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It wasn’t the best outcome expected, but trustees and parents said they could live with a motion that agreed in principle to close Ashcroft Elementary as of June 30, 2015 and return to the question in April 2014 to approve renovation planning. “It was the second best motion,” said Ashcroft trustee Christopher Roden. He tried to convince the rest of the board to extend the consultation period to mid-April and establish a steering committee to come up with a design to accommodate K-12 classes. After an hour of debate at the Nov. 20 board meeting, trustees voted against it. Trustees argued that the community had sufficient time to provide input and that they were already promised input on the design. Roden said that wasn’t good enough. “[The motion] achieved what I wanted it to,” he said. “Now the communities have a chance for input.” AES Parent Advisory Council members attending the meeting said they would like to have seen a definite “close or not close” decision, but it was better than the 50/50 decision they had faced since the beginning of the consultations. The new motion will close AES a year later than was originally planned to give the schools more of a transition period. About 40 members of the public attended the meeting, including the mayors of Ashcroft and Cache Creek and MLA Jackie Tegart. “K-12 in Ashcroft seems almost inevitable,” Roden addressed trustees and members of the public. “We don’t have access to enough money to keep it going.” He pointed the blame at underfunding by all governments, who spent millions of dollars on things like a BC Place roof, but couldn’t find $5 million to bring a school back up to standard. Director of Facilities, Mitch van Aller, said it would be a conceptual plan rather than physical blueprints ready in April. It was unknown how community input for the design would be gathered, but trustee Nancy Rempel said when DSS was being redesigned, individual stakeholder groups were invited one by one to come and give their views. “I certainly hope whoever the committee is, we’re not just talking about the building, we’re talking about the best education for the kids,” MLA Tegart told the trustees after their decision was made. “My hope is that’s the number one priority.”
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the sale. The seller should use caution if the “buyer” claims to have overpaid and wants repayment.
fic services officer stopped a southbound vehicle on Hwy 1 north of Lytton. The driver was arrested for driving while prohibited and a small amount of marijuana was seized from him. He was charged with driving while prohibited and his vehicle was impounded for seven days.
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RCMP warn of a possible ongoing fraud involving local residents and online consumer sites like kijiji. Consumers using these sites should be aware that criminals will make contact with them by purchasing an item they have for sale. It is now a well-established fraud that the “buyer” will buy the item using a cheque or claiming to have used Paypal, but for some reason they have overpaid for the item and want the “seller” to refund them the amount owing. By the time the “seller” realizes the scam, they have sent money to the buyer along with the item they supposedly purchased. Ashcroft RCMP have received a couple of recent complaints about receiving calls from a “purchaser” who claims to have paid for their item using Paypal, and to have overpaid. The telephone number displayed is a local number, but the call is actually from abroad. Police advises anyone using an internet consumer to contact Paypal and make sure they money is in their account, or that the cheque has passed through their bank, before concluding
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Nov. 19 at 9 am a patrolling officer noted a smashed window at the Royal Bank in Cache Creek. The suspect rock was found resting in the flowerbed underneath the window. No entry was gained to the building, and it is doubtful that a break and enter was the motive. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the RCMP at 453-2216.
Passenger receives prohibition
Nov. 19 at 2 pm a traffic services officer pulled over a 2003 Landrover on Hwy 97 at Cariboo Ave. in Clinton because the male passenger was not wearing a seat belt. The 31 year old Williams Lake man was flagged to be served with a driving prohibition, which he received as well as a ticket for not wearing a seat belt.
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Nov. 24 an Ashcroft woman reported her 42 year old son as missing because he didn’t return from Alberta when he said he would. Investigation revealed that his truck was still parked at the Kamloops airport. Further investigation determined that he had stayed an extra night in Calgary and was fine.
Man arrested for uttering threats
Nov. 24 at 2 pm RCMP assisted Kamloops RCMP with the arrest of a 32 year old Ashcroft man who was wanted for uttering threats during an incident earlier that day in Kamloops. Police also assisted a 26 year old Kamloops worman retrieve her belongings from the man’s home in Ashcroft.
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Nov. 25 a warrant was issued for the arrest of a 26 Ashcroft man for failing to appear in Kamloops court to answer a charge of mischief, stemming from an Aug. 10 incident.
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Winterhawks improving Even though the Ashcroft Atom Winterhawks lost against Clearwater on Sunday, our team played extremely well. Playing their positions better and better, getting that off side figured out! Cole McKay (4) almost got it in the net many times, Wyatt Reid (17), Liam Woodworth (9), and Wyatt McCullough (7) were great
at protecting their Goalie Pearce Brown (1). Great hussle by Shardy Allison (8), Kheller Ouellette (2), Austin Rampone (12), Ejah Nyman (5) and Murray Lulu (10). Their next game is Sunday Dec. 1 against Chase in Chase. Next home game, Jan. 5 against Logan Lake. Shannon Brown
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Four WTE sites unveiled Black Press A closed-containment coho salmon farm on land. Heat flowing to an existing pulp mill. And a pharmaceutical algae farm to soak up captured carbon dioxide. That’s all part of Aquilini Renewable Energy’s vision for “ecoindustrial” uses that would be paired with a garbage incinerator it wants to build for Metro Vancouver on Squamish Nation land at Port Mellon, across Howe Sound. Aquilini’s is one of four prospective waste-to-energy plant sites unveiled Thursday that Metro will consider further. The only other site not previously made public is one in south E. Fry receivings funding from United Way Vancouver at the foot of Heather Big smiles as South Cariboo Elizabeth Fry Society manager Yoriko Susanj (right) Street, near the Oak Street Bridge. receives two donations from the United Way, presented by Community Impact The Vancouver site has been Council member Judy Sturm (left). The $5,400 cheque goes into the Society’s advanced by Plenary Group even operating fund, and the $2,055 cheque is for the Connect Parenting program. though Coun. Andrea Reimer noted the City of Vancouver has banned mass-burn incineration within its city limits. The other two sites – previousWell the temperature may have been cold ner complete with garlic bread and caesar