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Proud to still be Standing
Mark this on your calendar
The CBC TV Show
Still Standing
will be in Fraser Lake from
April 3rd to April 7th.
The live comedy You may see the crew drifting
around town or filming events at
celebrating Fraser Lake the Legion or other locations in
FRIDAY, APRIL 7TH the area.
Pre-interviews have been made
@ FLESS and some lucky folks have been
Doors Open at 6:00 pm earmarked to be a part of the
Fraser Lake show which will air
Show starts at 6:30 pm on CBC several months from now.
Everyone is welcome to be a
Performances by No tickets necessary member of the crowd at any event
Fraser Young
Graham Chittenden
No reserved seating during filming and is
encouraged to
Steve Dylan Ages 14+ attend the live comedy show at
& featuring FLESS on Friday
JOHNNY HARRIS

Community vans & busses soon to roll on Highway of Tears

By Elaine Storey ities and interest groups were invited to make grant application
Lack of affordable, safe public transit it made head- toward a van or mini-van that would improve safe transportation
lines at the Missing Womens Inquiry in 2012 in Ottawa. The call in and around each geographical district. This week the province
to action was met by the provincial and federal governments in announced that all twelve applications were successful.
Dec 2015 when $3 million was put toward a plan for bus services John Rustad, Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation
along what is commonly known as the Highway of Tears a 750 who visited Fraser Lake this week delivering a handful of cheques
km stretch between Prince George and Prince Rupert. to non-profits such as FL Crisis Center, Endako Hall Society, FL
With the cheque in the mail, conversations were held in BC along Mens Shed & Autumn Services, responded favourably to questions
the proposed route. Resounding support was evidenced at public about the bus service. Agreeing it would be on the road very soon
events and data compiled from 1033 surveys - there was a plea to he added, We may see some changes in the route configuration,
Link the Georges and all the small communities in between. but a tentative east and west schedule is already in place.

In the late fall o f 2016, The Five-Point plan saw both the federal
and provincial governments put another million into the kitty
toward bus services, training, the installation of bus shelters,
lights, benches and webcams along the route. To further compli-
ment and provide more transportation options, twelve municipal-
Successful applicants in the Community vehicle program F.L.
Village Council proceeded this week with their motion to pur-
chase a bus. CAO Holland agreed the twelve-passenger Mercedes
Sprinter will be ordered once a contract has been finalized with
the province.
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On the bridge of support

Where did That winter go?
Says the person who was away golfing in
California for 41 days.
The winter of 2016-2017 was a strange
mix of manageable and miserable. Touch
wood, our snowfall was manageable but
daily snowfalls in Vancouver were misera-
ble. So miserable that the ripple effect will
be felt in our pocketbooks this summer
when we see our ICBC hikes. While they
dismiss a correlation, dont be fooled.
Drivers without snow tires forced to com-
mute through snowy conditions are a bur-
den to the whole province.
The writing was on the wall. The National
Weather Service said the La Nina condi-
tions would see a BIG winter for 2017 with
copious amounts of snow. And the Farmers
Almanac predicted the winter of 2017
would be extra awful with varying types of
terrible everywhere. Who could argue the
data?
With that in mind, we left town on the last
Friday of January and returned on the first
garbage day in March. We even had rain in
California-enough to officially call off their
six-year drought but shovelling? Or
golfing in the rain? Its a no brainer.
By Elaine Storey
Where are you standing?
Ive been wanting to weigh in on a topic
for some time and have been resistant for
the most part. But sometimes you just have
to talk about that elephant...the one relax-
ing in the lounge chair stuffing her face
with Cheetos and drinking nuked coffee.
Chunks of our foundation were plucked
out from under us with the closure of the
Mine-one of our largest economic drivers
and then with the closure of our grocery
store. And as bystanders with a heart beat
and a pulse, we felt hurt and vulnerable.
Small communities, arent built like high-
rises. There is no blue-print, no economic
driver with off shore investments. Fraser
Lake and area was built by individuals with
intent and purpose-one footstep at a time
one person invested time, another vested
money, one carried out a life-long dream,
one picked their idyllic landscape and built
their retirement hideaway.
The road to sustainability and economic
recovery in a small town is less of a road
and more like a goat path. Its not clearly
defined and some days the backslide is far
longer than the few inches forward.
Yes, tensions have been high. Half of our
work-force is working out of town, a ne-
cessity that is changing family dynamics.
While we hope and wait for a turnaround,
we have to support the good people who
are stepping up. Lets not block their path
with rumours and toxic hypotheses to dis-
credit the work they are doing.
Rumours are described as public communi-
cation infused with how WE make sense
of our anxieties and uncertainties.
Rumours can influence growth when the
social network is fragmented and vulnera-
ble. The overall long-term effect of ru-
mours is moderated by gatekeepers who
position themselves along unique social
bridges between members from both sides
of the rumour.
Where we stand on the rumour bridge is
everything...Do we see ourselves as the
conduit or the gatekeeper?
Lets be the gatekeepers.
Lets be the community that picked itself up
and empowered one another to do better.
Lets support each business, each idea and
be the town that welcomes newcomers and
new ideas.
We have been recognized as a small Cana-
dian town that is Still Standing lets do
what we can to live up to that distinction.

