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Local health care gets a kick start

Getting the season off to a good start Coach Robin Deitch from Vancouver gave local teams good advice and training last week during a pre-season Skills Development Weekend in the Ashcroft Arena. He (Right, standing) is seen here with the Pee Wee team. He works with many Vancouver Lower Mainland Hockey Associations; with their coach’s education (Coach Mentor) and Player development.

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Ashcroft is working on a plan that may see the Village and Interior Health working together to improve services at the Ashcroft hospital.

After a public presentation over the summer by representatives of Princeton’s health care community, the Ashcroft and District Healthcare Community Consultation Organizing Committee was formed.

Key to Princeton’s success was the work done by Dr. Barbara Pesut from UBC Okanagan. Pesut facilitated a health care consultation and helped the community work together for improved medical services.

Dr. Pesut took part in a consultation process in Ashcroft on Sept. 16 with invited representatives of local groups from Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Clinton and the surrounding areas, as well as the Bonaparte and Ashcroft Indian Bands.

Dr. Pesut’s report is still in its draft stage, but Organzing Committee member David Durksen says it is almost ready for public eyes.

He says it will first be presented to the Wellness and Health Action Committee which will create the action plan to move the project forward. Then the report is presented to the Villages and Band Councils. Durksen says it should be presented by the end of October.

At its Sept. 8 meeting, Ashcroft Council was asked to participate in the “process” by discussing what they felt was working with the local system, and what wasn’t working.

At the meeting with Dr. Pesut, Durksen said afterwards that they found more things working than weren’t.

“We have two doctors committed to keeping the ER open,” said Coun. Jerry Fiddick at the Sept. 8 meeting.

“Community engagement around health care,” added Coun. Helen Kormendy.

“The rallies and criticism of IH wasn’t doing us any favours,” said Mayor Andy Anderson.

Coun. Alice Durksen felt where the system wasn’t working for Ashcroft was physician burnout and people still using the ER when the should be making an appointment to see a doctor.

“The ER isn’t open 24 hours,” said Kormendy. “And mental health services for adults, need more hours.”

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Coming Events

Oct. 10: Zion United Church - Free Movie Night featuring “Chariots of Fire” starting at 7:00pm refreshments by donation.

Oct. 11: Canadian folk legend Bob Bossin, 7:00pm, at St. Alban’s Hall, Ashcroft. Tickets available at Ashcroft Bakery, Nature’s Gifts, and the Jade Shop.

Oct. 14: Zion UCW meets in the Church Hall at 2 PM. Please note change of date for this meeting only. The Inter-Church Bazaar is one item on the agenda.

Oct. 19: “The Way We Were: Ashcroft and Area in 1914” is a chance to explore the events of 1914, and see what life was like here 100 years ago. 2:00 - 4:00 pm at the Community Hall on Bancroft St. in Ashcroft. Admission free; refreshments will be served .

October 31: - Steak & Lobster Dinner at the Ashcroft Legion.

Limited tickets available up until October 15. Contact the Legion at 250-453-2423 for prices and availability.

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Sept. 30 at 11:08 am a 91 year old Ashcroft woman called to report that her walker had been lost or stolen. She said she always left it just outside the door of her unit at the Manor, and that she checked with other residents and staff before calling the police. She called back later in the day to advise that someone had taken it in error and had returned it.

Everything wrecked

Oct. 3 at 3:43 pm a 26 year old man from Deadman Creek reported that the license plate from his impounded vehicle had not been removed before it was sent to the wreckers, and now it was irretrievable. It was reported as property loss.

Lillooet driver issued ticket

Oct. 3 at 4:26 pm an off duty officer reported a vehicle on Hwy 1 by Juniper Beach swerving all over the highway. It was intercepted in Cache Creek and the 64 year old Lillooet was issued a ticket for passing unsafely.

Cow on the shoulder

Oct. 3 at 6:45 pm a 42 year old Chilliwack motorist reported seeing a cow on the shoulder of Hwy 97 north of Loon Lake Road. Members of the Clin-

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Oct. 4 at 5:12 pm a 37 year old Ashcroft woman reported that her 14 year old sister had locked her out of the house because she used the younger woman’s iPad. When police arrived, they witnessed the 14 year old chasing the older woman around the driveway. The younger sister was brought to the Detachment where the Ministry of Child and Family Development was contacted. The older sister said she had been shoved, but did not wish her sister charged. She was returned to her home and both promised to get along.

Oct. 4 at 7:46 pm a 57 year old Cache Creek man called to report what sounded like several shots being fired behind the Wastech building on Hwy 1. Police investigation determined that the shots likely came from the gun range up past the landfill, where the local sportsman club was hosting a trap shoot.

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

Ashcroft - Cache Creek Seniors’ Group business meeting the third Thursday of the month at 1:00pm at the Seniors’ Centre, Village Office, Ashcroft.

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Every Wednesday: Adult badminton in the Cache Creek Community Hall, 8-10 pm. Bring a pair of gym shoes, a racquet and $3. For more information call Rick 250-457-9644 (wk) or 250-457-2370 (hm).

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Custody dispute

Oct. 5 at 9:32 am a 28 year old Kamloops woman reported that her 33 year old ex-partner had taken their 5 year old son to see his parents in Cache Creek. She had texted him to say that she was coming to retrieve the boy, but her ex-partner told him she couldn’t.

There was no court order in place for custody, but the parents eventually resolved their differences without police intervention.

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lem. Police were on their way to the residence when they were informed that the daughter had returned, but was in a suicidal frame of mind.

The daughter advised that she had been in an argument with her parents before she left. She was taken to the hospital for a medical check and cleared, and was returned to her residence.

Marijuana seized

Oct. 4 at 9:30 pm Ashcroft officers assisted with traffic safety as Clinton RCMP conducted a road check on Hwy 97 in Clinton. Officers detected an odour of marijuana in one vehicle. The 31 year old Chilliwack man drivng voluntarily turned over a small amount of marijuana. The vehicle was searched but nothing more was found.

Oct. 5 at 9:27 pm a 44 year old Cache Creek man asked for police assistance after overhearing a pair of Ashcroft teenagers looking for his dog, which was out in the yard. The dog had been given to the man’s family by the teens’ father last year. The 15 year old female had tried to reclaim the dog earlier this year and was made to return it.

The teen’s mother was contacted and said her children were at home at the time of the report.

BC Hydro telephone scam

BC Hydro is warning British Columbians about a new telephone scam.

Customers are receiving calls where the caller claims to represent BC Hydro and says power will be disconnected if a payment is not received.

BC Hydro is reminding customers that the company does not collect credit card or bank account information over the telephone.

Customers are also reminded that if Family dispute they receive a call from someone repreOct. 4 at 10:40 pm a 37 senting BC Hydro and they doubt the year old Cache Creek woman authenticity of the call, they should reported that her 14 year hang up and call back. old daughter had snuck out If an account is in arrears, BC Hythrough a window in their dro will send several notices asking for home about an hour earlier and payment in the mail and also use an that it was an ongoing prob- automated dialer to remind customers to make a payment before electricity supply is impacted.

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Improvements to the system “The Physio Therapist is only here once a week, and only for patients,” said Fiddick. “Everyone else has to go into Kamloops.”

