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Rural revival vowed in Throne Speech

Gas disaster avertedA serious incident at the Chevron pumps in

Cache Creek could have ended worse than they did when an unattended gas pump poured 30 L of gasoline on the ground.

On Feb. 5 at 4 pm police were called to the Cache Creek service station to assist the Fire Dept. with a possible evacuation of the area due to fuel overflow from one of the pumps.

Apparently, one of the customers began filling his vehicle when the Call of Nature struck. The 27 year old Spanish tourist jammed a cigarette light-er under the trigger of the gas pump to keep it go-ing while he headed for the restroom. When he returned, the parking lot was abuzz with activ-ity and gasoline was spilling from the nozzle still positioned in the full gas tank. It is suspected that some of the gas went into the nearby storm drain.

The Ministry of Environment was informed of the incident, the man received a tongue lash-ing from several people on hand, and he had to pay $113 for his “fill up” before continuing on his way to Vancouver.

Happy gardenersThe second annual Seedy Saturday in Cache Creek last week was a great success for plant and seed vendors and gardeners who came loaded with questions for the Master Gardeners. Above, MG Phyllis Mader looks up the answer to a question. Top, Mojave Kaplan demonstrates seed cleaning. Left, Shirley Wells sells plants and seeds.

by Tom FletcherBlack PressThe B.C. government presented a cautious

preview of the coming year with its speech from the throne Tuesday, predicting a rural revival through industrial growth while lowering earli-er aggressive expectations for mining and natur-al gas exports.

The speech announced the formation of a rural advisory committee to “provide independ-ent and impartial advice on helping rural B.C. in-crease opportunities, manage growth and meet its full potential in communities big and small.”

As the government continues to await invest-ment decisions for liquefied natural gas facilities, the speech noted that LNG “could create 100,000 jobs and the revenues to eliminate our debt,” add-ing that exports are needed to maintain a gas in-dustry that already employs 13,000 people.

The speech referred to five new mines open-ing since 2011, but avoided mention of northeast coal mines that have closed due to low commod-ity prices that also threaten the continued oper-ation of metal mines in B.C.

“This year in transportation, your government is working in partnership with Alberta and Sas-katchewan through the New West Partnership to add capacity and resolve bottlenecks to strength-en our Asia-Pacific gateway,” the speech said.

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, second & third Sundays of every month1:00 to 4:00 pm, beginners welcome

MEAT DRAWEvery Saturday ~ 3:00 pm

Ashcroft Royal Canadian LegionFRI., FEB. 13th • 6:30 - 7:15 pm

Steak & Prawns $15/plateIncludes potatoes, salad and dessert

* 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

Bingo 1st & 3rd WednesdayDoors open 6:00 pm, games start 6:30 pm.

Soup and a bun for $4.00 every Wednesday from noon

Add your community events to ouronline calendar at

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Coming ComingEvents

Feb. 20-22: Ashcroft Curling Club will be hosting the Zone Playdowns for the B.C. Travellers Curling Club Championship at the Curling Club.

Feb. 23: Cache Creek Council meeting at 4:30 pm in the Village Of� ce.

March 1: The Village of Ashcroft presents a Heritage Event on at 2:00pm at the Community Hall on Bancroft. This year’s theme is “Main Street”, and the event will look at Railway Avenue and its businesses over the decades. Admission is free; refreshments will be served.

March 5: Cache Creek Garden Club meets in the Public Library at 6 pm. Everyone welcome.

“Cars on Ice” at Barnes Lake (east of Ashcroft) Feb. 14 - 15; Feb. 28 - Mar. 1. Watch cars race wheel-to-wheel or against the clock!

Village of Ashcroft Memories Project: Watch and listen as local pioneers share their memories. Show time is at 1:30pm at the Community Hall on Brink Street. Admission is free; refreshments will be served. “Railway”. Feb. 22: “Mining”, “Sawmill/Logging”, and “The Hospital”.

Calling all artists! 2015 Ashcroft Plein Air Paint-out - May 22, 23, 24th. More info: [email protected] Pulbic Show & Sale May 24th.

IMPORTANT NOTICECHANGE OF DATE –

MEMORIES PROJECTPlease note that the“Memories Project”

highlighting “First Nations”& “Ranching/Rodeos”

has been rescheduled toSunday, February 15, 2015

from 1:30 pm - 3:30 pmin the Ashcroft Community Hall

Please mark your calendarswith this new date!

Whole Health Care, Kamloops, servicing Clinton, Barriere, Savona and Merritt, is now coming to Ashcroft to provide basic and advanced foot care to area residents.

To be a Foot Care Nurse (FCN) one must be an LPN or RN with a recognized foot care course.

Colleen Thom of Whole Health Care is an RN and FCN. Her knowledge and years of experience have taught her that client safety must be her number one concern. It is important for the client to know and understand what is required to care for their feet. Special skills are necessary for the diabetic foot and for those with circulation issues.

Medical standards require that certain procedures are followed. Foot soaking is not the acceptable standard due to the high risk of infection. All foot care is done with the use of sterilized pre-packaged instruments. Treatment is complex and takes approximately one hour.

She wishes the residents of Ashcroft and Cache Creek to know that nursing foot care is for all ages.

Colleen’s � rst clinic will be on February 26, 2015 at 429 Ranch Road, around back. To learn more of what is involved or to book your appointment, call 250-374-1735 or 250-819-1632.

Mobile Nursing Foot Care... Moving You Forward!

Mobile Nursing Foot Carecoming to town

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Ashcroft rcMP DetAchMent

POLICE REPORTWendy Coomber

Disturbing partyFeb. 3 at 4 am police were called

to The Nugget Motel by a 60 year old female tenant for a disturbance. The complainant said there was a loud party in one room, but it had quieted down by the time police ar-rived. The 31 year old tenant, who was the subject of the complaint, said the older woman had assaulted her earlier that night, although there was no evi-dence to support her claim. She agreed to stop making noise and to go to bad.

Truck fireFeb. 3 at 7:30 pm police received

a report of a semi truck on fire from a passing motorist on Hwy 1 about 30 k south of Cache Creek. Police attended and found a Peterbuilt truck parked at

the side of the highway with a fire extinguisher sitting near one wheel, but the driver could not be located. There was no apparent damage to the truck, which was gone the next day.

Disturbing tenantFeb. 3 at 10:30 pm police

were called to The Nugget by a 31 year old female tenant for a disturbance. She claimed that the 60 year old female tenant was drunk and banging on all of the doors. Police attended and found no evidence of in-toxication in the older woman. The younger tenant appeared confused when questioned about her earlier claims and was told to speak to the man-ager about her problems with the other tenants.

Man wantedFeb. 6 Ashcroft RCMP re-

ceived a request for assistance from the Stl’atl’imx Tribal Po-lice in executing an arrest war-rant for Daniel Martin, 42, who is believed to be living in Ashcroft. Martin is wanted for failing to appear in Kamloops Court for family mainenance.

Suspicious noisesFeb. 6 at 11 pm police re-

ceived a call from an elder-ly woman on Hwy 97 who re-ported hearing suspicious nois-es around her house. She was worried that someone might be trying to break in. Police at-tended and nothing out of the ordinary was found apart from

a strong wind that was blowing large bits of debris around and pos-sibly making the suspicious noises.

Skateboard accidentFeb. 8 at 10:45 am police re-

ceived a 911 call. There was no one talking into the phone, but they could hear voices at the other end. One was a child’s voice asking for an ambulance and the other was an adult’s voice. Po-lice traced the source of the call to a house on Stage Rd. where they found a 17 year old Cache Creek male being treated by ambulance attendents for a large gash on his year. The teen had been skateboarding down Stage Rd. when he lost control and fell, hitting his head on the asphalt. He was not wear-ing a helmet or pads. He was taken to the hospital for further treatment.

