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Trades training comes to Clinton

TRU and SD 73’s portable welding trailers got the red ribbon treatment in Clinton last Friday. Greg Howard, trustee Nancy Rempel, MLA Jackie Tegart, Mayor Jim Rivett and Tracey Liesch took part in the ribbon-cutting above. Below, TRU dead of Trades and Technology Linsay Langill said a few words about the portable classrooms. Twelve local students are enrolled in the welding program.

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It unsure whether Ashcroft will have a rodeo this year. The only thing for certain is that it won’t be taking place on the rodeo grounds. The Rodeo Association has been told they can no longer continue on the property owned by Desert Hills Ranch because of insurance concerns. “It’s not a matter of having enough insurance,” said David Porter of Desert Hills. “They couldn’t find the proper insurance. Contestants aren’t covered by insurance.” Rodeos are a very risky event, he said, and property owners are a target for lawsuits. Porter said they offered the Association assistance in moving the rodeo to another location. “It’s not totally dead yet,” said Association president Bob Sidwell. The group is looking for a new location with at least five hectares of flat land. If it can come up with a suitable piece in two weeks, the rodeo may go ahead this year. “We have liability insurance to cover spectators,” said Sidwell. “Contestants have no insurance. They sign a waiver with BCRA to compete. “In a way I can see their point,” he said, “but we’ve been here 53 years and never had one incident where anyone has sued. We’re still crossing our fingers that something can come up.” Heather Philpott, organizer of the annual Rodeo Parade, said they are concerned about the future of the rodeo and how it will affect the parade, but they won’t be making alternate plans until they know for sure whether the rodeo is going ahead this year. “All you need is a piece of land and a ton of volunteers,” she said. Before the Feb. 23 Ashcroft Council meeting got underway, parade committee member Cam Tedford asked Council members if they had any direction that he could take to the committee, such as holding it in conjunction with another event. “If the rodeo goes down and comes back in a year or two,” said Mayor Jack Jeyes, “I would say the allegiance of the parade is to the rodeo.” Coun. Al Mertens said he didn’t think the parade needed to be held with another event. “The parade is historically linked with the rodeo, but it is a separate event,” he said. “I think the parade can exist on its own for the same weekend. I think the parade is the parade.”

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Sweeping a path to the button March 1: The Village of Ashcroft presents a Heritage Event on at 2:00 pm at the Community Hall on Bancroft. This year’s theme is “Main Street”, and the event will look at Railway Avenue and its businesses over the decades. Admission is free; refreshments will be served. March 3: the Zion UCW meets at 2 pm in Zion United Church Hall, 401 Bancroft St., Ashcroft. All United Church women are most welcome to attend any or all of our meetings. March 5: Cache Creek Garden Club meets in the Public Library at 6 pm. Everyone welcome. March 6: the World Day of Prayer Service for Ashcroft and area is hosted by Zion United, 401 Bancroft Street; 7 pm. The service was prepared by the women of the Bahamas. Guest speakers are Molly & Ken Platz who have visited the Bahamas. Everyone is welcome, refreshments to follow. March 8: International Women’s Day Celebration 1:00 4:00 pm Walhachin Soldiers Memorial Hall. Entertainment, art show, pot luck. 250-457-6678 for more info. March 9: UCW and Friends 69th Bean Supper! Longest ongoing event in Ashcroft. Two sittings; 5 and 6 pm. Tickets at the door. Look for posters with more details around the area. “Cars on Ice” at Barnes Lake (east of Ashcroft) Feb. 28 Mar. 1. Watch cars race wheel-to-wheel or against the clock! Calling all artists! 2015 Ashcroft Plein Air Paint-out - May 22, 23, 24th. More info: ashcroftpleinair@gmail.com Pulbic Show & Sale May 24th.

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Curlers Gary Farr and Chris Brezina are watched by Paul Quesnel at last week’s zone championships at the Ashcroft Curling Club. Nine teams competed to play in the BC provincial championships in Richmond. First place went to the Vernon men’s team and McArthur Island Ladies’ team. Travel Centre broken into

Feb. 17 police were called to look into a break in at the new Ashcroft Esso Travel Centre on Cornwall Rd. by the racetrack. Video surveillance showed that around 1:30 am, a purple or dark blue fourdoor car pulled up and two males and two females exited. The suspects broke into an area where an addition was being built and made off with power tools worth approximately $3,000 including a jackhammer, a chop saw and gas cans. The suspects were observed on tape inspecting cigarette buts left behind in the parking lot. Anyone with information on the identity of these people is asked to contact the RCMP at 453-2216.

