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Dan Collett heads up the ice as Bill Drinkwater and Paul Quesnel check the position of the rocks in last weekend’s Mens and Ladies bonspiel at the Ashcroft Curling Rink. More on pages 8 and 9.

Local towns may be part of new federal riding The new proposed federal electoral boundaries will see the Fraser Canyon become a new riding.

The Federal Election Boundaries Commission for B.C. released its report last week, which is now under review by the House of Commons. The review is part of a regular 10-year reassessment of federal electoral boundaries to reflect population growth.

“The commission has a very difficult job to do and unfortunately remote communities are often the last to find a home it seems,” said

Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon MP Mark Strahl.

“They give greater consideration to the bigger population centers and then add those smaller remote communities as they need to. I do have concerns there.

It seems that some of those communities (in the Fraser Canyon) certainly would be better paired with Chilliwack and Hope.”

The proposed Chilliwack-Hope riding would cover a fraction of the land of the current Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon riding, but would keep Chilliwack united. The

riding’s new 92,734 population size would include areas south of Hwy 1 which were previously at risk of being joined to Abbotsford.

Most of the current Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon riding’s land would form a new Mission-Matsqui–Fraser Canyon riding, and absorb many communities north of the Fraser River, all the way from Agassiz and Harrison Hot Springs, to Boston Bar and Ashcroft. Pemberton, meanwhile, would join a new West Vancouver– Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country riding, tying the

town to nearby Whistler.

“The commission heard compelling testimony from people in Chilliwack that the community should be kept together as one federal riding,” said Strahl.

“That then has a domino effect outside of that district.

To get the right numbers, the City of Chilliwack was kept intact, Hope was added and there wasn’t any room really for any other communities to be added.”

The commission will submit its final report on boundary changes to the House of Commons in June.

by Tom Fletcher Black Press VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark kicked off the pre-election legislature session Tuesday with a pledge to establish a new fund from natural gas exports to support social programs and pay down debt.

The main purpose of the “British Columbia Prosperity Fund” will be to pay down debt, starting in 2017 when the first liquefied natural gas facilities begins to ship LNG for export from the northern coast to Asian markets. It will be funded by a tax on LNG exports, as well as gas producers’ corporate taxes and traditional natural gas royalty revenues.

The new fund is patterned after Alberta’s Heritage Fund, set up in 1976 as a legacy for Alberta’s oil and gas revenues. The B.C. fund would receive an estimated $100 billion from LNG revenues over 30 years, based on an assumption of five LNG production facilities exporting gas from the Kitimat-Prince Rupert region.

The plan was presented in the throne speech delivered Tuesday by Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon, to open a four-week legislature session leading up to the May 14 provincial election. The key task for the B.C. Liberal government in that session is to pass legislation returning the provincial sales tax to B.C. effective April 1, and the speech hinted at relieving that tax as one use for the new fund.

“Whether it is eliminating the provincial sales tax, or making long-term investments in areas like education or vital infrastructure that strengthen communities – these are the kinds of opportunities the B.C. Prosperity Fund can provide,” the speech says.

NDP leader Adrian Dix said the government’s focus on LNG development is at odds with its heavily advertised jobs plan, with little mention of forestry, mining, tourism, film and TV production or high technology. The government missed its natural gas revenue targets in a budget update six months ago, so projecting LNG revenues many years in the future is questionable at best, he said.

The government estimates that if B.C.’s LNG mega-project develops as expected, and all of the fund’s revenues are directed to debt reduction, B.C.’s $56 billion debt could be paid off within a decade. The province currently pays about $2.5 billion a year in interest on the debt.

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Feb. 5 at 2:15 pm police received a complaint about a 72 year old Kamloops woman causing a disturbance at the Nugget Motel in Cache Creek where her 21 year old granddaughter was staying with her 31 year old boyfriend. The older woman wanted her granddaughter to leave with her. Police attended and she agreed to leave the couple in peace.

Prisoner unresponsive

Feb. 7 at 3:15 am police called BC Ambulance to check on an unresponsive prisoner who had been placed in cells the night before after being arrested for being drunk in a public place. The 48 year old Lillloet woman was medically fine but was grossly intoxicated.

Racing through town

Feb. 7 at 12:20 pm police stopped a Nissan Centra in Cache Creek for travelling at 82 kph in the 50 kph zone. The 20 year old Prince Rupert man had no valid Drivers License and was a vehicle impound candidate.

His vehicle was impounded and he was issued a speeding ticket.

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Feb. 7 at 2:19 pm a very upset Cache Creek man reported the theft from the back of his pickup truck various tools, including several heirloom tools from his grandfather. The truck was parked at the River Inn overnight and, he said, the tools were left unsecured in the box of the pickup. The man called the Detachment early the next morning to apologize. It seems that when his son arrived at the bar to give him a ride home, the young man had transferred the tools to his own vehicle for safe keeping. Everything was as it should be.

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Feb. 8 at 10:30 am a Wastech employee reported a break and enter to one of the empty buildings on the old chip plant property. A padlock had been cut but there was nothing of value in-

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Some of the more popua Chillar internet scams of late inliwack clude emails claiming to be company and from a bank, declaring that Wendy Coomber its owner the owner’s bank account side the building and it was was con- has been compromised and unknown if anything was tacted. The owner stated that needs the information to taken. Wires were ripped the truck had broken down “unlock” it. off the walls both inside and and was not driveable. He Call your bank if you are outside. This occurred some was working on having it re- in doubt. time in the past six weeks. moved.

Computer owners have The buildings now have sealso been receiving phone curity.

Neck pains calls from people who claim Feb. 10 at 2 pm police at- to work for software comHospital loses resident tended the hospital to take a panies and who have mirFeb. 8 at 4 pm police statement from a 69 year old aculously discovered a virus were alerted that a 78 year Cache Creek man who had on the owner’s computer, old Ashcroft man had fall- been involved in a collision which they will remove as en on the street just outside when his vehicle was hit by soon as the owner pays the the Detachment and had re- another which was back- or gives them access to their ceived injuries to his face ing up in the Lordco park- bank account. where it struck the road. Of- ing lot. The other driver, a Other scams play on the ficers attended to the man 29 year old Cache Creek computer owner’s wish to be until the ambulance ar- man, told police that he was helpful and include emails rived. As the Ashcroft Hos- moving slowly and had just from friends whose email pital Emergency Room was bumped the other vehicle. accounts have been hacked closed, the ambulance tran- Damage was minor on one and are then used to ask ported the man to Kam- of the vehicles and could not people in their address book loops’ hospital. A short time be found on the other. The to send money for an emerlater, police received a report older man was transported to gency; and phone calls to from the Ashcroft Hospi- Kamloops’ hospital in a full seniors from people claimtal that one of its Long Term neck brace for observation. ing to be a young relative in Care residents was misneed of financial aid. sing. They were advised that Don’t be a fraud victim Both of these can be conhe was on his way to KamAshcroft RCMP received firmed by calling the person loops. two complaints of internet or families of those asking fraud in the past week. for money.

