Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal, September 27, 2012

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Cache Creek gets three blooms Cache Creek was awarded three blooms this year by the provincial Communities in Bloom group for 2012, with a special mention for the Gateway Park at the main intersection.

Carmen Ranta, chair of the Cache Creek Communities in Bloom committee, said she was proud of her community and the effort it put into Communities in Bloom this year. She says she is already looking forward to next year’s competition and to utilizing some of the recommendations made by the judges.

In the same population category as Cache Creek, 100 Mile House received four blooms and Barriere received three blooms. Barriere received special mention for community involvement and the McLure Wildlife Monument.

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Cache Creek Communities in Bloom committee members Deb Channell (left) and chair Carmen Ranta (right) with judges George Mitchell and Darlene Kalawsky at the 2012 provincial awards ceremony last week in Kelowna.

RCMP were notified on Sept. 14 that there would be a First Nations gathering on Sept. 2123 at Juniper Beach Provincial Park, 10 km east of Cache Creek, and that the event organizer had requested that all non-natives leave the park. As a result of that, there was a concern of public unrest and negotiations took place between the organizer, Bonaparte Band member Steve Basel and BC Parks and the Minister of Environment.

There was no eviction, but most of the campers left voluntarily. Between 200-300 First Nations were expected, but less than 100 reportedly attended. The weekend gathering was peaceful from the RCMP point of view, and they received no calls to attend the park.

Campers leave Juniper Beach Provincial Park before the First Nations’ gathering begins.

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Loose wheel hits oncoming truck Sept. 18 at 2 pm police attended a two vehicle accident on Hwy 97C near Black Canyon Ranch. It appeared that the front wheel broke off a southbound 1995 Ford F250 driven by a 55 year old West Kelowna man and hit an oncoming 1998 Freightliner dead on. The transport truck was driven by a 52 year old Hope man. Neither driver was injured, but both vehicles were disabled. The F250 was sent for inspection to determine why the wheel broke of. No charges were laid.

Purse stolen from parking lot Sept. 18 at 4:30 pm a 37 year old Cache Creek woman reported that her purse had been stolen from where she had left it by accident, sitting on the ground outside the Oasis Cold Beer and Wine store. She went into the Oasis bar and it was gone by the time she returned for it. A surveillance video showed a burgundy and gray mini van drive up in front of the store with two women in it. One got out and went into the store, returning to the vehicle carrying the purse which contained a small amount

of cash. The matter is still under investigation.

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Damaged headlight, impaired driver

Sept. 19 at 3 pm police received a report of a single vehicle accident in the parking lot of Chums Restaurant in Cache Creek after a 57 year old German tourist driving a rented motorhome backed into a yellow post. There were no charges, and minimal damage done to the side of the rented vehicle.

Sept. 21 at 8:30 pm police stopped a pickup truck on Hwy 1 by Back Valley Rd. for a damaged headlight.

The officer detected the odour of liquor on the driver’s breath and administered a roadside sobriety test. The 36 year old Kamloops woman registered two Warnings on the test. She was given a three day driving suspension and her truck was impounded. She was also given a notice to fix the headlight.

Leashed dog attacked by stray

Not licensed in B.C.

Sept. 20 at 8 pm a 77 year old Ashcroft woman was walking her small dog on Railway Ave. when it was attacked by another dog which was running lose. Bystanders helped pull the dogs apart and the small dog suffered minor injuries.

The Village dogcatcher was notified and is investigating the matter.

Sept. 22 just after midnight, a Traffic Services officer patrolling the Cache Creek area stopped a speeding Mazda 3.

The driver, a 22 year old male, was going to school in Prince George and produced a Saudi Arabia drivers license. It was determined that the man was unlicensed in B.C. and was a vehicle impound candidate. He was served with a three-month driving prohibition and charged with driving while prohibited, issued a speeding ticket, and his vehicle was impounded for seven days.

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Shoulder check didn’t work

Sept. 21 at 4 pm police were notified of a disturbance between a man and woman walking near the main intersection in Cache Creek.

Police located the couple and determined that it was nothing more than a difference of opinion between the 30 year old woman and 40 year old man, both from Cache Creek. They agreed to separate until they cooled off.

Long walk home Sept. 22 at 8 pm police received a report of a person laying on the side of Hwy 97 north of Cache Creek.

Police located a 37 year old Lillooet man who was walking home.

He appeared mildly intoxicated but

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was walking and in control of himself. He was allowed to continue.

Taking it out on the bike Sept. 23 at 3:15 am police were called to a disturbance at Robbies Motel in Cache Creek where an intoxicated 38 year old Prince George woman had knocked over a motorcycle parked in front. The woman was located and it was determined that the woman and the owner of the bike, a 45 year old Abottsford man, knew each other and were in a dispute.

The woman was spoken to and released.

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Sept. 23 at 2:30 pm a Traffic Services officer conducting radar on Hwy 1 by Jackass Mountain stopped a 2010 BMW travelling at 170 kph in the 90 kph zone.

The 37 year old Vancouver man was issued a ticket for excessive speed and his car was impounded for seven days.

Not far from home Sept. 23 at 8:30 pm a Traffic Services officer stopped a 2011 Ford F150 on Hwy 99 about 5 km west of the Hwy 97 junction for travelling at 155 kph in the 90 kph zone. The 52 year old Marble Canyon man was issued a ticket for excessive speed and his truck was impounded for seven days.

Century of women in policing marked B.C. Justice Minister and Attorney General Shirley Bond has issued the following statement as the Vancouver Police Department’s Evolution in Policing Conference marks 100 years of women in policing in Canada: “This year marks a century since two women, Laurency Harris and Minnie Miller, became the first women police officers in Vancouver and in Canada. “These pioneers made an incredible commitment to public service, working eight hours a day, seven days a week. On top of this, and out of their limited personal time, they were expected to attend court and participate in public parades. “But they persevered, supporting not only public safety in Vancouver, but also the law enforcement aspirations of generations of Canadian women. Women now account for one in five police officers across Canada, up from about

one in 20 a generation ago. “And women officers continue to break new ground. In the last decade, the number of women in non-commissioned and senior roles has tripled. In 2006, Bev Busson became the first female commissioner of the RCMP and received the Order of British Columbia. “The ranks of female officers continue to out-pace their male counterparts and here in B.C. we continue to have one of the highest proportions of female officers in Canada. This growth is critical to the future strength of our police forces. “On behalf of our government, I want to thank all the women of law enforcement in British Columbia and encourage all who aspire to follow in their footsteps.

