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The committee which will oversee the dis-tribution of the Disaster Relief Fund in Cache Creek has been selected.

The members of the five-person committee were decided on at a special meeting of Cache Creek Council on July 14. They are Dana-lee Baker; Michelle Beckett; Clayton Cassidy; Wendy Coomber; and Gordon Daily. All of the members except Baker live in Cache Creek, and all five were on a list of “Names to be added for consideration”. Five other members of the pub-lic submitted their names individually for con-sideration.

Councillor Wyatt McMurray began the meeting with a motion that the committee be made up of five people, with the members to de-cide if they would like to appoint an alternate. The committee will have the authority to set its own guidelines, and is tasked with being fair and objective in its assessment of claims.

Several of the individuals who put their names forward did not reside in Cache Creek, but Mayor John Ranta stated—and Coun-cil agreed—that the majority of the people ap-pointed should be residents of the Village. Staff will contact the appointees to congratulate them and suggest a date for a first meeting, and will write to the other volunteers and thank them for their interest.

“It’s going to be a very challenging job for the committee,” said Ranta. The Disaster Relief Fund currently stands at close to $270,000, but Ranta noted that there will be much more need than there is money available. “It will be up to the committee to identify those needs.”

Councillor David Dubois asked if Council should set an end date for the process, so that those on the committee know for how long their services will be required. Ranta replied that he did not want to set an arbitrary timeline that might lead to rushed decisions. “The committee will go on until the money runs out.”

The Mayor also noted that in his view the five people selected represented a good cross-section of people. Baker is with the United Way, Cassidy is with the Cache Creek Volunteer Fire Department, and Daily is with the Ashcroft and District Lions Club.

The Disaster Relief Fund is set to grow, as at least two more fundraising events are planned.

Clinton assisted living facility proposal submittedAfter some four years of prelimin-

ary work, the Clinton and District As-sisted Living Society is one step closer to its goal of getting an assisted living facility located in Clinton.

Chairperson Judy Hampton says that a 160-page report regarding the “Clinton Supportive Seniors Project” was recently submitted to BC Hous-ing, containing full details of the pro-posed facility. The Society would like to locate the 10–12 unit building on the old Clinton Elementary School playing field, which is Crown Land that is in the care of School District No. 74. The school was closed in June 2010.

“We hope that between the three government bodies involved—the Min-

istry of Education, Crown Lands, and BC Housing—we can reach an agree-ment,” said Hampton. BC Housing has given no indication as to how long it will be before the Society receives a re-sponse.

The Society’s original aim was to have an assisted living facility with healthcare services on site, but when that cost was added on to the propos-al it made it much more expensive, and meant that it would take longer to be approved. Having healthcare person-nel on site is at the top of the list for the future, said Hampton, but the cur-rent proposal is for a supportive care fa-cility that would see home care work-ers called in when needed to adminis-

ter prescriptions and see to residents’ health.

Each unit would have a small kitch-en area with a fridge and microwave, but the majority of meals would be pre-pared in a large commercial kitchen on site and served in a communal dining-room. Meals and cleaning would be provided for all residents.

“These sorts of projects are desper-ately needed in small communities,” said Hampton, who added that the fa-cility would be similar to Thompson View Manor in Ashcroft. “Otherwise people have to go to larger centres that they don’t want to be in.”

Barbara Roden

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July 20: Cache Creek Council meeting at 7 pm in the Village Office.

July 22: Communities in Bloom judges visit and tour Cache Creek.

July 24: Communities in Bloom judges visit and tour Ashcroft.

July 29: Communities in Bloom judges visit and tour Clinton.

Aug. 7/8: Desert Daze music festival in Spences Bridge. Two days of music, arts, culture and agriculture.

Every Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm. The Cache Creek Market is open at the main intersection in Cache Creek, next to Chums Restaurant, from now until October. We welcome both Farmer and Flea tables. Call 778-207-6957 for vending information.

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POLICE REPORTBarbara Roden

Police Telephone #s

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

Crime Stoppers1-800-222-TIPS (8477)

Interior Roads1-800-842-4122

Grants for local organizations

Cache Creek plans celebration

Needed to cool offOn July 7 police answered a 911

hang-up call, which was traced to a house on Mickey Frontage Road in 16 Mile. When police attended they found an argu-ment going on between a male and a fe-male at the residence. The male agreed to leave the residence with the police before the argument escalated, and was escorted to Cache Creek to get a motel room for the night and cool off.

Missing youth locatedOn July 8 at 11:15 pm police received

a call from a concerned family member who said that her teenaged niece, who was visiting from the Island, had left the house earlier that afternoon and not been seen since. Police located the youth on Cornwall Road shortly after the call was received and escorted her to her aunt’s residence. It appears that the youth had been drinking, but was not harmed or in any danger.

Stuck in a ditchOn July 9 at 10:00 am police received

a report of a white van in a ditch on Elm Street below Desert Hills Ranch. It ap-pears that the driver had tried to negotiate the last turn before the bridge the even-

ing before, lost control of his vehicle, and gone into the ditch, where the vehicle was stuck. There was no damage to the vehicle and no injuries to the driver, a 47-year-old Ashcroft male, who was making arrange-ments to have the vehicle towed later in the day.

