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Area athletes prepare for B.C. Seniors Games When the BC Seniors’ Games kick off in Kamloops this week, our area will be well represented. Almost two dozen competitors from Clinton, Cache Creek, Ashcroft, Lytton, and Savona will be taking part in the Games, in disciplines ranging from archery to track and field.

“It’s a great chance to play with other people, which is wonderful when you’re from a small town,” said Maria Russell Martin of Ashcroft, who is taking part in mixed doubles tennis. “I love the game, so any chance I get to play, I take it. And I’ll get to watch some some fine tennis. It’s so much fun to see such a high level of skill.”

This is the third time she has competed at the Games, and she finds the event a treat. “Everyone is out there giving it their all,” she said.

Frank Mierau, also of Ashcroft, is taking part in his first Games. “I’ve always wanted to do it,” he said, “and this was my chance, with the Games only being an hour away this year. I’m taking the plunge. I couldn’t resist it.”

The 82-year-old athlete will be competing in three cycling events: a 14km time trial, a 42km long distance race, and a 2.7km hill climb. He is taking the events seriously, even travelling out to Dallas to look at the 7km route for the time trial and long distance races, then staking out a similar route

closer to home to practice on.

“It was a challenge finding somewhere,” he said with a laugh. “The road is pretty rough out here, and it’s hard to find somewhere flat.” He eventually staked out a 7km section of Hwy. 1 starting just south of Ashcroft Manor.

“I’m looking forward to the Games.

I don’t know what to expect, but I’ll soon find out.”

Lytton’s Bernie Fandrich is also taking part in his first Games, in archery. “I just decided to give it a try because I enjoy shooting my bow and I enjoy competition. Since I’ve never competed in the Games before I’m keen to discover how well other old farts are shooting their bows.”

There are four athletes from Lytton taking part this year. “We met yesterday and decided we didn’t need a Lytton cheer . . . but we had an enthusiastic ‘good luck’ huddle,” said Fandrich.

The first Seniors Games was held in Vernon in 1988, with 600 people competing. Since then the event has grown every year, and Kamloops will see close to 4,000 athletes competing in twenty-five events. The Games are open to anyone aged 55 or older, with many of the sports allowing competition in different age categories.

This year’s Seniors Games begins on Wednesday, Aug. 21 and runs through Saturday the 24th, with com-

petition starting every day at 8:00 am.

The opening ceremony is Wednesday at 7:00 pm at the Tournament Capital Centre, with the closing ceremony in the same venue on Saturday at 3:30 pm.

Spectators are encouraged to come along and cheer on the athletes from all over the province. The full schedule of events, times, and venues can be found at www.2013kamloopsbcseniorsgames. org Here are the area residents competing in this year’s Games: Clinton: Floyd Haller, Slo Pitch Cache Creek: Linda Holland, Equestrian; Gordon Daily, Darlene Daily, Golf Ashcroft: Myron Erickson, Lorraine Shawaluk, Cribbage; Frank Mierau, Cycling; Arlene Lebedoff, Darts; David Ogilvie, Golf; Nick Lebedoff, Muriel Scallon, Horseshoes; Ina Gory, Andrea Walker, Bruce Walker, Colin Williams, Curling; Mike Baldwin, Slo Pitch; John Farmer, Maria Russell Martin, Tennis Lytton: Bernie Fandrich, Archery; Robert Bolan, Badminton; Judith Urquhart, Golf; Nonie McCann, Track and Field Savona: Aileen Lamberton, Darts Pictured above: Maria Russell Martin and John Farmer (left) and Frank Mierau (right; photo by Wendy Coomber).

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An Ashcroft Sea Cadet is one of 50 sailors competing for the top prize in the 2013 National Sea Cadet Regatta in Kingston, Ontario.

Cadet Ian Curran from RCSCC AVENGER in Ashcroft is representing B.C. The grade 10 student at Ashcroft Secondary is partnered with Cadet Quinn Lessing in boat #23.

The National Regatta is held each summer at the Royal Military College in Kingston. Sailing takes place over four days in August in the fresh waters of Lake Ontario.

The top 50 Sea Cadet sailors from across the country compete in the National Regatta. Each team consists of a skipper and crew who competed in local and provincial/multi-provincial regattas to win a berth in the National Regatta.

The National Regatta is an exciting opportunity for the best sea cadet sailors to test their skills. The challenge of the National Regatta provides not only the ability to compete, but also a rewarding sailing experience.

The Royal Canadian Sea Cadet program is offered to youth between the ages of 12-18 and is delivered in partnership between the Navy League of Canada and the Department of National Defence.

Cadets Ian Curran (r) and Quinn Lessing in Kingston, preparing for the National Sea Cadet Regatta. Photo provided by Navy League

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On Sunday Aug. 18, four members of the Kamloops RCMP Integrated Road Safety Unit conducted an enforcement blitz on Hwy. 1 between Kamloops and Ashcroft, from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm. The unit does analyses of areas throughout the region, identifying problem areas and then doing a concentrated enforcement blitz.

According to the local detachment, there are complaints from the public almost every day regarding aggressive drivers on this stretch of highway, so the focus of the blitz was that type of driving. Some three dozen violators were ticketed and/or fined for offences ranging from speeding to not having a driver’s licence to following too closely. Another 22 warnings were given out for various violations, such as vehicle defects, lack of a front licence plate, and changed addresses on vehicle documentation.

There were also two impaired drivers removed from the highway during the blitz, and one person served with documents preventing him from driving. One of the impaired drivers was stopped at 8:40 am, showing us that impaired drivers are on the highways at all hours of the day and night.

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On Aug. 15, traffic police came across a vehicle on Hwy. 1 south of Hat Creek Rd. which was pulled off to the side of the road and was heavily damaged. The 45-year-old male driver from Victoria, who was travelling with his family, reported that his 2013 Toyota Corolla had been struck by a deer.

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jured, and the deer was nowhere to be seen. No one reported seeing a blue stuffed walrus in the vicinity.

