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Everyone welcome

COMING EVENTS Jan. 9 - Cache Creek Beautification Society meeting at 11:30 in the Village Office.

Jan. 14 - Cache Creek Council meeting at 7 pm in the Village Office. Everyone welcome to attend.

Feb. 2 - Seniors Fit for Life Healthy Living Conference in the Cache Creek Community Hall.

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Ashcroft Royal Canadian Legion FRI., JAN. 4th • 6:30 - 8:00 pm Ukrainian Dinner • $10/plate Visitors Welcome

MEAT DRAW Every Saturday ~ 3:00 pm

* Legion Crib Tournament last Sunday of the month - Open 10 am starts 11 am sharp - 12 games * Free Pool Daily Euchre, first & third Sunday of every month 1:00 to 4:00 pm, beginners welcome Contract Bridge, beginners welcome Every Tuesday 1:00 to 4:00 pm

Ashcroft Legion General Meeting 3rd Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. (no meeting July and August) Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday • 12 pm - 4 pm Thursday - Friday • 12 pm - 11 pm Saturday • 12 pm - 8 pm Sunday • 12 pm - 6 pm

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Joyce Deering (2nd from left) presents a $500 cheque from RBC to (l-r) Sandra Onstine and CCES principal Brenna O’Connor and Kim Jennen, president of the local Cactus Strippers Quilt Guild for the Guild’s student program at Cache Creek Elementary School.

RBC donation benefits young quilters Royal Bank of Canada retiree and member of the local Cactus Strippers quilt quild Joyce Deering recently obtained a $500 grant from RBC for the Guild’s quilting/sewing program at the Cache Creek Elementary School.

Deering, along with other members of the Guild, volunteers a great deal of

Erratic driver caught

Dec. 20 at 1 pm police were forwarded a complaint about a southbound erratic driver on Hwy 97 in Clinton.

The complainant provided a license plate and the 2004 Pontiac Sunfire was located in the Cache Creek area. The complainant said the driver, an 18 year old Vanderhoof man, was speeding - possibly in excess of 130 kph and passing while unsafe.

Tickets against the driver are pending.

Park and walk

Dec. 20 at 7 pm police received a complaint of a possible intoxicated driver near the Cache Creek Elementary School. The 58 year old Ashcroft driver was located nearby and the officer noted the smell of liquor on the man’s breath. There was insufficient evidence to charge the driver for impaired operation, but the man agreed to park his car for the rest of the evening.

Impaired driver

Dec. 21 at 4:20 pm police received a complaint of a possible northbound impaired driver nearly caus-

her time in helping students who want to learn how to quilt and/or sew during their lunch hour.

In 1999 RBC launched its “Employee Volunteer Grants Program” to recognize employees for the good work that they do in their personal time, by volunteering in their communities. Em-

ployees ad Pensioners earn grants up to $500 each for the charitable organization which they volunteer for.

Since 1999, RBC has made over 22,000 grants and donated more than $11 million to recognize its employees volunteer efforts.

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vehicle accident on Hwy 97 Wendy Coomber about 1 km north ing a collision on Hwy 97 near Dairy Queen in Cache of the Bonaparte Reserve.

Creek. The complaint was The driver, a 47 year old forwarded to Clinton RCMP man from Victoria, lost conwho located the vehicle trol of his 2001 Dodge Dathere. The driver, a 46 year kota on icy roads and hit the old Langley man, was ditch, causing about $1,000 deemed to be impaired and damage to his truck. He was was given an immediate 90 not injured. The driver was day driving prohibition. His given tickets for speeding vehicle, a 1991 Plymouth relative to road conditions Voyager, was impounded for and for not having proper winter tires or chains. a minimum of 30 days.

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Scooter stolen

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Dec. 22 police received a report from the OK Stop in Ashcroft that the owners’ two-wheeled motorized scooter had been stolen. Surveillance video showed that it had been stolen around midnight on the 20th. The video is being examined for further information, but police are asking that anyone knowing anything about the incident call them at 250453-2216.

Dec. 22 at 3:10 pm police attended a single motor vehicle accident on Hwy 97 just south of the Bonaparte Reserve after a 41 year old Vancouver woman driving a 2002 Accura lost control of her car on snowy roads and hit the ditch. Neither she nor her passenger were injured, but there was about $2,000 in damage to her car. She was given a ticket for speed relative to road conditions.

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Dec. 22 at 8 pm police received a complaint of loud

music coming from a residence on Government St. in Ashcroft. Police determined that the source of the noise was from a vehicle parked nearby. The owner, a 19 year old Ashcroft man, was enjoying the results of the new sound system he’d had installed in his truck. He was co-operative with police and turned down the volume.

Uninsured accident

Dec. 22 at 10 pm police attended a single motor vehicle accident on Hwy 1 about 2 km west of Juniper Beach Provincial Park when an eastbound 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee lost control on a corner and went off the road and down a 50-foot embankment. Roads were snowy and slippery at the time. The driver, a 20 year old Fort St. John woman, and her passenger received minor injuries and were transported to Ashcroft hospital for examination. She was also issued tickets for driving an uninsured vehicle, for failing to register a vehicle, and for driving without due care. The vehicle was left to be towed for impound.

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Good year for song birds and raptors Part of the 113th Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count, the eighth annual Ashcroft-Cache Creek Bird Count took place on Dec. 19 with a good turnout of nine eager bird counters, forming four teams that searched from Hat Creek Rd. in the south, to just before the Bonaparte Reserve in the north, and east to the Christian Ranch.

