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Spring brings music to the ears Last Saturday night, the Sage Sound Choir (bottom left) and the Desert Bells Hand Bell Choir (bottom right), performed in Cache Creek, along with the high school band (above) to over 100 members of the public.
The school district wrapped up this year’s round of community consultations with a “conversation” in Cache Creek on Apr. 12. Gold Trail is inviting feedback on the topids discussed until May. The summer will be spent putting together a report based on the conversations held in each community, and the public should know the reports’ content by September. John Ranta, mayor of Cache Creek and parent of school aged children, welcomed the school district to Cache Creek. “I have an awful lot of sympathy for trustees,” he said, “because your challenges are significant.” Ranta is married to the Gold Trail Board of Education chair, Carmen Ranta. He noted that “Cache Creek’s history of schools goes back longer than any municipality in BC.” Cache Creek was the site of the first school outside the Lower Mainland, in 1874, and “Cache Creek is proud of that history. “Our district highly values relationships,” said Carmen Ranta. “We’re not here to talk about school closures, but if you want to talk about that, it’s not off topic.” She said the district takes in five municipalities, 17 First Nation bands and two Regional Districts. Superintendent Teresa Downs said the district’s top challenges were the readiness of Kindergarten students to enter school, and the completion rates of the teenagers, especially aboriginal males. “Students who leave with a Dogwood have higher success with jobs and relationships,” she said. “Everything we do is aimed at higher completion.” Parents listened to the Connected Classrooms and Shared Learning programs, meant to bridge the classroom community in rural schools. While enrolment is expected to decline across BC until 2015, in Gold Trail it is expected to continue until 2017. Many of the parents present commented positively about the Districts electronic innovations to bring more opportunities to their children, although some were unhappy that the students seemed to be sitting in front of computer monitors for most of the day. “If Connected Classrooms is working for the kids, I’m all for it,” said one parent.
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Collecting firewood
Apr. 13 at 11:45 am police were called to a residence on Hwy 99 near Hat Creek after the owner reported that two men were on his property stealing firewood. Police located two Cache Creek man, one in his 30s and the other in his 60s, who advised that they had been collecting firewood from the same area for years and didn’t realize it was private property. No charges were laid. The owner said he would mark his property more distinctively.
Impaired hit and run
Apr. 14 at 4:30 pm police received a report of a possible impaired driver in a pickup who had just hit a parked vehicle in the Nugget Motel parking lot. The pickup was located at a nearby gas station and the driver was identified by the complainant. Police detected a strong odour of liquor on the driver, a 50 year old Cache Creek man, who refused to provide a sample for a Roadside Test. He was served with driving suspension and an impound notice for his 1990 Ford pickup.
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Apr. 12 at 8:45 am while patrolling in Cache Creek, an officer stopped a pickup on Hwy 1 travelling at 95 kph in the 50 kph zone. The officer noted that the vehicle suddenly slowed down once he turned his radar on. The 60 year old Rosedale man was given a ticket for excessive speed and his 2012 Dodge pickup, with his radar detector, was impounded for seven days.
Apr. 14 at 7:30 pm police were called to the Husky in Cache Creek after a helpful but intoxicated woman broke a vehicle window to retrieve the dog locked inside. The owner had locked themself out of the vehicle and was still working on unlocking the door when the 45 year old Cache Creek woman took it upon herself to assist by using a shovel to break the window. She was arrested for mischief and for being drunk in a public place and was lodged in police cells until sober.
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Apr. 13 at 5 am police were called to a residence on Western Ave. in Ashcroft by a neighbour for a possible break and enter. The police arrived to find the front door wide open and entered the home, waking the owner and children inside. It appears that the door wasn’t
Apr. 15 at 9:30 pm police were called by a resident of the Mesa Vista trailer court in Ashcroft who had a bear on their patio. The bear was gone by the time police arrived. The Conservation Officer was notified.
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The new Desert Hills retail outlet, getting ready for Opening Day, Apr. 27.
