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Rodeo cancelled, Parade still on track

Old bridge comes downDemolition and removal of Spences Bridge’s old bridge (1930) over the Thompson River began in January after protests, rallies and petitions by local residents failed to sway the decision by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure who deemed the old bridge to be a safety hazard. The old bridge provided a short cut through town to houses, businesses and facilities on the other side of the river. The

only way across the river now is the Hwy 1 bridge that was built in the 1960s. It connects to Hwy 8 at the south end of town. The photo below of the intact bridge was taken in 2009.

The Ashcroft Rodeo and Dance has been cancelled for 2015, but organizers promise to be back next year; the Parade is still going ahead as usual on June 20.

Organizers of the rodeo are looking for a new rodeo grounds after being notified earli-er this year by the property’s owners that they could no longer use the current rodeo grounds because of insurance issues.

“We are deeply appreciative of the Desert Hills Ranch and the McKay/ Porter family for their years of support and their generosity to the rodeo in the use of their land as well as their of-fer to help us move when we find a new place,” said a statement from the Ashcroft Rodeo Asso-ciation and the Ashcroft Rodeo Parade commit-tee. “We do not blame the Desert Hills owners regarding their decision to not hold the Ashcroft Rodeo on their land any longer. If we were in their position, each of us would probably have made the same decision. We must look positive-ly toward the future. The Ashcroft Rodeo is not dead....It’s just on a break for a year to find a new place to locate.”

Bob Sidwell, president of the Association, says they’ve received offers of land around the area, but they want to keep the rodeo in Ash-croft. This week the Association approached the Village of Ashcroft about the possibility of land on the mesa.

Association and committee members will make their pitch for land at a committee of the whole meeting of Ashcroft Council on March 23 where they invite all of their supporters to at-tend. The meeting starts at 6 pm in the Village Office.

Sidwell says the BC Rodeo Association has assured them that Ashcroft’s Rodeo weekend date will be reserved for Ashcroft in 2016.

He says it’s time for everyone to move for-ward. “We’ll have a hell of a moving party,” once the new grounds are found, and next year’s rodeo will be bigger and better.

“The 2015 Ashcroft Rodeo Parade will still be taking place,” continued the joing statement. “We have been assured that many of the usual parade entries will be returning for 2015, even if the rodeo cannot take place. The parade com-mittee does not want Ashcroft to lose out com-pletely on their largest special weekend of the year. Therefore, June 20, 2015 will be a spec-tacular day in Ashcroft!”

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POLICE REPORTWendy Coomber

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Putting it in writingClinton Curling Club executive members Marion Nelson (l) and Brenda McKay (r)with Village CAO Tom Dall, sign a new lease agreement between the club and the village. More on p. 11.

MP applauds proposed Veterans benefits

Fight in the parking lotMarch 2 at 6:30 pm police attended

to a fight between three men outside the Oasis pub. They were gone before police arrived, but the victim was iden-tified to police. The 21 year old Cache Creek man was located and said he went out of the pub to the parking lot with two other men and one of them jumped him . There were no injuries and no sign of him being involved in a fight. The incident was deemed to be consensual.

Scam involving the RCMPMarch 3 RCMP warn that there is a

new telephone scam in the area involv-ing scammers who call themselves the “RCMP Fraud Squad”. The caller in-forms the victim that their computer may be compromised and requires $50 to analyze the computer. The victim transfers the money to them electron-ically and gives access to the comput-er. The scammer finds a problem with the computer and wants another $450 to fix it. By then they have access to every-thing on the computer, including the victim’s financial and person-al information. RCMP remind the public that it does not of-fer a computer repair service, and the pub-lic should not provide personal information or give computer ac-cess to anyone calling

them unexpectedly.

Speeding without a licenseMarch 4 at 9:30 am Traffic Servi-

ces stopped a 2006 Jeep Grand Chero-kee on Hwy 1 just outside of Lytton for travelling at 127 kph in a 100 kph zone. The driver couldn’t produce a valid Drivers License and was found to be a prohibited driver. The 59 year old Vancouver man was given a tick-et for speeding and charged with driv-ing while prohibited. His vehicle was towed for impound.

Just passing throughMarch 5 at 3:30 pm Traffic Ser-

vices stopped a 2011 Dodge 1500 on Hwy 1 by the Husky in Cache Creek. It was travelling at 114 kph in the 50 kph

zone. The 22 year old Fort St. James man was given a tick-et for excessive speed and his pickup truck was impounded for seven days.

Verbal confrontation downtown

March 6 police received a third party report of a loud verbal confron-tation that took place the night before in Ashcroft. The caller said he observed a male yelling at a disabled woman downtown. A bystander intervened and the suspect departed. The matter is still under investigation.

New driving experienceMarch 7 at 5:30 pm Traffic Services

stopped a southbound vehicle travelling at 140 kph in the 90 kph zone on Hwy 97 about 2 km north of Cache Creek. The 19 year old Kamloops woman with the new license was given a ticket for excessive speed and her 2004 Chev Epica was impounded for seven days.

Ottawa- Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon MP, Mark Strahl ap-plauded an announcement by the Honourable Erin O’Toole, Minister of Veterans Affairs to create a new lifetime bene-fit for Veterans. The Retire-ment Income Security Bene-fit (RISB) would provide a monthly income support pay-ment for moderately to severe-ly disabled Veterans after the age of 65.

“The Retirement Income Security Benefit represents our Government’s continued efforts to ensure Veterans and their families receive the life-long support and services they need,” said Strahl.

The RISB would begin at age 65 when the Earnings Loss Benefit upon which many

moderately to severely dis-abled Veterans rely ends. It would ensure that an eligible Veteran’s total income after the age of 65 is at least 70 per cent of what she or he received in fi-nancial benefits from Veterans Affairs.

Monthly payments would be calculated on a case-by-case basis, taking into account how much the Veteran was re-ceiving before age 65 and other sources of income he or she may have beyond the age of 65.

Speaking to the announce-ment of the creation of a new lifetime benefit for Veterans, Guy Parent, Canada’s Veter-ans Ombudsman said, “The Retirement Income Security Benefit meets the intent of my

recommendation to the House of Commons Standing Com-mittee on Veterans Affairs on the most urgent New Veter-ans Charter shortcoming: after age 65 financial support. I con-gratulate the Minister of Veter-ans Affairs for his leadership on this issue and I encourage all parliamentarians to pass this new pension benefit with-out delay.”

Minister O’Toole, recog-nizing the complexity of fi-nancial benefits available for moderately to severely dis-able Veterans pledged, as part of a continued commitment to Veteran-centric care, to exam-ine ways to combine new and existing supports into a single monthly pension for Veterans.

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Poster contest winnerGlen Joss, of the Royal Canadian Legion, presented Ashcroft Elementary School grade 4 student, Bailey Pollard, with a certificate and cheque. Bailey won second place in their Remembrance Day poster contest for the Ashcroft Legion’s zone.

