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We won some and we lost some in 2014. What do you remember most about this year that is almost done? The fires? The Ice Bucket Challenges? The support for Ashcroft Terminal? Maybe it’s something else. Perhaps you’ll find it in The Journal’s Year in Review.

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2014 IN REVIEW: Ashcroft Treating, AED used JANUARY

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Values of most homes in the South Cariboo and Gold Trail region remained stable compared to last year’s assessment roll. Home owners in the region will see modest changes in the 5 per cent to + 5 per cent range.

Ashcroft’s assessment roll decreased from $180 million to $175 million; Cache Creek’s assessment roll decreased from $101 million to $98.6 million; Clinton’s assessment roll decreased slightly from $66.8 million to $66.5 million; and Lytton’s assessment roll remained stable at $37.8 million.

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Ashcroft Council wasn’t happy with Belkorp’s response after Council asked whether it was true that slaughterhouse waste would be allowed in the Landfill Extension. Animal waste has always been excluded from municipal waste in the past, but Belkorp staff indicated last fall that they were working with the Ministry of Environment to accomodate the provincial government which was looking for a way to dispose of slaughterhouse waste.

“We need to let Mr. Black know this is a concern for us,” said Coun. Helen Kormendy. “We have to let him know we’re in disagreement. This can get into our water system, and that’s my concern.”

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Walt Turner, President and CEO of Koppers, said, “The acquisition of Tolko’s Ashcroft crosstie treating business strengthens our presence in the Canadian railroad industry as well as the northwest region of the United States. This transaction fits well with our strategic growth plan for our railroad products and services business in North America as we continue to build

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The old Spences Bridge was permanently closed by the province, with plans to dis- Rodeo-ing NHL goaltender Carey Price at the 2011 Ashcroft mantle it en- Stampede. tirely. liams Lake, was the olympic team’s The bridge is used by residents to get from one goaltender.

A large poster honouring Price is side of town to the other, as it spans the now up at the Cariboo Memorial ReThompson River in approximately in creation Complex. the middle of Spences Bridge.

The newer bridge which connects Hwy 1 will be the only means by which Hearts and Angels The Automated External Defibrillato cross the river, and adds more travtor (AED) at the Cache Creek Communel distance. ity Hall came into use after Seniors Fit Class member Nick Lebedoff had a heart Oasis Plaza under scrutiny The Oasis Plaza in Cache Creek attack during a class on Feb. 14.

Lebedoff “came to the Valentine’s was inspected by several different ‘Olympic Games Day’ with his Team agencies on Jan. 31.

Mayor John Ranta said there was Canada t-shirt, ready to move and a structural engineer, the Cache Creek have fun,” said Coach Vicky Trill.

Fire Chief, members of the TNRD “He and his four team members building inspection dept., Interior began on the ‘luge’ (little floor scootHealth, Village staff and Joe Carhoun, ers with wheels) where they scootthe building’s owner. ed through the course mimicking “It is a building in need of work,” the luge. Moments later, he was face said Ranta. “I think the building owner down on the floor, not breathing.” will need to make some decisions.”

One member initiated CPR while another phoned 911. Another reFEBRUARY trieved the AED in the hall and others used it to revive him. After surgery to Hometown hero cheered on repair the damage, Lebedoff returned The City of Williams Lake con- home and is still alive and active. gratulates its hometown hero, Carey The Rotary Club donated AEDs to Price and the men’s hockey team on the villages of Cache Creek and Ashtheir gold medal at the 2014 Sochi croft in 2008 to be put in their public Winter Olympic Games.

Price, who was raised in Anahim facilities.

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“Unreasonable proposals” from the province’s negotiating team include wage increases lower than what other public sector unions have received, and a continued refusal to put class size and special needs support limits back into the contract, Iker told a news conference in Vancouver.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender said wage negotiations “have to start somewhere” and after a year of bargaining, the BCTF has yet to present a wage demand. He declined to provide specifics of

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2014 IN REVIEW: Community Achievement and falling poles APRIL

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surveillance tape taking Annie and walking out the door of the Buckerfield’s store in Kelowna, her home. Annie’s owner, Jeff Cameron, said the store cat was returned home at around 11 a.m.

Wednesday, Apr. 16 after being stolen Apr. 12, and it was as though she’d never been gone.

“She was no worse for wear, there were no signs of stress and she was back to her old self, greeting people,” he said.

way at 12 minutes after three.

Once baby arrived and mom, Roxanne Vallee was stabilized, they were transported to the 100 Mile House Hospital along with proud Papa Louis Vallee. All are doing well.

The inspection report commissioned by the Village of Cache Creek concluded that “Although there are clearly signs of deteriMAY oration due to water damPower pole falls on new age and mould on the Upgarbage truck per Floor,” Watson EnginOn May 6 just before noon eering Ltd. noted that “the a power pole fell on top of AshStructure of the Building croft’s new garbage truck while is substantially intact. Not- Clinton residents lose staff were collecting garbage. ing that we have not under- power on Easter Clinton residents had to conDriver Joe Paulos had to retaken any numerical analysis of the capacity of the tend with not only a power out- main inside the truck for two Structure of the Building, age Easter Sunday morning but hours and 20 minutes while BC The Ashcroft/Cache Creek Rotary Club held its annual luncheon Hydro crews came from Kamwe note that there are in- also a water outage as well. in the Legion to honour the communities’ Citizens of the Year: The fourth outage since Apr. loops to cut power to the atsufficient signs of deteriorCache Creek’s Anne Bonter and Ashcroft’s Deanna Horsting for ation for us to conclude that 11, it also caused problems with tached lines. their years of hard work. Above, L-R: Shirley Dobson, Anne Bonter, the Building represents a the water system.

