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ASHCROFT RCMP DETACHMENT

POLICE REPORTWendy Coomber

Worried about employeeJune 7 at 8:51 am RCMP

received a complaint from an Ashcroft employer who was worried about an em-ployee who hadn’t shown up to work in days and was not answering his telephone. Po-lice attended the man’s home and found the man’s truck in his driveway, but no one an-swered the door. A house key was obtained and the offi cer let himself inside. He found the man on the couch under a blanket, asleep. After sev-eral attempts to rouse him, the 22 year old man woke up and told the offi cer he hadn’t been feeling well and had been sleeping a lot.

Wallet lostJune 7 a 63 year old Wal-

hachin woman reported that she had lost her wallet while on the HOG Run in Ash-croft on June 2. She thought it had gone missing between 5-8 pm during the banquet at the arena. She immedi-ately cancelled the banking cards. Anyone fi nding a wal-let, purse, etc., should turn it into the RCMP station.

TV and XBox takenJune 7 at 6:21 pm a 35

year old man reported a theft from his Ashcroft residence and told police that he sus-pected his 36 year old ex-girlfriend, who had texted him while he was in Kam-loops to say that she was at his house. When he returned home later that day, the con-tents of his house were in a mess and a 19 inch television and an XBox were missing. The matter is still under in-vestigation.

Jackass speedwayJune 8 at 12:02 pm a

Traffi c Service offi cer con-

ducting radar at the bottom of Jackass Mountain on Hwy 1 stopped a Honda Civic driv-ing at 147 kph in the 90 kph zone. The 27 year old Alder-grove man was given a ticket for excessive speed and his vehicle was impounded for seven days.

Excessive speedJune 8 at 1:57 pm a Traf-

fi c Service offi cer con-ducting radar at the bot-tom of Jackass Mountain stopped a black northbound Ford F150 which was travel-ling at 145 kph in the 90 kph zone. The 52 year old Rich-mond man was given a tick-et for excessive speed and his truck was impounded for seven days. The driver and his passengers were given a ride to Boston Bar.

Dreaming up a fi ghtJune 9 at 12:29 am police

attended the Oasis pub after a 911 caller told the dispatch-er that a group of intoxidat-ed males inside the bar were going from table to table try-ing to start a fi ght and that it was “going to go down”. Po-lice attended and found the patrons inside happy and re-laxed and everything quiet.

Mindless drivingJune 9 at 9:33 pm police

received a complaint about an erratic driver northbound on Hwy 1 by the drag strip. The complainant said the Chrysler 300 pulled out in front of her and cut her off, then drove towards Cache Creek, turned around and headed back the way it came. Traffi c Services members lo-

cated the vehicle in Cache Creek as it was pull-ing into

the Oasis. The offi cer could smell liquor on the driver’s breath although he denied it and was unco-operative. He Failed a roadside sobriety test and was brought to the Detachment for a Breath-alyzer Test. The 44 year old Savona man provided two samples of 150 and 150. He was charged with impaired driving and driving with blood alcohol over .08 and was released into the cus-tody of his wife.

Anger begets angerJune 10 at 2:18 am police

were called to the Husky sta-tion by staff who said they were threatened by an ag-gressive and intoxicated man after they asked him to leave. The man was sitting in the closed restaurant area and when asked to move, chal-lenged them to a fi ght. He left the building in a taxi. The 39 year old Ashcroft man was located, still very intoxicated. He said he was just responding in kind to the aggression of the staff mem-ber and would not have act-ed on his threats.

Last minute bar fi ghtJune 10 at 2:36 am,

while monitoring the clos-ing of the Oasis pub, an of-fi cer witnessed an alterca-tion between two females - a 33 year old Cache Creek woman punching a 26 year old Logan Lake woman in the fact. The suspect was ar-rested while the victim was taken home by friends after refusing medical treatment for minor injuries. Both were

very intoxicated. The matter is still under investigation.

Truck stolenJune 10 police received a

report of a truck stolen from the Oasis parking lot. The 55 year old Lillooet man said he had parked his blue 2012 Ford F150 there the night be-fore and drove to Kamloops with a friend. He found the truck missing when he re-turned. The truck was locat-ed over an embankment on Hwy 12 just north of Lytton. It is being examined for evi-dence and the matter is still under investigation.

Extended vacationJune 11 at 10:15 am po-

lice received a missing per-son report from a Ques-nel woman who said her 37 year old husband called her the day before from Cache Creek and said he was on his way home. Clinton RCMP were advised, who locat-ed the man camping with friends at Chasm. He said he’d decided to stay another day but his cell phone died so he couldn’t contact his wife.

