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Snow DaysJim Duncan and granddaughter Preslee, 5, clean up the latest deposit of snow on Tuesday morning at their Blue Sage bed and breakfast in Ashcroft.

by Wendy CoomberThe 2015 property assessments

have been released, and Ashcroft and Cache Creek have done well this year - better than the other mu-nicipalities in the region.

Property assessments in Ash-croft and Cache Creek increased in 2015 from zero to 15 per cent, meaning that it may stay the same as last year or it may increase.

The market value of all of the homes in Ashcroft increased to an average house price of $215,000 from $197,000, while Cache Creek’s went to an average of $182,000 from $166,000.

Lytton’s assessment decreased from -5 to +15 per cent, while Clin-ton’s assessment decreased -10 to +15 per cent. The market value of

Lytton’s properties jumped to an average house price of $140,000 from $130,000, while Clinton rose to an average price of $106,000 from $102,000.

Lillooet’s 2015 property as-sessment is in the -10 to + 10 per cent range, their market value ris-ing to an average price of $171,000 from $165,000. Logan Lake’s as-sessments are in the -10 to + 5 per cent range, with their market value dropping to an average house price of $211,000 from $218,000.

In the next few days, owners of properties throughout the Thomp-son area can expect to receive their 2016 assessment notices which re-flect market value as of July 1, 2015.

by Wendy CoomberBusiness is looking up in the

Ashcroft and Cache Creek area, with a record number of inquiries from potential business owners, ac-cording to Deb Arnott, manager of the Community Futures (CFDC) office in Ashcroft.

“As of April, honest to good-ness, I’ve never seen it so busy,” says Arnott. “We met our targets the first quarter - that has never happened.”

CFDC is a federal program with 269 offices across Canada. Their mandate is to support small businesses in a variety of ways, in-cluding counselling and loans.

Arnott says there were people walking into the office, phoning, people being referred.

“I talked to people and asked them ‘How did you hear about us?’ It was word of mouth. Everybody said they heard of us through word of mouth. That took 25 years - and that’s why I believe business strug-gles to much - that’s how long it takes to get your name engrained

in the region so that when sombody wants something, they think of you. I was actually quite stunned.”

A lot of it, she says, is people who come to town with their part-ner who has started a job here. They come with the skills to run a business but they don’t know where to start.

She says that when she meets with couples, often one of them has been working out of town, and they want to be that family unit again.

They may have come from a community of 25,000, she says. “I tell them to keep in mind this is a small community, keep in mind we’re right next to Kamloops.”

“I’m seeing some younger clientele,” she says. “I’m seeing some clientele with families who are looking for a rural community so they can raise their kids in a safe place.”

They just want to know where to start, so Arnott walks them through the steps.

“I find that if I can keep encour-See CFDC on p. 10

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Feb. 2: Alzheimer Society of BC - Understanding Dementia workshop 1:00-4:00pm at the Ashcroft HUB, 711 Hill St. (formerly Ashcroft Elementary). Cost: by donation. Pre-registration is required, call Tara Hildebrand 1-800-886-6946 or e-mail thildebrand@alzheimerbc.org.

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POLICE REPORTWendy Coomber

Concert Series offers The Nautical Miles

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

Fresh from their successful presentation of My Fair Lady in November, the Winding Rivers Arts & Performance Society (WRAPS) is excit-ed to be moving on to its next event: its Win-ter/Spring 2016 concert series. It begins with a bang on Friday, Jan. 15 at 7pm, when Vancou-ver-based folk-rock band The Nautical Miles comes to the area.

Members of WRAPS were able to see the group perform at last year’s Pacific Contact event in Vancouver, and were blown away by their mix of hold-your-breath ballads and elec-trifying showstoppers. The group - which will feature seven musicians at the concert - has roots in folk, rock, and music, but is equally at home performing with jazz musicians, blue-grass bands, and brass quintets. Audiences never know what’s coming next when The Nautical Miles come to town.

The Georgia Straight newspaper called The Nautical Miles’s sound “a new kind of folk music”, and the group has performed at festivals and venues around the world. They have three CDs to their name, all featuring ori-ginal music; the most recent, 2013’s Ode to Joy, contains 12 songs that “poured out” of song-writer and guitarist Corbin Murdoch, who notes that he “just wants to embrace music that makes people feel good”.

Although the Winter/Spring Concert Series is normally held in Ashcroft, this concert will take place at the Crossroads Pentecostal Church on Stage Rd. in Cache Creek. One of WRAPS’s mandates is to bring the arts to the area, and they hope that staging this event in Cache Creek will enable more people to attend.

Tickets are 25 per cent off if you buy them in advance, and are available at UniTea, Nature’s Gifts, Ashcroft Bakery, and the Jade Shop. They can also be purchased online at the WRAPS website at www.windingriversarts.ca .

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Noisy partyDec. 22 at 11:58 pm police were

called to a residence on Parke Rd. in Cache Creek by neighbours complain-ing about the noise. Police spoke to the 26 year old homeowner who promised to tone down his party.

Car damaged in hit and runDec. 23 police were advised of a hit

and run in the Husky parking lot in the afternoon. The 83 year old Cache Creek driver and his wife were in the store at the time of the incident. A witness told them that a gray van hit their car, causing dam-age to the bumper.