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Feb. 19 at 2 am police attended the Chevron to assist ambulance attendants with two unruly, slightly intoxicated adults found sleeping on the floor in the store. The couple became more co-operative once police had arrived. The 42 year old Kamloops man said they were just looking for a place to warm up. He and a 47 year old Kamloops woman said they were hitchhiking to Clinton. They left the building to resume their travels.

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Feb. 19 at 6 pm police received a complaint of assault after a man out walking his dog on Brink St. in Ashcroft said he was kicked in the stomach repeatedly by another man out walking his dogs. The 42 year old Ashcroft man said he was walking his dog when they were approached by the suspect, a 43 year old Ashcroft man, who was walking two dogs. The dogs were ex-

Couple’s dispute turns on son

Feb. 19 at 6:35 pm police were called to an Ashcroft home for a family dispute which began as an argument between a husband and wife and ended with an assault on their teenage son who tried to intervene. The intoxicated male agreed to go sleep it off in a Cache Creek motel and was given a ride by RCMP. The matter is still under investigation.

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Feb. 20 at 7:30 am police attended a single vehicle accident on Hwy 1 just east of Cache Creek when a 2000 GMC Sierra ended up in the ditch. The driver, a 47 year old man from 100 Mile House, said he lost control on the slippery roadsk as it had rained overnight and then froze in spots. He was examined by ambulance attendants and received no serious injuries. His truck had to be towed for repairs.

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Laura Martin of Second Time Around presents the cheque to Martina, Jim and Preslee Duncan for WRAPS.

Second Time Around funds local entertainment

Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society (aka WRAPS) would like to gratefully acknowledge Second Time Around for their donation of $1,000 towards programming for Ashcroft and area residents. It is through the generous donations from volunteer organizations such as Second Time Around that we are able to bring Music Concerts, Plays, Workshops, Summer Youth and

Children’s Arts Programs and Music in the Park to our community. Be sure to check out the website www.windingriversarts.ca to find out upcoming events in our community. Up next is “Cougar Annie” with Katrina Kadoski on Sunday, March 15. It is a matinee performance with stories and songs of a resourceful woman’s adventures with wildlife and husbands

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on her Island farm, and it begins at 3 pm at St Alban’s Hall in Ashcroft (501 Brink Street). Tickets are available at the Ashcroft Bakery, UniTea and Nature’s Gifts. Again, many thanks to Second Time Around and our other sponsors and donors for their support in bringing Arts to our area. Submitted

Janet Quesnel and Hilda Jones sweep a path for Anita Mazurkewich’s rock over the weekend while opponent Ashley Gray, skip of the McArthur Island Curling Club watches. The Kamloops team won the Ladies side of the tournament and will advance to the provincials.

