The North Shore Safeway was evacuated by police Thursday morning for what turned out to be “just a joke.” As three teenaged boys left the store about 10:45 a.m., one of them told an employee that they had left a bomb inside, according to Staff Sgt. Grant Learned. RCMP officers evacuated the store and went through surveil- lance tape to determine whether the three had anything that might have been a bomb. Meanwhile, officers caught up with the trio on a city bus, where they were arrested. One of them admitted the bomb comment was “a joke.” Police are recommending charg- es of public mischief against the boy. The Fortune Shopping Centre store re-opened at about 11:30 a.m. Friday, January 10, 2014 Vol. 8 No. 28 FREE Bringing the mountain to the people The only solely owned and operated newspaper on the Kamloops North Shore Published weekly in Kamloops, B.C. Phone: 250-819-6272 • Fax: 250-376-6272 • E-mail: [email protected]Online: http://issuu.com/jmnews • Follow us on FaceBook Bomb scare ‘joke’ leads to store evacuation, charges Holiday drinking and driving citations up Ironically while impaired driving stats are up, this holiday season turned out to be one of the best yet for Operation Red Nose in Ka- mloops. Kamloops provided 1,129 rides over the 11 nights of service, and raised $27,522, about $3,000 more than in 2012. That was enough to place our city first out of 13 other commu- nities in the province. New Year’s Eve was especially busy, with volunteers providing 142 rides that night alone while raising $3,814.10 in donations. The campaign had 210 volunteers filling close to 600 positions. These volunteers drove 23,312 kilometers over the 11 nights to get clients and their vehicles home safely. Education and awareness about Operation Red Nose has helped the service become suc- cessful, according to program co-ordinator Katie Klassen. The donations raised from the campaign go to PacificSport Interior BC. All proceeds go toward developing services and programs for amateur sport in the Kamloops region. Pa- cificSport is a “not for profit” society, and a legacy of the 1993 Canada Summer Games. Since starting in Kamloops in 1997, Pacific- Sport has given almost $250,000 in athlete travel support, $30,000 in coach travel sup- port and a variety of equipment bought to help support athletes and their training. Pa- cificSport has 120 athletes and 33 local sport organizations. RCMP officers man a Counter Attack road block on Seymour Street over the Christmas holiday season. More drivers were cited for drinking and driving over previous years. It seems Kamloops drivers are just “not” getting the message when it comes to im- paired driving. Drinking and driving prohi- bitions were up 86 per cent in the month of December. Police handed out 115 roadside prohibitions, compared to 61 in December 2012. The num- bers have almost doubled and police say it’s extremely disappointing. “We are at a loss to know why the numbers are so high,” stated Cpl. Bernie Parent. “We haven’t changed enforcement practises from previous years. But still, the numbers are not satisfactory. Some drivers don’t seem to be getting the message.” Police are warning drivers that roadside campaigns are not just for the holiday sea- son and officers will be out all year round, stepping up enforcement, targetting impaired drivers until the numbers change. RED NOSE NUMBERS ARE UP
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The North Shore Safeway was
evacuated by police Thursday
morning for what turned out to
be “just a joke.”
As three teenaged boys left the
store about 10:45 a.m., one of
them told an employee that they
had left a bomb inside, according
to Staff Sgt. Grant Learned.
RCMP offi cers evacuated the
store and went through surveil-
lance tape to determine whether
the three had anything that might
have been a bomb.
Meanwhile, offi cers caught up
with the trio on a city bus, where
they were arrested.
One of them admitted the bomb
comment was “a joke.”
Police are recommending charg-
es of public mischief against the
boy.
The Fortune Shopping Centre
store re-opened at about 11:30 a.m.
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Friends cover roommate’s bedroom in giftwrap
YEAR IN REVIEW
Robert Brown and Stuart Morh-
all thought the perfect gift for
best friend Craig Macey would
be a room makeover.
