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Reprieve likely for Cornwall lookout by Wendy Coomber The Four Wheel Drive Association of BC is in negotiations with BC Parks to take over the Cornwall lookout, which was decommissioned earlier this year and scheduled for destruction. They should know by this spring if negotiations were successful. “One of our members in the area read about the fate of that lookout tower (in The Journal),” said Kim Reeves, president of the association. The group already has partnership agreements with the province for the Nahatlatch Fire Tower and the Mt. Lavina Fire Lookout Tower. Reeves says it fits right into his association’s mandate. “We advocate for public access to public lands,” he says. “When a tower is threatened with decomissioning, the access road is lost and everything connected to it.” Hikers, fishers, hunters and geocachers are among the many people who would use those roads. “These are all terrific pieces of BC history,” he says. He and his wife visited the Cornwall site in September and were happy to see that it wasn’t in bad shape. And the view was outstanding, he said. Association member Wes Kibble from Kamloops brought the Cornwall decomissioning to the attention of the association. “All sides are confident that we will be able to save this important piece of history,” said Kibble. “The tower is a true piece of BC back country history that needs to be saved,” he said. “From my understanding, it is one of the last manned forest lookout station in BC, if not the last. It was closed in the early 1990’s. We are very lucky that one of our members is the last full time employee of the lookout and his insight to the project has been incredible.” Overall, he said, the lookout is in great shape. A few weekend work parties with a good group of volunteers will make it look like new. There has been a lot of support from other outdoor enthusiasts in the Ashcroft - Cache Creek area, as well as Kamloops, 100 Mile House and points beyond. Kibble says the association will be looking for assistance in the future for materials, labour and dollars in order to give the lookout a face lift and continue ongoing maintenance.
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Dec. 11 - Turkey Bingo in Spences Bridge, 6 pm in the Community Hall. Dec. 11 - The fourth annual Cache Creek Winter Lights/Singalong at the Cache Creek Community Hall, 7pm. Free event. Music by the hand bell choir and other local musicians, hot beverages and snacks and a visit from Santa. Everyone welcome. Dec. 11 - Zion United UCW Church Family Christmas Social; 5:30 PM. Begins with a potluck supper. A relaxing, social evening. Dec. 13 - Kinsmen Christmas Turkey Bingo, Cache Creek Com. Hall. Doors open at 10am Bingo at 11am. Dec. 14 - Cache Creek Council holds its next meeting at 7 pm in the Village Office. Dec. 15 - Savona School’s Christmas Concert at 1 pm and 6:30 pm.
MLA Jackie Tegart rides with Cpl. Andrew West, Central Interior Traffic Services, to lead the Santa Parade in Ashcroft last Friday. Gas siphoned from truck
Dec. 1 at 11 am police received a complaint about the theft of gas from their vehicle on the mesa in Ashcroft. The complainant said one of the two gas tanks on the vehicle was nearly empty even though they had just
Dec. 16, 17, 18 - 9:00 am to noon - volunteers to pack Christmas Hampers - Ashcroft Community Hall. Dec. 17 - CP Holiday Train in Ashcroft at 8:50pm in the CP yard on Railway Ave. Bring donations for the local food bank. Dec. 18 - Sage Sound Singers Community Choir’s Christmas Concert, 7 pm at the Pentecostal Church in Cache Creek. Admission by donation. Dec. 19 - Christmas Hamper Pick Up and Delivery date (morning) Dec. 20 - A Service of Lessons and Carols will be held at St. Alban’s at 10 am. Everyone is welcome to attend this and any other of our regular services which are held every Sunday at 10 am.
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Dec. 24 - Zion United Church Christmas Eve service at 4 pm. A service of carols and lessons with Rev. Ivy Thomas. 401 Bancroft St. Ashcroft. All are welcome. The Cache Creek Indoor Market is 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.
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Dec. 4 at 6:41 am police attended another single vehicle rollover, this time on Hwy 99, after the 24 year old Clinton driver lost control of her Toyota pickup truck on slippery roads and
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Truck damaged
Dec. 4 at 8:28 am police received a report of a truck-deer collision on Hwy 1 near Venables Valley Rd. The front end of the Nissan pickup had severe front end damage and had to be towed for repairs. The driver, a 35 year old Richmond man, was not injured.
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Dec. 7 at 8 am police attended a single vehicle accident on Hwy 9 at Hubert Rd. after a Dodge pickup slid off the road, hit a power pole and rolled down the hill another 25 feet. The driver, a 62 year old woman from 100 Mile House, appeared uninjured. Interior Roads was called to sand the road.
Christmas Tree permits available Black Press Free use permits to cut a Christmas tree on Crown land are available from forest district and FrontCounterBC offices in most areas of the province. Local district offices can identify areas of Crown where one tree may be legally cut for personal use. Permits are not available for the Chilliwack and South Island forest districts due to population density and tree demand. The ministry’s Christmas tree website at www.for.gov.bc.ca/mof/xmastrees.htm has links to offices that offer tree permits for designated areas, with online permits available in some regions. The website has links and phone numbers for FrontCounterBC and forest district offices.
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Minister announces new farm expansion plans
All of Sayaka Takahashi’s Ashcroft-Cache Creek homestay families gathered in the Dairy Queen last week to say good bye.