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Local jobs decline; stable in rest of BC VICTORIA - Despite an overall national drop in employment, primarily in full-time positions, British Columbia’s economy remains stable. As British Columbia starts the new year, most of its regions are recording steady job gains over this time in January 2012.

Employment is up from a year ago in the Vancouver Island and Coast region by 11,200; Lower Mainland/Southwest by 10,600; Kootenay by 1,800; Cariboo by 1,100; and the Northeast by 1,100. Declines are recorded in the Thompson Okanagan and the North Coast Nechako regions.

“It is always difficult to see job losses in British Columbia. But we have a plan and we are sticking with that plan. We continue to see investment, and with that investment will come jobs,” said Pat Bell, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training and Minister Responsible for Labour.

B.C.’s average hourly wage rate in January was up by 2.2 per cent compared with January 2012, moving B.C. to third in Canada behind Alberta and Saskatchewan. The average hourly wage in the province now stands at $24.28.

Employment among youth (aged 15-24) increased in January by 1,700 jobs. Men (over 24 years old) also fared well by adding 4,400 positions.

The forestry, fishing, mining and gas-extraction sector continues to experience steady growth over this time last year showing a growth of 5,100 jobs. In addition, the professional, scientific and technical services are up 11,400 from last year.

Since January 2012, B.C. has added 1,800 jobs, as a result of a gain of 31,900 full-time positions combined with a loss of 30,100 parttime positions.

Of all the job gains made between December 2011 and December 2012, women account for the majority. Employment for women climbed by 14,700 while employment amongst males increased by only 3,000 over the same period.

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It’s a draw The Ashcroft & District Lions Club drew the winning names in their annual raffle last Tuesday. Lions Bob Tuohey, Vivian Edwards, Ernie Kristoff, Darrell Rawcliffe, Henry Klassen, Bob Williams and Moe Girard made sure the names were well mixed before members of the public drew the following tickets: #1. Gail Liebrecht, Ashcroft, #2. Sue Peters, Cache Creek, #3. D. McKenna, Cache Creek, #4. Roger Porter, Cache Creek and #5. Dave Johnson, Cache Creek.

Community tourism encourages use of technology Kathleen Kinasewich, of Sage Hills Herbals in Spences Bridge; Steve Rice, Director of the TNRD, Spences Bridge; Terry Hadwin, from Gold Country Tourism of Cache Creek; and Tracey Knihnitski, Independent Contractor, of Ashcroft, attended the Community Tourism Workshop in Merritt on Wednesday, Feb. 6.

The workshop, with 42 people in attendance, was an introduction to a pilot project hosted by Tourism British

Kathleen Kinasewich, Steve Rice, Tracey Knihnitski and Terry Hadwin at a Community Tourism workshop in Merrit, sponsored by TOTA

Columbia, part of the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training in partnership with the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA). The allday workshop consisted mostly of tourism development planning and marketing brainstorming.

Data showed that at least six per cent of a community’s total income comes from tourism, and having effective marketing tools were essential to raising curiosity and enticing tourists to come.

TOTA explained the Explorer Quotient (EQ) and stated that there are essentially three types of tourists: the free spirits, the cultural explorers, and the authentic experience seekers. EQ refers to the emotional experience of the tourist and in order to attract visitors it is essential to understand what motivates people to travel, how they travel, and what is it they like to do.

Every community has its own personality! The trick is to find the words/images/feelings to describe the experience one gets from visiting our unique communities.

TOTA stressed the importance of strategy before promotion. It was suggested that each community: 1. Invite curiosity. Feature unique icons, local flavours, stories, personal horizons, and authenticity of our communities. What’s memorable and worth bragging about in our communities. What separates us from other communities?

2. Re-assess brands about every three years to see if it still fits. The example was given regarding Merritt. Their brand from approximately five years ago had been focused on the country-western theme and the Merritt Mountain Music Festival. Five years later, this brand does not fit Merritt’s personality today and requires a change.

3. Use Social Media and Word of Mouth as “reputation management” tools. TOTA could not stress enough how important it is to get on board with social media. If money is a factor, a website, at the very least, was necessary to market our communities. One suggestion was to be sure the website matches the brand with stories, images, and feelings of what our community has to offer.

4. Move towards information accessibility. Signage and “Responsive Design” were key to getting information to the public. Responsive Design refers to the use of technology to include Smart Phones, Tablets, and other devices used to receive information easily. TOTA informed us that updating websites and materials is so imperative that some funders are refusing to invest in communities if they do not have these features.

The workshop was inspiring, informative and eye-opening! It left us wanting more!

For information, please check out the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association at www.totabc.org or www.

HelloBC.com/tota.

Tracey Knihnitski

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Independent MLAs have a dream VICTORIA – Imagine a province where party leaders are chosen in an independently supervised vote, with 12-year-olds, dead people and pets prevented from voting.

Imagine a province where roving gangs of influenceseekers aren’t allowed to join multiple parties, and the rule is actually enforced. One where corporations and unions have to advertise in their own name instead of financing political parties and then disclosing millions in donations months after the election is over.

Imagine a province where elections are held based on audited financial statements, not a collection of election promises that will be dismissed as a work of fiction by the new regime if the incumbent party is defeated.

A cat joined the B.C. Liberal Party to support Christy Clark. Adrian Dix won the NDP leadership with the help of bags of $10 bills stapled to new memberships. As parties go to online voting, multiple PIN numbers may be activated from the same phone number or the same address.

These and other glaring problems with our partybased political system were highlighted last week in a set of reforms proposed by three independent MLAs. Vicki Huntington broke the party choke-hold on B.C. politics by getting elected as an independent in Delta South in 2009.

Bob Simpson was kicked out of the NDP caucus shortly after winning re-election for the party in Cariboo North, because he dared to criticize then-leader Carole James for a lack of policy specifics.

They were belatedly joined by Abbotsford South MLA John van Dongen, who quit the B.C. Liberals in an orchestrated move to the B.C. Conservatives, and then quit that party soon after. Van Dongen does not have the credibility of the others to speak on integrity, given his self-serving party antics and his questionable decision to hire his fiancée and pay her one and a half salaries to serve as his constituency assistant.

Leaving that aside, there are some good ideas in the independents’ reform package. One is to give backbench MLAs a meaningful role in policy-making.

Simpson gave the example of Prince George MLA Shirley Bond’s term as education minister, where she had to reverse ministry policies that didn’t make sense in rural school districts. The all-party standing committee on education could have prevented this error, he said, but it didn’t because it never meets.

The party voting irregularities described above could be addressed by giving Elections BC authority to supervise party leadership votes, the way it does elections and referenda. There are unknown costs for this, and other problems. For instance, should the Marijuana Party be subject to this, or the Work Less Party, should either one muster enough organization to stage a leadership contest?

