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Two die in head on crash south of town A father and son were killed in a firey crash on Hwy 1 near the entrance to Ashcroft Ranch after their pickup collided head on with a transport truck hauling food. Both vehicles burst into flames, but the truck driver was able to free himself. Attempts by passers by to free the two occupants of the pickup truck were unsuccessful. On Dec. 23 at approximately 5:30 pm, Ashcroft RCMP, Central Interior Traffic Services Ashcroft, B.C. Ambulance and Ashcroft Fire Department attended to the report of a two vehicle head on collision just south of Ashcroft. According to RCMP, the northbound pickup truck with two occupants collided with a southbound tractor trailer unit with one occupant in the southbound lane of the highway. Both vehicles were engulfed in flames. The driver of the transport truck was taken to hospital in Kamloops with non life threatening injuries. Central Interior Traffic Services Ashcroft continues to investigate this collision and are assisting the B.C. Coroners Service with the identification and next of kin notification of the deceased. It is unknown at this time why the pickup truck crossed into the path of the commercial vehicle. A witness prior to the collision observed the pickup truck having difficulty staying within the northbound lane. Roads were bare and dry at the time of the collision. The RCMP wish to remind motorists that traffic volumes are increasing with holiday travelers and road conditions can change in an instant. Please slow down, drive to the conditions of the road, don’t drink and drive and stay off of your cell phone if you are driving.
The CP Holiday Train rolled into Ashcroft earlier this month, much to the delight of young and old.The Ashcroft and Area Food Bank was able to raise 405 lbs of food and $382 in local cash donations and $5,500 from CP Rail.Top: E. Fry manager Yoriko Susanj accepts the donation from CP Rail, below Jim Cuddy from Blue Rodeo entertains.
Doves still increasing If you’re wondering when those pesky Eurasian Collard Doves are going to disappear, the answer is “not very soon.” In fact, their numbers are still increasing, according to the results of the Christmas Bird Count held on Dec. 23. Bald Eagle numbers were up, and Canada Goose numbers were way up thanks to several huge flocks flying overhead that day. Over 800 Bohemian waxwings were counted by the eight volunteers, who spent the day driving and walking around the area, counting everything on wings.
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A Toketic Road adventure es, by John Veillette and Gary White, published by the University of British Columbia in 1977, they describe the Toketic Road, thus: “Only the poor, narrow, winding road from Spences Bridge and the equally poor and longer road from Ashcroft, make Pokhaist accessible by automobile.” The object of the authors was to photograph and study a tiny wooden church at the base of a monumental rock slide. The Anglican church of St. Aiden lies at the bottom of the slide in what the authors describe as “splendid isolation”. Truer words were never spoken. But for the few who have done so, if permission was granted, the adventure of travelling the Toketic Road is one that will never be forgotten. St. Aiden’s has become a landmark for travellers on the highway across the Thompson River. The church sits inThe old Anglican Church of St. Aiden on the Toketic Road near Spences tact, just high enough above the river Bridge. to make it safe from the periodic floodPhoto: Andrew Joseph Sutherland, 2012 ing that occurs. But the wonder of it beby Esther Darlington MacDonald ing there at all, with the massive slide We would like to thank If you have ever glanced across the of rock and gavel immediately behind the LPNs, Care Aides, and Thompson River as you are driving it, seems a kind of miracle. The woodMel from the kitchen at the north of Spences Bridge, you will see en structure seems as frail as any wind what looks like a narrow road running blown, weathered relic from another Ashcroft Hospital for their along the benches, and through the can- age. Yet it still stands, and the basic loving care of our Dad. yons. Not a road for contemplation, to structure must have been soundly built You all went above and be sure. The eyes through that circuit- in the 1880’s by the devout residents of beyond the call of duty. ous passage above the Thompson River those lonely benches. I’ve been told that farm wagons must fasten on the highway. Forever grateful, pulled by horses, travelled the Toketic The Toketic Road across the The Markus Family to attend St. Aidens church whenever Thompson is on Indian land. The an Anglican priest visited. The area is land of the Nlaka’pamux people of broad, and the churches that sprinkle the Thompson River corridor. Years the river corridors of the Thompson ago, it serviced the native people livand Nicola Rivers are few and far being on the benches, high above the rivtween. Then, and as now, the churcher. Most, if not all, the original homes es all along the Canyon are visited by a of the families are gone. But I can repriest or vicar. call a time when some of them stood in The book describes St. Aiden’s pristine isolation against the backdrop church, thusly: “Everything about the Jan. 4: The Ashcroft Secondary School senior girls’ of a mountain, apparently nameless. A basketball team will be holding a bottle drive on. If you church is plain, except for the hint of mountain as ageless as time itself, its would like to drop off any bottles, call Priscilla at 250the Gothic style of the windows,” and surface sheered off during the Ice Age. 457-7696. the “shallow pointed arch above the Left to the evolution of nature. four paneled door.” The authors were Jan. 6: UCW meets in Church Hall; 2:00pm (401 Bancroft Anyone who has ever traversed the Street, Ashcroft). All United Church ladies are welcome. allowed to enter the church, but the Toketic Road will vouch for its perilous Planning for 2015 - Friendship Tea, World Day of Prayer, description is all too brief. The walls descent and ascent along those alluvBean Supper, etc. Come and be a part of these events and are”sheathed in unstained tongue and ial fans sparsely covered with juniper enjoy our fellowship. groove cedar.” and pine eroded by the weather. In the Jan. 12: Cache Creek Council meeting, 7 pm in the From across the Thompson Rivbook, Early Indian Village ChurchVillage Office.
