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Gold Trail finishes conversations Gold Trail kicked off their Community Conversations last week in Ashcroft, ending Thursday night, April 11, in Cache Creek. The Ashcroft meeting on Apr. 2 was well attended by about 50 members of the public, and about half as many Gold Trail staff members and employees. For an hour, staff explained the District’s fiances, the challenges they faced with the special requirements for local children, declining enrolment and the District’s aging school facilities. After the presentations, the public were asked four questions. The first was “What was new information for you?” The special requirements for the children and the age of the schools surprised many people there. Superintendent Teresa Downs explained how over 50 per cent of kindergarten students in the District were classed as “vulnerable” in at least one of five areas of health and social deSee SCHOOLS on p. 10

A quilt of our own Members of the local quilt guild presented a replica of the quilt made for Bifuka in 2004 to the Village of Ashcroft this week to hang in the Village Office. (Above) With Mayor Andy Anderson are guild members Joyce Deering, Pat Brown, Barney Crags and Jeanne Joss. For more information, see Council Briefs on p. 3

Ashcroft corrects addresses Ashcroft Council is working towards standardizing all of its street addresses so that emergency responders from outside the community can find houses faster. “We working with TNRD to establish proper boundaries and a proper grid,” administrator Michelle Allen told Council at the Apr. 8 Council meeting. In over 50 years of assigning house numbers around the community, a number of anomolies have appeared. “We have a few places we’re

working on,” she said, pointing out two or three areas that have duplicate house numbers and one street where the houses on one side are numbered in sequence. “We’re aiming for July 1 to have them all identified,” she said. Then staff will write to them and work with them to correct the mistaken house numbers. Council approved a motion to standardize street numbers so that all streets with a numerical name will have the name as a number.

Desert Bells Handbell Choir conductor Carmen Ranta and members Ray Shindell and Kirk Watson polish their new set of handbells. More on p, 6

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“Only in Ashcroft” you say A big THANK YOU to all my friends and neighbors in Ashcroft, including Vicky’s exercise group, the coffee group, and the legion people who treated me so well and helped out with my move to Kamloops. Ashcroft has been very good to me and my family, and we found it a great place to live. I hope my friends will call in and see me when they are in Kamlops. I wish the very best to everyone! Thank you all, Ed Walsh

Notice of Public Hearing Zoning Bylaw Amendment The public are hereby notified that Council for the Village of Ashcroft is preparing a Zoning bylaw amendment. The purpose of the bylaw is to amend the permitted uses of land in the M2 (Industrial) Zone. The Public Hearing will be held in the Council Chambers of the Village Office at 601 Bancroft Street on Monday, April 22, 2013 from 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm. Written and oral presentations will be accepted during this public hearing. Copies of the proposed bylaw amendment are available from the Village Office during regular business hours. Michelle Allen, Chief Administrative Officer

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Hit and run

April 2 police received a report of a hit and run in the parking lot of the Ponderosa Apartments in Cache Creek, thought to have occurred on March 26. A gray 1995 Ford Winstar was damaged and blue paint streak was left on the passenger side. Anyone with information about the accident is asked to call the RCMP at 250-453-2216.

Unhappy camper

April 2 at 3:30 pm police were called to Sage Hills Motel in Cache Creek for a disturbance caused by a Prince George woman who was unhappy with the service. The 52 year old woman’s erratic driving was the subject of several complaints from Ashcroft to Salmon Arm the week before, and she was trying to get a refund from the owners for

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her motel stay at that time. She left before police arrived. The woman is known to have mental health issues.

Grow Op items dumped

April 3 police received a call from the Interior Roads manager to inform them that pots and plant material from a marijuana grow op was being dumped at the Red Hills and Boston Bar rest areas. The garbage has been cleaned up, but was left at the sites between Feb. 5 and April 3. Both RCMP and Interior Roads will be monitoring the area for any further action. Anyone with information about who may be dumping the debris is asked to phone RCMP at 250-4532216.

Ashcroft: 250-453-2216 Clinton: 250-459-2221 Lytton: 250-455-2225 Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-TIPS (8477)

AGM for Cache Creek Recreation Society will be held on April 16, 2013 at 7pm at the Cache Creek Community Hall. Clinton Health Auxiliary

Elegant Dessert Party and Silent Auction Clinton Memorial Hall Sunday April 14 at 7:30 PM

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Dirt bike stolen

April 4 police received a report of a dirt bike stolen fro a residence on Basil Rd. off Hwy 99 on March

Broken window

April 4 at 4 pm police were called to a break and entry in progress at the empty Wander Inn in Cache Creek. Police found a group of youths looking at a broken window in the building, but determined that none of them had broken it and no entry had been gained. The youths indicated that an Ashcroft female had broken it a few days earlier. Police are following up with the young lady.

Fireworks stopped

April 5 at 9:30 pm police received a complaint of fireworks being let off somewhere in the area of Elephant Mountain. The fireworks were actually being fired by a local family at their residence on Tingley St. Police had already attended the residence and advised the owners that they would have to cease because setting off fireworks in Ashcroft was illegal.

Driving while suspended

April 5 at 10:30 pm while conducting a roadcheck in Clinton, Traffic Services of-

ficers stopped a 2004 Dodge Caravan. The driver admitted that he had no Drivers License. It was found that he was also currently under a driving suspension. The officer detected an odour of marijuana inside the vehicle and it was searched. A small quantity of marijuana was seized from the driver, who also Failed a roadside sobriety test. The 47 year old Bonaparte man was given a 24 hour suspension for impairment by drugs. He was also served with a promise to appear in court to answer the charge of driving while suspended. His vehicle was impounded for seven days and towed.

