Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal, August 14, 2012

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Storm affects water pumps in Ashcroft The impressive storm which rolled through the area on the evening of Aug. 7 left the Village of Ashcroft less than impressed, when a lightning strike took out some of the electronics controlling the automatic turn on/off for the Village’s water pumps.

Village Administrator Michelle Allen said that there was never a safety issue, and that the Village’s emergency services were not affected. However, in the immediate aftermath of the strike crews had to monitor the reservoir manually to ensure that water levels were neither too high nor too low.

A notice from the Village on its website and on social media on Aug. 8 asked residents to refrain from using automatic sprinkler systems for 24 hours. As many people schedule their systems to come on overnight, it was feared that the water level in the reservoir might drop suddenly in the absence of the automatic system.

Replacement parts for the damaged equipment were expected on Aug. 10, and the system was expected to be fully functional again

by Saturday Aug. 11.

BOUNTY IN THE DESERT. “This poor looking land however is no more a desert than are the rich valleys of California. Like them, it will grow anything, if irrigated.” So wrote the Revd.

George M. Grant of the area in 1872, and 140 years later Ashcroft’s Desert Hills Ranch is proving him right. (clockwise from top) Watermelons, gerberas, and sweet onions are just some of the bounty available, with the fresh fruits and vegetables making the 100 Mile Diet very attractive indeed.

2012 Bonaparte Pow Wow cancelled The Bonaparte Indian Band’s annual Pow Wow, usually held at Historic Hat Creek Ranch in mid-August, will not be taking place this year.

The Bonaparte Band’s Betty Antoine explained that last year’s Pow Wow was a competition, awarding prizes to top dancers. As a result, there were no funds available to stage the event this year.

“Traditionally we don’t give prizes for dancing,” she said, adding that future Pow Wows would go back to a non-competition format.

Antoine said the Band is hoping that one family will step forward to host the event for the next three to four years, although so far there have been no volunteers.

The Pow Wow, which has been an annual event for almost 20 years, features displays of traditional First Nations dancing for men, women, teens, and children, as well as exhibitions of hand drumming and singing.

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Lost, and found Ashcroft police reported three cases in the last week where lost property - none of which had been reported missing - was found in the Cache Creek area. Two of the items were wallets with ID inside, which allowed the owners to be traced and the items reclaimed. The third item was a Norco mountain bike, found on Stage Rd. Anyone who reports one missing and can accurately describe the bike can claim it from the Ashcroft RCMP detachment.

Compounding the crime Aug. 2 at 10 pm, a vehicle was stopped on Drynock Rd. near Lytton. The male driver, a 46 year old Lytton man, was found to be intoxicated, and was arrested and taken in for a breathalyser test. He registered over .08, and was also found to be on conditions not to consume alcohol, the result of a previous criminal conviction. He is now facing charges of impaired driving and failure to comply with conditions of probation. He is due to appear in court on Sept. 11.

Damage to truck a mystery Aug. 3 at 9 am, police received a report of a suspicious vehicle parked near the Walhachin bridge. Police attended and found that the 2001 Chevrolet Silverado pickup’s windows were smashed in.

The owner, a 52 year old male from Kamloops, was located at the Juniper Beach campground. He reported that the vehicle had not been stolen, but gave no further information about how or why the vehicle might have ended up where it was found.

Anyone who has information is asked to call the Ashcroft RCMP.

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in Cache Creek. On Aug. 6 the same man tected the smell of alcohol on the breath - a 65 year old originally from Burns of the driver, a 56 year old male from EdLake - was reported trying to camp for monton. He was read a roadside breath free at the Legacy Park in Ashcroft. When demand, to which he complied. He registered a fail, and police attended was issued with the second call a seven day drivthe man apSHCROFT ETACHMENT ing suspension, peared to be while his vehicle distraught, and was impounded suffering from Barbara Roden for 30 days. health issues.