School trustees throughout BC are still reeling from last week’s provincial budget announcement that Boards of Education will be required to reduce spending on administration and related services by a total of $29M next school year and a further $25M in 2016/17. But thanks to Gold Trail’s Board of Education, the BC School Trustees Association (BCSTA) will be making its feelings loud and clear to Education Minister Peter Fassbender. The trustees held a special meeting on Feb. 20 by conference call and passed a motion to give BCSTA Board of Directors direction “to discuss the memorandum of understanding with the Minister of Education and review possible areas of concern regarding recent provincial government budget processes, communication, content, and impacts.” Trustee Nancy Rempel, Gold Trail’s representative on the council, presented the late motion to the provincial council of the BCSTA last weekend, and it was accepted. There was one other motion put forward at the meeting of the provincial Council requesting that all boards of education meet with their own local MLA’s to discuss the budget cut. “I support doing that as a board when more details of the implications of the budget are explained by the ministries of Finance and Education,” said trustee Carmen Ranta, chair of the Gold Trail board of education. Rempel stated as well that the provincial government needed to be reminded of the Memorandum of Understanding that it signed with the BCSTA last year. Particularly the clause regarding Consultation and Notification and about how “the parties are committed to cooperated in the spirit of partnership particularly in the development of policies, programs, projects and funding options.” “If we’d heard about this (funding cut) before hand, we could have shown that we’re not top heavy,” said trustee Val Adrian. Superintendent Teresa Downs said the Ministry of Education has not released its budget yet, so it is unknown what the figures will be for the individual districts, And, she said, no one is exactly sure what is meant by “administration.” “It’s difficult for us because we believe we’ve already cut as much as we can,” said Downs. The District has cut back in many ways including eliminating the Director of Instruction position, sharing the Secretary-Treasurer and Director of Facilities positions with the Okanagan Similkameen (SD 53) School District, and closing local schools. The BCSTA was quick to issue a public statement after the budget highlights were released last week. “It is clear the new provincial education budget will mean further cuts in school districts across the province,” said BCSTA president Teresa Rezansoff. “The money allocated in the 2015/16 provincial budget for public education simply will not cover our increasing costs, and now we are seeing millions of dollars taken away from school districts for other uses. “This leaves very little, if anything, for Boards to use toward meeting continuing, unfunded cost pressures.” BCSTA, working on behalf of Boards of Education throughout the province, will be seeking further clarification from the Ministry of Education in the coming weeks. Individual school districts will receive their 2015/16 budget allocations in early March so there is much work to be done.

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Scenic walkways don’t come cheap Ashcroft Council is struggling with the fact that prosperity comes with a price. In this case, the properity means additional truck traffic on Evans Road, also known as the slough road. And the price is the unhappiness of towns people who like to walk and jog along the otherwise quiet road that borders the river. I’ve been walking that road for years, taking pictures of the ducks and geese on the river, the marmots hiding on the rocks, the chukars crossing the road, the eagles, osprey, hawks and kestrals that perch here and there while they wait for their lunch to fly or swim by. I get along with the truck and other fourwheeled traffic just fine. I figure I should be safe as long as I walk next to the cement barricade because no one is going to knowingly drive into it. I don’t walk there as much as I used to due to the growing numbers of pedestrians who have discovered Evans Road. More people out walking with their dogs and children mean my critters aren’t going to hang around to have their pictures snapped. But the Village is getting more and more requests for a safe pedestrian walkway on a road that is already almost too narrow for two-laned traffic. Let’s face it, the road is stuck between a river and a hill with CP train tracks on it. A walkway can be built, but not without a huge amount of money. Perhaps the requests could be going to Ashcroft Terminal instead, or the businesses that use the terminal, for funding to build some creative pathway using engineering ingenuity. Hopefully such a magnificent walkway will not detract from the beautiful setting, nor draw such a crowd of users that everyone will need an appointment to take their peaceful daily walk. To start with, the new drivers on Evans Road needs to be told by their employer that pedestrian safety is paramount. And pedestrians need to follow the basic rules of the road and walk facing traffic and not all over the road. After that, we can put our heads together to come up with a solution that everyone can live with.

PINE CONES hang on to a sparsely populated branch Canada – we are the only government in Canada to deliver a budget surplus this year. For that we can thank our province’s diversified economy. Unlike our neighJackie Tegart bours in Alberta, which is MLA, Fraser Nicola impacted by the drop in world oil prices, demand for B.C.’s products internationally remains strong. For example, since 2003 The start of a new session of the we have seen a 30-fold increase in the B.C. Parliament is always a busy and value of B.C. softwood lumber exports to China. That makes us less deexciting time in Victoria. The legislature is again buzz- pendent on the U.S. market, which is ing with activity which started Feb. still our largest customer for lumber. Of particular interest to people in 10 with the Speech from the Throne, which outlined the government’s plan areas around Ashcroft is a promise in for the coming year, and was followed the budget to expand high-speed Interby the release of the provincial budget net to rural areas. This will give more people access to things such as onon Feb. 17. We are proud of the fact that B.C. line courses to further their education, is the envy of other jurisdictions in and TeleHealth, which puts patients in

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rural and remote areas in touch with health professionals without having to travel great distances. There is also help for children and families in this budget. As of Sept. 1, low-income single parents will get to keep every dollar of their child-support payments, additional funds have been provided for B.C. School Fruit and Vegetable Program, and an additional $250 children’s fitness equipment tax credit to take a bit of pressure off of parents. We’ve always said our commitment to health care is world class, now we have confirmation. The Conference Board of Canada ranks B.C. No. 1 in Canada on health performance, and around the world only Switzerland and Sweden ranked higher than our province. In short, life in British Columbia is good and getting better.

