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Barriere and Area Literacy Outreach Summer Camps provided boys like two-year-old Liam Murphy, and four-year-old Aiden Murphy a great outlet for burning off some energy on the monkey bars in the sunshine outside the Ridge.

Monkey business at literacy summer camp

Barriere and Area Literacy Outreach Summer Camps provided area youngsters with plenty to do

Barriere and Area Literacy Outreach Summer Camps provided boys like two-year-old Liam Murphy, and four-year-old Aiden Murphy a great outlet for burning off some energy on the monkey bars in the sunshine outside the Ridge.
Betty Uppenborn demonstrates a process used long ago to grade egg sizes by placing the egg in the holes in this measuring tool.  Betty says she used it for some time on their old family farm, as did those before her. Her best guess is that it is about 60 to  80 years old.

Egg measurer part of area history

Antique egg measurer is estimated between 60 to 80 years old

Betty Uppenborn demonstrates a process used long ago to grade egg sizes by placing the egg in the holes in this measuring tool.  Betty says she used it for some time on their old family farm, as did those before her. Her best guess is that it is about 60 to  80 years old.
Barriere resident Al Robinson takes a moment to make sure his best friend stays hydrated during an evening of music in Fadear Park at a recent Bandshell Friday.

Staying hydrated in hot weather

Making sure his best friend stays hydrated during a hot summer evening

Barriere resident Al Robinson takes a moment to make sure his best friend stays hydrated during an evening of music in Fadear Park at a recent Bandshell Friday.
Mini, a three-and-a-half pound Yorkshire Terrier, copilots for Greg Johnson when he power mows the lawns in his yard, or those for some of his neighbors.  Greg says that Mini sits still in the crook of his arm “for hours, never complains, but sometimes it looks as if she is telling me how to do my job”.

Canine copilot

Mini, a three-and-a-half pound Yorkshire Terrier, copilots for Greg Johnson when he power mows the lawns

Mini, a three-and-a-half pound Yorkshire Terrier, copilots for Greg Johnson when he power mows the lawns in his yard, or those for some of his neighbors.  Greg says that Mini sits still in the crook of his arm “for hours, never complains, but sometimes it looks as if she is telling me how to do my job”.
North Thompson Fish and Game Club's Father's Day Fishing Derby first prize winner, Severen Roberge, received a fish smoker for his effort.

Fish smoker first prize in Derby

Fish smoker awarded as first prize in NTF&GC Father's Day Fishing Derby

North Thompson Fish and Game Club's Father's Day Fishing Derby first prize winner, Severen Roberge, received a fish smoker for his effort.
Members of the North Thompson Fish and Game Club Society hold regular monthly meetings on the fourth Monday of the month at the North Thompson Volunteer Centre, 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

North Thompson Fish & Game plan Father’s Day Fishing Derby

Everyone is welcome to celebrate Fathers Day on Sunday, June 15, by heading out into the great outdoors to fish

Members of the North Thompson Fish and Game Club Society hold regular monthly meetings on the fourth Monday of the month at the North Thompson Volunteer Centre, 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
Nicole Kohnert stands high above the Darfield area in the North Thompson Valley during a recent hike.

Spectacular views in the North Thompson

Just take a walk and you will be amazed at where you can go

Nicole Kohnert stands high above the Darfield area in the North Thompson Valley during a recent hike.
(L to r) Ethan Bulcock and Wesley Bulcock were spotted having fun on the exercise equipment in Fadear Park in  Barriere while visiting their grandparents during the Easter Holidays.

Stationary exercise in Fadear Park

Kids find exercising in the sunshine outside in Barriere fun

(L to r) Ethan Bulcock and Wesley Bulcock were spotted having fun on the exercise equipment in Fadear Park in  Barriere while visiting their grandparents during the Easter Holidays.
Area golfers are already out enjoying the greens and the sunshine at Chinook Cove Golf, just north of Barriere.

Golfers on course already

The greens at Chinook Cove are already open for spring golfing

Area golfers are already out enjoying the greens and the sunshine at Chinook Cove Golf, just north of Barriere.
The McWatters family in Louis Creek have a batch of baby mini goats that interact with the people, and for this photo, were even in the house. Miniature goats make great pets, they are hardy and have a great temperament, with sizes ranging from 40cm to 60cm (15” to 24”).

