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Cat returns home

Clinton loses power and water for Easter

by Susan SwanClinton residents had to contend with not

only a power outage Easter Sunday morning but also a water outage as well.

Although no cause for the power outage has been given (the fourth outage since Apr. 11), it was the power outage that caused the problems with the water system.

When the power went out a valve kicked off shutting off the water supply. Since the Village of Clinton water supply is gravity driven resi-dents were able to use water until they had used all that was in the system prior to the power out-age.

Village staff soon corrected the problem but had to wait until the pressure built up again be-fore the water could be released.

Resilient residents found interesting ways of cooking (and making their morning coffee!) until the electricity was restored about 10:30 a.m. Those with gas stoves had no problems and many folks used propane stoves in RVs, etc. or just made a campfire.

The cat came back - not quite the next day - but her family couldn’t be happier.

Jeff Cameron, from the Buckerfields on Springfield Road, said their store cat Annie was returned home at around 11 a.m. Wednesday, Apr. 16 after being stolen Apr. 12, and it was as though she’d never been gone.

“She was no worse for wear, there were no signs of stress and she was back to her old self, greeting people,” he said.

Annie was retrieved from a Thompson River Estates residence last week by Ashcroft RCMP. The cat-napper had been the the Kelowna SPCA earlier in the day looking to replace a family pet that had recently passed away. The SPCA told her they couldn’t release an animal without a proper carrier and sent her to Buckerfields to buy one. While at the store, the woman spotted Annie, who looked similar to the absent pet, and left with her instead of the carrier.

This was caught on the store’s surveillance camera as well as by witnesses inside the store and out on the street, who provided Kelow-na RCMP with a license plate number from the vehicle she left in.

See ANNIE on p. 2

Hopping down the bunny trailIt was a bright, fun-filled Easter Sunday for most local residents as (Below) Cache Creek held its annual Easter Egg Hunt (with hot dogs and juice) in the park, and (Above) Desert Hills Ranch held its first Easter Egg Hunt for young residents. (Above, left): Liam Woodworth holds a baby bunny at Desert Hills.

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Dear residents of Ashcroft, Cache Creek and

surrounding area.

It is with great sadness and lots of long nights of

deliberation that this dif� cult decision was made.

I will be relocating my medical practice to Kamloops,

B.C. effective May 28, 2014. I have been given a

great opportunity to take over a colleague’s well

established practice.

It has been a wonderful opportunity to live and work

in this great community.

I am pleased to advise my patients that your care will

be taken over by Dr. Govindasamy and Dr. Peedikayil,

if you so choose. It has been a pleasure to assist you

with your health care for the last four years and I wish

you all the best in the future.

Your medical records will remain in the clinic and in

the care of Dr. Govindasamy ad Dr. Peedikayil unless

your written authorization, as is required by the

College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., is received

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Ashcroft rcMP DetAchMent

POLICE REPORTWendy Coomber

Owners relieved, hold no ill will

Police Telephone #s

Ashcroft: 250-453-2216Clinton: 250-459-2221Lytton: 250-455-2225

Crime Stoppers1-800-222-TIPS (8477)

Man kicks dog, owner punches manApr. 16 at 3:30 am a 41 year old

Ashcroft man reported that he’d been assaulted by a dog owner at their apart-ment complex in Ashcroft. The male said he was getting into his car when the small dog came at him, growling and barking. He kicked the dog away from him and was observed by the dog’s owner, a 63 year old woman, who allegedly punched him several times. There were no injuries. The matter is still under investigation.

Deer struckApr. 16 at 7:20 am a 54 year old

Chase man reported hitting a deer on Hwy 1 about 15 km east of Cache Creek. He was driving a Ford F-350 be-longing to CP Rail. There was minor damage to the truck, and it is unknown what happened to the deer.

Lost walletApr. 16 a 26 year old Burnaby man

lost his black leather wallet in down-town Ashcroft. Anyone finding it is asked to turn the wallet in to RCMP.

Do not pass jailApr. 16 at 8 pm police attended a

disturbance in front of Robbie’s Mo-tel in Cache Creek where a 49 year old Chilliwack man was acting strangely. The man was unco-operative, but po-lice determined that he had consumed alcohol, contrary to conditions of his parole. He was also on his way to Ed-monton, also in violation of his parole which required him to stay in Chilli-wack. He was arrested and held in cus-tody until he could be transported to Kamloops Regional Corrections Cen-tre, where he was held until he could be

transported back to Chilliwack.

Backyard partyApr. 19 at 12:45 am police were

called to a loud backyard party in Ash-croft where the residents were happi-ly playing a game of “beer pong”. The residents were co-operative with police and no further complaints were made.

Difference of opinionApr. 19 at 3 am police were called

to a residence on Coyote Valley Rd. for an assault that resulted in a black eye for a 21 year old man. The fight began as an argument between a 17 year old male and female, who had reportedly both been drinking. The woman called friends to come and pick her up and the male became involved in an altercation with a 21 year old male friend. All par-ties have been unco-operative with po-lice. The matter is still under investiga-tion.

Under the influenceApr. 20 at 10:30 pm police were

conducting a road check on Hwy 97C at the brake check when they stopped a 2010 GMC Sierra. Officers observed that the driver had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech, with an odour of liquor on his breath. The 36 year old Logan Lake man Failed a roadside sobriety test and was issued a 90 day immedi-ate driving prohibition. His vehicle was impounded.