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er, I painted plein air, St. Aiden’s in its “splendid isolation”. The painting was exhibited in Merritt and purchased by a resident there. I have since seen photographs and perhaps a painting of this landmark done by others, attracted not only by the tiny church against the mountain, but the scope and strength of the total setting. In Spences Bridge itself, the church of St. Michaels and All Angels sits on bench of the Thompson River. Unlike St Aiden’s, this church is accessible by highway and road. But the survival of St. Michael’s and All Angels is another miracle, when, in 1905, every house in the native village was destroyed by a monumental landslide. The log houses were simply swept away into a corner against the embankment. An account of the slide reads: “So complete was the destruction that not two boards, nor two logs held together with the one exception of the roof of the church, which carried far from its original site, surmounted the debris and wreckage” (Inland Sentinel, 15 August, 1905). A new village and a new church began almost immediately after the landslide. The exterior of St. Michaels and All Angels has shakes covering the original cove siding. The church tower roof is octagonal, which is somewhat unique, and is mounted on a square tower in what the authors describe as “an extremely original manner”. There are two windows on each side of the building. The completion of the church’s erection took place in 1906. The Toketic Road was, for many years, the only means of transport for those living on benches above the Thompson between Ashcroft and Spences Bridge. We could, therefore, call it a historic road. Trips into Spences Bridge to shop at the general store were made by horse and wagon. It must have been a grand sight to see such wagons filled with family members on those occasions, as well as those when worship, funeral and other services were held at St. Aidens. It might be difficult to imagine those times before motor vehicles traversed our highways, and even our by-ways, like the Toketic Road. Despite what seems a perilous journey, people made the jourRE/MAX Golden Country Ltd., this areas oldest real estate office, with 20 years of successful history, welcomes ney weekly or monthyou to Gold County! Conveniently located in the heart of downtown Ashcroft at 401 Railway Avenue, Ashcroft. ly, the horses stolidly We have THREE licenced professional Realtors, all working as a TEAM to provide you with the highest quality plowing up and desservice you expect from a professional Realtor. There is always a professional in attendance to service all your Real Estate needs! For the many years we have been in business, we serviced the areas of Ashcroft, Cache Creek, cending into the canClinton, Spences Bridge and Loon Lake. We continue to offer you FREE Real Estate Market Evaluations to keep yons, slowly, with you in touch with your Real Estate investments. RE/MAX continues to have one of largest International Networks horse bells perhaps, for both Buyers and Sellers. Our office has an extensive client list of prospective Buyers and Investors that we ringing as they went. are in touch with on a regular basis. Our International websites have proven throughout the years to be a But history is full very successful marketing item - - giving us and the client, the results you expect from a Professional Realtor. of anomalies, and, reCheck out the website: www.remax.ca and our highly successful Home Page @www.goldencountry.ca. RE/MAX calling the words of continues to provide You the client with Professional RESULTS with the Highest Quality of Service you EXPECT…. Father Tierney, an all based on “Old Fashioned Values with Today’s Technology!” Anglican priest of anCome home to RE/MAX, other St. Micheals and your Home Town Professional All Angels, in WinniReal Estate Team. peg’s Fort Rouge dis250-453-2225 1-800-557-7355 trict, “The strength of or email: man is not known.” Kelly Adamski Cindy Adamski Bob Cunningham Geninne Fitzgerald Pam Smith
