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The Ashcroft Canadians played a hard game against the Lillooet Pistons on Jan. 11 at Drylands Arena. The Atoms team came out playing hard and fast, scoring the first goal of the game, but just couldn’t hold on to the lead. They fought hard but came up short, losing 13-7.
Anderson seeks PC nomination in new riding Ashcroft could provide the region’s next Member of Parliament if local resident and retired mayor Andy Anderson is successful in seeking the Conservative nomination in the new MissionMatsqui-Fraser Canyon riding. The new riding replaces the former Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon held by MP Mark Strahl and before him, his father Chuck Strahl. Anderson says the idea of running federally came to him while he was promoting Ashcroft Terminal - Ashcroft’s inland port - as Mayor. He made many contacts and learned much about national as well as international infrastructure and trade. One of his goals, he says, is to make the benefits that come out of the Asia-
Pacific Gateway accessible to all communities, especially those situated along water routes or train tracks. He also wants to see federal infrastructure grants become more accessible to small, rural communities. “I’ve made a lot of connections through working with Ashcroft Terminal,” he says. “The riding includes a lot of rural communities. It’s a new riding, and a new opportunity for a rural voice.” Morley H. Anderson is better known as Andy Anderson to his friends and colleagues. He is a businessman, community volunteer and regional advocate and he recently retired as the Mayor of Ashcroft after serving for 10 years.
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Ashcroft Council is mulling over the future of solid waste in BC as part of a provincial initiative. Environment Minister Mary Polak in October rejected a proposed ban on waste export from Metro Vancouver but tasked Surrey-Panorama MLA Marvin Hunt, the former chair of Metro’s waste committee, to conduct a threemonth review and make further recommendations. A committee made up of councillors from Ashcroft, Cache Creek, the Ashcroft Indian Band and MLA Jackie Tegart has met to hear presentations from Belkorp Environmental Services regarding their proposed Material Recycling and Recovery Facilities and to speak with MLA Hunt, who asked the committee to provide him with a rural perspective. The Bonaparte Indian Band was invited to be part of the committee but declined. “We want to ensure that we maintain an industry here,” said Ashcroft Mayor Jack Jeyes, rather than the decline that MV proposes, he added. Coun. Alf Trill said the committee meetings have been positive and informative. Recycling can make a lot of money. “We need to work with Belkorp, Cache Creek and TNRD to get a MRRF placed here,” he said. Coun. Al Mertens agreed: “There’s money to be made in recovering material from the waste stream. We don’t generate a lot of garbage,” he said, adding that it seemed as though MV wanted to keep all others away from their garbage and the $108 tipping fee they charged. “We could be selling ourselves as experts in the field of solid waste disposal,” he said. “I can’t see us getting a MRRF, but have to try. The issue is, what we can do?” According to Jeyes, MLA Hunt told the committee that the Cache Creek Landfill was a provincial asset. “Garbage is a commodity and governed by the Free Trade Agreement,” he said, explaining further that Belkorp representatives had suggested that it was possible that Cache Creek could receive waste from the northern regional districts, and that would put them in a good position for a Material Recycling and Recovery Facility. But the regional districts would have to be convinced. to send it. Council will work with the committee to form a response for MLA Hunt.
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Road paving, economic development and contract renewals Notes from the Ashcroft Council meeting of Jan. 12. Roll Call: Mayor Jack Jeyes and councillors Doreen Lambert, Al Mertens, Barbara Roden and Alf Trill.
TNRD building inspection
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Lytton Emergency Services
Council agreed to support Lytton with its request to become part of the TNRD Emergency Program Service for 2015. Ashcroft is already part of this service.
service. Administrator Michelle Allen said the rate being charged in the new contract is the same as the old contract.
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Council passed a motion to authorize Mayor Jack Jeyes to attend Clinton’s 148th annual Ball on May 16.
Evans Road Walkway
Mayor Jeyes noted that there was not sufficient width on Evans Road to put in a full walkway for pedestrians. However, he said, he would look for assurance from the Ministry of Transportation that when they pave Evans Road this summer, they will include a shoulder and mark it. He noted that it would still be a tight squeeze in some spots, especially where the culverts are.
Council decided to continue on with the program and apply for another grant from Northern Development Initiative Truste (NDIT). Only one local business took advantage of the program last year, but staff is hping that it will be better used this year. NDIT offers the Business Facade Improvement Grant program that provides annual grant funding for municipalities and regional districts of $20,000 in annual funding, to enhance economic development by encouraging private sector investment in business facade improvements.
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Council approved carrying on with a policy whereby the mayor would be reimbursed for using his cell phone for Village business at a rate of $80 per month, or the cost of a normal plan for the Village. The alternative was to carry two phones, one of them to be used exclusively for Village business.
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10th Annual Citizens of the Year Award Congratulations to our 2014 Citizens of the Year Ashcroft & Area - KITTY MURRAY Cache Creek & Area - BILL ELLIOT A lunch in their honour will be held at noon on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at the Riverside Restaurant Advance ticket purchase at Interior Savings & Riverside Restaurant $15 includes lunch, taxes & gratuity 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
Economic Development Capacity
On the advice of Administrator Michelle Allen, the Village is putting NDIT on notice that it itents to spend $45,000. NDIT assists municipalities with building sustainable development. In 2014, Ashcroft hired an Economic Development officer to carry out projects. “We need to review our economic development strategy,” said Allen, adding they staff would like Urban Systems to work on the Strategy proposal, which would cost approximately $30,000. The Village would use the remaining funds to work towards the goals set out within the strategy. It could become an application in the future, she said. The current economic development strategy was completed in 2002. Last year’s funding was used for wages for an economic development intern, Resident Attraction Marketing Booklet, a short video depicting the Ashcroft Art Club’s Plein Air and paying for the website hosting fee for the Love Ashcroft program.
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From the Jan. 12 meeting of the Cache Creek Council. Roll Call: Mayor John Ranta and councillors Lisa Dafoe, David Dubois and Herb Hofer. Wyatt McMurray on telephone.
