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Blackbirds and crows disappearing, chukars hiding by Wendy Coomber The question is, where do all the chukars go during the Christmas Bird Count? And why can’t the Ashcroft-Cache Creek Bird Count ever get more than 39 species? “Yep, 39 species again for the fifth time,” said team leader Karl Ricker. “Forty is still eluding us. If we could only run into the chukars, we would have had our 40 species!” The chukars have since been spotted in the area, but too late for the official count. “Nonetheless,” he said, “we can’t argue with the new species added to
our count – an overdue Great Gray Owl and Pine Grosbeaks, both seen at the Logan Lake and Savona-Walhachin counts. “The surprise,” said Ricker, “was the redressed Cache Creek Landfill, which left little space for the usual droves of Rock pigeons, ravens and crows. Only the starling count was about normal there.” Ricker said the other surprise was the “grand disappearance” of the blackbirds, Redwing and Brewers, “which is the case at many other Christmas counts.” Eight people went out on the annual Ashcroft-Cache Creek Christmas Bird
Count on Dec. 23, including Maria Russell Martin, Sonja Matthews and Wendy Coomber from the local area, as well as Bert Parke, Ray Towne and Lookie van der pol from Logan Lake. The group counts everything within a certain radius and compares it to past years. There were new high counts on Fox Sparrows (14) and Pine Siskins, “but the latter at 183 is rather low compared to elsewhere,” said Ricker. The group received a tip that a rare species of cardinal had been spotted on the Mesa, but it was not confirmed by the group. The annual Count will be held again this December.
by Wendy Coomber Cache Creek Council is pinching their pennies this year and preparing this year’s budget isn’t the calm process it has appeared to be before last year’s flood. Municpalities are being encouraged to develop asset management plans to assist them in “delivering sustainable services by extending and deepening asset management practices within their organizations.” It’s meant to assist local governments in managing their capital assets better. The Village received a $10,000 provincial grant for staff to train in the National Asset Managgement Strategy. A matching $10,000 from the Village was required. Coun. Wyatt McMurray asked if it was necessary for them to develop an asset management plan. “It will be,” said Chief Financial Officer Sheila McCutcheon. She added that it would take time to put an asset management in place so it was preferable to start now rather than later. They would also be restricted in what infrastructure grants they could access until they had their plan. She said Cache Creek staff hoped to host the NAMS course and hopefully recover some of the costs back through registrations by other municipalities attending the course. She said the $10,000 from the Village could also be in kind work. Staff also presented an application for three infrastructure planning grants to start the process. “We know it’s coming,” said CAO Melany de Weerdt. “If we can access some funding it will forward this in a more efficient manner.” Coun. McMurray suggested forward the application to a budget workshop. “We just spent $10,000,” he said. “This is another $22,000. We already can’t balance the budget.” “It’s highly unlikely we’ll get all three grants approved this time around,” said McCutcheon. “It could be a year before we access them all.” “The money had got to come from some place,” he said. “I’m fine with applying for the grants,” he relented. “We can decide whether to use them once we’re approved.” “What we need is an Operating Certificate for the Landfill so we can market an opportunity while it still exists,” said Mayor John Ranta.
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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. Jan. 2: The Cache Creek Council meeting will be held at 4:30 pm in the Village Office. Everyone welcome. Feb. 2: The monthly UCW meeting will be held at 2:30 pm in Zion United Church Hall. Any interested ladies are welcome to come as s visitor or to join us. Feb. 2: Alzheimer Society of BC - Understanding Dementia workshop 1:00-4:00pm at the Ashcroft HUB, 711 Hill St. (formerly Ashcroft Elementary). Cost: by donation. Pre-registration is required, call Tara Hildebrand 1-800886-6946 or e-mail thildebrand@alzheimerbc.org. Feb. 6: Seedy Saturday at the Cache Creek Community Hall, 9am to 2 pm. Admission free. March 1: Alzheimer Society of BC - Understanding Dementia workshop 1:00-4:00pm at the Ashcroft HUB, 711 Hill St. (formerly Ashcroft Elementary). Cost: by donation. Pre-requisite for this workshop is the “Understanding Dementia workshop”. Pre-registration is required, call Tara Hildebrand 1-800-886-6946 or e-mail thildebrand@ alzheimerbc.org. May 27, 28 & 29: “WRAPS and the Ashcroft Art Club are hosting the 5th Annual Ashcroft Plein Air Paint-out May 27, 28 and 29th. For more information please contact: ashcroftpleinair@gmail.com”.
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Meeting to discuss new water plant by Wendy Coomber Ashcroft Council is looking for public opinion on the new Water Treatment Plant that will be built next year. They are holding a public meeting tonight Thurs., Jan. 14 at 7 pm in the Community Hall. Last year the Village received a $5.7 million grant for the new facility. That represents $2.85 million from the provincial government and another $2.85 from the federal government. The town is required to contribute another $2.85 million to the facility. “It’s a long term project,” says Ashcroft Mayor Jack Jeyes. “By end of the year, we have to be in position to move forward with it.” Council and village staff have visited other water treatment plants in the region, but they haven’t decided yet what type of water treatment plant Ashcroft should have. About all he can say for sure is that “It will probably be in Legacy Park somewhere.” “Somehow the village has to get its onethird portion of the funding,” he says. That will be discussed at the public meeting, as well as the legislation requiring it, options for different water systems and perhaps some preliminary designs. Representation from Interior Health, the consultants and Council will speak to inform and answer questions from the public. “It’s a huge project for us,” says Jeyes. “A $9 million project - so it’s going to have a huge impact on the village over the next few years.” It’s expected to be finished in 2019.
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Woman assaulted
Jan. 5 at 7:35 am police were called to an Ashcroft residence for a domestic assault in progress. The 36 year old male suspect was gone before police arrived but was located and arrested at another residence in the following day. He was charged with assault and the unlawful storage of firearms and then released with a “no contact” order for the 27 year old female victim. She has since moved out of Ashcroft. Two unsecure firearms were seized from the residence.