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Teddy bears make the season brighter BC Liquor Stores’ 25th annual Share A Bear campaign provided dozens of children in the local area with a furry hug over the holidays as staff as the Ashcroft Liquor Store once again provided bears to the nurses at the Emergency Room station of the Ashcoft hospital and to the ambulance attendants, who will give them out as needed. The bears are available through any BC Liquor Store for purchase. Its ‘twin’ teddy bear is then donated to a local community charity. Each year, BC Liquor Store employees select charities in their communities that help families in need – from children’s charities to shelters and hospitals – and deliver donated Share-a-Bears over the holidays. This year’s Share-a-Bears are plush whiteand-black teddy bears dressed in bright red, puffy vests featuring a sparkling snowflake on the lapel. Last year, BC Liquor Stores customers purchased more than 24,000 Share-a-Bears, and more than 575,000 bears have been donated to charities helping children and families in need since 1989. “The annual Share-a-Bear campaign is near and dear to the hearts of our customers and staff,” said Liquor Distribution Branch general manager and CEO R. Blain Lawson. “The holidays are a time for us to show others less fortunate that we care – so I encourage shoppers to make a difference and buy a ‘Share-a-Bear’.”
Ashcroft Liquor Store staff Patty Newman and Michelle Beckett were delivering teddy bears before Christmas. Above: nurses Jacquie McMahon and Leanne Davies get first snuggle with the Share-A-Bear bears. Below: BC Ambulance Unit Chief Blake Kendon and paramedic Doreen Maday were very happy to accept their bears.
Local lawyer gets Q.C. appointment Raymond Derrick Phillips is one of four local lawyers who have been appointed the honorary title of Queen’s Counsel, Attorney General and Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton announced on Dec. 22. Phillips is duty counsel with the First Nations court in Kamloops, and travels to Pemberton Valley, Nicola Valley and in between to provide legal services and assistance. He is a member of the Nlaka’pamux Nation and the Lytton Indian Band. He was the founding board member for Nzen’man Child and Family Development Centre. He also lectures as a guest for Thompson Rivers University, fundraises and champions local activities and causes, and is a dedicated volunteer and coach for local youth basketball. Among the appointees are lawyers who have prosecuted high-profile criminal cases as well as family, civil and commercial law cases. Also appointed were David Michael Rush from Kelowna, a founding partner of Rush Ihas Hardwick LLP and recognized as one of the top civil litigators in the interior of B.C; Dennis Katsumi Hori, a partner with Fulton and Company LLP, where he practices civil litigation; and Mary Elizabeth MacGregor, who has been practicing law in the Kamloops area for over 40 years. The Q.C. designation is an honour conferred annually on members of the legal profession to recognize exceptional merit and contribution. The successful candidates have been members of the B.C. bar for at least five years. A call for Q.C. nominations from the public was made in August. The appointments were made by cabinet through order-in-council.
Providing a Christmas feast The Ashcroft & District Lions gave a large financial donation to the Community Resources Society for this year’s Christmas Hampers, which were distributed before Christmas. L-R: Lions Ernie Kristoff, Nick Lebedoff, and Moe Girard, CRS members Shirley Dobson, Esther Lang, Vivian Edwards and CRS president Jerry Fiddick and Lion Bob Williams.