I will continue to work with police leaders to promote a policing culture that supports your involvement and your success.�

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Jamie Mayden won the Broken Racket Sportsmanship Award at the Fall Tournament.

Fall tournaments close tennis season Ashcroft & District Tennis Association’s third annual Fall Tournament was held recently with 12 local players enjoying the first day of Autumn’s warm temperatures.

Colin Franes and Vic Coop were the overall winners. In the picture they are surrounded by the other winners: Maria Russell Martin, Ana Ho, and John Farmer. Jamie Mayden won the Broken Racket Sportsmanship Award.

Special thanks go to Jamie Mayden and John Farmer for organizing the day. John Farmer’s backyard by the river was a perfect place to give out awards, celebrate the winners and plot strategies for the next competition.

The Annual General Meeting was also held. A sincere thank you to all the volunteers who support this club. As long as the weather is good and the snow does not fall, the courts are in use.

Please remember that the schools have priority use during school hours.

ADTA is always

looking for more players. Lessons with George Lea, our tennis Pro are available for all ages and skills in the Spring and Fall.

Get your name on the list by calling 250453-9391.

Fall Tennis Lessons under the coaching of Tennis Pro, George Lea, ended with a Junior Tournament in which 18 Juniors put their newly learned tennis skills to work. Overall winners in Group One: Connor Cave (1st), Nick Ghostkeeper (2nd) and Logan Stoelwinder (3rd). In Group Two: Monika Paulos (1st) , Helen Lulu (2nd), and Samuel Adamson (3rd).

All participants battled the heat and were able to choose prizes from books to tennis balls. ADTA believes that feeding the brain by reading is just as important as feeding the heart with exercise. A big thank you to all the parents for supporting this program. We are already gettiing names for Spring Tennis Lessons 2013.

Maria Russell Martin

A Junior Fall Tournament signalled the end of tennis lessons for 18 brand new tennis players in the Ashcroft-Cache Creek area.

Fall Tournament winners: Maria Russell Martin, Colin Franes, Victor Koop, Ana Ho and John Farmer

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Being beautiful is just a start It’s not an easy thing to do, to convince your community to put on its best suit of clothing and add just a little bling to make itself look better than ordinary.

That’s what Communities in Bloom committees do. Cache Creek, Clinton and Ashcroft all have CiB committees, and the volunteers on those committees all work hard to encourage everyone to do their part.

It doesn’t work if it’s just one small group of people doing all the planting, cleaning and organizing. And it isn’t easy trying to convince the rest of the town that it’s in their own best interest to look good.

It’s not for the sake of winning a competition. It’s because it feels good to look good; tourists want to stay and look around some more; it encourages a sense of community when everyone is working together; it leads to better things and higher standards.

Cache Creek and Clinton have received their provincial awards this year, and Ashcroft will find out how well they did in the national competition in October. Regardless of how many blooms each community receives, we should all congratulate these local volunteers for spending countless hours dusting off our towns and bringing people closer together.

Join a garden tour and you will find out how easy it is to bring strangers together and get them talking about flowers, landscapes, ponds and every other aspect of gardening.

Like every other subject, there are people who enjoy the past time, and there are people who are absolutely passionate about it. I had the privilege of attending a national conference some years ago when I lived in Taylor, and that town was entered in the national conference. To listen to those people talk about their cities and what other cities were doing was just like a shot of adrenaline. It’s addicting!

And the best part of this addiction is that in order to get more, you have to do more.

More planting, more community involvement, more sprucing up.

CiB also has an International competition; I wonder where we would place in a Planetary competition.

A SQUASH PLANT stretches its tendrils far and wide in the early morning sunshine

The Dilbit Question: what is it?

By now everyone knows that Enbridge Inc. wants to build a l,l70 km pipeline between Edmonton and Kitimat to carry Tar Sands Bitumen. What is not commonly known is that the sludge running through those pipes is not simply bitumen but a substance called “dilbit.”

What, then, is dilbit?

Dilbit is short for “diluted bitumen.” Bitumen alone – at room temperature the consistency of peanut butter – is too dense for transport, and requires dilution. The “diluent” is natural gas, or refined naphtha and synthetic crude oil. The mixture is 70 per cent bitumen and 30 per cent diluent. The plan calls for a double pipeline, a 36-inch line for petroleum flowing west and a 20-inch line for diluent (often called “condensate”) flowing east.

So this is not conventional crude that industry has used for decades. This stuff is 70 times thicker than conventional crude, with acid concentrations up to 20 times higher, with 10 times the sulpher content, containing abrasive substances like quartz, pyrite, silicates that cause pipes to heat up. Leaks are estimated at 16 times more likely.

Most of us have heard of Enbridge’s million-gallon spill into the Kalamazoo River (Michigan) in 2010. The US’s National Transportation Safety Board issued a scathing report on that event, citing the lack of adequate federal legislation and illpreparedness on the part of Enbridge. David Sassoon of InsideClimate News wrote an informative article on the spill, from which I’ve chosen to quote selected passages.

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“The accident,” he reports, “underscored how different dilbit is from conventional oil. After the dilbit gushed into the river, it began separating into its constituent parts.

The heavy bitumen sank to the river bottom, leaving a mess that is still being cleaned up. Meanwhile, the chemical additives evaporated, creating a foul smell that lingered for days. People reported headaches, dizziness and nausea. No one could say with certainty what they should do.”

“The N.T.S.B.’s investigation of the Michigan spill identified ‘a complete breakdown of safety’ at Enbridge, the pipeline’s operator. It also revealed that pipeline rules are weakly enforced. One telling fact: Enbridge discovered defects in the area where the pipeline eventually ruptured as early as

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2005, and reported them to regulators. Yet the company was able to delay making repairs without breaking any rules.”

“The N.T.S.B. also found that Enbridge’s leak detection system did not work as advertised. The company had said that its sensors could spot a leak and shut down in less than 10 minutes. TransCanada, the company that is building the Keystone XL, makes similar claims. Yet it took operators in Enbridge’s Canadian control room 17 hours to realize their pipeline had torn open. Sensors triggered 16 alarms but operators continued to pump dilbit into the line, believing the problem was an air bubble, until someone in Michigan saw oil on the ground and called Enbridge’s emergency line.”

See DILBIT on p. 6

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TerriďŹ c vintage car show Dear Editor We want to thank Ashcroft for letting the Merritt Chapter of the Vintage Car Club of Canada put on our 3rd annual Show and Shine car show on Sept. 9. We had 70 cars and trucks which came from 100 Mile House, Kamloops, Lillooet, Spences Bridge, Washington State, Cache Creek, Merritt and Ashcroft.

