October 7 2002

BC Rivers Day

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and the Word Scrabble Game.
Entertainment for the adults
was provided by the wide
range of musical acts booked
for the day, which included The
Lakeside Ramblers, Marcel
Gagnon, Gary Fiellgaard,
Barney Bentall, and The
Orchid Highway.

The music festival put on
quite a good show, which was
appreciated by all. Gary
Fjellgaard played a number of
his well-known songs, told sto-
ries about his life, and
yodeled. Since Fjellgaard is
known for yodeling, that was
no big surprise. Rock legend
Barney Bentall made an
appearance and his show left
the audience amazed.

Wrapping up the day was The
Orchid Highway, who rocked
the stage, even though most of
the audience had already left
due to the cold weather. The
people who decided to stick it
out were treated to some fun
psychedelic rock and roll. Any
band that looks like “five
Austin Powers” has to be a lot
of fun.

Rivers Day was an amazing
opportunity to combine culture
with a good cause. The festival
was the perfect opportunity to
scuff your feet in the leaves,
listen to some tunes, and just
hang out and have a good
time.

remember that shirt you passed
on to your little brother?

and that bike you passed
on to your little sister?

Recycle life...

register
to be an
organ donor

British Columbia
Transplant Society

register electronically by visiting

www.transplant.bc.ca
604-877-2240

Dana Schwehr
photo

Children and
children at
heart play in
the leaves at
BC Rivers
Day. BC
Rivers Day
featured ee
events ranging
from musical
acts to
interacitve
educational
booths.

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By ENVS205 Class

Ever wonder what the earth
would look like without any
natural’ environment? Would
you care? How far must we go
before we come together with
a common goal of sustainabil-
ity? Everyone should have a
little love for the environment
in them, why not put that love
to work. This is where we
(ENVS 205 class) come in. We
all need to work together to
start saving our natural envi-
ronment. Promoting this effort,
our class is carrying out a
series of environmental ser-
vice projects, including trans-
portation issues, consumer
waste reduction, composting,
SPCA interactions, city parks
enhancement, recycling, trail
improvement/promotion, as
well as needle/condom clean-
up. On top of these projects,
our goal is to provide updated
information to the community,
on and off the hill, for the
remainder of the semester on
‘our progress and implemen-
tation.

Any of you readers out there
use needles or condoms?
Being university students you
probably find yourself using at
least one of these! (Not pro-
moting or discouraging them)
Even if you don’t use either,
this pertains to you. Why? This
weeks’ feature focuses on
needle and condom cleanup in
selected parts of Prince
George. How does this work?
Modelled after a program
implemented in Calgary in

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November 1999, (for more
information:
http://www.gov.calgary.ab.ca/fi

re/about/divisions/haz-

ardous_materials/needle_pro-
gram/)a group of students is
looking into placing needle
and condom collection con-
tainers in two or three trial sta-
tions around Prince George.
The identified problem areas
are focused mostly on the
downtown parks and streets
that involve dark areas, forest-
ed spots, and vocal points for
prostitution. Discarded nee-
dies and condoms in school
yards, playgrounds and parks
pose a significant risk of injury
to children and adults. Since
1999, 25,000 needles have
been collected in Calgary,
organized and carried out by
the Calgary Fire Department.
Just think how much of a dif-
ference we (the people of
Prince George) could make on
the downtown area, by just
cleaning up a few knick
knacks.

To implement the program in
Prince George the group will
approach and identify key

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ckers...

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players that will participate in
the actual clean-up. Anywhere
from police departments,
parks and recreation associa-
tions, to the Board of
Education; any of these could
possibly be involved in the
clean-up. They will also con-
sult with city planners to
ensure the support of resi-
dents and especially that of
those in the identified areas.
Once all of this work is com-
pleted the plan is to approach-
ing the city council to look for a
green light on the project.

This is just a taste test (intro-
duction for all you politically
correct persons) to our class
involvement throughout the
city...Hopefully you can take
the time to think about what
you can do to help our city
environment. The key is to “act
locally not globally”.

To talk to or to lend a hand
with any projects, contact
Howie (250) 563-3953 or Silke
(250) 649-0194.

Tune in each week for full
coverage on our exciting
endeavours!

Chris Drumm

Sales Consultant

Honda North

105 Brunswick Street
Prince George, B.C.
V2L 2B2

Sales: (250) 562-9391

Parts & Service: (250) 562-4744
Fax: (250) 562-5151
Email: info@hondanorth.ca