Participants included Team Leader Karl Ricker from Whistler, Bert Parke and Ray Thom from Logan Lake, Ann Gibson from Winfield and local enthusiasts Maria Russell Martin, Laura Martin, Bill Drinkwater, Sonja Matthews and Wendy Coomber.

Other than finding over 400 American Robins, a green winged teal, a belted kingfisher and a number of hawks, the Count was in line with previous years, with 36 species. There was a bit of excitement when local residents said they had seen an eastern phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) at their feeder in Ashcroft, but the bird could not be found.

Forty-one species were confirmed in the Savona-Walhachin Count on Dec. 21, including several horned larks at Deadman Flats.

The Ashcroft-Cache Creek Count found no woodpeckers or owls - although a northern sawwhet was photographed in Ashcroft a few days later, very few ducks other than the usual dozens of mallards, one lonely chickadee, and only 11 chukkars although lots of fresh tracks were found.

The group had a few nice surprises, including a green winged teal which was a first for the Count, three merlins, five red tailed hawks, one rough legged hawk and almost 50 bald eagles, 250 redpolls, several pine siskins which hadn’t been spotted since the 2009 Count, three northern shrikes, one American Dipper and 48 Cassin’s finches. They also found the usual hundreds of starlings, sparrows, rock pigeons (1,050), magpies, ravens, Bohemian Waxwings (644), etc.

Data from the Count across Canada, the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean are amassed into a huge database that reflects the distribution and numbers of winter birds over time.

Eager participants in the 2012 Ashcroft-Cache Creek Christmas Bird Count (Dec. 19): Bill Drinkwater, Laura Martin, Sonja Matthews, Maria Russell Martin, Karl Ricker (Whistler), Ann Gibson (Winfield), Bert Parke (Logan Lake) and Ray Thom (Logan Lake).

Lived Experience 12 brings together Cariboo authors Williams Lake Tribune Once again Van Andruss, editor and publisher of Lived Experience, a literary journal from the mountains of British Columbia, has cranked out another volume of his eclectic publication giving voice to BC writers and beyond.

Lived Experience number 12 (LE12) hit the bookshelves in Williams Lake before Christmas.

Van has faithfully published his journal annually since 2001. This year six of the 21 writers have a connection to the Cariboo Chilcotin. They include Lorne Dufour, Sage Birchwater, Martin Comtois, Doug Gook, John Schreiber and Julie Andres.

Culinary artist, astrologer and impresario, Martin Comtois, has made his home in Williams Lake for the past

three years. He first came to the region in 1997, settling in Ashcroft. He made a name for himself there with his Secret Garden vegetarian restaurant, where he offered a simple menu of soups, fresh baked breads, and daily specials, along with an espresso machine.

In LE12, Martin tells how he renovated Ashcroft’s oldest heritage building that once staged the Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera, and transformed the Ashcroft Opera House into one of the finest musical venues in western Canada.

Lorne Dufour, one of Lived Experience’s most prolific contributors, has both prose and poetry in LE12.

With Nigger Babe he takes us back to the mid-1960s in Miami where he worked with his brother in a multiracial setting.

Racial tension was strange for two young Canadians from Northern OnThe “Cactus Kids” Club at Cache Creek Elementary School, assisted by members of the Cactus Strippers Quilt Guild. The tario where the “Kids” made their own bags and stockings for Christmas (Front, l-r): Grace Kim, Harley Antoine, Kalee Brunskill, Oriana basic ingrediDubois, Mackenzie Woodburn and Elizabeth Ranta. In the back row, members of the helpful quilt guild: Gerda Rieck, Joyce Deering, Pat Brown, and Kim Jennen, president of the guild. ents of survival

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were honesty, hard work and common friendship. Lorne says these character traits tend to transcend any notion of inferiority or superiority between human beings regardless of skin colour.

As he very often does with his writing, Lorne articulates the triumph of the human spirit in this delightful story. Working in an allblack labour crew in Florida, Lorne confronts racial prejudice directed at him and defuses the precarious, dangerous situation it at its core.

Victoria author John Schreiber carries us to dizzying heights with his essay An Ascension of Cranes.

Set in the Similkameen, John transports you to that moment in spring when the great flocks of sandhill cranes pass overhead to their breeding grounds further north.

Inspired by two days of standing and gazing upwards at the birds catching the thermal updrafts and disappearing into the great “ethereal, boundless wild” above, John connects with his own sense of liveliness. He says he was grateful for the experience but his commitment to be mindful of vulnerabilities in a hardening world remains.

“That which is most subtle is most powerful,” he concludes.

Full of great stories and poems, this latest rendition of LE is available at the Open Book or Station House Gallery in Williams Lake.

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The pitfalls of a global market As is “normal” in the crazy world of newspaper deadlines, I am writing this Jan. 3 editorial well before Jan. 1. Therefore, the world is still abuzz with predictions for 2013.

Some of them are happy, some of them are not. Some of them are funny. Just about all of them involve money and the “fiscal cliff” that we’re all going to leap off of together, like it’s one big bungee jumping convention for lemmings.

Years ago, not that I have any supernatural means to look into the future, but when the US housing crisis began to bring down big businesses and should have brought down the banks, I said to myself: “This is the big one.”

