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Congratulations to Bob and Helen Corley of Cache Creek for being selected and recognized as Citizens of the Year (Above, with MLA Jackie Tegart).

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POLICE REPORTWendy Coomber

Overreaction by dadJune 26 at 1:15 pm po-

lice received a call from a 49 year old Ashcroft man who reported that his 23 year old son had assaulted an un-known elderly male in the parking lot of the Ashcroft Post Office. The 60 year old

Ashcroft “vic-tim” was locat-ed and advised police that it was a non-event and that no as-sault had taken place.

Low battery warningJune 27 at 8 am BC

Ambulance attendants re-quested police assistance with a 25 year old Walhachin man who was not respond-ing to them as carbon mon-oxide detector alarms were going off inside the house. They were concerned that there might be a gas leak. They also called Savona Fire Rescue. As it turned out, the detector was ringing because the battery was low and all the diabetic man required was a peanut butter sand-wich to get him back on his feet.

Dog taxiJune 27 at 9:30 am an of-

ficer on patrol noticed a dog on the highway while driv-ing through the bluffs on Hwy 97C. It was quickly joined by a second dog and the pair were in danger of being hit by passing traffic. The officer pulled over near the dogs, opened the door, and in they both jumped. They were left with the by-law control officer in Cache Creek. Soon after that, po-lice received a call from a frantic dog owner in Bos-ton Flats wondering if any-one had reported her dogs, who had gotten loose. She was told to phone the Cache Creek Village Office.

Telephone harassmentJune 27 at 9:30 am a 52

year old Cache Creek man called to report that a for-mer employee was calling him and former co-workers to complain about having his job terminated a month ago, while making vague threats about taking them to court. The 43 year old Savona man was spoken to and promised not to call them anymore.

Unwanted attentionJune 27 at 7:45 pm a 30

year old Cache Creek man called to complain about a suspicious female with an unleashed dog who had ap-proached him while he was fishing under the Ashcroft bridge. The 52 year old woman and her dog walked past the man, but her dog de-cided to sniff the man’s dog. The dog’s owner also greet-ed the man. He was advised that if he was upset about dogs off leash, he should contact the Village Of-fice. Ten minutes later, the woman called the Detach-ment to report that a man under the bridge had gone “ballistic and threatened to get a lawyer” because her dog was not leashed. She was just reporting it for in-formation.

On the road againJune 28 at 11:30 am po-

lice received a report of mountain goats all over Hwy 1 by the Mushroom Com-post facility. The 53 year old Monte Creek man said he saw 20-30. Police attended but the goats, which were

probably members of the bighorn sheep herd in the area, were not located.

Neighbours can’t get along

June 28 at 7:30 pm a 62 year old Ash-croft man was weed-whacking in his yard when his neighbour approached him, screaming that deb-ris from the weed-whacker had hit his wife. The 48 year old neighbour pushed the 62 year old, and his 64 year old wife punched him in the throat. Both

parties separated and the 62 year old phoned the police. The neighbours were both arrested for assault, but ad-vised that the other man purposely aims his weed-whacker to hit them with fly-ing debris.

Hit and RunJune 30 at 8:22 am a 43

year old Clinton woman called to report a hit and run in the parking lot of the Roy-al Bank in Cache Creek. She gave police the license num-ber of the white van that hit her Jeep Liberty, causing minor damage. The Regis-tered Owner of the van is an 81 year old Cache Creek man.

CrashJune 30 at 9:30 am po-

lice were called to attend a single vehicle crash after a small red car crashed and rolled into a ditch on Hwy 97 near the Loon Lake turn-off. The three young women in the car were all uninjured, and it was determined that the crash had taken place in Clinton’s jurisdiction.

Cleaning houseJune 30 at 7:40 pm police

attended a residence on the Ashcroft Reserve to remove two unwanted and intoxicat-ed men from the house, at the request of a 54 year old woman. The woman’s hus-band, 62, and stepson, 23, agreed to find alternate ac-commodations for the night.

Colourful start

Left: Ashcroft’s newest member, Cst. Michael Graefer leads the Colour Party of Legion members and cadets at the Ashcroft Canada Day celebrations in the pool park.

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Festival activities will get you moving

Anonymous donor enables free Friday swimming

How you wish to move at the upcom-ing Ashcroft Wellness Festival will be entire-ly up to you, but move you will! Festival goers will have plenty of opportunities to participate in or just to observe the variety of activities being of-fered at the Wellness Festival.

If hiking is an ac-tivity that you would like to participate in, there are two guided hikes planned. Many locals have heard of the Inukshuk Trail that meanders along the base of the hills above the Mesa. It is a hike with a moder-ate degree of difficulty so is very do-able for almost everyone. Thank you to Ash-croft Treating who made a wonderful do-nation of lumber so additional bridges and new benches could be added along the trail to make it even more user friendly. This hike will be wonderful for all ages and will take place early on the Saturday morning.

A more challen-ging hike will take place on Sunday mor-ning and will head up the Three Mead-ows Trail. This hike is for moderate to ad-vanced hikers and in-volves some steep climbs. The challenge is worth it though as you will get some in-credible views high up above the valley and on top will look across the meadows towards the IG Granule Plant.