Desert Hills readies for Opening Day Desert Hills Ranch is getting ready to open for another busy season, and this year will see the addition of a large retail outlet at the bottom of the hill where the greenhouse and stables are. Twenty-three years later, it’s hard not to describe the ranch as a “growing” business, but the family-owned ranch has been expanding not only its acreage, but it’s also marketing its products further afield while spreading out into new areas.
Besides selling fresh produce and bedding plants to appreciative local customers, Desert Hills also exports produce and sells to grocery stores in Kamloops. This year, expansion includes a big new retail outlet at the ranch that will include bedding plants, fresh cut flower, locally-made jams, sauces and other products, house plants, tropicals, palms, etc. On Opening Day, Apr. 27, there will be ice cream and popcorn for the kids, and Gail Szolosi for the garlic-loving adults. Szolosi is the “Goodness of Garlic” lady from Kariboo Farms, just outside the village of Forest Grove. She will be on hand to give presentations on garlic and to hand out samples. David Porter says the ranch is doing very well and they love the local response. He says they’ll be introducing a new school fundraising program this year in addition to the Mother’s Day baskets. The new program will be a produce package full of fresh produce that will be sold through the local schools. Porter says they’ll have the goat birthday again this year, as well as a special event on Mothers Day and other events throughout the year that haven’t been thought up yet. This year, he says, the ranch will be open until Christmas Eve. There will be ChristDavid Porter (right) with some of his great employees as they mas activities and get the bedding and garden plants, hanging baskets and maybe even reindeer the rest ready for the growing season. for the children.
Open for Business Curator Kathy Paulos put out the Open sign last week as the Ashcroft Museum opens for another season.
HVC signs revenue sharing with Nlaka’pamux Nation VANCOUVER - New revenue-sharing agreements ensure 14 member bands of the Nlaka’pamux Nation will benefit from the expansion of the Highland Valley Copper Mine (HVC). Through Economic and Community Development Agreements (ECDA), 14 Nlaka’pamux communities, including Ashcroft Indian Band; Boston Bar First Nation; Coldwater Indian Band; Cook’s Ferry Indian Band; Nicomen Indian Band; Nooaitch Indian Band; Shackan Indian Band, Siska Indian Band, Kanaka Bar Indian Band; and the five communities of the Nlaka’pamux Nation Tribal Council will share a percentage of the HVC mine’s mineral tax revenue. These ECDAs will assist the 14 bands and their members to pursue socio-economic goals that enhance the well-being of their communities. “The sharing of revenue from the Highland Valley Copper Mine is a positive step toward addressing the cultural, economic and societal needs of our communities and members,” said David Walkem, Chief of the Cooks Ferry band and negotiator for eight of the Nlaka’pamux bands. “The sharing of revenue from the resources in our territory is a realization of Nlaka’pamux Chiefs’ vision contained in the Sir Wilfred Laurier Memorial of 1910.”
These are the eighth, ninth and tenth ECDAs the B.C. government has reached to help First Nations benefit from mining activity within their traditional territories. The agreement builds on the BC Jobs Plan commitment to reach 10 new non-treaty agreements by 2015. These agreements support the BC Jobs Plan commitments to share new streams of tax revenue from major mine projects with First Nations, and to support existing jobs and to create new jobs. B.C. is committed to sharing revenues with First Nations as a means to increase certainty on the land and to bring First Nations into greater partnership in resource development. These ECDAs also commit B.C. to work with the bands to address their interests related to the HVC mine through processes formalized in the agreement. Any future decisions related to HVC will be considered through these agreed-upon processes, in support of building understanding and an ongoing co-operative and respectful relationship. The Highland Valley Copper Mine is the largest metal mine in B.C. Located near Logan Lake, it is operated by Teck and employs more than 900 full-time workers. HVC expansion activity began in late 2009 and the mine is expected to operate until at least 2026.