salad, ly reported by Black Press – are outside but inside the newly renovated Ashcroft while Martina Baier outdid herself preparing a one at Duke Point near Nanaimo, Community Hall, the spaghetti sauce was bub- variety of scrumptious squares for dessert. where proponent Wheelabrator/ bling and people were visiting and checking out Resplendent in an electric blue zoot styled Urbaser would barge waste across the many items on the silent auction table. suit, MC/auctioneer John Kidder, and his able the Strait of Georgia, and Delta’s Not only did 130 members of the commun- assistant, Jim Duncan kept the bidding for the Lehigh Cement plant, which proity support this event, as there wasn’t a ticket live auction to a lively pace. Several items were poses to burn garbage that it would left to purchase, but the community as a whole in high demand and the bidding for them was first dry and process into refuse-decame forward and donated over 60 auction fast and furious providing many laughs as bid- rived fuel. items! The silent auction tables were loaded ders tried to catch the others unawares. Several of the nine bidding with many quality items and bidders came away The Ashcroft Wellness Committee would firms already short-listed by the with some very good buys and great Christmas like to thank not only the committee organizers, regional district appeared before presents. but also non-committee members who came Metro’s zero waste committee The Community Hall, with its newly forward to help, together with all the business- Thursday morning to outline their lowered ceiling, heating system and lighting es and private citizens who so generously donat- proposals. set the mood, with tables adorned with bright ed to the auction. The proceeds from the supper The regional district wants to flower arrangements and matching colourful and auction will provide funds for the second burn an extra 370,000 tonnes of decorations on the walls. Deb Tuohey and Ber- annual Wellness Festival to be held July 18-20, garbage per year – in addition to nice Maldidier, along with the help of several 2014, so we are well on our way. the 280,000 that now goes into its other ladies prepared a wonderful spaghetti dinAndrea Walker existing Burnaby incinerator – as part of its strategy to end trash shipments inland to the Cache Creek Regional Landfill. The sites unveiled today are strictly the ones proponent firms are advancing for their exclusive use, subject to negotiations and local government approval. Six more have also been proposed but are being The Ashcroft Community Hall was stuffed last Thursday night for the Wellness committee’s annual kept secret while MetSpaghetti Dinner/Auction fundraiser. Everyone enjoyed a wonderful spaghetti supper, followed by an ro decides entertaining live auction.
Wellness fundraiser hugely successful
whether to option them for lease or purchase. They arose from a separate call for potential sites that allowed any land owner to propose their property for consideration. A private individual, company, municipal or aboriginal government, or senior government, had the chance to advance sites under that process and they are to be made public in the new year. That would potentially allow Metro to discard a proponent’s proposed site, if it proves problematic, and instead match that bidder up with a new site from the second list ahead of further short-listing and a final round of bidding in 2015 by two or three remaining proponents with fully fleshed proposals. Several bidders that didn’t submitted their own secured site proposal could also be paired with any of the yet-to-be-revealed non-exclusive sites. Metro Vancouver is under orders from the province to fairly consider both in- and out-of-region sites in light of air pollution concerns from Fraser Valley residents. Most of the proponents aim to build mass-burn incinerators, but say their proposal is state-of-theart compared to many conventional burners in the world. A couple of firms propose other technologies such as gasification. Covanta Energy, operator of Metro’s existing incinerator, has filed two separate proposals, for either mass-burn incineration or gasification. Covanta vice-president Chris Baker said gasification offers lower emissions than conventional incineration but the process can be harder to control. Lehigh Cement spokesman Jasper van de Wetering said burning waste in the existing cement plant would result in no net additional air emissions in the region, because waste would be offsetting the normal use of coal or tires as fuel. He said there would be no ash to landfill either because it would be used in the cement product. The Aquilini proposal, paired with the salmon farm and other business ventures, is the most unusual, claiming to make beneficial use of virtually all emissions. Proponents were questioned by some Metro directors Thursday on how their incinerators will perform if Metro succeeds in diverting much more combustible material for recycling. Metro solid waste general manager Paul Henderson said current estimates indicate that while easyto-burn wood and plastics might come out of the waste stream, so would hard-to-burn organics, resulting in no huge change in the heat value of garbage to be burned, or the resulting performance of a See BURN on p. 9
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Looking for deals closer to home Shopping sure has changed since I was a child. Waaay back then, you took the bus downown (or walked the five miles if it was a nice day) and walked from store to store with your shopping bag, if you remembered to bring it. Christmas shopping was much like it was portrayed in the movie, A Christmas Story, and for my family, Hollywood’s Higbee’s department store was Hudson’s over in Detroit - a short drive over the bridge for us. Hudson’s was an old towering stone building downtown on Woodward, with several floors devoted entirely to toys at Christmas, and Santa!. It was more than enough to fuel our imaginations - myself and my two brothers - for the weeks leading up to Christmas. It closed in 1983. I don’t know if my parents were ever admonished to “Shop at home!” The economy seemed pretty good at the time - the Detroit/Windsor area was still the auto manufacturing kingdom of North America and the downtowns of both cities were always bustling. It was the only time of the year we visited Detroit, and we probably did more looking than actual buying. There was no internet in those days. Heck, coloured TVs were just starting to show up in houses of the local upper crust. No longer forced to shop locally because of travel constraints, consumers can shop online, shop over the phone or just drive to the nearest border town. Now there are online sites to “help” consumers choose their over-the-border shopping wisely. I’ve lost track of how many people over the years have told me about the great deal they got south of the border, or how much cheaper something was. I guess I’m lucky in that I don’t have to go out the country to save money. I know that I’m supporting Canadian workers. Even better, when I shop in Ashcroft or Cache Creek, or Clinton or Lytton, I know that I’m supporting local workers and the local economy - and if you don’t know that our local economies are suffering, you haven’t been paying attention for the past 10 years or more. Before you go abroad looking for a deal, consider the costs of it to your town.
