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Property values decrease for 2015 Owners of more than 5,900 properties throughout the South Cariboo and Gold Trail Region can expect to receive their 2015 assessment notices in the next few days. Most homes in the South Cariboo and Gold Trail Region are remaining stable or are decreasing slightly in value compared to last year’s Assessment Roll, and home owners in the region will see changes in the -5 per cent to +5 per cent range. The Ashcroft Assessment Roll decreased from $175 million to $173 million. Residential assessments decreased by -1.08 per cent on average while Business assessments dropped by -3.34 per cent on average. The Cache Creek Assessment Roll decreased from $98 million to $97 million. Residential assessments decreased by -1.83 per cent on average while Business assessments rose by 1.07 per cent on average. The Clinton Assessment Roll decreased slightly from $66 million to $65 million. Residential assessments decreased by -2.56 per cent on average while Business assessments dropped by -1.10 per cent on average. The Lytton Assessment Roll remained stable at $37 million. Although Residential assessments decreased by -2.0 per cent on average, Business assessments rose by 3.04 per cent on average. Logan Lake’s Assessment Roll, which includes more than 1,300 properties, increased from $375 million last year to almost $390 million this year. Residential assessments increased by 0.71 per cent on average while Business assessments climbed by 5.17 per cent on average. Of note, a total of just over $22.6 million was added through subdivisions, rezoning and new construction. Lillooet’s Assessment Roll, including over 1,400 properties, decreased slightly from $296 million last year to $291 million this year. Residential assessments decreased by -1.63 per cent on average while Business assessments dropped by -0.55 per cent on average. Property owners who feel that their property assessment does not reflect market value as of July 1, 2014, or see incorrect information on their notice, should contact BC Assessment as indicated on their notice as soon as possible in January.
White Christmas comes late Above, Oscar Battel lifts another bucketload of snow into waiting dump trucks in Ashcroft after six to 12 inches of the white stuff fell in the region on Jan. 2-5, making up for our “green” Christmas and New Years. Schools in S.D. 74 were closed on the 5th and police attended several highway accidents.
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Dec. 16 at 4:30 am acting on a tip from a member of the public, police checked on a vehicle parked behind the Lordco store in Cache Creek. The 2001 Pontiac Sunfire had been reported stolen in Chilliwack two days earlier and had Alberta plates that didn’t belong to it. In the car was a 55 year old Fort St. John man, fast asleep in the driver’s seat. He was woken and charged with possession of stolen property, with a court appearance set for February.
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Dec. 19 at 10:30 am police were called to the Cache Creek Recreation Park were two adults were consuming hard liquor near the playground. The 18 year old man and 19 year old woman, both from Cache Creek, were located and their 26 oz. bottle of vodka was seized. They were both issued tickets for consuming alcohol in a public place.
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Dec. 20 at 5 pm police were called to a collision on Hwy 1 near the Ashcroft Band’s Esso station. The driver of a Ford F150 said she was forced off the road by an oncoming vehicle that connected with her side view mirror. No description was taken of the other vehicle. Before police had departed from the scene they were flagged down in the Esso’s parkPolice Telephone #s ing lot by a man who indicated that he was driving the vehicle Ashcroft: 250-453-2216 responsible for the accident. He also appeared to be imClinton: 250-459-2221 paired and admitted to smokLytton: 250-455-2225 ing hash. Then he began yelling and swearing and rolling around on the ground. He was Interior Roads arrested for causing a disturb1-800-842-4122 ance and cleared by BC Ambulance for any medical issues. Some drug paraphernalia was seized from his truck. It was found as well that the 40 year old man from Lower Nicola had three outstanding arrest warrants filed against him out of Kamloops for driving without due care, failing to remain at the scene of an accident and theft under $5,000. He was issued a ticket for driving withJan. 12: Cache Creek Council meeting, 7 pm in the
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A little added excitement
Dec. 21 at 1 pm police attended a single vehicle accident on Hwy 97C where a Honda Odyssey with a trailer jackknifed and landed in the ditch. Neither the 21 year old Logan Lake driver nor his passenger were injured. The vehicle was pulled from the ditch and they carried on their way.
Stolen pipe returned
Dec. 21 at 5:10 pm staff at the OK Stop in Ashcroft reported the theft of a water pipe worth about $70. The pipe was returned later in the day (unused) by a 21 year old Ashcroft man who said he thought his gramma had paid for it. No charges were laid, but he was told not to come into the store again.
Dangerous road conditions
Dec. 22 at 4:30 am police attended a single vehicle accident on Hwy 1 near Oregon Jack Hill after a CN employee lost control of his company’s Ford F250 on slippery roads. The truck suffered severe damage and the driver, a 28 year old Kamloops man, was taken to RIH by a friend for treatment of what turned out to be minor injuries.
Verbal abuse
Dec. 25 at 3 pm police were called after a man out walking his dog on Brink St. in Ashcroft was confronted by another man on the sidewalk who was yelling and screaming and threatening to kill the man walking his dog. The Ashcroft man was located and identified as someone with a mental ilness. There were no charges but mental health workers were notified.
Passing unsafely
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10 movies best served cold by Barbara Roden Last year I wrote about 10 haunting movies perfect for the Hallowe’en season. Although it is long past Hallowe’en, the current weather situation has all of us trapped indoors and desperately looking for escape. Herewith I present 10 more: films that scare, but don’t (with one or two exceptions) depend on gruesome effects to do so. All of them might well have you turning on a few extra lights when the end credits have finished, and checking to make sure all the windows really are shut. There are ghosts, monsters, and a few entities that are unclassifiable, but chilling nonetheless. Just keep telling yourself: it’s only a movie. . . .