Wallet left at PetroCan

April 7 police were advised that a wall full of identification cards and a Drivers License had been left behind at the PetroCan in Cache Creek. Police have used the contact information inside the wallet to leave messages for the Vancouver man, telling him that his wallet is at the RCMP Detachment.

No gas, no go

April 8 just after midnight, police spotted a young male at the Chevron cardlock on the frontage road off Hwy 97C next to ASC Automotive. The 23 year old Ashcroft man advised police that his borrowed car had run out of gas, leaving him stranded. Police gave him a ride home.

Former MP Stockwell Day endorses

Liberal candidate Jackie Tegart

MERRITT, BC - Stockwell Day knows what the BC economy needs-and who should be in charge of it after the provincial election on May 14. The answer, says Day, a former federal cabinet minister and longtime former MP for OkanaganCoquihalla, is the responsible approach of the BC Liberal Party and candidate Jackie Tegart-and definitely not the tax-and-spend NDP. “I’m pleased to have Stockwell visit us here in Merritt and to support our campaign. He understands the needs of our area, and most im-

The Hated 12% HST Tax is Done! People in Fraser-Nicola can be proud that you were the collectors of the second largest number of signatures per capita out of 85 constituencies during the HST Petition Drive.

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portantly, he understands the need to keep our Province’s economy under sound fiscal management,” stated Jackie Tegart, BC Liberal candidate for MLA in Fraser-Nicola. “As our campaign gets underway, it is important that we are all reminded about what we’d get from the NDP: more taxes, more spending, bigger government, more red tape, and more risks to BC’s economic future”, concluded Tegart. Submitted

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Gold Trail trades in transition Gold Trail’s trades program is taking a break after losing its Director of Trades, Wendy Blaskovic, earlier this year. Blaskovic was hired on by Thompson Rivers University in February, leaving School District 74 to decide its next steps. “We’re in a bit of a transition,” admitted Superintendent Teresa Downs, “but it allows us to regroup.” She says there is no doubt that Gold Trail will be replacing the position, “but we’re not sure what it will look like.” At an Apr. 2 Education Committee meeting in Ashcroft, members were asked what the future of trades in Gold Trail looked like to them. “The trades are high on priority list for trustees,” said trustee Carmen Ranta. “It’s not really our trades program – it’s an area and regional trades program.” Offering the program through TRU is difficult, she said, because of location and low enrolment. “We need to find a way to offer trades to our district.” Lillooet Secondary PAC president Orra Storkan said that a certification problem with the District’s program a few years ago made parents reluctant to put their children into the program. In that case, it wasn’t until the end of the school year when parents found out that the program wasn’t eligible for certification that year. “The only way we can make it reasonably successful is to know what the kids are interested in,” said committee chair, trustee Chris-

topher Roden. We need to ask them, he said, because “they are the only ones with the information we need to build the programs they want.” Trustee Nancy Rempel noted that there are many trades that TRU does not offer. “We need to go past them,” she said, “even outside of BC” and she pointed to several Clinton students who had gone to school in Olds, Alberta to study agricultural trades. “We need partnerships with other institutions,” said trustee Mavourneen Varcoe-Ryan. Numbers are a challenge, she agreed, but other institutions might be more prepared to work with just one or two interested students. Storkan suggested that financial support from Gold Trail for its students be a part of those partnerships. Downs says there are three students enrolled in TRU’s trades program this year; last year there were 11. “It’s a reflection of student interest,” she says. She agrees with trustees who want to connect with other institutions. “Trades are not just welding, carpentry and electrical,” says Downs. “TRU offers us a lot of great opportunities, but there are lots beyond.” All of the paperwork for the program is already in place for this school year. Downs says no major changes will be made to the program until the new director is in place, allowing them to assess what’s needed and provide their own input.

Daffodil Month in Ashcroft and Cache Creek Ina Gory, long time Canadian Cancer Society volunteer is pinning a daffodil to Mayor Anderson to kick off 2013 Daffodil Month campaign. Donate generously for your pin from boxes in both Ashcroft and Cache Creek businesses.

Council closes Juniper Dr. access From the Ashcroft Council meeting on April 8.

A S H C RO F T Council Briefs

Roll Call: Mayor Andy Anderson and councillors Alice Durksen and Jerry Fiddick. Missing: Councillors Helen Kormendy and Jackie Tegart.

Cactus Strippers Quilt Guild

Joyce Deering, Pat Brown, Jeanne Joss and Barney Craggs from the local Cactus Strippers Quilt Guild presented a replica of the Bifuka quilt to Council. The guild presented the original quilt to Council in July 2004 as a gift to Bifuka. The Guild has been working on the replica since 2008. Guild members Judy Service, Zelda Matkea, Pearl Taylor, Val Jewesbury, Gloria Duncan, Marilyn Bueckert, Shirley Holowchuk, Gerda Rieck, Judy Davison and Sandy Reed also worked on the quilt.