Ashcroft connection helps Bifuka adventurer by Wendy Coomber Sayaka Takahashi came to Canada to improve her English, but the 23 year old native of Bifuka, Japan - Ashcroft’s sister city - learned much more about Canadians during her two and a half month stay. Takahashi said her goodbyes last week to her new families and friends before travelling to San Francisco to visit family friends, but she will return for a short visit in April. Ashcroft artist Jo Petty helped to arrange her stay here. Petty says she met Takahashi’s grandmother, Misako Noraki, “in Bifuka probably the first
time I went there” in 1997. When Takahashi decided that she wanted to visit Canada, Noraki asked her old friend to help arrange it. “I put on Facebook I was looking for home stays for her,” said Petty. “It took a little while, but I managed to get about six different homestay families. Each home had a unique experience for her.” “Little windows and doors would open up for her,” Petty said. “She got to do so many cool things,” like go backstage with Anne McKague during My Fair Lady to help out with hair, makeup and other things; no surprise
that she did a lot of physical activities while staying with the Trills and wants to see and work in Banff; and the Howards took her to Vancouver to see the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. “The little kids loved her,” said Petty. “She has a special spark or something. As soon as you meet her you instantly like her.” Takahashi stayed with the Pettys for a few days and she and Jo “played in the studio. She was incredibly creative,” Petty said. “She’s an expressionist right now, exploring everything.” Takahashi took a year’s leave from her job, dealing with the public in one of Japan’s large airports. This was only her first stop. Petty said last week she left for San Francisco where she will be working in a Japanese bakery owned by family friends for three weeks. All of her homestay families and friends gathered at the Dairy Queen in Cache Creek to say goodbye. “She was absolutely delightful,” said Petty. “We all had a hard time saying goodbye to her. She’s missed already.” Takahashi will be back in April for two weeks and will no doubt bring her Rolgear owner Rob Suter is congratulated by Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart new extended family for the award in innovation he recently received from the Applied Science members up to speed Technologists and Technicians of BC (ASTTBC). Rolgear received the award for on all of her advenSuter’s ratcheting screwdriver patent. Rolgear manufactures a line of ratcheting tures in Canada since screwdrivers in Ashcroft and sells them world wide. Locally they can be found at leaving them in DeAshcroft Building Centre. cember.
Rolgear receives award for technical innovation
By Tom Fletcher Black Press The B.C. Liberal government and opposition MLAs both want greater success for the province’s farmers, but they don’t see eye to eye on how to achieve it. Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick released the government’s latest strategic growth plan Wednesday, raising the target for 2017 value from $14 billion to $15 billion. Total revenues from farm and food products reached $12.3 billion last year, a record. The plan suggests that as climate change creates warmer conditions, B.C. may benefit even as tropical food production declines. The province also expects new trade deals with Korea and the European Union, and the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership, to increase farm and food product sales. Letnick said one strategy the government is pursuing to increase the amount of productive farmland in B.C. is to improve access to irrigation. An opposition agriculture committee chaired by NDP critic Lana Popham and independent Delta South MLA Vicki Huntingon released its own report Wednesday after a province-wide tour to consult farmers. Their report says the high cost of farmland is a major deterrent for new farmers to enter the industry. It calls for the establishment of a provincial trust to buy and preserve farmland for new B.C. farmers, as well as new rules to restrict sale of farmland to foreign buyers. Popham and Huntington said they heard criticism from farmers about the decision to divide the Agricultural Land Reserve into two zones, with more non-farm uses allowed in the Interior zone. They renewed their call for the government to return to one zone and hire more compliance staff to make sure farmland isn’t being inappropriately used. Letnick said it’s too early to tell what effect the two-zone ALR system is having on farmland, and he will report in the spring on the results of the new system. Despite the B.C. salmon farm industry being targeted for years by environmental campaigns against it, B.C.’s top export food product is cultured Altlantic salmon, followed by “food preparations for manufacturing,” blueberries, baked goods and crab. Farmed salmon is also the third most valuable product in total B.C. sales, after dairy and poultry products. Farmed salmon sales were $504 million, compared to $554 million for dairy and ahead of greenhouse and field vegetables, which had revenue of $449 million in the province’s latest figures. The B.C. government’s plan also includes “supporting international media missions to increase awareness of the B.C. aquaculture industry and increase demand for B.C. seafood products to key markets.” The province announced four new netpen salmon aquaculture tenures this past July, after federal permits were issued, then announced no more tenures will be granted until a review of application and approval procedures is completed.
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Taking risks and finding treasure I bought myself an early Christmas present. I’ve been checking Ebay daily for months, looking for a deal and I finally found it last Sunday. According to the picture, it’s a real beauty - a nice little Moeck Rottenburgh soprano recorder. If you don’t know, the Moeck Rottenburgh is a pretty good name way better than 95 per cent of the recorder manufacturers out there. So, if you believe the photo - and I will until I see otherwise - I got it for one-fifth the brand new price. And as a used instrument, that’s how it should be. (Don’t tell Tool Man, but there goes my Christmas budget. He’s getting the gift of music this year!) I’ve been watching for a good deal for months - yes, I learned patience from my cats. And it’s amazing how many people will try and sell a used item for a brand new price. Or sell something that is clearly damaged for way more than it’s worth. The thing that makes me chuckle are the pictures of musical instruments put together backwards. Maybe it’s a ploy to make everyone believe the seller doesn’t know what he’s got. It doesn’t stop them from putting an outrageous price on it. Yes, I know, most of you are thinking: “She’s taking a chance.” You’re right. But the price was also right. It was cheap enough that if it falls apart in my hand the moment I take it out of the box, oh well... You can’t get anywhere without taking chances. Earlier this summer I made my first Ebay purchase and lucked out with a beautiful rosewood recorder made by a renowned Dutch instrument maker. It plays so sweetly that I can’t put it down. I play it to amuse myself and drive my cats crazy. Strangely enough, I find that the really high notes send spiders running in the opposite direction. At least, it worked on the one spider. I haven’t seen any others since then. I may have stumbled onto a new chemical-free “spider blaster”. So I have my good recorder and now I have a back up recorder. I have no more reason to watch Ebay for another deal. But..
A HOUSE SPARROW RESTS on a branch during last year’s Christmas Bird Count in Ashcroft
Fond memories of My Fair Lady
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor I have often walked down these streets before and the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before until last week end, when for a moment in time, a small stage in Ashcroft was transformed into the streets of early 20th Century London.. I would truly like to thank and applaud those people involved in the production of “My Fair Lady”. Those who chose to avail themselves of the opportunity to witness an excellent theatrical production were treated to a magical evening. It requires a huge commitment of both time and energy by many folk to bring something of this magnitude together. Just as in sport, a team must be formed, consisting of a producer, a director, costume designers, set designers and of course the actors. I am sure that there are times when they wonder if it will all come together and then suddenly it is opening night. A certain amount of stagefright must be overcome, as all of the hours of rehearsal are replaced by a live audience. And then just as suddenly you are totally immersed with those around you portraying a cast of characters and living the moment. Friday evening I had been in Kamloops watching the production “Mary Poppins” and it was wonderful. My expectations coming home to Ashcroft for our local production of “My Fair
Lady” on Saturday evening were not overly high, but was I surprised. Both were musicals and both were set in a similar period of time in England. This is only one man’s opinion, but I was equally impressed with both, and perhaps more so with My Fair Lady because it was an amateur production. I can only say, in the words of Bob Hope, “Thanks for the memories”.