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It’s about money, not relationships Outsourcing has grown a lot since Biblical times when “national expansion” used to be outsourced and the soldiers were known as mercenaries. In our lifetime, it started with catalogue sales. Then it was outsourcing highly specific jobs that you couldn’t get locally. And then data security. And then billing. Now it’s simply jobs and how you can get around the laws that protect employees. Last week the Royal Bank of Canada showed us how it’s all about money now. Every month we hear about rising unemployment figures, and four times a year we hear how the banks are making millions of dollars in profits. They should be the last ones dumping their employees for temporary imports. When HD Mining tried to bring in a contingent of workers from China to work in Tumbler Ridge, they were hoping to base an entire mine on a cut-rate labour force. Last week at the school district’s Community Conversation in Cache Creek, trustee Carmen Ranta told us it wa all about relationships. I listened to the many and interesting ways that the schools try to engage students in order to teach them the skills that employers look for these days. RBC apologized for their gaffe since they were caught red handed in the press with the whole country watching. Not surprisingly, the feds are unwilling to enforce their own legislation. A group of BC union pension plans quickly sent a letter to RBC Financial Services in Vancouver, warning that they will withdraw over $1 billion in funds invested or managed by the firm if its parent company does not reverse its actions in using Temporary Foreign Workers to replace Canadians. Think again if you think that this doesn’t affect us here. This affects your child’s job, the job or family members, friends and even friends of friends. The trend is that outsourcing is growing. How long will it be before our government is oursourced? Some say it is already. If you don’t think it’s right, let them know. They’ll listen, but only if they know we’re watching.
WHEELS NOT IN MOTION - just chillin’ out and enjoying retirement VICTORIA – As the B.C. NDP launched its election campaign last week with a package of income tax hikes, higher than those in the B.C. Liberals’ election budget of February, a third party leader toured the province with plans to get rid of the carbon tax. It’s not readily apparent from his recently released “fiscal framework” document, but B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins told me his plan to phase out B.C.’s carbon tax does not include raising income tax rates that were lowered to make the carbon tax “revenue neutral.” He predicts revenue growth. I reached Cummins in Prince George, where he was continuing his aggressive courtship of northern B.C. with an announcement that federal gas tax revenues would be redirected to a new fund for locally determined road improvements. Earlier he vowed to study the deplorable state of northern ambulance service. Cummins has more good news for the north: that’s where a regionally phased elimination of the carbon tax would begin. It’s also the area of thinnest population, meaning the impact on the B.C. treasury would be less.
This is, after all, a tax budgeted to bring in $1.2 billion in the current year. The B.C. Conservatives continually remind people that the carbon tax falls disproportionately on rural, remote and particularly northern folks who face long distances, long winters, and public transit options ranging from slim to none. This has ceased to be much of an issue for the urban B.C. majority, who are focused on bridge tolls, ferry fares and the like. The B.C. Conservatives decry the population decline of rural B.C., with international immigration almost exclusively going to big cities, while temporary foreign workers increasingly fill agricultural and industrial jobs in the Interior. The party’s still-evolving platform echoes the NDP’s call for more skills training and increased completion rates for trade apprentices. Cummins is in favour of the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline and the massive buildup of infrastructure needed to add liquefied nat-
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ural gas to B.C.’s energy export mix. He sees that enormous industrial expansion as the path to shift population growth beyond the south of the province. Cummins is surprisingly cool to one industrial project, the proposed Site C dam on the Peace River, calling himself undecided. He also sounds skeptical about the B.C. Liberal plan to extend B.C.’s electricity grid and use that to develop further independent power. This sounds to me like political positioning rather than economic analysis. An anti-Site C independent candidate has significant support in Peace River North, creating a three-way struggle for a key B.C. Conservative target. The B.C. Conservative platform also totals up the billions in long-term electricity contracts with private
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power producers and suggests the price for this clean energy has been set too high. This is another echo of the NDP’s vague position. So if the B.C. Conservatives are gungho on oil and gas and think the carbon tax is a mistake, do they think there should be any effort to mitigate greenhouse gas emis-
sions? Cummins sidestepped that question, preferring to talk about conventional air pollution, whether it’s in the Fraser Valley or as a byproduct of a northern industrial boom. As a long-time former Reform and Conservative MP, Cummins is acutely aware that the urban media will leap with extra vigour on any perceived gaffe of the right wing. Should a Conservative let slip that he’s skeptical about global warming, or worse, express a rustic view on social issues, all Hell would break loose. The B.C. Conservatives have started with the most detailed, costed platform of any party. Don’t count them out. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press.