Tires stapled
Jan. 5 at 12:30 pm police received a report of mischief to a vehicle on Brink St. in Ashcroft. The owner of the car, a 70 year old Ashcroft woman, took her car in to have a leaky tire fixed. It was discovered than that there were staples puncturing the sidewalls of three of the car’s tires. It is unknown when this took place.
Swerved to avoid car
Jan. 6 at 10 am police attended a single vehicle rollover on Hwy 1 by Walhachin. The 63 year old Cache Creek driver suffered minor injuries and was transported to RIH for neck and back pain. She told police that she lost control of
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Jan. 7 at 2:20 pm police were advised of a hit and run that had just occurred in the parking lot of the Ashcroft Post Office after a 2014 Volkswagen Jetta was struck by a gray Dodge Dakota. A witness provided a license plate to the RCMP for the truck and RCMP will be speaking to the Ashcroft owner. There was nn estimate of the damage to the car, owned by a 24 year old Kamloops woman.
Plates draw attention
Jan. 7 at 2:40 pm police received a report of another fender bender, this time in the parking lot of the Ashcroft Esso after a small red car, heading for the pumps, was struck by a CP truck that was just leaving. The car, driven by a 51 year old Cache Creek woman, was left with a four inch scratch on the door. However, police are now investigating whether the car was properly registered and insured.
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Jan. 9 at 11 pm police received a report of a deer struck and killed on Hwy 1 about 28 km west of Ashcroft. The 62 year old Richmond man was driving a 2007 Lexus ES 350.
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It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Mrs. Edith Harriett Kuzyk on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 from Jackson house in Ashcroft at the age of 83 years.
Edith will be lovingly remembered by Edward her loving husband of 63 years, sons Brian (Ginger) of 16 Mile, Larry (Kelly) of Clinton, and David (Donna) of Kamloops, as well as her eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. She is also survived by her brother Walter (Del) Watts of Penticton. Edith was predeceased by her parents Wilford and Daisy Watts, Brother John Watts, and Sister Ruth Hilgartner. Edith was at heart a family woman. Time with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren meant the world to her, and over the years she has created many wonderful memories with them all. Ed was the love of her life. She met him while working at the Princeton Brewery, and they were married on August 22, 1952. She also loved animals, and as a family they always had dogs or cats as pets over the years. She was an avid gardener, with beautiful flowers surrounding their home. Family dinners brought Edith great joy, where she would cook wonderful meals, and spoil everyone with her baking. You would also find her canning and freezing fruit from her garden. In their younger years Edith and Ed would look forward to Friday nights where they would go dancing at the IOF Hall. A Service of Remembrance will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at the Cache Creek Community Hall. The family would like to give their sincere thanks to all the staff of Jackson House extended care, for all their loving care and assistance over these last three years. Your contributions to Edith’s well being are deeply appreciated. Donations would be gratefully accepted to the charity of your choice, the Canadian Cancer Society, or the Alzheimer Society of B.C.
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Early Christmas present from the Lions Karen Morgan had the lucky number that won her the Loonie Pot of $468 at the Lions Bingo on Dec 14. Presenting the cheque to Karen (second from left) are L-R: Lions Nick Lebedoff, Ines Lopez and Ernie Kristoff.
Ashcroft water plant highlight of 2015 by Wendy Coomber Last year was a year of successes if not victories for Ashcroft and Mayor Jack Jeyes says he’s looking forward to a better year in 2016. “Most important to us, the new fire truck was approved,” he said, recalling the highlights of 2015. “And as far as the Fire Dept. is concerned, the TNRD is going to be replacing the tender - the big tank that belongs to the TNRD in order for us to respond to fires within the TNRD around us.” Just as important, he says, is the $5.7 million grant for the new water treatment plant “We were very lucky to get that amount for a village of our size,” he says. “That was a lot of hard work by our MLA.” “We got together as a Council and developed our Strategic Plan so we now have a roadmap for the next few years,” says Jeyes. “I think it’s all things that are achievable and will have benefit for the village.” He says it pleases him to see local companies like Desert Hills Ranch and Ashcroft Terminal growing, although the Village still hasn’t come up with a plan to develop new housing and it worries him that it’s not in place yet to support the business growth. “But that’s something that’s in our Strategic Plan and we’re working towards that,” he says. But it’s a long process in determing where and what Ashcroft wants for residential development. “The other thing I’m awfully pleased about is the announcement that we will be getting two doctors in February, provided everything falls into place.” Reforming local health care is one of the Wellness Health Action Coalition’s (WHAC) goals, and Jeyes thinks they’ve made noticeable improvements in that area. “In February the province released documents that finally started talking about patientcentered treatments and primary care. Those kids of things weren’t being talked about before,” he said. There’s still room for improvement in health care: “I would like to see local health care continue to evolve,” he says. “There are things that have been taken into Kamloops from here that we do better here. I’d like to see those things come back.” He recalls the May 23 flood in Cache Creek and feels there are lessons to be learned from it. “I was at dinner when I received a call from
our Fire Chief,” he says. “They were on site at the time, having been called on through their joint agreement with the Cache Creek Fire Dept. We rely so heavily on our fire departments as first responder.” They were asking to take some equipment to Cache Creek to help with the flood. “I think that particular flood highlights the issues of small communities in that there needs to be a system in place,” he says, “where help can be there as quickly as possible - and when I say help, I mean right from administrative help to equipment. I think it’s partially in place already through the TNRD.” “Overall, I think 2015 was probably a reasonably good year,” he says with a little caution. “Some things are going right because real estate seems to be selling. “During the summer I saw a lot of younger kids and young families. I haven’t seen that in a long time. To me,” says Jeyes, “that’s a really, really healthy sign. Young people are either moving home after growing up here and leaving to get education and jobs and coming back, or they’re coming in for jobs “I’d like to see continued growth in the downtown core. A healthy downtown, to me, is the next sign that we want to see. It drives people to want to move here, and people want to move here drives the health of the business core,” he says. “I’m looking forward to 2016,” says Jeyes. “I really am.”