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How inclusive are Canadians really? by Art Eggleton for www.troymedia.com OTTAWA, ON/ Troy Media/ What effect has poverty, homelessness, a lack of affordable housing and income inequality had on our national social fabric? I recently tabled a study in the Senate from the Social Affairs Committee looking at just that question. Inclusion and cohesion are vital to the national social fabric. They are vital to the everyday interactions amongst Canadians. They are vital to our interconnectedness and a shared experience of our nation. So what were the results of our study? Are we inclusive? Do citizens feel they are a vital part of our communities? Do they feel like they have a voice? We learned that, despite the challenges many communities face and thanks to our multicultural and integration policies, we have a broad sense of inclusion in Canada. The rising numbers of immigrants who own homes, who take out citizenship and who intermarry point to inclusion. But everything is not perfect. We have fault lines. We have far too many people living on the margins. This has been made more challenging by rising income inequality in Canada, where 4 per cent of Canadian households control 67 per cent of total wealth, and where middle and low incomes have stagnated or decreased. We can see this growing divide playing itself out in our urban areas as well. A report by University of Toronto professor David Hulchanski found that Toronto is now made up of three cit-
ies, not one. One part is wealthy; one is a huge area of poverty. And the portion once occupied by the middle class has shrunk from about 66 per cent, in 1970, to just 29 per cent in 2005. This widening gap between the rich and the rest is a looming crisis. A society in which a small group is benefiting unfairly can lead to dissension, increases in crime, loss of participation, and isolation. Dealing with exclusion requires, first and foremost, collaboration between the federal government, the provinces and territories, local governments and community organizations to develop goals for social inclusion and cohesion. These goals should be used in the design and evaluation of policies, programs and activities. They then must be measured to determine if the goals for inclusion are being met. Our study found that, more specifically, certain groups are far more likely to face exclusion. Recent immigrants, visible minorities, aboriginal people, people with disabilities, seniors, youth and sexual minorities all struggle with exclusion in Canada. We offered ideas on how better to include these groups. For recent immigrants who are overrepresented in poverty, we need to better prepare ithem before they arrive to Canada. We also need enhanced efforts to combat racism and other forms of intolerance for both immigrants and visible minorities by developing pan-Canadian educational programs. In our Aboriginal community, access to post-secondary education and training was identified as one of the best opportunities for social and ecoEMAIL:
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nomic inclusion. For young Canadians, employment remains a big challenge with 14 per cent youth unemployment, making it difficult to pay for tuition, pay down debt or afford housing. Once out of school they often experience underemployment, job insecurity, temp work, rising costs for food and housing. We need programs to increase labour mobility and also tax incentives for companies that hire and invest in young Canadians. To help stem income inequality, we recommended a review of the Income Tax Act to ensure progressivity and fairness and to stimulate job creation. These are just some of the 39 total recommendations our cross-party committee put to the federal government. We hope they listen. For 146 years we’ve built this country based on a simple premise - and a higher purpose: that helping our neighbour, looking out for one another and giving everyone a shot at success is the best way to build a society. It is once again time to focus on sharing our prosperity more widely to make sure we continue on an inclusive path, where everyone feels they have a stake in their community and their country. And where they will participate and know that their voices will be heard. Senator Art Eggleton is a former Toronto mayor and Member of Parliament. He is currently Deputy Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology. Subscribe to The Journal 1 Year Subscription: $44.10 (GST included) Senior Rate: $37.80 (GST included) Out of area subscriptions pay a $17.85 mailing surcharge The Journal is a politically independent community newspaper. All material contained in this publication is protected by copyright. Reproduction is expressly prohibited by the rights holder. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities.
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Hope and love in the face of anger and loss The Typhoon tragedy
Thankfully, aid is pouring into the Philippines from all over the world. Food and water, medical supplies, just about everything was needed. Still, seeing people desperately needing water and food, and having to wait for days and weeks even, without shelter as well, makes you wonder about the human capacity to endure. The Philippines is a collection of islands strung out along the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Thousands are dead in the rubble of villages and towns. Resilient as the people are, the tragedy is difficult to comprehend. The magnitude and destruction of that typhoon, said to be the worst in their history, is just one of many disasters that have struck in the past few decades. Listening to the BBC news on KCTS at 5:30 pm week nights, I am struck by the empathy shown by broadcaster, Cathy Kay. She just doesn’t relay the news mechanically, she makes a very brief comment after. Too many in the industry here related the news without comment, gesture, or word. Canadians in particular. I guess they must hurry through the news so they can wedge in another commercial. Public broadcasting can afford to spare a moment or two with a humane gesture. Much appreciated!
Dark November
In our Ashcroft valley, fog, mist, cloud and rain are the norm for November. It is the month of Scorpio, the sign that is of steadfastness and sustainability. Scorpios are also said to be artistic and emotional. There seems to be a darker element in the sign that might reflect the weather. I think of the people I know or knew who were born in November, notably, my father, who seems a classic Scorpio. Whether you hold much stock in astrology or not, the weather in November speaks for itself. It is a good month to “hole in”, do some reading, some meditation, and perhaps, make a list of all the things that you have to be grateful for.
Gearing up for Christmas
Yes, the inventory for Halloween is barely stowed away when it is time to bring out the tinsel and coloured lights. In the wake of so much tragedy in the world, our holiday time of gift giving and sharing, of family reunions, good food and laughter, seems out of harmony. Yet, it is just that contrast, made so vivid by the media, that should make us all so much more grateful for the abundance, safety and security we have. You can refrain from listening to the news. I’ve heard the odd person say, “I don’t listen to it. It is so depressing”. Yeh. Well, that’s life. But for some reason, I think about that recent news item about the East Indian cabbie in Vancouver, who found a package in the back
seat, after he’d dropped off his fare. He returned to the place, found the person, and handed him the package. There was $10,000 in cash in that envelope. The grateful customer offered a $1,000 to the cabbie. He declined. It’s news items Esther like this that Darlington are not only MacDonald worth reading about, but seem to teach us what we need to know.
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The funniest book
The funniest book I have read in a long time is Alex McCall Smith’s, The Dog Who Came In From The Cold. I think it is his latest (2010). I laughed out loud in several places, and chuckled in other sections. The dog, the owner, and the people McCall Smith is able to so graphically create are so real you feel you know them, or have met them before. That is the hallmark of a not merely “good” writer, but a great one. I heartily recommend this one from our local library. And isn’t laughter, the best medicine around?
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umph over hatred and abiding resentment.
