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Enbridge approved with conditions

by Tom Fletcher, Black PressA federal environmental review panel has

recommended Enbridge’s Northern Gateway heavy oil pipeline can proceed if 209 conditions on environmental protection are met.

After 18 months of submissions from ex-perts and the public, the National Energy Board Joint Review Panel concluded the bene-fits of a twin pipeline from northern Alberta to a proposed tanker facility at Kitimat outweigh the risks. Its two-volume report was released Thursday in Calgary.

“The environmental, societal and economic burdens of a large oil spill, while unlikely and not permanent, would be significant,” the panel concluded in its report. “Through our condi-tions we require Northern Gateway to imple-ment appropriate and effective spill prevention measures and spill response capabilities, so that the likelihood and consequences of a large spill would be minimized.”

The panel said there would be significant ef-fect on some populations of woodland caribou and grizzly bear, and uncertainty remains over the effectiveness of Enbridge’s plans to mini-mize the disruption the pipeline would cause.

Conditions include protection plans for whales and other marine mammals, measures to protect caribou and other land animals and development of methods to track and deal with diluted bitumen spills.

Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oli-ver reiterated his position that “no energy pro-ject will be approved unless it is safe for Can-adians and safe for the environment.” The feder-al cabinet must make a final decision on federal permits for the project by July 2014.

B.C. Environment Minister Mary Polak said approval by the federal panel meets one of its five conditions, but doesn’t change the prov-ince’s position against the pipeline until its other four are met. They include satisfying legal obligations to consult and accommodate ab-original communities and developing “world leading” safety and spill response on land and at sea.

“Now we have Alberta’s agreement for the five conditions, the federal government is talk-ing about the importance of weighing the en-vironment in the balance, and even Enbridge is talking about the importance of the environ-ment in this equation,” Polak said.

Special DeliveryAshcroft Elementary School collected food for the Food Bank during the school’s 12 Days of Giving food drive campaign. Ms. M. Marlow’s K/1 and Ms. C. Marlow’s 4/5 students delivered the food to the South Cariboo Elizabeth Fry office with the help of Fire Chief Brian Henderson. The students enjoyed cookies and hot chocolate at the Ashcroft Fire Hall after their food delivery.

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Last year I came across an interesting little book titled Meditations For Women Who Do Too Much by Anne Wilson Schaef. The author recognizes that women who do too much would not take much time for meditation (and probably usually take none!) so she tried to make each meditation brief. Even so, I did not get the entire book read and I’m going to try again! There is a meditation for each day of the year. Each day begins with a timely quote which is followed by a meditation and ends with a few words for the day. Shaef writes “Most women would not de-

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Grace A. Erickson, wife of Ser-geant (Rtd.) Myron Erickson, was honoured in a public ceremony at the Ashcroft RCMP Detachment last week.

The Unpaid Second Man award was created in 2010, with over 450 RCMP wives from across Canada having received the award to date with over one third of those in BC.

The Unpaid Second Man award acknowledges the support and vol-untary duties that they provided to the RCMP and the communities in which they and their families were posted to.

Throughout the 50’s and up into the 80’s, many of these isolat-ed posts had members living quar-ters attached to the detachment and

as a result many duties fell to the wife while their spouses attended to calls or were absent from the of-fice while out on regular patrols.

Myron Erickson served in Tuk-toyaktuk NWT from 1972-1973, and Fort Rae NWT from 1973-1975 with his wife, Grace, and their family.

Grace answered the phone, took complaints from people who came to her door. Scrubbed blood from her door step the next mor-ning. She would go to bed at night with the radio on her pillow afraid to sleep in case she did not hear a call for help. She did all of this while raising two small children.

Retired Sgt. A. Harold Clark and Mrs. Ruth Lee Knight auth-ored books that described the dedicated efforts of some of these women. The books titled, The Un-paid Second Man and When the Second Man was a Woman chron-icled the hardships, dedication and sacrifices that these women made to support the RCMP and served as the catalyst to these awards.

Sixteen people were in attendance to honour Grace Erickson as she received her award on Dec. 17 at the Ashcroft RCMP Detachment. Pictured above are (L-R): S/Sgt. Major Ross Van DenBrink, C/Supt. Mike Sekela (District Officer), and Cst. Patti Evans.

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Hospital District approves budget

Smart Meters in 99% of homes

Lions make a difference locally through their fundraisingThe Ashcroft & District Lions Club donated $250 to the Food Bank, with $250 more to follow. This money was raised by the participants of Skip’s Run this past year. Lion Skip Stuart was a strong supporter of both the Food Bank and Christmas Hampers. Presenting the cheque to Yoriko Susanj at E. Fry are Lion President Nick Lebedoff, Lions Vivian Edwards and Mo Girard. Our Lions club plans on donating over $16,000 this coming year, mostly to support local causes. If you would like to be a part of this organization please call Vivian at 453-9077 or Nick at 453-2664. We work hard and we have lots of fun, too.