Village administrator MiRoyal Bank manager Amrit Sekhon, Rotary president Dustin Miller, When the power went out a chelle Allen said the pole had significant Structural HazInterior Savings Credit Union manager Karma Weigel, Deanna ard in its present condi- valve kicked off shutting off the been marked for replacement by Horsting and Stephanie Walker. water supply. Since the Village contractors who were checking tion.”

The building was in- of Clinton water supply is grav- all of the Hydro poles in town. spected on Jan. 30 by the ity driven residents were able to She said the truck didn’t touch the government offer, but said they need them, and a fire on the classroom conditions are on the grounds in 2012 showed them Cache Creek Fire Dept., the use water until they had used all the pole or wires when it sudnegotiating table. how quickly the structures could TNRD Building Inspection Ser- that was in the system prior to denly came down.

The pole had three transIker confirmed the union has be put at risk, surrounded by dry vices, Interior Health Environ- the power outage.

Power was restored by 10:30 formers on it, weighting 900 not yet made a wage proposal, grass, old trees and older build- mental Services and Watson Enpounds each. Hazardous Materigineering, Ltd., structural engin- am. after a year of negotiations to re- ings. als specialists, BC HAZMAT ateers, from Kamloops. All agreed place a contract that expired in tended to clean up the leak from that it was unsafe from many Special Delivery June 2013. The union described Incinerator’s fly ash safe On behalf of BC Ambulance the transformers.

Metro Vancouver received points of view, but could remain the government’s offer as a 0.5 Service, Clinton Unit Chief per cent increase on ratification, approval to landfill bottom ash standing if it was not occupied.

However, Watson Engineer- Chris Guerin presented para- BCTF begins rotating not retroactive to the past year, from its Burnaby garbage incinmaking three years with no in- erator that had been set aside af- ing wrote in their report, “We medics Melanie Painter and Jen- strikes Gold Trail teachers took part ter some loads failed pollution can also conclude that - with- nifer Clarke with a Stork Award crease. out remediation - components Recognition along with a pink in province-wide rotating strikes tests.

Starting last spring, testing of Building will continue to de- stork pin to recognize a special on May 26.

MARCH The B.C. Teachers’ Fedbegan to show some samples of teriorate until (ultimately) some event that does not happen very Taseko Mine rejected a bottom ash contained more than part of the Building (likely the often. Both paramedics can wear eration began one-day rotatsecond time twice the allowed level of leach- timber components of the Up- this special pin on their uni- ing strikes at schools around the province, rejecting the ofThe federal government has able cadmium for landfill dis- per Floor) become a significant forms.

On a very snowy March 6 fer of a $1,200 signing bonus for Structural Hazard.” turned down Taseko Mines’ ap- posal. the paramedics were called out an agreement by the end of the plication for a gold mine near Metro solid waste generfor a woman in labour. Paint- school year.

Williams Lake for a second al manager Paul Henderson Rawcliffe resigns Citing failing health, Cache er and Clarke responded only BCTF president Jim Iker time, citing “environmental ef- said extensive additional testfects that cannot be mitigated.” ing found there were tiny bits Creek Councillor Darrell Raw- to find that labour was quite far said the bonus doesn’t make up The decision comes after re- of cadmium-containing materi- cliffe has submitted his resig- along. In fact they delivered lit- for the government’s wage offer peated efforts by the B.C. gov- al – mostly from incinerated re- nation from Council, effictive tle 6 pound, 11 ounce Kate in the See MORE on p. 7 ambulance in the parents’ driveernment to lobby for approv- chargeable batteries – random- March 31.

“Due to health reasons, al for the project, and a court ly distributed through the ash challenge by Taseko to the fed- loads in what he calls a “choco- I feel it is best if I do not complete this term of oferal assessment that it said did late chip phenomenon.” fice,” he wrote. “I am greatnot take into account the efforts made to protect the watershed Loon Lake woman receives ly honoured to have served on Council for the past six from tailings from the open-pit recognition Premier Christy Clark and years and want to thank copper and gold project.

Keith Mitchell, chair of the Brit- Council and the citizens of New well for Historic Hat ish Columbia Achievement Cache Creek for their supCreek Ranch Foundation, named Loon Lake’s port and understanding.

Historic Hat Creek Ranch Ethel Smith as one of this year’s I have enjoyed every sinhas has a new well dug near the 36 recipients of the B.C. Com- gle minute of my years on Cache Creek Council and Visitor Reception Centre. It can munity Achievement Awards. pump 600 gallons of water per Smith was the First Aid Post will forever cherish the minute - a good deal more than attendant for 37 years, going memories and friendships I the old well, which produced 30 well beyond the call of duty to have made in our wondergallons per minute. care for Loon Lake residents and ful community.”

“In the summer we’d be aw- visitors. fully short of water,” said Jack Smith joins the company The cat went back Annie the cat was reJeyes, president of the Friends of of past recipients from the loHistoric Hat Creek Ranch. cal area, Barb Shaw (2004) of turned to her owners in He said there was a concern Cache Creek, Dorothy Dodge Kelowna after being cat- Ethel Smith receiving her 2014 BC Community Achievement that there wasn’t enough for (2005) of Lytton, Peggy Chute napped by a woman and Award from The Hon. Judith Guichon, OBC, Lieutenant the fire suppression sprinklers (2008) of Lytton, Ben Roy brought back to Thompson Governor of British Columbia (right) and Hon. Coralee Oakes, in the Visitor Reception Cen- (2008) of Cache Creek and Deb River Estates.

Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development (left).

The thief was caught on tre and the Roadhouse should Arnott (2011) of 16 Mile.

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We all have plenty to be thankful for Our communities have been through a lot this past year, both good and bad. It’s easy to remember the bad stuff while the good just goes with the flow.