I am adjusting
I am asked how I am coping with life without Sherman. As readers know, he is now in Kelowna with family, and enjoying the wonderful experience of their company after so many years of brief visits and telephone calls. It is a new life, very definitely, for us both. I miss that spirit, that laugh, that smile, that wave he gave everyone passing. But life moves on. We must adjust to new circumstances. Prayer and meditation helps. I didn’t know about meditation as a tool toward tranquility, until my sister-inlaw, (Sherman’s older sister), told me about an experience she had years
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At Soups On last Friday, an item on the front page of the Anglican Journal caught my eye. The church is involved with the Truth and Reconciliation process being conducted across Canada. I learned that a Holocaust survivor named Robert Waisman spoke to a large audience of former Indian Residential School Survivors. He did so at the invitation of a large number of aboriginal chiefs. Waisman was just a boy of 8 when he was incarcerated at Buchenwald. He was used as slave labour until the U.S. REG. Army came in 1945. The quesPRICE tions put to Waisman were, *MEMBERS “How were you able to move on with your life?” and “How visit our website at www.fabriclandwest.com for MEMBERS EXCLUSIVE PRICE CUTS does one overcome hatred?” Waisman confesses, “We were so full of hatred” when they SEWING NOTIONS, were released. What had kept CUT TRIMS & LACES, him going was the hope to be reunited with his parents and QUILT BATT, DRAPERY REG. family. Only to realize after PANELS, HARDWARE, the war, that they had perished. PRICE Waisman and a group of other TRIMS & MORE!! *MEMBERS Jewish orphans were taken to France where a professor at the Sorbonne took them in hand. The support of this man and others, helped the children, ea who were now in their teens, *MEMBERS to overcome the violent emotions they felt in the aftermath *Exclusive to Fabricland Sewing Club Members, excludes Special Purchase, Promotional, Clearance, Yarn & Bargain Center of their suffering. It stuck me, WA KAMLOOPS how appropriate it was for a FOR TCH 2121 East Trans Canada Hwy. IN-S OUR Jewish survivor of the HoloT S PEC ORE 250-374-3360 VALLEYVIEW • Mon. Wed. & Sat. 9:30a.m.-5:30p.m. caust to speak to the native IALS ! Fabricland Sewing Club Members Value Hotline 1-866-R-FABRIC 1-866-732-2742 Thur. & Fri. 9:30a.m.-9:00p.m. people about how reason, love, www.fabriclandwest.com Sunday Noon - 5:00p.m. and understanding, can tri-
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Give what you can this Christmas to those in need ago. Meditation was offered, and she took the program. It helped enormously. I am also grateful beyond words for the understanding of friends and neighbours. A visit in particular, I will never forget. When Debbie Thompson came to my home that fateful day, and held my hand and spoke words of reassurance and comfort. Thank you all. Cakewalk from p. 5
I am a freelance writer
I am sometimes asked, or even chastised, when there is no article in the Journal written by me. On the one hand, I am pleased that my writing is missed. On the other hand, I have to remind readers, that I am not a paid employee of the Journal. I write freelance articles, and this column. Another thing that may be noted is, I do not cover the news of the community. That is the job of the reporter of any newspaper, not a freelancer.
Family reunion
My great grandchildren are coming Christmas week to spend some time with me. My granddaughter, Ayisha (pronounced I-sha) and her husband Cobir (pronounced KoBeer) with their two children, Zhangu, 6, and Salma, 4, will have a truly new experience. They have converted from Islam to Christianity. This is a dramatic change for them. They are studying the Bible, and want to know as much as possible about their new faith. So, this will be their first family Christmas. Cobir is from Sierra Leone - one of the worst countries in the world, according to a recent news item, for bribery and corruption. The government is practically non-existent. Cobir is a hard working family man. Very common sense. The children are very bright and lively, so they will keep me on my toes. “I hope you have an easel up,” says Ayisha, so the kids will see how an artist works.
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Now I am going to tell you a true story. One which was passed on to me just yesterday by my old friend Una Godau. Una was born in Britain and so was her father and her aunt, her father’s sister. They lived for a brief time in Ashcroft, and Una’s father died in the hospital here. His body was cremated, and Una’s aunt was to take the ashes back to Britain and have them buried there. Una’s father was a First World War
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veteran. The aunt took her seat in the plane, and she put the urn of ashes on her lap. The stewardess came and asked that the urn be placed on the floor. Una’s aunt explained that she could not, as the urn contained her brother’s ashes. She explained to the stewardess that her brother had been a pilot in the First World War. Well, as everyone knows, air combat had just become a pioneering venture in that War. The stewardess went to the cockpit and told the pilots. The captain then asked that the urn be placed alongside him in the cockpit. There it remained, all the way back to England. “My father would have been so pleased!” Una told me.
Living on little
I have been struck for years now, how difficult it is for single women in their mid life who, for one reason or another, are unable to work for wages and whom, must live on either disability pensions or social assistance. If you are between the ages of say, 45-65, it is particularly difficult. Of course, it is equally true for men. It boils down to a very difficult time. Without a pension to rely on, like OAP or CPP, a woman must rely on any skills or talents she possesses to help her get by. The miracle is, that they do. “I am living on $700 a month,” one woman told me. I have lived on the same amount myself for a time. I know how difficult it can be. You have to watch every dollar. The reliance on the food banks has become increasingly widespread. And here we are, one of the richest nations on earth. With the most solid banking system in the world we are told. Yes, our government is in debt, and the debt is formidable. But we are a country rich in resources. Yet the distribution of our wealth has become increasingly, The Rich are getting Richer and the Poor are Getting Poorer. I don’t suppose I will see it in my life time. But I hope the day will come in the not too distant future, that a more concerted effort will be made by our governments to assure that the distribution of wealth is more equitable. When you hear, for example, about some of the salaries of CEOs and executives in every sphere, you are shocked by the contrast between the average wage and theirs.
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On this note, I wish you all the most pleasant of Christmas weeks. Please donate to your local food banks.