Staying in rhythmMembers of Cache Creek Elementary School’s “Passport” drum ensemble get their groove on while practicing under the tutelage of teacher David Dumont. The group is made up of about 20 students. They performed at last year’s Christmas events and have plans for more performances in the future.

Soap Box Derby planned for July 1

Loss of post office notice board upsets residents

Soap Box Derbies are still in popular de-mand in some parts of the world, and Cache Creek Activities Programmer Marcie Down is hoping that Cache Creek will be one of them.

Down made a pitch to Cache Creek Council

at the March 9 meeting to add a soap box race to the Canada Day activities in town.

“We need to do something different for Can-ada Day,” she said.

A one time a popular event with a parade, an appointed king and queen, bingo, other games and activities, Canada Day celebrations in Cache Creek for the past two years have includ-ed little more than a family dance at the com-munity hall.

“That’s very ambitious,” replied May-or John Ranta to her plans. “I don’t want to jeopardize any enthusiasm for the event, but it would take a significant commitment from the youth and their parents, and investment for wheels and such.”

He noted that the suggested course - a path-way down the hill overlooking the community part - is very rough and not very long. He also wondered if they could stir up enough interest to make it a success.

Down said she had been talking to a woman who helped organize Clinton’s soap box races a few years ago. She said she was hoping to at-tract Clinton’s soap box racers as well as tempt some new ones in Cache Creek.

“I actually raced soap boxes as a child in Ashcroft,” admitted Coun. Wyatt McMurray, who now owns several A&W restaurants, flies airplanes and helicopters and races cars.

“I think we can get the numbers,” said Coun. David Dubois.

Down said she would be making up differ-ent categories and calling for an early registra-tion in June. There would also be safety testing of the soap boxes to make sure they could turn and brake and wouldn’t in any way injure their driver.

Down said she wanted to try and increase the activities in the park this year so that people could have a variety of things to do.

The loss of Cache Creek’s main bulletin board over a month ago has caused enough of a stir in town, as well as a flap on Facebook, to prompt a letter to Canada Post from Mayor John Ranta.

“I was surprised and dis-appointed with Canada Post’s de-cision to remove all postings on a vacant wall at the post office,” he wrote to C.P. supervisor Rob Klar-ich in Kamloops. “This wall has come to represent the community’s information source for local events, public notifications and even obitu-ary notices.”

The town’s favourite notice board, which had been in service for longer than most locals could recall, was suddenly stripped bare early in February after a visiting Canada Post trainer pointed out to staff that the notice board was against the company’s policies, which allowed only paid advertis-ing to be posted.

“The citizens of Cache Creek had come to depend on this board for information that is important to them, and as a meeting place to discuss local issues, a vital part of a small community’s lifetyle,” wrote Ranta. “Many seniors, especially those without computers, depend on this board as their only source of community information.”

Village staff are now pro-hibited, along with everyone else, from posting their Council meeting notices there.

“Ridiculous!” posted Facebook

user S.P. “It’s a place where every-one goes for information.”

“I am upset at this as well,” said L.M. “And I do not think it is as easy as simply finding somewhere else. The post office is where people walk to, drive to for a pur-pose and then, since they are there, a community bulletin board helps to further connect people and our town.”

“The post office is the one place everybody in the community goes. It’s our post office. It is a hub of in-formation for events in the com-munity. This needs to be revisited by the post office,” said B.M.

There are several other places around town where notices can be posted, but none as central or as popular at the Post Office.

“I would request that you re-consider the decision to remove all public postings at the post of-fice so that the citizens of Cache Creek can again enoy the benefits of gathering and sharing informa-tion in the community,” conclud-ed Ranta’s letter. “I recognize the decision may have been consist-ent with Canada Post rules, but cer-tainly it is not a decision that has been made in the public interest.”

“I don’t get it,” said J.C. “Talk about not supporting the rural com-munities.”

The area that was used to post notices on is now empty corkboard.

Ranta’s letter was sent just over two weeks ago and has receive no reply from Canada Post.


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VICTORIA – B.C.’s new seniors’ advocate has issued her second report, and the media mostly ignored it.

When this new office was prom-ised by a campaigning Premier Christy Clark two years ago, I suggested that B.C. already has 85 seniors’ advocates. They’re called MLAs, and inquiries go to their local offices.

Much to the chagrin of the oppos-ition, Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Mack-enzie’s mandate is not to pursue indi-vidual cases, and so she won’t be serv-ing up a fresh assortment of horror stories to embarrass the government.

Instead, it is to look for “system-ic challenges” and recommend ways to deal with them. The latest report is based on a survey of more than 500 seniors from around the province, and the key finding was not what she ex-pected.

“We were surprised to learn of the lack of awareness among seniors, par-ticularly low-income seniors, of gov-ernment programs and the subsidies available to assist them,” Mackenzie said.

The survey found that 60 per cent of seniors living on $30,000 or less an-nual income didn’t know they are eli-gible for discounts on Medical Servi-ces Plan premiums. For income less than $22,000, the entire $864 cost of individual MSP premiums is waived.

Other frequently overlooked pro-grams are a monthly rent subsidy called Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters (SAFER), grants for disability modi-fications called Home Adaptations for Independence, drug cost assistance

called Fair Pharmacare, property tax deferment and the federal Guaranteed Income Supplement program. Those older than 75 with income of less than $30,000 reported the lowest awareness of assistance designed specifically for them. But you don’t get these benefits unless you apply and show that your income qualifies.

The survey also found that the big-gest fear of low-income seniors is that they won’t be able to afford to stay in their homes. See home adaptation, property tax and rent subsidy programs above.

Awareness and usage of the SAFER program was lowest in the north and highest in urban areas, per-haps not surprising since the B.C. gov-ernment exists more in theory than in fact in many remote places.

So what should the government do about this? Well, it could advertise these programs. The government does lots of advertising, but not about old news like the SAFER program, which dates back to the 1970s.

Clark’s government did a whack of

advertising in the election year, 2013. Much of it was about the B.C. Jobs Plan, heavy on the hardhats and blueprint-style graphics and arc welding and stuff like that.

Then last year the govern-ment’s big ad campaign was around the teachers’ strike, and the payments to parents to help with child care while teachers demanded twice as big a raise as all the other unions.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender is still bragging about the response rate for $40-a-day parent-al strike pay, which was snapped up by almost 100 per cent of eligible parents. This demonstrates that the government can indeed give away money with great efficiency, just by telling people how to get it.

The NDP’s version of seniors’ ad-vocacy is to find the most tragic prob-lems from complaints coming into constituency offices, and use those to ambush the government.

A popular choice is an elderly couple who have to be separated be-cause their medical needs are too dif-ferent to keep them in the same facil-ity. TV news loves that one. People cry on camera and denounce politicians for being heartless, as if the health minis-ter stayed up late plotting how to break their granny’s heart.

Maybe this seniors’ advocate wasn’t such a bad idea after all.

--Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter

and columnist for Black Press.

