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Ashcroft PeeWees played their first home game of the season on Sunday against 100 Mile House. The team was down 5-0 going into the 3rd period when Monika Paulos scored, followed less than three minutes later by Gracie Antoine, assisted by Cole McKay, who scored the third and last goal, assisted by Gracie Antoine.

Goalie Pearce Brown did a super job in net while the rest of the players displayed a great overall team effort.

The next home game is Oct. 25 against Merritt starting at 12:30 pm

Wyatt McCullough reaches for the puck, backed up by his teammates. (Below) Goalie Pearce Brown gets ready to make another save.

by Wendy Coomber The province is cutting is close for the Landfill Extension, which still needs an Operations Certificate before it can start accepting waste.

The current landfill’s OC ends in 2016, but the landfill users are looking around, wondering if they should start making other plans.

Once the Extension is given an OC, Wastech will put the liner in and start marketing it to potential customers, said Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta.

Ranta has already met with Minister Mary Polak at UBCM convention to emphasize the need for the OC and how much Cache Creek relies on the landfill industry.

TNRD staff has informed Ranta that they need a viable alternative in case the Extension isn’t ready to go when the current landfill closes. That means transfer stations and a half a million dollar bill to put that alternative in place.

The western portion of the TNRD uses the landfill, but preliminary discussions are starting to take place regarding that viable alternative.

The challenge, said Ranta, seems to be in coming up with th appropriate security to maintain the Extension beyond closure.

“I truly believe the Extension is going to become reality,” he said. “We all want it done right.”

Town recruits MLA to help with projects

by Wendy Coomber Cache Creek Council met with MLA Jackie Tegart last week to see if she could lend some weight to post-flood projects that Emergency Management BC (EMBC) is “questioning or rejecting.”

EMBC is calling the hyroseeding along Stage Rd. “landscaping” and refusing the $1,400 project even through Mayor John Ranta said it’s only replacing what was already there.

A ditching project along Old Cariboo Rd. has been cut back to one-third of the estimated cost of $32,000, while a crumbling bank is being denied even though it can undermine the road, because EMBC says the damage can’t ben proven to be caused by the flood. The cost of that project is estimated at $60,000.

EMBC pays only 80 per cent of any costs.

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The Family of Ben Roy would like to thank everyone for their support & kindness during this difficult time.

Your cards, flowers, food, words of comfort and donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation are appreciated.

Thank you to the emergency personnel who participated in the memorial procession honouring Ben. A special thank you to the Cache Creek Fire Deptartment for dedicating Engine #1 to him. He would be proud.

In memory of Ben, make someone smile or laugh today or lend a hand when needed.

The Journal’s Remembrance Day section runs on November 5, 2015 If you have a photo you would like included, please bring it in or e-mail to sales@accjournal.ca

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Coming Events

Oct. 26: Council meeting for the Village of Cache Creek at 4:30 pm in the Village Office. Everyone invited.

Nov. 1: Daylight Savings Time Ends. Set your clock back one hour.

Nov. 3: Zion UCW meets in the Church Hall, 401 Bancroft Street; 2pm. The Inter-Church Bazaar being held Dec. 5th at St. Alban’s Anglican Parish Hall will be the main item of business. Everyone welcome. Come for tea and sweets!

Nov. 7: Cache Creek Indoor Market, 9am to 1pm in the Community Hall. Farmers and Fleas welcome. Call 453-9587 for information.

Nov. 20 & 21: WRAPS presents My Fair Lady in the former Ashcroft Elementary School gymnasium.

Nov. 28: Seniors Tea at 1 pm in the Ashcroft Seniors Centre on Bancroft St. The Cache Creek Indoor Market is being held the first Saturday of the month over the winter, except for January.

Ashcroft Royal Canadian Legion FRI., OCT. 23rd • 6:30 - 7:15 pm Indian Tacos $10/plate Served with lots of extras

MEAT DRAW Every Saturday ~ 3:00 pm

Soup & Bun for $5.00 served every Wednesday from Noon

A very important day for Fire Chiefs Lynden Laskey (left) and Leanne Belcourt (right) were honourary Fire Chiefs for the Day in Ashcroft to celebrate Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 5-9). Fire Prevention was taught to all classes from preschool to grade 4. The Fire Chiefs for the Day were picked up at home in the fire truck, dropped off at school, picked up at the end of the day, had a tour around town, a tour of the fire hall and then dropped off at home by Captain Jonah Anstett (left) and Fire Chief Joshua White (right). The children were provided with fire department hats and certificates.

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shcroft etAchMent Oct. 14 at 3 pm police received a complaint of a dog urinWendy Coomber ating in inapproriate places at the Mesa property and tried to attack his dog.

Vista trailer park in Ashcroft. The complainant said an The aggressor was muzzled. Later owner was walking their dog by the same day another of the dogs their trailer and allowed the dog to ran at him on his property, knocked urinate on their property. He was him down and bit him on the arm. concerned that it was aggressive to- The matter is still under investigawards his own dog. The complaint tion by RCMP and SPCA. was told he needed to talk to the trailer park management to find a Business break and enter Oct. 18 at 9 am police resolution. ceived a report that Natures Gifts on Railway Ave. in Ashcroft had Shots or rocks fired Oct. 14 at 5:30 pm a male been broken into. A witness walkcalled to report that someone in a ing past the store noticed that nearpassing vehicle fired a .22 at him by wires had been cut and the back in Cache Creek, breaking the side door had been forced open. The mirror of his pickup truck. He ad- owners were contacted and convised that a tractor trailer and two firmed that approximately $3,000 pickup trucks were passing him at worth of silver and stone jewellry, the time. Police inspected the dam- a $300 float and a Toshiba laptop age to his vehicle and found no were missing. It is believed to have sign of a bullet. It is believed that happened between 2 am and 9 am a rock from the current road con- that morning. Anyone noticing any struction was responsible for the suspicous people or vehicles nearby during that time is asked to call broken window.

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On Oct. 19 Ashcroft Work Wear Dog bite at Hihium called to report that the phone lines Oct. 16 at 3:30 pm police reto their store had been cut. It was ceived a report of a dog bite on prinoticed only when the debit card vate property at Hihium Lake. The machine wouldn’t work. The store complainant said he was at his vawas not broken into, but it is becation property there and had allieved to be related to the break and ready been involved in one act of enter of Natures Gifts next door. aggression with his neighbour’s five dogs after one came on to his

POLICE REPORT

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Communities split on votes According to the unofficial results for Lillooet, NDP candidate Dennis Adamson did very well locally even though he lost the overall election.