Accident leads to suspensionDec. 24 at 7 pm police attended a sin-

gle vehicle accident on Hwy 97C in Ash-croft, just north of Government St. The driver, a 20 year old Cache Creek man, rolled his Saturn but was uninjured. He did, however, show signs of impairment and was given a roadside sobriety test, which he Failed twice. He was given a 90 day driving suspension and his vehicle was impounded for 30 days.

Passing leads to off-roadingDec. 26 at 4 pm police attended

a single vehicle accident on Hwy 1 by Kingsway corner where a west-bound 1999 Mustang, attempting to pass another vehicle, lost control on the slippery road and left the high-way, travelling down a 30-foot embank-ment. Neither the 30 year old Surrey driv-er nor his 34 year old brother were in-jured. The vehicle had to be towed for repairs. The men were given a ride into Cache Creek.

Stolen vehicle locatedDec. 27 at 8:20 am police received a

report of a vehicle stolen from a residence on the Ashcroft Reserve. The 1997 Chev-rolet Astro had been parked with no in-surance. It was recovered later on in the day, abandoned on Cornwall Rd., ap-parently undamaged. The owner had it towed back to his residence.

Too fast for road conditionsDec. 27 at 9:30 pm police attended

a single vehicle accident on Hwy 99 by Hwy 97 after a driver lost control on the

slippery road and went into the ditch. The 2010 Toyota RAV was hauled out of the ditch undamaged. The driver, a 37 year old man from Connecticut, was injured but was issued a ticket for driving too fast for the road conditions.

Social media death threatsDec. 28 at 5:20 pm a woman

called to report that her 24 year old son had received death threats

through his Facebook account. The other party was identified and a 25 year old Ashcroft man is facing a charge of ut-tering threats.

Reckless driver arrestedDec. 29 at 1 pm RCMP received one

of a number of complaints about a reck-less driver in Cache Creek. One of the callers idenfitied the driver, who was lo-cated at a local business. The 29 year old Cache Creek man was arrested for being intoxicated in a public place and lodged in a cell for the rest of the afternoon. He was also issued a ticket for driving his father’s truck without due care.

Stolen property recoveredDec. 29 some of the personal property

stolen during a rash of thefts from vehi-cles in Cache Creek over Christmas was recovered by the Todd Rd. bridge by the Post Office. It was returned to its owner. Police received complaints of six theft from vehicles in Cache Creek and one in Ashcroft over the holidays. Items stolen ranged from loose change to wallets.

A moonlit strollDec. 29 at 9 pm police received a re-

port of a darkly-dressed man stum-bling down the middle of Corn-wall. The 56 year old Ashcroft man was located still on the road and

highly intoxicated, and given a ride back to the Detachment where he was lodged in a cell until sober.

Jewellry and makeup stolenJan. 3 at 3:30 pm police were notified

of a break and enter to a basement suite residence on Mickey Frontage Rd. in 16 Mile. While residents were sleeping up-stairs, suspects, believed to be a man and woman, broke into the suite and stole custom made jewellry, a Hewlitt Packard laptop, a ghetto blaster, bottles of liquor and women’s makeup and hair products. The matter is still under investigation.

Dashing through the snowJan. 4 at 8:40 am police attended a

single vehicle accident on Hwy 1 at Hat Creek Rd. when a southbound vehicle lost control on snowy roads and hit the ditch. The 66 year old Duncan man was not injured, and his vehicle was not dam-aged but had to be towed out of the ditch.

Chains break on truck tiresJan. 4 at 8 pm police were called

to the scene of a tractor trailer blocking both east lanes of traffic on Hwy 1 east of Cache Creek near the Christian Ranch. The snow chains on the 2001 Peterbuilt broke and the 67 year old driver from Deroche lost control on the snowy and slipper roads as his truck lost traction on a hill. There were no injuries or damage, but the truck had to be towed.

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Time to start those gardens

Mojave Kaplan (right) sets up her seed winnowing machine at last year’s Seedy Saturday. The winnower separates seeds from the dried plant. Below: Some of her seeds.

Sea Cadet “elves” lend their efforts to the Christmas HampersL-R: The Christmas Hamper committee chair - Esther Lang, Lt(N) Alex Shymkiw, SLt Jacquie Fennell, OS Kayleb van Norman, LS Alison Spooner, MS Bryce Anderson, MS Sterling Cave, PO1 Griffin Aie, MS Conner Cave, and PO1 Jared Thompson-Fisher. These Sea Cadets helped set up the tables and boxes in preparation for filling the Christmas hampers. They also worked on the Saturday in the hall, helping people load their hampers and then cleaning up the hall. Sterling and Conner Cave also helped deliver hampers. The hamper committee is very grateful for the help these young people gave as well as the numerous volunteers who worked each day filling the hampers. It was a very successful year.

by Wendy CoomberIf the seed catalogues are start-

ing to arrive in your mailbox, mark your calendar for the third annual Seedy Saturday in Cache Creek - Feb. 6 in the Cache Creek Com-munity Hall. Admission is free.