And so it has been. Not like it was a hard one to call. The US has been marching towards this “cliff”, and alongside the “cliff” for years, proving that their economic policies are not sustaining. They have always had only one goal, and that is to make the rich richer.

And they criticize the way Canada spends its money?

But before we get too pleased with how well we manage in Canada, let’s face it: thanks to federal and provincial policies that have allowed extensive foreign ownership of Canadian resources and companies over the years, when the US financial system does implode, explode or jump off the “cliff”, we’re going with them.

We can’t prevent that.

The only thing we can do is be prepared.

It’s a good thing, maybe, that we’ve been hardened for lean economic times here in the Interior. It’s helped us to be self-sufficient to some extent.

Many of our resources are managed by US companies - forestry, oil and gas, mining, even water - who extract it and sell it to us. If they go bankrupt, then no doubt their US creditors will step in and claim ownership. We need to be prepared to either fight for what is ours, or pick up the leftovers and start again.

It’s one thing to argue for free trade and global markets, but you have to remember: when one falls, the rest of us follow.

A MIXED BAG OF WEATHER - fog hovers over the Thompson while snow and frost surrounds it VICTORIA – They’re well on the way to stopping the expansion of oil exports to Asia.

Now will B.C.’s American branch-plant environmental machine turn on natural gas?

A couple of weeks ago I described the dispute between the Haisla Nation and the rest of the Coastal First Nations group over the pioneering of liquefied natural gas development on Haisla territory at Kitimat. Powerful chiefs of the Heiltsuk, Gitga’at, Haida and others in the socalled Great Bear Rainforest oppose the idea of kicking off a new LNG export industry without extending the hydro grid to support renewable power for the region.

LNG is shaping up as B.C.’s largest-ever industrial project, if it gets built. And there are signs the American-directed environmental attack is swinging to our gas boom.

Some in the Canadian media insist no such U.S. influence exists, or that it is trivial and benign. They mock federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver’s description of “foreign radicals,” pretending this applies to everyone opposed to oil pipelines.

There weren’t many reporters with me when I covered the negotiations for the Great Bear Rainforest in 2006.

To the Vancouver media it was just a big forest deal up in the middle of no-

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Gas, 2013’s enviro-villan where. Along with B.C. cabinet minister Pat Bell, Coastal First Nations and forest companies, the Sierra Club, ForestEthics and Greenpeace muscled their way to the table.

How they did so became clear in early 2007. Behind these big three ecopropaganda groups was a $60 million war chest from an obscure outfit called Tides Canada.

Another front group, as it turns out.

The actual source of the money was the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, the Wilberforce Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

Most made their billions in computers and software in San Francisco or Seattle. They’ve funded scientifically suspect campaigns such as “Yellowstone to Yukon” and “boreal forest” aimed at turning more than a third of Canada into parks. Increasingly, they are partnering with aboriginal people

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Some in B.C.’s major media have since grudgingly credited independent B.C. researcher Vivian Krause with filling in the blanks. She has shown that starting in 2002, these foundations began formally organizing against Canadian fossil fuel production.

When the B.C. and Canadian governments matched the $60 million Great Bear Rainforest fund for “ecosystem-based” forest management, they didn’t realize they were reinforcing a blockade against oil exports.

Tides and its backers have continued to fund and create new protest groups, which are quoted as they pop up by credulous B.C. media.

Their argument against oil exports centres on the sexy but false premise that Alberta’s “tar sands” somehow uniquely threaten the global climate.

Lately, as the size of B.C.’s gas development has become clearer, the protests have started to refocus.

Now we hear dire claims about the decades-old technique of “fracking” in gas development, and previously obscure groups are springing up to protest gas projects.

Hollywood is about to gas us with an anti-fracking movie starring Matt Damon. Previews suggest that Promised Land works the usual evil-greedycapitalist themes, in the Avatar tradition.

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A stand up treat for wannabe comedians Get ready to laugh

Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society presents a number of Winter and Spring events. They hope to see you and appreciate your support of Live Music and the Arts throughout the year!

Local Director/Actress Mavourneen VarcoeRyan and Stand Up Comedian Tracey Knihnitski will facilitate a Theatre Improv and Stand Up Comedy two-day Workshop on Jan. 12 and 13 at the Ashcroft High School Library and four subsequent weekly performance nights in the months of January and February. The workshop will be followed by four nights at a local dinner venue (tba) at which both audience and performers are welcome.

Do you know what’s weird about Stand-Up Comedy? Most of us are afraid to look stupid!

Stand Up Comedians do it on purpose to get a laugh! If you: imitate your family members behind their backs, make people laugh when you’re mad, and have all kinds of opinions about the absurdities of the world, you might have what it takes to do Stand Up Comedy!

In addition, for those of you who LOVE physical comedy and shows like “Whose Line Is It Anyways”, feel free to join us for Theatre Improv. We’ll get creative, have some laughs and bounce some scenes around thru improvisation. No experience necessary! Imaginations welcome!

Learning to develop improvisational skills is fun for everyone! Improvisation has that boundless potential to unleash your creativity, instill the ability to solve problems and allow you to collaborate with others. It can increase your confidence, improve public speaking skills, enhance acting abilities, gain comfort in social settings, improve listening and observation skills.

