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Run, Walk or Roll Ashcroft students were out enjoying a beautiful Fall day with their own Terry Fox Run on Sept. 30.
Spences Bridge loses federal polling station by Wendy Coomber Spences Bridge voters who are expecting to have a nice leisurely walk to their polling station on Oct. 19 may want to check their Voter Registration Cards closely. It seems that their polling station is in Lytton. Resident Mavourneen VarcoeRyan said she found a notice in her mailbox last week noting the change. “It was just a notice in the mailbox yesterday and looks like it was the Cooks Ferry Band that issued it,” she said. They had a three-hour Advanced Poll on Monday, Oct. 5 “for people who didn’t have to work,” she said. She says Elections Canada looked
at facilities in Spences Bridge for a polling station. Obviously, she says, they originally considered putting one here. Spences Bridge was included in a list of polling stations in information distributed by Elections Canada last month. She says this is the first time in the 23 years she’s lived in Spences Bridge that it hasn’t had a polling station. “If you don’t drive, can’t afford the gas, or don’t want to spend an hour in the car going to Lytton... To have it taken away after so many years is completely different than never having it here,” she said.
“It is disturbing when our governmenment makes decisions without consultation,” said TNRD Director Steve Rice, who lives in Spences Bridge. “It is even more disturbing when it hinders any Canadian’s ability to vote. To have only a three hour time frame a full two weeks before the election to vote in Spencer’s bridge is ludicrous. Many of us are still watching the news, following the debates... When it comes to the right to vote ease of access should be a priority for any government.” Varcoe-Ryan says many in town will not be able to get to Lytton. “I feel quite confident some people will not be able to vote. I’m outraged.”
by Wendy Coomber Gold Trail enrolment figures are still dropping but the good news is they haven’t dropped by much. The figures won’t be official until Oct. 16, said Lynda Minnabarriet, S.D. 74 Secretary-Treasurer, but what they show as of Oct. 1 is 1,114.5 FTE (Full Time Equivalent). Last year there were 1,118 students enroled. Minnabarriet said in recent years, enrolment has been down by as much as 30-50 students, so they’re happy with these numbers. While most of the Gold Trail schools are seeing small increases in enrolment, Lillooet is heading in the other direction. Cayooosh has gone from 184 last year to 176 this year, George M. Murray has remained the same at 112, and the high school has dropped from 205 to 198. Lytton Elementary School has fallen from 71 to 69, but the high school recovered two of those, going from 44 to 46 students. A few new students in Cache Creek pushed the elementary school’s enrolment from 93 last year to 109 this year. Ashcroft and Clinton, which both have combined K-12 schools, have both seen slight increases as Ashcroft went from 262 last year to 269 this year, and Clinton went from 96 to 102 students. “Any time we can see stability in our numbers is a time to celebrate,” said Carmen Ranta, board of education chair. She said they were predicting a higher decline. They had also predicted that the decline in numbers would eventually taper off. Whether the next two years shows a stable enrolment number will be the real test. In 2002, the student population in the district was twice what it is now, she added. Stable enrolment, added Ranta, would be good news for planning and development in the communities with schools. Minnabarriet said enrolment had been projected for this year at 1,082. She is cautiously optimistic that the large declines in enrolment are finally coming to an end. What we’ve seen, she said, is higher numbers of older students graduating and smaller numbers of students entering Kindergarten. This year there are over 95 grade 12 students and 88 Kindergarten students. So we’re closing that gap, she said. From a financial point of view, enrolment is a key factor in government funding, and it also indicates whether the district’s facilities are being fully utilized. Minnabarriet says they will be finding out who these new students are in the next few years, but she suspects they are from families who are new to the communities.
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linton etaChMent Sept. 6 – RCMP were disSept. 19 – Members responded to patched to an incident known a complaint of a vehicle down an emas “SWATTING”. In this case, bankment on Hwy 97. Members loby using a computer manipulatcated a pickup truck nose down in the ed phone number, an unknown party made a fake 911 call small lake approximately 3 kms south of Clinton. The body describing a frightening set of circumstances and that an in- of a male was also found floating beside the vehicle. The dividual was barricaded with hostages. This prompted a high vehicle and male were later identified as having been misscale response using high risk intervention options. Once the sing for nearly nine days from Surrey. The incident is being call was determined to be false, all additional resources were investigated by the BC Coroner Service and an RCMP Collistood down. These types of calls are costly; a strain on emer- sion Reconstructionist. The matter was largely publicized on gency services resources but most importantly, are very dan- social media and thus brought our small community into the gerous. spotlight briefly.
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Clinton Legion broken into
Sept. 10 – Sometime during the night, an unknown individual(s) gained entry to the Royal Canadian Legion on Le Bourdais Ave. There was extensive damage and loss from the theft that took place. This matter is still under investigation and is believed to be linked to a rash of Break and Enter incidents in the South Cariboo area as of late.
MVI driver may have been impaired
Sept. 11 – In the early morning hours, members responded to a Motor Vehicle Collision on Hwy 97 at 70 Mile House. A northbound tractor trailer combination vehicle went off road right. The damage was significant and the male driver was seriously injured. Further investigation led to a Search Warrant being granted to seize samples of the male’s blood and urine. The matter is still under investigation and investigators are waiting for results from the RCMP Laboratory. No charges have been laid at this point.
Prevent bear foraging
Being the early Fall again, it’s that time to remind people to securely store their trash and recycling. Fruit trees need to be picked and rotting fruit removed from the ground. There have been numerous bear sightings in the community so far and this will likely increase prior to hibernation. Let’s all do our part to keep the bears out of town. In situations requiring attention, remember to call the BC Conservation Service or to reach out to us locally.
School speed zones
Also of note, with our children back in school now, we ask that you remember and adhere to school speed zones. It’s every driver’s responsibility to know the speed limit when they are operating a Motor Vehicle. Please be responsible and help to keep our students, staff and parents safe.
Missing hunter found
Sept. 11 – In the evening hours, a male was reported to be several hours overdue from his daytime hunt near the Big Bar Ski Trails. This was very out of character. and Clinton RCMP began a Missing Person investigation with the 100 Mile House Search and Rescue Team. Approximately eight hours into the search, the male was located uninjured and safe but very cold. The male’s ATV broke down so he built a fire and stayed put until help arrived.