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Turning healthy people into patients The societal cost implications of the new guidelines are, however, breath-taking: £285 million cost annually to the NHS; much more in the U.S. Guideline advocates claim the guidelines will reduce the rate of heart attacks and strokes in those treated by a third or more. Critics, however, point out that many patients, citing sideeffects such as muscle discomfort simply won’t continue taking statins long-term. Also, next to nothing is known about the long-term safety of the newer, high-potency statins. Large groups of patients on statins have only been followedup for 10 to 15 years, and many of them were on older, less potent statins. More worrisome, even this limited followup has recently found one new case of Type 2 diabetes per 700 person-years of statin treatment. But if it has taken epidemiologists more than two decades to discover the statin/Type 2 diabetes link, what other subtle and delayed side-effects of statin use are we not yet aware of? Discovery of just one additional side-effect of similar seriousness and frequency would virtually wipe out the net benefits at the new thresholds for statins. Some physicians and researchers are asking: “Is this really how we want to spend our scarce healthcare resources?” In terms of preventing cardiovascular disease specifically, why not work harder on promoting non-smoking, healthy diet and physical activity instead? These lifestyle risk-factors are reversible without drugs, and still constitute the fundamental “upstream” causes of heart disease. Lifestyle changes population-wide would also yield spinoff benefits in preventing certain cancers and other chronic diseases not affected by statins. This is where the controversy currently sits. Many physicians are reluctant to follow the new guidance. In the interim, the increased complexity of such closely balanced risks and benefits will require clinicians to more skilfully engage patients’ personal values and preferences before starting statins. -John Frank is an expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca and Chair, Public Health Research and Policy, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. His book, Prevention: A (Very) Critical View, will be published by Oxford University Press in late 2015. www.troymedia.com

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by John Frank Expert Advisor EvidenceNetwork.ca EDINBURGH, Scotland/ Troy Media/ Modern medical practice is engaged in a battle, not for hearts and minds, but for the conversion of perfectly healthy people into patients. However, a substantial majority of these people, labelled “at high risk” of various diseases in the name of prevention, will not benefit despite the significant costs of preventive interventions. In fact, some may be harmed. This “medicalization” of healthy persons, especially after mid-life, arises largely from ever lower cut-offs for treatment of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) - heart attacks and strokes. Modest elevations of blood pressure and blood cholesterol, for example, typically cause no symptoms until they have been present for decades. Over-treatment of these risk factors can do more harm than good. For example, controversy on both sides of the Atlantic surrounds new thresholds for cholesterol treatment, which recommend the statin family of drugs be taken indefinitely and daily for one quarter to one-third of the healthy olderadult population. Of specific concern is that millions of additional persons with no symptoms will now be prescribed statins, even though, for many, their absolute risk of cardiovascular disease is quite low, and their first heart attack or stroke is many years to decades away. The new guidelines are not simple to communicate to patients. But here’s the bottom line: in the UK, there is now a significantly lowered risk-threshold for starting statins -from 20 per cent to 10 per cent - the likelihood that a given healthy patient will have a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years - and in the U.S. that cut-off is even lower at 7.5 per cent. Statins do have impressive benefits compared to risks for people who have significantly higher CVD risk levels, and in persons who have had symptoms of heart attack or stroke. But this is not the case for everyone. What is driving these guideline changes? The continuing fall in the price of powerful generic statins has converted statins prescribed for these lower risk thresholds into a competitive health economic investment. In other words, the new guidelines meet NICE (National Institute of Health and Care Excellence) criteria in the UK for “quality-adjusted years of life gained, per pound sterling spent.”