Food, toilet paper stolenJune 11 at 11:08 am po-

lice received a report of the theft from a home in the Barnes Lake area. The owners advised that they were living in the Dawson Creek area while their Barnes Lake home was being reno-vated. They discovered the thefts when they returned. The front door was locked, but the suspect managed to gain entrance through the at-tached garage. Several items including a framing nailer, cans of food and toilet paper

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Clinton RCMP arrest wanted man

Eureka science camp coming in July

Clinton applies for community forest licenseAfter more than a year

of meetings and discussions with the provincial govern-ment, the Village of Clinton has been invited to apply for a community forest.

The Clinton Commun-ity Forest Committee will be hosting a public forum

July 12 at 7 pm at the Clin-ton Memorial Hall to ex-plain to residents the benefi ts of a community forest and to obtain input from the public and other affected stakehold-ers and explain to the mem-bers of the community the social and economic bene-

fi ts of a Community Forest Agreement.

Harvesting revenue from a community forest provides a source of revenue that can support locally determined objectives and interests such as infrastructure upgrades, trail building, and grants to

groups.The com-

mittee, com-prised of Dan-iela Dyck, Vil-lage of Clinton Administrator Heidi Frank, Woodlot Man-ager Robin Fen-nell, Coun-cillor Wayne Marchant and Registered Pro-fessional For-ester Steve Law has been work-ing for some time on the pro-posal.

The pro-posed Allow-able Annual Cut (AAC) for the Community Forest Licence is 20,000m3 per year, the Clinton Creek Watershed is within the pro-posed boundary of the Commun-ity Forest Area

which will also factor in pro-tection and harvesting of the Clinton Creek watershed.

If the license is awarded, a corporation will be formed and run by a board made up of local volunteers.

Some of the benefi ts of community forestry include:

Long-term community economic development re-sulting in the increased self-reliance of rural commun-ities;

Local-level decision making that leads to local-ly appropriate decisions and improves the incentives to consider the long-term bene-fi ts of sustainable manage-ment;

Increased potential to re-solve confl icts over timber harvesting in watersheds and other sensitive areas;

Protection of drinking watersheds, viewscapes, and other values that are import-ant to communities and to local and regional economic activity; and

Improved awareness of forest management among members of the public.

A community forest can be described as any forest-ry operation managed by a local government or com-munity group for the bene-fi t of the entire community. There are currently 39 active community forests in British Columbia.

The nicest way to be rememberedOver 40 runners raised approximately $4,000 in pledges for the Ashcroft & District Lions’ 2nd annual Skip’s Memorial Charity Run on June 2 in Ashcroft.

Communities in Bloom helps Preschoolers add colour to Post Offi ceTwenty-nine Ashcroft Preschool students, under the guidance of instructors Caroline Paulos and Tanya Sabayan, had lots of fun in the past week painting wonderful, colorful designs on rocks. Last Friday,

the children proudly hand-placed their creations in an area outside the front of the post offi ce adding a whimsical and lovely touch of color. Communities in Bloom were proud to partner in the rock painting

fun, providing the painting supplies for the children.

On June 11 at 4:30 pm Clinton RCMP ar-rested local resident Kenneth Balice on a Can-ada wide warrant issued out of York Regional Municipality in Ontario.

The RCMP was tipped off a few days pri-or to the arrest by the York Police department that Balice had a Canada wide warrant for three charges of abductions in contravention to a cus-tody order and one charge of criminal harass-ment. He is also facing numerous other char-ges in Ontario including four spousal assaults, one assault with a weapon, two assaults causing bodily harm, two breaches of probation, three fraud and one theft.

Balice was arrested during a traffi c stop on Loon Lake Rd. He was riding in the back seat of an uninsured vehicle being driven by a driver with no license. Balice was taken into custody without incident. He is being transported back to Ontario to face a Judge.

Science is the study of everything around us. We live it, breathe it, and even eat it. Would you like to experience the FUN in science this sum-mer? EUReKA! offers week-long science day camps programs for students ages 7-14.

Campers will enjoy an interactive week of demonstrations, hands-on activities, group ac-tivities, building projects, university tours, out-door activities, and games. Areas of science covered include: biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, and technology.

The camp will be taking place at Cache Creek Elementary from July 3-6. If you are in-terested or want more information, go to www.tru.ca/eureka or email us at eureka@tru.ca.

EUReKA! is a non-profi t, student-run or-ganization based out of Thompson Rivers Uni-versity focussed on science and engineering.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear EditorI’ve been seeing these

signs posted in Ashcroft: Caution area sprayed with Roundup, contains the active ingredient glyphos-ate. It’s my understanding that this is poison. Are we still insisting that wellness awaits you in Ashcroft? If so, what does spray-ing with poison have to do with promoting health? It does seem like false ad-vertising. But more, it seems like a blatant lie.

