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Music in the air The Desert Bells Handbell Choir held its Spring Concert on Sunday with invited guests that included Teresa Takacs (below left), Simple Pleasures and the Lillooet Community Choir. Above, l-r: Handbell Choir members Gaurangi Benner-Tapia, Natasha Grimshire, Vraja Benner-Tapia, Denise Tapia, Breanna Grimshire, Kirk Watson and Maria Russel-Martin.

The Handbell Choir dedicated a bell to the B.C. Interior Community Foundation. Choir member Ray Shindell (right) reads the commemorative poem to representatives Bonnie Sonenberg and Cara Graden.

Unconditional grants to the Village are going down and user fees for the new water treatment plant are going up in the Village of Ashcroft’s most recent budget. Less than two dozen people gathered at the Ashcroft Town Hall meeting where the town’s current budget was presented on May 4. Ashcroft is only planning a 2.5 per cent rise in taxes this year, but Chief Financial Officer Yogi Bhalla warned that keeping tax increases to a minimum are getting harder when provincial and federal grants are getting smaller and the tax base is getting older. He said two-thirds of Ashcroft’s population is expected to qualify for the seniors discount in 10 years, and that will mean significantly less residential tax revenue for the Village. Many municipalities have phased out the seniors discount for that reason, he said. Unconditional grants from other governments account for $883,239 of Ashcroft’s total revenue of $3,826,256, but are not guaranteed. Bhalla said some years they are more than others, but they are never guaranteed. It’s a problem for small municipalities all over the province, he said. The Village uses these grants to offset tax increases, said Bhalla. “Day to day needs are essential,” he said, “and the unconditional grants help us pay for those things.” A large part of the Village’s expenses are driven by gas and electricity rates which they have no control over. “The population goes down, but expenses don’t,” said Ron Hood. “How are you accounting for that?” “By making an economic development plan,” said Mayor Jack Jeyes. “It will give us focus.” The town is preparing to build a new water treatment plant for its drinking water in the near future, and will be increasing the user fees it collects in anticipation. Providing approximately half a million dollars in revenue to the Village, Bhalla said the fees have remained the same for many years, but that is about to change. “By raising the user fees, it will create a surplus for water purposes,” said Coun. Al Mertens who attended the meeting along with Mayor Jeyes and councillors Barbara Roden and Doreen Lambert.

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Boating accident

April 20 at 7:30 pm police received a report of mischief from a 49 year old woman at Barnes Lake. She said she accidentally rode her kayak over a fisherman’s line, which led to a heated exchange of words. She suspected that it was he who slashed the tires on her vehicle on his way out of the park. The matter is still under investigation.

Beamer on the move

May 8: Movie Night at Zion United; 7 PM. Showing: The Bible - Part 3 (from the 2013 TV series). Location is 401 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft. FREE admission, refreshments by donation. Everyone very welcome.

April 28 at 4 pm police received a report of an erratic driver in a blue BMW on Hwy 1 near Savona. The complainant said the car was travelling at approximately 160 kph and passing on double solid lines. The vehicle was located on Hwy 1 near Cache Creek and the driver, a 61 year old Ashcroft man, admitted to speeding for which he was issued a ticket.

April 27: Cache Creek Council meeting at 4:30 pm in the Village Office. Everyone welcome.

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May 3: Desert Bells Handbell Spring Concert, 3 pm at Crossroads Pentecostal Church in Cache Creek. Admission by donation. May 16: 148th Clinton Annual Ball, 5 pm at Clinton Memorial Hall. Dinner and dancing, call 250-459-7725 for ticket information. May 17: Opening Day for the Spences Bridge Market. Call Oliva at 458-2532 for information. May 21: Barter Night at the Bonaparte Band Hall from 6-9pm Bring your wares to barter! Everyone welcome. For more info call Jamie 250-457-0542. June 7: Skips Charity Run, 9 am at Heritage Place Park. WRAPS: will be presenting the musical My Fair Lady in November 2015; actors and singers of all age groups wanted for all roles, from featured parts to chorus. Auditions on Thursday April 29 (7:00 - 9:00pm) and Saturday/Sunday May 2 - 3 (2:00 - 4:00pm), Ashcroft Secondary School. For info call Jessica at 457-7128. May 24: Ashcroft Plein Air Paint-out, Public Show & Sale, 6:00 - 8:00pm, St. Alban’s Church Hall. All welcome!

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April 28 at 8:45 pm police received a complaint from the Heartland Restaurant that an intoxicated man was causing a disturbance in the parking lot, approaching customers and nearly getting hit by a car exiting the parking lot. The 29 year old Prince George man was located near the Chevron. He was in possession of a can of beer and a small amount of marijuana. It was determined that he was on probation with conditions to stay away from alcohol. He was arrested and charged with breaching his probation.

June 23-24: BC Cancer Agency Screening Mammography mobile service will be visiting Ashcroft and District Hospital Call 1-800-663-9203 for appointment.

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Missing great dane

An Ashcroft man reported that his dog had gone missing while he was out walking it. He told police that he just assumed the great dane cross was behind him, but discovered she was nowhere in sight when he got home. The owners have posted a reward. If you’ve seen Toffee, please call 4539476 or 4539477.

Backyard theft

April 29 at 6:30 am police received a report of theft from the backyard of a residence on Sunvalley Cres. in Cache Creek. The man reported that a rock tumbler and polisher, valued at $300, was missing and suspected it was stolen and that a vehicle parked at the Castle Inn was involved. The complainant also thought the vehicle was stolen. Police checked the vehicle which was not stolen, and the rock tumbler was no-

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where in sight. The matter is still under investigation.

Abandoned vehicle

April 29 at 1:30 pm police received a report of an abandoned Dodge Caravan parked at the side of the road across from Hillside Apts. on Government St. The caller said it had been there for two weeks. Police checked

the plates, which were valid and contacted the Registered Owner in Logan Lake. The owner advised that the vehicle had broken down and he was waiting for parts to arrive so he could fix it. The vehicle has since been moved.