Nosferatu (1922)
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one of the greatest horror films ever made, and you’ll never think of vampires as romantic again. This film - an unauthorized version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula - was almost lost, when Stoker’s widow sued the filmmakers for copyright infringement and insisted all copies be destroyed. Fortunately the film - and actor Max Schreck’s supremely unsettling turn as the vampire of the title, which translates to “undead” - survives, and almost a hundred years later can lay claim to being the creepiest vampire movie ever made.
King Kong (1933)
The granddaddy of all monster films, King Kong continues to enthrall and terrify. Special effects man Willis O’Brien’s groundbreaking stop-motion animation has lost little of its power, and the film packs an amazing number of See MOVIES on p. 10
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Constantia and High Bar agreement Constantia Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce it has signed a Cooperation and Benefits Agreement with the High Bar First Nation regarding development of the Maggie CopperMolybdenum mine project located between Cache Creek and Clinton, BC. The Agreement provides High Bar First Nation with various economic opportunities and financial benefits, helps facilitate regulatory approvals and provides a long-term framework for communication and cooperation. “We are delighted to have concluded this benefits agreement with the High Bar First Nation,” said Stephen Hodgson, President of Constantia. “It shows what can be done when companies and aboriginal groups build relationships and work together.” “Constantia has shown itself to be a company we can work with,” said High Bar First Nation Chief Larry Fletcher. “This partnership can provide real opportunities and benefits for our community while still ensuring our aboriginal rights and environmental concerns are respected.” The Agreement addresses various matters including: Cooperative engagement with government on regulatory and revenue sharing matters; Funding for the training and skill development of High Bar First Nation members; A job skills workshop for High Bar members; Employment of High Bar First Nation members during the construction and operation phases of the Maggie Project; and Financial benefits. The Cooperation and Benefits Agreement follows the successful negotiation and implementation of an Early Engagement Agreement signed by Constantia and High Bar First Nation in August, 2012. Constantia has also entered into two agreements with the Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band. “Our relationship with High Bar First Nation continues to grow and we are looking forward to working closely together towards the development of the Maggie Project,” said Hodgson. ”We will also continue to work hard to achieve similar agreements with other interested First Nations.“
Helper Elves Tova White, Phyllis Gray, Kathy Paulos and Sharon Rennie were just a few of the volunteers assembling the Christmas Food Hampers in the Ashcroft Community Hall before Christmas.
Submit appeals before Feb. 2 “If a property owner is still concerned about their assessment after speaking to one of the appraisers, they may submit a Notice of Complaint (Appeal) by Feb. 2, for an independent review by a Property Assessment Review Panel. The Property Assessment Review Panels, independent of BC Assessment, are appointed annually by the Ministry of Community, and typically meet between Feb. 1 and March 15 to hear formal complaints. The Kamloops assessment office is located at 805 Renfrew Ave. During the month of January, office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. Property owners can contact BC Assessment toll-free at 1-866-valueBC (1-866825-8322) or online by clicking “CONNECT” at www.bcassessment.ca .
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Mount Polley breach repairs approved 100 Mile Free Press The Chief Inspector of Mines for British Columbia has approved an amendment to the Mount Polley Mine Corporation (MPMC) Mines Act permit to allow the company to begin repairs of the breach in its tailings storage facility dam. The repair work is part of the long-term remediation plan for the area impacted by the Mount Polley breach. The work at the tailings storage facility will help ensure that the increased water flow from melting snow (also known as spring freshet or spring breakup) will not result in additional environmental or human health impacts. The amendment to the mine’s permit only authorizes
the company to undertake the approved breach repair work and sets out a number of conditions that must be followed by MPMC. The amendment does not allow the mine to restart its ore processing operations. The Mines Act permit amendment application and geotechnical design for the breach repair was reviewed by the Cariboo Mine Development Review Committee, which includes technical representatives from the provincial government, Williams Lake Indian Band, Xat’sull First Nation, Cariboo Regional District, Community of Likely, and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The MPMC is responsible for the cost of the cleanup ef-
fort associated with the breach, including the environmental remediation and site restoration. The Ministry of Environment will continue to oversee all remediation work undertaken by the company while a long-term environmental monitoring program is implemented. The Ministry of Energy and Mines will continue to oversee all work on the mine site. The Mines Act permit amendment is posted on the Mount Polley Spill Response website in the permits and reports section: http://www. env.gov.bc.ca/eemp/incidents/2014/mount-polley/ .
Accidents on icy highways ly on the highway, last seen near the Husky in Cache Creek. The 2005 Nissan Ultima was located coming out of the Husky parking lot as police arrived and the 26 year old Langley man was issued a ticket for passing while unsafe. Police from p. 2
Flipped on the highway
Jan. 1 at 12:23 pm police attended a single vehicle accident on Hwy 97 near the Hwy 99 turnoff where a Ford F150 was laying on its side in the middle of the highway. The driver, a 29 year old Parksville man, said he was driving north when a passing vehicle cut him off. In trying to avoid a collision, he lost control of his truck and hit the ditch, flipping over back on the highway. The vehicle responsible did not stop and there was no description taken. The driver was not injured but his pickup had to be towed.
