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Bantams win back to back games Minor hockey league play is wrapping up for the season and soon we’ll be into the playoffs. (Right) Bantam Goalie Ryan-Spur Reid holds on to the puck after a shot by the Logan Lake team. Ashcroft ended the Sunday game with a 2-1 win over their Logan Lake counterparts. See more on the games on p. 3.
Tri City News The firm that runs the Cache Creek landfill wants to build a $30-million highly mechanized plant in Coquitlam to pull recyclables from garbage before it’s dumped or incinerated. But Belkorp Environmental Services is also squaring off against Metro Vancouver, saying it will only build the plant if the regional district backs down on imposing restrictions on how material recovery facilities operate. Monday’s announcement is the latest shot by private industry across the bow of Metro’s strategy to burn more garbage in waste-toenergy plants instead of dumping it in landfills. Belkorp vice-president Russ Black said the proposed plant could process 260,000 tonnes of garbage per year – more than a quarter of Metro’s waste stream. He estimates residual garbage in the region – even after intensive efforts to recycle – still consists of 36 per cent recyclable material, much of it paper and plastics. Belkorp and other proponents of material recovery facilities (MRFs) say advancing technology to sort garbage holds much promise to pull out more usable material. Black says Metro’s bylaw 280, passed in October but awaiting provincial government approval, restricts MRFs too tightly and must be rejected by the province or revised by the regional board for Belkorp’s plant to go ahead. He accuses Metro of deliberately hamstringing MRFs because their advanced sorting machinery will pull too much paper and plastic out of the garbage, leaving insufficient combustible fuel to justify building a costly new incinerator. He called on Metro to suspend
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its waste-to-energy strategy for five years while mixed-waste MRFs like the one Belkorp proposes are built and tested. “Step back on this $500 million unnecessary expense,” Black urged of a possible second Metro incinerator. “Postpone it for five years. Let these facilities get up and running. See if they can get what they claim they will get out of the waste stream. And then assess the need afterwards for incineration.” Black said he sees room for three mixed-waste MRFs in Metro Vancouver – the proposed one in Coquitlam, one already mostly built by Northwest Waste Solutions in South Vancouver and potentially a third one in Surrey, in addition to another in the Fraser Valley. He argues all garbage should go through a MRF before it’s landfilled or burned to retrieve materials. “Our company philosophy now is we don’t want to take unprocessed waste to landfill.” MRFs weren’t contemplated when Metro’s solid waste managmement plan was drawn up, but it calls for the region to maximize recycling and material recovery ahead of either landfilling or incineration. Coquitlam has endorsed Belkorp’s proposal. Coquitlam city manager Peter Steblin said the new plant would maximize recycling and reuse of material and help meet Metro’s waste diversion targets at no extra cost to residents. The plant would be built on 16 acres of industrial land Belkorp owns on United Boulevard. It would create 80 new green jobs and use technology increasingly in use in California. Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, chair of Metro’s zero waste See RECYCLING on p. 2
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Jan 15 at 2:45 am police were called by a 27 year old woman who said she was the victim of an assault and attempted kidnapping while she was visiting an acquaintance at a Cache Creek motel. The woman was located safe and sound at her home in the Cache Creek area. She could not provide any further information other than that she and her male friend had a disagreement. Alcohol was involved.
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Jan. 27 - The next Cache Creek Council meeting will be held at 4:30 pm in the Village Office. Feb. 1 - Seedy Saturday seed exchange, displays and demonstrations will be held in the Cache Creek Community Hall, 10 am to 3 pm. Free event organized by the Cache Creek Beautification Society. Feb. 1 - Ashcroft Curling Club “Fun Mixed Heart Spiel” 10am - 4pm. Sign up at curling rink or call Barb Hodder 250-453-9286 for more info. Every Friday - Soup’s On from 11 am to 1 pm at St. Alban’s Anglican Church in Ashcroft. Soup, buns and dessert by donation. Wednesdays 8-10 pm - Drop In Adult Badminton in Cache Creek Community Hall. Bring a racquet and gym shoes, $3 per night. Call Rick for information 250-457-9644 (days) or 250-457-2370 (evenings). Add your community events to our online calendar at http://www.ash-cache-journal.com/calendar/
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Written in dirt
Jan. 18 at 2 pm an 81 year old Cache Creek man reported that someone had been writing nasty things in the dirt on his vehicle. He said it was an ongoing problem and it was upsetting.
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Jan. 15 at 5:50 pm RCMP were called to assist the Cache Creek Fire Dept. just north of Cache Creek in an area between the winery and Hostings Farms. The fire had been called in by a passing motorist who reported a house fully engulfed. Police discovered a large brush fire that was being monitored by the property owner. The area was outside of the Cache Creek Fire Dept. service area and they did not attend.
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Jan. 18 at 4:30 pm police received a complaint about a suspicious male on the highway near Cache Creek’s PetroCan acting oddly. The 37 year old man from Roe Lake was located trying to hitchhike but carrying a bus ticket. He said he had gotten off his bus to have a cigarette, got distracted and missed getting back on before it left. He was also somewhat intoxicated. He was advised to limit his drinking if he wanted to board another bus or even get a ride.
Suspicious activities
Jan. 16 between 1:30-3 pm Ashcroft General Duty and Traffic Service officers conducted a road check on Hwy 97C near the brake check. Over 100 vehicles were stopped. Cracked windshields and forgotten insurance decals were the biggest infractions.
Jan. 18 at 7 pm police were called to the new construction site near the Motorplex on the Ashcroft Reserve after someone complained about two suspicious vehicles on the site. Neither was located. There was no damage or theft reported on the site.