Liberal candidate Jati Sidhu was declared elected in the Mission Matsqui Fraser Canyon riding after the votes were tallied. It was a close race between Sidhu and Conservative candidate Brad Vis, but the scales eventually tipped in the Liberal’s favour.

“On behalf of the Village of Cache Creek, congratulations to our new MP, Mr. Sidhu,” said Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta.

“It always bodes well for the future, when you have a member of the government representing your riding. We look forward to building a mutually beneficial relationship with our new MP. Change is always challenging because it introduces an element of uncertainty, however, the people right across the country have spoken, and we are all looking forward to a renewed vision for Canada. During the campaign Mr. Trudeau pledged significant investment in municipal infrastructure which is badly needed in Canada’s rural communities.

That, combined with a focus on job creation, may usher in an opportunity for prosperity in all areas of our riding. We all want to make the dream of a brighter future, a reality.”

Mayors and TNRD directors

within the readership were all invited to comment on the election, but no one else responded.

Although he came in third place, NDP candidate Dennis Adamson looked like a winner in the Lillooet area, while Conservative candidate Brad Vis was the popular candidate in Ashcroft-Cache Creek.

Lillooet Polling Station Dennis Adamson 589 Arthur Green 84 Wyatt Scott 22 Jati Sidhu 297 Brad Vis 312 Elaine Wismer 2 * Lillooet Advance Poll Dennis Adamson 175 Arthur Green 36 Wyatt Scott 3 Jati Sidhu 119 Brad Vis 166 Elaine Wismer 0 Cache Creek Polling Station Dennis Adamson 93 Arthur Green 34 Wyatt Scott 5 Jati Sidhu 151 Brad Vis 223 Elaine Wismer 2 *Cache Creek Advance Poll Dennis Adamson 129 Arthur Green 26 Wyatt Scott 7 Jati Sidhu 120 Brad Vis 205 Elaine Wismer 1

Making a huge difference The Interior Savings Day of Difference on Oct. 15 chose the HUB in Ashcroft to focus its attention on, and Interior Savings employees and local community volunteers spent the afternoon doing yard work and washing walls and floors in the building. Interior savings also had a film crew on hand to video the work everyone was doing and to help promote the HUB. The biggest surprise came at the end of the afternoon when Interior Savings presented the HUB with a $5,000 cheque to purchase equipment to help with fundraising. Juanita Little (centre) accepts the donation for the HUB from (left) Ted Schisler, Senior Vice President and COO of Interior Savings and Credit Union, and (right) Karma Weigel, manager of the Ashcroft branch of ISCU.

Holiday Train focuses on food banks

by Wendy Coomber The 2015 CP Holiday Train has announced

Organ donations in the spotlight Service BC representative Teri-Lynne Battel received a Community Leadership Award last week for helping to sign up kidney donors through the Service BC office. Nineteen people have already been signed up. In-office registrations have made it easier fo donors to sign up, said Kidney Foundation director Edna Humphreys. L-R: Jon Burbee, director of the Asset Management Branch, Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services; Teri-Lynne Battel, Snr. Customer Service Representative at Service BC, Government Agent Glen Ferrier and Edna Humphreys, director for the Kidney Foundation of Canada, BC & Yukon Branch.

that it will be in Ashcroft on Dec. 17.

The Holiday Train, besides bringing music and lights to entertain the public, also provides awareness for local food banks, and the food bank situated in Ashcroft is no exception.

Elizabeth Fry manager Yoriko Susanj says the food bank serves 55-65 clients twice a month on days when it is open - the first and third Wednesdays of the month.

“The Holiday Train helps immensely,” she says. “The donations help up inso May so we don’t have to tap into funds reserved for the rest of the year.”

The event not only encourages people to bring donations of food and cash, but CP employees also donate money to food banks wherever they stop.

“That is a big chunk of our budget,” she says.

Donations are taken at any time of the year - unexpired food or cash. She says they can use the cash to get good deals on food at Safety Mart and they can buy what the clients need.

The Central Cafe will also be hosting a Toys for Joys pancake Breakfast on Nov. 29 to collect toys.

Donations to the food bank tend to drop off after Christmas, she says, yet the need picks up as the weather gets colder.

Jim Cuddy is performing again on the train.

Jim Cuddy is a member of Canadian country rock band, Blue Rodeo. In 1998, Jim released All in Time which went on to sell Gold in his native Canada. His next album, 2006’s The Light That Guides You Home, was released to critical acclaim and won the Juno for Adult Alternative Album of the Year.

The local schedule for the Train: Thurs., Dec. 17 arriving in Kamloops at 5:05 pm; arriving in Savona 7:15 pm; and arriving in Ashcroft 8:50 pm (show 9-9:30pm).

Fri., Dec. 18 arriving in Lytton 12:45 pm (show 1-1:25pm).

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Shaking us out of our comfort zone There are very few people in this world who embrace change, let alone mind it.

Regardless of what we say, we’re creatures of habit. We like our comfort, and whether that is sitting in front of the TV night after night or bungee jumping over Niagara Falls, being faced with something unexpected is likely to install immediate fear and panic. And then all heck breaks loose.

And I’m not talking about this week’s election.

I’m almost getting used to the highway construction in Cache Creek, since I’ve had to drive through it twice a day for the past two weeks: pilons where there never used to be, dodging manhole covers (I never knew there were so many!) that look like they stick up about six inches above the grooved pavement, watching for flaggers and who are watching other things and trying to decipher their hand signals and correlate them to where the pilons are sitting...

It’s been very exciting, but I’m sure it will be beautiful once they’re finished. The section they’ve finished between the road up to the airport and Cache Creek already is - no more ruts and potholes to avoid.

At least they were expected.

It was somewhat of a relief last Saturday when I drove the daily gamut of highway construction from Cache Creek - trying to figure out where they’d be working that day based on the day before and taking an exit accordingly, only to find them all working “there”! - to Hwy 97C and drove across the bridge into Ashcroft. I’d survived it yet again.

Only to find, as I drove off the bridge, that highway construction had spread to Ashcroft!

Hear me, Ashcroft, when I tell you “I understand and share you pain.” At least it’s mostly confined to Evans Rd., which most people don’t drive regularly. But for those who do, there isn’t much room on it to pull over for that equipment.

It always takes a bit of discomfort, it seems, to produce something that will benefit us and make us happier in the long run. It’s just getting there.

But, as in all things, it will come.

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Memories of former editor Barry Tait Dear Editor What surfaces immediately is laughter. I’ve never worked with any body funnier than Barry Tait. We spent so much time laughing at The Journal office, we got a complaint from the then publisher, Judy Stuart. But honestly, Judy, we were working.