St. Patricks Day Cops for Cancer - Tour de North fundraiser a big success
Contributed by Cathy Scott
We really didnt know what to expect, but thought we should start our fundraising early in the season..
Cathy Scott and Craig Lepoidevin are 2 Fraser Lake residents who are lucky applicants to ride on the Tour de North this Sept. 12th
to 18th. This year, the team will cycle from Williams Lake, and a rather hilly route will have them finish in Dawson Creek, 7 days and
850 km later.
In order to be part of the Tour de North team, participants have to meet many goals. One of them is fundraising. Employees of the
Emergency Services (RCMP, BC Ambulance) have to raise $ 3000 and community members $ 6000.
Cathy is a Paramedic with BC Ambulance (and Community Paramedic), and Craig is a community member -between the 2 they
were facing a $ 9000 entry fee.
St. Patricks Day seemed like a good day to get people out and have a good time. The Legion was booked, posters made and dis-
tributed, donation letters for the Silent Auction handed out, dinner plans made.and so much more.
Friday, March 17th 5pm came, all was set to go.
The doors of the Legion opened, and people filled the building with an amazing atmosphere. We ate, drank, bid on items, listened to
the amazing music played by local talent. A great time was had by all.
When a community member offered to have her head shaved we raised $ 650 within 10 minutes, and off came her hair.
None of this would have been possible if it wasnt for all the people who came out that night, for all the helpers and all the sponsors.
We want to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts for their help and support! We were truly blown away and were
once again reminded that we live in an amazing community. We were able to raise $ 7,500.00 that night - 80% of the money goes
to Pediatric Cancer Research and 20% to Camp Goodtimes in Maple Ridge.
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Food Share Program - needing your support

By Elaine Storey

The Crisis Centre does an incredible job collecting food for the Christmas Hamper program
and so many people are on board with it. Classrooms at both schools challenge one another to
bring in the most number of food items to fill those hampers. And the staff and volunteers at
the Crisis Centre spend a whole week dividing up the food to make sure everyone on their huge
list gets a tasty box of food over the Christmas holiday Unfortunately their space is limited and
the Crisis Centre cannot sustain an every day program.
At Autumn Services we do another kind of food program simply called Food Share. The con-
cept seemed simple.Try to feed people every day of the year. And if you have extra food, or your garden is burgeoning with
lettuce? and you are going away for the weekend? Drop your stuff off at the Autumn Service fridge so someone who cant afford
food is not forced to go without. The idea wasnt fool proof because we couldn't get the food out to people over the weekend and
by Monday morning, the milk could be outdated or the lettuce wilted.
From those simple beginnings weve developed something more manageable for the Autumn Services staff and a program that is
easier to access when folks need it between paydays or when the hydro bill is bigger than expected.
Our soup program transitions well into the Food Share program and if we have extra soup, we freeze it ...and it becomes part of
the Food Share. For folks who buy the double boxes of cereal, or a case of beans or Campbells soup and cant count on the grand-
children to eat it...drop it off with us a Autumn Services.
We have a cupboard in the back room, a fridge and a freezer...all waiting to be filled with your kind donations. Our attempt to put
time restraints and limits on the intake and sharing of food, has been futile. If someone sees a car in the parking lot, they expect the
Food Share is available...sounds like a sensible answer to hunger dont you think. We would value any ideas you may have on how
to build this program so its sustaiable. Please contact the Centre at 250-699-0056 with your ideas.