The independents had high hopes for one fundamental reform, moving B.C.’s set election date from the spring to the fall. This would take a simple amendment. The idea is for the government to table the annual budget, present the audited public accounts for the previous year, then have an election that rests on tested financial statements and initial results for the current forecast.

Both the B.C. Liberal Party and the NDP have expressed support for this idea. The independents suggest that this brief three-week legislative session is a good time to do it, so the next government can implement it.

I asked Mike de Jong, the B.C. Liberal finance minister and house leader, if he would consider it.

He allowed that it is interesting, but it’s not contemplated for the pre-election session. That will be dominated by returning the provincial sales tax, and the usual jousting over untested spending and revenue proposals.

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SOME THINGS DON’T FADE WITH TIME - the old bank might be gone, but the safe remains

Community supports family Dear Editor On Jan. 16, my family lost our home and everything we owned in a house fire. We’ve had a number of generous community members donating clothes and items of all sorts to us. We really appreciate everything the community members have so kindly given us.

I’d really like to thank Deanna and Anita Dick for going out of their way to distribute and collect the donation jars around town. And thank you to the community for the $465 cash that you put into those jars. It’s greatly appreciated at this time.

A special thanks to Dead of New Wave Coolers, People’s Drug Mart, the South Cariboo Elizabeth Fry Society, Darlene Quesnel, Fields, Central Cafe, and the Lions Club.

I’d also like to thank both

letters to the editor the Cache Creek and Ashcroft Fire Departments, Cst. Christopher Harris, the Pittmans, the ambulance attendants, as well as the many other people who came to help us the night of the fire.

It’s been truly amazing to see how quickly the community came together to help someone in need. I can’t begin to express how appreciative our family is to the community.

Vannessa & Ray Cameron and family Ashcroft

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Dear Editor I am currently engaged in university courses in health, safety and environment. An interesting single course is dedicated to Wellness in the Workplace. The first few pages try to define wellness and even I was surprised to learn the long-time efforts of professionals to define it. Because of the ongoing controversy in our local newspaper, I thought Letters to the editor

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Six Dimensions of Wellness: Social, Occupational, Spiritual, Physical, Intellectual and Emotional.

Wellness equals “The active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a more healthy life.”

Wellness was a word created by health promotion specialists in the late sixties to describe the determinates of well-being.

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A sweet month for music and entertainment Dance to the drums and support Women Against Violence

In the vacant lot parking lot on Railway Ave., opposite Community Futures in downtown Ashcroft join the “Dance & Drum for” Women Against Violence Day on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14 from noon to 1 pm. This is to support all women and give them and us a voice - let’s make this a day to remember. Bring your drums, banners and posters that say “No Against Violence” Women!! Wear the colour purple and let’s dance in support of Women Against Violence.

CREATIVE CURRENT Nadine Davenport creativecurrent@ telus.net Take your sweetie to a Valentine’s Dance

The Ashcroft “Wellness Awaits You” Branding Committee invites the adult Community to a romantic Valentine’s evening (Thurs., Feb. 14) at St Albans Hall. There will be Dancing, Appies and Dessert, a Cash Bar and Live Auction of four fabulous “Getaway” packages for two! Doors open at 6 pm, appies served from 6:30 pm. wellness is a matter of Letters from p. 4 Only 18 tickets left at the learning what will imtime of writing, so get yours prove the quality of our own life. now at The Ashcroft Bakery.

Wellness is about choices. It is a way All proceeds support the 1st Annual Ashcroft Wellness Fesof life. Wellness is a process. Wellness is tival on July 19-21. Everyone awareness. Wellness is a positive accept19 and over welcome! ance of oneself and acceptance of others.

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If one becomes aware of their interdependence with others and their environment then one can make the choices necessary to live in harmony with both. This too plays a role in the definition of wellness.

This is a very condensed version of decades worth of research, but it sure supports the theory that everyone has their own path leading to wellness. For myself, husband and the neighbours I know, Ashcroft, and its way of life, combines many of the top attributes of Wellness. It’s location, community attitudes, environmental involvements and spiritual awareness conveys a conscious effort on the part of many to ensure their own wellbeing and that of those they work with and live with.

I am proud to announce loud and clear to the rest of the world that Ashcroft is a place to find and foster Wellness in all its dimensions.

Loretta Orrey Ashcroft

Miss Quincy at the Packing House

The Packing House in Spence’s Bridge presents a Dinner/Concert features the fabulous Miss Quincy & The Showdown, on Sunday, Feb. 17. Dinner starts at 5:30 pm with music starting at 7 pm.

You’d better hide your sons and lovers when Miss Quincy and her smokin’ hot all-

girl trio The Showdown come to Spences Bridge. Channeling The Runaways, The Black Keys, and Big Mama Thornton, Miss Quincy doesn’t fit the classic girl singer/songwriter mold and The Showdown isn’t your average allgirl band. You won’t find them singing pretty pages out of their diaries, instead you’ll find them starting a party in every bar they play by getting down and rocking out with raunchy roots and blues and straight up rock n’ roll.

The band currently calls the road its home - in 2012 they hit the highway hard for an eight month world tour spanning the UK, Europe, and Canada.

They spent the winter in California and Mexico writing a new album and are gearing up to take the new songs on the road with another never-ending tour.

Call the Packing House to make your reservation (250)458-2256.

Last Improv Theatre & Comedy Night

Don’t miss your last opportunity for some laughs at next Wednesday’s Improv Theatre & Comedy Night at Shelley’s Place in Ashcroft. Expect some great improve sketches revealing skills and polished tricks of the trade many have learned from last January’s workshops offered by Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society.

The workshops were hosted by WRAPS Committee members Actress and Director, Mavourneen VarcoeRyan and stand up comedian, Tracey Knihnitski. Go out and be part of the fun! Come and support our Local Talent for the last exciting and fun Improv Theatre & Comedy Night – Wed. the

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Goalie praised Bantams and PeeWees played their final games in playoffs this past weekend. Lillooet are the league winners and were an amazing team to play for our peewees.

Our goalie Ryan-Spur Reid was commended by the other team for his incredible saves in net. His stats for shots on net and saves he has made are top in his

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The teams are wrapping up the season with fun events and a few games. It has been a great season for minor hockey.

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Elementary schools within School District No. 74 (Gold Trail) will accept registrations for kindergarten placements for the 2013-2014 school year during the weeks of January 28th – February 22nd, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

(NOTE FRIDAYS: Only till noon on Friday’s at Sk’il’ Mountain Community School and Gold Bridge Elementary is closed on Fridays)

To ensure a placement for your child in September 2013, it is very important you register early by visiting your nearest elementary school: Ashcroft Elementary School

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Cache Creek Elementary School

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Cayoosh Elementary School

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David Stoddart School

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George M. Murray Elementary School

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Gold Bridge Community School

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Lytton Elementary School

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Sk’il’ Mountain Community School

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** Children eligible for kindergarten must be 5 years old on or before December 31, 2013. An original birth certificate, immunization records, and CARE card MUST BE PROVIDED for each child at the time of registration.