Wore out his welcome

April 30 at 2 pm police attended the Greyhound Station in Cache Creek after an intoxicated 49 year old Prince George man had been kicked off the bus. The See RCMP on p. 3

Doctors for interim coverage

the community. The Rural and Remote Division of Wellness and Health Action Coalition Family Practice has Alice Durksen been established and Ashcroft has already Special thanks this month to joined this working Ron Hood for his fine meeting group. Members of the WHAC minutes and David Durksen for executive will be meeting with providing this article. members of the Thompson DivAt this point we have not yet ision of Family Practice (Kambeen able to secure replacement for loops), which started a bit earlier, Dr. Peedikayil. Everyone (Interior so that we may bring back informaHealth, WHAC, Dr. Govindasamy tion re: the structures and systems and locum physicians) has worked that will facilitate us implementing diligently and as of today, we have the potentials of the Rural Division ER and clinic coverage booked for as quickly as possible. This new inthe usual scheduled hours through itiative will help facilitate collaborto the end of May. The recruit- ative work between the local physment efforts are ongoing and once icians, the community and IH to a physician has announced that deliver community programs that he/she will be coming to work in address health issues identified as Ashcroft, this will be publicly an- priorities by the community. nounced as soon as possible. A new licensing stream for IH reports that the recruitment international medical graduates team have met with doctors seek- who meet the BC College of Physing employment opportunities at icians and Surgeons licensing creseveral events in the last six weeks, dentials have started their “Practice in addition to continuing their ad- Ready Assessment” incorporating vertising campaigns. exams, credentialing review and a It has been explained that Ash- 12 week practicum. croft will be listed to recruit four These graduates have a threefull time doctors. In the interim, year return of service agreement we will also be talking with doctors for rural areas. Ashcroft was sewho may wish to work part time to lected as a community within IH see if they would join the clinical to have two places for candidates, practice for a day or two a week. if the candidates choose Ashcroft, This will help us provide coverage are found to be a suitable match to to those patients without a family the community by the local physdoctor so as to assist with their on- icians, and pass all of the licensing going medication and lab needs. requirements. This next cohort will In an ideal world this will help us likely be finished early in 2016. bridge time until we have full time Check out our website www. doctors recruited. whac-chb.ca for more detailed In this transitional time, we minutes and other important inforneed to ensure that we stabilize the mation. There is a rural health disclinical practice and do not burn cussion paper posted under “essenout Dr. Govindasamy. As we can- tial reading”. We would like your not sustain ER coverage with only input, so that we may add it to our one physician, the ER hours will be submission. reduced. Please watch for upcomFinally – are you a member of ing posters and news articles re- WHAC? If not please join – memgarding the ER coverage hours. At bership applications and fees (a this time there are reduced hours whole $5/year) may be dropped planned for in May, with only at People’s Drug Mart. The more weekend coverage available as we members we can report, the more move into June. Without successful influence we have with the decirecruitment, it is expected that the sion and policy makers at every ER will be closing in the month of level. June through to August. Of course, Thank you all for your ongoing if at any time we are successful in support! recruitment, we will be notifying

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Ashcroft wants trains to slow down The federal government says it’s going to direct trains to slow down when travelling through “highly urbanized areas”, but Ashcroft would like the same courtesy. Last week, the Honourable Minister Raitt, Minister of Transport, issued an Emergency Directive to railway companies concerning the safe and secure transportation of dangerous goods. Companies must slow their trains to a maximum of 40 miles per hour (64 kilometres per hour) when travelling in highly urbanized areas. The Emergency Directive also requires increased inspections and risk assessments along key routes used for the transportation of dangerous goods, including crude oil and ethanol. The Emergency Directive remains in place until Aug. 17, 2015. Canada’s two largest railway operators CN and CP - have already restricted their train speeds to a maximum of 35 mph in highly urbanized areas. Ashcroft Council reviewed the federal government’s directive and discussed the effects it would have on Ashcroft. “They’re reducing their speed through major urban centres but don’t seem to care about rural centres,” said Mayor Jack Jeyes. Coun. Alf Trill suggested sending a letter to CN about the speeds of their trains through small towns “and say we’d like to see the same” (35 kph). “Most trains that go through here on CN tracks have about 20 cars of flammable liquids on them,” said Jeyes. Council agreed to send the letter. Transport Canada continues to explore all measures that will further improve the safety of the Canadian railway system.

Sing a little song The Lillooet Community Choir, led by conductor Kathleen Gunn (right) performed in Cache Creek over the weekend as invited guests at the Desert Bells Handbell Choir’s Spring Concert. The newly formed choir will be offering its own concert in Lillooet on June 5.

Towing to Prince George, domestic problems was located near the bus station with a partial bottle of vodka. He was arrested and lodged overnight in cells. May 4 at 2 pm police attended Boston Flats after a complaint about the same man, still intoxicated. As he was breaching conditions of his probation by consuming alcohol again, he was arrested and charged with failing to comply with conditions of his probation. After he sobered up, he was escorted back to the bus station to finish his trip to Prince

George.

Throwing rocks

May 2 at 2:40 am police were notified by CP police that someone was throwing rocks at a passing train and managed to break a window in one of the engines. Police patrolled the area where the tracks cross Hwy 97C but no one was located.

Unruly son

May 2 at 7:15 pm police were called to a Cache Creek residence by a woman who reported that her 54 year old son was being verbally abusive and throwing things around. He was gone before police arrive, leaving in his mother’s car. Patrols were made but he was not located. The mother was satisfied that her son would cool down before returning home.

Sudden death

May 4 at 8 am police were called to a Cache Creek residence to investigate the sudden death of a 72 year old man, who was found deceased in his bed by his wife. It appears that he died of natural causes.

Long haul

May 4 at noon police attended ASC Automotive after being notified that a vehicle owner was insisting on driving away in his vehicle after it had been taken off the road by police and ordered to have a safety inspection. The man was gone before police arrived. They learned later that the man had made arrangement to have it towed to Prince George. There were no charges.

Domestic assault

To market, to market... The Cache Creek Market had a successful opening day last Saturday as over a dozen vendors took part and customers poured in all day. The Market is now open every Saturday, 9 am to 1 pm, from now until October.

May 4 at 11:20 pm police attended the Castle Inn in response to a report of domestic assault. The 45 year old man was gone before police arrived, and the 45 year old woman was being assisted by the manager. She had minor injuries and was treated by paramedics. The man is still at large and is wanted for arrest on the charge of assault. Alcohol was a factor.