Tax Referral
Council agreed to cover the $345 tax penalty to businessman Derek Nelson. In May he purchased property next to the old Super Save Gas station, which he also owns, but Land Titles failed to notify the Village and he was not sent a tax notice. Coun. David Dubois questioned if not receiving a tax notice is excuse enough not to pay when you know that you should be receiving it. “We didn’t do anything wrong,” he said. “Why are we paying for Land Titles’ mistake?” Coun. Wyatt McMurray explained that the Village wasn’t paying out any money for the error - it just wasn’t collecting the 10 per cent payment for late taxes. He did pay the $3.449.95 property tax.
Temporary Closure of the Ashcroft Hospital and Health Centre Emergency Department Residents are advised that the Ashcroft Hospital and Health Centre Emergency Department will be experiencing temporary closures due to a temporary lack of physician availability. The Emergency Department will be closed: Monday, Jan. 12 at 8 a.m., to Friday, Jan. 16 at 6 p.m. Weekend Emergency Department service is not affected, and the rest of the Health Centre will remain open with other services available as usual. Emergency Department services normally operate Monday to Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday from 8 a.m. to midnight, and 24 hours on Saturday and Sunday. During the hours the Emergency Department is closed, residents should take note of the following: • In the event of an emergency, call 9-1-1. • For non-urgent matters, residents may wish to use the emergency departments or walk-in clinics in Kamloops or Merritt. • If individuals are unsure about what services they require, call HealthLink BC at 8-1-1. The toll-free line provides 24-hour, confidential health information and advice from a registered nurse. Interior Health regrets this interruption to service and remains committed to physician and locum recruitment in Ashcroft. IH is appreciative of the ongoing support of the community and the efforts of the Ashcroft Wellness and Health Action Coalition.
The Village is hoping that paving Old Cariboo Road can be fit into the Ministry of Transportation’s schedule this summer when it paves Hwy 1 through town. Council approved a motion to apply for a $132,710 grant from Strategic Priority Fund Gas Tax for resurfacing of Old Cariboo Rd. Coun. Dubois wondered if they needed a survey first. Administrator Dan Plamondon said the Ministry had one, and they did a walk through to make sure everything was the same. Mayor John Ranta said the Village had a chance to get the road resurfaced from the Starhouse Restaurant to the Post Office for less than $50,000, but it won’t happen if they don’t get the grant. Work will take place between June and end of September.
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Council approved the Kinsmen’s request to use the Community Hall on Dec. 13 for the 2015 Kinsmen Family Christmas Turkey Bingo.
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Port expansion a concern Ashcroft Council agreed to support the Corporation of Delta by writing to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency with its own concerns about the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project, requesting that the environmental asessment include a broad geographic review of traffic impacts and an identification of potential mitigation options along the length of the transoportation corridor. Council received the request from Delta at their Jan. 12 meeting. According to documents sent by Delta, the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project is a massive threeberth container terminal designed to double the container capacity at Deltaport. It is already the largest container terminal in Canada, and plans to expand from 2.4 to 4.8 million TEUs annually (one rail car is 2 TEU). The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is conducting an environmental assessment of the project through an independent review panel. A key area of concern for some municipalities, Delta included, is the geographic extent of the study area. Delta contends that Port Metro Vancouver, the project proponent, is seeking to limit the scope of the environmental assessment to land within its jurisdiction which would mean that road, rail and marine traffic impacts beyond the terminal footprint would not be assessed. They have requested that the
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency include a separate section on Municipal Rights and Interests, similar to the section on Aboriginal Rights and Interests that the review panel is required to consider. Delta said that while they fully support this section, it would be beneficial for local governments impacted by Terminal 2 to have a similar section in the Terms of Reference relating to municipal issues and concerns. “We would suggest that this new section should be entitled Municipal Rights and Interests and would include the following elements: a) An assessment of the impacts of the project on the local and regional transportation system; b) An assessment of the impacts on municipally-owned land, utilities and statutory rights of way; c) An assessment of off-terminal facility requirements to support port operations (for example, container storage and stuffing/de-stuffing facilities); and d) An assessment of the combined impacts of the T2 project with other developments currently taking place, such as the Fraser Surrey Docks coal facility and Tsawwassen First Nation mall development.” The proposed expansion would also impact Ashcroft Terminal, agreek Mayor Jack Jeyes. “That sort of impact will go beyond the port,” said Coun. Barbara Roden.
RDO winter hours reduced Cache Creek Council won’t give up weekend service at Wastech’s Residential Drop Off (RDO) site. They agreed at the Jan. 12 Council meeting to Wastech’s request to reduce winter hours to four days per week, but said two of those days had to be Saturday and Sunday. Wastech General Manager Angus Gardner and Director of Environmental Services Janet Tecklenborg were at the meeting. Tecklenborg said the landfill will remain open Monday to Friday and those hours won’t be changed by the reduced RDO hours. She said they were trying to match other TNRD sites with the hours. If it didn’t work, she said, they could change it back. Gardner said they were also planning to close landfill on statutory holidays. Coun. Wyatt McMurray was not happy with Wastech’s planned reduction and made the motion to tell Wastech that Cache Creek wanted the RDO open five days per week, including weekends, and that days would be eight hours long in the winter and 12 hours in the summer. Coun. Herb Hofer made a
friendly amendment to that, allowing for a four-day week in the winter but keeping everything else the same, including the weekend hours.
That motion was carried. Wastech is also planning to ask people using the RDO to present photo ID for proof of residency. Coun. Herb Hofer asked Teck-
lenborg if they were going to follow through with that. “The RDO is a free service for residents of Cache Creek, Ashcroft and Area I” she said. The RDO attendants know most of the local people, but in the event they don’t recognize someone, the picture ID is a last resort. Hofer said landfill employees have pointed out the large number of big items such as mattresses and refrigerators being left at the landfill. Hofer said it seemed like too much to left behind by just local residents. Garbage drop off at the RDO, which is located near the landfill, is free for residents, unlike other Transfer Stations around the TNRD where residents have to pay tipping fees based on weight to drop off their garbage.