Major events come and go due to many reasons, most often lack of popularity or volunteer burnout. It’s a sad fact of volun-teer-run events.

What’s even sadder is when a popular and well-run event is forced to cancel be-cause of circumstances beyond its control.

The Ashcroft & District Rodeo has been galloping along for over 50 years, through rain or shine. And with it, the rodeo parade.

Rodeos may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but you have to admit, Ashcroft rocks on rodeo weekend with people everywhere. And most of the local businesses are able to count on a few extra dollars.

Kudos to the Rodeo Association for not giving up and wish them all the luck in the world for using this time to find new grounds.

Our community events cast pebbles fur-ther than we may give them credit for. Well run events like rodeos, show ‘n shines, fall fairs and music festivals let visitors take away a positive attitude towards our towns. Instead of “Oh, that desolate little dust-ball in the middle of nowhere,” they think: “We had awesome fun there at (insert event name). We’re going again next year. Wanna come?”

It’s a branding of its own that can’t be bought. Whenever our names are men-tioned in provincial News, regardless of whether it’s healthcare or other services, education or building industry here, people associate the name of our town with a posi-tive experience and take an interest in what happens here.

Volunteers know that it takes a few years for an event to become established in a community. That a few years of hard work and resisting the impulse to give up when it seems like no one is interested. Even then, some years it still feels like the event has taken two steps back as circumstances bring about changes. It’s a credit to our commun-ities and the stamina of our volunteers that they always seem to bounce back, better than ever.

This hiatus is a chance for the commun-ity to show its support for the Rodeo Asso-ciation and help them find a new home in time for the 2016 Ashcroft Rodeo.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Award winning storyteller coming

Dear editorThe Board of Education stopped to pause and

remember the contributions of former School Trustee and Superintendent Jim Despot at our meeting in Lytton on March 3. The impact of his life was evident by the hundreds of family, friends, and colleagues who attended the memor-ial service held in Kamloops last week.

Jim Despot served in a number of key roles in his career with School District 30 which later become School District 74. Characterized by warmth, caring, common sense, and inspiration, Jim’s many contributions will be alive for years to come in local schools, communities and be-yond.

Warmest regards and deepest sympathy to his family and friends.

On behalf of the Board of EducationCarmen B. Ranta, Valerie Adrian

Co-Chairs, Board of Education, Gold Trail School District 74

Dear editorIt’s been a couple of weeks now since our son

and about 35 others kids played a brief scrim-mage during the second intermission of the Kamloops Blazers game against the Vancouver Giants. For the kids, their scrimmage was the final event for this-year’s First Shift program - sponsored by Bauer and Hockey Canada, and or-ganized by our local Thompson Cariboo Minor Hockey Association.

First Shift has been a great pro-gram for local youth, providing a non-competitive means for kids to improve skating and hockey skills. The local organization of the pro-gram was phenomenal in every re-spect, from the ordering and dis-tribution of equipment, to the as-

signment of dressing rooms, to the variety and smooth flow of activ-ities at every one of the 12 practi-ces. All of the players seemed to have a great time, and we couldn’t

imagine a more positive way for our son to be introduced to hockey.

A huge “thank you” goes to association presi-dent Lewis Kinvig, program organizers Diana Hoggard and Crystal Roberts, and the coaches who worked with Lewis and the kids on the ice! Coaches: Ken Pelley, Mike Rampone, Karl Han-sen, Allison Hunter and Gavin Kellington, and Assistants: Bryn Hansen, Allie Aie, Griffin Aie and Hayden Aie.

Donna and Brent CloseAshcroft

Bridging to Literacy has been extremely for-tunate to be able to bring Award Winning In-digenous Writer/Speaker Richard Wagamese to Ashcroft and Spences Bridge on March 19.

The locations for this event are at Ashcroft Secondary School at 1:30 p.m. and at Spen-ces Bridge at 5 p.m. (pot luck light meal after-wards). This event is free to the public at both locations.

Richard Wagamese is one of Canada’s fore-most Native authors and storytellers since 1979. His impressive body of work includes six novels, a book of poetry and five non-fiction titles including two memoirs and an anthology of his newspaper columns.

An Ojibway from the Wabaseemoong First Nation in Northwestern Ontario, Richard has garnered a number of awards in different fields over the course of his career. In 1991, he be-came the first Native Canadian to win a Nation-al Newspaper Award for column writing. His debut novel, Keeper ‘n Me, published in 1994, won the Alberta Writers Guild’s Best Novel Award. He has twice won the Native American

Press Association Award for his journalism, and he received the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature for his 2011 memoir One Story, One Song. He was also awarded the Canadian Authors Association Award for fic-tion in 2007 for his third novel, Dream Wheels. Most recently, Richard was honoured with the 2012 Aboriginal Achievement Award for Media and Communications.

Richard is well known as a storyteller and a teacher, both in British Columbia, where he now lives with his wife and their dog, and across the country. In 2010, he received an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Thompson Riv-ers University in Kamloops, in recognition of his lifetime of achievement in writing and pub-lishing, and in 2011 he was the Harvey Steven-son Southam Guest Lecturer in journalism at the University of Victoria.

We invite everyone to come out to listen to Richard Wagamese speak. It is free to the public at both locations.

Ann Belcham

Remembering Jim Despot’s contributions to education

First Shift has been a great hockey program for local kids

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Society would like to thank the following merchants and

individuals for supporting our Annual Winterfest 2015, the

proceeds from which are shared with Friends of Ashcroft Hospital and Clinton Wellness Centre.

ASHCROFTAshcroft Bakery; Irly Bird & Feed; The Journal; Wellness Studio; Fields; Ashcroft Workwear;

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Anie’s Pizza; Cache Creek Veterinary; Chevron/A & W; Chum’s Restaurant; Dairy Queen; Glen’s Knotology;

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Bean Supper plans done, Friendship Tea discussed

Bus trips, Strawberry Teas, Seniors Games and slow courtships

Eight ladies attended the United Church Women’s meeting on March 3 at 2 pm in Zion United Church Hall.

President Reta Robertson wel-comed everyone and thanked them for attending.

Phyllis Gray lead the Devotional with a reading from the book A Diary of Daily Devotions by G.M. Morri-son and H.W. Vaughan. The theme was based on the 23rd Psalm, the message being that Christ is the Good Shepherd and how we can never drift beyond God’s love and care. She closed with prayer.

Next was the approval of the agen-da and last meeting’s minutes.

Old Business was discussed – The

Friendship Tea evaluation and the UCW service on Feb. 22. We each brought three Easter cards for the resi-dents of Garden Oasis to use. Bulletins for the World Day of Prayer were hand-ed out and readers appointed. Plans were finalized for our 69th annual Bean Supper.

Correspondence was dealt with next – an email from Carmen Sala-sacan with her news. A letter and thanks for support fro Naramata Cen-

tre, newsletter from Centre for Christian Studies – Thank you from First United Church for

our support and a thank you let-ter fro the national UCW.