Warrant issuedOn July 9 36-year-old Colin God-

dard of Red Deer, Alberta, who is await-ing trial on charges of uttering threats to someone in this area, failed to report as per his bail conditions. A warrant has been issued for his arrest by Kamloops Provincial Court. Goddard is believed to be in Red Deer, but he also travels to the Nelson area, where he was initially ar-rested. Anyone who sees him, or knows his whereabouts, as asked to contact Ash-croft RCMP.

Not my drugs, officerOn July 9 at 9:45 pm a 2007 Dodge

3500 was stopped south of Cache Creek on Highway 1 for speeding, The officer detected the smell of marijuana in the vehicle, and found approximately 20g of marijuana contained in a jar found in the vehicle. Two 27-year-old males were in the car, and the passenger claimed that

the marijuana was his. The driver indicat-ed he did not use marijuana, and exhib-ited no signs of impairment. The passen-ger was issued with a warning for posses-sion of an illegal substance and the drugs were seized.

Breaching conditionsOn July 10 at 1:30 pm police were

called to attend at the Oasis Hotel, where a male was reported to be passed out in the parking lot due to intoxication. The male was located slouched over a bench in the parking lot, and was so heavily in-toxicated he was unresponsive. The BC Ambulance Service was called to trans-port the man to Royal Inland Hospital for treatment. The Kamloops man was iden-tified through a photo ID card he was carrying, and the officer found that the man was on probation with a condition of not consuming alcohol. The man has been charged with breaching conditions, and is due to appear in Kamloops court next month.

Tempers flare in campground

On July 10 at 7:30 pm Ash-croft RCMP were called to as-sist Clinton RCMP, who had received a report of six to eight people fighting in the camp-

ground at Green Lake, northwest of Clin-ton. When police arrived they found that the parties involved had cooled down and were peaceful. It was reported that only two of the party had been fighting, with the rest of the people attempting to keep them apart. All involved were cooperative and said they would keep quiet for the rest of the night. Here were no assaults re-ported.

Watch out for walletsAshcroft RCMP report that there

have been several wallets found recent-ly at local businesses, all belonging to out of towners who lost or misplaced them. Police ask members of the public who find wallets or purses to turn them in to the business where are found, as the owner may have left a message with the business when discovering his or her loss. Unclaimed items will eventually be turned in to the local RCMP detachment., where owners can claim them.

planned. On July 25 the Halston Pub in Kamloops is hosting a si-lent auction, 50/50 draw, and steak or chicken dinner between noon and 8:00 pm, with proceeds going to the fund. Two more Kamloops pubs will be holding fundraising events on August 28 and 29.

Cache Creek Beautification So-ciety President Carmen Ranta ad-dressed the meeting to remind people that there will be a welcome bingo and dinner for the Commun-ities in Bloom judges on July 21 at the Community Hall at 5:30 pm. “It’s also a community resiliency celebration for the town,” she add-ed, saying that all residents are in-vited to attend. The CCBS and the Communities in Bloom committee will also be hosting a lunch for Vil-lage staff and crew on July 22, with

members of the crew being pre-sented with certificates.

Mayor Ranta gave an update on the Stage Road reconstruction pro-ject. A claim for $83,050 of “re-covery” work—which included fencing, asphalt, curb backfill, and the installation of a streetlight and base—was submitted to the Disas-ter Financial Assistance program, and has been approved, with DFA funding 80% of the total. The one recovery item they will not fund is hydroseeding, and Ranta indicated that he will ask Village staff to con-tact Stantec Consulting and Daw-son Construction, who did the ori-ginal Stage Road construction and are overseeing the rebuilding, to see if hydroseeding was part of the original project. If it was, he said, the Village might be able to get DFA funding for it.

Barbara Roden

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Organizations in Cache Creek and Ashcroft are benefiting from the province’s community gaming grants program. Friends of Historic Hat Creek Ranch in Cache Creek received $22,000, while the Ash-croft and District Fall Fair Associ-ation received $2,800.

An agricultural exhibition has been held in Ashcroft since 1887, Fall Fair Association President Jes-sica Clement said.

“Without the support of lo-cal businesses and grants such as the gaming grant, the Fall Fair wouldn’t be able to provide an op-portunity for our community to learn about and interact with agri-

culture,” Clement said. “This year we are showcasing agriculture’s biggest partner, the bee, with our theme ‘Bee’ Inspired.” This year’s fair is on Sunday, Sept. 13. 

“Hat Creek Ranch is very pleased to receive this grant,” said Monty Downs, board chairman of Historic Hat Creek Ranch. “We are not self-sufficient from our on-site income and this sort of sup-port ensures that we can maintain our operations and programs. We are not a big employer, but we em-ploy people from the local com-munities, which helps to keep rural communities going.”

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Healthcare concerns prompt NDP visit to local communities

Last week Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart presented Gaming Grant cheques of $2,800 to Ashcroft and District Fall Fair President Jessica Clement (above) and $22,000 to Historic Hat Creek Ranch Board Chair Monty Downs (right). See story on page 2 for more details.

Photos by Barbara Roden

Cadet Master Warrant Officer Alysha Milward of Clinton (centre) is appointed to Company Sergeant Major of Alpha Company at Vernon Cadet Training Centre by the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Judy Peter (r). Taking part in the presentation is Major Dick Derkson, Officer Commanding, Alpha Company (l).