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Ring in the New Toss out the Old Doing something new is just a fact of life when you’re young because everything is new. The sum of everything new is experience. We gain experience as we go along and try new things. We can try it again after that, but it isn’t “new” anymore. Remember the thrill of riding a bike for the first time? Travelling to another province? Starting a new grade in school? Sadly, some of us get into a rut at some point once we leave school and start working for a living. Those thrilling new experiences are fewer and farther between. When was the last time you tried something new? The older you get, the more “inconvenient” it becomes to stretch that brain or that imagination or that hamstring and try something new. Why? Because we don’t have to. Because we know everything and do everything that we want to do. I must get bored easily, because I can’t stand the thought of it. It may take some planning, and it may happen only every other year, but this old dog still has a new trick or two left. Years ago I decided that I wanted to learn how to quilt before I turned 50. So I did, with the help of the ladies in the local quilters guild and the assistance of YouTube. After that, I found a like-minded fellow musician and dusted off the recorder that I hadn’t played for 30-some years. Now I’m wondering what new thing I might try in 2015. I’m pretty sure I’m past sky-diving. Falling from great heights have never appealed to me. I’ve often wanted to visit the Yukon, but that’s not the sort of lasting experience I’m looking for these days. I’m more in the market for increasing my skills so that I can make a difference for myself and perhaps my community. Experience changes the things that mean the most to us, and the New Year is a good time to look back and take stock. Decide how we want to proceed and what we need to do it. This world keeps changing and you either change with it, or you get left behind. So, what changes are you going to welcome in 2015?
TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS and not a snowflake to be found around Ashcroft and Cache Creek
Take the time to complain to your politicians Here it is the beginning of winleg.bc.ca . You could also try the ter and I find myself stewing over Minister of Environment, the Honnoxious invasive plants, poor quality ourable Mary Polak, PO Box 9047 road marker paint and bio solids be- Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC V8W ing spread on fields 9E2 or email env.minisSally Watson in the Big Bar Area. ter@gov.bc.ca . Area E Director Let’s start with Next, I’m sure that director.swatson@tnrd.ca the invasive plants. we’ve all noticed that the Every load of sand that Intermarker paint on our roads is inadior Roads spreads on the highway equate in both the reflective quality comes from a MOTI (Ministry of and longevity. Transportation and Infrastructure) When MOTI Minister Todd pit. If there are weeds or invasive Stone was asked why on earth we plants in those pits that have gone to are using a product that is not only seed (extremely likely) then those inferior but is endangering the lives seeds are included in the sand that of the travelling public, he passed makes our roads safer to drive on the responsibility of the choice of each winter. The seeds end up on the road marker paint to the Federal Ministry of the Environment. So roadsides, germinate and there we please, write or email MP Cathy Mchave more weeds each year. Leod and let her know that you are Instead of trying to treat the not satisfied with guessing where the weeds on the roadsides every year centerline or edge of the road might with varied success, why aren’t we be when travelling on rainy nights in treating the weeds in the Ministry’s pits? I encourage you to request that unfamiliar areas. Write to MP Cathy McLeod, Room 406 Justice Building answer from your MOTI Minister Todd Stone, Kamloops - South House of Commons, Ottawa, Ont. Thompson Constituency Office, 446 K1A 0A6 or email cathy.mcleod@ Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC, V2C parl.gc.ca . 2A7, or email:Todd.Stone.MLA@ On to Bio Solids being spread
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The Best of the Christmas Season
The Sage Sound Singers Choir drew about 250 people to their annual Christmas concert on Dec. 20 in Cache Creek. Above, L-R: Faline Franes, the Choir’s musical director Michelle Reid, Sharon Ambler and Theresa Takacs perform Mary Sat A-Rockin. Top Left: Desert Bells Handbell Choir member Ray Shindell reads out the dedication of Bell A6 to Anne Bonter and the Second Time Around Society for all of their help. Bottom Left: Barbara Roden did an awesome job of emcee-ing the concert.
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It was looking a lot like Christmas on Dec. 14 when the Cache Creek Garden Club sponsored a workshop on making Christmas table centrepieces at the Cache Creek School. The class was taught by Carmen Ranta and several masterpieces were created. L-R: Marcie and Amy Down, Carmen Ranta, Janet Appleby, Sandra Mueller and Karen Harris.