The location on Railway Ave. was very pleasant with some participants setting up chairs to enjoy the entertainment and concessions.

We look forward to having our 4th annual show next year.

Marguerite Lund, Secretary Merritt Chapter

Cache Creek looking good Dear Editor As our summer slows to close we want to thank Cache Creek for all the beautiful flower gardens that welcome us every time we drive into Cache Creek.

We enjoy our “town days� in both Ashcroft and Cache Creek shopping for all our needs, stopping for lunches and dinners. We miss our Dollar Store and visits with Sandy and Ellie every week, sorry to see them close.

We are now enjoying the bounty of fresh veggies awaiting us at Desert Hills. We are Blessed.

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Poll ďŹ nds support for proposed B.C. reďŹ nery

by Tom Fletcher Black Press Kitimat Clean Ltd. has applied for environmental assessment of a proposed oil refinery, after commissioning a poll that found nearly three out of four B.C. residents support the idea.

A province-wide phone survey conducted during September found 78 per cent of respondents were aware of the proposal to build a large refinery at Kitimat to process Alberta heavy crude oil. Provincially, 72 per cent either favoured or were “somewhat supportive� of the proposed $13 billion refinery, which would ship gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel to market rather than tankers of diluted bitumen.

Kitimat Clean president David Black said he was pleasantly surprised that so many people have heard of the refinery proposal, and that most support the idea. “Obviously the concept has struck a chord with the public,� he said.

Black remains chairman of Black Press Ltd., and formed Kitimat Clean as a separate company to pursue the refinery project. He is financing the provincial environmental assessment for it, which he expects to take two years and cost several

million dollars.

Black first proposed the refinery to the B.C. government seven years ago as chairman of the B.C. Progress Board, an advisory panel set up to examine economic and social development of the province.

His interest was renewed when Enbridge Inc. applied for federal approval to build the Northern Gateway pipeline from northern Alberta’s oil sands to a new tanker port at Kitimat.

The Enbridge project has met strong opposition from communities, aboriginal groups and environmentalists, much of it based on the threat of a tanker spill on B.C.’s North Coast.

Black argues that a refinery not only reduces the spill risk, it means 6,000 construction jobs and 3,000 permanent employees to run it.

Since he announced the Kitimat Clean project in August, Black said

he has been contacted by Korean and Chinese people looking for more information. Earlier discussions with Enbridge and other Canadian oil companies did not produce financial support to reverse a decades-long decline in B.C. refinery capacity.

The poll was conducted by non-editorial Black Press

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Carpet Bowling was a great time, flu shots on the way FROM THE CENTRE Ashcroft-Cache Creek Seniors Muriel Scallon

Great fun was had at the Seniors’ annual carpet bowling tournament in Cache Creek.

Community Volunteer Groups The Royal Canadian Legion #113 301 Brink St., Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0 Phone: 250-453-2423 Fax # 250-453-9625

South Cariboo Elizabeth Fry Society 601 Bancroft St. Box 603, Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0 250-453-9656

Ashcroft and District Fall Fair Contact Person: Janna 250-457-6614 Contact Person: Jessica 250-453-2352

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Ashcroft-Cache Creek Rotary Club Contact Person: Denise Fiddick Phone 250-453-9547

Desert Spokes Cycle Society Phone 250-457-9348

Ashcroft Curling Club Phone 250-453-2341

St. Alban’s Anglican Church Hall, 501 Brink Street Tel: 250-453-9909 or 250-453-2053 - All Welcome

Ducks Unlimited Canada Ashcroft/Cache Creek Volunteer Chapter Phone 250-374-8307

Ashcroft & District Rodeo Association Phone: 250-457-9390

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Ashcroft & District Tennis Association Contact Person: Maria Russell Martin Phone 250-453-9391

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The Ashcroft-Cache Creek Seniors Association met on Sept. 20 after a nice Summer break. Pat Kirby as chairperson welcomed everyone back from their vacation.

After the singing of O Canada, we stood and observed a moment of silence for the passings of three of our members: Ann Buis, Pat Foster and Elva Ogden.

Minutes were read by Donna Tetrault; the Treasurer’s Report was given by Pat Kirby. Correspondence was read and members were asked to attend at a later time to tell about our lives and how we came to live in Ashcroft, and how we came to this stage in our lives.

Should be interesting, the many stories to relate.

A Thank You card was received from Elva Ogden’s family. Another Thank You card was received from the United Church for the table cloths we gave to them.

Committee reports were led off by Barb Shaw’s Kitchen Report, followed by Bingo, Bridge, Crafts, Hospital, Public Relations and Senior Games, and a report on our Carpet Bowling tournament in Cache Creek on Sept. 19. Seven carpets were used with 14 players on each carpet. Lunch was served and all enjoyed themselves - both

with the playing of the games and all the fine food served up by Val Martin and Irene Truman.

Sunshine Cards were sent out to 18 members throughout the Summer months.

Hope all are getting back to normal now.

We had a discussion on the work that goes into the planning and the work of getting the Carpet Bowling tournament underway, and then the putting it all away afterwards.

Thanks go out to Victor Koop, Kevin and Muriel Scallon, Donna Tetrault, Val Martin, Irene Truman, Barb Shaw and Pat Kirby. Thanks were received from Flo Berry and Glenys Murray for all the work that had been done. Also, thanks to Pat Kirby for the clam chowder.

Dates to remember are: Flu shots at the Ashcroft Community Hall on Oct. 31, Cache Creek Community Hall on Nov. 7; Our Over-80 Luncheon at the Seniors Centre on Oct. 10 at 11:30 am. (Photos will be taken at 11:50 am.) Please come and honour our Seniors.

Birthdays for September were Dorothy Colebank, Fran Helland, Asley Lindseth, Mary Lomond, Binky Nichol, Lois Petty, Richard Richardson, Edna Spelay and John West. We sang Happy Birthday to all and then had some refreshments and games.

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Leak detection problem for pipelines is industry-wide DILBIT from p. 4

“The leak-detection problem is industry-wide. Oil spill data maintained by federal regulators show that over the last 10 years, advanced leak detection systems identified only one out of every 20 reported pipeline leaks. Members of the public detected and reported leaks at four times that rate.”

The Polaris Institute calculated 804 spills between 1999 and 2010. Altogether Enbridge has spilled half as much oil as the Exxon Valdez incident.

