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Job creation, spending focus of throne speech
The best among usThe Ashcroft/Cache Creek Rotary Club held a luncheon last week in the Legion to honour the communities’ Citizens of the Year: Cache Creek’s Anne Bonter (Below, left) and Ashcroft’s Deanna Horsting (Below, right) for their years of hard work. Above, L-R: Shirley Dobson, Anne Bonter, Royal Bank manager Amrit Sekhon, Rotary president Dustin Miller, Interior Savings Credit Union manager Karma Weigel, Deanna Horsting and Stephanie Walker.
Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon opened the second session of the 40th Parlia-ment on Tuesday with a speech from the throne. The speech focused on controlling spending and job creation by opening new markets for in-vestment and leveraging B.C.’s strengths from natural resources to technology.
“The way to create jobs is to grow our econ-omy, elevating British Columbians from all walks of life,” said Premier Christy Clark. “In this session we will continue to deliver on our plan for a strong economy and a secure tomor-row.”
This session, the government will introduce the second consecutive balanced budget fol-lowed by an action on key priorities including:
* An overall framework for LNG that in-cludes taxation, environmental actions, and First Nations benefits.
* A 10-year skills training action plan for youth and older workers who want to upgrade their skills.
* A 10-year transportation plan to prioritize projects in greatest need for investment.
* A plan for personalized education for stu-dents and a decade of labour peace.
* Legislation to modernize B.C.’s li-quor policies.
* The Water Sus-tainability Act to pro-tect water for future generations.
* A new strategy to grow B.C.’s tech sector.
* A long-term, comprehensive strat-egy to move toward a violence-free B.C.
“Governments in the Western world face a stark choice: finding new ways to grow their economies, or manag-ing decline,” said Pre-mier Clark. “British Columbians chose a strong economy, and we will deliver.”
A Sweet Musical Treat!
Paws and Tales Ensemble Classical Musicians
Dessert Concert Series presented byWINDING RIVERS ARTS AND PERFORMANCE SOCIETY
Sunday, February 16 • St. Albans Hall, AshcroftDoors open 2:30 pm - Concert at 3:00 pm
Tickets available at the Bakery and Nature’s Gifts (Ashcroft)and The Jade Shop (Cache Creek)
ChurCh DireCtory
Anglican Church of CanadaREV. DAN HINES OR DEACON LOIS PETTY
St. Alban’s501 Brink St, Ashcroft ~ 250-453-9909
SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10 amKIDZ MONDAY SCHOOL: 3:30 pm
Cache Creek Pentecostal ChurchChrist Centered People Centered
1551 Stage Rd. Cache Creek B.C.Phone 250-457-6463Pastor David Murphy
Worship 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 Worship Leaders: Fritz Baatz and Frank Mierau
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, � rst & third Sunday of every month1:00 to 4:00 pm, beginners welcome
Contract Bridge, beginners welcomeEvery Wednesday 3:00 to 5:00 pm
MEAT DRAWEvery Saturday ~ 3:00 pm
Ashcroft Royal Canadian Legion
FRI., FEB. 14th • 6:30 - 8:00 pmVALENTINES DINNER$25/couple $13/person
* Legion Crib Tournament last Sunday of the monthOpen 10 am starts 11 am sharp - 12 games * Free Pool Daily
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Feb. 21 - Movie Night at Zion United Church Hall; 7 PM. 401 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft. Showing Soul Surfer, a true story of a swimmer who encounters a shark. FREE admission, refreshments by donation. Everyone welcome
March 8 - Join us for World Day of Prayer, 11:00 am at St. Alban’s Anglican Church, Ashcroft.
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by Tom FletcherBlack PressOnline privacy and security experts gathered
in Victoria on the weekend to share strategies to protect computer networks they say are “under attack like never before.”
Charles Wordsworth, technology security consultant and vice president of Privacy and Ac-cess Council of Canada, said the days of teen-age computer hackers making mischief have been replaced by organized crime, much of it based in Eastern Europe.
A key concern is breaking into computer networks that collect personal information. The attraction is simple, Wordsworth said. Online criminals work in secret, with little risk to them as they search for weaknesses.
“You don’t get shot robbing online banks,” Wordsworth said. “Unfortunately from my ex-perience, the hackers are getting smarter, they have more money than anybody else, so there-fore they can hire people who are a lot smarter than the people who develop the applications.”
B.C. and other governments increasing-ly use web applications for access to their pro-grams. B.C. Auditor General Russ Jones re-ported last week on security deficiencies, call-ing on the province to require better security measures from contractors who develop web-sites used by government.
One recent example of a preventable breach was in Alberta, where 620,000 medical records were taken along with a laptop computer owned by a private medical clinic with 25 outlets in the province.
Sharon Polsky, CEO of Privacy and Access Council of Canada, said encryption is simple now and should be required of all government contractors. She said protection has to be built in at the beginning, and all employees and con-tractors with access to personal data should be trained to protect it.
While there isn’t much the average per-son can do to protect against institutional data breaches, there are simple precautions everyone can take.