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letters to the editor Thanks from Desert Bells Dear Editor As secretary for the Desert Bells Handbell Choir, I would like to thank the Village of Cache Creek and the Cache Creek Beautification Society for their support and for inviting us to play for them at the Community Christmas Singalong on Dec. 13 in the Cache Creek Community Hall. I would also like to thank Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society and the Sage Sound Singers for allowing us to participate in their Christmas concert on Dec. 15 and 16.

They were all wonderful concerts! Thank you to those who attended and generously donated. Happy New Year to all!

Denise Tapia Desert Bells Handbell Choir

The Ashcroft Ladies Auxiliary were cooking up a storm, making oatmeal chocolate chip cookies for the CP Holiday Train. Jan Mazerall, Bernice Roath, Sharon Reid, Loraine Shwaluk, Jan Kimberley, Inez Photo by Burt Mazerall Lopez, Joyce Matthews and Lottie Atkinson. (Missing: Cam Lindseth).

Need for gas not going away ForestEthics, Sierra Club and Greenpeace, meanwhile, are campaigning against their original forest preservation deal on B.C.’s Central and North Coast. Sustainable development solutions aren’t good for their business model. If people think a problem is solved, they stop sending money.

Meanwhile, the U.S. is surFLETCHER from p. 4

ging ahead with its own shale oil and gas boom. Plans are underway for LNG exports from the U.S. to Asia.

I think 2013 would be a good year for Canada to start making its own decisions on energy development.

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

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Music to warm the heart on a cold winter’s night Plus of course for those in the Arts, it can help make you a better performer, whether you are acting, writing or doing CURRENT from p. 5

stand up comedy. A minimal cost will be charged for the workshop and everyone is welcome! Check for posters around town for exact workshop details. For more info and to register by phone (250) 4539100 or email windingriversarts@ gmail.com

Ashcroft Dessert Concerts continue in March

Coming in March on Friday the 22nd is a man and wife duo with some old-time sweet harmony.

GET FIT IN THE NEW YEAR! Pharis and Jason Romero reside Functional Fitness in Horsefly, where Jason makes Starts January 7th his own guitars and banjos. You At the Cache Creek Community Hall can expect some beautiful, striking Monday, Wednesday and Fridays duet singing with acoustic and National guitar and banjo on originals From 9:30-10:30 am and well-loved songs from others.

Special 55+ rates: Coming from a thousand $33 for 4 weeks (11 classes) miles and a border apart, Pharis or $4/class drop-in and Jason Romero met in 2007 at Under 55 welcome: rates are $44 for 4 weeks (11 classes) or $5 drop-in an old-time fiddle jam. Both had been playing music for decades Coming Soon!

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Community Latin Mexican Fiesta Jan. 18

Creative Cow presents a Mexican Latin Fiesta with Vancouver based band ‘LOCARNO’. Don’t miss a community celebration with food and dancing at Ashcroft’s St. Albans Hall (501 Brink St.) on Friday, Jan. 18. Locarno plays a danceable groove of heavy mix of Mexican Folk, Cuban Son and Latin Soul.

Front man, Tom Landa - who was born in Mexico, is one of those rare talents who cannot only lyricize in both English and Spanish; he can contextualize the words musically with authentic cultural reference.

Locarno may be the name of a beach in his hometown of Vancouver but the project rings with true Jarocho rhythms from Veracruz on the Mexican Gulf. Featuring the finest of BC’s Latin musicians, the eight piece band includes Tom playing a guitarrón (Mexican ukulele), fiddle, trumpet and trombones for that authentic Mexicana sound.

The night will be a community celebration with food and dancing at St. Albans Hall (501 Brink St.) on Friday, Jan. 18. Potluck Mexican feast starts at 5:30 pm with music at 7:30 pm. All ages event with a cash bar - alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks available. Tickets in advance at the Liquor Store and the Ashcroft Bakery or by calling Andrea and Nadine at (250) 453-9100.

Lillooet Music presents traditional music string band Annie Lou

Lillooet Music Society presents four piece string band ‘Annie Lou’ on Jan. 24 at the Lillooet Masonic Lodge (251 Taylor Rd.). Doors open at 7 pm, show at 7:30 pm. Tickets available at Created By Design, KC Health and IDA. Check out their website www.lillooetmusic.com for more information.

Annie Lou is an original music, rooted in tradition, - a vibrant celebration of our culture and our times that moves the heart as well as the feet. Annie Lou’s heart-moving, homegrown tunes are ringing out across the North American roots music stage, gathering audiences coast to coast and garnering Juno, WCMA, and Galaxie Rising Star nominations.

Annie Lou is built around the original songwriting of Anne Louise Genest, who spent 20 years living in the Yukon woods.

Now relocated to the balmier shores of Vancouver Island, Genest carries the spirit of an old storyteller inside her, and this voice, mixed with the stringband sounds of fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin and upright bass, traces a journey through days gone by to the here and now.

Genest founded Annie Lou after finding herself drawn to old time mountain and traditional country music. “This music has a profound edge to it – there in the voices and in the playing is the lament we all carry as people trying to get by in this beautiful, terrible world,” she says.

“Joy and grief are two sides of the same coin. The older music expresses that tension so perfectly.”