A little help from his friend

On Aug. 15 at 2:00 am, police were called to an address on Collins Rd. in Cache Creek near the Husky station. A male who was associated with a truck parked in the Husky lot had become involved in an argument with local residents, and was threatening to break into their house. Police found the man to be intoxicated but cooperative. The man’s partner was asleep in the truck, and was found to be sober. He agreed to look after his friend, and the rest of the night was peaceful.

Doggie in the (car) window

On Aug. 15 at 2:00 pm, a call was received regarding a dog in distress in a car parked outside the Oasis in Cache Creek. Police attended and found that the vehicle was parked in the shade with all the windows partially open.

The dog was barking because its water bowl was empty, so the dog’s owner was located and more water was obtained, which made the dog a good deal happier and very friendly. No charges are being laid.

Hard feelings

On Aug. 15 at 6:00 pm police were called to a disturbance at the Nugget Motel in Cache Creek. An ex-client of the motel, who had been evicted the previous month, had returned to retrieve some belongings that had been left behind when she was evicted. The woman, now a resident of Kamloops, was reported to be causing problems, but police presence defused the situation and enabled everything to be resolved peacefully, with all parties getting what they wanted.

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ported to have seen the group dropping the dog off on a corner in Cache Creek. The dog was retrieved safely, but the owner wanted to report the matter as a warning to other dog owners in the area, in case any other canines go missing.

Speed costs

On Aug. 16 at 4:00 pm a Toyota Camry heading south on Hwy. 1 was stopped near the Starhouse Restaurant in Cache Creek for doing 95km/h in a 50 zone. The male driver was fined for excessive speed and had his car impounded for seven days.

Rocks for brains

On Aug. 18 at 3:20 am there was a report of an alarm going off in the Service B.C. office at 318 Railway Ave. in Ashcroft. A patrol of the area revealed that a window in the office had been broken; further investigation showed that the 8 – 10 inch hole in the window was caused by a rock, which had been thrown through it and was discovered inside the office. Both the office doors were secured and there was no evidence of any theft. There are no suspects at this time. If anyone has any information as to who was involved, please call Ashcroft RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

Crossed signals

On Aug. 18 at 9:30 pm, police were called to check on the welfare of a woman from West Vancouver who was travelling through the area on her way home via Lillooet. She had her two children, aged three and five, with her, and was expected home in the afternoon; when she had not arrived at 9:30 pm, the children’s father called police after failing to get an answer on the woman’s cellphone. Police discovered the woman’s vehicle at Pavilion Lake, where the woman and children were camping. There is no cell service in the area, and she said there had been a misunderstanding regarding the date and time of her return to West Vancouver. She and the children were safe and well.

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On Aug. 16 a woman from On Aug. 19 at 8:30 pm there was a Kamloops reported to Ash- disturbance on Retasket Rd. near Hat croft police that while visiting Creek. A family member was causing Cache Creek two days earlier problems for the rest of her family, but her dog had gone missing. She the 30-year-old Kamloops woman had suspected that it had been taken gone by the time police arrived. There by someone, and confronted a was no report of an assault and no damgroup of people living in the age had been caused. The incident was area where the dog went mis- described as a family disagreement that sing. They denied having the was escalating, with the woman decidForowner anniversary events visit village.clinton.bc.ca dog, but on the 16th the ing to leave before something serious or email admin@village.clinton.bc.ca received an anonymous phone happened. call from someone who purto speak to us directly call 250.459.2261

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First Kids Arts Camp a huge success This past week was the first “Under W.R.A.P.S Kids’ Arts Camp, presented by the Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society, with three different types of classes for the participants to enjoy. The art portion was presented

by Jo Petty, aided by local SuperMom Susan McLean. The kids painted, made mosaics, and drew wonderful pictures.

Nadine Davenport, with Pamela Ainge, taught the kids about musical rounds and how to keep a beat, and Kamloops star Sabrina Weeks taught harmony and voice skills.

Throughout the four-day camp Sydney

Wolstenholme, with the help of Gareth Smart, taught the art of drama. Some of the subjects tackled were story telling, character development, and improv, with stage fighting for the older kids. There were also drama games and lots of silliness!

Two dozen kids participated, making this first camp a great success, and the plan is to make next year’s even bigger and better. A big thank you goes out to everyone who made the camp possible: parents, teachers, and especially all the kids who took part and had fun.

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Sunflowers, swing-sets, and e-waste dominate council meeting Roll call: Mayor John Ranta, Councillors Lisa Dafoe, Herb Hofer, Wyatt McMurray (by phone), and Darrell Rawcliffe.

Leslie Lloyd, the Village’s Chief Administrative Officer, said that at the current time the company has not indicated that

went into receivership, and failed to deliver the equipment that had been ordered. The deposit has not been recovered, and the Village is now pursuing the matter via Cache Creek Council has voted legal channels. to go ahead with the purchase of new A recent review of the equipplayground equipment for the park. ment currently in the Cache At the council meeting on Aug. 19, Creek park revealed that it was a motion to award the contract for new not compliant with current safeequipment to Swing Time Distributors any deposit will be necessary. ty standards, and much of it would was passed unanimously. The cost of the The Village of Cache Creek previ- need to be replaced. A few items – equipment is $58,856 plus taxes. ously gave a deposit to another firm af- including a digger and two sets of The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is a step Councillor Darrell Rawcliffe raised ter a contract was awarded to provide out- swings – will remain, but the rest closer to being named as the official flower Photo by Barbara Roden of Cache Creek. concern about the possibility of a deposit, door fitness equipment. Shortly after the cannot be salvaged. of as much as 50% of the contract’s value, deposit – which represented half of the Work on the park, and the playsubject to clarification that it is within being required by Swing Time up front. balance owing – was paid, the company ground improvements, will begin at the start of September, with Council’s powers to do so without furthe area bounded by the pool, ther input from the public. The campaign the gazebo, and the path to instal the sunflower as the Village’s ofalong the Bonaparte being ficial flower was spearheaded by Cache raised to minimise the dan- Creek Communities in Bloom, a sub ger of flooding. When that committee of the Cache Creek Beautifihas been done, the new play- cation Society.