Recycling could be killed committee, said he sees no reason to delay the waste-to-energy procurement process, which could see Metro burn an additional 370,000 tonnes of garbage per year starting in 2018. The regional district will begin optioning potential sites in the next few weeks. Belkorp is trying to derail the strategy so more garbage might keep getting trucked to Cache Creek, he said. Brodie said Metro’s new bylaw leaves enough room for MRFs to operate, and proponRecycling from p. 1
ents who disagree probably want to see their machines take over the job of separating recyclables from households. “We’ve got a whole industry that has been generated because Metro Vancouver has insisted for 20 years on source separation,” Brodie said, adding a MRF-centred model could unravel years of recycling education efforts, result in more contamination of recyclables and undercut existing green industries. “I have a hard time believing we can put the solution in private hands like that and it will get us to our goal.”
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9th Annual Citizens of the Year Award Congratulations to our 2013 Citizens of the Year Ashcroft & Area - DEANNA HORSTING Cache Creek & Area - ANNE BONTER A lunch in their honour will be held at noon on Thursday, February 6, 2014 at the Ashcroft Legion Advance ticket purchase at Interior Savings & Ashcroft Work Wear, Second Time Around, Buffalo Station & Trackside Diner. $15 includes meal and beverage All members of the public are invited to attend and pay tribute to these very deserving individuals who make our communities better places to live. You are all fine examples of the Rotary motto - “Service above self” Thank you to our sponsors - Interior Savings Credit Union and RBC Royal Bank
Fight down by the river
Jan. 20 at 6 pm police received a report of an assault taking place in Ashcroft down by the river between two Ashcroft men in their 50s. The men had been fishing earlier. One man was located, police are still looking for the second man. The matter is still under investigation and police are trying to determine whether there are grounds for an assault charge. Alcohol was involved.
Bad dreams upset household
Jan. 21 at 2 am police attended a dispute at a house on the Bonaparte Reserve where a 51 year old family member had woken up agitated from a bad dream and had disrupted the sleep of everyone else in the house. He had calmed down by the time police arrived.
TRU’s future needs local input Following months of consultation through seven in-person and online town halls - including one in Ashcroft, two surveys and several written submissions and presentations – and reflecting the input of thousands of students, faculty, staff and community members – Thompson Rivers University is ready to present a draft document of its new Strategic Priorities for public input. Community meetings to review the draft document are being organized at TRU’s Williams Lake campus as well as its regional centres in 100 Mile House, Ashcroft, Barriere, Clearwater, Lillooet and Lytton. The draft document will also be posted at tru.ca/strategicpriorities and the focus of an online “24-7” town hall which will be accessible through the same website. Input is welcome in person, through email or through social media. Submitted
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Valley rejects TNRD’s dangerous dogs bylaw by Keith McNeill Barriere Star Journal Thompson-Nicola Regional District now has a dangerous dog control bylaw, but it doesn’t apply to any of the electoral areas in the North Thompson Valley. “The bylaw in its current form provided limited reactive solutions to dangerous dogs,” commented Tim Pennell, TNRD director for Wells Gray Country (Area A). “I felt that by the time a dog issue got to the point where the bylaw would deal with the problem it would already be an RCMP issue.” Pennell pointed out that the service would be relatively expensive. “Many of the costs of the service are at this time unknown, including both legal and boarding costs, which could be substantial,” he said. “A dog could have to be boarded at TNRD expense for two years while the legal process ran its course.” The Wells Gray Country director also said that the service provider would be located at some distance, which would result in delayed response times. The bylaw took effect Jan. 1, and is only enforced in Electoral Areas I (Blue Sky Country), M (Beautiful Nicola Valley-North), N (Beautiful Nicola Valley-South), and P (Rivers and the Peaks). The directors for electoral areas A (Wells Gray Country), B (Thompson Headwaters) and O
(Lower North Thompson) chose not to participate. The dangerous dog control bylaw, whose parameters are defined in TNRD Bylaw No. 2383, 2013, is not breed-specific in that it does not discriminate against certain breeds. It applies only to dangerous dogs, not unlicensed dogs, dogs at large, or aggressive dogs. Under TNRD Bylaw No. 2383, a dangerous dog means any dog that: (a) has killed or seriously injured a person, (b) has killed or seriously injured a domestic animal in a public place or while on private property, other than property owned or occupied by the person responsible for the dog, or (c) an animal control officer has reasonable grounds to believe is likely to kill or seriously injure a person. “The dangerous dog control bylaw was brought in by the board of directors as a way to increase safety within these four electoral areas,” said Ron Storie, manager of community services. “Before, there was little recourse for those who live in rural areas if they or their animals experienced one of these horrific attacks.” The animal control service has been contracted out to K-9 Services, which will be responsible for enforcement in the four participating electoral areas.
Last November’s Christmas Tea and Bazaar in the Seniors Centre took a big effort to organize on the part of a lot of people and sponsors.