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Naked gardening not for everyone Last week we were talking about Emergency Preparedness Week, but sometimes we still get caught unprepared. This time it was for World Naked Gardening Day on Saturday, May 2. It just goes to prove, you can’t prepare for everything. Did you miss it? It was the 10th annual. Not widely promoted, but for some reason, it came across my desk just a few days before. And then, typically, I forgot about it until Meghan Winslow reminded me at the Cache Creek Market last Saturday. Meghan’s really up on all things related to gardening. Lamely, I replied that my tomato plants were naked. And that was all that was getting naked that day. It wasn’t cold-on-the-verge-ofsnowing like it was this time last year, but it wasn’t hot either. The clouds, combined with the frequent gusts of wind, kept the temperature down to the point where many people were wearing jackets. I commented to the vendor next to me that we’d be doing lots of hopping and flopping about to stay warm if we were nekkid, and that would just be painful for everyone involved. I knew a family of naturists in Fort St. John - they often travelled to a southern destination before taking their clothes off, and if you’ve ever experienced the chill in that northern city, you’d know why. And my oldest brother once lived in a very small southern Ontario town where his next door neighbours liked to lounge around their backyard in the buff. After the first accidental sighting, he avoided looking in the direction of their house. To each his and her own. People have told me there’s nothing like skinny dipping. Maybe some day. My backyard is a little bit too exposed at the present, so until further notice, I will be doing my gardening in my usual comfortable, loosely-fitting clothes The promoters of World Naked Gardening Day (look it up on Google) say that Adam and Eve were the first naked gardeners. But I’ll bet they never had to contend with our mosquitos, black flies, hornets and UV - sunburn on the face is bad enough!

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Health care decline bad for seniors Dear Editor Is there such a thing as “geriatricide”? It’s not in the dictionary - but I wonder. Is it now a government policy if there is? The “fiscally sound” actions currently proposed by Interior Health would seem pre-destined to prove that the concept of “geriatrice” is real. It’s real! And it may well work in small B.C. communities with higher than normal populations of senior citizens such as Ashcroft. How? Take away our doctors! Those graduates from medical schools we’ve subsidized with taxes paid in our lifetime. Close our hospitals! Shut down their programs! Those buildings, facilities and equipment which were initially paid for with local funds. Funds still being raised largely by seniors working in our thrift shop. Finally, limit the rates paid to local paramedics! This ensures none have the required training to even transport any heart or stroke patient to the nearest hospital. When minutes count - make sure it will take hours! Will it work? Interior Health seems determined to find out with its latest proposal. Will they be happy if they also

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR kill a good part of the community which has been a safe home for seniors? Will it matter to them if those who can afford to leave such a community do? It doesn’t matter that you’d rather stay - staying may kill you. It doesn’t matter if you can’t afford to live in comfort elsewhere - move. Am I paranoid? Hysterical? Delusional? Maybe. But in the end, whether such an outcome was predetermined or accidental, it will happen. People who did not need to will die. And a community with a great history and great residents will struggle harder to survive. Don’t I know, these authorities ask, that health costs are skyrocketing as the percentage of seniors rise? Of course. But I’m not con-

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vinced we’re they only reason. And if one calculated the lifetime medical costs for the maority of us living here, I’ll guarantee the total would be but a tiny fraction of the moey we’ve paid in taxes during our lifetime to date. And still pay. Yes, we pay - but we shouldn’t have to pay with out lives. For whether the resulting “geriatricide” is a planned outcome of Interior Health or an accidental byproduct, the results will be the same. Some people will die. And to ensure that happens, all that good people need to do is stand by and say nothing. Not me. What about you? Patricia Kilt Ashcroft

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OFF LEASH DOG PARK DEVELOPMENT SELECT COMMITTEE The Village of Ashcroft is accepting applications from residents who wish to be a member of the Off Lease Dog Park Development Select Committee. The committee will be composed of member(s) of Council and the community at large and will review policies relating to dogs in parks, investigate existing off leash dog parks in other communities and report back to council.

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Interested parties should send their name and contact information along with any experience or special knowledge of off leash dog parks to the Village of Ashcroft, PO Box 129, 601 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft, BC or via email to admin@ashcroftbc.ca. Applications will be received until 4:00 pm on Friday, May 15, 2015 and the committee will be contacted by the end of May.

Ashcroft CiB sponsors worm composting Earth Day (Apr. 22) was extra special for Mrs. Deb Van Thienen’s class at Ashcroft Elementary School, as Ashcroft Communities in Bloom, together with the TNRD, brought a worm composting station and presentation to the children. Adriana Mailloux of the TNRD spoke to the students about garbage. How much does every person make a year? Where does it go? What happens to it in a landfill? How can we reduce the amount of garbage that we put into landfills? It was very enlightening to listen to the children’s responses to these questions and also their insights on this topic. The students were shown the red wriggler worms that would be doing all the work in the

worm composter that will be set up in the classroom. These worms eat organic food scraps together with shredded paper and dryer lint, and the worms can eat their own body weight in one day! We learned that household food scraps make up 30 per cent of the household garbage that is put into landfills; so, it’s a good idea to compost these items as it not only saves the environment but also improves the garden. Students were told how the worms make worm castings, and were shown how the worm composter will work. They were very excited to see the worms put into the first bin and even more excited to start saving their food scraps to feed them. Andrea Walker

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Boy! Have I had fun finding movers this past month! If you read my last Living Well article, you will know that over the month of April, I’ve been roving around looking for walkers, joggers, runners or otherwise anyone moving for health. Not only have I met some knew faces, but I have also seen a lot of movers both in Ashcroft and Cache Creek! I wanted to promote movement outdoors. Then, thanks to Runner’s Sole, (Kamloops) I was given a box of nice shirts and from there, the idea for catching movers was born! I have been looking here and there for anyone moving and when I spot one, I stop and say, “I caught you moving! Would you like a free shirt?” the usual response is “huh?” to which I ask if they read my last Living Well article and then I tell them what I’m doing. It made me chuckle when a few of you were skeptical and wondered where the “catch” was. (It seems some of you thought I’d make you join one of my Boot Camps! Haha!). I guess the only catch was that you had to be moving outdoors. Now I know that there are lots of you moving about for health on a regular basis, but it seems to me that the foot traffic near my house has increased. Coincidence? (insert a wink and smile). I have also heard that I should have been roving around more in the evenings as I have missed some of you. For now, my shirts are gone, but stay posted for the next time the “Let’s Move” Encourager is roving through town!