Genest’s first outing as Annie Lou brought 2010 Juno and WCMA nominations, and her much anticipated sophomore release “Grandma’s Rules for Drinking” delivers the same great energy, with an added elegant touch and subtle maturity. Produced by multiple Junonominee Andrew Collins (Creaking Tree String Quartet), the album features some of Canada’s finest acoustic musicians, including John Showman (New Country Rehab), Kim Barlow, and Max Heineman (Foggy Hogtown Boys). Beautifully crafted songs range from rousing and boisterous to gentle and poignant, and map a homescape of hard-drinking grandmas, rural dancehalls, blue collar fashions, and the deep snows and silences of a Canadian winter.

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Turkey funspiel was a good time for all except the turkeys The Ashcroft Curling Club held their annual Turkey Funspiel on Dec. 16. We had a much smaller crowd this year with only 16 people so only four teams, but fun was had by all.

We tried a different format with each game being five ends instead of four, and each player got a chance to skip an end. Some of the players who have never skipped were nervous but in the end all had fun and it made the games a lot more even. I know those of us who do skip found it hard not to constantly give advice, wanted or not, but it was a good

learning curve for us too. You could see the skips shaking their heads and biting their tongues but I must say thank you for not being too serious and to everyone for participating. Many great shots were made by these non skips, and maybe some will think of moving up.

The winning team was the Bill Drinkwater team with David Bridal, Glen Joss and Loreen Martin. They each won a turkey. Placing second and winning a ham was the Paul Quesnel team with Ina Gory, Nick Lebedoff and Orval Trueman.

As always we held the draw to the

button for a turkey and this was won by are drawn from a hat and it is a great way David Bridal. There were a few close to try the sport without getting too sore. calls but Dave was the closest.

So if you are inclined to try a fun, soThanks to all for helping to make this cial winter sport please come and join us funspiel a success and for the lovely pot at the next funspiel. You are always welluck lunch The food is always so special come. at our club.

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All names 2013 SCHEDULE OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS The Village of Clinton is required through the Community Charter section 127 to advertise the 2013 Schedule of Regular Council Meetings.

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Christmas Party donates to local charity Gift of Days by R. H. Grenville A new year, yes, and something moreA clean white page, an open door To pathways never trod before!

Not twelve months drably cut and dried, That hours divide and subdivide, But wings full-fledged and stretching wide.

For what is gift of days to me Unless in Truth I learn to see That life is opportunity, While every dawn that thrills my sight Unfolds in newness and delight, A resurrection from the night!

place on were saddened to learn of Dec. 8 the passing of Mary Beeds, and 9. Joyce Munro’s mother, and Clinton of Earl Huestis, husband of Zee Chevalier Seniors Loraine. Condolences to Associaboth families.

Healthy eating may give you Safety tips from Fortisthe necessary energy to com- tion held a Tea on Saturday plete your daily activities afternoon in support of the BC: * Never kick or hit your so it is important to consid- Communities in Bloom iner whether your regular diet itiative. Thank you to every- meter if ice builds up. Call is giving you all the essential one who attended or contrib- us for assistance at 1-888uted in any way to make the 224-2710. basic nutrients. * After a snowfall, brush “Believe you can and event a success.

Friday, Dec. 14 was the snow away from your meter you’re halfway there.” final day of work for Mar- by hand until the regulator Theodore Roosevelt Clinton Seniors Associa- cia Begin, RN who had man- and shut off valve are clear tion members enjoyed their aged the Clinton Health to help avoid pipe breakages, annual Christmas Party on and Wellness Centre for leaks and interruptions of Dec. 5. In lieu of exchanging over 10 years. Friends gath- gas service. Clear a path for gifts, everyone was invited ered at the Clinton Memor- the meter reader.

Happy Birthday to Aldea to make a monetary contri- ial Hall on Dec. 10 for a rebution and put their name in tirement party to say thank Chastenay Jan. 5 and to Zee a basket for a draw. The per- you. Meghan Nairn has been Chevalier Jan. 29. son whose name is drawn hired to fill the position. has the privilege of desig- Please nating a charity or organiza- drop in to The new year offers tion to be the recipient of the the Clina fresh start. Make 2013 amount of money collected. ic to wela healthy year with good Rollie Higginbottom’s name come her choices. January 20 is the was drawn and he select- to Clinbeginning of National Non- ed the Clinton Snow Jock- ton.

The Thompson Nicola Regional District has Smoking Week. Is this the ey Club to be the beneficiary In approved the expenditure of up to $50,000 from year that you will give up of a cheque in the amount of Decemthe federal Gas Tax Community Works Fund to smoking? $210. Thank you to every- ber Clingo towards upgrading the Spences Bridge Water One of the most import- one for their generosity to ton SenSystem. ant things you can do is to make this gift possible. iors AsThe funding will help the Spences Bridge maintain a healthy life style.

The first annual Victorian sociation Water System, which is owned and operated by Keep your weight in check. Christmas celebration took members the TNRD, install a new water main along Deer Lane. The new installation will be able to provide a loop for the water system.

“The money is going to great use as it will reduce water usage and improve water quality for users of the Spences Bridge Water System,” said Steven Rice, Electoral Area I director.

The Deer Lane Water Main project falls VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION under the Water and Wastewater category of the Gas Tax Agreement.

To date, the Thompson-Nicola Regional The Village of Clinton Council would District has approved $2.71 million for 67 prolike to extend its thanks to all the jects under the Federal Gas Tax Fund, which volunteer groups, their members, and also provides funding in support of municiindividual volunteers for your hard pal infrastructure upgrades that contributes to cleaner air, cleaner water and reduced greenwork and dedication to the Village. house-gas emissions.

