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Ashcroft to borrow for new fire truck
by Wendy CoomberAshcroft is looking into leasing a new fire
truck to replace its old one, and the sooner the better.
The Village issued a Request For Proposals (RPF) on BC Bid’s website on Sept. 30. Admin-istrator Michelle Allen says the RPF will get the process going.
“It’s going to be a juggling act,” she says, “to see how much the RFPs come in at, then to see how much we can take out of Reserves and what’s left to cover.”
The current truck, she says, is just about to “age out”. When that happens, homeowners will see an increase in the fire portion of their insurance.
The Fire Department lost its backup truck last summer while fighting the fire at the Ash-croft Manot. Since then, they’ve been using a rented truck.
The Village has been expecting to purchase a new truck for some time. In 2012 at the Apr. 23 meeting, a motion was carried to have the Chief Financial Officer “investigate funding op-tions regarding the replacement of the Village of Ashcroft’s first line fire truck.”
Allen says they put aside money paid to the Fire Dept. for their assistance in fighting the 2003 wildfires, as well as a portion they re-ceive from highway rescues. She wasn’t sure of the amount that had been set aside, but estimat-ed that it was a maximum of $200,000 - half of what a new fire truck is expected to cost.
“The ultimate decision will depend on how much the RFP comes in at,” she said. “If it’s too high we’ll have to rethink this.”
Council will consider going to an alternative approval process at its next meeting on Aug. 24. That means they will vote to approve borrow-ing the money for the truck unless enough vot-ers vote against it.
Allen said they’re not expecting to have to raise taxes for this. They will try to absorb the costs through budget surpluses from other pro-jects that have been completed.
“The taxpayers shouldn’t see much of an in-crease,” she said. “The goal is not to have any tax increase at all.”
She said they’re looking at a 15 year lease for the truck through the Municipal Finance Au-thority. “We’re going to have to borrow money one way or another,” she said, “and MFA has the best rates.”
Music for the soul
The 6th annual Desert Daze Music Festival in Spences Bridge was a hit. Attendance was up from last year and the music hit an all time high. Even the sheep came out to listen. Right: The Honky Tonk Dilettantes entertain the audience.
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POLICE REPORTWendy Coomber
CiB shows CCVFD their appreciationThe Cache Creek Communities in Bloom committee presented the Cache Creek Fire Dept. with a Certificate of Appreciation for the work they did during and after the Cache Creek flood on May 23 while the Communities in Bloom judges were touring the town. L-R: Coun. Lisa Dafoe, Communities in Bloom chair Carmen Ranta, CiB judge Lynnette Twigge, firefighters Mike Shepherd, Damian Couture (with certificate), Al Wiens, Dan Berwin, Bill Elliott, CiB judge Victoria Bentley, and firefighter Gordon Dafoe.
Local gun club increasing activitiesby Wendy CoomberThe gun range above the
Cache Creek Landfill is slowly growing, with over 150 mem-bers taking advantage of spa-cious grounds.
Even the weeds can’t stay away, but they’re only a minor nuisance.
The trap range is active every Tuesday, mostly for practicing. The club hosts two sporting clay shoots through the year with 10 stations. Club president Jerry Fiddick says around 45 shooters come from all over. Some are local but many others are members of other sportsman clubs about BC and Alberta.
It was a “blankin blizzard” on the range during a Jan. 3 Meat Shoot, but they were still out there shooting, he said.
The black power range also gets busy when there are events going on. Fiddick says the participants often dress up
like frontiersmen in buckskins and period costumes. For the past two years they’ve held a black power shoot at Thanks-giving. “They get right into it,” he says.
The club went into a slump for a while and not much was happening, Fiddick says. Now they’re getting more people involved who are interested in rifle and pistol, so they’re working on getting more events at the ranges.
Each discipline is supposed to have a director who arran-ges events, he says. It’s coming along. Archery as a discipline hasn’t been going for a few years, but trap shooting and black powder are. Rifle and pistol have interest and mem-bers can still fire their guns on the gun ranges any time.
The club re-roofed the rifle range just recently, replacing the old roof that had been there since the 1970s. They’re also
training range officers to patrol the area and do safety checks when people are shooting. They’ve also had an instructor from Clinton teaching a Wil-derness Handgun Course.
The range officers are part-ly to do with the club’s insur-ance, says Fiddick. The club belongs to the Shooting Feder-ation of Canada and insurance demands are growing.
They just signed a new 20 year leave with the province for their land, and come Nov-ember they’ll be mailing out the new membership appli-cation forms. Forms are also available at Irly Building and Supply in Ashcroft and the Cache Creek Machine Shop.
“We want to get more people involved,” says Fidd-ick. More members will hope-fully mean more activities be-ing offered and perhaps even an annual banquet. “I’d like to see that happen.”
Not asleep at the wheelAug. 5 at 3 pm police attended a single
vehicle accident on Hqy 1 east of Cache Creek by the Perry Ranch after a 61 year old North Vancouver man drove his vehicle off the road, right. He told police that he was tired but he didn’t think he fell asleep. He thought there might be steering issues with his vehicle. He was not injured but the vehicle was towed.
Vehicle taken for short driveAug. 5 at 6 pm police received a report of a
stolen vehicle in Ashcroft from a residence on Bancroft St. The owner, an 18 year old Cache Creek man, said he had just parked the car an hour before noticing that it was gone. The keys were still inside the vehicle, he said. The car was located less than an hour later, parked near Railway St. without the keys. Anyone with in-
formation about the incident can call police at 453-2216.
Past grudgesAug. 6 at 5:30 pm police received a report of
a road rage assault at the brake check on Hwy 97C that happened earlier in the day. A 59 year old Cache Creek man accused a 48 year old Cache Creek man of cutting him off in traffic three days ago and punched him. The victim did not require medical attention and did not want to press charges but asked police to speak to the aggressor, which they did. The older man apologized for his actions and the victim was satisfied with that.
Victim hit with wrenchAug. 7 at 1:30 pm police responded to a re-
port of a fight in progress in front of the Castle Inn in Cache Creek. The fight escalated to an assault with a weapon as the 36 year old Cache Creek man produced a wrench during the fight and struck a 65 year old Cache Creek man sev-eral times. The younger man was gone before police arrived, but was located and arrested in Fraser Lake. He will appear in Kamloops court on Oct. 19 to face charges of assault with a weapon. The 65 year old was treated for cuts and bruises. The matter is still under investiga-tion.
Camper loses wheelAug. 7 at 7 pm police attended a single
vehicle accident on Hwy 1 east of Cache Creek after a camper van lost a rear tire on the driver side. The driver, a 23 year old man from Penn-sylvania, was able to pull the vehicle over to the side of the road. No one was injured. The vehicle was towed to Kamloops.