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Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2015 model year Chevrolet car, SUV, crossover and pickup models delivered in Canada between February 3 and March 2, 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive) and credit value depends on model purchased: $750 credit available on eligible Chevrolet vehicle (except Colorado 2SA, Corvette, Camaro Z28, Malibu LS, Silverado 1500 and HD). Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any Pontiac/Saturn/SAAB/Hummer/Oldsmobile model year 1999 or newer car or Chevrolet Cobalt or HHR that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2015 model year Chevrolet car, SUV, crossover and pickups models delivered in Canada between February 3 and March 2, 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive): $1,500 credit available on eligible Chevrolet vehicles (except Colorado 2SA, Corvette, Camaro Z28, and Malibu LS). Offer is transferable to a family member living within the same household (proof of address required). As part of the transaction, dealer may request documentation and contact General Motors of Canada Limited (GMCL) to verify eligibility. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. Certain limitations or conditions apply. Void where prohibited. See your GMCL dealer for details. GMCL reserves the right to amend or terminate offers for any reason in whole or in part at any time without prior notice. † Based on GM Testing in accordance with approved Transport Canada test methods. Your actual fuel consumption may vary. > Based on WardsAuto.com 2012 Upper Small segment, excluding Hybrid and Diesel powertrains. 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The Learning Curve, a Community Adult Literacy Program is holding a Grand Opening from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28. The program is set up in the meeting room of the High Bar First Nation Office in the former United Church Thrift Shop area. Everyone is invited to drop in and see what programs and courses are of-

fered. There will be snacks, games, prizes and story time. You are invited to bring one (or more) used books to donate to the centre.

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A Volunteer Recognition Reception Clinton arena and Citizen of the Year Award will be held be(Clinton arena) on Sunday, March 1 ginning at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. from 3-5 p.m. 28 in the Clinton Memorial Hall. Clinton Minor Hockey members, Volunteers work hard to make our ages 5 – 18 will be playing a game of community better for us all. Visit with hockey. Come out and cheer them on. some of these volunteers and hear about Show support for the local hockey playprojects, events, etc. that they do. You ers. may find a group or organization that The Concession will be open during interests you. Most groups in the com- this event. munity would welcome new members. In addition to learning about various organizations, the Citizen of the Year for 2014 will be announced. Refreshments will be available and MLA Jackie Tegart and members of the Village of Clinton Council will be on The Plum Village Meditation Group was hand. formed as a result of a retreat three of us attended when Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Minor Hockey Fun Day There will be a Clinton Buddhist monk, was in Vancouver at UBC in Minor Hockey Fun Day at the summer of 2011. Our time of learning from the 47 Mile Sports Complex this most humble and spiritual teacher and meditating together with nearly 1,000 other people was a powerful experience for everyone in attendance. There was interest in the community about meditation and March • Week 1 we began a monthly ARIES - You impress everyone with your creativity this week, Aries. time of meeting where Allow this creativity to be the inspiration behind projects you have been putting off of late. we spend time watching a segment of a TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Keep your goals relatively simple for the next few days, Taurus. You can benefit from the positive DVD from one of the reinforcement of completing tasks and getting things done. talks given by Thich GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, you have been immersed in work Nhat Hanh at the reand are starting to show the ill effects of keeping long hours. Now is a great time to take a few days off or enjoy a mini-vacation. treat and then we practice meditation with CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, you have a lot to get done, but resist the urge to micromanage every detail, as this could be a whoever has joined us surefire path to burnout. You need to take a few breaths. for the evening. LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, avoid the temptation to get started on The group is open another new project. You already have plenty of other things on to anyone from beyour plate. Finish those tasks before moving on to something new. ginner to experienced VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 It is sometimes easy to miss the forest for the trees, Virgo. Try taking a step back so you can look at a puzzling practitioner - if you project from a new perspective. have ever wondered LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you may be searching for a new about meditation, adventure, but try to appreciate the here and now as well. It’s easy to come, bring a friend get swept up in fantasies, but don’t let them carry you too far away. and learn about presSCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you suspect that someone is hiding something, and that very well may be the case. Perhaps a ence and becoming. welcome surprise is coming your way. Resist the urge to dig too We meet the last deep. Friday of each month SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 You can probably talk your way (this time Feb. 27) at 7 out of trouble, Sagittarius, but this time it’s better to let things play out. Keep conversations light and free from controversy. pm at St Alban’s Meeting Room (501 Brink CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, find balance between your personal ambitions and things you have to accomplish at work Street) and we end by and at home. Finding a middle ground is the best approach. 8:30 pm. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you need a few extra people It is a lovely time to contribute to a special task, but you do not know who to ask. If you think hard enough, you will know who you can depend on. of gathering and spending intentional PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Your demeanor makes it easy for others to enjoy your company, and that will come in handy as your social time together . . . schedule fills up in the days ahead. Martina Duncan

