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(Above) At the ceremony in the Chinese Cemetery last week, (l-r) Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta, Fay Haller, Vivian Edwards, Bob Williams, Karin Magnuson, Bob Tuohey, Shirley Dobson, Pache Denis, Cami Lindseth, Nick Lebedoff, Joris Eckering, Barb and Ron Hood, Maurice Gagne, Mavis Putnam and Andrea Inward, Assistant District Governor for Area 1, Rotary District 5060.

Wastech is mulling over two options for turning the landfill gas into energy.

The first is the use of reciprocating engines to generate electricity for sale to BC Hydro. The second is the production of pipeline quality gas derived fro the biogas produced at the landfill, which will be trucked to Kamloops and injected into the Fortis distribution system.

Cache Creek Council received the report from Wastech at its Apr. 23 Council meeting.

Either option would create jobs for local residents and be welcome by the Village, said Mayor John Ranta.

He said people have been asking for years why the energy produced by the gas was being wasted.

Although they had ideas of how to use it, finding the money to convert the gas to something usable was the hold up. So the gas was burned off to prevent the buildup of methane, which is highly volatile.

Last year the Ministry of Environment told Wastech and Metro Vancouver to come up with a plan and do it.

Now they have until the end of June to pick one of the options, which needs to be operating by August 2013.

The Comprehensive Agreement between Cache Creek, Wastech and Metro Vancouver expires in 2016, said Ranta. At that time, MV may wish to sell off its portion of the landfill gas conversion system, providing the Village with an opportunity.

Chinese remembered Rotarians, Lions and dignitaries gathered at the Chinese cemetery next to the CPR tracks on May 3 to unveil the new memory board which gives some of the history of Chinese railroad workers here.

The Ashcroft Cache Creek Rotary in partnership with the Ashcroft and District Lions have been working together to keep the cemetery clean since 2005. Recently they placed a stone marker in the cemetery as well as erecting the memory board that chronicles early Chinese influence in Ashcroft.

Many people have contributed to the maintenance of the cemetery over the years and the building of the memory board. All materials, equipment and time have been donated.

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Suspicious brushďŹ re Apr. 26 at 6:30 pm Ashcroft RCMP attended the Ashcroft Indian Band in response to a suspicious grass fire near Chief Greg Blain’s house. Ashcroft Fire Dept. and the Ministry of Forestry also attended. The fire was extinguished and there was no damage to buildings.

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Music in the Park is back for another season, beginning with Brandon Isaak. Begins at 7 pm at the Gazebo. Bring your own chair.

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Movie Night at Zion United Church Hall; 7 pm.

Showing: “All Roads Lead Home� (based on a true story). Everyone welcome. FREE admission.

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SCI - Thompson River B.C. Chapter is holding its ďŹ rst fundraising supper/auction at the River Inn. For tickets and information, call Ken Brown at 250-453-9415. 19 and over only.

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Cache Creek Council meeting on Monday at 7 pm in the Village OfďŹ ce.

Ashcroft Chamber of Commerce meetings last Thursday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at the Chamber OfďŹ ce, Village Mall

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Apr. 26 at 9:15 pm police attended a two vehicle collision on Hwy 1 just south of Venables Valley Rd. after a northbound empty logging truck lost control and crossed into oncoming traffic, striking a southbound Ford F250 with four occupants. No one was seriously injured. The highway was closed for over two hours. It was determined that the logging truck’s front driver’s side tire blew, causing the Alaskan driver to lose sudden control. Both vehicles had to be towed. The four occupants of the pickup truck and the truck driver all declined to be taken to the hospital in Kamloops. The four Prince George friends were given a ride into Cache Creek where a friend was going to pick them up the following day.

Switcheroo doesn’t work Apr. 27 at 8 pm a Traffic Services officer stopped a speeding pickup truck on Hwy 97 about 20 km north of Cache Creek. The officer noticed the driver and passenger switch seats and they were questioned about this. A quick investigation showed that the driver was in breach of curfew conditions and did not have a drivers license. The Lillooet man was given a ticket for speeding and his vehicle was towed.

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He told police that he called a HewlittWendy Coomber Packard help line after having problems Uttering threats with his computer. Unable to Apr. 30 at 9 am police ar- help, they transferred him to rested a 27 year old member another department, where of the Ashcroft Indian Band the person he spoke with for uttering threats against asked him for personal bankChief Greg Blain. The man ing information, which he will answer to the charge of gave before having second uttering threats. Alcohol was thoughts. They were also una factor. able to fix his computer. He also reported the incident to

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Vehicle rolls down Hwy 1 Apr. 30 at 10:15 am police attended a single vehicle accident on Hwy 1 south of Cache Creek between the Hwy 97C junction and the race track where a 20 year old Campbell River woman went off road right, overcorrected and rolled her vehicle several times before it came to rest on its roof. The woman told police that she was distracted for a moment.

She was transported to Kamloops’s hospital as a precaution. No drugs or alcohol was involved.

Computer fraud Apr. 30 at 7:30 pm a 66 year old Ashcroft man reported a pos-

his bank.

Cell phone turned in An Ashcroft man turned in an LG cell phone that he found on the backseat of his truck several weeks after giving two teenaged boys a ride out to the Skeetchestn Reserve. The phone’s battery was dead and the owner could not be identified. If you think this phone may be yours, bring a charger to the RCMP Detachment and be ready to identify the contents.

Lytton church robbed of historical, sentimental items Agassiz Observer The elders of the Lytton First Nation community are trying to understand what thieves would want with the contents of an historic church.

The Lytton First Nation Church was broken into sometime in April, and the items stolen include linens, gold candlesticks, and an antique organ.

