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May 2016

Dave Roberts Memorial Curling Bonspiel A-Event Winners for the 2016 Dave Roberts Memorial Trophy went to Skip, Gord Schill and his team of Carol Hadden, and Lorna and Walter Krueger. Thanks to the Linnea Kautz cheering section!

2nd

A- Event Winners were Skip, Gail Doney, Jim Potter and Marilyn Pigeon. B-Event Winners were Skip, Sam MacBurney, Kathy Brackett, Howard Fenton and Elaine Sol. Followed by a close 2nd in the B-Event were Skip, Marvin Doney, Lyne Kautz and Al Sear.

C-Event Winners were the team from Big Lake, Skip, Vince Sorley, Joan Sorley, and Marianne and Vic Woods. 2nd in the C-Event was Skip, Dennis Langstaff, Merriam Langstaff, Sharon Potter and Wendy Teurlings. I was super pleased to win the Skills Event Viper “car” and the Robin Hood Memorial Plaque. Robin was tremendously excited about this special event that he thought of three years ago, and I can still see him laughing.

LIKELY MAY DAY CELEBRATION MAY 21, 2016

SUPPORT THE LIKELY ROD & CLUB RAFFLE & THE LIKELY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUTTON SALES

FISHING DERBY The Derby runs May long weekend from Saturday till Monday. It takes place on Quesnel Lake ‘only’ with the weigh-ins at Cedar Point Park. For more information, please call 250-790-2335

LIKELY LODGE RESTAURANT

YARD SALE & CRAFT SALE

BENNY BREAKFAST 8:00AM—11:00AM PUB OPEN AT 11:00am LASAGNA LUNCH LIVE MUSIC

9:00am - 1:00pm

Downtown Likely

‘IRA HAYES LIVE’ Noon—2:00pm & 7:00pm to closing

CHAMBERS May 24 6:30 6:00 @ hall

LIKELY CHAPEL Sunday 10:30

SENIORS May 12 6:00 @ hall

CEDAR POINT PARK Directors needed, call Tate 790-2106

CAMP LIKELY 2016 Don’t forget to get your registration in for this year’s summer camp!

Call for Contractors & Labourers LXCF Ltd. will be updating our current contractor’s list and calling for new interests in the contractor & labour list for future work. All current and new interested contractors are required to submit the name of their company, a certificate of insurance, WorkSafeBC, GST#, proof of equipment ownership, and proof of residency and landownership. Please email info to [email protected] or mail to Box 233 Likely, B.C. V0L 1N0, attention Kathy

LIKELY COMMUNITY FOREST SOCIETY

Local Organizations

www.likely-bc.ca is pleased to announce the appointment of

Cedar Point Park Peter McKeown 790-2207 Likely Fire/Rescue Marie Hampton 790-2335 Likely Cemetery Society Howard Fenton 790-2360 Likely Chapel Jim Potter 790- 2351 Likely Community Hall Elaine Lucas 790-2555 Likely Community School Assoc. Kim Davis 790-2320 Likely Library Vici Schill 790-2234 Post Office Dianne Gibson 790-2322 Likely Seniors Assoc. Marvin and Gail Doney 7902018 Likely Rod and Gun Club Gary Zorn 790-2292

Richard Holmes as director on the Likely Xats’ull Community Forest Ltd board. The next LCFS meeting will be held on May 10th at the community hall @ 6:30pm

LIKELY COMMUNITY WORK CREW Employees are needed for the Chambers summer work crew for approximately 20hrs/week. This position will entail a variety of jobs including, but not limited to, lawn mowing, painting and trail maintenance. Please send a resume to Lisa at [email protected] or mail to Box 29 Likely, BC. Only those with resume’s will be considered for the positions.

The Likely School PAC is having a Photography fundraiser.

Important Numbers Coralee Oakes, MLA 250-991-0296 Joan Sorley, CRD & Area F 250-243-2261 Hospital: 392-4411 RCMP: 392-6211 Inquiry BC 1800-663-7867

We have two photographers who will be taking family photos on June 4th, 2016 in Likely. The sitting fee will be $25 per family and will include a CD with the photos, specialty packages and prints will also be available to order. For more info, please call Dianna at 250-790-2445 or email Aileen at [email protected]

Likely Xat’sull Community Forest Ltd. Box 233, Likely, BC [email protected]

Soda Creek Band Teena Sellars, Soda Creek 250-989-2323

Likely Community Forest Society Published by: Likely, BC Kathy Brackett [email protected]

Mount Polley Mining Corporation an Imperial Metals company

May 2016 Update Spring has sprung at the Mount Polley Mining Corporation mine and our environmental monitoring crews have already been out collecting water quality samples from several creeks and rivers flowing into and out of Quesnel Lake. These include the Quesnel River (at QRRC and at the bridge), the Horsefly River, Cedar Creek, Edney Creek, lower Hazeltine Creek, and Quesnel Lake in the initial dilution zone at the end of the discharge pipe. Some total copper and turbidity measurements from recent sampling events are provided in the tables below. Table 1: Turbidity measurements taken April 6 and April 11 in Quesnel River, Horsefly River, Cedar Creek, Quesnel Lake (near the mouth of Hazeltine Creek), Edney Creek and Hazeltine Creek.

Table 2: Total copper results for Quesnel River, Horsefly River, Cedar Creek, on April 6th and Quesnel Lake IDZ (effluent plume location) on April 11th.

It is important to note that flow rates and total volumes of water vary in these rivers and creeks. The flow rate of the Quesnel River April 6th ranged between 74 and 84 m3/S and the flow rate of the Horsefly River on the same day ranged between 49 and 59 m3/S. On April 11th the flow rate from Hazeltine Creek into Quesnel Lake averaged 0.47 m3/S. On April 22nd, MPMC informed the Likely District Chamber of Commerce Liaison, Mr. Doug Watt, and CRD representative, Ms. Joan Sorley, that we had had a few copper exceedances in our water samples from the discharge of water treatment plant so we ceased discharge on 20 April, 2016. We believe these exceedances were related to spring freshet and higher turbidity in the water collection systems. The treatment plant continued to remove the total suspended solids as it was designed to do. The copper values in the water on site were already dropping quickly so we think this will be (was) a very short-lived event. The good news is that the water in Quesnel Lake at the initial dilution zone (table 2) is still meeting all the most stringent BC water quality guidelines for aquatic life and there are no indications that Quesnel Lake has been affected. It is interesting to compare in table 1 above the turbidity conditions in a number of other creeks and rivers flowing into Quesnel Lake to see that higher turbidity is quite common in the spring for creeks and rivers during snow melt. With higher flow rates creeks and rivers typically carry more suspended sediment. When water quality samples are taken of a water body with higher turbidity, metal values are also typically higher as the metals (table 2 copper example) are contained within the particulates that are causing the turbidity. MPMC also continues to document as many wildlife sightings as we can. Recent reports include many black bears, deer, moose, chipmunks, and hundreds of Western Toads. To learn more about the Western Toad please check out the Ministry of Environment website at this link.

Western Toad

Notice of Public Meeting Regarding Mount Polley Mine Mount Polley invites all Likely Residents to join us for a presentation and discussion at the Likely Hall on May 25th at 7pm. We welcome all to come out and learn about the recent happenings at the mine and to discuss the options for long term water management.