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William Pinchbeck was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1831. At the age of 18, he came over to San Francisco, where he and two of his broth-ers operated a roadhouse during the California gold rush. In 1858, he emigrated to Victoria, BC, where he joined the colonial police force. Two years later, he was hired by Phillip Nind, the Gold Commissioner and Justice of the Peace for the New Caledonia/Cariboo region to be the Chief Constable for the area, and he came to the relatively new settle-ment of Williams Lake. Pinchbeck was quick to realize the monetary benefits of farming and roadhouse keeping, so in addition to his police-keeping duties, he part-nered up with Thomas Meldrum to pre-empt 160 acres just south of Davidson’s Mission Ranch. Within a year, they were operating a store, a roadhouse, a barn and livery stable, and a saloon. Another partner, William Lyne, joined them, and they formed “Pinchbeck and Co.” which went on to pre-empt or buy

up land throughout the Williams Lake valley

In 1863, Pinchbeck set up a home with Chulminick (said to mean ‘flower’), a First Nations woman who was reputed to be Chief William’s daughter. In those days it was very common for a white man to take a “coun-try wife.” They home-steaded where the horse stables are now locat-ed on the present day Stampede Grounds. They had two sons, Billy in 1867 and Jimmy in 1872. Things went very well for William Pinchbeck for 20 years or so. He was well respected and well liked by the whites and the natives alike. He worked hard at his policing role as well as building up his holdings in the area. Thomas Meldrum left in 1866 to move to the Chilcotin, and sold his

share in the company back to William. The Roadhouse continued to be busy and profit-able, even though the Cariboo Wagon Road had passed it by. In the winter, miners from the goldfields boarded there for $8 a week. Meals cost 50 cents, and drinks sold for 25 cents. William’s sons grew, attended school locally, then went off to board-ing school in Cache Creek for their high school years. When they returned they assisted him in working on and overseeing the opera-tions of the roadhouse and the ranch.

Gradually, the Pinchbeck Ranch cov-ered the entire valley, with more than 2,000 acres fenced and over 700 acres under culti-vation. The Pinchbeck holdings also included a flour mill, a whiskey dis-tillery, a sawmill, outfit-ting, freighting, import/export business, a store, a hog farm, a butcher facility, a race track and other operations.

Then, in 1881, William returned to England after being away for 33 years. In 1884 there he married Alice Kilham, 17 years

his junior. He returned to Williams Lake in 1885 with his new bride, his sister Annie, her hus-band Williams Anders, and his niece, Emma Pinchbeck. He built a fine new two story house for his new wife near where the curl-ing rink now stands. This was known as the “Lake House” and the Pinchbecks became renowned for their entertaining and soi-rees. His country wife was moved into a new log home on North Lakeside, and by all accounts, the two fami-lies got along famous-ly. William and Alice had three sons, Robert (1885), Fred (1887), and Cyril (1889), and then in 1890, a daugh-ter, Emma was born.

In 1888, his last remaining partner, William Lyne, sold his share to Pinchbeck. He now owned the whole valley, but the gold rush was over, there was less demand for his prod-ucts, and the ranch began to sink into debt. By 1892, Pinchbeck had fallen into ill health (possibly cancer) and went to Victoria for an operation. He died on July 30, 1893 and was buried on the hill

above the Lake House. When the estate was set-tled, it turned out that Pinchbeck was in debt for just over $23,000 to the Western Ranching Co. He was land rich, but cash poor, just like many ranchers today. When Alice and the children returned, they found that their home and the ranch had been taken over by credi-tors. An auction was held shortly afterward, and everything was put up for sale. About $6,000.00 was real-ized from this auction. Penniless, Alice and the children borrowed enough money to get them to Victoria, where friends paid their pas-sage back to England. The ranch was leased to Joseph Patenaude, who worked it until 1899, when it was sold to Robert Borland for $17,000. In 1913, he sold it to the P.G.E., which was purchasing land in preparation for the construction of the new railway through to Prince George.

