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Citizens of the Year for Ashcroft and Cache Creek The Ashcroft & District Rotary Club held it’s annual Citizens of the Year Awards and Dinner last week. This year’s honours were presented to Kitty Murray from Ashcroft for her volunteer work with the Ashcroft Health Care Auxiliary and to Bill Elliott from Cache Creek for his volunteer work in the community that included Graffiti Days and nearly four decades on the Cache Creek Fire Dept. L-R: Lois Petty, Minnie Park, Karma Kubbernus from Ashcroft’s Interior Savings Credit Union, Shirley Holowchuk, Kitty Murray, Bill Elliott, Donna and Norm Brezina and Sandra Talarico from the Royal Bank of Canada branch in Cache Creek.
Murder charge laid in death of Lillooet man A 36-year-old Lillooet man has been charged with murder after another man suffered fatal injuries last week. On Feb. 10 at 3:04 pm, the Lillooet RCMP and Stl’atl’imx Tribal Police responded to a report of a serious assault at a residence on the 300 block of Mitchell Road in Lillooet. Gary Mandseth, 61, of Lillooet was found suffering from serious, life-threatening injuries that would ultimately result in his death. A suspect was quickly iden-
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tified and taken into custody by police. The family of Gary Mandseth has requested that their privacy be respected in light of this tragic event. Jeffery David Harris, 36, of Lillooet has since been charged with second degree murder. He remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in Kamloops Provincial Court on Feb. 23. The BC RCMP Southeast District Major Crimes Unit, with assistance from the Lillooet RCMP, Kamloops
RCMP Forensic Identification Services and Kamloops RCMP Police Dog Services, continues to investigate and are looking for anyone who might have any information regarding this incident. Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Lillooet RCMP at 250-256-4244, or remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477 or leaving a tip online at www.kamloopscrimestoppers.ca.
It’s a risk worth taking, determined Cache Creek Council, as they voted to go ahead with plans to pave Old Cariboo Road without knowing what the price will be. It could be $100,000 or it could be $400,000. Initial talks with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) led Council to believe that they could select the contract for resurfacing Old Cariboo Road this summer - part of a larger paving project undertaken by the Ministry of Transportation and Intractructure (MOTI). However, they were told at the Feb. 10 Council meeting that the work cannot be separated from MOTI’s larger contract, and that the Ministry would do the selecting if the Village still wanted to proceed with the road resurfacing. “That puts us in a bit or a bind,” said Village administrator Dan Plamondon. “There’s no guarantee that it will come in at $100,000 or less.” Coun. Wyatt McMurray asked if the Village could give MOTI a maximum figure that Cache Creek would be willing to accept, but Plamondon said the Ministry is obligated to go with the lowest bidder, regardless of the price. Or they can cancel the project if the bids come in too high. “I think it’s a calculated risk worth taking,” said Plamondon. “Chances are it will not exceed the pre-bid estimate” (of $100,000). Coun. David Dubois asked about doing the project without MOTI. Plamondon said the Ministry indicated that they could do the job for about half the price. McMurray added that they would have to hire consultants and engineers on top of the paving crew if they were to tender the job separate from the Ministry’s work. “If MOTI puts this out and it comes in four times higher, they’ll be saying no,” said McMurray. Plamondon agreed, saying the price would be based on quantity of the resurfacing material, and the cost for the Village and the Ministry should be the same. “We’ll trust our staff to keep us out of trouble,” said Mayor Ranta. “I don’t think we can afford not to do it,” said Coun. Herb Hofer, a sentiment that echoed an earlier comment from Coun. McMurray. Coun. Dubois voted against it. The Ministry asked the Village to decide quickly so that it could post the bid this week.
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