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Non-residents favoured in new hunting regulations by Tom Fletcher Black Press As B.C. hunters packed rooms to protest regulations giving guideoutfitters and their out-of-province clients a larger share of big-game permits, the provincial government argues that the shift is being exaggerated. The latest increase in the share of guide permits to hunt moose, grizzly bear and other restricted animals in limited-entry hunting areas of B.C. totals 618 “hunting opportunities” across the province per year, says a statement from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Based on the success rate of hunts for different species, “this model represents a transfer of approximately 186 animals from residents to guides.” The B.C. Wildlife Federation’s estimate that the wild game allocation policy could result in 5,000
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while both applications from resident hunters and the share reserved for guides has risen. In 2005 there were 56,000 applications for moose, with only one out of five success-
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It’s that time of year again when I start talking about making a list of New Year’s resolutions and my husband starts declaring his disdain for them. “The majority of people making them fail,” he’ll say. “So why bother?” I did some internet research and study after study confirmed he was right. That still didn’t dampen my enthusiasm for them though. As far as I can tell,
ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com one of the biggest reasons most of us don’t succeed with our resolutions is because we have an all-or-nothing mentality, and we tend
to view our first setback as absolute failure, rather than a mere obstacle to overcome. For example, if one of my goals is to get in better physical shape, I can’t give up just because I consumed an entire box of Oreo cookies in one sitting. I have to acknowledge I didn’t make the wisest decision in getting closer to reaching that particular goal, and prepare to make better choices going forward. A well-developed plan that allows for
these occasional missteps can make the difference. We shouldn’t be so hard on ourselves by expecting to be perfect. Instead we should aim to be persistent. I’ve looked at some of my lists from years past and I can see that the more thought I put into each goal, the better my results have been. From experience I now know that “write a book” is too broad and vague as is - it needs a detailed strategy. To accomplish this objective I must tackle it in more manageable bite-sized chunks. Author E.L. Doctorow once said: “Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” This analogy doesn’t just apply to best sell-
ing historical novels, but to any lofty goal. Breaking down our big ambitions into smaller, more achievable tasks can keep us from getting overwhelmed and feeling stuck. Another important element to realizing our dreams is our willingness to seriously focus on them – not just when we create our lists, but when our motivation dwindles and we lose our way. That’s when we need to take some time to re-focus and re-commit. In the past year, I found myself needing to do that often. Life
can get messy and becoming distracted can easily blur our vision and take our eyes off the prize. For that reason I’m a sucker for fresh starts. The first of a new year is my favourite, but a new month, new week or even a new day is also a great opportunity to re-energize. And just thinking about what I want to accomplish is never enough. I need to personally document my intentions to solidify and prioritize their level of importance. New Year’s resolutions, to me, are simply a written list of
January • Week 1 ARIES - Don’t be afraid to embrace your lighthearted side this week, Aries. Laughter is the best medicine, and those around you will enjoy your sense of humor. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, embrace your desire to be close to friends this week. Spend as much time as you can with your friends, especially those you have not seen in awhile GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 A great week with regard to matters of the heart is on the horizon, Gemini. If you have been in a relationship for some time, now is a great time to talk about the future of that relationship. CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 You harbor desire to spend some time alone this week, Cancer. You are a social person, but even you need some moments to retreat into your own mind for a while. LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 You may be noticing all of the good vibes surrounding you this week, Leo. Expect some positive changes in the days ahead. It may just be a new romantic relationship or friendship. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, a work opportunity could spring up this week if you are willing to expand your horizons. It may be a bit outside of your comfort zone, but you can handle it. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you are in a relatively optimistic frame of mind this week as you try to see the bright side of things. You may find that many new opportunities are headed your way. SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Don’t spend too much time lost in your own fantasies, Scorpio. You need to maintain your focus on the tasks at hand, both at home and at work. SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, resist the urge to take yourself too seriously. Instead, lighten up and embrace the “class clown” role for a little while. This departure from the norm is a breath of fresh air. CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, your mind is running a mile a minute this week, but do your best to maintain your focus. This breakneck pace will only last for a little while. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Jump into a situation without restraint, Aquarius. You may find it’s refreshing to let go for a change and not worry about the potential outcomes. PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 You may receive happy news relating to your partner’s finances this week, Pisces. It could be a salary increase or a good bonus. It’s time to celebrate.