Funding buys new chairs for Centre Happy New Year given to the Teshima to all our members and sisters for the door members to be! You prizes at our Christmas Ashcroft-Cache Creek Seniors are welcome to come dinner. Muriel Scallon out and enjoy our pasThanks also given times of bridge, carto Safety Mart and our pet bowling, bingo and crafts. Come out and get local People Drug Store for door prizes and permore information on our activities. mission to sell tickets inside the store. Sandy Williams was the guest speaker this Our grant from last year has bought us some month at the Ashcroft-Cache Creek Seniors As- new chairs and a love eat for our craft room. sociation meeting on Jan. 16. She is our advo- Pat Kirby has been the push behind this so we cate for senior’s needs. We are among 68 sites in all say thank you for your work and help to get BC to take advantage of this service. Her office these new chairs. is at 405 Railway Ave. so if you want to volunDates to remember are: Wed., March 12 teer or need help getting medical appointments Clinton Daffodil Tea; Sat., Apr. 26 our Bazaar or grocery shopping, you can visit her there or and Tea; and every Saturday our bingos. phone her at 250-453-9911. This is a three year Thank you to Nola for her offer to help Barb trial program, so please use it. Some of the ser- in the kitchen for our daily refreshments. vices are light housekeeping, snow shovelling Jokes were read by Donna and Pat. and companionship. Birthdays for January: Marge Lapointe and Our monthly meet- Merry Teshima. ing carried on with Pat The meeting was adjourned and some new Kirby in the chair. All members were instructed in some new card reports were read and games. We had a lot of laughs and good fun. passed. Thanks was
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Ashcroft teams finish well Bantams
A faceoff at last Saturday’s Novice game in Ashcroft with Erika Ignace (15) about to capture the puck and Emma Antoine (2) ready to back her up. They played their last regular game of the season against Lillooet last weekend.
Ashcroft Bantams played their last league game of the year in Ashcroft, Jan. 19. For the second time last weekend they played and beat Logan Lake. Saturday’s score was 4-1, and goals were scored by Griffin Aie, Dreydon Thomas and Dario Antione. On Sunday, Dreydon Thomas, the team’s newest player, scored both goals to lead the bantams to a 2-1 win. They pulled together as a team and played intensely from start to finish in a fast-paced, aggressive game. Players played their positions well. The team heads off to a tournament in Logan Lake this weekend. League playoffs begin after that. This Saturday the PeeWee Girls play against Kamloops in Ashcroft, starting at 11:15 am. This is tbeir last league game of the season. Deanna Horsting
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The Ashcroft Ninjas Novice team hosted Lillooet last Saturday for their last regular game of the season. Some great workout on the ice from both teams ... Everyone touched the puck and we saw lots of improvement out there! Good to see the players really getting after the puck and staying with it. We saw some great camaraderie and sportsmanship on the ice with players encouraging each other. Way to go!! A Big Thank you to coaches Lewis Kinvig, Steve Aie and Shane Minnabarriet for all their hard work and their dedication to furthering the development and growth of our players skills and confidence and making this hockey season Lots of FUN! Diana Hoggard
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Success is just over the next hill What is it about bad habits? Are there any of us who don’t have any? And why is it that we focus on our bad habits and not our good habits at this time of year? Is that a bad habit? Many of our “bad” habits are only bad because we think they are, but if they are a negative behavior that interfere with our lives, then that qualifies them as bad. Addictions are the extreme end of the bad habit scale. Anyone who has ever tried to kick an addition knows how difficult it can be, emotionally and physically. Makes us wonder why we ever started in the first place. If we only knew “then” what we know now, or if we had just listened to all the good advice everyone was offering... But we all walk our own paths. Our persistence, dedication and faith to overcome bad habits and addictions make us stronger and wiser. The longer we indulge a bad habit, the harder it is to break. That doesn’t mean we should try, try and try again. “Experts” tell us that right about now, all of those “bad habit” New Year resolutions are being re-evaluated and are in danger of failing either because the benefits aren’t showing up fast enough or because the lifestyle still supports those habits and the temptation to succumb is overwhelming. So we give up, feel crummy and commiserate with our Facebook friends about how tough we tried. Where there is a will to do it, anything can be achieved. How bad do you want it? Three things: Find out when and why you eat, spend, smoke, drink, fight, belch, crack your knuckles or commit some other bad habit. Seeing a pattern might help you break it. Put it in writing. Log the events surrounding your bad habit for at least a week. What were you doing, what were you feeling, who did you see? Recognize what triggers your bad habit and eliminate or modify them. It’s more difficult when you’re living with an enabler - someone who supports your bad habit, but strength, determination and creativity will reward you with success. And sometimes, kicking a bad habit is just the start.
