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SAYING GOODBYE
 Friends,colleagues and family members gathered Saturday at Sacred Heart Church for the funeral service of prominent local architect and designer Paul Zanette,who passed away June 26 after a battle with cancer. He was 52 years old.
 Citizen photo by David Mah
 Dealing with Dunster
 Trustees meet to discuss fate of fine arts school
  Serena Black Citizen staff
    School District 57 board of trustees held a meeting Sunday night to discuss the events of last week at Dunster School of Fine Arts, said Lyn Hall, the board chair.
    Hall said he had no comment on the situation, or what they were discussing specifically at the meeting.
    For a week, parents camped out at the school to protest the district’s decision to close the elementary school.
    Friday they were forced to leave the premises after the district got a court injunction.
    “When we heard they had a court injunction we had a powwow and decided it was in
 everyone’s best interest to comply, and leave peacefully,” said Christine Taylor, a parent at the sit-in.
   Still, their voice was heard.
   The school building itself has been granted to the community, a process which they expected to be more difficult.
   “We did get the disposal of the building from the Ministry, and we were told that that would be the longest part of the process,” Taylor said.
   “By no means have we accomplished everything we set out to, we still have a long way to go.”
   The parents are suggesting a system set up similarly to that in Wells, which is part of the Quesnel School District.
   While the community will be responsible for
 the maintenance and operation of the building, the district would be responsible for the education component.
   The elementary school services the entire valley, not just Dunster.
   Open 94 years now, the school has a total of 27 students, several being the third generation of their family to attend the Kindergarten to Grade 7 school.
   A little boy would be the fourth generation at the school, if it stays open, said Taylor.
   “The school is really the heart of the community. If you remove the children, you ruin the entire community,” said Taylor.
   “We are being controlled by people who live in an urban center, 250 kilometres away from us, that’s the truth of it.”
  GETTING READY TO RENOVATE — Christine Murphy,learning assistant/computer teacher at Sacred Heart School, removes books from the school library in preparation for a remodel over the summer.The school held a masquerade ball and raised more than $12,000, which will go toward books, shelving, flooring and paint to renovate the library.
  Citizen photo by Brent Braaten
Fire crews gain upper hand on Tembec blaze
Serena Black Citizen staff
   Fire crews have the blazes under control at the Tembec pulp mill, just outside of Chetwynd.
   Late Wednesday afternoon the mill caught fire, followed by several product piles, said Dawson Creek Fire Chief Gordon “Shorty” Smith.
   While the building was extinguished fairly early, the chip and log piles continued to burn for several days. Crews hoped to have the flames extinguished by Friday evening, but a change in wind caused the fire to spread, said Smith.
   Fire crews from Fort St. John
 and Dawson Creek are under contract to provide services to the mill, meaning Tembec will be picking up the cost of the fire crews.
   Dawson Creek pulled out its crew by Sunday afternoon, as the fire no longer required both crews on site.
   “The fire is mostly extinguished, so we cut back to just one crew from Fort St. John, who are just mopping up,” said Smith.
   Tembec was shut down in February 2009 because of poor market conditions, and the mill was recommissioned Jan. 1, 2010.
   The cause of the fire, and the extent of the damage is still under investigation.
 Airport traffic on the rise
 Citizen staff                    of 5.2 per cent in passenger traffic
                                 during the first five months of the year, while Vancouver airport saw an increase of just 1.6 per cent.
                                   Overall, 33,672 passengers passed through the Prince George airport in May.
                                   This is an increase of slightly more than six per cent over the same month last year.
   The Vancouver Giants are usually the victors when in comes to matching up with the Prince George Cougars of the WHL.
   But when it comes to attracting passengers, the Prince George Airport has a clear advantage.
   The local airport had an increase
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