FPEC elects new co-chairs The Gold Trail Board of Education congratulates Ms Madeline Lanaro, of Kanaka Bar and Ms Pauline Michell, of Xaxl’ip, on their recent appointments as CoChairs of the First Peoples Education Council. First Peoples Education Council voting membership is composed of representatives from 19 First Nation Bands, Thompson Okanagan Métis Association, Lillooet Friendship Centre Society and two school district trustees. The First Peoples Education Council’s mission statement is: The First Peoples Education Council is dedicated to success for Aboriginal learners in School Dis-
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Christmas Tea and Bazaar well attended The AshcroftCache Creek Seniors Association held their last meeting before their Christmas Dinner at the Bears Claw (Dec. 12) on Nov. 21. Pat Kirby was in the chair and held a good meeting. She got all the business done and then we had time to have a social with tea, coffee and goodies. Some played their favourite card games and chatted about their plans for Seniors enjoying Christmas Tea the rest of the year. Thanks was given to all the helpers at our Bazaar and Tea, Ashcroft-Cache Creek Seniors who made it a sucMuriel Scallon cess. Muriel Scallon would like to thank the dresses, purses and sweaters many crafters who donated to our craft sale. Donna from Muriel. Fran Helland doTetrault made knitted slippers nated fabric to make dresses, that were a big item. Carol table mats and pillows. Kathy Norris gave us three lawn orna- brought in quite a number of ments with other items which crafts such as kitchen mitts, sold well. Baby quilts from towels and pot holders. She Binky and quilts, table mats, also made pot scrubbers for us.
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Seniors association elects new president “In seed time learn, In harvest teach, In winter enjoy,” -William Blake Officially the first day of winter is Dec. 21, but here in Clinton, temperatures dropped and snow fell on Nov. 2. It has seemed like winter ever since. Motorists are reminded to switch to winter tires and to use extreme caution driving in winter conditions. The Marketplace on Nov. 2 was a successful event. Thank you to all
who worked hard to organize the day with special Clinton Seniors Association thanks extended to Zee Chevalier the Psalm 23 men who set up tables ly returned it to the Clinton on Friday and cleaned everything up on Seniors Association. Thank Saturday. Well done, guys! you, Heather! Peel ‘n’ Pay Your help was very much Raffle prize of $50 was won by Wayne Marchand. Conappreciated. Darcy Cornet won the gratulations, Wayne! Clinton Seniors Associa$10 door prize. Two stained glass sun catchers generous- tion held their Annual Genly donated by Marg Trem- eral Meeting on Nov. 21. bath for door prizes were Elected as Officers and Dirwon by Alice Crosson and ectors are the following: Chairperson Yvette May; Kelsey Vice Chairperson Joyce Ambler. Witt; Secretary-Treasurer Thank Zee Chevalier; and Direcyou, tors Mary Burrage, Helene Marg! Cade, Isabel Haining and Heather Eleanor Pigeon. Villa Board Eling won the Directors: Mary Burrage, Merchant Alice Crosson, Isabel Haining, Yvette May and Eleanor ApprePigeon. ciation Thank you was extended prize of $10 and to out-going Chairperson Waiting for last year’s CP Holiday Train to arrive Helene Cade and the Execukindin Ashcroft tive for 2013. Members of the Clinton Seniors Association and invited guests will enjoy a Christmas Dinner Party in the Legion basement Dec. 4 at 5:30 pm. We’re into the final month Month of celebratFor as low as +GST ing Clinton’s 150/50 anniversaries and it’s You can been a wonderful, busy year of events of every description. Thank you to the hard working Committee and to the Village Council who worked WITH AN E-SUBSCRIPTION so hard to bring it all together for our pleasure
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Mirrors reflect appearance, not true beauty
My 10-year-old daughter showed me a picture that was circulating on the internet of three gorgeous models, one in particular with an exceptionally tiny waist. “She’s skinnier than me,” Daisy said about the model in the middle. “And she’s a grown up.” For my sweet little girl, this was confirmation that she her-
self was “too curvy” and needed to lose weight. I explained that her healthy body was perfect and beautiful exactly the way it was and she didn’t need to change a thing. I then showed her another version of the same picture – but one taken prior to the model’s waist being digitally manipulated to appear inches thin-
ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com ner. Miranda Kerr, the model in question,
just so happened to be on my radar since the very photo my daugh-
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ter was showing me was being reported on by many online news sites. Apparently the famous model had posted the 2012 image to Instagram and some detail-oriented people noticed that her waist was much smaller in her version, and started sharing the original picture beside it as a comparison. “Why would she do that Mom?” Daisy asked, after seeing the difference between the two photos. “She was already skinny.” I told her that we didn’t know who altered the picture, but that it was a very common practice. I also said that no matter how great we think someone looks, that person, or someone else, may think otherwise. “You know how you were comparing your body to hers?” I asked. “You should never compare. You are you, and your body is yours. It’s your home for the rest of your life. Love it and nurture it – and never think it’s not good enough.” She nodded and agreed. But then she
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said something I was hoping she hadn’t noticed. “But you don’t think your body’s good enough,” she said. “I heard you tell Dad you’re fat.” Ah, nuts. I had been using the “f ” word recently and I clearly needed to stop, for my sake and the sake of our impressionable young children. Not that our 13-yearold son has taken any notice. But when I was his age, I remember how unsatisfied my mother was with her own appearance and I couldn’t understand why she would ever criticize herself. I thought she was beautiful and I hoped to look exactly like her when I grew up. I didn’t though. After gaining weight during puberty I developed an eating disorder and continued to pack on the pounds well into my mid-20s. I ended up obese and miserable, promising myself that if I ever had kids, I’d teach them to love themselves from the inside out. I wanted them to be happy, confident and satisfied with how they looked no mat-