Reports were next and Col-leen Mierau handed out her written report and it was voted on and accepted. Dorothy Pears read her report as Sunshine

Lady. She had sent out six cards. Phyllis Gray reported for Publicity, and Helen Drinkwater gave her report on Ar-chives. Reta reported on our Outreach program and noted that the United Church will host Soups on April 17 in the United Church Hall. She has re-ceived many Campbell labels – please note that these labels must have the bar code on them and the word Campbell must be intact. Please make sure these labels are complete and not cut down the middle – otherwise they are not ac-cepted by the company. Thank you

so much for passing these labels on to us and also thank you for the used stamps. We cannot carry on this work without your faithful support. They help with Christian work elsewhere.

We paused for refreshments and fellowship.

New Business brought us together again with a remind-er of the BC fCon-ference UCW, AGM meeting in April which Jacklin Desro-siers will attend.

The next meet-ing will be April 7 at 2 pm in our church hall. If any ladies are inter-ested in our work you would be most wel-come to join us or come as a visitor,

The meeting of the Ashcroft-Cache Creek Seniors Association on Feb. 19 opened with a short address by Alice Durksen who brought us up to date with the Wellness and Health Action Coali-tion. It has been trying to put together some working plans to assist with our lo-cal health care and doctor retention. Any-one can join the group at a membership cost of $3 which will help with supplies.

The rest of the meeting was about rou-tine matters. Muriel reported that we have signed up several new members, while others had let their memberships lapse.

February had 12 members with birth-days and we were serenaded by those present.

We are planning a bus outing to Ang-lemont on April 30. We need about 25 - 30 people, and Muriel needs to know who

is going by mid-March so that the bus can be booked. Payment will be required later when she knows if the trip is on or not.

Joyce Freeman gave a report on the cards she has sent out, including Birth-days, Thinking of You, and Get Well Soon.

We were all issued with two books of raffle tickets to be sold as one of our fund raising efforts. You will see us sell-ing them at Safety Mart in the near future and this year the prizes are $100, $75 and $50 - so come and buy! The winners will be drawn at the Strawberry Tea on April 25 when you can come and enjoy a tasty dessert with us.

This year the Senior Games are to be held in N. Vancouver, and Kevin Scallon and Isabel McGrath would be pleased to answer any questions from people who would be interested in being at the games.

The meeting adjourned with the obligatory jokes from Donna,

and we all had a good laugh - then on to tea and coffee and goodies and some en-

joyable card games.This week, I’d like you to hear about

two of our hardest working members, Muriel and Kevin Scallon, who quietly go about making things smooth and en-joyable for the rest of us.

Muriel was born in her parents’ home in Seton on May 19, 1938 the ninth of a family of 12 children, six boys and six girls. Her mother home schooled the chil-dren and made all their clothes.

Muriel never did learn to play the piano as her mother had hoped, but she did learn many practical things - dress-making, horse riding, cow milking, stock tending - and gathering eggs while escap-ing from the rooster!

When she was 12, the family moved to Terrace where she finished her educa-tion. She married and moved to Princet-on where she had five children, but there was no settling down as he husband took

work at the copper mine in Greenwood and then at the hydro-electric dam near Chetwynd, where he worked there until he had to be hospitalised. Eventually they moved to Kamloops, and lived there until he passed away in1984.

Kevin was born at Big Creek and lived there until his parents bought a farm near Salmon Arm.

He quit school early to work in a small sawmill, and after a while left home to work in construction and road building. Of all the places he visited while working around BC, he says he best liked the Chil-cotin Country where he was born.

Muriel tells how one day after they had met, Kevin invited her to meet his mother in Salmon Arm. She agreed, and off they went. The next weekend she was to visit her mother in Ashcroft, so she in-vited him along.

They married and lived in Vernon for a time. When Muriel’s mother died, they bought her property in Ashcroft and moved into it in 1992. As Muriel says,” Life has a habit of turning us around every once in a while, so I’m now waiting for the next turn of events!”

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Notice of Memorial/Celebration of Life in Honour of Rocky (Bernard) RokstadMarch 20, 1924 – February 16, 2015

Rocky was born in Tromso Norway moving to the City of Vancouver BC with his parents Halfdan and Anna at 3 years of age. His family later moved to property on Otter Road, Aldergrove where he attended school at the South Otter School. Rocky was born with music in his blood, at a young age he would visit neighbours and listened to music on the radio, returning home to practice playing the harmonica and later the accordion, he eventually played up to seven instruments. The band leader with his � rst professional musician’s job bought him a Hohner piano style accordion. Rocky was a pro� cient musician who developed his own unique accordion style, he later formed a band called Rocky’s Rhythm Ramblers. This band played for many of the numerous small hall dances in the Fraser Valley and later in communities throughout BC where he lived.

Rocky had an adventurous spirit. As a teenager he worked as a deckhand on a � shing trawler where he travelled from Vancouver to the QC Islands, he later tried his hand as a logger on Vancouver Island. He landed a job with the Boundary Commission surveying the International boundary between Canada and the US. He travelled to Alaska aboard the ocean liner SS Princess Louise, playing in the lounge along the way. His stint in Alaska was spent in Haines where he played in the local music hall. Upon returning to Aldergrove Rocky met the love of his life, Lillian, they married in 1948. Their 61 years together brought many life adventures in the Cariboo area of BC where most of their 9 children were born. They made their way up the Fraser Canyon where Rocky worked as a construction worker building the railway tunnels. Once in the Cariboo Rocky logged with horses and ran a small sawmill for many years until he began his career as a faller with BC Hydro survey department falling “right of way” on most major transmission lines in BC as well as constructing some of the hydro stations. When you look at seemingly impossible sites for transmission power lines Rocky has traversed most of them multiple times. Hydro re-located him to Smithers where his family lived for many years while Rocky continued to work around BC. Rocky was blessed with a long healthy life and clear mind, passing one month short of his 91st birthday. Predeceased by his wife Lillian, April 2010, Rocky is survived by his family Barb (Wilf), Gloria (Randy) Donna (Tom) Bernie (Jeanne) Vicky, Sherry (Rob) Colleen (Stubbs) Chuck (Lori) and Bonnie (Rick), 19 grandchildren & 10 great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at the Clinton Community Hall on April 4, 2015 at 2 PM followed by an afternoon gathering and later a Celebration of Life to include both live and recorded music as a � tting family tribute to Rocky in honour of his love of music. For further information please visit the facebook event “Rocky’s Celebration of Life.”

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Left to Right, Donna Close, Wayne Little, and Tami Jones

Setting goals, taking a challenge

I’m always looking for ways to motivate people, so I created a challenge with-in the Desert Hills Tri Club in February. The challenge was to walk or run as many kilo-metres as you can in the month of February. All outside, and all accountable using a website called Strava. Strava hosts the run challenge and the people who would enter would have their daily runs/walks for all to see in the Club on a day to day basis so we could follow along to see who had the most mileage. The winner of the chal-lenge would receive a $100 gift card to Runners Sole in Kamloops.