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Captain Stephen Anderson of the Ashcroft Fire Dept. uses a thermal imaging camera to check for hot spots in a camper fire. Join us in celebrating our volunteer firefighters, p. 7-10.
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Lillooet helps local patients by Wendy Coomber Health care supporters think they’re within weeks of coming up with a new model of health care delivery in the area. The new model will see the return of local advisory councils who oversee small regions, with physicians who can specialize and practice within that region. Earlier this year, the province launched a pilot program known as Practice Ready Assessment - BC for doctors trained in other countries who wish to practice in BC. Dr. Nancy Humber, community medical director for IH West, has had a family practice in Lillooet for two decades. “She sees a serious need for a change,” says Ron Hood, member of Ashcroft’s Wellness Health Action Coalition (WHAC). He says Humber has brought the program to Lillooet and is retraining four international physicians to become certified to practice in BC. A provision of the program is that graduates must spend three years practising in a rural community, and two of those doctors are expected to come to Ashcroft in February. In the meantime, says Hood, Humber is enlisting the other physicians in the Lillooet clinic to help with the training by accepting patients from the Ashcroft clinic who are currently without a doctor. The community bus could be used to take patients to Lillooet and bring them back to Ashcroft again once or twice a week, but BC Transit is still looking into costs and contracts. “What we want in place is a
new model that takes care of the next problem before it happens,” says Hood. He says when WHAC was formed, they drew up a long list of questions. When they started looking, they found the answers were already there. “It’s a matter of protocol that no one has figured out,” says Hood. “How do you get the rhetoric to trickle down to the grass roots? You stomp on a whole lot of comfort zones.” The health system needs to change, he says. Everyone wants it to change. The system itself wants to change. And it is beginning to. The problem began in the early 1990s when the Health Authorities were formed because they took rural communities out of the picture. “The community should be up in arms,” he says. “It should have been up in arms 20 years ago and stayed there.” WHAC sees two ways to approach the problem, he says. Public confrontation is one. It draws everyone’s attention ot it. Collaboration is the second, working with others to create lasting change from within the system. Change needs a grass roots groundswell. “The more numbers you can produce, the more government listens,” he says. WHAC membership provides the numbers. Hood says Humber wanted to change the system and WHAC is helping by providing the numbers. See HEALTH on p. 6
Fire Dept. battles camper blaze
The Ashcroft Fire Dept. was called to a camper on fire last Thursday afternoon. The camper was parked on the bench above the River Inn and was being used as a temporary dwelling, but no one was hurt.
Bottling plant proposal needs answers by Wendy Coomber The Village of Clinton is considering a water bottling plant proposal and it’s garnering much public interest, not all of it positive. Council deferred a zoning amendment decision at its Aug. 12 meeting pending further information. Clinton Mayor Jim Rivett says Council had asked its lawyers for a legal opinion which it didn’t get in time for the meeting, and there were questions from the public gallery which couldn’t be answered at the time. Chinese developers Clinton Hongyang Zhengong International Investments Ltd. is pro-
Minor hockey could use your bucks
The Ashcroft & District Lions are asking for your spare Canadian Tire bucks and have place donation boxes at Ashcroft Building Supplies (Irly) and the Ashcroft Arena. Canadian Tire will double it for local Minor Hockey teams buying their gear there. L-R: Don Whittaker, Nick Lebedoff, Willow Anderson, Moe Girard, Alisha Chertkoff, Ernie Kristoff and Bob Williams.
posing to build a mineral water bottling facility adjacent to the as yet unopened wood products plant at the south entrance to the Village on Hwy 97 at Duck Lakes. They will be extracting water from an underground aquifer there. Rivett says the developer plans to operate 16 hours per day, five days a week and will employ 40-60 people - “Which is huge for us.” Nearly two dozen people attended an Aug. 25 public hearing with the project’s developer. Rivett says many people had questions concerning the town’s own water supply and the capacity of the aquifer. “The experts didn’t do their homework,” says Andrew May, “and that’s a damn shame because now there’s fear that it’s going to hurt our water system. They could have put all that to bed if they’d come prepared with answers.” May is a member of the public who has been attending Council meetings for the past three years out of his own interest. He says it’s just his opinion, but he doesn’t think there’s any way it can affect Clinton’s water source, which comes from a different aquifer up in the hills. This particular aquifer, says May, is a relatively shallow aquifer at the south entrance in an industrial area. There is a map that shows the registered wells that use the aquifer, but there are also unregistered wells in the area - wells that were drilled before registration was necessary. Part of the problem, says May, is that the developers don’t know the limits of the aquifer and can’t say who will be affected. Two nearby businesses use the aquifer, but neither business owner was contacted by the developer. The High Bar Band was also unhappy that it had not been consulted. A special Committee of the Whole meeting on Sept. 16 was attended by more that 26 interested citizens. Councillors read out the questions collected during the previous week for discussion. Those questions and more were grouped and forwarded to the appropriate agencies for answers. See CLINTON on p. 6
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So much to be thankful for There’s no mistaking the bite in the air lately, nor the smell of mature crops. The birds are making different sounds - that is, the ones that are still here and haven’t moved on. It’s definitely Fall. Thanksgiving is this weekend. Thanksgiving in my memory is family drives along Essex County’s secondary roads and fields of ripe pumpkins and harvested cornfields. Visits to indoor markets like Walker Farms where you could buy fresh apple cider, winter squash, Indian corn, preserved vegetables, fresh greenery to make seasonal wreaths. But most of all, Thanksgiving meant the smell of turkey with stuffing and gravy, more mashed potatoes than an army could eat, pickled beets, fresh apple pie, and visits from and to my many aunts, uncles and cousins from Amherstburg to Wallaceburg and all points in between. I’m thankful to have such memories, to live in a country where we are free to celebrate as we wish, to travel without restrictions, and to have such an abundance of good food. Sadly, I am far away from family now, the closest being either Nanaimo or Fort St. John. Neither place would constitute a “drop in for supper” type of trip. But Thanksgiving is still a special day and involves a specially prepared meal. I remember one such meal I cooked for myself and a friend while living in Halifax involving two turkey drumsticks, a few croutons doused with poultry seasoning and a toaster oven. Once again, friends will join us at the table, but my Thanksgiving offering this weekend will be substantially more than a couple of drumsticks. While the cats may not be pleased that turkey appears nowhere on the menu, they will, no doubt, find a substitute that they can stuff themselves on. They’ll take whatever I put in front of them. I am thankful for my parents and my grandparents, who taught me that food prepared as a family tastes better than anything because it’s made with love. And love can make even a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on white bread taste like a million bucks.
