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The world's biggest bannock was baked during the First Nations Day celebrations. Here, the bannock makers gather around their
masterpiece that was two years in tfie planning. It had to be poked occasionally to check tlie moisture of the dough.
Markus Ermisch photo
bannock baked
MARKUS ERMISCH
Observer Reporter
Big was bad, bigger was
better, and biggest was best.
The Quesnel Bannock
Committee finally answered
the universal question
whether size does matter -
after two years of
fermenting, the idea of a
massive bannock turned
into a yeast- free rising
reality . of .colossal
proportions over a bed of
hot coal.
The world's biggest
bannock was baked right
here in Quesnel during the
First Nations Day festivities
last weekend.
Now the committee has
to wait and see if the
Guinness Book of World
Records will accept the
bannock's proportions as
the biggest in the world.
Once baked, it measured
275 cm in length, 88 cm in
width and 6 cm in height.
"We don't know if we
got accepted," said
committee member Jean
McCormack. "But we
followed all criteria."
Perhaps an explanation
is in place: what exactly is
bannock? It is flour and
salt, baking powder and
lard as well as cold water.
Once mixed and baked,
these ingredients turn into
bannock, a type of bread
introduced to North
American natives by early
explorers and missionaries.
Today, bannock is
considered to be traditional
native bread.
The list of ingredients is
short, but the amounts used
last Friday would not fit
into a normal kitchen. For
example, 100 lbs. of flour
went into the dough. And it
took nine bannock makers
more than one hour to get
the dough mixed and into
the pan.
Then, after baking for 45
minutes, came the difficult
part.
"Our biggest concem
was how to flip it,"
McCormack said.
Four official pan flippers
put a lid on the specially
made aluminum pan,
fastened it with clamps,
inserted steel rods on both
ends, and turned the
structure on its head in one
swift motion.
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on foot
ge
Security cameras did not
stop a group of four from
assaulting a couple on the
Foot Bridge in broad
daylight.
A local couple in their
mid-20s, whose names
police would not release,
walked across the bridge
Sunday evening.
At about 7 p.m. they
were approached by a group
of four Caucasian males,
also in their mid-20>s, who
then started attacking
without any apparent reason,
said RCMP Const. Brent
Keibel.
"It was a random attack,"
he said. "The. attack was
completely unprovoked."
The couple was not
robbed or seriously injured,
but the woman sustained a
minor cut on her leg, Keibel
said.
After the attack the
assailants fled the scene, two
of them on bikes.
The couple then
contacted the police, and
RCMP officers arrived on
the scene within two
minutes, Keibel said, but
were unable to apprehend
the attackers.
"At this point we don't
know if they are from the
Quesnel area," Keibel said.
The attack came in the
middle of an international
debate whether security
cameras, installed in
potentially crime-prone
areas, are able to limit
criminal activity.
Keibel said the cameras
on the Foot Bridge, together
with the emergency
telephone, successfully
decrease the frequency of
violent incidents.
"Things like that don't
happen very often," he said.
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2 QUESNEI CARIBOO OBSttVER Wednesday, June 26, 2002
School board sends letter of concern to Ministry
The school board is
concerned about its financial
future, and so are
parents from Wells.
To express these concerns
the board recently
sent a three-page letter to ,
Education Minister
Christy Clark.
''Our board is facing
many very difficult decisions
as we deal with declining
enrolment, teacher
wage increases that are
not funded, and aging facilities,"
the letter reads.
"We see our next three
year funding allocation
shortfall escalating and
anticipate that we will
have twice the cuts to face
next year as we have had
this year."
The letter goes on to
say that because of the financial
pinch the board
conducted a review of facilities
and considered
closing three rural elementary
schools, one of
which is Wells.
The example of Wells
was then used to outline
in great detail how the
Ministry's cuts to funding
can have a significant impact
on a community.
Carrie Johnston, a
Wells mother, .attended
last week's board meeting
and was very happy to
learn about the letter, she
said.
"The board is making
good decisions of what to
do," she said and added it
would be wrong to entirely
blame the board should
the school in Wells be
closed.
"The Ministry is ultimately
responsible," she
said.
But the letter is not
the only reason for Johnston's
optimism - Monday
last week a delegation
of trustees, including
chairwoman Louise Scott
and trustee Karen Andrews,
drove to Wells to
discuss possible cost saving
measures were the
school to remain open.
One idea the Wells
people suggested to
trustees was to reduce the
school week from five to
four days.