Drugs seized at stopOct. 10 at 3 pm while conducting enforce-
ment at Quartz and Stage Rd. in Cache Creek, Traffic Services officers stopped a 2014 Honda Civic for failing to stop at the 4-way stop signs. The officer detected an odour of marijuana in the vehicle and noticed a pipe in plain view. The driver, a 37 year old Prince George man, was arrested. A small amount of marijuana and the pipe were seized. He was also given a ticket for failing to stop. It was determined that he was not impaired and was allowed to continue.
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Some of the competitors in last year’s Zucchini Race at the Ashcroft Fair. Some of the zucchinis had better decorations than they had wheels. The competition was fierce but everyone had a good time. The Zucchini Races will be back this year at the Fall Fair.
Police tape and tarps around the Gyoba residence last June
Melany de Weerdt, new CAO for Cache Creek
Ashcroft Fair perpetuates family values
Gyoba murder trial begins
The Village of Cache Creek is pleased to wel-come its new Chief Ad-ministrative Officer (CAO) Melany de Weerdt who started with the Vil-lage on July 20. After re-viewing dozens of re-sumes and interviewing the top finalists, Council selected Ms. De Weerdt to fill this critical position due to the recent departure of previous CAO Dan Pla-mondon.
“We are absolute-ly delighted to welcome Ms. de Weerdt as CAO,” said Mayor John Ranta. With her extensive mu-nicipal experience combined with a private sector background, Ms. de Weerdt is able to immediately step into the CAO role and have a positive impact that will help move the Village forward.”
From 2010 through 2015, Ms. de Weerdt was the Chief Financial Officer as well as the Deputy CAO for the District of Taylor as well as the Deputy CAO. During that time, she provided leadership and dir-ection to the municipal employ-ees and successfully implemented Council’s strategies, objectives and policies for the municipality. She implemented major revisions to the community’s annual budget pro-cess, financial plan and annual re-port, making the documents under-
standable and useful to Council, business-es and the residents. She successfully ap-plied for and reported on numerous grants that supported infra-structure projects and community service initiatives. She was the lead on the part-nership with Livecare at the Taylor Medic-al Clinic, which pro-vides critical medical
services to the com-munity; the part-nership was estab-lished subsequent to the Clinic’s clos-
ure in February 2014 resulting from a loss of doctors.
“Ms. de Weerdt brings a wealth of practical, organizational and managerial knowledge to the pos-ition,” said Mayor Ranta. “Cache Creek is faced with challenges to recover from the recent flood, per-sonnel challenges to recent and upcoming retirements and major infrastructure requirements ahead. Ms. de Weerdt’s previous experi-ence, knowledge of local govern-ment, focus on financial account-ability and commitment to open and proactive government make her an excellent choice for CAO. Council is thrilled to welcome her into this new role.”
New CAO for Cache Creek
by Tim PetrukKamloops This WeekThe trial of an Ashcroft man
accused of murdering his uncle last summer began in a Kamloops courtroom on Monday, with the accused muttering to himself and turning often to stare at people seated in the gallery.
Shane Gyoba, 29, is charged with second-degree murder. His uncle, Ed Gyoba, was killed on June 2, 2014, at a home on Cedar Crescent in Ashcroft.
The first Crown witness, RCMP Sgt. Paul Bouwman, showed the court hundreds of photos of the crime scene — most focusing on the home’s yard, where the vic-tim’s body was found.
Bouwman said officers set up a tent to protect the body from the sun. Later in the day, he said, the tent was surrounded by tarps and air-conditioning was blasted in-side.
The details of the kill-ing have not yet come out in court, but Crown prosecutor Neil Flanagan said the vic-tim died as a result of blunt-force trauma to the head, re-sulting in a fractured skull and fractured nose.
Flanagan said he ex-pects a neighbour to describe in court what he witnessed the
day of the alleged murder.According to Flanagan, it took
the neighbour “some time to pro-cess” what he saw.
Throughout Bouwman’s evi-dence, Gyoba repeatedly turned to offer long stares at the half-doz-en people seated in the gallery. An extra sheriff was also in the court-room for added security.
In addition to the stares, Gyoba also muttered incoherently mul-tiple times. At one point, while Flanagan was addressing con-cerns that might be raised about Gyoba’s mental health, the accused said,”Mr. Shane Gyoba is not men-tally ill. Mr. Ed Gyoba was.”
There will be testimony from members of the Ashcroft RCMP Detachment as well as several Ash-croft witnesses.
The trial is slated to last three weeks, but Flanagan said he ex-pects it to wrap up after two weeks.
by Wendy CoomberThere is a good reason that Fall Fairs have
been around for over 100 years, promoting agri-culture and a rural lifestyle. The further we trav-el from our roots, the more important that we re-member them.
The 2015 Fall Fair booklet is out and that is usually a signal to those of whom the home crafts aren’t lost to get ready. For those who have never placed an entry into a Fall Fair, the booklet lists the many categories to be judged at the Fair. If you can bake a cake, you can choose from among many types of cake - or you can make them all. If you sew or work with wood or have a garden, the options are endless. Like-wise if you take photographs or paint or create... Have a look through the booklet for ideas or in-spiration. If that doesn’t work, look over the en-tries at the Fair and challenge yourself to come up with at least one entry for next year.
“It’s important to remember where these things come from,” says Jessica Clement, presi-dent of the Ashcroft & District Fall Fair for the past six years. “They’re not being passed down and we’re starting to lose the domestic crafts” that provided the food on the table and the clothes on our backs.
Fall Fairs promote and celebrate these crafts by providing demonstrations and by holding competitions to choose the best of them. Mind you, the prizes aren’t much in terms of spend-ing power, but the First, Second and Third place ribbons say a lot to those who care about such things. And they may inspire others to try their hands at it.
The Ashcroft Fall Fair is a one-day event in September that draws in people from all over the area. A volunteer committee begins plan-ning it in December. Clement says there are a lot of things that the BC Association of Fairs & Exhibitions (www.bcfairs.ca/) requires them to have done by January, such as the theme for the upcoming Fair.
This year, she says, the committee made it easy on themselves and started with Section A of the booklet - Field Crops, Eggs, Honey, Farm & Dairy Products. This year’s theme is Bee In-spired, and several bee-related categories have been added for this year only, such as the Bee Inspired Planter in Section D, or the Honey-cakes in Section E, the Bee in My Bonnet in Section L and just “Bees” in sections O and P - art and photography.
Clement says it was harder coming up with bee-themed activities in the Kids Corner, but they’ll have at least seven. “I like to do chil-dren’s crafts that aren’t throwaway,” she says, “so we’ll be doing things like beeswax candles and bee mobiles.”
The AMOOsing Race was popular last year so this year “we’re doing the Bee Edition” she says, with 10 new challenges. The Zucchini Races are back again. There are no imposed bee requirements, but a few orange and black stripes might earn a few more points from the judges. There will also be lots of bee talks and demon-strations, and lots of honey bee displays.