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Pests are a part and parcel of Spring FROM LOON LAKE ROAD Barbara Hendricks Spring has always been a short season at Loon Lake Road with Winter holding on until April and summer arriving in May. This year has been different; we have had a wonderfully long spring season and I am thoroughly enjoying it. Flowers on shrubs came out early and have given a lovely display for as long as three weeks whereas usually they are so blasted by the heat that they fall off within a week. The native deciduous trees have now all leafed out. The evergreens are in bloom and while their flowers are quite inconspicuous, the clouds of pollen on the wind are not. There is a yellow layer of pollen powder covering every flat surface in the garden and on the deck. There should be another bumper crop of cones this Fall as there was last year. In the garden little seedling evergreens are emerging everywhere; I never thought I would be treating fir trees as weeds and pulling them out from between the irises. While Cache Creek and Ashcroft are known for the strong winds, at Loon Lake Road we have also had an unusually long period with strong winds bringing down branches and whole trees in some instances. The loud noise of the wind can sometimes be mistaken for a motor running some distance away. The hummingbirds usually arrive here around mid-April, however they were later coming than some other years and it could have been that the winds affected their travel. A bird so small and lightweight must have some challenges flying in high winds. However now they are back for the Summer and up to their usual antics of diving and fighting over feeders. They provide deck-side entertainment for the cats as well as guests who have never seen a hummingbird up close before. The short Winter with few very cold days has meant that the pesky bugs in the garden came through in large numbers. Already the aphids are collecting under the leaves of the currant. The continued increase in the number and variety of insects that are harmful in the garden cannot however be blamed solely on warm Winters. We have lost our major ally in keeping insect populations in check with the kill off of song birds. Every year I note fewer and fewer birds migrating through the area. And while it is a blessing of sorts not to have more white crowned sparrows eating every green sprout in the garden, it is a major help to have the chickadees and juncos in the trees and shrubs gleaning out insects and eggs. Have we forgot the sad case of the famine in China 60 years ago that was caused by the order to kill off all the sparrows as they were eating too much grain? With the sparrows gone the insects multiplied, ate all the grain and millions of people starved to death. The spring weather and the return of many residents from their Winter migration has turned conversations once again to the problems of the deer eating much

prized plants and shrubs. Gardeners are attracted by the ˝deer resistant˝ label on some plants and are then quite angry that the deer ate them anyway. Well, the label says “deer resistant”, not “deer won’t eat”. Resistant means the plant will probably not be killed by the deer grazing on the plant. In my garden the deer nibble on just about everything when the young green shoots emerge; including daffodils, rhubarb, irises, day lilies and other stuff labelled as deer resistant as well as most shrubs as they leaf out and almost every kind of flower. They will leave the foliage of some plants like peonies but the flowers are quickly eaten up. In my experience the only plants deer do not eat or nibble on are lady’s mantle, nepeta, creeping thymes and other strong smelling herb foliage. Some gardeners have some success with a spray that repels the deer to protect their plants. I use fencing and put my wire hanging baskets upside down to protect early spring bulbs – as they are finished blooming by the time I need to use the baskets for their main purpose. In this seed starting time I have been looking at repurposing stuff that would otherwise be sent to recycling. I have borrowed an idea from an English gardening book on using empty cardboard toilet rolls as seedling starter pots. They are working well for me, with the peas happily growing in them. I stand the rolls on end in a box that can drain and fill the rolls with seeding mix and then sow the peas and beans indoors, to give them a good start. It takes a long time for the garden soil to warm up at this elevation with the cold night, so often direct sowing results in rotting seeds and no crop. This method gets the roots well developed then each roll can be planted out without disturbing the roots so much for an earlier start. The TNRD is offering a Free Disposal Day at the Loon Lake transfer station on Saturday, June 6. This year residents may bring one free load per household to the transfer station. One load is defined as ˝a maximum of one eight foot pick-up truck box OR one eight foot trailer˝. This includes material you usually have to pay

for such as cooling appliances, tires on rims, mattresses, furniture, renovation waste, wood waste, roofing shingles and household garbage. No business or commercial loads will be accepted for free. The same offer will be available at Clin-

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ton and 70 Mile transfer stations on the same day for those who are residents of those communities. The TNRD reminds residents to secure their load and tarp it. This is a good initiative from the TNRD and with a good response and consideration from residents this could become a regular event.

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Mothers give so much of themselves to their children, from the time they’re babies, through childhood and beyond the trials of adolescence. That’s half a lifetime spent caring for their children! Honoured since antiquity, motherhood represents the source of life and nurturing. Why not make your cherished mother’s greatest wish come true for Mother’s Day? If you and your sibling haven’t been on speaking terms for months, if you’re annoyed with a family member over a trifle,

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why not bury the hatchet, turn the page, and try to get along for your mother’s sake. A family reconciliation might very well be the most wonderful gift she could receive. Perhaps you don’t demonstrate the love you feel for your mother on a regular basis. Mother’s Day is the ideal moment to express this love, with heartfelt wishes, gifts, or gestures that will go straight to her heart. If you have a limited budget, offer her some quality time, spent together doing an activity she particularly loves. Or help her out with some chores she finds difficult. At the very least, a pretty card in which you express your wholehearted love for her will surely bring her joy. Another great idea is to develop the habit of expressing your gratitude to your mother and spoiling her every chance you get. It will allow you to build a closer relationship with her, something that might feel great for both of you. Why wait for Mother’s Day to show your affection to the one who gave you life and to tell her how much you love her?

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Sunday, May 10th (Mother’s Day) 8:30 a.m. - 12 Noon

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CHICKEN CALAMARI $17.95 MEDITERRANEAN PRAWNS $25.95 PLATTER FOR 2 includes GREEK SALAD, CHICKEN & BEEF SOUVLAKI, CALAMARI, RICE PILAF AND ROASTED POTATO $39.95 Reservations Recommended

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Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day Specials

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Let her know how grateful you are

250-457-9991 or 250-457-9292

Ashcroft Manor & Teahouse Restaurant

Celebrate Mothers! Special Dinner Feature Sunday, May 10th

Sunday May 10

Grilled Sockeye Salmon with saffron rice or potatoes, sauteed vegetables, tea or coffee

19.75

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

250-453-9983 Reservations Recommended Full menu plus special available 11 am til closing

served with

Baked potato and wild asparagus plus Beans Roasted Rite coffee and a delicious fresh seasonal fruit dessert $14.95

Celebrating 153 Years 1862-2015

Our BIRTHDAY BASH is Back! Mothers Day Weekend • May 9 & 10

Amazing Weekend Deals! $6.00 Hanging Baskets ES! OUNCY CASTL

SHORTS FOR BRING YOUR IDE! THE DOLPIN SL

Thousands to choose from

Flat of Petunias or Marigolds $9.99 Tons of other great deals on Annuals, Perennials, Trees and Shrubs... and so much more!

HILLS RA NC ERT S E H D MINIATURE O D NKEY RIDES

BBQ Pork Ribs & BBQ Chicken

All Mothers treated to a Special Flower

For more information visit our website: www.deserthillsranch.com

ASHCROFT, B.C.