For those who wish a less energetic type of exercise that

benefits mind, body and soul there will be a one hour yoga ses-sion on both Satur-day and Sunday mor-ning. If you don’t al-ready practice yoga but would like to find out more and give it a try, here is your op-portunity.

Are you interested in self-defense, kar-ate or tai chi? All will have demonstrations that you can watch and, if interested, can find out more about them.

If you like music and movement, you will probably like Zumba. It is dance fit-ness and involves vari-ous dance moves that include both fast and slow rhythms. A terrif-ic and fun way to get exercise, it is typical-ly one hour long and is guaranteed to get you moving! Come out to watch or join in the adult or children’s class.

There are also at least two walking “tours” of the down-town area on Satur-day: Museum curator Kathy Paulos will lead a historic Ashcroft Walk and there will also be a Photography Walk for camera buffs with Journal editor Wendy Coomber.

And the children’s triathlon is being held on Saturday, starting at the swimming pool park. Contact co-or-dinator Wayne Little if you wish to take part in it.

We are very excit-ed to have the “pole lady” coming from

Ashcroft Treating donated the lumber for the new benches and bridges for the Inukshuk Trail, and Bruce Walker built them.

Local Lions clean upThe local Lions Club was busy recently cleaning up Government St. About 150 pounds of garbage was collected by Lions Ines Lopez, Arlene Lebedoff, Vivian Edwards, Mo Girard, Bob Williams and Ernie Kristoff.

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New library gets a big thumbs up from communityThe brand new TNRD Cache Creek Library was officially opened on June 26. Cache Creek Council members, TNRD board members and staff and members of the public were all in attendance to celebrate the grand opening and view the items intended to be buried in the Time Capsule, which will include the above photo. Holding and cutting the ribbon are TNRD CAO Suhk Gill, architect Kevin Ryan, TNRD board chair Randy Murray, contractor Brian Hall, Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta and TNRD Director of Libraries Marc Saunders. Councillors Lisa Dafoe, Herb Hofer and Wyatt McMurray were also in attendance, as was former TNRD Director of Libraries Kevin Kierans.

Thanks to an anonymous donation, the Village of Ashcroft is offering free public swimming every Friday night (5:30 - 8 pm) from July 5 - Aug. 30.

Ashcroft Mayor Andy Anderson said a local business recent-ly came forward and wanted to sponsor a block of free swim-ming for residents at the public pool, but they didn’t think the Village should have to pay for it.

It was sort of a response to Cache Creek’s recent an-nouncement of free swimming, he said.

“Thanks to who-ever did it, it’s great!” he said, adding “I don’t even know who it is.”

The donation is equivalent to approxi-mately $2,200.

“That’s a sub-stantian donation to the Village,” said Ad-ministrator Michelle Allen.

Allen said they’re hoping that the free swimming will boost

numbers on Friday nights, which is usually has a low usage rate compared to other public swims throughout the week. Saturday is still the businest.

“We haven’t had a noticeable de-crease in the number of swimmers due to Cache Creek’s free swimming,” she said.


V I E W P O I N T SGuest EditorialTOM FLETCHER

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graduates of the Ash-croft Secondary School for 2013, we would like to share with your readers about some people who made our graduation on June 7 a night to remem-ber.

Thank you to our Prin-cipal, Mrs. Colleen Min-nabarriet. She has been the driving force behind us, not only for the past five years, but with all of our Prom celebrations as well. There aren’t enough adverbs and adjectives to describe all that you do. Zip-lining with us is def-initely a highlight!

Thank you to Mrs.

Hazel Caissie for doing everything from A to Z. There aren’t enough job titles to describe what you do. We hope Santa leaves you a pair of golden scis-sors this year for mak-ing cutting of Prom tick-ets easier!

Thank you to our Teachers for leading us through our schooling and giving us this start to our journeys. When we finish the 2013 Grad sign and put it on the hill, please remem-ber that it will stand as a trib-ute to you all!

The Grad sign would not have been pos-sible without the donations

of time, material, and ef-forts of Michael Sabyan, Robert Corley, and How-ard Johnson of H&E Min-ing. Thanks to the town blacksmith, John Bundus!

Special Thanks to Mrs. Haller, Ms. Parsons, Mr. Close, Mr. Rainey, Mrs. Schiller (you are going to miss us – admit it!), Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. Zado for your participation in Graduation and Prom.

Thank you to our bus drivers, who probably know more

about us than our parents!To the people behind

the scenes at the School Board... we appreciate the silent but important work that you do to make us successful students. In the end, it has been a great school to go to!

Chad McMahonCheyenne Sabyan

Class of 2013

LOCAL MARMOT “HIDING” behind the rocks and grass down by the Thompson

VICTORIA – Call it the Beach Blanket Budget.Despite having to campaign once again to win a seat in a

byelection, Premier Christy Clark has ordered the legislature to sit without her through most of July to pass the budget that was tabled before the election.

This rare summer session ensures a couple of things. First, there will be less time for real financial results to contra-dict the rosy predictions made by Finance Minister Mike de Jong in February.