When Craig Macey, 23, returned
home to the English town of Al-
dershot after spending the holi-
days away, he was met with a
belated Christmas surprise: The
law graduate’s entire bedroom
had been gift-wrapped.
His roommates, Robert Brown
and Stuart Morhall, used 12 left-
over rolls of wrapping paper and
three rolls of Scotch tape to indi-
vidually wrap each item found in
his room, walls included. It took
two days to completely cover ev-
erything.
“It was funny and I appreci-
ate the joke, but it wasn’t what I
wanted after a long drive home,”
Macey said. “It was nice to have
more presents to open mind you.”
While Macey didn’t look for-
ward to the cleanup that awaited
him, he also understood that the
prank was a well-deserved one.
He and Morhall had recently
wallpapered Brown’s bedroom
with pages from Argos cata-
logues. (Brown had worked at the
department store in his youth.)
“When wrapping up my Christ-
mas presents I noticed that I had
a few rolls of paper left over,”
Brown said of the prank’s inspi-
ration. “I thought it would be a
great time to get my own back.”
And because the three room-
mates always play fair, Morhall
expects his room to receive an in-
convenient makeover in the near
future, too.
A new year is upon us, once
again. Our kids are a year older,
each has grown up a bit more and
each has learned a new activity.
What will this new year hold?
About this time last year, I did
my Mommy resolutions. It in-
cluded being more patient with
the kids, working out more, and
drinking less coffee. It’s hard to
believe that a year has passed
and I’m looking at this list again
(shamefully) wondering if I made
any progress.
As with most years, there are
set-backs to the resolutions.
• I worked out – hard! That was
the month of March and felt great.
In May, I went to Montreal for
two weeks and fell off the wag-
on – gaining weight, and feeling
crappy. Throughout the summer,
working out was touch and go –
as was my patience. But, since the
fall, I have been on the right track
working out hard – which is my
greatest stress reliever and makes
a less cranky mommy.
• Drink less coffee. That’s laugh-
able! I’m more of a coffee drink-
er now than I have ever been in
my life. And I’m okay with that
as long as I can handle my caf-
feine crashes and not take it out
on the kids. Give Mommy a venti
Skinny Vanilla Latte and I will
have the most patience in the
world!
• Kids vs Patience. That’s an
oxymoron. But, we all have our
moments as do I. I try my best
to not go crazy. But it happens.
As the kids grow, they each tend
to listen more (and also drive
me crazy more). But, this also
brought independence and more
quiet time for Mommy.
All-in-all, it was a great year
and I am happy with my results.
I even changed some things that
were not on my list. Now, to fo-
cus on my goals for this new year
to realistically better myself.
Happy New Year!
HoroscopesJanuary 13 - January 19, 2014Pressure you have to deal with from others can suddenly make you realise what’s most important to you. Some aspect of this can even surprise you. There’ll be further considerations so don’t feel as though you need to get things altered or settled in a hurry. It may take as long as mid-Feb. – mid-March to do so.
Situations with others can vary considerably. There are those where communication has no bounds – everything can be discussed & you know the person can be relied upon. Then there are those who you sense have a hidden agenda. They don’t realise you’re onto them. Enjoy stirring them up – it’ll take time to expose them.
Spending very likely needs to be curbed – to most people the holi-day season is over but you may not want to see it that way. Anybody else who’s contributing can begin to back-peddle. Any regular prac-tical things that have been put to one side of late will now reach a point where they can no longer be ignored. Time to alter your focus.
You become aware of just how lucky you are in relation to the benefi ts & security life has to offer. You’re going through a long-term turning point that can only occur in this way once every 60 years! Situations with others will have their pressures but you can sail through them.
Listen to what others have to say – they may stimulate you to look to your own future in an inventive way. Nothing needs to be done in a hurry. You may fi nd you’ll ebb & fl ow ‘til mid-Feb. – mid-March. You can sense that something big is developing that’ll provide a stable, reliable foundation in life.
