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Oct. 30 police received a report of damage to the back exterior wall of the Ashcroft Library, as reported in last week’s Journal. The impact, just off the parking lot behind the library, was significant enough to move some tables inside the building that were against the wall at the time of the accident. Police have no suspects at this time, but invite anyone with any information about the accident to phone them at 453-2216.

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Oct. 31 at 10 pm Wendy Coomber police responded to dence and smashed it on the a single mograss. One youth was wear- tor vehicle accident near the ing a Scream costume, and brake check on Hwy 97C afanother was riding a bike. ter a pickup truck hit a deer.

Police made patrols but the The vehicle was disabled by suspects were not located. the accident, and the driver was located walking down Egg war the highway towards the Oct. 31 at 9 pm police bridge. The 19 year old Ashreceived a complaint of an croft man was given a road“egg war” among a group of side sobriety test, which he five or six youths in the same Failed. He was given a 24 Ashcroft neighborhood as hour driving suspension and the smashed pumpkin. The a violation ticket for driving youths were not only throw- contrary to the conditions ing eggs at each other, but at of his license and not dissome houses as well. Again, playing his N. The deer was they were not located. not located.

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Nov 1 at 10 am a Traffic Services officer stopped a northbound pickup truck on Hwy 97, 1 km south of 70 Mile House for speeding. The officer noted that the vehicle was traveling at 146 kph in the 100 kph zone.

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Nov. 1 at 7 pm police received a report of a hit and run in the parking lot of the Castle Inn Motel in Cache Creek in which one empty vehicle rammed into another one. The complainant, a 53 year old Cache Creek man, reported that an unoccupied vehicle rolled down an incline and hit is parked vehicle. There was minimal damage done, but it turns out that the driver of the offending vehicle had left his contact information with the motel’s manager. Damage was under $1,000 and it was not a hit and run. No charges were laid.

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The officer located the driver and advised him that he was parked illegally and would have to move.

While moving his truck, the driver put it into reverse to back up and accidentally backed into the police car behind him.

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Cache Creek pool gets new boiler

Anticipation builds for A Midsummer Night’s Midterm Local actors throw themselves into their parts as they rehearse for the comedy, A Midsummer Nights Midterm. The cast of 25 is busy memorizing there lines and taking direction from director Mavourneen Varcoe-Ryan. A Midsummer Night’s Midterm runs Nov. 15-17 with three evening performances beginning at 7 pm and a matinee on the Saturday at 2 pm in the Ashcroft Community Hall. Admittance is by donation. Above: Andrea Bona, Barbra Roden, Kirk Watson (back), Karla Cummins (back) and Shirlee Johnson practice their lines. Below: Dylan Ryan, Cecelia McLean, Gareth Smart, Connie Walkem, Nadine Davenport, Kirk Watson, Karla Cummins and Jim McLean talk about the play.

Cache Creek Council decided to spend nearly $50,000 on three new boilers for its swimming pool to solve an ongoing boiler-maintenance problem.

“This is probably the way to go but certainly isn’t cheap,” said Mayor John Ranta, reviewing the information from Village staff at the Oct. 22 Council meeting.

The Village paid $7,600 for the current boiler, which was installed in 2007. It has needed repairs almost every year since then, costing the Village an additional $11,000.

Administrator Leslie Lloyd says the water table in the park, which borders the Bonaparte River, is so high that the Village can’t drain the pool in the winter; it has to keep the water warm enough to prevent it from freezing and causing damage to the pool liner and in-ground utilities.

Lloyd says the current boiler is not adequate for the type of use it is being put to. The main pool pump is left running throughout the winter to keep the water circulating through the boiler, which is set at a very low temperature. The new boilers are expected to be in place before this winter.

Although Council didn’t plan for the expense of the new boilers, councillors determined that there was enough money in the current budget to cover just over half the cost; the other half will be included in, and paid out of, next year’s budget.

Council is hoping that the new boilers will be eligible for Fortis BC’s rebate program. The new ultra high efficiency boilers are expected to save the Village $4,000-$4,500 per year in heating costs.

Contaminated fly ash investigated VICTORIA - While Ministry of Environment officials remain confident that there is no risk to public health or the environment, the ministry is launching a formal investigation in response to concerns around the approximately 1,800 tonnes of potentially hazardous fly ash shipped to the Cache Creek Landfill from the Burnaby waste-to-energy facility in July and August, announced Environment Minister Terry Lake on Oct. 30.