The conference was organized by the Van-couver and Victoria chapters of ISACA (Infor-mation Systems Audit and Control Association) an independent industry group with members in 180 countries. It has created a website at www.bcaware.ca with advice to protect mobile secur-ity, social networking privacy and dealing with cyberbullying.
Experts battle online crime
The evils of drinkFeb. 4 at 10:30 pm
police were called to a domestic disturbance at a residence on Hwy 1 near the old Chris-tian Ranch after a 44 year old female resident had be-come intoxicated and was causing a disturbance. She was escorted to another residence in Cache Creek to sober up.
Battling coupleFeb. 4 at 10:50 pm police at-
tended a residence on the Ashcroft Reserve for a reported assault. An investigation of the incident re-sulted in both a male and female being arrested for assaulting each other. The 23 year old female will appear in Kamloops Provincial Court on March 10 and the 26 year old male will appear on March 13. The assaults resulted in only minor injuries. Liquor was a factor with both parties.
ConvictedFeb. 6 Gordon McLin, 21, of
Cache Creek was convicted of driving while prohibited on Dec. 13, 2013. He was fined $500 with an additional $75 surcharge and given a further driving prohibition for another year.
Fender benderFeb. 9 at 9:30 am police were
called to a two vehicle accident in Ashcroft when a pickup truck rear-ended a 2014 Jeep. Both drivers were on their way to the arena for a minor hockey game. The accident resulted in minor damage, no injur-ies.
Heat but no fireFeb. 9 at 11:30 am police
were called to assist the Ashcroft Fire Dept. at Ashcroft Elemen-tary School for a suspected fire. The reported smoke turned out to be steam coming out of a furnace stack.
Flying objectsFeb. 9 at 1:50 pm police were
called to an Ashcroft residence to assist a mother with her 14 year old daughter. The young lady had thrown a hard object, striking her 40 year old mother and causing an injury that requrired stitches. The daughter was remorseful and no charges are being contemplated. The MCFD were notified.
Rememberedalways
While visiting friends in Rouen, last summer, Gail Groome had the opportunity and privilege to visit the Canadian War Cemetary just outside of the Town of Dieppe and the Museum in the Town, dedicated to Canadian soldiers.
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Load restrictions any time now
Count those backyard birds
by Carole Rooney100 Mile Free PressA sure sign spring breakup is around
the corner is the notice of upcoming road restrictions.
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) has issued a public notice that load restrictions may be put in effect on highways and secondary high-ways and roads on short notice.
Interior Roads Ltd. (IR) 100 Mile Div-ision general manager Ken Kelly says MoTI controls when these load restric-tions are in effect, but locally, it does con-sider the advice of IR.
“We make recommendations to them because we are out there monitoring and [maintaining] the roads, and we see when breakup starts. You can tell if the frost is coming out of [the roads].”
MoTI wants trucking and transport companies and the general public to be aware that heavy vehicles and commercial transport trucks and trailers could be lim-ited to 50 per cent, 70 per cent or 100 per cent (none overweight) of a specified legal axle weight loading.
Overweight permits will not be issued, and those already held will be invalidated should the need occur.
MoTI Cariboo District manager Todd Hubner says the ministry also uses its own field staff observations.
By accessing data from thermistors (temperature-sensing elements) embed-ded in the road base, he explains MoTI management can detect real-time temper-atures up to two metres below the surface anytime up to seven days prior.
“It allows us to track the progress of how quickly the frost is coming out.”
“It is a very collaborative process. We
are looking at [IR’s] observations, our ob-servations, weather forecasts, how quick-ly the frost is actually coming out – and we also gauge the importance of that road to industry.”
The MoTI meets with local mills and other industries, so they can gauge their inventory levels and ramp up stock to get them through the breakup period, Hubner says, adding it may allow hauling at night in the final days before enforcing restric-tions.
Kelly notes the local IR crews also do a visual check because a stretch of warm weather will reveal bare road surfaces again, even on back roads. He says that’s when the roads begin to break up (soften and become more porous).
“The side roads – which are usually the ones that have the more restrictions – they are covered with compact snow for the most part right now. And, that is the way we like to leave them for winter con-ditions because it protects the road surface more ... if you do get a few mild days, it’s not melting into the road surface.”
The frost really starts to come out once temperatures stay above zero during the night as well as the day, he notes.
Road signs will be placed when re-strictions go in effect, and are posted on-line at www.DriveBC.ca, with more infor-mation under its Load Restrictions link. For more information, contact Brad Bush-nell at 1-250-256-0329.
However, Kelly says can no one can accurately predict when the heavy loads will be restricted on local roads and high-ways.
“You never know; it just depends on the weather.”
From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, bird watchers from more than 100 coun-tries are expected to participate in the 17th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), Feb. 14-17.
Anyone anywhere in the world can count birds for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count and enter their sightings at www.BirdCount.org.
The information gathered by tens of thousands of volunteers helps track the health of bird populations at a scale that would not otherwise be possible.
The GBBC is a joint project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Na-tional Audubon Society with partner
Bird Studies Canada.
“People who care about birds can change the world,” said Audubon chief scien-tist Gary Lang-ham. “Tech-nology has made it pos-sible for people everywhere to unite around a shared love of birds and a commitment to protecting them.”