“It’s hard to get physicians approved by IH,” said Mayor Anderson. “There’s too many rungs on the bureaucratic ladder.”

Lastly, Council was asked for initiatives and ideas to improve the situation.

“Primary care would help the community and take load off doctors,” said Coun. Alice Durksen. “Better communication between IH and the community. Family practice, specialists coming on a schedule, more use of tele-help...

We need support groups for various conditions (ie. Diabetes, heart, etc.).”

“Public health nurse needs to be restored to full time,” added Fiddick. “The trend lately to cut back.”

“There’s a bit of change coming with way nursing staff is going to function at the hospital,” said Anderson. “Maybe a nurse practitioner will change that.”

“We should look outside the traditional health care box,” said Kormendy. “Maybe Naturopaths – people using them may come to see doctors later for more serious ailments,” she said. “We need more supports for people using other methods.

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Writer’s cramp Author Larry Jacobsen (seated) introduced his newest book, Walhachin: Birth of A Legend, to a roomful of people at the Ashcroft Library on Sept. 25. Jacobsen used many previously unused pictures to illustrate the history of the town’s early settlers. He sold and signed his books after his Power Point talk at the Library. They are available for sale at the Ashcroft Museum and The Jade Shoppe in Cache Creek.

Artists show their stuff at Clinton’s annual Art and Artisan Show

Above, Errol Hillis demonstrates Paper Cutting at the Clinton Art and Cultural Society’s annual Art and Artisan Show. Below, Wayne Marchant demonstrates pen and ink sketching.

Photos by Yvette May

Clinton’s Memorial Hall was the site of the Clinton Art and Cultural Society 9th Annual Art and Artisan Show Oct. 3-5.

The three-day event showcased the work of many Clinton area artisans. Works on display included paintings in many different media, as well as examples of scrapbooking, photography, leather work, quilting, carving, jewellery, paper cutting, and ceramics.

In addition to showing their work, many Artisans demonstrated creative techniques to interested attendees.

Area youth was well represented with an excellent display by local 4-H group, and many pencil sketches and painted drum entries by kids from David Stoddard School.

The contest theme this year was “Horses” (to honour the Year of the Horse). With so many disciplines represented, rather than a juried show, voting was by attendee ballot.

Best Theme Winners: 1. Jessie Maissoneuve - 4 Horse Hitch, acrylic; 2. Val Bissat – Round Up, quilt (Clinton Quilters & Crafters Club); and 3. Errol Hillis – Balanced Spirit, paper cutting.

Best in Show winners: 1. Wayne Marchant – Old

Building, pen & ink (36” X 48”); 2.

Wayne Larsen – High Bar, acrylic (24” X 36”); and 3. Junior winner was Emma Ive - Painted Drum.

The Clinton Art and Cultural Society is a non-profit society.

Their aim is to recognize and promote local artists and artisans. The group meet the first Tuesday of the month at 10 am at the Seniors Centre, 217 Smith Ave. New members are always welcome.

And just a quick reminder of two events coming up where you might find some great local crafts and baking for sale. Remember that Christmas is coming.

The sixth annual, Clinton Fall Craft Sale is on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 10 am to 3 pm at the Clinton Memorial Hall. You’ll find crafts, baking, jewellery, sewing, knitting and so much more! Lunch is available if you find yourself hungry in the midst of all that shopping.

Hosted by Clinton Communities in Bloom Committee The Clinton Seniors Association will host The Marketplace on Saturday, Nov. 1 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Clinton Memorial Hall.

There you’ll find new and used items, food, baking, fundraising raffles and much more. To book a table, call Eleanor at 250-4592339.

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Our firefighters are quiet heroes Very few of us, thankfully, want to see a house burn, whether it’s our own or someone else’s.

Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 5 - 11 this year. It may mean nothing to you, but just take a moment: to envision your house on fire and no one to help you put it out? How would you feel, standing there and watching everything you owed burn?

I’ve never been in a house fire, never watched anyone’s house burn. I have watched vacant houses burn, including one next door to my family home in Windsor. My parents called the city’s fire department, who came to extinguish it. It took them a little while as the old house was well engulfed, and in that time (in the middle of the night), we kids talked to them and found that they were pretty neat guys.

Part of my family history, however, includes a house fire. Years before the house next to us burned, we had our own little fire in another part of town, while we were renting a teeny tiny little house owned by my grandmother.

Two years ago while I was visiting my oldest brother and his wife, the burning toilet seat came up in conversation.

Once upon a time, my dad decided to paint our large wooden toilet. Part of home renovations, you understand. (I come by the renovation bug honestly.)

To facilitate drying, he propped it upright next to the central grate over the furnace in the basement. The large grate was situated between the living room and the dining room, and was the first place we kids headed after getting out of bed on cold mornings.

Not too long after I’d gone to bed, I was awakened by one of my parents to a bedroom rull of smoke and hurried outside. We didn’t have smoke alarms in those days, so it was fortunate that someone woke up. I only realized after I’d been awakened that I was coughing and choking on the smoke while still asleep: the newly painted toilet seat had fallen onto the grate and was filling the house with smoke.

My dad grabbed it, burning his hands in the process, and hucked it out the back door and into the neighbour’s yard. The smouldering toilet seat-shaped UFO hovering over our backyards quickly became neighbourhood legend.

The fire department wasn’t called, but we my parents, myself and my two brothers - spent a couple of hours sitting on our front porch in the crisp Autumn air, wrapped in blankets, while the house was aired out.

It was the closest we ever came to fire, and something none of us will ever forget - partly because it was so ridiculous, and partly because it could have been much worse. Believe me, you don’t want a house fire. Thank goodness for our volunteer firefighters!

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THE SUNFLOWER HARVEST has begun as local sunflowers finish blooming and start seed production VICTORIA – Every year when B.C.’s municipal politicians get together to preach to the provincial cabinet, there comes a point in the maze of resolutions where things go sideways.

Last year it was a misinformed, impossible demand to ban all traces of genetic engineering. Before that they thumbed their mobile phones and denounced wireless power meters. Both votes passed by narrow margins in a half-empty chamber, with many delegates focused on the serious community issues they are elected to address.

This year it was a charge led by Burnaby to denounce the proposed Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion.

And this time it was defeated.

Credit for this sudden attack of common sense goes largely to North Cowichan Coun. Al Siebring. Here’s part of his address to the recent Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Whistler: “Ladies and gentlemen, we are elected to handle things like roads and water and sewer and land use, police, fire, garbage. We’re not here to talk about social policy, child poverty or heaven forbid, pipelines.

“Those kinds of things dilute our credibility as an organization. We’re becoming a social policy activist group rather than a group of municipal politicians.

“Half of this resolutions book is stuff that’s outside of our purview…. If you want to do social policy, get your butt elected to the provincial legislature.”

Burnaby, New Westminster, Victoria and Vancouver were undeterred.