An N.T.S.B. chairwoman compared Enbridge employees to “Keystone Kops” in their mismanagement of the Mich-

igan dilbit disaster, and we’ve no reason to believe that Canada is any better prepared than the US to handle a major spill. Simply in monetary terms, the cost of clean up is out of sight: $2,000 a barrel for conventional crude, $29,000 for dilbit. (All the figures in this essay are estimates, may be inaccurate, yet serve to illustrate the case.)

After two years and an $800 million expenditure, the clean up in Michigan continues.

The proposed lines between Edmonton and Kitimat would carry their deadly carcinogens over 773 watercourses, to be transported by ship through 230 km of the narrow, stormy Douglas Channel. The BC

and federal governments – heedless and mesmerized by profits – are pressuring us to accept the Gateway Project as a necessity.

Wiser citizens know better.

And while we focus our attention on the dangers of dilbit, let us not forget the root cause of this monstrous threat to our natural paradise: The Tar Sands. The building of the Enbridge pipelines would increase the growth of the Tar Sands by yet another third.

Think about it.

For more information, see Internet: “Dilbit” – Wikipedia.

“The Dilbit Silence” – Ray Grigg

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Loving the small stage and bad year for weeds in Ashcroft ded, with a grin. As for the auditions, I’ve got a sweet little walk on part. Laugh all you want to. I’ll be one of those Shakespeare faeries, telling Robin Goodfellow what a bad boy he is with the village maidens.

War of the Weeds

Esther, middle, with her moroccas at the Fall Fair.

Rockababy Grandma I’ve never had ambition to be in a rock band. That is, until last Sept. 9, at the Fall Fair, when Tracy, a vocalist with Mudville, called me to the stage and handed me a pair of Moroccan shakers.

This could get serious. I could become addicted. Maybe, that experience, which must have taken off a pound or two of flesh, (given the heat of the arena and the stage being slightly warmer) prompted me to audition for the upcoming Winding Rivers Arts

CAKEWALK CHRONICLES Esther Darlington MacDonald and Performing Society’s presentation of Midsummer Nights Mid-term.

Anyway, it isn’t every day a great grandma gets to shake her booty, and by all accounts, I didn’t do badly. I kept looking to the band members for assurance.

Am I doing okay? They all nod-

Let’s get serious. Ashcroft, our lovely little rustic wonder on the banks of the Thompson River, one of the most majestic and beautiful rivers in the world, is infested with weeds.

Weeds everywhere.

Growing where weeds should never have been allowed to grow. Home owners, putting their labor and their imaginations to work on their property, find themselves aligned with properties that are so infested with weeds growing five feet high, they cannot see their neighbor’s yards.

I kid you not. I was visiting friends on Tingley St. the other day and their charming property, truly a reflection of a Communities in Bloom kind of pride, was marred by what could only be termed “unsightly premises”.

My question to Council is why pass by-laws if they will not be enforced? There’s a by-law here that’s been on the books for years. It is not an unenforceable by-law. It just needs the will to be enforced. Come on Council! Look around at our village boundaries and even inside the

network of streets and avenues kept the spirit of mutual fellowwe call home, and do something ship burning bright throughout about the infestation. the day. There’s just so much I don’t know the name of this energy that goes into this event particular weed which Sherman and so much joy and interest in and I pulled off our lot with the the exhibits. help of a neighbor, Tarra, and Planning for it is a year with the help of Chris, who took the enormous bundle I had raked See CAKEWALK on p. 12 up, and pitched it into his pick up and took it up to the dump, but it is not too difficult THE CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF ASHCROFT to pull. Tumble weed, knapweed, SPECIAL GARBAGE PICK UP and this abomin- To aid Ashcroft residents with their FALL CLEANUP, additional ation, you name garbage pick ups will be provided on WEDNESDAY AND it. They are fast THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 & 11, 2012. taking over the The following restrictions apply: town. And there isn’t any need to • No hazardous substances will be picked up. This includes batteries, motor oil, paint, etc. weed out with that toxic killer, • Maximum weight of any single item or bundle is 100lbs.

Round Up. Just pull the friggen • Heavier items up to 300 lbs will be picked up if noted when calling for service. things. That’ll do the job nicely.

• The total weight per address is 1,000 lbs.

• The total volume of material per address is 4 cubic yards (6’ x 6’ x 3’).

The Fall Fair To all those readers who, for one reason or another, do not take in the annual Fall Fair, I say, you are sure missing a wonderful community event!

Kamloops Old Time Fiddlers had us all moving in our chairs - and some moved out of them to dance.

Other musicians

• Garbage must be out where it can be picked up by equipment.

• Garbage cannot be on Highway Right-of-Way. • Garbage must be a defined pile on a level surface.

• Garbage MUST NOT be against fence lines or retaining walls or garbage will not be picked up.

• Due to safety concerns the above restrictions will be strictly enforced.

SPECIAL NOTE: • Please do not place your garbage out prior to October 1st or you will be asked to move it.

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Guenther and Mildred and Ray Luce. Parishioners from St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parish joined the Clinton seniors to say good-bye to these long-time residents. They will be sorely missed. Best

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So many things to be thankful for

wishes for many years of good health and happiness in your new neighbourhoods.

As the meeting came

to a close we were graced with a visit from a delightful couple from Kenya, East Africa, Monica and

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Gerishom who work with Mercy and Caring Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Homes in that country. They were travelling with Edwin and Nancy Cahill of Abbotsford. If you want to help their cause, call 604-886-7736 for more information.

Mark your calendars - Sat., Nov. 10 from 10 am to 2 pm. The Clinton Seniors Association Market Place, formerly known as the Flea Market, will be held in the Clinton Memorial Hall. As well as attic treasures, there are plenty of new sale items, home baking, Christmas ornaments and decorations, food concession, and much, much more.

Clinton Seniors Association look forward to your support for this endeavour. To rent a table, call Eleanor at 459-2339.

Of all the â&#x20AC;&#x153;daysâ&#x20AC;? celebrated in October (National Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, National Boss Day, United Nations Day, Mother-inlaw Day, among others) we tend to focus on the traditional holidays

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Zee Chevalier Thanksgiving Day (Oct. 8 this year) and Halloween.

What have we to be thankful for? The following things to ponder, submitted by Rachael Coldwell: - If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75 per cent of this world.

- If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8 per cent of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wealthy.

- If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.

- If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.

- If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.

- If your parents are still alive and still married, you are very rare, even in Canada.

- If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, you are blessed because although the majority can, most do not.

Have a good day, count your blessings, and pass this along to remind others how blessed we all really are.