In North America, GBBC partici-pants will add their data to help define the magnitude of a dramatic irrup-tion of mag-nificent Snowy Owls.
Bird watch-ers will also be on the lookout for the invasive Eurasian Col-lared-Dove to
see if it has expanded its range again.GBBC observations may help show
whether or not numbers of American Crows will continue to rebound after be-ing hit hard by the West Nile virus and whether more insect-eating species are showing up in new areas, possibly be-cause of changing climate.
Last year’s Great Backyard Bird Count shattered records after going global for the first time, thanks to inte-gration with the eBird online checklist program launched in 2002 by the Cor-nell Lab and Audubon.
Participants reported their bird sight-ings from all seven continents, including 111 countries and independent territor-ies.
More than 34.5 million birds and 3,610 species were recorded - nearly one-third of the world’s total bird species documented in just four days.
“This is a milestone for citizen sci-ence in so many respects - number of species, diversity of countries involved, total participants, and number of indi-vidual birds recorded. We hope this is just the start of something far larger, en-gaging the whole world in creating a de-tailed annual snapshot of how all our planet’s birds are faring as the years go by,” said Cornell Lab director Dr. John Fitzpatrick.
“Canadian participation in the Great Backyard Bird Count has increased tre-mendously in recent years, and it’s wonderful to see this program grow-ing globally,” said Bird Studies Canada President Dr. George Finney. “The count is introducing unprecedented numbers of people to the exciting field of bird watch-ing.”
The Great Backyard Bird Count is a great way for people of all ages and backgrounds to connect with nature and make a difference for birds. It’s free and easy.
To learn more about how to join the count visit www.birdcount.org and view the winning photos from the 2013 GBBC photo contest.
The Great Backyard Bird Count is made possible in part by their sponsor Wild Birds Unlimited.
Pony Club receives generous donationAnne Bonter, manager of Ashcroft’s Second Time Around, presents Marcie Down, Sage & Sand Pony Club District Commissioner with a donation for the Pony Club, along with club member Amy Down.
Bohemian waxwings feasting on a winter crop of mountain ash berries. Waxwings usually travel and feed in large groups of several dozen. Their preferred food is the mountain ash berry, but rose hips will do, as will cedar berries and many other types of berries left over on the bush from last year.
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DUCKING FOR COVER in the cedars from last week’s frigid north wind
by Elizabeth Lee Ford JonesExpert AdvisorEvidenceNetwork.cawww.troymedia.comTroy Media/ -We are not our genes.The choices we make, from break-
fast to bedtime, reshape our gene ex-pression, moulding us into the people we are. Living an active life of pur-poseful activity with social support, eating nutritiously and sleeping well in a safe place to call home can reduce our risk of a host of diseases.
But more important than wheth-er we make healthy choices is wheth-er we can make them. Right now, many Canadians are struggling to make healthy choices for themselves and their families.
The late Clyde Hertzman, recipient of the Order of Canada for his ground-breaking work on early childhood de-velopment, said that much of child-hood risk is preventable. On the an-niversary of Hertzman’s death this month, we must remember the power-ful legacy he left behind; namely, his constant belief that by caring for chil-dren we can change schools, neigh-bourhoods, communities and cities - we can change the world.
Each child is born with 100 bil-lion neurons, neither branched nor con-nected, with time-sensitive windows of optimal opportunity.
We are, as you read this, building brains in our communities.
We can build good brains or bad ones, and the experiences available in the first 1,000 days of life have an enormous impact. Hence the import-ance of the early years: cuddling, sing-ing, reading and an early tuck into bed every night. The building blocks also stack and form in middle childhood
and adolescence.The environment we are in turns
our genes off or on. Epigenetics, the study of changes to our genes that our children, and their children, could in-herit, shows us that genes capture in-formation from environmental expos-ures.
If the DNA is the hard drive, epi-genetics is the operating system.
Consider the stress hormone cor-tisol, which is bad for the brain in ex-cessive amounts: it switches genes off or on through specific receptors, such as those in the memory and learning centre, the hippocampus. The stress hormone receptor turns on or off de-pending upon the quality of caregiving. When the cortisol is activated too often and there is no responsive adult to bal-ance out that stress, it becomes toxic.
Poverty, neglect, family violence and substance abuse can expose chil-dren to toxic stress that changes their bodies and increases their likelihood of having many problems later in life, in-cluding early pregnancy, heart disease, asthma and cancer.
Researchers understand these pro-cesses well. The evidence that ex-perience moulds our biology is un-deniable, and prevention must occur in the homes of children, in the poli-cies created in the halls of government and in society at large. But the paths to Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill, where decisions are made, do not often cross through Canada’s many impover-ished neighbourhoods, such as Toron-to’s Regent Park, Jane and Finch and Scarborough, where healthy food is often scarce, and safe, affordable hous-ing is hard-won. Closer to the city’s borders, public transit is sorely lacking.