The ambulance service was called and the man was trans- Hit and run ported to Royal Inland Hospital in KamAug. 4 at 8 pm, police received a reloops, where he has since expired from port of a hit and run in the parking lot of natural causes. the River Inn in Ashcroft. The 2007 black Dodge Caliber with BC plates received minimal damage to the rear driver side Gas and dash Aug. 3 at 8:30 pm police received a re- bumper. Anyone who witnessed the acciport of a theft of gas from the OK Stopgas dent or has any information about it asked station in Ashcroft. A Caucasian female to please contact the Ashcroft RCMP. with blonde hair, driving a red Dodge van pulling a tent trailer, drove away without Slow driving raises suspicions paying for $70 worth of gas. The drivAug. 5 at 2:30 am, a vehicle souther may have been on the way to Green bound on Hwy. 97 near 16 Mile was Lake, but attempts to locate either her stopped for driving unusually slowly. The or the vehicle proved fruitless. Anyone officer detected the smell of marijuana, with information is asked to call Ashcroft and a small quantity of the drug was RCMP. found in the car. The drugs were seized and will be destroyed, while the driver - a 35 year old woman from Williams Lake Over-aggressive panhandler Aug. 4 at 5 pm, an employee at the was released without charges.

Chevron in Cache Creek called to complain about a panhandler harassing cus- Assault charges laid tomers. The 53 year old male from KamAug. 5 at 11 pm, police received a reloops was reported to be aggressive, and port of an assault which took place in a non-cooperative. Police attended, and room at the Sundowner Motel in Cache convinced the man to leave the area. No Creek. The victim, a 51 year old female charges are being laid. from Saskatoon, called police from the Cache Creek Shell station to report the assault, and the attending officers locatNo seatbelt leads to no car Aug. 4 at 7 pm, the driver of a vehicle ed and arrested the suspect, the woman’s on Hwy. 97 in Clinton was observed not 49 year old male partner (also from Saswearing a seatbelt. The vehicle was pulled katoon). He was charged with assault over on Kelly Lake Rd., and police de- causing bodily harm and other related of-

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fences, and is in custody awaiting a coirt appearance on Aug. 13. The victim was treated at Royal Inland Hospital for injuries, and subsequently released.

Careless, not impaired Aug. 6 at 6 pm, police received a report of a possibly impaired driver on Hwy. 99 near the Hwy. 97 junction. Police located the vehicle, which was stopped at a restaurant, and identified which of the three occupants was the driver. All three were found to be sober.

When semis collide Aug. 7 at noon, police were called to a motor vehicle accident on Hwy. 1 near the Venables Valley turnoff. Two northbound semi-trailers had collided when the first one slowed down for a vehicle parked on the side of the highway. The second semi rear-ended the first, causing slight damage to the rear of the first trailer. The second semi was disabled, and had to be towed. The highway was not closed, as both vehicles managed to get to the side of the road. There were no injuries, and no charges are being laid.

Be careful what you text Aug. 5 at 5:30 pm, Ashcroft RCMP were asked to locate a male traveller from Prophet River, BC who was a passenger on the Greyhound bus from Kamloops to Fort St. John. A relative, worried by text messages the man had sent, felt he might be suffering from mental issues, and that his safety was in jeopardy. Police located the man at the Greyhound bus stop in Cache Creek and found him to be safe and well and in good spirits. The man assured police that he was fine, and that the texts had been sent in error.

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Desert Daze more than just music Spences Bridge is busy preparing for its third annual Desert Daze Festival, Aug. 17-19.

The event, held at the old school grounds, features a jam-packed musical line-up and a wide variety of other events for all ages.

“We’ve planned more activities for festivalgoers this year,” says Maya Chang, festival coordinator. “Our pickling workshop is back by popular demand and we have more vendors attending. This year, we’re excited to have guitar, writing, yoga, music history, and drumming workshops all taking place inside the school.”

The always popular apple-bobbing and seedspitting contests are back. “The seed-spitting champion spat 27 feet and 10 inches last year,” said Steve Rice, activity organizer and festival emcee. “The apple bob was popular with the kids.” Anyone up for the challenge should plan on joining the activities on Saturday afternoon.