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Whether she’s in the classroom or out in the community, there prob-ably isn’t a day that goes by that longtime pre-school teacher Margret Onneken isn’t getting hugs from either current or former students, and she doesn’t mind it one little bit.

“This touches my heart, it really does,” says Margret of the sponta-neous displays of affec-tion she often receives.

“You can’t pay for that.”

Margret has run the Discovery Preschool Daycare out of the Scout Island Nature Centre for the past 22 years and has likely touched more families in Williams Lake than anyone, with her loving but firm way and sincere affection she has for the children she teaches.

“I love these chil-dren … I absolutely love

the children who come here.”

Margret emigrat-ed from Germany to Williams Lake in 1983 with her husband and two sons Jens, born in 1976, and Rene, born in 1978. Their third son David was born in Canada in 1986.

With a degree in business and some nurs-ing training in her back pocket, Margret worked as a bookkeeper in the family bike shop busi-ness and took english as a second language before turning her attention back to university and a career as an early child-hood educator.

In 1991 Margret joined Jean Wellburn at her part time preschool at the Nature House to do her practicum before taking over the preschool in 1992, and

naming it Discovery Preschool.

Since then, Margret has taught hundreds of children over the last two decades and has devoted herself to fostering a love of nature in the chil-dren, just as she herself loved nature growing up in rural Germany where she would bring home toads and snakes in her pockets.

“I haven’t found an icky bug yet,” says Margret.

In her kind and encouraging way, Margret tries to instill in the children a deeper

connection to the land, “it’s a part of who you are,” and she cherishes the richness of nature that Canada provides.

“You have it all here.”In her spare time

Margret is an avid out-doors woman, enjoy-ing trips to explore the Barkerville area.

“I’m always rock hunting,” she says. “My children still tease me about bringing home buckets of rocks.”

Earlier this year Margret was recognized with the Volunteer of the Year award at the annual Nature Centre’s

fundraising banquet.Scout Island Nature

Centre’s environmental educator Sue Hemphill says this year’s theme was the importance of getting children back outdoors, and Margret fit the bill perfectly.

“Margret starts that at the youngest age … (and) she puts in loads of extra hours to make sure the program is well

run and meets each child’s individual needs. She cares so much about those children.”

An educator herself, Hemphill says older children who visit the centre are always ask-ing how Margret is, and if they can go visit her downstairs at the Discovery Preschool.

“That’s a magical place for them.”

Angie Mindus photoDiscovery Preschool teacher Margret Onneken helps her class get their hands dirty planting flowers for Mother's Day during a recent tour of Beaver Valley Feeds.

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Begins May 24th & 25th, 10:00 am – 4:00 pmCourse Description: Join local field naturalists Anna Roberts and Ordell Steen on a day’s hike through the mid and lower Williams Lake River Val-ley. The trek will begin at the mid-valley parking lot (below the W.L. landfill area in Glendale). The group will explore the ponds, look at the geology of the val-ley, do some bird watching, identify tree and plant species, and generally enjoy a nice guided spring walk for about 5 km. down to the Fraser River. You will need to be able to walk at a reasonable pace to enjoy this hike, and it would be advantageous if you have purchased a copy of Ordell and Anna’s guide to the trail entitled “Stepping Into Nature” Bring your own lunch and hydration fluids, and dress for the weather.

Intermediate or Beginners BridgeBegins Monday April 15, 1:00 pm – 3:30 pmINTERMEDIATE GROUP – This course is for those continuing on from Don’s group from the spring of 2012. It is also open to players wishing to review the content in the lessons below. Five lessons will cover the following topics:Les son 1 - Review all opening one bids and Plan-

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Computers - The Next StepBegins Thursday March 7, 9:30 am – 12 noonCourse Description: This is not an introductory course for computer users. Rather, it is intended to expand your computer knowledge in a number of general areas:•e-mails and attachments•word processing•working with files and folders•safely downloading programs and software•setting up various program features•computer security•fine tuning your computer using shortcuts to vari-ous programs•burning all types of images/data to CD’s and DVD’s•using portable hard drives•troubleshooting common computer problemsThis is a hands on course for those who are already comfortable with the Windows 7 operating system. Participants are encouraged to bring along their own laptop computers to use during the sessions, or if you prefer, a laptop will be provided for you.

