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A little snowy scene at Ashcroft Manor, where the snow is - or was until a few days ago - silent and deep. Winter has taken brief turn towards mild.
Ashcroft troubled by waste explanation Ashcroft Council wasn’t satisfied with Belkorp Environmental Services (BESI) answer to their question about slaughterhouse waste being allowed at the landfill extension, and they plan to tell them that in a letter. Council asked Belkorp whether it was true that the waste would be allowed in the extension. Animal waste has always been excluded from municipal waste in the past, but Belkorp staff indicated last fall that they were working with the Ministry of Environment to accomodate the provincial government which was looking for a way to dispose of slaughterhouse waste. “Under the proposed concept,” wrote vice president Russ Black, “animal by-products would be received on-site and digested in a fully con-
tained reactor. Biogas would be captured and utilized and once fully stabilized the treated material would be disposed of in the Exension. All of these activities would be regulated and controlled undera permit issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.” Acceptance of the waste would be included in the Extension’s Operational Certificate, which has not yet been approved. The OC is applied for by Belkorp and the Village of Cache Creek who are partners. “If this project were to move ahead,” continued Black, “BESI would site the treatment facility within the landfill property for the Extensio whch would serve to diversify the established operations and further enhance both economic and employment opportun-
ities within the communities of Ashcroft and Cache Creek.” “I read letter several times,” said Coun. Helen Kormendy, noting that the letter began by saying there were no plans to dispose of slaughterhouse waste at the Landfill or the Annex, but later described disposal at the Extention. “To me, it is the same thing,” she said. “The language is... still a huge concern for me.” “Hearing it in (The Journal) first is the part that’s sort of troublesome,” said Mayor Andy Anderson. “We need to let Mr. Black know this is a concern for us,” said Kormendy. “We have to let him know we’re in disagreement. This can get into our water system, and that’s my concern.”
The Thompson Nicola Regional District Library system is looking for support to digitize the area’s newspapers in order to make the information searchable for future generations. Marc Saunders, Director of Libraries for the TNRD was at Ashcroft’s Council meeting Monday night asking for their support. “This is the thing,” Saunders told them, “500-600 years from now, if we handle the data properly, our great great great great grandchildren are going to be using this. That floats my boat.” The multi-year project plans to digitize newspapers from nine communities within the TNRD, including Ashcroft, and turn the information on the pages into a searchable database. To do that means copying each page as a high resolution image. He said the work would eventually contain over million images probably more than a million and a half. “Some people would say this is overly ambitious,” said Saunders. “I believe in shooting for the stars and if you land on the moon, at least you’ve made it that far.” The Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal, he said, was identified as one of the papers with tremendous historical significance, being the oldest newspaper in the region, and will be a part of the project from the start. Issues of The Journal date back to 1895 and the bound copies are housed in the Ashcroft Museum. The project will include current newspapers, but also papers that are no longer publishing such as the Cache Creek Pioneer, Kamloops Wawa, Copper Tailings and Logan Lake Leader, the Chase Tribune and the Merritonian. Saunders had three requests for Council: 1. assistance with research as needed from the Museum; 2. assistance with fundraising by identifying companies will-
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ing to assist with the project; and 3. the use of one full set of The Journal for copying. Council thanked him for his presentation and asked for time to study the ramifications of his request. “Some people ask why not let the newspapers take care of it?” said Saunders, who replied that the history recorded in the newspapers was a public resources. He said the reasons were many, but he gave them a few “really obvious reasons” that included: preserving local history, increasing access, improving service, creating awareness about what we have unique in TNRD, creating an increased presence on the internet for the communities involved, engaging our communities and especially the students who can use the information for class assignments, and telling the stories of our communities to the world. Coun. Helen Kormendy recounted that her grandfather fought in World War I, and Museum curator Kathy Paulos found out that his troop passed through Ashcroft in 1915 by looking through old issues of The Journal. She said the article is still stuck to her fridge. “But, how can we be sure the technology will be there in 600 years?” she asked. Saunders said the software would change over the years, but the high resolution images would remain the same and be migrated to the new platforms as they developed, and the project would be using the latest methods of data preservation Besides being searchable, the information would also be hosted on a neutral website that reflected the donations from different sources. It should be accessible through a variety of different websites, he added. He said he was expecting some of the material to be available for public use by the Fall of this year.
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Icy roads land couple in the ditch
Jan. 7 at 4:42 pm RCMP attended a single vehicle accident on Hwy 1 south of Venables Valley Rd. where a 2008 Nissan Titan ended up in the ditch. Road conditions at the time were slippery with fresh snow. The truck had heavy front end damage and was towed. The driver, a 69 year old Kamloops woman, and her 67 year old male passenger were taken to Ashcroft hospital for examination.
Deer collission
Jan. 7 at 6:45 pm police attended a single vehicle accident on Hwy 1 by Juniper Beach after a vehicle struck and killed a deer. The 50 year old Hat Creek male driver and his passenger, a 77 year old Hat Creek woman, were not injured, but their vehicle was towed.
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Patron barred from store
Jan. 10 at 9:40 am police received a complaint from OK Stop that a patron was making inappropriate comments about female staff at the store. They wanted him spoken to and advised that he was no longer welcome in the store. The 27 year old Ashcroft man denied making the comments, but he was told not to go back.