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attainable goals that I plan on achieving in the following year. Imperfection will inevitably play a part, as will persistence and a constant re-focusing as I go along. But to avoid working for the future rather than living in the present – a mistake I’ve made before – I will be sure to include the following as one of the most important goals on my list: “Enjoy the process.” Life is too short to do it any other way. Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com
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Party all year at the Centre which was led by his friends all dressed up and disguised, Ashcroft-Cache Creek Seniors and carrying flaming Joyce West torches! Even now it is an exciting event, and Have you ever had one of those the buses are stopped nights when you wake up in the at both ends of the village to let the wee sma hours and your brain will parade run its course. NOT go back to sleep? It has even been suggested that Recently I did, and my mind the date of Christ’s birthday was went round and round about things made to coincide with the more we do at the year’s end and begin- ancient and pre-existing rites, like ning and why. These celebrations many other dates as civilizations are as old as time itself. Back in change and swallow up their preprehistoric times, bonfires were decessors. You can access inforlit and rites of worship were per- mation about Oddfellows and Up formed at the winter solstice. Helly Aa and other similar topics Our month of January is sup- on the internet, and it is very interposedly named for the Roman esting to read the information they god Janus whose two faces looked give. backwards and forwards at the Today, Jan. 1 is seen as a good same time - you’ve heard someone time for new beginnings and for call someone else two faced, and making resolutions to help us imit wasn’t a compliment, but Janus prove in one way or another by was all seeing, both past and fu- starting off the New Year with a ture. clean slate. Whatever has gone In rural areas, farm workers wrong before is to be forgiven and often ended their term of service at forgotten, and a new beginning is the end of December, and used the established. Now is a good time to slow time to move to another job, start afresh in whatever area you and/or to get married! want to be better in, in the coming In the Shetland a more recent year. invention is the ceremony of Up Our group starts up again on Helly Aa, probably based on folk Jan. 5 with Bridge and follows the tales from long ago. A wooden ship regular program of events from is set alight and sent sailing away there, so that will be a good chance to the afterlife with the souls of to start afresh and join in our fun! heroes and warriors. I wish everyone success in I remember the Oddfellows Pa- whatever realm they seek success rade through our village, led by the in 2015. May you all find health, youngest, that is the newest, mem- happiness and friendship in 2015! ber, sitting backwards on a horse
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Having a Merry Christmas Some of the guests at MLA Jackie Tegart’s Christmas Open House at her Ashcroft office: Andy Anderson, Ashcroft Mayor Jack Jeyes, Nicole Tattum, Dale Johnson, MLA Tegart and Ashcroft Coun. Al Mertens.
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Local pioneers share their memories In early 2014 several of our Pioneers gathered together to share their memories. A New Horizons grant for Seniors enabled these stories to be captured on film. The Village of Ashcroft invites you to view the “Memories Project”. We hope you will join us Sunday afternoons at the Ashcroft Community Hall, located at 409 Brink St. Show time is 1:30 and our feature films include: Jan. 11: “The Cannery” and Trucking; Jan. 25: “Sports” “Business” and “Railway”; Feb. 8: “First Nations” and “Ranching/Rodeos” and Feb. 22: “Mining” Sawmill/ Logging” Community Events” and “The Hospital”. Please RSVP to Kristine at the Village Office, at 250-453-9161 or Kristine@ashcroftbc. ca Refreshments will be served at intermission, admission is free! Kathy Paulos
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Didn’t we see a dump of snow in December? That’s the heaviest snowfall we’ve seen at one time since we moved here nearly 12 years ago. Blue sky, bright sun, sparkly snow – Christmas card perfect. Wonder how the rest of the winter will be? The Foot Care Clinic will be in Clinton, Friday, Jan. 16 at the Clinton Seniors Centre 217 Smith Ave. Colleen Thom, RN, CAFCN will be happy to assist you. To discuss your foot health or to book an appointment call 250-374-1735. A treatment will be adapted to suit your individual needs and concerns. The next regular meeting of the Clinton Seniors Association is Thursday, Jan. 15 following a noon lunch. Come and join us! “Tonight’s December thirtyfirst, Something is about to burst... Hark, it’s midnight, children dear. Duck! Here comes another year!” from Ogden Nash, Collected Verse from 1929 On. It’s that time again. New year’s resolutions are upon us. A New Year resolution is a commitment that an individual makes to one or more lasting personal goals, projects, or the reforming of a habit. This lifestyle change is generally interpreted as advantageous and what sets it apart from other resolutions is that it is made in anticipation of the New Year and new beginnings.