250-453-9878

Open 7 days a week 9:30 to 5:00 pm

LIONS Annual

MOTHER’S DAY

Pancake Breakfast

Sunday, May 10, 2015 At the Campbell Hill Airport Breakfast from 8:30 am to 12 noon

JOIN US! Everyone welcome!

BRUNCH SPECIAL

Treat

Corned Beef Hash

Mom to

Strawberry Shortcake $

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2 Eggs, 2 Sausages, Strawberry Crepes, and Coffee $ 95

DINNER SPECIAL BBQ Pork Ribs

Baked Potato, Vegetables, Strawberry Smoothie with Vanilla Ice Cream, & Strawberry Shortcake

includes

Coffee or Tea

Call for reservations

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1795

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Celebrate Mother’s Day in a unique way this year! Reservations required, limited seating

JOIN US INSIDE THE 1860 ROADHOUSE DINING ROOM FOR A VICTORIAN TEA Savory sandwiches and sweet snacks, all served on English china

Reservations include site admission, tours, and stagecoach ride Call early for reservations

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Tourist booth to be moved Ashcroft Council is debating what to do with the Tourist Booth downtown. At the Apr. 13 meeting, Council asked staff to look into a possible move to Heritage Place Park. It was recently noted by Council that a fence had gone up between the car wash, at the corner of Railway Ave. and Hwy 97C, and the Tourist Booth next to it, cutting off motorized access to it. The property was owned by the same person when the two structures were built, but the car wash was sold and now the remaining property is up for sale.

Council is considering moving Ashcroftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tourist Info Booth down the street to Heritage Place Park.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Walhachin Community Water Service Area Debt Financing Parcel Tax Review Panel What is the Walhachin Community Water Service Area Debt Financing Parcel Tax Review Panel?

Mail

#300-465 Victoria St Kamloops, BC V2C 2A9

Phone

(250) 377-8673 1-877-377-8673

admin@tnrd.ca

Each property owner within the Walhachin Community Water Service Area must pay an annual Parcel Tax to pay off the cost of recent water service capital upgrades. As part of the Parcel Tax Process and as per legislation, the Board of Directors appointed a Parcel Tax Review Panel to authenticate the parcel tax roll used to identify property owners within the service area.

What will the Parcel Tax Review Panel do? The Parcel Tax Review Panel will hear objections and review and correct the Parcel Tax Roll regarding the following items: 1. An error or omission respecting a name or address on the parcel tax roll; 2. An error or omission respecting the inclusion of a parcel on the parcel tax roll, 3. An error or omission respecting the taxable area on the taxable area or frontage of a parcel; and 4. An exemption that has been improperly allowed or disallowed.

Where can I view the Walhachin Community Water System Parcel Tax Roll? The Walhachin Community Water System Parcel Tax Roll will be available for inspection from Monday, April 27, 2015 to Friday, May 8, 2015 at the TNRD office during regular office hours (8:30 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday).

What should I do if there is an error on the Walhachin Community Water System Parcel Tax Roll? Objections must be made in writing and received by the TNRD Director of Finance by 1:00 p.m. on Monday, May 11, 2015.

When will the Walhachin Community Water Service Area Debt Financing Parcel Tax Review Panel sit?

Website

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The Thompson-Nicola Regional District will be holding a Parcel Tax Review for the capital financing water service upgrades to the Walhachin Community Water System Area on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in the TNRD Board Room, 4th Floor, 465 Victoria Street in Kamloops.

How do I get more information? For more information, please contact Carolyn Black, Director of Legislative Services, at 250 377 8673 or at cblack@tnrd.ca.

Coun. Barbara Roden proposed the move. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Place it by the mural (in Heritage Place Park),â&#x20AC;? she suggested. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Put signs downtown directing tourists to the booth and public washrooms. What tourist doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like washrooms?â&#x20AC;? The Tourist Booth was built by property owner Al Alberts and given to the Chamber of Commerce to use. The Booth has been in operation for at least three years, staffed over the summer months by volunteers, who report that hundreds of out of town visitors sign their guest book each year.

Two Nelson photographers survive Nepal earthquake by Tamara Hynd Nelson Star Nelson residents David Gluns and Douglas Noblet survived the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal on April 25. Noblet was in the village of Jhinu Danda when the quake struck and he reports that he is doing fine. Noblet is an avid skier, mountaineer, pilot and owner of Wild Air Photography. He travelled to Nepal earlier this month and was in the midst of hiking the Annapurna trek when the devastating earthquake shook the country. He wrote to the Star via Facebook that there was â&#x20AC;&#x153;not too much damage in the village, however, some buildings did partially collapse â&#x20AC;Ś The shaking from the first and big one was pretty violent and lasted at least a minute.â&#x20AC;? Noblet then spent the night in Chhomrong, which is further away from the epicentre of the quake, along the Annapurna base camp trek. He stopped at a local police checkpoint to register that he was okay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was another mild shake around 5 this morning,â&#x20AC;? he wrote on Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Otherwise things are pretty calm up here.â&#x20AC;? He is also a member of Nelson Search and Rescue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been much I can help with up here though,â&#x20AC;? he wrote. He was waiting for news from the Annapurna base camp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[I] havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard much yet in about 20 hours,â&#x20AC;? he wrote.

After two days without Internet service, Noblet wrote that more tremors occurred on Monday for seven to eight seconds and another on Tuesday morning where more buildings were crumbling at Jomsom, another point on the trail, but no injuries were reported. Meanwhile, photographer David Gluns was in Kathmandu working in an office on the third floor of an old building when the temblor struck. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes, survived the quake,â&#x20AC;? he wrote the Star in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The shaking was violent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[The] hotel near ours collapsed, killing many. Our hotel was slightly damaged with bits of concrete all over my room.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Kathmandu] is a mess,â&#x20AC;? wrote Gluns, adding that many historic buildings have been destroyed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The loss of life is even more devastating in what started out as just another day for most.â&#x20AC;? Gluns had been working in Nepal leading a trekking group. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The group I was leading had left the day before the quake. I stayed behind to set up the fall trips.â&#x20AC;? Gluns managed to fly out Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was chaos,â&#x20AC;? he wrote. An eight-hour flight delay had him stuck in Istanbul waiting for a new flight to Munich. Gluns is flying to Spain to walk a cross-country pilgrimage route. The quake is the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst in 80 years and has claimed more than 7,000 lives and injured more than 9,000 people.