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Jan. 8 at 4:05 am police were called to a single vehicle accident on Hwy 1 by Juniper Beach. BC Ambulance attended and transported the 57 year old Kamloops man to Kamloops’ hospital where he was treated for minor injuries and released. It is suspected that he hit some ice on the highway and left the road.
Jan. 10 while Traffic Services was patrolling in downtown Ashcroft, a member spotted a known prohibited driver driving in the alley between OK Stop and Safety Mart. The 36 year old Ashcroft woman was stopped and denied that she was driving. She said she was just trying to find a parking spot and that it was her mother who was driving, even though she was the only one in the vehicle. She was charged with driving while prohibited and the vehicle was impounded. She left on foot, her mother nowhere to be seen.
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Jan. 8 at 20:56 pm police received a complaint of a northbound vehicle swerving back and forth in its lane. The vehicle was located by Clinton RCMP who checked the driver. The 37 year old Clinton man was not impaired and advised hat he was being cautious on icy roads.
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Jan. 11 at 6:20 am a 31 Cache Creek man called to advise that he had received several threatening phone messages from a former employer. Police listened to the 10 messages from a man asking for the repayment of a $120 loan. The complainant admitted to owing the money, but felt threatened by the number of calls. He was told there was nothing police could do if no threats were made.
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Jan. 11 at 9:12 am police received a report of a single vehicle accident on Hwy 1 north of Spences Bridge at Spatsum Bluffs where a large rock rolled down the hill and hit a 2013 Ford F250 belonging to a 22 year old Williams Lake man. The vehicle was no longer driveable and had to be towed. Neither he nor his passenger were injured.
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Jan. 11 at 9:57 am Cache Creek Library staff arrived for work and discovered the glass in the front door had been smashed. There was a brick on the ground below the door. No entry was made after the glass was broken, and the alarm inside the building was not triggered. There was no damage to anything inside. Police checked with other businesses
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Happy false alarm
Jan. 11 at 6:17 pm police assisted ambulance with a medic alert alarm at an Ashcroft residence. The daughter of the woman believed to be in medical distress was contacted and attended the scene. Once inside the residence, the 95 year old woman was found watching TV. She had accidentally pressed the button on her medic alert bracelet.
Bullied man makes threats
Jan. 11 at 6:49 pm Ashcroft hospital staff called to report that a 31 year old Cache Creek man recently in the hospital had accused a nurse of hurting him and threatened to “make her pay for it”. Police located the man who didn’t deny the threat, but said he was bullied into taking unfamiliar medication. He couldn’t describe how he was bullied. He was advised not to go back to the hospital until it was urgent.
Langley driver suspended
Jan. 11 at 11:45 pm Traffic Services stopped a Ford F250 in Cache Creek to check the driver for a Drivers License. The driver, a 28 year old Langley man, showed signs of impairment and blew a Fail on a roadside test. He was issued a 90 day IRP driving suspension and his truck was towed.
Loose wheel hits mini van
Jan. 12 at 5:23 pm police attended a two vehicle accident on Hwy 1 near Oregon Jack Hill when a tire came loose from a trailer being hauled by a southbound pickup truck. The tire struck an oncoming mini van, rendering that vehicle undriveable. A ticket was issued to the driver of the pickup truck, a 40 year old Edmonton man, for driving a defective motor vehicle. Neither he nor the driver of the mini van, a 53 year old Prince George man, were hurt. The mini van and the trailer were towed.
Hit and run driver found
Jan. 13 at 2:30 a 39 year old Cache Creek woman reported a hit and run in the Safety Mart parking lot that had occurred a half hour before. She advised that her GMC Envoy was parked at the time when a vehicle parked next to it side swiped it while pulling out, causing damage. The suspect vehicle was located in Cache Creek and the 81 year old owner was issued a ticket for failing to remain. A letter was also sent to ICBC asking for a review of his Drivers License.
Returned cell phone
Jan. 13 at 2:15 pm a cell phone was turned in at the Detachment by a woman who said she found it on the ground at the car wash. RCMP found Police Telephone #s the owner’s information and left a mesAshcroft: 250-453-2216 sage with his brother Clinton: 250-459-2221 who came in a picked up. It was returned to Lytton: 250-455-2225 a 55 year old KamCrime Stoppers loops man who was 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) very happy to see it.