Mike Baldwin Ashcroft
Thanks to all of My Fair Lady set builders Dear Editor I would like to thank all the workers who helped build the set for My Fair Lady and made it such a success. People congratulate me for such a great set and the way the seating was arranged, but it wouldn’t have been possible without everyone who helped. For a good part of the set construction I had a cast on my wrist, and could only work with one hand. There were builders, painters, scene painters, and our curtain maker all hard at work from the middle of October. Looking forward to working together with you again in the spring of 2016 . . .
Jim Duncan Ashcroft
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Dear Editor. Tom Fletcher (Journal, Dec. 3/15) scoffs at the idea that we humans may be contributing to climate change. Our best efforts, he tells us (on the basis of some meager math, which could be countered by dozens of other less Republican-flavoured environmental maths), would enable us to reduce global warming by a mere 0.2 degrees by the year 2100. His point: why, then, bother? It evidently doesn’t occur to Mr. Fletcher that if in the coming decades we manage to keep the heat down by ANY amount our poor earth would be gushing with gratefulness and we would consider ourselves very very lucky indeed. He reminds me so much - Mr. Fletcher does, bless his innocent heart - of the fellow who, bent on denying the harm of cigarette smoking, kept mentioning his grandpa who, though a heavy smoker, had lived to be a ripe old seventy, forgetting that had Grandpa not smoked he just might still have have been around to enjoy life!
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communities. I hope to see you there but if you can’t make it out and want to be part of this holiday tradition, please note the train will also stop in Lytton on Dec. 18. Jackie Tegart Another wonderful way MLA, Fraser Nicola to help out local families in need is through the Ashcroft and Area Community Resources Society. Again this year the society is acThe first snowfall of the season has cepting donations of non-perishable arrived and with it our thoughts turn to food items and cash to help fill 120the holidays and spending time with 130 Christmas hampers for families from Spences Bridge north to Clinton. family and friends. The holidays are also a time when Please give generously. If you are looking for a fun way to we open our hearts to those less fortunate in our communities. That’s give, check out the Kinsmen Family why I’m pleased to be riding and sup- Christmas Turkey Bingo, which will porting the CP Holiday Train again be held at the Cache Creek Community Hall on Dec. 13. Doors open this year. The CP Holiday Train arrives at at 10 a.m. and bingo starts at 11. All Ashcroft’s Railway Avenue on Dec. proceeds go to the Variety Club Chil17 at 8:50 p.m. Blue Rodeo’s Jim dren’s Charity. While you’re thinking of others Cuddy will be performing along with his son Devin Cuddy and Kelly Pres- this season, remember to keep tabs on cott. The concert is free but donations your own well-being. It’s easy to feel of food and cash are encouraged, with overwhelmed at this time of year so all donations remaining in our local it’s important to make your health a
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priority. There are a variety of services and supports available that are easy to access for those that need them, and the people on the other end of the phone are always ready to listen and help. Here to Help (heretohelp.bc.ca) is a provincial mental health and substance-use website with information on how to manage mental illness and maintain good mental health, including self-management resources and screening self-tests. You can also consult a network of direct and contracted services for individuals suffering from substance-use problems including counseling. Christmas is a time for family, friends and giving a helping hand to those in need. In my case I’m looking forward to welcoming my kids and their families this Christmas for a wonderful time of joyous chaos. I hope you take advantage of all the great events and services our community has to offer so your holiday season is memorable for all the right reasons. From my family to yours, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Left: MLA Jackie Tegart leads the Ashcroft Santa Parade last week with Cpl. Andrew West of the Traffic Division.
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The men at the Christmas Tea & Bazaar also enjoyed their time to sit and catch up with friends over a cup of tea and the Christmas sweets on the tables.
Looking across my livingroom, I can see Christmas cards reminding me that we are now in December, a time when the days seem to flash past and that there are many more things still to be done. In a village like ours, there are so many organisations and events at this time of year that it is almost impossible for them not to coincide, but somehow, everything manages to fit in. Last Saturday the Laura Martin accepts a cup of tea from Fran Helland while talking to Ashcroft Cache Creek Joyce Deering, Marge Corneillie and Ines Lopez at the Seniors Christmas Seniors held their an- Tea. nual Christmas Bazaar and we are pleased to Ashcroft-Cache Creek Seniors say that we had as many, if not even more than previously, family and friends who came to Joyce West enjoy an afternoon with us and each other over a delicious afternoon tea. Many of the attendees sall the prizes for the various draws, so here are spent time in Kathy’s enchanted room across the results. the hall and were thrilled to see the clever and Every year Kevin holds a raffle and this entertaing things she produces with Christmas year there were two prizes. The first was for a gifts in mind. very useful electric pan and was won by Ernest Part of this event is the finding out who won- Baatz, and the second was for a beautiful quilt, won by Laura Martin. The door prize was won by Ozzie Conner; the Christmas Draw for which we have been selling tickets for quite some time had three prizes was won by Olga Roath (food basket), Sharlyne Morrison ($75) and Dorothy Maksymiw ($50). Thank you again to all our friends and neighbours who help to make our ongoing ventures such a success! Thanks also to our members who work so willingly to dress up our function and prepare the food they serve us with such happy smiles - your enthusiasm is infectious! Just a few last minute reminders - the day this paper is delivered will be Dec. 10, the same Joyce and John West and Bob Nishiguchi at day our Christmas