United Way donation goes a long wayAshcroft Communities in Bloom got a great start to the new year with a $2,000 cheque from the United Way. United Way representative, and Ashcroft teacher, Debi Hamson (left) with Ashcroft CiB members (L-R): Paulette Thille, Andrea Walker, Ina Gory and Doreen Ronquist. Ashcroft won the federal Communities in Bloom competition this year for its population size.

by Tom Fletcher, Black PressBC Hydro’s imposition of manual meter

reading fees has persuaded most holdouts to ac-cept a wireless smart meter.

BC Hydro imposed a $35 monthly fee start-ing Dec. 1 for customers who refuse to part with their mechanical electricity meters, after offer-ing the 68,000 customers who still had them the option of accepting the new meter with the radio transmission function on or off.

BC Hydro reported the results this week to the B.C. Utilities Commission (BCUC), which is reviewing the fees. More than 48,000 cus-tomers chose the smart meter to avoid the me-ter reading fee. Another 450 chose the radio-off meter, which comes with a $100 setup fee and $20 a month starting April 1 to cover costs of collecting readings.

BC Hydro reports that 99 per cent of its cus-tomers now have the wireless meter. Most of those have been switched to automated billing, and have their daily electricity use displayed on their online account pages.

Claims of health effects from wireless me-ter transmissions have been rejected by health authorities, and also by the BCUC in a review of FortisBC’s wireless meter program. BCUC found that the radio frequency signal from a bank of smart meters is less than 10 per cent of the natural background level, and a tiny fraction of the exposure from a cellular phone.

Citizens for Safe Technology, one of the more active opponents of the wireless grid, was represented at the FortisBC hearings by Don-ald Maisch. BCUC rejected Maisch’s claims of health hazards, noting that Maisch’s “consult-ing livelihood depends on public fears and con-cerns about radio frequency exposure.”

The Thompson Regional Hospital District Board of Directors has approved the 2014 Pro-visional Budget at its Dec. 13 meeting in Kam-loops.

Total expenditures for 2014 have been budgeted at $18.6 million, which is up approxi-mately $1.5 million from 2013.

Included in the 2014 expenditures is par-tial funding for the Clinical Services Building at Royal Inland Hospital along with provisions for capital projects, minor equipment and carry forward projects.

The 2014 residential tax rate for the TRHD will increase an average of $21 per residential household assessment, up to $127 from $106 in 2013.

The increase in the tax rate is part of a strat-egy to build up a down-payment towards the construction of RIH’s Clinical Services Build-ing and Parkade, and the Surgical Tower. These two projects are expected to cost approximate-ly $400 million.

The TRHD also approved a bylaw for cost-sharing ($774,356 of $1,935,890) with Interior Health Authority (IHA) for minor equipment in facilities within Kamloops (RIH), Ashcroft, Barriere, Chase, Clearwater, Lillooet, Logan Lake, Lytton and Merritt. Each fall IHA pre-sents a list of minor equipment with which they would like to cost share with the TRHD at 40 per cent.

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Here’s the Big Idea of 2013

Tom Fletchertfletcher@blackpress.ca

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RACCOON TRACKS in Cache CreekVICTORIA – One of Canada’s

great entrepreneurial success stor-ies in recent years is WestJet, the Calgary-based airline that is ex-panding across the country and tak-ing on European routes.

Clive Beddoe, the founding CEO of Westjet, was famous for helping the cabin crew tidy up the plane before getting off a flight. And the company is also known for its profit-sharing program, with all employees referred to as “owners” who have a stake in the success of the operation.

I thought of this management ap-proach when news emerged that the B.C. government was offering public service unions a new kind of contract, with a five-year term and wage increas-es tied to improved economic growth.

The surprising thing is that unions are accepting the idea, even though provincial growth must exceed the gov-ernment’s independent economic fore-cast council projections before it can take effect in a given year.

The generally non-militant Health Sciences Association was the first to recommend acceptance of a five-year agreement with only 5.5 per cent raises guaranteed. Then they were joined by negotiators for 51,000 health and social services employees, represented by the B.C. Government Employees’ Union and other unions that have long been adversaries of the B.C. Liberals.

John Fryer, negotiator for the BC-GEU going back to the epic battles with Social Credit governments and

now a professor at University of Vic-toria, wasn’t impressed when he heard the news.

