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Old Cariboo Rd. work gets approval Cache Creek has received approval and funding to replace the two culverts on Old Cariboo Rd. that were damaged during the May 23 flood Chief Financial Officer Sheila McCutcheon told Council that the work would begin this week. Council was hoping to have it finished before the Ministry of Transportation’s repaving of the road this year. The repaving is scheduled to begin in mid-October. The culvert replacement will include replacing about 300 metres of roadway as well. The project will cost about $50,000. The Ministry’s repaving project on Old Cariboo Rd. will cost the Village $113,000 and will go from the Starhouse Restaurant to the Vet Clinic.
Firefighters honour Ben Roy Above: Cache Creek Fire Chief Tom Moe leads a procession of firefighters and truck from Cache Creek, Ashcroft, Clinton and New Afton Mine Rescue on Saturday before Ben Roy’s memorial at the Community Hall. Roy was a firefighter in Cache Creek for 48 years. Below: Old Engine #1 now bears a dedication to him.
Cache Creek backs rodeo request by Wendy Coomber Cache Creek Council agreed to send a letter of support for the Ashcroft Rodeo Association to Belkorp at its Sept. 28 meeting The Association is still looking for property to relocate the Rodeo. The letter to Council from the association’s president Bob Sidwell said the group was hoping to use a portion of Belkorp’s land adjacent to their Wastech business on Hwy 1. Sidwell said they had yet to receive a reply to the request they sent to Belkorp on July 31. “We feel that a letter of support from the Cache Creek Council would help the process along considerably,” he said. “I still consider this to be the Ashcroft Rodeo,” said Mayor John Ranta, “and feel the Rodeo Parade should continue in Ashcroft.” He told Council that he felt the event was an asset to the local area “and if we can help keep it here, we should.” The association has been trying to access land on the Dunes above Ashcroft, but the process has been bogged down by other property commitments and unclear land titles. Earlier this year, the rodeo was asked to leave the property they had leased for many years and no rodeo was held. The group is anxious to find a new home before the BCRA event is cancelled.
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