Lost controlApr. 21 at 8:45 am police

were called to a single motor vehicle accident that had oc-curred on Hwy 97C about 5 km from Barnes Lake Rd. The sole occupant and driver, a 71 year old Mackenzie woman, lost control on a corner and

rolled into a ditch. Police ob-served the 1999 Honda Civic in the ditch along with a smashed cell phone. The woman was taken to the hospital by a pass-ing motorist with an unspeci-fied head injury.

Go means GOApr. 21 at 11:30 pm police attended

the Hat Creek Reserve for a disturb-ance after a 29 year old woman called to complain that a 32 year old male vis-itor was refusing to leave. The man be-came more agreeable after the police had been called and was located outside the residence. The man was on proba-tion and one of the conditions was that he leave the woman’s presence when asked to do so. There were no charges.

The woman was co-operative with

police and handed over the cat as well as the carrier she had purchased else-where. It will be up to Kelowna RCMP whether charges are laid against her.

The staff at Buckerfield’s harbour no ill will against them, despite their apparent poor judgment, they’re just glad the cat’s back.

“It’s a happy ending, we’re just happy to have her back,” he said.

And Annie’s not going to see many changes, going forward.

“She basically has free reign in the store and comes and goes as she pleas-es, and that will stay the same” Cam-eron said.

“We may get a GPS chip for her… we’ll look into that.”

First thing’s first, however, it’s now time to celebrate Annie’s return.

“We were overwhelmed by the re-sponse,” he said. “Without the support of everyone involved we never would have got her back. We got calls from all over B.C. asking how Annie is.”

- with the Kelowna Capital News

Annie from p. 1

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Pavilion explored by Nanaimo robotics

Surrey North Delta LeaderA proposed Duke Point site for a fu-

ture Metro Vancouver garbage inciner-ator appears dead after Nanaimo city council unanimously rejected the pro-posal.

Metro has said it won’t force through any site that’s opposed by the local government and Metro board chair Greg Moore said he sees little point in conducting local consultations in Nanaimo this spring in light of the April 14 vote.

The region is expected to unveil more proposed waste-to-energy plant sites within weeks and proceed to com-munity consultations in each area to weigh local support.

“Nanaimo decided to make a deci-sion prior to that community engage-ment occurring,” Moore said, but added it’s too soon to say for certain the Duke Point site is off the table or that local consultations will be abandoned.

“We have to wait and see what the applicant in this case de-cides to do.”

The Duke Point land is already zoned industrial and owned by Seaspan, a partner in the proposal with firms Wheel-abrator Tech-nologies and Urbaser.

Nanaimo Mayor John Ruttan threat-ened legal ac-tion if Met-ro pushes on, adding Na-naimo should

not become “the garbage dump for Metro Vancouver.”

The $500-million project would generate heat and electricity from up to 370,000 tonnes per year of garbage and halt the trucking of Metro waste to the Cache Creek regional landfill.

There are three other possible sites that were made public last year.

Aquilini Renewable Energy pro-posed barging waste across Howe Sound to Squamish Nation land at Port Mellon, where an incinerator would be combined with operations to farm pharmaceutical algae and coho salmon in land-based tanks.

But that’s also raised concern among Squamish-area residents over cumulative air emissions, not just from garbage incineration but also the pro-posed Woodfibre LNG plant, con-sidered to have a strong chance of be-coming the first liquefied natural gas plant to open in B.C.

Delta’s Lehigh Cement plant has proposed incinerating dried and pro-cessed garbage as a fuel, replacing its normal burning of coal and tires.

Delta Mayor Lois Jackson said she’s heard little local reaction to the proposal.

Although Lehigh is zoned indus-trial, she said Delta requires specif-ic rezoning and a public hearing if it’s chosen.

Still secret but to be revealed soon are more sites that have been proposed either by cities or other landowners. The ones Metro decides to buy or op-tion will also go to public consulta-tions.

Unlike the previous sites that are tied to specific proponents, the addi-tional sites can be matched with any proponent and technology before Met-ro picks a final project and site by 2016.

The City of Vancouver, which pre-viously ruled itself out as a site for any mass-burn incinerator, has since pro-posed to host a “non-incineration”

waste-to-energy (WTE) and material recovery plant near the Fraser River at the south end of Main Street.

It’s the latest municipality in the re-gion to propose hosting a material re-covery facility (MRF) that advocates claim can pull many more recyclables from the waste stream, while under-mining the potential case for garbage incineration in the region.

Coquitlam wants to host a MRF proposed by Belkorp Environmental, which also runs the Cache Creek land-fill.

And the Fraser Valley Regional District’s proposed solid waste man-agement plan assumes new MRFs will help it achieve a target recycling rate of 90 per cent in the years ahead, higher than Metro’s short- and medium-term targets of 70 and 80 per cent.

But Vancouver says its “zero-waste innovation centre” would also aim to recover green energy from garbage that is “truly unrecyclable” using alterna-tive WTE technologies, such as gasifi-cation, that don’t involve burning gar-bage.

Gasification converts garbage to a gas that can be separately burned.

Moore said cities and other site pro-ponents are free to specify their own conditions, as Vancouver has done in ruling out mass-burn incineration.

Two of the companies bidding to build Metro’s new plant have proposed gasification as their technology, while seven others would use incineration.

Metro directors last week received a business case for its waste-to-energy project but declined to make the results public.