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Check your Voter Card for mistakes Dear Editor Some people who live up at Ashcroft Manor received their voter’s cards last week directing them to drive down to Boston Bar to be able to vote. After a phone call was made querying this information, arrangements are now being made to send each compliance a transfer from so they can vote in Ashcroft. However CBC announced today that errors like this have occurred for thosands all over the province and in Saskatchewan as well. What a massive waste of our taxpayer’s dollars to rectify this situation. I am writing this letter to remind everyone to check their voter’s cards and to call 1 866-545-0623 to get their transfer form to be able to vote here. By the way, Advance Polls are at Cache Creek Community Hall. On election day polls close at 7 p.m.
Marilyn Bueckert Ashcroft
Spences Bridge’s right to vote taken away Dear Editor Recent revelations by Elections Canada that quite possibly thousands of voter information cards may have
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR been sent out that are incorrect, putting some Canadians “right to vote” at risk, are alarming at best. Now factor in that there will be no polling station in Spences Bridge…the plot thickens! How many communities across Canada, like Spences Bridge, have been casting their ballot on Election Day for over a Century? I would suggest the number is significant. How many of these communities have a significant demographic composed of First Nations? Seniors and even young folks that are eligible to vote... but do not drive. I would suggest this number is also significant. With government looking for ways to address the serious concerns surrounding decreasing voter turnout, I would boldly suggest the elimination of polling stations in small rural communities is a giant step backwards not only in regards of voter turnout but in terms of democracy itself. Voting Day is big time in small rural. We wake up to coffee... a buzz in the air... lively conversation...we will elect our new leaders, our new direction... maybe even a new era in Canada. It also raises the question of the aforementioned voter demographics in small rural communities across Canada. Does the voter information card fiasco and small town demograph-
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ics lend itself to a hidden agenda? Maybe or maybe not but it certainly raises the question. Given the jobs, the lifestyle, the values of rural Canada, it would seem the Conservatives may not have gained many votes (by the bad “voter info card” mail out or the rural polling station cutback) but it would certainly seem that the NDP, Liberal and Green parties will most certainly be losing votes. Small communities with no transit, no taxi, no way to get to the polls without help from family or friends, should have “ease of access” to their greatest right of all - the right to vote. Compare this to Kamloops - transit, taxi, even ride share options to get to any of the 16 polling stations. Yes - 16 polling stations! Taking nothing from our neighbours, this is about Elections Canada. Hear ye, Hear ye. Earth to Elections Canada - could Spences Bridge borrow a Polling Station from Kamloops, ust for one day? Say Oct. 19. What do you say? Small rural communities across Canada have lost their libraries, RCMP, gas stations, bus station... They have even lost their bridges. Now we are losing arguably our most sacred possession of all, our voting booth. A sad day for Spences Bridge, a sad day for small rural communities. A sad day for Canada.
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The federal budget document began with an ominous warning about deep cuts. Social programs, justice and corrections would be spared as much as possible, but no department would escape the knife. The stark truth was revealed in a table of figures. Health care spending, the core of the Canadian state, was cut by 3.8 per cent in just the first year of the fiscal plan, as population and need continued to grow. No, this is not from the Stephen Harper budget of April 2015, or any other in the last decade. It’s from the Jean Chretien budget of 1995, more than 20 years ago. That’s the last time anyone actually cut health care spending. But wait, you may say. Didn’t I hear that Harper has slashed health care spending by
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$30 billion? Yes, In B.C., then-finance min- able and must be addressed by you probably did ister Kevin Falcon praised the whoever wins the Oct. 19 federhear the biggest, long-term approach, acknow- al election. most brazen lie ledging that health spending NDP leader Thomas Mulof this election was ballooning to half of the cair is on record that he will campaign, either provincial budget and had to be scrap the Conservative formula from the govbrought under control as baby for growth-based increases that ernment unions boomers start to retire. B.C. has he pretends are cuts, returning Tom Fletcher that advertised it largely accomplished that, with to six per cent every year while tfletcher@blackpress.ca or the politicians spending increases below three balancing the budget. Little dewho parrot it. per cent and health care out- tail has been provided on how If health care comes that continue to lead the this would be done. really is everycountry. Liberal leader Justin Truone’s high-priorAs the current election deau announced in Surrey last loping increases continued until campaign turns into the home week that he will ante up an exity issue, as pollsters have long assured us, vot- the Conservative majority of stretch, Statistics Canada has tra $3 billion over four years for ers should at least know the 2011, after which then-finance announced a milestone. For the health care, and “sit down with minister Jim Flaherty came to first time in history, the num- the provinces immediately” to facts. After cutting provincial Victoria to inform provincial fi- ber of seniors exceeds number renegotiate, a rerun of Paul Marhealth and social services trans- nance ministers of the new plan. of children. This demograph- tin’s political theatre. fers for years to end the string (I was there, and the joke was ic shift is inexorable, predictof operating deficits that began that this was as far from Otunder Pierre Trudeau and con- tawa as Flaherty could get tinued under Brian Mulroney, without leaving Canada.) sgiving k n a h T The six-per-cent inLiberal finance minister Paul at the Martin rose brief- creases, by that time triEnjoy the sweet sounds of ple inflation, would conly to the top job. SCARLETT JANE In 2004, Mar- tinue for another five years. after feasting on a scrumptious Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner tin staged meet- Starting in 2017-18, inALL the fixin`s and Secret Gardens Pumpkin Pie for dessert! ings with pre- creases would be tied to MONDAY, OCTOBER 12TH miers, emer- economic growth, with a DINNER ... DESSERT ... SHOW $30 minimum hike of three per ging with what was billed as “a cent, still well ahead of toSUNDAY, October 11th fix for a genera- day’s inflation. That reJackie Tegart We are also featuring a mains the Conservative MLA, Fraser Nicola tion,” with fed- plan today. Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner eral health transReservations please All provinces east of fers to rise six per Saskatchewan pitched a fit. 250-458-2256 cent each year Manitoba’s NDP finance into the future. The future for minister termed it “un-CanAn important program for many people in Martin’s govern- adian.” Lefties immediateAshcroft and Cache Creek began in September ment lasted only ly called it a cut, to which with the launch of the Single Parent Employ- two years, as his Flaherty replied that transment Initiative to help them achieve long-term, minority was re- fers to provinces would rise rewarding careers. placed with one from $30 billion to $38 bilThe Single Parent Employment Initiative is led by Harper. lion in 2018-19, and conSept 30th - Oct. 15th, 2015 Prices in Effect designed for women and men on income and These gal- tinue to grow after that. disability assistance. More than 16,000 single parents on income and disability assistance now have access to funding that can include up to 12 months of funded training for an in-demand job, or a paid ONE WEEK ONLY October 9th - 15th work-experience placement. 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Oct. 10-12: Black Powder Shoot above Cache Creek landfill Thanksgiving weekend. Admission free, RV parking and camping available. Oct. 13 : Cache Creek Council meeting at 7 pm in the Village Office. Everyone welcome. Oct. 19: Federal election. Please get out and VOTE! Nov. 7: Cache Creek Indoor Market, 9am to 1pm in the Community Hall. Farmers and Fleas welcome. Call 453-9587 for information. Nov. 20 & 21: WRAPS presents My Fair Lady in the former Ashcroft Elementary School gymnasium. The Cache Creek Indoor Market is being held the first Saturday of the month over the winter, except for January. Community Vegetarian Potluck Desert Sands School every 2nd Tuesday of the month 6:00pm. Bring your favourite Vegetarian Dish and join the fellowship. Add your community events to our online calendar at http://www.ash-cache-journal.com/calendar/
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by Wendy Coomber The Cache Creek Market is moving indoors for the winter months. The Cache Creek Beautification Society made the decision at its last meeting after another successful year downtown on the old Esso property. The farmer and flea market has been operating in the same place since 2011 under the Society’s governance. The Society’s chair, Carmen Ranta, says the decision was made so that the vendors can have the opportunity to extend their season, and so that the public doesn’t forget about the Market when it moves back to its outdoor location in May.
The indoor Market in February will also coincide with the group’s annual Seedy Saturday. The Society will hold its third Seedy Saturday on Feb. 6, with gardening-related speakers, vendors and activities. Last year’s event was a great success. Next year the organizers hope to add more speakers, demonstrations and activities, as well as vendors. A schedule will be distributed as the event draws closer. The Indoor Market will be held the first Saturday of the month in the Community Hall: Nov. 7, Dec. 5, Feb. 6, March 5 and Apr. 2, having the same hours that the outdoor market had - 9 am to 1 pm. The Cache Creek youth group will host the concession to raise money for activities. Admission is free South Cariboo Elizabeth Fry for the public, but vendors are expected to pay for their tables, Thursday, October 15, 2015 which will be provided. Electricity is also 6:00 pm at our office available if needed. “Come Meet the Board Call 250-4579587 for more inforMembers” mation and to reserve Light snacks provided tables.
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“People are concerned but they’re not up in arms yet,” says May. “Any business in Clinton that employs more than two people is wonderful.” Four years ago, says Rivett, Clinton’s economic development committee made contact with Chinese businesses who came to Clinton and looked around. “It’s been in the works for a while,” he says. Clinton from p. 3
Keep pushing for positive change The volunteer WHAC is looking for a paid Project Manager to carry on with the project and the “comfort zone stomping” with support from the Village of Ashcroft, MLA Jackie Tegart and Dr. Humber. Tegart has been organizing community meetings, lobbying her colleagues in the Legislature and looking for funding for the different aspects of the work. “Things are changing with protocol,” says Hood. “We have to keep pushing.” In the interim, Dr. Humber has four extra physicians in her clinic, he says. Under the supervision of Lillooet’s other doctors, they will be taking appointments to see local patients once or twice a week. Patients’ files will remain at the Ashcroft clinic. “Jackie (Tegart) started this whole thing,” says Hood. “It’s a slow process, but the new system will change the way they’re able to provide services.” Hood points out that the Ministry is experimenting with regional health boards around the province. Within this new rural region, doctors will be able to pursue medical specialties that won’t work in a single community but can work in a region. “If we can keep these professionals in the region - that’s the goal,” he says. Health from p. 3
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Euchre first, second & third Sundays of every month 1:00 to 4:00 pm, beginners welcome Ashcroft Legion General Meeting 3rd Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. (no meeting July and August)
Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday • 12 pm - 5 pm Thursday - Friday • 12 pm - 11 pm Saturday • 12 pm - 8 pm ~ Sunday • 12 pm - 6 pm
MEMBERS & BONA FIDE GUESTS WELCOME
JACKIE TEGART MLA Fraser Nicola
Proudly Supporting Rural Communities
Monday, Oct. 12
Loonie Pot $302 + evening’s take Proceeds to go to community projects Hope to see you all there! Cache Creek Community Hall • Doors Open 6 pm
Ashcroft Constituency Office 405 Railway Avenue Ashcroft, BC Phone 250 453-9726 Toll-Free 1 877 378-4802 Email jackie.tegart.mla@leg.bc.ca www.jackietegartmla.bc.ca
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Fire Prevention Week OCTOBER 4 - 10, 2015
Smoke Alarm Age and Location Critical to Help Homeowners Hear the Beep Where They Sleep
Homeowners must focus on both the location and age of their smoke alarms to ensure family members will wake up during an overnight fire, says a safety expert. Statistics from the United States show that at least one half of all home fire deaths occur between 11 pm and 7 am, the time when most people are asleep. Canadian officials are certain the same trend exists here. To emphasize the importance of being awakened during an overnight fire emergency, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has coined its theme for its 2015 Fire Prevention Week – “Hear The Beep Where You Sleep: Every Bedroom Needs A Working Smoke Alarm.”
Planning and practicing a home fire escape plan is a smart thing to do.