Barry was editor and I’d been hired to cover Logan Lake, and Clinton municipal news, attending council meetings in both communities. I spent a lot of time travelling. I’d bring in my copy and Barry made sure it was readable, though his own was often a mystery to some of his readers.

Here’s one prize comment I recall: “If it hasn’t got four legs, forget it.”

Meaning, of course, dogs and horses, the main subject matter of so many of Barry’s editorials and and articles, so many of which were hilarious.

Another, prize comment I’ll never forget, came from Ken Kidder, the illustrious head of the then Board of Trade: “Did you read this article Esther?” pointing a finger at a front pager in The Journal. “I don’t understand a word of it.” I’d seen Barry’s chicken scratches in his notepad, and could well understand why Ken didn’t understand. Neither could I, but it didn’t seem to matter.

Very little of Barry’s humour, as I recall anyway, was at someone else’s

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR expense. He just saw the irony and the humour in most of the goings-on both in municipal and provincial politics.

I’d walk into The Journal office and Barry’s nook in the back there facing the front window, and we’d laugh from the time I walked in until I walked out.

Being the editor of course, Barry covered Ashcroft and Cache Creek news. The communities farther flung, I took on. It was a neat part time job for me and provided extra income. I also wrote features, interviewing dozens of persons in my time with The Journal, and writing as many articles about this and that. Barry appreciated me taking that load off his back, I’m sure. But he was not one for compliments. He’d read my stuff, and use it without comment, other than to make some quip about the goings-on in them. Barry’s ability to see the irony in things was the equivalent of a dog with a buried bone - he’d find it one way or the other., and when he did, you’d see it too, and the laughter began.

There was something about the big, burly guy, his crop of thick grey hair covered by a well worn cowboy hat when he was about, that left a very definitive image in the mind. Barry was the archtype small town newspaper editor. You couldn’t mistake him for anyone else. He wore the role like a glove.

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Barry couldn’t resist a good line, no matter how unfair it might have been.

When a guy named Norman Fowler, accused me of post menopausal something or other, Barry printed it. I still haven’t quite forgiven him for that.

Didn’t I just write that his humour came at no one’s expense? I lied. In that case, it came at mine. But Fowler could be a very funny man, and I wasn’t the only one his merciless pen attacked.

Barry’s imperturbable demeanor, his four square presence at council meetings, always gave the Press a little more authority (I like to think) than some ordinary reporter’s. Barry was never ‘ordinary’ in any sense of the word. You might say, he was extraordinary.

That’s all I’ve got to say about Barry Tait. Well, not quite all. Wherever that ineffable spirit of yours is Barry, I know there’s one heck of a lot of laughter.

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Industrial training produces three local graduates Raymond Dick and Darrell Kirkpatrick of the Ashcroft Indian Band (missing Blaine Pigeon) proudly show their certificates as Heavy Equipment Operators. Over 100 family and friends were present at a Grad Ceremony held in Merritt where 16 participants were recognized.This first-time project came about through a cooperative effort from the following groups; Citxw Nlaka’pamux Assembly, Highland Valley Copper, Cantex and TRU University. Its success will certainly encourage further programs.

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Grant helps spay/neuter program Cariboo Country Mobile Veterinary Services (CCMVS) and the Ulkatcho First Nation, with help from a BC SPCA grant, have just completed an ambitious plan to spay and neuter a large number of cats and dogs in their Anahim Lake community.

“It all started from a phone call (the Ulkatcho First Nation) made, which came to us,” says Mark Collett, marketing director for the Cariboo Mobile Vet. “There were a lot of animals running around loose, and they wanted our help in controlling their companion animal population.”

Collett found out about the BC SPCA’s grant program, which helps B.C. communities spay and neuter animals,

and applied. He and CCMVS veterinarians Pam Barker and registered vet tech Michelle Collett then coordinated their efforts, aided by a $3,000 BC SPCA grant to fix 20 cats and an $8,100 BC SPCA grant to fix 35 dogs in the community.

Collett says they had 70 animals sterilized by the end of September.

Spaying and neutering the animals helps prevent unwanted litters of puppies and kittens, Collett notes, and adds there have been other positives, such as re-homing or finding homes for animals who need them from the Anahim Lake community. Barker adds that spayed and neutered animals are less likely to roam or fight, and are less likely to suc-

cumb to certain kinds of cancers that afflict older, intact animals.

“The BC SPCA is thrilled to support projects like this one,” says BC SPCA outreach coordinator Megan Munroe.

“Huge disparities in access to affordable spay/neuter services exist throughout the province. When members of a community come together to address the problem, it helps provide a successful solution and sets a fantastic example for other B.C. communities to follow.”

The next application period for 2016 BC SPCA Community Animal Spay/Neuter Legacy Grants will open in September of 2016.

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A dozen films for mindless Halloween viewing

by Barbara Roden Zombies have been shambling their way in ever-increasing numbers through books, graphic novels, movies, and TV series for the past few years, and the popularity of the walking dead shows no sign of abating anytime soon.

Zombies aren’t a new phenomenon; the first recorded mention of them in English came in 1819. They are a part of Haitian folklore, where they were said to be corpses that had been reanimated through magic or voodoo, often so they could be used as a cheap source of untiring labour.

The 1966 Hammer Films movie Plague of the Zombies, which I discussed in a previous column, was one of the last films to depict zombies in their traditional sense (and it’s worth seeking out). After that zombies took a radical turn into new territory, as we’ll see.

So here are my 12 top zombie films - and one TV series - that are well worth watching, if you’re so inclined; a few of them are well-known, and some others less so. A warning: many modern zombie movies are, by their nature, fairly graphic, so probably aren’t for the faint of heart.

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White Zombie (1932) Based on the book The Magic Island, which was published in 1929 and purported to be an exposure of zombie cults in Haiti, White Zombie is the first movie to feature the resurrected dead.

Bela Lugosi, who had caused a sensation in Dracula the year before, stars as a voodoo master who is persuaded to turn a young woman into a zombie so that she will abandon her fiancé and marry another. The rather wooden acting and stilted script may put some people off, but the film manages an atmosphere of brooding atmosphere and horror which is still compelling.

I Walked With a Zombie (1943) Producer Val Lewton had already shown RKO Studios he could turn out a brilliant horror film (1941’s Cat People) on a very low budget. For his second effort he teamed with director Jacques Tourneur, creating a haunting, visually arresting zombie film that’s loosely based on Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.

A Canadian nurse visiting the West Indies to look after her employer’s invalid wife comes to believe that the woman is under a voodoo spell and has become a zombie. Horror films can’t often be described as “poetic”, but this one can.