Fight between brothersFeb. 8 at 8:15 pm police received a

911 call from a residence on Hwy 99 where two adult brothers were fight-ing. When police arrived, the young-er brother had already left. The older brother, 34, advised police that he had managed to pin down his intoxicat-ed younger brother, 26, and made him promise to leave his house. The young-er brother left and hitched a ride back to Lee Creek.

Threatening messagesFeb. 8 at 11:45 pm police received

a call from an Ashcroft woman who re-ported receiving threats on her Face-book page from a 36 year old Red Deer man who threatened to harm and kill her. The matter is under investigation and the Red Deer RCMP Detachment is assisting.

Watch for rocksFeb. 9 at 10 am police received a

complaint of significant rocks on Hwy 97C through the bluffs. Interior Roads was notified. Motorists are reminded that falling rocks are a hazard in the bluffs at this time of year when freezing and thawing temperatures, combined with rain, loosen the rocks when end up in the driving lanes. Most are small but some can damage a vehicle if they are run over.

Working the puckAshcroft Pee Wees played their last home game of the season against Chase last Sunday. They will be travelling to Oliver on March 6 for a season finale tournament.

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CCES drummers given a special gift

Left, representing Ashcroft’s Peoples Drug Mart, manager Irene Dumont presents the Bass Djembe to the CCES Grades 6 and 7 students who make up the Cache Creek World Percussion Ensemble, aka “Passport”, and to their teacher, David Dumont (right), Gold Trail district’s music teacher.

One of Ashcroft’s “mainstreet” businesses: The Ashcroft Drug Store on Railway Avenue, c. 1897. There was a drug store on the site until 2013, when Peoples Drug Mart moved to its current location.

Celebrating Ashcroft’s “Heart” - Railway Avenue

If it seems like the grade six and seven stu-dents at Cache Creek Elementary walk to the beat of a different drum, it might well be be-cause they do!

The Cache Creek World Percussion Ensem-ble, known as Passport to the students and staff at Cache Creek Elementary, was formed under the direction of music teacher David. Dumont at the beginning of the school year and has rapidly become part of the school’s culture over the last few months. With their first public performance at last December’s Christmas concert behind them, Passport is currently preparing a number of percussion pieces to be performed at the end of the school year that will illustrate their mis-sion to celebrate cultural differences and pro-mote social responsibility through music.

This was a message that has apparently rung true with the staff and management of People’s Drug Store in Ashcroft as Store Manager, Irene Dumont, was on hand at a recent Passport re-hearsal on the behest of store owner Victor Ikari to present the group with a Bass Djem-be or Djun Djun. The Djun Djun is an extreme-ly special edition to Passport as it is often con-sidered the heartbeat of the djembe ensemble and will be featured prominently in all our con-certs to come. With this gift, students at Cache Creek Elementary now have the opportunity to have an authentic experience discovering, play-ing and performing music from varied cultures.

People’s Drug Mart’s contribution is great-ly appreciated by the students and staff of Cache Creek Elementary and is an outstanding ex-ample of how local business owners have sup-ported, and continue to support, our student’s growth into well-rounded, community minded individuals that will, one day, be leaders them-selves.

David Dumont

As part of the province’s annual Heritage Week, the Village of Ashcroft is pre-senting “Main Street: At the Heart of the Community” on Sunday, Mar. 1 at 2pm in the Community Hall on Ban-croft.

This free event - featur-ing photographs, presenta-tions, and skits, with refresh-

ments provided - will look at Railway Avenue and its businesses over the decades, as Ashcroft’s main street evolved, changed, and re-newed itself. And organizers hope that attendees will con-tribute their own memories of Railway over the years.

Railway Avenue was in large part shaped by the

Canadian Pacific, and CP’s decision to have a station and depot in the new town of Ashcroft. Had the CP chosen a different route, Railway Avenue - and Ashcroft - would look very different to how it does today. The pres-entation will begin with a look at where Railway might have been, and then exam-ine the various businesses which were attracted to the street because of its proxim-ity to the rail line. One ear-ly entrepreneur went to ex-treme lengths to ensure that his establishment was as close to the station as pos-sible; a shrewd, if labour-in-tensive, undertaking!

By the time of World War I, Railway Avenue was a bustling thoroughfare crowded with shops, busi-nesses, bars, restaurants, and hotels. Some felt it was a lit-tle too bustling; when the government announced that a Public Building would be constructed at the corner of 4th and Brink Streets, the idea was applauded by The Journal. “[It will] elimin-ate the ‘front-street-for-busi-ness-or-nothing’ idea [and] relieve the front street con-gestion which has obtained ever since Ashcroft made any pretense of importance.”

The fire of 1916 devas-tated much of Railway from 4th Street north; but like a phoenix the town rose from the ashes and re-built itself.

The fire cleared the way for a vibrant Chinatown to take root in the heart of the town, and a few years later the can-nery complex spread along both sides of Railway, bring-ing new economic life to the town. An Epsom salts fac-tory also provided jobs; and did you know Railway once boasted its own soya sauce plant?

Railway Avenue hasn’t always been all business, however. Fans of a cer-tain type of racing found that Railway was ideal-ly suited for their purpos-es, and before the skating rink was built the north end of the street would be flood-ed to provide skaters with a venue. Today the Rodeo and Santa Claus parades take over Railway each year, pro-viding entertainment for hundreds of people.

Anyone who would like to share their own memories of Railway at the event is encouraged to do so. Write one or two hundred words about a favourite long-gone shop or business, or a mem-orable parade, or what the street looked like years back. Bring it to the event and either read it out yourself, or have someone read it for you. Anyone who would like to contribute should con-tact the author at (250) 453-2045, or by e-mail at [email protected]

Barbara Roden


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

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SNOWDROPS IN CACHE CREEK are appearing four weeks ahead of their usual arrival

CorrectionThe Journal made an error in the Jan. 29

story titled “Constantia hopes to start phase 2” when it stated that Constantia Resources has signed a Land Use Agreement with the Bona-parte Band. This statement is incorrect and mis-leading. The Bonaparte Indian Band has not signed any agreements with Constantia Resour-ces.

VICTORIA – The B.C. edu-cation ministry put on a forum on the future of education last week, bringing together public and private school leaders with experts from around the world.

I watched the proceedings via webcast from the Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver, which gives you a hint about the forces press-ing in on our century-old industrial model of schooling.

First up was Andreas Schleich-er, on video link from his office in Paris, where he is director of education and skills for the Organization for Eco-nomic Co-operation and Development. He began with the international prob-lem of people coming out of university who can’t find jobs, amid a skills short-age.

Schleicher said this is happen-ing today because, “it’s not what you know but what you can do with what you know.” Some education systems are adapting better than others as the value of merely passing on facts has declined.

He said these days, almost any stu-dent can pass any multiple-choice test if they have a smartphone. The ques-tion for parents is what to do “if you want your child to be smarter than a smartphone.”

The OECD runs international test-ing that consistently ranks B.C. and Canada among the best schools in the world, and Schleicher described how that testing has evolved to keep up.

But our progress in the past 10 years has tended to be slower than some Asian countries, despite B.C. being on

the “high end of investment” in edu-cation. He warned against the trap of the industrial school model, “pouring money in” to “do more of the same.”