ter how their outer shell appeared. I now worry that I’m failing at least one of them, and will do my best to strengthen her selfworth immediately. But here’s the thing that we all know: children are influenced by so much more than just their parents. They have friends, teachers, family members, famous folks, and many other people and things that affect who they become. There’s only so much we can do. I’m hoping that as long as Sam and Daisy feel cherished and valued for who they are, rather than how they look, they will be light years ahead of me in the self acceptance department. I don’t want them wasting precious time trying to attain some unachievable idea of aesthetic perfection that means nothing. What I want is for them to embrace their so-called flaws and treat their bodies, and themselves, with the love and respect we all deserve. Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com
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Clinton PAC fundraiser a resounding success Chamber of Commerce but someone is still reSusan Swan quired to 459-2224 or 2325 take on the countrysquire@ work inbcwireless.com volved in getting it going. Chamber of Commerce Info No one stepped Representing most of the busiup at that meeting nesses in Clinton, approximately 50 people attended a dinner and informa- but the seed has A “police chief” pedal car is shown by Cst. Robert Welsman while Auctioneer Jeff McMichael and Wayne tion session at the invitation of the Vil- been planted. Any Fletcher work the audience. It sold for $350. quality of donations are a tribute to lage of Clinton. This was to give busi- Clinton and area ness owners information on Chambers business owners who would like more the commitment of the volunteers who information can drop by the Village Of- went out and solicited them. Auctionof Commerce and what do. eer (Cst.) Jeff McMichael kept the acThe Clinton Curling Club catered fice during regular business hours. tion going and kept interest up throughthe delicious dinner and the event was out the long evening. funded by a Northern Development In- PAC Auction Success The Village of Clinton showed once Promoted as a Pioneer Christmas, itiative Trust grant. Nov. 29 - Cache Creek Beautification Society meeting at Mayor Jim Rivett explained that a again that it is the little town with a the Memorial Hall was decorated with noon in the Village Office. New members always welcome. big heart! The Clinton PAC held a dinhandcrafted wreaths, Christmas decorChamber of Commerce has more influNov. 29 - Dec. 1 - Ashcroft Curling Club’s Men’s and Ladies’ ner and auction on Saturday, Nov. 23 ations and antiques. The auction padence on governments than individuals. Joint Bonspiels. Great prizes and fun times! For info call with results that are nothing short of dles were formed to look like gold pans Deb McClelland, Executive Director Ashcroft Curling Club at (250) 453-2341, Barb Hodder at astounding. complete with gold Kamloops Chamber of Commerce out(250) 453-9286, or Janet Quesnel at (250) 453-9665. event ‘nuggets’. The organlined the benefits of Chamber mem- The Nov. 30 - Spences Bridge Christmas Bazaar, 4–7 pm in izers are to be combership and advised that there is lots raised over Clemes Hall on Hwy 8. Crafts, baking, second hand treasures, $11,000! mended for all their of support if the business community auction, raffle and concession. Table rental available, call The funds hard work and imwishes to revive the Chamber of Com458-2282. raised will be agination. merce in Clinton. Dec. 8 - Kinsmen family Christmas Turkey Bingo, doors Congratulations to Marc Imus, Director of Commun- used to supopen 10 am, Bingo 11 am. Cache Creek Community Hall. all involved for holdity Development BC explained how ply things for Dec. 8 - Annual Kinsmen Family “Christmas Turkey” Bingo. ing another very sucChambers of Commerce could influ- the students Sunday Dec. 8, Cache Creek Community Hall. Doors open at David cessful event. The kids ence government decisions. He also of 10:00 am, bingo starts at 11:0 am. Proceeds to local Kinsmen charities and partners. will reap the benefits. explained the Clinton-Lytton-Lilloo- Stoddart School that et Economic Collaborative that was Dec. 8 - Spences Bridge Community Club / Cook’s Ferry Christmas Pot Luck Luncheon. Ham and Turkey supplied, Clinton 4-H Open formed to work on improving the econ- are not otherplease bring veggies or dessert. Santa will be there! Noon at wise funded House omies of the communities of Clinton, Teacher Karen Miller shows some of the Chief Whisteminsta Centre. by Ministry of The Clinton 4-H Cache Creek, Ashcroft, Lytton and Lilthe Christmas decorations that were Dec.13 - Spences Bridge Ham and Turkey Bingo. Early bird Education. Club invites you to looet and the areas in between. auctioned off. 6:30 pm at Clemes Hall on Hwy 8. Donations their Open House in Mayor Rivett explained that it is Jan. 31 - New Year’s Eve Dance in Spences Bridge! were gathered from businesses and inthe Clinton Memorial Hall beginning up to the businesses whether or not the dividuals from Clinton, 70 Mile House, at 7 p.m. on Nov. 29. On display will Chamber of Commerce is revived in Every Friday - Soup’s On from 11 am to 1 pm at St. Alban’s Anglican Church in Ashcroft. Soup, buns and dessert by Clinton. Several business owners ex- 100 Mile House, Kamloops, Ashcroft donation. See CLINTON on p. 13 and Cache Creek. The number and pressed interest in working with the
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Changes at Loon Lake not just brought on by the seasons Let it snow, let it snow This past month will go down in books as Snovember! The weather most days this month has been quite suggestive that indoor activities are to be preferred and therefore I have been looking at family photographs that are more than 80 years old. I just received a big package of old photos from a cousin who was cleaning out her parents papers and among them were many dozens of photographs of her father (my father’s older brother), my father Ike Hendricks and
his younger brothers and friends, posed in various Loon Lake and Bonaparte valley landscapes alongside poles or cars hung with their hunting results; deer, bear and moose figure prominently in the photos as well as the young men and their rifles all showing broad smiles despite holding a pipe or cigarette in their mouths. The time was the mid 1930s, usually in November. Loon Lake Road was one of those places considered accessible from the Lower Mainland even though the drive through the Fra-
From Loon Lake Road Barbara Hendricks ser and Thompson canyons with their motorcycles or cars would take as much as 12 hours, particularly at this time of the year. The cars of those days didn’t do so well in slushy snow and it was cold inside and out.