Two weeks into the challenge, it was clear that one of two people was going to win: either Donna Close, or Tami Jones. In the end, the winner was Donna.

Donna ended up putting in 478kms. That’s 17km/day. Tami came in second in the club’s challenge with an equally impressive 300kms.

The February run challenge is on Strava every month of the year. For February there were 66,000 people from around the world signed up. Donna came in 8th overall in Canada, and first female in Canada. She was 198th overall in the world, and 17th fe-male in the world. This is amazing!! Kudos to her.

Donna starting running in high school doing cross country run-ning mostly for general fitness. She has raced some local 10k’s including Boogie The Bridge, but her biggest was “The Great Walk”. The Great Walk is a 63km run from Gold River to Tahsis with 1,200 participants.

Once Donna starting putting in the long days running for February’s chal-lenge, her body and feet were taking its

toll. With band aids covering the blis-ters and sore spots, her husband Brent would come home early from work to watch the kids so she could get a few more miles than Tami that day. Some-times her son Talon would push her out the door, as he would want to go for a hike or run with mom.

I had a chance to talk to Donna and here’s what she had to say...

She explained that there were external and internal fac-tors that motivated her to put so many kms in. The external factors are others in the chal-lenge from around Ashcroft as well as the world to com-pete against; internal factors are what motivates you to lace up your shoes the morning af-ter the day you just complet-ed a 40km run. Running self-generates her motivation - the more she runs, the easier it was to get out the door.

Donna loves using her runs to explore new trails and areas she’s never been to. Run-ning at night was very special, sometimes she would turn off her headlamp and she finds her senses get heightened in order to navigate where the trail is, and you get more in tune with your body with less visual dis-

tractions. Donna finds inspiration from other

local runners like Tracy Kubik with her enthusiasm, Tom Moe with his quiet, gentle support, and Joe Berry from Run Club.

Now that the challenge is over though, she plans on spending more time with her family, yard work, and maybe running the Boogie the Bridge in April.

I threw in a side challenge to last month as well, if anyone could beat my mileage for February, I would buy them a case of beer. See in the picture of me handing out two gift cards to the liquor store.

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The Lady on the Black Horse - Pt. 2: Going where needed

Red Cross nurses are among those pictured evacuating Antwerp in October 1914, as the Germans bombard the city.

When Mabel Sto-bart arrived in Ash-croft for the wed-ding of her son Lionel to Ashcroft resi-dent Phyllis Christie in March 1914, she was already a famous woman.

She had found-ed the Women’s Sick and Wounded Convey Corps in 1910, and in 1912 set up a make-shift hospital at the front line of the First Balkan War, where she and her team treat-ed some 700 soldiers. She gave a very well-received talk on the subject during her time in Ashcroft in 1914 (all proceeds went to the newly-established Lady Minto Hospital), and when she returned to her native England she might have thought that her gold-en years - she was then 52 - would be spent peace-fully.

However, the European war she had been antici-pating since 1910 - when she founded the Convey Corps - broke out in August 1914; and Mabel Sto-bart was not a woman to sit at home and do nothing during a crisis. On Nov. 14, 1914 The Journal re-ported that “Mrs. Stobart of Balkan Relief fame is again to the front, and this time has opened up a hos-pital in Belgium for the relief of the wounded of the Allies. . . . As there will be no limit to the assistance called for in Europe during the present crisis, there is no doubt that Mrs. Stobart will ‘have her hands full’, but she has already proven herself to be a match for any emergency or any dif� culty that may arise.” A local fund in support of the hospital quickly received more than $300 in donations.

It’s not clear from this report whether The Jour-nal was referring to the hospital Mabel tried to set up in Brussels in August 1914 or the one she estab-lished a few weeks later in Antwerp. The reason for her swift change in location was certainly dramatic. Mabel had been invited by the Red Cross to set up a hospital to treat sick and wounded soldiers, and she quickly recruited enough female volunteers - doc-tors, nurses, ambulance drivers - to staff the hospi-tal. They arrived in the Belgian capital of Brussels on

Aug. 18; but two days later the Germans marched into the city.

Mabel was given an of� cial pass by the Ger-man commandant, allowing her unit to travel to safety in the Netherlands; but before they could reach that country she, her husband, and the unit’s chaplain were arrested as spies. A German of� -cer - referred to by Mabel as the “Devil-Major” - said to the trio, “I suppose you know the fate of spies. Twenty-four hours.” He meant they would be shot by � ring-squad the next day, and Mabel wrote that they spent a most uncomfortable night lying on “verminous straw”, kept awake by the “ceaseless chiming of half-a-dozen church bells all hopelessly out of tune”. In the morning Mabel spoke with the Devil-Major’s commanding of-� cer, and showed him their pass. Instead of be-ing shot, they were sent to Aachen, Germany for

a military trial, and the sympathetic judge believed their story and let them continue to the Netherlands and thence to England.

Undaunted, Mabel prepared to set up a hospi-tal in Antwerp, Belgium, and arrived there in Sep-tember. She and her team had only been there for 10 days, however, when the Germans began bom-barding the city. Mabel and her team continued to treat the wounded for as long as possible, and did not try to leave until just before the city surrendered, by which time it was almost too late.

“I stood at the gates [of the city],” Mabel wrote. “There was no sound except the crackling of the � ames of the houses on � re, and the screaming of the shells as they whizzed over my head. There was nothing living in sight down that long length of street. It was like a bad dream. But suddenly I saw, tearing along toward me, at breakneck pace, three London motor buses! I ran into the road and spread out my arms to stop them. Would they stop? Thank God, they did! and I asked the drivers - English Tommies - if they could help us to the frontier. ‘If you’re quick as lightning,’ they replied. ‘But we have to get over the bridge of boats before it is blown up’.”

The women collected their belongings and were soon in

the buses, perched on top of boxes of ammunition. The buses tore along the street, dodging the enor-mous holes that had been gouged out by shells. Af-ter the event, Mabel realized that she and her com-panions were probably “the last of the hospital staff, and probably the last of the inhabitants, to leave the town.”

A January 1915 article in The Journal about Mabel’s experiences noted that “Mrs. Stobart’s ad-ventures in Antwerp [Belgium] read like a book of adventures, and we cannot but admire the daring and fortitude which prompts this woman, who is beyond the prime of years[!], to risk her life for a principle which is one of the most worthy to which a woman can aspire.”

By this time Mabel had established a hospital near Cherbourg, France. “It is extraordinary how, in this world, wherever you chance to be, there is al-ways something that badly needs doing,” she wrote, “and still more extraordinary is it that, however in-appropriate you yourself may seem to be to do the work, you can by shear steadfastness of purpose, get it done.”

By March 1915 Mabel’s organizational work in Cherbourg was done, and with the hospital running smoothly she began to look for another area where she could be useful. Her attention was once more drawn to the Balkans, where a typhoid epidemic was raging; and so it was that Mabel Stobart prepared to return to the area, where she would earn her title of “The Lady on the Black Horse”.