Rally car in the ditch
Jan. 3 at 10:50 am police attended a single vehicle accident on Hwy 1 north of Cornwall Rd. after a vehicle had rolled off the highway and into the ditch. The driver had left the scene but was contacted and advised that he had lost control on slippery roads. The 18 year old Terrace man was not injured. His 2003 Acura RSX had to be towed.
Could have been worse
Jan. 4 at 10:30 am police attended a multi-vehicle collision on Hwy 1 near Cornwall Rd. after a Toyota HiLux driven by a 25 year old Abbotsford man lost control while passing and was t-
boned by a Honda Sonata driven by a 24 year old Lytton man. The southbound Abbotsford man had pulled around another vehicle in front of him who was pulling over to the side of the road. He lost control on the icy highway and was spun around sideways into the oncoming lane. He was struck at low speed by the Sonata that had just pulled off of Cornwall Rd. There were no injuries.
Following too close
Jan. 4 at 11:30 am Traffic Services attended Hwy 1 near Cornwall Rd. again after a Honda Civic rear-ended a GMC Envoy as it stopped to accommodate the previous collision. The Civic’s driver, a 43 year old Lillooet man, was issued a ticket for following too closely. He was also taken to the hospital for potential chest injuries. The driver of the Envoy, a 58 year old Maple Ridge man, was not injured.
Ditch run
Jan. 4 at 12:20 pm Traffic Services attended a single vehicle accident on Hwy 1 by Cornwall Rd. when a 1999 Jeep Cherokee hit the ditch on the slippery roads near the previous accident scenes. The driver, a 49 year old Pitt Meadows man, and his family were not injured and the vehicle was driveable after it was pulled from the ditch.
Found gloves
Jan. 5 a pair of ladies leather gloves were found lying in the middle of Elm St. in Ashcroft. The owner may pick them up at the RCMP Detachment.
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Starting off 2015 with a fresh slate I quickly discarded the idea of making resolutions this year, seeing as how they fall under the category of Good Intentions without fail, and I’ve made enough of them over the years to pave the road to Hell and back several times. Instead, I thought, maybe I should just send out positive wishes to everyone in my communities for the coming year. Starting with the driver I followed down Hwy 97C into Ashcroft on Monday, doing 40 kph through the bluffs while riding the centre line and still sporting an untouched 8-inch layer of snow on their roof like icing on a fruit cake. Yes, it’s an excellent idea to be cautious when the roads are bad, but c’mon. I’ll bet the oncoming traffic didn’t think too much of you driving in their lane. I wish for you a good set of snow tires along with a dash of fortitude when driving in winter conditions. Was that positive? And then there was the driver of a transport truck who just had to get out and pass me as we were both coming into Cache Creek on Sunday evening. I was having a hard time seeing where the lanes were, but I hear that it’s easier to spot when you’re in the driver’s seat of a truck. I was okay with that, but when you pulled into the oncoming lane in front of KAL Tire to pass another truck, and was only forced back into your own lane by a string of oncoming traffic, I realized that your eyesight wasn’t any better than mine, and your judgment was certainly worse. Well, my wish for you is for a truckload of common sense and for an even greater amount of patience. I’m just slightly doubtful that you’d know what to do with either one of them. Now I’m pretty sure that wouldn’t be considered “positive”, so perhaps I should stay away from traffic and stick to politics. Here’s to fresh new ideas and approaches for each of the surrounding municipal councils, school boards and TNRD rural directors and best wishes to each to make 2015 the year the economy finally turned around and dealt our readership area a winning hand! Best wishes for a new year well beyond our wildest dreams!
A LITTLE SNOW ANGEL braved to tread over the fresh landscape in a howling wind. VICTORIA – The U.S. has Canada over a barrel on water as well as oil these days, but the tide is turning. Recently I read a new book called The Columbia River Treaty – A Primer by members of Simon Fraser University’s climate adaptation team. This slim volume makes the case that B.C. has ended up with a shockingly bad deal from this 1964 treaty, which concerned itself entirely with flood control and hydroelectric power. In those days there was little or no environmental assessment. Agriculture, fish habitat and aboriginal impacts were ignored. More than a decade after the disastrous flood year of 1948, once Ottawa stopped its bureaucratic delays, U.S. public and private power utilities paid B.C. $254 million to build three dams on the Columbia system. Those dams (and one at Libby, Montana that mostly floods B.C. land) hold back the huge spring runoff from the Rockies and then dole out water for power production in B.C. and for the 15 hydro dams previously built downstream in the U.S. The U.S. payment was for half the power over 30 years, which B.C. didn’t need at the time. Then our American cousins cut us another cheque for $64 million, an estimate of the value of flood protection from 1968 all the way to 2024. Boy, did we get taken. The SFU team calculates the value of that flood
eers and its private power partners dammed everything they could find, exterminating a fishery bigger than the Fraser that had sustained aboriginal people on both sides of today’s border for thousands of years. B.C. Energy Minister Bill BenTom Fletcher nett and SFU’s Jon O’Riordan both tfletcher@blackpress.ca described to me their experience at the Columbia River Basin conference, held last October in Spokane. Their main impression was that Americans, including traditional control to the U.S. at more like $32 biltribes, want those salmon runs relion. stored. Vast amounts have been spent That’s not even the worst of it. The on hatcheries and habitat to speed reKootenays were once the leading fruit covery below the Grand Coulee dam, and vegetable growing area in B.C., which stands like a giant tombstone for bigger than the Okanagan. Now in the migratory fisheries above it. Arrow Lakes and other reservoirs, levShould the Americans ever manels rise and fall dramatically to steady age to get salmon above their biggest the flow south. In addition to the large dam, it will largely be up to B.C. to proareas permanently flooded by the Mica, vide