A dollar here, a dollar there Guest ranches and fishing and hunting lodges first established in the area in the late 20’s or early 30’s, like the JT Guest Ranch (now Sands Ranch) provided accommodation, meals, guiding, pack horsSage & Sand Pony Club es and evening entertainDistrict Commissioner: Marcie Down ment. Most homesteadmleedown@yahoo.ca. ers along Loon Lake Road Ashcroft-Cache Creek Rotary Club offered these services as Contact Person: Denise Fiddick Phone 250-453-9547 well, especially guiding and pack horses which Desert Spokes Cycle Society brought in needed money Phone 250-457-9348 in the fall after most of the farming was done and beAshcroft Curling Club Phone 250-453-2341 fore winter logging began. At the time, my father Ashcroft & District Rodeo Association and his brothers worked in Phone: 250-457-9390 the Fraser Valley – picking hops and tobacco, workAshcroft Volunteer Fire Department Phone 250-453-2233 ing on a dairy farm or whatever else needed to be Cache Creek Volunteer Fire Department done. They first came to Phone 250-457-9967 Loon Lake Road for hunting in 1935 and in hunting South Cariboo Sportsmen Assc. #3366 seasons today their grandAttn: Marian Pitt, Box 341, Ashcroft BC V0K 1A0 sons continue the tradition. Soccer Association Contact: Sandi Harry Phone 250-457-9366 However the game is nowhere near as abundant Minor Hockey Association now; not many hunters Contact: Lewis Kinvig Phone 457-7489 or 299-3229 walk the old hunting trails lewis.kinvig@rona.ca or lewiskinvig@hotmail.com and ATV’s have replaced Historic Hat Creek Ranch pack horses. Moose used Contact: Jack Jeyes Phone 250-453-2259 to roam all along Loon Creek and in the hills Kinsmen Club of South Cariboo above. Now it is quite rare Contact Person: Dave 250-453-9062 to see a moose in the Loon Creek valley. Cache Creek Recreation Society
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Ashcroft and Masonic Lodge Zarthan Lodge No#105 Contact Person: Fred Dewick
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Ashcroft & District Tennis Association Contact Person: Maria Russell Martin Phone 250-453-9391
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601 Bancroft St., Ashcroft, BC Phone 250-453-9944
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Contact Persons: Andrea Walker 250-453-9402 or Marijke Stott 250-453-0050
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Shirley 250-453-9202 or Marijke 250-453-0050
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The “Purpose of Sunday” Car Club President: Tom Lowe 240-457-6564
SCI Thompson River, B.C. Chapter Ken Brown - Phone: 250-453-9415
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Bird watch Watching birds at the feeder is another of my favourite cold weather past times. This year however the feeders are very quiet with few birds visiting. I am not sure why. Perhaps it is because there has been a bumper crop of pine, fir and spruce cones and the seed eaters are finding lots of food elsewhere. Perhaps they have chosen another location to winter or perhaps it is because there are fewer birds surviving from year to year. Even the nuthatches have gone elsewhere and
they were here during the summer. I am glad to say that the Steller’s Jays remain as I find them most entertaining. As most of those that visit my feeder do not migrate south and live year round here in the north I wouldn’t think their survival would have been affected by any major human activity. Project Feeder Watch and other reports like the Christmas Bird Count all help in answering questions about where the birds are and how they are doing. This year the Christmas Bird Count runs from Dec 14 to Jan 5 and I know people from Ashcroft and Cache Creek are active in the count slated for Dec 22. Maybe more Loon Lake Road people will also watch out for the birds. On-line I found an interesting hint for a pine cone as a bird feeder and as there are many this year I will hang a bunch up in a tree. The suggestion is that you mix one part peanut butter with five parts cornmeal and stuff this mix into the pine cone and hang them out. Of course our ponderosa cones are not as large as those of some other pines – but they work well.
Changing habits My cats have also changed over to winter habits. Being creatures that seek comfort and warm, they are to be found in a warm spot on a cushion. I have been reading about studies that claim that cats kill millions if not billions of birds each year; however I do think those numbers are exaggerated for Canada. For the most, ordinary domestic cats do not particularly like being outdoors without protection in the winter and if they are thrown out into nature around here they will likely be dead by the end of the winter. The study was based on the assumption of a large number of feral cats hunting birds for food year round. This doesn’t happen here – however, cats should still be kept from hunting birds and sitting under the local bird feeder. Some town people have the mistaken idea that they can just drive unwanted cats to a country road where there are farms and just dump them off and the cats will be okay. They won’t – and it is horrible cruelty to a domestic animal. At our house, the cats sort of tip toe out into the snow then turn around and come right back in again. Therefore, I was surprised to find a tick on one of my cats recently – on closer combing I found some more. They were the winter or moose tick and hadn’t bitten in. I know these ticks are a problem for moose, deer and elk – causing them to weaken and die and some are pointing to this tick as a causal factor in the moose die off. I wasn’t aware that pet owners need to be vigilant and check their pets for ticks at this time of the year. Now I know.
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The Clinton CiB Committee has been working hard with several other Clinton organizations to bring a special weekend to Clinton. On Dec. 7-8 Clinton will be transformed into a Victorian Village with events for all ages. Is there a more fitting time to rekindle the pageantry and romanticism of the Victorian era than during the holidays? The Annual Merchants Madness Sale will see many of the local businesses holding specials all day (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) to offer residents and visitors a chance to shop locally for that special Christmas gift. Many will have draws, door prizes and refreshments to fortify the shoppers. Check out your local shops to see what they have to offer. The Museum will host an Open House from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will be decorated for the season. Check out the specials that they have to offer as well. The Legion will hold a Craft Sale from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Legion basement. Drop by for local handcrafted items and have lunch while you are there. Then gather in front of the Village Office for the lighting of the Official Village Christmas Tree and singing of Christmas carols beginning at 5:15. Then it is off to the Memorial Hall for
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the Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle Community Christmas Dinner. A Victorian Father Christmas will be strolling the street and visiting many of the businesses as well. And that’s just Saturday! On Sunday, Dec. 8 the Grads will host a Skate with Santa in the 47 Mile Sports Complex (arena) at 11 a.m. After skating the little ones can warm up with hotdogs and hot chocolate in the Legion basement courtesy of the Communities in Bloom Committee and the Legion. The Annual Legion Children’s Christmas Party will be held upstairs in the Legion beginning at 1:30 p.m. Children must be preregistered for this so there will be an age-appropriate gift for them. Before we all hunker down for the snowy winter season plan to spend some time in Clinton for some old-fashioned fun during the Second Annual Victorian Christmas Weekend!
pioneer or Victorian flair The challenge goes out to all would be most appropriate residents and businesses. this year. There will be a $50 prize, The Clinton Commun- courtesy of the 150/50 Comities in Bloom Commit- mittee in each of the two cattee has partnered with the egories, residential and com150/50 Committee to chal- mercial. Judging will take lenge everyone in Clinton to place on Dec. 14. decorate and light In Loving Remembrance of up their Herman Emery Sharkey properDecember 10, 1931 - November 13, 2013 ties for Herman passed away in ChristKamloops British Columbia. mas He was a faithful husband, They loving father, cherished hope grandfather and beloved to give community member of Ashcroft and Cache Creek, everyB.C., for over 50 years. one who He was a respected and skilled drives foreman, serving Highland Valley Copper & Co. for through over 30 years. Clinton Herman is remembered for his quiet ways and somefaithful service. thing exArrangements entrusted to Schoening Cremation Centre tra to 250-554-2429 look at.