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Should that happen,
Johnston said, the people
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their energies farther
south.
"We can take on the
Ministry of Education on
your behalf," Johnston
told the trustees.
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Wallace and Wilson
of South Hills infrastructure project
IVIARKUS ERMISCH
Observer Reporter
A major infrastructure
grant is coming to
Quesnel.
"Today we have
some really good news for
the Gity of Quesnel," said
Cariboo-North MLA Dr.
John Wilson at a press
conference Tuesday outside
Murphy's Pub.
Wilson and Mayor
Steve Wallace announced
the city will receive
$982,000 under the Canada-British
Columbia Infrastructure
Program.
This money will be
used to refurbish a well
and to construct a reservoir
in the South Hills
area.
"Xhis project will lay
the, groundwork for future
economic growth,"
Wilson said. "The community
will have a more
reliable water source now
and tomorrow. As the city
continues to grow, the infrastructure
will be in
place to ensure troublefree
expansion,"
Wallace agreed with
Wilson's comments.
"Today is the first
step to make this project
possible," he said. "We
expect an increase in population
in this area. We
need this [project] to contribute
to the economic
B.C.
British Columbia's
public schools are among
the finest in the world
says David Chudnovsky.
Chudnovsky, president
of the B.C. Teacher's
Federation, came to this
conclusion after reading
the Ministry of Education
satisfaction survey.
The survey states that
85 percent of elementary
parents and 77 per cent of
secondary parents reported
that their children feel
safe at school all the time.
MLA Dr; John Wilson and Mayor Steve Wallace announced the start of a major infrastructure project for the South Hills
area outside Murphy's Pub Tuesday. Be government provides two thirds of the funding, the City will cover the rest.
Markus Ermisch photo
QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER Wednesday, June 26,2002 3
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Wallace said about 500 jobs," Wallace until construction begins. $400,000 out of its own High: 25° low: 10°
"That pipe generated But it will be a while contribute approximately
this infrastructure project said. "It made places such City Manager Charles coffers to the project because
the government
will generate new jobs in as Wal-Mart, Denny's Hamilton said construction
on the reservoir will grant is not sufficient. Flyers
the South Hills area. and the Sandman Inn
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to the pipeline that He said he hopes the because detailed engineerment
councillors and city
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This result, Chudnovsky
said, is in part due
to the quality staff at public
schools.
"We have highly
trained teachers and support
staff," he said Thursday.
"And we all are
working towards success
for every student."
Ron Krickan, president
of Quesnel District
Teacher' Association,
agrees with his superior.
"We have a good
education system in British
Columbia," he said in
an interview Monday.
"Feeling safe at school is
critical for a student's
learning success."
He added that bullying
in Quesnel's schools
does happen occasionally,
but that there is no indication
of a rising trend.
"It happens," he said.
"But there is not more
bullying now compared to
when I went to school."
But Krickan also said
the survey is partially
skewed and only tells half
the truth. Future surveys
could paint a very different,
less favourable picture,
Krickan said.
"They aren't asking
the hard questions involving
the government," he
said. "It is possible that
the results will look different
in the future as
more money is taken out
of the [public education]
system. We don't know
how that will impact the
future."
He thus concurs with
Chudnovsky, who also
predicted the level of satisfaction
with the public
system will decline.
"You can't take way
more than $200 million
and almost 2,000 teachers
and expect that parents
and students will continue
to be as satisfied as they
are now with the quality
of education they are receiving,"
Chudnovsky
said.
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4 QUESNEI CARIBOO OBSERVER Wednesday, June 26, 2002
and joins digital revolution
MARKUS ERMISCH
Observer Reporter
The digital revolution
has reached the radiology
department of the G.R.
Baker Memorial hospital.
Within this year, the
hospital vi'ill shift from
traditional X-ray technology
to a digital radiology
system.
"We are working on
the plan right now," said
Northern Health Authority
Administrator John
Knoch in an interview
Tuesday.
He also said the new
system will generate savings
in the long, run because
it is electronically
based.
Cheryl Muhle, chief
technologist of diagnostic
imaging, described the old
X-ray process as something
similar to developing
p)hotographic film.
"The film is developed
in a processor," she
said in an interview Tuesday.
"That then gives you
a hard copy that can be
looked at on a viewer."
Much of that will
now be eliminated.
"There'll still be a
cassette [on which the
images are stored],"
Muhle said. "But it will
all be digitally processed."