sufficient cool water to keep them Duncan and Hugh Keenleyside dams, alive. That service has an increasing this renders more of B.C.’s prime bot- value to the U.S. as well as an ongoing tom land impassable. cost to B.C. B.C. is paid precisely zero for this Bennett surprised some in Spokane sacrifice, while Washington state has when he said the U.S. needs to pay developed a $5 billion-a-year farm more for the benefits from the Columeconomy using our stable irrigation bia River Treaty. source. That has helped their tree fruit The flood control agreement exgrowers push some Okanagan orchard- pires in 2024. The treaty requires 10 ists out of business. years’ notice for either country to exit. As U.S. billionaires continue to Climate shifts are expected to make bankroll environmental attacks on B.C. B.C. water more important than ever. and Alberta energy projects, it’s worth Your move, Uncle Sam. noting that long before the treaty, the U.S. military-industrial complex had Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter wiped out the Columbia River salmon and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: runs. The U.S. Army Corps of Engin- @tomfletcherbc
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Good neighbours are deeply appreciated and recognized Dear Editor Every once in a while we meet someone who touches us very deeply by giving up their time and energy just to bring a little joy and happiness to someone a little less fortunate - sometimes just to stop by and say “hi” to a housebound shut-in like me, or running errands for people who can’t get out. We don’t always show the appreciation or respect that these people deserve. Today I want to send a great big rose to Dave and Sharon Johnson for their contributions to the less fortunate of our community. When I was in the hospital for nearly eight months last year, every time they came to Kamloops they would stop up and say hi or see if I needed anything, and just last summer Dave brought a beautiful rhubarb coffee cake by, and before Christmas Sharon came by with some fresh homemade buns and to wish us a Merry Christmas. On Christmas Day they hand delivered 15 Christmas turkey dinners complete with all the trimmings to people who would have had a very lonely day without their thoughtfulness or a cheery word. I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for being there and giving so much to our community and give you the recognition that you so richly deserve. Darrell and Alice Rawcliffe Cache Creek
Carbon fee-and-dividend offers climate change solution Dear Editor Is the public mood shifting on climate change? Polls indicate that people have felt for a long time that global warming is an important issue. Now it seems they think it’s time we take action. On New Year’s Day I placed a petition on Care2 calling for a Canada-wide referendum on carbon fee-and-dividend. Within two and a half days there were 100 names on it. This compares with the seven months to reach 100 names it took a similar petition I placed on Care2 in 2013.
neighbours to do the same. Despite what the tobacco salespeople tell us, I believe that your children and grandchildren the science on climate change is rock solid. Human will thank you as well. beings are warming the planet. The consequences The URL of the petition is: www.thepetitionsite. will be serious and they could be catastrophic. The com/850/161/365/petition-for-a-referendum-onsooner we act, the better. carbon-fee-and-dividend-for-canada/ James Hansen, one of the world’s leading cliIf you want more information about carbon feemate scientists, has advocated carbon fee-and-dividend for many years as the best approach to control and-dividend, go to the Citizens Climate LobbyCanada website at: http://citizensclimatelobby.ca global warming. The fee would be similar to a carbon tax, in that Keith McNeill it would be charged on fossil fuels at source. RathClearwater, B.C. er than going into general revenues, however, the [Keith McNeill is the editor of the Clearwater-North money would distributed as equal and recurring Thompson Times.] dividends to every adult. A Canada-wide carbon fee set at the same level Letters to the Editor as B.C.’s carbon tax of $30 per tonne of carbon diWe invite all Letters to the Editor on relevant or topical oxide would generate about $20 billion per year – matters, but we reserve the right to edit submissions enough to give every adult living in Canada an anfor clarity, brevity, legality and taste. No unsigned nual fossil fuel dividend of about $1,000. Letter will be printed. Economists estimate that two thirds of the popuDeadline for the following issue is Friday at 10 am lation would receive more from the dividend than they would pay in carbon fees. My petition calls for a CanadaThe Kamloops wide referendum on carbon feeExploration Group and-dividend. Imposing such a sysis pleased to present their tem would be a major step and de2015 Lecture Series serves national debate. In Switzerland (population Wednesday, January 21 eight million), a petition of 100,000 BACKYARD, BONEYARD, JUNKYARD GEOLOGY with Jim Britton names is enough to bring an imGeologist and Planner with the Province of BC - Kamloops portant question to national referenAshcroft River Inn • 7 pm • Free Admission • Door Prize dum. In Canada (population 35 milFor more information check out www.keg.bc.ca lion), an equivalent number would be about 400,000. My petition will be on Care2 for PRICES IN EFFECT one year – all of 2015. If we are goJan. 3 -14, 2015 (AB & BC) ing to reach the 400,000 target, we Jan.4 -14, 2015 (SK &MB) will need more than 1,000 names per day. Care2 is a social networking website with close to 30 million members that offers convenient and secure petition-hosting. Care2 part-PACKAGED SEWING ners include World Wildlife Fund, NOTIONS VALUED TO $14.98/ea Environmental Defense Fund and Human Rights Campaign. -BATTING I would greatly appreciate it if you would consider putting your -FIBREFILL name on the petition, and if you -FOAM would encourage your friends and