Last year’s Seedy Saturday was a great success and a lot of fun from the organizers’ point of view, and judging from the smiles and earnest discussions taking place around the room, over 100 visitors thought so, too.

Three years ago, members of the Cache Creek Beautification So-ciety were sitting around the table discussing ways of building com-munity and also what they could offer as a Spring time event. The Society already had the Cache Creek Market throughout the sum-mer months and the Winter Lights Appreciation & Christmas Sing-along just before Christmas. Those were in addition to their Commun-ities in Bloom projects.

As soon as someone said “Seedy Saturday”, it was a done deal. They picked the first Saturday in February and carried on.

Seedy Saturdays or Sundays are primarily seed swap and any-thing garden-related events that are said to have started in 1990, the first one being held at the VanDus-en Botanical Garden in Vancouver. In 2012 over 100 events were held in Canada.

As well as a free seed swap

table, seed vendors from Kam-loops and Lytton will be back again this year with their own col-lected seeds from hundreds of var-ieties of heirloom vegetables, herbs and tomatoes.

There will also be vendors with yard and garden-related mer-chandise for sale, including plants.There will also be a concession of-fering hot food.

As well as bringing her seeds for sale, Mojave Kaplan from Planting Seeds Project in Lytton will be demonstrating her seed cleaning equipment again. Watch-ing her large winnower in action was a highlight of last year’s event.

Master Gardeners Elaine Sedg-man and Phyllis Mader from Kam-loops gave a very popular talk on Garden Pollinators last year. This year they will be speaking about how to keep pests out of your gar-den without having to resort to chemicals. They are also available throughout the event to answer any questions. Both are extremely knowledgeable and come equipped with their own library of books to help find information.

The organizers are still working on bringing a few more speakers to fill up the afternoon.

The event runs from 10 am to 3 pm in the hall on Saturday, Feb. 6.

For more information, call 250-457-9587 or visit the Cache Creek Market page on Facebook.

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CABIN IN THE WOODS? or cabin in Heritage Place Park?

War is ugly, but our hypocrisy is uglier

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by Yule SchmidtWHITEHORSE, Yukon/Troy

Media/ - It’s easy to feel good watch-ing the footage of the first Syrian refu-gee families arriving in Canada to cheers. It’s especially fitting for the holidays - a reminder of Canadian gen-erosity in the season of giving.

But these images thinly veil the on-going conflict in the Middle East that has turned these families into refu-gees. As good as we may feel for hav-ing opened our doors, their arrival is a reminder that, although we may ac-cept them as refugees to our country, we did not protect them as citizens in their own.

It’s been five years since the Syrian War began. That conflict has morphed into a hodgepodge of proxy battles, spawning millions of refugees. Today, the “migrant crisis” is such a headliner that we seldom think about the war that precipitated it. But addressing the mi-grant crisis alone won’t end the con-flict. You can’t cure a disease by treat-ing its symptoms.

We’ve inadvertently allowed our zeal to help refugees to serve as an ex-cuse for military inaction. It’s a famil-iar pattern. When bad things happen, we have a habit of trying to find some-thing to do about it without interven-ing militarily, even if that would be the most effective (or only) way to solve

the problem. We’ve developed a phobia of force that we can’t reconcile with our desire to act when atrocities occur, so we mollify our guilty consciences by sending “thoughts and prayers” and looking for benign ways to feel like we’re contributing.

Recall the 200 girls who Boko Haram kidnapped last year? People around the world stood with signs im-ploring the terrorists to #bringourgirl-shome. For a week, we felt collectively empowered because we were respond-ing to this outrage. But the girls never came home and we did nothing about it. Our drive to act was only as strong as the paper on which that hashtag was written.

To be sure, there is a more practical aspect to accepting refugees than hold-ing up signs, but we can’t relocate the entire Syrian population. And even if we could, it wouldn’t end the conflict. It would just export it to other places.

Part of the problem is that the war is halfway around the world. A mas-sacre in Paris still means more to us than ongoing slaughter in Sinjar. We trumpet globalization as having eradi-cated the divide between “over there” and “here” and we speak of the global village - but when our fellow villagers are raped and killed, our weak drive to support them with anything but words exposes our hypocrisy. Our physic-

al distance trumps our metaphorical proximity.

Aside from our masked tribalism, though, our inaction boils down to our avoidance of using the military at all costs. We tell ourselves that if a great cause came along, like the fight against Nazism, it would cross some imagin-ary line and we’d not only intervene, we’d fight for no end save victory.

But we’ll never reach that line, and not because there are no great causes to fight for. Defending Syrians against their dictatorial regime and protecting people across the region (and the world) from the butchers of the Islam-ic State are both worthy causes. Yet no matter what, that line stays a few feet ahead, eluding us like water from Tan-talus’s lips.

John Stuart Mill had a great quote: “War is an ugly thing, but not the ugli-est of things; the decayed and degrad-ed state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse.”

Contributing militarily to the cam-paign in Syria and Iraq is not a ques-tion of patriotism - it is a matter of morality. Many Canadians (Prime Minister Justin Trudeau included) feel that Canada’s role should be strictly humanitarian. But that is quite frankly

As fresh as the snow that fell earlier this week (and could still be falling by the time you read this, for all I know), we begin a new year, full of hope and opportunity.