Councillor Rawcliffe asked if the ilground equipment will be installed. All of the work is ex- lage could look into the lease or rental pected to be completed by of a facility that would enable residents to drop off electronic waste, such as telethe end of the year.

Mayor John Ranta ac- vision sets and computer equipment, on knowledged that changes in a year-round basis, rather than only once acceptable safety standards or twice a year. At the present time the over the years have certainly TNRD arranges a specialdrop-off service made playgrounds less dan- for anyone wanting to dispose of hazardgerous than they were, but ous electrical goods.

Mayor Ranta pointed out that the colwondered if they might also be slightly more boring than lection of e-waste is a TNRD responsibility, and one he would not like to see in years gone by.

Another motion passed at Cache Creek council take one. However, the same meeting saw Cache a motion to contact the TNRD regardCreek Council agree to de- ing the establishment of a permanent eThe playground in Cache Creek will look very different by the time next year’s Easter Egg clare the sunflower the of- waste facility in Cache Creek was carried ficial flower of the Village, unanimously.

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Dial L for Learner I will soon be learning how to drive. This will be the fourth time, for those keeping score at home.

Before anyone starts to worry – particularly those nice people at ICBC, who have been insuring me as a driver for the best part of three decades – I really should explain. The first time I learned to drive was when I was 16, back in that carefree, innocent time when you could take your written test and then, 30 days later, go back and take your road test and be done with the entire process (to any kids reading this: if you don’t believe me, ask your parents). I learned to drive in a 1972 Gran Torino station wagon, which in size and weight was somewhat akin to a tank (it also had a disconcerting habit of shedding chunks of rust whenever a door was closed too hard; a legacy of three salty winters in Ottawa). Still, it was a good car to learn to drive in; when you can successfully parallel park a Gran Torino station wagon, you can parallel park anything. When I passed my test I thought that was the end of learning how to drive; the rest would just be adding to my knowledge. Which only goes to show how wrong you can be.

I found myself learning how to drive for a second time in 1992, when I moved to Great Britain. As I would be living there for some years, I set about getting my U.K. driver’s licence; or my Y Deyrnas Gyfunol Trwydded Yrru, as it was called in Wales, where I resided. Now, the Welsh take their language very seriously indeed, even though it’s 70 years after WW II and they’re still having to ration some vowels. All official signs are in Welsh first, then English, including road signs (Arafwch nawr – Reduce speed now!), so I had to contend with that while learning to drive a standard (I’d only driven automatics prior to that), while seated on the wrong side of the car, on the wrong side of the road, in a place with very different traffic rules and road layouts (hello, roundabouts!).

To say it was an experience would be an understatement. But I passed my test, again, and thought that this was the end of learning how to drive.

Then I moved back to Canada; to Ashcroft, where driving is quite different to what it is in the Lower Mainland or the U.K. Let’s just say that things are a good deal more (ahem) “laid back” here than they are in bigger centres. For example, try stopping your car in the middle of the road to talk to someone when you’re in Vancouver; you’ll certainly learn some colourful new words and lively hand gestures. And the most distracted pedestrian in the big city doesn’t hold a candle to the unpredictability of a family of chukkar partridges, as 13 panicked, feathery bodies flee in 27 directions at once.

That was my third time learning to drive, and number four will be next month, when my son turns 16. Anyone who doesn’t think this will be a learning experience for me has obviously not driven recently with someone who is about to take his written driving test, has been assiduously studying the drivers’ handbook for weeks, and isn’t afraid to comment on how you do (or don’t) measure up to the rules and regulations (“Ten and two, Mom, ten and two”). So here I go, learning to drive all over again. Maybe the fourth time’s the charm. Wish me luck. . . .

STORMY WEATHER doesn’t last long above the sea of grassland to the east of Ashcroft, chased away by brighter skies from the west.

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To the Editor, I have never been good with the written word, and lately even conversing can be very emotional.

A few months ago I was looking forward to retirement, as most people do: fishing, camping, even some gardening. Then I was diagnosed with Multiple Myloma. It’s a cancer of the bone marrow, and blood, that allows the white blood cells to grow rampant and interferes with normal cell development.

I have been reduced to a shell of of my former self, barely able to climb a set of stairs, unable to lift anything of any size. I can’t even start our lawn mower.

Phone calls, cards, prayers, visits from friends, clients, co-workers, and neighbours, all offering encouragement and help, have been a huge inspiration.

“Just call,” we were told, “we are here to help.” Without the generosity and encouragement of all these people, our

daughter’s recent wedding could not have been the gala event it was!

Our house is sporting a complete new paint job; there’s been a wonderful facelift to our patio; and new gates ensure our puppies are secure. This is all very much due to a couple who, until two months ago, were no more than a casual “Hello, how are you” as they passed each evening on their walk.

This couple have become very dear and treasured friends to us. Many hours of work were spent helping Sandra paint, and just doing whatever repairs were deemed needed.

People from Lytton, Ashcroft, and Cache Creek have again proven that small town B.C. cares about its friends and neighbours.

I am proud to have raised our family here, and I can’t see us going anywhere else anytime soon.

I write this from my hospital bed in Vancouver, where I will be for the next five weeks or so, but I know that my wife is safe and only a phone call from help should she need it.

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Barney Bentall performing in Clinton New Bench for Village

On Aug. 10 the Village of Clinton took possession of a new bench, which sits in front of the Village Office. Chainsaw carver Ken Sheen created the special bench to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the naming of Clinton. This true work of art features a pioneer man and woman at either end, with a detailed carving of a pioneer scene between them. If you get a chance, drop by and see this amazing piece of work.

This is the second carved bench that the Village has acquired this summer. Darren Cox produced the first carved bench, with the 150/50 logo carved into the back. It was brought to Clinton on July 29 and currently sits beside the Health Centre. Both benches will be displayed for the residents and visitors to enjoy.

Community Garden Open House

Several gardeners who have been making use of the Clinton Community Garden were on hand on Aug. 14 to showcase the garden. Mayor Jim Rivett was also there to officially open the garden with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

The garden was the brainchild of the Communities in Bloom Committee, and has been two years in the making. The Village of Clinton provided the land where the garden was created, and volunteers using donated materials constructed all the raised beds. A generous Integris Credit Union donation assisted in paying for the

lattice fence which surrounds the garden. Volunteers also constructed the garden shed, again Susan Swan with materials that had been donated.