One in 2.9 Torontonians lives in
a poverty postal code, according to the Toronto Community Foundation. These Canadians and others like them suffer from inadequate transit, safety, affordable housing and a lack of sub-sidized healthy food. For example, Re-gent Park didn’t even have a grocery store until a few years ago.
Clyde Hertzman once said that neuroscience has caught up with so-cial epidemiology. Unfortunately, our social policies have not caught up with these powerful sources of evidence, which have shown us the bonds be-tween environment and health.
There is a fundamental disconnect between the parents most in need, who struggle each day to build the brains of their children and to keep them fed, and the policymakers who decide how many building blocks to hand over for the task.
Canada invests too many resour-ces into complex care - treating people once they’re already sick - and too few into the factors that keep them healthy in the first place, starting in the first years of their lives.
A civil society requires a safe, sup-portive and affordable life for families, for optimal parenting that gives every child a chance in life.
Dr. Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones is an expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca, a paediatrician specializing in so-cial paediatrics and Project Investiga-tor at SickKids and a professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the Uni-versity of Toronto. The above represent the opinions of Dr. Lee Ford-Jones and not necessarily the official positions of either The Hospital for Sick Children or the University of Toronto.
Geocachers are a funny bunch. Sort of like those who indulged in
“treasure hunts” of the past and found their prizes after deciphering a set of clues, mod-ern day geocachers use electronic “clues” provided by their GPSs. And they don’t give up when they know the treasure is close by.
Gold Country is to be commended, once again, for developing this excellent pro-gram that has showcased our region to the world for the past five years.
The Journal used to house one of their caches, but it was removed after a few short months because it conflicted with another cache nearby. But it gave me an opportun-ity to watch the geocachers who came seek-ing their treasure.
Always at least two of them, and often a family or group.
Actually, I still get to watch them be-cause, although Gold Country removed ref-erence to The Journal’s cache from their material, it is still included in their beautiful geotourism field guide, vol. 3 as well, pos-sibly, on a few random websites (because you never know where your information is going to end up!)
They literally leave no rock or leaf un-turned in their search. Because it has to be here, right? If I’m not totally engrossed in my work, I go out and let them know their search is in vain. Truthfully, I’m a lit-tle concerned that they’re going to start dis-mantling the building in their effort to find the cache.
Spring IS coming - it has to - and with its fair winds comes our tourism season.
Tourism is a clean, green industry - no one can argue about the pollution, noise or dangerous materials moving through town. We like to see tourists here, and we espe-cially like to see them in the local business-es because these days, every penny counts.
Believe it or not, I’ve lived in commun-ities where the benefits of tourism have been debated. Really, what’s the downside? That your favourite table in the restaurant has a stranger at it?
Let’s get ready to welcome tourists this Spring and give them something to stick around for.
Social policies must catch up to science
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Shrove Tuesday and Bean Supper
Dear EditorIn regards to your headline story about
the latest BC Supreme Court ruling on Teachers contracts and class sizes (“Gov-ernment to appeal teacher order”, Feb. 6, 2014).
It seems that the only one surprised by the latest court ruling that supports the BCTF and dams the bargaining arm of the Clark Government, is Education Minister Peter Fassbender, who wasn’t around when the Liberals decide to tear up contracts, throw collective bargaining out the window, and become arrogantly totalitarian, while never expecting any retaliation.
Who would have ever thought that the
BC Supreme Court would have found that unfair? Now, because of the very same ar-rogant attitude, it is going to cost us literal-ly hundreds of millions of dollars, because we tried to con the teachers instead of bar-gaining with them.
This, and the Clark Government com-mitment to a balance budget this Spring supersedes any pay raise for teachers, smaller classes, or cutting a billion dollars from any already cash strapped programs in place. Obviously, the Government has no other option than to oppose this decision, or at the very least stall.
It will be interesting to see just how Pre-mier Clarke approaches this delicate file. Obviously, the longer she takes, the better off she is.
Art GreenHope, BC
Decision on classroom sizes no surprise
Eight ladies answered the Roll Call at the United Church Women’s Feb-ruary meeting. President Reta Robertson warmly welcomed everyone.
Joyce Freeman led the devotional taken from the booklet There is a Season by Betty Radford Turcott. The scripture was luke 10:38-42, the story of Mary and Martha. Mary’s to listen to Jesus and Martha’s being too busy to really pay attention to Jesus’s teaching. Are you a Mary or a Martha? Sometimes we need to step back and decide what our priorities are. Joyce closed with a prayer.
Old business was attended to as we finalized our Friendship Tea plans. We are hoping for a good turnout as this annual event is only way we can show our community friends how much we appreciate their support for our fundraising events.
Many pieces of correspondence were dealt with: newsletters from Carmen Salacsacan and her missionary work in the Philippines; Naramata Centre; Centre for Christian Studies; news from U.C.W. Groups; and B.C. Conference. The Con-ference is May 7-9 in Abbotsford. Also, Reta re-ceived a long distance phone call thanking our Sunshine Lady Dorothy Pears for the lovely birth-day cards from U.C.W. We also received the form
to fill our for the sta-tistics report.