There’s something about the bad that brings us closer together, though. Go figure.

Last year I wrote that there is a light at the end of the dark tunnel - Ashcroft Terminal and Constantia Mines in the Ashcroft and Cache Creek area are still with us, providing us with hope for better economic times.

And The Journal gets younger! Last year I made a mistake when I said we entered our 121st year of business... At some point this year we had to turn back the clock, and now we prepare to enter our 120th year. Still, not bad for a business in Ashcroft. We are the second oldest newspaper in BC, after the Chilliwack Progress.

To those of you who have submitted anything to me for print this year, you all have my thanks and undying gratitude. I rely on my regular, unpaid contributors like Loon Lake columnist Barbara Hendricks and Spences Bridge columnist Mavourneen Varcoe-Ryan, entertainment columnist Nadine Davenport and fitness columnists Vicky Trill and Wayne Little to be there for me - and you - with their interesting columns full of community news and ways to keep us on our toes and active.

Andrea Walker, Vivian Edwards, Reta Robertson, Phyllis Gray and Jessica Clement keep us updated on various local clubs and their activities; Maria Russell Martin keeps the tennis news coming, and Diana Hoggard is our “go to” for minor hockey.

Muriel Scallon and Joyce West make sure that the Ashcroft seniors are well covered, and Zee Chevalier provides the Clinton Seniors news.

Much of the school coverage comes from the schools themselves, but thank you nonetheless for keeping us posted.

Thanks to the Ashcroft RCMP for taking the time to recap the week’s files for us, and to staff at the Village Offices for all of the help whenever I need it.

There are so many more who I could list, but there’s only room for one more you, our reader. We appreciate you more than you could imagine. Our best wishes to you for a safe, happy and healthy 2015.

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Contractors need to stand by their bids Dear Editor I don’t know what kind of fisherman Mayor Ranta is, but he sure can reel in the council and put taxpayers on the hook with the skill that seems to come from years of experience.

The letter from the consultant says several key things: “It is my error... original budget was $100,236”; then “We have about $7,000 in work to do because of the spring delay”. She says “That was no one’s fault by my own.” It concludes “We really appreciate the village’s business and so will work with the village to complete the job, regardless of the outcome of our request.”

Clearly there was room here to split the cost if Council wished, or to save the money for another use – and ensure that future contractors bid much more accurately, with a margin for error!

Lacking any policy that would guide what happens when a competitive bidder suddenly requests a 10 per cent increase in the fee, council chose to follow the staff recommendation – just because the

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR prject is under budget. Why is that a good reason to overspend> Again, a request for decision comes to council and they react immediately, without getting more information or taking the time to consider carefully the impact – why should bidders not be responsible for their errors? Since the work won’t happen till spring, why not take some time to review the situation?

Finally, it just makes me feel ill to know that $10,000 is about half the cost of the Cache Creek annual share of the bus service that was cancelled. So Mr. Ranta says “I’m not that mean-spirited” about holding a professional, well-paid contractor to their bid, but has no problem at all leaving people who can’t drive, don’t have a car, aren’t comfortable driving in all weather, etc.

- to hitchhike or beg rides from friends and family, or use a service provided by volunteers to get to medical appointments, get groceries and prescriptions, get to the government assistance offices.

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Concert has little to do with Christmas Dear Editor We attended our niece and nephew’s school Christmas concert this last week. The gym was decorated and hats off to the students, staff and of course Mr. Dumont the music teacher for putting on a wonderful production. The pre-school kids sang and danced to “Rudolf the Red nosed Reindeer” with antlers on their heads and made the audience smile. The elementary students performed with drumming, playing the recorders and an Elvis Presley imitation. By the time the show came to an end, the audience See LETTERS on p. 5 Subscribe to The Journal 1 Year Subscription: $44.10 (GST included) Senior Rate: $37.80 (GST included) Out of area subscriptions pay a $17.85 mailing surcharge The Journal is a politically independent community newspaper. All material contained in this publication is protected by copyright.

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was on their feet clapping and dancing. But as we sat there watching, we realized that there was not one song or skit that had anything to do with Christmas.

How sad is it that in today’s schools the real meaning of why we celebrate Christmas is disappearing. We are not asking for a full fletched Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus production but at least a song or two that tells of the birth of Jesus. Let’s bring Christmas back into the schools.

Merry Christmas!

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Where is Walhachin’s Cenotaph?

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of each person in this community and their progeny.

This proud building stands in memory of those brave young men, their outstanding Gordon Flowerdew (Victoria Cross) and the courage and “dogged resistance” of the Lord Strathcona’s Horse and the Royal Canadian Dragoons in the Battle for Moreuil Wood. Wikipedia this account!

Walhachin became known for having he highest percentage of loss in population of any place across Canada during that first war. The hall is a monument to this face.

But where is the Cenotaph? Many folk have asked.

Cenotaphs provide a universal welcoming place for people of any country to pause for a moment and remember their dear ones and think of world peace.

A Cenotaph for the Soldiers Memorial Hall is planned to honour not only those soldiers who list their life during WWI, but also to remember those lives lost through the many battles which followed; always accompanied by the vision of a time when we “will study war no more” and learn to “just get along.”

Ineke Swanton Walhachin Cenotaph Committee

Dear Editor As we approach the time of remembering those who left our lives and never returned; believing that it was necessary to fight to preserve whet is cherished in our country, Canada. We would like to inform ou that the Cenotaph Committee of Walhachin has been asked about your frequent use of the term “Walhachin Museum” instead of Soldiers’ Memorial Hall museum. As we mount an initiative to bring the promised Cenotaph to Walhachin, we ask you to please attend to this important detail.