Moore said the regional district can’t disclose the findings because it would compromise negotiations with project proponents.

– with files from Tamara Cun-ningham

Nanaimo News BulletinScientists and engineers from the National Aero-

nautics and Space Administration have teamed up with Nanaimo-based underwater robotics firm Seamor Marine on an exploration project that could one day play a role in future space exploration mis-sions.

To study the potential for life on other plan-ets, you need to learn from examples close at hand. Pavilion Lake, located about halfway be-tween Lillooet and Cache Creek, is likely the only place in the world that is home to several types of microbialites – stone structures creat-ed in water by micro-organisms that represent some of our planet’s earliest known life forms dating back 2.5 billion years.

The NASA team was in Nanaimo last week preparing for work at Pavilion Lake.

“We’re here for what’s called an operation-al readiness test,” said Darlene Lim, an aqua-tics scientist based at NASA’s Ames Research Centre in Palo Alto, Calif., and Pavilion Lake project leader. “It’s a chance for us to test our equipment prior to our formal deployment that we have in June.”

To search for life on other planets, NASA relies on the organization’s Earth sciences com-munity and programs, such as the Pavilion Lake Project, which started in 2004 as a small-scale science project to gather information about why the lake supports microbialites. The program expanded to a mapping expedition to determine the extent and variety of the structures, followed by a third phase when scientists focus on the lifeforms that create the structures.

Life’s earliest remnants on Earth are found as stromatolites – ancient rock forma-tions of layered microbialites. Finding sim-ilar structures on other planets means they once supported life, or possibly still do.

“We can’t go back in time to figure out how those bacteria built those structures, but we can look at modern analogues or com-parison points to understand the physical, chemical and biological means by which these structures are built,” Lim said.

This year scientists will study how mod-ern microbialites develop, their relationship to light and depth, plus other physical prop-erties mapped out during previous project phases.

Seamor Marine’s remotely operated ve-hicles will support divers as robotic assist-ants and, in what NASA calls a robotic pre-cursor mission, fly with divers over the re-

search work sites to help the divers and land based operators maintain a physical perspective of the size of the project.

Communications and tracking systems the

Metro Van’s list of incinerator sites shrinks

New Spences Bridge marketKathleen Kinasawich (left) of the new Spences Bridge Farmer & Flea Market committee accepts a donation from Bridging to Literacy co-ordinator Ann Belcham to help cover start up costs. The market will be held in the Community Hall every Sunday from 10-2 beginning in May.

Winnner, winner, Easter dinnerThe Ashcroft & District Lions Club had a big winner at Bingo on Apr. 14. Gail O’Connor won the Loonie Pot which is a progressive pot that grows each week until someone wins it. That night it had grown to $332.See ROBOTICS on p. 8

Darlene Lim, NASA scientist and project leader, left, and Robin Gang Li, Seamor Marine president, share a joke with Pat Johnston, mechanical design engineer for Seamor Marine, while he prepares an ROV prior to NASA sea trials of tracking and communication systems on Apr. 14.

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V I E W P O I N T SThe Editor’s DeskWENDY COOMBER

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WILL THE REAL PETER COTTONTAIL please stand up? Baby bunnies at Desert Hills Ranch!

Shipping bitumen in tankers a bad decisionMy name is David Black. I am the

majority owner of Black Press, the company that owns this newspaper. This is the first of two columns ad-dressing what I see as the greatest threat to the BC environment in our lifetime. I am a reasonably sensible and conservative businessman, not an alarmist. All of the information in this column can be confirmed from public sources.

The oil industry wants to export Alberta bitumen to Asia via tankers. Under no circumstances should we al-low that to happen. A bitumen spill at sea could destroy our coastline, togeth-er with the fish and wildlife that de-pend on it, for hundreds of years.

Bitumen, even if it is diluted, does not float in sea water if there is sedi-ment present. This has been proven many times, most recently in a thor-ough Environment Canada study pub-lished on Nov. 30, 2013. Page 51 of the study provides graphic evidence of sunken bitumen. Given that there is an abundance of sediment along the BC coast, the bitumen will sink rapid-ly and there will be little chance of re-covering any of it if there is a spill. By Northern Gateway’s own admis-sion the likelihood of a bitumen spill at sea is over 10 per cent over the next 50 years. Others say that it is much high-er. We are in agreement with the pos-ition taken by the Coastal First Nations that even the slightest risk of a spill of bitumen at sea is unacceptable.

The grounding of the Exxon Valdez in Alaska in 1989 is often held up as an

example of how bad an oil spill at sea can be, however, a spill of bitumen at sea would be much worse. The Exx-on Valdez carried light crude and lost 250,000 barrels, one eighth of a tank-er load. The light oil floated and could be removed from the beaches. Even so, after four years of work with up to 11,000 workers and 1,400 boats in-volved, less than 10 per cent of it was recovered. Roughly 200,000 birds and many kinds of other wildlife were killed. Approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline were affected and the fish-ery has yet to fully recover. Bitumen is very different. It would harden up on shore and much of it would sink to the bottom, making it unrecoverable and killing virtually everything with which it came in contact. Imagine if we lost a full tanker load.

