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Rare birds noted

Erratic drivers get tips on how to drive

Atoms and Bantams work on the scoring

On Dec. 29 at 12:54 pm Ashcroft RCMP received a complaint from a Lone Butte driv-er who reported that a southbound 2014 Jeep Compass was driving erratically, braking hard, tailgating, weaving and flipping the bird to other motorists. The vehicle was located in Cache Creek and stopped.

The 54 year old Surrey driver advised that all of the other vehicles were driving erratically and so he decided to take it upon himself to educate them by flashing his lights, honking and giving them the finger. There were three passengers in the vehicle. He was given a verbal warning about his behaviour.

The eighth annual Christmas Bird Count was held on Dec. 22 under gray skies as seven avid birders and adventurists - over half from out of town - combed the area from Venables Valley Rd. to the Bonaparte Reserve, to the Christian Ranch and north to Back Valley Rd., tallying up everything with feathers. Except the farmyard chickens.

The number of species counted has re-mained steady over the years at a moderate 36-39.

Led by Karl Ricker of Whistler, the group was made up of Loekie Van Der Wal, Ray Town and Bert Parke of Logan Lake, Marie Rus-sell Martin of Ashcroft and Gary Winslow and Wendy Coomber of Cache Creek.

The day long hunt turned up some inter-esting finds, such as the solitary Eared Grebe found on the Thompson River near the CN bridge, not one but two pygmy owls, one of them spotted in the Boston Flats trailer park, a very active merlin (falcon) in Ashcroft, a north-ern shrike out near Ashcroft Manor, two Amer-ican dippers in the Bonaparte River at the Harp-er Mill subdivision, 239 mallards, three Amer-ican robins, 51 chukars, a blue heron, a red tail hawk and a rough legged hawk, countless spar-rows and Eurasian collared doves, rock doves, juncos, American goldfinches, house finches, a few dozen Bohemian waxwings, 33 Canada geese, assorted mergansers, goldeneyes, wood-peckers and more - all of which will be recorded by the Audobon Society along with the results of the hundreds of other Christmas Bird Counts throughout North America and Europe.Ashcroft Atom Winterhawks lost to Logan Lake

Blazers in a hard fought game 4-1 last Sunday, but they gave it their all. Wyatt McCullough scored for the Winterhawks, with Austin Rampone assisting.

Although, there was a three goal spread, our team played fabulous. The defense: Wyatt Reid, Monika Paulos, Alexis Aleck-Brown and Wyatt McCullough played well to keep the puck away from Goalie, Pearce Brown. Forwards Kheller Ouellette, Murray Lulu, Shardy Allison, and Darius Kirkpatrick played hard with so many shots almost hitting the mark. Awesome job, Winterhawks!

The Bantam Warriors played two away games last weekend. First win of the year was in Logan Lake on Saturday. Goals scored by Hayden Aie and Griffin Aie.

Sunday in Lillooet was a fantastic game with the final score 5-3 for Lillooet. Goals scored by Allie Aie, Dario antione and Dreydon Thomas.

Next scheduled Bantam home games are Jan 18 at 11 am and Jan 19 at noon vs Logan Lake. Come on out to Drylands Arena and cheer on the kids!

Above: Atoms players Austin Rampone and Shardy Allison take the puck all the way down to the Logan Lake end.

Maria Russell Martin and Loekie Van Der Wal scan the horizon for anything on wings during the bird count.

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

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

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

(no meeting July and August)

Euchre, � rst & third Sunday of every month1:00 to 4:00 pm, beginners welcome

Contract Bridge, beginners welcomeEvery Wednesday 3:00 to 5:00 pm

MEAT DRAWEvery Saturday ~ 3:00 pm

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Jan. 10 - Movie Night in Ashcroft! Gulliver’s Travels is at Zion United Church Hall, 401 Bancroft Street. Show starts at 7 PM. FREE ADMISSION, snacks by donation. An open invitation is extended to everyone .

Jan. 13 - The next Cache Creek Council meeting will be held at 7 pm in the Village Of� ce. Everyone welcome.

Jan. 31 - New Year’s Eve Dance in Spences Bridge!

Every Friday - Soup’s On from 11 am to 1 pm at St. Alban’s Anglican Church in Ashcroft. Soup, buns and dessert by donation.

Wednesdays 8-10 pm - Drop In Adult Badminton in Cache Creek Community Hall. Bring a racquet and gym shoes, $3 per night. Call Rick for information 250-457-9644 (days) or 250-457-2370 (evenings).

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Monday, January 13THE LOONIE BALL IS BACK!

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POLICE REPORTWendy Coomber

Police Telephone #s

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

Crime Stoppers1-800-222-TIPS (8477)

On Santa’s naughty listDec. 25 at 12:29 am po-

lice were called to a resi-dence on the Ashcroft Re-serve after receiving a frantic call by a 23 year old woman who said her intoxicated 26 year old boyfriend had shoved her and so she locked herself in the bathroom, and he was now pounding and kicking the door trying to get in. Officers arrived, but the male had left. He was locat-ed and denied shoving any-one. The matter is still under investigation.