Lunch will be held in the the Christmas Tea. Legion. Doors open at 11:30am, lunch at noon. The last Business Meeting will be on Dec. 17 and will be CASH: held after a potluck Allows us to buy at a preferred price and stock up on lunch, so we hope lots essentials of members will be there to wrap up our FOOD DONATIONS: Always appreciated, NON Perishables Please year. The last Bingo for ITEMS MOST NEEDED: 2015 was held Dec. 5. STAPLES: Sugar, Flour, Canned Milk, Dry Milk Powder. It will start up again BREAKFAST ITEMS: Cereal Hot or Cold, Pancake Mix, Canned or on Saturday, Jan. 9. Boxed Juices, Canned Fruit. The centre will LUNCH & DINNER ITEMS: Peanut Butter, Jams, Canned Stew, be open for business Canned Chilli, Canned Spaghetti, Canned Spaghetti Sauces, on Jan. 4 for Bridge, Packaged Rice, Packaged Potatoes, Canned Vegetables, Canned and Tuesday the 5th Meat, Canned Fish, Canned Seafood. for carpet bowling and FOOD DONATION DROP OFF POINTS cards. We wish everyone ASHCROFT: a happy and joyous E Fry Society Monday - Friday 9-4 Christmas season, and Safety Mart 7 days a week a Guid New Year in Peoples Drug Mart Monday - Saturday 2016 - long may your Interior Savings Credit Union Tuesday - Saturday lum reek (with other Ashcroft Pet Supplies Monday - Saturday folk’s coal!) If this
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Garbage Pickup Residential garbage pickup: Friday, December 25, 2015 will be picked up on Thursday, December 24, 2015 Tuesday, December 29, 2015 will be picked up as usual Friday, January 1, 2016 will be picked up on Thursday, December 31, 2015 Commercial garbage pickup: Will be picked up as usual every Monday and Friday Reminder: Please have your garbage on the curb by 8:00 am as usual. Office Hours The office will be open Monday to Friday with regular hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. except for: Thursday, December 24 CLOSED at 12:30 pm Friday, December 25 CLOSED Monday, December 28 CLOSED Tuesday, December 29 CLOSED Wednesday, December 30 CLOSED Thursday, December 31 CLOSED Friday, January 1, 2016 CLOSED Regular Office hours resume on Monday, January 4, 2016. Any payments received Monday, January 4, 2016 will be dated December 31, 2015. Dog Licenses Just a reminder that on January 4, 2016 you will be able to purchase your 2016 Dog License. License fees are as follows: $15.00 – Spayed or Neutered $30.00 – Un-spayed or Un-neutered 2016 Council Meeting Schedule Copies of the 2016 Council Meeting Schedules are available at the Village Office and on the Village website. Building Inspector The TNRD Building Inspector will not be in Cache Creek on Tuesday, December 29th, 2015. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. Please call the TNRD office directly at 1-877-377-8673 if you have any questions regarding inspections.
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Left: Rotary members (Back row, L-R): Henry Dahms, Pache Denis, Jim Merkel, Mark Armstrong, Ron Hood and Shirley Dobson. (Front row, L-R): Karin Magnuson, Cami Lindseth, Karma Kubbernus and Barb Hood. If you are a local, non-profit group, post your events on The Journal’s online COMMUNITY CALENDAR It’s free! Go to www.ash-cache-journal.com/calendar/ submit/ and fill in the blanks.
Seeing the world through a Rotarian’s eyes by Wendy Coomber Rotary “is not about patting yourself on the back, it’s about doing something that makes a difference for someone else,” says member Pache Denis. “It’s a mindset,” says Karma Kubbernus, president of the Ashcroft & District Rotary Club. “It’s getting involved and doing something.” The local Rotary Club will celebrate its 25th anniversary this summer. To the local Rotarians, that means 25 years of good service to their communities as well as to the world. On the local scene, there is the sponsoring of high school students every year to attend a one-week Youth Excellence Society (YES) camp on Vancouver Island, recognizing outstanding citizens through the annual Citizen of the Year award, partnering with the Lions Club to maintain and improve the Chinese Cemetery in Ashcroft, purchasing defibrillators (AEDs) for public facilities in Ashcroft and Cache Creek, donating funds they’ve raised to the Cache Creek Flood Relief, the Christmas Hampers, scholarships, new playground equipment in Ashcroft and more. One of the Ashcroft & District Club’s founding members, Ron Hood has been a Rotarian for 35 years, joining when he was a credit union manager in Salmon Arm. He was at a meeting one day with Ashcroft and Cache Creek Village administrators Gordon Berdan and Hugh Stephenson when the topic of Rotary came up. They wanted to know how to start a local club and the three of them had it up and running in four months with 35 members. “The community started to shrink and we shrank with it,” says Hood. “I was ‘voluntold’,” Kubbernus says, after she became manager of the Interior Savings Credit Union in Ashcroft. “What kept me there has nothing to do with my job,” she says. “For me, it was immersing myself in the community and getting to know people, and the longer I was involved the more I understood what we are.” Kubbernus says her long term goal is to become more active in the international side of things “so I can bring that to my children” - but it’s the community service like the Hampers and the events that really brings the club members together. “There’s what Rotary does,” says Hood, “and then there’s what Rotarians do.” “I think the whole thing about being a Rotarian is dealing with what makes a good citizen,” says Denis, “and I don’t mean that in a community sense but also international. We’re part of an organization that looks at the world and how we can make it a better place.” Rotary International works towards eliminating polio, providing potable water around the world, providing medical supplies to those who need them. “It’s hard for us as a small group to get involved in those because they’re time consuming,” says Kubbernus. “But we do it terms of how we contribute to the international fund,” says Denis. There are Rotary Clubs in every country of the world, so the contributions from all of those clubs - even small contri-