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Wine spilled after trucks collide on Hwy Highway 1, two kilometers west of Hope, was shut down for more than 10 hours after two semis collided Wednesday night, spilling cargos of pulp and wine all over the highway. On Jan. 8 at approximately 9 p.m. Fraser Valley Traffic Services and Hope RCMPolice Detachment responded to the report of a motor vehicle collision involving commercial vehicles approximately 2 km west of Hope on Hwy 1. An investigation revealed that a 30-year-old Abbotsford male was operating an eastbound Kenworth semi-trailer loaded with wine on Hwy 1 when he lost control of the vehicle and drove through the center median of the highway. His vehicle continued to cross over the westbound lanes when it was struck broadside by a Freightliner semitrailer loaded with pulp and driven by a 57-year-old male from Delta. "Fortunately neither driver was injured in this collision," says Cpl Robert McDonald, spokesperson for RCMP Traffic Services. "However, both vehicles sustained extensive damage, with one semi's trailer ripped apart, by the force of the collision. And of course there was significant damage to the cargo." Highway 1 was shut down for over 10 hours to facilitate clean-up from this collision, re-opening at 7:15 the following morning The driver of the Kenworth has been charged with Driving without Due Care and Attention under the Motor Vehicle Act and both vehicles are being examined by Commercial Vehicle Inspectors in an attempt to determine their mechanical worthiness prior to the collision. Should anyone have witnessed this collision and has not spoken to the police, they are asked to contact the lead investigator Cpl Dave Ewert at the Fraser Valley Traffic Services Office at 604-702-4039.
Two transport trucks collided on Hwy 1 west of Hope on Jan. 8. Debris from the trucks, one hauling wine, the other pulp, covered the highway which was closed for 10 hours while the mess was cleaned up.
Williams Lake tries new beet-based de-icing compound on streets
The city of Williams Lake is using a new de-icing compound made of beet concentrate and salt brine on their streets. Other than the sweet smell, the combination has met with city staff’s approval.
by Monica Lamb-Yorski Williams Lake Tribune What looks like brown sugar sprinkled on the streets of Williams Lake is actually a new deicing compound the city is trying out, said the city’s director of municipal services, Kevin Goldfuss. “I like what I see so far. I hope to test it out for the rest of the season and will make a report to city council at the end whether it’s something we should continue using in the future.” The compound, Beet 55, is a mixture of 60 per cent salt brine and 40 per cent beet concentrate. It is 15 per cent less corrosive than magnesium chloride liquid, which the city has used for at least 10 years. The compound has a freezing point of approximately -20 C. Goldfuss said it comes in liquid form and is sprayed using the city’s de-icing truck. Before Christmas he received a batch and has a second order coming next week. When applied, Beet 55 delays or prevents the formation of a bond between the road surface and snow accumulation. It helps quicken the elimination of frost and ice formed on the road surface and creates great-
er efficiencies for clearing snow down to the road surface. Goldfuss first learned about Beet 55 from VSA Highway Maintenance who had been using it in Merritt on local highway systems since 2010. “The more I researched I learned it is also being used in the Midwestern United States and in Eastern Canada,” he said. Another advantage is the fact Beet 55 is less expensive than magnesium chloride. Beet 55 is not harmful to pets or humans, however it is not suitable for human or pet consumption. As with any salt product the public needs to be aware that if the salt brine gets on the paws of dogs that it should be washed off ASAP. “This will prevent your pet from licking at the product and will prevent unnecessary discomfort should your pet have a open sore or wound,” Goldfuss said. “You know what it’s like when we get salt on our hands. It doesn’t feel that great.” When asked about its thickness, Goldfuss said it’s a bit thicker than water. “To me it smells like a tootsie roll,” he chuckled.
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De-nial is a river in Egypt, they say It’s a different world out there from the one our parents knew, and we are the ones who are changing it. Just like our children will change it, and their children after them. I read an opinion piece on the CBC website this week about how children are becoming “candyholics”, and adults are to blame. It got me thinking about my own childhood with regards to candy. Candy was Big Stuff back then, whether it was an ice cream cone or Hallowe’en or a trip to the penny candy counter with a dime! The reason that candy was a big deal was because it was rare. Children didn’t have money - they attended school instead. And although our parents worked (in my family as in most families I knew at the time, only one parent worked), they didn’t make enough to shower us with candy all the time. That’s not to say that my dad didn’t love sweets, but the preferred sweets in our family were pies and cookies and the occasional birthday cake. To this day, I won’t eat apple pie because it just doesn’t, and I dare say never will, taste as good as the pie that my mother made from scratch. And her date-filed oatmeal cookies... we never missed store-bought candies. But times change. Maybe it’s because we want to give our children something that we never had access to, or maybe it’s because candy gave us a rare pleasure. It’s like that with a lot of things these days. We used to get lots of socks for Christmas; now kids are getting phones and other electronic devices. That’s just the way it is. In the western world, we don’t deny ourselves the pleasures of life that we did a generation or two ago for lack of money. Or perhaps they just weren’t available to us then. How can you wonder about it when shopping is poised to become the next Olympic sport? Or, in some circles, known as “consumer therapy”. Hopefully future generations will reverse that trend for something that benefits the planet.