Some say that, with GPS-based navigation and double hulls, spills such as Exxon Valdez are not possible today. They are wrong. Double hulls do not prevent hull fracture if there is a col-lision at speed, only if there is a gen-tle scrape. As for the GPS claim, most marine accidents are caused by human inattention, not by a lack of knowledge about position. All ships carried sys-tems to indicate their location before GPS came along. The Exxon Valdez crew could have glanced at their in-struments to determine their location but they didn’t, neither did the crew on the Queen of the North. Marine disas-ters regularly occur and a quick search of the internet shows human error is most often the problem. Undoubtedly

there will be many more marine acci-dents in future. Our grandchildren will not thank us if we willingly risk the de-struction of the BC coast on our watch.

Fortunately there is a solution that is beneficial for all concerned: all we have to do is build a refinery at Kiti-mat. The refinery will convert the bitu-men to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel which float and evaporate if they are spilled. Often little or no spill remedi-ation is required. These refined fuels simply do not cause the habitat de-struction of conventional or synthetic crude oil, or anywhere near the devas-tation caused by bitumen.

The second part of this OPED will run in the next issue. It will discuss the enormous value-add benefits and en-vironmental advantages of a modern green refinery. The pipeline from Al-berta and the tanker fleet to export the refined fuels will also be considered.

Let me declare my biases. I am for creating thousands of good permanent jobs in BC. I am for creating billions of new tax dollars for government coffers. I am for reducing the planet’s green-house gas emissions. I am for build-ing an oil pipeline that will never leak. I am for building a modern tanker fleet that carries only refined fuels that float and evaporate if spilled. I am against shipping bitumen in tankers.

If you agree that we should not put bitumen in tankers please contact your local MP and say so. The Canadian government makes a decision on this next month.

David Black

Are you still looking for your 15 min-utes of fame? No need to look further than your own community.

Reality shows come and go. Foolhardy stunts can end in the hospital, or worse. Acts of violence and aggression will lead to tragedy in someone’s life.

No, if you want fame among your peers, if you want to make an impact on other people and make a difference in their lives and in your own, be a volunteer.

Volunteer Week has come and gone, but it’s one of those celebrations that should be held every day.

Without volunteers, we wouldn’t have any of our major celebrations like Graf-fiti Days, Rodeo, May Ball, Fall Fair, Riv-er Festival, Mothers Day Fly In and Desert Daze, and a slew of smaller events such as golf tournaments, art shows, Hallowe’en and Christmas parties, bingoes, plant swaps, farmers markets, thrift stores, soccer and hockey games...

The list is actually endless, and so is the list of volunteer organizations that provide these events and services for us. If you have attended only one event organized by vol-unteers or benefited from a service provid-ed by a volunteer group, then your life has been directly affected by volunteers.

Make a difference in someone else’s life and become a volunteer. People often say that there are very few volunteers in our towns because the same people sit on every group. That’s not true. Actuallty, there are a lot of volunteers here - there’s just a lot more going on, and room for a lot more volunteers.

I often hear the excuse “I’m too busy. I’ll volunteer after the (kids grow up/ I re-tire/etc.)”

Volunteers ARE busy people - the busi-est people I know. They have families, jobs, and they help on volunteer commit-tees as well. You never know how much you can do until you try. And sometimes you will never know the impact you will have on someone else’s life, ever.

But that won’t stop the self-satisfied feeling you get from volunteering that you have made a positive difference, and have earned the respect of at least your fellow volunteers.

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The Savona Community Association has noti� ed the Thompson-Nicola Regional District that it will NOT be renewing the community television rebroadcasting license which is due to expire August, 2014. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District’s annual grant-in-aid to support this community service will end with the expiration of this license.

If you have any questions regarding the termination of this service, please contact:

Savona Community Association Cara McKelvey, President at 250-373-2554Jennifer Coburn, Treasurer at 250-373-0081

R. ELLIOTTDirector, Electoral Area “J” (Copper Desert Country)April 2014

THOMPSON-NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICTNOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF SAVONATelevision Rebroadcasting Service


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Easter fun and Springtime activities

Dear EditorWe moved to Ashcroft in 2007.

Never having lived in a town with trains rattling thru day and night it took a while to get used to.

The noise of the trains and the whistle blowing do not bother us whatsoever any more. In fact we quite like it. If it wasn’t for the few houses left on the east side of C.N.’s track there would be no safety whistles at all.

This village has such a small tax base do we really need to spend (waste) $10,000 on a study?! The vil-lage has far more im-portant obligations to fulfill with our money-e.g. - road infrastruc-ture, sewers, water etc.

And do not for-

get folks the $10,000 is just the be-ginning - you as a tax payer could be on the hook for up to $150,000. Is this how you want your money spent?

People move to this village knowing we have trains and whis-tles - buy some ear plugs and get over it.

Andrew Cumblidge Ashcroft

Clean Up TimeOur Town

Spring Clean-up is Sunday, April 26. Meet at the school at 10 am, buddy up and pick a road way. Bags, picker-uppers and vests supplied by the TNRD, but bring gloves. Lunch will be provided afterwards at the school; roast a hotdog and relax in good company knowing that you’ve contributed to the beautification of our little town. If you care to bring along a salad or a plate of cookies, it would be a welcome addition.

Some enthusiastic folks got a head start on the clean-up by working on the cemetery. It looks so much nicer, all cleaned out of the weeds! Thanks to those dedicated volunteers Pat Jackson, Kathleen and Alex Kinasawich, Carolynne Terry, and Carol Madden!