The organ was donated to the community in 1877, said Chief Janet Webster. “We’re finding it kind of odd,� she said, adding that the items have sentimental value for the community. “The elders who use the church regularly are distraught,� she said. “They are hoping whoever took them would return them.�

The church wasn’t vandalized, but there was some clean up to do.

The thieves broke in through a door that had to be fixed.

Webster said the 140 year-old church has never experienced this sort of theft.

“It feels like an invasion to our community,� she said.

The organ was donated to the community in 1877. It is large and would have taken several people and a truck to move. They’re hoping that someone saw something, and will report it to police.

Other items are smaller, but sentimental in value, Webser said.

There were two paintings stolen that were given to the church, as well as the gold candlesticks and the linens.

There was also a large wooden, carved chair, that was made for the bishop in the early 1970s. “They took materials that they thought were of value,� she said.

Photos of the items are being circulated to museums and art galleries, which will make it hard for resale.

Anyone with any information about the theft is asked to contact the Lytton RCMP at 250-4552225, or the Lytton First Nation at 1-888-755-2304.

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Council Briefs

From the Cache Creek Council meeting on Apr. 23.

Roll Call: Present were Mayor John Ranta and councillors Lisa Dafoe, Herb Hofer, Wyatt McMurray and Darrell Rawcliffe.

New Mobile Home Park Administrator Leslie Lloyd reported that she had issued a Mobile Home Park permit to Bridgehill Holdings on Apr. 19 for phase one of new mobile home park off Old Cariboo Rd. on the old drive-in movie property.

Developer Ken Moffat has plans for a large trailer park, campsite and highway commercial area for the area that borders Hwy 97 across from the Bear’s Claw Restaurant. Phase One is a 20 unit mobile home park with landscaping and private park area with picnic tables.

Work is expected to begin “soon”.

Rodeo sponsorship Council received but did not act on a request from the Ashcroft Rodeo committee to renew its $500 sponsorship of this year’s event.

Councillor Wyatt McMurray initiated the motion to receive and file the request.

“I think we do have to become more frugal when giving away taxpayers money for events that don’t really benefit the locals,” agreed Coun. Herb Hofer.

Mayor John Ranta said he felt the rodeo provided benefit to Cache Creek motel and restaurant owners and gave the Village the opportunity for high profile advertising at the weekend event. “I would urge you to vote against this, and support a motion to continue our sponsorship of this worthwhile event,” he said.

The motion, however, carried, with councillors McMurray, Hofer and Darrel Rawcliffe voting in favour. Ranta and Coun. Lisa Dafoe voted against.

It’s market season Opening day of the Cache Creek Farmer & Flea Market was a busy day. About a dozen vendors offered bedding plants, hanging plants, home baked bread, pies and other goodies, tools and household rummage items last Saturday. The decent weather brought a steady crowd of customers. The Market runs every Saturday from now until October, 9 am to 1 pm in the empty lot next to Chums restaurant.

Ashcroft marks Health Care Auxiliary Day

World War I. In 1920 it was revived and continues to this day.

Over the years with the changes in our health care system, the auxiliary has been forced to change its focus somewhat. We conSee COUNCIL on p. 12 tinue to purchase equipment for the Health Site but have also expanded into more community health events, such as hosting symposiums on special health care concerns.

The members of Health Care Auxiliary volunteered more then 13,000 hours in the past year to raise funds that supports the health care of the of the residents of Ashcroft, Cache Creek and surrounding area.

The Auxiliary holds a special account known as The Memorial Fund.

Donations made to this fund by members of the community is used to enhance the beauty of the outside living space for the residents of Long Term Care and more recently this fund was used to install the trees and benches at the front of the Health Site for the comfort of visitors to the Site.

More than $4,000 Standing L-R: Susan Henderson, Irene Trueman, Loreen Martin, Daisy Campbell, Ken Martin, Fran was donated in 2011 for Helland, Mary Holgate, Isabel McGrath, Shirley Holowchuk and Shirley Dobson. the purchase of equipSitting L-R: Sandra Moon, Minnie Park, Kitty Murray and Flo Berry.

Since the turn of the century concerned citizens, at first women only, organized groups to assist in earning funds to help get hospitals started and to fund supplies.

These groups were the first hospital auxiliaries. In recent years men have joined with

women to provide funds for the purchase of necessary equipment and to give care and comfort to the patients and residents of our Health Site.

In Ashcroft, our Auxiliary began in 1913 but was forced to discontinue due to

ment as well as comfort and patient care at our Health Site.

In recognition that Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops has become the referral hospital for those patients that need specialized treatment, the Auxiliary has contributed $10,000 towards the purchase of a new CT scanner as well as $10,000 towards the new ICU Unit.

In 2009 the Auxiliary established two $1,000 bursaries for a Nursing student attending Thompson Rivers University on completion of his/her second year with a minimum GPA of 2.5 and a high school graduate of School District 74, and that demonstrates financial need. This past year we have expanded our bursary program to include a bursary of $1,000 on the completion of the Practical Nurse Exam, as well as a student on the completion of the Respiratory Therapy Program, and a $500 bursary to the student that passes the certificate of Health Care Assistant.

The Ashcroft and District Health Care Auxiliary gives a big THANK YOU to all members of our community that support us in their donations to our Thrift Shop and all of our fund raising events.

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No nukes in Japan Is the world’s infatuation with nuclear power finally over?

Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima... We get the message over and over again that everything comes at a high cost, but it takes a while for the message to sink in.

Maybe because the alternatives are not that great. Gas, oil, coal.

Even the natural alternatives get certain segments of the population riled up - wind farms with their huge generators, hydroelectric dams that change the nature of our rivers.