Some of the best results emer-ging from a decade of digitally-driv-en globalization have been achieved through innovations that were financed through bigger class sizes, Schleicher said.

This was too much for one B.C. Teachers’ Federation representative in the audience, who introduced herself as someone who spent the last transform-ational decade working for the union, not in a classroom. She disputed the OECD’s financial calculations, lectur-ing some of the world’s top economists that based on “spending power,” B.C. schools are cash starved.

She followed this with the laun-dry list of BCTF demands that hasn’t changed in 40 years – smaller classes, more prep time, more money.

The keynote speaker was Yong Zhao, University of Oregon professor of educational measurement, who gave a highly entertaining critique of stan-dardized testing and creativity-crush-

ing drills of the basics. (You can find a video archive at www.bced-plan.ca.)

Yong sparked a lively discus-sion about the need for foundation skills, which he and others agreed remain vital to success. The issue seems to be how to instil those basics while avoiding the disen-gagement of students who see school as irrelevant to their lives.

Education Minister Peter Fass-bender announced at the forum that the province is about to unveil

new curriculum that moves toward in-dividual learning for all students. And he said there will be a series of experi-ments conducted at yet-to-be-identified B.C. schools to pioneer new models of learning.

BCTF president Jim Iker sat stoic-ally through the proceedings, where speakers described integrating com-munity groups and businesses direct-ly with schools. That’s underway here, with trades training in particular.

Iker’s record on adaptation is clear from his own career. The only school where he actually taught was in the northwest B.C. village of Topley, and it closed in 2010 due to a long-term de-cline in rural students.

By 2001 Iker had left the classroom to work for the Burns Lake teacher union local, which the BCTF continues to staff eight years after that school dis-trict and others disappeared through amalgamation.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

Teachers adapting, not union

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Did you observe Safer Internet Day ear-lier this week? Did you even know that Feb. 10 was Safer Internet Day?

It’s an international initiative from the European Union, mainly aimed at keeping children safe. But really, anyone can fall victim to criminals using the internet.

It’s enough to make one long for the days before Internet. Now I know how my parents felt about television. There were no televisions in their homes when they were growing up, just as there was no internet in my home.

If my parents wanted social activities af-ter the chores were done, they went to the local dances or joined a church group - or went to the local pool hall, which was also considered “bad”.

My parents did everything they could to part us from the television - signed us up for after school activities, provided back-yard activities for us like baseball and skat-ing, and provided fun options that didn’t in-clude television.

Didn’t stop me from spending a great deal of time there, but I also spent many hours outside playing, riding, exploring...

Now I work in front of a computer all day and spend half of my time at home at one. The Internet offers so much - informa-tion, social contact, entertainment... Much of which was never imagined when the In-ternet was created.

Unfortunately, criminals will always cash in on opportunities, and the Internet offers them the anonymity to fool people into trusting them. And placing all of our personal, medical and financial information into digital files leaves it vulnerable to the unscrupulous ones who know how to ac-cess it.

Be cautious with the Internet. Know the risks and be safe. www.saferinternet.org

CO-OPERATIVE INNOVATION PROJECT

COMMUNITY MEETINGAn opportunity to discuss challengesfacing your community and identify

possible solutions

Hosted by the Centre for the Study ofCo-operatives, University of Saskatchewan

At the Clinton Community HallWednesday 18 February

4:00pm-7:00pm (supper will be provided)

Contact: [email protected] [email protected]

for more information or to register All attendees will have the chance to win

a $50 gift card and those that registerbefore 13 February will have theopportunity to win an IPad Mini

“Helping people live better lives”

210 Railway Ave, Ashcroft 250-453-2553

Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Sundays & holidays: Closed

Flu and Travel VaccinationsHormone Replacement � erapy

Testing and CompoundingSmoking Cessation Program

Medication Reviews byPharmacists

Emergency Medication Re� llsBlister Packing

Giftware and CardsLottery

Stationery Supplies

February Specials at

Manie’sGrill & Pizza

Pickup and Delivery only!!(no substitutions)

Located at the Oasis Hotel 250-457-9991

2 MEDIUM3 TOPPING PIZZAS2 - 1 LITRE POP(Pepsi or Diet Pepsi)

$2995

1 LARGE 3 TOPPING PIZZACHICKEN WINGS (Hot or Teriyaki)OR DRY GARLIC RIBS1 LARGE CAESARSALAD,GARLIC TOAST

$3990

1 LARGE 3 TOPPING PIZZA1 BAKED LASAGNA1 SPAGHETTI & MEAT SAUCE1 LITRE POP (Pepsi or Diet Pepsi) $3990

2 BAKED LASAGNALARGE CAESAR SALADGARLIC TOAST1 LITRE POP (Pepsi or Diet Pepsi)

$2295

Elementary schools within School District No. 74 (Gold Trail) will accept registrationsfor kindergarten placements for the 2015-2016 school year during the weeks ofFebruary 2 - February 20, 2015 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.(NOTE FRIDAYS: Only till noon on Fridays at Sk’il’ Mountain Community School and Gold Bridge Elementary is closed on Fridays)

To ensure a placement for your child in September 2015, it is veryimportant you register early by visiting your nearest elementary school:

School District No. 74 (Gold Trail)KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION

Ashcroft Elementary School 250-453-9177Cache Creek Elementary School 250-457-6248

Cayoosh Elementary School 250-256-4212David Stoddart School 250-459-2219

George M. Murray Elementary School 250-256-7543Gold Bridge Community School 250-238-2255

Lytton Elementary School 250-455-2215Sk’il’ Mountain Community School 250-259-8223

** Children eligible for kindergarten must be 5 years old on or beforeDecember 31, 2015. An original birth certificate, immunization records, andCARE card MUST BE PROVIDED for each child at the time of registration.


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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Passing lane needed

Health Care Auxiliary needs new members

Dear EditorI need to make comment on the subject of

“Passing in the bluffs” (Police Report, Feb. 5).This road is safe to do 80 km/hr. The prob-

lem really started when some highway offi-cial had a brain fart and put up the 60 km/hr sign which some people actually believe that this is the speed limit and have to do it. If they go back into there drivers test book the will see this is a suggested speed limit for those who can’t drive. They also took out the pass-ing areas which allowed people to pass legal-ly. There were only a few that drove slow be-fore these so called experts came up with their nightmare decisions.

If you don’t want to be tailgated then do the speed limit and people won’t pass on a double solid line. The road is more than ca-pable for 80 km/hr. You are causing road rage. Those 60km/hr signs should be taken down a.s.a.p.

Glen JossCache Creek

Minor Hockey AGMThe Clinton Minor Hockey An-

nual General Meeting will be held on Friday, Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. at 7598 La-goon Court Road. New members are welcome.

PAC Monthly MeetingThe Parent Advisory Council to

David Stoddart School meets the third Monday of every month.

All parents of children in David Stoddart School are welcome to at-tend the meetings. The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the school library.

Pancake BrunchTuesday, Feb. 17 is Shrove Tues-

day. The members of St. Peter’s Cath-olic Church invite the public to a Pan-cake Brunch from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Legion basement.

Drop in for traditional pancakes, eggs, sausages, coffee, etc. for a nom-inal fee.

Health Care Auxiliary Needs HelpThe Clinton Health Care Auxiliary

is dwindling in numbers. This group does fund raising in order to purchase items for the Clinton Regional Health

and Wellness Center. In addition they offer a bursary to any graduating Clin-ton student who is entering post sec-ondary health related studies. In the past they have also donated to projects at Royal Inland Hospital and to the Clinton Volunteer Fire Department for Highway Rescue equipment.