Happy Thanksgiving Day! Trick or treaters will be around Oct. 31. Make your house as safe and welcoming as possible with open gates, cleared sidewalks and porch lights on. Thank you to the Village and firemen for the wonderful fireworks display in the park each year

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Pavilion Triathalon was a blast for everyone dren and family opening their presents, and I’m thinking to myself, “All these people are here to try out the course I’ve designed, they want to give it, and me a chance.” I’m very proud of myself.

The racers start coming out of the water and heading out onto the bike course.

Now they’re gone, but they’ll be back soon.

Back soon and safe, a little more tired, but ready to take on the run. They’ll be safe, as I have confidence in the people I’ve designated to make sure the course is safe with signs and pilons. They’ll ride along Pavilion Lake and Crown Lake in Marble Canyon, and Ashcroft triathaletes L-R : Wayne Little, Juanita Little, Heather Minnabarriet, Melanie Minnabarriet, gasp at its beauty. MoHannah Minnabarriet, Vicki and Alf Trill, with Calvin and Rhea Little in the front. mentarily it will take take a step blowing the air horn to start their minds off of how back to the race. The crowd of spec- hard they are working to ride tators on the beach has just as fast as possible. process.

Then I chanted in unison the countIt’s 11:45, and here they down from 10 to one. Even come, jumping off their stepped though I’ve race almost 30 bikes at 15km/h and running forward Wayne Little and start- triathlons, this one is ex- into transition to put their miner1098 ed dele- hilirating, with the hairs on running shoes on and pound @gmail.com the back of my neck stand- the pavement. The intense gating jobs ing on end. It finally has look of focus, everything has and an- finally started and I’m on to be done with focus in trantop of the world. It’s like sition to make it go as fast swering What is better than raChristmas morning when questions, “you marshal that cing in a triathlon? Being a See PAVILION on p. 11 you are watching your chilcorner”, “you put the kayrace director, for one. aks and buoys Sure it’s a challenge. It’s a long road of hurdles to here and there”, climb over to reach the end. “you make sure You see, this is my first time the cars aren’t organizing a triathlon. Yes, parking on the I’ve organized a “fun” triath- course”, “you lon, but this one was the real put the pilons on this road”, and deal.

Contacting people for “Yes, Mr Tripermits, insurance, per- athlete, you’ll mission, prizes, volunteers, be swimming in ambulance attendants, traffic a counter clockcontrol, ordering shirts, and wise direction so much paperwork can be so you won’t mentally exhausting. Using have to swim GPS to make sure the course into the wind is EXACTLY a 750m swim, and waves”.

It’s 10:30 am 20km bike and 5km run so and the army of the athletes can possibly get Super Voluntheir personal best times or if teers all know it’s their first time, possibly what they have their biggest physical chalto do.

The race lenge. A whole day is spent meeting is over, loading all the equiptment and setting it up. Clean- all the athletes ing the road of glass, rocks know which dirand dust. Making sure every ection to swim, small detail is taken care of bike and run.

They know the so no one can get hurt.

The race started at 11 rules of what am on Sept. 16. At 9 am, they can and the racers start coming in to can’t do. Everypick up their race package, thing is running the volunteers all start com- smoothly, I’m ing in, and they all want to starting to relax.

Now it’s know where to go, what to 11 am and I’m do? I was flooded and had to

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Laundry and leg lifts

Nine years ago when I was running my own daycare, I encouraged the kids to tidy up by making it into a game and singing this Barney classic with them: “Clean up, clean up, everybody clean up.

Clean, clean up, everybody do your share.”

For some reason, this song doesn’t work on my husband.

“It looks fine in here,” he will say in a room full of chaos. “Under the clutter it’s clean.”

Personally, I don’t care how clean it is under the clutter, I just want everything put away.

I do my best to accomplish this with the limited time I have, but strangely enough, once this goal is achieved in our home, the tidiness never lasts long.

“I’ll tell you how to make housekeeping more rewarding,” my friend told me recently. “You make it part of your daily exercise routine. Kill two birds with one stone.”

I’m not into killing birds, but I am into deriving more satisfaction from something as mundane and never ending as housecleaning, so I was all ears.

ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com Yes, I could do this, and “Schedule a chunk of time in your day, turn up your fa- while I’m at it, why not turn vourite exercise tunes, and go it up a notch? for it just like you would if I could increase the intenyou were working out in the gym.”

I liked the idea, but could substituting cleaning with exercise really be an option?

“It depends on your output of energy and what you’re doing,” my friend explained. “If you’re just puttering around, no. But if you move swiftly you can definitely build up a sweat and you won’t need to work out later.”

Having always fantasized about getting my house cleaned by a professional while I lifted weights elsewhere, reality set in and I started to seriously consider her strategy.

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work. Patience is key.

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And why stop there? I could apply this physical exertion to other parts of my life as well.

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December 21

the mail. I could do jumping jacks as I cheered for the kids at their soccer games. And an evening stroll around the lake could burn way more calories if I wore a weighted vest and skipped along the walkway instead.

The multi-tasking possibilities were endless, but after a few minutes I felt exhausted at the mere thought of them.

Maybe my husband’s right: under the clutter it probably is pretty clean.

More columns, blogs, cartoons and videos can be found at LoriWelbourne.com

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WUZZLES

A wuzzle is a saying/phrase that is made up of a display of words, in an interesting way. The object is to try to figure out the well-known saying, person, place, or thing that each wuzzle is meant to represent. Answers below.

Spectacular scenery around Crown Lake, just past Pavilion Lake

possible.

Your legs are exhausted from pushing hard into the wind on the bike course. Now they find out if the Brick training they’ve done has paid off. (Brick training is when you go for a hard bike ride, then immediately put your running shoes and run as fast as you can for a short distance to simulate the transition. Your legs don’t want to run, they feel wooden, or like your running on someone else’s legs.)

At 12:03 pm they start crossing the finish line. Very tired, the winner pushes hard to prove to himself, his spectators, the volunteers and all his friends who are going to see the results on the internet, that he did his best to win. I shake his hand and continue to shake the sweaty hands of people coming across the finish line. I congratulate them and thank them for coming to the Pavilion Triathlon. Everyone has worked so hard to train to do this race.

They’ve brought their families for long drives just to watch daddy, mommy or loved ones cross the finish line.

It’s worth it to see their smiling sweaty faces as they cross the finish line. To see the athletes in transition talking and laughing about how great the swim was, how scenic the bike course was, or how they ran as fast as they could PAVILION from p. 9

so the competitor behind them loops Triathlon club, all the couldn’t pass and take away sponsors like Taboo Cycles, the hard work they’d done to Runner’s Sole, Multisport Solutions, Nature’s Fare, win their age group.