At 2:27 am police re-turned to the Reserve when a 43 year old woman reported the same 26 year old from the previous report fight-ing with a 24 year old male in her residence. The 26 year old was gone, but po-lice spoke to the 24 year old who had an injured hand. He denied fighting and claimed the inury occured in a gift-wrapping incident. The complainant denied calling police. All parties were in-toxicated.

At 3:12 am police were called back to the Reserve by a 28 year old woman who reported that two men, aged 26 and 40, were argu-ing and yelling outside her residence, and one had an unknown object in his hand. Police attended but neither male, including the 26 year old from the two previous reports, was still there. The complainant denied seeing anyone outside her residence and said maybe the voices were on TV.

Home for the holidaysDec. 25 at 7:42 pm po-

lice received a complaint from a 54 year old woman who advised that her 31 year old son was being a jerk and verbally abusive, and she wanted him removed from her house. Police attended and spoke to the son who was visiting from Fort Nel-son. He said his mother was drunk and wanted him out of the house for no reason. He was given a ride to a friend’s house where he spent the rest of the night.

Deer out of seasonDec. 26 at 4:48 pm po-

lice were advised by a 63 year old woman on the Ore-gon Jack Reserve that a 33 year old neighbour had just killed a deer near her house. She thought it was too close to her house and that he was poaching. The officer noted deer parts nearby. He spoke to the neighbour who did not deny shooting the deer. He said he put it down because it was dying at the side of the

road, and thought it was far enough away from the com-plainant’s house. The matter is still under investigation.

Black ice rolloverDec. 27 at 9:38 pm po-

lice attended a single vehicle accident on Hwy 1 near Kingsway Corner after a nortbound 1998 Ford pick-up truck went off the road to the left and rolled down a 20 foot embankment after it hit a patch of black ice on the highway. The driver, a 32 year old Vancouver man and his 63 year old Richmond male passenger were taken to Ashcroft hospital for treat-ment of minor injuries. The truck was equipped for win-ter driving.

Misdirected energyDec. 28 at 12:42 am po-

lice received a distress call from a 23 year old woman on the Ashcroft Reserve who reported that her 26 year old boyfriend had come home drunk and belligerant. She locked herself in the bath-room, as she did in the first Dec. 25th report, while he continued to pound and kick at the bathroom door. He left after she called the police and went to a neighbour’s house, proceeding to pound on the front door. The neigh-bour called the police, and he left, returning to his own house where he went back to pounding on the bathroom door. Police intercepted him just as he was leaving. He de-nied doing anything wrong, and then became belliger-ant as they arrested him. He was handcuffed and placed inside the police vehicle where he began banging his head against the glass parti-tion between the front and back seats. He was uninjured and transported to Kamloops cells where he spent the rest of the night. He was released when sober and calm.

Not Learning anythingDec. 28 at 2:30 pm an of-

ficer on patrol on the Ash-croft Reserve observed a Fort Crown Victoria with no plates being driven. The vehicle was stopped and the officer noticed an over-powering odour of marijuana coming from the 28 year old driver. He admitted to smok-ing a joint just moments be-fore. He was given a 24 hour suspension for driving while intoxicated by drugs and his car was impounded. He

was also issued tickets for driv-ing with-out in-surance,

driving without displaying his L sign, and driving con-trary to the restriction of his L license.

Dangerous place to parkDec. 30 at 11:55 pm a CP

Rail employee reported that a white Ford pickup had run out of gas and was parked at the side of Hwy 1 between Spences Bridge and Ash-croft on a blind corner. He stayed with the vehicle until a tow truck came to take it away.

Tenant helped himselfDec. 31 at 4:25 pm po-

lice received a complaint from a 71 year old Alberta woman who said that her 45 year old Walhachin tenant had taken her Dodge pick-up without permission. The vehicle and driver were lo-cated in Kamloops. The man was living in the residence but did not have permission to use the vehicle, which was uninsured. The matter is still under investigation, and the man is facing possible char-ges of auto theft.

Head gashedDec. 31 at 5:04 pm po-

lice were called to the Nug-get Motel in Cache Creek where a 59 year old woman said she had been assaulted by a 45 year old neighbour. Officers spoke to the sus-pect, who was pacing in front of the motel, agitat-ed and intoxicated. He said “everyone” was fighting. The woman said she was as-saulted in the parking lot and showed them a large lacera-tion on the back of her head. The male was arrested and became very combative. He was eventually subdued and held in cells. The woman was taken to Ashcroft hos-pital and then transported to Kamloops for further exam-ination and treatment. The matter is still under investi-gation and may result in as-sault charges.

Tit for tatJan. 2 at 8:41 pm police

were called to the Nugget Motel in Cache Creek after the 45 year old male suspect in the Dec. 31 assault case complained that he could hear the 59 year old woman and her 50 year old boy-friend yelling and smash-ing things in their unit. Po-lice attended and woke the woman, who was in her unit

alone and sober. Nothing in-side had been smashed or tossed about. The complain-ant insisted that he heard loud noises and yelling from their unit, but officers told him they didn’t believe he could hear the noise in a room five units away from his own, and that tenants in those units between him and the woman wouldn’t have called police if they had heard the same commotion.