Hope doesn’t cost us anything, and be-ing hopeful gets more accomplished than being skeptical. And this year we begin with more cause for hope than in the recent past.

Ashcroft Terminal is feeling confident enough about expansion to ask the Village to rezone their land to allow for a round the clock caretaker to live there.

Constantia came back for phase 2 of its exploration of the “Maggie Mine” area of 16 Mile. While they are here, they have provided training for dozens of local people who become more employable.

Wastech and Cache Creek continue to work towards getting the landfill extension up and running. The current landfill clos-es at the end of this year and Metro Van-couver has indicated that it will be sending more waste this way than they’d previous-ly planned. That means more income for the Village and more work for Wastech em-ployees.

School enrolment rates are levelling off and minor hockey announced that its regis-tration is up this year. More children means younger familier in the area.

Community Futures reports that it has fielded a record number of business inquir-ies in the last few months. Ashcroft wel-comed a brand new downtown business late last year, and we hope to see more.

Desert Hills Ranch is expanding and attracting lots of visitors to their market-store and events - visitors who have to pass through Ashcroft on their way there.

Horstings Farms also re-opened and is becoming once again a destination point for travellers who come to enjoy lunch and shop for fresh produce.

We’ve watched a slow and steady de-cline in our towns for long enough to know that they can go on forever if we give up and let them. But there are plenty of indi-viduals and groups working to reverse that and help us rebuild.

And, as they say, if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. It’s a little bit more work, but it’s way more fun to be part of the solution.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: Proposed Amendments to Bylaw No. 737, Official Community Plan and Bylaw No. 738, Ashcroft Zoning Bylaw.

The Public Hearing will consider amendments to Bylaw 737 and 738 for the following properties: Lands popularly known as “Ashcroft Terminal” Properties:

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Encompassed by this map:

• The proposal would realign the Agricultural Land Use (Schedule “B”) of Bylaw No. 737 (Official Community Plan) to match ‘Agricultural Land Commission” boundaries within the above properties.

• The proposal would also realign the Agricultural-1 Zone (A-1) (Schedule “B”) of Bylaw No. 738 (Ashcroft Zoning) to match ‘Agricultural Land Commission” boundaries within the above properties.

• The proposal would also add a Section 12.3 ‘Living Quarters’ to Bylaw No. 738 with the following wording:

“In an M2 (Industrial 2) Zone, a dwelling unit in conjunction with a permitted industrial use for the accommodation of the owner, operator, employee or caretaker of the establishment is permitted. The dwelling unit must be manufactured housing on a permanent foundation and must meet Canadian Standards Association (CSA) A277 and Z240 standards. Dwelling units may not exceed 275m2 and no more than two (2) dwelling units will be permitted on each parcel.”

The Public Hearing will consider amendments to Bylaw 738 for the following properties: School District No. 74 “Gold Trail” Property:

400 Hollis Road, L A PL 27011 DL 378

• The proposal will rezone property located at “400 Hollis Road” as Industrial-1 (M-1) from the current zoning of Industrial-2 (M-2).

• The following is proposed to be included in Section 11.1 “Permitted Uses”:

“School Board Works Yard and Administrative Offices”

Public Hearing Details

Date: Monday, January 11th 2016Time: 4:00 PM to 4:30 PMPlace: Village of Ashcroft Council Chambers 601 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft, BC

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Resourcefulness important for rural survivalHappy New Year to every-

one. The year that we just used up certainly brought some good moments and some not so happy ones. I hope all of you have many positive experien-ces in 2016 and that the rough waters are balanced by much smooth sailing. As the days once again begin to length-en I find that the bright moonlit nights appear to beckon me outdoors and enjoy the winter.

The clear moonlit night of Christ-mas lit up a wonderful winter land-scape along Loon Lake Road and sure-ly no one could complain about dark nights with brightness like that. Sunny cold days are filled with sparkling ice crystals and snowflakes keep floating down to ensure a good winter atmos-phere.

Ice has formed on Loon Lake and people are busy clearing areas for skat-ing and other outdoor fun on ice. Hope-fully the conditions will remain good for establishing a solid ice covering for lots of use over the coming months.

The Christmas moon was called the “cool” moon whereas the January moon is known as the “wolf” moon. The First Nations peoples had names for all the moons and these names I have used are from the Algonquin tribes – although names varied from one group to another. The names tend-ed to describe some aspect of living conditions during that moon period and are more meaningful than the names we use for the months of the year. Few Canadians know where the name “De-cember” came from or who Janus was, but most would understand why a moon at this time of the year was called the “wolf” moon.

As December ended I received a telephone call stating that my property was under investigation by Canada Revenue Agency and Canada Emer-gency Preparedness and that I should immediately call their centre at a given number.

Instead I immediately called the Canadian Anti Fraud Centre, but all the lines were busy. I then reported the call to the local RCMP. Anyone receiving such calls should not be alarmed; it is a scam to get your money. It is best NOT to call the number given but do call the Canadian Govern-ment Anti Fraud Cen-tre at 1 888 495 8501 and also report it to the local RCMP.