Farmer & Flea MarketFast approaching is our very first Farmer’s

/ Flea market on May 4 (gotta say it…May the 4th be with you!) in Clemes Hall on Hwy 8, 10 am – 2 pm every Sunday. There will be a wide variety of things to shop for – from quilts to cof-fee! Anyone wishing to rent a table (only $5!) please call 458-2489. Thanks so much for the support for our start-up costs to Bridging to Lit-eracy, Gold Country, TNRD, and Cook’s Ferry!

Sisterhood of the Traveling PantsMovie night will continue and we’ll lighten

things up a bit with The Sisterhood of the Trav-eling Pants starring Blake Lively, Amber Tam-blyn, America Ferrera directed by Ken Kwapis. And starring Ashcroft as Mexico! Rated PG. Thursday, May 8, at the hall, 7 pm, popcorn, door prize, and FREE admission!

Easter eggs and rafflesThe Easter Festivities were a smashing suc-

cess! For a tiny town like this, we sure know

how to have a good time! Over 30 children hunted for and found lots of choc-olates, we roasted wieners, and played games (toss-ing raw eggs at each other seems to be the favourite).

The bake sale and raf-fle both did very well, thanks to all for your sup-port, those who baked and

those who bought. The raffle winners are Dul-cie Trottier, 1st prize - quilt donated by Judy Service; Paulet Rice, 2nd prize - $45 gift cert donated by the Inn; Trudy Mingo, 3rd prize - $25 gift cert donated by the Packing House; and Tina Draney, 4th prize - pottery. Thanks everyone for the donations! There are too many Easter Bunny helpers to mention, and I might leave someone out, so I’ll just say thank-you to ALL – you know who you are; great job!

Memorials at Madden IslandWe have some lovely memorial plaques for

the picnic tables at the Madden Island camp-ground. A special thanks to Alex Kinasawich and Rick Brown for installing them.

Burning issues Spring burning is continuing through the

month of April. If you would like the fire Dept. to assist you in burn-ing around your prop-erty please call our Fire Chief Arnie at 458-2267.

Next meetingOur next meet-

ing is scheduled for May 14, 7 pm at the hall. This will be the last meeting before we break for the summer. Our AGM with exec-utive elections will be Sept. 10.

CN crossing study a waste of money

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GOLDEN COUNTRYBARBARA RODEN

Death on the Range - Pt. 8: The end of the lineIn 1915, anyone condemned to death faced a very

short waiting period; the long-drawn-out appeals process of today did not exist. When the jury at the Clinton Assizes found Albert Lester “Chubby” Clinger guilty of the mur-der of his partner, Thom-as Burton Smith, on Sept. 25, 1915, death by hang-ing was the only sentence available, and Mr. Jus-tice Denis Murphy an-nounced that Clinger would be hanged at Kam-loops on Dec. 23. If the condemned man was to mount an appeal, he had less than three months in which to do so.

Looking at the facts objectively from a distance of 99 years, there would seem to be grounds for a successful appeal. Clinger was convicted of mur-der, which means that the jury believed the man had killed his partner deliberately, with premeditation and calculation. This would seem borne out by the accused’s actions after the fact. It took him � ve days to report what had happened, and when he did so his story was that Smith had robbed him and � ed. Cling-er then proceeded to forge letters in Smith’s name claiming the man was leaving the country; forged a cheque on Smith’s bank account; and, most damning of all, forged a bill of sale which left all of Smith’s property and goods to Clinger.

No one disputes that Clinger committed these serious offences, for which he would have faced time in prison. However, they would not have warranted a death sentence; and unless Clinger did deliberate-ly murder his partner, the death of Smith would not necessarily have led to his killer being hanged. Did Albert Clinger deliberately murder his partner with malice aforethought? If not, what happened? And was Clinger telling the truth when he said that his partner robbed him?

Consider the circumstances of the crime. The two men were en route from their pre-emption at Spring-house Prairie to Ashcroft, and made camp near Dog Creek. Smith’s body, however, was discovered at some distance from the camp; Frank Aiken and Jack

Bourne, the policemen who made the grue-some discovery, had to track Smith’s trail

for several miles before they found him. This would seem to suggest that Smith was on the run; is it pos-sible that he did, in fact, rob Clinger and then attempt to disappear into the bush?

It is not hard to see Clinger pursu-ing the thief, and eventually catching up with him. Smith was shot through the back of the head, so he had his back turned to Clinger when the ri� e was � red. Was the discharge of Cling-er’s ri� e indeed an accident? Or did Clinger, coming up behind Smith, � re a shot at the man who had robbed him?

If the death of Thomas Burton Smith was planned in advance by Clinger, why were the

two men so far from their camp? Why did Cling-er make no attempt to hide or dispose of the body? In court he said that he panicked after accidental-ly killing his partner; and while it is hard to recon-cile that “panic” with the deliberate forging of docu-ments Clinger later carried out, it is equally dif� cult to believe that a man would devise such an elabor-ate murder/theft and yet make no attempt to dispose of the main piece of evidence against him: the vic-tim’s body.

Let us look at the facts of the case as Clinger re-ported them. His partner had spoken of traveling to Romania to visit a son who was working for an oil company there; he had also told Clinger that mem-bers of his family were searching for him in con-nection with some “misdemeanor” Smith had com-mitted, and were hot on his trail. Smith, a widower whose wife Ella had died in 1907, had left seven chil-dren behind in Pennsylvania, and three of the boys were, in 1915, old enough to be working in Europe for an oil company: George (born 1886); Roy (born 1887); and Clarence (born 1890). And could the mis-demeanor be connected with Smith leaving his chil-dren – the youngest of whom was only eight when her father left for Canada – while he went north?