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Guess how much the 1% pay in income tax by Mark Milke Senior Fellow The Fraser Institute www.troymedia.com CALGARY, AB/ Troy Media/ - About five years ago I became acquainted with a retired fellow by the name of Jim Tocher. Then in his eighties, Bolden B.C.born Tocher was a classic Canadian success story. After university in Vancouver, Tocher worked for several energy firms in the 1950s and 1960s before going it alone and starting his own Calgary-based companies in the 1970s. He founded several energy and resource companies over the decades. He created his last one, Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd., at age 66. During one of the last times we chatted, Tocher relayed his proudest career moment. At a company Christmas party some years earlier, he gazed around the room and realized that everyone present, about 100 employees, had been able to carve out a career, buy homes, and pay the associated bills of life because of the company he created from scratch. Jim Tocher died in 2009 but I relay his personal history because of the recent headlines that some Canadian executives earn in a few days or weeks what
the rest of us might earn in a year or longer. In assessing those stories, it is critical to remember one fact: risktaking entrepreneurs are not a burden but a key part of a civilized, opportunity-based, and prosperous country. (A useful caveat: this doesn’t mean every CEO is worth his or her salary, but it is impossible to definitively peg the “correct” salary for such positions from the outside or in advance.) For example, some may balk at the $3-million pay package (and potentially tens of millions more in share compensation) for the new Blackberry CEO, John Chen. However, if Chen turns Blackberry around and its shares appreciate to $20 from $9, that’s an extra $5.8 billion in shareholder value. At that point, shareholders, and the company’s remaining employees who avoided a Nortel-like fate, may think such executive pay worthwhile. Shareholders, owners of the companies that they are, should indeed demand accountability from boards and performance from company executives on CEO compensation. But in a free society where governments don’t get to set wages, such actions are properly left up to shareholders, boards, and executives to fight it out.
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More broadly, in deliberations over high-income earners, there is also another point to consider: the amount of tax paid by the now-clichéd “1 per cent,” the top 1 per cent of income earners. The Canada Revenue Agency recently released tax statistics from the 2011 tax year and here are some results from my numbercrunching. Of the 25.1 million tax filers, 8.4 million people paid no income tax at all as their incomes (after deductions) fell below the taxable threshold. It doesn’t make sense to tax the poor in that cohort, of course. It does mean all income tax was paid by the other 16.7 million. Now let’s break that down. Anyone who reported income of more than $250,000 in 2011 belonged to the top 1 per cent of all income earners (actually, the top 0.8 per cent, but for the sake of simplicity let’s round up). That group garnered 10 per cent of all declared income. That sounds awfully “greedy” to some - 1 per cent of the tax filers with 10 per cent of the income until you see how much of the overall tax burden they shoulder. The top 1 per cent (203,010 people) paid 20
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per cent of federal and provincial incomes taxes, or $32.6 billion in taxes. Expanding the analysis, the top 6.6 per cent of income earners in 2011 (those with incomes of $100,000 or above) garnered 29 per cent of the income but paid 47 per cent of all federal and provincial income taxes, or $77 billion of the $161.4 billion collected in total. Those who love class warfare and complain about high-income earners should be reminded of two critical facts. First, tax proceeds from that latter cohort help finance almost half the bills for everything from schools to healthcare to public transit and national defence. It is thus unwise to dampen such beneficial wealth creation as it even creates a gusher of tax revenues. Second, as my late friend Jim Tocher reminisced, the successful entrepreneurs among that group also help create opportunities for others. In life, that’s what’s called a “win-win.” -Mark Milke is a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute, and author ofTax Me I’m Canadian - A Taxpayer’s Guide to Your Money and How Politicians Spend It, published by Thomas & Black.
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no longer be published. Mel Rothenberger, former editor and former Mayor of Kamloops was shocked too. Somehow or other, though rumours were flying in all directions, most of us on the “outside” were not “inside” the vortex. So it came as a particularly difficult blow. Okay, closing newspapers has become a fact of life. A fact that has scarcely been hidden or underscored. Newspapers like the Sidney Review, for example, that had been published for years, and a whole host of other regional newspapers have bitten the dust. But still, it hurts. When it’s so close to home. When the daily habit of picking up the news, or getting it hung on the front door knob when its delivered early enough in the morning to enjoy over the morning Dear Editor coffee, is no longer part of It came as a shock. the daily routine. The news of the closure It wasn’t an absence heard over CBC Kamof talent that was misloops. That the Daily will sing from the Kamloops Daily. There Letters to the Editor have We invite all Letters to the Editor on relevant or topical been matters, but we reserve the right to edit submissions prize for clarity, brevity, legality and taste. No unsigned Letter winning will be printed. writers on that All letters must be signed and bear the Author’s name, paper. address and telephone number for reference purposes. It was Email: editorial@accjournal.ca or Drop off: a paper 130-4th Street, Ashcroft BC, V0K 1A0 or Fax to: 250with 453-9625. heart. Their Deadline for the following issue is Friday 10 am Dear Editor I’d like to give a big thank you to Second Time Around. A group of Moms with young kids was interested in renting the Ashcroft Community Hall to give their kids someplace to run around and play together. We approached Second Time Around for a donation to cover the insurance needed for the rental and they did not hesitate to provide us with the funds. So thank you again, for giving back to our community. Our kids love playing inside when it’s too cold out and us Moms enjoy getting together. Jessica Clement Ashcroft
