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Taken last March at Historic Hat Creek Ranch, the photo to the right shows workers putting in the historic site’s new water system. The work is ongoing and the foundation has been laid to provide an emergency fire suppression system - via sprinklers - for certain buildings. The next project will be to build a storage take to contain the new system which holds a much greater water capacity and a higher pressure to deliver it.

Ashcroft RCMP received a call at about 9:50 am on March 15 from a motorist on Hwy 1 about a Ford Econ-oline van in the ditch by the Red Hills rest stop. There was no one in the vehicle, but the motorist said he saw a northbound male walking on the high-way. The male was located in Cache Creek on Stage Rd. by police.

Police discovered that the van had

been reported stolen in Surrey the pre-vious day. They also discovered that Marc Leveiller was not the man’s real name. He was properly identified as Michel Dionne, 29, of no fixed address, and was wanted out of the Lower Main-land on three arrest warrants for pos-session of drugs for the purpose of traf-ficking and possession of stolen prop-erty. He was taken into custody and

transported to Kamloops, charged with obstructing police. He is facing more charges of obstruction, possession of drugs and two counts of theft.

The matter is still under investiga-tion and police would like to talk to anyone who may have given him a ride into Cache Creek. They can call the Detachment at 250 453-2216.

RCMP investigating vehicle stolen from Surrey

Although the protests are taking place just outside Merritt, local governments are discuss-ing the issue of biosolids and the need for local consultation and governance over them.

Ashcroft Council, at the Feb. 23 meeting, passed a resolution calling on the province to form a committee that includes local politicians, to examine and make recommendations for changes to the provincial biosolid review pro-cess and changes to the content in the Organic Matter Recycling Regulation and Agricultural Land Commission Act that govern the biosolid regulatory process in BC.

“Biosolids are being moved from the Oka-nagan to Fraser Nicola without consultation,” said Ashcroft Mayor Jack Jeyes, who also sits as a TNRD Director.

The issue of biosolids has been ongoing in BC for several years, and was front and centre in the local area around 2006 when the Great-er Vancouver Regional District wanted to test Nutrifor on local fields. Local farmers and ranchers were opposed to the idea, concerned about possible heavy metal contamination in the product.

Biosolids are produced at wastewater treat-ement plants by recovering and treating organ-ic material. The TNRD uses biosolids at sever-al of its closed landfills to recover and condition the soil, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Besides landfills, biosolids are used around the province for fertilizer and soil enhancement. They have not been approved for agricultural use.

A group of activists set up a road blockade on Hwy 8, 10 km west of Merritt earlier this month to prevent trucks from bringing more biosolids to the Sunshine Valley facility. They are concerned about contamination of their drinking water.

Last Saturday, MLA Jackie Tegart an-nounced that the company “has voluntarily agreed not to accept any product for the next seven days,” while the TNRD meets with prov-incial officials “to explore options for resolv-ing the immediate issue, and to discuss how to best manage biosolids, including ensuring pub-lic concerns are addressed.”

Despite the assurance, the road block re-mains in place.

“I think biosolids will be front and centre for a while,” said Jeyes.

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Ashcroft rcMP DetAchMent

POLICE REPORTWendy Coomber

Police Telephone #s

Ashcroft: 250-453-2216Clinton: 250-459-2221Lytton: 250-455-2225

Trans Am stolen in 70 MileOn the afternoon of March

5, the Clinton RCMP received a complaint regarding a possible stolen vehicle and trailer from a lo-cal residence in the 8000 Block of Cariboo Hwy 97 in 70 Mile House.

Witness information indicated that on March 4, around 2:30 p.m. there were at least two Caucasian males on the property loading the homeowner’s car onto a flat deck trailer.

The car taken without consent was a 1984 red Pontiac Trans-Am.

A red, mid 2000 Dodge Ram that may have been used to pull the

trailer. The trailer in question is a 2007 – 18 foot ‘Ubuilt’ double axel enclosed trailer with BC licence plate UXW73L.

One of the suspects seen on the property was described as: white male, mid 30’s, curly hair, glasses and wearing an unknown descript ball cap.

If you have any information re-garding the possible whereabouts of these vehicles, please contact the Clinton RCMP at 250-459-2221 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477(TIPS).

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Marijuana seizedMarch 10 around 1:30 pm Traf-

fic Services was conducting a distract-ed driving enforcement road check on Hwy 1 at the south end of Cache Creek. Officers stopped a southbound Ford F150 after the driver was seen fasten-ing his seat belt as he approached the road check. Police detected a strong odour of marijuana inside the truck. The driver was arrested and his vehicle searched. Fifteen grams of marijuana were seized and the 65 year old man from 150 Mile House was issued a tick-et for seat belt violation.

Prohibited driver stoppedMarch 10 at 2 pm in the same area

of Hwy 1, Traffic Service officers stopped a Dodge Caravan in which a passenger was not wearing a seat belt. The driver, a 50 year old Kiti-mat woman, could not produce a valid Drivers License and was found to be a prohibited driver. As she as taking a family member to a medical appoint-ment in Vancouver, police decided not to impound the vehicle. Another adult was allowed to continue driving, but the woman will be charged with driv-ing while prohibited.

