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THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2013
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A grocery store employee escaped injury, after trying to apprehend three shoplifters at the Wholesale Club in Williams Lake. At approximately 6 p.m. June 18, the Williams Lake RCMP were called to the Wholesale Club. A store employee attempted to apprehend three females for shoplifting. Upon apprehending one female, she attempted to escape by attacking the employee with a knife, report police. The employee was not harmed but all three females escaped. A police dog was brought in a short while later and a female youth was found hiding several blocks away. The RCMP are continuing their investigation and are looking for the other two females who are known to police. Tara Sprickerhoff photo
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SPORTS A10 Soccer teams win in Revelstoke. COMMUNITY A15 Sandy Fehr parade marshal. Weather outlook: Rain is expected right through the weekend.
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Roy Mulvahill, who was among wagon masters taking seniors on wagon rides around the city from the Seniors’ Village on Monday will be joining the fifth annual Xeni Gwet’in Youth Wagon Trip from Nemiah Valley to the 87th annual Williams Lake Stampede this week. The wagon trip with youth outriders leaves Nemiah on Friday and will arrive in Williams Lake for the start of Stampede on Friday, June 28. Pictured are Marg Hansen (left), Lillian Hains, Alice Marchuk, Roy Mulvahill, Art Jackson, and Pat Moortele.
Nemiah youth ride to Stampede starts Friday The Fifth Annual Xeni Gwet’in Youth Wagon Trip from Nemiah Valley to the Stampede in Williams Lake will be on the road this Friday. The organizers would like to remind people travelling Highway 20 and backroads between Nemiah and Williams Lake to be aware that the riders will be on the road and to take care while passing them. “We would like to extend our gratitude each year for the logging trucks who take time to slow down and pass our group safely as we travel the back roads from Big Creek logging roads up past Farwell Canyon and onto Highway 20 at the Toosey Road/ Highway 20 junction,” says event spokesperson Gailene William. The ride runs June 21 to 28 with the following dates. Day 1: Depart from Nemiah Valley and camp at Seymour Draw. Day 2: Seymour Draw to Ve-
dan Ranch. Day 3: Vedan Ranch to Big Creek. Day 4: One Day rest at Big Creek. Day 5: Big Creek to Sugar Cane Jacks. Day 6: Sugar Cane Jacks to Farwell Canyon. Day 7: Farwell Canyon to Meldrum Creek. Day 8: Meldrum Creek to Williams Lake Stampede Grounds. The horse and wagon teams will include Roy and Gwen Mulvahill, Wilfred and Betty Anderson, Al Peteman and Jason and Lynn. Trail cooks are Seraphine William and Kim Gillespie. The cook applicants submit a budget to cook for a maximum number of 80 people and have a portable kitchen that they bring to each camping and lunch spot. They cook all three meals and provide snacks for road and trails. Randy Saugstad is hauling
the horses back to Nemiah after Stampede. Youth group workers Jimmy and June Lulua started the youth ride five years ago with the help of grants, donations and fundraising and it has grown every year since then. This year the Lulua’s are handing the reins to 2013 Wagon Trip President Annie S. William so that they can concentrate on their education goals for the next few years. Fundraising mainly consists of donations and community events such as loonie and toonie auctions and supper sales . This year youth from outside the Xeni Gwet’in First Nations community were also welcome to participate for a daily fee. Last year Roy and Gwen Mulvahill donated a horse to be raffled off at the Williams Lake Stampede to raise money for the wagon trip. Sonny Lulua won the horse
named Dolly. This year Roy and Gwen Mulvahill have donated another eight-year-old mare to be raffled off for first place. Second place is an all expense paid three-day wagon ride between June 21 - 28 this year. Third prize is a shoe farrier treatment for one horse by Jimmy Lulua. Tickets are $2 each or $3 for $5. Participants can also buy jackets to celebrate their participation. This year the organizers are also asking for someone to document the ride in a video. By the end of April the donations of food and loonie/toonie auction items totalled more than $2,000. The Xeni Gwet’in Youth Wagon Trip has a Facebook page for anyone wanting to join the group Xeni Gwet’in Wagon Trip. The 87th annual Williams Lake Stampede runs June 28, 29, 30 and July 1.