Capturing Ashcroft’s past in memories Nearly 60 people attended the first in a series of presentations by Ashcroft Museum curator Kathy Paulos called the Memories Project. The presentations were videos recorded with local seniors who shared their memories of Ashcroft’s past. Sunday’s two presentations were on the tomato cannery and area trucking. Paulos interviewed Donna and Jim Walch, Coleen Mireau and Herb Wohlleben about the cannery which operated in Ashcroft 1925-1957. On Jan. 25, Paulos will present “Sports”, “Business” and “Railways.” The Memories Project was funded by a grant from New Horizons for Seniors Program.
Garbage exports at all time high Surrey North Delta Leader Garbage exports from the Lower Mainland to the U.S. hit an all-time high in December, according to estimates from Metro Vancouver. They show loads of garbage heading south for landfills in Washington State climbed 60 per cent over the last year to more than 19,000 tonnes per month. Metro Vancouver last year tried to ban haulers from trucking waste out of the region over fears the rising flow of outbound garbage will cost the region millions in lost tipping fees and thwart recycling goals, as those loads are not subject to waste dumping rules, such as Metro’s new ban on disposal of food waste. Environment Minister Mary Polak in October rejected the proposed ban but named MLA Marvin Hunt to review whether some form of regulation is required to control waste flows. Hunt is expected to report back with recommendations in the coming weeks. Critics have accused Metro of simply trying to keep waste in-region to feed a planned new incinerator and hope a final provincial decision will be the nail in the coffin of its wasteto-energy agenda. Some industry players also believe Metro has exaggerated the threat of garbage exports, which they predict will be less viable now that the dollar’s drop from par to 85 cents has made it more expensive to use U.S. landfills. “Fifteen per cent is a heck of a swing,” said Ralph McRae, chair of NorthWest Waste Solutions, which does not haul outside the region. “That’s got to make it less economic.” Belkorp Environmental vice-president Russ Black suggested haulers who are still shipping to the U.S. are now “doing it out of stubbornness, not out of profitability.” Metro solid waste general manager Paul Henderson agreed haulers’ profit margins are
likely getting thinner, but said that hasn’t yet translated into any drop in how much garbage is shipped out, bypassing Metro transfer stations. Black said Metro could cut its tipping fee to become more competitive and recapture some of the garbage business it’s been losing to the U.S. Belkorp wants approval to build material recovery facilities – plants that break open garbage bags and separate out the recyclables that would otherwise be landfilled or incinerated – and Black said he made his case for the technology in a recent meeting with Hunt. The Surrey MLA was an outspoken supporter of waste-to-energy back when he was a Surrey councillor on the Metro board. Black said Hunt still seems to support incineration but was open minded, particularly to private sector solutions. Black maintains there are limits to how far people will go to separate out their recycables and food scraps, and also to the region’s ability to enforce its bans on dumping them. He said Belkorp’s proposed NextUse plant in Coquitlam would offer a lass pass at extracting recyclables that would otherwise be garbage. “We think that’s a better idea than burning the bag,” he said, referring to Metro plans to build a new waste-to-energy plant that may cost $500 million. “Our option is much more costeffective because it’s private sector risk capital.” Even if Metro reaches an ambitious target of 80 per cent recycling, he said at least half of the remaining garbage would still be recyclable or compostable. Belkorp also operates the Cache Creek Landfill, which Metro intends to stop using, and regional politicians have argued the company’s real agenda is to hang onto its garbage business by undermining waste-to-energy.
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Talking trash can be worth money Garbage. Garbage. Garbage. Some weeks it just seems to build up to ginormous propotions! Seriously, we do talk a lot about garbage around here. And we’re not the only ones. Waste disposal has been an ongoing nightmare in some places. Metro Vancouver’s woes don’t even come close to Italy’s decades-old mountains of garbage around Naples, “City of Trash”. Or Bangalore, India. Or several other countries. We are far from perfect here in Canada, or in BC, in respects to the way we dispose of our trash, but it’s not bad it’s and getting better. Despite all the criticism directed at the Cache Creek Landfill, it’s one of the best. Part of that reason is because of the criticism - it keeps the operators on their toes. But then, Belkorp keeps coming up with new ideas (new to us) on how to manage what’s already been tossed in the garbage. In a perfect situation, there would be no garbage. No automobiles rusting in a field, no floating islands of plastic in the Pacific Ocean, no need for landfills. But even the ancient cities had their garbage dumps, and museums across the world are filled with their contents. The world is evolving slowly in some aspects, and coming to terms with garbage is, unfortunately, one of them. More people, more garbage - and 99.9 per cent of it wouldn’t be suitable for anyone’s museum. Any method we use to dispose of it is going to have an effect on the planet and on us - earth, water, air. Belkorp, which owns Wastech, is proposing to build material recycling and recovery facilities in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. Unlike the “blue bag takes all” method we’ve gotten used to, workers at these facilities will sort the tossed materials and send them off for recycling. It’s been slow in developing, but there can be profit in recycling. Like everything, it needs infrastructure in place that will take it from A-Z. We’re getting closer to Z. Let’s just hope that it’s not too late for the planet.