A written treas-urer’s report was handed out and ap-proved by treasur-er Colleen Mireau. Sunshine, Publi-
city, Archives and Out-reach reports were given orally for information. Reta received quite a few Campbell’s labels off their products, soups
and others from those in the community who save them for us. These are sent off to help with Chris-tian work elsewhere, so we are grateful. To all who save them for us, Thank you!
We then broke for refreshment time.New Business was next and we noted that the
World Day of Prayer will be held this year in the Anglican Hall on Saturday, March 8 at 11 am, fol-lowed by lunch. Note the day and time change.
Our 68th Bean Supper will be held March 10 from 5-7 pm with two sittings, from 5-6 and 6-7. Final plans were discussed and small changes were made. Watch for a notice in coming events inThe Journal and posters. This is our main fundraising event of the year so we hope we will be well sup-ported. This is the longest on-going event in this community and a time of Fellowship and Food. We only missed one year since 1945. We thank all those in advance who help and support us.
Shrove Tuesday is March 4 with Zion United Church hosting. Final plans to be made. Our next meeting will beheld March 4 at 1:45 pm instead of 2 pm to accommodate the Shrove Tuesday meal at 5:30. It is by donation. This is a joint church event and the men from the Anglican church and the United church usually do the cooking.
We closed with the U.C.W. Benediction.If any ladies are interested in our work they are
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Ashcroft Jr. Girls on the fast track to the top hoop
Congratulations to Ash-croft Secondary School’s Jun-ior Girls Basketball team who were the champions at their home tournament this month! This team of enthusiastic, hard working and talented young ladies have been turning heads.
Playing in the West Zone Junior girls league means play-ing schools that are much lar-ger, usually with a Junior team of girls who are 14 and 15 with a year or more of basketball ex-perience. The Ashcroft Rams however put together a group of 13 and 14 year old girls with most having no basketball ex-
perience at all.The first few practices in-
cluded what a “key” is, how to substitute into the game and how to hold the ball correctly. Both Patty and I told the team from the beginning that this would be a difficult season, but if they didn’t give up, we be-lieved they had what it takes to one day be a great team, maybe not this year, but next year and the years following.
The Rams first game was played in December at Valley-view Secondary School, a school with five times the population and with a year or
more of basketball experience. Needless to say, the score was 60-9 for Valleyview.
A number of losses fol-lowed that first game, the team however did not lose heart. They continued to believe their coaches, trust the process and kept working harder, practi-cing with purpose and play-ing with heart. The Jr. Girls Rams continued to learn, prac-tice and improve, and in Janu-ary the Rams began closing the gap. They got their first win at a Princeton tournament and that gave them a turbo boost to take it to the next level. Last
weekend, the Rams hosted a tournament and won every game finishing with the championship trophy!
Oh, and what about that Valley-view team we played at the beginning of the season? We just played them this week and lost by 8 points. I’d say that’s a ma-jor improvement and that’s probably why other coaches are coming up to us to ex-press their unbelief at a team that just doesn’t quit!
So proud of these girls and can’t wait to see what kind of great-ness lies ahead!
Coach Vicky Trill
Young in age, Ashcroft Secondary School’s Jr. Girls Basketball team is growing with experience into a team to be reckoned with. L-R (Back): Coach Vicky Trill, Mackenzie Woodburn, Ashley Collins, Tasia Teneycke, Cody Dunbar, Elizabeth Ranta and Coach Patty Kinvig. (Middle): Teresa Thomas, Rayna Antoine, Jaimie Roselle and Katie Harry. (Front): Kaylee Brunskill and Rylea Pigeon.
YOUR WHOLE TEAM COULD WIN WHEN YOUTELL US WHAT INSPIRES YOU!
10 lucky minor hockey teams from BC will each
receive 25 tickets…
Submit an entry by telling us how hockey, your team
or a favourite player has inspired you.
Do you know of a minor hockey team who deserves to attend the 2014 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic, Sunday, March 2 in Vancouver? Anyone can enter on behalf of their favourite BC minor hockey team.
Hurry – contest closes midnight Feb. 21, 2014 . . . go to this newspaper’s website and click on contests or visit http://bit.ly/3j767hq
Encourage everyone to enter and increase your odds of winning in the random draw. Include a photo if you want – perhaps from your own
hockey days, or a team photo or show us how excited your team would be to win 25 tickets to the Heritage Classic. Players, coaches, friends
and family can enter on behalf of a BC minor hockey team.
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Movement is change - start moving
Vicky Trill
Living WellMost of you have tried running at some time in your life. Maybe you ran in gym class or at the track meet in school, or maybe you just ran away from the bullies who tried to take you lunch, but chances are you’ve tried running.
I’ve met people with all levels of fitness, some who love running, some who run be-cause it’s just good exercise, and others who tell me, “I can’t run, I’ve never been a runner.” Whichever one you are, there is a run club for you!
Coach Trill Fitness is teaming up with Run-ner’s Sole and Kamloops’ Jo Berry to bring you a free running clinic to transform your run and maybe even your life!
Jo Berry is a running leader and the found-er of Boogie the Bridge. I first met Jo in 2005 when I heard her share her inspirational story about how “Movement is Change.” Jo was an unhappy, unfit Mom who one day made a deci-sion to “move” and from that movement came “change.” Today, Jo is a different person.