Cash discoveredMarch 10 at 2:30 pm Traffic Ser-

vice officers stopped a southbound Pontiac Grand Prix for speeding on

Hwy 1 in Cache Creek. The car was travelling at 78 kph in a 50 kph zone. The driver exhibited suspicious behav-iour and driving habits. The 18 year old Williams Lake man was given a tick-et for speeding, but the officer also or-dered the vehicle searched. Officers found $50,000 in cash hidden in the truck, along with three cell phones. Neither the driver nor his passenger, a 19 year old Williams Lake man, could give a consistent reason for the large amount of cash. The money was seized and is under investigation as proceeds of crime.

Freedom was briefMarch 11 at 2 pm police were

called to the Greyhound Bus station in Cache Creek about an intoxicated pas-senger disturbing the other travellers. The highly intoxicated male became very agitated when police approached him in the parking lot. It was discov-ered that the 43 year old Gitanmaax man had just been released from the Fraser Valley Correctional Centre that morning, on conditions that includ-ed abstention from alcohol. He was ar-rested and taken to Kamloops to an-

swer to two charges of breach-ing his probation.

Mischief at the vet clinicMarch 12 police were

called to the veterinary clinic in Cache Creek after an inci-dent of mischief was reported. The glass in the front door was damaged with what may have

been a pellet gun. There was no other damage on the property.

Motel manager injuredMarch 13 at 9 pm police were

called to the Nugget Motel after a re-port of mischief and assault. It was re-ported that a 60 year old female tenant had smashed a window. The manager was injured and required treatment by ambulance attendants. The matter is still under investigation.

Throwing rocksMarch 14 at 2 pm police were called

to a residence in downtown Ashcroft where the owner had apprehended two young teenagers who had been throw-ing rocks at his vehicles. One managed to smash a driver’s side window. Police took custody of the boys and turned them over to their parents for disci-pline. One of the parents agreed to pay for the damaged window.

Medical issuesMarch 14 at 11:30 pm police were

called to assist BC ambulance with a possible intoxicated male in the Oasis parking lot. It turned out that the 64 year old Hagwilget male was having a diabetic incident. He was transported to the hospital for treatment and released to his daughter.

Deer 1 - Landrover 0March 15 at 8:50 pm police re-

ceived a report of a vehicle in the ditch on Hwy 99 about 10 km from the junc-tion with Hwy 97. A 26 year old Cache Creek woman lost control of her Land Rover while successfully avoiding a deer on the highway. The vehicle suf-fered minor damage but had to be towed out of the ditch. The driver was not hurt.

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Showcasing local business

Dorene Turnball (left) was one of last year’s vendors at the annual Spring Into Action home-based business show in Cache Creek. Turnball was selling natural soap nuts and products made from them, and was one of several vendors at the show.

Vendors and customers at the Cache Creek Market chat.

Completion rates exceed goal

Cache Creek Market returns in May

Incorrect information used by the Ministry of Education has caused School District No. 74 (Gold Trail) to re-assess its com-pletion data, which shows the num-ber of students who have complet-ed their graduation requirements. The revised results show that the District is far above its targets in all areas, not below, as the initial re-port from the MoE indicated.

In late December the MoE re-leased its completion report for the 2013/14 school year, and also re-leased the names of students iden-tified as “not completing” in that year. Schools were provided with the names of these students, and asked to indicate the status of the learners in question. The District reviewed the evidence based on in-formation provided by the schools.

The MoE had identified 38 SD74 students as “not complet-ing” in the 2013/14 school year. The District, after consultation with area schools, ascertained that of those students 18 had moved out of Gold Trail (14 had moved out of province); four were con-tinuing with school (seven-year or adult graduation programs); three had graduated (one Dogwood, two Evergreen); and 13 self-selected to withdraw.

The results highlight the chal-lenge of including completion data within the Superintendent’s Re-port on Achievement, without hav-ing access to all pertinent data, and shows the importance of first reviewing, and including, Dis-trict data. It also shows the fluid-ity of the Gold Trail student popu-lation, and indicates that District schools know their learners, past

and present.The adjusted six-year comple-

tion rate for the 2013/14 school year shows:

For all students: 88 per cent (an increase of 21 per cent from the in-itial report; 11 per cent above the District target).

For Indigenous students: 82 per cent (an increase of 21 per cent from the initial report; 16 per cent above target).

For Non-Indigenous students: 95 per cent (an increase of 17 per cent from the initial report; one per cent above target).

For male students: 82 per cent (an increase of 19 per cent from the initial report; five per cent above target).

For female students: 94 per cent (an increase of 22 per cent from the initial report; 17 per cent above tar-get).

“The SD74 (Gold Trail) Board of Education, and other Boards in the province, are requesting that the Ministry of Education develop a new process that will facilitate an accurate reporting of information on completion rates,” says SD74 Board Chair Carmen Ranta. “More importantly, we ask that this infor-mation is not made public until it is more accurate. It is alarming and disrespectful to schools and com-munities when errors and inaccur-ate information portray completion rates that are poor in our District, when in fact they are very good, and improving.

“The public deserves accurate information, and we hope to work together with the Ministry of Edu-cation to provide this in future.”