As is the case with many volun-teer groups the members are aging out and/or burning out. If this organiza-tion is to continue more people must step up to help.

The Clinton Health Care Auxiliary Annual General Meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 17 at the Clinton Health Center. Drop in and see what they are all about before committing to joining their ranks. They would welcome some new people with new ideas.

New Time Clock for ArenaThe staff of Integris Credit

Union and Insurance is work-ing to raise funds to replace the outdated and non-func-tioning time clock at the 47 Mile Sports Complex (Clinton Arena).

They hope that commun-ity businesses, organizations

and individuals will be willing to do-nate towards the cost of a new clock (which could cost up to $15,000). The new clock could last the lifetime of the arena if properly maintained.

Different levels of sponsorship are available based on the amount donat-ed. The names of those who donate, regardless of the amount, would be advertised on a plaque in the arena once the new clock is installed. The goal is to have the new clock installed for the arena start up in the fall of 2015.

If you would like to contribute or have a fundraising idea you are asked to stop by the Clinton Integris Branch or phone 250-459-2301 or 250-459-2173 for more information.

Susan Swan459-2224 or [email protected]

STRIKING A BALANCE

by Tom FletcherBlack PressThe B.C. government has adjusted its plan

to give guide-outfitters and their non-resident clients a greater share of big-game hunting permits, after protests from resident hunters around the province.

When the plan was announced in Decem-ber, the government calculated that it repre-sented a shift of 168 animals in limited-entry hunt areas from resident hunters to guide out-fitters. After listening to the protests, Forests Minister Steve Thomson announced Friday that is being adjusted to a shift of about 60 ani-mals to guide-outfitters.

The changes affect bull elk and either-sex elk permits on Vancouver Island, moose in the Thompson and Omineca regions, bison in the

Resident hunter protest pays off

February 16th & 23rdAshcroft High School - 5 - 7 pm

February 18th & 25thCache Creek Elementary - 5 - 7 pm

Last Chance March 2nd - Ashcroft High School

A BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND MEDICAL CARDMUST BE PRESENTED FOREACH PLAYER REGISTERED

REGISTRATION FEE (First & second child from one family):(tournament fee included) U7: $75.00 U10/U13/U16: $100.00 LATE REGISTRATION SURCHARGE (after March 2): $50.00

UNIFORM DEPOSIT: (Post-Dated cheque, July 31, 2015): $50.00REFUNDABLE VOLUNTEER FEE: $50.00

REGULATION SHORTS ($20),SOCKS ($8), SHIN PADS ($13)

& BALLS ($15) WILL BE ON SALE AT ALL REGISTRATIONS

*Uniform deposit & medical number mandatory at registration

2015 OUTDOOR REGISTRATION

SOUTH CARIBOO MINOR SOCCER ASSOCIATIONSOCCER ASSOCIATIONSOCCER ASSOCIATION

Additional children from one family receive $10.00 off registration fee

* Uniform Deposit a Must! * Equipment Swap or donate

For more info please call Lee Hand 250-453-9798or Celine Adamson 250-453-9569

EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 2015:Changed hours of operations for the Cache Creek Landfill residential drop-off area:

*New* summer hoursMarch 1 - October 31

Wednesday - Sunday, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.(closed Monday and Tuesday)

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All individuals or companies registered this past year through the District Office in Williams Lake will be receiving invitations to re-register their equipment for the coming fiscal year by mail.

Any individuals or companies who were not registered in 2014, but wish to have their equipment listed, are hereby invited to contact the District Office, either in personor by phone, to obtain the appropriate registration forms.

Note that while you do not need to have Commercial (Comprehensive) General Liability Insurance, or up-to-date WorkSafeBC coverage to register, you will have to meet these requirements prior to working on any ministry projects.

Only owned or lease-to-own equipment is eligible for registration. Equipment can only be registered in one area in any given year. Seniority is not transferable from area to area.

The deadline for new registrations is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 13, 2015. Late registrations will be accepted, but may appear at the bottom of the open list. Note there is no charge for registering new equipment or for changing or removing equipment information already listed.

Hired Equipment RegistrationCariboo District

Register through the Williams Lake District Office at:640 Borland Street, Suite 301, Williams Lake, B.C.

You can also phone 250 398-4510 or send a fax to 250 398-4454 to have the forms mailed or faxed to you.


Canadian Death Race course description

Training for the impossible event

Having a goal to each season is important to stay motivated. You’ll find most athletes who strive for fitness are constantly changing their goals. Obviously as one goal is achieved, most will choose either a harder goal, or something completely different.

Last year Vicky Trill had a huge goal of completing the Rattlesnake Island swim: a 7km open water swim across Okanagan Lake and back. This involved countless hours of training in the pool and in open water. This was a great goal to have and she completed it. Kudos to her.

Over a decade ago, my wife and I joined a few of her family members and created a relay team to complete the Canadian Death Race in Grande Cache. This is a 125km ultra marathon in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta. Each person basically ran a 25km Leg with varying difficul-ties to complete the 125km in under 24 hours. Before I signed up, I didn’t even know ultra marathons existed, never mind what they were. An ultra marathon is any running event that is 50km or longer.

You can run the Death Race in a relay team of five people, which is the most popular meth-od. Or you can run it solo. So that’s all by your-self, running for 125km in under 24 hours. You run up and over three mountains, with 17,000

feet of elevation change. When I was “training” for the event, I was not a runner. I signed up for the event to join the family as it was something my wife wanted to do. During training and dur-ing the race I could not understand how anyone could do the event solo. I thought those people running solo were like gods, or something im-mortal. I just didn’t “get it”.

I completed my Leg of “only” 27km that day. My portion was Leg 2, it was up and over two mountain summits and back to Grande Cache, and considered the most technical leg of the race. I limped for weeks afterwards from the pain in my quads and knees. I finished though, and passed the “coin” to the next family mem-ber who started Leg 3. My wife finished Leg 5 of the race in the dark, with a headlamp, on nar-row little bush trails in under 24 hours. We com-pleted the event. It was awesome.

When I moved back to Ashcroft eight years ago, I started running a bit to lose weight. Af-ter running a few 10k’s, a few marathons, and MANY triathlons including Ironman I have realized that those people who were running solo beside me at the Death Race weren’t im-mortal. They simply knew how to train for a seemingly impossible event. Over the last few years, I’ve learned that as well.

So I’ve decided to go back to Grande Cache and complete the Death Race solo. On Aug 2, I will run the Canadian Death Race for 125 kms in under 24 hours. How will this happen? I’ll have to train, and that training began last Fall. By running approximately 100kms per week, I’ll run uphills, I’ll run downhills, I’ll run of-froad, onroad and on trails. I’ll run fast some days, and I’ll run slow some days. Heck, I’ll even do some short “little” marathons for train-ing.

Wayne [email protected]

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One hundred years laterCN Rail executives, MLA Jackie Tegart and some Ashcroft Council members met recently to celebrate the centennial of the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway’s Last Spike near Ashcroft. L-R: CN Regional Manager Emily Hamer, Manager of Network Strategies John Hall, MLA Tegart, Superintendent Francois Boucher, Ashcroft Mayor Jack Jeyes and councillors Barbara Roden and Alf Trill attended the remembrance at the Grand Central Station Restaurant on Jan. 23 and hosted by Ashcroft Terminal.

Prayers, suppers and services discussedSeven ladies met

on Feb. 3 in the United Church Hall. Presi-dent Reta Robertson warmly welcomed us and thanked us for our dedication. We stated the United Church Women’s Purpose together.