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Gold dust and death on the Cariboo Road by Esther Darlington MacDonald There was a cairn of rocks on the Cariboo Road at 141 Mile House. The rocks were dropped there by teamsters as they passed by the spot. Much like people today will place flowers where people have been killed. Rocks were more available than flowers back then. The cairn commemorated the killing of a good man named Thomas Clegg. He was employed by E. T. Dodge and Company. Clegg had the formidable responsibility of delivering gold dust in excess of 50 lbs to his employer. The Company provided transport of goods to sundry merchants along the Cariboo Road, and Clegg, a trusted employee, was given the responsibility of collecting what was due to the Company. When payment of services rendered is paid for in gold dust, as was the case in those early days, the problem of getting the gold dust to its rightful destination was one of the most difficult responsibilities a man could have. There were more than a few desperate men on the road in those days that would stoop to any device to rob anything of value. We like to think of those times as innocent, when trust could be taken for granted. But that is sheer delusion. The gold rush on the Fraser River in 1858 brought tens of thousands of persons to British Columbia, and the search for gold most often resulted in the loss of everything a man had. There are pitiful descriptions of
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men returning from the gold fields at Barkerville, dressed in rags, emaciated and starving. But there is less written about them, and more about those who struck it rich. There were also unscrupulous men whose eyes were sharp to any opportunity to make what we now call, “easy money”, i.e., by robbery, gambling, or prostitution. Men of every stripe were coming from all over the world in search of gold, and not all of them wanted to acquire it by shovel and gold panning. That was hard work. Merchants, packers, teamsters and forwarding agents were doing an enormous volume of business in the 1860’s from out of Douglas, at the head of Harrison Lake. A couple of the more notable companies was the one Thomas Clegg was engaged by, E. T. Dodge and Company, but Parsons and Nelson were also busy entrepeneurs. Uriah Nelson was one of four brothers, three of whom had made something of a fortune for themselves in the country north of Barkerville. Mard Nelson kept a hotel at Bridge Creek for many years and also at Spences Bridge. Jock, another brother, had a cabin on the Cariboo Road between Hat Creek and the 20 Mile House, and Uriah was the merchant, packer, forwarding agent who moved to Yale from Douglas and then later established a general store at Clinton and in Ashcroft. The descendents of this Nelson may have remained in the district to this day. In 1865 Clegg had collected $10,000 worth of gold dust which he was carrying in two strong leather saddle bags. He had as a traveling companion an American named Captain Taylor, who had been running steamers on the DouglasLillooet route. Clegg was riding a saddle horse, and Taylor a mule. Clegg was glad of the company, and had known Taylor for some time and trusted him. The two men stopped over night in Williams Lake and made for 141 Mile House the following morning, where they had a mid-day meal. Clegg kept his eyes on the saddle bags, never letting them out of his sight. Two men at the 141 Mile who had also stopped for a meal, noted Clegg’s attention to the bags, and suspected their was valuable gold dust or cash in them. They quickly finished eating and left the 141 Mile hasily, making for the cover along the Cariboo Road where they would lie and wait for Clegg on his horse, and Taylor, on his mule. Meanwhile, Clegg had tired of the weight of the bags, and had transferred them from his horse to Taylor’s mule. A mile from the 141 Mile, two men sprang out of the bush and threw themselves on
Clegg and Taylor. Taylor grappled with the man who was armed with a Colt revolver, broke away from him, and as he did, Clegg shouted to Taylor that he was “All right”, so Taylor made off with the saddle bags, heading back along the Road which they had come from. Taylor ran his mule far enough along to hopefully miss the discharge of the Colt, (firearms in those days were not deadly at a distance). The second highway man went back to assist his partner. Clegg had the man on his back and attempting to wrest the Colt out of his hand, but with Taylor gone, Clegg had the two men to deal with. He was astride one, but the other broke free, seized the pistol from his partner’s hand and shot Clegg in the head. They grabbed Clegg’s horse. To their shock, they found the saddle bags were not on the horse. They realized they had killed a man, with nothing to gain by the killing, and they made off with the horse toward the Bonaparte valley. Meanwhile, Taylor returned to find his friend dead. He bitterly regretted leaving Clegg to find safekeeping for the gold. There was no telegraph at that time in the Cariboo, but word got around quickly anyway. Donald McLean, at Hat Creek, learned that the murdering assailants were in his patch, and ever the posse hunter, McLean made for upriver on the Bonaparte, strung some rope across the river, hoping to stop the two highwaymen. Then he lay in wait for them. Eventually, he heard noise in the shrubbery along the river, and fired his rifle several times in that direction. But the two men manged to evade capture. McLean’s shot had found its mark on one of the men however. The two fugitives managed to make it to Black Canyon near what was to become the town of Ashcroft. The man wounded by McLean’s shot, was bleeding badly and losing energy. By the time they reached Black Canyon and attempted to swim the river, the wounded man could go no further. His body fell into the river, was pulled downstream by the current. It was found the following spring on one of the bars lower down the river. The second man was captured at Spatsum, near Spences Bridge, by the Indians. This man was taken to Lillooet where he was charged with Clegg’s murder. Judge Mathew Begbie sentenced him to die, and he was duly hung at Lillooet. The names of the fugitives are uncertain. The one executed, was said to have been known as “Judge Elliott”, and had come from a good family in the “old country”. Elliott never did disclose the name of his companion, but it was said that he wrote to his companion’s mother, keeping a promise he had made to the dying man on the banks of the Thompson River. It was told that for many years, the teamsters passing 141 Mile, left a stone that became a cairn. But time and weather gradually took its hold on the cairn, and, in due course, the cairn was forgotten.
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Better communication technology
in Kamloops. Of course the completion of the CPR a few years later brought telegraph services to Kamloops as well.