SNOW-BASED LIFE FORMS have been appearing around town lately VICTORIA – My Christmas reading included a fascinating new book called Kennewick Man, a study of skeletal remains discovered in 1996 on the bank of the Columbia River in eastern Washington. He was an ancient hunter buried just south of B.C. almost 9,000 years ago, in the Early Holocene period following the last Ice Age. Among the oldest humans found along the West Coast of North America, he sparked an unprecedented battle by the Smithsonian Institution to examine the skeleton and publish the book late last year. The most controversial evidence came from the skull. It doesn’t match the classic Mongoloid profile of modern aboriginal people, key to the theory that the earliest humans reached North America by land bridge from Siberia to Alaska as glaciers receded. Smithsonian scientists confirmed initial reports that Kennewick Man is a closer match with early Polynesians, and the Ainu people who remain in Japan today. He lived until about age 40, surviving for years with a stone spear point stuck in his hip. The authors conclude from chemical analysis that “Kennewick Man could not have been a long-time resident of the area where he was found, but instead lived most of his adult life somewhere along the Northwest and North Pacific coast where marine mammals were readily available.” This suggests migration by sea, perhaps from a great distance. The U.S. Army seized the skel-
might be in criminal conflict of interest as federal employees suing the government. Even the White House weighed in against them. Meanwhile the skeleton was mishandled and later stored in substandard conditions at a SeTom Fletcher attle museum, where it remains tfletcher@blackpress.ca today. Parts of both femurs were lost, and scientists were falsely accused of taking them. They had been removed by tribal representatives and secretly buried. eton. The scientists sued and eventualKennewick Man was found as the ly won the right to a brief examination. army was in tense negotiations with The court case exposed brutal and iltribes on salmon fishing rights on the legal actions of the U.S. Army Corps Columbia, their demand for removal of Engineers and federal departments of dams, and the $100 billion cleanup to destroy the site and intimidate the of the Hanford nuclear site. scientists. The scientists finally won their case U.S. law demanded all remains in 2004, with a ruling that the skeleton from before European settlement be is so old there isn’t enough evidence to repatriated for burial by local tribes, show it is related to the current tribes. without examination. The judge found the army repeatedly Umatilla tribe spokesman Armand misled the court, and assessed the govMinthorn wrote in 1996: “We view ernment $2.4 million in costs. this practice as desecration of the body The U.S. Army still controls the and a violation of our most deeplyskeleton and denies requests for furheld religious beliefs. ther study. The spear point, for ex“From our oral histories, we know ample, could show the location where that our people have been part of this he was injured. land since the beginning of time. We One final irony. Analysis shows do not believe that our people migratKennewick Man ate mostly salmon ed here from another continent, as the in his later years, around 6300 BCE. scientists do.” These are the salmon runs wiped out The head of the Society for Amerby dams built by U.S. Army enginican Archaeology tried to get the reeers before the signing of the Columsearchers to drop their lawsuit, fearing bia River Treaty with B.C. it would interfere with fragile relation-
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Friendship Tea, Bean Supper, World Day of Prayer being planned We held our first meeting of the ship. Without your supnew year on Jan. 6 with seven memport it would not have United Church Women bers present. been successful, so many President Reta Robertson opened thanks to each of you, Phyllis Gray the meeting at 2 pm with a warm Our Friendship Tea in welcome and good wishes for 2015. February, to which everyWe repeated together the United Church Women’s pur- one is invited, was discussed and plans made. Watch for pose. posters and a reminder in The Journal. This tea is also Joyce Freeman led the Devotional from the book for the men in our community also, so please come too. Program Ready by Dorothy MacNeill. With Jan. 6 being Correspondence was dealt with and many pieces – Epiphany, this was the theme about the visit of the Magi news from Naramata Centre, First United Church Misto see the baby Jesus. The scripture reading was John sion, Action International, VST information and ma1:1-9 and 8:12 reminding us that Jesus brought Light terial for the World Day of Prayer in March which our into a world of darkness and that Light can never be ex- church will be hosting. tinguished. She closed with prayer and with a reminder Reports were given – Treasurer Colleen Mireau that the Light that came into the world was Jesus. handed out a written report which was voted on and The business part of the meeting was dealt with accepted. The other reports – Sunshine from Dorothy through motions made and accepted. We evaluated Pears, Publicity from Phyllis Gray and Outreach from the Inter-Church Bazaar and at this time want to thank Reta Robertson were given. There was no Archives reeveryone who came and supported us by donating and port as Hilda Drinkwater was away. Many Campbell’s buying, attending the lunch and enjoying the Fellow- labels and stamps were given over to Reta to be sent on
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impact on the land and its people is another. And what, pray tell, does High Bar First Nation have to do with the Bonaparte River and the plateau from which it is sourced? Surely, it is the Bonaparte First Nation that should be courted with the lure of jobs and income, or whatever? Fact is, the Bonaparte people depend on that river as much as the ranchers along its route. Let’s use the thinking apparatus on top of our collective shoulders. The days when the lure of jobs and job training was sufficient are over. I’ve lived long enough in this area to recall another office set up in Cache Creek to promote Hydro’s proposed Hat Creek Coal development. I can recall the millions of dollars spent on engineering, water diversion plans for Hat Creek, surveying, coal deposit testing, the works. And we all know what happened to that, if we’ve lived here long enough. Esther Darlington MacDonald Ashcroft
Dear Editor The mini media hype around Constantia Resources Ltd’s agreement with the High Bar First Nation, relating to a mining proposal at the Maggie Mine close to the Bonaparte River between Clinton and Cache Creek is a head shaker. The Maggie Mine that wasn’t, and hopefully never will be, is on par with the protocol between Cache Creek and the Bonaparte Indian Band relating to the garbage landfill. We know what that’s worth. Mines need water. Where do you think The Kamloops Maggie is going to get it? The Bonaparte RivExploration Group er? That life line of a dozen ranches along its is pleased to present their route to the Thompson River, not to mention 2015 Lecture Series the impact on the Thompson River which is the life line of the Village of Ashcroft and numerWednesday, January 21 ous communities along the corridor leading to BACKYARD, BONEYARD, JUNKYARD GEOLOGY with Jim Britton the Fraser? Geologist and Planner with the Province of BC - Kamloops Mining ventures like Constantia need to sell Ashcroft River Inn • 7 pm • Free Admission • Door Prize stocks on the VSE. Creating the illusion of potential is one thing. Actually figuring out the For more information check out www.keg.bc.ca
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through the filters to the chlorination building where chlorine is added as per Interior Health Authority regulations. The water then moves into the enclosed reservoir (holding tank) prior to flowing to our taps. With the new system it is anticipated that there will be no water advisory or boil water alerts during the spring run off as has happened in past years. Also, in the event of an extended power outage there is enough water in the new holding tank to last up to three days instead of the three hours previous to construction. The Village will hold an open house in the spring to show how the water treatment plant works.
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Art Club members Valerie Keller, Judy Davison, Paulette Thille (head) Bern Huber, Gladys Dickinson and Alice Durksen.