Rodeo looking for royal ambassadors

Once again, it is with great excitement that The Ashcroft & District Rodeo would like to announce to all the young ladies of Ashcroft, Cache Creek, 16 Mile, Savona, Clinton, Spences Bridge and Lytton that we are now accepting applications for Rodeo Queen and Princess for this year’s Ashcroft and District Rodeo. The application deadline is approachLast year’s Rodeo Royalty, Queen Ginelle Talarico and Princess Harley ing quickly, so pick Antoine in the Ashcroft Rodeo Parade just prior to the rodeo. up your applications at your local schools Application forms with photo must be reor Safety Mart in Ashcroft. Or you can Email us at treasurer@ash- ceived by April 19. Mail to: Ashcroft & District Rodeo Associacroftrodeo.ca or go to our FB page and message tion – Attn: Diana us! PO Box 444 Princess age group – 10-14 years; Queen Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0 age group – 15-20 years. Or Email to treasurer@ashcroftrodeo.ca All applicants must competent riders and possess the skill and ability to carry a flag while RE: Rodeo Queen/ Princess Application. Diana Hoggard participating in the Grand Entry.

pality. The District is also asking other municipalities to express their concern to the provincial government about the precedent set by establishing a municipality with no population and with an appointed council. “No residents?” asked Mayor Anderson. “I had to read it twice.” “UBCM does not support un-elected politicians making land-use decisions,” said Coun. Alice Durksen. “It is a little frightening that a local government can be formed in the middle of nowhere with no residents,” said administrator Michelle Allen. The Letters Patent that created the municipality were approved in February, she said.

Jumbo Glacier

Council is just as concerned as the District of Invermere, which is asking the Union of BC Municipalities to become involved in opposing the creation of a new resort municipality by the province, called Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resourt Munici-

Juniper Dr. access closure

Council voted to close the informal access behind Juniper Dr. after hearing from residents on the matter since before Christmas. The Village will install barriers across the entrance to the Village-owned lands from Heustis Dr. Residents have argued for and against the access, saying on one hand that it is a dangerous liability for the Village, while the property owners say it’s the only access they have to park at the back of their properties. Council debated briefly on whether they should make the property available for purchase to the current homeowners, but there was no guarantee that that the access would be kept open. “There’s nothing to say that a new owner won’t fence off their piece,” said Coun. Jerry Fiddick. “That won’t solve the problem.” The strip of land borders a hill and drops off on one side. The Village doesn’t maintain it as a roadway, but is still liable if someone is injured or killed while using it. Council voted unanimously to close it.

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One good turn deserves another Just what we need - another survey to tell us how we act, how we spend, who we love, how many pills we take... I’m sure I grimace each time I see another survey in my In Box. But this one was made just for us. Did you know that Apr. 13-21 is Good Turn Week? Neither did I. And Scouts Canada is challenging Canadians to do a Simple Act of Kindness during Good Turn Week. Not one of the more highly scientific surveys that I’ve read, it’s results are still thought-provoking. One thousand Canadians were surveyed in February and 51 per cent said that they were the recipient of a good turn at least once a month, while 28 per cent said they have a good turn performed for them twice a week or more. Lucky devils! Forty-one per cent of young adults surveyed, aged 18-24, said that they do a good turn every day. I don’t think anyone needs to question whether good deeds are done in our communities all the time. But perhaps we should ask ourselves if we’re doing enough. We all have good neighbours and friends who need a hand from time to time. If they aren’t getting that help, then we’re not giving enough. Maybe we meant to, but we didn’t have the time. Or we forgot. Or we hoped that someone else would take care of it. Let’s use Good Turn Week to practice our Good Deed skills. Make a list, if you have to, of the good deeds that you can do for the people around you. Write to us at The Journal if someone does a good deed for you, or if you see a good deed being done. Sometimes we need to see others around us doing good things before we try it ourselves. If you want to know the secret, it’s not all about giving. It’s about getting, too. You get to feel that tingly sense of having helped, having contributed, having done something good and positiv. Yes, it feels good. So be careful - it’s addictive. Once you start, you might not be able to stop. But that’s a good thing

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BIRDS IN THE BELFRY at the Pentecostal Church in Cache Creek - robins, to be more specific VICTORIA –This is the first of a series of policy commentaries on the four main parties contesting the 2013 B.C. election. I’m starting with the B.C. Green Party, which has higher than usual hopes for the 2013 election. It was also the first to put out a substantial policy document, albeit one that is still being debated and altered. Green Book 2013 continues the Utopian positions that only a party with no chance of forming a government has the luxury to put forward. For example, they would double the area of parks in B.C., but take 100 years to do it. Immediately, they would almost double the carbon tax, taking it from seven to 12 cents on a litre of gasoline. Greens would extend this steeply increased carbon tax to industries such as natural gas and cement production. Leader Jane Sterk told me she expects cement producers and the like to adapt, rather than shut down as their competitive position erodes. And what about the extra billions in carbon tax revenues? Sterk says most should continue to go to income tax reductions, as is now the case, because the purpose is to change consumption patterns, not to increase overall tax revenue. Most, but not all. “We think there is an argument to be made for putting, for a period of time, the increased revenue from the carbon tax into creating the infrastructure that allows people to benefit from a

The U.S. has its own shale gas supplies, and is B.C.’s only current export customer. Converting transport trucks and BC Ferries to LNG fuel isn’t going to maintain the vast industry blooming in northern B.C. The official Green Party position is to place a moratorium on Tom Fletcher B.C. gas drilling while a compretfletcher@blackpress.ca hensive water use policy is developed. Current innovations such as reusing municipal wastewater are ignored. The Green platform also decarbon tax,” Sterk said. That means transit, and potentially mands disclosure of chemicals used in retrofits of homes and other buildings hydraulic fracturing, which the B.C. as well. Tax increase aside, this is es- Oil and Gas Commission has already done. sentially the NDP position too. If one were to design a self-fulThe Greens emphasize wind and geothermal power. Sterk faces the awk- filling prophecy that B.C.’s LNG proward task of arguing against hydroelec- ject is doomed to fail, the Green Party platform would be a good place to start. tric expansion. Reading through Green Book 2013, A Green government would cancel the Site C dam project on the Peace I’m left with the impression that much River. Sterk says it would only serve as of it remains calculated as a soothing a subsidy to liquefied natural gas ex- message for urban voters who have ports, which she doesn’t believe mater- been convinced it’s courageous to drive ialize as international competitors de- their cars down to an anti-tanker protest. velop. If Weaver, Sterk or any other Greens The Greens’ star candidate, University of Victoria climate scientist An- get elected, it will be surfing a wave of drew Weaver, agrees. Both point to vast protest votes from people weary of the reserves of Russian gas that may well B.C. Liberals and the NDP. It will not be due to the practicality or even interget to Asia more quickly and cheaply. Sterk said the 35,000 existing gas nal consistency of their polices. It’s still pretty easy being Green. wells in northern B.C. “are not going to be shut down.” Actually, in the abTom Fletcher is legislative reporter sence of LNG exports, that is exactly what would happen to many of them. and columnist for Black Press

