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RUNNING ON ADRENALIN(E)
Breanna Siemens got a second life in the finals of the CanSpell National Spelling Bee
rowed one of the crew's laptops and by FRANK PEEBLES went to an online dictionary and we Citizen staff The cameras were everywhere, as found it both ways so we were taking broadcast crews and newspaper pho- that to the judges but we didn't have tographers captured every moment of to. Katherine Barber (Canada's Word Breanna Siemens and the other 21 Lady and Editor-in-Chief of the Canacompetitors during their CanSpell Na- dian Oxford Dictionary) showed the judges already and they had already tional Spelling Bee experience. In the end, on national television figured it out so we didn't have to appeal." Saturday night live from Head judge Klay Dyer the nation's capital, made the rare ruling to reSiemens gave herself and instate a competitor. It isn't her Prince George homethe first time it has haptown an extra shot of pened, the Citizen has adrenaline. Make t hat learned, but it is very unadrenalin. common and instantly She was already into the made national news. finals, one of the Top 10 "It was hard to go back speller s in Canada fo r on," said Siemens but she 2008, but she was going for rejoined her peers on stage more when she ran into to spell again. that aforementioned word However, she meaning the hormone se-- Breanna get past the wordcouldn't "patois" creted by the body in times Siemens which finally tripped her of stress. She got it correct, up and cemented her placor so she thought -- "A-DR-E-N-A-L-I-N", she said confidently ing: 7th in the nation. "I was nervous but I was happy that --but then she heard that dreaded ding of the bell used by judges when I did it (made the finals)," she said. Siemens has turned spelling success someone is eliminated. They informed into a Prince George tradition. The her the word ended in an E. "It was kind of weird because I CanSpell competition is only four thought I had gotten it right, I was years old, and since then three locals sure I saw it both ways," Seimens told have qualified for the Ottawa event. The Citizen. "I was confused. I went All have gone on to the televised down and I told my mom I was sure I round. -- See SIEMENS on page 3 had seen it without the E. We bor-

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"It was kind of weird because I thought I had gotten it right, I was sure I saw it both ways."

Citizen photo by Brent Braaten

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SNIP SACRIFICE -- Hayley Pedersen, 6, holds 15 1/2 inches of hair she cut off and donated to have wigs made for cancer patients. She also raised $1,200 for the Canadian Cancer Society.

PRIVATE CONSIDERATIONS
by FRANK PEEBLES Citizen staff The Legislature is now considering a set of recommendations to modernize B.C.'s privacy laws. The report was co-authored by Prince George Omineca MLA John Rustad, one of five on the all-parties Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act. "It is pretty interesting stuff, from the perspective of technology and ethics," Rustad said but admitted the dry material "it was sometimes tough slogging to get through it." The report acknowledges that the public does not have a strong understanding of

Area MLA part of provincial effort to rework privacy laws
banks have access to all kinds of your personal background so how can you know it is not in the wrong hands? Rustad said some dire and complex, but hardly unrealistic, scenarios came to light through the committee's public consultation process. -- See JURISDICTIONAL on page 2

what the province's act protecting private information actually does. Rustad said understands that disconnect, but in today's world of identity theft and globalized businesses, not taking an interest in how your personal information is used can be a big risk. Everyone from video stores to major

Woven by strife
Exhibit features rugs made in Afghanistan. PAGE 14

Cold puts chill in calving season
Rancher crossing his fingers the snow's gone before May
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by FRANK PEEBLES Citizen staff he calves are coming fast and furious for local ranchers. On the largest ranch in the area, the Bar K spread at the far end of Chief Lake Road, there are only about a dozen little ones so far, but in a matter of only a few weeks there will be about 900. "The heifers (were) due to start in full swing on (Friday), and the cows are due the 1st of May," said ranch manager Mark Grafton. "Hopefully we have some grass by then, or at least some more snow gone. We'll push some of it around and try to help the melt along." Dry ground is essential to the calving process. Southfacing slopes, tall hillocks, spots cleared by bulldozer, these are the places where the calves are best born. This year there is a concern caused by all the late March snows and spring temperatures cooler than usual. "There is so much snow; we seem to be about two weeks late," said Grafton. "We have a lot of snow out here, just a lot of snow. Some of the knolls are starting to get bare, but that's all we've got for open ground. There are snow piles eight, 10 feet tall where we've plowed through the drifts. The water sure is running now with these last few days being a bit warmer, so if it keeps up this way it will help a lot." -- See LITTLE on page 2
Citizen photo by David Mah

Pearl, a two-week-old calf who belongs to Ed and Lynn Gilliard, stands beside her mother at their home on Queensway.
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