Anything involving you with a group of people will be fulfi lling & can generate benefi t. This may also be the case if you’re plan-ning to join a group perhaps for any sort of learning purpose. Even if it’s not direct learning, you’ll learn something from it indirectly. You can realise the benefi ts of reliable friends too.
Whatever energy you put into routine situations may seem to make little difference to any sense of settled-ness. A lot may be to do with not having enjoyed these things for a long time. You need to fi nd an enjoyable outlet that involves you with different people to normal. It can bring a wide-ranging perspective into your life.
Though you need to maintain a cautious approach with new direc-tions or new responsibilities you now have, you can see the vision of what you ultimately want to accomplish. You’ll be signifi cantly held back to late-July & will have to contend with the pressure of alternative ideas & opinions to March. Patience will pay dividends.
Life seems to be operating at 2 different levels right now: the deeper things you sense you need to get in touch with & the more surface matters of your involvement with others. There’s the opportunity to communicate & as a result, learn to enjoy what you’re capable of creating that you didn’t realise before.
Relationships with others grow in a very favourable way that can provide you with a strong sense of security, giving acknowledge-ment that you can rely on this long term. This can also encourage you to review tensions that have existed in the past & the work that may be required to break these down for a more peaceful life.
Mercury, the planet of thought & communication has moved into your sign where it’ll stay ‘til Feb. 1. It’ll quickly encourage you to think about what you’ve learned about yourself. There’ll be stages, as Mercury’ll move on & then return again from mid-Feb. – mid-March. This is when you can have mental clarity.
Don’t put yourself at the mercy of others, as it’ll only serve to confuse you & very likely lower your confi dence. Focus on the things you enjoy & the way in which these can be further devel-oped in the long term as part of your future goals. If there’s been something you’ve wanted to learn, take action to do so.
• 2014 KEG LECTURE SERIES at TRU Mountain Room at 7 p.m.:
Jan. 16: Epic Earthquakes off BC’s Coast by Audrey Dallimore.
• 7TH ANNUAL MAYOR’S GALA FOR THE ARTS, Jan. 18. Cel-
ebrating & supporting the professional arts (Kamloops Art Gallery,
Kamloops Symphony, Western Canada Theatre). Cocktails: 6:30 p.m.
Dinner: 7:30 p.m. Guests will enjoy new & exciting entertainment.
The highlight will be the presentation of the three Mayor’s Award for
the Arts. Silent auction; Ice Bucket Draw. Tickets: $125 from Kam-
loops Live! Box Offi ce – deadline: Jan. 10.
• GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS meetings Thurs, 10 a.m. at Desert Gar-
dens, 540 Seymour St. Call Wally, 250-679-7877, or Sunny, 250-374-9165.
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• YOUNG GUNS TOUR featuring Brett Kissel & One More Girl,
Thurs. Feb. 13, at 8 p.m. at Cactus Jacks Night Club, 130 5th Ave. Tick-
ets at the Horse Barn, Kamloops Harley Davidson, online or at the club
during normal business hours. $30 general admission; $40 early entry
plus complimentary beverage (limited numbers; only available online).
• The Kamloops Symphony presents THE MAGIC OF VIENNA
at Sagebrush Theatre, Jan. 11 – 12. The eternal charisma of Vienna is
found in the music of the Strauss family, Lehar, Schubert, & Beethoven.
Your host Rod Michell provides a narrative connection to the era
• Western Canada Theatre presents BLIND DATE at the Sagebrush
Theatre, Jan. 23 – Feb. 1. Each night the lovely, French-accented
Mimi goes on a blind date with a lucky man drawn from the audience.
Blind Date explores the nuances of dating & the pursuit of love. Fast
& funny, the improvised performance is different every night.
• DR. JILL CALDER will be at the TRU Clocktower Theatre Sun.
Jan. 19, at 2 p.m. to discuss her presentation, Health Impacts of Ajax