Public invited to mingle ASHCROFT ART CLUB by Alice Durksen The tempo is picking up at the Ashcroft Art Club as members get ready for this year’s Fine Art Show and Sale. As you can see from the photo, we are all busy learning new skills. In this case, we were learning to draw with pens - first, negative spaces rather than just drawing lines, and then drawing some objects in one continuous line. Pauline Ogilvie then gave us all cedar stick “paint brushes” and ink and invited us to use that and a pen to draw the piece of sage brush and pinecone that were laid out on the table. Who would have thought that a stick could be so creative? It
helped us all to capture the many branches with the rough ends of the sticks. This and other art experiences are common at our weekly painting sessions either with DVDs or an instructor. We are also in the “getting ready for Art Show mode” as opening night, April 17, is only 14 weeks away. We are so excited about our paintings in progress that we are inviting those who might be interested in the Art Club to attend an open house to see some of the techniques we use in our art on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at St. Alban Hall, 501 Brink St. from 11 am-1 pm. Coffee and refreshments will be available and we are eager to share our enthusiasm for art with you. Hoping to see you then, and be sure to mark your calendar for Ashcroft Art Show, April 17-21.
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Golden Country presents
... Past, Present & Beyond That was the Year That Was - Pt. 2 We return once more to “the year in review”; the meeting, which was considered twist being that the year in question is 1914. It was “very unusual at a gathering of a century ago, but many of the events that local resi- this kind in Ashcroft”. A possible dents found frustrating reason for the large female and fascinating - someturnout was that it had been times at the same time whispered that the Liberals are ones that are equally were “a staunch supporter familiar to a modern readof ladies’ rights”. If “ladies’ er. rights” were indeed part of For example, in 2014 a the Liberal platform, howmeeting was held in Ashever, “the plank was stepped croft to discuss the future upon very lightly by the of the local library. A simspeakers”, presumably to ilar meeting took place in the chagrin of the ladies in 1914; only back then resiattendance who wanted to dents weren’t looking at hear about any plans to exwhat direction the library tend the vote to women. might take, they were Annoyance at the feder- Anyone wanting to access the Ashcroft post office before 1917 would GOLDEN COUNTRY simply hoping to get one. al government, and its lack have had to run the gamut of loungers outside the Central Hotel. BARBARA RODEN A group of citizens met of movement regarding lothat when the Parcel Post service arrived in Ashcroft in December 1914 to discal projects, is nothing new. In 1914 there was parcels sometimes had to be left on the sidewalk, as cuss the possibility of “securing for the reading pub- a good deal of displeasure with Ottawa over the gla- there was no room in the post office itself. lic of Ashcroft one of the traveling libraries which is cial progress of the erection of a long-promised pubWhether or not it was because of the petition is furnished for a nominal sum by the Provincial Gov- lic building in Ashcroft. In late 1912 the Dominion unknown, but in June 1914 Ottawa announced that ernment”. Mr. Hobson of the Ashcroft Hotel offered Government purchased a plot of land at the corner of tenders for the construction of the new public buildthe use of the hotel reading-room as a library, should 4th and Brink Streets, intending it to be the site of a ing would be called for immediately. “The long wait the town be successful in raising the necessary funds. new public building. In August 1913 Ottawa advised has come to an end,” proclaimed The Journal in triResidents were cautioned not to refuse if a delega- that work on the building would begin “at once”, but umph. “The watched pot has boiled.” Plans for the tion soliciting “two bits” visited, as “the penalty will when there was still no sign of any activity by March new building were put on display in the post office be great”. 1914 frustration boiled over, resulting in a petition (which probably didn’t help the overcrowding situaIn an effort to help immigrants adapt to their being drafted and sent to the Hon. Martin Burrell, tion there), and were widely admired. “The structure new country, Ashcroft restaurant owner Chow Jim MP for Yale-Cariboo. More than 200 people signed will be one of which Ashcroft will be proud, and will donated the use of a room behind his establish- the document, which described the “absolute neces- be as durable as the eternal hills.” ment so that a night school could be set up for Chi- sity of at once constructing a fit and suitable public Even as Ashcroft celebrated the imminent connese youth. Miss Janet Baillie, Mrs. Donald Suther- building in the town of Ashcroft” in which could be struction of the public building, however, faraway land, and a number of other residents operated the housed the post office, telegraph office, telephone events were conspiring to ensure that it would be school, and The Journal reported that “the sight of 20 exchange, and Customs office. three long years before it was finally built. Late in or more bright young men studying the English lanThe four businesses operated out of three sep- 2014, Canada found itself involved in a complicated guage from 7:30 to 9 pm each evening, Saturday ex- arate locations around town; locations described as war in a far-off country; much as it did late in 1914, cepted, is gratifying to all who long to see the utmost “small, unsanitary, and poorly equipped”. The one when events in Europe culminated in the start of the done for the Highest. . . . By their zeal to better them- telephone that connected Ashcroft to the outer world Great War. That conflict had an immediate impact on selves, the Chinese offer a challenge to the best that was situated in the telegraph office, which was al- Ashcroft and area, as dozens of local men enlisted is in us. Wake up, Ashcroft.” ready far too small to accommodate all the telegraph and headed east. Those left behind also felt the imPolitics was, as always, a hot topic. The leader of operators properly; and since Ashcroft would be get- pact of the war, as the price of staples such as flour the provincial Liberal Party, Mr. H.C. Brewster, vis- ting its own in-town phone system in summer 1914, and sugar immediately rose. “The worst of it is that ited Ashcroft in January 1914, to campaign at a pub- a proper space would be needed for it. The Customs when once prices go up they will never come down lic meeting in the community hall. A large attend- office was described as a “small, dingy building”, again,” wrote R.D. Cumming in The Journal in Deance was requested, and ladies were “cordially invit- while the post office was located within the Cen- cember 1914; a final piece of proof, if it were needed, ed” to be there. Quite a few ladies turned up at the tral Hotel, and had outgrown its space, to the point that everything old is new again.