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in the North. We know that from our grandchildren’s point of view in just a few years, these actions will look profoundly greedy, short-sighted and unethical. Still, we buy the old nonsense about having to trade off environmental health against sound business decisions. But this LNG rush is bad business too. Other sources of natural gas are being developed around the world and prices are coming down, not up. Dependence on gas exports to Asia will compound our existing problems of raw commodity sales instead of developing value-added businesses in BC. Further subsidization of the carbon industries means even more distortion of market forces which, in the absence of such subsidies, would help encourage development of renewables. And mortgaging the future of the province with these long-term loans and subsidies means that we will permanently give up flexibility in resource de-
velopment and economic policies. Bad business, bad economics, bad social policy. Bad politics from all the conventional parties. Frack ‘em all. Yes, it’s easy being Green. For more and more people, it gets easier every day. See you at the polls on May 14. John Kidder Candidate, Fraser-Nicola Electoral District Green Party of British Columbia
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and after some small talk, she inquired if the washrooms were open. As we went to find out, two young women came out of the washroom and went back to their car, continuing on their way. It was with great pleasure we were able to inform the visitor that the washrooms were open - it made her stay in our village much more relaxing and welcoming. Many thanks to our hard working and forward thinking Ashcroft Village Staff and Councillors for their foresight in having the washrooms open this early in the season. We appreciate the work you do for us!!! Jim Duncan and Martina Baier Ashcroft
Dear Editor Tom Fletcher (BC Views, April 11) says “It’s still pretty easy being Green.” True. And it’s getting easier, as more and more voters recognize the impracticalities of the NDP and Liberal platforms. The old-fashioned parties want to harness the province’s economic future to natural gas development and LNG exDear Editor ports. To this end, we While we were out for are prepared to accept a walk yesterday, we hapJapanese loan guaranpened upon some picnicktees of $10 billion to help ers at Heritage Place Park. build an LNG plant, to We greeted them and carborrow a further $8 bilried on, commenting belion to flood the Peace tween ourselves that it River at Site C to power would be nice if the washthis plant, and (says Prerooms were open for mier Clark, along with repeople traveling through sounding silence from Mr. our village. Dix) to forgive the first $5 Further along the path, billion in gas royalty revwe encountered a woman enue to encourage gas dereading the signs and velopment through conspending time looking at ventional means and fracthe park. We greeted her king. So a total of at least $23 billion in borrowing or foregone Letters to the editor revenue, all of which We invite all Letters to the Editor on relevant or topical matters, but we reserve will need to be repaid from, of course, the right to edit submissions for clarity, brevity, legality and taste. All Letters express only the opinions of the Author and should in no way be construed as selling carbon fuels being endorsed by The Journal. to Asian customers. None of us wishAll Letters must be signed and bear the Author’s name, address and telephone es to continue to add number for reference purposes. No unsigned Letter will be printed. carbon to the atmosphere, and none of Email: editorial@accjournal.ca or Drop off: 130-4th Street, Ashcroft BC, V0K us wishes to en1A0 or Fax to: 250-453-9625. Deadline for the following issue is Friday 10 am danger groundwater
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n my early twenties I was offered a job as a movie critic and it felt like I’d hit the jackpot. I didn’t know anyone who loved the movies as much as I did, and I enjoyed writing, so it seemed the perfect career opportunity. My first assignment was a Steven Seagal
substandard screenplay and its implausibility in the most entertaining way I could, and sent it in to the newspaper. To my delight the editor was happy with it and sent me to another free movie. I don’t recall what that second show was either, but I liked it enough to recommend it. “Your other one was better,” the editor told me after reading it. “Can you rework this so it sounds more like the first one did?” When I asked him if he wanted me to write it as though I didn’t like it, he said yes. “Readers like a good rant,” he explained.