To be continued

Community Volunteer GroupsThe Royal Canadian Legion #113301 Brink St., Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0Phone: 250-453-2423 Fax # 250-453-9625

South Cariboo Elizabeth Fry Society601 Bancroft St. Box 603, Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0250-453-9656

Ashcroft and District Fall FairContact Person: Janna 250-457-6614Contact Person: Jessica 250-457-7128

Second Time Around201 Railway Ave., Ashcroft BC Anne Bonter 250-457-9781

BC Lung Association Carolyn Chorneychuk,Director 250-453-9683 Email:[email protected]

Ashcroft & District Rodeo AssociationPhone: 250-457-9390

SCI Thompson River, B.C. ChapterKen Brown - Phone: 250-453-9415

Ashcroft Yoga GroupCall Marijke - Phone: 250-453-0050

Desert Bells Handbell ChoirCarmen Ranta 250-457-9119

Sage Sound Singers Adult Community Choir Michelle Reid 250-457-9676

Cache Creek Market andCache Creek Garden ClubMarcie Down 250-457-9630

Cache Creek Beautification Society and Cache Creek Communities in BloomCarmen Ranta 250-457-9119

Ashcroft and Masonic LodgeZarthan Lodge No#105Contact Person: Fred Dewick Phone 250-453-2415

Canadian Red Cross - Health Equipment Loan Program (H.E.L.P.)Ashcroft Hospital - 250-453-2244

Ashcroft & District Tennis AssociationContact Person: Maria Russell MartinPhone 250-453-9391

Ashcroft & District Lions ClubContact Person: Lion Vivian Phone 250-453-9077

Ashcroft-Cache Creek Seniors Assc.601 Bancroft St., Ashcroft, BC Phone 250-453-9762

The Ashcroft & District Health Care Auxiliary Thrift Store601 Bancroft St., Ashcroft, BC Phone 250-453-9944

347 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet CorpContact Person: Lt. (N) Curran 250-319-3461Alexine Johannsson 250-453-2661email: [email protected]

Sage & Sand Pony ClubDistrict Commissioner: Marcie [email protected].

Ashcroft-Cache Creek Rotary ClubContact Person: Karin Magnuson Phone 250-457-6629

Desert Spokes Cycle SocietyPhone 250-457-9348

Ashcroft Cache Creek Better at Home405 Railway Ave. 250-453-9911 - Sandy

Ashcroft Curling Club Phone 250-453-2341

Ducks Unlimited CanadaAshcroft/Cache Creek Volunteer ChapterPhone 250-374-8307

Ashcroft Volunteer Fire DepartmentPhone 250-453-2233

Cache Creek Volunteer Fire DepartmentPhone 250-457-9967

Bridging to LiteracyContact Person: Ann Belcham 250-453-9417

Ashcroft Royal Purple Phone 250-457-9122

The “Purpose of Sunday” Car ClubPresident: Tom Lowe 240-457-6564

Cache Creek Recreation SocietyContact Person: Jackie Phone 250-457-9122

Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society250-453-2053

South Cariboo Sportsmen Assc. #3366Attn: Marian Pitt, Box 341, Ashcroft BC V0K 1A0

Soccer AssociationContact: Tom Watson Phone 250-457-7178

Thompson Cariboo Minor Hockey AssociationContact: Lewis Kinvig [email protected]

Historic Hat Creek RanchContact: Jack Jeyes Phone 250-453-2259

Ashcroft Soup’s OnSt. Alban’s Anglican Church Hall, 501 Brink StreetTel: 250-453-9909 or 250-453-2053 - All Welcome

Ashcroft Communities in BloomContact Persons: Andrea Walker 250-453-9402 or Marijke Stott 250-453-0050

Taoist Tai Chi Contact Person: Danita HowardPhone 250-453-9907 e-mail: [email protected]

Ashcroft Hospice ProgramShirley 250-453-9202

Kinsmen Club of South CaribooContact Person: Dave 250-453-9062

Ashcroft/Cache CreekDucks Unlimited

Banquet & AuctionSaturday, March 28, 2015

Cache Creek Community Hall1270 Stage, Cache Creek BC

Doors open 6:00 PMDelicious Roast Beef Dinner 7:00 PM

LIVE & SILENT AUCTIONSRAFFLES - GAMES - DOOR PRIZES

FUN, FUN, FUN & MORE FUN!An incredible night…for only $35 per person

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Mayor Jim Rivett, CAO Tom Dall and Curling Club executive member Brenda McKay signing a lease agreement.

Curling Club and Village Signing

The Clinton Curl-ing Club and the Vil-lage of Clinton signed a Lease Agreement for the Clinton Curling Rink on March 4. The Curling Club has been operating for sever-al years without an agreement, ever since the rink was turned over to the Village of Clinton. The agree-ment clearly spells out who is responsible for what.

On hand for the signing were Curl-ing Club executive members Brenda Mc-Kay and Marian Nel-son, Mayor Jim Rivett and Clinton CAO Tom Dall.

Clinton Health Care Auxiliary

After fears that the Clinton Health Care Auxiliary may close if more members did not step up the group was relieved to have enough people come forward to fill the executive positions.

At the Feb. 17 AGM, the following people were elected: Carol Higgin-bottom – president, Helen Prevost – vice president, Donna Walch – treasurer and Laura Paquette – sec-retary.

More members would be wel-come. This group raises funds to enhance the Clinton Regional Health and Wellness Centre, pro-vide a bursary to a Clinton student who is pursuing an education in the medical field, donate to the Roy-al Inland Hospital, host the Health and Wellness Fair and much more.

Projects being looked at for this year are to recover the chairs in the waiting room and provide a self-opening door for the Health Cen-tre.

Fundraising events being con-sidered include a Yard Sale in June and a BBQ in front of the Health Centre some time during the sum-mer.

Meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month at 1:30 p.m. in the Health Centre meeting room.

Sportsmen Association Meeting

The next regular meeting of the Clinton and District Outdoor Sportsmen Association will be on Saturday, March 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the Legion basement.

Membership is open to both men and women. If you would like to learn more about what this group does you are welcome to at-tend a meeting.

PAC MeetingThe Clinton Parent Advisory

Council (PAC0 will meet on Mon-day, March 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the David Stoddart School library. Every parent or guardian of a stu-dent in this school is welcome to attend.

For those who may not know just what PAC is, here is the answer directly from the BC PAC website: “The School Act gives parents the right, through PACs, to assume an advisory role in every school. PAC is the officially recognized collect-ive voice of parents of their school. A PAC, through its elected officers, may advise the school board, the principal and staff of the school re-specting any matter relating to the school other than matters assigned to the School Planning Council (SPC).

“PACs are forums within each school community to discuss mat-ters affecting your school and the education of your children. Par-ents’ voices are a tremendous value to their school. They offer a wealth of ideas and support in the chal-lenges that face all public schools. PACs strive to represent the di-versity within their communities and contribute to the benefit of all students by providing opportun-ities to educate and inform parents about the school; involving parents in volunteer activities; and openly discussing parents’ concerns and aspirations for their schools.”