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Up to snow good
On January 5, 2015 my children received something I always wanted as a kid but never got: a snow day. “Wouldn’t it be cool if school is cancelled tomorrow?” my 14-year-old son had asked as he watched the flurry of flakes falling outside our living room window on the last Sunday of the winter break. “Keep dreaming,” I said. “My brother and I used to wish for the same thing and it never happened.” Monday morning, on their first scheduled day back after their two-week hiatus from school, I was anxious to have the house to myself. I woke Sam and Daisy up, fed them breakfast and made their lunches. As my husband shovelled the driveway for the fourth time in the
ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com last 24 hours, I started the truck and the kids got dressed. “Chelsey said school is cancelled,” my 11-year-old daughter said excitedly as I walked back inside. Skeptical, I looked online at a local news site to prove that her friend’s text must be mistaken. “The superintendent says they haven’t declared a snow day in 35 years,” I read from the report. “So unless there’s a major power outage or road clo-
sures, schools will be open as usual.” Daisy looked disappointed. “Jake said school’s cancelled!” Sam said, bounding up the stairs with a big grin on his face. “It’s not,” his little sister grumbled. And then Sam looked bummed out as well. With my boots and coat still on, I decided I’d better double check with the Central Okanagan School District’s website before we left in the
truck. To my surprise the site announced a district-wide snow day. After reading the report aloud I stood there in shock as my kids did the happy dance. When I shared the notice on my Facebook page the reaction was mixed. Some were as stunned as I was, others said they saw it coming and a few thought it was ludicrous. “We treat our kids today like fine china,” wrote one friend who grew up in a much snowier area with no sidewalks during the ‘50s when they had to walk to school during blizzards. “Give me a break. It’s time for kids to face the inevitable of life’s challenges, such as a snowfall.” But if enough roads and sidewalks weren’t plowed and the school
district’s superintendent deemed it unsafe enough to call for a snow day, I was okay with that. About an hour later, while Sam, Daisy and our dogs played in a foot and a half of the fluffy white stuff in the back yard, I called my father to ask him if he’d ever had a snow day. He hadn’t either, but he did remember the winter of 1964 when he and my mom were in grade ten and the dress code at their public school in North Vancouver was
temporarily altered. “It was freezing cold so the girls didn’t have to wear skirts or dresses that week,” he said. “But our principal announced on the intercom that even though they were allowed to wear slacks during the storm, they still had to wear their girdles underneath.” Up until then my dad didn’t even know girls wore those uncomfortable looking compression garments he’d seen on his mother. “I guess there was a
fear of jiggling bottoms or something,” he said, laughing at the ridiculous double standard he and my girdle-wearing mom never questioned back then. For better or worse times have definitely changed. I believe keeping our kids safe and attempting to equalize the genders are both positive steps in a preferable direction. Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com
January • Week 3 ARIES - Take a leadership role on a work assignment, Aries. If your interest in work has been waning of late, a more active role may help you change your perspective. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, there is nothing you cannot accomplish this week. The sky is the limit in terms of your potential. All you need to do is focus your energy on a particular task. GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Let something that’s been bugging you cool off for the time being, Gemini. There’s plenty of time to revisit the situation later, and you will be glad you took some time away. CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 You’re willing to give a loved one the benefit of the doubt when that person makes a proposal that seems to come out of nowhere. Your patience will be appreciated. LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Expect to be surprised by good news, Leo. Share your good fortune with others this week, and you will realize the good news will prove even more enjoyable. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 You may benefit from a change of scenery, Virgo. If you have the time, book a getaway to an exotic locale and make the most of this time to rest, relax and recharge. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, rest assured that a broken heart or bruised ego will not last too long. There are big changes ahead in your personal or professional life, so keep your eyes open. SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Taking charge comes naturally to you, Scorpio. In fact, you thrive in this role. But this week you may have to play second fiddle for the good of the team.
One quick turn... and it’s all over for this dog!
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 You seem to be operating on autopilot this week, Sagittarius. Your routine has become so ingrained that things are automatic. Make a few minor changes to liven things up. CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Spend the week in as much quiet contemplation as you can manage, Capricorn. You have a few big questions to work out and can only think when you have private time.
ogs are easily jolted out of open pick-ups and AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, dissatisfaction at work has you wondering if things would be different elsewhere. Sometimes a change of attitude can give you an entirely new perspective. en suffer crippling injuries PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, a loved one comes to you seeking guidance this week, but don’t be bummed if they ultimately do not heed your advice. death. Use a otective kennel secured to the ck bed, or better yet, let your Is this any way to treat your best friend? Dogs are easily jolted out of open pick-ups and often st friend ride safely in the cab. suffer crippling injuries or death. www.spca.bc.ca
Is this any way to treat your best friend?
Dogs are easily jolted ou of open pick-ups and often suffer crippling injuries or death.
Use a protective kennel secured to the truck bed, or better yet, let your best friend ride safely in the cab.
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Lieutenant Governor sponsors youth environment program by Tom Fletcher Black Press VICTORIA – Inspired by her holistic ranching background, Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon has launched a province-wide environmental education program for high school teachers and youth leaders. Stewards of the Future offers grants of up to $800 per group to cover field trips, fees for programs and guess speakers, equipment and teacher release time for projects. It is offered for students from grades 9-12, First Nations educators, 4-H, Guide and Scout groups and environment clubs, with an application deadline of Jan. 23
for the spring program. “Through Stewards of the Future, students will have the opportunity to explore issues that affect the land, water and other natural resources in British Columbia,” Guichon said. “The goal of this program is not to solve the challenges we face, but rather to encourage open discussion and gain a better understanding of the issues that affect our natural surroundings.” Program partners, including the education ministry and B.C. Parks, offer support such as research on invasive species leading to mapping and removal. The Stewards of the Future toolkit emphasizes hands-on “place-based” experience to appreciate and enhance biodiversity. Guichon and her late husband Lawrence Guichon are credited with pion-
Working hard for residents
schooling never missed an opportunity to dishere and cuss the shortage of physicians in then worked at Bethlehem Cop- the rural areas and donated apartper (now Highland Valley Cop- ment space for new doctors for sevper). For several years he operat- eral months when necessary. For ed a successful trucking business in his work and dedication he was the Revelstoke area but found that awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Medhis heart remained in Ashcroft. So, al in 2013. in 1994 he purchased the hardware Anderson understands the way store and moved back. Since that that government operates and has time he has purchased additional seen first hand the success that can businesses and his son and family be achieved when everyone works assist with the overall operations. together for the greater god for the He is a past President of the entire area. He believes that rural Ashcroft Chamber of Commerce, British Columbia is one of the is the founder and co-Chair of the worst kept secrets as most comCache Creek Airport Mother’s Day munities offer a quality of life and Fly In; an avid participant of the cost of living that allows young Barnes Lake Ice Races and pas- families a lifestyle of work and sionate promoter of the Ashcroft play. He would like to see more Terminal project. jobs relocated from the larger cenDuring his 10 years as May- tres so that young families can afor, he met with and lobbied vari- ford to move back home. ous levels of Government and saw As he spent his early years in the Ashcroft Terminal progress the Bridge River area, he underfrom not much more than an idea stands the vast area that this new to an operating trans loading facil- riding covers. He has spent literality that is growing larger every day. ly thousands of hours on the road In addition, he guided the com- and is up to the challenge of meetmunity through a number of long ing and representing the citizens in term projects including upgrades this new Mission Matsqui Fraser to the water and sewer systems, a Canyon riding. new community brand Call Terry at 250-453-2261 for the best and test sites for hot advertising in town or email her at water and photovolsales@accjournal.ca taic systems. He also Anderson from p. 1
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eering holistic management in the B.C. cattle industry, emphasizing preservation of natural grassland on their historic Merritt-area ranch. Holistic management, developed by African biologist and game ranger Allan Savory, overturned the longheld belief that overgrazing is the result of too many animals. Savory proved that reducing the number of animals doesn’t restore grasslands, which developed in the presence of large herds that were kept closely bunched and moving to avoid predators. Planned grazing mimics that pattern and gives grasslands time to recover. Details and application forms for the Stewards of the Future program are available at the Lieutenant Governor’s website, www.ltgov.bc.ca Guichon intends to visit programs in the province and incorporate an awards program for participants.