The main benefit of
the new system, she said,
is that it will improve patient
care.
For example, if X-
rays are taken at the hos-
Cheiyl Muhle, chief technologist at G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital, stands beside an X-iay
processor. This machine mil soon be replaced by digital radiology technology. The Cariboo
Regional Hospital District and the Ministry of Health will financethe expensive project.
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pital here in Quesnel, they
can then be sent to a specialist
at the hospital in
Prince George within a
matter of seconds, much
like e-mail is sent from
one computer to another.
"It is speedy travel,"
Muhle said. "The image
will travel faster than the
patient."
This technology, she
said, will make the diagnostic
process faster and
more efficient because a
doctor is able to look at
an X-ray before thfe patient
arrives at the hospital.
Staff at the G.R.
Baker, however, will have
to receive training on the
new equipment. But
Muhle said that won't
take very long.
"Within two weeks
staff here should,be able
to use the equipment,"
she said; "But it'Jl take
about six months before
they become completely
proficient."
The Cariboo Regional
Hospital District and
the Ministry of Health
will contribute $700,000
to help fund the project.
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POLICE REPORT
Lost lab
A small black lab was
found last Saturday at the
West Park Mall.
The dog then was
taken to a safe home by a
concerned citizen.
The owner of the dog
is asked to contact the
local RCMP.
City employee Lance Wilkins
repairs a broken fence after
vandals wreaked havoc at
Sugarloaf ball park in a stolen
1972 Buick Skylark
June 25. Anyone with information
is asked to contact
RCMP and refer to police
number 2002-5061.
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Art empty boat floated
down the Fraser River
Sunday afternoon.
The RCMP responded
to a call of a person
who had seen the boat
float past the River Front
Trail.
The Quesnel Search
and Rescue team entered
the boat together with
Fisheries and Oceans officials.
The
boat had no
seats, no motor, and no
vvindshield. Also, a few
old bicycles were found
on the boat.
RCMP suspects the
boat was swept away
from higher ground because
of the recent high
water levels.
Speed caused crash
Alcohol and speeding
are suspected to be factors
in.a single motor vehicle
accident Sunday afternoon.
The two male occupants
in the vehicle were
both injured.
One was trapped unconscious
inside the car.
He had to be extracted
and was rushed to G.R.
Baker Memorial Hospital
for treai:rnent.
The accident happened
approximately 7
km outside Quesnel on
Red Bluff Road.
Cashtheft
An unknown person
entered an unlocked residence
overnight June 21
and stole an undisclosed
amount of cash.
The residence in the
400 block of Vaughan
Street was unlocked at the
time of the incident.
Possible b&e
A local tow yard was
the scene of a possible
break and entry in the
early morning, hours of
June 20.
Two adult males and
three young offenders
were caught speeding
away from the scene in
their vehicles.
All are charged with
theft, break and entry and
mischief.
Once police arrived at
the scene, they noticed
two vehicles speeding
away. Both vehicles were
stopped.
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QUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER Wednesday, June 26, 2002 9
Helmets can
save young
When we hear about a young boy dying as
a result of head injuries sustained in a skateboard
accident, it makes us take a look
around our own town at the many young
people who choose to participate in this sport
without helmets.
Each child has the potential to accomphsh
great things in their life, but if, through such a
foolish decision as not strapping on a helmet,
their young life is forever cut short, or they
are left permanently disabled, they may never
reach that potential.
Each sport requires appropriate safety
gear, but for skateboarders there are no enforcers,
no coaches insisting you wear a helmet,
no association dictating the terms of play, just
common sense and a will to live, both of
which can be often overshadowed by a skate
on the wild side.
Can't you just hear them now, "This helmet
looks dorky", or "None of my friends
have to wear one."
But at least they will be around to make
those complaints. We're sure if the lad who
just lost his life had the chance he would certainly
choose to wear a helmet next time.
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Bringing world class
soccer into Quesnel
Through the marvels of modern technology
citizens around the world can sit down
with their favourite beverage and enjoy world
class soccer.
The game is simplicity itself, with a ball
and two sets of goal posts, the game can be
played.
But what we have been watching on television,
direct from South Korea if you have a
mind to get up incredibly early, is soccer at its
best. Teams from around the world have been
competing for the ultimate prize, the World
Cup and the competition has seen some surprising
upsets and, to some, questionable refereeing.
But the marvel of it all is the availability of
the games. Young soccer hopefuls can gain
valuable insight into the game and armchair
experts have a whole new vista, right in their
living room.