Abandoned 911Jan. 2 at 9:11 pm police

received an abandoned 911 call from a cellphone regis-tered to a 15 year old Ash-croft woman. Police at-tended her residence and she advised that she had lent her phone to a 15 year old friend in Cache Creek. Police at-tended that residence, where the teen admitted she had ac-cidentally dialled 911 and apologized.

Ran out of timeJan. 4 at 12:27 pm po-

lice received a complaint about an erratic westbound driver on Hwy 1. The black GMC Jimmy with Alberta plates was located at Hun-gry Herbies. The vehicle had a temporary license that had expired on Dec. 29. The 21 year old Alberta man driving it was issued tickets for driv-ing without insurance and driving without a license. The truck was towed.

Driving and dozingJan. 5 at 11:12 am po-

lice received a report about a hit and run on Hwy 1 near Cornwall Rd. after a 40 year old Cobble Hill woman re-ported that a northbound Ford pickup coming towards them had crossed the cen-tre line and taken out their side view mirror. While of-ficers were on the scene, they received a call from a Coqutlam woman who ad-vised that her 25 year old son had just been involved in an accident and was wait-ing for police at the Husky in Cache Creek. Police located him and he admitted to doz-ing off momentarily before the accident. He was issued a ticket for driving without due care and attention.

Eviction comingJan. 6 at 4:52 pm police

received a request from the 71 year old owner of a Wal-hachine residence, asking them to evict her 45 year old tenant, the man who took her truck without permission. She was advised that she would have to go through the courts to get an eviction notice.

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Area assessments still going down

KAMLOOPS – As 2014 marks BC Assess-ment’s 40th anniversary, owners of more than 5,900 properties throughout the South Cariboo and Gold Trail area can expect to receive their 2014 assessment notices in the next few days.

“Values of most homes in the South Cari-boo and Gold Trail region are remaining stable compared to last year’s assessment roll,” said Graham Held, Deputy Assessor. “Most home owners in the region will see modest changes in the - 5 per cent to + 5 per cent range.”

Ashcroft’s assessment roll decreased from $180 million to $175 million.

Cache Creek’s assessment roll decreased from $101 million to $98.6 million.

Clinton’s assessment roll decreased slightly from $66.8 million to $66.5 million.

Lytton’s assessment roll remained stable at $37.8 million.

Most home owners in Lillooet will see chan-ges in the - 5-10 per cent range. Overall, Lilloo-et’s Assessment Roll decreased from $306 mil-lion last year to $296 million this year. A total of $850,000 was added to the 2014 roll total in the form of new subdivisions, rezoning and new construction.

Most home owners in Logan Lake will see modest changes in the - 5 per cent to + 5per cent range. Overall, Logan Lake’s Assessment Roll increased from $349 million last year to $375 million this year. A total of almost $34.1 million of this change includes subdivisions, rezoning and new construction.

“Property owners who feel that their prop-erty assessment does not reflect market value as of July 1, 2013 or see incorrect information on their notice should contact BC Assessment as indicated on their notice as soon as possible in January,” said Held.

Property owners can contact BC Assessment toll-free at 1-866-825-8322 or online by click-ing “CONNECT” at www.bcassessment.ca.

Submitted

by Tom FletcherBlack PressVICTORIA – Medic-

al premiums for all but low-income B.C. residents go up again with the start of a new

year.The B.C. government is

increasing its Medical Ser-vices Plan premiums for the fifth straight year, by four per cent across the board.

The Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation released its an-nual survey of tax and other payroll deductions Monday, calculating that MSP pre-miums in B.C. have risen 28

per cent since 2010.

Effect-ive Jan. 1, the month-ly health pre-mium for a sin-gle person rises from $66.50 to $69.25. In 2014, fam-ilies of two pay $125.50, up from $120.50, and families of three or more pay $138.50, up from $133.00.

Many full-time employ-ees have their MSP pre-miums paid by their employer. People earning $30,000 or less are eligible for reduced pre-miums on a sliding scale, with premiums eliminated for those earning

$22,000 a year or less. The B.C. government

has used the increased MSP revenues to offset the long-term growth of health care costs, which are approach-ing half of the total provin-cial budget.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong’s 2013 budget pro-jected health spending to increase 2.3 per cent in the current fiscal year, 2.7 per cent in the year beginning April 1 and only 2.2 per cent the following year. The gov-ernment’s critics called that unrealistic after years of in-creases of more than five per cent.

The CTF reports that Canada Pension Plan and Employment Insurance pay-ments are also going up for many people, despite a fed-eral government pledge to freeze EI premiums for three years.

In its New Year Tax Changes report, it calculates that maximum EI premiums will go up $23 in 2014, total-ling $914 for the year.

The maximum employee Canada Pension Plan deduc-tion, charged to those earn-ing $52,500 or more, goes up $70 to $2,426. Employers match employee CPP pay-ments dollar for dollar.