The investigation is being conducted by the ministry’s Environmental Protection Division offices in Kamloops and Surrey, and the Conservation Officer Service.

Staff continue to work with Metro Vancouver, Covanta, and Wastech to deal with removal of the ash. Any hazardous ash must be removed and transported to another facility because the Cache Creek Landfill is not authorized for hazardous waste.

All ash currently being produced by the Burnaby incinerator is being transported to an authorized hazardous-waste facility in Alberta.

This is a non-compliance issue and ministry staff are continuing to work with Metro Vancouver to ensure all environmental standards are being met and that all the necessary steps are being taken to remediate the situation. The B.C. government is committed to a timely investigation.

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Winter brings the community out If you came here looking for commentary on the election taking place to the south of us, you’re in the wrong place. I quit following U.S. elections years ago: they drove me crazy and I couldn’t do a thing about them.

Over the years I’ve come to realize that many things drive me crazy. I can add another one to my List nearly every day. With experience, I think I’ve learned to cut loose the ones I have no control over, and to concentrate my efforts on the ones that I can change - or at least, think I can.

And I find Canadian politics much more entertaining. And depressing. At least it’s easier to follow.

But what I was getting ready to comment on was the change in the season. Read a political metaphor into that if you like, but NOISY AND FUN FIREWORKS DISPLAY on Hallowe’en in Cache Creek I was referring to was how the long, gray days with their increasingly colder temperatures herald the start of the “community and, if necessary, exseason”. cavated and moved to Have you noticed how community acan appropriate facility.

- Wastech employtivities increase as Autumn makes way for ees and contractors are Winter?

The integrity of the CCLF is a aware of the situation.

Dear Editor During the Spring and Summer, everypriority for us.

We are working on Wastech will continue to provide There has been much media inone does their own thing. Community assessing the problem created by updates as the information becomes terest and news coverage this past events happen during those seasons, but the contaminated fly ash, and have available. We do not have answers week about the fly ash issue at the mostly everyone is in vacation-mode, or taken measures to protect the fato questions about what created the yardwork-mode. Activities that are person- Cache Creek Landfill (CCLF). cility, the community and the land. problem - those questions should We’ve been busy answering a lot of al or for the immediate family.

This is what we can report: be directed to Metro Vancouver and questions, some based on inaccurWhen the weather turns cold, the com- As soon as Wastech noticed Covanta - but we can speak to the ate information, and thought you’d munity turns to each other for company. the high leachable Cadmium conproactive actions Wastech and the like to know what is happening in What made me think of it, besides years of tent on the fly ash test results, forVillage are taking to deal with the response to the situation. observing it everywhere I’ve lived, was just mal notifications were sent to Met- situation and keep the community The regular monthly testing of ro Vancouver, the Village of Cache thinking of all of the “community” events and facility safe. the fly ash, and assurance that it is Creek and the Ministry of Environ- Wastech hired Golder, the enthat are coming up - plays, concerts, supnot hazardous waste and safe for ment.

Wastech immediately halted gineer of record for the CCLF, to disposal at CCLF, is the responpers, parades, fundraisers, etc. all fly ash activities. At that point, conduct a detailed analysis of the sibility of Covanta, the operator of Yeah, we have all of those throughout Wastech also took the position that material deposited in the landMetro Vancouver’s waste incinerthe year, but my calendar will give you a it would not resume accepting fly fill from July to September 2012. ator in Burnaby. visual image of how they occur more freash until it had assurance about the Golder began sampling material Wastech requested missing test quently at this time of the year. By comcomposition of the material. in the fly ash monofill. The testing results from the summer and, upon parison, May to September is dead!

- Leachable Cadmium does plan was provided to the MOE and review of the data, realized the fly Maybe it harks back to the time when not pose a threat to human health.

Metro Vancouver. ash shipped in July and August the village huddled around a single fire in The potential issue with leachfrom Covanta to the landfill conJanet Tecklenborg, the great house... if that ever happened - but tained elevated levels of leachable able Cadmium is its impact on General Manager, Wastech and those are the stories that keep us entertained Cadmium. The material was unleachate composition. The fly ash John Ranta, while building community. is contained in a dry monofill in knowingly handled by Wastech, Mayor of Cache Creek the CCLF Annex, with a dedicatEven if it’s just a well-heated gymnatransported and disposed at CCLF ed leachate collection system. This sium these days, we still enjoy spending the - a facility not classified to receive More LETTERS on p. 6 means the material can be tested cold evenings with friends and neighbours. hazardous material.