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Zero waste and consumerism Dear Editor Some thoughts on last week’s lead article in the Ashcroft Journal (Marc Lee’s “Closing the Loop,” April 4) Marc Lee’s report, as is clear, ostensibly supports zero waste. The methods it advocates for achieving zero waste, however, are, as it admits, very hard to put in practice because they would involve no less than a fundamental change in the way we think and behave. For example, we would need to learn to do without new things and get used to accepting used or recycled products; manufacturers would have to stop using any form of plastic packaging, and, more importantly, to stop luring us into buying things. Etc. These methods, if universally applied , would indeed lead us toward zero waste. In fairness, some steps are already being taken to reduce the amount of packaging, to recycle more and to accept recycled materials. These steps, positive as they are, are so tiny, however, that literally generations would go by before we got so good at applying them that zero waste would begin to seem possible. In other words, the concept of zero waste as envisaged by this report is a UTOPIAN concept given to us because the writer knows we’re suckers for sweet things. The real motive beneath the sugar coating, however, is something altogether different and uglier. We all know that Metro Van is fast giving up on

letters to the editor energy solutions that do landfilling as a preferred method of municipal sol- not involve traditional id waste disposal and is in forms of incineration-like the Plasma Gasification the process of exploring Melting process, for exstate-of-the-art waste-toample, which leaves beenergy solutions. hind a solid slag that enSo what this report traps heavy metals, and is out to do is to try to not the sort of incinerator get Metro Van to reverse ash laced with the kind of course and go back to dumping its waste in land- leachable toxics that have fills-preferably, of course, been such a headache for Cache Creek in recent hundreds of kilometres months. away in Cache Creek. Third, the Report is What are the tell-tale blatantly one-sided: it signs of the devious intent of this report? Let me fails to recognize the positive aspects of alternate point out a few. forms of disposal. This First there is the acexcerpt from a recent knowledgment in the reNYT article (April 2010) port that Jeff Morris is a is an example: While major contributor to its new, state-of-the-art landdevelopment; and unless I’m terribly mistaken, fills do collect the methane that emanates from this is the same Dr. Morris who collaborated with rotting garbage to make electricity, they churn out Belkorp/Wastech several roughly twice as much years ago in the producclimate-warming gas as tion of the Morris Report waste-to-energy plants do which vented against infor the units of power they cinerators and came out produce, the 2009 E.P.A. glowing in favour of the study found…The study Cache Creek Extension. also concluded that wasteSecond, the Report (Closing the Loop) harsh- to-energy plants produced ly criticizes MV’s propos- lower levels of pollutants than the best landfills did, al to go waste-to-energy in good measure because, but nine times the energy. in its view, incinerators produce a lot of Job Well Done! ash which Kindness such as each friend would itself be in need of of the Zion UCW has shown is landfilling. always highly rated. This is certainly a fair Through your generosity, criticism of inthe 67th Bean Supper was a cinerators and resounding success with 130 of incinerator ash. The meals served. God bless you all. report, howLet’s do it again in 2014! ever, fails to point out that MV is in the process of exploring alternate forms of waste-to-

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NCC clarifies land purchase Dear Editor The recent release of a report by the BC Auditor General has led to a vigorous debate on the future of carbon neutral government. As a seller of carbon credits to the Pacific Carbon Trust, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) looks forward to any clarity that may result in the BC carbon market. However, a recent editorial in this newspaper (“Greenhouse gas leaks from Pacific Carbon Trust” by Tom Fletcher), perpetuates factual errors

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The Village of Cache Creek presents another fun Family Movie Night at the Cache Creek Community Hall. This month is the Oscar Award winning movie for Best Picture, Life Of Pi. Bring the whole family to see this wonderful movie on Friday, April 12. Admission at the door. Doors open at 6:30 pm with the Movie starting at 7 pm. There will be popcorn and goodies available for purchase at the concession supporting Cache Creek Elementary School’s Parent Advisory Council. No outside food or drinks, please. Children must be supervised and remain seated and quiet during the movie please. Here’s a sneak peek of what the Movie is about; A 16 year-old Indian boy’s passage to a new life in America aboard a freighter ends in a shipwreck in the Pacific. He is left to fend for himself on a life raft with an orangutan, a zebra, a hyena and a Bengal tiger.