Meanwhile, professional protesters bike-lock their necks to the fence at Burnaby’s Westridge oil terminal, and a radical Simon Fraser University professor revives his Occupy Vancouver team to step up the ground war if courts Tom Fletcher falter. tfletcher@blackpress.ca The comedy of all this was illustrated by Coun. Robin Cherbo from Nelson, who assured delegates he uses synthetic oil in his vehicle. Is that deIn tax-rich urban centres one can make rived from organic sunflowers? a living at local politics. And grandAnd what significance does that gesstanding works. ture have compared with the gasoline Burnaby Coun. Nick Volkow ratand jet fuel that carried 1,200 delegates tled off a jumbled history of refineries to Whistler? in his region, noting that the sole surCherbo assumes that Ottawa can viving Chevron plant is bringing in simply direct Alberta’s oil industry to crude by trucks and trains because start refining all the heavy oil there. the 60-year-old pipeline is over-subHalf a century into this industrial scribed. He didn’t explain how stopmega-project, this stuff should just be ping a pipeline upgrade would keep it banned from pipelines. Peace, man. open, or improve oil safety.

This is why election-time posturing Volkow repeated the protester myth by local politicians is a slippery slope. that a new pipeline would introduce Not only do they lack authority, they diluted bitumen to the coast. Trans and their staff lack the required experMountain started shipping dilbit in the tise and information. late 1980s.

The Trans Mountain pipeline starts Kamloops Mayor Peter Milobar in Alberta and branches into the U.S. and others from along the Interior pipe- It is by definition federal jurisdiction. line route pointed out another flaw. If NEB hearings on its expansion consouthern cities want to wander outside tinue, with expert input, especially on their mandate to make this gesture, shipping risks, from the B.C. governwhy target only this pipeline and igment, Green MLA Andrew Weaver and nore rail lines and highways that cross others. the same rivers and streams?

Municipal politicians should pipe Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan down and defend their own performboasted that after his first court chalance. lenge to the National Energy Board was tossed out, his high-priced ecoTom Fletcher is legislature reporter lawyer found a constitutional angle. and columnist for Black Press.

Cha-ching!

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Cache Creek mayor’s seat contested Dear Editor At the Cache Creek Council meeting on Sept. 29, a land purchase was finally made public that has been kept securely behind closed doors for about the past year.

We were told that the purchase is to provide the village a way to deal with flooding from the hayfield behind the community park. I don’t understand why the community would take on that problem, since it should be something the other landowner would need to prevent.

Also, the idea that this is a ‘legacy’ for the town for expanded park space was given - this was the basis for the application for subdivision at the TNRD and with the Agricultural Land Commission. The cost of the land - for five acres of flooding hayfield - was quoted as $137,000 but Council also approved a fence for over $7,000 at this meeting.

Just the base cost appears to me to be over $27,000 an acre. To make this land usable will take more capital spending - spending not even shown in the Council’s last fiveyear spending plan! And, of course, this wasn’t included in the Annual Plan as passed in July.

This is just another ‘gift’ that will keep on taking. Mayor Ranta said the cost of future development didn’t need to be in the budget because the Landfill Legacy Fund (rapidly depleting as it is) means the money is there whenever it’s needed! I have been a financial administrator for many years and that kind of sloppy budgeting just wouldn’t be acceptable where I worked.

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It is a bit like speed dating as the meetings run concurrent and you have exactly 15 minutes with each Minister to get your point across… not a second more.

Dear Editor Steve Rice, Director The Union of BC Municipalities annual convention was once TNRD Area I again enlightening, eye opening Letters to the Editor and maybe best of all…I learned a lot and made some great new conWe invite all Letters to the Editor on relevant nections. or topical matters, but we reserve the right to The delegates voted on about edit submissions for clarity, brevity, legality 124 resolutions with about three and taste. No unsigned Letter will be printed. quarters of those being approved.

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Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon MP Mark Strahl is asking people who know a World War II Veteran living in his constituency to contact his office so that he can recognize them.

“This new national tribute is an expression of the enormous pride all Canadians share for our Second World War Veterans. A grateful nation will never forget their courage and sacrifice,” said Strahl.

For further details, Veterans of the Second World War or those who know of a Second World War Veteran living in Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon are encouraged to contact Mark Strahl’s office at 604847-9711 or by email at mark.strahl@parl. gc.ca.

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Legal aid gets rare boost for family cases

by Tom Fletcher Black Press VICTORIA – The B.C. government has added to its pared-down legal aid budget to finance the hiring of a second staff lawyer to handle urgent family law cases, and to expand legal advice by phone for other family disputes around the province.

Attorney General Suzanne Anton announced Tuesday the expansion of a pilot program that started with a staff lawyer in Vancouver dedicated to legal aid clients with family law disputes. The second family court “duty counsel” will be based at the Victoria courthouse.

The program is funded with an extra $2 million a year for three years, bringing this year’s Legal Services Society budget to $74.5 million.

Legal Services Society board chair Tom Christensen said the phone service will now be able to offer eligible clients up to six hours with the same lawyer, to get ad-

vice on issues such as child support and parenting arrangements so they can represent themselves in family court.

Anton said there are three more pilot projects to come.

These are an expanded model for legal aid staff lawyers in criminal cases, a parents’ legal centre for child protection cases and a family mediation referral program.

The financing move comes as the Trial Lawyers’ Association of B.C. resumes its intermittent strike against legal aid work to protest the lack of funding.

Lawyers are refusing legal aid for the first week of each month in a protest that began in July.

The association notes that 80 per cent of people in family court are not represented by a law-

yer, and that the rate paid to legal aid lawyers hasn’t changed since the B.C. government cut the Legal Service Society budget by about 40 per cent between 2001 and 2005.

Anton said the overall speed of the court system is improving, and the newly expanded program is designed to settle more cases out of court.

“On a family matter in particular, court is not necessarily the final destination,

not necessarily the best destination,” Anton said. “This is the emphasis of the new Family Law Act. We would rather parties settled the matter between themselves with the help of a mediator, with the help of our family justice mediation services, with the help of the Justice Access Centres.”

The Trial Lawyers’ Association says only half of provincial sales tax revenue is used for its original purpose to pay legal bills.

Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal 250-453-2261

GRAND OPENING FEATURING

THANKSGIVING BRUNCH

10:00am - 2:30pm RESERVATIONS 250-453-2230

Ashcroft River Inn Pub & Restaurant

ELECT Jack Jeyes

PUBLIC NOTICE Construction of the Cache Creek Landfill Extension begins this fall.

Users of the area should expect construction activities and stay alert for new signage.

For project updates and more info, contact: community@belkorp.com

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for

Mayor

Authorized by Liza Curran, Financial Agent 250-453-2082

Natural gas prices When it comes to buying natural gas, it’s nice to have a choice. Compare your options: fixed rates and terms offered by independent gas marketers or a variable rate offered by FortisBC. Customer Choice: it’s yours to make.

Residential fixed rates (per GJ)* Gas marketer

Contact info

Access Gas Services Inc.

1-877-519-0862 accessgas.com

Direct Energy

1-877-376-1445 directenergy.com

Just Energy

1-866-587-8674 justenergy.com

Planet Energy

1-866-360-8569 www.planetenergy.ca

Summitt Energy BC LP

1-877-222-9520 summittenergy.ca

Local natural gas utility

Contact info

FortisBC

fortisbc.com/contactus

1 yr term

2 yr term

3 yr term

4 yr term

5 yr term

$4.89

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$6.22

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Residential variable rate (per GJ)** $3.781

For more information, visit fortisbc.com/choice. *Chart shows gas marketers’ rates for a range of fixed terms, valid as of October 1, 2014. Marketers typically offer a variety of rates and options.