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Even a fitness instructor needs to refocus This past year, I’ve been in a bit of a healthy living slump. Fitness has felt like a chore and making healthy eating choices often seems like too much sacrifice. I knew that my attitude had slipped toward the lazy and “Ah, what does it matter?” side of the scale, but until my pants started to feel tight, I just let the slump continue. Even more discouraging about “slumps” is that getting out of it means a lot of work and self-discipline.

vious years, but those times were short lived and always for a reason like wanting to look Vicky Trill good or because I wanted to play trills@telus.net on a basketball team. However, six years ago And that realization alone when I changed my mind makes you want to stay in about being active and living the slump, because it’s easia healthy lifestyle, my reaer… in the short term. sons were different. I wantSix years ago I changed my mind regarding my ed to be healthy and live an health and fitness. Sure, active lifestyle with, and for, I’d lost weight and been in my family and in particushape here and there in pre- lar my little girl. Not wanting to be a boring, “old” mom is what gave me the incenAshcroft Council has received wider,” said Coun. Doreen Lam- tive I needed to many requests over the years for a bert. get out of my pedestrian walkway along Evans The Ministry of Transporta- near 300 pound (“the Slough) Road. tion “has told us it’s just repaving slump and start With the promise of repav- what’s already paved,” said May- living well. ing this summer comes renewed or Jack Jeyes. “We lobbied to have So this past requests for a walkway. Coun- the pavement done - I’m not so sure month when I cil discussed a letter from the De- we can lobby and ask for more.” sert Hills Tri Club at its Feb. 23 He said even if they could meeting. In the end, they decided squeeze another meter out of the to make it a topic for one of their narrow road, you need to set up community round tables. a fence on one side and a cement “The conversations that I’ve barrier on the other which would heard are that we can’t make it any leave no room for walking.

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admitted I was in a slump with a bad attitude toward my personal health, I thought back to six years ago. I remembered how I felt about myself at near 300 lbs. I remembered how difficult moving was, even just doing the household chores. I remembered how I started exercising either at night or in my living room so that no one would see me. I remembered trying to skip and being shocked that I couldn’t get my feet off the floor. That was six years ago and a lot has changed in that time. I don’t want to go back there again and so it’s time to change my slump attitude, put in the discipline and hard work and continue living a healthy active life. If you’re in a slump, I’d be happy to share more of my living well journey with you. Come find me running around town or working out in the gym!

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Relief/Casual Workers School District No. 74 (Gold Trail) requires Relief/Casual workers for: On-call work in all district communities for the following positions: • Aboriginal Student Support Worker • Bus Driver (Class 2 and Air Ticket required) • Custodian (WHMIS Certification required) • Maintenance Worker • School Secretary / Office Clerk (Secretarial Skills Test required) • Education Assistants / Noon-Hour Supervisor Submit applications with an up-to-date resume and references to:

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General Farm Workers Starting Date: July 25, 2015 Rate: $10.49/Hourly Persons Required: 52 Seasonal Workers Description: Seasonal Skills Needed: • Enjoy working outside and in all weather conditions • Must be in good physical shape and capable of heavy lifting • Past Experience is an asset • English speaking would be an asset • Be prepared each day with lunch and beverages • Reliability is very important Housing Benefits: • Accommodations available if required, responsible for your own food and cooking Duties: • Working as a team or individually harvesting and picking fruits and vegetables • Various other Farm duties such as weeding, planting, and irrigation • Washing, grading, and packaging vegetables • General farm chores Contact: David Porter Email: deserthillsranch@hotmail.com Fax: 1-250-453-9870 Address: Harper Mill Road #3, PO Box 1228 Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0

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Club House Supervisor (1) Club House Staff F/T (2) P/T (1) Seasonal, must have a good work ethic. Shift work (days and afternoons). Must be ale to deal with the public in a friendly manner. Must be able to operate the clubhouse with little supervision. Involves customer service making light lunches, and cleaning. Food Safe and Serve It Right certification a must. Wages based on experience. Submit resumes to: Semlin Valley Golf Course, PO Box 421, Cache Creek, BC V0K 1H0 For more information call Brian at 250-453-2385.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER

The Village of Clinton has an opening for a part-time position of Bylaw Enforcement Officer.