Photo by Wayne Emde

Clinton cadet gets senior appointmentArmy Cadet Alysha Milward of Clinton was

appointed Company Sergeant Major of Alpha Company, becoming one of only eight senior cadet appointments at the Vernon Cadet Train-ing Centre. Alpha Company is one of six at the camp, consisting of courses in Drill and Cere-monial as well as Sports and Fitness.

Cadet Master Warrant Officer (C/MWO) Milward was appointed to her position based on her previous successes both during sum-mer training and at her home corps, as well as her results during an intense four-day training and evaluation period for all VCTC staff cadets. She looks forward to participating in the train-ing centre’s Sunset Parade, which is open to the public on August 13.

C/MWO Milward plans to attend Thompson Rivers University this year. Her previous cadet training includes an exchange to the Cayman Islands and two years at summer training cen-tres. She looks forward to the training of her ca-dets. In her spare time she is an amateur photog-rapher, enjoys horseback riding, and is part of a 4H club.

The VCTC is the oldest continuous army

cadet summer training centre in Canada. Each summer more than 1,000 cadets from across western Canada take part in of the may cours-es offered there.

The Cadet Program is a national program designed for young Canadians aged 12 to 18 who are interested in learning new skills, ex-periencing adventurous activities, undertak-ing national or international expeditions, travel, and making new friends from across the country while participating in a variety of fun, challen-ging, and rewarding activities.

They also learn about the sea, army, and air activities of the Canadian Armed Forced. Ca-dets make valuable contributions to Canadian society on a daily basis in terms of environ-mental, citizenship, and community activities. Cadets also learn valuable life and work skills such as teamwork, leadership, and citizenship.

Nationally, more than 55,000 cadets in ap-proximately 1,115 army, sea and air cadet units make up the largest federally sponsored youth program in the country.

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Provincial NDP Leader John Horgan and MLA Judy Darcy, the NDP Health Spokesperson, were in the area last week, listen-ing to feedback about local health-care issues and concerns. The vis-it came at the request of the Logan Lake Mayor and Council, and Hor-gan and Darcy visited Kamloops, Merritt, Logan Lake, Ashcroft, and Cache Creek during their trip.

Darcy said the intention was to meet with healthcare providers, local councils, and residents. “We wanted to hear firsthand what’s happening in healthcare,” she said, “the challenges and problems.” In addition to meeting separate-ly with Ashcroft and Cache Creek councils, the pair sat down with nine members of the Wellness and Health Action Coalition (WHAC) to hear about the challenges the group faces.

Joyce Beddow pointed out the large number of area residents who once had a family doctor here and no longer do. Others have resorted to finding doctors in other com-munities such as Lillooet and Mer-ritt, “which are at least an hour’s drive away in good weather.”

David Durksen said that while approaches have been made to sev-eral doctors, the crisis won’t be over until at least February 2016, when the Ashcroft clinic hopes to get two doctors under the prov-ince’s new Practice Ready Assess-ment program. Doctor burnout re-mains a problem, and Durksen said that one of WHAC’s goals is to cre-ate a sustainable healthcare mod-el that will reduce the burden on doctors coming into the commun-ity. More highly trained ambulance attendants, the Nurse First Call program, and nurse practitioners would help, all of which Horgan indicated fit with his “team based” approach to healthcare.

Phyllis Rainey, a retired RN,

spoke about the deterioration of services at the hospital, confusion as to when the Emergency Depart-ment is open, and the increasing number of people resorting to get-ting emergency refills of prescrip-tions because they can’t see a doc-tor. The heavy smoke throughout the region last week would, in the past, have seen people with breath-ing issues come to the hospital for oxygen, said Rainey. “They’re managing to get puffers and inhal-ers from the pharmacy, but it’s not the same.”

“Something bad will have to happen before people realize how bad the situation is,” said Bed-dow, while Lois Petty added that “We have to fight to keep what we need.” One member recounted that he tried to make an appoint-ment with a locum, as he has no family doctor, and was told that lo-cums can’t see people who have no family doctor as “they already have full patient lists.” “What’s the point of having them here?” he asked.

Fran White pointed out that Clinton has just lost its one doc-tor, and was told by Interior Health that “Clinton doesn’t count for a doctor, and IH will not will not be working to replace him.” The diffi-culty many people have accessing healthcare in distant centres was mentioned, with White noting that “It’s hard to get to a doctor when you don’t have transportation.”

Horgan said that having talked to people in the area and heard their stories, he believes that Inter-ior Health’s “passion” for regional-ization is hurting small commun-ities. “They’re convinced it’s for the best, and is critical to provid-ing cost effective services,” but at a very real cost to smaller centres that have seen their healthcare op-tions slowly chipped away at over the past two decades.

Barbara Roden

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Tourist season is now well and truly upon us. I spent many years working in the hospitality industry, so here are a few tips to help those visiting us make their stay that much more enjoyable.

Driving: First of all, welcome to the Interior! I congratulate you on your decision to vacation here, as we really have a lot to offer. Just look at those spectacular views around almost every corner; but not if it means slowing your car or camper down to a pace that an arthritic tortoise could probably man-age. You’ll notice that we have thoughtfully provid-ed picnic areas, pull-outs, and parks in places with the most incredible views. Please do make use of them, if only to prevent you being overtaken by a succession of drivers making rude hand gestures and mouthing obscenities. (Seriously, local drivers, don’t do that. Repeatedly honking your horn is sufficient.)