Furniture ReupholsteryBegins Tuesday March 5, 9:30 am – 11:30 amCourse Description: This course will teach the par-ticipants the basic steps involved in reupholstering a small piece of furniture (e.g. small armless chairs, footstools, dining chairs and some automotive seats etc.) Each participant will be expected to bring along a small item to work on, and to provide his/her own tools. The instructor will demonstrate the techniques involved in laying out and measuring fabric, cutting to size, and recovering the piece of furniture. This course is not designed for those who wish to take on a large reupholstery project. A list of required tools you need to bring will be supplied on sign-up.

Beginners’ SpanishBegins Wednesday March 13. 1pm – 3pmCourse Description: This is a basic Spanish course designed for people who have little or no prior knowledge of the language, but who would like to learn. Students will work in a relaxed atmosphere, with a focus on learning simple terms and how to use them in a conversation. The instructor uses many methods, including hand outs, flash cards, music, videos, and repetition to provide you with a basic understanding of the language and how to make yourself understood.

Ken’s Country CookingBegins Wednesday April 10, 10am – 12 noonCourse Description: Come and join Ken Wilson of Ken’s Country Cooking fame for 3 sessions of tips, recipes and demonstration as he prepares some interesting and unique dishes. The focus will be on Oriental and East Asian cuisine. Ken’s knowledge and enthusiasm will give you some great pointers for trying out some new ideas at home.

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Angie MindusSMART 55

Longtime Cariboo Chilcotin resident Don Wise stepped up to play an important role in the highly antici-pated upcoming short film, The Blanketing.

The eight-minute film, a labour of love created by 20-year-old Tsilhqot’in Trevor Mack, is premiering at the red carpet event “An Evening with Trevor Mack” being held at the Gibraltar Room Friday May 3.

The Blanketing was filmed over three long days last August in the Chilcotin, near Chilko Lake and tells the fic-tional story of a con-flict between a group of First Nations and set-tlers wanting to build a road.

A writer and pho-tographer himself, Wise plays the role of one of the two white settlers.

Mack said he was having trouble filling

the spot when his fam-ily suggested Wise, a longtime family friend.

“He ended up being really good -- perfect for the role,” Mack said of Wise.

The other settler is played by 21-year-old Preston Moe.

Mack also secured top-notch First Nations actors for other roles in the film after posting an ad online for actors.

Sean Wei Mah, an actor with credits including an HBO film and several TV mini-series, responded to the posting and hap-pened to bring along his friend and fellow actor, William Belleau, of Alkali Lake.

Mack said the three met in a Tim Horton’s coffee shop in North Vancouver and sat for hours pouring over the script and discussing the possibilities it held.

Belleau’s own story is a fascinating one. His real launch into the business began

after attending the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts on a partial scholarship he won over thousands of other applicants. He graduated two years later in 2008 as the first Native American to ever attend the insti-tute.

Belleau’s acting credits includes the TV series Freedom Riders and the docu-mentary TV series The American Experience. He also played a Quileute warrior in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse in 2010 and in 2011 he was on the TV series Psych.

Besides The Blanketing and the film The Dancing Cop, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012, Belleau is also in the TV series The Killing and Primeval: New World.

“They’re both going to be big actors,” Mack said of Wei Mah and Belleau, who lent

their talents for The Blanketing simply to support the film. They were also tempted by fresh supply of salm-on and moose meat cooked over an open fire every evening after filming.

Mack said he was inspired to write, direct and produce the film, which has English subtitles when the actors are speak-ing Tsilhqot’in, based on his own Tsilhqot’in upbringing, and wants his community to take away a positive message from the film.