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Integris Helps Out

On Aug. 14 several members of the Clinton and District Assisted Living Facility Society gratefully accepted a $500 cheque from Integris Credit Union. Evelyn Bell of Integris Insurance presented the cheque to the Society President, Judy Hampton.

Music in the Park

Make sure you have your calendar marked for the next music in the park event in Clinton.

On Saturday, Aug. 31 Barney Bentall takes to the stage in the bandshell in Reg Conn Centennial Park for a FREE concert. Bring your own chairs and blanket (it gets cool when the sun goes down), and plan to enjoy an evening of music. This is the final 150/50 sponsored Music in the Park event, but there are lots more events planned for the fall. Stay tuned!

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Ironman Canada Triathlon Sunday, August 25, 2013

Traffic Pattern Changes: Sea-to-Sky Highway 99, Whistler-Pemberton

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure hereby notifies the public of the Ironman Canada Whistler/Pemberton Triathlon.

Event cyclists will travel along the Sea-to-Sky Highway 99 between Whistler and Pemberton, on Callaghan Valley Road and Pemberton Meadows Road.

To ensure safety, this event will result in traffic pattern changes, delays and some closures on Sunday, August 25, 2013: Whistler: • Highway 99 southbound closure, between Alpine Way/Whistler to Callaghan Valley Road, 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

• Callaghan Valley Road closure, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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Pemberton: • Highway 99 southbound closure, between Portage Road/Pemberton to Alpine Way/Whistler, 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

• Pemberton Meadows Road northbound closure, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

• Pemberton Meadows Road southbound closure, 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Motorists are asked to travel before or after closure times, allow extra travel time or plan alternate travel routes. Please exercise caution, watch for traffic control personnel and follow all signs. Your patience during the event is appreciated.

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A few kind, honest words go a very long way things we otherwise may not just in a race. It could be to the waithave done. ress who is serving you: “You’re realThe most encouraging and ly good at muti-tasking!” Or it could be uplifting race I’ve participat- to your child: “What a lovely girl you ed in is Kamloops’ “Boogie the are!” I can take those moments to say Bridge”. Whether you are do- the good that I see in someone. You ing the kids’ mini run, the 5k, have to be honest, of course, because an Vicky Trill 10k, or the 21k, there are ran- honest word is the most powerful. dom people literally everyMy challenge this week, and yours trills@telus.net where who are cheering for (if you choose to accept it), is this: let’s YOU! They clap as you go by, cheer a few people on with some honthey cheer, and they hand you a est and kind words. cup of water when needAt a triathlon I participated in, the volunteer who was applying my arm ed. In addition to the smiling, marking said, “Another nicely toned cheering faces are the hundreds arm.” That was almost two months of chalked words and phrases ago, and I still hear her words replayed written along the route: “Movein my mind. I don’t think of myself as ment is Change!” “You are dosomeone who would be noticed for ing it!” “Keep going!” and nice arms, especially in a highly ath- “Boogie on!” This year, as I ran letic environment, so her words put the 21k run, I noticed a sign at wind in my sails, and that day I accom- the side of the route that said “Go, go Coach Trill, Merv, and plished a personal best at the race.

At another race a few years back, Chris!” It was put there just for as I struggled to finish a half marathon me and two of my teammates. run, another volunteer cheered, “Nice I was surprised, and smiled stride!” That was all I needed to hear about it all the way to the finish.

I got to thinking. If those that day to enable me to finish, despite the fact that I was almost last and all words, said months and even the bands along the route had already years ago, are still empowering me today, how can I do the packed up and gone home!

It’s funny how words like “nice same for my daughter, my hus- Brothers Lukey and Tosh, after completing arms” and “nice stride” have such band, my friends, and even a the Wellness Awaits You Triathlon in July. power to encourage and make us do stranger? It doesn’t have to be

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Events

Sept. 3 - At 2 pm the United Church women will meet in the church hall to plan for their fall activities. All interested ladies are most welcome to attend as a visitor or to join us. There are no membership dues.

Sept. 7 - Legion Golf Tournament, 10 am shotgun start, steak dinner at the Legion after. Details at Semlin 250-457-6666.

Sept. 21 - Steak & Lobster Dinner at the Legion 6 pm. Limited number of tickets available at the bar.

Every Friday - Soup’s On from 11 am to 1 pm at St. Alban’s Anglican Church in Ashcroft. Soup, buns and dessert by donation.

Every Saturday - Cache Creek Farmer and Flea Market 9 am to 1 pm at the main intersection, next to Chums Restaurant.

Every Tuesday - South Cariboo Sportsmans’ Association trapshooting practice at 6 pm. at the trap range above the airstrip near Cache Creek. Everyone welcome, coaching available. For information 250-453-2570.

Ashcroft Royal Canadian Legion FRI., Aug. 23rd • 6:30 - 8:00 pm BAKED HAM $9.00/plate Visitors Welcome

MEAT DRAW Every Saturday ~ 3:00 pm

Heather Johnston is in the Ashcroft office on Wednesdays

* Legion Crib Tournament last Sunday of the month Open 10 am starts 11 am sharp - 12 games * Free Pool Daily

Drop by or call to make an appointment

Euchre, first & third Sunday of every month 1:00 to 4:00 pm, beginners welcome

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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

MEMBERS & BONA FIDE GUESTS WELCOME

A LONG-DISUSED BEEHIVE BURNER nestles on the hillside overlooking the Thompson River in Ashcroft. Photo by Barbara Roden

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Open HOuse at tHe asHcrOft MuseuM! friday august 23, 9:00 am - noon Walking tour of Historic Ashcroft led by Kathy Paulos Tour of the Museum and exhibits led by Aneka Battel

Both tours start at 9:00, and will be followed by presentations (at the Museum) about the historic Bryson House (built in 1900) and the Ashcroft & District Health Care Auxiliary, now entering its second century

Refreshments will be served All are welcome for this entertaining and informative trip back in time!