Karla CumminsAshcroft

Dear EditorI need to vent! I pay a

deposit on my juice bottle (glass) or my gallon water jug or whatever, don’t I?

Yet, when I go to the bot-tle depot to get a refund because I am trying to be environmentally friend-ly as well as cognizant of where things go, I can-not get a refund that I paid at the store. Just because they have no label.

Kids peel labels as do adults. So now, when driving about looking at the scenery or going for a picnic, whatever, when I see a bottle without a label, am I going to pick it up? Probably, because that is the type of person I am, but the next guy is go-ing to say ‘not likely’!

Why is it that the gov-ernment takes and takes? Puts enviro fees on every-thing and then when it comes time to return, we are turned away or it costs us? Big Corpora-tion has taken over with recycle and has decided to rule. And then people

wonder why there are ‘dump piles’ where they shouldn’t be. Government makes it tuff for the little guy and this is what will happen.

We now pay extra for anything that has an electrical cord on it. De-pending on the size of this purchase will depend on the extra fee. They take and then they take some more.

It is really hard for the average person to get some things to the dump. And when it is made harder to dump or recycle we just say to heck with it and put it all in one bag. Really great for the en-vironment when we keep being told to recycle, reuse, compost.

I do my best to do all of these thing. I make my own juice (the rea-son there were no labels on my bottles) and I have

used these bottles for years. And I now just threw about $20 into the glass re-cycle that I paid for

or some other person did because I pick garbage up wherever I might fi nd it.

I think it is time that the Government thinks of the “little guy”, the ones that PAY their wages!

Muriel DavisCache Creek

Dear Editor

Village Issues. Water. Air. Garbage. Sew-er. Water. Power. What (total) cost to the village water meters versus sim-ply putting in a booster pump?)

Backyard burning. Simple - anyone check out the total volume of toxic gases produced from

No wellness in herbicides

Paid deposit isn’t refunded

Conserve now before we must

See LETTERS on p. 5

It’s Spring time - almost Summer - and

we are all thinking about travelling. Going

somewhere else.

Whether it’s summer holidays, planning

to attend a college or university in the fall,

moving to a new community, or not plan-

ning to travel at all, it’s exciting just to think

about it.

Tool Man and I have made plans to do a

bit of travelling this summer, and it will be

the fi rst time in years that we’ve done more

than drive from point A to point B and back

again. I’ll tell you more in a few weeks if I

get the chance.

But it got me to thinking about jour-

neys and what they do to us. I’ve met sever-

al people over the years who spend their en-

tire lives in the same community they were

born into, and they’ve always been very

nice people. However, my advice to young

people has always been “Go West!” Or,

now that I am “west”, I can say “Go East!”

Or North (if you want a good paying job).

The point is, go see something that

you’ve never seen before; experience a cul-

ture that you’ve never experienced before.

Step out of the “same old same old” com-

fort zone and stretch yourself, your beliefs

and perceptions. Measure yourself against

something you never knew existed before

and see what you think.

You will never be able to do this if you

never leave home, even for two weeks.

And why is this important? Even for

the non-adventuous types out there, soon-

er or later “Life” hands us all an unexpected

curve. A crisis that is way outside our com-

fort zone. It could be the loss of an import-

ant job, or the inevitable death of a loved

one. Having experience with being out-

side the comfort zone can come in handy in

those situations.

At the very least, it helps us develop

good instincts and teaches us to trust our-

selves whether we’re in the middle of an

emergency or buying a car.

I think of all the fi eld trips we took in

school and how exciting they were; and I

listen to our cadets excitedly recount their

recent trip to Halifax and the east coast and

I know those trips have left their valuable,

indelible stamps on us all.

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June 27th. 2009We thought of you today.But that is nothing new.

We thought about you yesterday.And days before that too.

We think of you in silence.We often speak your name.

Now all we have are memories.And your picture in a frame.

Your memory is our keepsake.With which we’ll never part.God has you in his keeping.We have you in our hearts.

Your loving wife, Clara, and family

June 24, 201218 hole Tournament with a Steak or Chicken Dinner to follow. 4 Person Teams playing 4 ball best ball. $60 per person, all proceeds will be going to the fight towards

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Deacon Myrna Critchley 250-453-9110Deacon Pauline Goring 250-457-9939

ZION UNITEDSunday Worship 10:50 am

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

United Church of CanadaRev. George Feenstra, OM • Holy Communion

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back-yard

burning versus landfi ll or composting? Add to that eco-cost of transportation of garden rubbish.