Make the birds in your community count – participate in the 16th annual Great Backyard Bird Count.

The GBBC is an annual four-day event that engages birdwatchers of all ages across North America and around the world in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are. Anyone can participate, from beginners to experts.

You can count for as little as 15 minutes on a single day, or for as long as you like each day of the event. It’s free, fun, and easy – and it helps the birds!

This year’s count takes place in one week, from Friday, Feb. 15 through Monday, Feb. 18. It’s as simple as counting the birds at a location near you, tallying the highest number of birds of each species seen together at once, and filling out an on-

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Sparrows and redpolls gather at a local feeder. If you have birds in your yard, you can take part in the annual Great Backyard Bird Count.

Annual women’s celebration 20th at Shelley’s Place (301 3rd St) from 7-9 pm. Free Admission, kids, teens and adults welcome.

There will be lots of fun and laughs at Drop In Improve featuring your friends and neighbours! For more info (250) 453 9100 www.windingriversarts.ca Current from p. 5

Old-time mountain music and sweet harmonies

Winding Rivers Arts & Performance Society hosts another fabulous Dessert Concert in downtown Ashcrof on Friday, March 15 with husband and wife duo of Pharis & Jason Romero. The performance is at St Albans Hall, doors open at 7 pm with music starting at 7:30 pm. Tix are now available in advance at The Ashcroft Bakery and the Ashcroft Liquor Store.

Pharis & Jason reside in Horsefly, where Jason also makes his own guitars and banjos. You can expect some beautiful, striking duet singing with acoustic and National guitar and banjo on originals and well-loved songs from others.

Close your eyes and their sound is like they’re sitting on the front porch of some Appalachian cabin, kicking back with a banjo and guitar and some sweet tea. Rooted in the old-time mountain music of Virginia and Tennessee, their approach is an unpretentious and simple with one single microphone between the two - for that Grand Ol’ Opry sound.

Writing songs about ageless characters, hard living, loss and love, Pharis’ songs have been played on radios around the world, and she was called a “historical

treasure” by the BC Folklore Society. On stage from a very young age with her family’s country music band.

Aside from building and performing, they also spend much of their year teaching at music camps and workshops including BC Bluegrass Workshops, Fiddle Tunes, Voiceworks, Fiddle Works, 108 Mile Bluegrass Camp, Georgia Straight Guitar Workshop, and others. They have also recently won a Canadian Folk Music Award for 2012 New/Emerging Artist.

Annual Women’s Celebration in Walhachin

Plans are looking good for this year’s Women’s Celebration in Walhachin. Come and enjoy an evening and afternoon of music, dance and workshops. See an array of creative women sharing skills & stories.

The 5th Annual Celebration will be held on Friday, March 8 from 6 pm onwards and Saturday, March 9 at the Museum Hall from 11 am – 4 pm.

There will be Booths, Demos, Music, Dance and a Mandala workshop (extra cost). Music and Dance lineup details coming soon!

Please bring snacks and goodies for shared Potluck (veggie and meat) for both Friday night and Saturday. Admission and food by donation to go towards event costs.

Our creativity as women is one of our greatest gifts. It’s that very important and a magical part of ourselves that is the expression of our divine feminine. For more information or to register for booth space please call Val at (250) 4576678. Encouraging men most welcome!

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COMING EVENTS

Repaying old debts

Feb. 14 - Valentine Dance and Auction in St. Alban’s Church Hall. No minors. Tickets available at the Ashcroft Bakery. Fundraiser for the Ashcroft Wellness Brand committee.

Feb. 15 - (Moved from Feb. 8) Movie Night at Zion United Church Hall; 7 pm. Showing Courageous. FREE admission. Refreshments by donation.

Feb. 18 - Drop In Curling at the Ashcroft Curling Club, 7-9. Every Monday.

Feb. 20 - Comedy Improv Drop In at Shelley’s Place in Ashcroft, 7-9 pm.

Feb. 22 - Ashcroft Rotary Club’s Annual Art and Wine Social at St. Alban’s Church Hall. Tickets available at Sears and Interior Savings Credit Union.

Feb. 25 - CacheCreek Council meeting at4:30 pm in the Village Office.

Everyone welcome.

Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society is an evening of stand up comedy and improv on Wed. Feb. 20. Come down to Shelly’s Place in Ashcroft for an evening of terrific local entertainment! Admission is free.

President Maria Russell Martin and Justin Moore, treasurer of the Ashcroft & District Tennis Association, present a cheque to Gold Trail school board chair Carmen Ranta and Ashcroft trustee Christopher Roden as part of the club’s loan repayment for the tennis court upgrade in 2010.

Ashcroft Royal Canadian Legion

UCW preparing for annual Bean Supper Ten ladies answered the roll call for our February meeting of Zion’s United Church Women.

Phyllis Gray led the Devotional taken from a Present Help by Robert A. Wallace.

Scripture readings were from Luke and 2 Thessolonians. The title was How much are you worth? and from it we are to remember that we are worth an infinite amount, each of us, simply because we are well loved children of God. Knowing we are all well loved helps us to love others.

We had a busy agenda which began with plans for the World Day of Prayer to be held in Zion United Church on March 1 at 7 pm.

Watch for a reminder in The Journal’s Coming Events.

One of our long term goals is to purchase a commercial dishwasher for our kitchen. Some of our fundraising

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and quite for our practise run through. a few used By the time you read this, Every Saturday ~ 3:00 pm stamps. our Tea will be over and * Legion Crib Tournament last Sunday of the month - Open 10 These hopefully we had a good am starts 11 am sharp - 12 games * Free Pool Daily Phyllis Gray are sent turnout. This will be a time Euchre, first & third Sunday of every month on and together of fun, fellowship 1:00 to 4:00 pm, beginners welcome events will help provide for used for and food, and it is our way of Contract Bridge, beginners welcome this item. the furtherings of Christian expressing our thanks to the Every Tuesday 1:00 to 4:00 pm Our Bean Supper date work, so many thanks to all community for supporting Ashcroft Legion General Meeting will be March 11 with two of you who save these items us in all our fundraising en3rd Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. sittings. The first from 5-6 for us. You are all part of our deavours. (no meeting July and August) pm and the second from 6-7 Outreach work.

Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday • 12 pm - 4 pm We closed our meting pm. Watch for posters and a Thursday - Friday • 12 pm - 11 pm Several pieces of corres- with the UCW Creed. Any Saturday • 12 pm - 8 pm notice in The Journal’s Com- pondence were dealt with ladies who are interested in Sunday • 12 pm - 6 pm ing Events. before we broke for refresh- our work are welcome to MEMBERS & BONA FIDE GUESTS WELCOME Valentine cards will be ments. join us or come as a visitor. given to the residents of GarAt den Oasis at the hospital for the end their use. of the Reports were given – the meeting, treasurer’s written and the all those rest verbally. Many cards who are were sent out in the past part of month for birthdays, anni- the enterThe Cariboo District of the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is creating versaries and other occa- tainment its list of registered Equipment for Hire in the Cariboo Service Area for the fiscal year 2013/2014, which begins April 1, 2013. sions. Reta Robertson re- for the ported on our Outreach pro- FriendAll individuals or companies registered this past year through the District Office gram and said she received ship Tea in Williams Lake will be receiving invitations to re-register their equipment for the 190 Campbell soup labels readied coming fiscal year by mail.