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Charles Semlin and a life well lived by Esther Darlington MacDonald There are a few mysteries surrounding the notable life of one of B.C.’s premiers, Charles Augustus Semlin (1836-1927) of Cache Creek. The chief of the mysteries being, that Semlin, a life long bachelor as documented, willed his sizable estate to his grandchildren. When Semlin died in 1927, the value of his holdings, including the ranch that today bears his name, located just east of Cache Creek, had 15,000 head of cattle and was said to be worth $50,000. The ranch, then known as the Dominion Ranch, cattle and livestock, plus the barns and the homestead, were willed to his grandchildren. But who these grandchildren were is a bit of a mystery. There was a Charles Augustus Trimble, and an Augustus Trimble. Charles of the same name as the MLA and Premier, was a veteran of the First World War. He died in 1948. Now, it is the name Augustus that holds something of a clue regarding parentage. Augustus is a distinguished enough name. Not one which would be characteristic of those in the Cariboo, particularly at that time. Being named after the Roman emperor who founded that vast empire in 63 BC, is the kind of name that might come from parents who had some knowledge of ancient history. It is a scholarly name. And to have it appear more
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than once in the same area, gives pause to wonder. Be that as it may, when Charles Augustus Semlin came to B.C. at the age of 26 in 1862, he had been teaching in Barrie, Ontario. Lured no doubt by the prospect of easy riches in the gold fields, he ventured to the Barkerville area and spent three summers prospecting, to no avail. Then, learning about the discovery of gold on the Columbia River, he ventured forth, only to be stopped short when he came to the cultivated fields of Clement and Henry Cornwall and their stopping house called Ashcroft Manor. He immediately introduced himself to the brothers, sons of an Anglican British clergyman. They promptly hired the well spoken young man to run their stopping house and ranch. But Semlin didn’t remain long there. Why not own his own road house and ranch? Joining forces, after only a few months, with a middle aged Irish man named Philip Parke, Semlin and Parke bought Bonaparte House at Cache Creek.Parke eventually sold his interest in Bonaparte House to William Henry Sanford in 1868. Two years later, Semlin bought Sanford’s share, and traded it to James Campbell in 1870, along with some prime ranch land east of Cache Creek. This proved to be a very wise investment. Semlin had started to acquire land by pre-emption, and coupled with land he acquired from Camp-
bell, embarked on its management, hiring both foreman and farm workers, housekeeper and their families to look after the operation. Semlin also saw opportunities in the newly formed political landscape of the Province. He embarked in 1871 into the wildly disorganized, fractious assembly of MLA’s in Victoria by running for the seat in Yale and won it easily. He also kept himself busy as postmaster in Cache Creek. In 1873, he lobbied the Government to establish a boarding school in Cache Creek for the children of ranchers. Many of the ranches were remote and the roads were little more than rough trails. The new school was duly built and began to function the following year. Semlin, Parke, Campbell and Clement Cornwall were trustees. The history of this two storey rectangular school that stood on a plain above Cache Creek is well documented. It was an uneasy undertaking from the outset. Lots of controversy, much of it contentious involving teaching staff and students themselves, ensued. At one point, Semlin himself stepped in to take a class. The school’s uneasy tenure finally ended in 1890. A new school district was formed. But again, Semlin, Parke, Cornwall and Campbell were trustees. Not a person to drawn attention to himself particularly, though it was said he was a good speaker, Semlin’s legislative career seems
pretty tepid, in comparison with other personalities of the day. But his easy going temperment made him popular at home, and he remained an MLA for some years, though he did lose a few elections later in Yale. He became Leader of the Opposition after the 1894 election, but this title was one of name only. Actually, “the opposition” was a loose assemblage of contentious politicians and Semlin’s own cabinet was divisive and disheartening to a soul like Semlin’s. Despite all the fury and self-seeking, Semlin did seek legislation that would put a more humane face on affairs. He sought an eight hour week for the miners in the Kootenays, much to the fury of the mine owners. He also sought to stop the patronage appointments in the civil service, also causing resentment from those who would lose their jobs. He inherited the Premiership of B.C, more or less by default. His time in office must have been the shortest on record. Only 18 months. Semlin lost heart for the melee of B.C. politics. He did not stand for re-election as MLA in 1900. At the age of 50, he said he thought other younger persons should take up the load. When he did, briefly, try to re-enter the political scene in 1903, he campaigned vigorously enough, but lost. Not a man to sit back and enjoy his holdings managed by a competent staff that had, it seems, literally become family, he helped to establish the B.C. Cattlemans’ Associa-
tion, and the Interior Agricultural organization to which he was elected President in 1889. Semlin also joined with other regional notables to form the Lillooet Historical Society. As to Semlin’s personal life, we can only conjecture. He raised a daughter, Mary. It was assumed that Mary was adopted by Semlin. But an 1881 census records that Mary’s mother, Caroline Williams, a native woman, was living with Semlin and using his surname, though neither is described as married. Charles Augustus Semlin died in 1927. Before his death, he was nursed by Alma Loyst, a graduate of the Winnipeg General Hospital. Miss Loyst also nursed pioneer, Catherine Haddock, wife of merchant James Haddock of Ashcroft. I interviewed Alma Loyst at Ponderosa Lodge in Kamloops in 1981 and found her a delightful person still very much mentally alert. She and teamster pioneer, Thelma Haddock lived together at Walhachin for some years and farmed in Venables Valley. Semlin’s contribution to the area was enormous. The epitaph on his grave monument, Life’s Work Well Done is, if anything, an understatement. In terms of his ranch developments and his attempts to bring much needed education to rural children, as well as his concern for the working conditions of miners, shortening their hours from the usual 10-12 hour a days, predates the goals of unions that came after Semlin’s passing, by decades.
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