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This balcony has officially closed ON A I BRIGHTER movie - I no longer remember the name but I think it had the word law, kill or death in the title. It was an unbearably long action film and not something I would have chosen to watch if I was paying for the ticket myself. I wrote about the dreadful acting, the
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mas and chick flicks I’m sure I would have loved it. But how can someone who doesn’t appreciate action, horror and fantasy films critique them fairly? Most can’t. But one person who sure could was the late great Roger Ebert. And what a writer he was. A lot of people didn’t know he won a Pulitzer Prize
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New projects and some Spring cleaning Last month I said spring must be here – where did it go? There have been plenty of cool wet days, but April showers bring May flowers, so I’ll try to look on the bright side!
Easter fun and games
Easter Sunday was certainly a lovely spring day – I was afraid the chocolates were going to melt before the children gathered them! It really was a gorgeous day; there was a great turnout, and lots of participation in the fun and games. The raw egg toss is always a crowd pleaser, and this year was no exception. Folks thought I had hard boiled some of the eggs as they took such a beating! The great old fashioned games of sack races, three legged races, and tug of war had us all working off the chocolate and hot dogs! Some very sincere thank-yous go out to the following: The Spences Bridge Fire Dept. and Fire Chief Arnie Oram for donating some fantastic prizes, and taking care of the wiener roasting fire, ping pong table, and so much
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Mavourneen Varcoe-Ryan more; Kathleen Kinasewich for doing such an amazing job of the face painting; Pat Jackson for being so organized getting all those picnic supplies and keeping the coffee perking; all you Easter bunny helpers; and the Cook’s Ferry Band for partnering with the expense. To you all – THANKS!
Hall renovations proceeding
To update you on the progress of the renovations at Clemes’ Hall I’m pleased to report that the insulation has now been installed! The electrical portion of the project is the next step, and then we move on to the staging! It’s been very exciting seeing the revitalization of our hall, and I look forward to the lower utility bills too! Outside has seen a bit of a facelift as well as some new white gravel has been spread around the side wall where our memorial plaques are, and a few more plaques have Notice of Public Hearing been put up. Carol Madden Zoning Bylaw Amendment has worked very hard at keeping up on making the plaques The public are hereby notified that Council for the Village of Ashcroft is preparing a Zoning bylaw amendment. The – thanks Carol! If you haven’t purpose of the bylaw is to amend the permitted uses of yet, do stop by and have a look, land in the M2 (Industrial) Zone. it’s a very nice little space. The Public Hearing will be held in the Council Chambers Thanks to the work crew of of the Village Office at 601 Bancroft Street on Monday, volunteers – Arnie Oram, Al April 22, 2013 from 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm. Written and oral presentations will be accepted during this public hearing. Dickinsen, Gary Fortin, Mo, Copies of the proposed bylaw amendment are available Bill Hare, Dave Rice, Craig from the Village Office during regular business hours. Watson, Paul Miller, and Joe Michelle Allen, Moriera Chief Administrative Officer
Waiting patiently for the word to go hunt for eggs – (l-r) Tayla Rice, Sadie Hendricks, Kayden Paulos, Schaffer Dickinsen, and Frankie Eastcott.
New Horizon’s Senior’s Program
The New Horizon’s Senior’s Program has held its first Elder’s council meeting. I think we are all very excited to embark on this project and I really am looking forward to participating in as much as I can! The Council will determine the various activities; workshops, presentations, gatherings and so on. The first task is to hire a coordinator; we hope to have someone in place by May 1. So, stay tuned as I will announce the project activities in this paper’s monthly column. Wednesday drop in soup days are ongoing – with cards, games and crafts – everyone welcome!
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Berry wins money raffle Flo Berry and Donna Monford were the winners of the Curling Club’s Money Raffle. Five hundred tickets were sold and the draw was made Apr. 6. Half of the money went to prizes: $1,000 (1st prize) to Flo Berry and $250 (2nd prize) to Donna Monford. The Club will use the remaining $1,250 for operating expenses, mostly utilities. The Club relies on the annual money raffle, annual dues, and bonspiel/bar profits to pay their operating expenses.