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butions - accumulate. Holiday Hours: Rotary has a reputation for attracting influential people The Journal will be closed who are in positions to affect policy and make the changes Dec. 24th until Dec. 29th, needed. “It’s the only club that has a permanent seat in the United and closed Dec. 30th Nations,” says Shirley Dobson. until Jan. 5th, 2016, when Rotary Club memberships used to be quite exclusive, regular hours will resume. says Hood. “There is still a reputation out there that we’re a little group of rich white men and it’s certainly not the case Advertising deadline for the Dec. 31st issue is noon on Dec. 22nd. anymore.” “Here, we’re all sort of down to earth,” he says. “I don’t Advertising deadline for the Jan. 7th issue is noon on December 30th. think we have any rich people in our group.” Although most of the money raised by the Ashcroft & District Club stays close to home, they do donate to international projects like the Shelter Box project - a self-contained emergency kit with tents and sleeping bags, food and 402 4th St. • 250-453-2261 water purifiers, solar ovens - “All packed into a nice little box about the size of a table,” says Hood. “It’s the first thing to show up at an international disaster.” Partnerships with other community groups, such as with the Lions over th Chinese Cemetery upkeep, has yielded more benefits than first expected. “In small communities, service clubs are dying out,” says Dobson. CHRISTMAS ANNOUNCEMENTS Other benefits of partnerships, OFFICE CLOSURE AND GARBAGE COLLECTION says Kubbernus, is staying in touch The Village Office will be closed from noon on Thursday, December 24th, 2015 until 8:00 am with groups outside the normal Monday, January 4th, 2016. realm of Rotary, to see what they As December 25th and January 1st are statutory holidays for the public works department, do and hear what they are hearing, Friday garbage collection will be moved to THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24 and THURSDAY, and so they get to know what RoDECEMBER 31. To ensure that you are not missed, please have your garbage to the curb tary is. by 8:00 am. Regular Friday collection resumes on January 8, 2016. There are no changes required to the Tuesday collection route except to ensure that your garbage is at the curb by “The biggest advantage of part8:00 am. nering is it brings all sorts of people The TNRD Building Inspector will be in Ashcroft on Tuesday, December 22nd. Regular hours into the project,” says Hood. will resume on Tuesday, January 5th, 2016. Please call the TNRD office directly at 1-877“We need members,” says 377-8673 if you have any questions regarding inspections. Kubbernus. “We have a lot of ex2015 TAX & UTILITY PAYMENTS perience here and a lot of great Payments on 2015 tax and utility accounts must be received in our office by 4:00 pm, ideas, we don’t have a lot of Monday, January 4th, 2016 to avoid 2016 penalties and interest. Payments received on or after January 5th, 2016 will be applied against applicable penalties and interest charges. physical manpower. It’s getting SORRY, POSTMARKS ARE NOT ACCEPTED AS DATE OF PAYMENT. members who are enthused about 2016 LICENCES what Rotary does and can do and 2016 Dog Licences and Commercial Vehicle decals will go on sale Tuesday, January 5th, then we can get out and do more in 2016. They will not be sold on Monday, January 4th, 2016. Business Licence renewal the community.” notices will be mailed out the first part of January. Hood recites their creed: “Is it ARENA HOURS OF OPERATION the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? The Drylands Arena will be closed on December 24, 25, 26, 28, 27, 31 & January 1. However Will it build goodwill and better we are pleased to offer free public skating on December 21, 22, 23, 29, 30 from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm. Regular arena scheduling resumes on Saturday, January 2nd, 2016. Please call friendships? Will it be beneficial to the arena at 250-453-9545 to confirm schedule. In the event of snowfalls or other emergency all concerned?” these times may be cancelled. He says that creed has been 2016 COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE around now for almost 100 years, Copies of the Village of Ashcroft Council meetings for 2016 are available at the Village office and it still sums up how Rotarians during regular office hours or can be viewed on our website at www.ashcroftbc.ca/council_ meeting_schedule look at the world, and anyone looking to make the world a better place Mayor Jeyes, Council and Staff wish each and every for everyone would most likely be one of you a happy and healthy holiday season!! welcomed as a Rotarian. They are invited to attend a meeting and see.
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First the moustache... Above, Kat Chatten winces at a painful-looking red area where the wax - and hair - used to be on Lewis Kinvig’s leg. The minor hockey coach and Ashcroft Building Centre employee said it was the price his female co-workers exacted for helping him raise over $1,500 for Movember.
by Wendy Coomber Santa Claus wasn’t the only one attracting attention last Friday night in downtown Ashcroft. Already downtown to see the parade, a few dozen friends and family members crowded into the hardware store to see Lewis Kinvig make good on his promise and have his legs waxed. Throughout the month of November, Lewis Kinvig was raising money for the Movember Foundation, which raises money for men’s health issues. As the waxing paraphernalia came out, so did the cell phone-camers and everyone had a chuckle. Minor hockey coach and Ashcroft Building Centre employee, Kinvig said his female co-workers helped him raise over $1,500 for Movember. “The ladies at work said that if they raised $1,500 they could
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Left: Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart (centre) with some of the residents taking te community bus to Lillooet to see the new doctors. The Thursday program is being used as a temporary measure to help residents access doctors until the new doctors arrive in February. L-R: WHAC members Dave and Alice Durksen, MLA Jackie Tegart, Flo and Sonny.
Sidewalk Gallery ASHCROFT ART CLUB Alice Durksen Looking for a small piece of art to brighten someone’s Christmas? A whole selection of Ashcroft Art Club member’s work as well as other local artists is on display during December at Sidewalk Gallery in the Rolgear building right across from Safety Mart. Club members have had a good time with art activities at their Wednesday get-togethers, from 10 until 2, at St. Alban’s Hall, 701 Brink St. Weekly painting times will resume on Jan. 6 after a December break. All members and newcomers who wish to take part in the April Art Show are reminded to make sure their dues are paid by Dec. 31 to be eligible to take part. Check out the club’s website at ashcroftartclub.ca for more information.