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“Carson’s Kingdom” at Pavilion

The Carson family at their Pavilion home

by Esther Darlington MacDonald This empire, still visible in part, from the highway connecting Pavilion with Lillooet tells a story that would herald its founders as heroic figures in every sense of the word.

Yet, strange, that few of this generation and even of the last generation have not heard of Robert and Eliza Carson, let alone what locals of the day in the early days of the Cariboo gold rush, referred to as “Carson’s Kingdom”. “Kingdom” you say?

Isn’t that a bit of an exaggeration? No. If anything, the Carson story reads like a triumphant unfoldment of every quality that humanity respects and depends upon: Vision, strength of character, and ultimately, a determined confidence that leads to achievement. The Carsons were history makers.

Scottish-born Carson, an orphan, came to this country with a head full of dreams and a body strong enough to fulfill them. His capacity to grasp every advantage that the land held, was not remarkable in itself. What was remarkable was that a boy raised in an orphanage, without parental guidance and the support of family, achieved in his life time what many a lesser soul could only dream of.

We know nothing about the background, even the details of Carson’s personality.

But the evidence of Carson’s achievements was and still is, the template of a mystery that gives us a good deal of insight.

Lorraine Harris’s Halfway to the Goldfields, long out of print, provides a good picture of Carson and his family. I bought the

to Eliza MaGee, Carson realized that the transport of goods into the interior could become a profitable enterprise.

One of those products transported was Eliza’s butter.

She churned hundreds of pounds of butter from the ranch’s dairy herd, by hand, until she could afford a separator. The merchant at Williams Lake told Eliza that he could sell all the butter she could

their 10 children, five boys and five girls, educated.

So keen were they to see their children educated, that Eliza took student boarders in as well, to insure that the little school on the ranch remained open. Needless to say, the Carson offspring did well in later life. Most notable was Robert who became Liberal MLA and speaker of the House, Ernest became MLA for Lillooet for the Conservative Party and Provincial Minister of Public Works. The Carson girls made good marriages, and Edith Linda became Mrs. Charles Pollard. The Pollard’s name is well known as a pioneer ranching family in Clinton.

Carson bought the alpine spread on Pavilion Mountain in 1867. He had already acquired animals and needed good feed for them. He’d been born in Edinburgh and had immigrated to America at age 19. Had endured and survived the long trek by wagon train across the U.S. The train had been attacked

by Indians, and some of the

soft-covered book 40 years ago, and it became a valu- produce.

Transporting the butter able source of information not only about the Carsons, was a challenge, but Eliza but also those earliest fam- devised a plan. A woodilies around Lillooet. Some en container, 40 feet long years ago, researching a and eight feet wide, constory about the ranch, and tained a metal box. Ice was the operator of the calf/cattle packed around the box. The operation at the Diamond S ice was taken from Pavilion as it was known then, I sat on Lake and stored in a sawdust Lois’s veranda, and viewed covered log building on the the snow capped mountains ranch. The income from this in the distance and was told enabled the Carsons to see that the most formidable was “Tom Cole Mountain”.

Nov. 9: Movie Night 7 p.m. at Zion United Church Hall, God knows 401 Bancroft St., Ashcroft. Showing Disney Pixar’s “UP”. who Tom Cole Nov. 13: Cache Creek Council meeting at 7 pm in the was. A cattle Village Office. man most cerAshcroft Chamber of Commerce meetings: last tainly. But there Thursday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at the Chamber again, we have Office, Village Mall Every Friday: Soups On from 11 am to 1 pm at St. Alban’s a man heroAnglican Church in Ashcroft. Soup, buns and dessert by ic enough to donation. have a mounCommunities in Bloom monthly meeting, every second tain named afWednesday of the month. For more information call ter him, and Andrea at (250) 453-9402. a history that hasn’t recorded Ashcroft Royal Canadian Legion who he was and FRI., NOV. 9th • 6:30 - 8:00 pm what he did. It seems a typical ROAST PORK DINNER Canadian over$10.00/plate sight.