At this time there are so many different scams either by phone or computer that the centre’s lines are often overly busy. When I did get through the staff person was very helpful and informa-tive. Rural residents with landlines are

now getting more of these calls as the scammers are using the phone books to get the numbers to call. The telephone companies could do something about these calls if more pressure was put on them, however at this time they are making money by facilitating the calls.

A neighbour gave me a very fine piece of needlework as a gift and it got me thinking about a recent editorial in The Journal about all the fine skills and talents hidden in our local folks. It is so true that we are surrounded by tal-ented people who can do great things but are very humble about their skills. I see examples of fine woodworking, fur-niture building, quilting, welded metal art, fused glass, watercolour paintings, photography and other arts and crafts. Playing a musical instrument and sing-ing give pleasure all around.

One set of skills that also fascin-ate me is when people have the ability look at something – like a piece of ma-chinery or equipment that is broken – and can quite quickly repair it, even go-ing so far as making a new part out of some old cast off piece, so that it works better than ever. Creativity and invent-iveness were an important part of the success of early settlers and that spirit and attitude continue in our local folk, and in my opinion we should celebrate these qualities more and support local crafters. Most people I know would rather have a gift I purchased at a local craft market than something from a big box store.

Some years ago some writer came up with the thesis that it took about 10,000 hours of practise to master a skill or artistic endeavour. I certain-ly appreciate how much practise does help “make perfect”, even in baking a good loaf of bread. However, some-thing in the line of inclination, talent and innate skills also helps. Sometimes necessity serves as a great inspiration to hone a skill or develop a latent talent.

Surely, living on the land taught self re-liance and the need to try one’s hand at many things. And it seems still that folks attracted to rural living also have many hidden talents and a “here’s at it” attitude towards trying to do things for themselves.

In the case of the needlework gift, I know I would never be able to do those fine stitches as my fingers just don’t work that way and I don’t have the patience for it. There is truth in some of those old saying about “having an ear for music” or an “eye for paint-ing”. Sure there have been deaf musi-cians, Beethoven is probably the most famous, and they clearly show that there are other skills and talents that are important in making music. In fact music is such a powerful phenomenon that it is probably the artistic endeav-our that is approached and developed in the widest variety of ways by hu-mans around the world. It is also the art form that serves best to touch and in-spire people, even those who otherwise are not interested in art.

As the old year ends and a new one is sampled, it is traditional to make a resolution or two to be better at some-thing in the new year. This year my resolution is to cut way back on the use of plastic bags of all sorts and shapes. I have been washing and reusing food quality plastic bags but now I want to stop using them altogether. I have read that plastic NEVER is gone – it just disintegrates into smaller and smaller pieces which then getting into the food of small animals and fish and cause problems.

Some years ago I saw a video of an invention whereby one could take clean plastic bags and wrappers and put them into a machine and it would covert the plastic to gas (I think it was kerosene) which could then be used. I wonder whatever happened to that in-vention. My biggest challenge is to find an alternative way to freeze vegetables and fruit. Glass containers work well in the fridge for leftovers, but glass bang-ing around in a freezer is not good. I guess it is time to become creative.

All the best in 2016 everyone!

From Loon Lake RoadBarbara Hendricks

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Happy New YearThe new year is underway. I hope we all

have a healthy, happy and content year.

Light Up WinnersThe two residential winners in the Clinton

Christmas Light UP Challenge received $50 Home Hardware gift cards. Nancy Kane, Man-ager of Clinton Home Building Centre made the presentation to Dallas and Rebekah Bowen and Helen Prevost on Dec. 30 at the Building Centre.

In the photo to the left of my column are the Christmas Light Up Winners receiving their gift cards: (l-r) Dallas and Rebekah Bowen, Clinton Home Building Centre Manager, Nan-cy Kane and Helen Prevost. Missing from pic-ture is Willie Prevost who was unable to at-tend. Congratulations to all who took the time to light up the community.

New Village Website The Village of Clinton has a new logo and

website. This was one of the priorities Council decided on for 2015.

A working group, comprised of Village staff and two councillors sent out a request for proposals and reviewed the submissions. The decision was made to go with ABC Communi-cations for the design and hosting of website.

The new logo seeks to market the Village of Clinton and area as a destination. Instead of ‘The Gateway to the Cariboo” Clinton will now be marketed as “Where History Meets Adventure”. After much discussion by Coun-cil a design was agreed upon and a stagecoach with mountains in the background becomes the new logo.

Check out the new website (which is still under construction) at www.village.clinton.bc.ca .

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a cop-out, exempting us from the dirty work.

It’s not that we can’t fight. Canada has a long history of military excellence, from Vimy Ridge to Korea to Kandahar.

It may feel like we’re on firm moral ground for accepting refugees, but that act of kindness does not excuse the 300,000 dead Syrians who can no longer accept our offer of asylum.

Military intervention is never something we should seek, but sometimes it’s necessary - and that’s not something to fear or lament. It’s time to rediscover how to be a force for good in the world. Sometimes it does indeed require force.

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Accident or murder? A Dog Creek mysteryBy Esther Darlington Dog Creek. Sounds a desolate isolat-

ed place, doesn’t it? Yet nothing could be further from the truth.