“I want to inspire as many people as I can, and make a positive difference,” said Mack, who hopes his film The Blanketing will be picked up by the Toronto International Film Festival.

Tickets for An Evening with Trevor Mack are available at Red Shreds Bike and Board Shed for $10 each.

Hailey Golich photoLocal writer and photographer Don Wise gets in front of the camera for his role as an early settler in the highly anticipated upcoming short film The Blanketing, premiering at the Gibraltar Room May 3. The film was shot near Chilko Lake last year.

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Rider CheyneSMART 55

Saturday 13th October 2012 my wife Donna-Marie and myself were sitting down to an incredible breakfast spread in the Southern Sun Waterfront Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa. This was the start of a 15 day trip that would take us through the heart of South Africa and into Zimbabwe as far as Victoria Falls. The tour, titled “In the Footsteps of Cecil John Rhodes” (found-ing father of Rhodesia and the Rhodes schol-arship) was organized by “Geoff`s Trains Ltd” out of Great Britain, the owner being an ex-Rho-desian himself and the tour guide.

Cape Town harbour with Table Mountain covered with it’s famous “tablecloth” cloud for-mation, caused by warm interior air meeting the cold Antarctic air. Table Mountain National Park is a World Heritage Site and contains over 1,400 species of flora.

We toured the Cape Peninsular to the Cape

of Good Hope, which is not the most Southerly point of Africa, and saw some incredibly beau-tiful coastline scenery, rich in history, flora and wildlife. After another day touring the rich wine growing region to the North of Cape Town it was time to head into the Great Karoo. The name comes from karusa, a Khoi word for dry, barren thirst land. Imagine travelling 12 hours through Cache Creek country with-out the hills and more barren, populated by the occasional merino sheep. The Diamond town of Kimberley, and Rhodes formation of the De Beers Diamond car-tel was our destination. Another 470 km North

lies Johannesburg, famous for its gold min-ing. All through this region are battlefields from the Second Boer War (1899-1902).

Leaving South Africa we flew to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe is the bet-ter choice for wildlife viewing, and Hwange National Park, at 14,651 sq km (1,465,208 ha) provides plenty of opportunity. The Matobo National Park South of Bulawayo is a wild, rugged granite area (a world heritage site), sacred to the Matabele, and location of Cecil Rhodes grave site.

South Africa is country of contrasts. Struggling through the post apartheid era

there are many chal-lenges from poverty and unemployment, historical tribal beliefs and traditions (in rural areas Zulus still pay 13 cows for a wife), aids epidemic, and trying to advance the country with a very shaky econ-omy on the one hand to high tech businesses and opportunities in many sectors. The arts are alive and well, and many South African musicians have global fame. Sports are highly acclaimed and do not expect to see the news in a public place on TV as it will likely be on a sports chan-nel. Crime is a huge issue and individual safety is a concern as the Oscar Pistorius drama has proven. Another

problem are the illegal immigrants from other African countries that are worse off than South Africa, which only swells the governments social programs to unmanage-able proportions.

Zimbabwe is sitting at 95 per cent unem-ployment. However we found the working people very friendly. The local guides we found to be extremely

personable and knowl-edgeable, and we had lifetime experiences on an elephant ride in the bush, and encounters with orphaned lions at a rehabilitation centre.

As a summary, Southern Africa is a fas-cinating and beautiful to visit but a person needs to do your home-work in preparation as it is a very different culture to what we are

used to, and don’t count on your charge card as most places do not accept them. However that being said, it should definitely be on a travel-ler’s wish list, and the tourist income is very much appreciated by the local people and to help the unemployment situation.

I am going back for a return visit this sum-mer.

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Rider Cheyne photoVictoria Falls in the dry season, discovered by David Livingstone in 1855.

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Spicing up the CaribooThe Seniors

Activity Centre recently played host to the launch party of an exciting new local cookbook entitled Spicing Up the Cariboo - Characters, Cultures and Cuisines of the Cariboo Chilcotin.

