assignments.

Another essential requirement parents must find time for is completing their children’s health screenings and immunizations so youngsters can return to school.

Health screenings may include, but may not be limited to, routine physical exams, eye exams and dental cleanings. Each school district may have its own set of health requirements that must be met in order for children to attend school.

Many schools require that children are

up-to-date with all immunizations before they can begin a new school year. While the issue of vaccinations has inspired debate in recent years, parents should recognize that many schools will only exempt students from receiving certain vaccinations due to religious reasons.

Students who have specific learning disabilities or medical conditions that require classroom modification should obtain recent documentation from any therapists or specialists prior to beginning a new school year. Doing so facilitates the process of setting up procedures within the school while ensuring children have what they need to excel in the classroom. All parents may want to ask doctors to provide copies of medical and immunization records so that schools will have the most recent copies on file.

Parents should schedule eye examinations well in advance of the first day of school so they have ample time to fill new prescriptions for youngsters before school begins. This ensures kids won’t be starting off on the wrong foot because of vision problems that could already have been addressed.

Parents of adolescents or students on the verge of adolescence may want to address the subject of bodily changes before the school year begins anew. Address which changes can be expected, including the start of menstruation for girls. This will help children better understand what is happening when they witness changes in themselves and fellow classmates and give them a chance to receive accurate information rather than gossip from their

peers.Keep in mind that health

screenings conducted in advance of the school year may not preclude students from school-sponsored screenings. Schools may offer their own vision and hearing screenings and may take physical measurements to ensure students are growing on schedules in line with normal development.

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