But, we’ll never have the incentive to explore other alternatives as long as we have unlimited (we think) sources of fuel to power our cars, trucks, air conditioners, plasma TVs, our cities, etc.

What do you do when the power goes out in the middle of the day? No computers, no kitchen appliances, no television, no radio. Do you go for a drive? What if the only vehicle was a bicycle? Or a horse?

What a difference it makes in our lives.

I’ll be the first to admit that I get a little anxious when I’m unexpectedly disconnected from my computer and the internet.

Not as bad as I used to be, but yeah, I need to get a life.

Japan shut down its last remaining nuclear reactor last week. Since the earthquake and Tsunami in March 2011, they’ve been taking them ofline for maintenance the ones that weren’t immediately damaged in the catastrophe - and leaving them off.

Before this all happened, Japan relied on nuclear energy for a third of its electricity.

Their government is expecting rising carbon emissions as Japan is forced to turn to oil and gas for energy, but there is no word of that yet.

The Japanese are smart, industrious people and I’m betting that it won’t be long before they come up with cleaner, more efficient energy sources.

Up until now, alternative energy hasn’t really been taken seriously. It’s at a pretty rough stage as underfinanced fringe companies are the only ones offering it. But this might be the impetus that finally puts alternative energy on the mass market.

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METAL DEBRIS piled at the side of the road VICTORIA – Sawmill tragedies in Prince George and Burns Lake have brought overdue attention to the larger crisis, as the end of B.C.’s latest pine beetle infestation continues to transform the Interior forest industry.

The urgency of the timber supply situation was set out in a couple of high-level documents that were leaked from the forests ministry in recent days. These leaks show several things, one of which is that this is a government in trouble. Someone on the inside forced the unpopular options into the public arena.

Cabinet ministers have tried to dismiss the documents as early drafts, but no one has disputed their numbers.

A report on mid-term timber supply looks at the four most beetle-affected areas: Prince George, Lakes (west of Prince George around Burns Lake), Quesnel and Williams Lake. In recent years B.C.’s chief forester has increased the annual allowable cut of all these timber supply areas substantially to harvest dead trees.

In Lakes, the pre-beetle annual allowable cut was 1.5 million cubic metres. Currently it is up to two mil-

Most beetle-affected areas have a substantial proportion of Tom Fletcher live trees. tfletcher@blackpress.ca If decadeold dead trees were subsidized for biofuel lion, but once the beetle use, this would support harwood is unusable, it drops vest and hauling of healthy to 500,000. Even if visual sawlogs along with them. quality rules are relaxed to The government is also release more timber, forconsidering swapping some est employment in the area existing cutting licences to would go from 1,572 jobs increase wood supply for before the beetle epidemic the Lakes district, to provide to 521. enough long-term supply Prince George’s much for reconstruction of the delarger harvest total is exstroyed Burns Lake sawmill. pected to drop by almost There is also the prospect of half. And around Quesnel, awarding unassigned timber producers say an economic to “a single representative of supply of dead pine will be the six First Nations in the there for only another year Lakes TSA.” and a half.

Speaking to forest sciThis document and a subsequent proposal to cab- entists who work in B.C., inet set out the options. They a couple of things become include relaxing visual qual- clear. This pine beetle epidemic may be the largest ity areas, old-growth manon record, but it is far from agement zones and wildlife the first. And despite many connectivity corridors. assertions by former preThis is not as drastic as it sounds, given that the first mier Gordon Campbell, it areas to be opened up would is not certain if this one is the result of a broader clibe those where many of the mate trend or just a string of trees are already dead.

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warmer winters after decades of fire suppression kept older stands around.

Lodgepole pine forests are fire-propagated. The term “old growth” has little meaning in a cycle of natural fires that doesn’t occur in wetter zones.

But none of this will matter much in the urban political debate that is about to ensue. “Old growth” is now a quasi-religious notion. International environmental groups have convinced most people that logging is the primary cause of forest loss.

In fact, the UN’s “State of the World’s Forests” reports have shown that 95 per cent of global forest loss is due to agriculture. Forest cover is increasing in industrialized countries, which use farmland more efficiently.

The B.C. Liberal government needs to make some tough decisions quickly, before next year’s election.

The premier’s vow to “create and defend” jobs is about to be tested like never before.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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Cache Creek CAO takes job in Lumby UNITED IN SPIRIT United Church Women Phyllis Gray Eleven ladies answered the roll call at our May 1 meeting. Lynn Lancaster warmly welcomed everyone.

Reta Robertson led us in the Devotional Time by reading the 23rd Psalm and together we sang The Lord is my Shepherd. Her reading was from The Quiet Woman by June Bocher about the meaning of this Psalm. She closed with prayer.

Old business was attended to and we evaluated the Friendship Tea. The numbers were down, probably because of being later in the Spring than usual. It was enjoyed by those who came.

A committee was formed to do the June 3 service and we will have a meeting to plan for that. The four pillars of the U.C.W. are Witness, Study, Fellowship and Service. Join us for a time of remembering the past and present work of Zion’s United Church Women.

A newsletter from Naramata Centre stating their work and programs was read and circulated. We had an informational newsletter from Action International and prayer requests from Carmen relating to her work in Mexico. 1st United in Vancouver sent a letter telling of all the work they are doing to help the street people.

Written and verbal reports were received. Reta re-

ported that she had received many Campbell soup labels, so we thank you very much for all of those. They help with Christian work elsewhere, so keep up the good work!

We then broke for coffee and fellowship, and afterwards, we talked about new business.

We discussed having a Bake Sale at one of the local post offices, but no dates were set.

Lynn attended the 50th anniversary of the U.C.W. and gave a report.