Kite-flyer Dale Pattison has also been added to the program, and hopes to be able to fly his 11-metre show kite. “I find it really relaxing, you go out there and you just fly your kite and you think about nothing,” Pattison said. “I just love it, it’s my passion.” Attempts to fly the kite will be made on Saturday and Sunday mornings during the Pancake Breakfast, hosted by the Spences Bridge Fire Department.

The festival kicks off on Friday at 5 pm with an Aboriginal welcome ceremony by the Siska Indian Band Drummers. More than 20 acts - including favourite local musicians Richie and the Fendermen from Lytton, Flat Busted from Spences Bridge, and Mudville from Ashcroft will perform on an outdoor stage. Tickets cost between $10 and $60, and will be for sale at the gate (cash only).

For more information on the Desert Daze Festival, visit www.desertdaze.ca .

Eight members of the Ladies’ Auxiliary, and one branch member, from Legion #113 in Ashcroft attended a Gavel Passing in Okanagan Falls over the August long weekend.

Southern region branches from BC attend, along with northern posts from Washington State. There were 107 attendees; Legion #113 had the largest number of people present , so were given a framed photograph (r) of the arch which stands at the border near Osoyoos to keep for one year. Next August it will be returned to Ephrata, WA for the 2013 Gavel Passing. Those attending this year’s event from Legion #113 were (above, l-r) Cami and Joyce (front row); Shirley, Millie, Kathy, Ines, Luke, Jan, and Loraine (back row).

Counterfeit bank notes in Interior

FUN IN THE SUN! On the August long weekend the Loon Lake Community Association hosted its annual community barbecue. The event was sold out, and more than 130 people enjoyed a dinner of barbecued chicken or hamburgers. The weather was terrific, with the temperature close to 40 C!

The RCMP is advising business communities throughout the Interior of the province that several areas have recently experienced a spike in counterfeit money passing.

Since July 26, RCMP have received 23 complaints where counterfeit currency was either passed or attempted to be passed in the communities of Oliver, Osoyoos, Okanagan Falls, Penticton, West Kelowna, Lake Country, Salmon Arm, and Kamloops.

These incidents involve Canadian bank notes in the $20, $50, and $100 denominations from the Canadian Journey Series (2001 – 2006).

The public, merchants, and businesses should always check the security features of bank notes before accepting them. The security features to check are the watermark or Ghost image; the security thread; the overall print quality; the metallic or holographic strip; and the puzzle number or see through number.

“The typical modus operandi is for the passer to make an inexpensive purchase and pay with a large denomination, in turn receiving a large percentage of change back in authentic currency, leaving the bogus bill in the till. Feel, look, and flip the bank note to check the security features,” advises Cpl. Dan Moskaluk.

For more information on counterfeiting prevention go to the Bank of Canada website at http://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/ counterfeit-prevention/

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BARBARA RODEN

They’re all winners This year’s London Olympics certainly provided enough courage, controversy, and amazing feats to fuel conversations for some time to come. From the high (literally; Canadian trampolinist Rosie MacLennan’s gold medal performance was something to behold) to the low (the rigged badminton matches that resulted in four teams being disqualified), the Games of the XXX Olympiad had something for everyone.

Almost all the participants in the Games are amateurs, pursuing their sport because - well, in the words of Everest climber George Mallory, because it’s there, and they have to. Most of them toil in relative obscurity, training day in and day out far from the glare of the spotlight, which makes their achievements on the world stage even more impressive. Just a sample: Captain Canada, equestrian competitor Ian Millar, who at age 65 competed in his recordsetting 10th Olympiad, and hasn’t ruled out an appearance in Rio in 2016. At an age when most people are embracing retirement, silver-medallist Millar refuses to rest on his laurels.

Christine Sinclair and her teammates on the Canadian women’s soccer team, who suffered a heart-breaking semi-final loss and then rallied to capture the bronze medal in a stunning display of of teamwork and athletic prowess.