Though the museum here, is a fine display which must not be missed, it is important to be clear that the SolDear Editor diers’ Memorial Hall remains In addition to the wondera historical edifice deeded in ful photo and acolades to the perpetuity by Lord Anglesey owners of the Ashcroft Car at the end of WWI for the use Wash, let’s not forget Al Al-

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berts. He was the man who had the foresight to buy the land and build the car wash.

When it was sold it was already a successful business.

He’s also responsible for the start up of other businesses in Ashcroft.

Please don’t forget those folks who come before - historically.

Dollty Lowe Ashcroft

Thank the emergency responders Dear Editor Please let me paint a picture for you. One that is seen nearly every day in most towns everywhere.

Sirens wail through town. It’s dark almost black out. First responders are Code 3, enroute to a motor vehicle incident– dispatch has told them a pickup is overturned and on its roof.

One occupant is trapped, another has been thrown from the vehicle, passerbys are assisting. This is all the information they have when they get the call at 2 am and scramble to get their gear on.

They arrive at the scene. Headlights and flashlights assist in locating the 17 year old youth that has been thrown from the pick up. He doesn’t need any help, it’s too late. They rush to aid the 16 year old girl trapped in the pickup, the steering wheel pining her in. She’s hanging up-

side down, she’s not moving.

They reach in and try and get her vitals, she’s regained consciousness, she’s frightened and screaming for help.

Her cries for help grow quieter as she stares wide eyed at the first responder who’s gently speaking to her, telling her she’s going to be ok

and that they will get her out of there right away, just keep talking what’s your name?

Where do you live?... She’s finally free and loaded into the ambulance. The ambulance pulls away, again Code 3, this time to the hospital.

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Notice of Holiday Hours of Operation The Thompson-Nicola Regional District office located in Kamloops will be closed from 1:00 p.m. on December 24, 2014 through to January 1, 2014 inclusive, re-opening on January 2, 2015.

The TNRD would also like to advise of the following holiday closures: All TNRD Libraries will be closed on December 25th, 26th and January 1st. Please visit www.tnrdlib.ca to see the hours of operation for your local library branch and the Bookmobile.

The Lytton and Spences Bridge solid waste facilities will be closed on December 25th & 26th and on January 1st. Please visit the TNRD website at www.tnrd.ca for regular hours of operation for these facilities.

In the event of an emergency at a TNRD utility system (Spences Bridge or Walhachin water system) during the office closure, please call (250) 318-7515.

Best wishes for a happy holiday season.

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Sister-City status carved in wood

Ashcroft Mayor Andy Anderson holds one of two identical engraved burls that were made to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sister-City Agreement between Ashcroft and Bifuka, Japan. The other burl is in Bifuka, and both are signed by the mayors. L-R: Councillors Alice Durksen, Jerry Fiddick, Mayor Anderson, and councillors Doreen Lambert and Helen Kormendy.

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Insurance is one of those odd things that we are not happy to pay but are happy not to use.

Not too many years ago, health insurance for pets was considered a luxury. Horse owners, by contrast, have been insuring their animals for decades. It makes sense to pay an annual premium when the cost of emergency surgery for a colic or injury can easily run into the tens of thousands of dollars. In many of these cases, the only alternative is euthanasia or permanent loss of function of a valuable performance horse.

With remarkable advances in modern veterinary medicines, our ability to diagnose and treat medical conditions in pets has increased at an astonishing rate. Not too long ago, many pets diagnosed with cancer or other serious conditions were euthanized because there essentially few treatment options available to cure the disease or even to comfortably extend the life of the pet. The same situation existed for congenital conditions (abnormalities that are present at birth, such as heart defects), or serious injuries or infections. Veterinarians and pet owners now have a wide array of treatment options for pets that can save lives and relieve previously untreatable conditions.

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Several companies offer veterinary health insurance for pets. Costs vary widely and depend on which services are covered. For the majority of pet owners, routine care is something they plan for and prepare in their budget. It is those sudden, unforeseeable accidents or illnesses that can be financially and emotionally devastating. Dogs get hit by cars, cats are attacked by other animals or a beloved pet can develop cancer with few, if any, warning signs. This is where pet insurance can provides invaluable peace of mind.

The amount of coverage you select for your pet depends on many factors, but may be simpler than you think. If something happened to your pet today, what amount could you afford for care? Could you borrow emergency funds from a friend or a relative? Do you have a credit on a card that you save for emergencies? This amount can then be figured as your deductible for your pet’s insurance policy. With a larger deductible, your monthly or annual payments become much less. Premiums are also lower for pets that are spayed or neutered. (Insurance companies know that unaltered pets have a much higher likelihood of being in fights or being hit by a vehicle.) Pets that have current vaccinations and routine veterinary care also tend to have lower premiums, as their health issues are usually diagnosed earlier when treatment is more likely to be effective, and often less expensive because the pet is not in crisis.

Most pet insurance companies have informative websites and many will allow you to compare rates and coverage and figure the costs of deductibles versus monthly payments. In a tight economy, insurance for your pet may seem like an extravagance, but that is the very situation where you may need it most.

All in a day’s work.

One wonders what kind of person it takes to be able to block out the pain and suffering that they see on a daily basis.

One wonders why when the RCMP comes across someone who is under the influence that they remove them from the highways, their driving privileges taken from them. Countless times the RCMP have come across accidents such as young Jimmy whose life was cut short by a drunk driver and that same RCMP member had to go to Jimmy’s parents and deliver the next of kin notification, one of the toughest jobs there could ever be is to tell someone their loved one isn’t coming home.

All in a day’s work.

My point? When if ever have you taken the time to really think about what these special breed of people do to assist us?