Jacklin Desrosiers led the Devotional with a reading from Earth Gospel written by Sir Hamilton Poore. The scrip-ture was Psalm 89:6A stating that we shouldn’t worry about things but to trust in God and His blessings. She closed with prayer.

The agenda was approved as circulated. The minutes were approved and passed.

There were several items of Old Business to review and plan for. Zion United Church will be hosting the World Day of Prayer on March 6 and 7. Watch for a notice in The Journal. The theme is on the Bahamas and guest speakers will be Ken and Mol-ly Platz. All welcome, men too. Plans and decisions were made for our up and com-ing 69th Bean Supper. Watch for posters and details in The Jour-nal. We each brought three Valentine Cards for the residents of Garden Oasis at the hospital to use. The U.C.W. Will be lead-ing the worship time on Feb. 22 so we were given parts for this service.

There were many pieces of correspond-ence, from Our Daily Bread ministries,

email from Carmen whose ministry we support, a U.C.W. Newsletter, email from Nara-mata, and a donation receipt and thank you.

Reports were given, and Colleen Mierau, our treasurer, handed out her written report which we approved. Dorothy Pears delivered her Sunshine report and stated she had sent out five cards. Hilda Drink-water gave a verbal report for Archives; and Phyllis Gray stated her report on Publicity. Reta Robertson reported ver-bally for Outreach and thanked all those who continue to give her used stamps and Campbell labels. These items are sent off to help with Christian work

elsewhere. So a big thank you to all who help us with this work.

We then paused for refreshments and a so-cial time.

New Business brought us together again and as the Maundy Thursday ser-vice will be in our church on April 2, we will be having a potluck dinner in conjunction with the service beginning at 5:30 pm.

We will bring three Easter cards for the Garden Oasis residents to use to our next meeting, which will be March 3 at 2 pm.

Devotional and refresh-ment ladies were noted. If any ladies are interested in our work and would like to come as a visitor or would like to join us, they would be most welcome. We closed with the U.C.W. Benediction.

UNITED IN SPIRITUnited Church Women

Phyllis Gray

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Boxers

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Ph/Fax: 250-395-8816E-mail: [email protected]

www.littlewoolshop.ca

• Crochet, Knitting & Cross Stitch Supplies• Wool & Acrylic Yarns

STAMPOpen 6 days a week

Just off Hwy 97,4836 Hamilton Rd,

Lac la Hache250-396-4435

Supplying theSouth Cariboo

in Baked Goods.

Retail Hours:Monday, Wednesday & Friday

8:00am - 6:00pm

European Bread Specialist

STAMP

Small Town

HUGE INVENTORY

#1-270 Birch Ave. 100 Mile House 250-395-3320

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Men’s and Ladies’Clothing & Footwear

You’ll bepleasantly surprised with what we have

in 100 Mile!T-Shirt Printing & Custom Embroidery Available

Mon.-Fri. 10am-5:30pmSaturday 10am-3pm

250 • 395 • 1123Next to Regency Chrysler

811 Alder Ave. 100 Mile House

Children’s Cowboy

Boots

COMING SOON TO THE LOG HOUSE:

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Customers come � rst!We do special

orders and will ship to you.

A Retail Adventure

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ENTER OUR100 MILE RETAILERS

DRAWFOR A BASKET FULL OF

MERCHANDISE

We invite you to check out our shops, boutiques and specialty stores,local eateries and accommodations.

Collect stamps from5 (minimum) participating

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Local historian also a part of the local historyby Esther Darlington MacDon-

aldWhen the Canadian Pacific Rail-

way was being built and had reached Ashcroft, there was nothing there ex-cept two buildings, one of which Dr. Mark S. Wade described as a “wretch-ed establishment”. Dr. Wade had been hired by the railroad to provide med-ical service to the railroad crews, many of them Chinese, and was stationed at Spences Bridge.

With the establishment of the rail-road in Ashcroft in 1884, the govern-ment realized the need to connect the Cariboo Road with Ashcroft.

The branch road began at Boston Flats. The cliffs of ig-neous rock were deton-ated with ex-plosives, and a road was hewn out above the Bonaparte River. A ‘substantial’ bridge was built crossing the Thomp-son River.

When Dr. Wade first vis-ited the site, there was no road and no bridge. He wrote that he “alited from the stage at Cornwall’s hotel” on the Cari-boo Road, and walked down to the Thompson River fol-lowing an old Indian trail. When he reached the river, he crossed it in a canoe.

The good doctor doesn’t say how he came by the canoe, but chances are, he hired it from the

Indians above. Ashcroft was then very much in ‘embryo’, consisting of the “wretched establishment” mentioned above, and another building, a log cab-in.

A few weeks later, Dr. Wade vis-ited the site again on horseback from Spences Bridge, following the rail line and such trails that existed, eventually passing through Penny’s ranch at Wal-hachin.

While at a construction camp there, Dr. Wade’s horse became ill. He aban-doned the horse and now had to find a way back to Spences Bridge. As he pondered the dilemma, a raft of logs from the Shuswap swung by, drifting down river. By dent of some acrobat-ic dexterity the doctor probably didn’t know he possessed, he managed to jump on the raft which was moving along at a ‘goodly rate’ toward Spen-ces Bridge. When they reached Ash-croft, passing over the Bonaparte white water apparently, without inci-dent, the skipper of the raft, decided to pole it into shore.

The raft was tied up for the night, and the “wretched establishment” call-ing itself a hotel, was entered. As soon as the proprietor learned that Dr. Wade was one of the rafting party, he was ad-vised that there was a very sick man upstairs in one of the rooms.

“He is a stupid man. We can’t wake him up. He’s been taking opium,” Dr. Wade was told.

But when the doctor visited the man, whose name was Carey and found him comatose with only a few hours to live, Dr. Wade determined that the man wasn’t suffering from opium - he had been given a severe blow to the head with a shovel. The man’s skull had been fractured.

Dr. Wade learned that there had been a fight between Carey and an-other man named W. Abieshire, and the latter had struck Carey with the shovel. The fracture occurred at the base of the skull. An inquest was held soon after where the inn keeper maintained sev-eral times that Carey had been taking opium, even after Dr. Wade had made the post mortum.

Dr. Wade concluded that the story was a lie, made to protect the said Abieshire. ‘That rascal had taken to the hills’, as soon as Carey had lost consciousness. The authorities were notified and got hot on Abieshire’s trail. But the killer had made it to the Coeur d’Alene country. There, he got himself into another fight. This time, however, he was shot and killed. Jus-tice was seen to have been served, one

way or the other.Once the CP tracks were laid in

Ashcroft, the hamlet began to grow by leaps and bounds. First a store opened, then a competitor came along and opened another store. But it wasn’t until the bridge was built across the Thompson that business really began to literally roll.

Ashcroft was seen as the Gateway to the Cariboo and the headquarters of the B.C. Express Company. Large warehouses were built, teamsters came and went with their freight wagons, ox teams, stage coaches. The little hamlet became a thriving village.

Twenty years later, Dr. Wade once again found himself in Ashcroft bound for points north. This time, in mid win-ter, in a “stage on runners”, which pulled out with much mail and sever-al passengers.

It was dark when the vehicle stopped for the night at the 83 Mile House. The stars were shining bright-ly. The party resumed their journey at daybreak the following morning. The temperature was 50 below. About 8 pm that night, they arrived at an inn. Dr. Wade doffed his fur coat on one of the hooks in the bar room, washed his hands and face in refreshing warm water in tin basins, and proceeded to share some drinks with the cowboys and the stage driver.