There won’t be any national categories this year. Clement says the one or two entries just weren’t worth the effort made to set them up. She says everything is in a decline at the mo-ment - they come and go. Most of the categor-ies are shrinking. Four years ago they had to add a table for the canning entries, but last year they removed two tables. Sponsorships are down, advertising is down. Even attendance. Last year less than 500 people came to the Fair when in the past they would get 2-3,000 for the day.
“The best part of Fall Fair is learning new things related to the theme and seeing the joy on everyone’s face as they come though the doors,” says Clement. “That’s my payment for all the work.”
This is her sixth year as president of the Ashcroft & District Fall Fair Association. Al-though the planning committee is small, last year’s event involved about 70 volunteers - from planning to setting up to judging. “This year I’m wearing a pedometer to see how many miles I walk during setup,” she says.
She’d love to see more people coming to the Fair, more people putting entries into the Fair, grandparents passing down their knowledge.
“Family is important to the Fair,” Clement says. Families passed down their knowledge and taught the next generation. She suggests that people challenge their neighbours to enter the Fair, challenge their family - enter in a cat-egory they haven’t done before.
“I think it’s a fantastic event and the com-munity needs it,” she says.
The committee is always looking for vol-unteers, she says. They don’t need to come to meetings. If someone is willing to take on a task, let her know and she’ll put you to work.
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IT BEGINS AGAIN as a scarlet runner bean forms a blossom that will produce edible beans.
by Noralou Roosand Evelyn Forget
WINNIPEG, MB/ Troy Media/ - Could the Guaran-teed Annual Income - once considered a radical notion - now be an idea whose time has come?
The Dutch city of Utrecht recently announced it is starting an experiment to determine whether intro-ducing a basic income pro-duces a more effective so-ciety.
Closer to home, Joseph Ceci, Alberta’s new finance minister, proposed a guar-anteed income program last year on the election cam-paign trail, and both Cal-gary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson, have also promoted such a program.
Now, medical officers of health and boards of health members across Ontario are officially calling for prov-incial and federal govern-ments to bring in a basic in-come guarantee.
So what exactly is a Guaranteed Annual Income (GAI)?
Well, it turns out, GAI has been supported by gen-
erations of economists and welfare theorists, from the left and the right. One ver-sion works like a refund-able tax credit. If an individ-ual has no income from any source at all, they receive a basic entitlement. As earned income increases, the bene-fit declines but less than pro-portionately.
As a result, low income earners receive partial bene-fits so that they are not worse off than they would be if they quit their jobs and relied solely on income as-sistance.
This means that there is always an incentive to work, and people who work are always better off than they would be if they didn’t work.
So why are such a broad group of people - finance ministers, mayors and med-ical officers of health - push-ing such a program?
Poverty, substantial evi-dence now tells us, is one of the best predictors of poor health. And poor health costs everyone.
Research in the city of Hamilton, Ont., demon-strated that residents of the
city’s wealthy West Moun-tain neighbourhood lived, on average, to 86.3 years, while average age at death for resi-dents of one of the poor-est Hamilton neighbour-hoods was only 65.5 years - a shocking gap.
Way back in the 1970s, Manitoba tried imple-menting a Guaranteed An-nual Income in Winnipeg and in the small town of Dauphin.
In Dauphin, everyone was eligible to participate. A family with no income from other sources would receive 60 per cent of the Statis-tics Canada low-income cut-off (LICO), which varied by family size. Every dollar re-ceived from other sources would reduce benefits by 50 cents.
Important for an agricul-turally dependent town with a lot of self-employment, the GAI offered stability and predictability. Sudden ill-ness, disability or unpredict-able economic events would no longer be financially dev-astating. The project ran for four years, ending in 1979.
So did the GAI produce anything to report? Remark-
ably, even this four-year pro-gram had strong positive re-sults. Dauphin high school students were more like-ly to remain in school than had been true in the years before the GAI started (or in the years after the GAI stopped).
The health of Dauphin residents also improved, with fewer hospitalizations (8.5 per cent reduction), spe-cifically for mental illness, accidents and injuries.
So how much would introducing GAI across Canada cost?
According to several Queen’s University profes-sors, the cost of replacing social assistance (which in-cludes welfare and disabil-ity support) and old-age se-curity (which includes a top-up for low-income sen-iors) and providing every adult with an annual in-come of $20,000, and chil-dren with an income guar-antee of $6,000, would be $40 billion. The Fraser Insti-tute calculates the total cost of Canada’s current income support system (the payout
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We’re used to dry conditions in our part of BC. I’d venture to say that we’re even proud of the fact that we enjoy loads of sun-shine and hot weather, very rarely inter-rupted by rain.
We can plan our outdoor activities with confidence that chances are, it will be just another gorgeous, sunny day.
And the local farms? They all have ir-rigation pipes hooked up. They have to, be-cause there isn’t enough rain to support agriculture.
In all of my travels around Canada, this is the only area where I’ve ever seen irriga-tion in the fields. Unless everyone else has underground irrigation, or drip lines run-ning through the corn fields, they all rely on rain.
But we have an abundance of rivers and streams here that supply all the water we need. We practically flaunt that abundance by insisting that we can produce crops in the desert.
I remember driving through this area in the 1970s and being fascinated by the long lines of irrigation pipe bringing water to the fields. I don’t know what my mother was thinking at the time - her family packed up and left their Saskatchewan farm during the Depression when she was 10.
At the moment, the province has listed our area as Level 3 drought. Last week we were still at Level 2. Level 2 is Dry. Level 3 is Very Dry.
Level 4, Extremely Dry, takes in all of Vancouver Island, the South Coast, Low-er Fraser, South Thompson and Kettle - and also California which is in its third year of drought.
Level 4 is the highest and we’re mov-ing that way quickly. Strange when you think that just over two months ago we had a flood in Cache Creek.
Drought conditions, of course, don’t only affect agriculture and wildfire poten-tial. It affects our drinking water and the water we use in our houses, our yards, our businesses and industries. Even recreational fisheries in lakes and rivers are suffering.
If you aren’t already doing so, start thinking of smarter ways to use your water to help conserve what we have.
Water, like everything else is no longer an unlimited resource.
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Lytton hosts picnic with screening
Seniors and low income housing groups needs more members
The Lytton Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a community picnic so residents can have some fun before pre-viewing the popular new CBC feature of Still Standing.
Lytton was one of a select number of Canadian towns visited by a CBC production crew for a week last year.
Hosted by comedian Jonny Harris (best known as Crabtree in Murdoch Mysteries), the show is a lighthearted look at small towns across the country. His stand-up comedy routines are very funny.
Lytton is one of the small
Canadian towns that has “hung in there” despite being against the ropes many times since it’s heydays in the 1920’s.
“It isn’t often that Lyt-ton gets 22 minutes of posi-tive, prime time television that is shown across the country,” said Sheila Maguire, secretary of the Lytton & District Cham-ber. “In fact, I don’t think it’s ever happened before.”
“The chamber directors were so excited to hear the good news that we decided to sponsor a community picnic followed by a special screen-ing of the show,” she said.