Prior to the race I had a few Booster Juice, etc etc for makpeople approach me and say ing the Pavilion Triathlon a “why would you organize a huge success.

I’m sure 2013 will be a triathlon way out here?” After the race the same people ap- year that many people who proached me and said, “Okay, were volunteering this year, or I get it now.” One very sea- perhaps standing on the sidesoned triathlete came to me lines, will be training for the and said “That was the nicest Pavilion Triathlon, so they too open water swim I’ve ever can feel that rush of personal done.” Another said, “This is success, with many highs and the way I remember triathlons lows along the way. being, grassroots, small, fun, and yet still competiZION UNITED tive.”

Sunday Worship 10:50 am The locals 401 Bancroft, Ashcroft, BC • 250-453-9511 from Smith zuc@coppervalley.bc.ca Rd. in PavilUnited Church of Canada ion came out of their cottagAlice Watson, CS es, not to race, but to help SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10 am volunteer, to KIDZ MONDAY SCHOOL: 3:30 pm take pictures, help clean up, St. Alban’s 501 Brink St, Ashcroft ~ 250-453-9909 or just to stand on the sideAnglican Church of Canada lines and cheer REV. DAN HINES OR DEACON LOIS PETTY on the competitors, they just wanted to Cache Creek Pentecostal Church be part of the Welcomes everyone to worship Sundays 10 a.m. experience.

1551 Stage Rd. Cache Creek B.C. Thank you For information please call: to my family, Deacon Myrna Critchley 250-453-9110 friends, volDeacon Pauline Goring 250-457-9939 unteers, Kam-

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Gathering and moving on with Autumn around CAKEWALK from p. 7 occupation. Dedicated persons give their time and energy to it.

Wholesome food, beverages, exhibits of fruits and vegetables, vendors and information booths, all accompanied by musical entertainment.

What better way THOMPSON VIEW MANOR to spend an hour SOCIETY or two?

Community Manager Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m told that Thompson View Manor Society is accepting appliexhibits were cations for a Community Manager for our Assisted down this year.

Living facility. The Community Manager ensures One person exemplary service delivery, life quality and peace opined that the of mind for residents within the assisted living people who were residence. This person would provide managerial busy preparing leadership and direction to staff, coordinate human various homeresources, liaise with the client and deal with commade things in munity relations. The Community Manager will previous years be responsible for some payroll and scheduling are now in their duties and must have some computer skills. The 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Manager leads the team in ensuring quality programs and services are delivered according to resido as they once dent needs and makes choices to uphold life quality did. Still, there and resident/family peace of mind. The Commuwas a fair supply nity Manager will report to the General Manager of of pies, cakes and Thompson View Manor Society. Applicants must novelty items to have Assisted Living Worker or similar certiďŹ cate. fill the tables and Starting wage would be $20.00 per hour with some shelves. beneďŹ ts.

I hung the Art QualiďŹ ed applicants please submit your resume to exhibit.

Those elang123@telus.net or Thompson View Manor metal display Society Attn: E. Lang P.O. Box 736 Ashcroft, B.C. panels are realV0K 1A0

ly great. You can move them so easily. Put them together or align them in any shape you want. Perhaps the Art Club should consider something like this. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know. But the paintings offered for exhibit were fewer than most years. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shame. Because Ashcroft is becoming quite a cultural center for not only visual art, but for the performing as well. How about those painters out there, taking part in our annual Fall Fair, if you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done so in past years?

Sights and sounds of autumn approaching

Working in my wildflower garden one morning a week or two ago, I heard that sound that always has Sherman and I looking skyward. The Canadian geese were flying south. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something lonely and nostalgic about the sound. The vee formation was large that particular morning.

Another sign of approaching Autumn is the vibrancy that flowers take on as the season approaches. Reds, pinks, yellows, blues and purples seem to flourish in their last CASUAL ON-CALL POSITION throes of growth.

When we moved to AshAshcroft, Cache Creek, Clinton croft a year a ago Oct. 1, we and Savona Libraries inherited a frontage that was quite large. But there was If you are a people person and enjoy helping others, our team is little soil on it. And beneath looking for you! was what I call hard pan. So Qualifications: I had sacks and sacks of top soil brought in, and seedâ&#x20AC;˘ Minimum Grade 12 ed it with wildflower seed. I â&#x20AC;˘ Keyboarding 35 wpm barrowed in rocks and logs â&#x20AC;˘ Good written and verbal communication skills and stray pieces of wood, and lined them in a kidney Physical Requirements: shape around the topsoil. â&#x20AC;˘ Heavy physical exertion is required I put our ceramic bird bath â&#x20AC;˘ Stand or walk for full work day in the middle of it, put some â&#x20AC;˘ Heavy pushing, pulling, lifting or carrying soil in it and planted succulents. To my delight, everySalary: as per BCGEU Collective Agreement thing grew and grew and grew. Now, I sit in the Cape Please drop off your resume with cover letter at one of the following Cod chair and admire the TNRD libraries: Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Clinton or Savona. variety and beauty of those

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small blossoms.

Literacy I was blessed with a home that always had magazines about - Post, Life, Liberty and Newsweek. And there was always a few books. We were certainly not a literary family by any means, but dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weekly international news magazine and momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Liberty, particularly the crossword, were things we took for granted. Along with the daily delivery of the Winnipeg Free Press. The radio was always on. CBC. The Happy Gang. Remember them?

Ma Perkins. The spoken, as well as the written word was part and parcel of every day life when I was growing up.

The Cornish Library back in the 1940s was a good two miles away as the crow flew. Me and my girlfriends would walk to the library during the summer months, take out new books, and sit beside the Assinaboine River under the trees to read a few pages before embarking on the lone trip back home. Across from the small park surrounding the Library, was Miseracordia Hospital, where I was born. You crossed over the Cornish Bridge and walked along the beautiful boulevard known as Wellington Cres., and then down into the less prosperous neighborhood of apartment blocks and big two and three storey houses, all part of Fort Rouge, where I spent my girlhood.

Reading was my grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s library of Charles Dickens books. Some poetry. Grandma Belcher could recite reams of poetry she had learned as a child in England. Which brings me to the subject of Literacy.

Did you know that one out of five Canadian adults cannot read or write? Here we are, one of the G8 countries, the wealthiest in the world, yet we have a literacy ratio like this.