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Our small rural community needs and thrives on the services provided by our clubs, associations, societies and individuals.

Whether related to health, social issues, our youth, seniors, cultural events or recreation, your dedicated efforts are appreciated by Council and your community.

Council looks forward to working together with all of you in 2013.

Thank you from Mayor Rivett, Councillor Guerin, Councillor Marchant, Councillor Park, Councillor Swan and your Community.

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Revelations about resolutions

Here it is, my last column of the year.

I’d like to tell you what a breeze it was to write, but stranded in a tiny hotel room with my loud, boisterous kids and nowhere to hide, it took me awhile to spit it out.

My plan was to write it in private once we arrived at the in-laws for the Christmas holidays.

Driving down to the coast on December 23rd, I figured we’d get there in plenty of time to visit before holing up in some corner with an iced rum and eggnog as I knocked out an article about my wellthought-out new years resolutions.

But an hour into our trip after our first bathroom break, my plan took an unexpected turn

ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com when my husband started the truck, put it in reverse and the gear shift came completely unhinged from it’s socket.

“Oh no,” he said looking at it, and then looking at me.

“This isn’t good.

This isn’t good at all.”

After waiting 95 minutes for a tow truck and discovering there wasn’t a mechanic or auto supply business in town that had the part we required, we

decided to get our truck towed back to where we’d come from and drop it off at our trusted mechanic in West Kelowna.

Since the driver couldn’t take all of us, Paul accompanied him for the trip with plans to fetch my little car.

What’s the difference between his Ford Explorer and my Volkswagen Beetle? His can

comfortably fit a family of four, several suitcases and presents galore.

Mine can look cute and colourful in the snow.

With Paul home installing roof racks and a cargo box for the top of my bug, it started to get dark and he opted to join us the next morning while the kids and I checked into a hotel.

Finding a Ramada Hotel with a fun-

looking pool and slide, we lugged our bags up to the room and took a cab to the nearby Walmart to buy some bathing suits and snacks.

With no swim gear available for sale, I got as close as I could with Beavis and ButtHead boxers for my 12-year-old son and an undershirt/shorts combo for my nineyear-old daughter.

Back at the hotel we ordered pizza

for dinner and soon discovered that I had misplaced my wallet and probably left it in the taxi.

“What a gong show,” Sam said as I searched the room, emptied my purse on the bed, and called the cab company while the pizza guy watched and waited at the door.

Sam was right. It was a bit of a gong show.

Here’s your wallet,

Mom!” Daisy said, after finding it under a chair after the pizza man had already given up and left. “You owe me a hug now.”

Daisy was right too.

I did.

For my last column of 2012 my plan was to write about my lofty goals for the year ahead, but right now still stuck in Merritt, all I can think of are an important few: writing a back-up column, relaxing with a drink and hugging my kids as often as I possibly can.

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January 2012 • Week 1 CAPRICORN - Sometimes it takes more time and money than it’s worth to follow through with something that originally seemed like a good idea. Don’t think of it as giving up but redirecting.

AQUARIUS - It may take a little more time to work through the long to-do list, but that will make the satisfaction of getting the job done that much more worth it, Aquarius.

PISCES - Words can be interpreted in many different ways, Pisces.

Choose what you say wisely so you don’t give anyone the wrong impression.

ARIES - Aries, there are some things that need to be accomplished this week despite the your reservations. Find a way to make the best of the situation.

TAURUS - Taurus, enjoy an active week ahead that includes a very busy social schedule. Instead of trying to swim against the tide, let it take you along.

GEMINI - Take care of things on your own this week, Gemini.

Others around you will be just as busy, so put your head down and get started on the many tasks at hand.

CANCER - Sarcasm is not the right approach this week, Cancer.

Focus on being amiable to all of the people you interact with the next few days and reap the rewards.

LEO - Secrets have a funny way of catching up with you, Leo. Although it can be hard to be honest, upcoming situations will work out much more easily if you are.

VIRGO - You have no reason to question your confidence this week, Virgo. Give yourself a pep talk to make it through a sticky situation, and things will turn out alright.

LIBRA - You are coasting on a high of good fortune, Libra. Don’t worry, it isn’t going to slow down anytime soon. Enjoy all of the opportunities that come your way.

SCORPIO - It takes more than just good ideas to find success, Scorpio. There is also a lot of follow-through and legwork that goes into every scenario. Start working through the particulars.

SAGITTARIUS - You won’t be able to rest until you solve a problem that has been bugging you, Sagittarius. But the solution won’t immediately present itself.

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Victoria News A packed B.C. Legislature is teeming with debate over controversial bills this week, including the reinstitution of the death penalty and a ban on aggressive dog breeds.

But it wasn’t MLAs filling the seats

of the legislature.

Rather, 95 young people aged 16 to 21 descended on Victoria for the 84th annual B.C. Youth Parliament, a model organization that serves as a political training ground for engaged students.

“We debate legislation, present legislation to the members that is important to our organization. It frames the (activities (1919 – 2012) of our) organization throughout the year,” said Sarah It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Alfred Schneider in the Ashcroft Extended Care O’Connor, Premier of BCYP. Unit where he resided for the past five years – just one Originally from Lytton, block from his daughter.