The Village of Clinton has an opening for the position of Animal Control Officer.

The ideal candidate will have related experience, marketing or public relations and be proficient with information technologies plus possess a Class 5 or higher drivers licence.

The ideal candidate will have related experience, marketing or public relations and be proficient with information technologies plus possess a Class 5 or higher drivers licence. A registered business and the ability to carry a maximum of $5,000,000 liability insurance would be preferred.

A registered business and the ability to carry a maximum of $5,000,000 liability insurance would be preferred.

3. Some of the Bylaws which will require enforcement will be the Traffic Bylaw, Sidewalk Clearing Bylaw, Good Neighbour Bylaw, Business Licenses, Sign Bylaw, etc. . .

Some of the Animal Control Officer responsibilities will include: 1. Carrying out the Village Animal Control Bylaw on a complaint basis, which may require 24/7 call outs. 2. Promote responsible pet ownership through the delivery of animal services programs to the public 3. Provide humane and skilled capture, handling and restraint of domestic animals, including sick and injured. 4. Provide suitable and professional shelter for the animals while in containment 5. Provide regular tours of the community and have the ability to respond to complaints in a timely manner.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit an application, including a covering letter stating how they will meet the conditions above and the annual cost of providing this service.

The position will only be filled as funding is determined by Council through the Village Annual 2015 Budget process.

Some of the Bylaw Enforcement Officer responsibilities will include: 1. To gain a good understanding of the Village Bylaws and provide recommendations to the CAO on improvements or possible changes 2. Carrying out infractions to Village Bylaws on a complaint basis, which may require 24/7 call outs.

Send your resume to: Village of Clinton Tom Dall Fax – 250-459-2227 PO Box 309 Email: tdall@village.clinton.bc.ca Clinton, BC, V0K 1K0

Application will be received via email, fax or mail until March 20, 2015

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. References will be required should you be shortlisted.

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James “Van” Campbell Longtime area resident James Van Campbell passed away peacefully with his family by his side at Jackson House in Ashcroft on Saturday, February 7, at the age of 90 years. Van will be sadly missed by Daisy, his loving wife of over 70 years, as well as by his children John (Janice) Campbell of Vernon, Gloria (Bill) Alexandre of Edmonton, and Rick (Renita) Campbell of Cache Creek. He is also survived by his seven grandchildren Marty, Jodi, Lonnie, Raelene, Blaine, Michael, and Heather, as well as his seven great grandchildren. Van was predeceased by his eldest son Lowrie Campbell in April of 2014, as well as by his brothers Verle Campbell and Dean Campbell, and his sister Wanda Allen. A Celebration of Life Service will be held for Van at 11:00 am on Saturday, March 7, 2015 from the Crossroads Pentecostal Church at 1551 Stage Road in Cache Creek with Reverend Dave Murphy officiating. In memory of Van, donations may be made to the Thompson View Manor Society, Box 318, Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0

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Thursday, February 26 2015 The Journal