Reading and writing cannot be encouraged alone by raising money. What is needed is a

concerted effort, nation-wide, to investigate why so many adult Canadians cannot read or write with proficiency, or, in too many cases, not at all. No, money cannot buy literacy. Literacy is a cultural thing. It is a home with reading materials in it. It is a home where the written and verbal word, i.e. communication, is in full sway.

And, it is a basic grounding in English from the first grade.

I recall the alphabet laid across the chalkboard, and the teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pointer sounding out the sound of each letter. And the class sounding out the sound of each letter. And I recall what I called, â&#x20AC;&#x153;ticketsâ&#x20AC;? all colored, yellow, green, red, blue, with the letters of the alphabet on them, which you put together to form words. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the kind of thing that helped generations of school children how to read and write.

Simple stuff. No, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t raise a reader with money.

Native Gathering at Juniper It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be a source of contention. That campers whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve paid for their camping at Juniper are asked to move for a couple of days so that a cultural gathering of native Indian bands can be held there. The campers should be reimbursed. The native community have every right to use the Juniper Beach campsite. They are citizens of Canada. First citizens, if you will.

No, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to be an ugly scene with belligerent reactions.

In a word, it is about Sharing.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hope that cooler heads will prevail.

Thanks to faithful readers Scarcely a week goes by that I do not hear from the readers of my columns and articles, words of appreciation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Keep writingâ&#x20AC;?, some tell me. And I will.

Receiving what we call â&#x20AC;&#x153;feedbackâ&#x20AC;? is essential to any writer. So, thanks to all who take the trouble to express their appreciation.

E x p e r t o f t h e We e k NOTICE OF VILLAGE OF CLINTON PROCEDURE BYLAW NO. 499, 2012 TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with Section 94 of the Local Government Act, the Council of the Village of Clinton will proceed to 3rd Reading of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Village of Clinton Procedure Bylaw 499, 2012â&#x20AC;? at the next Regular Meeting of Council.

The purpose of the Bylaw is to replace the existing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Village of Clinton Procedure Bylaw No. 417, 2004â&#x20AC;? with the proposed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Village of Clinton Procedure Bylaw No. 499, 2012â&#x20AC;?.

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The Journal Thursday, September 27, 2012

Enjoying the Fall, watch for wildlife September’s Labour Day weekend was celebrated under the light of a nearly full moon and with mostly full houses.

Residents and guests really got into party mode for the last long holiday weekend of the summer and the sounds of parties and happy groups around camp fires resounded up and down the lake on Saturday night.

Several of the resorts sponsored fishing derbies that weekend and there was a lot of fishing happening – also people enjoying eating the fish they caught.

September is one of those months when eating meals outdoors is still possible and made all the more enjoyable by the realization that soon it will be uncomfortable to do so. The warming sun in the morning makes breakfast outdoors seem like a vacation in the Mediterranean.

The first frost of the season in my area was on the morning of Sept. 11 – giving over 110 frost free days this year. Those gardeners at the east end of the lake had suffered a frost about a week earlier.

The Fall migration from Loon Lake has begun. Summer residents are once again going through the annual chores of closing up their homes, taking up their boats and docks and packing up to move to their winter quarters. Permanent residents will continue to enjoy the quiet and boating for at least another month.

The smell of wood burning stoves and the sounds of chickadees and nuthatches back for the Winter have replaced the territorial songs of the robins and thrushes.

The sky has been filled with the calls of cranes as they fly in formation southward.

This happens every year and still I find it thrilling to listen to and watch.

The squirrels are busy with no time for parties. The budworm and mountain pine beetle have pretty well disappeared from the valley. After many years of attack by the spruce budworm the fir trees that have survived have recovered from the damage and produced cones. Now the squirrels are busy falling the cones, which make some pretty alarming noises when they hit a tin roof. The squirrels appear to run many miles a day as they take one cone at a time and put it in their storage piles.

Another wild resident species at Loon Lake has been making their mark Barbara Hendricks lately as well.

Bears have returned from the higher hills and are feasting on berries along the roadside.

One of the remarkable(?) aspects of bears is that they will leave the roadside and the cover of bushes and go to the middle of the road to do what must be done after eating a bush load of berries. These landmark piles have confused some nonlocals who have been wondering what the piles were along the road.

Seems bears like to do just the opposite of what humans do when they have an urgent call of nature while on the road.

Can this be termed a “middle of the road” approach?

Early in September a black bear came along and took a nap below my house in the long grass. I have never watched a bear nap before and I can report that it is a very boring experience. The bear did lift its head occasionally and turned around several times during the 45 minutes it was napping. I don’t think it will be up there with whale watching as a tourist experience.

FROM LOON LAKE ROAD

This coming month the deer will be gathering in the hay fields along the Bonaparte in large numbers. A friend sent me this joke a while ago and I want to pass it on as it seems quite appropriate to keep in mind while driving these days.

The joke reads: “I live in a semi-rural area. We recently had a new neighbour call the local township administrative office to request the removal of the Deer Crossing sign on our road. The reason: “Too many deer are being hit by cars out here! I don’t think this is a good place for them to be crossing anymore.”

Road smarts aren’t a strong point with wildlife – it is the driver who should be aware that around the next corner there could be a deer on the road.

Last summer the TNRD, through a grant from the UBCM, made funds available for the preparation of a fuel treat-

Ray Moorman of Cache Creek

May 12, 1940 - Sept. 15, 2012

Passed away peacefully at Overlander Extended Care in Kamloops.

Pre-deceased by his parents Glen and Ila. Survived by his wife Annette and daughter Cathy (Bill) Spooner, his siblings Garfield, Jim, Arlene, Alice, Erle and Joan, 4 grand children and 1 great grandchild.

Service will be held Sept. 29, 2012 at 1:00 pm at the Cache Creek Pentacostal Church, 1551 Stage Road. Luncheon to follow.

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ment prescription plan for the Loon Lake Road Community, and a professional forester was engaged to do

frame with four bucks and a bear hanging. Everyone is reminded to respect “No Hunting” signs, fences and private property and take care out in the “bush”.

And a good Thanksgiving weekend to everyone.

the work.

In early December 2011 TNRD Director Sally Watson chaired an information meeting where the plan was outlined and discussed. This was followed up by a letter to most property owners outlining the proposed plan.

At their Jan. 19 meeting, the THE CORPORATION OF TNRD unanimously passed a resoTHE VILLAGE OF ASHCROFT lution to apply to the UBCM for a OPEN BURNING further grant of $74,350 to impleIMPORTANT CHANGE ment the first phase of fuel treatment activities recommended in Pursuant to Bylaw No. 777, Open Burning the prescription for the Loon Lake of dry garden refuse only will be allowed Road community. from October 1-14, 2012 inclusive providSince then, there has been no ed that a Burning Permit is obtained from public information or factual details the Village Office at 601 Bancroft Street in the usual manner. Burning Permits will made available about the status of be issued beginning October 1st, 2012. this grant application. There have, however, been some false rumours about the work being stopped. On Sept. 11 I contacted both the UBCM and the TNRD for an update.