O’Connor now lives in VicHe is survived by his five daughters: Gwen (Glen) in toria and works as legislative Enderby, BC, Irene (Bill) in Ashcroft, BC, Freda (Sylvano) in Stony Plain, AB, Audrey (Mike) in Medicine Hat, AB assistant. She credits her earand Shelley (Gary) in Edmonton, AB; 10 grandchildren ly years with the youth parliaand 15 great grandchildren. Alfred was predeceased by ment as a catalyst for her enhis wife Helen in 2001 and also by his most cherished dog, Keisha in November, 2012. thusiasm for politics.

Alfred and Helen lived in northern Alberta (Dixonville “It’s an amazing experiand Grimshaw) for most of their working lives and then ence.

You learn so much, you retired to Enderby in 1983. Prior to his marriage, Alfred gain so much real knowledge served six years in the Armed Service, serving overseas during WWII. After he returned to Canada, he began and confidence,” she said, his career as a heavy duty mechanic but also had time to standing in the lobby of the pursue his idea of building a gangsaw and along with Harry legislature before session.

Smith, saw this through to completion. They built and set up several different gangsaws in Alberta, BC and even one The parliament runs like made it to France. any other, as legislation is A celebration of Alfred’s life will be organized in the spring tabled, debated and passed. when Dad’s ashes will join Mum’s in the Enderby Cemetary.

Members are free to propose Thompson Valley Funeral Home Ashcroft entrusted with amendments, and they hone arrangements. their public speaking skills quickly amongst a room full of non-partisan peers.

O’Connor sympathized It is with great sadness we with many of the students who announce the passing were participating for the first of Clarence Patterson time this year.

Crawford. Dad passed away at home in 16 Mile, “I remember it being terriBC on December 25, fying, so overwhelming,” she 2012. said. “You’re in the chambers,

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Born May 4, 1934, the oldest son to Thomas and Eva Crawford at the first Red Cross hospital in Canada at Paddockwood, SK.

Clarence had six full brothers, five halfbrothers and one half sister. He came to BC in in 1956 where he met and married Audrey, his wife of 55 years. They married August 30, 1957. Audrey passed away November 27, 2012. Together they raised five children. Lester, Terry (Norman), Joan(Randy), Bonnie (Brad) and Dennis. They were blessed with twelve grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Clarence always had special tall tale to tell and a pocket full of candy and gum for the grandchildren.

Time spent with grandpa was always fun. He will hold a special place in their hearts.

there are people who look and are a lot older than you, who are more confident than you, and you’re sitting in the back just trembling. But it’s an amazing experience.”

Allie Dickson is in her fifth and final year with the youth parliament.

Serving as opposition leader, she hails from from Burns Lake and goes to university in Prince George.

“It’s a life-altering experience,” said the 20 year old. “Before, I was very shy and didn’t know how to public speak at all. (By) my second year, I was defending legislation and in the third year, I was defending acts. And now I’m the leader of the opposition.”

The application process involves submitting a personal statement and doing a minimum number of hours of volunteer work in the community.

Around 140 applicants vied for the 95 spots from six regions across B.C. The charitable organization is kept afloat by its many alumni, including current Richmond East MLA Linda Reid.

Other notable alumni include artist Jack Shadbolt and B.C.’s youngest attorney general, Robert Bonner, who served in the W.A.C. Bennett cabinet of the 1950’s and 60’s.

“Even if you’re not interested in politics today, it gives you a better understanding of the system and it gives you a better understanding of what goes on,” Dickson said.

The Youth Parliament runs now through Dec. 31. To learn more and view the application process for 2013, visit bcyp.org.

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Over the years dad worked many different jobs, before Mom and Dad married he worked for Husky Oil in the oil patch at Drayton Valley. After they married he worked for Van Campbell driving forklift at the lumber mill at the far end of Loon Lake. Other jobs were as a ranch hand at Bender Ranch south of Ashcroft and working for Dyke Anderson driving cat, building roads. Dad bought his first truck in 1959 from Van Campbell and hauled lumber in partnership with Carter Singh. He traded that truck in and bought his first logging truck with the help of Art and Madge Nontel in the early 1970’s. Dad hauled logs to Savona and Lillooet until he retired. He bought a new logging truck every two years; it was always an exciting day when the shiny new truck pulled into the yard. After retiring in 1995, Clarence and Audrey enjoyed life at their home and farm in 16 Mile where the coffee was always on and visitors were always welcome to catch up on the current news.

Their favourite pastime was spending Saturdays at garage sales finding the best deals and treasures and there were many! They enjoyed seeing old friends and acquaintances on these outings.

Over the years they made many special friends, their chosen family. The Bouck’s, Rusty, Carol and Cassidy. The Kiley family, just to name a few. Clarence will be logging somewhere with some that went before him, Art and Madge Nontel, his good friend Donald Stuart, who he missed dearly and many others.

We would like to thank the many medical personnel, doctors and nurses, Vitalaire and homecare that helped make his final journey a little easier. Also the people who jumped in any time they were called to help out in so many ways. Without your help he could not have carried out his final days at home and that was very important to him. It was his wish to go looking out his own damned window and he did.

May he once again breathe easier…until we meet again. A Celebration Of Life Service for Clarence will be held at a later date.

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January 28, 2013.