Visitors Welcome Carson’s FREE DINNER FOR ALL VETERANS ATTENDING freight lines Legion Elections for 2013 Executive will be held at the was a very sucMon. Nov. 19th 7:30 PM meeting. cessful transWe encourage all voting members to attend. port company when I first entered the CariEvery Saturday ~ 3:00 pm boo. A few of * Legion Crib Tournament last Sunday of the month - Open 10 the relatives am starts 11 am sharp - 12 games * Free Pool Daily of the Carson family still lived Euchre, first & third Sunday of every month 1:00 to 4:00 pm, beginners welcome in the area of Contract Bridge, beginners welcome Williams Lake, Every Tuesday 1:00 to 4:00 pm but that freight Ashcroft Legion General Meeting line began with 3rd Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

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Dear Editor Interesting to read Tom Fletcher wondering what the relatives of 9/11 victims would think about Mark Ruffalo questioning “the official 9/11 report”. In fact, hundreds of these survivors and family members have signed petitions asking for a new independent inquiry into 9/11 - www.patriotsquestion911. com/survivors.html More interesting is that hundreds of Senior Military, Intelligence, Law Enforcement, and Government Officials, and thousands of professional engineers, architects, pilots and aviation specialists also want a new independent inquiry into 9/11.

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Adopt a Road and keep Ashcroft clean Dear Editor The Ashcroft T.O.P.S. Club applied for the “Adopt a Road” program and performed the first day of picking up garbage along the route requested. That’s right - this early in the program a stretch of road can actually be requested. Part of the requirements of the program is to

perform this task three times a year, and after the first time, the stretch of road is identified with the group’s name. All materials required, such as Men Working signs, safety vests and garbage bags, are supplied through Public Works which also pick up the full bags.

I’m not aware of any other groups applying for the program, but I’d like to challenge other clubs, church groups, small businesses, etc. to help clean up our town.

As I walk along the different routes in and around town, some are very bad. Isn’t it time we showed some pride in “Historic Ashcroft” and gave a little time to cleaning up our town?

Applications are available at the Village Office, and it’s only three times a year. Let’s do it!

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Building a kingdom with hope and determination wagons and their owners did not survive, but “miraculously” Carson’s destiny had been forged and he journeyed on into the Okanagan, and hence to the mines at Quesnel Mouth.

It was while Carson was in Quesnel Mouth that he realized the need for pack trains to pack goods into the mines that flourished in the north Cariboo at that time. His discovery of Pavilion Mountain heralded a whole new era for the young Scot.

The building of the Cariboo Road ensured plenty of business for Robert Carson. Water rights for his land was essential. His stock of pack animals included some fine horses, and his herd of beef cattle multiplied. The stumbling block was obtaining water rights.

A neighboring rancher vigorously opposed Carson’s application. The matter went to the courts. Eventually, after some drama reminiscent of the American west movies we have seen for generations, Carson won the right to the water. He expanded his acreage and bought out other ranchers and applied for land grants.

I suspect that Carson’s nature was rather ruthless, or, if not ruthless exactly, determinedly focussed on building his “kingdom”. The lost orphan of CARSON from p. 5

Edinburgh had found a home at last and he was determined to keep it at any cost.

The heart of Robert Carson had been stirred however, by his meeting with Eliza MaGee, daughter of a farmer in the Lower Mainland. Carson proposed in the spring and Eliza accepted.

Robert promised to return the following spring for the wedding and started off for his home at Pavilion. But by the time he reached Hope, he turned his horse around and rode back the 100 miles to the Magee farm and persuaded Eliza to marry him there and then.

The marriage took place April 3, 1878 performed by Gas Town Minister Thomas Derrick, whose nickname was “Old Hoisting Gear”, by the way.

And the newlyweds struck out on the two week long journey by stage to the ranch.

That wasn’t the end of the story. All travellers at Carson’s ranch were given food and drink. And much of the drink was alcohol. When Eliza arrived with her husband and saw the row of bottles on the sideboard, she didn’t object. The stage coach passengers ate and drank and left. Eliza picked up her baggage and, to Robert’s shock, was about to reboard the stage. Pointing to the bottles, Eliza said, “Either they go or I go.” Car-

son took the bottles to a boulder, broke every one of them, and swore he would never take another drink. And kept the promise.

There is a fine portrait of Robert and Eliza taken in their old age. He is the tall, big-boned Scot, bearded, handsome, his rugged features look out, perhaps on the Kingdom he had created.