Check gas marketers’ websites or call to confirm current rates. **Residential variable rate valid as of October 1, 2014. FortisBC’s rates are reviewed quarterly by the British Columbia Utilities Commission.

A gigajoule (GJ) is a measurement of energy used for establishing rates, sales and billing. One gigajoule is equal to one billion joules (J) or 948,213 British thermal units (Btu).

The Customer Choice name and logo is used under license from FortisBC Energy Inc. This advertisement is produced on behalf of the British Columbia Utilities Commission.

Don’t miss this incredible night of entertainment from one of Canada’s most acclaimed singers and storytellers!

Sat. Oct. 11 at 7:00pm St. Alban’s Hall, Ashcroft Tickets $20.00 in advance or $25.00 at the door; student and family rates available Tickets available at Ashcroft Bakery, Nature’s Gifts, and the Jade Shop For more information visit www.windingriversarts.ca

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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.

NOTICE: October 16th Early Closure Credit Union Day Adjusted Hours: On Thursday, October 16, all Credit Union and Insurance Services branches will open at 9:30am and will close at 2:00pm to allow staff to volunteer in their communities.

Gymkhana and Jumping Play Day at HHCR

We apologize for any inconvenience.

(Above) Amy Down, Jennifer Vos, Zada, Tiffany Fletcher and Tasia Teneycke are ready for Gryphon Hollow Farms’ Gymkhana and Jumping Play Day at Historic Hat Creek Ranch on Sept. 27.

Left, Below, Jennifer Vos gallops her horse around the arena. Below, Tasia Teneycke encourages her horse to jump.

Photos by Marcie Down

DESERT HILLS RANCH

OCTOBER 10 - 12 THANKSGIVING

SALE

Desert Hills Ranch has all you need for Thanksgiving

turkey dinner.

Appliance care Choose a licensed natural gas contractor Natural gas is used safely and reliably in homes across B.C. Having your natural gas appliances regularly inspected and maintained by a licensed natural gas contractor helps ensure your safety and keeps them operating at their best.

Use the FortisBC Trade Ally Network directory to find a contractor in your community.

Learn more at fortisbc.com/appliancesafety.

FortisBC uses the FortisBC name and logo under license from Fortis Inc. (14-117.18 09/2014)

Potatoes, beets, carrots, onions, squash, cranberries, Brussels sprouts, peppers, and more at Desert Hills Ranch.

We’ve pardoned our first ever turkey, so come visit Tom the Turkey!

RT HILLS RAN E CH ES D ASHCROFT, B.C.

For more information please visit our website at www.deserthillsranch.com or phone us at 1-250-453-9878

Ashcroft & District Rodeo Association Annual General Meeting Wednesday, October 15 7:00 p.m. at the River Inn New members welcome!

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Fire Prevention Week OCTOBER 5 - 11, 2014

ASHCROFT FIRE DEPARTMENT

Brian Henderson Chief

Josh White Deputy Chief

Steve Aie Captain

Meghan Henderson Captain

Stephen Anderson Captain

Lieutenant Jonah Anstett

Spencer Hayden

Tyler Fitzpatrick

Tim Roden Jr. Fire Fighter

Ed Aie

Tracie Freeman

Joe Paulos

Susan Henderson

Nancy Duchaine

Dale Lyon

Ryan Henderson

Jackson Cave Jr. Fire Fighter

Establish an outdoor meeting place for your family in the event of a fire.

Highway 97, Cache Creek

Do not run electrical cords under your bed or trap them against a wall where heat can build up.

Dried flowers, cornstalks and crepe paper are highly flammable. Keep these and other decorations well away from all open flame and heat including light bulbs and heaters.

Ashcroft Dental Clinic 411 Brink St., Ashcroft

250-453-9147

Keep lit candles away from bedding, curtains, papers and anything else that can ignite easily.

Anie’s Pizza & Bakery

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

Trans Canada Hwy., Cache Creek

Hold practice fire drills in which the whole family participates.

Thanks for keeping us safe!

250-453-2281

AND

250-457-9999

ASHCROFT IRLY TIM-BR-MART THE SOURCE

For all your Electronic needs

On the corner of Railway & 5th, Ashcroft

250-453-2281

Never leave barbecue grills unattended when in use.

Ashcroft Bottle Depot 250-457-7026

Purity Feed Building, Downtown Ashcroft

Post home address signs that are clearly visible from the road

Ashcroft Cache Creek Seniors Centre Keep cooking areas free from combustibles. Avoid wearing long sleeves when cooking.

Restaurant

Ashcroft family medical PRACTICE

Cache Creek Dairy Queen 250-457-9924

250-453-9353

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Ted Crawford Deputy Chief

Stephen Ebert

Kevin Peters

Christopher Ladoski

Bill Salisbury

Kevin Lennox

Leanne Peters

Les Fraser

Ray Pullen

Colin Smith

Louise Hanson

Tom Moe Chief

Ron Hanson

Franko Borri

North American-wide theme “Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives: Test Yours Every Month!” Lesson plans, distributed by The Council of Canadian Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners through Scholastic Canada, will be supported by the local efforts of fire departments and the campaign’s educational website safeathome.ca.

Gordon Anderson, Fire Commissioner, Province of British Columbia, says, “We’re thrilled to have the fire departments from all across BC involved. Fire Departments and teachers have long had a special partnership that leaves a lasting impression on students, one that can prevent tragedies years down the road.”

Duane McKay, president, Council of Canadian Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners (CCFMFC) says,

Make sure all flammable liquids are properly labelled and stored away from heat and flames.

Ashcroft Manor & Teahouse Restaurant

Celebrating 152 Years 1862-2014

Thank you for keeping us safe Skeetchestn Volunteer Fire Department!

Big Sky Station 1000 Trans Canada Hwy, Savona 250-373-0043

“Fire safety programs that focus on our youth have a two-prong benefit. The lessons deliver the fire safety fundamentals that youngsters need to know to safely escape a burning home, and, the kids help motivate Moms and Dads to make smoke alarm maintenance and replacement a higher priority. “ ‘The potential benefits of a successful national outreach are enormous,” McKay adds. “In over one-half of fatal fires, investigators typically find no working smoke alarms.”

Parents should watch for “Test and Replace” homework pages which include a home fire escape planning sheet and a safety checklist.

Once completed, parents and youngsters can go online at safeathome.ca/testandreplace to register their home and download a certificate of

completion for the child to take back to class.

The complete homework kit is also available for download.

Safeathome.ca also provides helpful tips for testing and maintaining smoke alarms, when to replace alarms, and where to install them.

In most jurisdictions across Canada, smoke alarms are required on every storey of the home and outside all sleeping areas.

Carol Heller is a home safety expert with Kidde Canada, a CCFMFC partner. She says educational campaigns help correct widespread misconceptions about smoke alarms, in particular, that they can be installed and forgotten about and never need to be replaced.

People also mistakenly believe, she says, that so long as a smoke alarm beeps when the test button is pushed, that the alarm if fully functioning.

Keep flammable items away from your fireplace and keep a glass or metal screen in front of it.