But the plot thickens even more, for research re-veals that at some point after Ella’s death, Thomas Smith remarried: one Emma Houseknecht (1863-1952). The couple could not have been together more

than four years – and possibly considerably less than that – before Thomas decamped to Canada. Did a mid-life crisis precipitate the move, or a realization that his second marriage was not working? Were the demands of seven children and a new wife too much to bear; and was his abandonment of his family the “misdemeanor” for which they were pursuing him? Facing the prospect of a painful and embarrass-ing meeting, did Thomas Smith decide his best op-tion was to leave the area as quickly as possible with whatever money he could get his hands on, even if it meant robbing his partner?

We will never know; just as we will never know what steps Clinger took, in the three months allowed him, to mitigate his sentence. Governor Moses Alex-ander and Senator William Borah – both from Idaho, Clinger’s home state – appealed to the Canadian gov-ernment for clemency; but the appeals were in vain. On Dec. 25, 1915 The Journal ran a brief article headlined “A.F. [sic] Clinger Hanged: Pays Penalty For Murder of Burton Smith in Cariboo”. The piece reads, in its entirety, “Kamloops, B.C., December 23 – A.L. Clinger was hanged here at 8:10 o’clock this morning. His crime was the murder of Burton Smith, in the wild bushland near the old Cariboo trail last winter.” He was the last person hanged in Kamloops.

Almost a century later, it is impossible to de-termine precisely what happened that night in Feb. 1915, out in the wild bushland, and whether Cling-er deserved his fate. His � nal resting place is not known, but Thomas Burton Smith was interred in the Clinton Pioneer Cemetery, his secret – if any – bur-ied with him.

Clinton Pioneer Cemetery, where Thomas Burton Smith is buried.

MEMBERS & BONA FIDE GUESTS WELCOME

Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday • 12 pm - 5 pm Thursday - Friday • 12 pm - 11 pm

Saturday • 12 pm - 8 pm Sunday • 12 pm - 6 pm

Ashcroft Legion General Meeting3rd Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

(no meeting July and August)

Euchre, fi rst & third Sunday of every month1:00 to 4:00 pm, beginners welcome

MEAT DRAWEvery Saturday ~ 3:00 pm

Ashcroft Royal Canadian Legion

FRI., APRIL 25th • 6:30 - 8:00 pm

BBQ Steak$12/plate

* Legion Crib Tournament last Sunday of the monthOpen 10 am starts 11 am sharp - 12 games * Free Pool Daily

Crib every Thursday at 7:00 pmDarts every Thursday at 7:30 pm

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April 25-29 - Ashcroft Art Club Fine Art Show & Sale. 6:00-9:00pm Friday (adults only), Noon - 5:00pm Sat. to Tues. St. Alban’s Anglican Church Hall, 501 Brink St. Ashcroft.

April 26 - Strawberry Tea at Ashcroft - Cache Creek Seniors’ Centre, 1:00 - 3:00pm

April 26: The Kamloops Stamp Show Sale and Auction 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at Calvary Community Church, 1205 Rogers Way in Kamloops. Call 250-314-1021 or e-mail [email protected] for info.

April 27 - Ashcroft CiB Annual Plant Swap will be at the Heritage Park (aka Millennium Park) at 10 am precisely.

April 27 - Mesa Multi Yard Sale. Starts 9:00am (no early birds). Contact Sandy (250-453-2574) or Lee (250-453-2625)

Apr. 28 - The next Cache Creek Council meeting will be held at 4:30pm in Council Chambers.

May 3 - Opening Day of the Cache Creek Farmer & Flea Market. Bedding plants and lots of other items for sale. Come and buy or come and sell - vendor’s spots are free this week only. 9 am - 1 pm in the old Esso lot next to Chums Restaurant.

May 4 - Desert Bells Hand Bell Choir Spring Concert at 3 pm in the Cache Creek Pentecostal Church. Admission by donation.

May 20-23: Ashcroft Secondary School Grad 2015 bottle drive fundraiser, May 20 - 23. Drop off any recyclable bottles at the high school (435 Ranch Road) between 9:00am and 3:00pm, and support the 2015 grads!

May 22 - AES Fun Fair from 4-8 pm at the school. In� atables, games, entertainment, raf� es and food. Entry by donation.

May 31: Ashcroft Secondary School Travel Club Yard and Bake Sale at the high school 9:00am - 1:00pm. Please drop off donations at the high school Mon. - Fri. 9 - 3; if you need items picked up call Colleen (250-453-9144) or Deanna (250-453-9794), or e-mail [email protected]

Tues. evenings: Trap shooting now open at 4:30 at the trap range above the airstrip in Cache Creek. Beginners welcome: no shotgun required. For info call 250-453-570.

Ashcroft - Cache Creek Seniors’ Group meets on the third Thursday of the month at 1:00pm at the Seniors’ Centre, Village Of� ce, Ashcroft.

Coming ComingEvents

Please be advised that effective April 1, 2014, residential drop off at the Cache Creek Landfill will be temporarily relocated 500 m past the current location, on the left side of the Forest Service Road.Look for direction signage.For more information, go to www.wastech.ca.