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Jemma’s happy ending …. a puppy tail!!

Sometimes you just get lucky. Such was the case for a half-grown Labrador mix puppy on the Anahim Lake First Nations Reserve. We had travelled there for a three day spay and neuter clinic. It was our second trip to the Reserve, and this particular trip had been canceled twice before due to circumstances in the community.

As it was, this sweet, skinny little dog was picked up late in the afternoon and was to be the last surgery for that evening. When we brought her out for her pre-surgical exam, it became quite apparent that this was not going to be a routine surgery. Despite her wagging tail and happy demeanour, the puppy’s abdomen was swollen to about four times it’s normal size. She had vomited some very nasty looking macaroni mixture in her kennel when she was transported, but that was obviously only the tip of the iceberg.

When she went into surgery, I identified a condition that generally occurs in large breed adult dogs, but is extremely rare in puppies. This starving dog had somehow found a huge quantity of discarded food and had ingested it all in one sitting. She was suffering from gastric dilatation and volvulus--more commonly known as GDV or bloat. This occurs when the stomach distends with either a large amount of food, water, air or a combination of these. The stomach can than flip over within the abdominal cavity, much like you would twist the end of a balloon to tie it closed. When this happens, it quickly cuts off the circulation to the stomach and intestines. The resulting shock and lack of blood to the tissues makes this condition fatal without immediate surgical intervention.

The little girl who came in to be spayed was in surgery until almost midnight, during which time the contents of her stomach had to be removed (we lost track of how much it contained). Once that was done, the stomach and the spleen were rotate back into their normal position and the stomach was tacked to the inside of her abdomen to prevent it from rolling again. And, yes, she was also spayed.

Typically, dogs that are prone to GDV are large breed, deep-chested dogs. Certain breeds of dogs seem to also have increased incidence of this condition. Susceptible dogs may have a

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Jemma and her forever family history of quickly gulping food or drinking large quantities of water--particularly just before or after exercise. The first sign is often just restlessness--starting to lay down and then getting up repeatedly, as if they cannot get comfortable. They may also try to vomit without producing anything. By the time the stomach is visibly distended, the process may be fairly advanced. If you observe any of these signs in your dog, don’t delay. Call your vet immediately to have your dog assessed. Time is critical. Even with surgery, dogs can suffer complications such as tissue death due to lack of blood, or heart arrhythmias during the post-operative period.

Although the exact mechanism is not clear, genetics are thought to play a role, as certain lines of dogs seem to have a greater occurrence of GDV than others. If a parent or sibling is affected, that increases the likelihood of occurrence. Rules of thumb that may help are feeding two or more smaller meals per day, rather than a single large feeding. Do not allow your dog to eat or drink large amounts immediately before or after exercising. If your dog tends to eat very rapidly, spread the food on a cookie sheet so they have to eat more slowly. This helps to prevent swallowing large amounts of air when eating, which can contribute to distension of the stomach.

To our amazement, this pup seemed unfazed by her entire ordeal. She was up and wagging and ready for something to eat only hours after surgery. She came home with us and spent a week at my house for observation to make certain that we were in the clear and that she healed properly from surgery. She went to her new home and Jemma now has her own family and a future career as a running partner and duck hunting dog. Don’t you just love happy endings?

Night of the Living Dead (1968); Dawn of the Dead (1978); and Day of the Dead (1985) Night of the Living Dead - directed and co-written by George A. Romero, who was only 28 at the time - changed the face of zombies forever.

The reanimated dead are no longer mindless, passive creatures; they crave human flesh, as a group of survivors holed up in a remote farmhouse soon find. From the opening scene, where a brother and sister visiting their father’s grave encounter a terrifying, whitefaced ghoul, the movie ratchets up the tension, aided by some convincingly gruesome makeup and special effects that were controversial at the time.

It also lays the groundwork for a recurring theme in Romero’s subsequent zombie films: the way in which the threat presented by the creatures reveals personal and cultural defects.

Dawn of the Dead sees a number of survivors taking refuge in an abandoned shopping mall, trying to pretend that everything is normal even as the walking dead pile up outside the doors (and eventually make their way in, of course). There’s no shortage of gruesome ghouls and gory set-pieces, but Romero also makes the film a commentary on conspicuous consumption, wilful blindness to a mounting crisis, and mindless consumerism, this last perfectly expressed when one character

wonders why the undead are attracted to a shopping mall. The reply? “Some kind of instinct. Memory of what they used to do. This was an important place in their lives.”

Day of the Dead serves up even more gore, but also shows a world where there seems to be some hope that zombies - which have overrun the globe, leaving only scattered pockets of survivors - can be “trained” to be docile, as seen in the gentle zombie named Bub. In contrast stands Capt.

Rhodes, a tough, no-nonsense military man who takes increasingly brutal steps to maintain control amid the chaos. Romero seems to be suggesting that as the zombies become more human, some of those still living are fast becoming monsters themselves.

Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things (1972) The third film of director Bob Clark - who 11 years later would direct the much-loved A Christmas Story - tells about a troupe of third-rate actors who, led by their cruel director Alan (Alan Ormsby), spend the night on a burial island. Alan claims to be able to raise the dead, and thoroughly enjoys terrifying his companions before revealing it was all a hoax. However, it soon becomes apparent that Alan’s séance was more effective than he expected, and the group find themselves spectacularly unprepared for what happens next. The first half of the movie is rather slow going, but once the dead start popping out of their graves like toast from a toaster things brighten up immensely, helped by the excellent, and appropriately gruesome, special effects and makeup (which were created by Ormsby).

The Return of the Living Dead (1985) A loose adaptation of a novel by Night of the Living Dead co-writer John Russo, this film takes zombies into what could be truly frightening territory: comedy. Fortunately, Dan O’Bannon’s deft script manages to blend horror and humour into a movie that will satisfy those looking for laughs as well as anyone in search of something bleaker and gorier. An accident in a medical supply warehouse releases a mysterious chemical that reanimates a cadaver. When the body is burned in an attempt to destroy it once and for all, the toxic chemicals are released into the atmosphere, causing an acid rain that seeps into the ground and allows the dead to rise from a nearby cemetery. This is the first zombie film to suggest that the creatures can move at a pace faster than a slow walk, and is also the movie that gave rise to the idea that zombies are specifically looking to feast on human brains.