Amazing Grace, Amazing Story

For those who have followed the story of our local Handbell Choir, you may know that the bells the choir have Nadine been using are a borrowed set Davenport of bells owned by the School creativecurrent@ District in Kamloops. The Detelus.net sert Bells Handbell Choir is an inter generational handbell choir, with members from age Bell Choir invites you to join a Com9 to senior, who practice weekmunity - Spring - Extravaganza fea- ly through the fall and spring at Cache turing five local community musical Creek Elementary School. acts. The performance will be at Cache Last year the Handbell Choir was Creek Community Hall on Saturday fortunate enough to receive a legacy April 13, doors open at 7 pm and per- gift of an entire collection of Handbell formance starts at 7:30 pm. Admission Choir music, including many originis by donation with desserts, coffee and al works and arrangements, donated by tea served during intermission. Lynn Albertson, a retired teacher from Bring the whole family and sup- Lillooet. This music was from her deport music in our schools and com- ceased mother, Helene Albertson, a formunity. The night will feature the Ash- mer handbell director of the Silver Harcroft High School Band, the Desert bour Bells or Ringers from the lower Bells Handbell Choir, the Sax Appeal mainland. In this collection of music, Spring Concert this weekend with trio featuring Carmen Ranta, and the a lovely version of Amazing Grace was Sage Sound Singers with pianist Dimit- found. new Bells, Choir and school band Winding River Arts and Perform- er Terziev. Musical Director Michelle Last month, more great news. The ance Society along with the Sage Reid and Conductor Carmen Ranta are Desert Bells handbell choir was inSound Singers and The Desert Bells excited about both choirs’ perform- formed by the B.C. Guild of English ances. Get there early for a good seat! Handbell Ringers that there was the th For more info call (250) 453- rare opportunity to purchase a set of Ashcroft Art Club’s 46 Annual 9100. Continued next page

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Goodman among their inspirations. Step back in time to the golden age of jazz with the Company B Jazz Band at St Albans Hall on April 27. Doors open at 7 pm with music starting at 7:30pm. Tix in advance at The Ashcroft Bakery, Nature’s Gifts and the Ashcroft Liquor Store or by calling (250) 453-9100 to reserve. For more info and you tube video of Company B ‘live’ go to www. windingriversarts.ca.

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used good quality handbells from an organization in North Vancouver. Within a week the bells were purchased through a loan, and brought home to Cache Creek. The bells were the same set of bells that Helene, Lynn’s mother, directed, wrote, and arranged music for in Lillooet. The building her choir practiced in was called the Silver Harbour Centre and the handbell choir was named Silver Harbour Bells or Ringers. On May 5 at 2 pm, the Desert Bells will also be performing in Lillooet in recognition of these very special circumstances and with a dream to ignite interest for a community handbell choir in Lillooet.

Art Show in its 46th year!

Don’t miss the 46th Annual Ashcroft Fine Art Show & Sale presented by the Ashcroft Arts Club from April 19-23 at St Albans Hall, 501 Brink Street, where art lovers will gather to get a taste of what local Artists have to offer. Opening Night is Friday, April 19 (adults only) from 6-9 pm. This year, there are 31 artists exhibiting 192 pieces including sculptures, photographs and paintings in water colour, acrylic and oil paint. Admission is by donation. Enjoy beautiful paintings and drawings by many local talented Artists. Saturday to Tuesday from noon to 5 pm for all ages. The show also gives the artists a chance to showcase their work and meet

with other artists and people from the community. Choose your favourites, support local Artists from the area. Refreshments will be served. The Arts Show and Sale would also like to thank their sponsor, Valley First Insurance Services. Local Artists paintings, photography and exhibits can also be purchased. Should you become the proud owner of one of these works of art you must pick it up at the close of the show on Tuesday.

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Dust off your dancing shoes and enjoy the vintage harmonies of Company B Jazz Band! They are a vintage vocal harmony swing band playing classic renditions of tunes from the 1920s through 1950s. Loaded with personality, the harmonies of the female vocal trio are wellcomplemented by an instrumental trio of clarinet/sax, guitar, and upright bass. Company B is also known for its witty musical creativity and catchy phrasing, incorporating a keen knowledge of the eras they focus on. If you are a fan of old vintage vocal harmony acts such as the Andrews Sisters and the Boswell Sisters, and great singers ranging from Edith Piaf to Sophie Tucker to Patsy Cline you are in for a great show as all these stellar acts from the past are among the band’s major influences. They also count Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt, Louis Armstrong, and Benny

Winding Rivers Arts & Performance Society cordially invites you to participate in the 2nd Annual Plein Air Paint-Out in Ashcroft on May 22-23. Ashcroft and the surrounding area will once again see painters creating works of art from various vantage points around our community. The event saw 34 artists visit our community last year and more are expected this year. The Society looks forward to welcoming those from near and far to celebrate the beauty of what is often described as a “stunning and unique landscape” where inspiring views and vistas abound. Artists of all levels of experience are welcome. Once again, the focus will be on gathering like minds to enjoy the sheer pleasure of painting. There will be plenty of opportunities to paint as well as gatherings for meals and conversation. At the First Annual Plein Air Paint-Out last year, award winning artist John H. Burrow states, “While the scenery was All Stock *Members beautiful and inspiring, the thing