They had expected maybe 35-40 women to attend, but 127 showed up.

It was very successful. This was held at Rock Canyon Creek, just outside Princeton - a beautiful setting.

Presentations were made to who how the skills of different women can be woven together to make a beautiful piece. The music and worship were exquisite and there were different activities to do. It was a very enjoyable weekend of Fellowship and worship.

Lynn closed our meeting with a humourous reading from the book, Ordinary Heros.

Any ladies who are interested, please join us for a meeting as a visitor or join us as a member. There are no dues, and you are most welcome.

Our next meeting is June 5 at 2 pm in Zion Church Hall.

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A trip down Bancroft’s memory lane

by Esther Darlington MacDonald Bancroft Street houses. For me that Street has always been a charmer. You might say, a fascination.

From the corner of 4th St. and Bancroft to the place where the Street dips down and ends somewhere under the Ashcroft Bridge, that stretch of cottages has been a feast. I was not only fascinated by the buildings themselves, I wanted to know the people who lived inside them.

Eventually, I did. And I’ve written several articles over the years about the people and the homes that figured so prominently in the history of the town. Postmaster Richards’ two spinster daughters lived in the house with the miniature widow’s walk on the roof.

They loved cats. And the cats loved them. And the cats proliferated until the death of one sister and the departure of the other into care at our local hospital.

But I’ll start with the old Methodist manse near the corner of 3rd and Bancroft.

The Muirs live in it now, but 40 years ago, there lived an old lady named Reta Fooks.

Reta was a widow when we met. Maynard, her late husband, had been a CPR telegrapher and the two had met when Reta worked as a waitress in the old Spences Bridge Hotel, which is adjacent to the rail station. Anyway, the house is one and a half stories, and it has an

octagon shaped window on its south wall, long narrow windows front and back, and the house faces one of those enormous cream colored alluvial fans across the Thompson River. Reta’s history goes back to the very beginning of Ashcroft: Her parents were Oliver and Ellen Evans who surveyed and planned the streets and avenues of the town months before the Canadian Pacific Railway was scheduled to run through.

She grew up at the Butte Ranch which was located at the “slough”, about two kilometers from the town center. You can imagine the stories Reta told me about those earliest days of our history!

The color and character of the place known as Spud City, and The Gateway to the Cariboo. Anyway, Reta took me fishing at Divide Lake.

She never got “skunked”, and brought home trout that was he freshest you will ever taste. And she introduced me to the joy of a cold beer with home made tomato juice on a hot Ashcroft summer day.

She showed me the place where she and Maynard had built a cabin in what Reta called “The Milk Ranch” which is really the woods in Highland Valley where the game roamed freely and every lake was filled with fish. Reta was a

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very good woman. She took meal, and then she would me to the cabin of an old man drive him back to his cabin. who lived at the mouth of Reta did this for years. Never the Bonaparte River where thought a thing about it.

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worker. His bent figure walking up the main street to the steeply graded Mesa Vista hillside was a daily regular. He told me he did it because the doctor told him if he didn’t keep moving, he’d find he couldn’t move at all. Ted’ feat of endurance on that walk didn’t fail to impress people.

Evelyn was a social person who enjoyed visitors dropping in. She had a green thumb and one of the most beautiful giant Easter cactus’s I had ever seen. She always made tea for her visitors. One of them was Nina Robertson, who lived just across the street and who never went anywhere except to Evelyn’s of an afternoon. But more of her later. The Cavells lived in that Bancroft Street cottage for many years. One afternoon, after taking his usual trek up to the Mesa and the Highland Valley road and back again to Bancroft, Ted went to the bedroom to have his usual liedown and never woke up. A peaceful man. And a peaceful death.

Across from the Cavells, on 4th and Bancroft, lived

Nina (Ellen) and Alfie Robertson.

It is a Regencystyle house - one and a half stories, with a wide veranda in front.

It faces Zion United Church and has been recently painted a gentle color that suits the whole corner because it is rather like the color of the clay cliffs across the River. Nina and Alfie never married. When I lived on 4th St., I would see Nina pegging the Monday wash on the line strung between two gnarled maple trees in the front yard.

The sheets flapped in the wind, white and homely in that smallish yard where nothing had changed since the death years before of Nina and Alfie’s parents. Inside, the same brass beds, sturdy oak furniture, wood fired cookstove, and the same linoleum on all of the floors. I would visit Nina often. Make us a pot of tea.

The brown betty was always in the warming cupboard on the stove. And Nina would tell me about the days when her parents operated the stopping house on the road to Lillooet, the Robertson Ranch. When stagecoaches rolled through, and the freight wagons. It was the busiest time of Nina’s life.

Cooking, cleaning, helping with the haying. Nina loved all animals. Told me that dogs actually smiled. So did cats.

Her dark blue eyes were half moons when she laughed. And she laughed often. And told me how “bonny� I looked. After Alfie died, Nina went into care in our local hospital. And I sat at her bedside

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Now there is a cottage adjacent to the Juniper Apartments on Bancroft. There lived there a childless couple named Dan and Tibby Leith. They, too, had a story to tell. Their history had begun in the early 1930s. Dan had been an orphan in Ontario. When he came of age in his mid teens, he left the orphanage and made his way west. He eventually found work as a sheepherder in Deadman’s Valley. And then in the gold mine at Vidette Lake. He met Tibby in Walhachin. The feisty, tiny woman with hair the color of hay. And Dan was tall and spare. Tibby’s mother had been the postmistress at Walhachin. Her father worked as foreman on the Marquis of Anglesey’s estate.