“There are so many creative and talented people in these communities that I wanted to have a fair in the spring where we could showcase the many local groups, and home businesses,” said Marcie Down describing the upcoming first annual Spring Into Action. “There is so much to be involved in no matter how old or young you are! I am inspired by the creativity and artistic flare that is found in these amazing communities we work, play and live in.” Spring Into Action is an outlet for those who would like to debut their new home businesses and hand crafted products as well as for local groups to promote outdoor activities and healthy life-
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CiB plant swap this weekend With spring approaching, area gardeners are just itching to get into their gardens and yards. Always eager to swap their “extra” plants and more than happy to receive something they don’t have, gardeners look forward to the annual Ashcroft Communities in Bloom Plant Swap. This year’s Plant Swap will be held on Sunday, April 21 in Heritage Place Park. Because this is a plant “swap”, the success will depend on the quantity of plants that local residents bring in. With that in mind, the Ashcroft Communities in Bloom committee asks that local residents take a little time to look around in their yards and split as many items as possible. Please try to pot them or place them in boxes – labels are great but not required. Please bring any “swap” plants, etc., to the park at 9:30 am. The sale will begin at 10. No Early Birds! Ashcroft Communities in Bloom thanks the people who take any plants to give a small donation. The funds will be used in the community on various Communities in Bloom projects. Andrea Walker
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Carmen Salaesacan and a report from UWC Morogoro project about them training women to be midwives and what a difference that has made to the women there. Naramata sent a thank you for our support. We then had our refreshment break and a time of fellowship. Our UCW Ladies will be leading one of the Sunday services in June because Alice begins her next year with us in July. Deep cleaning of church and hall was discussed and will make more plans next month. Reports were given. The Treasurer’s report was handed out and the others given verbally. Dorothy, our sunshine lady, has sent out several cards for birthdays and condolences. Reta gave the Outreach report and said she had received many stamps and Campbell soup labels, so a big thank you to those who save these items for us. Zion United will be hosting Soups On on Apr. 19 in our church hall as the Anglican hall is in use for the annual Art Show. Our May meeting will be May 7 at 2 pm in the church hall and any ladies who are interested in our work or who would like to come as a visitor would be most welcome. We closed with the UCW Benediction.
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Norm was born in Ponoka, Alberta on July 21, 1934. Norm moved, in 1941, to Langley, BC with his parents, Mamie and Linn, and older brother Walter. He graduated from Langley High school, where he met his first wife, Lorraine Beaulieu. Norm worked as a psychiatric nurse while training to be an electrician and raising a family in Surrey. He married his second wife, Sandi, and moved to Prince George in 1985. They retired to Ashcroft in 1998 to enjoy their fruit trees , flowers, and sun. Predeceased by his parents, and wife Sandi, Norm passed peacefully on April 3 in Kamloops Royal Inland Hospital at the age of 78 years. His is survived by his 4 children, Randy, Rick, Debbie Bittner (Howard), Rob (Colleen), 4 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild, and the kid, Houdini, his beloved Amazon Blue Parrot. Norm’s quick wit and devilish sense of humour will be missed by many. Norm requested no memorial. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Greyhaven Exotic Bird Sanctuary at greyhaven.bc.ca. Thompson Valley Funeral Home Ashcroft entrusted with arrangements.