PUBLIC NOTICEApplication for Special Occasion

LicenceThe Ashcroft Rodeo Association has applied for a Liquor Control and Licensing Application Exemption to their Special Occasion License. This exemption is to allow them to serve hard liquor at the Ashcroft Rodeo Dance which will be held at the Drylands Arena on June 14th, 2014.

Council for the Village of Ashcroft invites the public to provide written comments on this application. Comments must be received by noon on Monday, May 6, 2014 as the item will be on the May 12th Regular Meeting Agenda for consideration.

The complete application is available for inspection at the Village Office, 601 Bancroft Street during regular office hours or on our website at www.ashcroftbc.ca.

Comments may be forwarded to: Village of Ashcroft, PO Box 129, Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0 or via email to [email protected].

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Pastor David MurphyWorship and Sermon commences at 10 a.m.

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ZION UNITEDSunday Worship 10:50 am

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United Church of CanadaLay Worship Leaders: Fritz Baatz & Frank Mierau

Bob Nystrom passed awayNovember 8, 2013

He is lovingly remembered by his wife Jackie, and his stepchildren, Jeff

(Tara), Jason (Elisa), Michelle (Adam),grandchildren Dustin, Dallon, Devon, Damon, Samantha, Frankie, and Evan,

all of whom brought him great joy.He will be greatly missed by extended

family and numerous friends.“Sunshine fades and shadows fall,

but sweet remembrance outlasts all”A gathering will be held in Clinton at Clinton Hall, April 26, 2014 ~ 2 - 4

All are welcome


Lt. Governor will attend Clinton Ball this year

Human presence still needed

Clinton Seedy SundayThe members of the Clinton Com-

munities in Bloom Committee were very pleased with the turnout at their second annual Seedy Sunday on Apr. 13.

There were a good variety of dis-plays and demonstrations, seeds and plants for sale or by donation, garden books and magazines to help new gar-deners get started and a silent auction of donated goods of all types.

Special thanks to the TNRD for their composter display and sales and the Plant Wise display that highlighted problem plants that many of us un-knowingly grow in our yards without realizing the problems they can cause.

The ‘Count the Seeds’ contest was one by Joanne O’Flynn of Clin-ton and the door prize, a basket of gar-den-themed items was won by Zaida of Ashcroft.

The committee wishes to thank everyone who helped, donated items and their time and all those who came and enjoyed the event. Although it was not planned as a major fundraising event, over $500 was raised from do-nations, seed sales, silent auction, con-tests, the concession, etc. The funds will be used to further the cause of the CiB Committee, namely to help make Clinton a more attractive and enjoyable

place to live visit.

Clinton Annual Ball Special GuestThe Clinton Annual Ball Commit-

tee has received confirmation that Lieu-tenant Governor Judith Guichon will be attending the 147th Annual Ball on Sat-urday, May 17.

There are still some tickets remain-ing but they are going fast. The Com-mittee reports that there are 130 con-firmed attendees to date.

The Annual Ball will consist of an elegant three course dinner courtesy of the Ladies Auxiliary, dancing to the music of the Evergreen Drifters and intermission entertainment by Clin-ton W. Gray, a magician who has been well-received in Clinton before.

Anyone wishing to purchase tickets can do so at the Clinton Coffee House, Clinton Emporium or Country Squire Gift Shop or by phoning 250-459-7725.

Rodeo Plans UnderwayThe Clinton Agricultural

Association is busy planning the 2014 May Ball Rodeo, which will be held May 24-25.

They have announced that Barney and Dustin Bentall will be playing at the rodeo dance on May 24 with tickets avail-able at the door.

The rodeo is looking for sponsors for events. Anyone interested can call Katie McCullough at 250-459-2172.

It takes a lot of work to put on a suc-cessful rodeo. The Association would love to have some extra help with their work bees prior to the rodeo. Anyone interested in helping out is asked to call Jane Munro at 250-644-3073 or Evelyn Bell at 250-459-2556.

Clinton Lions 50 Years YoungCongratulations to the Clinton and

District Lions Club. As of April 28 they will have served the community for 50 years. They have been active mem-bers of the community, always ready to ‘give back’ and step in and help out wherever needed.

A celebration of this anniversary is tentatively being scheduled for this fall.

Susan Swan459-2224 or [email protected]

STRIKING A BALANCE

NASA team has plugged onto the

Seamor ROVs is what is being test-ed in Nanaimo harbour this week, with help from the Nanaimo Port Authority, which is lending a boat and crew trained on the Port Au-thority’s own Seamor Marine ROV.

Terry Knight, co-founder and former CEO of Inuktun services, who now works for Seamor Mar-ine as a consultant and marketing associate, said people in the tech-

nology world know each other from years of collaborating on pro-jects, which is how Seamor got in-volved in Pavilion Lake.

“Last year a couple friends of ours came up and on their way by they stopped here to have a vis-it and said, ‘Oh, can we borrow one of those?’ and so they cart-ed Seamor up there with them and used it up there last year on the pro-ject,” Knight said.

Lim said it’s fortunate for Can-adians and for science that the B.C.

government has pro-tected Pavilion Lake. One of the things the scientists will be studying is why mi-crobialites don’t grow in lakes in the area other than Pavil-ion and nearby Kelly Lake.