When the second world war broke out, Dan joined. Fought in Italy. Arrived home several years later. Married Tibby, and they settled down in the Bancroft Street cottage. Dan drove truck. Their story doesn’t end there. But it is a sad one. And a private one. Suffice to say, that Dan and Tibby were good friends. Took us up to Deadman’s Valley to the old Uren ranch, where the ground squirrels scattered into their holes as we approached. And showed us where some Swedish workers had built a house and a sauna.

The Swedes long gone. But the sauna still standing.

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The absent minded mother ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com

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fter three days of driving my kids all over town to their different activities this past weekend – squinting from the sun as I did so – I finally found the sunglasses I’d misplaced. It wasn’t until late Sunday afternoon that I unexpectedly caught a glimpse of them out of the corner of my eye, as I was driving home with my eight-year-old daughter.

“Look,” I said, pointing at them. “There they are!”

Perched directly below the windshield wipers in the groove between the hood and the front window were the sunglasses I’d been looking for. I was worried they would blow off the car until

I realized they’d been there for days.

As soon as I was able, I pulled over to the side of the road and Daisy excitedly jumped out to retrieve them. I grabbed my camera to take a picture of where they’d been all weekend, amazed they were still there.

This wasn’t the first time I’d found an item I’d been searching for wedged somewhere on my car after driving around for awhile. It was a huge relief the day I found my iPhone in virtually the same spot as my sunglasses.

Not everything I’ve put on the top of my car has managed to survive though. Over the years

M a y You’re a cool cat, Capricorn, until an old friend comes calling.

Take a few moments to compose yourself and remember what drew you apart in the December 22– first place.

January 19

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Concern grows for a senior, but this is not the time to act on it, Aquarius. Give them some space to come to terms with their situation.

Information flows freely at the office.

Cover your ears. You don’t want to know, Pisces. Romance heats up with a grand gesture. Ooh-la-la!

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Ignorance is not bliss, Aries. Do your homework before you approach anyone with your idea. The more informed you are, the more support you will gather.

Jackpot, Taurus. You suspected something was up, and you were right. Step lightly, or risk making a spectacle of yourself.

A memo makes an objective clear.

Big changes are in store. Receive them with open arms, Gemini, and you will come out on top. An artistic work leads to introspection which leads to fulfillment.

various items and several cups of coffee have bit the dust on my absent-minded drive-a-ways. The worst was the time I backed up over my laptop computer which was sitting on the ground waiting to be put in the trunk.

Despite the reminder “Don’t forget to put your briefcase in your trunk,” from a helpful stranger who saw me herding my kids into the car one day in a rush, I did exactly that: I forgot to put my briefcase in my trunk.

And inside that briefcase was my

brand new laptop.

I didn’t remember until minutes later, when I was driving down the road, and heard it being dragged along underneath my car. Panicked, I pulled over to the side and desperately tried to free it from the firm grasp of the undercarriage of my Beetle.

“Our mom drove over her computer,” the kids explained to a lady walking by with her dog. I said nothing as I laid on the ground grunting and pulling at my bag which I eventually

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disengaged.

The briefcase, which was actually a computer bag, was badly ripped and had to be thrown out. And the underbelly of the car needed a bit of attention from the mechanic.

But I felt very lucky that the computer still worked, even with the gravel and soot in the keyboard.

“Why are you so forgetful?” my 11 year old son asked after we told him about the sunglasses when we arrived home.

“Yeah, Mom,” my daughter said.

“What’s up with that?”

Good questions. I guess I’m just trying to do too much, too fast, as usual. Doing less and slowing down would make a ton of sense, so that’s what I’m going to do.

If I can remember.

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You’re on top all week long, Cancer. You tackle every challenge, big and small, with great ease. Someone in your inner circle has something to tell you.

The journey is nearly over. Take stock of the situation and put what you’ve learned along the way to good use. A request is denied. No need to worry, Leo.

News from afar puts a new spin on a situation at home. Reassess the matter, Virgo, and devise a different plan of attack. A financial problem is resolved.

September 23– October 22

October 23– November 21

November 22– December 21

Conflict among family members continues.

Steer clear of it, Libra.

You have an affair of the heart to attend to. A bonus at work comes in handy.

You’re a fixer, Scorpio. Whatever’s broken—a window, a heart—you like to make it better.

Be careful that your need to fix doesn’t supersede your need to listen.

Creativity soars this week, Sagittarius, and you get more done that you have all month.

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Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no turning back once youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve achieved ďŹ tness I grew up in Ashcroft. After high school I moved to Alberta and worked in the Oil Patch running chainsaw and surveying. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work out or â&#x20AC;&#x153;exerciseâ&#x20AC;? - as my job was so physical, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really need to.

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I will be writing a monthly tion, nutrition, weight loss, traintine, I entered a 10 km running race in Kamloops. My column in The Journal regarding ing, and basically just how to goal was to cross the fin- topics such as fitness, motiva- feel better about yourself. ish line without having to walk. I was ecstatic after accomplishing Wayne Little my goal. I loved beminer1098 ing around hundreds of @gmail.com people who were a lot A wuzzle is a saying/phrase that is made up of a display like me, just trying to of words, in an interesting way. The object is to try to stay in shape and feel figure out the well-known saying, person, place, or thing then go for a half hour run. as young as they could. that each wuzzle is meant to represent. Answers below.

That was working real- Everyone had so much vily well. My metabolism was brant energy. increasing, and I was feeling I bought a road racing pretty good, but I needed to take bicycle shortly after that a look at what I was eating. I was race and started cycling as a candy junkie, so I eliminated well as running. Then one sugar from my diet. I read that it day I decided Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to try takes about 10 days for the sug- doing a triathlon. A triathar cravings to go away. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lon is a race that combines about how long it took, and I felt swimming, bicycling, then great. running. My wife said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but Two years after doing my youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to swim, you daily weights and running rou- donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to swim!â&#x20AC;?