Currency: Our banknotes certainly are colour-ful, aren’t they, especially when compared with their drab American cousins. However tempting it may be, though, please do not make references to “Mon-opoly money” or “funny money” when handing over Canadian cash. Anyone who has worked for more than about a week in a business that caters to tourists has already heard these comments, many times over, and the polite smile they attach to their face when hearing them yet again does not mean “I, too, share your opinion”; it means “I am seconds away from lunging across this counter and shoving Sir John A. MacDonald where the sun doesn’t shine.”

Language: English and French are the two of-ficial languages of Canada, but if you speak French then about the best you can hope for around here is to meet someone who remembers a smattering of high school French, along with phrases picked up from cereal boxes, which isn’t terribly helpful unless you want to know if something is faible en gras, gratis, or a source très élevée de fibres. Also, to avoid dis-appointment, please do not expect any Canadian to pronounce the word “about” as “aboot”. Most people who pronounce “about” that way live in a country called Scotland, and if you expected to be there in-stead of here you really need to switch travel agents. We will, however, say “eh” if you ask nicely.

Food: You will quickly notice that we really, really love French fries. I worked as a server for a local restaurant that switched off the deep fryer be-cause the fumes were causing health issues for one of the owners. An array of delicious salads were of-fered as accompaniments instead of fries; but there were still customers who walked out when in-formed that potato wedges fried in oil were not an option (this despite the fact that almost every restau-rant within 50 miles, including one which specializ-es in Chinese food, offers them). By all means try poutine during your stay, however; whether you try it more than once depends entirely on how healthy your heart is. Know your limit, stay within it.

With that, happy travels; and I hope your time here is incroyablement délicieuses!

Dear Editor,I stand in awe of the Trustees of

School District 74, Gold Trail. On the evening of June 2, 2015, with the stroke of a pen or computer keyboard, they not only named the renovated school, but due to the fact that there was al-ready one DSS in the district they cre-ated a whole new community, Desert Sands, and all within a few moments’ time.

I am sure that they have already sought a charter and are in the process of gaining recognition by the provincial government so that they can be includ-ed on any future maps of British Col-umbia. I am also sure that the commun-ity of seven will experience exponen-tial growth in the near future. It actually has already, that evening when they re-turned home to their families and in-formed them of the new community created and their vision for its future.

I am given to understand that the District holds clear title to the land on which the school stands. This is a good thing, as they will not have to negotiate with the adjacent Village of Ashcroft over land title.

I must admire their resolve to stand forth in the face of the strong oppos-ition from the adjacent community of

Ashcroft. There should be no problem negotiating a joint utilities agreement and an agreement on policing, fire, and ambulance services.

The people of Ashcroft should ap-plaud the new community of Desert Sands for taking much of the educa-tional portion of the tax burden off their hands. They should now have taxes commensurate with those of Walhachin, Loon Lake, and Spences Bridge because they no longer have a school within their community.

The economic base of Desert Sands will be solely educational in the immediate future, and as such all costs for the operation of the community should be borne by SD74.

On a lighter note, it is has been asked in the past “Where are you when you are beyond Hope?” The answer has been in Spuzzum. Now perhaps it could be asked “And just where are you when you are beyond Spuzzum?” Of course, the immediate reply could be in Desert Sands. Students attending Desert Sands Community School, when asked just where the community of Desert Sands is, can answer that it’s between the communities of Ashcroft and Cache Creek.

Mike Baldwin,Ashcroft

Dear Editor,Regarding the Ashcroft school mer-

ger: why try to reinvent the wheel? Why not keep it simple? “Ashcroft and District Communities School” would cover it all.

Dolly Lowe,Ashcroft

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Bringing baseball back to BonaparteThree UBC students spent the month of June

living and working with the Bonaparte Indian Band, as part of a course emphasizing commun-ity health and wellness.

Meghan De Jong, Nathalie Soon, and Emmy Lidhran, who are studying kinesiology, social work, and nursing respectively, came to Bona-parte as part of the Topics in Aboriginal Health: A Community-Based Experience course. Crys-tal Morris, the Band’s Health Director, was a student at UBC and knew about the course, and requested that some students be placed with the Bonaparte this year.

The trio weren’t familiar with the area, but thought it was beautiful. “It was much more and calm and peaceful than the city,” said De Jong; “and it was very hot!”

Meghan, Nathalie, and Emmy lived with the Band for a month. One of the course require-ments was the completion of a project that had to do with health and wellness in the commun-ity. After spending time debriefing with Mor-ris and with Counsellor Cara Basil, the students were able to see what the many positives of the community were, and also identify some areas that were lacking in terms of health and well-ness.

“One of the major things we noticed after talking to band members was their desire for more community involvement and programs for their youth,” said De Jong. “We noted the com-munities’ love for playing sports together—youth and adults of all ages—particularly base-ball, at this time of year.”

There was a ball diamond at Bonaparte, but it was completely run down. The dugouts need-ed new paint, the infield was full of weeds, and the outfield consisted of dead grass and pot-holes. But all of this sparked an idea for a suit-able project, as the students decided to revamp the ball diamond and get it back into playing condition.