Damian Couture 1st Deputy Chief

Dan Berwin 2nd Deputy Chief

Bill Elliott Captain

Ben Roy Captain

Clayton Cassidy Captain

Have a family fire safety plan in place for your family, and make sure to have fire drills at home.

Tony Chan Ken Dowding

Dan Plamondon Keven Sharfenberg

Chris Brezina

Shelden Ladoski

Richard Moody

Gareth Smart

Gordon Dafore

Jordon Cumming

Mike Shepherd

250-453-2261

Kim Van Tine

LYTTON FIRE DEPARTMENT Missing

“Old habits can lead to a tragedy,” says Heller.

“Testing smoke alarms should be done monthly and batteries should be replaced at least once annually, whether the alarm is battery powered or is hardwired with battery backup. And even if the alarm sounds when you push the test button, if it is more than 10 years old it must be replaced, as cooking and dust deteriorate the sensor over time. Outdated alarms might not provide the protection

Left ro Right is: Denise MacIntyre, Hayley Higgs, Chief Jason Phillips, Meryha Phillips, Benjamin Jory, Edward Thom and Kathie Hibberson.

you count on.”

New technology is easing the responsibility of the once-peryear battery replacement rule.

“Worry-Free” smoke and carbon monoxide and combination smoke/CO alarms feature 10-year lithium batteries which never need to be changed and last the full life of the alarm.

More campaign details are available at www.safeathome. ca/testandreplace. The initiative continues throughout the month of October.

Always unplug small appliances when not in use.

Missing Alice Munro Brad Melville Terrence Pierre Kyle Clerke Simon Smith

Keep your family “fire” safe...

Eliminate hazards Install smoke alarms/fire extinguishers Develop an escape plan

If a fire does occur, your first priority is to get out safely.

Call 911 from outside your home and never attempt to go back into the building.

Remember to check your fire extinguishers and smoke alarms regularly.

1002 Trans Canada Hwy, Cache Creek

250-457-9644 Shawn Molner

Replace smoke alarms every 10 years. If you can’t remember how old the alarm is, it’s probably time for a new one.

Planning and practicing a home fire escape plan is a smart thing to do.

Cache Creek Telephone/Fax: 250-457-9696 nhmurray@coppervalley.bc.ca

Dispose of hot ashes in metal containers and place them outdoors, at a distance from the house. foods

210 Railway Ave, Ashcroft 250-453-2553

250-457-6237

Golden Country Real Estate Services 250-453-2225

S afety Mart

NOEL H. MURRAY

Fire Prevention is everybody’s job!

Village of Cache Creek

25 0 -4 53 - 98 02

tvfh.ca

Certified Professional Bookkeeper

402 -4th Street, Ashcroft

Al Wiens

Missing

Evacuate during a fire, and don’t go back in!

250- 457- 6464 Cache Creek

Don Hilyard Captain

Missing

CANADA’S FIRE MARSHALS AND FIRE COMMISSIONERS AIM TO RECRUIT UP TO 100,000 KIDS IN UNIQUE FIRE SAFETY PROGRAM The Council of Canadian Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners together with the Office of the Fire Commissioner, British Columbia have announced a major initiative tackling youth fire safety nation-wide.

The British Columbia Fire Commissioner’s Office is among 11 provinces and territories who are working together to arm teachers with unique lesson plans that encourage every Canadian household to test and replace their smoke alarms during the 92nd annual Fire Prevention Week, October 5th to 11th.

The Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners expect to engage thousands of primary-school teachers across Canada who will teach special lessons to upwards of 100,000 students as part of a broad scope of Fire Prevention Week activities under its

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CACHE CREEK FIRE DEPARTMENT

LOON LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Norm Dixon Fire C hief

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Railway Avenue, Ashcroft 250-453-9343

Fire Prevention is Everybody’s Job!

Post home address signs that are clearly visible from the road.

Village of Lytton 250-455-2355

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Thursday, October 9, 2014 The Journal

Ted Crawford Deputy Chief

Stephen Ebert

Kevin Peters

Christopher Ladoski

Bill Salisbury

Kevin Lennox

Leanne Peters

Les Fraser

Ray Pullen

Colin Smith

Louise Hanson

Tom Moe Chief

Ron Hanson

Franko Borri

North American-wide theme “Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives: Test Yours Every Month!” Lesson plans, distributed by The Council of Canadian Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners through Scholastic Canada, will be supported by the local efforts of fire departments and the campaign’s educational website safeathome.ca.

Gordon Anderson, Fire Commissioner, Province of British Columbia, says, “We’re thrilled to have the fire departments from all across BC involved. Fire Departments and teachers have long had a special partnership that leaves a lasting impression on students, one that can prevent tragedies years down the road.”

Duane McKay, president, Council of Canadian Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners (CCFMFC) says,

Make sure all flammable liquids are properly labelled and stored away from heat and flames.

Ashcroft Manor & Teahouse Restaurant

Celebrating 152 Years 1862-2014

Thank you for keeping us safe Skeetchestn Volunteer Fire Department!

Big Sky Station 1000 Trans Canada Hwy, Savona 250-373-0043

“Fire safety programs that focus on our youth have a two-prong benefit. The lessons deliver the fire safety fundamentals that youngsters need to know to safely escape a burning home, and, the kids help motivate Moms and Dads to make smoke alarm maintenance and replacement a higher priority. “ ‘The potential benefits of a successful national outreach are enormous,” McKay adds. “In over one-half of fatal fires, investigators typically find no working smoke alarms.”

Parents should watch for “Test and Replace” homework pages which include a home fire escape planning sheet and a safety checklist.

Once completed, parents and youngsters can go online at safeathome.ca/testandreplace to register their home and download a certificate of

completion for the child to take back to class.

The complete homework kit is also available for download.

Safeathome.ca also provides helpful tips for testing and maintaining smoke alarms, when to replace alarms, and where to install them.

In most jurisdictions across Canada, smoke alarms are required on every storey of the home and outside all sleeping areas.

Carol Heller is a home safety expert with Kidde Canada, a CCFMFC partner. She says educational campaigns help correct widespread misconceptions about smoke alarms, in particular, that they can be installed and forgotten about and never need to be replaced.

People also mistakenly believe, she says, that so long as a smoke alarm beeps when the test button is pushed, that the alarm if fully functioning.

Keep flammable items away from your fireplace and keep a glass or metal screen in front of it.

Damian Couture 1st Deputy Chief

Dan Berwin 2nd Deputy Chief

Bill Elliott Captain

Ben Roy Captain

Clayton Cassidy Captain

Have a family fire safety plan in place for your family, and make sure to have fire drills at home.

Tony Chan Ken Dowding

Dan Plamondon Keven Sharfenberg

Chris Brezina

Shelden Ladoski

Richard Moody

Gareth Smart

Gordon Dafore

Jordon Cumming

Mike Shepherd

250-453-2261

Kim Van Tine

LYTTON FIRE DEPARTMENT Missing

“Old habits can lead to a tragedy,” says Heller.

“Testing smoke alarms should be done monthly and batteries should be replaced at least once annually, whether the alarm is battery powered or is hardwired with battery backup. And even if the alarm sounds when you push the test button, if it is more than 10 years old it must be replaced, as cooking and dust deteriorate the sensor over time. Outdated alarms might not provide the protection

Left ro Right is: Denise MacIntyre, Hayley Higgs, Chief Jason Phillips, Meryha Phillips, Benjamin Jory, Edward Thom and Kathie Hibberson.

you count on.”