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not going to sound right.” Not everyone is cut out to be a part of the choir. “If you’re made to sing in the shower or by the campfire and it makes you happy, then that’s what you do,” she says. “I look at the choir members and how far they’ve come and it just gives me so much joy,” she says. “I enjoy every rehearsal, I enjoy every minute. It’s the journey. “Like My Fair Lady,” she says. “It was very beautiful, and I enjoyed the end product but it was the journey. “I have learned so much from My Fair Lady,” says Reid. “When they asked me to be musical director for the play, I went to Vegas and bought a digital piano.” She and her hus- Your family depends on you band were in the US already on vacation. to drive safely. Plan ahead and She had the musical score for the play, but it drive for the conditions. was all too high for the choir. Michelle Reid, musical director of Sage Sound Singers Choir “I didn’t think I’d be able to do it,” she said. Know before you go. by Wendy Coomber She went through all 274 pages of music, From Bach to Queen and Bach again, there’s never a page by page. It was an education, she said. It taught her DriveBC.ca quiet moment in Michelle Reid’s life. And she wouldn’t have what to focus on. Even her older sister, Paulette, who has a ShiftIntoWinter.ca it any other way. Masters in Music, was impressed. family depends youparts to arrive Reid is the musical director of the Your Sage Sound Singers Reidon moved around, gave Choir, a group she put together five years ago because she them to other members of the safely. Plan ahead. Check weather and road Business card size 3.5 x 2 was “lonely”. choir, and all in all, manipulated conditions, make sure your vehicle is winter “When I was at the coast,” she says, “I was part of an 85 over 1,000 hours of music just to ready and drive make for the conditions. person choir - for 17 years!” it all balance. Music has been part of her life forever, she says. Her parShe recruited Gerald Young afKnow before ents were both musicians - the violin for her mother, pianoyou ter go. hearing him sing in the back for her father. Your family depends on you to drive safely. of a business machine office. She Reid says she can’t imagine a life without music. “I think Plan ahead drive forasthe conditions. was looking for a photocopier afusing yourand library card your passport. #4 Travel the world DriveBC.ca | ShiftIntoWinter.ca I would wither away,” she says. “I’m going to do it until I ter burning out two printers while Know before you go. drop. Music has been my life. Even raising kids, there was copying music for the play. She DriveBC.ca always guitars in my house, pianos, you name it.” told someone that they were doing ShiftIntoWinter.ca It was a big part of her life in the French Canadian com- My Fair Lady “and all of a sudden, munity she grew up in on the prairies. She directed their I hear a voice in the back singing. community choir at Expo in 1969 when she was 16. He’s singing On the Street Where “I’m not formally trained as far as education goes,” she You Live.” says, “but as far as being taught the right way, I’ve learned She introduced herself and after with the best of the best.” a brief conversation, asked him to Always part of a choir, Reid says the directors would ask audition, which he did and won the her advice on occasion, ask her to fill in for them sometimes. role of Freddy. “I really, really am humble when it comes to music,” she She recruited a car salesman says. “I know so little compared to a lot of people, so little. for the choir in the same way. He But I do know that if I tackle something I’m going to do it was singing to himself in the car well. I don’t like doing things half assed.” lot while they were looking for a The Reids moved back to the area when they retired. “I new car. “I said to him, ‘I’ve got was lonely,” she says, “and I joined the chorus one winter in this choir and I’m really looking Kamloops, but I was not happy. I thought, ‘This is too much for some high tenors’ and he starts like Lawrence Welk’, I couldn’t do it.” singing Ave Maria. I said ‘Don, if I She had a book of choir music accumulated from years of buy a car you join the choir’ - and singing in choirs, and she approached Nadine Davenport be- he did.” Make family time learning time. cause of her connection to Winding Rivers Arts and Perform“My whole intention of this ance Society (WRAPS). Nadine became her first recruit. choir was to have fun,” says Reid. “I had such big aspirations,” she said. “Like major aspira- “I didn’t want people to feel Find more activities you can do as a family at tions - maybe a little too much.” that they had to work to death to www.FamilyLiteracyDay.ca She asked Nadine and her friends to spread the word, and achieve a certain level, but that bethat’s how it started. Carmen Ranta was recommended as a ing said, I wanted them to reach How do you learn as a family? conductor, and Ranta recommented Dimiter Terziev as their their potential. Tell us #FamilyLiteracyDay pianist. “Music lifts people. I see Balance in the choir is everything. When you have a cir- people come to the rehearsal and cle of musical acquaintances, they know just about everyone when they leave they are jubilant. in the area who has any aspirations to sing. 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ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com ion, it’s historical fact. Pit bulls were bred with a killing instinct and a killer bite, and about half their human victims are attacked by a trusted family pit bull raised in a loving home. In this particular case the owner was an opportunistic backyard breeder who wasn’t there at the time of the slaughter. The sole survivor of the killer dogs was pregnant, and even though she was merely acting on her genetic insticts, she should have been humanely shot to death as well. Over 3000 unwanted pit bulls are euthanized daily in shelters across the U.S. and Canada due to rampant overbreeding, and that is the fault of the pit bull lobby promoting them as safe family pets when they’re not. 1
in 107 fatally attack an animal and 1 in 6000 attack a human. How dare anyone champion a breed of dog that puts the public at such a high risk when there are hundreds of safer breeds that do not. Canada and the U.S. are the only countries in the world that legally import pit bulls. The majority of our SPCAs and rescue groups recklessly adopt them out, never informing the adopters of the genetic heritage of pit bulls, their unpredictability or the shocking statistics that would alarm anyone who cares about the lives of themselves or others. Breed specific legislation (BSL) is desperately needed for the protection of all, including the pit bulls who are victims as well. They are the most exploited, abused, neglected, abandoned,
tortured, raped, overbred and euthanized dogs in North America. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has been pushing for mandatory sterilization for pit bulls for many years to protect them from being born into these horrors in the first place. The only ones who won’t benefit from BSL are dog fighters, breeders, those profiting from their existence and pit bull owners who don’t want to comply with reasonable regulations to keep the public safe. People, pets, livestock, tax payers, first responders, animal control and rescue workers would all be better off without the existence of pit bulls in our society. Shelters would no longer be over flowing, so safer breeds of dogs would have a better chance of being rescued, and euthanasia rates would plummet. Less than 3 percent of the population owns pit bulls, yet these are the dogs responsible for killing, mutilating and severely injuring more humans and animals than all other breeds combined. It’s time we stop catering to this vocal minority and the multi million dollar
funded pit bull lobby groups and start demanding public safety. The U.S. Army, Marine Corps and Air Force ban pit bulls from all their bases as well as privatized housing. It’s a travesty the rest of us aren’t offered the same protection. At least 475 people have been killed by pit bulls so far, and thousands more disgfigured. Hundreds of thousands of animals have also been fatally attacked. How many more pit bull assaults resulting in life flights, surgeries, psychological counselling and burials are we going to tolerate? The answer should be zero. When dog fighting was outlawed, the breeding of pit bulls should have been outlawed too. They were never meant to be household pets. GoFundMe Account to help with Xavier’s funeral expenses. NationalPitBullVictimAwareness.org, DogsBite.org, DaxtonsFriends.com, Animals24-7.org, BanPitBulls.org Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com