This is a Facebook post by Rick Wymer after the Cops for Cancer fundraiser & Curling on Friday March 17th...
Tonight showed me that Fraser Lake can come together like I knew that it could.
We were the old Fraser Lake that I used to know, people of all ages, walks of life,
coming together for a great cause. But do we need something special for the people to come together,? "NO".
I left the Legion and went to the arena and saw more people curling than what I have seen in years. Lets not think that the town is dead, just in a
bit of a lull for now. We will get back to the vibrant town that we used to be, if someone needed a helping hand the word would go out without
social media and you could count on help. It was just like we were family. One Saturday the word was spread that a family was stuck on their
farm because there was too much snow. What do think happened?
Yes people from town picked up shovels and shovelled that mile long driveway.
We can be that town again if we want to be. It was great to see all the people help out at the Legion tonight.
A big thank you to all helping hands, lots of hands makes light work.
Do we need a special event to all come together? Lets bring our town back to what it used be, we have the people and the will.
Lets join together and do it.
New Business in
Fraser Lake !!
A great big
WELCOME to
REDS BAKERY
on their grand
Opening at
Lejac Auto
Body !
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acres of Ag land in the north that was in production or had been
RDBN talks to Senate and they planted trees on the properties for carbon offsets pur-
poses for their factories in Europe. These properties have now
about protecting local effectively been removed from agriculture use and many of them
have no one residing on the properties so there is no economic or
Agricultural land social benefit from the land.
Parker says they are not against foreign ownership where an
submitted individual or family wants to purchase a farm and continue to use
On March 7th Regional district of Bulkley Nechako Agricultural the land for its intended purposes. The concern is in where large
committee chair Mark Parker and Vanderhoof Mayor Gerry corporate companies are buying up large tracks of land for invest-
Thiessen gave a presentation to the Federal senate committee that ment, carbon offsets or tax breaks. The ask to the federal senate
are doing a study on the acquisition of farmland in Canada. Direc- was for a national policy restricting the amount of foreign owner-
tor Parker was asked to present to the senate after sending in a ship and then each province could make their own policy to the
paper on the concerns we have here in BC and particularly north- level they feel is needed. The second ask was for a review of cur-
ern BC when it comes to protecting our Agricultural lands from rent loan structures and incentives for young farmers looking to
foreign corporate ownership. get into farming or take over from retiring parents. If there was
security for these agricultural entrepreneurs it would allow a
BC is currently the only western province without any form of competitive balance that would require less regulation & policy.
regulation when it comes to the amount of agricultural land for-
eign entities can purchase. Alberta only allows foreign ownership Parker says presenting to the senate was an amazing experience
of up to 20 acres, Saskatchewan 10 acres and Manitoba 40 acres. and he feels they got the concerns of RDBN across to the Federal
These strict regulations in the 3 provinces create a funnel effect Government. The Agriculture committee will also continue to
with foreign investments looking to BC. There is a perfect exam- lobby the province for regulations. The study and report is due
ple of what has and can happen without a form of regulation in out in mid to late June.
2008 to 20014 a company out of the UK bought over 29,000