New technology is easing the responsibility of the once-peryear battery replacement rule.

“Worry-Free” smoke and carbon monoxide and combination smoke/CO alarms feature 10-year lithium batteries which never need to be changed and last the full life of the alarm.

More campaign details are available at www.safeathome. ca/testandreplace. The initiative continues throughout the month of October.

Always unplug small appliances when not in use.

Missing Alice Munro Brad Melville Terrence Pierre Kyle Clerke Simon Smith

Keep your family “fire” safe...

Eliminate hazards Install smoke alarms/fire extinguishers Develop an escape plan

If a fire does occur, your first priority is to get out safely.

Call 911 from outside your home and never attempt to go back into the building.

Remember to check your fire extinguishers and smoke alarms regularly.

1002 Trans Canada Hwy, Cache Creek

250-457-9644 Shawn Molner

Replace smoke alarms every 10 years. If you can’t remember how old the alarm is, it’s probably time for a new one.

Planning and practicing a home fire escape plan is a smart thing to do.

Cache Creek Telephone/Fax: 250-457-9696 nhmurray@coppervalley.bc.ca

Dispose of hot ashes in metal containers and place them outdoors, at a distance from the house. foods

210 Railway Ave, Ashcroft 250-453-2553

250-457-6237

Golden Country Real Estate Services 250-453-2225

S afety Mart

NOEL H. MURRAY

Fire Prevention is everybody’s job!

Village of Cache Creek

25 0 -4 53 - 98 02

tvfh.ca

Certified Professional Bookkeeper

402 -4th Street, Ashcroft

Al Wiens

Missing

Evacuate during a fire, and don’t go back in!

250- 457- 6464 Cache Creek

Don Hilyard Captain

Missing

CANADA’S FIRE MARSHALS AND FIRE COMMISSIONERS AIM TO RECRUIT UP TO 100,000 KIDS IN UNIQUE FIRE SAFETY PROGRAM The Council of Canadian Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners together with the Office of the Fire Commissioner, British Columbia have announced a major initiative tackling youth fire safety nation-wide.

The British Columbia Fire Commissioner’s Office is among 11 provinces and territories who are working together to arm teachers with unique lesson plans that encourage every Canadian household to test and replace their smoke alarms during the 92nd annual Fire Prevention Week, October 5th to 11th.

The Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners expect to engage thousands of primary-school teachers across Canada who will teach special lessons to upwards of 100,000 students as part of a broad scope of Fire Prevention Week activities under its

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CACHE CREEK FIRE DEPARTMENT

LOON LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT

Norm Dixon Fire C hief

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Railway Avenue, Ashcroft 250-453-9343

Fire Prevention is Everybody’s Job!

Post home address signs that are clearly visible from the road.

Village of Lytton 250-455-2355

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CLINTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

Wayne Walch Chief

John Engelhart

Karl Hansen Captain

Bernie Nieuwenhuis Captain

Derek Ive

Bernice Weihs-Anderson

Gerald Painter

James McBride

Mark Swan

Ned Horsley

Robin Fennell

Ron Mitchell

Stephen Sine

Collin Painter

Dustin Engelhart

Morgan Walch

Harry Liu, Jr. Member

Luke Painter, Jr. Member

Ross Painter, Jr. Member

SPENCES BRIDGE

Arnie Oram Chief

Ross Figley Assistant Chief

Dixie Rice First Responder

Karen Peters First Responder

Paulet Rice First Responder

Missing: Paul Miller Wilfred Paul Lyle Samaha

SKEETCHESTN FIRE DEPARTMENT Dave Rice

Mike Jefferson

Craig Watson

Roy Shaw

Wanda Dickinson First Responder

Darrell Kerr

Be Prepared ~ Plan Your Escape!

Country Squire 459-2224 1600 CARIBOO HWY, CLINTON

GIFT SHOP

Front Row: Barb Deneault, Lee-Anne Tessier and Karen Jules Middle Row: Len Francis, Jamie Deneault Fire Chief, Don Pongracz SIB Housing Manager, Chief Ronald Ignace, Doug Jules, Councillor Darrel Draney, and Cliff Bara.

Back Row: Jerry Deneault, and Councillor Marshall Gonzales.

Install smoke alarms on every level of your home. Be sure to locate alarms outside sleeping areas. It is also a good idea to place alarms in locations where ignitable items are found.

Always use stable candle holders made of material that won’t catch fire such as metal or glass.

Fresh Roasted Coffee • Incredible Goodies Scrumptious Soups & Meals Spences Bridge B.C. Just off Hwy. 1 • 250- 458-2256

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Strong ranching women set our foundations

by Esther Darlington MacDonald miles. Dorothy knew a great deal about horses, as well as catI have written about my first meeting with sisters Dor- tle. The operation of Hat Creek Ranch with Basil had taught office will be othy Jackson and Sybil Parke in the early 1980s, and how her about Hereford production, irrigation, feed crop producthey had added a new page to our history of the South Cari- tion. Indeed, ranching had been her life since birth. boo.