Swimmer Ryan Cochrane, who spent four years determined to improve on his bronze medal in 2008, and worked his way - one gruelling lap after another - up to a silver this year.

Nate Brannen, who was spiked during his 1500 metre running heat, fell, then picked himself up and managed to finish in the middle of the pack. He didn’t advance, but he showed Olympian levels of grit and determination.

For an even more heroic display, though, look no further than 16 year old Benjamin Schulte of Guam, who finished last in the gruelling 10 km men’s open water swim. To get an idea of what it’s like to swim 10 km, go down to your local pool and swim one lap. Then swim another. Then swim 398 more. To do it in Schulte’s time - remember, he finished last, more than 10 minutes behind everyone else swim each lap in under 20 seconds.

He was behind the pack for the entire race.

When he finished, everyone else had gone. He could have quit at any time - with two laps to go he wanted to quit - and no one would have blamed him. But he didn’t quit. He kept swimming, and he finished his race, completing the task he had come to London to do.

In my books, Benjamin Schulte is a hero, and so is everyone else who gave their all in London over two amazing weeks. Perhaps - just perhaps - we could put aside the manufactured “celebrities” from reality TV, and hold the Sinclairs and Brannens and Schultes of this world up as role models, for ourselves and our children and grandchildren. The world would, I think, be a different - and better - place if we did.

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT. Looking west along the Bonaparte River near the site of the old Harper’s Mill, where the Bonaparte flows into the Thompson. Photograph by Barbara Roden.

Two sides of Wellness

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

To the Editor, Re: Aug. 7 letter to the editor from Susan Allam of North Saanich, BC. It is almost incomprehensible to me that a motorist driving along Hwy. 1 could become as disturbed by our Wellness Awaits You signage as Ms. Allam from North Saanich attests. In fact, Ms. Allam’s reactions are so over the top that one wonders just how genuine they are.

To drive off the Highway, pass judgement on a community, subsequently belittle said community in the local newspaper, AND threaten to contact the big city media: such is her outrage, one is forced to conclude that Ms. Allam is indeed in need of some “wellness”!

She makes the same fundamental error in understanding wellness that the folks who have questioned our brand recently have also done. Wellness is not a thing nor, for Heaven’s sake, is it a hospital. It is the physical, emotional, and spiritual lifestyle that leads to wellbeing.

My husband and I have lived in large cities and small towns. We chose to move to Ashcroft three years ago, and what we have found here is definitely wellness. Ashcroft is, without

question, the nicest place we have ever lived – filled with welcoming and sincere residents, a lively arts community, devoted volunteers, active and involved parents and families, and everywhere friendliness.

People smile and say hello or good morning as you pass them by, walkers wave at drivers and drivers wave at walkers. They might not know each other, they just are friendly. Shopkeepers are genuinely interested in their customers, and take the time to visit and assist.

This is the happiest community we know of and if Ms. Allam decides to spend a little time here, she will come to know that herself.

We live in what surely must be one of the most beautiful sites in the world.

We walk the track at the high school daily, and constantly marvel at the gorgeous vista we look at each day through the seasons.

Within minutes we can be at a lake or on a gorgeous country road to explore. We have no traffic lights or lineups or rush hour to contend with, we have relatively little crime, clean streets, well-tended yards and homes.

We live within blocks of one of the largest vegetable farms in BC. I’m sure Ms. Allam has heard of the 100 Mile

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Diet - well, we have the one mile diet! Further afield, it is only a short drive to access all kinds of fruits and vegetables. The harvest is available to us during the growing season, and also provides us with root vegetables and squashes to last the winter.

In short, we have found Ashcroft to be good for the body and the soul.

Minimizing stress, eating healthy food, exercising regularly, and meaningfully engaging with our community and its residents have convinced us that we have indeed found wellness.

I am saddened by Ms. Allam’s judgement. She does a great disservice to our community and its people, but I do wish her well in her continued search to find wellness. It just might be closer to her than she realizes!