ENDAKO THIS & THAT by Audrey Read

The Endako Hall Society will be holding a "Kids Day" April 23, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. Events planned among other things are an
Easter egg hunt, cake walk art table and much more. Please give a member a call or post on FB how many of your children would
like to come so we have an idea how many to plan for. We will also be having a dinner and Coffee House in May.
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You know that very deep hole in the Fraser Lake parking lot in front of the post office? I suggest that a large round bale of hay be sunk into it and
spray-painted fluorescent orange. That way if someone ran into it, they wouldnt take out the bottom of their vehicle.
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A great big bouquet to David Sansom and his crew of YRB fellows for keeping our roads in such great shape this winter. We can be pretty thank-
ful we have them and not the outfit on the Burns Lake end! Thanks guys for your hours of dedicated hard work! I live on a long side road and
they do a tremendous job on it as well as the main highway.
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I just got a message today from Ike DeLong's son informing me that his father, Ike DeLong passed away peacefully March 16, 2017 after a three
year battle with cancer. Our deepest sympathy goes out to the family. Ike & his wife Annette were great members of the Seniors Carpet Bowling
while they lived in Fraser Lake as well as other activities.
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A lovely funeral service was held in the Stelako Hall for the late Walter Ward on March 18, 2017 with many mourners present showing their
support for the Ward family. Blessings go out to his wife Mary and all the family, rest in peace Walter, you fought a tough battle.
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The members of the Endako Hall Society were very pleased to receive $7,500.00 from government funds applied for in November 2016. With
this money we will be able to continue having functions in the hall for young and old....AND pay our huge power bill! Thank you Mr. Rustad and
Lory Derksen for your assistance in helping me get this grant.
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Well, well, W.E.L.L! Did you know that everyone in BC has to register their wells and other sources of water being used for watering livestock?
And the information needed is mind boggling...to say the least! To top it all off the "powers that be" did not bother to train the people at "Front
Counter B.C." on how to help us! Quite interesting! Typical government disorganization! I'll keep you posted on how I make out!
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Saturday January 21, 2017 Fraser Lake and area lost another great citizen. Joe Steiner passed away in the Vanderhoof hospital at the age of eighty-
seven. Joe was a great outdoor person and enjoyed teaching his children and grandchildren the ways of the outdoors. Joe was definitely a family
man and will be greatly missed by his wife Marion and all his children and grandchildren. Rest in peace Joe, you have earned it.
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Menshed receives funds, power tools and wood

By Elaine Storey
A Menshed rally cry was sounded in January to see if the men first to affix his name on the posters as a contact.
folk wished to assemble. Turns out they did!
The shed is a must have and is ingrained in some men. Call it
And in astounding numbers it would seem, lining the walls of the the mancave, the workden or the officeshed, since the nineteenth
firehall -38 strong. From that first meeting and seven Wednesday century men have been gathering and repairing broken chairs,
mornings since, they have come together to hang out and plan. and building things in the space they store their tools. Peace and
sanctity was the by-product of the physical work done within the
Within just two months they have amassed a shed full of power
four walls, and by recognizing that at a health conference in Aus-
tools and boards, a paid membership of 18 and a cheque from the
tralia in 1995, the Mens Shed idea was born.
Province. Its kinda snowballed, said Mickey Bisanz about how
quickly things came together. Speaking about their popularity, he The official goals of a Menshed are defined as clinical, education-
added, Worldwide there are more Mensheds than MacDonald al, recreational and communal yet each will set their own aims
restaurants. and strategies.
The Menshed was first talked about at a National Rural Health In Fraser Lake the group have already designed a logo and are
Conference in Australia in 1995. The concept was to provide a working on their society papers. Their hope is be available for
social environment to reduce depression related illness in men work around the community helping store winter tires away,
who were retired and elderly. And what better way than to come sharpening the lawn mower, carrying old appliances up narrow
together in a stress free shed to build and repair and monkey stairways, and any number of tasks that fall on the grandchildren
wrench with grease and sharp objects. when they visit in the summer. Our goal is to augment ser-
vices, says Don Streeter who has offered his garage for tempo-
Weve had a great show of support from the community, from
rary storage until a permanent shed is found.
John Allen and from members of the Vanderhoof Menshed said
Bisanz. John Allen, Omenica Lakes Mental Health & Addiction They meet every Wednesday morning at 10:00 am at the Firehall
Counsellor took the first significant steps toward its development and everyone of any age is welcome. For more information call
when he met with FL Village Council last year. Once word any of these members John Stafford, Mickey Bisanz 699-6388/
spread he was able to entice a few community members to pick Mike Walsh 699-6443/or Mike MacDougall 699-6939.
up the ball. Former Wood-Shop teacher John Stafford was the