What’s more Canadian than...?Ken Pelley, and son Fisher, paid homage to their favourite hockey team over the Christmas holidays by building a snowy monument together in front of their house in Ashcroft - complete with missing tooth and Stanley Cup. Here’s hoping it’s a good year for the Habs. Photo: Lene Madeiros

The rewards of bingoVariety Bingo drew a pretty good crowd Monday night in the Cache Creek Community Hall. This year’s Variety Telethon is Jan. 25-26.

Medical, pension payments going up in 2014

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

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A sad new year for local newspapers

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Another year of enviro-wars

Tom Fletchertfletcher@blackpress.ca

B.C.VIEWS

LOOK UP - LOOK WAAAAAAY UP through the tops of the trees

VICTORIA – The new year lurched to life with a round of shout-ing about the environment, as our post-industrial, post-literate urban society grapples with conflicting claims of im-pending doom.

The release of a group of Green-peace protesters from a Russian prison was welcomed by TV news networks desperate to fill the holiday dead zone. Our intrepid Canadian pair got to de-scribe over and over their bid to hang a strongly worded banner from a Rus-sian offshore oil platform, and their horror when security forces board-ed their vessel from helicopters and seized it.

In all the fawning interviews, I kept waiting for two questions to be asked. What did they think Vladimir Putin’s regime would do? And what was the point? How is disrupting one oil plat-form for an hour going to save the planet?

The Greenpeace “activists” claimed this was the first oil platform to operate above the Arctic Circle. So it was a line in the snow, which I’m sure impressed Putin as he ramps up his ter-ritorial claim to include the North Pole.

Meanwhile at the South Pole, TV anchors remained carefully sombre as they reported numerous bids to rescue a scientific vessel trapped in thick ice. No quips about the predictive abilities of climate scientists please!

In fact this ill-fated voyage was a re-enactment of Sir Douglas Maw-son’s 1913 expedition, with pro-global warming news outlets BBC and The

Guardian aboard to capture the melt-ing wrought by a century of industrial expansion. The rescue efforts (from a Russian ship by Chinese helicopters) also disrupted an Australian icebreak-er’s supply trip for one of the real sci-entific expeditions working in Antarc-tica.

Skeptics had great fun with the Antarctic debacle, as they did earlier with the resurgence of Arctic ice that trapped climate tourists.

As is normal in the Internet age, the climate debate has split into two fan-atical factions, each of which promotes the most extreme examples it can find to prop up its version of truth. They call each other “warmists” and “de-niers” among other pithy names.

Greenpeace is now known in B.C. as part of our Team America anti-tar sands brigade. They got off to a good start in 2014 by selectively seizing on reports of a new study of mercury con-tamination in northern Alberta.

A “bullseye” of this dreaded neuro-toxin has been drawn around oilsands

operations by measuring traces in snow. The study by Environ-ment Canada scientists isn’t published yet, but Postmedia News reported on a presenta-tion in November by the re-searchers.

“The federal scientists stress the mercury loadings around the oilsands are low compared to the contamination seen in many parts of North America including southern Ontario and southern Quebec,”

the news report states.This is like the study of polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) pollu-tion in northern Alberta lakes that was twisted into propaganda and fed to the news media last year. This is an-other group of neurotoxins that are far more concentrated in urban areas than around remote industry.

Consumption, rather than produc-tion of coal, diesel and other fuels pro-duces the vast majority of these emis-sions. I look forward to the study of their effects around Lost Lagoon and Burnaby Lake.

Safe levels of these materials have been set by Health Canada. You’re more likely to get significant exposure to mercury from a broken fluorescent lamp or the mercury amalgam in your old tooth fillings than you are from feeding ducks at the lake, although you might get a whiff of PAH when you gas up the car or board the bus.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

I don’t know about the younger genera-tion of women and men working on news-papers these days, but those of my gener-ation and older had a calling. Newspapers called to us and there was no resisting it.

We wanted to make a difference, and newspapers have a centuries old history of doing just that. Whether the “difference” was justifiable is another matter as they have been used, in the past, to spread the owner’s own view of things, usually polit-ical. The power of the press.

And so, with foresight, some of those women and men made a difference to the generations of reporters, photographers, and editors who came after them and set up schools of journalism to channel that call-ing into fair and objective reporting. After that, it was a hard scramble to find work on a newspaper, but many of us persevered be-cause there was just no giving up.

That is what newspapers mean to us.We don’t talk about the economic hardships that leave us gasping, because it’s us who report on the tough times of other business-es, other people. But we are not immune to the downturns of the economy. No one has the magic to create money where there is none. Wouldn’t that be sweet if that was one of the differences we could make?

And still, it was a great shock to find out on Monday that the Kamloops Daily News will cease to publish in a couple of months. We know some of the people there, and have even starting working with a few of them recently, even though they compete for our readership and our advertising dol-lar. Hard economic times will do that, even with competitors.