The picnic will be held on Tues., Aug. 18 at the Kum-sheen Resort from 4-6 pm. All the amenities of the resort are open to the community. Ham-burgers and hotdogs are grilled from 6-6:45 by chamber direc-tors. Scotiabank is providing beverages and folks are asked to bring a potluck salad to the dinner.
The show will be presented at 7 pm on a (relatively) large screen at the resort. Everyone in Lytton is welcome to attend.
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by Wendy CoomberOn Elm Street next to the Ashcroft RCMP Detach-
ment and close to the hospital sits the Thompson View Manor and Thompson View Lodge. The Manor is a building that houses 15 low income rooms. The Lodge next door looks like a row of eight assisted-living units with doors exiting to the great outdoors.
Both are run by the Thompson View Manor Society, a volunteer board who signs agreements and spends the money needed to run the two services.
The Manor was built in the early 1970s as a place for local retirees, most of whom had worked for themselves and didn’t have a pension to fall back on.
TVMS chair Dave Gory says the Manor pretty much runs itself, under the guidance of a part time General Manager. He’s looking forward to having the mortgage paid off in two years.
Life was simple for the board when it only had the Manor to look after.
In 2004 the BC government announced that it was setting up assisted living units in a number of commun-ities. They wanted to know why Ashcroft hadn’t made an application for units.
Board member Al Stott says it was a challenge to meet all of the requirements within the government’s timeframe, but they did it.
“We were told we were getting six units,” he said. “We wanted 20. Lytton didn’t want theirs so we got two more. We could use 10 more units, easy.”
The province planned to build Lytton’s units out of town by the old airport because that’s where it owned property. The town argued that the seniors would be stuck in the middle of nowhere but the province wouldn’t
budge.The program was initially set up by InSite. The
TVMS took over from them in December 2011.“We’re still trying to figure out all the ins and outs,”
says Gory. “It’s constantly changing with Interior Health and BC Housing, but in a small community, you work together to sort things out.”
He says there’s never a huge waiting list for the Manor, and none for the Lodge, athough any vacancy there is short-lived.
Stott says residents are staying in the Lodge long-er instead of moving on to the extended care residence in the hospital. It’s their home, he says. It’s where their friends are.
“If someone dropped $2 million on us suddenly, we would definitely in-crease the Lodge,” he said.
Initially, the board asked to have the units attached to the hospital because of their kitchen service, but IH refused. The hospital has since lost its kitchen service. Meanwhile, residents at the Lodge enjoy a large central kitchen and dining area that provides two meals a day. As well, there are food preparation areas in each of the units.
Most of the board’s work is done on behalf of the Lodge. “Before the Lodge came, it was easy,” says Gory. “Once the Lodge came along the complexity just went through the roof.”
Dealing with staff and Interior Health makes for more bookkeeping
and paper work.“You gotta have bumps or you never get better,” says
Stott, smiling. “We pray a lot that everhthing goes well.”“Overall, we’re pleased to be able to do it,” says
Gory. “We hope the Lodge keeps going as the lovely place that it is. It’s a super benefit for the area.”
As with all volunteer groups, the TVMS is always looking for new members. It’s a small committee right now, says Gory. “We need peple to breath life into the group, to take an interest when we have things going on. These facilities are important to the area, and we all want to keep them going.”
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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., AUGUST 14th • 6:30 - 7:15 pm
Indian Tacos $10/plateServed with carrot coleslaw, pasta salad
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Bingo 1st & 3rd WednesdayDoors open 6:00 pm, games start 6:30 pm.
Hamburgers & Chicken burgers served every Wednesday from Noon
FRI., AUGUST 14FRI., AUGUST 14
Aug. 14-16: Clinton Art & Cultural Society Annual Art Show and Sale at Clinton Memorial Hall.Aug. 17: Cache Creek Council meets at 7 pm in the Village Of� ce. Everyone welcome to attend.Aug. 22/23: CMDRA Race featuring North West Street Outlaws at the Eagle Motorplex on Hwy 1 south of Cache Creek.Aug. 26: Music in the Park with Paisley Groove and special guest Kirk Watson. Music begins at 6:30 in Heritage Park. By donation.Sept. 4-6: Twelfth annual Lytton River Festival. Free event featuring music, arts, crafts, plays, and much more. www.riverfestival.caSept. 13: Ashcroft & District Fall Fair, 10am-5pm at Dryland ArenaSept. 13: Ashcroft Annual Show and Shine from 10am to 2pm, Heritage Place Park.Sept. 19/20: NHRA King of the Track! Last race weekend of 2015 for Eagle Motorplex on Hwy 1 south of Cache Creek.Sept. 20: Terry Fox Run. Starts at 9am with signup just prior to that, Heritage Place Park Gazebo. 2km, 5km or 10 km -- walk, run, bike ... whatever you enjoy. Water, juice and after ‘run’ snacks provided.
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EFry manager Yoriko Susanj (left) with Safeway managers from Kamloops and 100 Mile House who brought food for the Cache Creek flood victims.
E Fry helps wherever women and children are
by Wendy CoomberMost people in the Ashcroft area
know that there is a food bank in town because every Christmas it is the focus of a great deal of fundraising by outside groups.
However, the food bank is just one program offered by the South Cariboo Elizabeth Fry Society, often referred to simply as EFry.
“In my first year I really wanted to do a lot of PR because I didn’t want to be just known as the food bank,” says general manager Yoriko Susanj.
While the food bank offers an im-portant service to local residents, the society offers many quality programs such as the Family Support Work-er who counsels clients on anything family-related such as relationships, communication and budgets. The school-based Mental Health Preven-tion Worker works with students in the area schools, offering pre-depressive counselling and intervention/preven-tion workshops. Children Who Witness Abuse helps young people, aged 3-18,
overcome the men-tal trauma of witness-ing violence and other forms of abuse. The So-ciety partners with Ash-croft Employment to of-fer Breaking Barriers to Employment, once again offering counsel-ling to people looking for work who have been identified by Ashcroft Employment as having specific barriers to find-ing a job.
They run the Victim Services program out of their office, reaching out
to victims of crime in Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Logan Lake, Lytton, Clinton and Canoe Creek. They also get refer-rals from the youth office in Lillooet for Case Aid, supervising youth who are under conditions of probation, cur-few or community service work.
Elizabeth Fry’s mandate is to advo-cate for marginalized, criminalized and victimized women and children.
Susanj says most of her office’s cli-ents are women and children, but “We don’t say ‘no’ to [helping] men because there’s nowhere else for them here.”
There’s no progress or improve-ment in the situation when you’re only helping one side of the problem, she says.
The original Elizabeth Fry was an English woman from a Quaker family. Already involved in charitable work, she became an advocate for imprisoned women in the early 1800s. She raised money to help better their conditions behind bars and fought for better treat-
ment. The S.C. EFry Society
started up in 1982 with the as-
sistance of the Elizabeth Fry Soci-ety of Kamloops. It was located at that time in the United Church and operat-ed by volunteers Doris Bruno, Marrion Baatz and Sharon Bach. It became an independent society in 1984.