The 192 page book, published by Caitlin Press, started with an idea to pro-mote multicultural-ism in the commu-nity and raise the level of understand-ing about the many diverse cultural back-grounds of people living in the region.

Its writers, M a r g a r e t - A n n e Enders, Marilyn Livingston, and Tom Salley with Bettina Schoen providing inspirational direc-tion, are all social support workers with the Williams Lake branch of Canadian Mental Health and set forward to create a cookbook featuring recipes from various cultures, along with personal stories about people and their heri-tage.

The book con-tains the stories and

recipes of 49 families and individuals liv-ing in Williams Lake who trace their roots to 45 distinct cultural backgrounds that cir-cle the globe.

Several of the peo-ple featured in the book come from a mix of cultural back-grounds and con-sciously celebrate two or more ethnic tradi-tions.

Recipes include everything from a brisket in ginger ale from Lithuanian, to

a Thai spring roll, Japanese garlic teri-yaki chicken and Indian/Punjabi veg-etable pakoras. Other countries with feature recipes are Czech, Romania, Poland, Russia, Ireland and many, many more.

The book also encourages people to use the freshest locally grown and produced food they can find.

Check out your local book store for a copy.

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Add tomatoes, brown sugar, vinegar, cinnamon and liquid saved from cooking chicken. Cover and cook for 10 minutes.

Place chicken pieces into a baking cas-serole. Cover with tomato and vegetable sauce.

Cover with foil or casserole lid and bake for 15 minutes.

Adapted from ActNow BC cookbook, 2006, and with permission from John Bishop.

For more healthy recipes check out the provincial government’s website, www.healthlinkbc.ca.

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Charities often ben-efit significantly from the generosity of donors and volunteers. But the person providing the philanthropy also takes away something from the experience, and there are measurable emotional advantages to being charitable.

Helping others not only makes a person feel good, but it may also increase physical and emotional well-being. Several studies have indicated that being generous has pro-found effects on how a person thinks and feels. One such study from researchers at Cornell University uncov-ered that volunteering increases one’s energy, sense of mastery over life and self-esteem. It also promotes feelings of positivity, which

may strengthen and enhance the immune system.

In 2008, Dr. Ellen Langer, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, advocated for giving gifts and being generous -- even in tough financial times.

“When you give a gift it makes you feel generous, it makes you feel in control, it’s good for your self-esteem, and it’s good for the relationship,” says Langer.

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sense of vitality and a warm glow. It has been compared to a run-ner’s high and may be attributed to a release of endorphins.

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• donating supplies to a new teacher.

The benefits of giving

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As of July 1, 2013, all new Canadian passports issued will be 36-page electronic passports, or ePassports. At that time, applicants age 16 and older will have the option of applying for a pass-port with five or ten year validity for both first-time applications and renewals, while children’s ePassports will be issued for a maximum of five years.

The Canadian ePassport looks like a regular passport, but has new security features that make the passport even more tamper-proof: An elec-tronic chip embedded in the back cover stores the same personal information that you see on page two of the passport (except for the signature), the photo and a digital security feature that proves the passport was issued by the Government of Canada.

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When information is first stored on the e-chip in the passport, the e-chip is electronically locked so that your information cannot be tampered with. No additional information about you or your trav-els will be stored on the e-chip.

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At border crossings equipped with ePassport readers, the ePassport is put into a scanner that reads the machine-readable zone, which in turn allows the e-chip to be read as well. The machine also checks other security features, such as the country-specific signature. Border authorities not equipped with ePassport readers will continue to examine travellers’ passports as they do now, look-ing at other security features such as holographic images.

Over 100 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom and France, have been using ePassports for several years with no reported chip failures. Through a pilot project that began in January 2009, Passport Canada has already issued more than 60,000 diplomatic and special passports that contain an electronic chip, and no problems have been reported.

In the unlikely event that the chip cannot be read, the passport will still be valid.