by Wendy Coomber Who would have thought that a bit of rain could cause so much damage and long-lasting trouble for a little desert community? The unexpected flash flood of May 23 is what Mayor John Ranta remembers most about 2015: “The overwhelming large impact of the devastating flooding caused by a rain storm on May 23,” he says. “That has pre-empted the thinking about the rest of the year because it was such a horrific event where nobody in the village was unaffected by it. “I think the significant thing to me is that the community has demostrated a type of resilience that probably only occurs in small communities where interpersonal relations build over a period of years so that you can actually feel empathy for your neighbour and go and help them out when some disaster strikes. “It’s not something I would recommend to any community going through a disaster to bring the community together - there’s got to be better ways to do it, but in my opinion, if there is a positive coming out of the disaster that has befallen us, it is the fact that we’re a stronger community that recognizes that we can overcome whatever challenge is thrown our way.” Challenges came in more ways than the flood. Both of the Village’s senior staff members gave their notice. CFO Gayle Olsen was gone before the flood and CAO Dan Plamondon left a few days after. “Every time there’s an administrative change, through no fault of the administrator, there are issues that fall through the cracks,” he says. “It takes some time to recollect and re-establish the direction with a new administrator, so it does create some challenges.” However, less than a month later, the residents turned out to celebrate the annual Graffiti Days. “While it was a little bit challenging and probably more challenging than I know for the Graffiti Days committee, they pulled it off and the community looked like nothing had ever happened,” he
said. The same weekend Belkorp and Metro Vancouver held the official commissioning ceremony for the landfill gas utilization project which is now producing hydro power. “It’s been a challenge to get that project completed,” he said, but now it’s one of only two station in BC that converts landfill gas into hydro electricity. There may be an opportunity for the Village, he says, once Belkorp’s partnership with Metro Vancouver ends this year, to participate in revenues from the reciprocating engines by agreeing to purchase a share of the engines. Most of the work of staff and council in 2015 has been directed at the recovery of the Village from the disaster “We had a workshop in November and went through the budget,” Ranta says. “At the end of the day based on the impact of the flood, you wind up with a 2016 budget that’s $246,000 in the ditch.” The Council is looking for ways to come up with the money to balance the budget and have identified serveral, from projects that can be cancelled or defered to revising landfill revenues. The Village is having a town hall meeting on Jan. 25 at 7 pm in the community hall to discuss the budget and hopes that the public might have insight on how they can come up with more money. Council is still focussed on their landfilling industry and the new 20-year Extension that is just waiting for the province’s final okay. “This year I want to see the completion of the Operational Certificate for the Landfill Extension,” says Ranta. “That’s of critical importance to us. I’m optimistic that within six to eight weeks, completion will be announced.” The Certificate gives the Village and Belkorp the opportunity to market the landfill’s capacity to potential customers, like the municipalities who are currently facing higher fees to ship their waste to the U.S.
Grants help fund high speed internet in Lytton Residents in rural areas around Lytton will benefit from two projects to expand high-speed Internet access in the region by 2017. The Lytton Area Wireless Society will use a provincial grant of $134,400 to bring high-speed Internet connectivity to Lytton Indian Reserve 17 and Lytton Indian Reserve 18. The Society will use another grant of $110,150 to connect rural Lytton (north Hwy 12), Lytton 2 Mile Indian Reserve, Lytton 3 Mile Indian Reserve, Lytton 4 Mile Indian Reserve and St. Georges Road. “This investment in high-speed Internet service is crucial to residents of
the rural, mountainous area around Lytton,” Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart said. “It will help ensure residents and communities in the region have the connectivity they need to participate in the online world, whether for personal or professional use.” The two projects are funded through Connecting British Columbia, a $10-million multi-year grant program that helps to pay for infrastructure required to deliver high-speed Internet connectivity to homes and businesses in rural B.C. They are among nine new projects funded through Connecting British Columbia that will benefit more than
80 rural and remote communities, totalling more than $1.1 million. An additional eight projects benefiting 70 communities were announced in 2015. Connecting British Columbia is administered by Northern Development Initiative Trust and covers the entire province. Eligible applicants are selected based on their project’s potential to provide expanded or improved Internet service to British Columbians in rural and remote areas. Currently, 94 per cent of British Columbians have access to high-speed Internet, making B.C. one of the most connected jurisdictions in the world.
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Let’s not say ‘goodbye’ just yet “Here we are at last, dear friends, on the shores of the sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle Earth. Go in peace. I will not say ‘Do not weep,’ for not all tears are an evil.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, LOTR I’m very bad with goodbyes and I normally do everything I can to avoid them. After a career in journalism just a few months short of 40 years - over 13 of them here in Ashcroft, I have let my colleagues at The Journal know that I will be retiring. My last issue is Feb. 11. This is a frantic profession. People call me “The Camera Lady” or “The Lady Who Takes Pictures for The Paper”, but that doesn’t come close to summing up the job of editor here. My camera is what they see and understand. So much has changed in newspapers since 1977. Gone are the typewriters, the typesetters, the hot wax machine, the layout tables, the darkroom - and the newsroom filled with noisy telephones, typewriters and reporters. It’s pretty quiet around The Journal these days, but that’s mostly because so much of our work is done on our computers. People walk in through the front door of our office and don’t realize that I’m at my desk around the corner in our onewoman newsroom. It’s no exaggeration to say I spend at much time here as I do at home - ask Tool Man - and I’m going to miss being here. When I was 13, I decided that I wanted to work on newspapers. I wanted to make a positive difference. From what people tell me and from my own observations, I know I’ve made a few of them over the past 40 years. Retirement means I can relax while spending time doing the non-newspapery things that I love with the people I love. I don’t have to garden after I get home from work, I don’t have to sneak in little bits of quilting when I have a few spare minutes. I can take leisurely walks with my camera again. I can also spend more time helping my towns in other ways now. No, this isn’t goodbye. In fact, you may see more of me. I’m not going far.