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Spring is here, in case you haven’t noticed. Come celebrate the first day of Spring at the up-coming third annual Spring Into Action at the Cache Creek Com-munity Hall and support the Cache Creek Youth Group while you’re at it.

This is a venue for local entre-preneurs who would like to either debut or promote their home-based businesses and hand crafted prod-ucts, as well as for local groups who promote outdoor activities and healthy life style choices. Let’s celebrate Spring and all the won-derful activities, home businesses and local products in Cache Creek and Ashcroft!

Proceeds from admission go to the Cache Creek Youth Group, which is growing in popularity and attendance! The youth group meets at the hall or at the Cache Creek Park. We play team building games, create artwork and crafts as well as make snacks. The youth are ages 10 to 15 and are enjoying hav-ing something fun to do on a Fri-

day Night! The next youth group is March 27 at 6pm and we will meet at the Cache Creek Park.

There will be demonstrations, entertainment, door prizes as well as a food concession operated by the Cache Creek Elementary School PAC. There will be many tantalizing products and local groups such as Scentsy, Epicure, Hoops & Poops (worm castings), Watkins, Geocaching demonstra-tion, Zumba by Krystal, Sage & Sands Pony Club, Baking by Jean-nette Renz, Stamps by Sandra Nix-on, Baby Beanies by KC, Organo Gold Coffee, Soap Nuts, Mary Kay, and much more! Admission is by donation to the food bank, or to the Cache Creek Youth Group.

Spring Into Action takes place at the Cache Creek Commun-ity Hall on Stage Road on Satur-day, March 21 from 10am-2pm. To book a table for Spring Into Action contact Marcie Down at 778-207-6957. Proceeds for the table rentals go to the Youth Group.

Marcie Down

Cache Creek Market re-turns on May 2 for what it hopes is another successful season.

The Market, which began in 2011 as a project of the Cache Creek Beautification Society, is a combination of Farmer and Flea. That is, vend-ors of home grown, home baked and home made are wel-comed to set up a table, as are people bringing flea market or rummage items.

Last year, the most suc-cessful yet with as many as 19 vendors present on one day, saw a variety of items that often changed from week to week, from locally-grown

vegetable bedding plants to art work, fresh fruit, hand paint-ed bird houses, collectibles, freshly made bannock, pies and preserves, to herb plants and handmade soaps.

The Market is set up at the main intersection on the old Esso property which the Vil-lage leases and allows the Market to use.

Volunteers are looking at ways to increase the Market’s success.

Assisted by a very gen-erous donation from Second Time Around, the Market plans to put a storage shed on the property to store extra tables and shade canopies for

vendors who can’t transport their own.

Volunteers are also consid-ering holding an indoor Mar-ket once a month over the Win-ter months in the Commun-ity Hall as a way to provide a year-round Market for vendors and customers.

The same group puts on the annual Seedy Saturday in Feb-ruary and the organizers see many similarities between the two activities, with opportun-ities to expand them both.

The Cache Creek Mar-ket operates every Saturday, 9 am to 1 pm from May to Oc-tober. Vending sites are free on Opening Day, May 2.


V I E W P O I N T SThe Editor’s DeskWENDY COOMBER

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A JUVENILE BALD EAGLE flies over the hillside beside the Thompson

British Columbians are living longer. That’s the great news. How-ever, the longer we live, the more like-ly we are to need additional forms of care.

Seniors in the Ashcroft and Cache Creek areas, however, are in good hands. There is a wealth of services and agencies for seniors in this region.

It is my personal belief – and a pri-ority of the B.C. government – that quality of life for seniors is enhanced when they can stay in their commun-ities, in familiar surroundings and close to family and friends.

As we age, there is much truth to the old say-ing: An ounce of prevention is worth of pound of cure.

This means staying ac-tive and eating sensibly, for starters. In Ashcroft and Cache Creek, there are sev-eral programs and services to help seniors to live well.

Better at Home is a pro-gram that helps seniors con-tinue living independently

in their own homes and remain con-nected with their community by pro-viding simple non-medical services. The B.C. government funds the pro-gram, United Way of the Lower Main-land manages it, and local non-profit groups provide the services.

Seniors Fit for Life is a fitness program offered in Cache Creek to help area seniors improve their health and fitness. It is held every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Cache Creek Com-munity Hall.

For seniors who no longer live in

their own homes, the Thompson View Manor Society has been providing af-fordable housing in Ashcroft since 1976. This non-profit society owns and operates the Thompson View Manor, a 15-suite, low-income hous-ing complex for seniors who are able to live independently.

The society’s adjacent Thompson View Lodge is a 10-suite assisted-liv-ing complex for seniors who require some support while living on their own.

And of course, for people who have medical appointments in Kam-loops, Health Connections Transit Services provides inexpensive trans-portation from both Ashcroft and Cache Creek.

People are certainly living health-ier, longer lives in B.C. The ability to stay in their familiar environment is one of the reasons, and I can assure you as your MLA that I will work hard to make life for our seniors even better. If I can be of assistance please contact my Constituency Office in Ashcroft at 250 453-9726.

Jackie TegartMLA, Fraser Nicola

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Helping seniors live well

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Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink, observed the Ancient Mariner.