THOMPSON-NICOLA REGIONAL DISTRICT PUBLIC NOTICE Committee Appointments The Thompson-Nicola Regional District invites applications from persons interested in serving the Regional District on various Committees. The positions are strictly voluntary in nature, with only expenses payable. Applicants must reside or own property in the service area administered by the Committee. Appointments will be made at a future Board of Directors meeting, and all terms will expire on December 31, 2013, with any exceptions noted.

Persons interested are requested to forward a brief resume indicating the committee on which they wish to serve, as well as why they are interested in such an appointment, by Friday, January 4, 2013.

For information on the TNRD Committees, please visit www.tnrd.ca or contact Liz Cornwell, Corporate Officer / Manager of Legislative Services #300, 465 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 2A9 Phone (250) 377-8673/1-877-377-8673 (toll free in BC) Email: lcornwell@tnrd.ca

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Thursday, January 3, 2013 The Journal

Golden Country presents

... Past, Present & Beyond Oregon Jack’s hidden gold Treasure maps English gentlemen, edu– with X markcated at Cambridge Uniing the spot of versity and descended the buried richfrom a long line of arises – have been a tocrats. And while it was staple of fiction agreed that things could for many years, at get a tad wild at Jack’s least since Robert roadhouse, it was generLouis Stevenson ally felt that the host was gave us “Treasure as hospitable and friendIsland” in 1883. ly as most travelers could They aren’t quite wish. The Cornwalls as common in real themselves were known to life as in fiction, visit; on January 15, 1865 GOLDEN COUNTRY sadly, but at least Henry Cornwall wrote in one such map suphis diary “[D]rove over to BARBARA RODEN posedly exists; and Oregon Jack’s for dinner what’s more, it and back again the same hints at a golden bounty buried within a night – got home about 1:00 am. . . we few miles of Ashcroft, not far off High- were feasted in great style having a way 1. really fine dinner with excellent pastry “Gold fever” lured many people to and egg nog afterwards.” the Interior of British Columbia; but Not everyone shared this charitable for every person who struck it rich in view of Oregon Jack, however. One the goldfields, dozens remained stub- guest described him as a vile-looking bornly empty-handed. Some enterpris- man, with a red face, bald head, and ing souls realized that there was more bowed legs, with the red face attribthan one way to capitalize on gold fe- uted to the fact that Jack had not, durver, establishing ranches or roadhouses ing his years in the area, drawn one soor other businesses along the Cariboo ber breath. And the Indians of the OreWagon Road to cater to the needs of gon Jack band (Dowling had given the thousands of people attracted to the his name to a valley in the region, and area. thence to the natives who lived there Once such person was Jack (or for some of the year) were constantly John) Dowling, an American settler having run-ins with him. His land near whose place of origin gave rise to his the Thompson adjoined Oregon Jack nickname, “Oregon Jack”. He start- reserve land, and Dowling seemed to ed off as a gold miner, but by 1858 had go out of his way to antagonize the redecided there was more money to be serve’s inhabitants; so much so that in made in packing supplies to others, and 1882 the government Indian Agent for did well enough that by 1862 he was the region advised that someone should able to establish a roadhouse between have a word with Dowling over his Spences Bridge and Ashcroft. misuse of water rights, which was afHistory has left us a contradictory fecting the Oregon Jack Indians. picture of Oregon Jack. On the one However gold fever, once it takes hand, he was a good friend to the Corn- hold, is a hard thing to shake, and Jack wall brothers, his neighbours to the never seemed to manage it. Even durnorth; they spoke well of him, and in- ing his years as a successful packvited him to Christmas dinner, which er and roadhouse owner he continued carried weight, for the Cornwalls were to search for gold in the valley which

bears his name, but with no success. By the late 1880s he had spent more than three decades fruitlessly looking for gold, and perhaps something snapped, because his next move was as dramatic as it was risky. He held up a stagecoach on the Cariboo Road, shot one passenger, and escaped into Oregon Jack Valley with a quantity of gold, in the form of small bars.

Unlike many other thieves, Jack eluded the law and made good his escape, returning to Oregon, where he died in obscurity, and seeming poverty, in a nursing home a few years later. It was an undistinguished end for a man who supposedly had access to more than enough gold to see him in comfort for the rest of his life.

Several yeas after Jack’s death, a trunk was purchased at auction. When opened, it contained a number of personal items that had once belonged to Oregon Jack. There was no gold, alas, but there was something that was certainly intriguing: a map which supposedly showed where Jack had buried his stolen gold. According to this map, he had left his illicit fortune somewhere in Oregon Jack Valley, a place he knew very well, perhaps realizing that a man

attempting to fly from justice will travel more quickly – and raise fewer suspicions – if he isn’t encumbered by heavy gold bars. It seems likely that he intended to return for the gold one day, when the search for him had died down, but had been prevented, possibly due to declining health.

The map supposedly gives only the approximate location of Oregon Jack’s buried loot, which might explain why, despite an attempt to locate it, the gold has not been found. However, there might be another explanation. Rumour has it that a couple who lived in Oregon Jack Valley during the 1940s and 1950s, near the alleged site of the cache of gold, often used small gold bars to pay for purchases during their trips to Ashcroft. Perhaps the map was more accurate than we think, and that by the time it was found the gold had already been discovered and removed.

If not, there could still be a small fortune in gold, hidden more than a century ago, waiting to be discovered in Oregon Jack Valley. All that would-be treasure hunters have to do is find Oregon Jack’s map, and hope that X does indeed still mark the spot.

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