28 Days Later (2002) Jim (Cillian Murphy) awakens in a hospital bed from a month-long coma, to find that London seems to be deserted. What we know - but he doesn’t, yet - is that the populace has been See Zombies on p. 10

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Getting ready for Hallowe’en

by Wendy Coomber There’s something about Hallowe’en with its tricks and treats and ghoulish strangers roaming the streets that instills both fear and fascination. As much as Christmas, this one-day holiday inspires poets and painters, movies, songs and stories...

And all people who love this holiday to cook up something scary to surprise and delight a youngster’s imagination.

Barb and Dave Clark have been turning their front yard on Sunvalley Dr. in Cache Creek into a Halloween display for 13 years now.

“The kids enjoy coming and we enjoy doing it,” says Barb Clark. “We like decorating, we like dressing up and we just enjoy the whole process of it.”

“It’s a work in progress,” says Barbara Roden of the Hallowe’en display that she and son Tim have made in their front yard in Ashcroft on Mesa Vista Heights. This is their third year.

“We just enjoy doing the effects for Halloween,” she says. “W put it up early so people can enjoy it... I hope.”

The Roden’s front yard is already decorated with pumpkins, rickety fences and giant spiders, ghostly wraiths, a lifesized coffin against the house that Tim made and had his mother lay in it to test the size, and a pumpking-headed figure named Hector sitting on the porch.

“I decorate inside at Christmas time

Tim and Barbara Roden

where I can see it and enjoy it,” says Barbara, “but for Halloween it’s more of a community thing and I like having it out here.”

The Clarks have decorations in their yard already as well, but they are there mainly to pique interest and satisfy the people who are already looking for signs of Halloween. The real display won’t come out of the garage until this Saturday.

“People ask me ‘How will we find your house’?” says Dave Clark.

“I say just look for the two pumpkins on the roof cause you’ll see them. The house, like, just glows.”

He says the street in front of their house is crowded on Halloween night with between 150-180 kids coming to their door throughout the evening. “I don’t know if the Dave and Barb Clark and son Kory neighbours like it or not,” he says.

They are cutting back on their pump“We’ve been threatening to kins, though because they take so much spill our stuff into the neighbours’ yards time to carve. across the street and next door,” says “Last year we carved 28 pumpkins,” Barb, “because we have so much stuff we said Dave.

“This year we’re only dojust never get a chance to put it all out.” ing eight.

Plus we have about 15 plastic The Clarks built their pirate ship two pumpkins.” years ago - well, half of it. They start Barb says Halloween for her as a planning in August, looking for ideas child in Quesnel was always great. It was “and then we build and paint it and then the freedom of running around and getwe just add to it,” says Barb. “Every year ting candy. we add something new, because that’s “Free candy!” says Dave. “Bags and what everyone comes for - to see what’s bags of it.” new.”

Barbara Roden says she and her brother used to decorate their family house in Richmond with all sorts of spooky stuff.

“One year we noticed the kids would come by at, like, 7 o’clock,” she says. “and then at 9 o’clock the parents would come by because the kids were going home and saying to their parents: ‘You gotta go see the Hacocks house, it’s great.’ So we’d get these parents just wandering by.”

There’s spooky and then there’s Spooky!

Tim says he overheard one young voice last year plead “‘Mommy, I don’t want to do, it looks too scary.’

So they kept walking. Which, I mean, it’s great but not exactly what we wanted.”

Some children, says Barbara, won’t approach the house, perhaps thinking that monsters may come jumping out of the bushes at them.

Clarks had a haunted house for the trick or treaters for two years, but

they don’t do that anymore - many of the younger children were afraid to approach the house.

Dave says their animatronic butler even gets some of the adults to jump when it suddenly starts moving and talking.

The Rodens say a good Halloween brings from 30-40 kids to their doorstep.

“We’re hoping there’s going to be more this year,” says Barbara. “Being the last street on the mesa, not a lot of kids make it up this far.”

But it may be worth it just to see the severed leg and hand in the driveway surrounded by emergency tape - “Because what kid doesn’t like a severed leg?” says Barbara.

And then there are the blinking eyes lurking behind the garage door.

The Clarks are already assembling this year’s display.

Dave happily comments that he’s bought more skeletons, and they show off a couple of new items, one of which is a largish vulture.

“We’re so crazy,” says Barb. “I take vacation days at Halloween so we can be all set up for when the kids come.

“I really like seeing the kids with their smiling faces and their excitement, and the costumes are just unbelievable that the kids come up with. That’s what it is, it’s all about the fun and seeing the faces.”

She says she doesn’t know yet what they’ll do for next Halloween, but now it’s time to start planning and shopping for their Christmas display.

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Golden Country presents

... Past, Present & Beyond The Titanic, Grand Trunk Railway and Downton Abbey The CN train whistles in Ashcroft are a source of tag was more than $112,000 (in then-current dollars) frustration for many in the village. However, there’s per mile. The company was also dealing with diffia connection between that train line, the sinking cult terrain (the 186-mile section from Prince Ruof the Titanic, and the hit TV show pert to Hazelton took four years to Downton Abbey. If you don’t believe complete), extreme weather conme, read on. . . . ditions, and a shortage of workers.

What’s now the CN line in AshBy 1912 the company’s position croft began life as the Canadian was dire.

Northern Pacific Railway, and its In the spring of that year Hays northern portion, which goes east was in England, trying to drum to west and terminates in Prince up financial support, but was anxGeorge, began life as the Grand ious to be back in Canada, as his Trunk Pacific Railway. The first daughter Margaret was having a trans-Canadian railway had been difficult pregnancy. Hays was inthe Canadian Pacific, completed in vited by J. Bruce Ismay, chairman 1885, and for the next 20 years it of the White Star line, to join him enjoyed a lucrative monopoly on rail on the maiden voyage of the White transport west of Winnipeg. The fedStar’s newest ship, the RMS TitanGOLDEN COUNTRY eral government was keen to have ic. On April 10, 1912 Hays, along BARBARA RODEN another rail line heading west, but with his wife Clara, daughter Oritaking a more northerly route, to proan, son-in-law Thornton Davidvide access for farmers who were expanding north- son, secretary Mr. Vivian Payne, and a maid, Miss ward in the prairies.

Mary Anne Perreault, set sail from England in cabin The Grand Trunk, which operated in eastern B69, a deluxe suite on the Promenade Deck.