They are still colleagues, and I know from looking at their newspaper that they share the same feelings for their publica-tion as I do. We are losing our voices- the ones that help common and vulnerable people stand up against the people and in-stitutions who mistreat them.

It’s very sad - for the colleagues who are losing jobs that they love, and also for the loss of another newspaper. What will we do when there are no more voices?

That is something KDN readers will an-swer for themselves in March.

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Special concerts on the WRAPS scheduleFamily Night Movie this month: Free Birds

The Village of Cache Creek presents another fun Family Mov-ie at the Cache Creek Commun-ity Hall. The feature movie this month is the animated pre-DVD-release of Free Birds. In this hil-arious, adventurous buddy com-edy for audiences of all ages, directed by Jimmy Hayward, two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history - and get turkey off the Thanksgiving menu for good.

Bring the whole family to see this funny adventurous movie on Satur-day, January 18. Admission at the door. Doors open at 6:30 pm with the Movie

starting at 7 pm. There will be popcorn and goodies available for purchase at the concession supporting Cache Creek Elementary School’s Parent Advisory Council. No outside food or drinks, please. Children must be supervised and remain seated and quiet during the movie please.

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On Valentines weekend they will feature a very unique Sunday Matinee

Winding Rivers Arts hosted Miss Quincy last November showcased the trio entertaining a large group of kids at the Ashcroft High School Library and a great supportive crowd at St Albans Hall later that night. Photo: Nadine Davenport

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nee show. Take your sweetie, mom, or the whole family to ‘Paws & Tales ensemble’ on Sunday, Feb. 16. ‘Paws and Tales’ is a quartet of classical musicians from Kam-loops. Headed up by our favourite Ashcroft Choir pianist - Dimit-er Terziev. This en-semble also includes Catharine Dochst on Flute, Sally Arai on Clarinet, Dimiter Ter-ziev on Piano and Opera Singer, Carlene Wiebe on Vocals.

Coming in March on Friday, March 14 will be The Moon-shiners. Known for their powerful three part harmonies, danceable grooves and wild instrumental excursions The Moon-shiners are an Urban West Coast take on Bluegrass, folk, early Country and Blues.

Based in Victoria,

the Band is comprised of some of Vancouver Island’s best acoustic musicians: Chris Herb-st (Dobro, vocals), Cluny Macpherson (Bass, vocals), Miriam Sonstenes (Fiddle, Vocals), Mike Brooks (Mandolin) and Tad Ruszel (Gui-tar, vocals).

On April 6 a special Sunday Matinee gos-pel style with the fabulous Ken Whiteley, who is a Canadian roots music legend. His musical journey has taken him from jug band, folk and swing to blues, gospel and children’s music. Among numerous accolades, he has been awarded a Canadian Folk Music Award, Genie Award for Best Original Song in a Canadian film, Lifetime Achievement recognition from the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals and Mari-posa Folk Festival.

Whether leading his own group, solo or col-laborating with peers at blues, folk, children’s festivals and concerts of all sizes, his “...deep knowledge and infectious passion” guarantee good times for all.

Closing out the Season will be First Nations Artist, Sandy Scofield on Friday, May 9. Scof-ield is a multi-award winning composer, musi-cian and singer.

A Métis from the Saulteaux and Cree Na-tions, she hails from four generations of fid-dlers, singers and musicians. Over the years, she has mentored innumerable First Nations singers

and songwriters in the way of rudimentary music theory, vocal techniques, song writ-ing craft and music-industry protocol. She has toured to festivals

on four continents, and in 2011, performed at the International Rainforest World Music Fes-tival in Borneo making this the fifth continent where she has performed.

House Concert with beat-box poet CR Avery

Creative Cow House Concerts presents a House Concert with slam-poet, beat-box, multi-instrumentalist, CR Avery. Join them for to the Ashcroft area for a House Concert on Fri-day, Feb. 28 at the Farmhouse at Barnes Lake (just 12 minutes from downtown Ashcroft). The show starts at 7:30 pm and the house location is at 3820 Barnes Lake Rd, just past IG Machine & Fibres.

C.R. Avery is a unique, raw and dynam-ic performer. His genius lies in many genres - blues, hip-hop, spoken word and rock & roll. He is a one-man band, but one for this generation with the rare ability to sing poetic verse while beat boxing simultaneously while pounding the piano and adding harmonica like a plot twist. A multi-talented front man for his Legal Tender String Quartet; a crazed lead singer/harp play-er for his rock & roll band The Special Interest Group; a lyrical dynamo and the musical back-bone of the spoken word trio Tons of Fun Uni-versity.

Call Nadine or Andrea at (250) 453-9100 to reserve your seat. Hope to some new faces at this very enjoyable community event - cof-fee, tea and sweets provided. Sure to be a great show!

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January is a time of new beginnings and fresh starts.

To determine what our goal is for the new year, we should look back and review the past year. What has 2013 brought? A year of joy or a year of regrets?