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Aging schools and low capacity velopment. The provincial average, she said, was 10 per cent. Over the past four years, the District has brought in Early Assessment and Intervention and Speech Language Assistance. Every kindergarten student is tested for their basic readiness to begin school, and extra work is often needed to bring them up to kindergarten level. Declining enrolment is expected to continue for several more years, she said, and even when it levels out, they are not expecting to see numbers increasing again. The funding protection that used to buffer the budget of the District with the fastest declining enrolment in BC is being reduced by 1.5 per cent annually, making for a $307,000 reduction in Gold Trail’s $21.5 million budget, said Lynda Minnabarriet, director of finance. Mitch Van Aller, director of facilities, talked about the results of a 2012 Facility Condition Assessment conducted by the province. Every school in the District received a Poor rating except for Gold Bridge which got an average rating, and AES and LES. The two oldest schools in the District, Ashcroft Elementary and Lytton Elementary were given the lowest rating - Very Poor. School capacity was measured and Lillooet ranked the highest. AES came out at 41 per cent usage; Cache Creek Elementary, Lytton Elementary and David Stoddart K-12 (Clinton) are around 31 per cent. Ashcroft Secondary and Kumsheen Secondary are hovering around 25 per cent. Everyone present were gathered into several groups and asked four questions: 1. What was new information for you? 2. What would you like to learn more about and why? 3. What is important to you and why? 4. What would you like to see for the future of education? Many were surprised at how old the buildings were, AES and LES being built in 1950. Others were shocked to hear that so many kindergarten students needed help just to meet the basic entry requirements of things like speech and socialization for school. It didn’t long for the discussion to turn to school closures. “i didn’t quite understand what we were supposed to take away from the presentation,” said one person. “I felt like you’re preparing us for closure,” said another. “I thought we were going to get more information about what was actually being considered,” said one woman. “If there was no school here, I wouldn’t have moved to Ashcroft. My child hs a hard time with change.” “We chose Ashcroft because of location,” said another. “We wouldn’t be happy sending our children to Cache Creek.” “We should be talking about potential options,” said David Eaglestone. “It’s not a consultation if we don’t know what the board is considering.” Vicky Trill said she felt that a small town eduction is one of the best things to give a child, “even if we’re lacking a few courses.” Let’s keep our kids here, she said, even if it’s in Cache Creek. “It’s all about education,” said trustee Nancy Rempel, “whether it’s in this building (Ashcroft Secondary) or not.” She said the District was criticized after its last consultations because people felt they weren’t given enough information. “People thought we were hiding something,” she said. Some of the discussion touched on how to increase the numbers of students by reaching out to home schoolers and convincing them to come back into the system. The board has said that the information from the Community Conversations will be used to prepare a 10-year facility plan as mandated by the province. Schools from p. 1

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BC Government’s Budget 2013 Lacks Credibility! “As the MLA for Fraser-Nicola and Critic for Community and Rural Development, I stood up in the BC Legislature on your behalf and spoke against the Government’s 2013 Budget. It is incredible that following the 2009 Budget and HST controversies the government would, once again, go down the very same path that British Columbians so overwhelmingly rejected during the HST Petition Drive in 2010. In my experiences in life, people do not like to be fooled again, and again.” – Harry Lali

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Here are 10 reasons why I DO NOT support the Provincial Budget: 1. Budget 2013 is NOT balanced. Detailed scrutiny reveals that 6. Would you sell your house to pay for your grocery bills? the Government’s Budget 2013 hides a $790 million decit. The BC Government is attempting to sell off your public Their claim of a balanced budget is quite simply false, and assets to pay for its scal mismanagement. The Minister of their scal recklessness will saddle B.C.’s next government Finance has booked $475 million this year and a further $150 with signicant nancial challenges to manage. million next year as part of their re sale of public assets, even though not a single sale has been conrmed. On the 2. Budget 2013 is a $790 million decit. By removing the shortissue of asset sales, respected Canadian economist, Don sighted sale of public assets from the budget and restating Drummond, offered this guidance to governments: “Do not expenditure growth for vital public services to more realistic count chickens before they are hatched. If assets are to levels, the true government decit is estimated to be $790 be sold, never incorporate any revenue from such planned million in 2013/14, $847 million in 2014/15 and $452 million sales into a budget before the fact.” in 2015/16. 7. The BC Government has mismanaged BC Hydro. The 3. This is Budget 2009 all over again – Remember the 12% HST? government is continuing to siphon hundreds of millions of Remember the last time this government brought in a lowdollars from B.C. Hydro into general revenue, despite the balled budget decit before an election and said the decit Auditor-General’s stern warning that the excessive use of was “$495 million maximum”, only to tell the people of BC deferral accounts “creates the appearance of protability after the election, “Ooooops, we made a mistake!” That where none actually exists.” decit turned out to be $1.9 billion after the election. That’s how we ended up with the HST. How can anyone believe 8. Rural BC is abandoned, yet again! The Government’s a government that said BEFORE the 2009 election that the budget cuts $35 million from forest health programs at a time 12% HST “is not on our radar”, yet the same government when our forest land-base badly needs help. The budget brought in the 12% HST just days AFTER winning the election? is also missing needed investments in tourism, agriculture or No one is getting fooled this time around! rural schools. 4. The BC Government has deliberately under-estimated its 9. Government’s Budget 2013 is a threat to Health Care in expenses. This budget projects only 0.8 per cent growth Rural BC. British Columbians are bracing for another round in expenditures for the coming year; but average growth of massive cuts in essential services. The BC Government’s over the government’s term in ofce has been 3.2 per numbers simply cannot be trusted. Either the BC cent. The numbers in their unbalanced budget are an Government has understated expenditures dramatically, illusion and simply cannot be trusted. or they are planning a massive wave of secret post-election cuts to critical services for British Columbians. Health Care 5. The BC Government has deliberately over-stated its alone is being underfunded by $245 million this year. revenues. The BC Government is counting on revenues and prots that are not there. They are booking imaginary 10. No one in BC believes the government’s claims of a BC Hydro and asset sale prots when none exist. They’re “balanced budget”. The media do not believe the numbers counting on the sale of more assets in one year than the in the budget, experts and economist do not believe them, government has sold in the last ten years combined, and and more importantly, British Columbians, including my they’re booking the money before the sales have been constituents, do not believe the BC Government’s claims. made. The people know better!