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... Past, Present & Beyond That was the Year That Was - Pt. 1 It’s time for the annual “year in review” col- built Ashcroft curling rink almost useless until Feb- prompted a letter in The Journal from a disgrunumn, a chance to look back and see what was mak- ruary 1914, when temperatures finally dipped below tled resident, published under the headline “A Smoke ing news in Ashcroft and freezing. Dissatisfaction with the temperature Nuisance”: “I wonder if you would spare me a space area. My memory not becontinued in the summer; a long hot spell in your valued paper to ask the readers, friends, and ing what it was, I took (“one of the real old time summers - hot and neighbours to take pity on those poor unfortunates a look back through the dry”) was finally broken for a short time in who are trying to get what fresh air they can . . . have pages of The Journal, and August, but not before it had wreaked havoc the refuse removed before burning, so that the smoke found a number of stories on the Cariboo Wagon Road, which was de- will not penetrate the houses, let alone the lungs of that stood out. The weathscribed as being in a “deplorable condition. the public. Hoping that anybody who reads this will er was, as always, a subThe surface seems to be entirely gouged out try to remember other springs which have been so ject dear to the hearts of of it in some places, and the holes are filled disagreeable on account of the smoke.” locals, as was the state of with dust.” Later in 1914, a potentially dangerous Hallowthe roads. Their poor conThe state of the roads did not stop some een prank involving fire drew the wrath of an editordition did not, however, people from enjoying the still fairly newfan- ial in The Journal, which reminded readers that Haldeter some drivers from gled “automobiles” that were an increasing loween pranks were supposed to be “harmless tricks going faster than the law sight in the Interior. In May 1914 The Jour- on the unwary. The practice of stuffing a stove pipe GOLDEN COUNTRY allowed, prompting pieces nal reported that while an “auto” was very with a piece of oiled sacking, and thereby endangerin the paper about police useful in its place, out of its place it was a ing property by exposing it to risk from fire, is not BARBARA RODEN cracking down on speednuisance: “And it is certainly out of place at a Halloween trick, it is a crime . . . the boys in Ashers and the annoyance of one o’clock in the morning. The practice of croft who resorted to this means of amusing themjoyriding on village streets. racing a snorting automobile down Brink St. and up selves should bear this in mind.” The origin of a BoxThere were fears for the future of the curling club Bancroft during the small hours of the night should ing Day fire was a mystery, but the devastation it and annoyance about an out-of-hand Halloween be discontinued unless in cases of absolute neces- wrought was immense: H. Blair’s garage, along with prank, while burning within village limits came up sity.” It wasn’t just Ashcroft that suffered; in August it two large trucks, a Cadillac passenger car, and a valuonce more, and a historic property went up in flames. was noted that “some automobiles have been speed- able collection of tools, was burned to the ground. Steps were taken to be more inclusive of immigrants ing through Clinton considerably faster than the law The fire threatened James Haddock’s nearby wareand make them feel at home in their new country, allows.” The speed limit was 10 miles per hour, and house and other buildings, but “the tact and bravery and the future of the Ashcroft library was discussed. a party of miners exceeding this limit through town displayed by our volunteer brigade saved a large porThere was dissatisfaction with the government in Ot- were stopped at 59 Mile House and returned to Clin- tion of the town”, including Haddock’s premises. tawa over the slow pace of a federally funded build- ton, “where they were fined $20 and allowed to proTo be continued ing project, and with the provincial government for ceed on their way.” One wonders skirting around, rather than addressing, a matter vital if Mr. W.S. Sloan was stopped for to the hearts of many in the province. Near the end of speeding at any time during his trip the year there was consternation when Canada found from Fort [now Prince] George to itself embroiled in a war thousands of miles away. Ashcroft in May 1914; he completed If any or all of these events seem familiar, but the 453 km journey in a record time you can’t quite place when you read about them in of only 19 hours, leaving Fort George The Journal, don’t worry. Everything listed above at 5 am and arriving in Ashcroft at did happen; but the year in question was 1914, not midnight the same day. 2014. As Sherlock Holmes noted in The Valley of Fire was in the news in 1914, Fear (published in 1914), “The old wheel turns, and beginning in February, when Dr. the same spoke comes up. It has all been done be- George Sanson, Health Officer, asked fore, and will be again.” Ashcroft residents to ensure a “thorTake the weather. American writer Charles Dud- ough cleaning up of their premises”. ley Warner famously wrote “Everybody talks about He advocated “the burning and haulthe weather, but nobody does anything about it,” and ing away of all rubbish” in yards and quite a few curlers, during the winter of 1913–1914, lanes, and it seems clear that more doubtless wished they could do something about the than one Ashcroftonian decided that Brink St., Ashcroft, c. 1914 looks deceptively peaceful during unseasonably mild weather that rendered the newly- burning was the easiest option. This daylight hours.
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