Across North America, from October 4-10, fire departments will be out en masse reinforcing the basics of home fire safety. Fire Prevention Week garners huge support in Canada, so much so that classroom educational programs for teachers, primary school visits by firefighters and a myriad other special community events extend the week into a month-long safety campaign. “We know that smoke alarms at least double your family’s chance of a safe escape. But to provide that critical early warning, they need to be installed in all the right locations and they need to be working,” says Carol Heller, a home safety specialist with smoke and carbon monoxide alarm manufacturer, Kidde Canada. Although most cities, towns, provinces and territories have adopted their own version of Canada’s Building Code, at a minimum one smoke or combination smoke/CO alarm should be installed outside every sleeping area of a home. “Fire Prevention Week is a great time to remind people that if you’ve taken down a smoke alarm after burning the toast and forgotten to put it back up, or removed batteries and left an alarm unpowered, you are placing your family at severe risk,” Heller adds. “This is not a trivial issue. In almost two-thirds of fatal house fires, investigators find that smoke alarms were either not present, or, were missing batteries.” Heller’s other cautionary advice centres on aging smoke alarms. She is quick to point out that even if an alarm sounds when you push its Test button, that only means circuits are working and power is getting to the unit. It does not mean the alarm’s sensors
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Keep flammable items away from your fireplace and keep a glass or metal screen in front of it.
are operating at full sensitivity. After being exposed to years of dust, cooking grime, pet fur and other airborne contaminants Heller warns that sensors could lose responsiveness. That’s why the NFPA recommends that if your smoke alarm is more than 10 years old or you can’t remember its age, whether it is hardwired or battery powered, replace it immediately. For CO alarms, any models purchased prior to 2009 should also be replaced. Heller also notes that latest-generation alarm technology can help provide peace of mind. “Talking alarms that call out a warning in addition to beeping can help wake sleeping family members, “ says Heller. Specifically designed for installation in or right outside the bedroom, the Kidde Worry Free Bedroom Smoke Alarm features a voice alarm that says the words ‘Fire, Fire’ in both English and French, which accompanies an 85 decibel alarm tone. Having a 10-year lithium battery sealed inside the alarm, a feature of all Worry-Free models, makes the alarms virtually tamper-proof and eliminates the risk associated with disabling the alarm. Special options also exist for the hearing impaired. The Kidde Strobe Light is designed to be used in conjunction with smoke, CO or heat alarms in interconnected systems. The strobe light provides a bright visual signal, over and above the 85 db beep. The strobe flashes once per second. Find more Fire Prevention Week tips and smoke alarm installation advice at safeathome.ca.
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Dispose of hot ashes in metal containers and place them outdoors, at a distance from the house.
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To our Fire Fighters: Thanks for all your past help!
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Celebrating 153 Years 1862-2014
Establish an outdoor meeting place for your family in the event of a fire.
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Joshua White Chief
Meryha Phillips Firefighter
Brian Henderson Safety Officer
Dale Lyon Firefighter
Loretta Orrey Firefighter
Ed Aie Firefighter
Jackson Cave Firefighter
Joe Paulos Firefighter
Tom Reid Firefighter
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CACHE CREEK FIRE DEPARTMENT
ASHCROFT FIRE DEPARTMENT
Spencer Hayden Captain
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Colten Sabyan Junior Firefighter
Steve Anderson Deputy Chief
Tyler Fitzpatrick Firefighter
Solomon Wiebe Junior Firefighter
Steve Aie Captain
Susan Henderson Firefighter
Tim Roden Junior Firefighter
Jonah Anstett Captain
Tom Moe Chief
Damian Couture 1st Deputy Chief
Dan Berwin 2nd Deputy Chief
Bill Elliott Captain
Mike Shepherd
Al Wiens
Bert Agliss
Kevin Scharfenberg
Don Hilyard Captain
Clayton Cassidy Captain
Gordon Dafoe
Chris Brezina
Nancy Duchaine Firefighter
Jager Mazurkewich Junior Firefighter
Ben Roy 1967-2015
LOON LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT
LYTTON FIRE DEPARTMENT Kathie Hibberson Deputy Chief
Denise MacIntyre Captain
Dion Moody
Norm Dixon Fire C hief
Ted Crawford Deputy Chief
Kevin Lennox
Bill Salisbury
Christopher Ladoski
Colin Smith
Ron Hanson
Franko Borri
Missing Fire Chief Jason Phillips Simon Smith Mathew Webster Edward Thom
Alice Munro
Keep lit candles away from bedding, curtains, papers and anything else that can ignite easily.
Anie’s Pizza & Bakery Trans Canada Hwy., Cache Creek
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Test your smoke alarm monthly only a working smoke alarm can save your life!
Village of Lytton 250-455-2355
Brad Melville
Terrance Pierre
Kyle Clerke
Hold practice fire drills in which the whole family participates. ASHCROFT
Ben Joey
Stacy Thom
Thanks for keeping us safe!
Ashcroft Building Centre
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Replace smoke alarms every 10 years. If you can’t remember how old the alarm is, it’s probably time for a new one.
Cache Creek Dairy Queen 250-457-9924
Establish an outdoor meeting place for your family in the event of a fire.
NOEL H. MURRAY
Missing Tony Chan Ken Dowding Jeff Harrison Stephen Ebert
Post home address signs that are clearly visible from the road
Ashcroft Cache Creek Seniors Centre Have a family fire safety plan in place for your family, and make sure to have fire drills at home.
Certified Professional Bookkeeper
Cache Creek Telephone/Fax: 250-457-9696 nhmurray@coppervalley.bc.ca
Highway 97, Cache Creek
402 -4th Street, Ashcroft
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Kevin Peters
Leanne Peters
Do not run electrical cords under your bed or trap them against a wall where heat can build up.
Tel: (250) 453-9411 Highland Valley Road, Ashcroft
Keep cooking areas free from combustibles. Avoid wearing long sleeves when cooking.
Ashcroft family medical PRACTICE 250-453-9353
Les Fraser
Ray Pullen
Louise Hanson
Always unplug small appliances when not in use.
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Fire Prevention is everybody’s job Village of Cache Creek 250-457-6237
Shelden Ladoski
Dried flowers, cornstalks and crepe paper are highly flammable. Keep these and other decorations well away from all open flame and heat including light bulbs and heaters.