Angie Mindus photoYouth Citizens on Patrol mentor and vol-unteer Bob McIntosh patrols with one of his young officers at the Williams Lake Indoor Rodeo. After a long career in the RCMP, McIntosh retired only to fill up his time vol-unteering in the com-munity. McIntosh is the president of the Hough Memorial Cancer Society, volunteers on Citizens on Patrol, and mentors youth.

Angie Mindus photoBrownie Amanda Mellen and Brownie leader Julia Berry participate in the Hike for Hunger in Williams Lake recently. Berry has volun-teered as a Brownie leader for the past 27 years, and says she's motivated to volunteer because she was a Brownie as a girl and also because Brownies is a wonderful program.



The Memorial Hospital Auxiliary holds their monthly meetings the 2nd Wednesday of every month @7pm in the Board Room, main floor. New members welcome

“Grieving Together” support group for persons experiencing bereavement. Call the Central Cariboo Hospice Palliative Care Society 250-392-5430 for more info

The Alzheimer Resource Centre offers a lending library of Books & Videos with information on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia. The Alzheimer Resource Centre is located in the Seniors Activity Centre. Office hours are Tues and Thurs. 1pm to 3pm. Call 250-305-0573 or 250-392-5337 for more info

The Red Cross Health Equipment Loans Program is located at Deni House 250-398-6803 Mon., Wed., Thurs. and Fri. 10 - 11:30am Tues 1-2:30pm. Red Cross will require a referral for all loans.

Narcotics Anonymous. Want to quit drugs or affected by someone’s drug use? Meetings at Health Centre 555 Cedar. Mon & Fri 7;30PM. Local # 250-791-5287 & Kamloops Help Line 250-320-5032

Overeaters Anonymous. Mondays at 5:30 @ Deni House board room. Phone Pat 250-392-7145 or Peggy 250-392-5398

TOPS BC 4145 (Take off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Thursdays from 8:45am-10am across from Safeway. Contact Ada at 250-398-5757 or Corinne at 250-392-4772 Meals on Wheels is looking for volunteer drivers to de-liver meals 3 or 4 times each month. Please call Alice at 250-398-8846 for more info.

The Caribou Brain Injury Society provides weekly support groups and one-to-one support for survivors of acquired brain injury (ABI). If you or someone you know has suffered an ABI, please phone 250-392-7772 to get more and info and support

NAR-ANON Family Group. Are you affected by someone else’s drug addiction? The Nar-Anon Family Groups are for those affected by someone else’s addiction. As a Twelve Step program, we offer our help by sharing our experience, strength and hope with each other. Meetings in Williams Lake Wednesdays 6-7pm, New Location: Sunshine Meeting Room - Deni House. For more info call Trish 250-398-2673

The Williams Lake Chil-drens Wish Foundation’s annual trail ride will be held on Sunday, May 26, 2013. We need volunteers to help with collecting prizes from local businesses. Anyone in-terested please call Karla or Rene at 250-989-5526.

For anyone who missed ordering their reflective ad-dress sign this year and are interested in purchasing one please contact me by email at [email protected] or phone 250-620-0503.

Abrahams Lodge & Care Society meet every month, last Thursday of each month at 4pm 505 Wotzke Dr. WL. Donations are welcome of any kind. Please send cash donations to Abrahams Lodge & Care Society. PO Box 4272 Station Main. Williams Lake, BC. V2G 2V3. Taxable receipt will be sent, so be sure to include your address. 250-398-3307 British Columbia Retired Employees Association general meeting/no host lunch will be held on May 6/13 at 11:30 a.m. at the Wil-liams Lake Seniors Activity. Contact Wendy at 250-398-7306.

COMMUNITY EVENTSIN THE CARIBOO CHILCOTIN

To post your community event Email: [email protected]

Please include: Event, date, time, location and contact number

Alliance Church

Services Sunday 10:30amSunday School for Children’s

Preschool and Grades, Nursery Available. Blended Worship Style.