“Jo Berry is a trailblazer-both lit-erally, and figurative-ly. She has been syn-onymous with fit-ness in Kamloops and through RunClub, she has inspired and en-couraged thousands of people to become fit and live healthi-er lives.” Kamloops Daily News.
In Jo Berry’s words, RunClub can make the impossible, possible and can turn non-runners into life-time runners. For those who have been runners and have struggled with in-jury, RunClub trans-
forms their technique. Learning to run prop-erly reduces, prevents and helps people re-cover from injuries – proving that running can be pain free, eas-ier and a ton of fun. People of all ages, paces and levels have improved their lives,
health and hap-piness and yes have be-come lifetime runners. So if you believe Movement is Change, then join us on a Saturday in March to learn to and improve your run and transform your life!
When: Saturday, March 1 at 10 amWhere: Ashcroft Secondary School. What: Runner’s Sole will present a shoe fit-
ting clinic (the right shoe makes all the differ-ence!) followed by Jo Berry’s running clinic.
Bring: Dress for the weather, bring water and for get ready to learn to run!
For more information and to register, con-tact Vicky at [email protected] or 250 457 7038.
Coach Trill’s Boogie the Bridge 2013 team
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Painting art from the heartThe day my daughter
Daisy was born, her three-year-old brother Sam held her in his arms. The day Daisy’s friend Kylee was born, her three-year-old sis-ter Kayla could not do the same. Kylee was born with a
life-threatening condi-tion called transposi-tion of the great arter-ies and had to be flown to BC Children’s Hos-pital in Vancouver for emergency open heart surgery. Once the ma-jor operation was a suc-cess, she was in Kayla’s arms all the time. Despite such a ter-
rifying and traumatic introduction to the world, Kylee is now 10 years old and is as hap-py and healthy as any parent could ever hope. Grateful to the medi-
cal team for saving her life, she and her older sister raised money for the BC Children’s Hos-pital three years ago by selling stones they hand-painted while camping. Since then they’ve
sold over a thousand beautifully decorated rocks at campgrounds, in their neighbour-hood, at craft fairs and even art shows. This
Valentine’s Day they’ll be setting up their “Charity Rocks” table and selling their hearts out at the Kelowna General Hospital to raise money for its new Interior Heart and Sur-gical Centre. “They’ve supported a
variety of charities over the years,” their mother said. “And they’ve al-ways insisted on donat-ing 100% of the pro-ceeds. They won’t even let me use a small por-tion for supplies.” When asked who their
idol is, their answer isn’t a recognizable celebrity we might see in the tab-loids, such as Justin Bieber or Taylor Swift. Their idol is Spencer West, a Toronto man who has no legs, yet has accomplished in-credible feats such as climbing Mount Kili-manjaro on his hands
to raise money for Free the Children, a charity that builds schools and water systems for kids in third world coun-tries. An author and moti-
vational speaker, Spen-cer West has presented at the youth empower-ment event “We Day” for years, and that’s where the sisters first saw him. For three years in a row they have listened to him share inspiring life les-sons, and were thrilled to meet him in person when they participated in a fundraising hike up Grouse Moun-tain in North Vancouver last summer. They believe, like he does, that anyone can overcome their obstacles and become a force for posi-tive change in the world. For them, their
biggest obstacle might be their exceedingly shy persona l i t i e s, which has caused them to miss
out on opportunities reserved for the more extroverted students at school. But whenever they have the opportu-nity to raise money for charity, they have no problem coming out of their shells temporar-ily - proving the theory that introverts should never be underestimat-ed. “Painting is fun,”
Kylee said. “But talk-ing to people and sell-ing the rocks is our fa-vourite part.” Driven to help those
in need, the artistic duo plan to continue giv-ing back in some form or another, fully com-mitted to helping oth-ers while not limiting themselves. The girls don’t place
a set price on their wa-terproofed creations, but they gladly accept donations. They also take custom orders and are excited about their expanding clientele.
“The more we raise, the more we donate,” Kayla said. “As we get older and gain experi-ence, we plan to help to a greater extent.” With loving hearts as
big as theirs, I have no doubt these talented sisters will. Kylee and Kayla will
be selling their rocks at the Kelowna General Hospital’s auxiliary bake sale in the Royal Lobby, Friday, Febru-ary 14th from 9 am to 3 pm. They can also be contacted on their web-site: RocksForCharity.weebly.com or you can like their Facebook page at: www.face-book.com/rocksfor-charityLet’s help support
these caring young la-dies and others like them. Generous hearts are a gift to us all. Lori Welbourne is a
syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com
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February • Week 3ARIES - Aries, there is more to you than meets the eye. You enjoy letting others get small glimpses of your true self, but this week they will get a lot of information all at once.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Feeling restless, Taurus? Spend some time with a hobby that you enjoy, whether that is cooking in the kitchen or building something out in the garage.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Others may have trouble reading you this week, Gemini. That’s because you are putting forth a few different faces. It is better for all involved if you remain consistent.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, now is the time to introduce your family to a special friend of yours. This person will be received graciously, so there is no need to fret about the meeting.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, when you want to get something done, it is probably best if you do it yourself this week. This way you can bring your own unique approach to the task at hand.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Cash seems to be � owing out of your pockets this week, Virgo. You may want to sit down and make some adjustments to your spending habits so you can get your � nances in order.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, your patience is wearing thin, but you need to keep your cool or you could end up in a sticky situation at work. Ride things out until the weekend arrives.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 It isn’t in your makeup to be meek, Scorpio. If something needs to be discussed, speak up and let others know your perspective on the situation.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, a lucky streak has you excited to test your good fortune. Ride this wave, but do not go through all of your money in one fell swoop. That can spell trouble.