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Years later, discarded ink bottles still have an eloquent tale to tell

by Esther Darlington MacDonald There is a certain irony in the fact that 100 years ago, two out of 10 persons in North America could not read or write.

Yet if it were not for the personal diaries, journals, and letters of our pioneer folk, much of the history of that period would have been lost.

The people who wrote these accounts of day to day life were not professional people with academic education. Far from it. They were probably persons with only a few years of primary school or, at best, the equivalent of a high school education.

Whether writing from a desk or a kitchen table, or while they were on the move, off to adventures in the wilds of British Columbia, the letters and other written material they created have provided all the colour and character of another age.

It was the age of pen and ink, both of which are portable objects. One of my hobbies, in years past, was digging for bottles. While living in Clinton I found a good number of old ink bottles. The variety of these little treasures was a fascination. The colours ranged from translucent blues and greens to pinks and yellows.

I found the bottles in the garbage dumps long abandoned, and I found them on hillsides around the village. Those hillsides might have been bare of trees and shrubs a hundred years before, but time had seeded ponderosa pine and wild rose bushes around the refuse of early pioneers. Given my awakening interest in journalism, it’s not surprising that the ink bottles became a treasured collection.

The locations I found these ink bottles in were something of a surprise. They were covered over with bunch grass and a little dirt, and I found more than a few under or near those pole fences on the boundaries of ranches. The irony is that in an age with illiteracy as commonplace as it was - when a man could find work in almost every trade without the benefit of being able to read or write - ink bottles, the kind used in schools and the kind

carried by travellers in their knapsacks as to persons in England and North Amer- iting the thoughts and opinions of persons they plodded up and down the old Cari- ica. Collectors of items like this meet in who had long since passed on.

This leads me to the importance of litboo Road, were so numerous. Not as cities, look at the displays set up in honumerous, one might add, as liquor bot- tels, buy and sell and trade, and exchange eracy, or the ability to communicate in tles, but surfacing enough over time to ideas and thoughts about what they col- writing. I don’t think it can be stressed make a collection that could be handed lect. The fascinating aspect of this activContinued on p. 12 over to a museum, or sold to another col- ity is that they were trading and exhiblector.

I could picture, in my mind’s eye, the resting traveller seated on the ground, leaning against the pole fence, taking out of his sack the ink bottle, pen, and some paper, and penning a letter home to Ontario, or New Brunswick, or some foreign country thousands of miles away. Then, if the ink bottle ran dry, he would toss the bottle with a flipping gesture into the grass, and go on his way, probably leaving his letter in a rural post office.

The bottles were not equipped with the screw caps you see today. They were hand blown glass creations, with the air bubbles inside the glass. Their squareshouldered, dignified, simple forms contained one thing: Pen, paper, and ink were the only means of communication for pioneers on the the ability to communicate Gold Rush trail, and they left behind evidence of their passing. This display, the thoughts and - very prob- courtesy of the Ashcroft Museum and Archive, shows some of the ink bottles ably - the hopes and dreams donated by Esther Darlington MacDonald. (Many thanks to Kathy Paulos and in the minds of their users.

The lowly ink bottle did all Regan Greenwood) Photograph by Barbara Roden that.

But the point of this article is not strictly about bottles. It is about the manner in which our pioneers communicated. My late brother Geoffrey was a keen collector of postal memorabilia, including postcards and letters, some of them written from India, Pakistan, Europe and other foreign places

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Two dozen children brought parents and grandparents to Storytime in the Park in Cache Creek on Aug. 8. The event was supported by Bridging to Literacy, Make Children First, and the Village of Cache Creek, and the weather couldn’t have been better as everyone gathered for stretching, story reading, crafts, and snacks. Every child who was there came away with a goodie bag and will receive a book of their own. Organisers Anne Belcham and Deanna Horsting are planning storytime sessions in Ashcroft and Clinton later in the year, and are hoping to be able to include other communities at a future date.