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Spences Bridge still buzzing after Desert Daze Some of us may still be in a daze after the fourth annual Desert Daze Festival in Spences Bridge. What a great weekend of music and community connections!

The weather was sizzling yet again – four years running – but I managed to slip away for a dip in the river a couple of times, which was a much needed reprieve. Also for the fourth year running we had the local Big Horn sheep venturing down to the festival grounds, much to the delight of our visitors who don’t get to see them often.

The tone was set from the start, as the Siska Drummers performed a beautiful welcoming set of traditional drumming and singing of friendship and welcome. This was the tone that was sustained throughout the two days as festivalgoers reconnected, all the while dancing, toe tapping, and just enjoying the fantastic music.

Children kept cool in the kiddie park pools and sprinklers (I saw more than one adult take a dunk too!) and there was even a pick-up game of soccer between the RCMP and a few youths – that was very nice to see. There was wonderful art, jewellery, quilts, and delicious local fruits and veggies available from the vendors, and some great food, as well as a beer garden that actually ran out of beer just before closing time Saturday night! (Almost perfect planning – no one wants left over beer. . . .)

Best of all, however, was the music, which in that intimate atmosphere was fabulous! And there was really good music. Miss Quincy and Showdown rocked the place on Friday night, then treated the crowd to an acoustic set on Saturday afternoon; Richie and the Fendermen had folks up dancing to their old-time rock and roll on Friday night; and The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra had the dance floor jumping with a different rockin’ style.

I won’t list all the great musicians here, but boy, we sure have some great local talent from Ashcroft, Merritt, Lytton, and right here in Spences Bridge! in Spences Bridge Thanks so much to all our sponsors, volunteers, vendors, Mavourneen musicians, and of course the payVarcoe-Ryan ing public – thank you for attending! We’d love to see more smiling faces, but preliminary word is that we might just break even this year!

The new Community Club stage worked a treat for the festival; it’s a nice workable size. Now to set it up in the hall!

The old stage will have to be taken out. Watch for work bee signs in September.

The pink salmon opening is anticipated to be late August/ early September; volunteers are required for surveying anglers. If you are interested in volunteering please contact Jim Ryan at 250-458-2282.

The New Horizons Seniors’ Council meeting will be Tuesday, Aug. 27 at the old school at 10:00 am. We will continue to plan for the year’s activities; watch for posters and flyers for the next event.

The Community Club will be holding its AGM on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at Clemes Hall at 7:00 pm. There will be elections for all executive positions. Please consider getting involved in shaping the work the Club does in the community. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.

This first meeting of the year also sets the dates and committees for all the usual events: Halloween, Christmas Bazaar, Ham and Turkey Bingo, New Year’s Dance, and so on. Bring your fresh ideas and energy!

COMINGS & GOINGS ON

If you are a local, non-profit group, post your events on The Journal’s online COMMUNITY CALENDAR It’s free! Go to www.ash-cache-journal.com/calendar/ submit/ and fill in the blanks.

Mayor Anderson & Members of Council Invite you to attend a Plaque Unveiling to recognize the completion of the Sewer Treatment Plant Upgrade The event is scheduled for Monday, August 26, 2013 from 2:00-3:00 pm At 990 Highway 97C (site of the Sewer Treatment Plant) Persons interested in a site tour should wear closed toed shoes

Labour Day Weekend

Mavourneen Varcoe-Ryan and Jim Ryan performing at the fourth annual Desert Daze Festival in Spences Bridge, Aug. 9 -10.

Organizers are optimistic that the festival will be back for a fifth year in 2014.

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The Journal Thursday, August 22, 2013

HOMETOWN HEROES

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A Salute to our Local Police and Paramedics Thank you!

Your efforts assure us all Quality of Life.

We truly thank you for the job that you do. Your dedication and devotion is very much appreciated.

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All of these people, and many more, work to keep people safe from harm, and their dedication, bravery, and skill make the rest of us feel more secure.

Just dial 911 and they are there in minutes to help, protect, and serve. These people are true heroes Hometown Heroes - and we thank them for all they do for us, day in and day out.

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Thanks for all your hard work and for being here for us!

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Thank for your dedication to our community!

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Thursday, August 22, 2013 The Journal

The Journal Thursday, August 22, 2013

HOMETOWN HEROES

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A Salute to our Local Police and Paramedics Thank you!

Your efforts assure us all Quality of Life.

We truly thank you for the job that you do. Your dedication and devotion is very much appreciated.

Beans Roasted Rite Coffee Company Ashcroft’s source of Artisan Roasted Coffee

Highway 97, Cache Creek

250-457-3020

x

We all know how heroes look in books and on screen, but real life heroes come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. In small towns a hero might be your next door neighbour, who is a paramedic; or the parent cheering at Sports Day who’s also a police officer.

All of these people, and many more, work to keep people safe from harm, and their dedication, bravery, and skill make the rest of us feel more secure.

Just dial 911 and they are there in minutes to help, protect, and serve. These people are true heroes Hometown Heroes - and we thank them for all they do for us, day in and day out.

Thank you for providing such a valuable service to our communities!

ARROW: ASHCROFT DIVISION

Tel: (250) 453-9411 Highland Valley Road, Ashcroft

Thank you for your dedication and devotion... our community relies on you

Ashcroft family medical PRACTICE

Thank you for working to make our communities safer!

2 5 0 -4 5 7-6 4 6 4 C a che C re e k

Thank you for your dedication, we rely on you and appreciate all you do for our community!

Ashcroft Bottle Depot 250-457-7026

250-453-9353

Purity Feed Building, Downtown Ashcroft

Knowing you are there makes a difference.

Thank you for your hard work!

We appreciate your dedication!

Thank you for being there!

250-453-2281

and

Ashcroft Irly Building Centre

Village of Cache Creek

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On the corner of Railway & 5th, Ashcroft

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We appreciate our Hometown Heroes!

Big Sky Station 1000 Trans Canada Hwy., Savona, BC

Thank you for dedicating your time to our communities!

Your help is appreciated!