The South Cariboo EFry Society is part of the Pacific Region of EFry So-cieties (PREFS), which is part of the Canadian Assoiation (CAEFS). Susanj says that helping women in prison is still very much a part of their work, and PREFS regularly visits the Fraser Val-ley Institution for Women in Abbots-ford to make sure the inmates’ rights are being upheld.
Currently, the Family Support Worker sees about 30 regular clients, and Children Who Witness Abuse counsellor sees 17 regular clients with five more on a waiting list. The twice-monthly food bank service provides food for 20-25 clients over the summer and about 55-65 in the winter.
Susanj notes there was a drop in Cache Creek clients after public bus service was eliminated there a few years ago, leaving them without a way of getting to Ashcroft on food bank days.
“We’re here for everyone,” says Su-sanj, but a few more resources would be nice, as it would be to expand the staff so clients had a choice of who they could talk to. Donations are used for all of the programs, paying for food vouchers, emergency accommodations and other things for clients.
The Society’s catchment area goes from Spences Bridge to Clinton to Wal-hachin.
“All the communities are so sup-portive of our agency,” says Susanj. “They see the value in our work and that keeps us going when we’re having a bad week.”
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They keep coming back for warby Wendy CoomberIt was a good day for a war up at the Martin
Ranch in Clinton.Romans. Vikings. Saracens. Saxons. Mon-
gols. And more, they all come together at events such as these, dressed with more or less histor-ical accuracy. Some get by with a facimile of weapons and dress, with a backup supply of duct tape in the trunk, while others are much more fastidious right down to the linen thread - or did they use leather?
The same factions have been facing off against each other for 36 years now over the Au-gust long weekend, throwing down the gauntet and drawing swords and daggers.
The 100 or so people who gather for the an-nual Clinton War these days, however, put the Saturday morning War behind them quickly and spent the rest of the weekend planning for the slave auction and socializing at the tavern with friends (and brawling with “enemies”) they haven’t seen since this time last year.
There’s also the occasional random rapier attack on the street. They always end badly for someone.
The Clinton War has been taking place on the same piece of land for 36 years. For 30 years it was a sanctioned event of the Society for Cre-ative Anachronism (SCA) and attracted up to
2,500 participants in the years before the group stopped hosting it.
Enough of the old group remain to keep it going, and every year they’re joined by a few new people.
“It’s gotten more communal,” says “Cassan-dra”, who keeps the peace at the site. “It’s be-come the family you like to see.”
“Even though the numbers have gone down, we have a lot of fun,” says Tadek, merchant and War Commander for the House of Sigis.
The SCA has about 30,000 members world-wide who are dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th Century Europe. In the days when it was an SCA event, The Barony of Lions Gate (Vancouver) in the Principality of Tir Righ (within the Kingdom of An Tir) would meet the Shire of Coill Mhor (100 Mile House) in Clinton.
Although war would inevitably break out between the two sides, there would also be time for dancing and music, and exchanging infor-mation on weapons, baking, garment making and the many other arts and skills required by pre-17th Century people.
None of that has changed. If the numbers are down, it just makes it more fun and less formal. They’ll be back again next year.
Top Left: Opposing forces clash on the field of battle outside the castle on Saturday morning and one side comes out victorious, using sword, battle ax, staff and bow to “slay” their enemies. (Photo by Laura Brown). Top Right: Tadek the merchant with his wares, one of a few vendors of useful items for the people who gather. Below: People of all pre-17th Century cultures interact and have a good time at the Clinton War, a place where Vikings and Romans can get together to share a pint of mead.
A8 www.ash-cache-journal.com Thursday, August 13, 2015 The Journal
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plus administrative costs) at $185 billion.
Our own estimates, which build on exist-ing social programs, range from a gross an-nual cost of $17 billion for a program that (in today’s dollars) is slightly more generous than was offered in Dauphin, to a “Cadillac” version costing $58 billion that would guarantee every-one a minimum income equal to the LICO, and pay at least some benefits to people earning well above the LICO. The cost of GAI depends on how generous it is, how quickly benefits are phased out with additional income and how ex-isting social programs are affected.
Some of these costs, of course, would be partially recovered from the additional taxes paid by recipients, as well as the lower costs faced by so many other social programs that are driven by poverty. Hospital care alone, for ex-ample, costs Canada $63.5 billion in 2014.
Bottom line, whether it’s our calculations or those done by other organizations, a GAI is definitely do-able. And it is clear: The potential benefits of a GAI are substantial.
Maybe it is time for the rest of Canada to at least look to what Alberta is saying and focus on the health, educational and financial benefits that the Guaranteed Annual Income might offer.
--Noralou Roos is the director of Eviden-
ceNetwork. ca and professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Univer-sity of Manitoba. Professor Evelyn Forget is a health economist at the University of Manitoba. Her re-examination of Mincome and ongoing work on Guaranteed Annual Income is sup-ported by CIHR and SSHRC.
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by Wendy CoomberSun Country’s manager, Deb Arnott, is excited about
being a part of the newly formed Rural Advisory Coun-cil. She calls them “git ‘er done people.”
Made up of 14 individuals with a background in economic development from around the province, the Council’s mandate is to provide input to government policy decisions “to best support thriving rural commun-ities, while keeping in mind government’s need to con-trol spending...”
The group held its first meeting in June. They were introduced to Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson and then met with Premier Christy Clark and talked about their mandate.
“What an enormous skill set around the table,” says Arnott, and they are all kept on track by a strong meeting facilitator. “Each of us has our own priorities,” she says
The group was appointed last Fall under the encour-agement of MLA Donna Barnett, Parliamentary Secre-tary to Minister Thomson. The members have a two year term and meet quarterly to discuss the issues they believe are important to rural com-munities.
“I was pleasantly surprised to see it’s wide open,” says Arnott. “The group determines what it discusses. We have the opportunity to bring our views to the table and we have the oppor-tunity to provide input to the government.”
At the June meeting, the group discussed what a rural dividend might look like. “We know that small communities need support,” she says. Communities are faced with an inequity of the tax base. How can unincorporated communities access funding when they need matching dol-lars, when they need someone to make the ap-
plication in the first place? How can we make it work for them? she asks.
Arnott says she loves having MLA Barnett at the table. She says the former mayor of 100 Mile House sits at the table with them as the Council’s chair, listens to them and participates in the discussion. Then she reports to Minister Thomson, telling him how the decisions were made, sharing with him her passion for rural com-munities. Prior to 2013, Barnett was the Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Communities and Development to the Minister of Community, Tourism, Sport and Cultur-al Development.
The next meeting is planned for October and the group has already decided it will discuss access to cap-ital for rural communities. It could be for groups or busi-nesses.
Arnott says she’ll be gathering feedback before the meeting. “I want to ask the businesses what’s stoping you from accessing capital in the region? I want to know
challenges. I also want to know what works.”She believes the communities need to be more pro-
active. “Contact the council members. Call us to discuss your issues and have recommendations, she says. What government policies do you find problematic?”