Eight ladies answered the roll call for our Apr. 9 meeting and Reta Robertson, past president, chaired it on behalf of Lynn Lancaster who was away. Phyllis Gray led the devotional and it a candle in memory of Marrion Baatz who passed away in March. This devotional was a tribute to her. We closed with prayer. Old Business was dealt with and it included an evaluation of the Bean Supper and some suggestions were made to improve it. Again, we wish to thank all of those who helped us with this big community event by baking beans, making scalloped potatoes, salads and pies. This project would not be possible without your help. Also, to those who worked as servers, cutting pies and in buying a commercial dishwasher, which will be a great help. Several pieces of correspondence were read: One from BC Conference UCW AGM Apr. 2627, the theme being “Living our Love” in Port Coquitlam with speaker Rev. Karen Midland. Another 1st United Church Mission in Vancouver about their work. We also received a thank you from
Pancakes and TV signals Post Office at 10 am. Then we will pick a road / highway and pick up all the litter around our little town. Come on out and help make a difference, take pride in your community, bring the kids! I do suggest you wear gloves, comfortable shoes, and as I’m sure it will be sunny, some sun screen and a hat! Safety vests, picker uppers, and garbage bags are supplied. We will gather at Madden Island once we are finished for a pot luck wiener roast. The SBCC will supply the hotdogs, but please feel free to bring along a plate of cookies or a salad or something as we gather to congratulate each other on a job well done! Bridge from p. 8
Mothers Day Pancake Breakfast
Mother’s Day is just around the corner and again this year the Spences Bridge Fire Dept. is hosting a Mother’s Day pancake breakfast! Come on out any time after 9 am and buy your Mother breakfast! You’ll be supporting the Fire Dept. and getting to mingle with all your neighbours. Come on out for breakfast even you don’t have a Mother!
The Community Club will be drawing their Mother’s Day Raffle at the breakfast – watchfor tickets at the Packing House, the Post Office, Cook’s Ferry Band Office, and the Log Cabin Pub. The prizes are as follows; a crochet heartpatterned throw (made and donated by Carol Madden), a beautiful hanging basket (donated by yours truly), and a super fancy First Aid kit (donated by SB Fire Dept.).
TV coming to town
There is some news to report on the TV / radio front - we soon will have four TV stations: CBC, Global, CTV, and Knowledge. Thanks to Mark Hunt for the donation of the fencing for the equipment. It seems we need a new dish in order to receive CBC radio Kamloops, so that is something we will look into in the fall. On the bright side, when I hear the travel advisory and weather for Prince George on an hourly basis…..well, I feel so happy to live in Spences Bridge!!
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BC election on May 14
Choose to recycle your milk containers.
And choose a better future for all of us.
More people than ever are doing what’s right for the environment. That’s why over 666,000 kg of milk containers were recycled at Return-It™ Depots in 2012. And it’s easy to make the right choice a part of your routine; just bring them in along with your bottles and cans.
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BC NDP’s Five-Point Forestry Plan
CrEAtIOn DAtE: 11/04/13 MODIFICAtIOn DAtE: 12 April 2013 4:17 PM OUtPUt DAtE: 12/04/13
Adrian Dix and the BC NDP will: 1) address the critical shortage of skilled workers; Prod Mgr.:(phased-in); ZB 2) increase operational and health by $100 annually 3) work with industry-led ClIEnt: Encorp DESCrIPtIOn: Printforest Ads efforts toFIlEfind new markets and develop and export new products; 4) use BC logs for BC jobs; nAME: ENCORP_0212_Future_BP_A.indd Acct Exec.: and 5)trIM: re-establish the Jobs Protection Commissioner. For details please go to bcndp.ca 8.8125˝ x 12˝ SAFtY: BlEED: None Art Director: BM
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VICTORIA - The election period for British Columbia’s 40th Provincial General Election began on Apr. 16 with the dissolution of the Legislature and the issuance of a writ of election. Voting at district electoral offices is available from now until 4 p.m. on General Voting Day, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Voters who are going to be out of the province during these four weeks can ask their District Electoral Officer for a Vote by Mail package. Advance voting is available from 8 am. to 8 p.m. (local time) on May 8-11. All advance voting locations are wheelchair accessible and all voters can vote at any advance voting location in the province. General voting is available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Pacific time) on May 14. All voters can vote at any general voting location in the province. General voter registration is available until April 23, either online at elections.bc.ca/ovr or by phone at 1-800-6618683. Voters can also register when they go to vote. Voters registered before April 23 will get a Where to Vote card in the mail before the start of advance voting. All voters must prove their identity and residential address to get a ballot. For more information about the 40th Provincial General Election, visit the Elections BC website at elections.bc.ca, call toll-free at 1-800-6618683. Submitted