Wishing you all a Who are you going to call when your house or business is broken into or a fight has broken out or your child has just run away from home? Is this something you might consider doing as your livelihood? I would like to just say ‘thank you ‘ to the members for all they do and perhaps the next time you see one driving ART GREEN through town or at Green Party of Canada the side of the road candidate for the Federal Electoral you could give them District Association a wave or just stop (Riding) of Matsqui/ Mission/Fraser Canyon and tell them “thank you”.

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Attention goes back to the yellow tarp where someone’s son is, he won’t be grading this year with the rest of his friends. The coroner arrives, highway analyst arrive, measurements are taken and the young boy is placed in body removals van. The highway reopens, life goes on for those stuck for perhaps up to six hours as they wait.

Remember that first responder that stayed by the young girls side, assuring her she was doing good and gently coaxed her into a conversation to calm her while they extricated her from the over turned pick up? Well he’s now on his way to Mr. and Mrs. Smith’s house to notify them that their son Jimmy had just been in a serious MVI and had passed away.

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2014 IN REVIEW: Cyclist shot, murder in Ashcroft of 6.5 per cent over six years. A simultaneous threat to cut teacher wages five per cent or more because of strike action is “just so disrespectful, so unnecessary, and we’ll be dealing with it at the Labour Relations Board,” Iker said.

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Clinton Ball hosts Lt. Governor

Clinton Mayor Jim Rivett welcomed Her Honour Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of BC to the 147th Clinton Annual Ball on Saturday, May 17.

Also attending were Cathy McLeod, MP Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo and MLAs, Jackie Tegart and Eric Foster.

The dignitaries arrived at the Ball in the Hat Creek Ranch stagecoach to the sound of bag pipes and with an RCMP and Rocky Mountain Ranger escort.

Latest phase of AT complete

Contractors, shippers, politicians, executives, bureaucrats and many others gathered at the Ashcroft Terminal on May 21 to witness the ribbon cutting that signified the completion of a $7 million expansion project that added 1,500 metres of railroad track with switches at either end which will allow CP and CN to leave their cars behind to be loaded or unloaded.

The federal government contributed over $3.57 million from the Mountain Pine Beetle Program within the AsiaPacific Gateway and Corridor Transportation Infrastructure Fund, while Ashcroft Terminal provided matching funds.

Construction of the Ashcroft Terminal expansion project began in February 2013.

Coldwell Ranch a Century Farm

The BC Government honoured the Coldwell Ranch in Jesmond on Friday, May 23 with the presentation of a Century Farm Award.

In a small ceremony in the Clinton Memorial Hall Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart presented the award to current owner Charlie Coldwell, his mother, Joyce Freeman and Charlie’s Aunt Evelyn Demptster who had actually been born in the Coldwell house.

Coldwell is the grandson of the first owner and has approximately 100 cattle and 250 horses on 480 acres of land. He continues the family tradition of ranching, guiding and trapping and is involved with the Clinton Agriculture Society and the Clinton Rodeo.

Ashcroft K-12 plans approved

A special meeting of SD 74 approved the Ashcroft K-12 Implementation Committee’s drawings on May 27, even though it increased the proposed budget

from $1.5 to $2.4 million. The renovations will be completed by September 2016.

JUNE

Cyclist shot near Spences Bridge

A 59-year-old Burnaby cyclist was shot and wounded while riding along Hwy 1 about 3 km north of Spences Bridge on June 1. He was hit in the forearm and suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries.

Craig Premack was riding alone at the time, at 1 am, with lights and reflectors to make him visible to passing motorists.

He was riding in the Cache Creek 600, an annual event put on by the B.C. Randonneurs Cycling Club.

Murder charge for local man

Shane Gyoba, 27, was charged with the murder of his uncle, longtime Ashcroft resident Ed Gyoba, 65, on June 2.

Shortly after 9:30 am on June 2, police responded to a 911 call from neighbours who reported hearing a loud “bang” from the house on Cedar Cres. next to Hill St. Gyoba remains in custody.

JULY

The fire caught hold in a gully to the north of the Manor and was threatening the historic roadhouse. A shed behind the Teahouse was destroyed, and burning embers ignited a small fire on the roof of the Manor, but firefighters from Ashcroft and Cache Creek managed to douse the flames and keep the other Manor property buildings safe.

Liberal caucus visits Terminal

Ashcroft hosted a meeting of most of the provincial Liberal caucus on July 15, as Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart took the opportunity to highlight local economic development.

One of the highlights was a luncheon at the Ashcroft Terminal. The 320-acre transload and storage terminal provides direct access to major highways and railway lines.

Royal Bank on fire

The Royal Bank building in Cache Creek was damaged by a suspected electrical fire on July 28 that caused smoke, glass and water damage.

The bank’s representatives said they would restore the damaged parts of the building and hoped to be open again by mid-December.

roots and see where their father David spent his childhood.

Their grandfather, Sam Kincaid came to Ashcroft in 1922, and after a brief stay here headed north to a job as telegraph worker in Hazleton. Samuel returned to Ashcroft in 1928 to marry local girl Elsie Sutherland.

The Kincaids were very active members of the community. In 1952 when Ashcroft became incorporated Sam was elected its first Chairman.

SEPTEMBER Maclean Crescent work goes ahead Bree Contracting out of 100 Mile House was selected to reconstruct Maclean Crescent. They were the lowest bidder with $435,745.

The company agreed to complete the work in eight weeks to the best of their abilities, said the Village’s Administrator Dan Plamondon. There will be no added charges if they have to complete the work

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Life is a stage

Last week my daughter asked if she could raid my tickle trunk for her school’s Christmas concert. “Mr. Lee thinks I’d make a great Marilyn Monroe,” she said. “And he thought you might have something I could wear.”