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Charitable giving is a group project by Milton Friesen Program director -Social Cities Cardus HAMILTON, Ont./ Troy Media/ -- Statistics Canada’s Charitable Giving by Individuals report is an important look at charitable acts in this nation. The notion of charity has long been associated with sacrificing oneself for the sake of others. It is an antidote to selfish absorption, careless distraction and mindless accumulation. It is a response of gratitude; reflecting that however little we have, it can actually grow when shared with another. This is certainly true of Canadians, but not of all of us equally. Charitable giving at an individual level turns out to be lumpy. There are many angles to consider in the report, which was written by Martin Turcotte. Reading between the lines, it appears that the lone personal charitable impulse may be rare. The report is about individual giving but it shows that individual is not solitary. Giving to help others is, it would seem, a group project even when we measure it with solitary means. The re-
port suggests there is a great deal of “we” involved in individual giving. This unveils a few things about the charitable giving of Canadians. First, charitable donation has a context - most significantly, that of religious worship. While an increasing number of Canadians are unfamiliar with what a worship context is, that act of gathering, praying, reading, listening, sharing, volunteering and reflecting on the meaning and purpose of life translates into actual care for other people. Religious settings are very important for charitable giving and generate a huge amount of significant community outreach. Thin caricatures of religion that show up in popular TV and media suggest that it is outmoded, flaky or outright harmful. It is often presented as embarrassingly out of step with an entertainment-saturated and technologically-superior culture. However, according to the report, if religious communities are an impractical, otherworldly abstraction, this country needs more of it. In fact, we depend on religious communities (even if we aren’t part of one) to sustain many aspects of
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our collective quality of life. The report also suggests that charitable donation has a physical location, places that are part of the fabric of our communities. People give to them, in them and for them. Most of them may not be impressive on their own, but there are a lot of them and a lot of people collectively engage in them. Next time you drive past a synagogue, mosque or church, imagine that it is a peculiar engine that converts, in a very profound way, the compassion of Canadians into an outpouring of billions of dollars of goodwill. Charitable donation has a critical role in our communities. A tremendous amount of the money donated in Canada goes toward highly local charitable work. It’s not that we don’t help out in other settings - we gave $1.2 billion to international projects in 2013. It is clear, however, that the vast majority of our financial sharing is invested where we live. Charitable giving is a neighbourhood, village, town or city activity. Even where national organizations are supported, the pillars and posts of those cross-counSee CHARITY on p. 6 Subscribe to The Journal 1 Year Subscription: $44.10 (GST included) Senior Rate: $37.80 (GST included) Out of area subscriptions pay a $17.85 mailing surcharge The Journal is a politically independent community newspaper. All material contained in this publication is protected by copyright. Reproduction is expressly prohibited by the rights holder. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities.
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The desire to create a better screwdriver by Wendy Coomber How do you go from studying art in Switzerland to making and selling a one of a kind screwdriver in Ashcroft? Rob Suter knows. He and his wife, Angela Bandelli are the driving force behind Rolgear Manufacturing, Inc., makers of precision racheting screwdrivers. Their offices and plant are located next to the car wash on Railway Ave. Suter says it was an idea that stuck in his head after being involved in another venture with screwdrivers just after arriving in Canada with Angela in 1985. In 2008, he was asked by a friend to do some design for screwdriver handles. That gave him more ideas, which led to the product that he now makes. Suter’s slim single blade ratcheting screwdriver isn’t available anywhere else. Multi-bit ratcheting screwdrivers are, but not single blades. The other difference is that Rolgear’s product uses a cam and ball bearing mechanism rather than gears. The more he tinkered with his ideas, the more Suter realized that he needed to be more precise in his plans. He bought a CAD (Computer Automated Design) program and taught himself how to use it. The program helped him visualize his creation and provided more possibilities. All he had to do was find a way to create it on his work bench. For two years he worked on it at their ranch on Back Valley Rd. Then in 2011/12 their friend Al Alberts invited them to work out of his building next to the car wash, and the rest is history. Suter studied art for three and a half years in Zurich and apprenticed with a painter before taking over his family’s paint and wallpaper store. He even went to business school for two years. He sold the store after 10 years and they moved to Canada. “But I was always interested in mechanics,” he says. He pulls out a basic slotted block of plastic and describes how this prototype will look by the time he’s finished with it and how it will sort the bits to make attaching them to the shanks faster. “Anything you want to do is possible,” he says. He taught himself how to run his CAD system, how to program his equipment and how to run everything in his shop. “You spend a lot of time but you find out how to do it,” he says. “You work at it until you’ve got it. Not always does everything go smoothly.” Eventually he bought a CNC turning machine for the company. “Never used one before,” he said. “Didn’t even know how to turn it on. You have to make programs for it, so I had to learn how to make G-code programs.” He used the basic knowledge from his other experiences with screwdrivers, but new challenges constantly send him looking for what equipment he needs to solve them. “Now we’re at the point where basically we can make all parts,” he says. “- some in cumbersome ways. That could be improved, of course, with equipment.”