Garbage. New Truck. New Bins. What about the admin costs? What about the new roadworks re-quired to accommodate this new Titan?

Sewer-Water. Last issue of University of Al-berta “Contours” asks “Why do we use ~300 litres of costly treated water to fl ush our toilets when we only need ~30 litres to drink, wash and bathe with?

Power. Smart Meters, my foot. Who pays for the power to run the meters? The twitchy things are al-ready suspect in causing electrical fi res. Other mu-nicipalities have banned them altogether. Water meters will be worse. Too bad we will all have to pay, one way or another, far into the future. Decent people will always tend to

conserve.

Marcus LoweAshcroft

Dear EditorUnder the headline,

Serving Time, in Tues-day, June 12 issue of The Journal, readers learn-ed that a convicted pedo-phile, David Garcia, has been released from pris-on and is now residing in Ashcroft.

Mr. Garcia is not the fi rst pedophile who has taken up residence in Ash-croft. And he probably won’t be the last. But a small item tucked away in the Police Report section of our newspaper is cer-tainly not a suffi cient no-tice of the need to protect our children.

Mr. Garcia has a re-cord. He was convicted and sentenced to 90 days in jail to be served inter-

mittently. He will spend weekends in the jail at Ashcroft. He will be on probation for three years, but he was arrested in De-cember of 2010, which means that in Decem-ber of 2013, his probation period will end.

Ashcroft is a very small town. There are numerous events that take place, particularly in the summer, where our chil-dren gather.

We have no picture of Mr. Garcia, who is 41 years old. I have met Mr. Garcia by chance three years ago. He is a man of medium height, slim build, and has a fair com-plexion. He presents a non-threatening appear-ance. He is soft spoken and congenial in manner.

A lengthy news item in the Kamloops daily about Mr. Garcia was published last week. Parents should be warned about Mr. Gar-cia’s release and his resi-dency here.

Esther Darlington MacDonald

Ashcroft[Ed. Note:

Mr. Gar-cia’s where-abouts and ac-tions are be-ing monitored by Ashcroft RCMP, who report that he is co-opera-tive, abides by his curfew re-quirement and is at low risk to re-offend.]

Dear EditorThough I may agrree

with the writers’ com-ments (Hey Buddy, got a smoke... show?, June 11), the annual smoke show - “Burn Out Contest” brings in considerable revenue to the local econ-omy. The smoke created from burning rubber may be a problem to some, but others really enjoy the smell and the smoke.

I can only conclude without the annual smoke show, car show and drag racing, the local economy would suffer from bore-dom.

Oscar JohannssonCache Creek

Dear EditorWe moved here over

six years ago and when we bought our house we knew about trains.

Trains move material that we all need, they are a fact of life. Train whistles are for safety, your safety, your kids safety and your grandkids safety.

Get over it!!!

Andrew CumblidgeAshcroft

Higher profi le for Garcia info

Smoke show brings money

Noisy trains are safe trains

Smoke and whistles and sex offenders in AshcroftLETTERS from p. 4

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Annual Ranch Rodeo atHistoric Hat Creek Ranch, July 14-15

Just a small portion of the crowd who were enjoying the Smoke Show in Cache Creek on June 9 during this year’s Graffi ti Days events.

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Cache Creek Free Swims!School is ALMOST out and summer is ALMOST here.On June 22 and June 29 the Cache Creek Pool is having

FREE AFTERNOON SWIM to kick off the summer season!Tell your friends, parents, brothers and sisters

as we hope to see you all out for a swim. Throughout July and August, Friday’s will be Swim with Lifeguards where swimmers can learn and practice lifesaving skills such as throwing

assists, swim relays and play games with the lifeguards. On Tuesday evenings there are Twisted Tuesdays in which each week is a specific theme and

activities are planned around these themes; such as Harry Potter Night (June 19th), Watermelon Football Night (July 3rd), Water Fight Night (July 10th) and many more! Come to the pool and see the full list of Twisted Tuesday’s.

The Cache Creek Pool is officially open and swimming lesson registration has begun. For children 5 years and older we offer the Red Cross Swim Kids program consisting of 10 levels. Children are taught basic swimming strokes, aquatic safety and increase fitness. Also, for children 2 – 4 years old we offer preschool classes that involve getting swimmers comfortable in water

through games, songs and other activities. Cost of swimming lessons is $25 for preschool and levels 1-4; $30 for levels 5-10. Lifeguard training courses (Bronze Medallion/Cross) will be offered in SET 4. If you have any questions feel free

to phone the Cache Creek Pool after 12 noon 250-457-9135

Vicky Trill is instructing AQUAFIT on Monday and Wednesdays from 12 – 1 pm in June and 11 am -12 pm in July. Vicky is well know for her boot camps and workouts, has many years experience in the aquatic environment, and has great qualifications and

training. If you are looking for a fun, total body workout, come out and try!