“These deals reflect what happens when public sector unions back the los-ing party in a provincial election,” he said. “Union bargaining power takes a trip down the pooper.”

I think there’s more than that going on. Perhaps today’s union leadership is beginning to accept that its wage, benefit and pension arrangements look pretty good compared to the harsh real-ity of private businesses competing in a global economy.

I asked Premier Christy Clark if this new approach is inspired by private-sector profit sharing. She agreed that is the model.

“I think that’s a great principle for all of us to work from,” Clark said. “Until now, the growth of public sec-tor wages has been completely insu-lated from changes in the private sec-tor. And this is the first time we’ve ever been able to successfully link those two things. At this point it’s still a small in-

crement wage growth, but it’s a big change, and I hope we can continue to build on it.”

From an employee perspective, it is indeed modest. If real gross do-mestic product increases one per cent beyond the independent fore-cast used in the provincial budget, employees get an additional half of one per cent raise for that year.

Contrast this labour relations development with what’s happen-ing on the federal scene. A classic confrontation is brewing between

the Harper government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada.

A key dispute is over sick days, which the government estimates are averaging 18 a year. PSAC current-ly has 15 “bankable” sick days a year, which the union president refers to as a “negotiated right.”

It takes me back to my first union job, where I was warned never to take just one sick day. We negotiated for two at a time, so always take two, the union rep told me. Implicit in this is the mind-set that employees should give as little and take as much as possible.

Looking through my files each De-cember for the B.C. story of the year, I consider what is likely to matter five or 10 years from now.

This partnership approach to build-ing the provincial economy is my pick for 2013.

Tom Fletcher is legislature repor-ter and columnist for Black Press.

I’ve been thinking about Christmas for the past little while, as we all have, thinking about the best gift I ever received and what made it so good.

Most of the really exciting presents seemed to come when I was a child: an Easy Bake Oven (which I promptly cut my finger on), a sled, an Etch-A-Sketch, Play Doh, slinkies, a second hand saxophone....

And actually, the best present by far was my two kitties, Rusty and Ginger, given to me by Tool Man when they were kittens. I don’t advocate giving animals as gifts at all, but in this case, I asked for a kitten (he in-sists that I asked for two!) and I knew what I was asking for. They arrived on Christmas Eve 2009, and now Christmas is also a time to celebrate the anniversary of their arrival.

Still, most gifts are given and forgot-ten shortly afterwards, in my memory. Everyone of us is different, but what seems to make a Christmas memorable are the people in it.

I can’t remember what I got for Christ-mas, but I remember going from tree lot to tree lot with my family to pick out a Christ-mas tree. I remember aunts and uncles and cousins all over the house and the volume of more than a dozen conversations and games being played. I remember our big old oak dining room table (it sat six with ease) jammed with food on Christmas Eve - turkey and ham, pickles, buns, deserts (ap-parently our cat, in those days, was much better behaved than the brats I’ve raised, who would raid the unprotected food be-fore we knew they were there - all she ever did was eat the tinsel off the tree).

I remember travelling to see Grandma every Christmas Day. She lived in a town that was a 90 minute drive for us. And her Christmas dinners are another story all in themselves, but her oatmeal cookies were the absolute best! No contest. And sadly, no recipe. In the evening, we would travel the almost empty highway and look at the Christmas lights on the distant farm houses.

Christmas presents come and go, but the love of family and friends and the mem-ories that it creates live forever. It’s not what you get for Christmas, it’s who you know and who you share it with.

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The countryside is quiet out here in December and one could be tempted to think that noth-ing is moving. Snow has been falling in small skiffs all month, leaving a fresh cloth each mor-ning to check out who has been walking around my yard. It is fresh, yes, but not so clean and just slightly trampled.

One of the things I like to do with young children is to take them out first thing in the mor-ning to look at the tracks in the fresh snow and to follow to see where the animal came from and where it went. First thing we do is try to identify what the ani-mal was. We have great fun with the big and small deer tracks, cat tracks and dog prints. Some-times the deer leave other calling cards as well which also are of interest to city children. Steller’s and Grey jays leave not only footprints but also wing prints in the snow, like beautiful relief sculptures.

Some things that might first be mistaken for tracks turn out to be little bits of snow and ice that have fallen off the limb of a big tree above – knocked off by some bird or the wind. Among the most remarkable tracks are the deep trails that the squirrels make from their favourite trees to the feeders and back again. They keep the ground bare along these paths. My favourite track is the pattern made in the snow by grouse – they walk a straight line and the prints suggest some kind of quilting stitch on the white snow.