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Hard to depend on memory without subjectivity interfering How things have changed from one month ago. Nature has covered the land with a nice blanket of snow and the spruce trees are looking like some super Christmas decorator has sprinkled them with lots of snow and sparkles. I have no need to make up a Christmas tree or two – I can enjoy the view of hundreds from my window – all unique and very beautiful. The shimmering frost flakes blown in the breeze add to the festive atmosphere. Poor city people - they need to hire a super yard decorator and pay as much as a thousand dollars for the service. At Loon Lake Road nature does a better job for free. In the middle of the snow and frost, the paving contractor finally moved in to pave portions of Loon Lake Road. Snow, ice and -15 degree temperatures were not the best conditions for laying down paving and I had great sympathy for those doing traffic control, standing still in the cold and holding up a sign with only the deer, coyotes and one vehicle to direct. To finish the shoulder work they had to scrape away layers of snow and ice to spread the gravel abutting the new layer of pavement. Residents are grateful for the work done and I am sure the contractor crews are grateful to move on to warmer conditions. This time of the year at Loon Lake Road, winter outdoor activities begin and those who enjoy them hope for plenty of snow. We have had a good start so far but people await the lake to freeze over. It is also a time for moving the quiet enjoyment and relaxation indoors, although a nice outdoor fire with mulled wine still goes over well. I have been pulling out my boxes for Christmas ornaments that I have collected over the years with the intention of reducing the volume down to about half of what I have now. So my first idea was to just keep those items I have used in the past several years. As I held out many of the items that would then have gone in the recycle box, memories of the time when the item was either acquired or used came back to me and I couldn’t put it away. While I have the idea that material things are not so important – the memories of people and places that they sometimes represent and bring back are still important to me and so I have six boxes of Christmas stuff collected over the past 50 years from all the places I have lived or visited. But why is memory important? There are people I know who seem to start each day with a blank memory and they seem quite happy. In fact, having a good memory at my age can result in simply more work and effort. It is so much easier when someone asks for information to say you can’t remember than to remember and pass it on to them – once, twice or maybe even three times; of course without any suggestion that you have told this to them once already. I don’t have a really good memory; things that aren’t important or of interest to me go away really fast. I am an absolute disaster at playing various board games that require knowledge of sports or of entertainment figures. Don’t ask me about TV shows or movies, I know noth-
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nutmeg, or forego coffee, teas or citrus fruits. I can quite easily do without a trip to Tim Horton’s for a coffee but let me buy my coffee beans and grind them my way. I have tried chicory root “coffee” and it doesn’t do much for me nor does the barley coffee substitute. Beside I don’t think I would want to eat the same way as our forbearers did in 1900 – it really wasn’t all that healthy a diet. Sure the vegetables, fruits, egg, dairy and meat were locally sourced but ways of preserving them were limited, with a lot of sugar, salt and fat used as preservatives.
ing of them. Of course memory can also be quite misleading if you expect that memory can reproduce an event as it really happened. We will only remember how we experienced the incident or event but it will not be accurate description of what went on. Sure I can remember snippets and specific incidents and even the taste of my grandmother’s chokecherry cordial and that she often served us warm milk with coffee when we visited her in the winter. Then I try to picture her The Royal Canadian Legion #113 kitchen in my memory and 301 Brink St., Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0 find that a number of the corPhone: 250-453-2423 Fax # 250-453-9625 ners are quite blank. I read an article yesterSouth Cariboo Elizabeth Fry Society 601 Bancroft St. Box 603, Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0 day about a young family 250-453-9656 in Alberta who have decided to eat only (or mostly) the Ashcroft and District Fall Fair foods that they themselves Contact Person: Jessica Clement250-457-7128 can grow on their farm. Their goal was to try to eat as their ancestors did in 1900s on the Ashcroft Soup’s On St. Alban’s Anglican Church Hall, 501 Brink Street Canadian prairies. That can Tel: 250-453-9909 or 250-453-2053 - All Welcome be a very good learning exercise and I would expect Ducks Unlimited Canada one that would result in the Ashcroft/Cache Creek Volunteer Chapter Phone 250-374-8307 family involved learning to value quality in food. Ashcroft and Masonic Lodge For example we recentZarthan Lodge No#105 ly had a discussion about Contact Person: Fred Dewick Phone 250-453-2415 sauerkraut in our family. I make my own and do quite Ashcroft & District Tennis Association Contact Person: Maria Russell Martin willingly put up with the Phone 250-453-9391 odour of fermenting sauerkraut because the result is so Ashcroft & District Lions Club delicious. Others pointed out Contact Person: Nick Lebedoff Phone 250-453-2664 that a large bottle of manufactured kraut is not so costAshcroft-Cache Creek Seniors Assc. 601 Bancroft St., Ashcroft, BC Phone 250-453-9762 ly and is much more convenient. The Ashcroft & District Health Care True enough, but I perAuxiliary Thrift Store sonally do not like the taste 601 Bancroft St., Ashcroft, BC Phone 250-453-9944 of the pickled cabbage that the manufacturers try to pass 347 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corp Contact Person: Lt. (N) Curran 250-319-3461 off as sauerkraut. In fact the Alexine Johannsson 250-453-2661 majority around the table ademail: darrin.curran@cadets.gc.ca mitted that the only time they Ashcroft Communities in Bloom will eat sauerkraut is when I Contact Persons: Andrea Walker 250-453-9402 or serve my homemade stuff. Marijke Stott 250-453-0050 Then they can’t get enough of it. Authentic sauerkraut Taoist Tai Chi Contact Person: Danita Howard never has vinegar added – it Phone 250-453-9907 e-mail: dangre@telus.net is just shredded cabbage and Ashcroft Hospice Program a bit of salt with a six week Shirley 250-453-9202 fermentation period – done. Simple and so good. Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society There is a special qual250-453-2053 ity to many of the foods produced and prepared or preCanadian Red Cross - Health Equipment served in traditional ways Loan Program (H.E.L.P.) Ashcroft Hospital - 250-453-2244 but I appreciate that some special foods brought from Desert Bells Handbell Choir far off lands are really a Carmen Ranta 250-457-9119 wonderful contribution to both variety and taste in Sage Sound Singers Adult Community our meals. I do try to grow Choir Michelle Reid 250-457-9676 or source much of my food Cache Creek Beautification Society and locally but I would never Cache Creek Communities in Bloom agree to do without spices Carmen Ranta 250-457-9119 like vanilla, cinnamon and
The lean times were the early spring months when the winter stores were nearly used up, the vegetables in the root cellar turning limp and sprouting, and warmer weather made it difficult to keep meat. Young shoots of stinging nettles became the first “spinach” of the season and rhubarb was eagerly greeted. We would pull up a stalk out in the garden and eat it right there. Dandelion and other wild greens were used in salads. Ah, the good ole days. I wonder what the grandkids will consider as good old days when they hit 70 years or more? Merry Christmas and happy memories to all.