Dog Creek is such a beautiful pastor-al heaven of a place that renown Group of Seven artist, A.Y. Jackson spent summers there in the l950s. The amiable bachelor painter whose landscapes grace the walls of some of our most distinguished nation-al galleries, was hosted by Vivian Cow-an of Onward Ranch, an artist and chatel-aine of the Cariboo whose generous hos-pitality was enjoyed by many notables like Jackson.

Equally as gracious a hostess to numberless scores of persons at Dog Creek, was Ada Place, the mother of Hil-ary Place. Hilary Place, a man of many talents was a Cariboo businessman, musi-cian, civic administrator and author. His mother’s long and fascinating life at Dog Creek was recorded in a biography by A. J. Drinkall, who served the area as post master, school board chairman, store keeper and justice of the peace. The writ-er met them all, when she lived in Wil-liams Lake in the early 1960s. By then, A.J. was over 90, and Mrs. Place was in a wheelchair.

In his book, Dog Creek, A Place in the Cariboo, Hilary Place writes of an episode at Dog Creek that poignantly de-scribes the attitudes of persons in author-ity toward the native peoples at that time. It is good reading. It may also be an edu-cation for many non native Canadians that would, hopefully, break down the stereotype of Indians that continues to en-dure in this country.

In the ‘old days’ natives would often select a husband for their daughters. The selection often happened when the chil-dren were little older than infants. I’ve known personally at least one native woman whose husband was chosen for her by parents, a choice that proved very unhappy and ended in divorce. Anyway, a Shuswap young woman named Susan Seymour of Dog Creek was married to a man chosen by her parents when Su-san was fresh out of residential school.

His name was Gilbert, an unenterpris-ing fellow, short of stature, indifferent about his hygiene, pimple faced and pock marked. Susan on the other hand was bright, pretty, an excellent horse woman admired by many in the community, white and Indian.

Gilbert’s half brother was Simon, known as Si. Now Si’s paternity was un-known. He was raised on the Canoe Creek reserve, some distance from Dog Creek. Si was the exact opposite of Gilbert, both in appearance and in lifestyle. He was of medium height, muscular, clean in ap-pearance and a good worker who went to work at the age of 12, worked himself up to be a cowboy at the Gang Ranch. And he was white in appearance. Though he had somehow avoided the residen-tial school, (probably by working miles away from one at an early age), he taught himself to read and to write adequately. He had a fine horse, dressed like a clas-sic cowboy, complete with chaps, and got along well with his white counterparts at the Gang ranch. However, Si’s white ap-pearance had made him the butt of jokes among the Indian community when he was young. It wasn’t easy for him.

When he became an adult, Si dis-enfranchised himself as an Indian, and though he had integrated well with his peers on the ranch, he never felt entirely comfortable with them socially. As a boy he had been quiet, very shy, and tried to make himself ‘inconspicuous’. It’s a sad story really. Today, Si would have been considered Metis.

Si’s non-Indian status allowed him to purchase liquor which was available at the Dog Creek store. We are referring to a time when Indians were not allowed to purchase liquor. Si wasn’t a drinker him-self, but he was often prevailed upon to buy liquor for others. This proved to be difficult for him, because Si obviously needed to continue contact with his rela-tives in the native community. As events unfolded, it might have been wiser if he hadn’t felt that need, especially with his half brother Gilbert.

One fine day at dawn, Gilbert and

Si rode into Dog Creek leading a horse without without a rider. On the horse be-ing led, was a bundle. Open inspection, the bundle turned out to be grim. It was the dead body of Susan, Gilbert’s wife.

The body was covered with mud from head to foot. The police were called at Williams Lake. Three hours later, an of-ficer arrived with the doctor. The doctor would certify the death, and thus an aut-opsy would be avoided. Inspection of the body was cursory. Covered as it was from head to foot with mud, and deceased for several days, the authorities wanted to leave Dog Creek as soon as they could.

But not without first insulting comments to the father of the de-ceased girl to the effect that he was suspected of drunkeness. The grief stricken father, a stoic who never showed emotion, was stunned. His heart was broken. Hilary Place knew the family well and respect-ed everyone in it. Susan’s mother keened over the body. The women of the community took the body away and washed it thorough-ly. Given its condition, a very dif-ficult task. Upon washing the hair and the forehead, they discovered a bullet hole.

Now Gilbert told the commun-ity that Susan had been bucked off her horse and had been dragged some distance, her boot in the stir-rup. The boot was found to be so marked. Both men asserted they had found the body in the condi-tion they had brought it in to Dog Creek. When the bullet hole was discovered, the police were called again, and advised. But the burial of the body had taken place two days before. The authorities had no wish to exhume the body to verify the claim of the bullet hole. They had already declared the death an accident.

Si fled to the hills. He wasn’t seen for days. When he emerged from hiding, disheveled and in the

utmost distress, he confessed that he had killed Susan to Hilary Place. The police were once again called. Hilary told Si that he could have continued his life as he had lived it, as the authorities had written the incident off as accidental, and anyway, the body was buried. But Si’s conscience would not allow him to do that.

The police took Si away to Williams Lake and put him in a cell. Not long after Si was taken, the police called Dog Creek to advise that Si had committed suicide in the cell. He had hung himself by his belt..