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Demand growing to tackle income inequality by Ryan Meili, Expert Advisor EvidenceNetwork.ca www.troymedia.com SASKATOON, SK/ Troy Media/ - As of 1:11 p.m. on Jan. 2, top CEO compensation had exceeded what the average Canadian worker would earn all year. It’s hard to imagine anyone thinking this gross inequality is fair, that the work of a CEO is over 200 times more important than that of other Canadians. Indeed, a 2012 poll showed that over 70 per cent of Canadians believe that income inequality, now growing faster in Canada than the United States, presents a serious problem that undermines Canadian values. But one thing is certain: growing inequality undermines our health. Greater levels of income inequality lead to worse health outcomes. This is most true for those who, as Pope Francis said in his recent letter, “must be content with the crumbs.” People living in poverty suffer from far higher levels of illness and often have life expectancies 20 or more years less than the wealthiest members of society. The ill health effects of inequality don’t rest entirely with the poor, however. As Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett pointed out so well in their 2009 book, The Spirit Level, there’s something about living in a country that is less equal that harms the physical and mental health of everyone in society, even those at or near the top of the socioeconomic scale. Whether it’s higher levels of crime, a greater burden on social structures, or
simply the toxic stress of constant competition, there’s something about high levels of inequality that damages us all. U.S. President Barack Obama has called inequality, now reaching levels in his country not seen since just before the Great Depression, the “defining challenge of our time.” Even Canada’s Federal Finance Committee has released a report raising concerns about this issue, calling for some (albeit minor) changes to our income tax and benefit system to help offset inequality. However much attention this issue merits, there is an inconvenient truth that few in the realm of politics are willing to discuss. To deal with income inequality, and thus prevent the economic and social harms it causes, some people have to be paid less than they’re currently earning and some people more. The incomes of those at the top of the scale and those at the bottom aren’t going to magically gravitate toward one another. There needs to be a conscious decision, before or after taxes, to increase equality. Perhaps this uncomfortable fact explains the fleeting attention paid to the whopping salaries of the top earners relative to the rest of us. Despite the growing chorus of concern, governments have been loath to legislate increased wages or even to effectively tax executive compensation (much of the pay of the highest earning CEOs is in stock options which are taxed at a lower rate than cash income). The flattening of tax rates and a laissez-faire approach to the economy are simply too sacroEMAIL:
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sanct to address, even in the face of mounting evidence of their harm. Recognizing this intransigence on the part of the elected, one new organization, WageMark, is taking the case to the companies, and the consumers, themselves. Along the lines of Certified Fair Trade or Certified Organic, they offer a means to see, right on the packaging, the equality ethic of a company. Certified WageMark businesses have a maximum of 8:1 ratio between the highest paid employee and the lowest. To contrast that with the current situation, the second-highest paid CEO in the country in 2012 earned 500 times the national average wage, and over 1,000 times that of someone earning minimum wage. They’re a long way off the mark. It’s a novel idea, and only time will tell if it catches on, but there’s one thing working in its favour. While ballooning CEO salaries have never been shown to boost company performance, reputation certainly has. If the growing attention to income inequality translates into consumer demand, then company policies will follow. And consumers are voters, so if the message resonates at the till, it may resonate at the ballot box as well. Ryan Meili is an expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca, a Saskatoon Family Doctor and the Director of Upstream, a new, national nonprofit dedicated to improving health outcomes by addressing the social determinants of health. 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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Winding Rivers Arts & Performance Society offers four more fabulous Dessert Concerts in downtown Ashcroft at St Albans Hall. Tickets are now available at The Ashcroft Bakery, Nature’s Gifts and The Jade Shoppe in Cache Creek. You can also help out as a Volunteer to get a discounted ticket - well worth it for just a few hours work! For more info call (250) 453-9100 or email windingriversarts@gmail.com On Valentines weekend come out and see a very unique Sunday matinee show. Bring your sweetie, mom, or the whole family to Paws & Tales Ensemble on Sunday, Feb. 16. Paws and Tales is a quartet of classical musicians from Kamloops. Headed up by our favourite Ashcroft Choir
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sidney Review is not dead Dear Editor One of your recent letter writers (“Sad to see the Daily close”: Esther Darlington MacDonald, Jan. 16) referred to the closure of the Sidney Review. Just to clarify, the paper was David Black’s first purchase on Vancouver Island and has been publishing for more than 100 years - it has just been renamed a few times, from the Sidney and Islands Review 100 years ago to today’s Peninsula News Review. A minor point, really, in the wake of unfortunate newspaper closures, but one I felt needed to be made. Steve Heywood, editor Peninsula News Review
house at Barnes Lake (just a 12 minute drive from downtown Ashcroft).The show starts at 7:30 pm and the house location is at 3820 Barnes Lake Rd, just past IG Machine. Nadine C.R. Avery is a unique, raw and Davenport dynamic performer. His genius lies in many genres - blues, hip-hop, creativecurrent@ spoken word and rock and roll. telus.net He is a one-man band, but one for this generation; with the rare abilpianist - Dimiter Terziev, Paws & Tales ity to sing poetic verse while beatpresents a concert programme which boxing simultaneously while pounding focuses on art music pieces either relat- the piano and adding harmonica like a ed to the animal theme or having a nar- plot twist. A multi-talented front man rative story behind them. The range of for his Legal Tender String Quartet; a music styles in the concert is enormous crazed lead singer/harp player for his - it includes works from, 18th century rock & roll band The Special Interest (Scarlatti, Daquin, Mozart), 19th Cen- Group; a lyrical dynamo & the musical tury (Grieg, Debussy), and contempor- backbone of the spoken word trio Tons aries (Clifford Crawley, Catherine Mc- of Fun University. Michael). The soprano Carlene Wiebe, Call Nadine or Andrea at (250) 453the clarinetist Sally Arai, the flutist 9100 to reserve your seat. Hope to some Catharine Dochstader, and the pian- new faces at this very enjoyable comist Dimiter Terziev perform in various munity event - coffee, tea and sweets combinations ranging from a single in- provided. Sure to be a great show ! strument to a full quartet. Coming on Friday,, March 14 will