He went to supper in the dining room, and those in the bar room who had asked about his identity, learn-ed who he was, and they realized Dr. Wade had lived in Clinton in 1884-6, after doing his stint as the railroad medic. Dr. Wade attended the dance at the 150 Mile hotel, but at 2 am, he and other passengers were told to have some breakfast as they were proceed-ing on to Quesnel at 3:30 am. The doc-tor reported that he slept all the way along a ‘smoothly beaten road’ to Quesnel.

Dr. Wade went on to become the owner of the Kamloops Daily Sen-tinel, spent a productive, creative life there. His reminiscences are record-ed in The Cariboo Road, a book pub-lished many years after his death.

Dr. Wade saw and lived through the growth of the road when it was the busiest artery in the interior. In fact, for 50 years, the only means of transporta-tion in the Cariboo country. He looked upon its demise with a degree of sad-ness, but the legacy he has left about that road, much of it demolished when the railroads came though, provides this writer, anyway, with much of the material for my articles.

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CHURCH DIRECTORY

Anglican Church of CanadaCANON LOIS PETTY

St. Alban’s501 Brink St, Ashcroft ~ 250-453-9909

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10 amKIDZ MONDAY SCHOOL: 3:30 pm

Crossroads Pentecostal AssemblyChrist Centered People Centered

1551 Stage Rd. Cache Creek B.C. • 250-457-6463 crossroadspentecostalassembly.org

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

Everyone welcome

ZION UNITEDSunday Worship 10:50 am

401 Bancroft, Ashcroft, BC • 250-453-9511 [email protected] • http://ashcroftunited.ca

United Church of CanadaLay Leaders: Fritz Baatz and Frank Mierau

February • Week 3ARIES - Aries, tackle a problem that’s been puzzling you head-on this week. A direct approach may just provide you the unique perspective you need to crack this nut.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, state your case carefully when you attempt to get your point across at work. Others will appreciate your thoughtful approach and respond positively.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, you are up to your ears in work and you can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel just yet. Rest assured that it’s there, but it could take a few more days in the trenches.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Various responsibilities require your full attention this week, Cancer. Don’t be afraid to accept some help so you can get everything done on time.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, you are invested in reaching a goal, and those around you are inspired by your gusto. Make the most of your energy and help others harness theirs if given the chance.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you work best when you have a plan in place. While you are not usually appreciative of surprises, this week you are willing to be a little more � exible.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 A disagreement at work has you unsure about what side to support, Libra. Stay neutral for the time being until you can get a better grasp of the situation.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, focus on issues at work this week. Channel your energy into productivity at the of� ce, and know that there will be time to daydream down the road.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 You may feel strong winds of change blowing in your direction, Sagittarius, and you do not know what is in store for you. Sometimes it can be exciting to be surprised.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, look forward to the weeks ahead, as some good news is on the horizon. Allow others around you to share in the good times ahead.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, revisit your career goals this week. Even if your goals seem ever-changing, it can be productive to reexamine them from time to time.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Keep things simple this week, Pisces. You will have a lot on your plate in the days ahead, but it’s nothing you can’t handle.

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Give light in times of darkness There is nothing

worse than losing a child, and over the years I have known far too many people who have endured such ex-cruciating agony. Last year alone three of my friends and two ac-quaintances suffered this unfathomable loss – and then my niece’s baby girl died in late November.When I read last week

of the 21-year-old woman who perished in a car accident in Kelowna, I immedi-ately thought of her mother and father and my heart went out to them. The following day I read that it was a fire chief’s daugh-ter and he was one of the first responders on the scene. I don’t even know them, but I cried.I posted the gut-

wrenching story on Facebook and among all the condo-

lences to the family there was a comment from my new friend, Larry Barter.“The greatest gift

one can provide these parents is to be avail-able,” he wrote. “Often people will avoid the survivors because they don’t know what to do or say.” He then offered a few suggestions such as: I’m sorry for your loss; I have no idea what you are going through; I don’t know what to say or do; what do you need?Larry knows the in-

conceivable sorrow of losing a child because he lost both of his. Tay-lor, his eldest son, died 10 years after a terrible car crash had left him severely brain injured at the age of 19. Mi-chael, his younger son, died of a broken heart when he took his own life at the age of 18 – a year and a half after his brother’s devastating accident. “Our tragedies didn’t

just affect us,” he said. “They also impacted our family, friends, colleagues and com-

munity. Even strang-ers were thinking: if it could happen to the Barters it could happen to anyone.” Some indi-viduals offered tremen-dous support and com-passion, others didn’t respond at all.“There were people I

knew who would soon-er cross the road than talk to me,” Larry said. “What my family and I needed was not to be ignored, but to feel in-cluded and connected.”At the time, Larry

was the regional direc-tor of alcohol and drug services. He is now a clinical counsellor and understands that this kind of avoidance stems from survivor’s guilt. While this reac-tion might be under-standable to people who don’t know what to say, it’s not the least bit helpful to those who are grieving.Other things that

didn’t provide solace were well-meaning comments such as: ev-erything happens for a reason; he’s in a bet-ter place; time heals all wounds, you can always have more chil-dren; and God has a plan.Hearing “I know how

you feel” was not com-forting either. “Linda Woods hosts

a support group for be-reaved parents called The Compassionate Friends of Kelowna,” Larry said. “I sat in a room full of people who had also suffered the loss of a child, but I didn’t know how they felt. I only knew what I was going through.”Asking mourners how

they feel and what they need is infinitely more supportive. “My advice is not

to avoid people when they’re in such pain,” Larry suggested. “And don’t try to fix it ei-ther. You don’t have to know what to say, just let them know you care and you’re available.” After years of ther-

apy over the loss of his beloved boys and the life he once had, Larry eventually got to a point where he con-sciously decided that he wanted to live and love and contribute.“I will always feel

an emptiness and loss without them,” he said. “But where I used to feel like I lived 90 per cent of my life in dark-ness, I now feel like it’s 95 per cent light. When

the darkness comes in now, I know it will pass.”Loving his sons and

keeping their memories alive has helped him get to that place, yet he couldn’t have done it on his own. He needed counselling, and he needed to connect with others.It may appear that

the people mourn-ing a loved are doing just fine. Larry doesn’t want us to be fooled by their facade, and to keep letting them know we’re here for them, for as long as they may need us. Lori Welbourne is a

syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com

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Community Volunteer GroupsThe Royal Canadian Legion #113301 Brink St., Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0Phone: 250-453-2423 Fax # 250-453-9625

South Cariboo Elizabeth Fry Society601 Bancroft St. Box 603, Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0250-453-9656

Ashcroft and District Fall FairContact Person: Janna 250-457-6614Contact Person: Jessica 250-457-7128

Second Time Around201 Railway Ave., Ashcroft BC Anne Bonter 250-457-9781

BC Lung Association Carolyn Chorneychuk,Director 250-453-9683 Email:[email protected]

Ashcroft & District Rodeo AssociationPhone: 250-457-9390

SCI Thompson River, B.C. ChapterKen Brown - Phone: 250-453-9415

Ashcroft Yoga GroupCall Marijke - Phone: 250-453-0050

Desert Bells Handbell ChoirCarmen Ranta 250-457-9119

Sage Sound Singers Adult Community Choir Michelle Reid 250-457-9676

Cache Creek Market andCache Creek Garden ClubMarcie Down 250-457-9630

Cache Creek Beautification Society and Cache Creek Communities in BloomCarmen Ranta 250-457-9119

Ashcroft and Masonic LodgeZarthan Lodge No#105Contact Person: Fred Dewick Phone 250-453-2415

Canadian Red Cross - Health Equipment Loan Program (H.E.L.P.)Ashcroft Hospital - 250-453-2244

Ashcroft & District Tennis AssociationContact Person: Maria Russell MartinPhone 250-453-9391

Ashcroft & District Lions ClubContact Person: Lion Vivian Phone 250-453-9077

Ashcroft-Cache Creek Seniors Assc.601 Bancroft St., Ashcroft, BC Phone 250-453-9762

The Ashcroft & District Health Care Auxiliary Thrift Store601 Bancroft St., Ashcroft, BC Phone 250-453-9944

347 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet CorpContact Person: Lt. (N) Curran 250-319-3461Alexine Johannsson 250-453-2661email: [email protected]

Sage & Sand Pony ClubDistrict Commissioner: Marcie [email protected].