I’ve heard it said, “Don’t look back, just keep moving forward!” but I don’t think that applies in this case. It is essential that in order to go forward in triumph, that we look back from where we came. I often ask people, “Do you re-member how difficult that was when you first tried it?” When they reflect back, they realize how far they’ve come, that their hard work is paying off, and then it’s easier to keep moving forward.

As I reflect on this past year, there are high spots and there are low spots. Some things were in my control, others were not, but in both in-stances I had the option to choose. I could choose how to respond when something went wrong and I could choose which way to go when at a crossroad. When I look back I noticed that where there was most success was when I had been prepared.

You’ve probably heard the saying, “Failing to plan is planning to fail.” Last year I wanted to do a better job sticking to a budget, but I failed to plan a budget and did not reach that goal. Last year I also wanted to run a 5k faster, so I ran more and followed a training program to increase speed and I ran faster! There were other failures and success, but in every in-stance the deciding factor between success or failure was the PLAN.

So for 2014, I will set a few goals and make a plan. Here’s one of my health goals this year:

Goal: walk or run one mile everyday Where: treadmill at home, running around in the gym or outside on

the road or on a trailWhen: anytime it works best, but plan a day ahead based on the sched-

ule of the dayWho: recruit friends to join in the challenge and tell each other regu-

larly how we are doing. (Maybe do the mile together when it works.)Why: more movement, activity and fresh airI will celebrate my successes as I watch myself reach my goals and I

won’t quit if I fall off the plan. If I make a mistake, I’ll start again the very next minute.

So that’s the plan, now to reach that goal! Happy 2014. The year without regrets!

Make plans to succeed in your health goals

Vicky Trill

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Living Well

Vicki Trill received funding for two children’s athletic groups last month from the United Way. The Active After School Program and the Wellness Festival Desert Hills Tri Club both received $1500 each. Vicky with (L-R) United Way representative (and AES teacher) Debi Hamson and Brooke Arnott, Kyran Cameron, Jayden Weigel, Sam Adamson and Trent Thomas, with Rhea Little in front. Funding for these and other programs have been gratefully received from Highland Valley Copper in partnership with United Steelworkers 7619, Interior Savings Credit Union, the Royal Bank, BC Hydro and many local donors.

January • Week 2ARIES - Aries, enjoy some well-deserved time off. Life has taken on a hectic pace of late, but some much-needed time to rest, relax and recharge has � nally arrived.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, hidden feelings come to the surface, and this will prove a pleasant surprise. Let things play out this week, and you will get some peace.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, your friends are up to something and they want it to remain a surprise. Keep your distance, and don’t let your curiosity get the better of you.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 A temporary situation at work may alter your plans for a few days, Cancer. But don’t let changes stop you from scheduling some down time with your friends.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, think things through before swinging into action. Run your ideas by someone close, and consider all of your options. This will ensure you make the best decision.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Your con� dence about the future is a byproduct of the past, Virgo. You have learned from past mistakes and are ready to forge ahead and turn your hard work into results.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, now is the time to address some relationship issues that you have been avoiding. Deal with them in a straightforward way, and you will glad you did.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 A demanding schedule makes it impossible for you to be bored this week, Scorpio. However, if you desire a little time to decompress, you can � t it into your schedule.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, while you may be anxious about the future, make sure you enjoy the here and now and not wish the present away too soon. New friends come into your life.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, react swiftly to stressful situations, but do so with a clear head and conscience. Once a situation has been resolved, take some time to recharge your batteries.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, do your best to hold up your end of a bargain with a loved one. If you are struggling, simply ask for more time or help to ensure that everyone comes out a winner.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, your foremost priority is to further your position at work. Rely on your strong work ethic and attention to detail.

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ON A BRIGHTER

NOTE

Dear Diary, today I am grateful for...As much as I love to

write, it’s rare that I keep a journal. And when I say a journal, I mean a place for me to keep a daily record about myself, to my-self and for the sole benefit of me, myself and I.There have been dif-

ferent periods of my life when I paid this kind of attention to “me,” but since be-coming a mother I haven’t done it nearly enough.As a teenager I used

to write in a diary quite frequently and then lock it up with a key after each instal-ment. Regretfully I destroyed all my dia-ries and journals as fast as I could fill them for fear that they’d fall into the wrong hands

and I’d be embar-rassed beyond belief.My dear friend Ernie

Tadla doesn’t worry about things like that and would rather share his thoughts than hide or throw them away. But he’s no longer a teenager - he’s 71 years young and he writes every single morning. He calls it his mental bath.“You wouldn’t leave

the house without

brushing your teeth and having a show-er would you?” he asked me. “Well, why wouldn’t you give your mind the same courtesy that you give your body?”He makes an excel-

lent point.Every day he cleans-

es his mind through his journal entries. He makes time for some quiet reflection and has made a commit-ment to write down all that he’s grateful for to ensure that he starts off each day in the right frame of mind. After acknowl-edging his gratitude, any of his additional thoughts spill out of him without cen-sor. He is then ready to shower, brush his teeth and face the day ahead with as much