be The Moonshiners. Known for their Continued on p. 10 powerful three part harmonies, danceable grooves and wild instrumental excursions The MoonBetter at Home shiners are an Urban West Coast take on Bluegrass, folk, early Country and Blues. Based in Victoria BC the Band Ashcroft Cache Creek is comprised of some of VanBetter at Home Service couver Islands best acoustic Launch & Open House musicians: Chris Herbst (Dobro, vocals), Cluny MacpherMonday, January 27, 2014 at 1:30 pm son (Bass, vocals), Miriam 405 Railway Avenue, Ashcroft Sonstenes (Fiddle, Vocals), Mike Brooks (Mandolin) and Please join us in welcoming the Better at Tad Ruszel (Guitar, vocals). Home Program to our area. Ashcroft & Cache Creek residents, seniors, interested House Concert with beat volunteers, contractors are all invited to poet CR Avery attend. Refreshments will be served. Creative Cow House Con250-453-9911 certs presents a House Concert with slam-poet, beat-box, multi-instrumentalist, CR Avery. Join them for to the Ashcroft area for a House Concert Better at Home is funded by the Government of British Columbia on Friday, Feb. 28 at the Farm-
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James Teit - a hero of the common people by Esther Darlington MacDonald In 1993, I had the pleasure of meeting the son of one of the most remarkable men that Canada has produced. The late Sigurd Teit was living in Merritt at the time, and I spent a fascinating couple of hours in Sigurd’s home, looking over accumulated material about his father, James Alexander Teit. The Museum in Merritt had only recently opened a whole section devoted to James Teit’s life, works and artifacts. James Teit’s studies of the Thompson, Athapaskan and Shuswap peoples has left an invaluable legacy for generations to come. Studies of the works, photographs, research papers and artifacts collected and created by Scottish born Teit are an on-going discipline in several areas, including anthropology, botany, linguistics and social history. At a time when the native peoples of central and northern British Columbia were witnessing the steady erosion of their hunting, fishing and agricultural areas by white settlement, as well as some Chinese takeovers of land formerly used by the bands, James Teit’s efforts to speak and write on their behalf to federal government officials has been preserved and catalogued in regional museums and our national museum in Ottawa. The 1880s was a time of acute vulnerability for the native communities. Roadways, railroads, farm and ranch settlement, mining claims, towns and villages,were all spelling at a speeding rate, the end of native life as it had been for thousands of years. The chiefs of various interior bands gathered to ponder how to cope with the changes. Change that was effecting the physical and spiritual health of their peoples. The stress and strain of the changes had created dramatic declines in birth rates, higher than normal suicide rates, particularly among the women, and loss of strategic areas of fishing and hunting
areas. Tribal autonomy became eroded markedly, with the establishment of the federal government Indian Affairs Department, a department that would affect every aspect of native life from birth to grave.
James Teit, 1904
James Teit was just a young man when he arrived in Spences Bridge in 1884. He’d given up his birthright back in the Shetland Islands, left family, friends and associates, and at the age of 17, went to join his uncle, John Murray who had established a general store and an inn, as well as an orchard enterprise in the tiny settlement at the mouth of the Thompson and Nicola Rivers. Clerking in a general store gave him free access to not only the non-Indian population of the area, but with the native peoples. He quickly found intense interest in the native way of life. Their hunting and fishing and social mores. He quickly absorbed their language. Not only absorbed the language of the Thompson Indian people, he began to work on developing a written language for them. The history of native peoples had been handed down from generation to generation by oral tradition. A written history would not be created for decades. Legends, stories, anecdotal information regard every aspect of native community life was not recorded. It is difficult to imagine the variety and depth of the native culture which included every aspect of A big personal lives. THANK YOU It was only after years of to everyone who donated interviews, some of which to the 2013 Toys for Joys were recorded on the newly invented recording devices crerun. It’s because of you that ated by Thomas A. Edison, and a number of families in need many hours, days and months in our communities received spent with the native peoples a Christmas morning with of the Thompson, that the colpresents for their children or, character and depth of that culture began to emerge, all reOn behalf of all of those corded by James Teit. whom benefited Teit’s book, The Thompson THANK YOU Indians of British Columbia, edited by Franz Boas, is a most
valuable book available in most libraries. Boas, a world renown anthropologist, had been looking for a source of the Thompson culture as part of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition. His meeting with Teit at Spences Bridge began an extraordinary relationship that built the bridge between academia and the day to day field work and knowledge which Teit was able to contribute. Boas was struck by the meticulous documentation that James Teit was able to provide. Teit, after all, did not have a university degree, and perhaps, not even an equivalent of a high school education back in Scotland. Yet the word Genius would not be an exaggeration relating to Teit’s extraordinary insights. Teit’s instincts always hit the mark. His sound reasoning and respect for what he discovered built a bond of trust with the Thompson people, as well as the Athapaskan people of northern B.C. Boas (pronounced Boaz) was an extraordinary man himself. Prompted by an exhibition of native dancers from Canada’s west coast while he was in Berlin, Boas proceeded to the Arctic, where on Baffin Island, he became fascinated by the Inuit culture. Born a Jew, Boas wondered about the causes of racial prejudice. He was firmly convinced that a culture should be judged according to its own standards, not by the standards of those who studied it. This was an extraordinary perspective at that time, at the turn of the century. And when you consider how different it was from the standards of judgement of the day, when native Indian residential schools were opening and trying to change the culture and beliefs of the native peoples, Boas’s belief seems indeed, generations before its time. James Teit married a Thompson Indian woman, Lucy Antko. Lucy gave Teit access to native communities in the region, and she provided him with invaluable prime source material. She had a short life, however, and died at the age of 33. Her grave marker in the cemetery at Spences Bridge, written in the Thompson language, lies in the south end of the cemetery. It is a devoted tribute. Drawings of native artifacts, photographs taken by Teit of the native people’s of the area, are not only beautiful portraits executed with great skill and artistry, but the photographs he took of day to day activities in the native communities have left us with a priceless record of the time. A time long past, but more recently immortalized for study for generations to come.