COMING EVENTS

MEMBERS & BONA FIDE GUESTS WELCOME

Ashcroft Legion General Meeting

MEAT DRAWEvery Saturday ~ 3:00 pm

Ashcroft Royal Canadian LegionFRI., JUNE 22

ROAST BEEF DINNER$9.00/plate

Visitors Welcome

Ashcroft-Cache Creek Seniors’ meeting 1:00 pm. Pot Luck has been cancelled due to lack of time in the morning. Thanks to all; we hope to see you there to give us your advice on Summer times. Cache Creek Farmer and Flea Market every Saturday,9 am to 1 pm, in the lot next to Chums Restaurant, just off Hwy 1 at the main junction. Sponsored by the Cache Creek Beautification Society. The “Queen’s Tea” in the multipurpose room of Cache Creek’s Pentecostal Church, 2-4 pm. Prizes for best “tea hat” and tea outfit. Photo opportunity with “Her Royal Majesty”. RSVP Anita at marcychic@hotmail.com . Cache Creek Council meeting at 4:30 in the Town Office.

The screening mammography mobile service will be at the Ashcroft Hospital. No doctor’s referral is necessary for women ages 40-79.Call 1-800-663-9203 to book an appointment.

BBQ, BANANA SPLIT - NO CHARGE

LEGION WEEK June 24-30Celebrating the Royal Canadian Legion’s

86th AnniversaryCome Help Ashcroft Branch 113 Celebrate

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Cariboo criminals in the age of innocenceby Esther Darlington MacDonaldLooking at old photographs of Ash-

croft when the horse was king and the chariot was a red painted stage coach, or a covered wagon such as seen in western movies crossing the great plains of the American midwest, you have to marvel at the streets of tent roofed cottages, the main street of false front stores, livery stables and blacksmith barns, circa ear-ly 20th century. Why? Because the col-or and character was there, even in the fuzzy sepia-toned pictures of that world gone by without scarcely a whimper.

And, there were a few more crimin-als walking the streets and drinking at the many saloons in the village of Ash-croft than can be imagined, looking to-day on our empty streets come a Satur-

day afternoon or a Sunday morning.Where did the stage coach robbers,

train robbers, card sharks and carpet baggers of yesteryear go? Well, some of them of course, went to jail. And some, like train robber Bill Miner, died there. Others, undoubtedly died in their beds, their tawdry lives of living as “catch-can” long forgotten along with their il-lusions of unearned “easy money”.

B.C. Provincial Police Stories by Cecil Clark read like so many scripts from all the western movies you’ve ever seen, and will likely see again. Choos-ing the stories that occur in and around Ashcroft, I found each of them of equal-ly incredulous naivete, the crimes read-ing like vaudeville melodrama.

“Git yur hands up! This is a rob-bery!”

Yes, it really happened. And on more than one occasion. And it hap-pened on the plateaus, bluffs, and mesas where we live today.

Stage coach horses shying, bolt-ing, frightened by the sud-den glint of shining steel from a rifl e in a bush along-side the road. Drivers des-perately rein-

ing them in. The stage driver forced to throw down the metal box containing gold nuggets, gold dust, cash and mail. The train robber, Bill Miner, brazen-ly walking the streets of Ashcroft, in-quiring about train schedules at the BX offi ce on Railway. The building is still there, beautifully restored and pre-served and worthy of a movie produc-tion.

One photograph showing a row of men in bowler hats and work mens’ caps standing at the brass rail of a sal-oon, spittoon near their boots, the bar counter of walnut, beveled and paneled, - the kind you might see in a painting by the French Impressionist, Manet, the mustached bartenders unsmiling, white aprons, and all too ready to pull off a pint to whomever. Even a suspi-cious looking swarthy stocky charac-ter who’d just muscled in, named Mar-tin Van Buren Rowland. (Bet his moth-er had better hopes for him).

Rowland had just weeks earlier, robbed a stage near the 150 Mile, took the box with the sack of gold, and rode off through the bush with it. He appears in Ashcroft, starts spending money like some railroad tycoon of a decade ear-lier. Ashcroft police man, Joe Burr, giving the shady looking Rowland the once-over, and thinking he resembled the Wanted picture.

Joe had earlier, with a posse, scoured the hills and dales for the strong box from the stage. He found it, eventually.