250-373-0043

Restaurant

Cache Creek Dairy Queen 250-457-9924

Thanks for your time and effort

Thank you for working to keep our communities safe!

The JUNCTION SHELL Cache Creek, BC

250-457-6612

Thank you for your dedication and bravery

Friendship Auto Service Ltd. 128 -4th Street, Ashcroft

250-453-2261

250-453-9308 603 Railway Ave., Ashcroft

THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US SAFE, YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Thank you for putting so much time and effort into our communities

You are an important part of our community!

Thanks for being there

Thank you for dedicating your time to our communities!

Your help is appreciated!

Ashcroft Royal Canadian Legion 250-453-2423 Branch 113 - 300 Brink St.

Thanks for all your hard work and for being here for us!

MESA

250-453-9161

Thank you for dedicating your time to protecting our communities!

We appreciate it!

Thank you for all your dedication and hard work!

Thank for your dedication to our community!

You’re help is appreciated!

403 Railway Ave, Ashcroft 250-453-2553

Bill Perry 250-453-9802 or 1-800-295-5138

250-457-6287

CHIROPR ACTIC Dr. James Kendall, DC

411 Brink St., Main Floor, Ashcroft 250-453-2266

Golden Country Real Estate Services

250.453.2225

South Trans-Canada Hwy. Cache Creek

Thompson Valley Funeral Home

S afety Mart foods

Railway Avenue, Ashcroft 250-453-9343

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From the Journal archives: news from the past August 1913 Walhachin Locals A company is being formed with the endorsement of Lord Angelsey of England which has for its purpose the establishment of a fruit cannery at the Angelsey Estates, Walhachin. The Walhachin fruit growers will be able to ship four car-loads of winter apples this fall.

Danger Of Forest Fires During Warm Weather With the steady advance of the warm weather and the consequent drying of the vegetation throughout the country, the danger to the forest area of the Province by fire is steadily increasing and the fire prevention officers of the forestry branch are doubling their efforts. All permits for fires have been refused, except in places where a blaze will do no harm, and all paraphernalia of the fire fighting equipment is in readiness at all points to do battle on behalf of the timber zone. One or two fires have occurred when the temperature recently reached a higher mark than it has hitherto during the present year.

Moving Pictures an Education Mr. C. Russell, the movie man of Ashcroft, has recently added to his upto-date plant a Sherlock-Manning player piano, and is now prepared, with his A1 equipment, to give the public the best evening entertainments obtainable in any part of interior British Columbia.

The pictures which he is showing are high class, and the exhibition of art and splendour which they display is marvelous. The moving picture is an education if you go after it in that attitude.

Thompson River Bridge Construction Is Begun Lytton, Aug. 22: Work on the Thompson River Bridge is now in progress, and the number of workmen will now be rapidly increased. A force is now engaged excavating for the abutment. A tower has been built on the north side of the Thompson, for use as a terminal for the cable which the Graf Construction Company will use for carrying cement and other building material across the river. The cable will be completed early next week and work will then go ahead continuously and rapidly at both ends.

High Death Rate Laid To Women London: The present high mortality in London, Mr. John Burns, president of the Local Government Board, declared, is due to the fact that women increasingly are entering into all phases of commerce and industry and official and administrative life.

August 1963 Incorporation Now Functioning The Corporation of the Village of Clinton is now a reality. Organization meetings have been held with a view to appointing the necessary committees.

Mrs. Ina Senechal is acting clerk until a permanent appointment is made. The village became a municipality on July 16 1963, with Reg Conn as chairman of the council. Commissioners include Kenneth Beck, Lawrence Boyd, Denzil Gainor, and David Snider.

New Parish Hall Work Begun Work has begun during the last

week on the Parish Hall Extension to St. Alban’s Anglican Church. The new portion of the building has been designed by Wright Engineers Ltd., wellknown locally for their work on the buildings of the Bethlehem Copper mill site. It is hoped that the building will be sufficiently completed for use by the beginning of September. It will comprise a main hall, three church school rooms (two of which will be rented by the Ashcroft Kindergarten), a kitchen, a choir and W.A. Room, etc.

Cache Creek Inventor to Exhibit at the PNE It will be interesting to know that Mr. Art Fehr of Cache Creek Machine Shop, will be exhibiting his invention “Mighty Stud Mill” at the Pacific National Exhibition for two weeks this year (August 17 – Sept. 2). Mr. Fehr has designed this lumber mill to increase production, and profits, from small logs. Increase in production is made possible by the use of an easily operated universal control that sets the log in the best position possible in relation to the saws.

Ashcroft Pioneer Passes Away Passed away on Aug. 12, 1963 was James Henry Clements, in his 90th year, in Vancouver. On Dec. 1, 1895 James Clements, who for some months was a clerk in Clark and Company Drug Store in Kamloops, left that firm to open a drug store in Ashcroft.

In 1900 he also opened a drug store in Lytton. On December 1, 1908 he sold his drug store business to the late W.M. Huston, and moved to Kamloops.

A few years ago Mr. Clements visited Ashcroft and donated $100 toward the Ashcroft Museum.

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Fun for all at Ashcroft Fair

The Ashcroft and District Fall Fair has some great entertainment lined up for this year’s Fair.

On Sunday, Sept. 8 come listen to the Country and Eastern, roots and branches, down in the dirt stuff, including country, blues, bluegrass, and the Western Swing music of Back Door Slam. The Kamloops Old Time Fiddlers will have you dancing in the aisle as always, and for the kids (and the kids at heart) there’s Filetta Fish and her One Woman Circus, who will have everyone laughing.

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sulate in Vancouver thlxat included herself, along with Aki and Hiroko Kanamaru.

This second article, recognizing the Kanamarus, was a nice addition to the entire Bifuka partnership. I believe that Aki and his family were the originators of the twinning, along with the mayor and council of the day. It was Aki who brought home stays into our communities, and organized home stays for our students in Bifuka. He and the mayor of the time, Andy Kormendy, organized joint visitations in both communities. This included the twin murals, one in each town, with Jo Petty, Rotden Josehson, and four Ashcroft Secondary School students representing Ashcroft and painting a mural in Japan.