Canada and the northern U.S., was the logical comAt some time during the evening of April 14, pany to fill this gap. It was led by a dynamic and vi- Hays is said to have remarked that “The time will sionary General Manager named Charles Melville come soon when this trend [of passenger ships tryHays, who had risen through the ranks of various ing to set new speed records for crossing the Atlanrailways since starting as a clerk in 1873, and had tic] will be checked by some appalling tragedy.” If almost single-handedly pulled the GTR back from he did say this, he was remarkably prescient, for the brink of insolvency. By 1900 he was looking Hays could not have known that the Titanic, despite west, with plans to extend the GTR line to Winni- warnings of icebergs, was ploughing ahead at high peg and thence to Prince Rupert, which he saw as a speed to set a new record. At 11:40pm that night the port that was closer to Asia than was the port at Van- ship struck an iceberg, and less than three hours later couver. He ran into opposition initially, but by 1902 had sunk, taking Hays, Davidson, and Payne with the GTR board, as well as the Canadian government, it (the three women in the party were helped into a was prepared to back the ambitious plan. lifeboat by Hays, and survived).

Hays wanted to buy out an Eastern rival, the Work on the railway continued, and on April Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR), but that com- 7, 1914 the Last Spike on the Grand Trunk Pacific pany refused; and then, in a rather stunning twist, Railway was driven home just east of what is now announced plans to extend its rail line west to Van- Fort Fraser. The Last Spike of the CNPR was poundcouver. Construction of the GTPR began in 1905, ed near Ashcroft on Jan. 23, 1915, giving B.C. the with Hays envisioning a chain of resort hotels along distinction of having all three of the trans-continentit, culminating in the proposed Château Prince Ru- al railway last spikes. pert. As a result, the population of Prince Rupert However, the start of World War I in August some 3,000 people in 1909 - swelled in anticipation 1914 severely impacted rail travel and settlement of a boom. in the country, and the loss of Hays proved a lasting In 1908 construction of the B.C. portion of the blow, with the company’s finances deteriorating into track commenced, and it was soon clear that this a complicated mess. By early 1919 the railway was would cost far more than planned; the eventual price in serious difficulties, and in March of that year it

A Stop of Interest plaque near Fort Fraser.

defaulted on loans to the federal government. In July 1920 the GTR was placed in the management of a Crown corporation, thus joining the CNoR, which had run into severe financial difficulties two years earlier. The new rail system that Ottawa had on its hands was renamed the Canadian National Railway.

And how does all this tie in with a wildly popular British TV show? Viewers of Downton Abbey may recall that early in the third series (set in 1920) Lord Grantham, owner of the Abbey, learned that the family fortunes had taken a severe blow. His Lordship had been advised to invest in shares of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, on the basis that the proposition could not fail. But fail it did, taking with it a number of real-life fortunes in addition to Lord Grantham’s fictitious one.

And there is one last thing which ties fact with fiction, and links a train line in B.C. with a hit TV show. One could argue that the death of Charles Hays on board the Titanic in 1912 signalled the beginning of the end for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. It was the death of the heir of Downton Abbey, in the same sinking, that triggered the events depicted in the series. Fact and fiction often meet in unexpected ways.

Note: In last week’s piece about St. Aidan’s Church it was stated that the church of St. John Before the Gate is on the Bonaparte Reserve. The church is in fact located on the Ashcroft Reserve.

FRIGHT NIGHT: KEEP PETS’ SAFETY IN MIND THIS HALLOWEEN

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Modern zombies are faster and smarter gripped by the “rage virus”, which turns people into fast-moving monsters. He meets up with a disparate group of survivors, who seek refuge at a military-controlled facility, only to find that the bigger threat might come from those offering protection. Director Danny Boyle reinvigorated the zombie film with this fast-paced, intelligent horror movie, to which the TV series The Walking Dead owes a huge debt, even though both projects borrowed the central concept - protagonist awakes in a world overrun by horror - from John Wyndham’s classic 1951 novel The Day of the Triffids.

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Dawn of the Dead (2004) The last decade or so has seen several classic horror films remade for the 21st century, and almost all have been little more than pale shadows of the originals. An exception is director Zack Snyder’s remake of Romero’s 1978 movie, which manages to work on its own terms and benefits from a stellar lead performance from Can-

adian actress Sarah Polley as Ana, a nurse who is the film’s main character. After a terrifying opening scene that quickly sets the stage for what’s happening, Ana joins up with a small group of survivors who seek refuge in a shopping mall, where they encounter three security guards who aren’t happy about sharing the space.

More survivors arrive, bringing a horde of zombies in their wake, and soon those inside the mall realize they’re not as safe as they think.

Shaun of the Dead (2004) The British have a long and storied history of making both great comedies (think Ealing Studios) and great horror films (think Hammer), and Shaun of the Dead is a glorious combination of the two. Slacker Shaun is content to work in a dreary job by day, go to the pub with his mate Ed at night, and pursue an on-again/off-again romance with his girlfriend Liz. When zombies enter the picture, Shaun finally manages to shake off his everyday routine and rise to the occasion, cricket bat at the ready,

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Fido (2006) Filmed in Kelowna, this Canadian movie takes place in an alternate-reality 1950s in which a zombie outbreak has been quelled, although zombies still exist outside the protected communities overseen by a corporation called Zomcon. The company has also created an electronic collar that can be used to keep zombies docile, allowing them to be used as servants. A young boy named Timmy grows attached to the zombie (Scottish actor-comedian Billy Connolly) employed by his family, who he calls Fido. When Fido inadvertently kills a neighbour, it kicks off a chain of events that leads Timmy to the edge of the “wild zone” in an attempt to find Fido and free him from the clutches of Zomcon.

REC (2007) A reporter and her cameraman accompany a team of Barcelona firefighters on the night shift, as part of a series of TV documentaries. A call comes in about an old woman who is reported to be trapped in her apartment, and off they go. When the old woman attacks and bites a police officer, the building is sealed off, and none of the residents are allowed to leave. It soon becomes apparent that a virus has infected many of the occupants, and those not affected have to find a way to get out of the building before they too fall victim. In Spanish with English subtitles, this almost unbearably tense film makes excellent use of the “found footage” trope, with the reporters’ camera capturing the action as it happens.

Pontypool (2008) This smart Canadian film is a novel take on zombies, suggesting that people can be infected as a result of a virus that has found its way into language and set loose by certain words and phrases. The story plays out against the backdrop of a small radio station in Pontypool, Ontario, where the newly-hired announcer, a technical assistant, and the station manager try to make sense of the garbled messages coming in from the outside world while at the same time trying to protect themselves against a horde of infected people who have broken into the station. With little violence to speak of, this film relies more on atmosphere and suggestion.

Dead Set (2008) All that Patrick, producer of the British TV show Big Brother, cares about is getting his show on the air. It’s eviction night, which means a live show and big ratings, and nothing can interfere with that. Even when the living dead start pounding at the gates, Patrick tries to keep the show running, while the shallow contestants carry on their petty battles with each other.