Was justice served? Hilary Place didn’t think so. He believes the women who found the bullet hole in the skull of Susan’s body knew the truth of the story.

January • Week 2ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, � nding time to get everything done can be challenging. Fortunately, you have quite a few friends willing to spare some time and lend you a helping hand.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Dif� cult decisions can take time to work through, Taurus. Although you want to address all situations, this week isn’t a good one for making big decisions.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, something keeps nagging at you and you can’t get it out of your head. Trust your intuition and be on guard. With some careful thought, a solution will present itself.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 A hectic schedule may have you feeling some pressure, Cancer. Keep in mind that all of your deadlines are self-imposed, so just factor a little more time into your week.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, sometimes you have to make a few mistakes before you get things right. Don’t let this worry you, as trial and error is all a part of the learning process.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you may suspect what’s around the corner, but you are not ready to take the plunge just yet. Give it a little more time until you feel ready and secure.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Work with your doctor to develop a plan for meeting some healthy resolutions, Libra. It is important to make your health a priority this week.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, it may prove impossible to escape all of your responsibilities right now, but you can let a few slide for the time being. Tackle the most daunting projects � rst.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 You cannot avoid a complex issue forever, Sagittarius. Come clean with the person you may have been hiding from, and work with this person to reach a resolution.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, it may be frightening to reveal your true feelings about something, especially when the truth might change your life in a dramatic way. Muster your courage.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Others appreciate all that you do for them, Aquarius. But sometimes they have to do for themselves to learn valuable lessons. This week is a time to step aside.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, while you are busy helping other people, you may discover that it’s time to take a step back and tend to your own needs.

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Staring at a blank page before typing the first word for my column reminded me of what I love about New Years: a clean slate and a fresh start.

Okay, so the slate of life can’t be com-pletely clean when we begin a new year, I know that. But it can be tidied up so the fresh start is stronger.

That’s where the beauty of resolution lists come in. They help un-clutter our minds from all the things we want to do and organize them accordingly. Yet this is where ugliness can also occur when we fail with our lists,

even those with only one thing on it.

I’ve always taken this time of year very seriously. My obses-sion to setting goals and trying to improve has me doing what most people want to do: get rid of my bad addictions and hab-

its that are holding me back. But what’s going to happen if I don’t?

Our propensity as a society is to grum-ble about the pres-sures of New Years resolutions and sur-render to the belief that we usually fail so

why bother with them at all. Of course the alternative to that is to remember that it’s not perfection that creates our dreams, it’s persistence.

So you’ve started smoking again or you’ve gone off your diet already - so what? Falling off the wagon is just part of life. Get up, dust yourself off and jump back on again.

Can you tell I’m writing this article more for me than for you? I should paint “Get back on the wagon” with a few exclamation marks on my wall to remind myself how impor-tant that is.

A few years ago I had the word “perse-verance” tattooed on my forearm. I look at it often and it reminds me to keep going and stay the course. It also reminds me to pick a nicer font with a thinner needle and double check the spelling the next time I decide to mark my body with permanent ink.

2015 was a tough year for a lot of

people I know, my-self included. That old saying that we learn more from our failures than our suc-cesses has me believ-ing I’m far wiser than I once was. But I’m ready to learn less and succeed more in the year 2016 and I wish that for all of you as well.

The other thing I was sadly reminded of this past year is

how precious life is and how short it can be - another reason not to beat ourselves up for failing to be perfect.

A quote I have dis-played in my office says this: “Life isn’t about finding your-self. Life is about cre-ating yourself.” Add in there: “Have fun while you do” and it’s the perfect quote.

Happy New Year

and good luck with whatever goals you set, and remember that our fresh starts can start at any mo-ment we choose. As long as we’re living, there are no limits to how many times we can re-set our fresh start button.

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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: Jessica Clement250-457-7128

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

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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

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A little bit of exercise each day adds up to brand new habits

Even Gumby runs! These are a few of the joggers, walkers and cyclists from last year’s Skip’s Charity Run, sponsored by the Ashcroft & District Lions Club. The annual Ashcroft event is a great way for beginner and seasoned runners to get out and stretch those leg muscles. And help a local service club raise money. Get ready for this year’s Skips Charity Run on Sunday, June 5.

For the last three years I have partici-pated in a December run challenge. The challenge simply states you have to run or walk at least one mile per day every day for the month of December.

The kind people who organize the Dirty Feet race series out of Kamloops give out drawprizes to eligible people in the challenge. It’s a fantastic way to mo-tivate people to get out moving and off the couch in the cold, dark winter days. Then by the time January hits, you’ll have the motivation to start your own person-al challenge or look for your own goal to shoot for.

Finding the time to get out the door, especially around Christmas time can be challenging though. There is alot of things to do, and getting out for a run can sometimes be the least of your wor-ries. You sometimes get your mile in at a very early time before the day starts, or right before going to bed when the kids are tucked away.

I believe that is the biggest challenge: it’s not the actual running, it’s how you schedule your day around when you will run your mile. But that is the key - once you find it out, the rest becomes easy.