Ashcroft Dental Clinic 411 Brink St., Ashcroft
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Keep space heaters at least 3 feet away from drapes, clothing, or other combustible materials.
CLINTON
Building Centre 1217 Cariboo Hwy, Clinton
250-459-2544
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Joshua White Chief
Meryha Phillips Firefighter
Brian Henderson Safety Officer
Dale Lyon Firefighter
Loretta Orrey Firefighter
Ed Aie Firefighter
Jackson Cave Firefighter
Joe Paulos Firefighter
Tom Reid Firefighter
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CACHE CREEK FIRE DEPARTMENT
ASHCROFT FIRE DEPARTMENT
Spencer Hayden Captain
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Colten Sabyan Junior Firefighter
Steve Anderson Deputy Chief
Tyler Fitzpatrick Firefighter
Solomon Wiebe Junior Firefighter
Steve Aie Captain
Susan Henderson Firefighter
Tim Roden Junior Firefighter
Jonah Anstett Captain
Tom Moe Chief
Damian Couture 1st Deputy Chief
Dan Berwin 2nd Deputy Chief
Bill Elliott Captain
Mike Shepherd
Al Wiens
Bert Agliss
Kevin Scharfenberg
Don Hilyard Captain
Clayton Cassidy Captain
Gordon Dafoe
Chris Brezina
Nancy Duchaine Firefighter
Jager Mazurkewich Junior Firefighter
Ben Roy 1967-2015
LOON LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT
LYTTON FIRE DEPARTMENT Kathie Hibberson Deputy Chief
Denise MacIntyre Captain
Dion Moody
Norm Dixon Fire C hief
Ted Crawford Deputy Chief
Kevin Lennox
Bill Salisbury
Christopher Ladoski
Colin Smith
Ron Hanson
Franko Borri
Missing Fire Chief Jason Phillips Simon Smith Mathew Webster Edward Thom
Alice Munro
Keep lit candles away from bedding, curtains, papers and anything else that can ignite easily.
Anie’s Pizza & Bakery Trans Canada Hwy., Cache Creek
250-457-9999
Test your smoke alarm monthly only a working smoke alarm can save your life!
Village of Lytton 250-455-2355
Brad Melville
Terrance Pierre
Kyle Clerke
Hold practice fire drills in which the whole family participates. ASHCROFT
Ben Joey
Stacy Thom
Thanks for keeping us safe!
Ashcroft Building Centre
Building Supplies & Garden Centre BUILDING CENTRE
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THE SOURCE
For all your Electronic needs
On the corner of Railway & 5th, Ashcroft
250-453-2281
Replace smoke alarms every 10 years. If you can’t remember how old the alarm is, it’s probably time for a new one.
Cache Creek Dairy Queen 250-457-9924
Establish an outdoor meeting place for your family in the event of a fire.
NOEL H. MURRAY
Missing Tony Chan Ken Dowding Jeff Harrison Stephen Ebert
Post home address signs that are clearly visible from the road
Ashcroft Cache Creek Seniors Centre Have a family fire safety plan in place for your family, and make sure to have fire drills at home.
Certified Professional Bookkeeper
Cache Creek Telephone/Fax: 250-457-9696 nhmurray@coppervalley.bc.ca
Highway 97, Cache Creek
402 -4th Street, Ashcroft
250-453-2261
Kevin Peters
Leanne Peters
Do not run electrical cords under your bed or trap them against a wall where heat can build up.
Tel: (250) 453-9411 Highland Valley Road, Ashcroft
Keep cooking areas free from combustibles. Avoid wearing long sleeves when cooking.
Ashcroft family medical PRACTICE 250-453-9353
Les Fraser
Ray Pullen
Louise Hanson
Always unplug small appliances when not in use.
1002 Trans Canada Hwy, Cache Creek
250-457-9644
Fire Prevention is everybody’s job Village of Cache Creek 250-457-6237
Shelden Ladoski
Dried flowers, cornstalks and crepe paper are highly flammable. Keep these and other decorations well away from all open flame and heat including light bulbs and heaters.
Ashcroft Dental Clinic 411 Brink St., Ashcroft
250-453-9147
Keep space heaters at least 3 feet away from drapes, clothing, or other combustible materials.
CLINTON
Building Centre 1217 Cariboo Hwy, Clinton
250-459-2544
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CLINTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
Wayne Walch Chief
John Engelhart Deputy Chief
Karl Hansen Captain
Bernie Nieuwenhuis Captain
Derek Ive
Bernice Weihs-Anderson
Gerald Painter
James McBride
Mark Swan
Ned Horsley
Robin Fennell
Ron Mitchell
Stephen Sine
Collin Painter
Dustin Engelhart
Morgan Walch
Emma Ive Jr. Member
Luke Painter
Ross Painter
SPENCES BRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Arnie Oram Chief
Ross Figley Assistant Chief
Karen Peters First Responder
Paulet Rice First Responder
Dave Rice
Mike Jefferson
Craig Watson
Dave Biley
SKEETCHESTN FIRE DEPARTMENT Roy Shaw
Wanda Dickinson First Responder
Front Row: Barb Deneault, Lee-Anne Tessier and Karen Jules Middle Row: Len Francis, Jamie Deneault Fire Chief, Don Pongracz SIB Housing Manager, Chief Ronald Ignace, Doug Jules, Councillor Darrel Draney, and Cliff Bara. Back Row: Jerry Deneault, and Councillor Marshall Gonzales.
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Wilfred Paul
Install smoke alarms on every level of your home. Be sure to locate alarms outside sleeping areas. It is also a good idea to place alarms in locations where ignitable items are found.