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Some municipalities have suggested modernizing elections to make voting more convenient, and reverse the recent trend to lower voter participation. Clark proposed the idea during last year’s BC Liberal leadership campaign.

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Puff on this, Popeye ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com

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he acceptance of smoking has deteriorated greatly in the last few decades, but one thing hasn’t changed: Popeye is still selling his famous candy cigarettes to kids.

They might be called candy sticks now, and may look a little different without the red dye at the end to simulate a flame, but children know exactly what to do with them, and so did my nine-year-old daughter when she bought them at the corner store recently.

“Hi Mom!” she said puffing away on her pretend cigarette when she arrived home with

her friend. “Don’t we look cool smoking our smokes?” Um, no.

Cool wasn’t quite the word that came to mind.

Normally repulsed by cigarettes, Daisy was excited to play-act with her new prop, and I couldn’t help but wonder why these candies are still being sold. With all the steps that have been set in place to de-normalize this dangerous habit over the years, wouldn’t it make sense to get rid of something that could strongly influence our impressionable young children?

Available in the same red pack that I remember from childhood

with the iconic cigar-smoking sailor on the front, the intent of the product isn’t exactly subtle.

Who is still manufacturing these things and why?

“It doesn’t matter,” one of my friends said when I started asking people what they thought. “If you’re a good parent and you teach your kids not to smoke they won’t.”

Well, if that were true, that would imply outside influences

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and marketing have no factor in a child’s decision making.

It would also suggest that all kids who decide to smoke have parents who neglected to teach them not to. Neither of these implications are true.

While laws and regulations have made things significantly more difficult over the years for smokers to get their fix, the continued existence of candy cigarettes helps to promote smoking as something it no longer is: a socially acceptable activity.

“Oh, give me a break,” my friend argued.

“They would just use straws or pens or something else if they couldn’t buy these.

We can’t ban everything.”

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since almost all smokers pick up the highly addictive habit in their early teens, shouldn’t we eliminate anything directly marketed to youngsters that suggests tobacco is cool?

Allowing the sale of candy cigarettes or sticks or whatever the confectionary companies choose to call them is akin to selling little candy vodka bottles or candy heroin needles, neither of which I’ve ever seen sold.

A hundred years ago it wasn’t known that cigarettes were such a killer, so naturally these candy knock-offs seemed harmless way back when. Now that we know what we do, it’s become obvious that they’re far more dangerous than they appear.

Popeye is a great cartoon and a super strong dude, but I’d much rather see him using his marketing influence to promote spinach and help snuff out those nasty cigarettes for good.

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The Journal Tuesday, August 14, 2012 LETTERS from p. 4

the small group in the community who are trying their best to promote this foolish wellness brand, just do not get the message that people are not comfortable with it at all.

If this group continues with their “We know what’s best for you attitude”, I hate to think of the harm this could do to the community by keeping people away instead of being a positive attraction. This is the last thing Ashcroft needs.

I do hope the branding committee will see their error and act accordingly before it is too late.

To quote Susan Allam, what happened to the old “Historic Ashcroft”?

Bob Rankin Ashcroft, BC

Environmental Wellness?

To the Editor, I believe that Wellness should apply to the environment . . . and I’m sure others would agree with that statement.

This week we had occasion to exchange a satellite receiver, because the previous one had failed. When our excellent local technician came to set up the new box, he asked what I was going to do with the failed part.

My instinct tells me that it should be recycled. It has a silicon board inside it, and I am sure that mercury is present. And I thought back to the recycling weekend that we had in town just a few short months ago, and remembered all of the electronics that I saw being carted along for “proper disposal”.

Short of driving to Kamloops, I am going to have a useless piece of electronic equipment sitting around for a year or more until the next recycling drive. Our local technician is in the same position — and his problem is many times greater than mine.

So my question is simple: why does not, or why cannot, our local recycling program extend to electronics on a fulltime basis? It has been said before that what has gone into the Cache Creek landfill should make us fearful for the future.