Chris Harder 250-392-4280

EvangelicalFree Church

Sunday Worship 10amSermon 10:30am

1100-11th Ave. N. Williams Lake250-392-2843

Sunday Morning Service at 10amKidsStreet at 10:30am Ages 2-11

Lead Pastor: Corwin SmidYouth Pastor: Steve Pederson

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Advertise your church here!Contact us at 250-398-5516

Next Deadline: April 25, 2013

St. AndrewsUnited Church1000 Huckvale Place

(just off Midnight)SERVICES AT 10am SUNDAY

Rev. Jenny Carter 250-398-6745

Sacred HeartCatholic Church

Priests: Father Derrick CameronFather Clinton Pendleton

Sunday Mass 9:30 and 7:00 pm Saturdays 5:00 pm anticipated for Sunday

450 Pigeon Ave Williams LakePhone: 250-398-6806 sacredheartwl.org

Call: 250-398-5516

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Senior’s Centre hosts cards nightsWin GoodingMember of Seniors Activity Centre and O.A.P.O Branch 93

I hope all you seniors are out enjoy-ing the nicer weather and going for walks or working your yards. It's also good to see the golfers out in force once again.

The O.A.P. O. Branch 93 had a really good turn out for their pancake breakfast at the Senior's Centre. Many thanks to Floris and all the volunteers who helped, and to those who came with friends and family to support the event.

The Senior's Games fundraiser din-ner and silent auction also had a huge turnout on April14th, at the Senior Centre. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the entertainment by “A Perfect Match.” They had the floor packed with dancers and were very enjoyable to listen to. Ellen and her volunteers did an excellent job, and are thankful for all the support in aid of the Senior Summer Games, that will be held in Kamloops this summer.

For those seniors interested in play-ing cards there is cribbage at 1 p.m. on Mondays and 7 p.m. Fridays at the Senior Centre. If you’d rather play bridge it is held on Tuesday

at 1 p.m. for beginners or 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. Duplicate bridge is on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. For a more physical workout there is car-pet bowling at 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the Senior's Centre. As you can see there is no need to sit at home, as there is always plenty to do at the Senior's Centre.

The O.A.P.O. Branch 93 holds their monthly meetings at the Senior's Centre on the second Thursday of each month at 2 p.m. except for July and August. Tea, coffee and refresh-ments are served after the meeting. New members are always welcome and needed, to keep this worthwhile group operating. Their members work hard to help keep the Senior Centre operating for all seniors to enjoy. What would we do without it?

We wish all the seniors who are recovering in hospital or at home a speedy recovery. If possible take time to visit the seniors in Deni House or the Seniors Village. They look forward to seeing familiar faces and enjoy your company immensely. You’ll be really glad you did.

Until next month, keep healthy, be happy and have a very JHappy Mother’s Day.

Angie Mindus photoHarvey Kosinski volunteers as the announcer during the 20th annual Williams Lake Team Cattle Penning event held Saturday at the Stampede grounds. The event is sanctioned by the Central B.C. Cattle Penning Association and saw upwards of 100 teams participate.

Walking is designed for seniorsCameron JohnstonPastor and Lifestyle Consultant

It’s true, walking is designed for seniors who are both active and inactive. Research is clear that simple walking is one of the best exercises for anyone but especially for seniors desiring to improve or maintain good health and live a long meaningful life.

Spring is here. What better time to get moving and enjoy the outdoors and take a step or two into much better enjoyment of life with renewed vigor and health. My friend, Phil Brewer, the founder and president of the Silver Hills Lifestyle Centre in Lumby says, “perfect health is perfect circulation.”

All the experts agree that we cannot have good blood circulation without some exercise. Physically active seniors know this and are enjoying the benefits of increased energy, better sleep and overall wellbeing

that comes with a vigorous lifestyle. What about those who are not so energetic?

How does a senior who has been seri-ously inactive most of their life now be motivated to renew their energy and spunk with an active lifestyle? Simply, allow spring be the spark that gets you outdoors and walking. Almost all seniors can walk. No special equipment is needed and the risk is low of hurting yourself.