Eliza, diminutive, scarcely five feet tall, sits in a wooden chair, beside him, a bear robe tucked around her knees. The log walls of the home they raised their large family in is the backdrop. Her soft features seem locked in resignation.

It is tempting to think they reflect a “job, well done”.

The couple seem to reflect that timeless circumstance of hope and hard driven determination. Realism blended with vision.

An unfailing combination.

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The Legion holds the sacred trust of ensuring the tradition of Remembrance is observed by Canadians every year at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month.

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RON SHEPPARD

Killed in Italy

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March 1940 - October 1945

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March 1940 - October 1945

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347 AVENGER Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps From The Commanding Officers Desk: Well, we have started what looks to be another exciting year for 347 Royal Canadian Sea Cadets in Ashcroft.

Though we are a young corps we have had a successful nine years to date. Some of our cadets have gone to Hawaii, Oregon and one was selected to go to Bermuda. As of the current training year we have also had 100% attendance to summer camp every year. The cadets go to camp from 2 to 8 weeks depending on their training level. As course cadets they get PAID $60 per week just for being there. Where is summer camp? Sea cadets go to HMCS Quadra located in Comox, BC. The best part is all travel, accommodation, meals and uniforms (sports gear included) are supplied at no cost to

the cadets or parents. As a parent myself, I think that this is great.

Especially with the way kids go through clothing at an alarming rate.

Besides summer camp, cadets get to enjoy a wide variety of training between Sept and June at the local corps. Other than just sitting in a classroom and learning different aspects of cadets, we also go sailing, do citizenship trips and adventure exercises.

We parade on Thursday nights at the Ashcroft High School from 6:00pm til 9:00pm. It would be wonderful to have more youth; 1218yrs old, from the area come and check us out.

Lt(N) Darrin Curran Commanding Officer 347 RCSCC Avenger

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The little sandwich that could ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com

Ask someone where they see themselves five years from now and you might get a blank stare.

Ask them what their favourite sandwich is, and there’s a good chance you’ll get a passionate answer.

“Peanut butter and pickle!” my 12 year son said gleefully when asked that question.

“Me too!” his nine year old sister chimed in. “But the bread needs to be lightly toasted and the pickles need to be the garlic crunchy kind.”

I agree.

I was first introduced to this delightful treat when I was the same age my daughter is now. I was at a sleep-over and my best

friend Jodi made it for breakfast.

I remember looking at it quizzically as it sat in the middle of an avocado-green dinner plate.

I was surprised at what I saw, but I wasn’t repulsed.

If my mother, who liked all sorts of disgusting foods, had been serving me that same sandwich, I probably wouldn’t have wanted anything to do with it. But coming from Jodi, I didn’t think she’d steer me wrong. She hated mushrooms, zucchini and escargot just as much as I did.

With total trust, I picked up half the sandwich, looked into the smiling eyes of my BFF (although we didn’t call them that way back when) and took a

big healthy bite. Immediately, I was hooked.

Twenty years later, still in love with the sandwich, I introduced it to my boyfriend. He was less trusting.

“It looks gross,” Paul Welbourne said skeptically.

When I reassured him that it was unbelievably delicious, he took a reluctant nibble as though he were being pranked.

“Well, it’s not disgusting,” he said after a few seconds. “But it’s not unbelievably delicious

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either.“I disagree.

Recently there was an article in the New York Times from an enthusiast of this wonderful underdog of a sandwich and I was delighted. Extolling the virtues of the sweet and vinegary combination, Dwight Garner shared his search for other people who loved it too.

His efforts reminded me of my many unsuccessful attempts in encouraging people to just give the sandwich a try.

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“How do you know you won’t like it?” I’ve heard myself asking so many times. “I can guarantee you’ll love it.” That’s the thing about people who really love the taste of something: they can’t imagine how anyone else might not.

To my surprise, I’ve been more successful at getting children to try it than adults, even thought they’re typically picky and less adventurous about food.

Like grown ups, they often aren’t keen on the idea initially.

But since I still hate mushrooms, zucchini and escargot, I’m an adult they can trust, so they’re often willing to take a small bite.

Almost always they like it, and sometimes they love it as much as my kids and I do.

If you ask me where I see myself five years from now I won’t give you a blank stare because I’ve given it some serious thought and have written a list of what I want. Are peanut butter and pickle sandwiches on that list? Of course not. That’s what shopping lists are for.