“I think it’s working out really well,” she says. “I be-lieve [the council] has an opportunity to provide recom-mendations directly to the government that we never had before.”
There are so many layers of government these days, Arnott says, but the council has a mandate to take its dis-cusson directly to the government.
“It’s interesting, she says, “how similar we are in some things. “Education and health care have been a problem forever. People want to do the same thing over and over again. Maybe we need to change how we’re do-ing it. Maybe this group has the opportunity to make the change to move it forward.”
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Summer Staycation Pt. 5: Parks capture ecological diversity
The road leading to Epsom Provincial Park, between Ashcroft and Spences Bridge.
In the last instalment we visited some of the provincial parks in the northern part of Golden Country, ending up at Elephant Hill near Ashcroft. Now we head south down Hwy 1, where you can turn west onto Hat Creek Road to explore Cornwall Hills and Oregon Jack Provincial Parks, an area that we’ve already covered. However, on that occa-sion we followed the road to the top of Cornwall; this time we’re going to take the right fork and pass through Oregon Jack Park to reach Bedard Aspen Provin-cial Park in Hat Creek Valley. You can glimpse Bedard Lake from the road up Cornwall, but the only way to access it is to enter the park (via logging roads; a good back country map is recommended) and use the one walking trail. Fun fact: the lake is popular with moose, so don’t be sur-prised to � nd yourself sharing it with them.
Back on the Trans-Canada we turn onto Venables Valley Road to access Blue Earth Lake Provincial Park. The road to the park is narrow in some places and has several sharp turns, so it’s not suitable for long vehicles, and it’s prone to wash-outs, especially in late spring/early summer. A 4-wheel-drive vehicle is recommended. Like Bedard, the park is accessed by logging roads, which frequently change; consult the detailed directions on the park’s website, or use a good backcountry map. Those who do make it to Blue Earth Lake will be treated to a deep valley � lled with lakes and marshes. Although Blue Earth itself is fairly small, it’s popular with canoers and kayak-ers (a small boat launch is available), and also with trout � shermen. Fun fact: British poet laureate Ted Hughes (1930–98), and avid � sherman, visited Blue Earth Lake with a local resident, and wondered if “this was the place he dreamed about with his broth-er when they were boys: a land of cowboys and Indi-ans and giant salmon.”
South on Hwy 1 brings us to Epsom Provincial Park, which nestles below the pull-out with the “CN Last Spike” Stop of Interest plaque. The lower third of the road leading down to the park is only suitable for 4-wheel-drive vehicles (two-wheel drive vehicles might get down it, but probably won’t get back up), and visitors should beware of poison ivy: “leaves of
three, let it be”. The park is one of the few places in this area giving public access to the Thompson;
keep an eye out for river rafters during the summer.
There are Eco-logical Reserves on either side of Spen-ces Bridge: Skwa-ha Lake to the west and Soap Lake to the east. Ecologic-al Reserves are not intended for “con-sumptive” use: no � shing, hunting, or camping are al-lowed within them, although hiking, photography, and
nature observation is allowed. Both Reserves can be approached by forestry road, but there are no roads within them, so be prepared to hike. Fun fact: Eco-logical Reserves provide the highest level of protec-tion for the maintenance of physical and biologic-al diversity. Skwaha preserves Interior Douglas-� r and Montane spruce ecosystems, along with many diverse meadow communities containing outstand-ing wild� ower displays and rare plants, while Soap Lake protects an alkaline lake, its associated � ora and fauna, and representative ecosystems of the In-terior Douglas-� r Zone.
Three contiguous parks lie west of Lytton be-tween that town and Boston Bar. The northern-most is Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Heritage Park, which protects the entire Stein River watershed. The park contains more than 150km of hiking trails and routes, which include four cable crossings and a suspension bridge. While there are some easy hik-ing routes at the lower end of the park, many of the routes are extremely challenging. The spectacular views and wealth of culturally important sites make it well worth a visit, however. Mehatl Creek Provin-cial Park is one of the province’s newest protected areas, where hikers can enjoy scenic alpine ridges, sub-alpine meadows, and old-growth forest. A trail leads to Mehatl Falls, and hikers can also take the trail alongside the creek, which will take them spec-tacular views of the Mehatl Cascades. Nahatlatch
Provincial Park lies in a transition zone that contains both coastal and interior trees and plants. The Nahat-latch River is popular with kayakers and river rafters, while the three lakes within the park are excellent for canoeing, swimming, and � shing. Fun fact: Stein Valley Nlaka’pamux Park contains many ancient pictograph sites, ranging in size from a single image to one of the largest pictograph sites in Canada.
Last but not least, there’s Tunkwa Lake Prov-incial Park, accessible from Logan Lake or Sav-ona. The park features two large man-made lakes, Tunkwa and Leighton, and numerous watercourses provide views of the trout spawning in May. Unlike many provincial parks, which close during the win-ter, Tunkwa is a year-round park that’s popular with cross country skiers and snowmobilers in winter. Fun fact: Tunkwa Lake is one of the top 10 trout � sh-ing lakes in the province.
Finally, a note about a park we’ve visited before, Skihist just north of Lytton. Anyone knowledgeable about plant and bird species in the area can go to the Skihist website and print off lists of the plants and birds one can � nd in the park, then take them with you as you enjoy the 8km of hiking trails and see how many you can identify. If you know your Mead-ow Death Camus from your Shaggy Fleabane, or can spot a Pine Siskin at 100 feet, go to www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/skihist/ for the lists; and good luck!
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1. The Village of Clinton wishes to allow a Water Bottling Plant to become a use within the Light Industrial Zoning for the Village of Clinton and the zoning amendment conforms to the Village of Clinton Of� cial Community Plan (OCP);
2. The Village of Clinton Zoning Bylaw No. 439, 2007 requires a change to allow the Water Bottling Plant to become a use within the Light Industrial Section 13.2
The proposed Bylaw may be inspected during normal business hours in the Municipal Of� ce, 1423 Cariboo Highway until 4:30 pm August 25, 2015. If you deem your interests to be affected by this bylaw, 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 bylaw, please contact the Village of� ce at 250-459-2261
Tom Dall, CAO
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Gardener Robin Fennell with CiB judges Roger Younker and Bonita Lundberg and Christine Johnstone, Clinton CiB chair in the Clinton Community Garden
Susan Swan459-2224 or [email protected]
STRIKING A BALANCE
Gold Run returns to Clinton
Clinton Art ShowMake plans to attend the
Clinton Fine Art and Artisan Show this weekend at the Clin-ton Memorial hall. Drop by on Friday from 6-9 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. or Sun-day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ad-mission is by donation.
Come and check out all the local talent.