Second, it ensures that there will be minimum public attention paid to the deliberations, as people focus on their summer vacations and put the business of running the prov-ince aside again.

B.C. Liberal house leader Mike de Jong insists there has been no decision made on whether the legislature will sit again in the fall. The standard schedule, put in place under former premier Gordon Campbell, calls for MLAs to assem-ble in October and November, to consider legislation, after a spring devoted to the budget and ministry spending.

This was a serious reform that went along with four-year scheduled elections. But Campbell soon abandoned this noble approach, with fall sessions dwindling to a few days to deal with urgent issues or disappearing altogether.

I expected Clark to reverse that after she led the party to victory in May and consigned the Campbell era to the history books. Open, accountable government and all that.

So why the summer session? I’m inclined to agree with NDP house leader John Horgan, who meets privately with de Jong in his role of government house leader to thrash out schedules. Here’s Horgan’s message to Clark and her govern-ment as he emerged from the latest meeting:

“You ran on a platform that you claimed you were ready to implement. And what we’re getting instead is, ‘let’s jam ’em in here while the media’s on holidays, while people are at the beach thinking about other things. We’ll pass our bogus budget and then we’ll see you in February’.”

Is the budget accurate, or “bogus,” or somewhere in be-tween? They’re always projections, so that can’t be deter-mined until next year. But the proposal to keep the increase in overall spending to less than two per cent, with nearly all the increase going to health and education, is difficult to accept.

During his time, Campbell topped the Fraser Institute’s ranking of most fiscally responsible premiers, limiting spend-ing growth to 4.4 per cent. During those same years, aver-age provincial economic growth was only 4.1 per cent, mean-ing that under the supposedly tight-fisted, tax-cutting Camp-bell, government continued to grow to more than 20 per cent of gross domestic product.

Clark has indicated several times since her surprise elec-tion win that she intends to make government smaller. That’s the difference between her “core review” of government pro-grams and the one conducted by Campbell in the painful first years of his mandate.

This is why I mentioned last week that one of the more significant instructions given to Clark’s cabinet ministers was to examine turning the Liquor Distribution Branch into a sep-arate corporation with its own board of directors.

That in itself may slightly increases the size of govern-ment. But it could be a preliminary step to selling the whole thing off and reducing the government’s role to taxing and regulating booze sales.

You can imagine how that would go over with the NDP, with former liquor store union boss George Heyman among the loudest opposition MLAs.

This is the kind of change that should be debated in pub-lic, not by press release.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press

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Local music lovers have new concert venue in AshcroftNew local music venue Tiki lounge

The Tiki Lounge is in the bar at the River Inn. On Thursday nights from 7:30-10 pm local musician and organiz-er Llynn Kellman hosts an open mic, and a weekly Artist/Band is featured on Fri-day nights.

Next Friday’s (July 5) musical guests at the Tiki Lounge are the talented Rob Hall and Meeka Morgan Hall with friend-ly accompaniment. These guys bring the good energy with them wherever they go so it should be a great evening! On Fri-day, July 12 you can see – back by popu-lar demand - local World/Folk fusion band – Spiritus Mundi. Donations en-couraged.

Bluesman Morgan Davis at The Packing House

Join the Packing House in Spences Bridge for a wonderful night of blues. One of our fave’s is back, to get us feel-ing the groove. The bluesy groove that is. Blues Man Morgan Davis will return to the Packing House in Spences Bridge for a dinner show on Saturday, July 6. Din-ner from 5:30 pm. An optional “show

only” is available as well, starting at 7 pm. Call for res-ervations at (250) 458-2256.

This seasoned performer always wow’s us with his talent. He’s a mul-tiple Maple Blues Awards and Juno Winner. For near-ly four decades Morgan Davis has been on the road trav-elling across Canada, the United States and Europe.

“Simply stated, for my money, he is one of Canada’s best bluesmen,” says James Doran, Ottawa Blues Society. Davis’ songwriting talent received inter-national recognition when Colin James covered his searing ballad “Why’d You Lie”. Morgan’s passion for the Blues has never wavered... and he fully expects to be on the road for the rest of his life. Luckily for us he likes coming to Spences Bridge and the Ashcroft area real regular like.

Music In The Park... gets dancin’

Winding Rivers Arts & Performance Society pre-sents Music In The Park Con-cert Series in Ashcroft. The popular even-

ing Concerts at the Gazebo in Herit-age Place Park on Railway Ave. are held throughout the Summer in June, July and August and are every 2nd and 4th Wed-nesday night from 6:30-9:30 pm. Pass-the-hat-donations encouraged - pay what you can!

On Wednesday, July 10 get your soul boots on for the Jackie Treehorn Band with local opener, Nadine Davenport. Look forward to a high energy mix of Folk, Funk and Soul when Vancouver’s Jackie Treehorn Band, take to the Gazebo at Heritage Park in downtown Ashcroft. They are a funk-a-delic, soul-tastic, rock-a-phonic, six-piece sound-storm...you

won’t want to miss this one !“We have a very funky,

retro 70s and 80s kind of sound. We try to make it fun and something that people can really dance to and enjoy with their bodies, minds and musicality we bring to it,” said lead vocalist Ashley

Robyn. “We have so many influences it is hard to pin us down into one style, we are very eclectic.”