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More equipment means more investment. Suter says the comany finances itself from its operations. It’s a slow process, but it seems to be working. They started equipping their shop in 2012. Right after a trade show in 2012 they packed their truck and hitched up the horse trailer and headed for Montreal. There they bought the CNC turning machine and brought it home in the trailer. He found found a Taiwanese supplier for quarter inch hex material because he couldn’t find a closer supply. The catch was, he said, that it comes in 2,000 kilo coils, so he had to find a way to straighten the steel. He found an old piece of equipment on the internet that looked like it would work, but it was in Cincinnati. He was Rob Suter in his shop. driving in that direction anyway to In partnership with purchase an automatic screw maNicola Valley Institute of Technology chine in nearby Rockford so he School District #74 (Gold Trail) went to have a look. is offering: It had been sitting outside for perhaps years and was covered in LILLOOET PROPERTIES grease and dirt. But it was cheap. REQUEST FOR OFFERS “We loaded that thing up, then I went back to Rockford, loaded School District No. 74 (Gold Trail) intends to sell the following properties in Lillooet: up the screw machine and home I 1. Former Riverview Elementary, located at 211 Hill Crest Drive in Lillooet, BC. went.” The site, zoned P-3 (school) is approximately 2 acres and will be sold “as is, where is”. It cleaned it up nicely. Then he There is a building on site. had to build a rotating spool to feed 2. Former Continuing Education Centre (Board office), located at 538 Main Street in Lillooet, the coil into his new straightener. BC. Rolgear is doing well in the inThe site, zoned C-2 (local commercial) is approximately 0.20 acres and will be sold “as is, where is”. There is a building on site. dustrial markets. The professionals like them. They also sell to small 3. Former Cosmetology Centre, located at 472 Main Street in Lillooet, BC. independents like Ashcroft BuildThe site, zoned C-2 (local commercial) is part of approximately 0.96 acres and will be sold “as is, where is”. There is a building on site. ing Centre, KMS in Kamloops and other hardware stores. Lee Valley 4. Former Learning Resource Centre, located at #76 – 5 Avenue in Lillooet, BC. Tools also carries their line. The site, zoned C-2 (local commercial) is part of approximately 0.96 acres and will be sold “I think we experienced in “as is, where is”. There is a building on site. the last few months a really nice The full information package will be available electronically or by mail by contacting the Finance growth,” he says. Manager. Packages are also available for pick up from 8:00a.m. to 4:30p.m., Monday to Friday at the School District Office, 400 Hollis Road Ashcroft, BC . He’s hoping to branch out onto the Prairies soon. Getting larger is Enquiries and Offers: Mr. Steven Aie, Finance Manager Telephone: (250) 453-9151 Ext 221 or 1-855-453-9101 in their plans, but more efficient Email: saie@sd74.bc.ca ways of making their screwdriver Interested parties are asked to submit offers on or before March 11, 2016 although offers received is key to that. after that date may be considered. “Right now we’re spending 40 seconds to fill one handle with bits,” he says. “With this” he points at the bit sorting prototype) - “I think we can do it in four Notice of Accreditation Visit and Invitation to Comment seconds.” “I would like to get it to the Thompson Rivers University is in the process of applying for institutional point where I don’t have to be in accreditation with the U.S. based Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) and will host its first on-site evaluation visit in operations constantly, so I can tinApril 2016. ker and invent,” he says. Institutional accreditation provides a framework for ongoing evaluation and self“I was asked just yesterday analysis ensuring that TRU’s policies, procedures and practices are consistent ‘why don’t you retire?’ I said I’ll with accepted standards of quality. It serves as an important means of assuring never retire, I like what I do - why the quality of higher education through rigorous peer-review and evaluation. Institutional accreditation will enhance the value of a TRU degree for all students would I retire?” th
and will provide a distinct advantage for attracting new students both within and outside Canada. The NWCCU will perform a comprehensive accreditation evaluation visit to TRU on April 25-27, 2016. The NWCCU evaluation team, led by a number of university faculty and staff from peer institutions, will meet with campus students, faculty and staff to evaluate TRU’s application for candidacy, in conjunction with the TRU’s recently finalized Self-Evaluation Report. To learn more about the process and to read the report, please visit the TRU accreditation website: www.tru.ca/vpacademic/accreditation In preparation for the April visit, TRU invites members of the TRU community and the general public to provide comments regarding TRU’s application for institutional accreditation. Comments are accepted only when they are signed with an original signature, submitted in writing to the President of the Commission, and received no later than March 25, 2016. Comments will be forwarded as received to the institution, the evaluation committee and the Commission.
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The Clinton Snow Jockey Club is hosting a Family Fun Day at the Big Bar Ski Trails on Saturday, Jan. 23 from 9 a.m. until noon. The parking lot at the trail head is 6 km. west on Big Bar Road from Hwy 97. Bring your skis (and your friends)
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as multi-use trails, everyone who uses them is asked to respect the trails and all others who use them. The Clinton Snow Jockey Club is a volunteer organization that Susan Swan grooms and maintains these trails 459-2224 or 2325 for the people who enjoy cross countrysquire@ country skiing. Driving on the trails bcwireless.com with vehicles and falling trees on them can ruin the trails for this use. Not only can it make skiing diffiand enjoy the trails. cult, it can make them dangerous and There will be prizes and lunch will someone could get hurt. be available for a modest cost. Please, if you are using the trails think of the other users as well. Help Ski Trail Etiquette The Big Bar Ski Trails are on keep the trails in good condition for Crown Land. Although they are classed everyone.
Group values often drive consistant giving try projects are firmly planted in local soil. Research on the replacement cost for services provided by neighbourhood faith communities suggests that such local groups generate a common good contribution roughly five times greater than their annual budget - year after year, decade after decade. The money contributed, then, is only a small part of the story. Research that investigates these Charity from p. 4
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often untracked and untold realities is long overdue. If you don’t examine the context, location and community-driven nature of individual charitable giving, the social challenges we face will increase while the supply of social ingenuity to meet them decreases. Minding that gap will be critical to the wellbeing of Canadians in the immediate and long-term future. Canada’s primary donors (those in the top 10 per cent) are getting older (51 per cent are over 55 years old). They are typically religious and gave 30 per cent more in 2013 than they did in 2004.