GWRRA Gold Run 2015The Village of Clinton is
getting set to welcome to Gold Wing Road Riders Association Chapter BC-D from Surrey. They have been a Chapter for over 20 years and are made up of Gold Wing and other motor-
cycle owners. Gold
Wing Road Riders Asso-ciation is an Internation-al Associa-tion that has over 72,000 members in all. There are
chapters in many countries throughout the world with the head offices located in Phoe-nix, Arizona. GWRRA is a family oriented group and they promote their motto of “Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge”.
Gold Run 2015 hosted by GWRRA BC-D will be held this year in Historic Clinton on Sept, 4-6.
In addition to the fun run and games for the participants, there will be a Light Show for the residents (and visitors) on the main street of Clinton at Dusk on Sunday night.
Those riders wishing to
participate in the fun are asked to pre-register by Aug. 20 or by noon on Saturday, Sept. 5 at the Cariboo Lodge. More info can be had by emailing [email protected].
The GWRRA has held this event in Clinton previously. They were here from 1997 to 2001 before moving on to dif-ferent locations. In those days the community welcomed them with stagecoach rides, barbecues, the Clinton Coun-try Jamboree and more.
They are anticipating a warm welcome again this year and to show their apprecia-tion they stage the light parade with brightly lit and decorated motorbikes parading through town. It’s a sight to see!
Clinton Soap Box DerbyThere’s still time to build
your soap box derby to enter in the Second Clinton Soap Box Derby on Saturday, Sept. 12.
The derby will once again be held on Cariboo Avenue (on
the hill beside David Stoddart School) with check in at 10 a.m. Registrations are available at the Village of Clinton Office.
Other locations to pick up registrations will be announced closer to the event. There will be a con-cession and fun ac-tivities to follow the derby.
For information call Sandy Burrage at 459-7012 or Diana Guerin at 459-7756.
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August • Week 3ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Focus on your � nances in the coming week, Aries. This is not just something that should last this week, but for the rest of the month to get your affairs in order.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you have the opportunity to see yourself more clearly this week. This may help you focus your goals precisely and change your life for the better.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, take some time to review any aspirations you may have pushed aside, especially those pertaining to love. Open your heart instead of turning off feelings.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Surround yourself with friends and loved ones, Cancer. You enjoy spending time with those you love, and time spent that way will make you happier.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, step aside and let someone else shine in the coming days. You enjoy the spotlight, but this person can use a little positive energy coming his or her way.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, it is easy to � nd yourself pulled in different directions. You want to please everyone at the same time, but that’s not always possible. Choose one project.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Courage will be your secret weapon this week, Libra. When everyone else is backing out of a dif� cult situation, you will rise to the challenge and show your mettle.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, even if you want to pursue personal interests this week, you may not be able to get any time alone. You may need to put aside these tasks and handle what’s in front of you.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Use this week to rededicate yourself to diet and exercise, Sagittarius. Don’t be distracted from your � tness goals, and you will begin to feel better immediately.
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, enjoy this carefree time when you have little on your plate. Such times may be few and far between, but making the most of them can ensure your happiness.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Celebrate your personal successes this week, Aquarius. You deserve any fanfare that you can get. Escape from your responsibilities and share the moment with loved ones.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Minimize any chaos in your life by trying to get into a schedule. Sticking with a routine will make it easier to juggle your responsibilities.
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ON A BRIGHTER
NOTE
The hitchhiker’s guide to safety My parents taught
me to never hitch a ride and never pick up hitchhikers, but after becoming a cabbie in North Vancouver at the age of 18 and pick-ing up hundreds of people I’d never met, I became almost fearless about strangers.I never hitchhiked
myself, but long after I stopped driving a taxi I’d frequently pick folks up if they needed a ride. Even after be-coming a mother I’d do it if I didn’t have the children with me, never thinking anything bad would happen. For-tunately nothing ever did.Two years ago I
snapped out of my misguided level of comfort when an ag-gressive man I didn’t know suddenly tried
pushing open the door of my hotel room as I was closing it in Las Vegas. Even though he was pushing hard and I could feel myself starting to panic in the struggle, I was some-how able to shut it and alert hotel security who then called the police. From video surveil-lance they determined he was not a guest at the hotel and had fol-lowed me in from out-side.
I felt a healthy dose of stranger danger af-ter that.Last year a young
man approached me at 10:55 pm in a nearly empty parking lot of a grocery store in West Kelowna to ask for a ride to another store nearby. I looked at the bike he’d wheeled up and asked why he didn’t ride there.“My tire’s flat,” he
said. “I can pay you.”“Why are you try-
ing to go that store?” I asked suspiciously, knowing it would be closed.“I can walk my bike
home from there,” he said.After finding out he
was only 17 and lived quite a distance from that location, I asked him why he didn’t call his parents.“They’ve been drink-
ing,” he said. “I’m hav-ing a bad night.” And then he started to cry. He seemed like a nice kid who needed my help, but I wasn’t en-tirely convinced.“I’ll drive you home
if you let me take your picture and send it to my husband first,” I said. “That way if any-thing happens to me the police will know who to look for.”“Of course,” he said,
grateful I’d be giving him a ride.After sending Paul his
picture, name and the address he’d given me, I loaded his bike into the truck and drove him home. When I dropped him off in his driveway 10 minutes later he thanked me profusely and tried to give me money, which of course I wouldn’t take.Even though he was
only 17 years old, I had every right to be wary of him. He also had ev-ery right to be wary of me. It’s not possible to know just by looking at someone and talk-ing to them briefly if they’re a decent human being or not.If I could replay that
experience I would
have texted a picture of my plate and drivers licence to his parents so he could feel more secure and know that if he’s ever needing a ride from a stranger again, he’d feel comfortable offering and making a request for I.D. ex-change himself.I have no experience
hitching rides, but I personally know sev-eral people who fre-quently travel this way, so in an effort to offer some additional sug-gestions, I looked up ride sharing safety on the internet.There were loads of
helpful tips, but here are some of the top ones: don’t do it alone; wear bright clothing and stand on a safe part of the road as far back from the traveled portion as you can; if possible, choose your driver by arranging it online ahead of time or
asking for rides at gas stations rather than at the side of the road; talk to the driver be-fore getting in to estab-lish where it is you’re wanting to go and where they’d be able to drop you off; trust your instincts and refuse rides from impaired people or anyone who gives you a bad vibe; understand that get-ting a ride at night is riskier; stay alert; note the make, model, co-lour, and licence plate of the vehicle, and vo-calize this information as well as your desti-nation and estimated time of arrival over the phone with someone so the driver feels un-der surveillance. If during the trip you
feel uncomfortable and want to get out, tell them you’ve changed your plans or you’re feeling car-sick and ask to be dropped off in a
safe location of your choosing.For more sugges-
tions of ride sharing safety for both pas-sengers and drivers go to HitchWiki.org or google search for ad-ditional tips. In some parts of the world hitchhiking is encour-aged, in others it’s not even legal. That infor-mation is important to know as well. In most areas of North Ameri-ca it is.Like my parents, I’m
teaching my kids not to pick up or accept rides from strangers whenever possible, but to instead take a bus or call someone they know and trust. Most people aren’t danger-ous, but some are. Why take a chance if you don’t have to?Lori Welbourne is a
syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com
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: Nick Lebedoff Phone 250-453-2664
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: 250-453-9165
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
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The Death Race is held each year on the August long weekend. It is a 125km ultramarathon in Grande Cache that can be run either as a team of up to five people doing a leg each, or you can run it solo.