Like most people I always feel that the years just seem to rush away, yet at the same time feel that spring takes so long to get here each year. December is always a month of hope, delicious smells of baking and pleasant times with family and friends. It is also the month when focus is on helping others and on generosity toward those in need. It is good that there is one month of the year when this is in focus and I truly respect those who keep it in focus all year round. A big thank you to all who make that extra effort to lend a hand, help out a neighbour, donate to good causes, stop for an animal on the roadway, rescue horses, dogs and cats and put out food for the birds in cold weather and other acts of consideration and help.
Away from the books and back at Loon Lake Road, all is still and quiet. We are still relying on old telephone lines at a level of technology nearing 100 years old. Sure, we were upgraded from the party line and counting rings some 40 years ago and that is where we are still as we complete the year 2014. Most permanent residents use rather expensive satellite services for internet and television as there is no such thing as high speed cable services available. While satellite internet from the usual providers is better than dial up, most users complain about not being able to get on at times or of service being unavailable far too frequently. Summer homeowners, who are here for six months a year, don’t
The weather during December was overall mild with a few days of colder weather, resulting in ice on the ground, snow and then icy snow. My cats are happy - they can again walk on top of the snow - and don’t have to stick to the trails I have shovelled. As Loon Lake is at a considerably higher elevation than Ashcroft and Cache Creek, snow cover in the upper Loon Creek Valley and along the lake is much greater in most areas, although I still wheelbarrow snow onto parts of the garden beds to ensure a good snow cover for my plants. Generally though the focus is on indoor activities right now and reading a good book and catching up on magazine articles are pleasures reserved for winter time. Everyone has their own idea of what makes a good read and a glance over the offerings on the shelves at the local library or at the bookmobile will confirm this. The TNRD bookmobile is an important offering for rural people and ours serves Loon Lake Road well. My taste in reading does not agree with the modern best sellers in general, although several UK writers do interest me. I continue to test the waters of current Canadian literature but something about much of what I have sampled leaves me bored and disinterested and I stop reading after about 30 pages. I am perhaps too critical and expect too much. When I read of someone picking blackberries in some central BC wilderness, of asparagus and tomatoes being picked at the same time, or saskatoons blooming in February, I lose all interest in the writing. This month I have enjoyed reading Bill Miller’s Wires in the Wilderness: The Story of the Yukon Telegraph. The book deals with a chapter of BC and Canadian history that I knew little about – the building of telegraph lines through BC and into the Yukon. The first portion of the line was built in the 1860’s by the Western Union Company and was known as The Collins Overland Telegraph. Originally the line was intended to run from the US, through Canada, north to Alaska then across the Bering Strait, across Russia and in to Europe. However a cross Atlantic cable was successfully laid between North America and Europe in 1866 and the completion of the Collins line was abandoned; at that time it had been built through BC (still a colony at
FROM LOON LAKE ROAD Barbara Hendricks that time) as far as Telegraph Creek with a line in to Barkerville. In 1871 after BC joined confederation, the Canadian government took over operating the line from Quesnel south. With the great number of gold seekers flocking to the Yukon for the Klondike gold rush in 1896 it was felt that there should be a line in to Dawson City and the federal government issued contracts for the building of the line. The all Canadian route of the line was completed in 1901, several years after the height of the Klondike rush. Upon completion, the main line from Ashcroft to the Yukon/Alaska boundary ran 1850 miles. A line ran to Lillooet, also completed in 1901. The politics involved in the building of the line, a federal government undertaking, is telling also. Unfortunately I would say that not much has changed for the better on that front in the past 120 years. Ashcroft had a central role in the story as this was where the all Canadian line for the Yukon telegraph connected to the CPR line and was also one of the important points for the transfer of materials and supplies to build the line through central and northern BC. The stories of the men and a handful of women working as telegraph operators, maintaining the big batteries and keeping the line connected through deep snows and storms are about dealing with a hard and lonely life with optimism and a positive approach to whatever was thrown their way. They had an enormous work ethic and their living conditions in isolated cabins along the line would today be considered to be a great hardship. Some years ago I read Mel Rothenberger’s story of the Wild McLeans and noted that in 1879, when the McLean gang had killed the police constable in the Nicola Valley someone had to ride from Kamloops to Cache Creek to send a telegraph to the government in Victoria. It always hung as a question in the back of my mind “why there was telegraph service at Cache Creek and not Kamloops?“ The history of building the telegraph line explains this situation and tells of a time when there was a government service in Cache Creek but not
want to be tied down to a several year contract with monthly payments all year round for poor quality services and they miss the instant communication they get in town. As the old land line services are allowed to decay in rural areas as well as urban areas, it is the rural people who cannot simply switch over to the newer technology, because the service isn’t available. The newer technologies seem to allow for better service to places like Loon Lake Road at a reasonable cost and probably less cost than the level of subsidies currently given to telecommunication providers for doing nothing at Loon Lake Road. Nothing will happen however unless residents make their voices heard. Responsibility for rural connectivity is a federal government issue so let your MP (Cathy McLeod) and those candidates for other parties know about your concerns.
2015 BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE
The 2015 schedule for Thompson-Nicola Regional District Board of Directors Regular Meetings is as follows. Meetings are scheduled for 1:15 pm in the Boardroom of the TNRD Civic Building located at 300 – 465 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 2A9 unless otherwise posted. January February March April May June
16 5 & 26 12 and 27 23 14 and 28 18
July August September October November December
16 20 – Out of Town (Sun Peaks) 17 8 and 22 5 and 19 10
Please visit the TNRD website at www.tnrd.ca for more information and to view Board agendas when published.