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Health Care Aux 100 years old

Any individuals or companies who were not registered in 2012, but wish to have their equipment listed, are hereby invited to contact the District Office, either in person or by phone, to obtain the appropriate registration forms.

This year, the Ashcroft & District Health Care Auxiliary is celebrating its centennial!

We started helping the hospital (Lady Minto) in 1913. After 100 years we are still on the job!

Look for our posters in the thrift shop windows and read about some of the interesting things that have happened in each decade.

A new poster will be put up each month up to and including October.

In the past year, 49 members have contributed 13,500 volunteer hours.

With moneys raised, we recently donated $3,500 to help the Ashcroft Fire Dept. purchase a photo imaging camera and hope it will help save many lives. It really helps the firefighters find any person who is in a fire. Other groups such as the Legion, Lions and St. Albans also

Note that while you do not need to have Commercial (Comprehensive) General Liability Insurance, or up-to-date WorkSafeBC coverage to register, you will have to meet these requirements prior to working on any ministry projects.

contributed to purchase this camera.

In addition, we sent $7,500 to Elizabeth Fry to help with the many programs in the community. We also donated $3,610 for new or replacement equipment for our hospital and also spent another $1,691 on patient care.

The dollars raised from your generous contributions and support are all put back into our community and donations are sent to help Royal Inland Hospital as many people from our communities use that facility regularly for their health care needs.

Drop by the Thrift Shop any Wednesday or Friday from noon to 4 p.m. and take advantage of our specials and help us celebrate our 100th anniversary.

Marilyn Bueckert

Only owned or lease-to-own equipment is eligible for registration. Equipment can only be registered in one area in any given year. Seniority is not transferable from area to area.

The deadline for new registrations is 4:30 p.m. on Friday March 22, 2013.

Late registrations will be accepted, but may appear at the bottom of the open list.

Note there is no charge for registering new equipment or for changing or removing equipment information already listed.

Register through the Williams Lake District Office at: 640 Borland Street, Suite 301, Williams Lake, B.C. You can also phone 250 398-4510 or send a fax to 250 398-4454 to have the forms mailed or faxed to you, or register on-line at www.bcbid.ca.

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Barb Hodder and Janet Quesnel with Paul Quesnel and Dan Collett, winners of the A side of the Men’s teams in last week’s Men’s and Ladies combined bonspiel in Ashcroft.

Low numbers lead to creative curling The Men`s and Ladies combined bonspiel was held on the weekend of Feb. 8-9. Our numbers were way down this year with only six Ladies teams and six Men`s teams. The Ladies played in two pools with three teams per pool with the top two teams from each pool playing off for the A and B events.

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Woodworth second and Mary Ambler lead. and the Anita Mazurkewich team with Dennet Pritchard third, Lucie Chenier second and Carrie Garber lead. The winner was the Barb Hodder team.

For the B event the Donna Pierro team, with Annie Lim third, Brenda Cahoon second and Hilda Jones lead played Char Marshall from 100 Mile House with Joanne Doddridge third, Charlotte Spooner second and Kayla Cherry lead. Donna Pierro won this contest. The winning teams once again won trophies sponsored by the club dragons from Dragon works.

On the Men`s side we only had three full teams sign up so the men split all the teams into teams of two and played doubles. This style of play involved two men on each team playing eight ends with five rocks played each.

Paul Quesnel and Daniel Collett played Bill Drinkwater and Glen Joss for the A event with Paul and Dan coming out on top. In the B event Nick Lebedoff and Colin Williams played Dave Bridal and Ray Shindell with Dave and Ray coming out on top of that match up. Thank you to Ashcroft Work Wear for sponsoring this event with golf shirts for the winners of the events.

The executive and members of the Ashcroft Curling Club would like to acknowledge the fantastic community support we received without you we would not have a club and putting on a bonspiel would be that much harder if not impossible with such a low number in our entries.

Thank you to: Desert Hills Farm and David Porter, Quality Glass, Ashcroft Irly, Ashcroft Bakery, Revelations, Natures Gifts, People`s Drugstore, Fields, Ashcroft Bottle Depot, Dairy Queen, Beans Roasted Rite, Mary Holgate and Annie`s Pizza and Bakery. We would also like to acknowledge Dwight and Paul for the fabulous ice, Gary Farr for the draw and Dave Gory for volunteering his time to supply us with great music both Friday and Saturday night. Thank you all for your support.

Last but not least thank you to the curlers without you there would be no bonspiel. We face challenges each year with numbers down in entries and membership but you always come through and pitch in where needed. Also thank you to those that travel from out of town, we hope you enjoyed yourself and will return again next year.

Janet Quesnel

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Above, Left: Ladies A side winners, Mary Ambler, Barb Hodder and Janet Quesnel (missing Kristine Woodworth). Above, Right: Men’s B side winners Dave Bridal and Ray Shindell with Janet Quesnel.

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Sparrow pie and zinnias - the working class

by Esther Darlington MacDonald My maternal grandmother was a gamekeeper’s daughter.

The lowly estate of her father, a tall, wiry, dark complexioned man who looked like he had a smattering of gypsy blood in his veins, I could not help comparing years later, with the gamekeeper in D.H. Lawrence’s novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover. The novel that rocked the literary establishment in the 1920s and set the avidly censorious

eyes of governments to peruse the story of a woman of substance who would commit adultery with the lowly game keeper. The use of those Anglo Saxon 1372 Semlin Drive, Cache Creek Saturday February 16 from 9-4 four letter words was no less a cause for the uproar about the novel.

Having a Garage Sale? Advertise here $12.25 + HST. My teenage imagination made me look at my diminutive grandmother, all 4 feet 9 inches of her as a product of no less a romantic union with my diminu250-453-2261 tive, wheelchair-bound great grandmother who bore less than a dozen children in almost as many years.

The association was complete in mind’s eye only, of course.

The grandmother I knew who grew tall zinnias in front of the veranda, knit gloves for the Royal Canadian Navy men, steamed Christmas puddings for her daughters, and laid a mouse trap near the front door of her Corydon Avenue home to snare, with the aid of a dry crust of bread, not mice, but sparrows, was no more than the most tentative link forged in the British class system of the day.

In rural British society, the use of the gamekeeper on large estates was essential. They were needed to control poachers, maintain the habitat of the deer, rabbit, and the trout in the nearby streams. They were men of the earth who toiled in the forest, earned the lowest of wages, and raised their large families in cottages on the estate, a suitable distance from the mansions of their owners.

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So there you have it. The the background of my mother’s origins, origins that ultimately would have a profound influence on my own life so many years later.