joy and appreciation as you can imagine.A widow and cancer

survivor, my friend has had his fair share of sorrow and adver-sity throughout his life and has chosen to spend the rest of his days being as happy and fulfilled as he can. He has also cho-sen to share what he’s learned about himself and about life as he knows it with any-one who’s interested enough to listen.Inspirational and

supportive, this is the kind of human being I aspire to be. I recog-nize that I can’t truly become a person like this without a similar commitment to men-tal cleansing. So, for that reason, “journal-ing” has become one of my top priorities for the year ahead.I realize, not just

from Ernie’s experi-ence, but also from my own, how cleans-ing “journaling” can be. The act of trans-ferring the thoughts in our mind down through our arms, out through our hands and onto paper or the computer screen is in-

credibly powerful. It can immediately start to sharpen a focus that may have become blurry through the reality of living our lives.Not only can this

daily exercise remind us of what we find important and what we want to accom-plish, but it can also help us to discover more about ourselves and work through our challenges, providing us a fresh, new start every time we write in this way.I especially love the

idea of regularly re-cording what we’re grateful for to put us in the right frame of mind. It’s so easy to forget these things and take them for granted without a consistent self-reminding mecha-nism.

Of course, not ev-eryone likes the act of writing and can find other ways to ef-fectively connect with their feelings. But “journaling” really isn’t about writing at all.Spelling, grammar,

sentence structure and even making sense are completely insignifi-cant. This exercise is just about cleaning out the busy thoughts in our minds by help-ing us organize them through this simple act of expression. My husband refers to it as a mental enema.But who in the heck

has the time? I’m not 71 years young and I’m nowhere near re-tirement. Yet I know from personal experi-ence how much time I can ultimately save in the long run by just

taking a few minutes every day to tidy my brain and sharpen my focus.I know it will take

more than that initial-ly. After all, it’s been a long time since my mind has even had a good dusting. But it’s a process, and a little bit every day adds up to a lot over time.The more that I doc-

ument, the more in tune I’ll become – not just with myself, but with others as well. So although my jour-nal instalments will be written to myself and about myself, the ben-efits will extend well beyond just me, my-self and I.I’d bet my diary on

it.Lori Welbourne is a

syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com

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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: Janna 250-457-6614Contact Person: Jessica 250-457-7128

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

BC Lung Association Carolyn Chorneychuk,Director 250-453-9683 Email:carelee67@gmail.com

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 Communities in Bloom Committee Carmen Ranta 250-457-9119

Cache Creek Beautification Society(and Farmers Market) Judy Davison 250-457-6693

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

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

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

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

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

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

347 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet CorpContact Person: Lt. (N) Curran 250-319-3461Alexine Johannsson 250-453-2661email: darrin.curran@cadets.gc.ca

Sage & Sand Pony ClubDistrict Commissioner: Marcie Downmleedown@yahoo.ca.

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

Desert Spokes Cycle SocietyPhone 250-457-9348

Ashcroft Curling Club Phone 250-453-2341

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

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Cache Creek Volunteer Fire DepartmentPhone 250-457-9967

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

Ashcroft Royal Purple Phone 250-457-9122

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

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

Winding Rivers Arts and Performance SocietyContact Person: Nadine 450.453.9100

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

Soccer AssociationContact: Sandi Harry Phone 250-457-9366

Minor Hockey AssociationContact: Lewis Kinvig Phone 457-7489 or 299-3229lewis.kinvig@rona.ca or lewiskinvig@hotmail.com

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

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

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

Taoist Tai Chi Contact Person: Danita HowardPhone 250-453-9907 e-mail: dangre@telus.net

Ashcroft Hospice ProgramShirley 250-453-9202 or Marijke 250-453-0050

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

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STRIKING A BALANCE

Local Groups BenefitIn December, the Clin-

ton Lions Club distributed some of the funds they had raised over the year. Bene-fiting from their generos-ity was Variety – The Chil-dren’s Charity project, which received a cheque for $400. Lions Club treasurer, Jim Thompson presented the cheque to Variety project organizers Fran White and June Bourgo.

Thompson also presented a $500 cheque to the Clinton 4-H Club Leader Don Rose for the club’s travel account.

Helene Cade accepted a cheque from Thompson to put towards the Old Timer’s Tea, which is held in May as part of the Clinton Western Heritage Week.

June Bourgo and Fran White also accepted a $1,056 donation for Variety – The Children’s Charity from Lois Thompson, Carol Higginbot-tom and Marcia Begin all of the Clinton Cleav-ages. These funds were the result of a recent fundraising event.

Make plans to watch Variety – The Chil-dren’s Charity ‘Show of Hearts Telethon’ on the weekend of Jan. 25-26 to see the Clinton group present a cheque on behalf of the citizens of Clinton.

A New Year Begins With the busy Christmas and New Year’s

Eve activities behind us we can once again get our lives back to normal (or whatever may pass

for normal in your life).

Many of the organizations are once again hold-ing regular meet-ings and as usual, most would wel-come new mem-bers.

All the activities that were held over the past anniversary year in Clinton were put on by vol-unteer organizations. These activities could not have happened with out the countless hours of volunteer work that went into them.