Community Volunteer Groups The Royal Canadian Legion #113
301 Brink St., Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0 Phone: 250-453-2423 Fax # 250-453-9625
South Cariboo Elizabeth Fry Society
601 Bancroft St. Box 603, Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0 250-453-9656
Ashcroft and District Fall Fair Contact Person: Janna 250-457-6614 Contact Person: Jessica 250-457-7128
Ashcroft Soup’s On
Ashcroft and Masonic Lodge Zarthan Lodge No#105 Contact Person: Fred Dewick
Phone 250-453-2415
Ashcroft & District Tennis Association Contact Person: Maria Russell Martin Phone 250-453-9391
Ashcroft & District Lions Club
Contact Person: Lion Vivian Phone 250-453-9077
Ashcroft-Cache Creek Seniors Assc.
601 Bancroft St., Ashcroft, BC Phone 250-453-9762
The Ashcroft & District Health Care Auxiliary Thrift Store
601 Bancroft St., Ashcroft, BC Phone 250-453-9944
347 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corp Contact Person: Lt. (N) Curran 250-319-3461 Alexine Johannsson 250-453-2661 email: darrin.curran@cadets.gc.ca
Ashcroft Communities in Bloom
Phone 250-453-9907 e-mail: dangre@telus.net
Ashcroft Hospice Program
St. Alban’s
Anglican Church of Canada CANON LOIS PETTY
Crossroads Pentecostal Assembly
Christ Centered People Centered 1551 Stage Rd. Cache Creek B.C. • 250-457-6463 crossroadspentecostalassembly.org
Pastor David Murphy Worship and Sermon commences at 10 a.m. Everyone welcome
Desert Spokes Cycle Society Phone 250-457-9348
Ashcroft Curling Club Phone 250-453-2341
Ashcroft Volunteer Fire Department
Ashcroft/Cache Creek Volunteer Chapter Phone 250-374-8307
United Church of Canada
501 Brink St, Ashcroft ~ 250-453-9909
Contact Person: Karin Magnuson Phone 250-457-6629
Ducks Unlimited Canada
Taoist Tai Chi Contact Person: Danita Howard
SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10 am KIDZ MONDAY SCHOOL: 3:30 pm
Ashcroft-Cache Creek Rotary Club
Ashcroft & District Rodeo Association
401 Bancroft, Ashcroft, BC • 250-453-9511
Lay Leaders: Fritz Baatz & Frank Mierau
District Commissioner: Marcie Down mleedown@yahoo.ca.
St. Alban’s Anglican Church Hall, 501 Brink Street Tel: 250-453-9909 or 250-453-2053 - All Welcome
Contact Persons: Andrea Walker 250-453-9402 or Marijke Stott 250-453-0050
zuc@coppervalley.bc.ca • http://ashcroftunited.ca
Sage & Sand Pony Club
Shirley 250-453-9202
Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society Contact Person: Nadine 250-453-2053
Canadian Red Cross - Health Equipment Loan Program (H.E.L.P.) Ashcroft Hospital - 250-453-2244
Desert Bells Handbell Choir Carmen Ranta 250-457-9119
Sage Sound Singers Adult Community
Phone: 250-457-9390
Phone 250-453-2233
Cache Creek Volunteer Fire Department Phone 250-457-9967
South Cariboo Sportsmen Assc. #3366 Attn: Marian Pitt, Box 341, Ashcroft BC V0K 1A0
Soccer Association Contact: Tom Watson
Phone 250-457-7178
Thompson Cariboo Minor Hockey Association Contact: Lewis Kinvig 250-457-7489 Lewis@thompsoncariboominorhockey.com
Historic Hat Creek Ranch Contact: Jack Jeyes
Phone 250-453-2259
Kinsmen Club of South Cariboo Contact Person: Dave 250-453-9062
Cache Creek Recreation Society Contact Person: Jackie
Phone 250-457-9122
Bridging to Literacy
Contact Person: Ann Belcham 250-453-9417
The “Purpose of Sunday” Car Club President: Tom Lowe 240-457-6564
SCI Thompson River, B.C. Chapter Ken Brown - Phone: 250-453-9415
Ashcroft Yoga Group
Call Marijke - Phone: 250-453-0050
Second Time Around
201 Railway Ave., Ashcroft BC Anne Bonter 250-457-9781
Cache Creek Market and Cache Creek Garden Club Marcie Down 250-457-9630
Ashcroft Royal Purple Phone 250-457-9122
Choir Michelle Reid 250-457-9676
BC Lung Association Carolyn Chorneychuk, Director 250-453-9683 Email:carelee67@gmail.com
Cache Creek Beautification Society and Cache Creek Communities in Bloom
Ashcroft Cache Creek Better at Home
Carmen Ranta 250-457-9119
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Seniors Centre is open for fun
lived in many other BC towns and cities us” almost as Julie Andrews sang - well, besides travelling to locations in Alberta maybe not all but certainly an introducand Ontario, following availability of em- tion. ployment while raising three children. Next meeting is on Thursday, Jan. 15 Welcome to 2015! By the time She has had training as a cook and as a it seems early this month, but it is the third you read this, we will have had care aide as well, and she volunteers for Thursday. It is important that we all atAshcroft-Cache Creek Seniors our first week back at the CenBetter at Home, so we know we are in catend these meetings as there are things we tre, weather permitting! We will Joyce West pable hands! discuss and it is helpful if everyone has a have put almost all our celebraBesides that, she has the most infecchance to make their feelings known. Do tions in our memory boxes and we mately 2:15 pm; and Saturday - Bingo tious laugh that keeps us all smiling. The come and introduce yourselves to Nola will be back to normal routines and wear- open to the public, doors open at noon. big plus in her favour is that she says she if you haven’t already met her, and enjoy ing “Auld claes and parritch” - translaAnnual membership dues should be likes Ashcroft and its people best of all the very