“We went around to local businesses in Cache Creek, Ashcroft, and Kamloops in or-der to find sponsorships or donations to help us in our quest,” said De Jong. “We were fortun-ate enough to receive numerous generous dona-tions, such as paint, rakes, grass seed, soil, door prizes, gift certificates, and food for a celebra-tion.”

The students, with the help of many com-munity members, spent a lot of time working on the field. The dugouts were painted with the word Stucwtewsemc, which means Bonaparte Indian Band in the Secwepemc (Shuswap) lan-

guage, as a way of helping to re-integrate the language and culture back into the commun-ity. Children from the Band’s youth group put handprints in different colours along the side of the dugouts, with the slogan “Communities who play together, stay together.”

“It was our hope that the fresh-looking ball diamond would provide a space for band mem-bers to play at and interact with each other, and will give them a sense of pride for their beauti-ful community for many generations to come,” said De Jong.

When work on the diamond was complete, a celebration and dinner was held on June 25, with community members able to mingle and chat with each other during and after a barbe-cue. The three UBC students set up booths fo-cused around each of their health disciplines, with De Jong looking at physical activity, Soon educating people about high blood pressure and diabetes, and Lidhran examining and explain-ing self care.

“The event was a huge success, with more than 60 people attending, which we understand is really good for an event at Bonaparte,” said De Jong. “Many people gave positive feedback on how much they appreciated the fieldwork we had done and how much fun they were having at the event.

“After finishing our course and going back home, we felt as though the project we had completed for the community was not even a fraction of what they had given to us through-out our stay,” she added. “Each and every sin-gle band member welcomed us with open arms. During our entire time, we felt extremely ac-cepted and loved.”

The trio hopes that their project will help promote health and wellness within Bonaparte, so that community members can have more opportunities to reach their personal wellness goals. “We hear about the worst, not the best,” said De Jong. Asked whether or not the students will be back, she says yes. “We got close to a lot of the community members, and are plan-ning visits back there, either at weekends or next summer. We had the opportunity to meet so many amazing people, hear about numerous in-spirational personal stories from peoples’ lives, and learn so much about the beautiful culture of First Nations Peoples. We really wished we could have done more to thank the community for all they did for us!”

Barbara Roden

Anne Bonter (second from r) and Laura Martin (r) of Second Time Around, with grandson Colton Martin, presented Mayor John Ranta with a cheque for $5,000 for the Cache Creek Flood Victim Relief Fund. Photo submitted by Maria Russell Martin

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Feast your eyes on beautiful gardensAshcroft Communities in Bloom is proud to

announce the 10 recipients of the 2015 Scott’s sponsored Best Garden Selection awards. The 10 properties selected were chosen based on the overall appearance of the property, neatness, aesthetic appeal, floral displays, and use of trees and shrubs. It is no easy task choosing these properties, as Ashcroft is known for its tidiness and well-tended yards.

The property owners will proudly display a sign on their property. They’ve also received a congratulatory letter, and garden products, from Scott’s Miracle-Gro.

This year’s recipients are: 209 Cliff: Kathy Morris709 Brink Lane: Lorna Delling1440 Riverside: Ron and Hilda Jones432 Ranch: Stan Aie and Pam Sidwell1305 Western: Lettie Hansen1311 Western: Betty Brown806 Hill: Steve and Sylvia Gapp1417 Pears Place: Fred Seher, Sr.707 Elm: Marie Whiting145 Barnes: Dwight and Barb Hodder

Communities in Bloom also chose to hon-our six local residents for their amazing vege-table gardens. We saw some very fine vegetable gardens, and are sure there are even more that we don`t know about. The owners were pre-sented with a recognition for their gardens.

1413 Battel: Emily Monette114 Barnes: Anne Marie McLean212 Ash: Willy Aie214 Ash: Oliviero Lepri1417 Pears Place: Fred Seher, Sr. 37 Mesa Vista Court: Lorraine SchwalukJust a reminder to all Ashcroft residents and

businesses that the judges for Communities in Bloom will be touring the village on July 24, and judging us on all the eight categories that comprise Communities in Bloom: Tidiness, En-vironmental Awareness, Community Involve-ment, Natural and Cultural Heritage Conserv-ation, Urban Forest Management, Landscaped Areas, Floral Displays, and Turf and Ground-covers. Let’s do our best to wow them with everything we have here to be proud of.

Andrea Walker

A recent addition of note to the Ashcroft Museum is this stunning wedding dress, which was worn by Ethel Wallace when she married James Moore Kennedy in 1906. They were married in their native Scotland, and thereafter made their way to England and then Canada, eventually settling in Clinton. Descendants of Ethel and James lived in Ashcroft, and the dress was donated to the museum by Louisa Hutchins, Ethel and James’s grand-daughter, and put on display late last month. The museum is open seven days a week through the summer, and displays are changed and added regularly, with residents and visitors always welcome to come in and see what’s new.Photo by Barbara Roden

Three of Ashcroft’s best gardens, as decided by Communities in Bloom in a contest sponsored by Scott’s Miracle-Gro, are at 707 Elm (above l) and 1440 Riverside (above r; photos by Barbara Roden) and at 709 Brink Lane (below; photo by Ina Gory). Drive on by and check out all of this year’s winners!