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That mouse trap surprised me. It was a warm day in mid summer when I noticed it so near the front door of the house. And my grandmother’s reply to my question about the mousetrap was equally surprising. “I am catching sparrows.” My grandmother, killing sparrows, the grandmother who loved birds with a passion, had a wooden wren’s nest in the backyard, and could identify birds by their songs, - killing those poor feathered house sparrows in the brutal maw of a trap. I was shocked. But said nothing. Just hoped that the trap would not kill the sparrows, and my grandmother would give up the effort. And not many hours later, I was relieved that she did. Sprung the trap, and carried it back into the house.

I have searched the internet to find out the kind of life my grandmother and great grandparents lived in the midlands of England, near Coventry. The internet told me that numbered licence plates for cars was introduced when my grandmother was in her 20s. Cars could drive no faster than 20 miles an hour. I discovered that 80,000 demonstrators gathered in Hyde Park in London to protest the immigration of Chinese labour. I discovered that the soccer games my grandfather never failed to hear on the radio, particularly Manchester’s, was founded in 1878, when he was just a boy in short pants, and became Manchester United in 1902.

I learned that servants in the estates where my great grandfather was a gamekeeper and my grandmother was a house maid, worked from dawn until 11 pm and they were paid 11 to 14 pounds a year. I learned that the cottages lived in by the workers of those estates were made of field stone, and the roofs were thatched. The cottages had no plumbing. Toilets were out back of the cottage. And people bathed infrequently, but they would swim themselves clean in the rivers and streams.

In these low pitched cottages heated by peat in the fireplace, with little light from few windows, they went to bed necessarily early, after eating their sparrow pies, or whatever the wives could manage to cleave for these hardworking offspring. Meat was scarce indeed. And rabbit roasted over the peat fire was a special treat on Sunday.

I recall my grandmother ordering rabbit from the T. Eaton company and telling my mother she had ordered one for us. After grandmother left for her own home down the street, I recall my mother complaining. She hated rabbit, she said. And I knew my father would not eat it. But the rabbit came, delivered in the T. Eaton van drawn by a spritely and beautiful dark horse. And the rabbit was wrapped in brown paper and held together with brown tape.

As for sparrows, as far as I know, grandmother never made a sparrow pie.

At least none that I ever smelled baking in the wood stove in the kitchen. I could only imagine that the mouse trap venture never succeeded, and to think of all those sparrows “baked in a pie and when the pie would open and the birds began to sing. Think of what a lovely thing it was to set before the king!”

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Is God just? Does He really care about us?

One parable Jesus told addresses unjust things taking place on our planet. It is the parable of the poor widow and the unjust judge.

The unjust judge seemed totally unconcerned about the helpless widow pleading for justice.

Then a sudden change in his behaviour takes place. Parable is found in Luke chapter 18. I will quote the last part of it in Luke 18:7.8: “Won’t God grant His chosen people justice when they cry out to Him day and night? Is He slow to help them? I tell you, He will give them justice quickly. But when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”

We are troubled when helpless people are taken advantage of. It is happening everywhere around our planet. This parable Jesus told addressed problem of oppression, human injustice and indifference of those who are in place of authority do something about it. It compares the attitude of the unjust judge with that of God. It also compares the persevering faith attitude of the oppressed widow with that of the last generation of believers before Jesus’ Second Coming. Before Christ’s return world’s evil, greediness and oppression will grow into enormous proportions.

Many people blame God for allowing injustice and evil continue.

They feel God doesn’t care and ignores their calls for help. In this parable Jesus points out that though His intervention may seem delayed, He will step in and act at the right time. The poor widow didn’t give up and eventually wore down the unjust judge so he decided in her favour. The question is: Is God like that – indifferent and uncaring? Do human cries for help have to wear Him down before He decides to act?

People question God’s goodness fairness and justice. Some reject Him altogether others give up their faith. We hear slogans like: “I don’t need God, I

Yet behind this rejection is a slumbering hope and longing for God’s love and companionship.

Unfortunately there are many caricatures of God out there. Frustrated with religious confusion out there many post-moderns decided to carve out their own picture of god Karl Samek according to their own liking. Most Seventh Day Adventist people still have some belief in God or “Higher Power” somewhere up there – some look for god withbelieve in me.” “If you don’t fight for in themselves. Jesus came not only it, you won’t get it.” Popular psychol- to die for guilty humanity and pay the ogy teaches us to depend on ourselves highest price. He lived a beautiful life and our own strength. In the mind- He both credits us with and shares with set of modern secularism there is no us. He came to show us what God is room for faith in the goodness or jus- like to remove our fear and mistrust and tice of God. Because we don’t see the to change our hearts. What an amazing bigger picture, we misinterpret God’s and charming picture of loving Heavlong-suffering toward worse individ- enly Father in life of Jesus we find in uals. The One who cares for and loves the Gospels. And what much better life the most unworthy understands influ- it is to get to know Him personally and ences that shaped unacceptable be- live in close relationship with Him. haviours. He bears long with human -perversity trying to woo the guilty to Visit Ashcroft 7th-Day Adventist change. When in the “Sermon on the church online at www.ashcroft22.adMount” Jesus asked us to pray for and ventistchurchconnect.org show love and kindness for those who take advantage of us, mistreat us and persecute us, He had Neeltje Klazina MacGillivray in mind their change and salnee van der Willik vation. Which father, mother does not feel for their wayward children? Is God any different?

Born - Sept 19 1923 Misunderstanding God’s love Boskoop, for the erring can be costly to The Netherlands our faith.

Passed - Feb 7 2013 After World War II, 80 per Kamloops B.C. cent of Canadians attended some Christian church – some Slipped quietly away surrounded by her husband of them at least irregularly. and family. Loving Wife, Mom & Oma. Twenty per cent had not. ToForever in our hearts. day that number is reversed The family would like to thank the nurses from and of the 20 per cent, many The Royal Inland Hospital 3 West belong to other than Chrisfor their compassion and care. tian faith. What could be the Donations to the Kamloops Hospice House reason? Growing segment of in lieu of flowers would be appreciated. population questions goodness No service by request. Thompson Valley Funeral Home Ashcroft entrusted with arrangements. and justice of God.

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LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, don’t get too excited when things seem out of whack this week. Keep calm and find out how you can set things on the right course. Lead by example, and others will follow.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, try not to participate in any new activities this week. You are already over-extended. Clear your todo lists before you take on any other responsibilities.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Show others how good their lives can be if they just follow a little of your own advice and take cues from what you have done already, Libra. Expect a few converts.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, you may be more focused on your fantasies and dream life than what is going on in your real life for the next few days. Just don’t wander around in a fog for too long.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, it may be hard to concentrate this week, especially with so many ideas floating around in your head. But do your best to stay focused.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricron, lend a helping hand when you see an opportunity to do so. Donate your time to someone in need or help a friend or family member complete a project.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, clarify your needs and wants. Until you can delineate between these factors you may be spending unnecessarily, which is not what your budget needs.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, it may take a few days for you to handle things, but don’t let that dissuade you from trying. Set your own timetable.

straight, and it wasn’t blonde, brunette or red. To me it was nondescript and inbetween.