He quickly contacted Chief Constable Hussey of the Provincial Police, and a warrant for Rowland’s arrest was forth-coming.

“But we don’t have any evidence,” says Burr.

“We’ll fi nd some,” replies Hussey.And they do. Searching Rowland’s

room in the Ashcroft Hotel, they fi nd a .45 revolver under a pillow. The gold from Rowland’s cache is under the bed. Hussey looks the gold over very care-fully, determines it came from many creeks in the Cariboo, not from Scotty Creek, which Rowland’s had claimed.

“That creek’s been sifted, scoured and depleted every snitch of gold dust by the Chinese.”

At the assizes in Clinton court house, Rowland is sentenced to fi ve years. And in those days, fi ve years was fi ve years. Not like today, when a lawyer can get your sentence reduced to two-thirds, or less.

And can you imagine a robber named Red Bluff Charlie? Yep. You can’t. Not in little ‘ol Ashcroft. Well, Charlie robbed a stage at the 150 Mile too. (Apparently it was a handy place to rob a stage in those days.) But Char-lie only got $45 from that robbery. And, the poor devil got caught the next day! Our own Clement F. Cornwall of Ash-croft Manor sentenced Charlie to 10 years. Seems a much rougher sentence than Row-land got for a

BX Express stage at Ashcroft (BC Archives photo A-60929)

See CRIMINALS on p. 7

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What Makes Us Unique…* Full Day Kindergarten Program* Primary students use the Read Well Reading & Writing Program* Intermediate students use the SRA Reading Program & Write Traits* Saxon Math Grades K-7* Breakfast, snack and lunch program * Homework support* Strong language and culture program (language class daily, drum group, lahal games etc.)* Small Class sizes and additional support staff available to better meet the needs of students* Speech and Language Intervention daily * School counselor available* Strong sense of family* Circle of Courage Values (belonging, mastery, independence & generosity)* High School students write provincial exams on-site at the school* Grade 12 students graduate with the Provincial Dogwood Certificate

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More law-abiding, less suspecting of others

Distracted by tunes, internet, and life in general

CRIMINALS from p. 6 robbery that was

worth a whole lot more.When I use the word

“naivete” about robberies of yesteryear, it is because of what seems in this day and age, the sheer stupidity of the crimin-als of that era. The reader will probably agree that, despite the use of fi rearms then, as now, there was a certain simplistic innocence about them all.

For example, Rowland took his stolen booty to the F.W. Foster General Store on

Railway, and asked the clerk to “keep it” for him, and he would pick the stuff up later. The clerk, little realizing that he was aiding and abetting, must have been sheer bone in-nocence. Not even a peek into the box? I don’t think so in this day and age!

Still, the B.C. Express Company, known simply as BX, carried valuables worth $4,619,000 over the course of its half-century dominion. Au-thor Clark notes, those stage coaches of the Cariboo trans-

ported “tens of millions” of dollars worth of gold taken from the creeks of the Cariboo from Yale to Ashcroft.

When you consider that so much was transported for such a long period of time, and carried by horse drawn stage coaches, most of them with-out an accompanying secur-ity offi cer alongside the driv-er, you’ve got to conclude that, on the whole, we had a much safer society than those west-ern Hollywood movie classics would have us believe.

were missing. Valu-ables were left be-

hind. The matter is being investigated.

Unplugged and ungluedJune 11 at 6:38 pm police received

a complaint by a 42 year old Ashcroft man who said his ex-wife was harass-ing him. He moved out of their home so she could move back in and had dis-connected the internet and cable servi-ces that were in his name. The 41 year old woman was unhappy with his and they had exchanged phone calls and texts over the matter. They were ad-vised that it was not a police matter.

Not paying attentionJune 12 at 10:26 am a Traffi c Ser-

vice offi cer noted a Ford Flex rental passing other vehicles on Hwy 1 com-ing into Cache Creek, and speeding at

122 kph in the 50 kph zone. The vehicle was pulled over and the 60 year old Co-quitlam man said he hadn’t been pay-ing attention to the speed. He was given a ticket for excessive speed and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.

Driving while suspendedJune 12 at 8:24 pm offi cers stopped

a Jeep Cherokee for a license check in Ashcroft. The driver provided a Driv-ers License and a name to police, but the offi cer noted that she appeared very nervous and was shaking. He asked again and she supplied him with her correct name. The 41 year old Ashcroft woman was found to be under suspen-sion and her vehicle was impounded for seven days. She was charged with driv-ing while under suspension and could possibly be facing a charge for supply-ing a false name.