Ashcroft-Cache Creek Rotary ClubContact Person: Karin Magnuson Phone 250-457-6629

Desert Spokes Cycle SocietyPhone 250-457-9348

Ashcroft Cache Creek Better at Home405 Railway Ave. 250-453-9911 - Sandy

Ashcroft Curling Club Phone 250-453-2341

Ducks Unlimited CanadaAshcroft/Cache Creek Volunteer ChapterPhone 250-374-8307

Ashcroft Volunteer Fire DepartmentPhone 250-453-2233

Cache Creek Volunteer Fire DepartmentPhone 250-457-9967

Bridging to LiteracyContact Person: Ann Belcham 250-453-9417

Ashcroft Royal Purple Phone 250-457-9122

The “Purpose of Sunday” Car ClubPresident: Tom Lowe 240-457-6564

Cache Creek Recreation SocietyContact Person: Jackie Phone 250-457-9122

Winding Rivers Arts and Performance SocietyContact Person: Nadine 250-453-2053

South Cariboo Sportsmen Assc. #3366Attn: Marian Pitt, Box 341, Ashcroft BC V0K 1A0

Soccer AssociationContact: Tom Watson Phone 250-457-7178

Thompson Cariboo Minor Hockey AssociationContact: Lewis Kinvig [email protected]

Historic Hat Creek RanchContact: Jack Jeyes Phone 250-453-2259

Ashcroft Soup’s OnSt. Alban’s Anglican Church Hall, 501 Brink StreetTel: 250-453-9909 or 250-453-2053 - All Welcome

Ashcroft Communities in BloomContact Persons: Andrea Walker 250-453-9402 or Marijke Stott 250-453-0050

Taoist Tai Chi Contact Person: Danita HowardPhone 250-453-9907 e-mail: [email protected]

Ashcroft Hospice ProgramShirley 250-453-9202

Kinsmen Club of South CaribooContact Person: Dave 250-453-9062

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AGMFebruary 16, 2015 at 7:00 pm

The South Cariboo Sportmen association is holding their annual general meeting on the above noted date and time. The meeting is being held at the Ashcroft Secondary School Library. All members and those interested in becoming members are asked to attend and provide input into the club for 2015. Elections for the new executive will be held at this time. Only paid up members for the current year (2015) are eligible to hold office or to vote on the executive positions.

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“Be mine, Valentine.” - Cindi Phillips Every month of the cal-

endar has designated days. February includes Ground-hog Day, National Flag Day, Valentine’s Day, Heritage Day in the Yukon, to name a few. I could fill half the pages of The Journal tell-ing you how, when and why these days came to be ear-marked as such, but if you really want to know more about a special day, use the references at the library, or Google it on your computer, or ask a school age child or grandchild to research it for you at the school library.

February has been sin-gled out as National Heart month. The Heart and Stroke Foundation is making a dif-ference and is saving lives in Canada. Over the past 60

years some astounding dis-coveries and advancements in the field of heart and stroke research have led to a 75 per cent decline in the death rate from the disease. According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation 2014 re-port, 165,000 Canadians were survivors of heart ail-ments. Accessing rehabili-tation programs is extreme-ly important for survivors’ health.

A 2013 report claims that women have a 16 per cent higher rate of dying af-ter a heart attack than men and are five times more like-ly to die from heart disease than from breast cancer. Yet most of us don’t recognize the signs of a heart attack or know the heart healthy hab-its that could save us. Listed here are leading factors that cause heart attacks:

1. High blood pressure, 2. Smoking, 3. Dia-betes, 4. Obesity, 5. Family Hist-ory, 6. Too little exercise, 7. High

cholesterol, 8. Too much stress, and 9. Menopause.

Smart prevention can cut your risk by up to 80 per cent. To learn more about heart disease contact the Heart and Stroke Founda-tion or talk to your doctor or to the nurse at the Wellness Clinic. Even small, steady changes towards a healthi-er life can mean a stronger, more efficient heart.

The Foot Care Clinic will be held at the Seniors Centre, 217 Smith Ave. on Feb. 13 and 14. To discuss your foot health or to book an appointment call Colleen Thom, RN CAFCN at 250-374-1735.

The next regular General meeting of the Clinton Sen-iors Association will be held at the Clinton Seniors Cen-tre on Thursday, Feb. 19 fol-

lowing a noon lunch.

Keep in mind that the Daffodil Tea will be Wed-nesday, March 18 at the Clin-ton Memorial Hall. Cut daffo-dils and potted miniature daf-

fodils and strawberry short-cake will be available.

Last month I wrote that making major life changes all at once in the form of New Year’s resolutions can be overwhelming and un-realistic and I suggested that instead you focus on one theme each month in 2015.

In January we considered nutrition.

Let’s think about Family and Relationship Building in February. When the day to day living gets us stressed out, we tend to neglect the ones we care about the most. This month let’s try to put the emphasis on positive interaction with those we love.

Healthy family relation-ships help all members of a family feel safe and connect-ed to one another. While all families go through good and difficult times, a family with healthy relationships is still able to interact with one another in a safe and respect-ful way. Positive interaction between family members can make children feel se-cure and loved which helps their brain development. It can help to overcome diffi-culties with children’s eat-ing, sleeping, learning and behaviour.

Happy Birthday to Cath-erine Marcoux Feb. 16, to Ann Trembath Feb. 21 and to Isabel Haining on Feb. 27.

Never too late to take steps to being healthy

Peace region and bighorn sheep and grizzly bear in

the Kootenays.“I made slight revisions to the hunts for

moose, bighorn sheep, grizzly bear, Roos-evelt elk and bison to address the concerns I heard after the decision was released,” Thom-son said.

There are 34 limited-entry hunts in the province that are divided between resident hunters and guide outfitters, who typically guide clients from the U.S. and Europe. Resi-dent hunters enter a regional lottery for the available opportunities.

Allocated hunting opportunities represent about eight per cent of the 45,700 big-game animals taken by hunters each year in B.C. In most areas, hunters can purchase a tag for each species that has an open season.

Thomson announced the policy change af-ter more than 10 years of consultation with guide outfitters and the B.C. Wildlife Federa-tion and local rod and gun clubs that represent resident hunters.

He defended the shift to assist guide out-fitters as a trade-off that prevented them from using unoccupied guide territories around the province. Those areas are now left to resident hunters.