Regrettably, I had no appreciation for my thick, natural

waves, its fabulous long length, or the fact that it required no styling products to look great. All I could see was boring and bland, so I decided to do something about it.

Against my mother’s wise advice not to spoil my virgin washand-go locks, as soon as I graduated from high school I bought myself a box of SunIn so I could get beautiful, sun-kissed highlights like the models in seventeen magazine.

Unfortunately my hair didn’t end up looking anything like theirs. It turned a weird yellowish orange, and believe me, back in the ’80s this was not a cool hue

ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com to have. My mother was not pleased.

Despite her disapproval, I experimented a lot with my hair over the next decade. Dark brown, light brown, auburn and several shades of blonde were all tried out on my slow learning noggin at some point. My self imposed struggle also included a few bad perms and too many horrid haircuts for any insecure young woman to enjoy.

By the time I reached my 30th birthday I realized how good I’d had it in my youth and wanted to revert back to my natural unprocessed state so I wouldn’t have to spend valuable time taming the fried-out, frizzy, cavegirl hair I now had. But by then I had too much grey and I was unwilling to embrace my natural state.

I found a dark blonde colour, slightly lighter than my natural “dirty blonde,” that suited me best and was easy

to maintain. No more colour experiments for me.

Sixteen years later, I changed my mind.

“Do you think I should dye my hair red?” I asked my husband a couple of weeks ago.

“No,” he said.

“You’re a blonde, not a redhead.”

Three days after that, as he was on his way home from a work trip, I sent him a text with a picture of my bright red hair.

My text said: Don’t freak out. His reply simply said: I am.

Entering the house he looked at my face, then my head, and then he started to laugh.

“What’s so funny?”

I asked, imagining a picture of me as Ronald McDonald in his head.

“You asked my advice, but you didn’t take it,” he said.

“Again.”

“The cashier at Walmart thought it was a great idea,” I replied.

“Well, that’s nice,” he said, scratching his big, shiny bald spot. “But she doesn’t know you like I do.

Look at all the times you’ve cut your bangs when I warned you not to, and then you regretted it like we both knew you would.

You know you’ll go back to your regular hair, so why bother?”

“I just needed a change,” I explained, shrugging. I knew he was right, I wouldn’t be able to stay a redhead for long.

Not just because red fades fast and is hard to maintain, but because, as much as I love red hair, I don’t really feel like me when it’s attached to my head.

Luckily, now that it’s washed out to more of a strawberry blonde, the red is so subtle it’s barely noticeable.

“Nice orange hair!” my daughter’s nineyear-old friend just exclaimed as she climbed into the back seat of my VW Beetle.

“You’re the exact same colour as your car now. ” Awesome. I look like my car and a clown at the same time.

Precisely the sweet, subtle style I was hoping for.

Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist.

You can contact her at LoriWelbourne.com

WUZZLES A wuzzle is a saying/phrase that is made up of a display of words, in an interesting way. The object is to try to figure out the well-known saying, person, place, or thing that each wuzzle is meant to represent. Answers below.

ANSWERS:1. Falling temperature 2. Two under par 3. Fat chance 4. Broken heart 5. Hot under the collar 6. Head in the sand

When people ask me what my real hair colour is, I usually tell them it’s grey. The truth is, I was blonde when I was young, but as I got older, my hair darkened. By the time

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ginning in the evening. Those taking part are asked to park in the parking lot on Big Bar Road, 6 km off Hwy 97.

For more information you can call Jennifer at 250-459-2649 or Rolly at 250-459-2487.

Sunday, Feb. 17 will see Beaverdam Lake dotted with Susan Swan fishermen (and women) vying 459-2224 or 2325 for the big prize in the Clinton countrysquire@ and District Outdoor bcwireless.com Sportsmen AssociaBarrie Cline tion Ice Fishing Derby.

February 4th, 2013 a day that will forever burn in our hearts.

Family Day The event runs Barrie Cline of Kamloops, I hope you all had an enjoyable day from daylight until noon.

BC, passed away. Barrie was on BC’s First Family Day. Unfortu- There is a $10 fee to enter but turning 72, as of March 19th. He was a standing nately I had to work and was not able to all monies raised will be paid member of the Real Estate attend any of the Family Day activities back in prizes.

Board and part of the Re/ Max Team since 2003. being held in Clinton.

This is a 150/50 AnniBarrie was very well known Although this was a Provincial holi- versary event celebrating the throughout the Interior selling day many places were still open for naming and incorporation of ranches and ranch lands, chewing the fat with all the old-timers, sharing business. This included many privately the Village of Clinton. Come stories, and taking in the scenery while riding the range. owned businesses, our Refuse Transfer out and have fun!

He just got back from a five week vacation with his wife Station and even Canada Post and other Linda in Arizona. He hauled his horse, rode the hills with family and friends, which was a big tick off his bucket list.

Federal businesses. Not everyone has Full Moon Ski Run He passed away while taking a walk on his property. The the luxury of taking off this holiday.

The Clinton Snow Jockey sun was shining bright that day. He had a great life and a perfect ending for this old cowboy. Way to go Barrie.

Perhaps next year more people will Club is hosting a full-moon ski Barrie will be extremely missed by his loving wife Linda be able to take advantage of this day run starting from the ski trailCline, of 35 years on January 15th, 2013. that was created so people could spend head on Tuesday, Feb. 26 beSurviving Children: Dana Hinsche, Williams Lake, Jesse

by Carole Rooney The camaraderie students and 100 Mile Free Press parents enjoy within the school The decision to close Buffalo and the Buffalo Creek communCreek Elementary ity is now in jeopardy, School (BCES) Dewsbury explains, against the wishbecause that is unlikely es of the school’s to integrate into a difParent Advisory ferent school.

Council (PAC) has She says many parleft some people ents have indicated in that community they will now opt to expressing their send their children to disappointment.

100 Mile Elementary PAC president School instead, which Julie Dewsbury she notes is “fine” for has been vocal in some children, but conher group’s opceivably, not for others. position of the “The children, Julia Dewsbury proposed closwho have a harder ure since it was presented last Sep- time learning and need that extra tember. She had hoped the trustees one-to-one attention, are now gomight change their thinking when ing to have to go to a larger school they heard the reasons. where they are not guaranteed to She watched a live webcast of have that attention. the decision to close the school “I know a parent who pulled coming down from the trustees at her child out of [a larger school] their Jan. 22 school board meeting and put him in [BCES], and he has in Williams Lake. flourished so much, whereas at his “I’m feeling very disheartened. old school he was just not doing I tried to hold an open mind before, anything.” when they said that they hadn’t deNow, these most vulnerable cided.” students will likely “fall through Dewsbury says she would have the cracks,” Dewsbury suggests. chosen BCES to remain open as a The PAC president says she “far better building choice,” rather has a “lack of faith” in some of the than the nearby Forest Grove Ele- elected trustees, particularly chair mentary School (FGES).