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My friend just invented a great little product that, at first glance, seems insignificant. Handing me two tiny pieces of clear flexible plastic that looked like drinking glasses for Barbie and Ken, she demonstrated their actual purpose by slipping them onto the heels of her stilettos. “Now Bob won’t insist we take our shoes off in the house,” she said, referring to her husband’s desire to protect their hardwood flooring. Smart. I can’t stand taking my shoes off and ruining my party outfit. “They also solve the problem of walking on grass,” she said excitedly. “Like at a gar-

den wedding.” Smart again. I’ve sunk into the soft ground a few times myself. It wasn’t graceful. With a patent pending, Dana’s “Heelio Dealios” are quickly becoming a hit at wedding shows and shoe stores where their usefulness is recognized immediately. “I’m pretty clutzy,” one fashionable young lady told me. “I wear them to keep from slipping.” Armed with a little pair of my own, I went home and put them on the beautiful high heels I wore to my friend’s outdoor wedding last year. I first had to clean off some of the dried-up mucky grass still stuck to the bottom, but once I

ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com did, my new additions fit like a glove. After trying the caps on a few other pairs, it became obvious that I owned a lot of shoes that I barely wore. Some of them still had price tags attached – yet a layer of dust over them. What a waste. Grabbing a large bin, I started filling it with all the shoes I knew

would be much better used and appreciated by someone other than me. It was hard to part with them initially, but anything that didn’t fit my feet comfortably or wasn’t something I had worn in the last year was thrown in the bin. My feelings of guilt over rarely wearing them were quickly replaced with feelings

April 2013 • Week 3 ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, take time to sort through some of the paperwork on your desk. You could find there is something important that you overlooked that needs to be addressed. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 There are a few things you can’t seem to work out in your head, Taurus. A better idea may be to put everything on paper and perhaps the answer will jump out. GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, there will be a few moments this week when you seem to have a breakthrough. Maybe it’s in a relationship or you have just the right answers at work. CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Surprising events are in store as you continue to change your views about life-altering events, Cancer. You may find your master plan is entirely turned on its head. LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, your energy level is so revved up that others won’t be able to keep up with you. You may have to slow down a little to let others catch up. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, others find it difficult to change your opinion once you have your mind set on something. But it still helps to consider if the direction you’re heading is the right way. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you may be feeling a little homesick, especially if you are away on business or on vacation. Try to make the most of the situation even if you’re feeling nostalgic. SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, if it seems like nothing is going your way, keep in mind there is a master plan in the works. You may not be able to see the resolution, but just be patient. SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, there are a few puzzle pieces that you need to get into place and then you’ll have everything worked out. Reward yourself with a night out. CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, lay low for awhile rather than drumming up some trouble. Tempting as it is to stir the pot, it may cause more difficulties for you in the long run. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, although you have a few projects on your to-do list, you can’t seem to get started. Instead of looking at the entire list, tackle one task at a time and you’ll get the job get done. PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, turn your thoughts to creative efforts and you’ll find the days will just fly by. Before you know it, the weekend will be here.

of relief than someone would. I then asked my husband and kids to do the same with their shoes so we could donate them to the charity “Soles 4 Souls,” which has drop boxes all over BC, Canada and the United States. I first heard about this organization through my friend Don Robichaud, who passed away suddenly five weeks ago. He was passionate about the project and became heavily involved when his friend Jim Belshaw, the owner of Roy’s Shoes, wanted to introduce “Soles 4 Souls” to Kelowna. Hoping to collect a couple of thousand pairs of shoes to do-

nate after the earthquake in Haiti, they ended up collecting over 45,000 pairs their very first year. Since then their team has collected 300,000 pairs locally, and the organization’s goal is to now collect a million shoes per province all across Canada. “People like this charity because anyone can participate,” Jim said. “And the local agencies get first crack at the donations before they’re shipped overseas, so we’re helping out at home as well.” Catering to people who might not even own one pair of shoes, I felt hesitant about donating my frivolous high heels.But after

learning that all types were needed, I knew they’d end up in good hands, and on good feet. That made me happy. Who knows maybe someone will wear a pair of my pretty pumps to a job interview. As a bonus I attached a pair of Heelio Deadlio’s inside the stilettos - just in case their new owner ends up walking on hardwood floors or soft green grass after they land a really great job. Drop box locations and info: Soles4SoulsCanada.com. Info for stiletto caps: HeelioDealios.com Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com

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Marjorie Martin MARTIN – Marjorie (nee Bursey) passed away peacefully at the Ashcroft Hospital on Saturday April 6th 2013 in her 95th year, formerly of Bell Island Nfld and Wabush, Labrador. Marjorie is predeceased by her husband Gordon and son Gilbert and leaves to mourn sons David (Marcelle) of Cambridge, Ontario, John (Laura) of Cache Creek, B.C., Paul (Maria) of Ashcroft, B.C., Gordon (Bev) of Wabush, Labrador, daughters Laura (Martin) O’Brian of Salt Spring Island, B.C., Sheila (Milton) Knight of Medicine Hat, Alberta, 13 Grandchildren, 9 Great Grandchildren and 4 Great Great Grandchildren, 1 surviving special sister Rita, and predeceased by sisters Avis, Marie and Laura and brothers Bill, Everett, Melvin, Raymond and Arthur. Marjorie is also survived by many nieces, nephews, sister in law Phyllis and special sister in law Peg. Funeral Services for Marjorie were held on Thursday April 11th 2013 at St. Alban’s Anglican Church Ashcroft with Rev. Dan Hines officiating followed by Interment in the Ashcroft Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations in Memory of Marjorie may be made to the Long Term Care at the Ashcroft Health Site. Thompson Valley Funeral Home Ashcroft entrusted with arrangements.