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human interest articles, in particular were appreciated. The Daily told all sides of the story. Mel’s opinions were not always agreed with. But they were always respected. Mike Youds, Cam Fortems, Jason Hewlitt were no strangers to Ashcroft. They wrote about our medical problems. They promoted our cultural events. Don’t be afraid to speak up when events are happening that are a loss to the community. That was what the news staff at the Kamloops Daily never swept under the golden carpet of political expediency. For that, and for other good reasons, the loss of the Kamloops Daily News, like the loss of the Kamloops Daily Sentinel before it, will always be a regional as well as a community loss. Esther Darlington MacDonald Ashcroft
Science vs. big business Dear Editor Tom Fletcher says “as is normal in the Internet age, the climate debate has split into two fanatical factions”. Hooey. There is no question at all about the basic science: the earth is getting warmer because humans are burning fossil fuels and add-
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ing carbon to the atmosphere causing it to retain more heat energy. That “debate” is over. If there are “factions” here, they’re not even remotely comparable: the much larger one includes nearly all the world’s scientists and policy analysts; the much smaller one includes all the oil companies. The contrast makes it easy to choose one’s own personal faction. John Kidder Ashcroft
Big thanks to Ashcroft V.F.D. Dear Editor I wanted to thank our volunteer fire fighters, and in particular, Jonah Anstett who gave up his New Years Eve to be a Designated Driver to anyone who needed it, to arrive home safely from the Legions New Years Party. I watched him sit all night waiting for anyone who might need a sober and safe ride. Just another reason to be thankful to live in our beautiful safe town. I know the firemen do this every year and I wanted them to know how grateful I am for their service and dedication. T. Daniels Ashcroft
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Grizzlies worth more alive, study says by Tom Fletcher Black Press B.C.’s Coastal First Nations were quick to endorse a new U.S. study of the value of bear viewing in their traditional territories. Kitasoo/Xai’xais councillor Doug Neasloss said the study by the Washington D.C.-based Centre for
Responsible Travel supports what the northwest coast aboriginal communities have been saying for years: “Bears are worth more alive than they are dead.� The study calculated that in 2012, bear viewing in what is now popularly known as the Great Bear Rainforest generated 12 times the visitor revenue as bear hunting. It counts 510 people em ployed in bear view ing compan ies compared
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due to population concerns. The Coastal First Nations, which includes Haida, Heiltsuk and seven other North Coast communities, has asserted its unresolved treaty rights in logging and pipeline protests as well as bear hunting. In 2012 the group announced a ban on trophy hunting for bears in its territories. The province has continued to issue “harvesting� permits, including one wellpublicized trophy shot by NHL player Clayton Stoner in May 2013, who took only the head and paws. The U.S. study, funded by Tides Canada and Nature Conservancy USA, suggested B.C. has overstated the value of its guide-outfitter business to remote economies. The province tracks wildlife populations and records human-related deaths, including vehicle accidents and “conflict kills,� where ranchers or conservation officers shoot bears to protect homes or livestock. The U.S. study reports that there were 74 grizzly hunters from outside B.C. in 2012, 80 per cent of them from the U.S. From 1976 to 2009 the province issued hunting permits for an average of 297 grizzly bears a year.
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Bean Supper date set in March, Soups On this week Seven U.C.W. Ladies answered the Roll Call for the first United Church Women’s meeting of 2014 on Jan. 7. President Reta Robertson welcomed everyone on the snowy day. Phyllis Gray lead the devotional from the booklet A Present Help by Robert Wallace, titled: Love Jesus. Jesus showed us that we need to love each other and so because of his great love for us, we need to love him too. The bible reading was taken from Ephesians 6:10-18. The devotional closed with prayer. We evaluated the Bazaar and noted some improvements that were needed. We also reviewed our holiday mailing and list and our telephone lists. Next, we planed four our annual Friendship Tea, to be held Feb. 11 at 2 pm. Detail plans were made for this fun time of fellowship to show our appreciation for all those in our community who support us in our fundraising events throughout the year. Watch for posters and a reminder in The Ashcroft Journal’s Coming Events. Several pieces of correspond-
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Phyllis Gray ence were dealt with, newsletters and information from Naramata Centre, R.B.C. Ministries and 1st United Church Community in Vancouver. Reports were next: a written one from the Treasurer, and verbal reports from Sunshine, Publicity and Outreach committees. Our church will be hosting Soups On on Jan. 17 at the Anglican church hall. We still continue to collect used stamps and Campbell soup labels, which help with Christian work elsewhere. A big Thank You to all of you who save these for us. After a short break for refreshments, we resumed with more business. We set the date of March 10 for our 69th annual Bean Supper. More publicity will follow closer to that date. Our February meeting will be on Tues., Feb. 4 at 2 pm. Any ladies interested in our work are most welcome to join us or just come as a visitor. We closed the meeting by repeating together the Mezpah Benediction.