The Race starts at 8 am and takes you up and over three mountains. Par-ticipants have 24 hrs to complete the race; Finishers receive a specially mint-ed coin from the Death Race, It is argu-ably one of the hardest Ultramarathons in the world.
In 2001, my family wanted to en-ter a five member team to do this new race. I wasn’t a runner then, but I was still fairly fit from running chainsaw for a living. I let them put me on whichever leg they chose. Little did I know.
They gave me Leg 2, the hardest part of the course, covering two of the three mountains and a portion called “Slugfest”.
Slugfest involves running up and down a few little valleys on a hand-cut trail, with lots of roots, rocks, steep loose dirt slopes, bogs, creeks, and all the other little things nature can throw at you to make you feel like and idiot for signing up.
Leg 2 destroyed me. I ran as fast as I could for as long as I could. I wore a cotton t-shirt, and cotton cargo shorts, and brought apples and a banana for nu-trition. I ran until my knees and quads couldn’t take any more. I got them taped up at the aid station, then ran again.
I would catch up to and pass the solo racers. I didnt get it - like, how can you run 125 kms in a day? It’s impossible I thought, how would you train? Just do-ing one of these mountains should take most of the day.
I finished Leg 2, with a decent time, our next relay runner headed out for leg 3. My wife Juanita ran Leg 5 in the dark, We finished in 21 hours to get our cherished coins. They are still hang-ing on the wall.
After we finished the race, I limped and hobbled for weeks. I kept wonder-ing how the course could be run solo. Impossible. I thought of the solo racers as gods, mythical creatures, possibly genetic mutations, or beings from an-other planet who looked like humans, but were physically far more superior than us.
Fast forward a decade or so, I be-came a runner, then a triathlete - basic-ally an endurance athlete junkie. An athlete that did Ironman, marathons, endurance mountain bike events, and is always looking for that next race that was a little more difficult or challenging
than the last one. And every year, a little voice in my head said, “go back and do the Death Race solo.”
Last year I decided to do it. I slowly transitioned from being a triathlete, to becoming an ultra runner. My bikes hung in the gar-age, gathering dust. The wetsuit and goggles got even less use than the bikes. I ran five days per week instead of two, and the runs got longer and longer.
This spring, I ran a 50km ultra. A month later I ran a 50 miler. At these events, I learned what nutrition, gear and extra training I would need, and how to slow down to make myself go the distance. I even drove up to Grande Cache and ran the Death Race course over a three-day duration to put the course in my head.
The day before the race, you get a coin, and tim-ing stick in your race pack-age. The coin is to give to Charon, so he can give you a ride over the river on Leg 5. If you lose the coin, or do not have one, you do not get across the river, and you won’t finish the race.
The timing stick goes into timing check in spots so your family and friends can go online and see how your progressing, and so the race organizers know if you are cheating or not.
My friends Phil and Grace Hiom who run the Dirty Feet Race series in the Kamloops area drove all the way from Kam-loops to Grande Cache to be my team. Their experi-ence of ultra running and their advice kept me going. The huge amount of sup-port that people give in the sport is amazing. If some-one is down and out on the course, you stop and do what you can to pick them up to get them going.
At 8am I was toeing the line with three friends from Kamloops and Ke-lowna. I was going try to be one of these immortal solo-ists I had seen over a dec-ade ago. All I had to do was be back here in 24 hours.
Leg 1 is 19km long and is mostly downhill, a pretty easy run for the most part. I finished it in one hour 45 minutes with no drama.
I topped up my pockets with more food and filled the water bottles and start-ed heading up Flood moun-tain. You basically hike at a fast pace for an hour until you get to the top of Flood,
make a big loop on top and start run-ning down to Slugfest.
I came upon a fallen Death Racer. He lost his salt tablets. You see, you sweat so much during the race, that you lose the electrolytes in your blood and your muscles cramp. I gave him some of my tablets. He asked for more, I gave him my whole bag. At the end of the leg, my support team would give me more. I wished him good luck.
I started running back on Slugfest, and within 50m of the fallen Death Racer, I cramp up. I have to wait until the muscle releases. Cramps plague me all the way to the aid station at the base
of the next mountain. Luckily someone gives me a handful of salt tablets there. I fill my water bottles and take off hik-ing up Grande Mountain.
Everything is going good now, the salt tablets are working, but then I real-ize I left one of my three bottles on the table at the aid station, and I will need it. I ration my water and make it through Leg 2. I’m only about 15 minutes or so off of my predicted time.
Food and water are essential for an event like this. If you do not eat or drink,
Conquering the Death Race is possible if you’re prepared
Wayne [email protected]
Living Well
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you will not finish. Every half hour, I ate
bars, bananas, gels, and drank cytomax electolyte drink and mountain stream water.
Leg 3 is the easiest leg. It’s either downhill or flat with no steep climbs. I have run almost 50kms by this point, and although I should be able to blast through this leg, the cramps and lack of water have me struggling already.
I have to walk long portions to build my strength back up. I talk with other racers who are also walking and hear their stories, and they are inspiring. Some racers are here to tick something
off of their bucket list. Some have tried many times to complete the Death Race solo, and have failed. Some are here in teams of family members just like I did in 2001. Some have scratches and blood coming out of their legs and arms from falling in Slugfest, but they soldier on.
At the Leg 3/4 transition, there are probably a thousand people - friends, family, support teams, and relay racers waiting. People cheering “Go Death Racer!”, and people just hanging out helping each other out. I was dust cov-ered from running through the coal mine and all sweaty, I get new food and water, more salt tabs, and away I go. I
don’t spend much time in the transi-tions.
Leg 4 is a climb up and over Mt Hamel. One of the highest peaks in the area at 70,00ft. You start at the river, and climb up for two hours to the top. Then you have a nice long run down. It is by far my favorite leg, even though its the longest at 38km.
I’m starting to recover from the problems I had in Leg 2/3, and now I can run again. At the opposite side of Hamel, there is Beaverdam road. Its just a normal gravel road, and I make up huge amounts of time. I’ve been out here for 14 hours and I am actually run-
ning. Some of the relay team members can’t keep up to me.
Then finally I hit another low, and I have to walk again. The highs and lows come and go. During the highs you feel awesome, like you can run forever, you look at the gps watch and are amazed. But during the lows, this is when people decide they are quitting, that they will hop on that truck going by and try again next year. They decide they don’t want the coin that badly, the pain overtakes them, and they give in.
Continued Next Week
The highs and lows of long distance running can make or break youLiving from p. 13
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