One day recently we saw a beautiful fox carrying his break-fast off down to the creek bottom area. From where I was standing it looked like he was carrying a dead cat or a rabbit in his mouth. It is not often foxes are sight-ed here so it was a rare treat and also a warning to cat owners to

keep their pets indoors. I don’t know what a fox would do with a very small dog but I wouldn’t want to risk that either. Foxes are good hunters and predators. The sighting gave also an explana-tion for some cries I have heard down in the forested area over the past while.

On the TNRD front, the regional government has passed a zoning bylaw amendment to prohibit licensed medical ma-rijuana growers to grow medic-al marijuana on agricultural land smaller than 8 ha., whereas a fa-cility for growing medical mari-juana can be established on in-dustrial land of 4 ha. (10 acres). If you have a 10 acre lot in the ALR you will be prohibited from growing this medicinal herb but if you have 10 acres in an indus-trial area you can grow it. They have done this very quietly, without making any real effort to inform the property owners who are affected by the zoning amendment. Growing herbs, last I looked, was an agricultural ac-tivity. Health Canada has estab-lished some very restrictive li-censing regulations on medic-al marijuana growing operations to come into effect early next year and this will greatly reduce the likelihood of the product be-ing redirected to the illegal drug market. The proposed TNRD by law is discriminatory and based on a very uninformed and out-dated attitude toward the legal production of medicinal canna-bis under controlled conditions.

Many people smirk and think of medical marijuana only as something one smokes to get a high, and that the whole issue of medical use is some kind of

joke. Here’s the picture I see – a small baby is wracked with over 100 brain seizures every

day and Canadians doctors can do nothing for her. She is limp and almost comatose all day and her future is dismal. The family moves to the US where she is treated by a medicinal extract of a specific variety of cannabis and the seizures pretty well stop – maximum of one a day. The baby is now bright, active, thriv-ing and her future looks good. It only takes one baby like this to convince me. It is a shame that Canadian families have to move to the US to save their baby’s life.

There are forms of canna-bis that do not give the high that druggies are looking for but do work well as medicine for brain seizures, epilepsy and other similar illnesses. In other countries, the medically ef-fective compounds are ex-tracted from the herb and then administered as medi-cine – even to babies. No smoking, no high – just re-lief from seizures and pain. How very civilized; well too civilized for Canada and the TNRD, it appears. Canada has ignored, for the most, investigating these positive medicinal aspects of the herb and has relied on big expensive pharma-ceutical drugs that are hor-ribly addictive as alterna-tives to deal with illness-es and unbearable pain that are treated with cannabis extracts elsewhere – and in some cases there is nothing else available that works.

Looking to simple herb-al remedies, grown locally, could be one way to reduce the spiralling cost of med-

ical care that governments are always complaining about. It is time we took a serious look at growing all kinds of medicinal herbs here in the TNRD, and the regional district should be look-ing at ways to support farmers in growing herbs for medicine rather than prohibiting it. We all pay for a film commission based on the argument that it gives support to an important in-dustry and adds to the economy of the region. Well, to the cities and towns in the TNRD anyway. One look at the map of film lo-cations in the TNRD shows how the film commis-sion fails to pro-mote rural areas as possible loca-tions. The map of locations fol-lows Hwy 1 to Kamloops. Once again I point out that the TNRD’s mandate is to provide a first

level of government in rural areas and not to take from the rural areas to subsidize activities in towns and cities.

There are currently many 10 acre lots of ALR land that are agriculturally unproductive and do not contribute in any to the local economy. An economically viable agricultural product that could be grown intensively on 10 acres should be seen as an op-portunity for economic develop-ment rather than prohibiting it. It is clear that the TNRD admin-

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Time is a precious commodity for us

A very Smiley ChristmasMLA Jackie Tegart (right) hosted a Christmas Open House at her office in Ashcroft last week. Among the many friends and supporters who showed up were Bob Tuohey and Sandy Butler.

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workaholics but there are many of us who do too much, keep too busy, spend all our time taking care of others, and, in general do not take care of ourselves. Many of us have crossed over the line to com-pulsive, addictive self-de-feating behaviour and need to make major changes in our lives.” Her Jan. 1 entry is titled Rushing/ Frenzy - “We women who do too much find the ending of an old year and the beginning of a new year to be a difficult time. There is always the temptation to try to “tidy up’ all the loose ends as the old year closes. We fall into that trap of believing that it is possible to get our entire life ‘caught up’ before start-ing a new year, and we are de-termined to do it. Also, there is the temptation to set up an elaborate set of resolutions for the coming year so that we can, at last, GET IT RIGHT. As workaholics, we tend to be very hard on ourselves: nothing less than perfection is enough. Hopefully, on this

first day of the year, we will be able to remember that we are perfect just as we are. Hope for the willingness to live this year in a way that will be gen-tle to yourself...one day at a time.” So.........my New Year’s resolution is to read the book through, gain inspiration and try never to confuse motion with action.