With a mission to get the dance floor bumping when the troupe lays down their heavy grooves, Robyn said they also have their own moves up on stage. “We have silly dance moves that we do together,” said Robyn, of her on-stage choreog-raphy with vocalist Chelsea Burden. “We have some co-ordination, basically we are like 10-year-old girls on stage in jazz class again. There is going to be a lot of gold sparkly outfits, let’s just leave it at that.”

Jackie Treehorn, named after a char-acter in the movie The Big Lebowski, has been gigging regularly since 2009 with four vocalists, keytar, guitar, bass and drums. Their current cast of players re-leased a debut full-length album, We Are Jackie Treehorn, in 2011 with the single Cruel making the Top 20 in a Vancou-ver radio station song search competi-tion. The band released a new single from their EP this week called Back In Town, which was a full collaboration between the bandmates. Robyn contributed most of the lyrics, but she says the single re-flects the band the most because they all had some input.

“Our songs all convey messages and tell stories. The new single is about watching somebody you care about make the same mistake over and over again. It

Vicky Trill was the guest speaker at the Ashcroft-Cache Creek Senior’s Association meeting in June. She spoke on senior’s fit-ness activities such as swimming, exercise, walking and playing games like bocci ball on the grass. July 10 will be a Games Day in Cache Creek Park, and all are welcome to attend.

Donna Tetrault read the Minutes of the last meeting. Fritz Baatz read the annual financial report. All other reports were read and were well received.

The BC Carpet Bowling Association held their annual meeting in Ashcroft and Pat Kirby brought us up to date on that.

Bingo is finished until September – thank you to all our callers, cashiers and helpers for all you do throughout the year.

The Senior Games report said 600 from Zone 8 are entered in this year’s Games, held in Kamloops in August.

Sunshine cards have been sent to 15 members.

The Association is applying for a grant to put in a chair lift at the

Centre to help our handicap seniors get into the building.

The Seniors Centre is closed for the sum-mer until Sept. 9. We will have an Open House on Sept. 25 from 1-4 pm. Anyone interested in becoming a member, please come out and keep our Seniors Centre open to enjoy another year or so.

On Oct. 10 we will honour our 80-plus group. Join us at the luncheon and wish them well. The Fall Bazaar and Tea is on Nov. 30.

Birthdays for June: Happy Birthday to Pat Kilt, Dorothy Maksymiw, Ken Martin, Gina Stewart, Loraine Shwaluk and Barb Yargeau.

Hope to see you in September when we open up our Seniors Centre again.

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Condolences to my friend and fellow councillor, Wayne Marchant

on the loss of his dear wife Sharon.

She lost her battle with cancer on Monday, July 1. She will surely be

missed in the community.

Susan Swan


Music in the Park series offered in Clinton

Get moving, get fit at Wellness Festival

has a bit of a heav-iness to it but also

very supportive, helpful and a message of love really,” said Robyn.

Check out the rest of this summer’s ‘Music In The Park’ below; The Mark James Fortin duo comes to town on July 24. Mark is Folk Singer Songwrit-er wife plays acoustic guitar with his wife Lorna on cello. Our local open-er that night will be the newly-formed World/Folk Fusion band ‘Spiritus Mundi’.

On Aug. 14 hear the sweet soul/blues sounds of the Andrea Smith duo. Andrea is a velvet-voiced blues, roots, rock and jazz singer falling somewhere between Bonnie Riatt and Kathleen Ed-wards with hints of Eva Cassidy. Karla Cummins will be our local opener.

Our last show of the season will fea-ture the Benny Walker Band, on Aug. 28. Benny plays an effortless blend of blues, roots and acoustic folk. His in-timate, eloquent song-writing is com-plemented by a rich, soulful voice. Our local opener will be the lovely Jennifer Ferguson.

The WRAP society hopes every-one enjoys the music all summer long! Look for posters around town and take home one of the small handouts that will be available at local retailers.

Also why not check out www.windingriversarts.ca for info on all the upcoming artists and their music. So bring a chair, a blanket, a picnic din-ner or buy dinner from one of our food vendors. Pass-that-Hat donations en-couraged. Come early - the park fills up fast.

Family Afternoon Movie..features ‘The Croods’

The Village of Cache Creek pre-sents another fun Family Movie at the Cache Creek Community Hall. The feature movie this month is the animat-ed pre-dvd-release of ‘The Croods’.

Bring the whole family to see this funny adventurous movie on Sun-day, July 14 for a special summer time Matinee. Admission at the door. Doors open at 1:30 pm with the Movie start-ing at 2 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.

Here’s a sneak peek at the plot: The Croods is a pre-historic comedy adventure that follows the world’s first family as they embark on a journey

of a life-time when the cave

that has always shielded them from danger is destroyed. Traveling across a spectacular landscape, the Croods dis-cover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures - and their out-look is changed forever.

Ashcroft Art Walk begins another summer stroll

The Ashcroft Arts Club was formed in 1967 and has held an annual Art Walk every year. For many years, busi-nesses in Ashcroft’s downtown have displayed art produced by members of the local art club. Paintings on display can be purchased from the displays. Pick up local area maps for locations of all art displayed throughout downtown.