In appearance, the two sisters differed rather dramaticMonday, October 13th But there were other meetings, no less interesting, and re- ally. Sybil was fine boned and lean. Her face was animated, vealing of the personality and character, particularly of Dor- particularly her eyes; and when she talked about her cottage & Tuesday, October 14th othy, that should be recorded. The seemingly reserved per- and the improvements she had made in it, she moved around for the son who had greeted me tentatively at Sybil’s that afternoon, it with enthusiasm. But when she sat down in the sitting area Thanksgiving Holiday became a person I would be privileged to know a few years in front of the cottage, and talked politics, she was passionlater in terms of revealing her caring passion for all animals ate and firmly entrenched in her opinions. On the other hand, as well as her desire to see the history of her family and the Dorothy and I didn’t talk about politics. Her thoughtful, even land they had turned into highly productive ranches, record- guarded approach to conversation, was almost entirely about ed for future generations. animals, that is horses, or her big dog. I think, in her youth, Those early pioneers knew they were making history, Dorothy would have been a handsome girl, with a good thick even if it wasn’t an articulated reality. They lived and worked head of hair, and a strong body of medium height and weight. and built, fashioning not only the lives of their own families, She told me about how she acquired her dog, which I but the lives of countless others. think was a cross between a reHistory is a living document of lives spent building what triever and some other breed, fairYou are invited to an information session amounts to civilization in a territory that was as wild and as ly large. She had found him near free as any unexplored in this world. B.C.’s history came her fence outside her bungalow on at least a century or more later than the history of the other the Old Cariboo Road one day. The provinces of Canada. For instance, back in Nova Scotia, cit- creature was obviously dehydrated with ies, graveyards and churches were built in the late 1770’s, and starved. She brought it in, and MLA Mike Bernier, Peace River long before even the Hudson Bay and the Northwest Com- began to feed and groom it. And Thursday, October 16, 2014 panies had begun the exploration of the B.C. interior and had eventually, of course, it became a built wooden forts on its rivers. beloved pet. Dorothy would take it 7:00 – 8:30 pm Dorothy and Sybil lived at a time when the wild mead- to the Cache Creek veterinary clinAshcroft Community Hall ows along the limestone mountains a few miles from what ic to have its claws trimmed. As 409 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft, B.C. we now know as Cache Creek, were virgin, unplowed. the years wore on, the dog became Range land that could be made ideal for cattle production, crippled with arthritis and DorThis is your opportunity to hear firsthand how LNG can benefit you and your business, understand the key features of the program, how to but the land in itself was empty. It had to be plowed, seeded, othy’s compassion made her realpursue LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) procurement opportunities and how and water redirected from its creeks. The adjacent land was a ize that it would have to be “put procurement can help your business grow. semi desert. The weather couldn’t have been depended upon down”. She made herself decide For more information contact, Lori Pilon at loripilon@leg.bc.ca entirely. The necessity to improvise and channel what lim- the inevitable, she told me, and ited water supplies that could be harnessed was vital. Cat- she took it to the vet. But instead tle grazed in the Lower part of Hat Creek, but it was neces- of asking Dr. Armstrong to put the sary to move them further up into the alpine meadows to en- dog to sleep, she asked him to trim rich them, fatten them for market. The practice is still used. the claws again. And ended up takIn the early 1970’s, I set out one day to explore the Hat ing her beloved companion back to Creek Valley. Turning south at the junction of the highway the ranch. leading to Lillooet, we found ourselves on a flat bench alongLikewise, the horses on the side Hat Creek. A few miles in, we found two log cabins with ranch were old friends. Even when turf roofs, and venturing further along, we came upon a good she could no longer ride, she kept PRICES IN EFFECT OCTOBER 1 - 22, 2014 sized one and a half storey wood frame dwelling set at the them on. And expressed concern edge of a meadow. one afternoon as we toured the Hat Creek ran through it. The building was a typical Cari- barn area about the quality of the boo, plank board framed windows, house, without embel- hay that was being fed to them. Not lishment of any kind. Adjacent to the house were chicken easily aroused, like Sybil, Dorothy coop-type lean-to’s and sheds, and a good sized barn of logs. was firm enough in her concerns When I described the site to Dorothy, she told me that it was about animals. And as age began its the first homestead of the Parke family. The site was later de- inevitable creeping into her mobilstroyed in the early 1980’s by B.C. Hydro, as they were plan- ity and energy, she felt even more ning production of a soft coal mine in the valley. The later so about the stock. homestead of the family was built some miles further up.

Life at Hat Creek House in all stock What struck you as you drove along that big empty val- those early years with Basil, parley, was its remoteness. That people would venture into it, ticularly in winter, was a challenge OFF and fashion a life for their families seemed an incredible ad- for Dorothy. Even with comfortventure upon which to embark. Children like Dorothy and able furnishings, in the suite which REG Sybil were fortunate, in that their parents were able to proall stock PRICE See RANCHING on p. 15 vide them with a very good education. But that meant the girls had to travel to Yale by stagecoach to Yale for many months in the care of the Anglican sisters operating All Hallowes. Other children pkgd or by metre were schooled at Cache Creek, where Charles 250-457-6237 Augustus Semlin and others had a two storey wooden structure built. The Cache Creek COMMERCIAL GARBAGE PICK-UP School also served as a dormitory for the children of both genders. On Hwy 97, near the Loon The final scheduled Wednesday commercial Lake turn off, a small log building was erected garbage pick-up will occur on Wednesday on a knoll just above the old Cariboo Road. This October 15th, 2014. After October 15, All Prices here Exclusive to Fabricland Sewing Club Members log school served the children of the Loon Lake commercial garbage pick-up will be limited to MEMBERSHIP CARD MUST BE PRESENTED FOR DISCOUNTS area and grades one to six were taught. the regularly scheduled Monday and Friday While Sybil was in nurses’s training at the (exclusions apply to Promotional, Clearance, “Special Purchase”, Signature Styles & Yarn products) commercial garbage pick-up times.

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For the love of laundry

I have a love/hate relationship with laundry. I love the modern convenience of having my very own washing machine and dryer right inside my house, and I’m often reminding myself how much easier things are because of that privilege, but I hate how often I’m cleaning stuff that isn’t even dirty.

Okay, maybe hate is too strong a word. But writing that I have a love/dislike relationship with laundry would have been less catchy.

“Why are these in here?” I asked my kids when I found three damp bath sheets on the top of the hamper.

“I just washed these yesterday.”

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ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com want us leaving them on the floor,” my 11-year-old daughter said, perplexed at my objection.

“What I ask is for you to hang the towels you’ve only used once up on the rack in the bathroom like you would in a hotel,” I said. “That way they’ll dry and you can use them again and we’re not wasting as much water or electricity.”

“Sorry Mom,” my 14-year-old son said.

“It won’t happen again.”

When my kids apologize and say something won’t happen again, what that really means is they’d like me to stop talking about it until the next time it happens.

“And what’s all this doing in here?” I asked, pulling out clothes my daughter and her

friends had on briefly for one of their playfashion shows. “You only wore these for a few minutes.”

“Oh yeah,” my daughter said, grabbing them to take back to the closet.

“Ew,” she said after taking a few steps down the hall. “These stink.”

“I’ll bet,” I said.

“They’ve been all mixed in with the dirty washcloths and workout clothes by now.”

“Way to go, Daisy,” Sam said. “Throwing everything in the hamper isn’t cleaning up, you know.”

“Well, at least I tried,” Daisy replied. “Your room’s still a disaster.”

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the large wicker basket displayed prominently along the wall in the middle of his bedroom, there were clothes and blankets all over the floor, under his bed and behind his guitars in the corner.

“You play basketball, right?” I asked him.

“Think of this hamper as your basket and your clothes as the ball and try to score some goals.”

This was not a new suggestion, but a recycled one that I remembered using on him with some success

when he was a little boy.

My kids are messy people who require games, deals and sometimes ultimatums to get them to clean up after themselves. For example, if I bring in a big garbage bag and say they have 15 minutes to put their stuff away or anything left out will get donated to a more tidy kid, they’ll do it.

People have told me that all children are slobs, but I know at least one that’s a neat freak, just like her

mom.

Looking for some insight into this wonderful phenomenon I asked my friend what she was doing right to have produced such a kid. She said her younger daughter was that way naturally and her older one was similar to my children.

Sam and Daisy might not be as clean as I’d like, but apparently they know sports terminology better than me. “You know we don’t score goals in basketball, right Mom?” my son asked as he dunked a sock. “That’s true,” my daughter said, laughing with her brother.

“We score points, Silly.”

I didn’t care. As long as they were making an effort to help, I had nothing but love for our never-ending laundry.

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Old, modern and everything in between Left, Ashcroft & District Fall Fair directors Jim Duncan and Crystal Roberts gently fold one of the lovely quilts at the Fair for the auction afterwards. Below, Nicole Archibald holds a brilliant lime green zucchini decorated with blindingly pink feathers and other sparkly Zumba bling. It was her entry into the zucchini races at this year’s Fall Fair.

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Charles Doering built, drafts and chilling cold invaded all the rooms. And the rooms were voluminous downstairs, with high ceilings. Dorothy got chilblains, an itching and swelling of the skin.