As we consider what the charitable landscape will look like in coming decades, it is vital to pay attention to the communities of faith that develop, grow and sustain significant charitable works. The report suggests that we would do well not only to think about how to encourage more giving, but to do more to understand the context and communities of charitable Canadians. -Milton Friesen is the program director of Social Cities at Cardus, a think tank dedicated to the renewal of North American social architecture.
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The nanny dog strikes again ON A BRIGHTER NOTE LORI WELBOURNE loriwelbourne.com Anybody know what they were originally bread for? Anybody? The nanny… to look over and protect the babies. #Lovemypit” The video came from entertainer Josh Paler Lin whose post was shared over 2.5 million times, often accompanied by similar sentiments expressed by Alexandria. There are people who truly believe the type of canine that’s been ripping children apart since at least the 1800s was bred to be a nanny dog. This claim, along with loads of others presented by the influential pit bull lobby is an absolute lie. It appears to have started from an article written in 1971 in the New York Times in which Lilian Rant declared they were a nursemaid
dog. Lilian was the president and magazine editor for the Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club of America and was trying to polish up their image. What she shared was a fable. For hundreds of years pit bulls were purpose bred for bull and bear baiting
and then dog fighting. Explosive aggression without warning is their genetic specialty. That’s why they’re the number one choice for dog fighters and the number one killer canine of people and animals. The notion that Alexandria should be exonerated for subjecting Tyler to her dangerous pit bulls because she believed the nanny myth isn’t acceptable to many. They think she should be charged with child endangerment, manslaughter or second degree murder since she was repeatedly informed of the facts and chose to ignore them.
Others argue she’s an unwitting victim of the powerful pit bull lobby, brainwashed to deny the truth as countless others have. It’s preposterous to some that anyone could believe the nanny myth with the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, but even university educated, mature individuals some of them famous - have publicly shared this belief. In 2013 the pit-bull advocacy group Bad Rap debunked the myth. This admission came right after a two year old was horrifically decapitated by his trusted family pit bull of eight years. It also came in the wake of over 100 children being torturously mauled to death by pit bulls in the 10 years leading up to that point. Despite their well publicized announcement, the term nanny dog is still used incessantly, and children continue to be needlessly killed and mutilated. Pit bulls can be adorable, goofy, clownish and lovable, and millions have experienced only that side. This makes it difficult to imagine their pet ever acting on their genetics and doing what they were created to do. Most pit bulls will not attack, but there is no
way of knowing which ones will and which ones won’t. In the last eight years since the pit bull lobby ramped up their promotion and propaganda of the “misunderstood breed”, there’s been an 830% increase in disfiguring and fatal attacks on humans in Canada and the U.S. In 2007 there were 78 attacks. In 2015 there were 648. The human fatalities from dog attacks totalled 41 last year, 33 were inflicted by pit bull type dogs, two by Rottweilers, and six by breed unknown, which are usually pit bull type dogs. Without a doubt the case of this completely preventable death belongs in the courts. Alexandria’s lawyer said charges could be laid against her, but prosecutors would have to prove she wilfully allowed the attack to happen. Child Protection Services should be sued for allowing Tyler to live with inherently dangerous animals, and legal action against organizations and individuals from the wellfunded pit bull lobby should also be taken. Pit bulls were purpose bred for jobs that are now a felony across Canada and the U.S. The breeding of them needs to be outlawed,
and the owners of grandfathered pit bulls need to carry six figure liability insurance and abide by regulations to keep the public safe. Less than 3% of the population owns pit bulls. Politicians who knowingly put the special interests of this group’s risky desire to own a dangerous dog, ahead of the lives of others, should be expelled from public office. Less than two months ago Alexandria posted on Facebook her gratitude for the opportunity to raise Tyler. “I know he will do amazing things. God wouldn’t have made such an amazing boy to just be ordinary. In my life during all the bad I wondered why I was here… I know now it was to care for him.” She will not be able to care for him anymore, and he will not be able to grow up. But his tragic story will help save the lives of others who will instead choose a safer breed of dog. Tyler TrammellHuston will never be forgotten, and hopefully his devastated sister will help spread the truth. Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. All links to verify factual information can be found at LoriWelbourne.com
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Tyler TrammellHuston was violently mauled to death by his half sister’s three beloved pit bulls on January 4th and people are outraged. As always with pit bull attacks, the victim and the owner are being blamed. Pit bull apologists are saying Tyler must have done something to provoke the dogs, and people in general are saying Alexandria GriffinHeady should never have left the nine year old boy alone with them in the small RV in Yuba County, California where they lived. H y p o c r i t i c a l l y, many of those crucifying her are the very same individuals who promote pit bulls as safe family pets and “educate” others with various untruths such as the nanny dog myth. Alexandria was part of their advocacy. On October 7, 2014 she posted on Facebook a video of a baby in it’s bouncy chair and a pit bull puppy jumping up to cuddle. Above that picture she wrote these words verbatim: “Too all pit haters, or people who dislike the bread due to being violent., here is a fun fact.
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January • Week 3 ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, do not allow distractions to keep you from completing tasks that need to get done. Use your ability to focus to plow through your to-do list and finish in record time. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, this week you may be tempted to take risks you never would have considered before. Just don’t let excitement get in the way of common sense.
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GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Something totally unexpected will grab your attention in the next few days, Gemini. Trust your intuition to take things slowly and put out all feelers before you forge ahead. CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, although you have a plan to reach all of your goals, do not put success ahead of others’ feelings. Be considerate of others even if their efforts are not up to par. LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, proceed with caution in a new friendship or partnership. Test the waters before you devote yourself fully. This approach will ensure you made the right decision. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, if the potential to be criticized scares you, you may not be inclined to express yourself honestly. Worry less about what others think of you and be confident in yourself. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, if you’re feeling on edge lately, it may be because you haven’t had a chance to relieve stress. Exercise can be a surefire fix to what ails you, so get up and go. SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, an opportunity presents itself in the weeks ahead, and this will be too good to pass up. Embrace the changes that this opportunity offers. SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, your social life is bustling, but sometimes it can be difficult to keep up with all of the things filling your calendar. You may want to take a few days off. CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Career obstacles may pop up from time to time, but you have the commitment to see things through for the long haul. Keep up that perseverance this week. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 You can’t always play the peacemaker, Aquarius. Sometimes you just have to let others fight their own battles and then offer support to those who need it. PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, there is more going on than meets the eye. You have to pay attention to the subtle undercurrents to figure out fact from fiction.