Around the world, in countries already
soccer-crazy, the World Cup matches have incited
riots and stopped rush hour traffic, filled
pubs and interrupted the business world.
We may be more conservative in Canada,
but there will still be soccer discussions long
after the last ball is kicked.
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Hubert Beyer
VlCTOmA REPORT
Firing Russell Mills,
publisher of the Ottawa
Citizen, may not have
been the smartest thing
the Aspers have done, but
what the self-appointed
defenders of the freedom
of the press seem to forget
is that as the oy/ner of the
paper, Izzy Asper can hire
and fire whom he pleases.
Mills was ostensibly
canned because he published
an editorial suggesting
that Jean Chretien,
our Prime Minister
for Life, resign, without
running it by the Winnipeg-based
Asper clan first.
If that was, indeed,
the reason, it was just
about as stupid as the policy
that every one of the
CanWest-owned daily
newspapers run Asperpenned
editorials once or
twice a week.
But stupid or not, as
the owner, Asper has that
right, just as he has the
Dennis Chapman
Publisher/Adv. Mgr
Neil Homer
Editor
right to dictate his papers'
editorial policy.
Izzy -and Jean are
good pals, which has
given rise to the suspicion
that the prime minister either
leaned on Asper to
get rid of the normally rather
inoffensive Mills.
If,that was the case,
and so far it's idle speculation,
Asper should be
ashamed of himself. But
somehow, I can't believe
that that's what happened.
Consider for a moment
the National Post,
which has had a hate-on
for Chretien since its inception.
Not a day goes
by-that the Post doesn't
savage Chretien. If anyone
ought to be in Izzy's
sights, it's the management
of the Post, which
just keeps on beating up
on the little guy from Shawinigan.
What intrigues me
even nlore is the call for
government intervention
to rein in the big newspaper
bosses. Let me get this
straight. The government,
whose ruler by divine
right is Chretien, is supposed
to prevent the perceived
injustices perpetrated
by Asper. That would
Bev Weigntman
Production Mgr
Jaicey Fomian
Circulation Mgr
survive
be the same Chretien who
supposedly bent Asper's
ear in the firing of Mills.
I've got a bit of a soft
spot for Izzy because of a
hilarious incident some 35
years ago, when he wrote
a column for the Winnipeg
Free Press, but that's
fodder for another column.
But soft spot or not,
it is clear to me that Izzy
hasn't got the faintest clue
how to run a newspaper
or he wouldn't try to dictate
editorial policy or fire
a publisher for not clearing
an anti-government
editorial vv^ith him, if
that's what happened.
Newspapers thrive on
diversity of opinion, even
if the owner doesn't agree
with some of those opinions.
When Duarie Crandall
was a Social Credit
MLA, he was also owner
of the Golden Star, which
ran my column. No matter
how hard I hammered
the Socreds in general or
Bill Vander Zalm, the premier,
in particular, Duane
ran my columns. Only
later, did I fiiid out that
he was often inundated
with calls from friends for
my removal. It didn't happen
to this day.
Much of what has
been written and said
about Asper's editorial
policy and now the Mills
affair is sheer nonsense.
To start with I would
like to ask: who reads editorials
anyway, aside
from the people they deal
with and political wing
nuts like me. People read
the news, and so far I
haven't heard about complaints
from reporters
that they aren't allowed
to write news stories
about the prime minister.
People read columns
and so far, Andrew
Coyne, Mark Steyn and
Christie Blatchford are
still working at the National
Post, and seem to be
neither in imminent danger
of dismissal, nor
afraid to write non-complimentary
things about
the prime minister.
Editorials are bland
by their very nature. They
are unsigned, ostensibly
representing the
"newspaper's position"
on issues, which in reality
has always been the equivalent
of the owner's position.
So there is nothing
new about the Aspers'
editorial policy.
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QUESTIOH OF THEWEEK
What
do you
thiiikof
soccer's
World
Cup?
Clint MacDonald
Wicked game. However
the officiating was
somewhat lacking. This
is my first year following
if-
Toni Meyers
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slightly and have found
that I enjoy the game.
Do your homework
Editor:
from your same paper
In response to editorial
(page 3) June 21, 2002.
Wednesday, June 19, •"The peak record level,
2002 Dike is not so evil recorded on June 16,
now, is it?
1972" was 6,510 cu.