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BAND MANAGERCooks Ferry Indian Band is seeking an energetic and self-motivated Band Manager who will take on a variety of challenges and opportunities and play an integral role in the continued strengthening of the vision for the Cooks Ferry community.Located in Spences Bridge, BC in the beautiful Nicola and Thompson River valleys, the Cooks Ferry Indian Band (CFIB) of the Nlaka’pamux Nation offers a wide range of recreational activities and outdoor adventures. With a proud history rich in culture and tradition, the community is building a promising future through cultural, social and economic development. Involved in the forest industry, mining, tourism and land management, CFIB is looking next to expand their economic development opportunities with capital projects that include housing construction and water system upgrades.Duties:Working closely with Chief and Council and staff, the successful candidate will:

rovide leadership over band programs and services including education, social services, health services, capital projects, housing, recreation, elders care, utilities, public works, and safety;

Bring nancial expertise to the budgeting process and encourage sound policies and practices; stablish and maintain good relationships with other First Nations, governments, industry, and partners and develop

service initiatives for Band members; Foster the vision of the organi ation, coach and mentor staff, and encourage employee training and development; and Support Council goals and priorities.u i ti s:referred uali cations include the following: ou have a degree in commerce, economics, public administration or similar discipline, or e uivalent education

and experience; re an energetic person with demonstrated experience in strategic planning, inter-government relations, program management, project management, budgeting and human resource management; ave progressive leadership abilities and can work effectively in a team environment with Council, community

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGthat it will hold a Public Hearing in the TNRD Boardroom, 4th Floor - 465 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC, to consider proposed Bylaw Nos. 2493 and 2501. What is Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2493, 2015?It is a change to Zoning Bylaw No. 2400 to rezone lands at 3705 North Frontage Road (legally described as Lot 5, District Lot 369, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan 8694 Except Plan H671), as shown shaded in bold outline below, from C-3: Highway Commercial to C - : Co ry e i e al o e. This change will permit residen al use.

ll persons who believe that their interest in property may be a ected by the proposed Bylaws shall be a orded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing. ddi onally, they may ma e wri en submissions in respect of these Bylaws (via the ad acent op ons) which must be received at our o ce prior to 4 30 p.m. on the 25th day of February, 2015. The en re content of all submissions will be made public and form the public record for this ma er.

ow do get mo e in o ma on?Copies of the proposed Bylaws and suppor ng informa on can be inspected from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday (except statutory holidays) at our o ce, from February 10th, 2015 un l 10:00 a.m. the day of the Hearing or please contact us via any of the ad acent op ons.

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What is Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2501, 2015?It is a change to Zoning Bylaw No. 2400 to rezone lands at 4359 Central Avenue (legally described as Lot A, District Lot 403, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan EPP47642) shown shaded in bold outline below, from - : e i e al l -Use to - : s o al o e. This change will ma e the current community hall and associated civic use conform to Zoning Bylaw 2400 and permit P-2 ins tu onal uses on the former ad oining lot.

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The Great War - Pt. 3: Anxious to get to the FrontThis is the third in

an intermittent ser-ies looking at Ashcroft and area during World War I.

By November 1914 it was appar-ent that the war was not going to be over by Christmas, de-spite early optimism. In Europe the oppos-ing sides had dug in for what was clearly going to be a lengthy � ght, and in Canada men � ocked to join the second contingent of the Canadian Ex-peditionary Force. The “Local News” column of The Journal reported a steady stream of departures from the area, although not everyone eager to enlist was able to do so. Ashcroft’s C.H. Cross left in late November to join the second contingent in Vancou-ver, but made it no further than Kam-loops, where he became seriously ill and remained for almost a month be-fore returning home.

A Red Cross Ladies Knitting Guild had been established, and by mid-Nov-ember the ladies of Ashcroft were busy knitting belts and cuffs for soldiers at the front. At a meeting in early Decem-ber “much work was done and plans discussed”, and ladies with work ready were requested to hand it in by the middle of the month, so that it could be sent overseas.

Despite the absence of so many men from Walhachin - who were busy training on Salisbury Plain in England - the town managed to have a happy Christmas in 1914. Mrs. Barnes gave a Christmas Tree party on Christmas Eve, with a gift for every guest, and on Christmas Day Mr. and Mrs. Axten ar-ranged a big dinner at the hotel, which

was attended by the whole town. The year ended with a wry ob-servation from editor R.D. Cumming, probably in response to news that the Ger-man army was plan-ning another attack on Paris: “If the Ger-mans wish to im-pose their civiliza-tion on the rest of the world they will have to show better sam-ples or it will not be acceptable.”

By now fam-ilies were receiving news from those who had arrived in England. G. Chris-tie wrote in late December to say that he had arrived safely on his way to the front, and in early January 1915 J.B. Leighton of Savona reported that he had received a letter from his son, who was training on Salisbury Plain and in “the best of spirits”, but anxious to get into the trenches. Later in the month William Higginbottom of Ashcroft heard from his son and a friend that the boys were “weary of training and are anxious to get to the front.” The Jour-nal also received word that the Wal-hachin “boys” had � nished their train-ing in England, and were expecting to leave for France on Jan. 12.

Life at home went on. On Jan. 13 a Winter Carnival was held in Ashcroft, with some 50 costumed participants taking to the ice to contend for prizes. The war was in evidence, to judge by the awards: the prize for “Most Origin-al Lady” went to Mrs. H.L.G. Austin, who was a “Red Cross Nurse”, while Joseph Burr was named “Most Ori-ginal Gent” for his turn as Germany’s “Kaiser Bill”. The event was such a huge success that The Journal noted “Had the Germans invaded Ashcroft

on Wednesday evening they could have captured same without resistance. We were all the carnival.”

In Clinton it was decided to dis-band that town’s War Relief Fund, and instead form a Clinton branch of the Canadian Patriotic Fund. Both organ-izations provided assistance to local families suffering hardship because of the absence of a husband or father who had enlisted in the CEF. The ladies of Clinton were active in raising money for the groups, arranging a concert and dance in aid of the War Relief Fund in early January, and planning another concert for Feb. 12. Meanwhile, mem-bers of the Red Cross Ladies Knitting Guild in Ashcroft decided to form an independent branch of the Red Cross Society, in order to expand their scope and “do general Red Cross work in connection with the present war”. The ladies had already contributed 240 items for soldiers at the front, includ-ing socks, pillow slips, rolled ban-dages, handkerchiefs, towels, wash cloths, and sweaters.

By early February the bulk of the Canadian First Contingent had left England and arrived safely in France, despite Germany’s threat to destroy the transport ships carrying the troops. On Feb. 15 three trainloads of soldiers went through Ashcroft. They were “the western contingent of the second Can-adian Expeditionary Force. Their des-tination is not de� nitely known, but it is generally conceded that they will proceed direct to England.”

Even as the second contingent headed eastward, efforts were under-way to recruit men for a third contin-gent. Major H.T. Wilson, command-ing of� cer of the 31st Regiment of the B.C. Horse in Kamloops, wrote that he had received instructions to recruit more soldiers. Applicants had to ful-� ll several requirements. They should be between the ages of 18 and 45,

not less than � ve feet, three inches in height, physically sound, and able to ride a horse. Their eyesight and hear-ing had to be good, their speech “with-out impediment”, and their teeth in de-cent condition; the “loss or decay of 10 teeth will disqualify”. Successful re-cruits would be paid $1.10 per day, and married men would draw an addition-al $20 per month separation allowance for their wives and families.

Despite the gravity of the situa-tion, R.D. Cumming was able to see the humorous side of the war. On Feb. 13 he wrote “There are rumours that an aeroplane passed over Ash-croft on Wednesday evening last at eight o’clock. Several people saw the searchlight.” However, he hinted that those who saw the “aeroplane” might merely have been possessed of over-active imaginations, for he continued. “There were German Zeppelin movies at the theatre the night before.”

William Higginbottom, whose son wrote from England that he was “weary of training and anxious to get to the front.”

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