She had a washroom built adjacent to the dining room.

We toured the house together when I was working at the Ranch in the 1990’s, and Dorothy pointed to a rather narrow, worn leather couch in the corner of the dining room, and told me, “That is the couch Basil would nap on.”

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... Past, Present & Beyond Pt. 2: Don’t fracture your opponent’s Tympanum In the summer of 1914, Journal owner/editor R.D. Cumming documented the progress of the installation of a local telephone service in Ashcroft.

After several weeks of delays, it was ready to go in early September, and on Sept. 5 The Journal published a list of the names and numbers of subscribers. Thirtyeight businesses and households were connected, including the GOLDEN COUNTRY Government Telegraph Office (AshBARBARA RODEN croft 1), Ashcroft Hotel (2), Harvey Bailey (4), Grand Central Hotel (6), C.P.R. (7), M. Dumond Hardware (8), B.C. Express Co. (9), Lady Minto Hospital (18), the Government Office (19), and the Pastime Poolroom (20).

R.D. Cumming was, of course, one of those who had an “instrument” installed in his home (Ashcroft 34; other up to date householders included Joseph Burr, Dr. Sanson, A. Haddock, and J.J. Ting). The Journal office was Ashcroft 16, and on Sept. 9, 1914 it received its first phone call. One can imagine Cumming poised over the instrument, waiting breathlessly for this momentous occasion, only to be disappointed: “On Wednesday the Journal had its first call on the telephone,” he wrote on Sept. 12. “We replied promptly, anticipating a word with the ‘hello girl’, but it was a false alarm and we were stung.”

The “hello girl” (operator) was Miss Thelma Porter, aged 16, who had recently left school. That would seem to be a parallel with our own age, in which a young person takes to new technology in a way that older people might find difficult. Sadly, Thelma seems to have encountered a few difficulties in her new job; difficulties unrelated to the technology, for on Sept. 26 Cumming wrote in the paper, “Flirting with the ‘hello girl’ over the phone is strictly prohibited.”

The comment would seem to indicate that Thelma had a few complaints about early customers, who were almost overwhelmingly male (only two

of the initial 38 Ashcroft phone numbers were explicitly in the names of women; it’s fairly safe to assume the rest were men, or businesses run by men). Poor Thelma; one wonders what she had had to put up before saying something to Cumming.

This misgiving aside, however, Cumming felt that the phone system was a success. On Sept. 19 he wrote: “The telephone service which has been installed in Ashcroft, and which has been placed in commission this week, although long in coming, certainly justifies itself by its efficiency upon its arrival. The system is very much up to The Ashcroft Journal office, shortly before it became “Ashcroft date and no expense has been spared 16” in the new telephone system. by the government in making it one or resorting to a telegram (which could be faster, but of the most durable as well as serviceable plants the expense of which mounted up quickly). The teleever installed in a small town. The support which phone system from Ashcroft to the outside world it has received proves to what an extent the telephone opened up that world in a way that had previously has been needed in this town.” In the same issue he been impossible to imagine, and R.D. Cumming was noted that “Every family in Ashcroft should hook up - perhaps more keenly than most - aware of just what to the telephone system, because you can not only or- that meant. der your groceries without going out in the cold or The telephone system within Ashcroft was not rain, but you can call up the Journal and report your quite as world-expanding, but it did mean that rathlocal news items.” er than trekking down the street to speak with others R.D. Cumming truly was a man well ahead of - an uninviting prospect in winter, or during the heat his time, for those words from a century ago antici- of high summer - one could be in communication pate the advent of online shopping, as well as instan- with someone else from the comfort of one’s home. taneous news reporting. However, he encountered at Cumming obviously embraced this new technology, least one difficulty which is not a factor in the 21st signing up his home and business as soon as posCentury, and on Sept. 26 felt the need to advise, sible (I feel rather sorry for the workmen who put “Don’t shout through the telephone or you will frac- the equipment in at The Journal office, who doubtture your opponent’s tympanum.” less had Cumming peering over their shoulders and On Oct. 31 Cumming wrote triumphantly that peppering them with questions the entire time). And “The telephone line between Ashcroft and Savona like many people who quickly embrace the latest . . . has been completed and is giving good service. communication devices, he was impatient with those This connects Ashcroft with Walhachin, Savona, who dragged their heels. In Dec. 1914 he wrote in the and Kamloops. On the way there are two subscrib- paper, “It is aggravating when you have something ers, Messrs Semlin and McAbee being connected be- important to say to a person, to find that they are not tween here and Walhachin. This new line means that connected by phone.” practically the whole interior of B.C. is connected by Ecclesiastes 1:9 tells us that “The thing that hath telephone.” been, it is that which shall be . . . and there is no new It truly was a marvel in its day. In our world of thing under the sun.” So we see with technology, instantaneous communication it’s easy to forget that where the most amazing modern advances, and atthere was a time when being in contact with someone titudes towards them, have their parallels in the past. who lived outside your community meant writing I only wish that R.D. Cumming had been around to and posting a letter and then waiting for a response, see the Internet. He would have loved it. . . .

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Consultation shows opposition strong to expanded farm uses tioned whether that rule would work for breweries and distilleries, with hops, malting barley and distilling grain not produced in large quantities in B.C. The government’s suggestion to allow larger tasting areas for wine, cider and potentially beer and distilled liquor was also rejected by “a considerable majority” of respondents.

Selling alcoholic products not produced on the host farm was also opposed by a large majority, with opposition strongest in the North and Vancouver Island regions.

The loudest opposition came in response to the suggestion to allow a wider range of non-farm activities without approval of the ALC. The strongest supporters were

tion (64 hectares) was also opposed by a large majority, but the suggestion of leasing farmland to put it into production was widely supported.

Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick is preparing regulation changes for the cabinet approval, and hopes to have new regulations in place by the end of

the year.

The consultation received more than 1,500 submissions by mail, email and through its website, and held meetings in Kelowna, Kamloops, Prince George, Fort St. John, Cranbrook, Nanaimo and Abbotsford.

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landowners in Zone 2 (Interior, Kootenay and North regions). Oil and gas services on farmland are already allowed in northeastern B.C. under supervision of the Oil and Gas Commission.

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by Tom Fletcher Black Press The B.C. government’s proposals to expand food processing, retail and alcohol sales on farmland got a rough ride during a summer consultation tour with farmers, local governments and individuals invited to comment.

The agriculture ministry released a summary of submissions this week, after closeddoor meetings in August with community, farming, ranching and agricultural industry representatives. The meetings were set up to develop regulations after the province passed legislation this spring, dividing the Agricultural Land Reserve into two zones with the intent of easing restrictions on farm-related and non-farm revenue activities.

A proposal to revise regulations restricting food storage, processing and retail sales, requiring half of products to be produced on the farm, was rejected by “a considerable majority of stakeholders from all regions,” the summary states.

With wineries and cideries already allowed on farmland, a proposal to extend the regulation to include breweries, distilleries and meaderies was supported by a majority in all regions, particularly from local governments in Zone 1, the Lower Mainland, Okanagan and Vancouver Island.Wineries and cideries are allowed without approval from the Agricultural Land Commission, as long as half of the materials are produced on the farm. Some ques-

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