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ity. In fact, overall our ownership of Darkwoods has resulted in a $13 million economic benefit to the community, to date. The Darkwoods Forest Carbon project was the first of its kind undertaken in Canada. The project is certified under the Verified Carbon Standard; a standard that ensures a carbon project follows internationally-recognized protocols and has tangible environmental benefits. The Nature Conservancy of Canada spent three years developing the project, and exercised due diligence at every step while working with various industry experts. The project also fulfilled all provincial regulations and met all standards for Carbon Offsets. More importantly, Darkwoods is a world-class conservation project. Without revenue from forest carbon, the longterm protection of this vital 55,000 hectare property and the fate of animals and plants that find a haven there would be in jeopardy. The proceeds from the carbon sales went back into the long-term stewardship of Darkwoods - for the sake of nature and the people of British Columbia. Darkwoods ensures in perpetuity, British Columbians will see the magnificent forest for the trees. Tom Swann Associate Regional VP, BC The Nature Conservancy of Canada

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... Past, Present & Beyond My Kingdom for an Apple, Pt. 2 - Widow Smith Summer was fast slipping into fall, the days drawing ever shorter, the evenings lengthening bit by bit. A hint of the frost and snow to come lay underneath the sunshine which still streamed down on Spences Bridge day after day, making itself known in a sudden sharp wind, or a chill when one passed out of the sun for a few moments. For Jessie Smith and her family, the fall was a time to begin to rest after the bustle and exhaustion of the spring and summer. The orchards, so long neglected by the previous owner, had responded to the Smith family’s care and attention, and now GOLDEN COUNTRY their fruit – particularly their apples – BARBARA RODEN was shipped all over the world. It was this subject which formed the topic of conversation one evening, as the shadows lengthened across the lawn and the sun disappeared beyond the hills. “England seems such a very long way away,” said twenty-year-old Bella. “It’s odd to think that some of our apples are there now.” “And further than London,” said her younger sister Peggy. “Do you remember when Johnnie put the Twenty-Ounce Pippin in the box of regular export apples? And asked the person who received the box to write and let us know where the apples ended up?” “And that very nice man from Bournemouth wrote to us!” said Bella. “He had told the story to the newspaper, and sent us the clipping about the enormous apple that had come all the way from British Columbia. How long it must have taken them to get there!” “Aye, not so long as it took your father and I to come here,” said her mother. “A fortnight, it was, just to cross the Atlantic Ocean from Liverpool to Boston, to say nothing of the trip on to Spences Bridge by train and then coach. That was in 1884, nigh on twenty-five years ago. Now you can board the train here in Spences Bridge, and ten days later be standing outside Buckingham Palace, trying to get a glimpse of the King!” “I should like to see the King,” said eleven-year-

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old Alice, the youngest of the Smith children. “I think I would be a bit frightened, though. He looks very grand in the picture hanging in the schoolhouse.” “He has every right to look grand,” said her mother, a note of gentle reprimand in her voice. “Yet I have heard His Majesty is a good man, and that is what matters.” “I wonder if he has ever had one of our apples,” said Peggy. “How would the King taste one of our apples?” asked Alice, looking around as if she half-expected the Monarch to appear behind her. “Well, we did send apples to the Royal Horticultural Show again this year,” said Bella. “Since the King is the Patron of the Society, he is sure to go there to see the display. I only hope our apples arrived safely, Humble beginnings: apples from Widow Smith’s packing house and were not damaged.” (now a restaurant) came to the attention of the King of England. “They will not be damaged,” said her a cloud of cotton batting, were a number of goldenmother reassuringly. “You are the best packer I have ever known, Bella; better even than I yellow apples, their skin seeming to glow softly. Sir was. Should the King chance to see our apples, he Francis waved a hand. “Grimes Golden apples, sir, from the Widow will see the finest fruit he is ever like to.” “The King of England eating our Spences Bridge Smith of Spences Bridge, British Columbia,” he said apples!” said Peggy with a laugh. “Oh, how I wish proudly. “Excellent, Sir Trevor. And is it permitted that I that could be so!” In London, the sense of tension at the Royal Horti- sample one?” “Of course, Your Majesty,” replied Sir Trevor. The cultural Society Exhibition Hall was growing. To the casual eye all seemed well, but King Edward’s secre- King’s hand hovered over the box for a moment; then tary, Sir Francis Knollys, knew that his employer was he selected one, raised it to his mouth, and bit deeply growing increasingly impatient. The Society’s Presi- into it. A moment later he beamed in delight. “Now that is an apple!” he exclaimed, and took dent, Sir Trevor Lawrence, did not look a happy man, as attempt after attempt to locate the desired produce another bite. “Quite the finest I have ever tasted.” “Fit for a King, even,” murmured Sir Francis led to nothing. Sir Francis was pondering the appropriateness of a quip about a “fruitless search”, and under his breath. “I heard that, Knollys,” said the King. “And you had reluctantly abandoned the idea as too dangerous when an aide rushed up and whispered something have hit the nail on the head. Apples fit for a King, inin Sir Trevor’s ear. The President’s face broke into a deed!” smile, and he approached the King. The King? Ay, ay – no less than he, “Your Majesty will be pleased to know that we None other than His Majesty; have found the apples about which you were enquirHis car already comes to stand ing,” he announced. “This way, if you please.” At Islington’s exhibit grand, He led the way through the rows of stalls, piled Ingenuous to a high degree – high with fruits and vegetables and all that could “I’ve come,” he says most graciously, be made from them, from points all over the globe. “Those luscious Golden Grimes to see Finally he stopped in front of a table bearing severOf Widow Smith’s from fair B.C.” al wooden boxes which the Smith family would have Author Unknown recognized instantly. In one of them, nestled amongst

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