This year’s Art Walk is currently underway with 13 different businesses taking part. This is an excellent oppor-tunity to view the work of local artists and appreciate the variety of mediums that they use.

The Art Walk is presented by mem-bers of the Ashcroft Arts Club. The Art Club was formed in 1967 and in addi-tion to their annual art show and sale they organized an Plein Air painting session. Over 40 artists took part in this two day event.

Clinton Music in the Park

There will be a series of Music in the Park events in July and August at the bandshell in Reg Conn Centennial Park in Clinton. It all begins at 8 pm when local talent will take the stage to entertain. This is a family event, so no alcohol allowed on site.

The following musicians and dates have now been confirmed: July 6 - local artists Lynn Shook Duo, Arlen Park, and more; July 20 - Dustin Bentall and Kendel Carson; Aug. 10 - Ridley Bent and Band; and Aug. 31 - Barney Bentall and Band.

Kelowna to put on demos on Nordic Pole walking.

What is this you ask? Pole walking is using spe-cially designed walking poles to add to your exercise regime. Pole walking not only makes walking more beneficial but they actually take less effort to use and are easier on our bodies.

Typically, we use less than half of our ma-jor muscles when we walk. When we use fit-ness walking poles using the correct technique, we use over 90 per cent. In doing so, weight is spread out, helping to lessen the load with which we hit the ground, making a big differ-ence for those people who have back, hip, knee, ankle or feet problems. Walking with poles nat-urally aligns the spine and strengthens the core with each step helping us to stand and sit taller. You don’t have to go as far or work as hard when using walking poles and you increase your car-dio by 20 per cent and calorie burn by up to 48 per cent without any more effort! Thirty min-utes of pole walking is equal to 50 minutes of regular walking. It’s one of the most beneficial and rewarding activities you’ll ever do!

Andrea Walker

Current from p. 5

Festival from p. 3

COMING EVENTS

MEMBERS & BONA FIDE GUESTS WELCOME

Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday • 12 pm - 4 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, first & third Sunday of every month1:00 to 4:00 pm, beginners welcome

Contract Bridge, beginners welcomeEvery Tuesday 1:00 to 4:00 pm

MEAT DRAWEvery Saturday ~ 3:00 pm

Ashcroft Royal Canadian LegionFRI., JULY 5 • 6:30 - 8:00 pm

BARON OF BEEF$10.00/plate

Visitors Welcome

* Legion Crib Tournament last Sunday of the month - Open 10 am starts 11 am sharp - 12 games * Free Pool Daily

Ashcroft Royal Canadian LegionAshcroft Royal Canadian Legion

July 10 - Winding Rivers Arts & Performance Society presents Music In The Park with the Jackie Treehorn Band. Opening for him is Nadine Davenport. Gazebo in Heritage Place Park on Railway Ave. in Ashcroft, 7:00-9:30 pm.

July 15 - Cache Creek Council meeting will be held at 7 pm in the Village Office.

July 19-21 - Ashcroft’s first annual Wellness Awaits You Festival. Demonstrations, workshops, activities, music and more!

July 24 - Winding Rivers Arts & Performance Society presents Music In The Park with Mark James Fortin. Opening for him is Salmagundi. Gazebo in Heritage Place Park on Railway Ave. in Ashcroft, 6:30-9:30 pm. Donations happily accepted.

Aug. 14 - Winding Rivers Arts & Performance Society presents Music In The Park with the Andrea Smith duo. Opening for her is Jennifer Ferguson. Gazebo in Heritage Place Park on Railway Ave. in Ashcroft, 6:30-9:30 pm.

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.

Every Saturday - Cache Creek Farmer and Flea Market 9 am to 1 pm at the main intersection, next to Chums Restaurant.


Some random shots from Canada Day celebrations, from beating the heat at the Cache Creek pool to music from Andrea and David of Just Duets in Ashcroft.

Photos by Wendy Coomber

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July 2013 • Week 2ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Someone you just met can help you to make the most of a difficult situation, Aries. It shouldn’t take too long for you to get back on track and into a groove.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, make sure you assert yourself more in an important meeting this week. Asserting yourself can help you get ahead at work. Otherwise, you may get overlooked.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, take the initiative regarding a big project this week. Others might want to take the lead, but trust your instincts and take the bull by the horns.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, take time this week to finish all of those little projects that have fallen by the wayside. Take advantage of some free time to catch up and clear your slate.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Negotiations will be especially rewarding this week, Leo. Your suggestions are readily accepted, and you do not have to persuade others much at all.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, nothing is free in life, so don’t get fooled when someone promises that you will get something without having to work for it. It’s in your best interest to keep working hard.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you have strong opinions, so don’t be afraid to have your voice heard. People will be receptive to your views, even if they border on the philosophical.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, focus makes it easier for you to resist temptation, but this week you may find that it’s very difficult to maintain your focus. Do your best to stay focused.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, don’t worry about a nagging suspicion that you will receive bad news this week. Keep yourself busy so you aren’t sit around worrying unnecessarily.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Someone new to your social situation has you feeling a little suspicious, Capricorn. You’re not sure if you can trust him or her just yet. New facts will come to light this week.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, take some time this week to further hone some unique abilities that set you apart from others in your group of friends. You will soon be able to showcase your skills.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, there are a lot of curious people around who want to learn about what you’re doing. Let them in to get some external perspective.