Daffodil TeaThe Clinton Seniors Associa-

tion have plans well under way for the Annual Daffodil Tea from 1:30-

Susan Swan459-2224 or [email protected]

STRIKING A BALANCE

New members, leases and funding

See CLINTON on p. 13

A12 www.ash-cache-journal.com Thursday, March 12, 2015 The Journal

March • Week 3ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 A debate forces you to reconsider some long-held opinions. Use this time to re� ect on your point of view and if there is anything you might want to change.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Life gets better and better as the week goes on, Taurus. Expect a few obstacles, but remember there’s nothing you cannot tackle, especially when you get some help.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 A situation arises at work that evokes strong emotions among your coworkers. Stay neutral on the issue until you have had enough time to gather more information.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 A recently started relationship is going great, Cancer. Now might be a great time to take the next step with your special someone. Expect this person to share your feelings.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 A rush of adrenaline this week will help you sail through any projects that need completion, Leo. Take a break every now and then so you don’t burn out.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you and a superior at work are seeing eye-to-eye this week. This could mark the beginnings of a great partnership, so continue to work hard.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you will sort out a complex problem in due time. Don’t let any initial struggles to � nd a solution keep you down. Continue to focus on the bigger picture.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, use this week to address an unresolved issue. Tackle every project thrown your way head-on and with vigor. Others will notice your efforts.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, try not to over-think things this week. Sometimes the simplest solution to a problem is the best solution. Keep this in mind at the of� ce.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, a distraction this week proves so fascinating that you neglect other responsibilities. While you may like a challenge, don’t let it consume your life.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 You yearn for privacy this week, Aquarius. Make the most of any opportunity to seek out a quiet corner and spend some time deep in re� ection and thought.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Chores are completely unappealing this week, Pisces. But they must get done one way or another. Delegate some tasks.

WEIGHT LOSSWriter/Researcher would

like short interviews with anyone who has lost at least 30 lbs., and has kept lbs. off for at least 1 year.

Ken 457-0099

LORIWELBOURNE

loriwelbourne.com

ON A BRIGHTER

NOTE

It was news to meLast week a young

woman living in Scot-land posted a picture online of a two-tone dress the mother of her engaged friend was planning to wear to the wedding. Under the close-up photo, her caption read: “guys please help me – is this dress white and gold, or blue and black? Me and my friends can’t

agree and we are freak-ing the (bleep) out.”

I’m sure most of you know what happened next. The picture and question went viral to such an extent that millions of people, including celebrities, were responding on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites like Tumblr, where it was originally posted. It was also all over the

news with many media outlets offering a poll-ing system to tally how many people viewed the dress as white and gold, like my husband and I did, or blue and black, like our children did. The results seemed evenly split for the most part, and that’s what I noticed when I posted the picture and question on my own Facebook page.

While most people seemed to be having a jolly good time weigh-ing in with what they saw, baffled as to why we weren’t all seeing the identical colours, others were completely irritated.

“Nobody cares,” “It’s ugly,” “This isn’t news,” “This is stupid,” and “Enough already” were just some of the sentiments I read re-

peatedly.Obviously the colour

of the dress wasn’t the only thing people were completely divided on.

The reaction to this

story becoming an in-ternet sensation was clearly mixed. From my perspective, I saw it as an entertaining distraction from the horrifying murder and mayhem that typically dominates the news. I found it engaging be-cause so many of us were asking the same questions. Why aren’t we all seeing the same thing? Who posted the original picture? How did it go viral so fast? Why had this type of story not exploded in

the news before? What was the actual colour of it in real life?

Those answers and more can easily be found online, but in case you don’t already know, the lowdown on the latter is that the dress is blue and black. Interesting. So what else have I perceived so incorrectly?

No, this was not hard hitting news. But, like most people, I wel-come some enjoyment in my day and this fit in nicely. It also

taught me some things I didn’t know.

I was intrigued to hear what my friend Susan thought, since she’s often complained about the negativity of traditional media. “If it bleeds it leads,” she’s groaned. “It’s so depressing.”

I thought she’d love the lighthearted dress debate. I was wrong - she was not impressed. She also disliked the extensive coverage a couple of escaped lla-mas in Arizona were getting at the same time.

“Don’t you find them interesting or amus-ing?” I asked.

“No,” she said. “But even if I did, llamas on the loose and hideous dresses don’t belong on the news.”

I had to disagree. The public displayed tremendous interest in both of these stories. They’re a good ex-ample of how people want the serious jour-nalism that might leave them feeling sad or an-gry, but they’re more likely to pass along the happy stuff.

An analysis of the social share counts of over 100 million ar-ticles by Buzzsumo confirms this. The con-tent discovery compa-ny presented the four most popular emo-tions invoked in viral stories as awe, laugh-ter, amusement and joy, whereas sadness and anger were among the least popular emo-tions, adding up to only seven per cent.

I can’t say I’m en-tirely okay with these statistics. Sharing in-formation about cru-cial issues that require our help need to be circulated as well. Yet when we consider that the most read articles aren’t necessarily the most shared, and that we’re thoroughly inun-dated with tragic sto-ries from all over the world, it’s easy to see why we’d be attracted to something positive.

There needs to be a healthy balance be-tween all types of re-ports, both good and bad. But much like beauty is in the eye of the beholder, news is in the mind of the ob-server.

Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. She can be found at LoriWelbourne.comMEMBERS & BONA FIDE GUESTS WELCOME

Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday • 12 pm - 5 pm Thursday - Friday • 12 pm - 11 pm

Saturday • 12 pm - 8 pm Sunday • 12 pm - 6 pm

Ashcroft Legion General Meeting3rd Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

(no meeting July and August)

Euchre fi rst, second & third Sundays of every month1:00 to 4:00 pm, beginners welcome

MEAT DRAWEvery Saturday ~ 3:00 pm

Ashcroft Royal Canadian LegionFRI., MARCH 13th • 6:30 - 7:15 pm

Corned Beef & Cabbage$10/plate

* Legion Crib Tournament last Sunday of the monthOpen 10 am starts 11 am sharp - 12 games * Free Pool Daily

Crib every Thursday at 7:00 pmDarts every Thursday at 7:30 pm

Bingo 1st & 3rd WednesdayDoors open 6:00 pm, games start 6:30 pm.

Soup and a bun for $4.00 every Wednesday from noon

Coming ComingEvents

March 15: Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society presents Cougar Annie Tales, a musical tribute to a legendary pioneer woman 3:00 pm at St. Alban’s Church Hall, Ashcroft. Tickets available at Ashcroft Bakery, Cariboo Jade Shop, UniTea, and Nature’s Gifts.

March 23: Cache Creek Council meets at 4:30 pm in the Village Of� ce. Everyone welcome to attend.