Along the same lines, Lisa M. Petsche tells us that “People who care for loved ones with frail health typical-ly have many responsibilities. There don’t seem to be enough hours in the day to get every-thing done, let alone get time with other important people in their life and tend to their own needs. It’s not surprising that the gift caregivers value most is the gift of time; time to at-tend to their physical, men-tal, emotional and spiritual needs to help keep the inherent stress of caregiving manage-able. If you’re a caregiver, con-sider personal time a need, not a luxury, and resolve to make it an ongoing gift to yourself. Don’t wait for the new year to get started!

Clinton Seniors Associ-ation members will enjoy a couple of quiet months before the next important event. The Daffodil Tea is March 6 and by then we’ll all have had enough of cold and snow and be look-ing forward to Spring and green grass and new growth.

Meanwhile, Cards and Games go on at the Seniors Centre 217 Smith Avenue, every Monday at 1 pm. The more people who attend, the greater variety of games can be played. Plan to attend for cof-fee and a couple of hours of fellowship.

The next regular Gener-al meeting will be held Jan. 16 following lunch at the Sen-iors Centre. New members are welcome! Annual membership fees are $15.

Happy Birthday to Aldea Chastenay on Jan. 5.

You be the judge! Her-vey Allan said, “The only time you really live fully is from 30 to 60. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of re-grets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.”

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CHRISTMAS ANNOUNCEMENTSOFFICE CLOSURE AND GARBAGE COLLECTION

The Village Office will be closed from noon on Tuesday, December 24th, 2013 until 8:00 am Thursday, January 2nd, 2014.

There will be no changes to the Tuesday or Friday regular garbage collection schedule - please ensure that your garbage is at the curb by 8:00 am.

The TNRD Building Inspector will be in Ashcroft on Tuesday, December 24th. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, January 7th, 2014. Please call the TNRD office directly at 1-877-377-8673 if you have any questions regarding inspections.

2013 TAX & UTILITY PAYMENTS

Payments on 2013 tax and utility accounts must be received in our office by 4:00 pm, Thursday, January 2nd, 2014 to avoid 2013 penalties and interest. Payments received on or after January 3rd, 2014 will be applied against applicable penalties and interest charges. SORRY, POSTMARKS ARE NOT ACCEPTED AS DATE OF PAYMENT.

2014 LICENCES

2014 Dog Licences and Commercial Vehicle decals will go on sale Friday, January 3rd, 2014. They will not be sold on Thursday, January 2nd, 2014. Business Licence renewal notices will be mailed out the first part of January.

ARENA HOURS OF OPERATION

The Drylands Arena will be closed on December 24, 25, 26, 27 & 31st as well as January 1st, 2014. However we are pleased to offer free public skating on December 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 & 30th & January 2nd from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm. Regular arena scheduling resumes on Friday, January 3rd, 2014. Please call the arena at 250-453-9545 to confirm schedule.

2014 COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE

Copies of the Village of Ashcroft Council meetings for 2014 are available at the Village office during regular office hours or can be viewed on our website at www.ashcroftbc.ca/council_meeting_schedule

Mayor Anderson, Council and Staff wish each and everyone of you a happy and healthy holiday season!!

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Community groups welcome United Way fundingWinding Rivers Arts & Performance Society was the recipient of two donations from the United Way: $6,100 for new equipment and $1,125 for next year’s Kids Camp. United Way representative Debi Hamson (left) with WRAPS members (Back, L-R): Nancy Duchaine, Jessica Clement and Alice, and Barbara Roden, and “Kids” (Front, L-R): Sierra Duncan, Gabrielle Lachapelle and Kaeli Rodrique.

Christmas music with enthusiasm and heartPiano Teacher Carmen Ranta and her students gave a Winter Recital to the Extended Care residents in Ashcroft last weekend. L-R: Gaurangi Benner Tapia, Bonnie Chen,(back) Emmet Moody, Isabel Moody, Breanna Grimshire, Sequoia Smiley, Cheyenne Weins, Khiara Archibald, and Natasha Grimshire

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December 2013 • Week 5ARIES - Thanks to the chilly weather, a beach vacation beckons you, Aries. Start planning an excursion to a warm locale that allows you to escape the daily grind.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 A sporting event or something that draws a large crowd is just where you need to be this week, Taurus. Surround yourself with people who share your interests.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Give an issue in your relationship the consideration it merits, Gemini. Though it might not seem like it now, taking time to work this out will ultimately strengthen your relationship.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, the � nal stages of a project you have been working on are ready begin. Don’t be afraid to take credit when all of your hard work pays off in a big way.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Obligations to work and family leave you short on personal time, Leo. Though your schedule is hectic, make time to unwind and you will be glad for having done so.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 It may take a while to convince someone to go along with your idea, Virgo. Yet once you have this person’s support, they will be fully on board.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 You may have been bouncing around aimlessly for some time, Libra. But now is the week to get all of your affairs together and put your plan for the future in motion.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Restlessness can sometimes be a dangerous thing for you, Scorpio. Channel any restlessness into a worthy project that makes good use of your boundless energy.