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GOLDEN COUNTRYBARBARA RODEN

Summer Staycation Pt. 3: Cornwall HillsWith an eleva-

tion of 6,600 feet, Cornwall Mountain is the highest peak overlooking Ash-croft and area, and its face still shows scars from the 2003 wild� re that swept across it. The moun-tain—as well as the range that surrounds it—was named after brothers Henry and Clement Cornwall, who established the roadhouse at what’s now Ashcroft Manor in 1862.

Travel south from Ashcroft along Hwy. 1 about 7.5 km to Hat Creek Road. The road—the lower part of which is suitable for most vehicles in summer, al-though those wanting to go to the summit of Corn-wall might want a 4-wheel-drive vehicle—makes a hairpin turn and starts up through grassland towards the tree line. Before gaining the trees, however, look for a narrow dirt road on the left and turn down it. Af-ter a short distance it you will see, to the east, a large bowl-shaped depression ringed by hills, with a crum-bled wooden structure lying at the bottom on the left hand side.

This was once a lake, known locally as Yuck Lake, and was created when the Ashcroft Ranch di-verted Oregon Jack Creek into the natural depres-sion, which was further hollowed out and deepened by machinery, then dammed, before being turned into a lake to provide irrigation for the ranch lands below it. The wooden beams and supports, which collapsed several years ago, were once a tower that supported an irrigation pipe leading from the lake, which was some 25 feet deep, and proved popular with swimmers attracted to the lake during the hot days of summer. The original name was to have been Yook Lake, but the young daughters of Alan Cam-eron, owner of the Ashcroft Ranch at the time, pro-nounced it Yuck, and the name stuck.

Back on Hat Creek Road you soon come to the tree line, where the devastation wrought by the 2003 � re is evident. The road makes a swing around the bluffs that overlook Young’s Flats, probably named

after early settlers who had a farm near Venables Val-ley, not far from this spot. In May 1913 Mrs. Young left her farmhouse and did not return, and for sever-al days search parties scoured the area without suc-cess. It was not until November of that year that the unfortunate Mrs. Young’s body was found, wedged under a tree in a small creek near her farmhouse. The stone foundation of a farmhouse can still be seen there, and lilac and apple trees give evidence that the area was once settled. The land belongs to the Ashcroft Ranch, and while a road leads down to it, it is gated at the lower end.

The third property on the left, as one heads west, is the Wunday Ranch, where Thelma Haddock—one-time Ashcroft school bus driver—once lived and kept horses. The ranch house on the property is said to be haunted, with more than one person attesting to strange and inexplicable phenomena

in and around the house. After her death Thelma’s ashes were scattered in the � eld behind the house, so perhaps she’s still there, keeping an eye on the place she loved in life.

Opposite the Wunday is a narrow dirt road, the right-hand branch of which leads to a log cabin built by a prospector named Bowes around 1935. In the 1930s a sawmill was located in the area, and pro-duced the logs from which Bowes built his cabin; the old logging road can clearly be seen in satellite imagery. Another sawmill, operated by the Bewza family for a few years in the early 1950s, can be ac-cessed from a rough trail leading off to the left op-posite Robert Pasco’s property, just above the Wunday, with the remains of still another sawmill beyond that.

For those willing to go off-road—either on foot, horse-back, or ATV—the entire area shows evidence of previous settlement. While most of the cabins and mills date back no more than a hundred years or so, there are many places where history from several thousand years ago is visible. Nowhere is this more apparent than at the dramatic Three Sisters rockshel-ter site, along the northeastern side of the large limestone bluff which is the northernmost of the

Three Sisters rock formation. Hat Creek Road makes a sharp swing to the right at the point where one can access the rockshelter, via a clearly de� ned trail to the left of the road.

The site, which is never exposed to direct sun-light, is near what was a well-used historic and pre-historic trail linking Oregon Jack and Hat Creek val-leys. The shelter is noted for its dramatic pictographs in red and orange, suggesting that the site was an im-portant one to the Nlaka’pamux people; in his hist-ory of the Thompson Indians, James Teit notes that such places were of considerable spiritual import-ance. The site was probably not used in winter, but would have been a refreshing place to retreat during the summer months. Other, smaller rockshelters with pictographs are located in the area, along the route of the prehistoric trail.

Continuing along Hat Creek Road you have a choice: left or right? Left will take you to Hat Creek Valley, from whence you can travel back via Hwy. 99; but we will continue right, past the Three Sisters Forest Recreation site with its one camping area and an outhouse in a rustic setting. The road continues to twist and turn through trees until at last you ar-rive in an alpine meadow that looks straight out of the opening scene of The Sound of Music. You have reached the summit of Cornwall, and ahead of you is a � re lookout tower—unmanned since the 1990s, but still open to visitors—which commands spectacular views in all directions (on a clear day you can see as far south as Mt. Baker), and is well worth the jour-ney. Those who prefer armchair travelling can view Graham Rainey’s photos of the summit and the view from it at www.rainey.ca/photos/cornwall/index.htm.

The water tower at Yuck Lake, photographed by the author more than 25 years ago. It is now in ruins on the lakebed.