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Two great home games for Atoms What an exciting weekend of hockey at Drylands arena! The Atoms played two home games, one on Saturday against Logan Lake and Sunday against Chase. Saturday’s goal scorers: #11 Sierra Duncan got her second goal of the season; #17 Lyric “Rebound” Antoine kept his streak alive with another goal in Saturday’s game; and #9 Kheller Ouellette kept the game close with his second Hat Trick of the season! Assists were made by #19 Captain Noah Paulos (two)
and #15 Darius Kirkpatrick. Sunday’s game was one of the most exciting of our Season so far. We started off down by a couple of goarls in the first period but the Ashcroft Knights came back and poured it on in the second and third periods. Everyone was on the puck, the forwards were getting a jump on the opposing team, passing and shooting on net. The defense were blocking shots and taking the puck on the board. Goalie, Josh Adamson was on fire in net. The fans
were on their feet cheering the home team on as they tied up the game with 23 seconds left in the 3rd. They worked so hard as a team and showed a lot of heart out there. Great Job Ashcroft Knights!! Sunday’s goal scorers: four for #19 Captain Noah Paulos His third Hat Trick of the season!!; and one for #15 Darius Kirkpatrick. Assists were made by #9 Kheller Ouellette and #11 Sierra Duncan. Diana Hoggard
A Merry Soup’s On was had This year, Christmas Day fell team in the making . . . on a Friday - our weekly Soup’s Throughout the year we have On day. So we asked our guests in teams who volunteer on a regular the weeks prior to it if they were basis hosting a Soup’s On luncheon planning to attend the luncheon on for whom we are eternally grateful. Christmas Day. And then the prep- If you have been thinking about bearations got underway for our year- coming involved in your communly turkey dinner with all the fix- ity through volunteering, please ings. give me a call at 250 453 2022 and Pastor Karel, Ginny, Mary and you will have the opportunity to Lloyd from the Seventh Day Ad- become part of a team. You would ventist Church agreed to join vol- be asked to volunteer one Friday unteers from St Alban’s in prepar- approximately every six to eight ing this most special of meals for weeks and you will find that it is as our guests. Plans were made, tur- much fun hosting a luncheon as it keys bought, potatoes and vege- is being a guest! tables peeled, stuffing and gravy Again, many thanks and blessprepped, and desserts organized ings to all the volunteers who keep prior to the big day. And the day this valuable community connecof celebration went off without a tions program going for our comhitch and we served 90 people on munities. the big day. Martina Duncan Along with the people who volunteered on Christmas Day, we wish to thank the Grand Central Cafe for donating their time and kitchZION UNITED en to cook the turkeys. Sunday Worship 10:50 am There are many others 401 Bancroft, Ashcroft, BC • 250-453-9511 to thank as well - Marzuc@coppervalley.bc.ca • http://ashcroftunited.ca ina and Daniel, Alice United Church of Canada and David, Jim D who Rev. Nick Judson carved all five turkeys and along with Daniel, did a stellar job of SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10 am dishes and clean up. St. Alban’s We are grateful for 501 Brink St, Ashcroft ~ 250-453-9909 people with a heart for helping. Anglican Church of Canada Next was New CANON LOIS PETTY Year’s Day and none of the regular teams Crossroads Pentecostal Assembly was available to do the Christ Centered People Centered luncheon on Jan 1st. 1551 Stage Rd. Cache Creek B.C. • 250-457-6463 An email went out and crossroadspentecostalassembly.org again, the response Pastor David Murphy was encouraging. Worship and Sermon commences at 10 a.m. Many thanks to Corry, Everyone welcome Doris and Paul, Maryann and Bob, GlorSeventh Day Adventist Church ia and Al and Remi 409 Bancroft, Ashcroft, BC for making soups and desserts and spending http://ashcroft22.adventistchurchconnect.org the first day of their Pastor Karel Samek 250-523-9086 year having fun and Local contact Reg Andersen 250-453-0090 hosting Soup’s On. Worship Service 11:00 am Maybe we have a new
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Noah Paulos gets a team High Five after scoring one of his goals on Sunday against Chase.
Community Volunteer Groups The Royal Canadian Legion #113
301 Brink St., Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0 Phone: 250-453-2423 Fax # 250-453-9625
South Cariboo Elizabeth Fry Society
601 Bancroft St. Box 603, Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0 250-453-9656
Sage & Sand Pony Club
District Commissioner: Marcie Down mleedown@yahoo.ca.
Ashcroft-Cache Creek Rotary Club
Contact Person: Karin Magnuson Phone 250-457-6629
Desert Spokes Cycle Society Ashcroft and District Fall Fair
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Bean Supper plans underway UNITED IN SPIRIT United Church Women
Our first meeting of 2016 began at 2:30 instead of 2 pm to accommodate one member who couldn’t be there by 2 pm. Eight ladies were present in spite of the new fallen snow of a couple of inches. Since we didn’t have elections in November, Reta Robertson acted as president and welcomed everyone. She lead the devotional with a Bible reading from 1st Thessalonians chapter 5 verses 11-23. These verses were to give encouragement to each one and to seek to do good. We need to give Thanks in Everything and to hold fast to what is good. Reta closed with a UCW prayer of encouragement and Thanksgiving.