Will Van Osch, to whom she and “It’s a newer school, it’s a others sent numerous letters stating huge gymnasium – the closure of their case.

[BCES] is very sad when you look “Even though we presented at what they are closing.” our arguments to him, [I think] his Among their reasons for the mind was already made up. It’s as closure, trustees say closing FGES if they fell upon deaf ears.” instead would have left students Now, Dewsbury says the PAC travelling further on the bus than will focus on supporting parents necessary, but she notes that makes and children in its community in eight minutes difference. making these transitions.

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Also sadly missed by her Aunty Mar Marion (Vic) Sparkes of Vernon, her Uncle Jim Parsons of Coquitlam, cousins Matthew (Carlee), Steve, Jessica, and Robert (Frankie).

Janice graduated from University College of the Caribou with her diploma in Nursing. She worked in McBride and Kamloops before settling in Lillooet.

Jan loved to camp and travel, enjoying various places in B.C. Further afield, she went to Mexico, Great Britain, Ireland and Disneyland. On her last trip with son Mason they visited Drumheller, Alberta and friends in Montana. Most evenings you’d find a pair of knitting needles in her hands as she created hats for the hospitals and newborns of Haiti.

At this time we would like to express our gratitude to everyone who lent a hand in Janice’s rescue. The love and support we have received and are still receiving from the community in these trying times is greatly appreciated.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to either Royal Inland Hospital Emergency Dept. or Lillooet & Dist. Hospital Foundation.

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Cline, Kamloops, Cathie Cline, Vancouver, Andrea McComb, Vancouver, Karen Larochelle, Vancouver, John Nanson, Vancouver, Daniel Nanson, England.

Grandchildren: Brandon Visser, Matthew Visser, Clayton Hinsche, Braidey Hinsche, Bryan Larochelle, Christopher Larochelle. Kimberly Rowland, Christine Rowland.

Sons in Law: Ben Hinsche, Mike McComb.

The Funeral Service took place on February 9th, 2:00 pm at Calvary Community Church, 1205 Roger Way, Kamloops, BC.

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South Cariboo Elizabeth Fry Society

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Thursday, February 14, 2013 The Journal

Golden Country presents

... Past, Present & Beyond Gold at Scottie Creek: Pt. 3 - To Catch a Thief The more that to explain how he came Steve Tingley – by the gold. Anyone asks, head of the BX he tells them his claim on Express – thought Scottie Creek came good. about it, the more Which is why he didn’t sense it made. want anyone going near Tingley had it, because he was afraid never stopped someone would discovwondering what er his story was a pack of had happened to lies.” the man who had Tingley nodded. “Lots robbed one of the of folk have tried their BX stages in July hand at finding gold up 1890. Even more there, but no one ever GOLDEN COUNTRY important was the managed to get more than BARBARA RODEN fate of the gold, a bit of coarse stuff barely some $4,500 in worth the effort. Everyone nuggets and bars. else who’s staked a claim Almost everyone felt that the robber up there’s given up and moved out. had managed to flee the area, taking the More’n one person thought it strange gold with him; an opinion shared by that Rowland managed to do so well.”

Joe Burr, head of the Provincial Police “All we have to do is prove it,” said detachment in Ashcroft. His posse had Burr thoughtfully. failed to find any trace of the bandit or “Might be easier said than done,” the gold, and Burr had reluctantly de- replied Tingley. “Gold is gold. The cided that the case was unlikely to be shipment was mostly nuggets, and one solved. Until, that is, Steve Tingley vis- gold nugget looks much like another.” ited the policeman’s office one day, and “True,” said Burr. “But there’s ways laid out his theory. of telling where gold came from. I read “This Rowland fellow turns up in something a year or so ago, by an EngAshcroft only a few weeks after the lish fellow named Galton. He claims robbery, right? Says he’s come down you can identify people by their fingerfrom Barkerville, and maybe he did. prints, because no two fingerprints in Maybe he also did himself some stage- the world are exactly alike. Maybe to coach-robbing, and then hid out or the naked eye they look the same, but holed up somewhere until the search when you examine them more closely died down. Then he comes into town you see the differences. as bold as you please, goes on a spree, “Gold’s the same. If I showed you pays with gold nuggets, and tells James three piles of gold from three different Haddock he got the gold from his claim places, you might think there wasn’t on Scottie Creek. A few weeks later much difference between them; but he’s back, flashing round more gold examine them up close, and you’d see and telling folk it all comes from Scot- there was no way on earth they came tie Creek. No one can prove it didn’t.” from the same spot.”

“So he’s salting his claim, in a man“What sort of differences would ner of speaking,” said Burr, leaning you see?” asked Tingley, intrigued. back in his chair. “But instead of try“Chief Constable Hussey in Kaming to trick people into thinking there’s loops was talking about it one day. Said gold there so they’ll invest money, he’s gold from different countries or regions constructing an elaborate cover story or rivers is as distinct as – well, finger-

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Burr was trying to decide on his next move when, without warning, came a piece of momentous prints. news. The drivQuality, er of the regucolour, lar mail stagetexture, coach reported size: it’ll that he’d been all vary approached depending by a man who on the identified himwater acself as Martin tion where Rowland, and the gold who’d said he came had a shipment from, and of gold worth a what the little more than water’s $4,000 that he like. All wanted delivmanner of ered to the Gold things, if Commissioner you know at Barkerville. what The gold, Rowyou’re land said, had looking come from his for. Gold claim at Scotthat came tie Creek, which from Yale he said was will look played out. The different How many secrets can the backcountry hold? gold was being to gold shipped with from Barkerville, and gold from Scotinstructions that it be melted down tie Creek will be something else again.” into bullion and held in Barkerville for “So if we could get hold of some of Rowland to pick up, which he’d do as this gold he’s spending round town...” soon as he’d wound up his claim.

“Then we could get someone who As soon as Burr heard this news he knows about these things to take a closrealized he had to act quickly. A meser look at it,” said Burr. “They might sage was sent to the Gold Commissonnot be able to say exactly where it er in Barkerville, outlining the theory comes from, but if it didn’t come from about Rowland and his gold and how Scottie Creek then Martin Van Buren he came into possession of it. Also in Rowland is going to have to answer a the message was a request that the gold few questions.” be examined thoroughly before it was Joe Burr checked with all the busimelted down. Even as he sent the mesnesses in Ashcroft that Rowland was sage, however, Burr wondered if he known to have patronized, but they’d was too late, and if their last chance to long since deposited the gold he’d paid prove that Martin Van Buren Rowland with. The policeman had a quiet word had robbed the BX stage in July 1890 with the owners, asking them to inform had slipped through his fingers. him as soon as Rowland came into To Be Continued town again and paid with gold; but several weeks went by without any sign of the reclusive miner.

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