I recognize your need metres/sec. At the time of
to use sensationalism to my writing this river is
sell your paper, but creating
concern and even fear
in subjecting readers to
still somewhere between
six and eight feet below
the high reached in 1972,
false reports of major and has started to drop.
flooding is wrong.
The City of Quesnel
has been in no danger of
Fact two: There are
still a number of homes
and families with major
major flooding since concerns about the job
1972. In that year the the city did or did not do
river went around the
base of the pump station
in Tingley Park, it backed
up Baker Creek and ran
over the low ground
where the West Park Mall
now stands.
to their property. These
people are taking the city
to court, in the hope of
getting some satisfaction
after four years of begging,
pleading and waiting
for the City to make a
But not one home reasonable offer or complete
the work required
on their properties.
along Rolph Street reported
any flooding, or asked
for any sand bags to protect
their property. That
all happened 30 years
ago, and let us hope that
it is that many years before
that danger comes
again. In the meantime
let's call what we have on
our properties along
Rolph Street what it is, a
waste of taxpayers
money.
Fact: Quote taken
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iTWn-WAYRADIfii,
Fact three: Your own
attitude in writing this article
shows a need for
greater understanding of
what has taken place
since the so-called "dike"
was built. The City has
not received one cent towards
the $700,000
spent constructing it. Why
one may ask? Because the
Ministry has informed the
City that this area was
.The BIG DEAL
is that we'll BEAT
What
any other
cellular phone
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Maple Park Shopping Centre 747-0992
Mick Keen
I've really enjoyed the
play. For all those who
play the game and understand
the rules it's amazing
to watch.
not a priority, and no
flooding was anticipated
on the north Fraser, all
this before the dike was
built. The City chose to
ignore this advice and
built it anyway. They also
chose to misinform people
about the potential for
flooding so that they had
had an excuse to build the
whole structure on private
land without any prior
consultation or negotiations
with the owners.
Why the rush? No, not
because of the risk of
flooding, but because
Mayor Wallace wanted a
share of the monies being
offered by the Provincial
government for legitimate
flood control in other
communities, to build his
river walk. He announced
on several oc(:asions that
he would build a walk in
West Quesnel! Where is it
Rolph Street residents deserve
apology over editorial comments
Editor:
I do not live near the dike nor on Rolph Street. I
did though recently visit a friend there and so have
apparently done more investigation into your recent
editorial than anyone at the riewspaper.
As you have probably heard from a number of
the residents there is very little chance of flooding
without the dike.
Again, I think if you had done adequate investigation
that fact, as well as the fact that other areas in
town are in greater danger of flooding was stated in
the extensive research done by these residents following
the illegal construction of the dike.
I feel the residents of Rolph Street deserve an
apology from you - in part due to your neglect of
facts and in part due to the nasty spiteful tone used in
this editorial.
Donna Slatcher
Quesnel
Nelson Ferreira
I've really enjoyed the
footwork and passes,
real crisp and clean.
The officiating hasn't
been that great though.
now Mr. Mayor?
At the time it was
constructed, no engineer
was used to design or
oversee it, no surveyor
was used to plan the location
and no property owners
were approached in
any effort to obtain the
Big Deal?...
Megan Booth
I think it's very exciting
to watch. I'm
going to the summer
games so it's inspiring
me to play harder.
comme
land in a legal manner.
This was another of
Mr. Wallace's charge
ahead and worry about
the details later, the details
being finances and
land ownership.
Alec Le Brun
Quesnel
SD 28 response disappointing
Editor:
The following is an open letter to School District
28 chair Louise Scott.
Thank you for responding to my concerns about
communications. Your response reinforces my position
that direcf questions were never answered.
I already had the cost per school spreadsheets and
asked for further details, such as the cost breakdown
of $30,230 for maintenance at Richbar,Elementary.
Your response of June 6 explains that you do not
cost out requisitions. That is one answer I may have
expected. Also, a simple explanation that the
$175,000 included all five buildings would have sufficed,
as 1 was a parent directly involved in the committee.
It may be that my questions were^ftot dear enough.
However, I was never asked for clarification
when I repeatedly asked for cost breakdovvns of maintenance
at Richbar.
I am also curious how the district calculated
$3,000 per year to run a bus for about 200 days from
Cottonwood to Barlow Creek. A simple explanation of
the calculations used would be appreciated.
I regret that we have been involved in an ongoing
communication problem. I promise to work harder to
make my questions clearer. .
Roy Josephy
Quesnel
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