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CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Perceptions vary, Capricorn. Just because you feel strongly about something doesn’t mean another will view it the same way. Accept that your passion will not always be reciprocated.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, even though it will be a busy week, you aren’t likely to feel wiped out. There will still be time for fun. Figure out a day to do something enjoyable.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, you are torn between being creative and following convention at work. Ask a colleague for some input.

We will always love her

Our beautiful moth-er died unexpectedly last week. I’ve wept over that

first sentence for at least half an hour before finally writing this second one. My head and heart are overflowing with so many thoughts and emotions I’m not sure where to begin, except to say that we loved her more than she would ever know.

Susan Ann Hether-ington was her birth name, and at the age of 17 she became pregnant with me. She married her child-hood sweetheart, our father, immediately after they graduated from high school.Two and a half years

after I was born, she gave birth to my brother and best friend, Jeremie White.From the beginning

she made it her life’s mission to be the best wife and mother imaginable, and her efforts were noticeable to everyone who knew us. She was a fantas-tic cook, a wonderful homemaker, and it was obvious that she loved us deeply.To the outside world,

we seemed to be a happy and healthy family - and initially,

we were. None of us had any inkling that a dark mental illness would creep in and eventually destroy our beloved mother’s life, along with the major-ity of her most cher-ished relationships. Mom was loving,

sensitive and deeply compassionate, but for whatever reason, she was a tortured soul and suffered

from an invisible sick-ness that we couldn’t see, but we could cer-tainly feel.To neighbors, friends

and strangers she was calm and kind, but with us, her tempera-ment was wildly un-predictableWhen we realized

she needed psycho-logical help, we tried to get it for her, but she would fervently reject the idea every time. She was morti-fied by the thought that anyone might think she had a men-tal health issue, and categorically denied the possibility.Her verbal abuse

became increasingly frequent as the years went by, and her ill-ness not only went undiagnosed and un-treated, but was ex-acerbated by alcohol, prescription pills and an overall neglect of her physical well-be-ing. It’s been intensely

sad not to have the close relationship with her that we craved as much as she did. Her untimely death has been devastating since we never stopped lov-ing her, and we never gave up hope that her tragic quality of life, and our weakened connections with her, would improve.But we simply ran

out of time. At the young age of 65 her lungs gave out and she died peacefully in her sleep. It still doesn’t feel real.Our mother adored

Christmas and she loved to give presents. On her behalf, and in her honour, I would like to offer this re-minder as a gift for anyone who needs to hear it: mental health is the absolute foun-dation for physical health, and we should never feel shame when seeking help for either.We love you so

much, Mom, and we always will. Rest in peace beautiful angel – you touched count-less people through-out your life, and your story is already help-ing others to heal.Lori Welbourne is a

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Take notice that Village of Cache Creek from Cache Creek BC has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Kamloops, for a lease for a Solid Waste and Recycling Residential Drop Off facility situated on Provincial Crown land located within the remainder of Section 18, Twp. 21, Rge 24, W6M, Kamloops Division Yale District (KDYD).

The Lands File for this application is 3412852. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Senior Land Officer, Kamloops, MFLNRO, at 441 Columbia Street Kamloops. Comments will be received by MFLNRO up to January 11, 2014. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit our websitehttp://arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.isp for more information.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations’ Office in Kamloops.

Where the land is unsurveyed or is part of a surveyed parcel, an applicant is required to identify the land by the process of staking.

Staking is done by attaching the hard copy of the attached (completed) staking notice to a post at least one metre high above the ground, firmly fixed in the ground at one corner of the land. Please weatherproof the staking notice before posting and place in a plastic bag or plastic folder or laminate.

An application for Crown land must be filed with FrontCounter BC.

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• STAKING THE LAND• PUBLISHING A NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY FOR CROWN LAND• FILING AN APPLICATION FOR CROWN LAND

DESCRIBING STAKED LAND:

1. The point of commencement, for unsurveyed parcels, should be described in terms of an existing survey post (eg. 18 metres west of the S.E. corner of the parcel) or a readily identifiable geographic feature (eg. A prominent point of land or intersection of two roads) to enable accurate location of the parcel.