Fraser Lake Community

Health Centre Call:
250.699-6225
Closed 12:001:00 daily

Dr Shannon Douglas Monday & Thursday

Dr Tim Bowen-Roberts Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday Convenient instructor-led online access to hundreds of courses
for professional and career development , computer skills,
Ginny Burns-Nurse Practitioner Tuesday to Friday and personal enrichment!
Dr Emanuela Tura April 10-May 5 For more information contact the Fraser Lake
Public Library 250-699-8888 or the CALP Coordinator at 250-699-1681
Visit http://fraserlake.bc.libraries.coop/
Medical Clinic open Monday to Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Don't have internet access or a computer? Visit the Fraser Lake Library or the Learning Centre.
Ambulatory Outpatient Monday to Friday 9:30 am - 5:00 pm Learning Centre is open every Friday for computer access from 1-4 until the end of May.
Lab open Monday to Friday 8:30 am - 10:30 am The Learning Centre will also be open for independent learning until the end of May, Tuesdays
Xray open Mon & Wed 9:00 3:30 / Thursday 9:00 - 11:00 from 1pm - 4pm and Thursdays from 10am - 1pm (Except May 9th & 11th)
Public Healthall inquiries call 250-699-6225
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A Celebration of Reading @ Mouse Mountain (contributed )

Each day throughout the week of February 14th, a special event was held to celebrate
reading. On Tuesday, children gathered their books, found a friend, and filled the hall-
ways with reading. On Wednesday, each class buddied up with another class so stu-
dents could read to each other. Thursday was an exciting day with guest readers from
the community coming in to read to the students. What a treat it was, to see what
books they would share, and to hear a new voice reading to them. On Friday many
parents, grandparents, other family members, and friends came to the school to read
with the children. The students were so proud to share their books with family and
friends. It was a great week filled with reading and smiles.
A huge thank you to the guests who made time in their day to come and read to the
students: Thank you to Fire Chief Pacheco, Lucas Six, FLESS Principal Brian Cross,
Rec Coordinator Jennel Harder, Elder Emma Baker, X-Ray Tech. Perry Cherniwchan, Dawn Broadhead, Librarian
Audrey Fenema, Lynn Wiggins, Sargeant Slater, Robin Hendriksen, Connie Sutherland, Lorna Roberts, Melissa Louie,
Dave Thomas, Constable McLean and First Responder Isabelle Smith .

Telus puts cash on breakfast table Sarrah Storey

Isabel Smith helped start the Breakfast for Learning program 6
years ago in response to a sick child that had not eaten in two
days. Which was why she was sick, explained Isabel. Isabel
approached Cheryl Parsons and they went to the principal and
it started there. With other support staff including Mrs. Melo,
Mrs. Jenkinson Mrs. Scarr, and Mrs. Friesen the program was
created feeding kids from their own part time employee pock-
ets. They went to businesses that could contribute and things
were great, but like all things that involve grants and supports
of corporate funding they are not guaranteed, All of a sudden
it was gone and finding grants was difficult says Smith. The
program was funded by Endako Mine for three years with
$10,000 per school year, and local merchant contributions.
As many are aware non-profits and groups that do good for
communities not only have to find grants and make ends meet,
they also have to find the time to apply, fill out and complete reports which all can be time consuming not to mention the fact that
there is no guarantee that your initiative will beat out the hundreds if not thousands of other non-profits competing to make their
communities stronger.
The students can all eat, there is no discrimination added Smith. Many of the students help out as well including Trevor Lank,
Reuben Fru, Scott Reeves, Mackenzie Laffin, Lara Hartman, and some elementary students including Joshua Pacheco, Phoenix Leh-
mann. Different community volunteers take their turn cooking, cleaning, and serving including the Catholic Womens League,
RCMP, Lakeview Bible, Ken Ponsford, Senner Family, Endako Mines plus more. Juice, milk and yogurt is served each morning
and fruit is always available on the tables. French Toast, Pancakes, Cereal, Breakfast Sandwiches and more is scheduled on different
days and the yearly costs are around $15,000 to $20,000. Breakfast for Learning only had about $6500 this year as of February and
they hope to make the difference up this year to help the 80-140 students that use the program daily.
FLESSs Breakfast for Learning Program was delighted to receive from the TELUS General Manager of Northern BC Lance Mac-
Donald a $2500.00 cheque to support the program. MacDonald said he was proud to be able to award grants to help with educa-
tion, and thanked Isabel for the application. Isabel is always looking for help with cooking, serving and cleaning, cereal and other
donations If you would like to donate please contact Isabel Smith by email at ismith@sd91.bc.ca or call FLESS at 250-699-6233 or
stop in at the school.
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April 2017
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
MARCH 30 MARCH 31
Food Operations Jay Mayers Band
1
and Health Ap- @ Legion 9pm Mustang Heart
proval 2pm A.S. $10 at door @ Legion 9pm
$10 at door
Soup Day A.S.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Spring Break End of Life Bingo at Autumn Carpet bowling Soup Day at A.S. T.Nile
Services 1-3 1-3 @ Legion Indoor Market @Legion
Art Gallery Planning 11-2 pm
Starts at Legion Workshop 10am Wine & Art Legion Home Routes
6:30 Still Standing Concert 7pm
Lunch Provided
6pm FLESS $20 at door
CBC STILL STANDING FILM CREW IN TOWN - WATCH FOR EVENTS
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Carpet bowling Carpet bowling
1-3 @ Legion Good Friday Easter egg
1-3 @ Legion hunt 10-1
Closed
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Volunteer Rec /Small
Easter Sunday Easter Carpet bowling Bingo at Autumn Appreciation & Soup Day at A.S. Business EXPO
1-3 @ Legion Services 1-3 Business Award Indoor Market Arena
Closed Banquet Arena 5:30 11 2pm 10 am - 2pm
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Potluck 5:30 Advance Voting
Provincial Election Carpet bowling Carpet bowling National Day of
At Autumn Registration Au- 1-3 @ Legion 8am-8pm
Services 1-3 @ Legion Mourning (event @ Autumn
tumn Services is on the 27th)
4-7pm Fraser Lake Day of Services
Kids Day Mourning @ White Soup Day at A.S.
Endako 2pm Swan Park 11am
30
Advance Voting
8am-8pm @
Autumn Services