Her grade six teacher was right. Among other things I had a couple of platinum wigs since I’d dressed up as the legendary bombshell twice before. The first time was for a funny YouTube video called “Happy Birthday Mister President – love Lola and Liza.”

The second time was for an easy Halloween costume.

“What will you be doing?” I asked.

“Just lip synching,” she said. “We’re all dressing up as some-

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She explained how her class’s portion of the show was called “Christmas with the Stars” and everyone would be pretending to be iconic singers from old to new. That sounded fun.

I immediately pulled out some of my dresses and Daisy started trying them on. Dismissing all of them as too inappropriate for an 11-year-old, she

eventually found one that worked. She then put on her favourite of the two wigs, a pair of my wedge heels, a fluffy white scarf, long silky gloves and bright red lipstick. I then darkened in her beauty mark, and presto, she was Marilyn.

Imagining that she would be up on stage alongside the rest of her class presenting as a group, I was shocked to discover that wasn’t the case at all. Instead, she performed “Santa Baby” in front of the jam-packed gymnasium all by herself.

“You were incredible,” I told her after the show. “I’m so proud of you. All the classes were wonderful, but yours really surprised me. I didn’t know you’d be up there in such small

groups or on your own like that. There’s no way I would’ve been that brave when I was young.”

The parents I talked to in the hallway after the show agreed.

“This generation seems more expressive and less shy than we were,” said the mother of one of the other solo performers. “Probably because they’re always hamming it up in front of their iPads and putting it on YouTube.”

That made sense. It also made sense that it had something to do with their education.

“Schools have a lot to do with their level of confidence,” my friend Donna Duke said later. ”They do these kinds of productions which allow children the opportunity to strut their stuff. The middle school where I worked had teams of them doing everything involved from technical to staging, directing, performing and public relations. It was all about the kids.”

Once the first Christmas concert was over the students at Daisy’s school would get to

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do it all over again the next afternoon and evening.

“I’ll do better tomorrow,” my daughter said as she changed out of her costume.

“I had stage fright so I forgot some stuff.”

When we got home she showed me what she wanted to include: hip swaying, scarf twirling, exaggerated winking and blowing kisses as she sashayed off the stage.

She practiced a few times and went to bed, excited at the prospect of having another shot at it.

I went to the next two shows and watched as she and the other students did even better

than they had the first time. Daisy was less impressed.

“I forgot to blow kisses,” she said berating herself after her third and last performance. “I got nervous and ruined my exit again.”

“You kids only had a couple days to practice,” I said. “It’s good to visualize what you did as perfectly as you intended it to be, but then you have to let it go. Be proud of how courageous you were and how amazing you did.”

After we watched the video of her performance from my iPhone she started to feel better and it be-

came my turn to selfcriticize.

“This quality is so terrible, Daisy,” I groaned apologetically. “I should have remembered to charge my video camera so I could’ve filmed it with that instead.”

“Just visualize that you did, Mama,” she said patting me on the back, laughing.

“And then let it go.

Be proud you at least remembered to charge your phone. I hope my memory’s that good when I’m old.”

I have a feeling it will be far better.

Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist.

She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com

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2014 IN REVIEW: Communities in Bloom, Village buys parkland next spring.

Four companies bid on the job and the three lowest bids were within $25,000 of each other. The highest bid, from LE Chapman Construction out of Vernon, was $744,590.

Clinton murder

RCMP began an investigation into the murder of James Painter, 61, of Clinton.

RCMP officers responded to a 911 call to a residence in the Trailer Park at the north end of Clinton at 10:51 pm on Sept. 10, where Emergency Health Services were attempting to assist an unresponsive male. Their attempts were unsuccessful.

Gold Trail schools open

BC students got a late start to the year as contract negotiations between the BC government and teachers took longer than expected. Sept. 22 was the first day of school.

“Today was a very positive day across the district,” said Gold Trail Superintendent Teresa Downs on Monday.

Ashcroft CiB achieves 5 blooms

Ashcroft Communities in Bloom has maintained its excellent standing at the national level of competition. The group was awarded 5 out of 5 Blooms in the Circle of Excellence category, which is a non-competitive category.

Ashcroft CiB received special mention for Completion of Community Hall Upgrade Project.

Four blooms for Clinton

The Village of Clinton received a 4 Bloom rating and a special mention for the Horticultural Displays and Tidiness at Clinton’s Eco Depot during the 2014 National Symposium and Awards Ceremonies in Charlottetown, PEI. The Village of Clinton participated in the Up to 1,000 population category along with Arnold’s Cove, NL; Kinistino, SK; Pugwash, NS and Valhalla Centre, AB.

High Bar First Nation and Village of Clinton Sign Protocol Agreement

Mayor Jim Rivett and Chief Larry Fletcher formalized the agreement on Sept.

18 at the Clinton Museum by signing an agreement that will focus on cooperation and communication between the two parties. The agreement cements the intent of the implementation of joint actions and partnerships on economic growth, servicing facilities and to explore options for a co-operative form of government to benefit the residents of both parties.

Village purchases park land

Cache Creek Council an-

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wishes to thank the hundreds of area residents who made our 2014 “Turkey Bingo” such a success.

We also want to thank our very generous sponsors listed below for donations (items for door prizes, cash donations, or discounts on purchases).

We could not have done this without all of you.