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Council considers more security at pool PUBLIC NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 227 OF THE COMMUNITY CHARTER TAKE NOTICE THAT THE CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF CLINTON PROPOSES TO ADOPT REVITALIZATION TAX EXEMPTION EXTENSION BYLAW No. 493, 2012 FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS AS SET OUT IN THE PROPOSED BYLAW: WHEREAS under Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw No. 489, 2011 (“2011 RTE Bylaw”), the Municipal Council of the Village of Clinton established a revitalization tax exemption program (“RTE Program”) for the years 2012 to 2015, both inclusive, applicable to all properties situated within the 2006 boundary extension area (“Revitalization Area”), that in 2006 were zoned under the Village’s Zoning Bylaw, and classified for assessment purposes as residential, farm, light industry and business; AND WHEREAS the Province agreed to write off the 2010 and 2011 property taxes for properties in the Revitalization Area classified for assessment purposes as residential, but not for properties classified as industry or business, on the basis of legal advice that only the municipality could exercise the exceptions, such as section 226, to the prohibition against assistance to business contained in section 25 of the Community Charter; AND WHEREAS the Council wishes to extend the RTE Program established under the 2011 RTE Bylaw for a further two years to the owners of the Business and Light Industry Parcels in the Revitalization Area that are listed in Schedule ‘A’ of this Bylaw that did not receive a tax write off for the years 2010 and 2011; AND WHEREAS Council’s reasons and objectives, and means to accomplish those objectives are the same for this Bylaw as those stated in the 2011 RTE Bylaw; AND WHEREAS in accordance with Section 165 of the Community Charter, Council will consider this bylaw in conjunction with the objectives and policies in relation to the use of permissive tax exemptions set out in its Financial Plan Bylaw No. 492, 2012.

The following reasons and objectives, as well as means to accomplish the objectives, were set out in the 2011 RTE bylaw: AND WHEREAS Council’s reasons and objectives for the revitalization tax exemption program are consistent with its reasons and objectives for the 2006 boundary extension, namely to secure the future economic and social health of the Village by the addition of the population and the increased property tax base in the Revitalization Area; to keep its commitment to the residential, farm, business and light industry property owners in the Revitalization Area to maintain the same level of taxation those properties would be subject to if they had remained under the taxation regime of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (“TNRD”); AND WHEREAS the revitalization tax exemption program will accomplish its objectives by enabling the Village to retain the Revitalization Area and the increased population and tax revenues there from; using the increase in the Village’s population and geographic area to support applications by the Village for larger grants to fund infrastructure improvements and create jobs; and constructing and promoting the infrastructure improvements so as to encourage investment in the Village’s existing commercial enterprises and the development of new commercial ventures; The estimated amount of taxes that would be imposed on the Business and Light Industry Parcels in the years 2016 and 2017 if they were not exempt under the proposed bylaw is $11,462.69.

A Public Hearing will take place May 9, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. in the Village of Clinton Council Chambers at the address below. Submissions should be in writing and may be submitted at or prior to the hearing.

A complete copy of the bylaw is available at the Village of Clinton Municipal Office, 1423 Cariboo Highway, Clinton, BC. For more information, please call Heidi Frank, Chief Administrative Officer, 250-459-2261.

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COUNCIL from p. 3

Pool security A recent break in to the first aid room at the pool, along with an incident involving children found playing in the pool area has prompted the Village to consider options to make the pool area more secure.

One of those options involved placing barbed wire around the top of the fence surrounding it.

Mayor Ranta remarked that it would be unfortunate to have to place barbed wire around a public facility, “but more unfortunate to have a child drown.”

Video surveillance showed the children accessing the area by climbing over the fence. Once inside, they were jumping off the diving board and sliding down the pool slide to land on top of the pool cover.

Ranta said he would support more security.

Administrator Leslie Lloyd said the Village was still discussing options and looking at costs.

Landfill traffic Council agreed to send Wastech a letter asking them to empty the waste-hauling trucks faster on weekends.

Coun. McMurray said he noticed 20 to

30 trucks stacked up at entrance over the weekend, with more at the face of the landfill waiting to be unloaded.

It was noted that the waiting trucks could cause odour and related issues, especially if the garbage inside the trucks was wet with rain.

It was mentioned that Wastech has been increasing work schedules to try and get caught up.

Trail provides an exhilarating hike catch their breath, and take in the vista below. Geocachers will also be familiar with the first leg of the trail and this first meadow, as it is through it that the “Ashcroft Mesa Viewpoint” geocache in the GeoTourism Adventure Field Guide Volume 1 is reached.

The well worn path leads across the relatively flat, bunchgrass covered meadow towards the bottom of the next incline. As the trail weaves its TRAILS from p. 11

way through sagebrush, rabbit bush and bunchgrass, the view changes to reveal more of the valley below. Moving through the second meadow and up again to yet a higher elevation and the third meadow, the view now includes Barnes Lake ahead of you and to the left, the Granule plant. You feel like you are on top of the world here. A great place to sit down, have a drink and a snack and take in the vista around you.

Each season this vista changes. Between new tufts

of green grass in the spring a myriad of colorful wildflowers poke their heads. Summer’s heat browns the bunchgrass while showcasing the beautiful yellow blooms of the prickly pear cacti. Fall, with the ever changing orange, yellow and bronze pallet leads into skiffs of white snow with clear blue skies as a backdrop.

This is an easily accessible and exhilarating hike and a great way to enjoy time with friends and family.