Mr. Nakagi reciprocated with the painting of the Bifuka mural in Ashcroft.

One of the highlights of the partnership occurred in 1998,

for the Labour Day Holiday

Jessica Clement Filetta Fish will be entertaining the young

(and young at heart) at this year’sk Fall Fair.

Sister city enriches our lives Continued from p. 4

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that we will be having an Amazing Race for the 12-16-year-olds.

Teams of two will race to various stations and complete fun challenges. Pre-registration is required, and will be available on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6-7, at the Drylands Arena. Check us out on Facebook or visit our website, www.ashcroftfallfair.ca, for more information.

Come enjoy the day at the Fair, Sunday Sept. 8 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, at the Drylands Arena in Ashcroft.

when Ashcroft was invited to attend Bifuka’s 100th anniversary.

A contingent of ten citizens, led by Aki, travelled to Bifuka and was honoured over a five day visit. Aki provided the translation, and we all enjoyed various interactions. This trip will be a highlight of my life, and I thank Aki and the council for their vision in making this occur.

In summary, I was pleased to see the two excellent articles regarding our twinning with Bifuka.

As a small municipality we are fortunate to have this international experience. I hope that future articles will also provide some history as to how this twinning has evolved.

I know I am grateful to the mayor and council of the day, along with Aki and his family, for enriching my life and the lives of many others within our community. I congratulate our present mayor and council for continuing with this tradition.

Greg Howard Ashcroft

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Turning dark into light

Sight, hearing, touch, taste or smell – which of the five senses would you be most willing to give up?

It’s one of those questions I often ask people because I’ve thought about it so many times over the years myself. For me it is a toss up between taste and smell. Taste because I wouldn’t mind losing some weight, and smell be-

cause so many things are stinky.

But then I think about the incredibly delicious foods and drinks I’d never get to savour, and all the wonderful aromas I wouldn’t want to miss.

One thing is for certain: I’d least of all want to part with my sight.

When I was a child I remember watching Miracle Worker

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for the first time. It was a movie about the incredible life of Helen Keller who lost her ability to see and hear when she was 19 months old due to an illness. Until then, I’d never heard of anyone being blind or deaf, let alone both.

Deeply affected, I started to imagine what life must have been like for her. I couldn’t figure out a way to make myself temporarily deaf, but I’d frequently put a blindfold on, and for long periods of time I would roam around the house, trying to experience what it would be like to be blind. After a while I would take the blindfold off and have a much stronger appreciation for my glorious ability to see.

I was reminded of that a few days ago when my 10-year-old daughter, Daisy, and her friend were doing the same thing.

They’d been watching a TV series with a blind character in it. Unfortunately it wasn’t anything as inspiring as Miracle Worker.

ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com I took them out for lunch the next day and my daughter’s friend wore dark sunglasses and closed her eyes as she entered Boston Pizza, still pretending she was blind. It was obvious to anyone watching that she was a child just pretending, but she didn’t know that, and wanted to keep up her act.

The owner of the restaurant kindly played along, bringing a Braille menu to Niya, and I thought of the line that Helen Keller’s instructor said early on in the movie: “Language is more important to the mind, than light is to the eye.” That made so much sense to me.

Living without sight or hearing, or any of the senses, would

make life significantly more challenging. But to live without language and communication would be an unthinkable isolation.

Advances in modern technology have far fewer people using Braille, and the owner said none of his blind customers had ever taken him up on his offer of the Braille menu.

Now DAISY Books are the emerging

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world standard for digital screen-reader software for people who are blind or visually impaired. The DAISY (the Digital Accessible Information System) attempts to give the reader the same flexibility that readers of standard print enjoy: navigation by chapter, section, subsection and page.

Of course my daughter loves that it has the same name as her and is thrilled that blind people can read too.

“Books are good for your brain cells,” she likes to say.

More than ever we are living in an age of communication, able to instantly talk to people on the other side of the world via the Internet and learn

from one another.

If Helen Keller had lived to experience this level of modern technology, she would have embraced it fearlessly I’m sure.

One of my favourite quotes of hers is this: “Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.”

This week my kids and I will watch The Miracle Worker, and our appreciation for life as we know it will grow.

Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist.

She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com

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Keeping danger out of landfills When we think “recycling”, most people think of drink containers, cardboard, and printed material. There are many other materials that can – and should – be recycled, but which take more care, such as light bulbs, batteries, medication, oil, antifreeze, paint, tires, computers, and electronics.

Fortunately, there are several places in our communities which accept these hazardous items. This summer two teams of Ambassadors, representing the B.C. Used Oil Management Association and Tire Stewardship B.C., have been travelling the province, raising public awareness in an attempt to keep many hazardous recyclable materials away from our landfills.

Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, for example, shouldn’t just be thrown in the garbage if they’re no longer needed; they should be taken to an AlarmRecycle drop-off location, where they can be disposed of safely. It’s not just used oil and antifreeze that can be

dropped off at designated centres; associated filters and containers should be taken there too. And did you know you can take your old cellphones to any TNRD library, to be recycled safely?

It is this sort of information that the Summer Ambassadors are spreading as they tour the province. They’re also getting feedback from both the public and from those who oversee drop-off locations, to ensure that more people know about what can be recycled, and signing up additional facilities. This will make it even easier for dangerous items to be kept out of our landfills.

The program is clearly working; last year Tire Stewardship B.C. oversaw the collection of the 16 millionth tire brought in for recycling in the province. It is not all smooth sailing, however, with after-hours drop-offs cited as a particular problem.

“People have good intentions, but they don’t always do it in a safe man-

ner,” said Jordana Fridman, one of two Ambassadors to visit the area on Aug. 15. “They need to bring products in during business hours, so that a staff member can deal with them.”

“Dropping things off after hours – just leaving them outside – often defeats the purpose of recycling them,” added Sonia Sandhu. “Things can get knocked over, or taken, or wildlife can get into them. Staff know how to dispose of things properly.”