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Father’s cherished gifts
Two months ago my dad called and as soon as I heard the sound of his voice I knew something was wrong. “Hi, Honey,” he said softly. “Do you have a couple of minutes?” Instinctively my eyes welled up with tears and I could feel my throat constrict. “Yes,” I said, bracing myself for the news he
was about to deliver. His voice uncharacteristically cracked with emotion as he told me he had esophageal cancer. Feeling the quick onset of a throbbing headache and a shortness of breath I failed to stop myself from crying out loud. “I don’t want you to worry,” he said. “I’ll
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be going for tests and we’ll find out what can be done. I’ll keep you informed. Just think positive thoughts, okay? There’s nothing we can’t handle.” After our conversation ended and I hung up the phone I no longer tried to control my sorrow and allowed myself to weep with abandon. Ken White was only 67 years old and had just retired in May. He was full of life and excited about the future. He’d been diagnosed with skin cancer and a slow-growing leukemia not long ago - both of which he’d downplayed as nothing to be concerned about. But this new discovery of a lifethreatening tumor in his lower esophagus was alarming. I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening in a haze. I tried to only think optimistically as he requested, but I found myself emotionally raw and physically drained, breaking down in tears several times over the next few days. After our mother’s death less than a year prior
ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com I’d convinced myself that our healthy father would live to be at least 100 years old. Over the next couple of weeks, as he went for tests and we waited for results I got better at carrying out his wishes to only think positively, and when he called with an update I fully expected him to tell me the cancer was treatable. When my hopes were met I cried again, but this time with tears of joy. “We’re going to fight this aggressively, Kiddo,” my dad said, detailing the weekly chemotherapy and daily radiation treatments for the entire month of December. “Hopefully the tumor will decrease in size and the surgeon will be able to remove it in
January • Week 2 ARIES - Unexpected news excites you, Aries. Even though you’re not yet sure if the news is good or bad, you have high hopes that positive information is on the way. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you have an abundance of energy and you have to find a way to harness it for the greater good. Find a new hobby or volunteer for a local project. GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Now is not a good time to make significant financial decisions, Gemini. You have to make changes when the time is right, and you will know when that day arrives. CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, your mood is uplifting to those around you. Maintain this optimistic outlook in the weeks ahead, and good fortune is bound to come your way. LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, don’t be afraid to accept a helping hand at work. Seek help from others if no offers are immediately forthcoming. Explore all of your networking possibilities. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Keep an extra-sharp mind this week, Virgo, as there isn’t anything you cannot accomplish if you put your mind to it. Try tackling those big projects that you have been avoiding. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, a problem with no obvious solution has you seeing both sides of the argument. Dwell on things for a little while longer, and the solution will eventually come to you. SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you are planning some big moves and you are bound to have a number of supporters behind you. Others want you to succeed so take an opportunity and run with it. SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Take extra care with projects at work, Sagittarius. A difficult problem may arise, and a careful approach to the tasks at hand can help you nip that problem in the bud. CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, you will forge a new relationship this week, and it may lead to a solid friendship that lasts a number of years. Feelings are bound to get more intense. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 This is a great week for brainstorming, Aquarius. Once you have a few solid ideas, put your plans into motion. At least one should pan out quite well. PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Someone is trying to steer you in one direction, Pisces. Politely decline if that direction is the opposite of what you want to do.
the new year.” As promised, Dad kept us updated with his progress, even sending smiling pictures of himself hooked up to an IV getting his chemo. Since he was advised to avoid crowds and public places so his weakened immune system wouldn’t be challenged, we weren’t sure if we’d have the opportunity to see him at Christmas. Fortunately his doctors approved a visit
from us providing we were in good health. My children, husband, brothers, sister-in-law, nephews, uncle, grandma and I arrived at Dad’s place on Boxing Day at 11 am at his request. When we got to the door his wife said he was resting and summoned us into the living room. We visited quietly for awhile until we were suddenly interrupted by a jolly good bellowing of “Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas!” Looking up in surprise, I watched my father enter the room wearing a Santa outfit and beard, ringing a bell and handing out gift cards to everyone. Again I felt my eyes well up with tears of joy. It was one of those moments I’ll never
forget. Not because it caught us off guard in such a sweet and wonderful way, but because it so completely captured the essence of this man who always seems to react to everything with an optimistic frame of mind. “My cup is never half empty,” he’s often said over the years. And from a lifetime of observing how he’s chosen to think, his cup isn’t just half full, it’s running over. Dad’s jovial outlook has been an incredible blessing to our family. But the gift we cherish most is his unconditional love and support – something we adoringly give right back. Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com
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attain, yet other days it’s very easy. As a blaster at Highland Valley Copper, my usual day is 15,000 to 18,000 Wayne Little steps. I have the miner1098 Garmin version which @gmail.com I bought at Runners Sole and it works great for me. There are little challenges on a weekGadgets, I love them! I’ve owned handheld GPS units ly basis through Garmin’s website and cell phones ever since they ( www.garmin.com/ ), which are first came out. If there is a gadg- great motivators to get you out the et out there to help me stay motiv- door for an extra run. What is a fitness tracker? It’s ated, I’ve got it. I have a GPS for my bike, GPS for my swims and a small band that is worn on the GPS for my runs. I also can use wrist and, depending in the modmy iPhone for logging miles on the el, it tracks the steps you take, your bike or while running. I get super heart rate, calories burned and even excited when a new gadget comes how you sleep throughout the day. All of them can link either to your out. Well, a fairly new thing is out computer or smartphone so you - they are called fitness trackers, can upload to keep track of your also known as activity trackers. progress. You can also link to FaThere are a bunch of different ones cebook, etc., for your friends and out there that basically all do the family to follow you. With price ranges of around same thing - they keep track of how many steps you are taking through- $100, do some research to see out the day. We are recommended which one is right for you to help to take a minimum of 10,000 steps you achieve your fitness goals. a day. On some days you would be surprised to see how hard that is to
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Movies that will help you forget about the frightful weather outside astounding action sequences into its 100 minutes. Composer Max Steiner’s score revolutionized movie music, and the film remains the definitive interpretation of “Beauty and the Beast”. Moviemaker Carl Denham, embarking on his quest to find and capture Kong, declares “They’ll have to think up a lot of new adjectives, when I get back.” The same could be said about this film.