Happy tunes make you go fast(er)June 13 at 9:02 pm police stopped

a SUV speeding southbound on Hwy 1 at 159 kph in the 100 zone. The Toyota Rav 4 with Yukon plates was reluctant to stop, but fi nally did so. The 26 year old woman told the offi cer that she lost track of how fast she was going because she was singing her favourite tune. She was given a ticket for excessive speed and her vehicle was impounded for sev-en days. She and her pas-senger, a 26 year old Sur-rey man, called for a cab to take them to Kam-loops so they could continue their trip.

RCMP from p. 2

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Salute to our Hometown Graduates

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GRADUATES FROM ASHCROFT, DAVID STODDART, & KUMSHEEN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

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ASHCROFT SECONDARY

Carmen Agatiello Ryan Arkinstall Dayton Arnett Jenny Beckett Hanna Berkey

Torrie Berkey Shaelynn Boyd Zachary Debert Ryan DeeringTanisha De Koning

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Supporting our grads, and donating a $500 bursary to a deserving Ashcroft

Grad Student

ARROW: ASHCROFT DIVISIONand Coffee Shop

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Ashcroft BakeryCongratulations toCarmen Agatiello,Regan Greenwood,

and the Class of 2012!

The horizon leansforward, offering you space to place new

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CongratulationsClass of 2012!

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Ashcroft’s River InnAshcroft on the River!

CongratulationsGraduates of 2012

The World Awaits You, Reach for the Stars

From the Management and Staffof Ashcroft River Inn

AshcroftSecondarySchool

Congratulations on your graduation.

Education is the key to unlocking your

potential.

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ASHCROFT SECONDARY

Ahren Emmons Brayden Funk Chris Gautreau Regan GreenwoodJahnaviDrewoth-Tapia

Christina Hayes Kyndra Jones Arcelie Anne Lim Michael Martin Merissa Mayhew

Way to go

Adam

ContratulationsCongrats Chris!We are so proud of you!

Enjoy your next adventure! Love, Mom, David,Shea, and Oriana

If you can imagine it,you can achieve it;if you can dream it,you can become it.

Congratulations Grads!

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Best of luckGraduates of 2012,

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Wishing you awonderful graduation

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Credit UnionYour graduation proves all of your hard work and determination. Congratulations!

Ashcroft Secondary’s halls and windows were decked with

Christmas cheer for the holidays

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ASHCROFT SECONDARY

Shaun McKenna HannahMinnabarriet Jeremy Morrison Adam Newman Eric Ng

Ryan Van Allen Zachary Walker KrnastyJared Ogden Monica Quiring Bailie Stewart

ToriWiens-Mourad

Way to go

Adam

Contratulations

Congratulations &Happy Birthday Jared

We’re so proud of you! Lots of love, Mom, Dad,

Andrea, Angela,Grandma Goddard,

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Adam

Contratulations

AdamWe are always so proud of

your accomplishmentsand decisions.

Keep going, we love you. Love Mom, Dad,Kali, & Patrick

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CongratsClass of 2012!

�e world is waiting for you - Go for it!

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Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.

~Les Brown

Highway 97, Cache Creek

Best wishesto the Graduating

Class of 2012!

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Congratulations Graduates,You did it!

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Desert Inn

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Hats off to the Class of 2012

Your hard work has paid off!

Congratulations to

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Restaurant

Ashcroft high school students supervised and helped their elementary

counterparts with a day full of Christmas crafts and activities

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DAVID STODDART SECONDARY

Kaitlyn Allan Serena Ambler Nadine Augustson Joe Burrage Charli-Rae Dougherty

Raven NymanBrendanMacDonald

Tynisha McKay Morgan Walch

Bryce Dube Georgia Finn

Kaitlan Hansen Chris Ladoski Sheldon Ladoski

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 74 (GOLD TRAIL)

Congratulationsto the Graduating

Class of 2012!“All our dreams can come true..

if we have the courage to pursue them.” - Walt Disney

Building CentreCLINTON

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Thompson Valley Funeral Home

Every yesterday is a memory of dreams.

Every tomorrow is avision of hopes.

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INterested

Management & Staff are very proud of all of you.

Congratulations Students! Have a great Graduation!

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David Stoddart students in between presentations made out at Graymont’s

Pavilion Lime Plant where they took part in North American

Occupational Safety and Health

(NAOSH) Week.

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Keishia Abbott Jasmine Baxter Dexter Brown Shannen Deneault Kane Henry

Heather Spinks Kendall Spinks

Cody Higgs Ashley Loring

Tori-Lee McIntyre Elizabeth Phillips

KUMSHEEN SECONDARY

These Kumsheen Grads werenot available for photos:

Rosalind MoriGilbert Machelle

Jaycee IsaacThomas Peters

LALIHarry S.