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BC land sales reach election target by Tom Fletcher Black Press The B.C. government released details of its pre-election property sales last week, showing it came out with more money overall than appraisals or B.C. Assessment Authority values forecast. Opposition critics called for the disclosure after obtaining government memos that showed a rush to make the deadline for the 2013-14 fiscal year, where the B.C. Liberals campaigned on a balanced budget tabled before the 2013 election. Development property

south of the B.C. legislature beat its appraisal by $13 million, selling for $34 million to help the government meet a $350 million target to end the fiscal year. A former hospital site in Surrey was sold for $20.5 million, $3 million less than its B.C. Assessment Authority value. Finance ministry records showed the sale price was midway between appraisals commissioned by the government and the buyer. Finance Minister Mike De Jong said surplus Crown property is sold every year, with about 1,500 properties dis-

posed of in the last 30 years. They will continue, but there won’t be another identified program in future budgets now that post-recession deficits have ended, he said. NDP finance critic Carole James said there was an obvious rush to meet ministry targets for asset sales, and some could continue to be sold below market value without the public knowing. Many of the surplus properties are school sites, and there are other transactions with municipalities.

New LSS principal appointed

The Board of Education is looet in August 2013 and is excitpleased to announce that Ms. Caro- ed to develop her role in the school lynne Muncer has accepted the and support for students, parents position of Principal for Lillooet and community as Principal. Secondary School as of Aug. 1. Ms. Muncer is committed to Ms. Muncer started her work ensuring that all students at Lillooin Gold Trail in 1992 as a teacher et Secondary School have the opat Mission Mountain School. Over portunity to feel valued, experience the following years she taught at success and leave Grade 12 with Gold Bridge Community School, options for their future. She looks Cayoosh Elementary School and forward to continuing the work alLillooet Secondary School. In ready underway with students, 2006, she was appointed as the staff, parents and community partPrincipal of Lytton Elementary ners to make LSS a great place to School. be and learn. In 2007, Ms. Muncer left Gold Trail to pursue leadership opDOWNSIZING YARD SALE portunities in BC’s 507 BRINK ST Rocky Mountain SAT MAY 9TH 10AM TO 1PM School District and NO EARLY BIRDS! the Wild Rose Public Having a Garage Sale? Advertise here $12.25 + GST. School Division in Alberta. Ms. Muncer returned to Gold Trail School District and 250-453-2261 the community of Lil-

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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

Sage & Sand Pony Club

District Commissioner: Marcie Down mleedown@yahoo.ca.

Ashcroft-Cache Creek Rotary Club

Contact Person: Karin Magnuson Phone 250-457-6629

Desert Spokes Cycle Society Phone 250-457-9348

Ashcroft Curling Club Phone 250-453-2341

St. Alban’s Anglican Church Hall, 501 Brink Street Tel: 250-453-9909 or 250-453-2053 - All Welcome

Ashcroft & District Rodeo Association

Ducks Unlimited Canada

Ashcroft Volunteer Fire Department

Ashcroft/Cache Creek Volunteer Chapter Phone 250-374-8307

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: Nick Lebedoff Phone 250-453-2664

Ashcroft-Cache Creek Seniors Assc.

601 Bancroft St., Ashcroft, BC Phone 250-453-9762

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

Contact Persons: Andrea Walker 250-453-9402 or Marijke Stott 250-453-0050

Taoist Tai Chi Contact Person: Danita Howard

Phone 250-453-9907 e-mail: dangre@telus.net

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Ashcroft Hospice Program Shirley 250-453-9202

Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society 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

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Head over heels

On Saturday night my friend and I attended an event at the Delta Grand Okanagan Hotel honouring the former mayor of Kelowna and two longtime councillors. I pulled my car up to the building, grumbled there was no valet parking and headed to its parkade. When I approached the entrance my pal, Jennifer Long, told me to stop the car and jumped out to buy a pass from the machine. As she did I answered a couple of texts on my phone. A few minutes later I thought I heard a feeble “Lori?” coming from outside the car. Looking back I could see my beautiful friend in her elegant dress and five inch heels

bending over as if she were picking up something from the ground while a car waited for her to move. I was about to get out to help, but suddenly she’d hobbled up to the passenger door, slid onto the seat in an awkward position and held her face up in the air with her hands. “I think I broke my nose,” she said as blood poured out of it. “And my teeth.” With her chin held high to keep the blood from getting on her dress she pulled the visor down and inspected her reflection in the mirror. “How do I know if I broke my nose?” she asked. “Do you have a cloth?” I was already fumbling around my

ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com husband’s car looking for napkins or tissue. “What in the hell happened to you?” I asked, reaching for the only thing I could find - a grubby wash rag. Oddly I felt my initial concern transitioning into a suppression of laughter. “You didn’t see any of that?” she asked in shock. “Nothing? I just had the most embarrassing moment of my life and you missed the entire thing?” “I was texting,” I said, trying to sound serious and remain stonyfaced. “I thought you were just picking up coins or something.” “Coins?” she asked, her eyes penetrating mine. “You thought I was picking up coins?” “Yes,” I said, doing everything in my power to kill the un-

intentional smile I felt sprouting on my face. I asked her if she wanted me to take her to the hospital, but before I could finish the question my voice got high and started to crack. The laugh I’d been trying to stifle escaped and it didn’t just erupt out of me, but out of her too. As she entertainingly explained how her heel got caught in a hole in the cement and she suddenly found herself falling forward, she said she conducted a full on debate inside her head as she tumbled. “I’m OK,” she had thought to herself. “No, I think I’m falling. No, I couldn’t be. Now I’m on my knees? Now I’m falling further? Weird. Guess I’m really falling. What

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the hell? My nose just fully crashed into the pavement. And it was so loud! But I’m still alive?” After trying to break the fall with her arms she motioned towards me and whimpered my name. “Huh?” her thoughts continued. “How am I going to get into that car from here?” By now we were laughing so hard we were actually crying as she continued to wipe away the blood with the dirty cloth while noticing the big runs in her nylons and her bloody knees. “Maybe we should

go to the hospital?” I repeated, as I looked at the road rash on her nose and forehead. “I’m okay,” she said. “It just really hurts.” As we walked to the hotel we marvelled at how she could go from an upright walking position one moment, to landing directly on her face with the full force of her body weight seconds later. “I’m always left wondering what my most embarrassing moment is whenever that subject comes up,” she said. “Now I’ve got a story to tell.” Fortunately she appears to be all right

and the fall that should have broken her nose did not. It didn’t ruin her evening either, and unless we told people what happened, no one knew. Hopefully the hotel has some video footage they can share so we can see what those people in the car witnessed. I certainly learned why we’re encouraged to put our phones down and pay attention to what’s happening around us. Good or bad, it’s often worth seeing. Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com