A wide variety of businesses and locations accept many of the items listed above, including Quality Glass, People’s Drug Mart, and the Bottle Depot (Ashcroft), Roadhouse Towing and Kal Tire (Cache Creek), and the Transfer Station in Clinton. All libraries in the TNRD system can take a wide variety of used batteries, in addition to cellphones. For more information about where and how to recycle various hazardous household items, there are websites such as www.lightrecycle.ca, www.alarmrecycle.ca, www.bcusedoil.com, and www.tirestewardshipbc.ca.

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Duties and Responsibilities: % Performing monitoring rounds on the LFG collection system with a handheld gas analyzer and making adjustments as necessary to maintain optimum performance % Trouble-shooting issues with LFG and leachate collection system % Identifying and making repairs to collection system % Installing LFG collection piping, wellheads etc % Tracking LFG and Leachate quantities collected % Preparing documentation and procedures relating to LFG and Leachate collection systems % Overseeing contractors and Wastech staff working on pertinent projects % Assisting with day to day operation and maintenance of the re-vegetation program’s irrigation system % Participating in training courses such as Landfill Gas Operations and Maintenance and HDPE Fusion Welding Qualifications: % Environmental technology diploma or diploma in related field would be considered an asset % Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook % Ability to work outdoors in rugged terrain under a variety of weather conditions % Current valid driver’s license for the province of British Columbia % Excellent verbal and written communication skills % Demonstrated aptitude in mechanical work % Ability to understand and interpret regulations, operating manuals, and engineering plans % Desire to learn new skills and take additional training as required % Previous work experience in a construction environment would be an asset If you are interested in this opportunity, please forward resume and cover letter to the attention of David Barbour – Landfill Engineer &NBJM IS!XBTUFDI DB t 'BY PS .BJM 1 0 #PY $BDIF $SFFL #$ 7 , ) CZ "VHVTU Please do not call Wastech inquiring about this opportunity.

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Thursday, August 22, 2013 The Journal

The majestic Thompson finds a worthy chronicler It’s all too easy to take our region for granted. Sweeping vistas, beautiful views, and natural wonders that thrill visitors barely register with residents, who are more intent on getting from point A to point B. Sometimes, while driving in our area, I’ll try to view my surroundings as a tourist would see them; and I never fail to be impressed by the beauty around me.

Bernie Fandrich’s British Columbia’s Majestic Thompson River captures this beauty; not only in the pictures, many of them in colour, but in the loving descriptions of the Thompson and its surroundings from Savona to Lytton. As befits the founder of Kumsheen Raft Adventures, Fandrich – whose intimate knowledge of the Thompson in all its moods extends over four decades – devotes the early part of the book to an examination of the river from the perspective of one who is travelling it. The 117 km journey is covered in four chapters (Savona to Ashcroft; Ashcroft to Spences Bridge; Spences Bridge to Nicomen; and Nicomen to Lytton), with each chapter detailing what a traveller on the Thompson will see as she makes her way down the river. Whether it be the site of a land- or rockslide, an interesting geologic feature, a town, the remains of a longabandoned village, or one of the river’s many rapids, rocks, and put-ins, Fandrich identifies and describes it, often reaching far back into the past to do so.

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Book Review British Columbia’s Majestic Thompson River by Bernie Fandrich 2013: Nicomen House Publishing, Lytton, B.C., 302pp the river I had long been meaning to visit. The only identifying sign was a railway marker bearing the single word “Martel”. When I got home I consulted Fandrich’s book, and learned that I had stopped at the Martel Put-in, 46.9 km north of Lytton. Martel was Joe Martel (1864-1933), originally from Quebec, who took over a ranch 1.5 km south of the put-in’s location in the 1880s or 1890s and established an orchard there. He was a friend of anthropologist James Teit, and obviously had a good sense of humour; when a friend said to him, after an accident on the river, “Joe, you could have been killed!”

Martel replied “Oh, that’s all right. Lots more Frenchmen in Quebec.”

It is this level of research and detail that makes Majestic Thompson River more than “just” a book for river rafters.

There are chapters covering the first descent of the Thompson by European explorers (in 1828); the towns along the river, and the historic events that took place on and near it, as well as those which occurred on the roads, trails, and rails in the Thompson’s vicinity; the construction and early days of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and a look at the Martel Put-in, where many faces of the Thompson River are on display.

It takes its name from an orchard owner who lived nearby in the nineteenth century.

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Chinese workers who played such a large part in the CPR’s construction; the plants to be found along the river (you will never confuse sagebrush and rabbit bush again); some of the characters who gave colour to the area over the decades; and a miscellany of facts, history, legend, and geology. For example, David Thompson never saw the river which was named after him; he was busy mapping the headwaters of the Columbia River in 1808, not those of the river which now bears his name, as Simon Fraser (who did the naming) thought.

And did you know that in 1881 a paddlewheeler called the Peerless made it all the way down the Thompson from Savona to Ashcroft and back again? Measuring 131 feet long and 25 feet wide, she would have been an impressive sight on the river, and the relative ease of the journey encouraged thoughts of a regular supply run from Kamloops all the way down to Spences Bridge, supplying the railway camps along the river and transporting goods in both directions. The plan was scuppered when it was found that while passage downriver to Spences Bridge was not difficult, the return trip – against the flow of the river – was perilous at best, with the Peerless nearly coming to grief in the treacherous Black Canyon section of the river south of Ashcroft.

Only the captain’s skill kept the boat from smashing to pieces, and a supply run down the river to Spences Bridge was permanently shelved.

All this and much more is covered in loving detail in British Columbia’s Majestic Thompson River. Map coordinates and distance from Lytton (in kilometres) for almost every site mentioned make it easy to identify locations; this is the perfect book to have in the car as you travel to or from the Coast. Armchair travellers can enjoy the many photographs and revel in Fandrich’s vivid descriptions, and perhaps plan their next picnic or day trip.

The author’s delight in, and admiration for, the Thompson River and its environs shines through on every page, making the book a joy to read, as well as an invaluable guide. It’s a book that can be dipped into again and again, with something new to savour and enjoy each time. In that, it is much like the river it chronicles so well.

Copies of British Columbia’s Majestic Thompson River are available at the Journal office and many other local retailers, as well as at Chapters.

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