Phyllis Gray Elections were then held, resulting in Reta as president, Jacklin Desrosiers as secretary, Shirley Dobson as treasurer, Dorothy Pears doing sunshine, Phyllis Gray publicity, Hilda Drinkwater archives and Reta for outreach. We repeated the UCW purpose together next. The agenda was approved as presented and the November and short December minutes were accepted as written. The Inter Church Bazaar and Church
Family Christmas Social were evaluated. Correspondence was then dealt with and we received a newsletter from First United Church Community Ministry Society, an email from a student minister, news from Carmen Salacsacan and the Perspective magazine from Vancouver School of Theology, all thanking us for our support. Reports were given next and Colleen Mireau handed out her treasurer’s report which was accepted. Verbal reports were given by Dorothy Pears for sunshine, Phyllis Gray for publicity, Hilda Drinkwater for archives and Reta Robertson for outreach. Our church will be hosting Soups On Feb. 12 at the Anglican Church Hall. We then paused for refreshments and fellowship time.
New Business brought us back to order - a statistics for will have to be filled out soon. A reminder of the allocation for the national UCW will be accepted at the next meeting. The date for our 70th Bean Supper was set for March 14, so watch for posters and a reminder in the Ashcroft Journal’s Coming Events. Also, year-end reports for Zion’s annual meeting need to be handed in soon. Our next meeting will be Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 2:30. Jacklin volunteered to lead the Devotional and acklin and Phyllis will provide refreshments and do the clean up. The meeting adjourned just after 4 pm. If any ladies are interested in our work and would like to come as a visitor or join us, they would be most welcome. Have a safe, happy and healthy 2016 to everyone.
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... Past, Present & Beyond Only one man came back - Pt. 1: Vanished into thin air Although this long ago mystery is not set in our sions, in the north, were a very area, it’s fascinated me for some time. I hope you serious matter, and could literalenjoy it as well. ly mean the differIn early June of 1930, three ence between life and men ventured north from Fort death. To dispose of St. James into the bush. They them so haphazardhad been working around the ly was little short of Vanderhoof area for several madness. days, keeping to themselves The following and exciting no comment. All day one of the three anyone knew about them was Germans arrived at that they were German, and the Tachie reserve, when they let it be known they and said he had taken were heading north to look for ill, although he did gold, and planned to be gone not say what his ail- Trembleur Lake from the eastern end, near where the three Germans for some time, it raised no ment was. He told the made camp. GOLDEN COUNTRY eyebrows. Indians that he was BARBARA RODEN In 1930 central and northgoing south to get Nevertheless, they followed up the only lead they ern B.C. was filled with men hospital treatment in either Hazelton or had: that the man who came out had said he would who had come from elsewhere Prince George, while his companions con- be seeking hospital treatment in Hazelton or Prince to seek their fortune. Some had come north from a tinued on to Takla Lake. He had money, and bought George. Police checked with both hospitals, but no United States wracked by the Depression; others had bearskins, moccasins, and other items - including a one fitting the man’s description had been to either. been driven by unrest in Europe. It was subsequent- pair of moose horns - from the trading post on the re- Perhaps he had recovered, or had gone somewhere ly learned that the men’s names were Herman Peters, serve. Then he left for Fort St. James, where he got else; who could say? Max Westphal, and Karl Fredericks. a ride in a car to Vanderhoof and boarded the train Police next checked with anyone who had been They arrived in Fort St. James sometime be- heading east. north of Trembleur Lake that summer, asking if they tween June 2 and 6, and appeared to be amply proviThe Indians discussed the matter, trying to make had seen the two men who remained break camp, or sioned. They purchased a boat, loaded up their sup- sense of it. Why had only one man of the three come had spotted them in the bush. Despite the large - if plies, and set out, passing - as The Prince George out of the bush? If he was ill, why didn’t his com- widespread - number of people travelling through the Citizen noted in November 1930 - “from the ken of panions come with him, to ensure his safety? Why region, no one had seen any trace of the two Germans the whites to that of the Indians.” had he brought so many of the provisions back with who had remained behind. It was soon apparent to the Indians of Tachie, him, when his companions would surely need them? This was rather more worrying. In 1930 modnortheast of Fort St. James, that the men were not Why had they chosen such a difficult place to make ern communication systems were noticeably absent, very competent, either in the bush or on the water. camp on the lake, one that was fully exposed to the the further north one went, but the “bush telegraph” On June 11 they were making very slow progress west wind? Perhaps the other two men had already - whereby news was spread by word of mouth from up the Tachie River, and were given a tow by Au- established food caches to the north, but they had not one group to another - was an effective and reliable gust Matise to within four miles of Trembleur Lake. seemed very at home in the bush, and no one had no- method of finding out what was going on, and who The three Germans had a meal with the Indians; then ticed them doing it; besides, the provisions that had was where. When this system revealed no informaBaptiste Anatol completed the towing job to the lake. been abandoned seemed to preclude any caches. It tion about the missing men, it was cause for alarm. The Indians were quietly amused to note that the trio was a mystery; but it was also none of the Indians’ Constable Jennings of Vanderhoof took a party had made camp at the eastern end of the lake, some concern. of men to Trembleur Lake and searched the campway off the usual line of travel because it was subject A few weeks went by, with no answers. Eventu- site the men had used at the eastern end. It was easily to heavy winds and bad weather. ally the Indians at Tachie dispatched someone to the found, but yielded no clues. The lake - one of the larTwo days later the Indians’ amusement turned to Provincial Police detachment in Vanderhoof to re- gest in the province - was then dragged in search of surprise when they found the men’s boat tied up at port the matter, which seemed worthy to them of in- bodies, but nothing was found. The shore of the lake a landing some four miles south of the lake. It con- vestigation. To the police, however, there seemed lit- was scoured for other campsites the men might have tained a large quantity of the men’s provisions, as tle to go on, and less to investigate. Three men had used, but the search revealed nothing. The two men well as a note asking whoever found the provisions gone into the bush; one had come out, with a story appeared to have vanished into thin air. to look after them until the owner returned. Provi- that sounded convincing. To be continued
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