I’m no scientist, but my deduction tells me that there has to be some kind of water run-off from the Cache Creek landfill, which I imagine makes its way into the Bonaparte River. The Bonaparte feeds into the Thompson River . . . which is where the Ashcroft water supply comes from. Deduction: mercury in the landfill equals poison in our water supply.

Am I being too simplistic here?

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Journal, museum bring past to life To the Editor, The archival pages of the Ashcroft Journal held at the Ashcroft Museum have so very much enhanced my understanding of my family’s early years, that I felt I must stop and express my appreciation to the editors of this historic newspaper.

So many interesting articles back in the 1920s of the comings and goings of the residents, including my family members Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Nicol, allowed me to piece together not just where my grandfather worked as a CPR trackman in Spatsum, and later a section foreman in Savona, it also allowed me to see into their social life - even down to the winning of a Pyrex pie plate with a silver holder at a whist competition.

Through another Journal article I discovered that my

Christopher Roden Ashcroft, BC

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mother (whom I never knew) boarded with a Mrs. Ades in Walhachin so she could attend elementary school.

I’m just turning 70 years old and your articles helped me understand, after all these years, why my two sisters and I were standing on the banks of the Thompson River in Walhachin in 1945 when I was only three.

(Also on this visit to Ashcroft we learned we were chums with Val Carey and Margaret Willock of Walhachin back in 1945 - but that’s another story!)

Another great treasure I found while there referred to my great-grandfather, William Inglis, whose 1924 obituary appeared in the May 19 issue of the Journal.

We loved visiting the Village of Ashcroft for its beautiful quaintness and links to the past; for its friendly and hospitable people; for its wonderful meals at the Central Cafe; and for the convenient locale of the Legacy RV Park at the river’s edge.

We can never really capture the past, but sometimes, with the help of others, we can momentarily touch it.

I cannot thank the Editors of the Ashcroft Journal without also thanking Kathy Paulos of the Ashcroft Museum for locating numerous articles for me.

Thank you for your part in my journey.

Sheila Hood Jensen Discovery Bay, California

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Notice of Intent Proposed Closure of Deer Lane Road in Spences Bridge Notice is given pursuant to Section 60(2) of the Transportation Act that the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has proposed intent to proceed with the permanent closure of a portion of Deer Lane Road (No. 2255) and that such closed road be vested pursuant to Section 60(2) of the Transportation Act. The road will be consolidated with: 1. District Lot 369, Kamloops Division Yale District, excluding the following: • Part on Plan attached to DD 21186; • Part outlined in red on Plans B3291, B1079 and A243; • Plans 4919, 5629, 8694, 11578 and H671; • Part lying north of the Trans-Canada Highway shown on Plan H671; • Plan H416; 2. Lot 32, District Lot 369, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan 5629; 3. Lot A, District Lot 369, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan 8078; 4. Lot 34, District Lot 369, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan 5629, (excluding Plan 8078); 5. Lot 2, District Lot 369, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan 8694; 6. Parcel B (LA81070), District Lot 369, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan 5629; 7. Lot 3, District Lot 369, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan 8694; 8. Lot 39, District Lot 369, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan 5629; 9. Lot 4, District Lot 369, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan 8694; 10. Lot 40, District Lot 369, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan 5629; and 11. Parcel A (being a consolidation of Lots 41, 42 and 43, see LA74465), District Lot 369, Kamloops Division Yale District, Plan 5629.

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Smart meters pose little risk

ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM: There was a great turnout for the South Green Lake Volunteer Fire Department’s Community Day at the fire hall July 4. Kamloops resident Lynn Holgate (l), Mary and Gibb Holgate of Ashcroft, and Donna Brezina of Cache Creek took a break from the action to enjoy their ice cream cones.

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Too heavy on the gas pedal Four tickets for excessive speed were issued over the last week. On Aug. 2 a 22 year old male from Maple Ridge, driving 115 km/hr in a 70 km/hr zone, was stopped while travelling north on Hwy. 1 near Spences Bridge. On Aug.