Besides the Vernal Equinox (Spring) on the 20th, this week we also observe World Water Day on March 22.

We live in a beautiful country, gener-ous with its fresh water and fertile land. It’s hard to imagine not having clean water at our disposal.

Canada is home to one fifth of the world’s freshwater and hosts the third-lar-gest volume of renewable freshwater re-sources after Brazil and Russia.

I grew up on the Great Lakes, which provide much of that freshwater we boast about. I can tell you first hand, that the water I was exposed to was extremely pol-luted from years of untreated industrial ef-fluent. Still, we drank it, we swam in it. There was no other choice.

Cleaning up the Great Lakes has chal-lenged Ontario and the affected states for years. It would have been much easier to protect them from the beginning, but the promise of industry and jobs made every-one turn a blind eye to what was happening.

It’s not only the Great Lakes. Recent en-vironmental catastrophes such as British Petroleum’s (BP) “oil spill” in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 (4.9 million barrels esti-mated) and the Fukushima Dailchi nuclear meltdown in 2011 caused by a devastating tsumani have added huge amounts of toxic waste to an already shaky environment. If you are a fish or seafood lover, you’ve probably noticed a difference in the quality of commercial product, most of it being ex-posed to increasing amounts of pollution.

With water and sustainable development be-ing this year’s focus of the United Nations Gen-eral Assembly, take some time to learn about water-related issues, its sustainable use and how we can protect this precious resource.

Don’t take fresh water for granted. We see water as a renewable resource, but it may not always be so. As this winter has been strangely devoid of the snow we’re used to expecting, it may be that the climate change we keep hearing about will make this a normal occurance rather than just a blip. We may find ourselves sharing Cali-fornia’s unending drought.

Water is precious: let’s take care of it.

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Anglican Church of CanadaCANON LOIS PETTY

St. Alban’s501 Brink St, Ashcroft ~ 250-453-9909

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10 amKIDZ MONDAY SCHOOL: 3:30 pm

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Pastor David MurphyWorship and Sermon commences at 10 a.m.

Everyone welcome

ZION UNITEDSunday Worship 10:50 am

401 Bancroft, Ashcroft, BC • 250-453-9511 [email protected] • http://ashcroftunited.ca

United Church of CanadaLay Leader: Linda Langevin

In loving mem� y of Mary Cooper

June 1, 1936 - March 18, 2014

You are always in our thoughts and foreverin our hearts.Not a day goes by whenyou are not loved and missed.

With love,from all of your family.


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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Libs bailing after Auditor leak

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VICTORIA – March has been a good month for the B.C. NDP, and it’s been a while since I’ve been able to say that.

Opposition critics fired a shot amidships at the B.C. Liber-al government when they began questioning the lack of progress by the new Auditor General for Local Government.

This experimental vessel was launched in Premier Christy Clark’s leadership campaign, and two years after it set sail, it is list-ing, taking on water and in danger of sinking.

The original idea was to expand the B.C. Auditor Gener-al’s office so it could check the financial performance of lo-cal governments too. Business groups were concerned about municipal taxes going up too quickly, with staff growing even as the province grappled with a hiring freeze.

Mayors and councillors began to talk of mutiny over that plan, protesting that their budgets are already required to balance and are subject to annual audits.

But this will be “performance auditing,” Clark insisted, not just making sure the figures add up. It will determine the public is receiving “value for money” on projects like arenas and services like police, by comparing different commun-ities’ results. A new AGLG office opened in Surrey.

The “value for money” promise is on the rocks. The government appointed a quasi-independent board (hello, BC Ferries and TransLink) that hired chartered accountant Basia Ruta, a veteran of the federal Auditor General office who had also served as chief financial officer at Environ-ment Canada and had done local government audits in pri-vate practice.

NDP local government critic Selina Robinson started asking why this office has spent $5.2 million and produced only one audit out of a promised 18. Community Minister Coralee Oakes, a former Quesnel councillor in her first cab-inet post, allowed that there had been some rough water but there is smooth sailing ahead.

Then came a big leak, in the form of a “work environ-

ment review” of the good ship AGLG that was given to the NDP by a seasick crew member.

It described chaos below decks, with “shifting priorities and unclear direction,” as well as “wasted time and work” and “inefficient use of consultant and staff resources.”

Worse, the review noted a hu-man resources monitor had been sta-tioned at the office for most of Janu-ary to maintain a “respectful work-place for all employees.”

“A peacekeeper,” as NDP lead-er John Horgan described the grim scene. “This is like we’re in Cyprus.”

Then it was confirmed that when the AGLG board tried to conduct a performance review, Ruta’s response was to hire a lawyer. Ruta seems to be decisive when protecting her job, if not when hiring, running the office or meeting her own work targets.

Whatever goodwill had been restored with local govern-ments over this experiment is likely gone. Municipal staffers have been dealing with new auditor demands as their coun-cils grind away at their own budgets, and now they see signs that what they have contributed may well have been swept overboard.

Oakes remains on deck, eyes fixed on the horizon. An audit of capital procurement in Rossland is finally scheduled to be done by the end of March, she said. Similar reports on Delta and Sechelt are due in April. The latest revision of that schedule is underway, no doubt in another series of long, acrimonious meetings.