Well here we are at and its a fun way to spend a couple of valuable workshop to our seniors.
the end of March al- hours especially if you win a prize. Thank
The Pot Luck for February was hosted by
ready. For me it you to Savory Farms, Margaret Weslowski
the Co-ed Peewee hockey team. It was
seems to have been a and Bobbie & Lori Hurry for donating food
great to have the infusion of youngsters in
long winter especially and cash for prizes
the center for the potluck. About thirty-
from January on. But
The Aging Well workshop on February five people attended and as always the food
now it seems that
21st was very informative. We were cho- was yummy.
Spring is just around
sen as one of a handful of BC communities
Autumn the corner, thank On April 3rd thru to 7th The Still Standing
(South Vancouver, Comox, Kelowna and
Service goodness. crew will be in town for filming. Look for
Abbotsford) to present this workshop and
Presidents a flurry of events at Autumn Services, the
Report The Soup program is it was a great learning opportunity for eve-
Legion and FLESS. There is lots of excite-
By Anne Letz really doing well. A lot ryone. Through interactive participation
ment around them being here, I personally
of people come in and people spoke about their future regarding
cant wait.
enjoy a bowl and a visit with friends -old well-being, housing, transportation and
and new, just great to see. social connections. Thank-you to Dr. The March potluck is the 26th at 5:30 pm.
Marleen Morris from UNBC and Michelle Due to another event in the building, the
Bingo (every other Wednesday) is expand-
Sandsmark , program coordinator for BC April potluck will be Sunday, April 23rd.
ing. We seem to get one or two new play-
Healthy Communities for bringing this Email: annieletz@gmail.com
ers each time. Its $1 for the chair rental
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FLESS TEAMS REPRESENT AT PROVINCIALS submitted

Sr Boys Basketball Team at PROVINCIALS

Our little team of nine earned second place at the Zone Playoffs
which gained them one of three berths to the Provincials held at
the Langley Event Center, BC. The team was given the 13th seed
of 16 spot from their single A tier..
During the opening ceremonies the teams were congratulated for
being the top 10% of athletes out of 88,000 athletes that made it
to Provincials. Overall they managed to improve their placement
by two places earning an honorable mention. While at the tourna-
ment, the team discovered that FLESS was represented in 1976,
1999, 2000, 2007 & 2017
Thank you to the following people who helped them build skills Top: Coach: Zack Anderson, Jordy Kersey, Julian Chmelyk, Ethan
during their practices: Zack Anderson (coach), Cody Raymond, Lank, Austyn Ketlo, Christian Louis // Bottom: #4 Randy Fehr,
# 1 Josh Laffin, # 8 Jordan George, #5 Daryl Fehr
Brett Fisher, and Const Ray Dickenson.