Aie (Steve & Heather) Family Amsterdam Restaurant (Kam.) Anie’s Pizza & Bakery (C.C.) Anonymous Donors Arrow Transport (Ash.) ASC Automotive (Boston Flats) Ashcroft Bakery & Coffee Shop Ashcroft Dental Clinic (Dr. Habeeb) Ashcroft IRLY Bird/The Source Ashcroft Journal Ashcroft River Inn Ashcroft Travel Centre Ashcroft Wellness Studio (Brittley Cadwell) Ashcroft WorkWear/Sears Associated Electrical Services (Ash.) Beans Roasted Rite Coffee Company (Ash.) Bear’s Claw Lodge (C.C.) Bonaparte Motel (C.C.) Cache Creek Machine Shop Ltd. Cache Creek Recreation Committee Cache Creek Veterinary Hospital (Dr. Quinn Gavaga, DVM) Canada Post (Ash.) Canada’s Best Value Inn – Desert Inn (C.C.) Canadian Tire (Aberdeen, Kam.) Cariboo Jade & Gifts (C.C.) Chum’s Restaurant (C.C.) CIFM-FM (CIFM 98.3) Radio (Pattison Broadcasting) Kam. CKBZ-FM (B-100) Radio (Pattison Broadcasting) Kam. Coach Trill (Vicky Trill) (Ash.) Copper Canyon Chevron/A&W (C.C.) Costco Canada (Kam.) Dairy Queen (C.C.) Desert Hills Ranch (Ash.) Dr. James Kendall, Chiropractor (Ash.) Fields (Ash.) Fresh is Best Salsa & Company (Kam.) Friendship Auto Service Ltd. (Ash.) Full Circle Massage & Reiki (Ash.) Gold Country Communities Society Geotourism Program (C.C.) Great Canadian Superstore (Kam.) Grubstake Foodmart (C.C.) Highland Valley Copper (Logan Lake) Home Hardware Building Centre (Kam.) Hungry Herbie’s Restaurant (C.C.) Husky House Restaurant (C.C.) IG Machine & Fibers (Ash.) Interior Savings Insurance Services (Ash.) Jo Petty (Ash.) John Bundus & Son (Ash.) Junction Shell (C.C.) Kal-Tire (C.C.)

Kamloops Blazers Hockey Club Launie’s Nails & Esthetics (Ash.) Laurie Webster London Drugs (Kam.) Lordco Auto Parts (C.C.) Manie’s Grill & Pizza (C.C.) McDonald’s Restaurant (Aberdeen) Nature’s Gifts (Ash.) NL Broadcasting Ltd. – Radio NL 610/The River 97.5 /Country 103 (Kam.) North End Petro-Canada (C.C.) Oasis Beer & Wine Store (C.C.) OK Stop (Ash.) Peoples Drug Mart (Ash.) Quality Glass/Tirecraft (Ash.) ReMax Golden Country Real Estate Services Ltd. (Ash.) Return-It Bottle Depot (Ash.) Revelations Hair & Nails (Ash.) Riverside Pub & Restaurant (Ash.) Rivertown Auto Detailing (Ash.) Robbie’s Motel (C.C.) Rolgear Manufacturing (Ash.) Rona (Kam.) Royal Canadian Legion #113 (Ash.) Royal-LePage Ashcroft Realty (Hedda Hall) (Ash.) Safety Mart Foods (Ash.) Safeway (Kam.) Sam’s Diner (Ash.) Sandy & Ira Harry Save-On Foods (Kam.) Semlin Valley Golf Club (C.C.) Shoppers Drug Mart (Columbia, Kam.) Star House Chinese Restaurant (C.C.) Subway (C.C.) Sundance Guest Ranch (Ash.) Sundowner Motel (C.C.) Super Suds Laundry (C.C.) T.W. Dynamic Enterprises (C.C.) The Barber Shop (Ash.) Thompson Valley Funeral Home (Ash.) Tumbleweed Motel (C.C.) UniTea Tea Room (Ash.) United Steel Workers - Local #7619 (Dist. 3 – Highland Valley Copper) Village of Cache Creek Wal-Mart Canada (Kam.) Wastech (C.C.) Western Canada Theatre (Kam.) WRAPS (Winding Rivers Arts & Performance Society) YourLink Inc. (Copper Valley Cable) Zimmer-Wheaton Buick/GMC (Kam.)

nounced that it had completed the purchase of 2.2 hectares (ha) of farmland at the north end of the current pool park for $137,000 plus the cost of subdividing and registration.

And plus the cost of $7,400 worth of new fencing, which was approved at the Sept. 29 Council meeting where the land purchase was announced.

Mayor John Ranta said the purchase had been in the works for some time, having been reviewed by the TNRD last October and by the ALC this Spring.

Ranta said Council saw the piece of property as a parkland legacy to the Village, and thus the money for it will come

out of the Village’s Landfill Legacy Reserve, which has $3-4 million in it.

RBC buys camera for Fire Dept.

The Royal Bank of Canada donated money for a new thermal imaging camera for the Cache Creek Fire Dept. after finding out how useful it was in battle the fire in its Cache Creek branch back in July.

The $13,000 donation covered the full cost of the camera.

“If it helps someone else - and it will - prevent the whole structure from being damaged while they look for the fire, then it will be worth it,” said Pam Shaw, Regional Vice President BC Interior

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South Cariboo Elizabeth Fry Society

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Ashcroft and District Fall Fair Contact Person: Janna 250-457-6614 Contact Person: Jessica 250-457-7128

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Sage & Sand Pony Club

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Ashcroft-Cache Creek Rotary Club

Contact Person: Karin Magnuson Phone 250-457-6629

Desert Spokes Cycle Society Phone 250-457-9348

Ashcroft Curling Club Phone 250-453-2341

St. Alban’s Anglican Church Hall, 501 Brink Street Tel: 250-453-9909 or 250-453-2053 - All Welcome

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Ashcroft & District Tennis Association Contact Person: Maria Russell Martin Phone 250-453-9391

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347 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corp Contact Person: Lt. (N) Curran 250-319-3461 Alexine Johannsson 250-453-2661 email: darrin.curran@cadets.gc.ca

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Taoist Tai Chi Contact Person: Danita Howard