March 25: Join Ashcroft Secondary students for a Fine Arts Coffee House 7:00 - 9:00 pm at the high school. Songs, readings, art and photography display; some items for sale. Admission by donation; refreshments available. All proceeds to support a Creative Writing � eld trip.

April 17: Ashcroft Art Club’s 48th annual Fine Art Show & Sale opening night. The Show runs from Apr. 18-21 at St. Alban’s Hall, noon to 5 pm.

May 2: Cache Creek Market’s opening day. Farmers and Fleas welcome! 9 am - 1 pm at the main intersection next to Chums.

Calling all artists! 2015 Ashcroft Plein Air Paint-out - May 22, 23, 24th. More info: [email protected] Public Show & Sale May 24th.

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3:30 p.m. on Wed-nesday, March 18

in the Clinton Memorial Hall.Drop in for some delicious straw-

berry shortcake. There will also be a bake table, cut daffodils and potted miniature daffodils to get you in the mood for spring.

Part of the proceeds will go to the Canadian Cancer Society who supplies the daffodils each year.

Clinton shut-ins and businesses may phone in a take-out order at 250-459-2254 from 1 p.m. on.

Legion Recipient of New Horizons Grant

Cathy McLeod, Member of Parlia-ment for Kamloops-Thompson-Cari-boo was in Clinton on March 4 to an-nounce $20,800 in funding for a com-munity-based project that was inspired by seniors.

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 194 Clinton received the funds to re-place flooring and purchase new chairs to continue seniors’ activities such as dinners, socials, games, dances, kara-oke and dance classes.

“Our government recognizes the valuable contribution seniors have made to our society and the economy. By supporting New Horizons for Sen-iors Program projects, we are acting to ensure that seniors maintain a good quality of life and continue to be active members of our community,” conclud-ed McLeod.

She also advised that in her rid-ing there have been 16 projects that received a combined total of over $301,000.

Clinton from p. 11

Legion 194 members with Cathy McLeod at announcement at Legion. Back (l-r) Wayne Marchant, Roland Stanke and Jim Thompson; Front (l-r) Marian Nelson, Lois Thompson, MP Cathy McLeod and Karen Perry.

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REQUEST FOR TRAIL RIDE OPERATORContractor wanted with 6-10 horses to operate

trail rides at Hat Creek Ranch for the 2015 season.Past revenues available by request.

Barn & corral provided.Application proposal deadline March 31.

fax: 250-457-9311email: [email protected]

POOL POSITIONSThe Village of Ashcroft requires the following personnel for the Ashcroft Pool during the 2015 season. These are Union positions (CUPE, Local 900) and the necessary qualifications are outlined below:

POOL SUPERVISORRequires a background in Business Administration with

experience in handling cash, supervising employees and public relations.

The rate of pay is $21.42 per hour. This position runs from mid-May through to Labour Day. Hours of work vary from approximately 20 – 35 hours per week.

SWIM INSTRUCTORNational Lifeguard Service Award

Red Cross Water Safety Instructor’s Certificate CPR Certificate

The rate of pay is $18.66 per hour. One position runs from mid-May through to Labour Day and the second position is from July 1st through to Labour Day. Hours of work vary from approximately 20 – 35 hours per week.

LIFEGUARD National Lifeguard Service Award Red Cross Aqua Leader Certificate

CPR Certificate

The rate of pay is $16.82 per hour. This position runs from mid-May through to Labour Day. Hours of work vary from approximately 20 – 35 hours per week.

Qualified individuals are invited to submit their resumes, and the dates they are available for employment, by 4:00 pm on Friday, April 3rd, 2015 to:

Village of AshcroftPO Box 129

Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0Phone: (250) 453-9161

Fax: (250) 453-9664Email: [email protected]

This position is open to male and female applicants. Copies of all current qualifications must be included with your resume.

The Village will contact those applicants whom it wishes to consider after the closing date. Applicants not contacted by April 30th are thanked for their interest.

SUMMER EMPLOYMENTPARKS MAINTENANCE POSITIONThe Village of Ashcroft has one (1) position available in the Parks Department for the summer months. This position is a union position (CUPE Local 900), would run from early May to Labour Day and would be for 40 hours per week at $19.29 per hour. This position will be of interest to anyone with a love of the outdoors. As the successful candidate will be working in public facilities he/she should be comfortable dealing with people and be prepared to answer general questions. Applicants must also hold a valid Class 5 Drivers Licence. Duties would include all aspects of park maintenance as well as occasional janitorial duties.

This position is designed for a student who will be returning to a post-secondary institution in the fall.

The Village is an equal opportunity employer and this position is open to both male and female applicants.

Interested parties are invited to submit their Resumes to the following address by 4:00 pm on Friday, April 3rd, 2015:

Ms. Michelle Allen, Chief Administrative OfficerVillage of Ashcroft

PO Box 129 Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0Phone: 250-453-9161

Fax: 250-453-9664Email: [email protected]

Those applicants not contacted by April 30th are thanked for their interest.

SUMMER EMPLOYMENTMUSEUM POSITION

The Village of Ashcroft has a position available in the Ashcroft Museum for the summer months. This position would run the beginning of June to the end of August and would be for 40 hours per week at $11.25 per hour. This position will be of interest to anyone with a love of history. Duties would include greeting guests, answering general questions as well as janitorial duties.

These positions are designed for students who will be returning to a secondary or post-secondary institution in the fall.

The Village is an equal opportunity employer and these positions are open to both male and female applicants.

Interested parties are invited to submit their Resumes to the following address by 4:00 pm on Friday, May 1.

Village of Ashcroft PO Box 129

Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0 Phone: 250-453-9161

Fax: 250-453-9664 Email: [email protected]

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Good written and verbal English skills essential. Looking for a team player with the ability to instruct employees, keep a record of employee hours and prepare reports on the health and condition of dairy cows.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGThe Village of Clinton will hold a Public Hearing in the Municipal Council Chambers, located at 1423 Cariboo Highway in Clinton, on Wednesday March 25th, 2015 at 6:30 pm prior to the regular Council meeting for those who wish to make a presentation regarding a REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PERMIT for Lot 21 Clinton Townsite Lillooet District (1522 Cariboo Hwy).

The Village of Clinton has received a request from the owner of the property located at Lot 21 Clinton Townsite Lillooet District (1522 Cariboo Hwy) near the “As the Crow Flies Country Store” to have a greenhouse located on the vacant lot.

The property is currently zoned C-1 Downtown Commercial and a greenhouse is not one of the permitted uses. The owner has requested a Temporary Permit in order to determine whether a greenhouse will become a permanent service to the community.

A Temporary Permit can only be issued for a two year period with the option to renew for a further two years. Should the owner wish to maintain the greenhouse on a permanent basis the zoning can be changed or the greenhouse classifi cation could be added to the current zoning.

If you deem your interests to be affected by this Temporary Permit please submit your comments in writing or attend the Public Hearing and you will be given an opportunity to be heard. If you require information regarding this Temporary Permit please contact the Village offi ce at 250-459-2261.

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