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Birds and other residents on the move south The end of September has given Loon Lake Road gorgeous colours in trees and shrubs and a drive up the road to the lake is right up there with the best scenery around in an area full of spectacular scenery. And yet, residents on legs, wings and wheels are leaving us for other climates. I wonder why? Last week reports of pelicans sighted on Loon Lake also indicated that life was on the move and getting ready for change. Some mornings the air and sky are filled with the calls from the long vee formations of Sandhill cranes as they head south. The sound of the cranes got me thinking about just how much I enjoy being able to hear the sounds of nature. A city friend recently suggested that I get a satellite radio, as radio reception is
limited here except at night, wings of the bald eagles as and a satellite radio would they fly low overhead. Now provide “background noise” in hunting season the sound while I went of rifle shots is Drilling and rock blasting will be taking about my work disturbing at place at the Cache Creek Landfill Extension he explained. times, particufrom September 21 to November 2, I was larly if they are 2015. There may be some limited traffic amazed that close by. restrictions along the Cornwall Forest anyone would But all of Barbara Hendricks Service Road during this time. Please suggest such a these sounds contact community@belkorp.com if you thing, and then I orient me and have any questions. remembered that the sounds tell me what is happening in cities aren’t always ones around me while my eyes that are pleasant. Here, how- are occupied with other ever the sounds usually tell things. If we don’t use our something about what is sense of hearing for orienta250-457-6237 happening in the outdoors tion and information about – the “cronk” of the raven, our surroundings then we COMMERCIAL GARBAGE the sound of the wind up are not really using that PICKUP on the plateau, the demands sense to its fullest. People The final scheduled Wednesday commercial garbage pick-up will occur on Wednesday, from the Steller’s Jays for wearing headphones or ear October 14th, 2015. After October 14, commercial me to fill up their seed feed- buds out in public put themgarbage pick-up will be limited to the regularly er, the cat telling me to open selves at risk from traffic, scheduled Monday and Friday commercial the door, and all the various and even other people, begarbage pick-up times. voices of nature from the cause they cannot hear what Commercial garbage will also be picked up as bark of the blue heron to the is happening around them. regularly scheduled on the Thanksgiving holiday song of the sparrow and the Most people were born with Monday, October 12, 2015. sound of the downbeat of the the ability to hear and it is a shame that in cities people have become so selective about what they hear and tune out most sounds. One Loon Lake summer resident recently came by and she was very tired and on edge. She said she had not been able to sleep for some days as she had no more books downloaded If you’re ready to vote early, you can vote that she could listen to when at your advance polling place between she went to bed. October 9 and 12, from noon to 8:00 p.m. Something had gone wrong with her abilOr you can vote at any Elections Canada office across ity to download the country any day until October 13 at 6:00 p.m. from the library and not having cell phone For all voting locations, check your voter information coverage here card, visit elections.ca or call 1-800-463-6868 made everything more dif( TTY 1-800-361-8935). ficult. She told me she canElections Canada has all the information you need not fall asleep unless she can to be ready to vote. plug in to a book being read on some device. I offered her a real 3D book, but that wouldn’t do – she needed to have it being read to her. So we suggested her husband read to her but that wouldn’t work as he usu-
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ally fell asleep at the first page. Finally another neighbour came to her rescue with some CDs and they dug out an old CD player. Have we all or at least some us become so reliant on electronic devices that our health is affected if we cannot access them? Is this what is called addiction? Will Loon Lake Road, without connections to all these electronic devices, become a place where no one wants to live? Perhaps some people who are otherwise oriented will choose to live here for that very reason. Summer gardening and growing food outdoors is just about at an end. Serious frost has stopped the growth of most things except kale, chard and leeks. It is time to do some cleaning up, making compost and mulching. I am reading more good things about deep mulching as a means of improving the health of the soil in the garden and therefore treasure every fallen leaf and pine needle. Speaking of pines, I have noted another little change in the way we talk about nature locally. When I grew up here we learned to identify the trees and their cones. There were the spruce, Douglas fir, fir, Ponderosa pine and Jack pine. And when we talked about a cone we would name the species of cone, that is a spruce cone, for example. Now I notice most people, even ones who should know better, refer to all cones as “pine” cones, even the ones that come off the spruce trees. I have seen that Martha Stewart and craft shops do that but then they are city folks and don’t know any better, but here in the Cariboo are we really dumbing down about nature as well? Thanksgiving is coming up and time to cook up the baby pumpkins I managed to grow this year so I can make a baby pumpkin pie. It looks like it was a great year for large pumpkins but I am thankful to be able to grow the small sugar pie pumpkins as they have a better flavour for pie fillings. I wish everyone a good Thanksgiving and hope they have many things for which they are thankful. I know I have – beyond a good harvest there is the richness of good health, family and good friends.
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Pavilion competition fierce The Pavilion TriThey returned again, athlon was held once and they did very again on the first well with the daughweekend of Septemter Elise coming out Wayne Little ber with a 750m swim of the water way out in Pavilion Lake, a 20km bike ride, then a in 1st place. Elise lost that 5km run, all along Hwy 99. lead to Doug Paeth, an athAs a race director, I try to get more lete who works at Runners’ people to come to the race by trying dif- Sole in Kamloops. The overferent things. I held the race one week all win went to Eric Davis of earlier thinking it would be more conven- Kamloops who ran at a blazient as there would be less conflict with ing pace in the 5km finish to other events around the province. So the take the lead. Eric just finevent was on the September long week- ished Ironman in Whistler. end, which turned out to be a bad idea. Brenda Laupland took the But even though we had a low amount of overall win for the women. people signed up, it was still a great event. The event received two The top athletes received custom new sponsors including Dismedals this year, and there was some very trict Bicycle Co., which is a competitive athletes going for those med- new bike shop carrying all als as well as new people trying out their new products to the Kamfirst triathlon. We seem to keep getting re- loops area, and Fort Berens turn people every year, including one guy Winery from Lillooet. They from Abbotsford who comes every year. both donated great prizes to He loves the water and the grassroots feel help out the event. to the race. Cariboo Triathlon Club sends I’d like to thank all the down a few of their people each year all local athletes who came out the way down from Prince George as to support the event, and to The Multisports Solutions athletes from Kamloops well. the locals from Pavilion, and Last year the whole family of Laup- volunteers from Ashcroft lands from Kamloops, including mom, area and Kamloops who help out every being an awesome MC, JD Flagging for highway, and Gary Winslow for taking dad, son and daughter, all competed. year. Thank you to Rolling Thunder for taking care of the athletes’ safety on the awesome photos of the athletes.