Spring is baby animal time in the North Thompson

Miniature goats are even smaller when they are newborns

The McWatters family in Louis Creek have a batch of baby mini goats that interact with the people, and for this photo, were even in the house. Miniature goats make great pets, they are hardy and have a great temperament, with sizes ranging from 40cm to 60cm (15” to 24”).
Jarek Kotolewski at home in his tomato patch.

Great tomato experiments

Barriere businessman, Jarek Kotolewski’s garden includes a tomato patch where about 150 to 200 plants grow

Jarek Kotolewski at home in his tomato patch.
Little Fort resident Steve White turns compost into the soil of his organic vegetable garden in Little Fort earlier this fall.

Steve White, a retired teacher from Little Fort, still plies his craft – but now in the garden


I thought if this worked out, I would be pursuing two of my life’s interests – teaching and gardening. — Steve White, Little Fort

Little Fort resident Steve White turns compost into the soil of his organic vegetable garden in Little Fort earlier this fall.
(Pictured) Station House Restaurant proprietor Jarek Kotlewski looks up at a number of the fish decorations hanging from the ceiling in his establishment. According to Jarek the decorations, and a number of other items hanging in the restaurant swayed back and forth when a 7.7 earthquake struck south of B.C.’s Haida Gwaii on Oct. 27.

Shake up at local family restaurant

So far away, and yet strong enough to move the decorations and plants at the Station House in Barriere

(Pictured) Station House Restaurant proprietor Jarek Kotlewski looks up at a number of the fish decorations hanging from the ceiling in his establishment. According to Jarek the decorations, and a number of other items hanging in the restaurant swayed back and forth when a 7.7 earthquake struck south of B.C.’s Haida Gwaii on Oct. 27.
L to r) Dorothy and Joan (last names withheld by request) pose in front of their comfortable hunting campsite at Saskum Lake earlier this month.

No guys required on this hunting trip

Joan says she has hunted in many countries, and can competently hunt with bow and arrow or rifle

L to r) Dorothy and Joan (last names withheld by request) pose in front of their comfortable hunting campsite at Saskum Lake earlier this month.
Keith Moore

Keith Moore named Citizen of the Year

2012 Barriere Citizen of the Year is named: Keith Moore

Keith Moore

Cupid in the Apiary

Valley Voices - cupid in the apiary As told by an Old Timer in 1971

Toy Run participant Jack Young is awaiting the departure from the AG Foods’ parking lot with his passenger, councillor Vigrina Smith.

Barriere’s Annual Stomp’n Toy Run a great success

Bikers came from far and wide to take part in the 6th Annual Barriere Toy Run

Toy Run participant Jack Young is awaiting the departure from the AG Foods’ parking lot with his passenger, councillor Vigrina Smith.
Ernie Yungen, Nina Clearwaters, and Lynn Innes won silver in triples.

Barriere seniors excel at Senior Games

Five Barriere Senior Carpet Bowlers are proud because they earned two medals for their teams

Ernie Yungen, Nina Clearwaters, and Lynn Innes won silver in triples.
(L to r) Cap (Donald) Fraser, and his brother Hugh Fraser, taking a break from cutting wood in Blucher Hall. Note the washing hanging on a line between two trees in the left-hand-side background of the photo.

Squam Bay remembers Cap Fraser and Blucher Hall

Valley Voices; Donald (Cap) Fraser named the area Blucher Hall and lived there for 72 years

(L to r) Cap (Donald) Fraser, and his brother Hugh Fraser, taking a break from cutting wood in Blucher Hall. Note the washing hanging on a line between two trees in the left-hand-side background of the photo.
Bruno Schilling is pictured celebrating his 80th birthday with grandchildren (l to r) Frazer, Tanner, Spencer, Tyson and Tyler Schilling. Absent from the photo is Eva Mae.

Happy 80th birthday Bruno Schilling

Darfield resident spends whole life farming in North Thompson community

Bruno Schilling is pictured celebrating his 80th birthday with grandchildren (l to r) Frazer, Tanner, Spencer, Tyson and Tyler Schilling. Absent from the photo is Eva Mae.