Children should be seen and heardI live with my hus-

band, two kids and two dogs in an old house with a back and a front yard. There have been times, many times, that I’ve longed for the simplicity of our condo days when we weren’t constant-ly working on stuff around the house like we are now. I guess I should be careful what I wish for.My friend Lind-

say Bell, wanting to downsize for similar reasons, moved from a house to a condo this past October and

was excited to find a nice one close to her children’s school that was also near a park and the aquatic cen-ter. With many other children living in the building, and tons more in the vicinity, it seemed ideal for her young, active fam-ily that consisted of a five year old and an eight year old.Little did she know

that she’d soon be battling the condo’s strata council for her children’s right to play on the greenery out-side the complex.

“I had asked for a safety sign above the garage, something like ‘slow down’ be-cause people of all ages have almost been hit by cars coming and going. What we got instead was a sign that says ‘No Grocery Carts, No Bikes, No Scooters, No In-Line Skates.’”Now faced with

summer holidays and a concern as to where her sons and all the other kids from the complex could get some fresh air, she was informed they would have to be su-pervised at all times or go off the property.“This isn’t a retire-

ment condo,” she said. “There are about 20 to 30 kids living here and they’re not even allowed to play on the grass outside the

complex with a harm-less beach ball unless a parent’s standing right with them.”Whoever is run-

ning the show in her

complex is a far cry from the manage-ment of the low-cost apartment dwellings I grew up in when my brother and I were the same ages as her boys. Some of my fondest childhood memories are from that place where we could play outside on the build-ing’s property from morning to night, only coming in for meals and bathroom breaks.Children from the

age of four or five

would play with their pals while our folks worked or cleaned or did whatever boring old grownups did, and we’d play kick-the-can, cops and robbers and Charlie’s Angels in the fresh open air.Lindsay would have

loved that place for her sons. But now she’s stuck with a beautiful condo in a complex where they can’t play outside un-less she’s with there too.Children need to run

around and blow off steam, and in this day and age when so many of them are cooped up inside playing vid-eo games and watch-ing TV, our society should be making it easier for our kids to be kids, not harder.“They’re more wor-

ried about esthetics than safety,” Lindsay said about her strata council and the new sign they installed. “I told them that a shrub can be replaced, a child can’t.”Not ready to give up,

she’s hoping there will be a change made to the bylaws if there’s a 75 per cent vote among owners in fa-vour of allowing kids the outdoor breathing room they deserve.“I’m not asking

them to be okay with our kids destroying the grass with scoot-ers and bikes and skates,” she said. “But they should be able to safely play outside their own home with other kids who live here too.”I’m hoping she gets

the 75 per cent vote required so those children can play like I could - like my son and daughter can - and like every child should be able to do. Turn up the sound of kids playing outdoors, it’s music to my ears.Lori Welbourne is a

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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:[email protected]

Ashcroft & District Rodeo AssociationPhone: 250-457-9390

SCI Thompson River, B.C. ChapterKen Brown - Phone: 250-453-9415

Ashcroft Yoga GroupCall Marijke - Phone: 250-453-0050

Desert Bells Handbell ChoirCarmen Ranta 250-457-9119

Sage Sound Singers Adult Community Choir Michelle Reid 250-457-9676

Cache Creek 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: [email protected]

Sage & Sand Pony ClubDistrict Commissioner: Marcie [email protected]

Ashcroft-Cache Creek Rotary ClubContact Person: Denise Fiddick Phone 250-453-9547

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

Phone 250-453-2233

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 [email protected] or [email protected]

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: [email protected]

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

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

CHANGE TO OFFICE HOURS FOR PROPERTY TAX PAYMENTS

Please be advised that the Village Office located at 601 Bancroft Street will remain open during the noon hour from Tuesday, July 2nd to Monday, July 15th, 2013 inclusive to allow residents to pay their property taxes.Deadline for property tax payments is 4:00 pm, Monday, July 15th to avoid the 10% penalty.


Ashcroft Communities in Bloom committee are request-ing the help of our local citizens in finding residents who have vege-table gardens worth noting. We have found many wonderful yards filled with flowers and eye catch-ing landscaping, but because vege-table gardens are usually found in the backyards they go unnoticed.

We are sure that in our Village there are many people who grow a vegetable garden and that many are worthy of recognition. The size of the vegetable garden is not that important, rather, consideration will be given to the variety of the plants being grown, the overall es-thetics (neatness and landscaping), incorporation into the yard and the health of the plants. The gar-den may be grown directly in the ground, in raised beds or even con-tainers. The adult category is the Best Residential Edible Garden.

We are also on the lookout for any youth (14 years of age and under) who may be growing and caring for their own vegetable gar-den. It can be tended and grown by one or more children and consider-ation will be given for the same areas as in the adult category. In both categories, bonus considera-tion will be given if the crop is to be

shared with others, food banks etc. Why is Communities in Bloom

asking for this information? Well, each year we submit a name of a lo-cal resident along with photos and a small description to the Scotts Mir-acle Grow Garden Contest. We en-ter one resident into the Best Resi-dential Flower Garden and are very proud that one of our residents was a national winner a few years ago!