2. Boundary lines of the staked area must be, as much as possible, astronomically true north, south, east, and west so that a rectangular lot is formed.

3. Where the topographical features of the area do not allow for rectangular boundary lines running true north, south, east, and west, then boundaries will be permitted in other directions as long as they do not interfere with the orderly survey of other surrounding land.

4. The side lines for small parcels fronting on lakes, rivers, tidal waters and on certain surveyed highways shall, where possible, be parallel to each other and perpendicular to the general trend of the features on which the small parcel fronts.

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5. The sidelines for unsurveyed foreshore shall, as a general rule, be laid out at right angles to the general trend of the shore. This may be varied to suit special conditions, but encroachment on the foreshore fronting adjoining lands shall be avoided. The outside or waterward boundary shall be a straight line or series of straight lines joining the outer ends of the side boundaries. On narrow bodies of water the outside boundary shall not normally extend beyond the near edge of the navigable channel.

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See CLINTON on p. 10

Clinton – 2013 ReviewThis past year has been an ex-

citing one in Clinton in more ways than one. Yes, it was the 150th an-niversary of the naming of Clin-ton and the 50th anniversary of be-ing incorporated as a Village, but there were lots of other successes to celebrate.

JanuaryMP Cathy McLeod visited

Clinton on Jan. 25 to announce that the Village application to the Gas Tax Funding for $2.45 million for a water system upgrade was ap-proved. The funding would cover 100 per cent of the upgrade costs.

The 150/50 Committee was formed and held the kick off event for the year, a Free Family Skate on Jan. 20.

The Village of Clinton entered the Communities in Bloom Nation-al Competition for the first time.

FebruaryMany Clinton residents

enjoyed the long weekend that resulted from BC declaring the second Monday of February as Family Day.

On Feb. 25 at a special recep-tion prior to the regular council meeting Marcia Begin was named as the 2012 Citizen of the Year.

MarchOn March 1 the Canadian Pick-

ers filmed an episode at the Clinton Emporium. It aired on Sept. 9.

The Queen Elizabeth II Dia-mond Jubilee Medal was award-ed to RCL #194 Life Member Alex Wallner on March 11 for her con-tributions and dedication to her country and the Legion.

AprilThe Clinton & District Eco-

nomic Development Society host-ed a well-attended All Candidates Forum for the candidates running in the Provincial election.

MayDuring Clinton’s Western

Heritage Week a Stage Coach and Wagon Display was organized by Doug Carnegie and installed on his lot across from the Village Office as a special addition to the 150/50 celebration.

Whispering Pines Clinton In-dian Band provided displays to the museum to commemorate Aborig-inal Awareness Week (May 27-31). An Aboriginal photo board was a popular attraction through out the summer.

Clinton Communities in Bloom Committee held their first Seedy Sunday.

JuneThe Clinton Communities in

Bloom Commit-tee was success-ful in get-ting a $2,500 grant from BC Hydro/Trees Canada for purchasing trees and shrubs.

The CiB Committee introduced the Funky Flowerpot Contest, en-couraging people to plant things that are not normally thought of as flower pots or containers.

June 6 marked the anniversary of the naming of Clinton. Volun-teers in period costume with assist-ance of flaggers, RCMP and emer-gency response vehicles stopped traffic for a two-hour period and handed out information packages, commemorative pins, t-shirts, etc. They then moved to the Memor-ial Hall for historical displays and a presentation by David Stoddart School students. Birthday cake was enjoyed by all.

A well-organized bike rodeo, another 150/50 event was held on June 15 in Reg Conn Centennial Park.

JulyThe first of the ‘Music in the

Park’ series was held on July 6th highlighting local talent. This was followed on July 20 by the second one with Dustin Bentall and Ken-dal Carson entertaining.

July 16 was the 50th anniver-sary of the Incorporation of the Vil-lage of Clinton. It was commem-orated with a Sock Hop and Ice Cream Parlour in the Memorial Hall.

July 20 was the first of two chainsaw carving events that re-sulted in a lovely bench with the 150/50 logo carved into the back of it.

From July 21–23 Clinton played host to National CiB judg-es Claire Laberge of Montreal and Gerry Teahen of St. Mary’s, On-tario.

The Funky Flowerpot winners were announced at the public re-ception while the judges were in at-tendance.

AugustMusic in the Park saw Ridley

Bent performing on Aug. 10 and Barney Bentall on Aug. 31. These events were very well received with the number of spectators in-

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Clinton in 2013 - a Year of Celebrating the past

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creasing each time.The second chainsaw-

carving event was held on Aug. 10. The two benches that resulted from the two events are displayed in front of the Village Office.