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Tolko sells Ashcroft Treating to US-based company A review of its product mix has led to the sale of Tolko’s Ashcroft Treating Plant. Tolko Industries Ltd. has signed an Asset Purchase Agreement for the sale of its Ashcroft Treating Plant to Koppers Inc. The decision to sell follows a thorough review of Tolko’s product mix. “Ashcroft has been a strong performer in our asset mix since 2004,” said Brad Thorlakson, president and CEO of Tolko. “However, we have decided to focus our efforts on our wood products and paper operations moving forward.” Thorlakson went on to say, “One of the key reasons Ashcroft has become a successful business is through the contributions of our employees. The Ashcroft team has consistently delivered company leading safety performance and a quality product for our customers. “One of the main reasons I am so pleased to enter into this agreement with Koppers, is that they share an excellent financial track record, they value employee health and safety, the environment, their local communities, and their ability to deliver innovative solutions for their customers. With these strong principles guiding Ashcroft Treating plant at the end of Evans Rd. people. the company, I feel comfortable in knowing that The proposed transaction between Koppers and the Ashcroft team will be in good hands. Tolko is subject to certain closing conditions. Koppers “With regards to employment, we want to assure our expects the acquisition to close within 30 days with the employees at Ashcroft that their employment will conpurchase price being funded primarily by cash on hand. tinue and the transition will be seamless for all employWalt Turner, President and CEO of Koppers, said, ees.” “The acquisition of Tolko’s Ashcroft crosstie treatTolko is also committed to working with Koppers to ing business strengthens our presence in the Canadian ensure a smooth transfer of contracts with suppliers and railroad industry as well as the northwest region of the customers. United States. This transaction fits well with our straAshcroft Treating produces railway ties, bridge timtegic growth plan for our railroad products and services bers and crossing planks and employs approximately 28
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I just read an article about a New Zealand couple in their 60s who ran a full marathon every single day for the entire year of 2013, plus an additional day to beat the world record. My first reaction was: are these people crazy? My second was to look them up on the Internet to
Not only that, they did it on a raw vegan diet, consuming up to 30 bananas a day. Yuck. I can’t imagine that this astounding accomplishment is good for the human body, nor can I fathom why anyone would want to put themselves through such a physically punishing ordeal, but they said their motive was to “show people anything is possible if you put your mind to it and set a goal to achieve.” Well, if they wanted to inspire people, they certainly succeeded with at least one person. Me. I have no desire to run even one marathon, let alone 366 of them, but if two seniors old enough
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Extreme runners inspire moderate steps verify that it was true. According to all the stories about them on legitimate news sites, it seems it is. 64-yearold cancer survivor Janette Murray-Wakelin, and her husband, 68-year-old Alan Murray, woke up at 4 a.m. every day to run 366 consecutive marathons with no days off.
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ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com to be my parents can accomplish such a remarkable feat, surely I can set a more reasonable yearly goal of my own. A marathon is 42 kms - or 26 miles if you think like I do. If I jogged or walked one tenth of what they did every single day of the year, I’d be happy. 4.2 kms or 2.6 miles each day is nothing in comparison, yet it would still be
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January • Week 3 ARIES - Aries, though you are eager to plow through your to-do list, certain plans may have to be postponed due to circumstances beyond your control. Go with the flow. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, uncover the source of a disagreement with a friend and try to come to a resolution before the disagreement escalates. Handling things promptly will pay off. GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, attention to detail this week will prevent delays down the road. Keep this mind when tending to personal as well as professional matters. CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 You may find your mind wandering this week, Cancer. You cannot seem to focus on the tasks at hand, but work hard to limit distractions and get your work done. LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, respect a loved one’s decision to keep a certain matter private. There’s not much you can do other than offer your support and respect. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, carefully schedule your time this week. You cannot afford to get behind in work or miss any important appointments. Stay focused and leave some time free for the unexpected. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you are drawn to creative endeavors these days and have less patience for tasks that are not nearly as fun. Find a healthy balance between the two. SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, expect to serve as a mediator for your loved ones this week. The issue that arises is relatively small, but your calm demeanor and cool head will be needed. SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, you may be floundering a little in the romance department this week. Stick to what your intuition is telling you, and you will come out just fine. CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, you are focused on your work, but distractions beyond your control figure to prove frustrating. Try to remain as patient as possible, and everything will work itself out. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, take a breather and stop to give some careful thought to your recent experiences and your expectations going forward. You will benefit from this reflection in the long run. PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, expect some valuable insight on your future to arrive in the next few days. It won’t be difficult to set plans in motion.
more than what I’ve been doing my last few sluggish months. And exactly how long would it take me to accomplish such a goal? Less than half an hour a day. Big deal. While I’m typing these words it all seems easy-peasy, but what happens when I’m living life and having an exceptionally busy or stressful day? Will I put my wellintentioned exercise routine on the back burner like I usually
do? Thanks to these extreme endurance athletes, I will not. I’ve written a commitment to do at least one tenth of what they did for the next 366 days, and the picture of them that I printed off for my office wall will serve as my daily reminder. If they could commit to their grueling goal every day for a year, I can too. Especially since mine is so much easier. I certainly won’t break any records or attract any media attention like they did, but I’ll improve my health, and that’s what I want. Moderation has never been my strong suit. I’ve always been an “all or nothing” type personality, working out too much or not at
all, so committing to a 30 minute a day routine will be a new idea for me. I’m not saying I won’t sometimes do more, but I am promising that I’ll never do less. I’m excited about this modest commitment because I know it’s sustainable, and exercise always leads to better eating and sleeping for me. When I’m working out, I naturally eat healthier, sleep more and feel 100 per cent better. The one thing I won’t do though, is fuel my journey with bananas. Like I said before: yuck. Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com and the couple that inspired her can be contacted at rawcancure. com
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Better at Home looking for volunteer helpers The Better at Home program in Ashcroft and Cache Creek, delivered by the local Ashcroft and District Lions Club and the Kamloops Seniors Outreach Society, has opened their local office. The program is designed and managed by the United Way of the Lower Mainland and is funded by the Government of British Columbia. Better at Home will be available in up to 68 British Columbia communities.