terrified that she is a “cat person” who will, under certain circumstances, revert to her animalistic nature and kill her husband. The film’s low budget meant that Lewton and Tourneur had to suggest, rather than show, horror, and the result is a movie that leaves much to the viewer’s imagination, particularly in a memorable scene shot at a nearly-deserted swimming pool that will have you on the edge of your seat.
Cat People (1942)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
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RKO Studios - which had produced King Kong - hired producer Val Lewton to bring in a series of horror films at less than $150,000 each. Cat People was Lewton’s first effort, and with director Jacques Tourneur he created a masterpiece. The film tells of a woman who is
Not precisely a horror film, The Night of the Hunter is terrifying nonetheless. Robert Mitchum plays a charismatic “preacher” who is, in reality, an excon seeking the hidden fortune he learned about from another inmate while in prison. He woos the man’s widow, and sets off in pursuit of her two young children, who have the fortune. This was the only film directed by actor Charles Laughton, who created a beautiful, gripping movie that is at once dreamlike and nightmarish. It was a critical and box office Reserve your space! disaster when it was released, but Call The Journal 250-453-2261 has since become recognized as a classic of American cinema.
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Jacques Tourneur had a bigger budget by the time he came to make this film, which is still the only feature-length movie made from one of the ghost stories by the greatest writer in the genre, M. R. James. The story is James’s classic “Casting the Runes”, about a man named Karswell who appears to use supernatural means to eliminate anyone who opposes him. The demon is, apart from a few brief shots, suggested rather than shown, and Irish actor Niall MacGinnis makes Karswell at once charming and terrifying, proving that the devil does, in fact, get the best lines. The film was retitled Curse
of the Demon for its North American release.
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Although it is, strictly speaking, more in the science fiction genre, Quatermass and the Pit is more terrifying than many horror films. Work on an extension of the London Underground system in an area called Hobbs End is halted when workmen discover human remains that date back more than 5 million years. They also uncover part of a large metal object, which they at first believe to be an unexploded bomb; but subsequent excavations reveal it to be something far more disturbing. Soon Hobbs End is at the centre of a storm of strange events; and no one is reassured to learn that “Hob” is an old name for the Devil. The 1958 British TV serial on which the movie was based is also well worth a look.
The Fog (1980)
Director John Carpenter’s follow-up to Halloween was meant to be a classic ghost story, but the studio—alarmed by the trend towards explicit horror films inspired by Halloween’s success—insisted that the film include a fair bit of gore. Still, the movie manages to be genuinely chilling, especially in its quieter moments, when the townspeople of Antonio Bay, California realize that the terrible acts of the town’s founders a century ago are coming back to haunt them: quite literally. Watch for the pairing of real-life mother and daughter Janet “Psycho” Leigh and Jamie Lee “Halloween” Curtis. Note: avoid the 2005 remake.
Ghost Story (1981)
Peter Straub’s brilliant and sprawling novel, about a group of elderly men haunted by a brutal act they committed many years ago, was pared down on its way to the big screen; but as a movie judged on its own merits it succeeds brilliantly. A quartet of screen greats Fred Astaire, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John
Houseman, and Melvyn Douglas—give superb performances, while then-newcomer Alice Krige shines as the enigmatic woman who ties together past and present, and seems to transcend time. Peter might not think a lot of the adaptation, as he told me one night in New York, but in my view it’s a very effective ghost story.
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Horror and comedy are a hard act to balance; one of the few films that pulls it off is this one, about a pair of American students backpacking in England. Ignoring warnings from a group of locals in a Yorkshire pub, they wander on to the moor, where one of the pair is attacked and killed by a werewolf. The survivor has been bitten by the werewolf, but continues to deny what’s happening to him, even as his dead friend—in increasing states of decay—comes back to warn him of what he has become. You’ll laugh, you’ll scream, and you’ll shed a tear as things come to a head in Piccadilly Circus.
Ghostwatch (1992)
This British one-off special, hosted by a number of real TV personalities, aired on the BBC on Oct. 31, 1992. It purported to be an investigation into a suspected poltergeist haunting in North London, complete with live reports from the house and phone-in segments back in the studio, with members of the public calling in to recount their own spooky experiences. Despite the fact that the show was credited to writer Stephen Volk, tens of thousands of people believed that it was a real, live broadcast of a haunting, and the resulting controversy ensured that it has never been re-broadcast on British TV. A pity, as it’s a terrifying ghost story, with the shadowy figure of “Pipes” sure to loom large in the nightmares of anyone who watches it.
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