This year, we would also like to enter a resident’s name in the Best Residential Edible Garden as well as one in the Best Youth-Run Ed-ible Garden categories. So, we are asking for the help of our local cit-izens and ask that you either give us a call or an email with a name. Please call Andrea at 250 453-9402 or email [email protected]. We ask that you contact us by July 15 in order to give us time to get all the paperwork done.

Our selections that are entered into the contest will be in the small town category and winners will re-ceive a wonderful gift basket from Scotts.

We are always proud to show-case what our local residents can do, so please give us a helping hand with this.

Andrea Walker

The Cache Creek Com-munities in Bloom Commit-tee is holding a Cache Creek Front Yard beautification award program this year and also an award program for businesses.

Judging will take place on Monday, July 8, and will include all properties inside the village limits so there is no need to enter ahead of time.

Judges will be touring Cache Creek looking for

winners in both categories. The judges are invited by the Communities In Bloom Committee and are from Clinton and Cache Creek. They will select the top 20 residential front yards and the top 10 businesses for recognition, as well as a top three in each category.

The judges will be look-ing for tidiness, overall de-sign and attractiveness, maintenance, and plantings including floral displays. All

properties within the village limits will be judged.

Winners will be con-tacted following the judg-ing in person or by phone, and awards will be handed out Sunday, July 14 at 7:30 pm at the Cache Creek Pool 40th anniversary party by the guest Communities in Bloom Provincial Judges.

See Vicky Trill to enter the Amazing Race that will be included in this event, and

come down for the Water Show

at the pool that will start im-mediately following the rib-bon cutting at 7:30 pm that evening.

The official judge’s tour of Cache Creek, including the golf course, downtown core, park, community hall, landfill, and Village Office will also include residen-tial properties occurs Mon-day July 15. So tidy up your yards and streets and make Cache Creek look her best.

Carmen Ranta

Call Terry at 250-453-2261 for the best advertising in town or email her at

[email protected] front yard contest held in Cache Creek

Ashcroft CiB looking for Best Residential Edible Gardens

Achcroft Communities in Bloom members (l-r) Shirlee Johnson, Ina Gory, Andrea Walker and Paulette Thille with their award-winning float in this year’s Rodeo Parade.

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Living in a violent society

Everyone has encountered vio-lence in some way. I encountered it in school. I saw other kids be-ing bullied. Stronger beat on weak-er. I hated it then and I hate it now. Violence is everywhere around the globe and it’s growing.

There are other kinds of mental, emotional, social, verbal, psycho-logical forms of violence or abuse. Much of it happens in homes. It’s like a perpetual self-feeding mon-ster growing stronger with each outburst. It’s been claimed that ag-gression and violence is the expres-sion of insecure individuals who had not experienced security of un-conditional love and acceptance. There are other causes as well. A hidden unhealed hurt and pain feed anger, confusion, animosity and rage. It’s often vented on the vul-nerable and innocent. Generation-al hurts that haven’t been healed grow exponentially. People revert to alcohol, drugs or free love, but the pain does not go away. Can this trend be reversed, changed and healed? It can though it is a gradual road toward recovery with its ups and downs, but it’s worth it.

Media and entertainment feed us with steady doses of violence. The daily news report every un-couth or gory event. Sports glorify bloody encounters. Eager crowds watch modern gladiators of vio-lence and brutality. Watching the helpless, soft and tender newborn

babies and the affection and love shown to them at their birth we in turn be-come soft and ten-der, more caring and gen-tle. What happens to us even few hours later turn-ing our displeas-ure on others? Or what happens to that soft bun-dle of new life in after

years turning some of them into individuals inflicting hurt and vio-lence?

In the Bible we have description of the world just before the flood – Genesis 6:11–13: “And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And

God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had cor-rupted their way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah: ‘The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth’.”

Bible tells us that God’s heart was grieved because humanity “perverted their ways and every thought of their hearts was only evil continually.” Image of God which is His selfless, caring, self-giving tender love was obliterated from people’s lives. Their greedy, self-centered hearts became set on pursuance of their own self-ish goals irrespective of the con-sequences to anyone else. Their neighbors, family members be-came obstacles in their mad pur-suance of twisted or unrealistic de-sires. Yet, getting all that we want does not heal our hearts or satisfy our heart’s hunger. It only makes us more disappointed, frustrated and angry. The Lord who came to heal us we ignore, recklessly turn-ing to unfulfilling pursuits.

In Luke 17:26 Jesus speaks of the condition of humanity just be-fore His Second Coming com-paring it with the pre-flood times: “And as it was in the days of Noah, so it also shall be in the days of the Son of Man.” There’ll be the same reckless obsession with pursuits of temporary life to the disregard of eternal values and God. Violence was the norm then and it is becom-ing today. Once I read a statement: “The inhumanity of man to man is his greatest sin.” Yes, we often hurt most the ones closest to us. How sad!

