Tuesday, October 9, 2018 | Your community newspaper since 1916
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Make-up race Bobby Twan and her horse Alfred make their way around a barrel on Saturday morning at Exhibition Park. The barrel racing event was to make up for the event that was supposed to be held during the BCNE that had to be postponed due to wildfire smoke. For full coverage, see page 7.
Hundreds enjoy Thanksgiving at Huble Support offered after student death at local school
Christine HINZMANN Citizen staff chinzmann@pgcitizen.ca The intermittent clank of horseshoes hitting their mark could be heard throughout the Huble Homestead Monday as hundreds decided to work off some of that Thanksgiving dinner by paying the pioneering site a post-turkeywith-all-the-trimmings visit. Kids could dress up at Kids’ Corner, while the Unger Family played some tunes in the welcome barn. Apples hanging from strings posed a temptation for some willing to take the bob and weave challenge as others sat down to create their own corn-husk doll. Just past the welcome barn the makeyour-own scarecrow competition was well on its way in the large barn with already-created entries into the contest lined up outside the barn like anti-crow soldiers standing guard. The best scarecrows earned prizes and will be called to scare duty during the annual Halloween Spooktacular, which has grown by popular demand from a one-day to a two-day event this Oct. 26 and 27 from 3 to 8 p.m. Attending Huble Homestead for the first time was Dylan White and wife, Melissa, who brought along their daughter, two-and-a-half-year-old Finley, who looked pretty thrilled to be checking out the bunnies who were busy hopping about in their expansive hutch. “I just saw it posted online and I thought it was a good idea to do something for Thanksgiving,” Melissa said. The little family was joined by their
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Melissa White, holding daughter two-and-a-half-year-old Finley, and Dylan, visited Huble Homestead for the first time Monday to enjoy the Thanksgiving event offering traditional games, hot lunch and bunnies to watch. extended family with lots of nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles and grandparents coming together to enjoy the day. “It’s really nice here,” Melissa said who grew up down south and would visit Fort Langley as a child and wanted the same experience for her daughter. Thanksgiving day at Huble Homestead saw typical numbers with about 300 crossing the welcome-barn threshold to enjoy a hearty soup and barbecued hamburgers or hotdogs for lunch while
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participating in all the activities and oldfashioned games. Huble Homestead Historic Site, 15000 Mitchell Rd., is a 30-minute drive north of Prince George. Turn off on Mitchell Road to continue another six kilometres down a well-maintained dirt road to the dog-friendly park. Admission is by suggested donation of $10 per family. For more information call 250-5647033 or visit www.hublehomestead.ca.
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The principal of College Heights Secondary School sent a letter home for parents and students Friday to offer support after the death of a student had occurred recently. “We are doing everything we can to support your child and our staff through this difficult experience,” principal Randy Halpape said in the letter. “We have asked for the assistance of the District and School’s Critical Events Response Team (CERT) to help our school deal with the loss.” The letter describes the death of the student as sudden and assured parents there are support systems in place. To that end, posted on the school’s website it said the Centre for Learning Alternatives, 3400 Westwood Drive, was open during the Thanksgiving weekend with counselors and community resource staff on hand to help staff and students on a drop-in basis. The counseling was a community coordinated effort between School District 57, Prince George RCMP, Intersect, Foundry, Native Friendship Centre and Northern Health to ensure supports and resources are available to students and families throughout the weekend. Continued support will be available moving forward CHSS for students.
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