Golden Country presents

... Past, Present & Beyond The Lady on the black horse - Pt. 1

ers wrong Land Agent from 1905–19. came in OcThe Christie family lived in a home at 612 Brink tober 1912, Street (which is still there, looking much as it did when the more than a century ago), and Henry’s daughter I was going to include something about Mabel fi rst Balkan War broke out. In 1911 she had married Phyllis - a pretty, vivacious, and artistic girl - threw Stobart in my most recent piece about World War Judge John Greenhalgh (although she kept her for- herself into the town’s social life when she returned I, but the more I read about this fascinating woman mer surname), but she felt that her place was from finishing school in Europe in 1912. Soon after the more I realized I couldn’t helping on the frontline during wartime. that Lionel - five years older than 20-year-old Phyllis just give her a paragraph. She led her all-woman group which now - became a regular guest at 612 Brink, staying overShe was born in Woolincluded female doctors to Sofi a, Bulgaria night on many occasions, and in 1913 he and Phyllis wich, England in 1862, and and then to the war zone in Thrace, to which became engaged. from an early age showed they transported all their equipment, which So it was that in 1913 Mabel Stobart travelled to a spirited independence included an X-ray machine. They set up a the province with her eldest son Eric to see Lionel that chafed against the remakeshift hospital and for fi ve weeks the and meet her prospective daughter-in-law. Lionel strictions placed on women team performed surgeries and amputations, met them at the train station in Kamloops and gave at that time. Her early life and nursed wounded and sick soldiers. It’s them a tour of the province, taking them as far afield was conventional: she marestimated that the Corps treated some 700 as Vancouver Island. While in Ashcroft Mabel and ried a Cornish granite mersoldiers, and only lost one. Eric stayed at 612 Brink with the Christies, who also chant, St. Clair Stobart, had Of her experience in the Balkans Mabel played tour guide; Mable noted in her journal that two sons (Eric and Lionel), wrote afterward, “It is my belief that the co“We were staying with the C’s and the next day they and lived a prosperous, midoperation of women in warfare is essential and their daughter P[hyllis] took us to their mountain dle-class lifestyle which alGOLDEN COUNTRY for the future abolition of war; essential, ranch in the Marble Canyon.” lowed her to indulge in her BARBARA RODEN that is, for the retrieval of civilization.” Mabel returned to the area in March 1914 with passion for sport: she was But what does all this have to do with her husband to attend the wedding, which took place a three-time Cornish chamAshcroft, you may ask? By the time of the at St. Alban’s Church on March 10. A week later she pion in women’s singles tennis. First Balkan War Mabel’s younger son, Lionel, had gave a lecture, illustrated with lantern slides, at the A series of unfortunate investments cost the Stocome to Canada to manage three ranches owned by Community Hall in Ashcroft about the experiences barts most of their money, but the family regrouped his uncle (Mabel’s brother): the Gang Ranch at Clinshe and her team had had in the Balkans. “As this lecby moving to South Africa, where they ran a 6,000 ton, the Perry Ranch at Cache Creek, and the Harper ture will be very interesting and instructive a large acre farm and Mrs. Stobart set up a successful tradRanch at Kamloops. During his many visits to Ashattendance is anticipated,” noted R.D. Cumming in ing post. By 1907 the family fortune had been recroft on business Lionel would have had dealings The Journal, “and it is not every day that a treat of stored and the Stobarts decided to return to England. with Harold Platt Christie, who was the Government this kind comes to Ashcroft.” Mabel went ahead with the boys; but during his jourThe lecture was a great success. “To lisney home St. Clair fell ill and died. ten to a story of actual experience so amusRather than retire to a quiet life of widowingly and vividly told is not only a pleashood, Mabel threw herself into the women’s ure but it is educating as well . . . The views suffrage movement. She also took an inwere splendid and every phase of warfare terest in world events, and in 1910 became and medical attendance to the wounded was alarmed by what she saw as an inevitable shown most clearly.” All proceeds from the European war on the horizon. She foundlecture were, at Mrs. Stobart’s request, doed the Women’s Sick and Wounded Convoy nated to the Lady Minto Hospital in AshCorps, which would be able to provide medcroft. ical aid and supplies to wounded men on the Mabel Stobart might reasonably have frontlines of battle (and which would also, felt, at home in England after Lionel’s wedshe hoped, advance the cause of women’s sufding, that she would never again see a battlefrage by showing that women were every bit fi eld. She was by now 52 years old, and a as capable as men on the field of battle). quiet and comfortable life beckoned. In AuSoon a group of 50 women were being gust 1914, however, the European war she taught first aid, anatomy, hygiene, stretcherhad foreseen in 1910 commenced; and withbearing, and how to operate an ambulance, in a few short months Mabel Stobart faced despite a good deal of opposition from those the very real prospect of being shot by the who did not see war as a fit place for women. The Women’s Sick and Wounded Convey Corps on a training march Germans as a spy. Mabel’s opportunity to prove the naysayc. 1911. Mabel Stobart is at the front. To be continued

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