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Clothes and attitude: ten tips for a successful job interview Dress for success Professional business clothes are always appropriate, regardless of the type of job you are interviewing for. Proper hygiene and a tidy appearance are important.

Iron your clothes if you can, and avoid strong perfumes or colognes.

Be there on time Try to arrive five or 10 minutes early to be safe. Find out ahead of time where you’re going and how long it will take to get there. Drive or travel the route a day or two ahead, at the same time of day as you will on the day of the interview. Confirm how often the buses run. Have a back-up plan.

Let your personality shine If you’re excited about the job, don’t be afraid to show it. Employers want passionate employees, so be yourself. Just remember to always keep it professional.

Be confident Feeling nervous in an interview is perfectly normal; just don’t let your nerves overpower your interview. Eye contact and a calm, clear speaking voice are excellent ways to show your confidence.

Watch your body language During your interview, relax and sit naturally, but don’t slouch in your chair or lean on the interviewer’s desk. Avoid chewing gum, or fidgeting with jewelry or your hair.

Be professional This begins with a smile and a firm handshake. Remember, this is your first introduction to the organization, so be polite to everyone you meet and turn off your cell phone.

Listen and ask for clarification, if you need it Remember to listen carefully to the interview questions so that you actually answer the question, and never interrupt. If you don’t understand something, don’t be afraid to ask for clarification.

Let them know what you have to offer When answering the questions, let the employer see what you have to offer their organization. Talk about your past experiences and accomplishments without bragging, and tie those experiences to how they can help you contribute to their organization.

Think before you speak Although you want to be open and honest in your interview, avoid talking about your personal or financial problems.

Don’t linger Leave as soon as the interview is over, making sure you don’t linger. Shake the interviewer’s hand again, restate your interest in working for the organization, and thank them for the interview.

Source: http://www.youth.gc.ca

When it’s your turn to ask the questions What questions should I ask?

Write down your questions before you start.

When the interview starts, tell the person briefly about your interests and skills so he/she can offer you relevant information.

Take notes if you can.

Choose any of the following questions that would best suit your purposes.

Occupation-specific questions

On a typical day in this position, what do you do?

What training or education is required for this type of work?

What personal qualities or abilities are important to being successful in this job?

What are the ideal qualifications for someone in this job?

What kind of education/training is needed for this position?

What part of this job do you find most satisfying? Most challenging?

How did you get your job?

How do you see jobs in this field changing in the future?

Is there a demand for people in this occupation?

With the information you have about my education, skills, and experience, what other fields or jobs would you suggest I research further before I make a final decision?

Career questions

What opportunities for advancement are there in this field?

What are the salary ranges for various levels in this field?

What are the basic education/ training/experience prerequisites for

jobs in this field?

What special advice would you give a person entering this field?

What types of training do companies offer persons entering this field?

Which professional journals and organizations would help me learn more about this field?

What do you think of the experience I’ve had so far in terms of entering this field?

From your perspective, what are the problems you see working in this field?

If you could do things all over again, would you choose the same path for yourself? Why? Source: gc.ca

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Forks Over Knives raises money for Hampers volunteers and those who came. We wish you a better and healthier reminder of your lives and to those who have health challenges health improvement and recovery as far as possible. Health is a Karl Samek great gift from our Creator and Seventh Day Adventist when we do our part not to ruin it, God will do His. Someone also said: “Good care for then afterwards enjoyed a tasty meal our health and good religion that reflected principles of nutrition belong together.” presented in the film. Voluntary dona-tions that came to $225 will be given Find out more about Ashcroft’s to the Ashcroft Community Christmas Seventh Day Adventist congregation Hampers program. For this we want to at www.ashcroft22.adventistchurchexpress thanks to generous people. connect.org We hope that this program benefitted all who came as they will undoubtedly start making simple lifestyle changes and share the information with their families and friends. We are considering running a cooking and simple This past month, members of the lohealth nutrition class in the cal United Way Community Impact Counfuture. cil allocated over $40,000 to support local Also, every second Tues- non-profit organizations. All the funds were day each month there is a raised through Cache Creek/Logan Lake/AshVegetarian Supper evening at croft United Way campaigns which included the High School’s home eco- United Steelworkers Local 7619, Highland nomics room, always at 6 pm. Valley Copper employees, Wastech, RBC, InThis month it is on Nov. 13. terior Savings and other individual donors.