Curlers place sixth in Smithers

This is the third showing for a FLESS curling team at Provincials,
thanks to coach Diana Lindstrom.
The first showing was in 1997 where they placed fifth and the
2015 team placed 8th.
This years team made an excellent showing against some very
difficult competition, placing 6th overall and bringing home the
Most Sportsmanship team award.
Kyla Vanwerkhoven, Paige Allen, Elizabeth Schulz,
Vaughn Semmler, Jamie Shen
Midget Hockey Team at Provincials in Clearwater
The provincial tournament for many school senior sport teams is
often bitter sweet. For many of the young athletes in their final
year at high school, it may be the last time they play together. In
some cases, their provincial showing could be their last chance to
play at any competitive level.
For the FL Midget Team their trip to Clearwater was one of ex-
citement and sadness all at the same time.
The team played great and the players were awarded the Fair Play
award for being well-behaved and respectful on and off the ice.

Cade Arnason, Tyler DEon, Brailen Fitzgerald, Bryden Fitzgerald, Brendon Heisler, Jordy Kersey, Austyn Ketlo, Alex Koenig, Alyssa Koenig, Joshua
Laffin, Christian Louis, Stephanie McLean, Devin Scott, Nick Stuart & Tristan Williams, coaches: Craig Lepoidevin, Allan Laffin, Harry Koenig

*Thank you to MLA John Rustad for supporting our work here
* Thanks to Hurry Help for plowing and sanding our parking lot for free throughout the winter.
* Thanks to Janet, Shahla, Helen, Debbie, Dave, Janet C, Bonnie, for making soup
* Thanks to all the people who have dropped off food for the Food Share Program
* Thank you to LeEtta for looking Autumn Services in February
*Thank you to Anne for helping out on Soup days, thanks to Carol for helping with coffee group,
*Thank you to Eileen & May & Marilyn & Laurel & Patti & Richard & Mike & Mike & Janet & Janet & Kayce &
Rose for helping make coffee and bringing treats
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ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH #274

Upcoming Events: APRIL 2017
Lunch and Meal Program available daily along with baking and catering
Tuesdays & Thursdays Senior Carpet Bowling 1-3pm
March 31st (Friday) ..Musician Jay Myers band performing Classic Country, banjo, guitar The
Alkemist..$10 at the door
April 1st (Saturday) ..Dance to Mustang Heart- Soft Rock, easy listening.$10 at the door
April 3rd -April 8th (daily) Art Gallery 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
April 5th (Wednesday) Wine & Art with LeEtta Lafontaine-class $65 a person 6:30-9:00 pm
April 8th (Saturday) Home Routes concert T. Nile oth-
erwise known as Tamara she has toured North America
& Europe won awards including Best New Emerging artist
show time 7:00 pm $20 at the door
New Minor Hockey Executive 2017-2018 season
President-Josh Weber Head Coach-Shane Hendriksen Call..699-0055
President-Craig Lepoidevin Head Fundraiser-Dave Christie Teresa works
Treasurer-Darlene Thiessen Secretary-Lynne Williams Monday & Tuesday
Ice Scheduler-Leigh Anne Allen Statistician-Nikki Ray
Registrar-Jolene Webb Equip Manager-Josh Lepoidevin
Head Referee-Jim Storey Risk Manager-Bob Storey

Flexible hours for your convenience!

By Appointment only
Crystal works Monday & Tuesday
and evenings an weekends
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Fraser Lake & Area C.A.L.P.

COMMUNITY ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM
THE HEART OF LEARNING

TECH DAYS
With Instructor Lisa Gandier
Every Friday in March, April & May April 24th
1pm - 4pm At Autumn Services from 4-7 pm
FREE Drop In (everyone welcome) 312 McMillan Ave.
Bring your Laptops, Smart Phones, IPads, etc.
or use the desktops at the lab. Not registered to Vote in the
1pm - 2pm is instructor led learning, 2pm - 4pm is free time where
you can ask questions and ask for help! upcoming Provincial Election?
LAB HOURS Need Assistance?
Also NEW!! COMPUTER LAB HOURS!! Quick & painless support from
Lab is open every Tuesday from 1pm - 4pm & every Volunteers!
Thursday from 10am - 1pm until the end of May
Tickets (Except May 9th & 11th) Get registered in a few minutes!
$1 each
Located at the Learning Centre CNC Computer Lab
298 McMillan Ave
(please use door facing Technopure parking lot)
Call Sarrah for more information 250-699-6249 or 250-699-1681