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Residents fight for the old bridge Happy New Year! Here we are still in January and we’ve been getting some spring like weather already! I hope all our plants and trees sap and buds aren’t tricked into an early start only to get hit by real winter weather later on. We were, however, lucky that the weather stayed cold enough to skate on Mud Lake. The skating party on the Dec. 28 was a lot of fun. There was a great turn out; kids and dogs all over the ice! It was very nice to see Sharri Boucher, visiting from Australia, picks up hockey’s finer points. some folks come out just to first showing! watch, sit by the fire, and The New Horiroast a hotdog. Thanks to zon’s Senior’s Program all who helped! has so much goThe New Year’s Dance in Spences Bridge ing on it will be was well attended, enough a struggle to list to feel like a good party, it all here! First but yet there was lots of Mavourneen of all there is a room on the dance floor. Varcoe-Ryan free digital media The Community Club workshop behosts this event as part of ing offered on their mandate to provide nista Centre (Cook’s Ferry Fridays from 10 social and recreational activities. building) am – 2 pm where you can The dance is intended to proFamily Literacy week learn all sorts of interesting vide an affordable New Year’s will again see many activities technical tricks for photos, event for the community, so the throughout our region from Jan. home movies, music and fact that we didn’t quite break 27 – Feb. 1. Spences Bridge will more – at the old school. even this year is fine, as long again have an evening of badQui Gong is a relaxing folks were able to get out and minton at the Chief Wistemsimple but powerful form enjoy themselves ringing in the nista Gym at 6:30. There will of stretching and moveNew Year. Thank-you so much be great prizes and snacks – and ments to improve energy, to everyone who volunteered; of course promote physical litbalance, strength and whether it was organizing, bar- eracy by getting mobile with the breathing. This free worktending, decorating, cooking, whole family! Everyone is welshop is being offered Wedor cleaning up, it couldn’t have come, you don’t need to have nesdays 10:30 – 11:30 at been done without you! children to attend – just get off the old school (Next week The idea of hosting a regu- the couch and come be active only will be Thursday inlar bingo was discussed again at and have fun! stead) through the end of the last meeting. Please watch The Club has been discuss- February. this space, and for posters in the ing hosting a movie night twice The next New Horicoming months. a month. The movies would zon’s pot luck is Tuesday, The SBCC has decided to focus on those filmed in the Jan. 28, at 5:30 at Clemes support the “One Billion Rising area, or perhaps subject matHall. The theme this month V-day” event. This is a global ter pertaining to the area. We is drums and quilts. Bring event, participants are registered thought we’d try movie nights your favorite potluck dish, so that there is a count. The con- on every other Saturday – with a drum and quilt – you cept is to take a stand against popcorn of course – for a loondon’t need to have made violence against women – in a ie donation. Most movies will them, perhaps they were safe public, fun manner. All are not be suitable for young chilgifts, or lucky finds, maybe welcome to join us in Spences dren. Suggestions are welcome, there is a story to tell! Or Bridge to Dance, Drum and sing but the line-up so far include The just bring some food and and speak out against violence Sweet Hereafter, An Unfinished enjoy the others items and against women. Wear your pink Life, Canyon Wars, The Pledge, stories. There will be prizand red colours – bring a drum The Sisterhood of the Traves!! or just come as you are. Friday, eling Pants, Shooter, and Thirst. Soup Day seems to Feb. 14 at 2 pm Chief Wistem- Please watch for posters for the be growing in popular-
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ity – there have been great turn outs, great soup, and lots of laughs and sharing – ongoing on Wednesdays at noon at the old school. Although I try to keep this column to only issues pertaining to the Spences Community Club, I must mention here this sad occurrence; our beloved old bridge has been permanently closed. The plan is to dismantle it entirely, leaving no means even for pedestrian or cycle traffic. Personally I find this very hard to swallow. I do understand closing the bridge to vehicular traffic - given the age of the bridge, our small population and the costs involved in keeping it safe. However, surely the cost of dismantling it entirely would be greater than the removal of the heavy deck, (apparently the risk
threat), and the replacement with a light deck that the base structure would be capable of supporting. The hardships for those without the means of a car are great. The distance to the number one bridge is substantial for those needing to go to the Post Office, the store, the health offices, the band office and so on. And more problems for those wishing to get to the hall or the Inn from the other side. Also disappointing is the fact that no safety measures were put into place prior to closing the bridge, such as safe sidewalks or even wider shoulders, a pathway to get off Hwy 1 sooner, or a right turn lane for eastbound cars coming into town. There is my rant. Our next regular meeting will be Feb. 12 at 7 pm at the hall. Everyone welcome!
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Our mother’s celebration of life was held on January 11, one month after she passed away, and except for the days immediately following her death, it was the most emotionally draining time my brother and I have ever experienced. It was also incredibly
healing. We cried, we laughed, we shared stories and we expressed regrets. But in the end, we felt the love – for her and for us. It’s been said that funerals are for the living and not for the dead. To me, it feels like they exist for
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knew the deceased. There were people at our mom’s service who had never met her before, but were there to support us. That felt amazing. The subject of death scares many people away, though, so some keep their distance. And a lot of people have no idea what to say, so they might say nothing at all.
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January • Week 4 ARIES - Aries, your tendency to say what you feel can come across as being impolite. Many, however, appreciate your honesty and unwillingness to mince words. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 A loved one needs some help, Taurus. This week you will have to figure out a way to assist this person and still tend to your own pressing affairs. GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, focus your energy on someone important. This may be a friend, family member or even a romantic partner. Brush up on your relationship skills in the meantime. CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 You have a natural charm that immediately puts others at ease, Cancer. If you are wooing a client, they will be putty in your hands. Just open your mouth, and you will win them over. LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, your stubbornness comes into play this week, and it could cause a rift with friends or colleagues. Try to see their point of view, and put off any serious disputes for another time. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, spend a little time this week plotting your next getaway. You tend to be happiest when you’re on the move and exploring. Everyone needs an escape now and then. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Enjoy some local culture this week, Libra. Take in a concert, an art show or a theater performance. Just enjoy anything that will educate and entertain at the same time. SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you may find that someone you thought was weak is much stronger than they appeared. This person may not need as much of your assistance as you initally thought. SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, analyze any problems you may have by breaking them down into smaller tasks. Then you can tackle one thing at a time and come to a happy resolution. CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, your children or the youngsters in your life will be the center of your universe this week. Make the most of this time and enjoy kids’carefree natures. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 This week may be a little boring, Aquarius. Make the most of your down time, as you could use a few slow days to recharge your batteries and plan your next move. PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 You are bubbling with energy, Pisces. Make the most of this energy by exercising, partying or taking a day trip.