Clark addressed the situation in her last question period before the legislature’s spring break this week. She didn’t have a lot to say about the AGLG’s voyage of the damned, mostly familiar rhetoric about “lower taxes, less red tape” and so on.

Tom Fletcher is legislature re-porter and columnist for Black Press.

Dear EditorI just learned that there

are four doctors in Lytton, and four doctors in Lilloo-et. What have these com-munities got that Ashcroft

doesn’t have?There is obviously more

savvy in Lillooet and Lytton than there is here.

Isn’t it about time we started demanding answers? This nicey-nicey, “we’re

not here to blame anybody” attitude is

getting us nowhere.Esther Darlington

MacDonaldAshcroft

See LETTERS on p. 9

Other towns getting doctors

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Raise a glass of something and toast the Irish!

The big news is, of course, the removal of the bridge. It looks very strange not to see it there. There was a good crowd out last week to see the last two pieces taken out by the largest crane most of us have ever seen. It is sad to see this piece of history hauled away.

I understand it will be recycled; I’d love to know what its next life will look like. Many folks have pur-chased, by donation, a piece of rail, or a commemora-tive piece of concrete with a plaque stating the years of the bridge. Thanks so much to Steve Rice and the TNRD for having the idea, and for organizing it all. Thanks too to Arnie Oram for assisting with the delivery of the rails. The donations will go to the SBCC and the SBFD, thanks to all that have made donations. The SBCC has as piece of rail to go up at the hall. It will be nice to have a little bit of the history at the hall.

I mentioned it in last month’s column, but here’s a re-

minder - the Bridging to Literacy committee has engaged Richard Wagamese to come and speak in our communities. One of Can-ada’s foremost Indigenous auth-ors and storytellers, Richard has been a professional writer 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. Richard has been honoured with many, many awards recognizing his achievements in writing. Every-one is welcome to come and listen to Richard speak about his work.

There are two opportunities to catch Richard on March 19: at Ashcroft Secondary school at 1:30 and at 5 in Spences Bridge at Clemes Hall on Hwy 8. There will be light finger food snacks, (pot luck sandwiches, cook-ies, etc.) after the Spences Bridge talk.

If you’re interested in our town spring clean-up, meet at the Post Office on Saturday, March 28 at 10 am. This is our annual cleaning up of our highways and byways. We break off in pairs and take a stretch of road, and in two hours or so, and MANY bags of garbage later we have a litter free community!

Come join us for a little exercise, some visiting, and a great sense of ac-complishment! We’ll gather for lunch when we’re finished and share a meal together as we pat each other on the back. Thanks to the TNRD for supply-ing the bags, vests, and picker-uppers.

Our TV society is very pleased to announce that we finally have CBC Kamloops and NOT CBC North! Yip-pee! Thanks so much to Jim Ryan and Alex Kinasewich for all their hard work and perseverance!

Plans are in place for a fantastic Easter Sunday celebration! Chocolate egg hunt, face painting, three legged

races, sack races, and the fa-vourite raw egg toss! This is a community event open to everyone – not just families; come for the picnic, wiener roast and join in the fun.

Don’t forget about our monthly bingo on the third Monday of the month. We have finally made the move into the 21st Century and

bought paper bingo cards! Personally, I will miss the old cardboard sliders. Now I have to get a dabber I guess.

The bingo is picking up in popularity, so come on out and try your hand at winning. Early bird games start at 6:30, regular at 7. There are concession snacks available (sometimes Craig’s famous chili!)

I’m looking forward to the return of Zumba! We are very fortunate to have the skills of instructor Karen Savage shared with us now TWICE a week! Thanks to Karen for making the effort to come to us, we usual-ly have to travel for everything, so this is great! Come dance your way to a fitter you – noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It’s more affordable if you pay in advance for four classes (and increases the chance you’ll go!) or pay a little bit more for drop in. Wear comfy clothes and runners – bring your water bottle.

Desert Daze details are beginning to fall into place; I am delighted to announce some of our confirmed musi-cians! Ashcroft favourites Spiritus Mundii, Nadine Davenport, John Kidder and Jennifer Ferguson are back, as well as the Spences Bridge favourite, Flat Busted. From Merritt, Bobby Garcia and the Six Strings (they were awesome at the Steelhead Shuffle), From Kam-loops, Bluesfoot, and from Vancouver; bluegrass trio The Honky Tonk Dilettantes, and a four piece country band led by Warren Murfit. And that sweet girl Haley Hendryx is coming back!

We are awaiting confirmation from several other bands, so next month I will have more to announce – go “Like” Desert Daze on Face book, and follow to keep up on announcements and news! We are keeping our prices low for a weekend pass – so affordable!

The Farmer’s Flea Market that will start up on the May long weekend and every Sunday after-wards would love to get a few more folks to help manage a Sunday and help out the organiz-ers. Many hands make light work and all that…More about the market next month.

Our last regular meeting had to be can-celled due to too many members sick, injured or otherwise. We have rescheduled for Wednes-day March 25 at 7pm. Check out our Face book page for updates, news and announcements. Comments and questions will be answered there, or you can contact me at [email protected]

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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.”