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Ashcroft Hospice Program Shirley 250-453-9202

Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society Contact Person: Nadine 250-453-2053

Canadian Red Cross - Health Equipment Loan Program (H.E.L.P.) Ashcroft Hospital - 250-453-2244

Desert Bells Handbell Choir Carmen Ranta 250-457-9119

Sage Sound Singers Adult Community

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Cache Creek Volunteer Fire Department Phone 250-457-9967

South Cariboo Sportsmen Assc. #3366 Attn: Marian Pitt, Box 341, Ashcroft BC V0K 1A0

Soccer Association Contact: Tom Watson

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Thompson Cariboo Minor Hockey Association Contact: Lewis Kinvig 250-457-7489 Lewis@thompsoncariboominorhockey.com

Historic Hat Creek Ranch Contact: Jack Jeyes

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Kinsmen Club of South Cariboo Contact Person: Dave 250-453-9062

Cache Creek Recreation Society Contact Person: Jackie

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Bridging to Literacy

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SCI Thompson River, B.C. Chapter Ken Brown - Phone: 250-453-9415

Ashcroft Yoga Group

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2014 IN REVIEW: New faces on local Councils Plaza boarded up

After several months of being told by the Village of Cache Creek to board up his unsightly storefront, the owner of the Oasis Plaza complied as his final deadline arrived.

On Oct. 15, owner Joe Carhoun removed the signs and boarded up the storefronts. And within 24 hours of finishing, the freshly painted plywood had been vandalized. The affected parts were quickly repaired.

NOVEMBER

Local elections held

Except for incumbent councillor Doreen Lambert, Ashcroft voters elected a brand new village council on Saturday. On the other hand, Cache Creek voters returned their past council with the addition of one new member, David Dubois.

Jeyes (352 votes) defeated opponents Dave Belcham (201) and former councillor Jerry Fiddick (183) for the job as mayor.

The only incumbent Council member running for re-election, Doreen Lambert (543) was returned, along with first time councillors Barbara Roden (555), Al Mertens (390) and former councillor Alfie Trill (350) who sat on council 2008-2011.

In Cache Creek, Mayor John Ranta was elected to his ninth term in office, having just completed 24 years as mayor. Ranta (278 votes) defeated opponent Marg Durnin (161) in her first venture into municipal politics.

Incumbent councillors Lisa Dafoe (339), Herb Hofer (309) and Wyatt McMurray (278) were re-elected by voters, McMurray has been on Council for 26 years. David Dubois (266) joined them at the Council table.

Paving announced for Evans Rd., Hwy 1

Fraser Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart announced two major paving projects in Ashcroft and Cache Creek.

In Ashcroft, Evans Rd. will be paved from the highway past Ashcroft Terminal, while in Cache Creek, Hwy 1 will be paved from south of Cache Creek to In Loving Memory & Never Forgotten Hwy 97 at the Bonaparte RivFrom the Family of: er Bridge.

Beginning with the paving Terrance Lloyd Cumming season next Spring, 28 km of Nov.1, 1929 - Jan.3, 2012 roads will be resurfaced.

“Only In Our Dreams”!

One Day You’re Here, Now You are Gone And Only In Our Dreams.

You Would Want Us To Be Happy, Not Sad; So This Is What We Will Be! We Will See You In The Night Sky, We Will Talk With You In Our Dreams!

You Have Taught Us To Believe, That There Is Life After Death!

You Are Still With Us Even Though You, A Faint Image We Can See. Until We Meet Again; “Only In Our Dreams”!

By Lillen

Ashcroft applies for water system grant

Ashcroft is applying for over $5 million from a Canada-British Columbia infrastructure fund to help pay for a new municipal water system.

Council approved the application for $5,273,333 at its Nov. 20 meeting. The sum represents two-thirds of the expected cost of the new system.

The Village will be expected to

provide the remaining $2,636,667.

Engines replace flares at landfill

Wastech’s long-awaited reciprocating engines are now in place at the Cache Creek Landfill. First announced in 2012 and expected to be in operation

by June 2013, the three engines have had a few setbacks along the way.

The engines still need fine tuning before they start producing energy for BC Hydro’s grid. That is expected to happen Jan. 2.

Once the engines are in operation, the flares that are visible from the highway will be extinguished.

DECEMBER

RCMP officer shot

RCMP Cpl. J.R. Michaud spent over a week in intensive care at Royal Inland Hospital after being shot multiple times while on patrol in Kamloops in the early hours of Dec. 3.

Since then Cpl. J.R. Michaud he has undergone two surgeries with a good prognosis, but a long recovery ahead of him.

Michaud was head of Central Interior Traffic Services in Ashcroft between 2009-2012, filling in as Detachment commander between the departure of Sgt. Dave Prentice and the arrival of Sgt. Michel Grondin.

Kenneth Michael Knutson, 36, was arrested in connection with the shooting and has been charged with attempted murder.

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ON NOW AT YOUR BC CHEVROLET DEALERS. Chevrolet.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. Chevrolet is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the purchase, finance and lease of a 2014 Chevrolet Trax, Silverado or Cruze. Freight ($1,600/$1695/$1,600) and PDI included. License, insurance, registration, administration & dealer fees, PPSA and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices.

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Discounts vary by model. ‡$8,500 is a combined total credit consisting of a $4,000 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive) for 2014 Silverado Light Duty Double Cab, $1,000 Holiday Cash for Truck Owners (tax inclusive), $500 Boxing Week Bonus (tax inclusive) and a $3,000 manufacturer to dealer cash credit (tax exclusive) for 2014 Chevrolet Silverado Light Duty (1500) DoubleCab, which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and finance rates. By selecting lease or finance offers, consumers are foregoing this $3,000 credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. 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