#56 Nechako Teachers Union

End of Life Preparedness Fraser Lake Supermarket

Workshop (Under the Inn)

April 4th at Autumn Services Open Full-line of Groceries

Daily -Dairy -Fresh Meat
10am - Lunch Provided 8-8 -Grocery -Coffee
Learn about the legal ins and outs in regards 9-6 (Sun) -Produce -Pizza by the slice
to Wills, Estates, Power of Attorney an
Executor & Funeral Planning
Call Autumn Services to register 250-699-0056

**InStore Specials** Now Available

*Featured Items Weekly* Cinnamon Buns & Subs

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ready for SPRING? Mon to Fri
9:00 to 5:30
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clean up on bargains. 9:00 to 5:00

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FIRST BABY OF 2017
New Years baby 2017: Darren and Cecilia Gouliquer would like to thank
Jordaine and Kayla Weber are everyone for the support that our
proud to announce the arrival little family received while our
of their new son, daughter Brielle was in BC Chil-
Kane Daniel Weber. drens Hospital in Vancouver.
Kane was born Jan 1st,2017 Brielle was diagnosed with
@ 7:23 pm - 6lbs 15 oz Hirschsprungs Disease which
A new brother for sister means her bowel nerves didn't
Emma. Proud grandparents work and she wasn't able to elim-
are Lucy & Rod Weber and inate waste. Surgery was per-
Karen & Jim Harder. formed to remove the diseased
tissue and to re-attach the healthy
Brielle Gouliquer
tissue in her colon. Brielle has
Fraser Lake Public Library been recovering well at home since being released from hos-
Let the Learning Begin with Free Gale Courses
With the support of the Community Adult Literacy pital a month ago. We truly appreciate all the support,
Program (CALP) we are offering convenient online access thoughts and prayers from our family and friends
to hundreds of courses for professional career development, ...thank you
computer skills and personal enrichment.
For more information contact the Library at 250-699-8888 or FRASER LAKE PUBLIC LIBRARY HOURS
CALP at 250-699-6249. Monday closed
Spring Break is near Come on down to the Library Tuesday 10:00 - 4:00 pm
Borrow books. Check out our DVD collection. Spend time Wednesday 12 - 8:00 pm
using our computers, games etc. For little ones we have Thursday 12 - 8:00 pm
books, puzzles, puppets and more. Friday 10:00 - 4 pm
Saturday 10:00 - 2:00 pm

Violet was born in Vancouver to Bill and Gloria Young, and

shortly following her birth, her mother decided she looked like
a Sue, so the name stuck. When she was a young girl, the
family moved to Terrace. She met her future husband George
from Kitimat as a young teenager they later married in
Haney/Maple Ridge (1971). Their children, Doug & Tanya
were both born there and in 1975 they moved to Fraser Lake.
Sue worked for the Municipal office and the RCMP for many
years. The RCMP awarded her a plaque in recognition of her
28 years service when she retired June 2013.
Sue was an avid knitter, having knitted many baby sweaters
for friends and family. She kept busy crocheting baby
SWICK, SUE VIOLET VIVIAN blankets, which many family additions and friends
Feb 14, 1952 - Feb 26, 2017 enjoy still. Her home displays many very intricate
needlepoint framed pictures. A Very talented Lady.
In April 2016, Sue had a heart attack and spent time in the P.G. Hospital. Having recov-
ered somewhat from that incident, she developed other medical complications.
January 28, 2017 Sue was admitted to St. Pauls Hospital for heart surgery, however that
was not to be. Medical Complications appeared and February 26, 2017 she passed away.
Sue is Remembered and Missed by her Husband George, Children Doug & Tanya, Grand-
children, nieces and nephews, Brother Bill & family and numerous friends & relatives.
Sue was predeceased by her Mom & Dad, sister Carol and brothers Jimmy & Sonny
There will not be a service at Sues request.
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