High school hosts Coffee House fundraiserFun with Charades at UniTea

UniTea will be hosting another fun and hilarious night of Charades at a Family Fun Games Night on Thursday, March 19 from 7-9:30pm.

Other games available are dominos, Monopoly, chess, checkers, cards, crib and lots of fun and simple games for kids of all ages! Bring down the whole family, challenge your neighbours to some fun! Lots of toys as well.

A free event at UniTea Tea Room 100-210 Railway Ave. in Ashcroft. (250) 453-9345 for more information.

Old-time mountain music and comforting cuisine Mar 21

Join co-hosts Creative Cow Produc-tions and The Grand Central Station for a Dinner Concert featuring the fabu-lous acoustic duo of Jason & Pharis Romero on Saturday, March 21 at Ash-croft’s newest eatery - The Grand Cen-tral Station restaurant on Railway Ave. This co-production is the first of many in collaboration with Nadine Daven-port Owner/Presenter from UniTea Tea Room. Doors open at 5:30pm with music starting at 7:30pm. Tix are avail-able for the Dinner/Show and just for the Show and are now available in ad-vance at UniTea Tea Room and The Grand Central.

Close your eyes and let the music take you to the front porch of some Ap-palachian cabin, kicking back with a banjo and guitar and some sweet tea.

Rooted in the old-time mountain music of Virginia and Tennessee, their ap-proach is an unpretentious and simple with one single microphone between the two - for that Grand Ol Opry sound.

What’s better for a bluegrass and folk enthusiast than handcrafted banjos made out of gourds and specially se-lected wood? Hearing them played by the people who made them, especial-ly when those people also happen to be one of B.C.’s most beloved folk duos. The duo has just returned from an ex-tremely successful overseas tour, as well as some busy stopovers through-out B.C. and Alberta, performing with Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Café tour.

It is clear listening to the new album that the Romeros have grown musical-ly together in such a way as to create a masterpiece of soulful bluegrass. From traditional ballads to blues driven and swinging tunes, the duo have crafted music that evokes the old soul of Amer-icana. This will be a show to remember folks - get your tickets now!

Jam Night at UniTeaThis month Music Jam

Night at UniTea Tea Room is on Thursday, March 26 from 6:30-9:30pm Bring your gui-tars, drums and song books. For more info (250) 453-9345.

Hang out at “The Vibe-Brary”

The Community is invit-ed to check out some great lo-

cal talent to raise funds for an amazing opportunity for a few budding Student Poets and performers.

Come and enjoy ‘The Vibe-Brary - a fine arts Coffee House’ presented by the Students of Ashcroft Senior Sec-ondary on Wednesday, March 25 from 7-9pm.

You’ll see; Students Poets and per-formers, student artwork and photog-raphy and local guest performers. All proceeds will go towards sending the school’s Creative Writing Team to a Slam Poetry Competition in Vancou-ver. Let’s support the kids on this amaz-ing creative adventure!!

Rick Scott comes to AshcroftGet your tickets in advance for

Singer, Songwriter and Dulcimer Ace Rick Scott, an award winning singer, songwriter, storyteller and actor who combines music and laughter in lively, participatory concerts for all ages.

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MEMBERS & 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 20th • 6:30 - 7:15 pm

Roast Beef Dinnerwith Yorkshire and gravy, mashed potatoes,veggies, rolls and dessert $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.

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Coming ComingEvents

March 20: Movie Night in Ashcroft! Showing The Bible - Part 1. FREE admission, refreshments by donation. Location: 401 Bancroft Street (Zion United Church Hall). All are welcome.

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 2: Maundy Thursday Supper; 5:30 PM at Zion United Church Hall, 401 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft. Potluck meal (in serving dishes to be passed around dining table - no crockpots, please). A joint event of the Anglican and United congregations. Everyone most welcome.

April 3: Good Friday Service; 11 AM at Zion United, 401 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft. Shared service of the Anglican and United Church congregations. Everyone welcome.

April 5: Easter Sunrise Service at Zion United; 7 AM, 401 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft. All are welcome.

April 5: Easter Sunday worship at Zion United; 10:50 AM with Rev. Wayne Atkinson presiding. 401 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft. Everyone most welcome.

April 7: Zion UCW regular monthly meeting in Church Hall at 2 PM (401 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft). An open and warm invitation is extended to all United Church women.

April 16: “Living Well & Leaving Well” workshop 10:30 am Ashcroft River Inn. No charge, RSVP by April 11 (limited seating). Info: 250-453-9802 [email protected].

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.

April 26: Communities in Bloom Plant Swap at 10 a.m. sharp. Heritage Park in Ashcroft. Donation of plants accepted at 9:30.

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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Lots of opportunities to listen to music or to play itHis gift for combining wacky hu-

mour and poignant human commentary has earned him a devoted following from four generations around the world.

The performance is part of WRAPS’ concert series. Scott will be in Ashcroft on Sunday, April 12 for a 3pm Matinee show. Tix available at UniTea, The Bakery and Natures Gifts.