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Anniversaries highlight Barkerville season Barkerville Historic Town is gearing up for an eventful 2015 season filled with education, entertainment, and three sesquicentennial celebrations. These celebrations include the 150th anniversaries (1865-2015) of Barkerville’s Cariboo Sentinel newspaper, the Cariboo Amateur Dramatic Association’s first public performance (in a saloon) and completion of the legendary Cariboo Waggon Road from Yale to Williams Creek. By 1865, English boatman-turnedCariboo miner Billy Barker’s namesake city was considered by some to be the largest north of San Francisco and west of Chicago. It was a wooden metropolis in the wilderness of British Columbia’s Central Interior, and before long Barkerville’s multicultural community was making culture of its own. The Cariboo Sentinel newspaper printed its first edition in June 1865. One week after that, the Cariboo Amateur Dramatic Association presented its first play. The Cariboo Waggon Road from Yale to Richfield was completed in November, bringing more population, industry, and opportunity to the goldfields. It also paved the way for Barkerville’s physical preservation. Declared a National Historic Site of Canada in 1924, and later a provincial heritage property in 1958, Barkerville is now the largest “living museum” in western North America. Tens of thousands of people from all over the world still travel the Gold Rush Trail every year, and in doing so, help keep the spirit of B.C.’s earliest days prosperous and full of life. But that’s not all. The Royal BC Museum’s (RBCM) 2015 exhibit, Gold Rush: El Dorado in BC, will bring tales of unfathomable Barkerville riches (along with Billy Barker’s very own pocket watch) to nearly half a million museum visitors in Victoria between

May and October before heading out to the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec and several additional ports of call in 2016 and beyond (www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca). “We are very pleased to have partnered with the RBCM on its Gold Rush exhibit in 2015, and look forward to future Barkerville’s main street collaborations,” says Barto plan a visit. kerville chief executive For more information about Barofficer Ed Coleman, who will sign an historic memorandum of understand- kerville’s 2015 season of sesquicening between the two institutions later tennials, which starts May 14 and runs through Sept. 27, visit www.barkerthis summer. “As bookends to B.C.’s Gold Rush ville.ca, or phone Judy Mooring, VisTrail, Victoria and Barkerville have itor Experiences, at 1-888-994-3332, been integrally connected for more ext. 29. than 150 year. By exploring and promoting this relationship, both provincially and internationally, we bring our ZION UNITED communities closer togethSunday Worship 10:50 am er despite our perceived geo401 Bancroft, Ashcroft, BC • 250-453-9511 graphical distance.” zuc@coppervalley.bc.ca • http://ashcroftunited.ca Never one to miss a party, United Church of Canada Barkerville Brewing Co. of Quesnel has produced a speLay Leaders: Fritz Baatz & Frank Mierau cial Mucho Oro lager to commemorate the RBCM’s Gold SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10 am Rush: El Dorado in BC exhibit … and partial proceeds from St. Alban’s the sale of each bottle will 501 Brink St, Ashcroft ~ 250-453-9909 benefit both the museum and Anglican Church of Canada the Barkerville Heritage Trust, the stewards of Barkerville’s CANON LOIS PETTY modern-day legacy. With its unique streetscape Crossroads Pentecostal Assembly of more than 130 heritage Christ Centered People Centered buildings, authentic displays, 1551 Stage Rd. Cache Creek B.C. • 250-457-6463 satellite museums, restaurants, crossroadspentecostalassembly.org shops and accommodations, Pastor David Murphy Barkerville still has so much to Worship and Sermon commences at 10 a.m. explore. With three significant Everyone welcome anniversaries at hand, this season looks like the perfect time

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... Past, Present & Beyond The Great War - Pt. 4: When the Blighters Started Shelling sometimes in the trenches to collect the sick and Germany. We will never lick them by May, but they wounded and bring them in to the dressing station may be beat for want of food, etc.” about three to five miles behind the Local residents continued to respond to the need A wave of soldiers forming firing line. My duties were with the ad- for help. The ladies of the Ashcroft Red Cross Socipart of the second Canadian Exvance or bearer party. All collecting of ety were busy providing items to be sent overseas, peditionary Force had passed wounded has to be done by night in while donations - many of them from First Nations through Ashcroft in February pitch darkness, no lights of any kind residents in the area - continued to come in for the 1915; but unlike their counterbeing allowed as the Germans have field hospital Mrs. Stobart was operating near Cherparts in the first contingent, who no respect for the Red Cross and their bourg, France. Doubtless the war seemed very far ended up training on England’s snipers fire on everything they see or away to most people in the region; but on May 7, windswept Salisbury Plain, these hear by night. . . . When there is any 1915 the entire world was shocked to hear of the tormen were bound for Shorncliffe, scrapping we have lots of bullets sing- pedoing and sinking of the British passenger ship 250 km to the east on the coast of ing, mostly over our heads I am glad to RMS Lusitania. In firing on a non-military ship withKent. They arrived on April 18, say, but the absolute worst touch of all out warning the German navy breached what were cheerful and hoping to get a taste is when the blighters start shelling. known as the “Cruiser Rules”, and ignited a storm of of battle in a war that many still “You can hear [the shell] com- protest around the world at the attack on civilians. In GOLDEN COUNTRY thought would be over quickly. ing, and ten to one it comes when you this area the disaster hit very close to home, as Soda Sobering news was starting and your bearers are yards from any Creek resident Donald Kerfoot was thought to be BARBARA RODEN to filter through from the front, sort of cover. You hear it coming clos- among the passengers; however, he telegraphed afhowever. A report in the Asher and closer and you wonder when the ter the event to say that he was safe. George Smart of croft Journal of March 12 1915 stated that 58 Can- blasted thing is going to bust. Nine times out of ten Quesnel, who had been an agent there for the B.X. adian soldiers had been killed in action (with another it bursts a couple of hundred yards away at least, but Express, was not so fortunate; he was one of the 101 having died of disease or accident). Local men the suspense till it does go off, is awful, and the relief 1,198 people on board the Lusitania who did not surwere still enlisting, however; in the same issue of the when you find you are still untouched is correspond- vive. paper it was noted that “George Munro left Ashcroft ingly pleasant. . . . Have you ever sat in a dentist’s Only a day later Private Lawrence Scanfor Kamloops on Tuesday last where he is enlisting chair with his infernal drill in a tooth, and feeling that lon Shields, aged 22 and the youngest son of John for the front. We wish George every success in his any moment he is going to hit the nerve? Well, if you Shields of Ashcroft, was killed in action. His was the hunting expedition.” have, exaggerate it a hundred times and you have the first local war death recorded in The Journal; there On March 27 The Journal ran a lengthy arti- sensation caused by a shell. were many more to come. cle with the headline “Letter From A Cariboo Boy “Since early in DeAt The Front”. The article is unsigned; in a person- cember the weather has al letter to editor R.D. Cumming the author wrote been of the most poi“Whatever you do don’t let anything be published sonous description. Rain as coming from me, as my letters are not really cen- and snow ad. lib., till the sored. I am merely on my honour not to say anything whole country is just I should not say. I don’t think I ever do; but opinions one huge quagmire. The differ, and I might get it in the neck if some of what trenches were knee deep I have said were published over or under my name.” in slush and water and in The piece paints a vivid picture of what life was some places waist deep. like for the writer, who operated as part of a Field “Heaven alone Ambulance at the front. He had been there since the knows when I will get end of October 1914, “doing my bit”, but by Febru- back to B.C. If I come ary 1915 was desperate for leave. To his disappoint- through all right I’ll be ment all he got was a “rest job” about five miles be- back as soon as the war hind the firing line, not the home leave he had hoped is over. Some say it will for: “they could not spare me or any other medical be over by May. I have men away from work.” no opinion on the subOf his duties he writes, “One part [of the Field ject as I know nothing Canadian Field Ambulance personnel in Flanders in 1915, at about the same time Ambulance] goes out to points close behind and of internal conditions in Canadian John McRae wrote “In Flanders Fields” (May 3 1915). An intermittent series looking at Ashcroft and area during World War I.