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2016 Polaris RZR 570 • Powerful 45HP ProStar Engine • Electronic Fuel Injected • Light Weight Transmission • 9” Superior Front Travel • True All Wheel Drive • 1500LB Towing Capacity
Warning: The Polaris RANGER and RZR are not intended for on-road use. Driver must be at least 16 years old with a valid driver’s license to operate. Passengers must be at least 12 years old and tall enough to grasp the hand holds and plant feet firmly on the floor. All SxS drivers should take a safety training course. Contact ROHVA at www.rohva.org or (949) 255-2560 for additional information. Drivers and passengers should always wear helmets, eye protection, protective clothing, and seat belts. Always use cab nets. Be particularly careful on difficult terrain. Never drive on public roads or paved surfaces. Never engage in stunt driving, and avoid excessive speeds and sharp turns. Riding and alcohol/drugs don’t mix. Check local laws before riding on trails. ATVs can be hazardous to operate. Polaris adult models are for riders 16 and older. For your safety, always wear a helmet, eye protection and protective clothing, and be sure to take a safety training course. For safety and training information in the U.S., call the SVIA at (800) 887-2887. You may also contact your Polaris dealer or call Polaris at (800) 342-3764. ©2015 Polaris Industries Inc.
770 North Broadway, Williams Lake • 250-392-3201 • hseibert@spectrapowersports.com Getting You OutThere!
Comes With 2 Year Warranty
SALE PRICE
5,995*
$
MSRP $6,899
ve 4 Sa,50 $4
MSRP $16,499
2015 Polaris Ranger 570 Crew EPS
SALE PRICE
• Powerful 31 HP Liquid cooled ProStar Engine • Electronic Fuel Injected • On-Demand True All Wheel Drive • Legendary Smooth Independent Suspension • 10.25” Ground Clearance • 1225 LB Towing Capacity
SALE PRICE
11,995*
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2015 Polaris Sportsman 570 EPS
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2016 Polaris Sportsman 450
Comes With 2 Year Warranty
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SALE PRICE
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MSRP $4,099
2015 Polaris Phoenix 200
ve 4 Sa,50 $4
Comes With 2 Year Warranty
SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS. *Plus freight and PDI of $585, plus tire levy, plus applicable taxes. All pricing net of rebates, dealer keeps rebates. In stock units only, call dealer for details. Some units shown with additional charge options (like winches), these accessories are not included in prices shown unless otherwise stated.
2016 Polaris Pro RMK 800 155
Lightest in Class 408 LB Class Leading Horsepower
Comes With 3 Year Warranty
2015 Polaris Indy Voyager 155
New AXYS® RMK® Instantaneous Lift Rider Balanced™ Control Immediate Response
• New 800 Clean Fire engine • All new front and rear suspensions • Track
pricing Call foer mo del on th of your choice!
- 2.6” Series 6 / 155” and 163” lengths / Awesome deep snow performance with trail manners / Light weight single ply. - 2.6” and 3” available.
• All new RMK Axys raised chassis
- Even lighter weight than the Pro Ride. - Still up to about 50 - 70lbs lighter than the competition!
2015 Polaris Indy LXT 144 INT
Comes With 1 Year Warranty
Comes With 1 Year Warranty
Comes With 1 Year Warranty
• 550 Fan Engine • Electric Start • PERC Reverse • Articulated Rear Suspension • Pro-Ride RMK Front Suspension • High-Flotation 15” x 155” x1.6” track
• 550 Fan Engine • 15 x 144 x 1.35 Track • Electric Start • PERC Reverse • CVTech Powerbloc 50/ Invance Clutching
• 550 Fan Engine • Electric Start • PERC Reverse • Articulated Rear Suspension • Lock & Ride Convertible Passenger seat • High-Flotation 15” x 155” x1.6” cobra track
SALE PRICE
$
6,495
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MSRP $8,599
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770 North Broadway, Williams Lake • 250-392-3201 • hseibert@spectrapowersports.com Getting You OutThere!
2015 Polaris 550 Indy Adventure 155
SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS. *Plus freight and PDI of $585, plus tire levy, plus applicable taxes. All pricing net of rebates, dealer keeps rebates. In stock units only, call dealer for details. Some units shown with additional charge options (like winches), these accessories are not included in prices shown unless otherwise stated.
SALE PRICE
6,495
$
*
MSRP $8,899
SALE PRICE
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6,995* MSRP $9,999
Warning: The Polaris RANGER and RZR are not intended for on-road use. Driver must be at least 16 years old with a valid driver’s license to operate. Passengers must be at least 12 years old and tall enough to grasp the hand holds and plant feet firmly on the floor. All SxS drivers should take a safety training course. Contact ROHVA at www.rohva.org or (949) 255-2560 for additional information. Drivers and passengers should always wear helmets, eye protection, protective clothing, and seat belts. Always use cab nets. Be particularly careful on difficult terrain. Never drive on public roads or paved surfaces. Never engage in stunt driving, and avoid excessive speeds and sharp turns. Riding and alcohol/drugs don’t mix. Check local laws before riding on trails. ATVs can be hazardous to operate. Polaris adult models are for riders 16 and older. For your safety, always wear a helmet, eye protection and protective clothing, and be sure to take a safety training course. For safety and training information in the U.S., call the SVIA at (800) 887-2887. You may also contact your Polaris dealer or call Polaris at (800) 342-3764. ©2015 Polaris Industries Inc.
Above: Darci Andersen, Damian Couture (in disguise), Sharla Dubroy and Jason Blain on the Ashcroft Esso Travel Centre float. What this year’s parade lack in numbers, it made up for in enthusiasm. The mild weather brought out more people that the parade has seen in recent years and Railway Ave. was lined with adults and children from ReMax down to the credit union. As always, Santa was the biggest draw and there was a crowd lined up to see him even before his float pulled up in front of the Fire Hall. Below, Peoples’ Drug Store staff with owner Victor Ikari (left) and their float with the Frozen theme.