Spring Interlude Jam Session in Cache Creek Apr 12Enjoy a night out and meet local musicians! If you play,

sing or just want to dance come and enjoy an incredible night out on April 11 at the Cache Creek Community Hall. Doors open at 6:30pm, bring your instrument and your musical tal-ent! Drum kit will be set up.

Refreshments, tea and coffee. Admission by donation to CCES PAC. All ages welcome. For more information con-tact Marcie Down (778) 207-6957 or see Cache Creek Ac-tivities on Facebook. All proceeds go to support the Cache Creek Elementary School Music Program! Support our fu-ture musicians!

Author & Songwriter Tom Coles at UniTea April 25The night will celebrate both the release of Tom’s new

book Spirit Talker - The Legend of Nakosis as well as his great gift of music and songs.

Spirit Talker tells the fantastical story of one young

man’s induction into the mystique and magical world of the Shaman.

Enjoy songs and stories that will open your heart on Sat-urday, April 25. Doors at 6:30pm - shows starts at 7:30pm. Tickets at the door or in advance. Drop by UniTea to buy your ticket or phone (250) 453-9345 to reserve. Limited to the first 30 people only.

Next Family Movie Apr 25 with ‘Paddington Bear’The Village of Cache Creek presents another fun Family

Movie Night at the Cache Creek Community Hall. The fea-ture movie this month is ‘Paddington Bear’. Bring the whole family to see this wonderful movie on Friday, April 25. Ad-mission at the door. Doors open at 6 pm with the Movie start-ing at 6:30 pm. There will be popcorn and goodies available for purchase at the concession supporting Cache Creek Ele-mentary School’s Parent Advisory Council.

Follow the journey as a bear living in the Peruvian rain-forest is forced to leave his home following an earthquake. Dubbed ‘Paddington’, he makes his way to England to begin a new life and finds himself a new home with Henry and Mary Brown. Just as he begins to get use to life in London, and his new home with the Brown family, things take a turn for the worse.

Desert Bells Handbell Concert on May 3The Desert Bells Hand Bell Choir will return

for a Spring Concert at 3 pm on Sunday, May 3 at the Pentecostal Church in Cache Creek. The concert will feature the Bell Choir and other lo-cal ensembles and soloists.

Desert Bells Handbell Choir is an inter-generational group that rehearses on Thursday evenings in Cache Creek Elementary School.

Community BandThe Community Band meets every Sunday

afternoon at Ashcroft Elementary School under the direction of David Dumont, the school dis-trict’s music teacher. Haven’t picked up your in-strument in years? No problem – most of the band is in the same boat. There’s no pressure to perform like a professional.

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NOTICE is hereby given that Cache Creek Council will hold a public hearing on the following bylaw:

Bylaw No. 775, 2015 - cited as“Village of Cache Creek Zoning Bylaw No. 423, 1990 Amendment Bylaw No. 775, 2015.”

for the purpose of allowing the public to make representations to the Cache Creek Council respecting matters contained in the proposed bylaws at 7:00 PM, Monday, April 13, 2015 at the Village of Cache Creek Council Chambers. Applicant: Lopez Developments Inc. Purpose: To allow “Limited Agricultural Use” as a permitted use through a Site Speci� c Text Amendment to a R1 Zoned Parcel located at 1445 Lopez Creek Drive.

NOTICE is hereby given that Cache Creek Council will hold a public hearing on the following bylaw:

Bylaw No. 776, 2015 - cited as“Village of Cache Creek Zoning Bylaw No. 423, 1990 Amendment Bylaw No. 776, 2015.”

for the purpose of allowing the public to make representations to the Cache Creek Council respecting matters contained in the proposed bylaws at 7:00 PM, Monday, April 13, 2015 at the Village of Cache Creek Council Chambers.

Applicant: Dwight Toews

Purpose: To allow “automobile repair shop, paint shop and body shop” as a permitted use through a Site Speci� c Text Amendment to a C5 Zoned Parcel located at 904/908 Collins Road.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


At the public hearing all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaws shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the proposed bylaw.

Any person wishing to inspect the proposed bylaw may do so at the Village of Cache Creek Municipal Of� ce, 1389 Quartz Road, Cache Creek B.C. between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, until Monday, April 13, 2015.

If you wish to make a written submission please forward your submission to:

Village of Cache Creek1389 Quartz Road

PO Box 7Cache Creek, B.C. V0K 1H0

Fax: 250-457-9192

Please ensure that it is received, by our of� ce, no later than 4:00 p.m. Monday, April 13, 2015.

Dan Plamondon, M. Arch.Chief Administrative Of� cer

VILLAGE OF CACHE CREEKOf� cial Zoning Map - Schedule A

VILLAGE OF CACHE CREEKOf� cial Zoning Map - Schedule A

Due to the Easter long weekend, Residential garbage for the Sage and Sands Mobile Home Park and Old Cariboo Road, WILL NOT be picked up on Good Friday, April 3, 2015, but will be picked up on Thursday, April 2, 2015. Commercial garbage WILL be picked up on Good Friday, April 3, 2015 and on Easter Monday, April 6, 2015.The Village of Cache Creek also advises that regular Wednesday Commercial garbage pick up will resume on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 and will continue for the summer months.

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Arnot to sit on rural council

Dear EditorI would like to add a little to

the text on the Rememberence Day Poster by Bailey Pollard that was featured in last week’s Journal.