Better at Home helps seniors continue living independently in their own homes by providing simple non-medical services. Depending on the specific needs of our local seniors, services can include transportation to appointments, light housekeeping, minor home maintenance and repairs, light yard work, snow shoveling, grocery shopping and friendly visiting. These services are provided by paid workers and
volunteers. If you are a senior living in Ashcroft or Cache Creek you can obtain more information by contacting the local office. Some services will be free and some will require a fee to be paid by the senior based on their income. The services implemented initially will be transportation and snow shovelling. The Ashcroft Cache Creek Better at Home office is now
Rise against the violence The women and men of the Ferry Band Bldg. 3691 Deer Nicola Valley are asked to Rise, Lane, Spences Bridge. Release, Dance, and demand JusDance practices being held at tice on Feb. 14 for women surviv- Spences Bridge Community Hall ors of violence. (Clemes Hall) on Hwy 8 - ThursOn Feb. 14, 2013, one billion days evenings Jan. 23 and 30, people in 207 countries rose and and Feb, 6 and 13. One Sunday danced to demand an end to vio- practice may be added, call us for lence against women and girls. details. On Feb. 14, 2014, organizers Practice the dance in your are escalating their efforts, calling community and join us. on women and men everywhere Sign up today online http:// to Rise, Release, Dance, and de- www.onebillionrising.org/events/ mand Justice! one-billion-rising-spencesOne Billion Rising for Jus- bridge-b-c/ tice is a global call to women surFor more information call vivors of violence and those who 250-458-2489. love them to gather safely in comOrganized and supported by munity outside places where they the Raging Grannies of the Nicare entitled to justice – court- ola Valley. houses, police stations, government offices, school administration build- Call for volunteers for the ings, work places, Monitoring Committee for the sites of environment- Cache Creek Landll al injustice, military courts, places of wor- Wastech and the Village of Cache Creek invite ship, homes, or sim- interested community members to participate the landll’s Monitoring Committee with a ply public gathering in purpose to: places where women deserve to feel safe • Provide a communications link between the landll operator and the local communities, but too often do not. • Contribute recommendations on operations, It is a call to survivplans and on-going environmental monitoring, ors to break the siand lence and release • Identify emerging issues and new information relevant to the operations of the landll. their stories – politically, spiritually, out- Three community members will be selected rageously – through for the committee and appointed to a two-year art, dance, marches, term. The Monitoring Committee meets four ritual, song, spoken times a year. Each committee member will $50 compensation per meeting for their word, testimonies receive participation and to cover transportation costs. and whatever way feels right. Selected participants will be contacted no All are welcome later than February 14th, 2014. to join us in Spences Bridge on Feb.14 at 2 Please send your expression of interest, pm to Dance, Drum including a brief outline of your background, and sing and speak expertise and how you would contribute to the by 4 pm, Friday, January 31, 2014 out against violence committee, by fax 250-457-6745 or: against women. Wear your pink and Wastech Services Ltd red colours – bring a c/o Monitoring Committee Coordinator 399, Trans Canada Hwy drum or just come as Box Cache Creek, BC V0K 1H0 you are to the Cooks
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Thompson Cariboo Minor Hockey Association (TCMHA) is holding a “Special General Meeting” on Wednesday January 29th at 6:00 pm at the Dryland’s Arena Mezzanine All TCMHA Parents / Guardians are encouraged to attend to vote on recommended changes, updates and additions to our Constitution and Bylaws
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South Cariboo Elizabeth Fry Society
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Ashcroft and District Fall Fair Contact Person: Janna 250-457-6614 Contact Person: Jessica 250-457-7128
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Desert Spokes Cycle Society Phone 250-457-9348
Ashcroft Curling Club Phone 250-453-2341
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Ashcroft & District Rodeo Association Phone: 250-457-9390
Ashcroft/Cache Creek Volunteer Chapter Phone 250-374-8307
Ashcroft Volunteer Fire Department
Ashcroft and Masonic Lodge Zarthan Lodge No#105
Cache Creek Volunteer Fire Department
Ashcroft & District Tennis Association
South Cariboo Sportsmen Assc. #3366
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Contact Person: Maria Russell Martin Phone 250-453-9391
Ashcroft & District Lions Club
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Phone 250-453-2233
Phone 250-457-9967
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Soccer Association Contact: Sandi Harry
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Kinsmen Club of South Cariboo
Contact Person: Lt. (N) Curran 250-319-3461 Alexine Johannsson 250-453-2661 email: darrin.curran@cadets.gc.ca
Ashcroft Communities in Bloom
Contact Persons: Andrea Walker 250-453-9402 or Marijke Stott 250-453-0050
Taoist Tai Chi Contact Person: Danita Howard
Phone 250-453-9907 e-mail: dangre@telus.net
Ashcroft Hospice Program
Shirley 250-453-9202 or Marijke 250-453-0050
Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society Contact Person: Nadine 450.453.9100
Canadian Red Cross - Health Equipment Loan Program (H.E.L.P.) Ashcroft Hospital - 250-453-2244
Desert Bells Handbell Choir Carmen Ranta 250-457-9119
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Choir Michelle Reid 250-457-9676
Ashcroft Royal Purple Phone 250-457-9122 Cache Creek Beautification Society