250-457-6237 Jason Tomlin, Emergency Services Supervisor at the TNRD, exACTIVITIES PROGRAMMER plained that the January grant apThe Village of Cache Creek has an opening for a one year plication has been on hold pending contract for Activities Programmer Services. This contract the receipt of the final report for the position will be directly responsible for the day-to-day prescription work by the consult- planning, coordinating and scheduling of recreation activities ant. He stated that until the work for the Village of Cache Creek. encompassed in first grant had The Village of Cache Creek’s objectives for the Activities Programmer is to engage youth, adults and seniors in a been finalized, no decision could variety of activities, events and programs that promote the be taken on the application for the use of Village facilities and encourage a healthier community. grant for the next stage. This work Required Qualifications: is just now completed and they will • Valid Class 5 Drivers License be proceeding with the paperwork Preferred Qualifications: Strong organizational skills along with excellent customer for the grant application for the fuel • service skills treatment activity. If you would like • Experience working with the public, staff and external agencies to know more, you can call Jason • Experience in recreation, marketing or a related field Tomlin at the TNRD at 250 377- • Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent • Emergency First Aid 7188.

Village of Cache Creek

It’s hunting season again and the Loon Lake Road area continues to be a popular hunting ground with its many forest service roads. My father and his brothers first came hunting here in 1935 and photos from that time indicate game was plentiful with large herds of deer.

One old black and white photo in my box of old photographs from the time shows four young men proudly standing beside a sapling

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Thursday, September 27, 2012 The Journal

Gold Country presents

... Past, Present & Beyond Home on the Range The man who greeted Andrew at the door of the guest ranch on Saturday afternoon was a cowboy straight out of Central Casting, from his stained and weathered Stetson to his faded jeans and scuffed boots, and everything Andrew could see looked as if a set decorator brought up on Hollywood westerns had arranged it.

If the Flying G Guest Ranch appeared too good to be true, Andrew supposed that was what customers wanted.

Not that he’d see any customers as winter caretaker. He had come for what he thought was just an interview, and been startled when he was told he had the job. “Been sizin’ people up all my life,” Stevens said, “and I think you’re the right one. C ’mon, I’ll give you the dime tour. You’ll see a few folks next weekend, closin’ up for the winter, and then you’ll have the place more or less to yourself.”

Andrew followed the older man inside the main building.

It already had the sad, vaguely embarrassed look of a place abandoned: chairs in the dining-room were stacked against the walls, the page-a-day calendar on the reception desk was several days out of date, and a few pieces of furniture in the lounge had been covered with sheets. A huge stone fireplace dominated the room, but it was grey and cold, the woodbox beside it almost empty.

Stevens pointed to the fireplace. “Built it myself,” he said with pride. “All the stones come from here.” He grinned.

“No shortage of ’em. One of the reasons I started this place.

Seemed easier than ranchin’.

Shows what I knew. Still, met a lot of interestin’ people over the years, and gave ’em a few days away from their real lives.

Can’t complain.”

“You don’t stay here over the winter?”

“Used to.” Stevens’s grin faded to a wistful smile. “Love this place, even out of season.

Place is real pretty in winter, quiet, and I’ve just never had a hankerin’ to leave it. But . . . well, a man gets to a certain point and things get too much for him. By the way, I hope you don’t spook easy.”

“Are you telling me the place is haunted?” asked Andrew, suspecting a joke. Stevens chuckled.

“Oh, there’re all sorts of stories ’bout this place. Some of ’em might even be true. Had a guest once, out on a ride; got split off from everyone else, and said he saw an Indian princess; that’s what he called her, anyway. She tried to get him to go with her, said she had a camp nearby, but he was tryin’ to calm his horse, ’cause it’d gone nervous, and when he turned back to her she’d vanished, just like that. Came back whiter’n a sheet. Said later he wondered what would’ve happened if he’d gone with her.

“Then there was Sandy.

She was level-headed, tough as nails, but one day she comes in, packs her stuff, and leaves, not so much as goodbye. Called a few days after, soundin’ sheepish, but spooked all the same.

Said she’d seen a bunch of horsemen in the back forty.

She didn’t recognise ’em, so she reined in, called to ask

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GOLD COUNTRY BARBARA RODEN who they were, and they just kept comin’ towards her - right through a split-rail fence, clear as day, then they were gone.”

Andrew glanced round at the shrouded furniture and shivered. “Anyone ever see a ghost in here?”

“Well,” said Stevens, considering, “not really seen.

Heard, more like. Used to be a stray dog lived round the place; friendly little thing. One of the gals who worked here kind of

looked after it, and when she left at the end of the season we figured she’d taken the dog with her, ’cause it weren’t nowhere to be seen. So no one looked for him, and we closed up the rooms, shut the doors tight so we wouldn’t have to heat ’em through the winter. Come spring we found the dog dead in the furthest room; must’ve snuck in and no one saw or heard him. Since then people have said they’ve heard a sound like a dog’s paws paddin’ and clickin’ across the floor, or seen somethin’ out of the corner of their eye, like a dog, when there’s no dogs near the place.”

Andrew shivered again. The day was warm, for late September, but inside the house it felt colder than it should have.

Stevens noticed.

“Don’t worry, young fella.

Nothin’ round here’ll bother you. I’ll make sure of that.”

Andrew smiled. “Well, thanks for this opportunity, Mr.

Stevens. I really appreciate it.

I’ve been wanting to move up here for a while, and this job sounds perfect.” He recalled the older man’s last words.

“Will I be seeing much of you over the winter?”

Stevens smiled. “You never know,” he said. “Might could be I just can’t keep away from the place. Daresay I’ll be droppin’ in from time to time.”

When Andrew showed up for work the following weekend he was greeted by puzzled looks from the staff who were at the Flying G, closing up for winter. When he explained he was the new caretaker there was even more puzzlement; but when he said he had been hired by Bill Stevens the previous Saturday he was not prepared for the reaction. It was some time before anyone could explain to him that on the previous Saturday the ranch had been closed, while staff attended Bill Stevens’s funeral.

“Place is real pretty . . . quiet, and I’ve just never had a hankerin’ to leave it.”

Photo–– by Barbara Roden

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