Bailey won first place for the A.E.S. poster contest back in November. Her poster, along with all first and second place posters from our zone, was sent to our Zone Commander to se-lect one poster to forward on to Dominion for all of Canada.

Our zone includes the schools from Lytton, Lillooet, Ashcroft, Merritt, Kamloops, Barrier, Clearwater-Vavenby. To come in second place from all these schools is quite an ac-complishment.

I would like to say again congratulations, Bailey. We look forward to your poster this November.

Glen JossLegion Poppy Chair

Dear EditorI would like to take the op-

portunity to thank, in public, all the medical staff and employ-ees at Ashcroft hospital, as well as the equally important ambu-lance crews at the BC Ambu-lance station in Ashcroft. To all of you who have been involved with my father, I thank you all for your care, patience and con-sideration of him.

Peter ClarkAshcroft

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Winner chosen from many entries

Thank you to all who helped family

If you are a local, non-profit group, post your events on The Journal’s online COMMUNITY CALENDAR

It’s free! Go to www.ash-cache-journal.com/calendar/submit/ and fill in the blanks.Black PressMembers of the newly-formed

rural advisory council were named by the Minister of Forests Steve Thomson and MLA Donna Barnett last week, and Community Futures Sun Country manager Deb Arnot is one of them.

The 14 members come from different areas of the province, from McBride to Skidegate and from Port McNeill to Dawson Creek.

Of the 87 people nominated for the council, 11 were from the Cari-boo.

Barnett, who will co-chair the council, said choosing the mem-bers was a tough decision.

“Quite a few of us sat down in government and looked into di-versity, and people in some regions that had an affiliation with the mountain pine beetle coalitions.”

The rural advisory council has emerged out of the work of the pine beetle coalitions, Barnett said.

All of the selected members have strong business backgrounds, and many have experience in mu-nicipal politics.

Besides her involvement with Community Futures, Arnot and her husband have co-owned and oper-ated a logging company for the past nine years. She has a long hist-ory in community involvement and received a 2011 British Columbia Community Achievement Award.

Council members also include Geri Collins of Kamloops, Tom Hoffman of Williams Lake, Su-san Clovechok of Fairmont Hot Springs, Bill Holmberg of Hous-ton, Chief Roy Jones Jr. of Ski-degate, Sue Kenny of Dawson

Creek, Jonathan Lok of Port Mc-Neill, Grace McGregor of Chris-tina Lake, David Pernarowski of Terrace, Chris Pieper of Arm-strong, Sylvia Pranger of Agassiz, Gerry Thiessen of Vanderhoof, and Eric (Rick) Thompson of McBride.

“There are promising econom-ic opportunities on the horizon for B.C. and we want to ensure that small and rural communities share fully in the benefits,” Thomson said in a press release.

Barnett said she is hopeful the council will advise government on initiatives and policies that will make rural B.C. a better and easier place to live.

“We’ll be looking at ways to generate economics. In many of our little communities, because of the pine beetle we have lost a lot of jobs.”

The initial focus for the council will be to provide advice on rural economic development, includ-ing rural access to capital and busi-ness development support for rural entrepreneurs and businesses. The council will also advise on rural community capacity building, in-cluding the Rural Dividend.

Barnett said for rural B.C. the council probably has the biggest scope of any group advising gov-ernment.

The first meeting of the council is scheduled to take place in Vic-toria, March 26 at the legislature and on the 27 at one of the govern-ment agency’s buildings.

“It’s very exciting,” Barnett said. “I haven’t met most of these people in person. I have had dis-cussions with them on the phone, but that’s about it.”

A10 www.ash-cache-journal.com Thursday, March 19, 2015 Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal

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.

Grant Researcher/WriterPosition DescriptionThe Village of Cache Creek has an opening for an eight month contract position to research and apply for grants. The successful applicant will be responsible to apply for a minimum of $200,000 worth of grants over the eight month period from April 15, 2015 (contract start date) to December 15, 2015. The contract amount for this position is $1250 per month.

Preferred Qualifi cations• Education and/or experience in a fi eld applicable to local government and/or economic development• Experience in writing grants and proposals• Experience with research

Qualifi ed candidates should possess excellent writing and computer skills and be highly organized, with the ability to use independent judgment and produce a quality work product within time constraints. Previous experience will demonstrate a proven track record in securing new funding opportunities, comprehensive knowledge of research, and the ability to distinguish and identify funding opportunities for special programs.

Applications must be received on or before Friday, March 27, 2015.Applicants must be available for an interview on Wednesday, April 1, 2015.Please send your resume along with a covering letter to:

Village of Cache CreekPO Box 7, Cache Creek, BC V0K 1H0

Facsimile and email applications are acceptable, but the Village of Cache Creek assumes no responsibility for receiving any application sent in that manner.

FAX: 250-457-9192Email: [email protected]


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.

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Needed for Bradner Farms dairy division at Black Canyon Ranch in Ashcroft, BC. Applicants must have 3-5 years of experience in raising young dairy cows, the ability to recognize health problems, have a good understanding of husbandry and agriculture, college background useful but not essential.

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.

Tom Dall, CAO

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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