I’m fascinated by all the stories and pictures throughout the month posted on the December run challenge facebook page of people getting out with their fam-ilies for a walk, or hitting the trails with their dogs. Every day. I’m sure the people

all find it challenging at first, but it then becomes part of their daily routine.

Like anything else though, there are some people who make these sort of chal-lenges bigger.

There is something in the world of running called “Running Streaks”. By def-inition, someone who is in a running streak must have run, not walked, at least one mile every day for at least a year. Believe it or not, there are some people who have done just this, for a long time.

Jon Sutherland has run almost 50 years straight, every day. With over 190,000 miles logged so far, with an average of 11 miles/day. This is unbelievable.

There are some great stories to be heard about him

including running through illness and running in the hospital after getting sur-gery. Sutherland says there is only one thing stopping him from his streak - Death.

Not only men com-pete in these streaks, there is a woman named Sue Fa-vor from Los Angeles who has run every day for over 30 years. Now 48 years old,

she has run every day since she was 17 years old. She uses running to self-medi-cate herself from depression.

As hard as it sounds for a man to ac-complish this crazy challenge, just think of what it would mean for a woman. If you have children, you have to run (not walk) one mile, the day you will give birth, then run the day after giving birth.

Some say that “Streakers” are do-ing damage to themselves. But they look around and see overweight people, and people abusing drugs and think not.

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Chambers of Commerce are struggling everywhereaging them to do their business plan,

they’re still around,” she says.Those who take their chances and

open their doors without a business plan are often out of business in half a year or less.

“Some people are a little nervous sharing too much,” she says. “I get that too, but it really bothers me when I walk past a business and I go ‘If only’.”

Business has changed quite a bit, Arnott says, since 2008/2009 when a lot of warehouses and contractors were left without payment from businesses going out of business. They want their money up front now, she says, and the bills come in so fast once you start a business that a month goes by before you even know it and there are a ton of bills to pay.

“It takes couage to start and run your own business,” she says. “A lot of courage, and thank goodness there’s people out there who are prepared to do that because we wouldn’t have our downtown cores without them. We have a lot of home based businesses but where would anybody really go to find the basics?”

“I really, really struggle with the lack of a Chanber of Commerce,” she says. “I go to the chamber meetings around the region and I’m also watch-ing them attract less and less people around the table. I really count on the chambers as being the voice from the business community, but I recognized long time ago that is not the case. Yes, I can get information from the cham-ber, but I also need to go out and get in-formation directly from the businesses because they’re not participating in the local chamber. Do we need to revisit what the role of a chanber is?”

She says Hope, Lilooet and Lytton have the only active chambers in her re-gion.

“My dream is to have a joint mar-keting done with businesses here,” Ar-nott says. “To get everyone on the same page.”

“Buying online is killing local busi-nesses,” she says. “People come into a local business, try on a product and order it online to save $10. We have a generation who’ve never touched money ever. We used to stand in line to put our paycheque in the bank. Now it can be done without ever stepping foot inside a bank.”

What I think we need to do is really build that awareness with people,” she says. “They really need to support their local businesses because our business-es support our comunity efforts.

“So walk through their doors, see what theyve got in there,” she says.

She would also like to see business-es doing more to support each other.

“Businesses need to market what they’ve got to pull in the customers. It goes both ways,” she says.

Last year her office, along with the Village of Ashcroft, hosted a break-fast for businesses - a sort of meet and greet with speakers. She says she was shocked at how many business people were meeting each other for the first time. It’s not a big business commun-ity, she says. It can be a lot closer, more supportive.

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Crossroads Pentecostal AssemblyChrist Centered People Centered

1551 Stage Rd. Cache Creek B.C. • 250-457-6463 crossroadspentecostalassembly.org

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

Everyone welcome

ZION UNITEDSunday Worship 10:50 am

401 Bancroft, Ashcroft, BC • 250-453-9511 zuc@coppervalley.bc.ca • http://ashcroftunited.ca

United Church of CanadaLay Leader: Frank Mierau

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Xaxli’p

XAXLI’P ADMINISTRATOR

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Xaxli’p is a St’at’imc community located in the beautiful Fountain Valley, 15km east of Lillooet with great community and economic development potential. The successful candidate requires a post-secondary education in Business, Administration, or Commerce. The successful candidate must have senior management experience with general program and services of an Aboriginal Organization, and will be responsible for the following:

Reporting to and receiving direction from Chief and CouncilHas a minimum of 3 to 5 years administrative experience with an aboriginal organizationHave excellent knowledge and implementation of AANDC, FNHA, and other agencies, programs, and servicesFacilitate the development and implementation of plans to include strategic, capital, financial, program, and economic developmentProvide effective leadership and teambuilding through employee supervision and developmentDevelop and/or assist in proposals for fundingIdentify and provide for the needs of the community and membership

An excellent benefit package is offered that includes medical, dental and pension plan, as well as an opportunity to contribute to the success and growth of a great community.

Please mail, hand deliver, fax, or e-mail current resume with cover letter and references to the following address:

Xaxli’pAttention: Chief Darrell Bob Sr.

PO Box: 1330 Lillooet, BC V0K 1V0E-mail: chief@xaxlip.ca

Fax: 250-256-7892

Resumes will be received until 3:00pm January 22, 2016

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