tasty pot luck lunch with the rest tion - wearing everyday clothes and eat- paid in January. the places she has lived! of the members. See you there! ing everyday fare. Nola McIlravey I hope Our schedule is as follows:It is said that the kitchen is the heart Monday - Bridge, doors open at 12:30 of a home, so surely the ruler of the kitch- this little pm; Tuesday - Carpet Bowling, doors en is one of the most important members thumbyou haven’t gone for open at 12:30 pm, and Card Games at ap- of our group. She is the one who sees to nail many years. You might proximately 2:15 pm; Wednesday closed; it that we have tea, coffee and goodies sketch of not have ever attended the third Thursday of the month is our available all the time and that the kitch- Nola will the church, or know the business meeting - noon pot luck lunch; en is well stocked with all the necessities. be the people; you don’t in Friday - Carpet Bowling, doors open at Our “boss of the kitchen” is Nola McIl- first understand what is 12:30 pm, and Card Games at approxi- ravey and I would like to tell you a little a series, Victor Koop taking place, and you so watch may feel awkward or about her. this spot Evangelical Free Church out of place at first. Moving from one location to for So as we begin this another 45 times in 47 years and “Getting New Year I have these living in three provinces - what to know As we begin this New Year we questions to ask you an interesting life she has led! She us, getall have various emotions and feelHow is your relationship with has also a more complete read- ting to ings. We may be excited about the God? Are you on speaking terms? ing of this land of ours than most know all Reserve your space! prospect of a new year, new chal- How is your relationship with of us do! Born in Penticton, she about Call The Journal 250-453-2261 lenges with our work, new personal Jesus? Do you know him as your was raised in Powell River and has goals or maybe some new dreams Saviour and Friend? You can begin of what you want to accomplish. It this year with a fresh new start. feels good to have a new beginning In a Bible verse in Isaiah 43:18, CARIBOO or a fresh start. The Lord says, “Forget about what UNTRY Compassionate CO PET CARE You might have had the ex- has happened before. Do not think MOBILE Close to home Y perience in the past of working about the past. Instead, look at the VETERINAR S ICE RV on a project with lots of ideas, but new things I’m going to do.” God is SE DVM as you went along you soon lost saying in this verse – ‘Forget about Pam Barker, Michelle Collett, RAHT the excitement, and you may have what’s happened before. Don’t given up. Or you may have start- think about the past. It’s over. The Jan. 19: Bingo starts in Spences Bridge – every 3rd Monday. Early ed a new project - made some mis- book’s closed on it.’ bird at 6:30pm in Clemes Hall. info@cariboomobilevet.com Jan. 21: Kamloops Explorers Group presents “Backyard, Boneyard, takes and had to begin all over God is more interested in the www.CaribooMobileVet.com Junkyard Geology” with Jim Britton, Geologist and Planner with the (7387) ETS 4-P -64 250 levet again. These can cause frustrations future than He is in what’s hapfacebook.com/cariboomobi Province of B.C. Ashcroft River Inn, 7:00pm. Free to attend; door that will keep you from trying any- pened in the past. When we come prize. thing new. to God to ask for forgiveness, He Jan. 23: Youth night from 6:30-8pm, ages 10 -18. Fun games, craft, music snacks and social time with friends! Basket ball follows from What kind of ideas could you wipes out all our past sins. He forSHCROFT OTTLE EPOT 8:15-9:15pm for ages 12 and up. Cache Creek Community Hall. try this year? What about reading a gets them – erases them – throws Purity Feed Building, Downtow Adults welcome! n Ashcroft new book? Why not begin to study them away – doesn’t bring it up Feb. 7: Seedy Saturday is back, hosted by the Cache Creek Beautification Society. 10 am to 3 pm at the Cache Creek Community the Bible with some friends? You again. Hall. Gardening talks, vendors, displays, children’s activities, food. will be surprised what you might There is one verse in the Bible Admission is free. learn. Maybe you could discover I want to leave you with and it is NOW “Cars on Ice” at Barnes Lake (east of Ashcroft) Jan. 17 -18; Jan. 31 ACCEPTING a new faith by attending a church found in the New Testament – 2 Feb. 1; Feb. 14 15; Feb. 28 Mar. 1. Watch cars race wheel-to-wheel ELECTRONICS or against the clock! with other believers? When is the Corinthians 5:17 – “When someVillage of Ashcroft Memories Project: Watch and listen as local Please remember: Caps off last time you had a real talk with one becomes a Christian, he or she - Labels on! We now accept milk cartons pioneers share their memories. Show time is at 1:30pm at the (please rinse first, no refund) God? becomes a brand new person. He is Community Hall on Brink Street. Admission is free; refreshments TUESDAY TO SATURDAY 10 - 4 250 -457-7026 will be served. Jan. 25: “Sports”, “Business”, and “Railway”. One of the hardest things to do not the same anymore, a new life is to start attending a church when has begun.”
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