I understand these feelings completely. When I was in my early 20s, before I had ever lost a loved one, the subject of death was terrifying to me, as was saying the wrong thing. But there’s obviously no way to avoid it. We all eventually die, and unless we die young, we all experience losing people we love. I think the reason some of us stress out about what to say is because we can’t think of anything that doesn’t sound cliché, or we can’t think of anything that could alleviate the sorrow. From my own personal experience, just a simple “I’m sorry for your loss” feels supportive. It’s not necessarily the words that are comforting, but the
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acknowledgment. I’m certainly no expert on grieving or death, and I have no idea what’s around the corner for me emotionally in regards to my mother’s passing. All I know is that loss is a part of life, and I just have to feel the feelings as they come and live as fully and fearlessly as I can. Some days I’ll be able to, and some days I won’t. Many years ago our mother told me that dragonflies symbolized new beginnings. I don’t know if that was a common belief she had heard, or just a personal one that she felt, but whichever it was, I’ve loved dragonflies and thought of them in that way ever since. Her passing has been extremely diffi-
cult, but I recognize that her departure is a new beginning for us. The woman who gave us life no longer exists physically in the world as we know it, but her love will live within our hearts, and it will grow if we nurture it. Every time I see the image of a dragonfly - which will be often since I have several I will be reminded of our beautiful mother’s love, and the fun, happy lives she wanted us to live. She would have wanted us to fly, and we will. To see the wonderful video tribute my brother, Jeremie White created for our mom, please visit vimeo.com/NHLart Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne. com
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Balancing fitness with life Living Well
open for all other aspects of my life. Plus it leaves me feeling refreshed and invigorated all day. The internet, it’s a Wayne Little total time waster. Youminer1098 tube, Facebook, Twit@gmail.com ter, The Chive, - limiting or eliminating time on these and other sites will certainly help. There are so many things goTV, one hour or more of TV per ing on in our busy lives nowadays. day is a certain way to waste preWith work, family, household cious time. chores, and other things to take Find ways to incorporate your care of, finding time for fitness or family into your workouts. I drag a healthy lifestyle can be difficult. my wife or kids along on my runs I had difficulty last season whenever I can. training for Ironman and still get One of my new big tricks is into conversations about the balto simply skip the workout. If my ance of these aspects I’ve menfamily wants to do something and tioned. If I work too much OverI’ll miss that scheduled run, so be time, there is not enough time for it. I’ll do the run tomorrow. family. If I spend my whole weekMake a workout schedule with end riding my bike no household dates and duration. chores are getting done, and definYou can go the other direction itely no time for family. though as well, by spending all So how do we find balance? your time doing stuff other than fitHow can we get the household ness. If you don’t get any exercise, chores done, go to work, spend this could shorten your lifespan, time with the family, yet still get a therefore making it so you can’t workout done to maintain fitness? spend precious years with your I’m still learning as I go, but here family. I also guarantee if you fit are some tricks I’ve picked up. some workouts into your daily rouDo your workouts early in tine, your quality of life will imthe morning before the family is prove. awake. This leaves my whole day
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Annual Women’s Celebration in Walhachin
Plans are looking good for this year’s Women’s Celebration in Walhachin. Come and enjoy a day of music, dance and workshops. See an array of creative women sharing skills and stories. The 6th Annual Celebration will be held on Saturday, March 8 at the Museum Hall from 11 am – 4 pm. Please bring Snacks and Goodies for a shared Potluck (veggie & meat). Admission and food are by donaKarla Cummins and Theresa Takacs sing and dance at last tion to go towards year’s Women’s Celebration in Walhachin event costs. Our creativity as women is one Thompson Cariboo of our greatest gifts. It’s that very Minor Hockey Association (TCMHA) important and a magical part of is holding a “Special General Meeting” ourselves that is the expression of on Wednesday January 29th our divine feminine. For more inat 6:00 pm at the formation or to register for booth Dryland’s Arena Mezzanine space please call; Val at (250) 457All TCMHA Parents / Guardians 6678. Encouraging men most welare encouraged to attend to come! vote on recommended changes, updates and additions to our Constitution and Bylaws
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WRAPS presents Switching Principals
Switching Principals is the next community theatrical production presented by the fine folks of Winding Rivers Arts and Perform-
ance Society. There was a great turn out for auditions a few weeks back and the cast and crew are already busy memorizing lines and making plans for sets and costumes. The play is a fast-paced farce set at Marvin Gardens High School, which is stuck in a rut. School spirit has never been lower, and everyone hopes that the new principal will be a breath of fresh air. What they get, however, is a pair of fast-talking con artists who sneak into the school to hide out from the police. When one of them is mistaken for the new principal, he decides to play along. But how long can he keep everyone fooled? Can he and his partner dodge the FBI agent on their tail? And what happens when the real principal finally shows up? The farcical fun never stops in this wacky comedy! Rehearsals will continue through January to early March, with the production scheduled to take place March 13-16 at the Ashcroft Community Hall. It is directed by Mavourneen VarcoeRyan. Stay tuned for more information and look for posters around town.