July • Week 4ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 You are in for a treat this week, Aries. You � nally get to experience the results of all of your hard work. Celebrate with a dinner out or a good party.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, calmly approach a dif� cult situation this week. Giving yourself time to carefully assess a problem will provide the most effective solution.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, a resolution to a problem you haven’t been able to solve is on the horizon. This will make things much easier in the long run, and your patience will pay off.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, since you are a friendly person and the life of the party, it should come as no surprise that everyone wants to be your friend. Expand your social circle if you feel you have time.

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VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, your goal for the time being is to take care of business and clear your calendar. You may be more than ready to indulge in some rest and relaxation.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Curiosity may get the better of you this week, Libra. It’s good to pursue your interests, but make sure you aren’t stepping on anyone’s toes along the way.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you desire quick answers, but no one seems to be moving at your pace this week. You might just have to buckle down and be patient. Answers will come in due time.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, a trip is enticing, but you have too many responsibilities on your plate to up and leave right now. You will have time to get away soon enough.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, take a hectic schedule day-by-day. Everything will get done in time, and you just need to have a little patience. Distract yourself this week.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Someone or something may have turned you off of making a large purchase, Aquarius. Discuss your sudden change of heart with someone close to you.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Don’t turn your world upside down to take on another project, Pisces. You have plenty on your plate to keep you busy as it is.

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Kids TRYathlon is back this weekendThere’s a lot going on this

weekend! Ashcroft is hosting its 3rd annual Wellness and Music Festival, with fabulous workshops, entertainment, live music, and more! The fun is for every age and interest, all with the purpose of wellness! My favourite event of the weekend is the Kids’ TRYathlon, host-ed by the Desert Hills Triathlon Club.

Three years ago, the Triathlon Club started the Kids’ TRYathlon, with the purpose of inspiring kids to be more to be more ac-tive. Whether it be swimming, biking, running, triathlon, or something else, the Club pro-vides positive movement ex-periences so that:

Kids believe they can do it;Kids will realize that mov-

ing is fun;Kids know the camaraderie

in sport; andKids make active living a

part of their lives.With the generous help

of more than 20 local spon-sors, including the United Way and Interior Savings Cred-it Union, the TRYathlon is in its third year, and has al-ways been completely free. To date the event has impacted more than 100 children. The

word triathlon was changed to TRYathlon, to indicate that the event was designed for kids to TRY the sport of tri-athlon. This year, in addition

to the TRYathlon, the Desert Hills Tri Club added five days of Triathlon Day Camp. All this week at the Ashcroft Pool Park, kids are participating in full days of swimming, biking, running skills, drills, games, and fun; and again, thanks to our sponsors, the event is com-pletely free!

We invite you to come cheer the kids on this Satur-day from 9:00 am to noon. The TRYathlon begins at the Ash-croft Pool and finishes at the downtown Heritage Park. Par-ticipants complete a distance swim followed by a bicycle ride, and finish with a run. The distance of each leg depends upon the age of the child. For example, a 5-year-old would swim 25 metres (1 length),

bike 2.5 km, and run 300 metres, whereas a 16-year-old would swim 500 metres (20 lengths), bike 10 km, and run 5 km. As you can see, a triathlon

is no small challenge, and any child who completes it deserves their medal (which they receive at the fin-ish line).

Bring your bells, horns, claps, and cheers, stand along the route wherever you wish, and cheer these young athletes on; your

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TALKING STICK

Exciting and scary times as summer sets upon us; but careful times are also in order. I still see the occasional cigarette butt fly out the window of a moving vehicle, even with the record number of fires in our province. Scary indeed.

You want water restrictions? Try Vancouver, at one hour a week. Nanaimo is at zero tolerance—no water use until further notice due to the extreme drought conditions. The latest is that the Ministry is closing a number of fisheries due to high water temperatures. They’ve issued a notice urging all commun-ities to practice conservation meas-ures whenever possible. Spen-ces Bridge, as of this writing, was still on an every other day sched-ule. The hours are 6:00 am-11:00 am and 6:00 pm-11:00 pm on odd days for odd-numbered addresses, and the same hours on even days for even-numbered addresses. Ten hours total every other day.

It should be noted that a letter was circulated stating that watering was allowed for two hours every other day. That was the case for a short time. However, after a few days regular regulations were re-stored.

Walhachin: what’s up? If you want to go on a short road trip, head down to Walhachin and check out the great work Luke and Lyle are doing at the Soldiers Me-morial Hall. The back deck is near-ly complete and a covered arbour and pizza oven are on the way. In-side there are new restroom facili-ties, a new door to the deck, a new heating system and storage closet. We are talking a major makeover. It will afford folks a long overdue

inside and outside so-cial gathering ground, and also be a very at-tractive facility for people to rent for par-ties, weddings, and family reunions, thus providing a source of income for the Friends of Walhachin.

A big shout out to our Volunteer Society, who have gone door

to door explaining the Old School Improvement Project. As we know, the building is showing its age. Should the folks be successful, the project would unfold in two phas-es, with the building makeover be-ing Phase One, and the grounds Phase Two. The incredible num-ber of signatures gathered in just two days—approaching nearly one hundred . . . wow!—is a resound-ing mandate to revisit an oppor-tunity to upgrade our old school building substantially, and pos-sibly add amenities that our local residents would like to see, wheth-er it be a new ball field, a beautiful playground, or a shaded arbour for gatherings. It would also allow ex-isting activities to continue and ex-pand into other activities if so de-sired.