Noah after finding God’s grace that transformed him was given 120 years to call people to turn their lives and accept God’s grace to change their lives. Today the same offer through the gospel is of-fered to spiritually blind and hurt-ing humanity. God took on Him-self human guilt in the person of His Son. He’s extending to us all through His unconditional love the offer of forgiveness, change of heart, life and life focus. How many of readers of this article will take Him on His offer?

--Karel Samek is Pastor for

the Ashcroft 7th Day Adventist Church. For more information on the Ashroft Church, go to www. ashcroft22.adventistchurchcon-nect.org

Karl SamekSeventh Day Adventist

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GOLDEN COUNTRYBARBARA RODEN

Why no one tried im-mediately to stop the man who gunned down Special Constable Isaac Decker remains a ques-tion that, more than 100 years after the fact, will never be answered. There were certainly enough on-lookers, that day by the river in Ashcroft in late June 1909, but none of them made a move to-wards the gunman, who was able to remove pa-pers and a revolver from his dead companion be-fore crossing the CPR tracks and disappearing into the hills. Perhaps they were in a state of shock, still trying to compre-hend what had just happened; or perhaps they were rightly hesitant about approaching an armed man who had callous-ly and deliberately shot an of-� cer of the law. It was several minutes before two of the men at the scene took off in pursuit, presumably in the hope of at least � nding out in which dir-ection the man had � ed so that he could be tracked.

Not that those who were at the scene did nothing. As soon as the gunman � ed, people scrambled down to where Isaac Decker lay, shot in both the lower body and the head. Almost instantly the cry went up that the policeman was not dead. A spark of life still re-mained, but it was obvious that Decker was gravely in-jured. A stretcher was hastily procured so that he could be moved, and someone was sent running to alert Dr. Burris to what was happening.

Not that Dr. Burris need-ed much in the way of alert-ing. Ashcroft was, by this time, in an uproar. Eight-year-old Tommy Cumming – who had witnessed the entire affair – had spread news of the tra-gedy, and by the time Decker was brought back into town it seemed that there was scarce-ly a person who did not know what had happened. There was no shortage of volunteers ready to man a posse; but Joe Burr, the policeman in charge of the Ashcroft detachment, had not yet returned. Isaac Decker was to have been in charge during Burr’s absence, and the lack of clear leader-ship led to confusion and de-lay. The two men who had set out after the fugitive returned, empty-handed and with noth-ing to report. By the time a posse was organized night had fallen, and it would have been pointless sending men out into the darkness against an armed and dangerous man who could be anywhere. Pursuit would therefore have to wait until

morning.The body of the other

man also had to be moved from where it lay by the river, so that he could be examined and searched. Decker’s shot had caught him full in the face, and he had probably been killed almost instantly. Search was made of his pockets for anything that would identify him, and which might have been over-looked by the other man, but apart from two photo-graphs there was nothing. One of the pictures showed a little girl on the porch of a house, while the other was of an older man driving a team of horses. The photos were promptly scrutinized, in hopes that they would provide a clue, but there was nothing on them that identi� ed the people, or where the pictures were taken, or by whom.

Search was also made of the green boat in which the pair had been traveling, and here the investigators ap-peared to � nd con� rmation that the men were indeed the bandits who had held up a CPR train near Kamloops a week earlier. In the bottom of the boat were some 30 sticks of dynamite, as well as a coil of fuse and some detonators, and it was surmised that these were intended to be used in another hold up. More import-antly, a suitcase was discov-ered, presumably left behind by the fugitive in the haste and confusion, or because he did not want to be burdened with it in his � ight.

If the searchers hoped to � nd any clues in it, however, they were disappointed. The case contained a good suit of clothes, two linen shirts, col-lars, and ties, none of which had identifying marks or names in them (the dead man’s clothing likewise bore no identifying marks). There was also a wooden clothes brush, bearing the trademark of the Long Beach Mercan-tile Company. It was the only hint of a clue the investigators found.

As soon as it was light the next morning, June 29, 1909, the posse – consisting of townsmen, Natives, and two bloodhounds – set out. There was a report that a man an-swering the fugitive’s descrip-tion had eaten dinner at the Evans Ranch, and spent the night sleeping in the icehouse there, but this lead proved a false one. The hounds man-aged to pick up a scent near the river, and the party fol-lowed it for some miles to the east of town, towards the Goss

Ranch [now the YD], but there the trail went cold. No sign of the killer was found, and the posse returned to Ashcroft.

Dr. Burris, in the mean-time, had been tending to the injured Isaac Decker. Those who had not been witness to the shooting presumably took heart in the fact that the police-man was still alive, but the doctor only had to make a cur-sory examination of the man’s injuries to realize that he was beyond any help that surgery or medicine could offer. All that remained was to make his � nal hours as comfort-able as possible; and at around midnight former policeman Isaac Decker, who had been sworn in as Special Constable only a few short hours earli-er, breathed his last. He was laid to rest three days later, on July 1, 1909, on what was then called Dominion Day. He was 53 years old, and survived by his widow Lena and 12 year-old son Archie.

To be continued

In the Line of Duty: Pt. 5 - The Man with no name

Ashcroft in 1909

Documents

Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal, July 04, 2013