If you would like to get involved in your community check at the Village Office for a list of the organizations in your community and pick one (or more) that interest you and get involved.

Back to SchoolThe holidays are

over and the stu-dents have returned to class at David Stod-dart School. Watch for them walking along the roadside as they make their way to the school. Sidewalks can be slippery and acci-

Begin 2014 by being a volunteer

A cheque for $400 was presented to Fran White and June Bourgo, from Jim Thompson on behalf of the Clinton Lions Club for the Variety-The Children’s Charity Project.

A cheque was presented to Helene Cade to be put towards the Old Timer’s Tea by Jim Thompson of the Clinton Lions Club.

The Clinton Lions Club treasurer, Jim Thompson presented Clinton 4-H Club leader, Don Rose with a $500 cheque for the club’s travel account.

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Beulah Berneice Reaugh, born Aug. 15 1920 at Leons Creek. Passed away quietly Dec. 26 2013 at the Extended Care Retirement Home in Ashcroft. She had resided there for the past 3 ½ years, and received kind, considerate and compassionate care. Thank you from the Family.

We know that she is at peace, and that she has � nally got her wish, which was to be reunited with Daddy and Poppa.

Beulah was happily married for 59 years. She was predeceased by her husband Kinick (Daddy) in 2000.

Beulah lived in the Interior all her life, and resided in the Cache Creek area for the past 75 years. In her later years she made her home at 16 Mile, where she lived for 40 years in all.

When the children reached their teens she worked independently, running an Auto Court, gas pumps and store for many years while Kinick managed the Semlin Ranch. She moved on to work at the Oasis Hotel as a desk clerk, and from there moved to the Post Of� ce. After retirement she continued to be busy, and lived an active life. She loved having the neighbours and family over for coffee and a good chat. She enjoyed traveling with family and friends.

Beulah will be sadly and lovingly missed by children Poppy (Ross) of Langley; Larry of White Rock; Robert (Clara) of 16 Mile; and Jo-Ann (foster daughter) of Surrey; grandchildren Terry, Debbie, Raymond, Jason, Justin, Dana, Devlin and Garrett; great-grandchildren Tyler, Owen, Boston, Maggie and Kinlee; and by many other caring relatives as well.

Thank you to the relatives and friends who visited Mom in the home. It really lifted her spirits.

At Beulah’s request, there will not be a service.

Beulah Reaugh

Beatrice Priscilla Sharkey passed peacefully away in her sleep, and into the presence of her Beloved Savior, on December 22, 2013, in Kamloops,BC. Only a month after the passing of her dear husband of 56 years, Herman Sharkey, it is truly a heartbreak for her loved ones.She is lovingly cherished

and remembered by her family and the many, many friends who had the privilege of experiencing the vivacious joy of this loving life.The welcome embrace of her smile was felt the

moment that you met this sweet lady. She added joy to every encounter that she had. If she had opportunity to bless you further it would likely be through some wonderful baking delight, treasured knitting, or sewn masterpiece. She was one of those rare lives that truly exuded joie d’vivre! A giving loving soul who joyfully celebrated life with every breath. She will be dearly missed.

Arrangements entrusted toSchoening Cremation Centre, 250 554 2429Condolences can be left at www.mem.com

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Clear your WindowsDuring the cold weather it can be a challenge to clear the snow and

frost off your car windows. Did you know that you could be fined if you are caught driving with your windows only partially cleared?

I found that out the hard way a couple of winters ago when I was pulled over by the RCMP for that very infraction. As the member ex-plained it, my visibility was partially obscured by the thick ice around the edges of my windshield. And she was right! I could not see clearly. If a pedestrian had stepped off the curb beside me I may not have seen them.

It may take a few moments longer to heat up your vehicle and com-pletely clear the windows but it is worth it.

Council Meetings Normally the regular meetings of the Village of Clinton Council are

held the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. Due to the Village Office being closed over the holidays, the January meetings will be held the third and fifth Wednesdays. So the meetings are Jan. 15 and 29 begin-ning at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers.

As always, members of the public are welcome to attend. There is a question period in which questions regarding anything that is on the cur-rent agenda can be asked.

The Clinton Cleavages recently held a fundraiser and donated their entire earnings of $1,056 dollars to the Clinton Variety Club project, Fran White on the left and June Bourgo on the right accepting a cheque from Cleavage members L-R: Lois Thompson,Carol Higginbottom and Marcia Begin.

Clinton from p. 9

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Sara Sen, Natasha Grimshire and Bonnie Chen, members of the Desert Bells Hand Bell Choir, concentrate on their music

Taize members (l-r) Karla Cummins, Frank Mireau, Theresa Takacs, Dan Collette and Marina Papais

Music in all shapes and soundsBefore Christmas, the Cache Creek Beautification Society hosted its second annual Winter Lights Appreciation and Singalong at the Community Hall. Those who came were treated to Christmas music of all sorts from the hand bell choir, Taize, and local recorder

players - before the audience launched into the Christmas singalong, led by Mayor John Ranta.