Effective walking means that you are walking fast enough that you cannot sing, but slow enough that you can talk to a friend walking with you. No friend to walk with you, simply talk to yourself about all the beauty and inspiring sights and sounds of spring.

Have you been inactive most of your life and need some motivation to get moving? Well do I have a great story.

Hulda Crooks worked for a major uni-

versity in Southern California. At age 55 and not in the best of health, she started walking and then hiking as solace after the death of her husband. At age 66 she started climbing mountains including Mt. Whitney. "Good health doesn't always happen by accident," she told one newspa-per reporter. "Sometimes you have to work at it."

Eventually at age 91, Hulda Crooks became the oldest woman to scale Mt. Whitney. Because of her two dozen climbs up the 14,495-foot mountain between the ages of 66 and 91 she was nicknamed "Grandma Whitney." On one climb some much younger news reporters joined her and were much worst the wear for the climb than she was. She died at age 101.

It is never too late to begin enjoying the benefits of walking. So as Nike says, “just do it!”



Birthdays and Anniversaries

Jean Maslin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 1Gordon Giesbrecht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 2Joyce Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 3Vi Penner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 3Jean Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 4Barry Fleming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 5Ellen Wiege . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 5Nancie Eastman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 5Mary Mackenzie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 6Aleta Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 8Pam McIntosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 8Ruth Fraser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 8Friedrich Dieck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 9Hugh Mahon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 10Marj Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 10Frank MacBurney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 11Harry Burgess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 11Nola Jarvis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 12Theda Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 12Art Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 13Julia Krynen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 13Andy Nagy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 14Dawn Blake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 15Edna-May Myhre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 15Elsie Johannesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 15Janis Brink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 15Jim Hilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 16Raynell Coupe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 16Dorothy Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 17Sharon Batty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 17Anna Kalluch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 18Betty Barlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 18Gwen Dachsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 20Eileen Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 21Cecile Fradette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 22Dean Halfnights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 22Nora Nicol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 22Pam Abrahamse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 22Sandi Hilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 22John Niemi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 23Mary Jane Engstrom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 23Mervin Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 23Dorothy Unrau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 25Adriana Calabrese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 29Pauline Schmautz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 29Bill Shiels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 30Earl Mellish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 30

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Cariboo Memorial Hospital Auxilary vol-unteers Judy Reid, Eileen Dell and Judy Newbery raise money for the hospital by sponsoring an Easter Bake Sale. All profits went toward ordering four bassinets and three wheelchairs. Anyone interested in joining the auxiliary can contact the hospi-tal gift shop between 1 and 4 p.m.


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Donna Provides a Strong Voice and Support for Seniors in the Cariboo-Chilcotin

Mayor Kerry Cook and Donna Barnett recognize the importance of seniors facilities and programs and are committed to enhancing the quality of life for our seniors.

• The province of BC passed legislation to create a seniors advocate • Created a new seniors health care support line• The Province of BC has doubled the number of � rst year undergraduates spaces for medical students from 128 in 2003/04 to 288 in 2011/12• The number of licensed nurses in BC has risen to nearly 50,000 - with more than 13,000 additional nurses licensed in BC since 2001, a 37% increase• Seniors Home Renovation tax credit• Provided $15 million to the United Way to expand the Better at Home program for seniors and Williams Lake is one of the communities participating in this program

In the Cariboo-Chilcotin• 28 beds at Deni House were opened in 2011, with capital funding provision from Cariboo Regional District board, and $2 million from the Province of BC for annual operation• Williams Lake has 141 government funded long term care beds• 13 new beds at Fischer Place in 100 Mile House• DrivABLE is now available in Williams Lake • The Province provided $20,000 to the Seniors Activity Center to help renovate the kitchen, for Foodsafe training for volunteers, and in cooking lessons for seniors.• Legislation passed to approve glaucoma treatment by local optometrists, which reduces wait time for treatment and reduces out of town travel.

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