Bring your dish – even when Those recipients include: Logan Lake Secyou are a beginner and enjoy ondary – Respectful Relationships; South good and healthy social time Cariboo Elizabeth Fry Society – Mother in the circle of friends.

Goose; Ashcroft Community Resource SoI also want to thank all ciety – Information Directory; Logan Lake WHY – Youth and Children’s Programs; Winding River Arts and Performance Society; Cache Creek and Ashcroft Elementary – After-School Art Program; and Cache Creek PAC – After- School Zumba Program.

Members of the Community Impact Council serve as local United Way champions who A wuzzle is a saying/phrase that is made up of a display act as advocates, and decision makers for their of words, in an interesting way. The object is to try to communities. Money raised through a United figure out the well-known saying, person, place, or thing Way campaign, stays in the community that it that each wuzzle is meant to represent. Answers below. was raised in. As our campaigns continue to grow in strength, we are responsible and accountable for how the money is re-invested in the community.

United Way works to improve lives and build community by engaging individuals and mobilizing collective action. United Way affects change in three focus areas; All that kids can be, From poverty to possibility and Healthy people, strong communities.

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When the movie “Forks over Knives” (meaning the surgical knives) came out about one year ago, it became one of the most hotly discussed film about the health situation in North America. Well-known Dr. Oz recommended its message to millions of viewers on talk shows where he appears. Many called it the most revolutionary movie on health ever.

What is so unusual about it? For many years we have heard of the need to change our lifestyle habits, particularly the way we eat.

The modern way of eating has created an epidemic of what is called the lifestyle diseases. In a scientific yet easy to understand way, this educational movie traces the steps of several key doctors and researchers who, through experience and thorough study, have reached identical conclusions: The way we eat either kills us or heals us as already Hippocrates discovered.

It also follows stories of several hopeless or “close to hopeless” patients and their amazing and rather surprisingly quick recovery from crippling conditions – all by very simple lifestyle changes.

Our small group that used to run the once a month “Windows of Health” program decided to do something special for the Ashcroft and surrounding communities. We were able to get the movie and present it on Sunday afternoon. Altogether, there were about 60 people who came and watched it, and

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... Past, Present & Beyond The empty house already decided to be a It’s an unremarkpermanent occupant. able house, the sort What was the first that most passers-by sign? The flowers, perwould barely notice if haps. The two winit weren’t for the fact dows along the front that houses are scarce of the house had ledges on that road, and even on the inside, perfect the most unremarkplaces for accumulatable of them attract ing odds and ends and, attention because of on occasion, a pottheir novelty. Its grey, ted plant that needweathered logs and ed a temporary home. red roof nestle shyly GOLDEN COUNTRY One ledge was fine, but against a backdrop of BARBARA RODEN there must have been trees, while a scattersomething wrong with ing of outbuildings the other. Perhaps it and a fenced-in garden indicate that once upon a time the had settled, or one of the boards was loose, but plants placed on that ledge house was a living thing.

These days, however, the house is had a habit of toppling to the floor at a shadow of its former self. Unlived in unexpected moments. Nothing else for many years, it seems to have given placed on it seemed to come to harm, up. Every year the porch sags a little though; it was as if some very particubit more, the windows acquire another lar occupant had decreed that no plants layer of dust, and it seems to settle into should go there.

And then there was the bag of flour, itself, inch by inch, as if hoping that one day it might disappear from sight which had been left in one spot and was in a very different place, some disaltogether.

Did I say the house was unlived tance away, a short while later. That in? That might not be strictly accurate. was a bit of a head-scratcher, because There may be no one living there in the neither of the people there could reconventional sense of the phrase; but member moving it, but of course we that does not necessarily mean noth- forget all sorts of trivial things we do ing lives there. You shall be the judge; I in a day. Forgetfulness did not, howwill merely lay the facts before you, as ever, explain the tendency of the door to swing open, slowly and steadily, they were told to me.

First we must go back, across a and then stop at just the point where it distance of close to four decades. It would be stayed by the hand of someseemed a throwback even then, with one entering or leaving the house. Even no electricity, but it suited the inhabit- more odd – some might say distressants well enough. They were a young ing – was the fact that, after a second couple looking to establish them- or two, the door would close again, as selves in the area of Oregon Jack, and smoothly and quietly as it had opened.