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ON NOW AT YOUR BC CHEVROLET DEALERS. Chevrolet.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. Chevrolet is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the lease of a 2015 Chevrolet Cruze LS (1SA), Cruze LT (1SA), and purchase of a Trax LS FWD, Equinox LS FWD. Freight ($1,600, $1,600, $1,650, $1,650) and PDI included. License, insurance, registration, administration fees, dealer fees, PPSA and applicable taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offers which may not be combined with other offers, and are subject to change without notice. Offers apply to qualified retail customers in BC Chevrolet Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer order or trade may be required. * Offer valid to eligible retail lessees in Canada who have obtained credit approval by and entered into a lease agreement with GM Financial, and who accept delivery before June 1st, 2015 of any new or demonstrator 2015 model year Chevrolet Cruze. General Motors of Canada will pay one month’s lease payment or two biweekly lease payments as defined on the lease agreement (inclusive of taxes). After the first month, lessee will be required to make all remaining scheduled payments over the remaining term of the lease agreement. PPSA/RDPRM is not due. Consumer may be required to pay Dealer Fees. Insurance, licence, and applicable taxes not included. Additional conditions and limitations apply. GM reserves the right to modify or terminate this offer at any time without prior notice. See dealer for details. ¥ Lease based on a purchase price of $16,004/$20,969 (including $1,000/$2,000 lease cash and a $446 Owner Cash) for a 2015 Cruze LS (1SA)/Cruze LT (1SA). Bi-weekly payment is $73/$97 for 48 months at 0.0% APR and includes Freight and Air Tax, on approved credit to qualified retail customers by GM Financial. Annual kilometers limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometer. $995 down payment required. Payment may vary depending on down payment trade. Total obligation is $8,580/$11,135, plus applicable taxes. Option to purchase at lease end is $7,424/$9,834. Price and total obligation excludes license, insurance, registration, taxes, dealer fees, optional equipment. Other lease options are available. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offer which may not be combined with other offers. See your dealer for conditions and details. General Motors of Canada Limited reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. †† Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any model year 1999 or newer car 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 pickup models delivered in Canada between May 1st – June 1st, 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive) and credit value depends on model purchased: $500 credit available on Chevrolet Spark, Sonic, Cruze, Volt, Trax, Malibu (expect LS). $750 credit available on others Chevrolet vehicles (except Colorado 2SA, Camaro Z28, Malibu LS, Silverado Light Duty and Heavy Duty). 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 May 1st – June 1st, 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive): $1,000 credit available on Chevrolet Spark, Sonic, Cruze, Volt, Trax, Malibu (expect LS) ; $1,500 credit available on other eligible Chevrolet vehicles (except Chevrolet Colorado 2SA, 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. ~Visit onstar.ca for coverage maps, details and system limitations. Services and connectivity may vary by model and conditions. OnStar with 4G LTE connectivity is available on select vehicle models and in select markets. Customers will be able to access OnStar services only if they accept the OnStar User Terms and Privacy Statement (including software terms). OnStar acts as a link to existing emergency service providers. After the trial period (if applicable), an active OnStar service plan is required. † 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. Standard 10 airbags, ABS, traction control and StabiliTrak. ^*Government 5-Star Safety Ratings are part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) New Car Assessment Program (www.SaferCar.gov). + Insurance Institute for Highway Safety awarded 2015 Trax and Equinox the 2015 Top Safety Pick Plus Award when equipped with available forward collision alert. ‡ Purchase prices include a cash credit of $2,500 and $446 Owner Cash and apply to new 2015 Chevrolet Trax LS FWD models at participating dealers in Canada. Purchase prices of $17,495 (LS FWD) include Freight, Air Tax but exclude license, insurance, registration, dealer fees and taxes. Dealer may sell for less. Offer may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. GMCL may modify, extend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. See dealer for details. ‡‡ Purchase price includes a cash credit of $4,200 and $670 Owner Cash and apply to new 2015 Chevrolet Equinox LS FWD models at participating dealers in Canada. Purchase prices of $22,995 (LS FWD) includes Freight, Air Tax but excludes license, insurance, registration, dealer fees and taxes. Dealer may sell for less. Offer may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. GMCL may modify, extend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. ¥¥ Comparison based on 2013 Polk segmentation: Compact SUV and latest competitive data available and based on the maximum legroom available. Excludes other GM brands. **The 2-Year Scheduled Lube-Oil-Filter Maintenance Program provides eligible customers in Canada, who have purchased or leased a new eligible 2015 MY Chevrolet (excluding Spark EV), with an ACDelco® oil and filter change, in accordance with the oil life monitoring system and the Owner’s Manual, for 2 years or 40,000 km, whichever occurs first, with a limit of four (4) Lube-Oil-Filter services in total, performed at participating GM dealers. Fluid top offs, inspections, tire rotations, wheel alignments and balancing, etc. are not covered. This offer may not be redeemed for cash and may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives available on GM vehicles. General Motors of Canada Limited reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. Additional conditions and limitations apply. See dealer for details. ^^Whichever comes first. See dealer for details.

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