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3 a 22 year old male from North Vancouver was stopped for driving his motorcycle at 125 in an 80 zone on Hwy. 99, while on Aug. 4 a 28 year old male from Vancouver was clocked doing 119 in a 70 zone on Hwy. 1 in Cache Creek. On Aug. 8 a 29 year old male from Williams Lake was stopped while doing 99 in a 50 zone, also in Cache Creek. All four drivers were fined for excessive speed and had their vehicles impounded for seven days.

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been approximately 1,000 cases where BC Hydro has found preexisting damage to a customer’s meter socket after the old meter was removed, including eroded wiring, improper meter socket installations, and pre-existing electrical bypasses.

Like old meters, smart meters do not generate a charge and are designed so that it is impossible for the connectors to come into contact with each other. In fact, the new meters provide improved surge protection – up to 575 volts, as compared to 385 volts for old meters.

In addition, the new meters will enable BC Hydro to alert the customer if they are exceeding their service rating and in need of an upgrade to ensure safety. Smart meters are regulated by British Columbia Electrical Safety Regulations, the American National Standards Institute, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and International Electrotechnical Commission.

While equipment on the customer side of the grid is designed to last a long time, it can sometimes deteriorate through the years.

The best indicator of any issue with electrical equipment is lighting.

Customers should watch for sustained flickering of lights or multiple lights getting brighter or dimmer in their home. If customers notice this problem, they should contact an electrician.

Customers should also ensure that any modifications to a home or business that involve wiring are done by a qualified electrician.

For more information, please contact BC Hydro Media Relations at (604) 928-6468, or visit the website at www.bchydro.com/media

Literacy a skill we can’t lose

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BC Hydro and customers all play a role in electrical safety, now and in the future. The installation of new meters throughout the province involves a visit to every customer, and provides a unique opportunity for BC Hydro to identify and address safety issues.

The risk of a smart meter exchange causing electrical problems is extremely low. Before smart meters, BC Hydro routinely exchanged up to 40,000 analog meters per year. In fact, meter socket failures are occurring at the same very low rate – about 0.05 per cent – with the new smart meter exchanges as they did with old meter exchanges.

Nonetheless, both BC Hydro and customers need to be on the lookout for any potential electrical safety issues.

BC Hydro has installed over 1.5 million smart meters throughout the province. The overwhelming majority of the installations have been problem-free.

When replacing a meter, BC Hydro plugs the new meter, which is the end point of the electricity grid, into the customer’s meter socket. The meter socket belongs to the customer. Like an electrical socket, a properly functioning meter socket should be able to accommodate frequent meter exchanges.

During the smart meter exchange, BC Hydro conducts a thorough inspection of the meter socket before a new meter is installed.

If installers discover problems with a customer’s meter socket, BC Hydro will contact the homeowner and offer to bring in a qualified electrician to fix the problem at BC Hydro’s expense.

Meter socket failures are extremely rare. To date, there have

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too much that literacy remains the most important tool a person can possess. But four out of 10 Canadians are said to be either semiliterate, or illiterate: unable to read a newspaper, a telephone book, or an instruction manual with the full complement of understanding.

I attended two literacy workshops over the course of the years.

One of them, held in Williams Lake, was a real eye opener. The question raised was glaringly obvious. Why, given the years they spent in our school systems, did so many people not have the literacy skills that most of our old-timers and pioneers possessed after only a few years of primary school education?

The cause, it was stated, was the method used to teach a whole generation how to read and write.

The old phonics system, I was told

by a teacher way back in the late 1950s, was a “long and laborious method”, and easier methods, presumably, had been found.

Be that as it may. I recall that, while working at UBC, the departments were informed that graduates from our high schools entering the faculty of engineering did not have the literacy skills required.

English 101 was added to the curriculum of these students.

My grandparents and parents had only primary school educations. But they wrote with a literate hand, were great readers, and wrote letters about their lives and their times that were interesting to read.

We can never undervalue the power of the ability to communicate, not only in reading and writing, but verbally too. Without those skills, young people and older people miss whole generations of knowledge.