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REVITALIZATION TAX EXEMPTION EXTENSION AGREEMENT List of Business and Light Industry Parcels Assessment Classes 5 & 6 Situated Within the 2006 Boundary Extension Area Assessment Roll Number

Civic Address and Legal Description

2100.105

196 Dewdney Avenue, PID 001-827-146 Lot A, Plan 34355, District Lot 4

3030.000

7088 Cariboo Highway, PID 012-066-206 Dist Lot 915, Except Plan 15161, MHR# 93577

3095.200

7065 Boyd Pit Road, PID 024-938-718 Lot 1, Plan KAP68363, District Lot 1060

3095.210

7072 Walch Road, PID 024-938-726 Lot 2, Plan KAP68363, District Lot 1060

3095.220

7029 Cariboo Highway, PID 024-938-734 Lot 3, Plan KAP68363, District Lot 1060

3095.230

7073 Walch Road, PID 024-938-742 Lot 4, Plan KAP68363, District Lot 1060

3095.240

7085 Walch Road, PID 024-938-751 7089 Walch Road, PID 027-938-769 Lots 5 & 6, Plan KAP68363, District Lot 1060

3095.260

20 Boyd Pit Road, PID 024-938-777 Lot 7, Plan KAP68363, District Lot 1060 Except Plan KAP86321

3095.265

30 Boyd Pit Road, PID 027-458-857 Lot A, Plan KAP86321, District Lot 1060

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WRAPS wants to get Opera House running again

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The clock is ticking for the Ashcroft Opera House and for the Winding River Arts and Performance Society (WRAPS) who want to breathe some new life into it.

WRAPS president John Kidder and members of the society have been busy in the past few weeks, making their pitch to local governments like the Village of Ashcroft and the Gold Trail board of education.

Kidder has an option to purchase the Opera House, which sits on the corner of Brink and 4th St., that expires June 30, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trying to raise $600$700,000.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping the Village can come up with $30,000 over two years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Financial support from council is critical when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for other funding,â&#x20AC;? Kidder told Council members at a Apr. 23 meeting. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need provincial and federal money, and funding from a local authority tells them that people really want this to happen.â&#x20AC;?

He said theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to be operating by this Fall, starting small with musical offerings and a coffee shop.

Mayor Andy Anderson said he hoped the Council could help: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will look at it in every way we can,â&#x20AC;? he said, adding that the use of public funds was governed by strict rules. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By definition, this is a pri-

vate enterprise because the Village doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t own it,â&#x20AC;? said Administrator Michelle Allen.

Kidder said the funding would go to WRAPS, which is a non-profit volunteer society. It would be WRAPS, he said, who would be taking out a 10 year lease on the building with the view to owning it by the end of that time.

During that 10 years, they would be offering not only concerts, but marketing the venue for festivals, workshops, a recording studio, possibly a movie theatre, and just a meeting place to bring in revenue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has to be multi-purpose,â&#x20AC;? he told School District 74â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Education Committee on May 1. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A modern multi-purpose arts and cultural facility.â&#x20AC;?

WRAPS has been very good about making sure that every performance they offer makes a little bit of money, or at least breaks even, he said.

Kidder expects 46 per cent of their $610,000 preliminary budget will come from government sources. The rest will come from memberships, sponsors and donations.

They are thinking that forming a co-operative is the best way to keep the Opera House community-owned as well as offer shares in return for donations from the members.

Kidder asked the trustees to picture a future five years down

The Opera House was built in 1889 and has been used as an opera house, a concert hall, a town hall, movie theatre and a new and used store. Martin Comtois restored it in 2008 as the Ashcroft Opera House and presented such acts as Valdy, The Rankins and Garnet Rogers before building code problems forced its closure in 2008.

the road where Ashcroft has a agreed Superintendent Teresa thriving arts and culture com- Downs.

Trustee Christopher Roden, munity with the Opera House chair of the Education Commitbehind it all. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think we can turn our de- tee, asked Downs to speak with Secretary Treasurer Lynda Mincline around.â&#x20AC;?

He reminded trustees that the nabarriet to see how the school Opera House drew people to set- district could help them. tle in Ashcroft between 20052008 while it was owned and operated by Martin CertiďŹ ed Comtois. That migration Welcome Dog has dropped off since the building closed in Novemto all my & Cat ber 2008, but it could happrevious Groomer pen again once the Opera is re-opening on a part-time basis, customers House is in operation. and for small and medium size dogs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not a business,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doggone newcomers Call for appointment 250-457-9606 he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is a communityGood to the area owned not-for-profit venGroomingâ&#x20AC;? ture,â&#x20AC;? Kidder said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The goal is to improve the wellbeing of the community.â&#x20AC;?

The real victory, he said, would be to have people walking around Ashcroft, saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my Opera (Gold Trail) House.â&#x20AC;?

Young people are alEXTENDS AN INVITATION TO THE SEVENTH ANNUAL ready big contributors to the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arts and culture, he DISTRICT RETIREMENT CELEBRATION said, and WRAPS provides Everyone is welcome to attend an evening of fun, friends, and memories many opportunities for stuas we celebrate the many contributions of those District employees who dents through plays, workare retiring, or have retired, this year: shops, musical performDATE: Thursday June 7, 2012 ances and other activities.

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Forest Stewardship Plan Amendment Review West Fraser 100 Mile House - FSP #182 - Amendment #6 West Fraser 100 Mile House invites the public and interested stakeholders to view and provide written comment on the draft Forest Stewardship Plan - Land Use order Amendment #6, prepared for the West Fraser License area within the 100 Mile House TSA. The Plan indicates how results and strategies proposed by West Fraser have been amended to include the 2011 Land Use Order objectives.