“The wind,” you will say, and that felt that renting the property – living there, working the land – was a good is of course the most sensible answer. first step before they could find some- If you want to believe that it was merething more permanent. They weren’t to ly the wind which opened and closed know that someone else had, perhaps, the door, then you will also want to be-

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lieve it was the wind which caused the tire swing suspended from a tree in the front yard to swing back and forth, when there was no one within sight of it. And yet I wonder if you would still argue for the wind if you had seen that swing. It was not moving randomly, but rather as if someone were sitting in it. The rope was taut, and the tire moved in ever increasing sweeps – back and forth, back and forth, each sweep a little higher and longer than the one preceding it – for all the world as if someone were inside it, using the momentum of legs and body to urge it on.

“Is that all?” I hear someone ask.

Someone always asks this, when I tell the story. That’s because it is, like so many of these tales, not really a story at all: there is no beginning or end, just an inconclusive middle section with more questions than answers. Or perhaps it has answers, and we simply don’t know the questions to ask.

One question I did ask, once, was whether anyone knew anything of previous occupants of the house, and I was told a name – Thelma Haddock –

that meant nothing to me. Some years later, however, I encountered Thelma, and thought that perhaps – just perhaps – I’d asked the right question.

It was in a photograph that I saw Thelma, one taken some time just after the turn of the last century. It is a family portrait, taken in front of the Haddock’s house on Brink Street in Ashcroft, and is a conventional picture of its time. Everyone appears somewhat self-conscious and uncomfortable, as if unsure where to look. Everyone, that is, except Thelma.

She is standing at the far right of the picture, gazing straight at the photographer, and by extension the viewer, with a directness – almost a challenge – that is palpable, even a century after the picture was taken. She seems immensely self-possessed, even fearless; someone who knows her own mind, and is determined to take life on her own terms. Thelma lived in the house up Oregon Jack way, and her ashes, I have been told, are scattered in the field behind it. I wonder if she lives there still, and if the old house is quite as empty as it seems.

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Hallowe’en parties in Clinton and other scary business Halloween in Clinton

The heavy fog did little to deter the trick or treaters on Hallowe’en. There were groups of children going door to door prior to attending the Children’s Hallowe’en Party in the Clinton Memorial Hall.

Staff of Integris Credit Union and Insurance partnered with the Clinton Recreation Committee and several volunteers to create a safe, spooky place for the kids.

As well as the haunted house, the kids could take part in a number of fun, Hallowe’en-themed games.

There was a terrific turnout for the event and Mayor Jim Rivett was kept busy handing out hot dogs and drinks.

Kudos to everyone who helped with this event.

Health and Wellness Fair

On Nov. 1 one could find all manner of information on health and wellness related issues all in one place.

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The Clinton Health Auxiliary once again organized a great event. Tables of information kept people occupied while they waited for their flu shots and afterward.

One of the nurses giving shots told me that they love coming to Clinton as it is always so well organized. I know I found lots of pertinent information.

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After becoming comfortable with the use of the equipment, the members were given a scenario where a Trans Am was trapped under a logging truck with three occupants inside. They had to monitor the three occupants and use the various pieces of equipment to safely free them. It was a good exercise for the members. Once they had the occupants freed, a debriefing was held with each part of the team giving their impression of how the extrication was handled.

Anyone interested in joining the Clinton Volunteer Fire Department can drop by on Monday evenings after 7 p.m. to find out what is involved.

STRIKING A BALANCE

Fire Rescue Training

Last weekend saw seven members of the Clinton Fire Rescue and six 100 Mile House Fire Rescue training with various pieces of equipment at the Clinton Fire Hall.

From Friday, Nov. 2 to Sunday, Nov. 4, George Klemm of KGC Fire Rescue Training put the members through their paces in the NFPA 1006 (Vehicle Extrication Beginners Course). Although Klemm is from Parksville, BC he travels to areas throughout BC and the Yukon to train members. He has also

Seniors Market Place

Drop by the Clinton Memorial Hall on Saturday, Nov. 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the Clinton Seniors Market Place. There promises to be a variety of new and used items available as well as baking and crafts.

Musical pumpkins (like musical chairs only with pumpkins instead of chairs).

Remembrance Day Service

The Annual Remembrance Day Service will take place in the Clinton Memorial Hall on Sunday, Nov. 11 beginning at 10:45 a.m. The service will be followed by a lunch at the Legion.

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Mayor Jim Rivett handed out hot dogs and drinks at the Children’s Hallowe’en Party.