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, you have been doing a lot of waiting around, but now your patience is bound to pay off. You just need to wait a little while longer to bear the fruits of your labors.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, a big adventure is on the horizon. The trouble is, you do not know what to expect and what to bring along for the ride. Things will come into focus soon.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Aquarius, a big adventure is on the horizon. The trouble is, you do not know what to expect and what to bring along for the ride. Things will come into focus soon.
Elementary schools within School District No. 74 (Gold Trail) will accept registrations for kindergarten placements for the 2014-2015 school year during the weeks of February 3rd – February 21st, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. (NOTE FRIDAYS: Only till noon on Friday’s at Sk’il’ Mountain Community School and Gold Bridge Elementary is closed on Fridays)
To ensure a placement for your child in September 2014, 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 before December 31, 2014. An original birth certificate, immunization records, and CARE card MUST BE PROVIDED for each child at the time of registration.
SOUTH CARIBOOSPORTSMEN ASSOCIATION
AGMFebruary 20, 2014 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 2014. Elections for the new executive will be held at this time. Only paid up members for the current year (2014) are eligible to hold office or to vote on the executive positions.
Your input is important and all members are urged to attend.
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STRIKING A BALANCE
Family DayThe Clinton Snow Jockey Club
hosted a Fun Day of the Big Bar Ski Trails on a cold but bright Sunday, Feb. 9 in honour of BC’s Family Day.
One does have to wonder why the BC Family Day is on Feb. 10 when Al-berta, Saskatchewan and Ontario hold theirs on Feb. 17? Manitoba also has a holiday on Feb. 17 for Louis Riel Day. The USA celebrates Washington’s Birthday/Presidents’ Day on Feb. 17.
Is our February holiday out there all by itself because we are so unique? Does anyone know why we don’t cele-brate Family Day the same weekend as the rest of the provinces that honour it? Just wondering!
Agriculture AssociationThe Clinton Agriculture Associa-
tion Annual General Meeting is Wed-nesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Clin-ton Library. The Association encour-ages every one who has an interest in the Clinton Rodeo to come out and sup-port them. They are looking for new faces and new ideas.
If you would like to help out but can’t make the meeting you can call Katie McCullough at 250-459-2172 or Jane Munro at 250-459-2573.
Ice Fishing DerbyThe Clinton and District Outdoor
Sportsmen Association invites every-one to an ice-fishing derby on Sun-day, Feb. 16 from daylight until noon at Beaver Dam Lake.
There is a $10 entry fee, payable at the lake. A fishing licence is required to take part. There will be a concession and cash prizes will be awarded.
Minor Hockey Skills Competition
The Clinton Minor Hock-ey will hold the Second Annual Skills Competition for ages 18 and under (Clinton minor hockey kids only) on Sunday, Feb. 23 from 4-5 p.m. in the Clinton Arena. There will be drill sessions similar to those
held last year and a hockey game if enough kids show up.
Be at the arena by 3:30 to register.
Recycling Paint, Etc.Thanks to the TNRD, the Clinton
Eco Depot can now accept left over paint, flammables, pesticides and aero-sols for recycling.
This new household-hazardous waste recycling service, Paint Plus, is part of the stewardship partnership with the Product Care Association. This is a not-for-profit industry association that manages product stewardship pro-grams across Canada.
Paint Plus is for residential amounts only. No commercial waste will be ac-cepted and materials must be in their original containers, sealed, with no leaks and with the labels intact.
Please visit the Product Care As-sociation’s website at productcare.org for volumes and types of materials that will be accepted.
Clinton StitchersIf you are looking for a way to get
out of the house and meet with like minded stitchers (knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, etc.) then drop by the StitchnTime at the Clin-ton Health and Wellness Cen-tre from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesdays.
Bring whatever you are working on and be with other stitchers who are only too happy to help beginners.
Quilters WelcomeIf quilting is your thing
then there is a group for you, too. A group of quilters meets every Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Clinton Seniors Centre on
Smith Avenue to work on projects. New members are welcome to join them.
TOPSIf you made a resolution to lose
some weight this year and you need a little encouragement, drop by the Clin-ton Health and Wellness Centre on Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. That is when the TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets to weigh in and learn healthy ways of loosing weight. New members are welcome.
Clinton Fitness RoomPerhaps you need a little exercise
to help with that weight lose or to help you tone up. The fitness room in the south end of the Municipal Office is ready for your use with stationary bi-cycles, treadmill, various fitness vid-eos, etc.