The Amendment also adds NRFL A81490 and A81491 to the FSP. The Forest Stewardship Plan Forest Development Unit covers most of the 100 Mile House Forest District. The draft Forest Stewardship Plan Amendment will be available for review and comment during ofÂżce hours until June 11, 2012 at the West Fraser 100 Mile House OfÂżce located on Exeter Road in 100 Mile House.

To arrange to view this plan please contact Mark Runge at 250-395-8246.

Written comments are requested by June 11, 2012. Comments can be sent to: West Fraser Mills Limited, PO Box 97, 100 Mile House, BC V0K 2E0 Fax: 250-395-8254 or Email: Mark.Runge@Westfraser.com

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Pioneer Family Timber Partnership invites the public and interested stakeholders to view and provide written comment on the draft Forest Stewardship Plan Amendment #6. Pioneer has proposed the addition of West Fraser FL A20001 and A20002 as Holders of the FSP for purposes of salvage harvesting of pine and spruce in areas covered by the Pioneer FSP that are not covered by the West Fraser FSP. The Forest Stewardship Plan Forest Development Unit covers the 100 Mile House Forest District. The draft Forest Stewardship Plan Amendment will be available for review and comment during of¿ce hours until June 11, 2012 at the Pioneer Family Timber Partnership Of¿ce located at 351 Hodgson Road, Williams Lake.

To arrange to view this plan please contact J. Leggett at 250-392-4777.

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Written comments are requested by June 11, 2012. Comments can be sent to Pioneer Family Timber Partnership, 351 Hodgson Road, Williams Lake, BC V2G 3P7 Fax: 250-398-5922; or via email: J. Leggett at jacci@pioneerlogging.com

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Interfor - Adams Lake Division - 100 Mile House FSP for NRFL A81492 and NRFL A81493 CCLUP Land Use Order Amendment

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Interfor 100 Mile House invites the public and interested stakeholders to view and provide written comment on the draft Forest Stewardship Plan Amendment to incorporate the May 2011 CCLUP Land Use Order, prepared for the Interfor License area within the 100 Mile House TSA. The Plan indicates how results and strategies proposed by Interfor have been amended to include the 2011 CCLUP Land Use Order objectives.

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The Forest Stewardship Plan Forest Development Unit covers the eastern portion of the 100 Mile House Forest District generally east of Hwy 97. The draft Forest Stewardship Plan Amendment will be available for review and comment during of¿ce hours until June 11, 2012 at the Interfor 100 Mile House Of¿ce located on 715 Alder Avenue in 100 Mile House.

To arrange to view this plan please contact Ian Briggs at 250-395-4025.

Written comments are requested by June 11, 2012. Comments can be sent to: Montane Forest Consultants Ltd., Box 657, 100 Mile House, BC V0K 2E0.

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Guitar maker helps restore forests ravaged by 2009 wildfire A Vancouver-based guitar manufacturer is donating $3,000 to BC Parks to purchase and plant 1,000 seedlings to help restore 23,000 hectares of land damaged in the 2009 Kelly Creek wildfire.

Initiated by Prestige Guitars and led by BC Parks, the project offers a way to raise awareness of environmental issues.

The company plans to continue its sponsorship with BC Parks by taking on a new reforestation

project every year and its goal is to plant a tree for every guitar manufactured.

In an effort to avoid low soil moisture due to summer temperatures, the native Douglas-fir and spruce seedlings are sched-

uled to be planted in Edge Hills Provincial Park in the fall.

“By launching our own reforestation initiative, we hope to do our part for the environment, and encourage and motivate other companies to do their

part. Trees play an integral part in manufacturing a guitar and we want to ensure our industry is sustainable and that B.C.’s forests will be around for our future generations,” said Mike Kurkdjian, president of Prestige Guitars Ltd. In 2009, the Kelly Creek wildfire swept the park, leaving slopes susceptible to possible landslides, heavy debris flows and flooding. The reforestation supported by the partnership will help secure the area and help mitigate safety concerns.

Wellness brand takes next step Canadians are living longer and costs for the Old Age Security (OAS) are rising.

On April 1, 2023 the Government of Canada plans to start raising the age of eligibility for OAS and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) from 65 to 67.*

What does this mean for you?

54 or older as of March 31, 2012

You may still obtain OAS/GIS at age 65

53 or younger as of March 31, 2012

The age of eligibility for OAS/GIS will change gradually between 2023 and 2029

Starting in July 2013, Canadians who are eligible for, but not yet receiving OAS will have the flexibility to delay receiving it in exchange for a higher monthly amount at a later date.

The number of working-age Canadians for every senior is decreasing** 6 5

The number of working-age Canadians per senior is decreasing, placing additional pressure on the OAS program.

4 3 2 1 0 1990

2012

2030

**Source: 9th Actuarial Report on the Old Age Security Program

For a free brochure or more information visit www.ServiceCanada.gc.ca/retirement or call 1 800 O-Canada (TTY 1-800-926-9105) *Subject to parliamentary approval

Ashcroft Council agreed that it needed to get involved with the town’s new brand, Wellness Awaits You after Sun Country manager Deb Arnott questioned why there was no money in their budget for the branding committee.

She commended the Council for its leadership in initiating and supporting the brand, plans for which began in 2004.

A branding committee meets monthly to plan, mainly, how to promote the Wellness brand. “We have no name, no budget, but that’s okay,” said Arnott.

The group is making plans for a two or three-day festival in Ashcroft next year that will support the Wellness brand.

But first, there needs to be a renewal of communication between the group and Council.

“I think (Council) kind of fell off after the initial branding,” said Mayor Andy Anderson.

“I think it’s time for a planning session to move this brand forward with the community,” said Arnott.

“And maybe through that, we can identify other funding sources for the festival.”