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Cache Creek Recreation Society Contact Person: Jackie
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Bridging to Literacy
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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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... Past, Present & Beyond Death on the Range - Pt. 1: The Pre-Emptors Thomas Burton Smith was in many were many years in the future. Lean ways typical of the men who flocked and lanky, he was a man of few words, to the Interior of Britbut liked and respected ish Columbia from by all who knew him, the 1850s onwards, and he seems to have attracted by gold fefit right in to his new ver, or the lure of the home. new and undiscovThus far, Thomered, or dissatisfacas Burton Smith tion with their lives, seems no different to or restlessness, or tens of thousands of some combination of other men – footloose all these things. and fancy free – who Born in Crawford flocked to the provCounty, Pennsylvania ince, seeking a better in 1861, he was the life. But Smith was son of a farmer, and different to them in GOLDEN COUNTRY took up farming himone important regard. BARBARA RODEN self, but at some point He was a single man he felt compelled when he arrived in to pull up stakes and B.C., that much is true; move north and west. There is no rec- but in 1883 he had married a woman ord of him in the 1911 Census of Can- named Ella Davison, and between ada, but in 1912 he turned up in Kam- 1886 and 1904 they had seven chilloops. From there he headed north dren, all of whom seem to have surand west again, to Clinton and then 45 vived into adulthood (the last of them, miles beyond it, to an area known as Leona, died in 1989). Springhouse Prairie. Ella died in 1907, aged 44. We It was a good place for someone cannot, at this distance, know why he used to living on the land, and Smith eventually acted as he did; but at some almost certainly did some farming; but point between 1907 and 1912, Thomas it was also wonderful rangeland, per- Burton Smith – an established Pennfect for grazing, and he and his part- sylvania farmer with seven living chilner were soon running cattle, fatten- dren – left his farm and family behind ing them up for sale. When war broke and travelled several thousand miles to out in late 1914 it must have seemed a build a new life in a new country. boon to the men, who almost certainly At some point in his travels Smith anticipated that demand for beef, and ran across Albert Lester Clinger. Born therefore prices, would soon rise. in Portland, Oregon, Clinger eventuBut Smith was canny enough to ally moved to Idaho, where he was a realize that – especially at the begin- well-respected member of society. But ning of the venture – there was not a he, too, apparently hankered after a good deal of money to be made. He different life, and it’s not hard to pictherefore bought himself some secur- ture these two restless men deciding to ity on the financial front by establish- join forces. ing and running a freight hauling busiBy 1913 they were in Springhouse ness in the Interior. It was still a viable Prairie, where they took up what was venture, for trains had not yet killed known as a pre-emption; that is, a 160off the stagecoaches, and highways acre plot of land that was given free
of charge by the Government of Can- it would be over by Christmas of that ada, under the Dominion Lands Act of year, but by February 1915 it showed 1872, to any settler who undertook to no signs of concluding. Around Clinbuild a permanent dwelling on it with- ton, however, that distant war was soon in three years and improve the prop- to be supplanted by another story, one erty, usually by farming or ranching. that was much closer to home. When February 1915 rolled around Here we encounter a problem I’ve the pair of pre-emptors were into their discussed in the past: the difficulty of third year of cattle ranching, with pros- sorting fact from fiction, when dealpects only set to get better. ing with stories from a century ago that Opposites attract, so they say, and have passed through many hands in the Clinger was markedly different to his telling. One account has Clinger telepartner. His nickname was “Chubby”, phoning police to report his startling which gives us an idea of his build, and news; another has him crossing the he seems to have been as sociable and street to the Clinton Hotel and running garrulous as Smith was solitary and si- across Frank Aiken, a District Chief of lent. It’s easy to the B.C. Provincial Popicture Smith lice, and asking to have a (who visited word with him. Clinton infreIt’s hard to believe quently, by all that Clinger would have accounts) passwaited until a chance ing through meeting occurred before town as quickly he told his story, but one as possible, doaccount claims it to be ing what needtrue, so I record it here. ed to be done Whichever way the and then being news was reported, howoff again, and ever – and from here I Clinger, who shall largely depend on made most of the contemporary acthe excursions counts from the “Ashinto town for croft Journal”, which supplies, taking have the advantage of it easy, passhaving been written at ing the time of the time the events unday with all and folded, by someone who sundry and perwas on the scene – the haps repairing story was the same. to the ClinThomas Burton ton Hotel to sit Smith, far from being Thomas Burton Smith, c. 1913, by the famous after his arrival in the Interior. the upright citizen he stove and shoot seemed, was in fact noththe breeze with ing short of a thief; and the regulars, exchanging news and some time in the first week of February gossip. 1915 he robbed his partner, “Chubby” The war in Europe would have been Clinger, of several hundred dollars and a topic that dominated conversation; vanished into the night. in August 1914 it was supposed that To be continued
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