“Everything we do underwater, from the science, the actual act of doing the science to the precursor ro-botic mission, to the robotic assistant role of the Seamor ROV, has a very direct line of sight to human ex-ploration in the future, whether that’s on the moon or if it’s on an asteroid or the moons of Mars or Mars it-self,” Lim said.www.pavilionlake.com

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PUBLIC NOTICECHANGE TO SUMMER HOURS

PUBLIC WORKSPlease be advised that Public Works Crews will switch to summer hours effective Monday, May 5, 2014. Hours of operation will be 7:00 am to 3:30 pm.

Please be sure to put your garbage out early on the collection days.

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Winning comes with age and experienceLast summer I ran a half mara-

thon in Kamloops. Although I did not train to run the race very fast, I definitely had no problem to run it at a decent pace.

With about 1 km to go, I caught up to and passed a man that was much older than me. I thought a couple things to myself. One, “How did this guy get ahead of me?” And two, “I hope I can run like that when I’m his age!”

When I got home I went on the in-ternet to check out the times and re-sults. I was amazed, I finished in 1hr 32min, and he finished 30 seconds after me. The website didn’t show his exact age, but it did show he was in the 60-69 age group. So basically in 20 years, if I did what he did, I would basically be running killer times at races and show-ing up a whole bunch of “Young-uns”.

I noticed something else about the results though - in the top 10 fastest males, all but two were 40 years old or older.

This is prevalent in not only Mara-thons, but also in Ironman, 100 mile ultra marathons and other endurance events. Diana Nyad at a ripe old age of 64 swam from Cuba to Florida. That’s 110 miles for those who don’t know their geography. Even more amazing is she completed this on her fifth at-tempt. As she got older she was better and stronger.

Of course, I’m constantly reading and researching why this is. Is it disci-pline in training? Is it mental toughness that makes you attain your goal? Ma-

turity? Experience? The answer is all of the above, and more, much more.

You see and hear of more and more people registering for gruelling Char-ity events, Masters Games, and the Seniors games. I went to watch Frank Mierau last year at a Time Trial Bicycle race at the Seniors games last year. He looked so strong and vibrant. He raced a good race and BAM, he wins. Merv McKauge does his personal best time running a 10km race, in his 70s. Once again, I look at them and think, “I want to be him in 40 years.”

I’ve been to many awards ceremon-ies at triathlons, and the age group win-ners are called up to receive their priz-es. The winner will come out of the crowd and people look and say, “there’s no way that guy is 50”, or “no way she’s 45”. It’s amazing how fit people can look so much younger than their unfit peers of the same age.

So what do we have to do to make this happen? What do you have to do to get off the couch and into the new “fit” you? What does

an older person have to do differ-ent than a young person? There are some differences.

First we have to get a check up with your doctor, if you just quit smoking, or have had a lot of re-cent health issues, you’re going to have to take it slow at first. We have to train smarter, by not over-training and getting quality work-out. Our bodies take longer to re-cover from hard workouts so

stretching and yoga help out with re-covery and to keep those muscles lim-ber and loose. We have to strengthen our muscles using weights and body weight exercises. As we get older our muscles break down faster than when we were young. We have to strength-en our minds by proving to ourselves through events and training that we are capable of competing. Most important-ly we have to fuel the machine proper-ly, eating the proper diet will fuel your workout better, and help those muscles recover quicker.

The desire to compete doesn’t diminish as we get older. To get that feeling like we did doing the track and field events in Elementary school when we got a ribbon. I love standing on the podium and see at the young people thinking, “How did that old dude beat me?” Take the time to find your sport that you love doing, train for it and sign up for an event. What do you have to lose?

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Living Well

Ashcroft Communities in Bloom, with as-sistance from local artist Jo Petty, recently host-ed a street banner painting workshop. This workshop saw local citizens of all ages partici-pate in the painting of lovely, new street ban-ners that will decorate the poles on Railway Av-enue. We would also like to acknowledge the United Way who provided the funding for this very worthwhile community project.

Communities in Bloom will be hosting a “Banner Unveiling” celebration to showcase the new banners along with the artists who painted them. The celebration will be held at Herit-age Place Park on Sat-urday, May 3 at 10 a.m. We are extending an open invitation to all local residents to come and meet the artists and to see the banners “up close and personal” before they are installed on the poles.

The old banners will be taken down and held for retrieval. If you painted a ban-ner and would like to have it returned to you please call Andrea Walker at 250 453 9402 to arrange pick-up.

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A10 www.ash-cache-journal.com Thursday, April 24, 2014 Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal

The SilvaGro Partnership requires:Grower’s Assistant

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The Grower’s Assistant will work closely with the grower to perform day to day cultural activities. The responsibilities include:

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• Learning the methods and procedures used in the production of seedlings.

• Implementing the current cultural crop plan under the direction of the grower, including irrigation, fertilization and pest management.

• Effectively communicating through daily meetings, formal reports, and computerized record keeping.

• Computer literate with the ability to learn how to operate our greenhouse control system.

• Operation, monitoring, and maintenance of irrigation and greenhouse equipment.

• Ability to work with minimal direct supervision.• Available to work extended hours during seasonal peak times,

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The successful applicant must have or be willing to obtain a level one first aid certificate and a pesticide applicator certificate, as well as other training and certification as deemed necessary (at the employer’s expense). Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills are a must. Ideally, the candidate will have previous horticultural education and/or experience; post-secondary education, or a combination of both.

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