At the end of the day it would be the community’s vision, certain to attract visitors as they pass along the Trans-Canada Highway and the economic impact they would pro-vide. A good thing.

The Parish Hall in Lytton is sporting a beautiful new deck and ramp, thanks to some Gas Tax funding and great work by Luke and Lyle. The stunning new addi-tion was badly needed, as age had caught up with the existing deck and safety became a concern. Well done, gentlemen.

We have a few things in the hopper for Spences Bridge. As of yet I have not finalized exactly which projects are a go, but hope-fully we will see a couple of new additions before the year is out. No promises, but we are working hard to move the slow machine of gov-ernment a little bit faster.

THANKS TO THE WORK OF VOLUNTEERS, the Parish Hall in Lytton has a much-needed new deck and wheelchair access ramp. Photo by Luke Neville

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From the Journal archivesJuly 1915

Cloudburst Does Much Damage to C.P.R. Track: Snowballing in July

An extraordinary cloudburst took place here yester-day afternoon about five o’clock, and just after the pas-senger [train] from the west had passed the town. In a short time the dry gulches became raging torrents, and the C.P.R. track was covered in about six places with-in the radius of a mile, with mud and gravel in some places about eight feet deep. At one spot the bank was broken away for fifty yards, perpendicular with the out-side of the rails. Large bodies of men were rushed from east and west and by morning the track was cleared, and temporary supports placed where the greatest damage was done. Many trains crossed at Ashcroft this morning.

During the storm hail fell so heavily that in spots it lay for hours, and the children were snow-ball-ing with it. Several homes near the track were flooded.

Creek Name Change Proposed, OpposedThe Board of Provincial Water Commissioners has in

mind the changing of the names of Barnes Creek to some other name which has not yet been determined. This has been brought to the attention of The Journal recently. It appears that there are two Barnes Creeks in the vicin-ity, and to the Water Commissioners this is very confus-ing, which we do not dispute. With every consideration for the difficulties, however, we feel that a family tie is about to be severed. We have not been able to ascertain just where this namesake of our Barnes Creek is locat-ed. We never heard of it, and since it seems to be so re-mote, so unfamed, and so little known, we suggest that this creek be renamed instead of our local Barnes Creek.

It is not our intention to put forth all this plea without mentioning the planks of our platform. The name Barnes Creek, as it applied to the creek a few miles east of Ash-croft, is not an accident; there is foundation for it. It takes its name from the late J.C. Barnes, the father of all the immediate surrounding district—the Jacques Cartier, as it were, of Ashcroft. In this creek the name has been per-petuated and the people of this district would regret very much the loss of this connection.

July 1965

Hot Weather With UsWe are having a warm spell, with temperatures in

the 95–97 degree bracket in the late afternoon. New-comers are feeling it, but old-timers remember it being 107 degrees on occasion. What is surprising is that usu-ally thunder and lightning has broken the heat after a few days. We are now on our fifth consecutive day.

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BUNKER, Alan Philip Steeves (Bud)March 14, 1927 - July 4, 2015

Alan was born in North Vancouver to Charles F. and Eleanor Bunker. He attended elementary school in North Vancouver and after the family moved to the Dunbar area of Vancouver, he completed his high school at Lord Byng Secondary. After one year of university and not really knowing what he wanted to do, he worked in the logging industry on the coast. In 1951 he enrolled in Normal school and began his teaching career in Horsefly in 1952. That was followed by one year at 150 Mile House, a year in Lac la Hache and four years at Green Lake School, where he also drove school bus. Having had an interest in the trades, he enrolled in summer school and received certification to teach Industrial Education. He taught at David Stoddart Secondary School in Clinton from 1959 until 1978, when he moved to Smithers. He taught at Houston for three years and ended his career after five years teaching at Chandler Park. He retired in 1986 and enjoyed the following years gardening, farming and boating.

Alan and Phyllis (Reed) were married in 1957 and raised four children: Anita (Les) Trenerry, Teresa (Ken) Oulton, Sandra (Doug) Birkenthal, and Arnold (Arny) Bunker. He also leaves seven grandchildren: Lea (Adam) Bree, Kirstin and Amy Oulton, Kieran and Blake Tren-erry and Kurt and Steven Bunker; and three great-grand-children: Grayson and Peyton Bree and Cash Trenerry. Alan is also survived by his sisters; Marilyn Walsh of 83 Mile House, and Jacqueline Bunker of Burnaby.

Alan was always interested in sports and was particu-larly fond of soccer, which he considered the best game. During his teaching career he also coached many high school and community sports teams.

The family would like to thank Dr. Haskins and the Smithers Home Care nurses - Sandra, Maureen and Nelsie, for their assistance and support during Alan’s last days. There will be a Celebration of Life on August 15 at the Evelyn Community Hall. No flowers by request; however donations in Alan’s name to “Kid Sport BC” (kidsport.ca/bc), Athletics for Kids (www.a4k,ca), or a charity of your choice would be appreciated.Phyllis, Anita, Teresa, Sandra and Arny

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7:00 am Inukshuk Trail Hike (Sage Hills Church Parking Lot)

9:00 am Walk through Ashcroft with your camera with Wendy Coomber (Meet at Journal)

10:00 am History Walk w|th Kathy Paulos (Meet at Museum

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1:00 pm RCMP Bike Rodeo for Kids

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