SeptemberOn Sept. 21, a Soap Box

Derby was held on the hill by David Stoddart School. This was the first such event since the 1960s.

Also on Sept. 21 Com-edy Magician Clinton W. Gray entertained following a spaghetti dinner held by the Clinton Cleavages.

Both of these events were 150/50 sanctioned events.

OctoberA herd of goats took

over the area for a couple of weeks in early October to control weeds. It was an un-usual sight to see the large

heard with guard dogs and two rid-ers moving through town.

Yvette May at-tended the CiB Na-tional Symposium in Ottawa to represent Clinton. She emailed the results the even-ing she heard them. The Village of Clin-ton had earned four blooms and a spe-cial mention for the Funky Flowerpot Contest.

As a result of grants and donations received by the 150/50 Committee the Hal-loween fireworks were held this year after a one-year ab-sence.

NovemberA dedicated group of

volunteers organized and performed in a variety show,

silent and live auction, etc. to raise funds for Variety – The Childrens Charity. Their efforts were rewarded by raising over $4,000 for the cause. Clinton is ‘The Little Village with a Big Heart’.

Also in November the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association award-ed Clinton the Out of the Box Award for the 150/50

Anniversary project that brought together all the organizations, First Nations and Vil-lage representatives.

On Nov. 23 the Clinton PAC held a very successful din-ner and auction rais-ing close to $12,000 to fund things for the stu-dents that are not cov-ered by School Dis-trict fun.

A public meeting was held Nov. 26 to explain the scope of the water system up-grades. Various con-

tractors and stakeholders in the project were

on hand to answer questions.DecemberThe extreme cold may

have reduced the number of people participating in the many events associated with the Clinton Victorian Christ-mas Weekend on Dec. 7-8 but those who did brave the elements had an enjoyable time.

The Christmas Light Up Contest resulted in Best Residential Display go-ing to Dallas and Rebekah Bowen and Best Commer-cial to Gardenside Pottery and Gifts for their vintage window display.

With 2013 being a double anniversary, over 60 events sanctioned by the 150/50 Committee were held through out the year. Many of those were annual events that would have been held any way but many were new ones that were intro-duced specifically for the an-niversary year. I guess we will have to wait to see how Clinton will top that next year.

Goats and other entertaining events

July: Mayor Jim Rivett, CiB judge Gerry Teahen, Councillor (and tour guide) Sudan Swan and CiB judge Claire Laberge pose outside the Village Office with one of Clinton’s Funky Flowerpots

August: Chainsaw carver Ken Sheen and his bench, now installed in front of the Village Office

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A 12 www.ash-cache-journal.com Thursday, December 26, 2013 The JournalCOMMUNITY

istration does not have the best interests of the

rural areas in mind. They have an uninformed, city slicker attitude and by laws, zoning amend-ments and resolutions affecting rural residents are based on what is convenient for the admin-istration and city folk who dominate the voting structure. They claim that this zoning amend-ment is their way of clamping down on illegal grow-ops. How very naive.

For myself, I will say pass to growing medi-cinal cannabis as the licensing requirements in-volve a fairly large investment in structures and special equipment. I don’t have the exper-tise for the work involved. I have, however, be-come intrigued by the research into dandelion root tea as a treatment for cancer. I already have good experience with growing dandelions; in fact I am quite expert on growing them, I do it well and have a well established area in the yard where they are growing. As an addition-al benefit one can make wine from the flowers and use the young leaves in salad – what a per-fect crop. It is highly likely that the big pharma-ceutical companies already are lobbying in Ot-tawa to ensure that only they can produce dan-delion root or to get a patent on dandelion. Now let us hope for the new year that someone finds a medicinal use for Centaurea biebersteinii, aka spotted knapweed, which will set the wild craft-ers busy harvesting that widely established herb for which the TNRD has no plans to limit where it can grow.

Ice is forming on Loon Lake now. With the continuing cold there should be skating and fun on the ice by the new year.

As the year races to an end, it is time to thank friends and neighbours for their thought-fulness and friendship as well as conversations on issues that are raised in this column through-out the year. I also want to thank the readers of this column for their positive feedback and words of support.

Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.

Noxious weeds and beneficial herbsLoon Lake from p. 5

Art programs at Ashcroft and Cache Creek elementary schools got a $3,840 boost from the United Way last week! UW rep Debi Hamson (right) shares the cheque with artist Jo Petty and students Shawn Minnabarriet, Tristan Kubik, Devan Belcourt, Sierra Duncan and Gabrielle Lachapelle.