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Written by Citizen staff
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Friday, 03 October 2008 |
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DICK HARRISNEW YORKGORDON CAMPBELLWINNIPEG STREETWILLIAMS LAKEGEORGE STREET
Socializing got underway Tuesday night with dinner upstairs at Ric's Grill on George Street.
Each premier diplomatically ordered a main course featuring an item from their counterpart's province: B.C.'s Gordon Campbell ordered Alberta sirloin with stuffed potato, and Alberta's Ed Stelmach opted for blackened B.C. halibut with rice.
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A reader called in all upset Thursday to say that Dick Harris didn't show up for an all-candidates forum in Williams Lake on Wednesday night. She said it was quite the snub because he had apparently helped arrange the time and location of the event.
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For all those wondering when they can finally order a tall, grande or venti latte downtown, relax. Word is Starbucks will be opening a new location in the heart of downtown, likely in January.
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Things happen in Prince George -- and quickly. Just ask Sam Kirsch.
Sam, who recently took over as general manager of the Ramada Hotel Downtown, went to the Prince George Symphony Orchestra Society's AGM the other night hoping to be elected to the board of directors. To his surprise, he left the meeting as chair.
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Speaking of Sam, if anyone has use for a slightly used TV, the Ramada is giving a bunch away to make room for new sets in its rooms. It's part of an updating and renovation project at the hotel.
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A reader called in to say she was speaking with a woman who has a problem with too many stray cats at her country house. She called the SPCA about catching some of them and turning them in. She said she was told, “if you surrender an animal to the SPCA, even if it is not your animal and a stray, you can never adopt an animal from them."
If this is true, it's ridiculous, said the reader. Why should a good, animal-loving person be penalized for bringing in a stray animal that is in jeopardy? Let's hope that's not true.
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Prince George's Lindsay Kehler was among the first-year students in the University of Sakatchewan's school of veterinary medicine who participated in a "white coat" ceremony on Sept. 26.
During the ceremony, every first-year class member -- 76 in total -- was given a personalized lab coat from the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association and a stethoscope from the provincial veterinary medical association in the student’s home province.
Kehler's scheduled to complete the four-year doctor of veterinary medicine program in 2012 -- and Lindsay, your services will be welcome back in P.G.
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It may not quite be a mystery worthy of a Law and Order episode, but it's a burning question:What's with the stencils of the late actor Jerry Orbach around the downtown?
Their number has dropped as efforts to keep graffiti under control were stepped up, but there remains at least one in the downtown area -- on the east side of the Northern Linen building at Second and Victoria, complete with "35-04" spray-painted in red just below the actor's likeness.
(Someone also added a cartoon balloon with a comment about Jesus and the police, but we digress).
Were they part of a scavanger hunt? Or the markings of a rabid fan? Or a clue to a real-live murder mystery?
As fans of the show know, Orbach played New York police detective Lennie Briscoe up until his death near the end of 2004 at age 69. The stencils predate his loss but, in an odd sort of way, kept Orbach's memory alive.
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Speaking of stencils, tags and graffiti in general, it's good to see they're now being painted over almost as quickly as they appear. The "6 within a 6" tag that was all over the downtown for awhile was plain annoying.
That said, the stencil the little girl carrying the rifle -- found underneath the 15th Avenue bridge over Winnipeg Street -- was well-crafted although quite threatening. It's since been painted over along with all the other so-called "street art" in that area.
It's good to see one mark remains in place -- found on a corner of the old Odeon Theatre on Third: "Love is an action, not a thought."
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