When they finally realize what’s going on, they convince themselves that the Big Brother house can withstand the zombie hoards, and that their intelligence will keep them alive; two assumptions that quickly start to unravel. Writer Charlie Brooker uses black comedy to skewer the venality of reality TV shows, while at the same time creating a truly terrifying show where no one is safe and there is no place to hide.

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Bears can smell food Be Bear Aware A mother bear with three from a kilometre away.

Do not put birdfeeders out cubs has been seen in several areas of Clinton, including until after the bears have gone near Reg Conn Park where stu- into hibernation. Keep garbage dents walk to school each day. inside until it is time to put it Residents are reminded to out for pickup (if you have ensure that they leave nothing that service) or until you take outside that would attract these it to the Eco Depot. Store pet hungry bruins. Due to the hot, food indoors. If you still have dry conditions in the summer apples in your yard, pick and there is very little food in the dispose of them. They can be hills for the bears. This is caus- taken way back into the bush ing them to come into popu- and left for the animals there if lated areas in search of food. you wish.

We can all do our part to They are trying to bulk up bekeep the bears (and our pets fore hibernation.

They are attracted by such and families) safe. things as fruit left on trees or lying on the ground, pet food Soapbox Derby Unfortunately I had to stored outdoors, garbage, birdfeed, etc. They have even been work on Saturday, Oct. 17 so I known to knock over barbe- was unable to attend the Clincues to get at any grease that ton Soapbox Derby. I have been told that it was great may remain.

I’ve been told that at least fun with 10 entries careening one bear has been trapped and down the School Hill on Caridisposed of as a result of being boo Ave. adjacent to too close to a residential area.

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Cst. Rob Marshall used the radar gun to clock the speeds of the entries. They were traveling from 20 to 25 km/h so no speeding tickets in the 30-km/ h School Zone.

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There is no lack of things to do on the weekend of Oct. 23-25 in Clinton. Plan to drop by the Clinton Country Artists and Friends Sale on Friday evening 7-9pm and again on Saturday 11am-5pm and Sunday 11am-4pm in the Legion basement.

Also on Saturday is the Clinton CiB-hosted Fall Craft Sale in the Memorial Hall where 20 different vendors will display their wares. In addition to the large variety of goods there will also be a concession so you can shop and lunch in the same location.

This is the major fund raising event for the Clinton Communities in Bloom Committee.

Come and do some shopping and support the CiB Committee from 10 am until 3 pm.

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Gordon and his wife Lee (left) and friends will be celebrating his 80th birthday on Nov. 4.

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Halloween has become a cash cow

Halloween has changed a lot since I was a kid. For one thing, it’s become big business.

Canadians and Americans spent approximately eight billion dollars on candy, decorations and costumes last year. And not just costumes for children, but for grown ups, dogs and even some unimpressed cats.

Back in my day our parents bought candy to hand out, and pumpkins to carve - that was about it. My little brother and I happily assembled our getups by rummaging around the house for items we already owned, and although we’d seen the plastic Fonzie and Planet of the Apes masks at the supermarket, it never dawned on us to ask for them.

On Halloween night we took our pillow cases and went door to door in our neighbourhoods, often in the bitter cold and rain, never imagining the concept of going store to store inside a dry, warm mall.

We also never envisioned an entire shop devoted to costumes.

They did exist, but I certainly never set foot

ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com in any as a child. If I had, I wouldn’t have wanted to leave.

These days, as soon as September rolls around there are pop up Halloween stores all over, with a vast array of costumes and decorations. This unfortunately takes away sales from costume shops that remain open all year and enrich our communities in ways a seasonal retail chain can’t, but that’s not their only competition. Many businesses you wouldn’t normally associate with Halloween have recognized it’s profitablity and now have a piece of the action. Who would have thought you could buy an precious princess gown from a home decor store? Or a huge inflatable mummy while purchasing building supplies?

October • Week 4 ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, you may prefer to be in control of your fate, but you may have to relinquish some control to someone else for the time being. It can be an eye-opening situation.

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The offering of costumes has expanded significantly as well, not only with an incredibly large variety for all ages, but with a vast array of sexualized outfits for women and young girls. My daughter was 11 last year and had her heart set on dressing up as Alice in Wonderland or Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, but the only ensembles we were able to find last minute were slinky numbers you might see on a young lady at a nightclub.

Criticism over those types of garments are expressed on social media every year, as is the calling out of people not being politically correct - like the school principal who dressed up like Mr. T or the actress who dressed up as the character Crazy

Eyes from Orange is the New Black. They both sparked heated debates over social media, but when our friend dressed up like Aunt Jemima 30 years ago, no one blinked an eye.

She had also applied dark make-up over her light skin, but no one said anything beyond how fantastic she looked. Was society less sensitive to the suffering of minorities back then? Were we less politically correct? That topic deserves a column of it’s own.

Dissension aside, escaping reality and transforming into something else can be extremely amusing, and that’s probably why the popularity of it among adults has grown tremendously.

Another reason to like the “holiday” is that it’s relatively low pressure and revolves around the combination of having light-hearted fun while socializing.

With all the unique and creative ideas available on the internet for costumes, pumpkin carving, decorating and food preparation it can also feel overwhelming

to people trying to do too much. Self-inflicted stress can simply be avoided though by choosing not to participate, or engaging with minimal effort and expense.

No presents need to be purchased on Halloween, no fancy feasts need to prepared and no one should have to decorate unless they actually want to. Handing out candy is another non-requirement that can be avoided by turning off the lights and not answering the door.

But for those wanting to get into the spirit,

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there’s an ever growing number of people who will be joining in on the festivities with them.

The excess consumerism of Halloween comes under fire often, but for a designated day that doesn’t hold any special meaning beyond having a good time, the entertainment value alone could be considered money well spent.

I’ll admit, eight billion dollars is an awful lot, but divided between 356 million citizens, that works out to less than $25 per person.

Obviously some folks

are spending much more and others aren’t spending any at all. It’s one of those take-itor-leave-it experiences with varying degrees of involvement and spending.

October 31 is on a Saturday this year which will make it more convenient for many and will probably result in even bigger profits. Will you be in the Halloween spirit? I’ll be deciding for myself closer to the date.

Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist.

She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com

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Fall rolls into Hallowe’en and Christmas fun

the bank to assist with our start up next year – congratulations and thank-you to all the hard working volunteers and all of our sponsors! Please contact me if you are interested in joining the planning committee for Desert Daze 2016!