Spring Choral Concert
The Sage Sound Singers & The Desert Bells Bell Choir have begun their Spring sessions in preparation for another beautiful celebration of harmonies which will be copresented again with Winding Rivers Arts & Performance Society on March 29 at St Albans Hall. This will be an evening performance and is by donation. Stayed tuned for more information and look for posters around town.
Wastech and the Village of Cache Creek invite interested community members to participate in the landll’s Monitoring Committee with a purpose to: • Provide a communications link between the landll operator and the local communities, • Contribute recommendations on operations, plans and on-going environmental monitoring, and • Identify emerging issues and new information relevant to the operations of the landll. Three community members will be selected for the committee and appointed to a two-year term. The Monitoring Committee meets four times a year. Each committee member will receive $50 compensation per meeting for their participation and to cover transportation costs. Selected participants will be contacted no later than February 14th, 2014. Please send your expression of interest, including a brief outline of your background, expertise and how you would contribute to the committee, by 4 pm, Friday, January 31, 2014 by fax 250-457-6745 or: Wastech Services Ltd c/o Monitoring Committee Coordinator Box 399, Trans Canada Hwy Cache Creek, BC V0K 1H0
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Pt. I: The Play’s the Thing
Growing carrots this year? Come get your seeds
Start your gardens Tired of winter? Can’t wait to get outside and sink your fingers into the dirt? The Cache Creek Beautification Society is holding its first Seedy Saturday on Feb. 1 from 10 am to 3 pm in the Cache Creek Community Hall. Admission is free. You can either participate or browse. There will be a seed exchange, door prizes, local speakers talking about growing and using culinary herbs, attracting birds and butterflies to your yard, and more, free tables for groups and vendors (must be yard/garden-related). Displays, demonstrations, seed sales, kids activities and a concession provided by the Parents Advisory Committee. Or just come and talk to other gardeners and outdoor enthusiasts like yourself. The Beautification Society is also making plans for this year’s farmer and flea market which opens in May, supporting the formation of a new Cache Creek Garden Club, and helping the Communities in Bloom committee plan its 2014 activities. Come on out and share your thoughts with us. Contact Wendy at 457-9587 for a table, to help out, or just for information.
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“Hey, kids, let’s put on a show!” It’s a phrase that has inspired many, many movies over the years – Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland did particularly well with the format – but I don’t know how often it’s heard in real life. Every now and then, however, someone in the Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society says it; and the result is that a huge group of dedicated volunteers come together to make magic. It’s happened again, and in March WRAPS will be unveiling its production of Switching Principals, a fastpaced farce about mistaken identity and con artists on the run. Before opening night rolls around, however, a lot of work needs to be done; and this occasional series will follow the progress of a theatre production, from the moment someone decides we need to put on a show to the final curtain call on closing night. Jan. 14: It’s audition day, and close to two dozen would-be thespians have turned out. According to a friend who’s a professional actor, auditions deserve their own circle of hell: between the competition, the pressure, and the nerves they’re a form of torture. Here, though, it’s all very low-key. No one has to stand up and present a monologue, or explain why he or she is perfect for a certain part. Instead we’re all handed scripts and take turns reading sections of the play, each time as a different character. It’s an odd experience: since no one
THEATRE DIARIES Barbara Roden has read the play, we don’t know who any of the characters are, how they relate to each other, or where the plot is headed. Still, we give it our best, and it’s fun to listen to five different people read the same lines, each one giving a different interpretation. The only person who appears to be a lock on a role is Leith McLean, one of the youngest people present; everyone seems in agreement that he’ll be perfect as Dutton, a student who takes a rather free and easy approach to the school’s science equipment. Leith is one of several students auditioning, and it’s great to see so many young people here. There is also some discussion as to which roles can be gender-swapped if need be. It’s finally decided that Jake, the dim-witted but well-meaning security guard, could become Jackie. We all depart, waiting to hear from director Mavourneen Varcoe-Ryan if we’ve been cast, and which part we’ve got. Jan. 15: The e-mail arrives: you have a part! In my case it’s Constance, an overbearing, long-winded, nitpicky School Board member. This throws me into a panic for a moment: how on earth will I find out what School Board members are like? I’ll have to see if I know anyone who can fill me in. And overbearing, long-winded, and nitpicky? Well, it’s always fun to play someone
very different to your real self. I can have some fun with this. Jan. 17: There’s a meeting of the production crew: the “behind the scenes” people who will make sure there are lights, sound, props, costumes, scenery, make-up, and everything else that goes into making a stage production real. I can’t help thinking that this is a wonderful way to be involved in all the fun of the theatre, without having to act. I have no problem making a fool of myself on stage, but for anyone who’d rather not stand in the spotlight, a backstage role is ideal. After this meeting there’s the first read-through of the script, with most of the cast members present. There are a number of familiar faces, and a few newcomers, and we all introduce ourselves. Leith McLean has indeed been cast as Dutton, and yes, Jake has become Jackie, with Nancy Duchaine cast as the clueless guard. We all settle in to read the play aloud, not worried about characterization, or doing much in the way of acting; it’s more a chance to read the script through together and start to feel how everything will hang together. There are ripples of laughter as the plot unfolds, and at the end we give ourselves a spontaneous round of applause. There’s not much time for self-congratulation, though. Beginning next week things will start to get intense; Mavourneen reminds us that “It’s never too soon to have all your lines memorized.” We have eight weeks to go from nervous newbies to accomplished pros. Can we do it? Watch and see. . . .
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