Drop by the Village Office and talk to the staff about accessing the fitness room.
New holidays, new clubs
Children’s foot race from last year’s rodeo
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Golden Country presents... Past, Present & Beyond
GOLDEN COUNTRYBARBARA RODEN
Death on the Range - Pt. III: A tragic discoveryAlbert
“Chubby” Cling-er, who claimed to have been robbed of several hundred dollars by his part-ner, Thomas Burton Smith, seemed in no hurry to return to their pre-emption at Springhouse Prai-rie. District Chief of Police Frank Aik-en, to whom Cling-er had told his story, knew that what-ever the truth of the matter was, the place to start looking was at Spring-house. He also had a feeling that the truth might be considerably stranger than the story Clinger had al-ready told; so he contacted Constable Jack Bourne at 150 Mile House and told him to report to Clinton.
After brie� ng the other man on the details of the case, the pair started out over the 45 miles of range-land trail ahead of them.
The cabin that Smith and Clinger shared at Springhouse was deserted. According to Cling-er, Smith had robbed his partner and disappeared on Feb. 4, 1915, with Clinger waiting until the 9th to contact the police. It was now Feb. 11 – a week since Smith had vanished into the BC interior – but the man had clearly not been back to his cabin. Af-ter a brief examination of the homestead, Aiken and Bourne mounted their horses and set out to see what sort of trail they could � nd, and what it would tell them.
It did not take them long to � nd evidence that two men had set out from the cabin on horseback, and about a week earlier, judging by the weather since then and the condition of the tracks.
The two policemen followed the riders’ path, which led in the direction of the homestead of their nearest neighbour, Napoleon Pigeon, who lived about 25 miles from the pre-emptors’ cabin. Even-tually, near Dog Creek, they found the spot where Clinger said the two men had camped for the night while en route to Ashcroft for supplies. Two sets of tracks led away from the spot, deeper into the bush.
Everything they had seen so far tallied perfectly
with Clinger’s story. The pre-emptor had said that he’d followed Smith’s trail from the camp, after waking up and realizing he’d been robbed, but had lost it when it entered a hay meadow that had since been tram-pled down by cattle. Frank Aiken, however, was considered to be one of the best trackers in the area. If Smith had left a trail – which he must have done, if Clinger’s story was true – then Aiken was the man to � nd it.
Once more he and Bourne set out. They followed the two sets of tracks for several miles, until both seemed to come to an end near a small, bush-screened draw. The policemen dis-
mounted and began casting about, looking for any sign that the near-by area had been disturbed. It did not take them long to � nd what Albert Clinger had ap-parently missed; for in the nearby draw, obscured by bushes, lay the body of a man, slumped face for-ward in the snow. Aiken must immediately have rec-ognized the man as Thomas Burton Smith; and while the body was frozen solid, hypothermia was not the cause of death. A bullet hole through Smith’s head indicated what had killed him.
The short February day was drawing to a close when Aiken and Bourne made their discovery. They were in the middle of the bush, miles from the near-est human habitation, with two choices: spend the night where they were and ride out next morning in daylight, or head into the darkness with their terrible cargo. If they considered this latter option at all, it was soon discarded, for the policemen made camp not far from where they had found Smith’s body. How peaceful a night they spent has not been record-ed.
Next morning they made a thorough search of the area, but found nothing. There was no sign of any struggle, and Smith’s horse had vanished: it had either been taken by his murderer, or had wandered off on its own. Of the bullet which had killed Smith there was no sign. The remains of a � re were near where the body had been found, so it was possible that the man had been crouched or standing near it, and had never seen his assailant creep up behind him. Aiken also searched the dead man’s person, mindful
of Clinger’s story about his friend having rolled him and taken a considerable sum of money. But there was nothing of value in Smith’s pockets. If he had in-deed stolen money from his erstwhile partner, it was no longer in his possession.
Aiken and Bourne loaded the body of Thomas Burton Smith on to the back of their packhorse and set out for Clinton. It must have been a grim ride for the pair, and doubtless Frank Aiken spent much of the time considering various explanations for the chain of events that had unfolded. Whatever had hap-pened, there was a dead man at one end of the chain; and his partner, who had started the investigation rolling, was at the other end. Chief Constable Aiken had no idea if Chubby Clinger was telling the truth, or part of the truth, or a pack of lies, but one thing was clear: he would need to answer a lot more ques-tions.
On Monday Feb. 15, 1915 an autopsy was held on the body of Thomas Burton Smith. An inquest was to have taken place the same day, but it was held over pending “further developments”, according to a report in the Ashcroft “Journal”. We do not know precisely what those further developments were; but sometime between the day of the inquest and the day of the report in the “Journal” – Saturday, Feb. 20 – Albert Lester Clinger was arrested at 150 Mile House, in connection with the death of Thomas Bur-ton Smith.
To be continued
Stagecoach along Dog Creek c. 1904. It was in this area that Chief Cst. Aiken and Cst. Bourne made a terrible discovery in Feb. 1915.