The regular monthly bingo for November has been cancelled due to low turnout. However, make sure you plan to attend the ham and turkey bingo on Friday, Dec. 11. This is always a very popular bingo with at least 12 turkeys and hams to be won!

At the last meeting there was a motion carried that the SBCC start up a performing arts committee; Joris Ekering and Steve Rice are spearheading this so stay tuned for further developments!

The next meeting is Nov. 11 at 7pm, at the hall – hope to see you there!

These lovely warm days just keep on The raffle tickets are now on coming‌can’t bring myself to take in the sale for the Christmas Bazaar rafgeraniums yet. fle. First prize is a colourful quilt The final Farmer’s Flea market was donated by Judy Draney and the Mavourneen Varcoe-Ryan well attended and we had a wonderful tur- quilters club, the second prize is key lunch in appreciation of all our vend- a Robert Bateman Eagle and nest the hall from 3-5pm. Clemes hall will be ors and customers alike. Thanks so much print beautifully framed by Joe to everyone that contributed to making Moreira, and third prize is $50 donated full of arts and crafts vendors, baking and the second year of the FFM another suc- by the Wyatt-Purdens; thanks so much second hand treasures for sale, a concescess! There were many folks that stepped to all the donators! Tickets are on sale sion with goodies and treats, an auction up to organize, take responsibility for the at the Post Office the Band Office, and and fun! Call me if you’d like to book a vendors, bake for and man the conces- the Packing House. We are still looking table or have something to donate (250sion, and so much more – thanks! for any interesting items or gift certifi- 458-2282).

The final numbers for Desert Daze Hallowe’en is fast approaching and cates for our auction, if you have some the plans are all set for the ghoulish night. gently used stuff you no longer have a 2015 have been crunched, and not only Join us at the Chief Wistemnista cen- use for, please consider passing it along did we throw a great festival, but we endtre for games, prizes, crafts, hotdogs and our way! The Bazaar will be on Dec. 5 at ed up with a wee bit of left over cash for tons of wicked fun! It Catherine Phyllis Gauthier all starts at 4pm, and then the kids can trick Catherine Phyllis Gauthier nee Paine, died peacefully on October or treat from 6-7pm 11th, 2015 in Abbotsford BC at The Royal Canadian Legion #113 Sage & Sand Pony Club and return to the band the age of 92.

301 Brink St., Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0 District Commissioner: Marcie Down office for the firePhone: 250-453-2423 Fax # 250-453-9625 She is predeceased by husband mleedown@yahoo.ca. works! Special thanks Ben Gauthier Sr, her sisters Mary to Cook’s Ferry for the Phillips and Patricia Swanborg and South Cariboo Elizabeth Fry Society Ashcroft-Cache Creek Rotary Club her brothers Gordon Paine and great partnership in 601 Bancroft St. Box 603, Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0 Contact Person: Karin Magnuson Phone 250-457-6629 George Paine and her beloved son 250-453-9656 co-hosting the event, Ben at the age of 19.

Desert Spokes Cycle Society and to the SB Fire She is survived by daughters Bonnie Smit, Kathy (Ed) Phone 250-457-9348 Dept., for the donaAshcroft and District Fall Fair Gidinski, Donna (Bryson) Needham and Cindy Gauthier, and Contact Person: Jessica Clement250-457-7128 her 12 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. She is tion for the fireworks also survived by her much loved son in laws, Bob Andersen Ashcroft Curling Club Phone 250-453-2341 and for safely managand Casey Smit. ing setting them off.

Ashcroft Soup’s On Catherine was born on February 6th, 1923 in Victoria, BC St. Alban’s Anglican Church Hall, 501 Brink Street Thanks also to the Log Ashcroft & District Rodeo Association to Emily and George Paine. She was baptised on the 22nd of Tel: 250-453-9909 or 250-453-2053 - All Welcome Phone: 250-457-9390 Cabin Pub and Baits February, 1923 in St Andrews Cathedral Church in Victoria.

She graduated from St Anne’s Convent in Nanaimo. She will Motel for their conDucks Unlimited Canada Ashcroft Volunteer Fire Department be remembered for her faith and unconditional devotion to tinued generous supAshcroft/Cache Creek Volunteer Chapter Phone 250-453-2233 her family. port! So get dressed Phone 250-374-8307 She will be buried with her precious son Ben in Hazelwood up in your best scary Cemetery.

Cache Creek Volunteer Fire Department Ashcroft and Masonic Lodge Funeral service was October 17th. costume and celebrate Phone 250-457-9967 Zarthan Lodge No#105 In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to the All Hallowed Eve Contact Person: Fred Dewick Phone 250-453-2415 Alzheimer Society of Canada.

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Each property owner within the Spences Bridge Community Water Service Area must pay an annual Parcel Tax to pay off the cost of recent water service capital upgrades. As part of the Parcel Tax Process and as per legislation, the Board of Directors appointed a Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel to authenticate the parcel tax roll used to identify property owners within the service area.

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The Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel will hear objections and review and correct the Parcel Tax Roll regarding the following items: 1. An error or omission respecting a name or address on the parcel tax roll; 2. An error or omission respecting the inclusion of a parcel, 3. An error or omission respecting the taxable area or taxable frontage of a parcel; and 4. An exemption has been improperly allowed or disallowed.

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What should I do if there is an error on the Spences Bridge Community Water System Parcel Tax Roll regarding my property?

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When will the Spences Bridge Community Water Service Area Debt Financing Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel sit?

The Thompson-Nicola Regional District will be holding a Parcel Tax Review for the capital financing water service upgrades to the Spences Bridge Community Water System Area on Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. in the TNRD Board Room, 4th Floor, 465 Victoria Street in Kamloops.

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Ashcroft Communities in Bloom

Contact Persons: Andrea Walker 250-453-9402 or Marijke Stott 250-453-0050

Taoist Tai Chi Contact Person: Danita Howard Ashcroft Hospice Program Shirley 250-453-9202

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Costco donation praised

by Wendy Coomber Cache Creek students got a surprising and welcome donation from Costco in Kamloops recently - back packs and school supplies.

“We just got a random phone call in the second week of school,” said CCES principal Brooke Haller, calling it an “Awesome act of corporate kindness.”

They said they’d been watching the aftermath of the May 23 flooding in Cache Creek, said Haller, and although they usually supported groups in Kamloops, Cache Creek was part of the area and they wanted to do something.

Haller said they sent a very generous supply of backpacks - one for every student and preschool student with more left over for next year.

Costco also donated food for the breakfast program, crayons, pens, pencils, paper and more.

Cache Creek students show off the backpacks donated to them by Costco in Kamloops.

Photo: Brooke Haller

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