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Heritage Place Park special mention The Village of Ashcroft received 5 Blooms – Bronze and a special mention for the Heritage Place Park during the 2015 National Symposium and Awards
Ceremonies in Kamloops last weekend. The Village of Ashcroft participated in the Class of Champions (Small) category along with Antigonish, N.S., Millet,
Alta., Pincher Creek, Alta. (Winner), Sussex N.B., and Tignish, PEI. Over the summer, trained volunteer judges travelled to participating communities to evaluate the overall contributions of municipal council and departments; industry; businesses and the private sector – including volunteer efforts – in regards to the following criteria: Tidiness, Environmental Action, Heritage Conservation, Urban Forestry, Landscape and Floral Displays. Following their evaluation, volunteer judges Lorraine Hunter and Gerry Teahen wrote: “We would like to give special mention to Heritage Place Park, Ash-
croft’s Millennium Project, which is an interpretive walk through the town’s history “A Walk Through Time,� and a work in progress. The major project for this year was the establishment of a new feature the Daylily Garden, as the town has adopted the daylily as its official flower. Highlights of the park include a large mural as the focus of a small Japanese garden celebrating Ashcroft’s sister city, Bifuka, Japan, a transportation mural, the old Ashcroft Train Station, an operating waterwheel, copper mining artifacts, an old red caboose, a gazebo and shaded picnic tables.� Within the actual context of climate changes and environmental concerns, communities involved in the program can be proud of their efforts, which provide real and meaningful environmental solutions and benefit all of society.
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Ashcroft Communities in Bloom members attended the national awards ceremony in Kamloops. L-R: Al and Marijke Stott, Ina and Dave Gory, and Andrea and Bruce Walker.
Water conservation nod to Clinton CiB The Village of Clinton received a 4 Bloom rating and a special mention for Community Involvement in Water Conservation during the 2015 National Symposium and Awards Ceremonies in Kamloops over the weekend. The Village of Clinton participated in the Up to 1,000 category along with Arnold’s Cove, Nfld., Kinistino, Sask. (Winner), and Valhalla Centre, Alta. Over the summer, trained volunteer judges travelled to participating communities to evaluate the overall contributions of municipal council and departments; industry; businesses and the private sector – including volunteer efforts – in regards to the following criteria: Tidiness, Environmental Action, Heritage Conservation, Urban Forestry, Landscape and Floral Displays. Following their evaluation, volunteer judges Bonita Lundberg and Roger Younker wrote: “Clinton, the “Gateway to the Cariboo�, is a major link between Southern and Northern BC.
With fewer than 12 inches of annual rainfall, conserving water is a priority. Restrictions allow even numbered houses to water on even days of the month and odd house numbered properties on odd numbered days, from 6-9 in the morning and 7-10 in the evening only. ALFA Desert Planters, at the entrance signs, the park and the cairn use less water and take less time to water. Rain barrels are not very effective due to the low rainfall. Council and CiB distributed water conservation packages (low flow shower heads, bladders to place in toilets, etc.). In May a “Garden Hose� was cut, officially opening a new water treatment facility. No more spring boil orders... just the gravity fed flow of a pristine water supply.� Within the actual context of climate changes and environmental concerns, communities involved in the program can be proud of their efforts, which provide real and meaningful environmental solutions and benefit all of society.
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Cache Creek CiB given four blooms
Judge Lynette Twigge, Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta, CiB Chair Carmen Ranta, Coun. Lisa Dafoe, CiB member Susan Graham and Judge Victoria Bentley at the provincial Communities in Bloom awards ceremony last weekend in Kamloops.
by Wendy Coomber Cache Creek was awarded four out of five blooms at this year’s provincial Communities in Bloom awards ceremony in Kamloops last weekend. Not surprisingly, the town received higher than normal marks for community participation in the wake of the May 23 flood that left its mark on yards, gardens and parks. They also received Honourable Meniton for Resilient Community Spirit. “That was really significant to me,” said Cache Creek CiB chair Carmen Ranta,who attended the awards ceremony. “Overall,” she said, “I’m proud of how we did and grateful to BC Communities in Bloom for waiving the entry fee this year.” The committee, which has participated in the provincial competition several times in the past, entered this year before the devastating flood washed away gardens and infrastructure, moved homes and covered everything with mud and debris. “Welcoming flowers in bloom were greeting us into Cache Creek at Gateway Park and Cariboo Sam,” wrote the judges in their evaluation of the town. “We were very pleased driving in, to see crews busy checking and maintaining the beautiful colourful planters that dot the downtown access roads on our travels into the Village of Cache Creek. It is obvious that even with the challenges of the flood damage that happened May 23, 2015 there is extreme pride in their community.” Ranta says she will be going through the evaluation with her committee members to look for ways to improve the town’s appearance. Clinton Communities in Bloom members Susan Swan and Christine Johnstone attended the ceremony to show their support for Cache Creek.
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Harvey Raymond Chute died peacefully on September 25, 2015 with family by his side. He was born, September 16, 1962 in Lytton, British Columbia. He was the third child and the first son of Joe and Peggy Chute. Harvey graduated from Kumsheen Secondary School in Lytton, BC and Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC. He worked during many summers as a rafting guide in Lytton. He was employed for five years with Systemhouse out of Vancouver, BC and was employed for 24 years with what is now Northrop Grumman, Inc in their State and Local Health and Human Services Division. Harvey had many hobbies and interests and loved to learn new things. Some of the things he enjoyed were: camping, hiking, guitar, snowboarding, laughing, woodworking, photography, travel, music and writing. He fulfilled a life-long dream of writing a book --- a young adult historical novel, “Stone and Silt” set in the region where he grew up. One of his favorite things is the Kindle forum, KBoards.com that he created for Kindle users and authors. It is currently the largest independent Kindle user forum on the web. He loved being with his family and was so proud of all three of his daughters. Some of his most valued times were simply spending time with those he loved. Harvey is survived by his wife of nineteen years, Carrie Hall Chute; daughters Celeste (Anthony) Fiorillo, Sarah Chute and Hannah Chute... His parents, Joe and Peggy Chute; sisters, Heather (Alan) Johnson, Lyn (Dennis) Warmerdam; brothers, Ross (Jennifer) Chute, Roger (Suzanne Paterson) Chute, numerous nieces and nephews, cousins, and family on both sides who love him very much. There will be a Memorial Service on Sunday, October 11th at First Presbyterian Church, 1031 N Garden St, at 4:00pm. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church.Share your thoughts and memories at www.molesfarewelltributes. comArrangements by Moles Farewell Tributes - Bellingham.