MLA, FRASER-NICOLA

PROVINCE OF BC

Congratulations to all Grads of the Class of 2012

May your future be filled with Hope and Prosperity!

Village of Lytton

Mayor Jessoa Lightfoot, Council,and Staff of the Village of Lytton

Way to go Grads!May your degree

unlock many doorsto well deserved

success.

Gold TrailTeachers’ Association

Congrats to theClass of 2012!

An investment in knowledge always pays

the best interest. - Benjamin Franklin

Dream big, reach farShine brightly, you’re a star

Congratulations on your Graduation!

310 Railway Avenue, Ashcroft250-453-9999

Graduation CongratulationsAnd the best of wishes too

May you have a very prosperous lifeAnd all your dreams come true

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Steven Rice, Director Area I

Best of luck to theGraduating

Classof 2012

HighlandValley Copper

Congratulates AllThe Graduates onTheir Achievement

Class of 2012

Highland Valley CopperCongratulates All The Graduates on Their Achievement

Class of 2011

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Celebrating the Royal Canadian Legion’s 86th AnniversaryCome Help Ashcroft Branch 113 Celebrate

In celebration of Legion Week, Branch 113 will be holding an OPEN HOUSE in our Courtyard Area on Saturday, June 23rd.Bring your kids to introduce them to the Legion functions and family.

We will be providing the fixings for Banana Splits and will be serving Hot Dogs and Refreshments as well.The Cadets will attend as well as members of the Branch and the Ladies Auxiliary who will be available to provide information

about their organizations and to answer any questions you may have regarding what each of these groups does.They will also provide information on becoming a member and how membership requirements have changed.

Come and meet your Legion/LA Members and learn how your local Legion contributes to not only the Veterans but to the Community at large by way of donations to local and other organizations, teams and bursaries to local students.

We will be having KARAOKE as well. We hope you will come out and join our celebration.(Liquor will be served only in the lounge area from 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.)

AshcroftRoyal Canadian Legion

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M a y 2 0 1 2 — W e e k 4

You don’t like to pitch a fit, but if you want to be heard, that’s what you’re going to have to do. Make your stance known, Capricorn. Only then will you get the action you seek.

Attention, Aquarius. Someone close to you has something to say, and they need you to listen. A home improvement project turns out better than expected.

It’s a tall order, Pisces, but it’s not impossible. Gather your supplies and the troops and get crackin’. A report receives glowing reviews just in time.

Please, Aries. You are a go-getter, but sometimes you go too far. Keep that in mind this week as you work with others to get a project off the ground.

Stop dragging your feet, Taurus. You know what needs to be done, so do it. The sooner you finish, the sooner you can move on to something you really want to do.

Pragmatic Gemini. You’re always looking to get things done well in the shortest time possible, but sometimes just won’t work. Patience is key.

Clarify, Cancer. Make certain you are understood on all accounts this week. Leave nothing to chance. A friend drops by with an unusual request.

Bickering rarely solves anything, so put a stop to the madness the first chance you get, Leo. You will get nothing done if you don’t.

A loved one has a meltdown, and you’re left to pick up the pieces. You can do it, Virgo, and you will do it well. A new do lifts spirits in more ways than one.

Clam up, Libra, and you will regret it. Prepare to present your idea and watch the sparks fly. The to-do list nears completion with an addition.

A change in attitude picks up the pace, and the team finishes well ahead of schedule. Bravo, Scorpio. Your efforts won’t go unnoticed.

What’s that, Sagittarius? Your pleas are falling on deaf ears? Perhaps it’s your method of presentation. Be bold, and you’ll get what you seek.

June 2012 - Week 3Expect to expend a little energy this week to get the job done right, Aries. Leaving it up to others is not the best way to go in this instance. Step up.

Capricorn, your mind will be all over the place this week unless you �nd someone to help you get focused. Think of it as having a babysitter who can call you out if you start to stray.

Aquarius, you will be amazed at the results when you �nally set your mind to something. Stick with what you’re doing and enjoy the ride.

Pisces, help around the house or at the of�ce this week and the work will bene�t you and all of the other people with whom you interact.

Taurus, focus on the big picture or nothing will get accomplished. It’s too easy to get lost in all of the little details. Follow through on the task at hand.

Gemini, someone will catch your ear and it will only serve to confuse you. You won’t know what to make of it but don’t get worried. It will all begin to make sense once a few pieces fall into place.

Lots of people need your help, Cancer. Focus all of your energy on helping others for the time being. You will feel good about your efforts and the good karma that results from them.

Don’t expect this week to go smoothly, Libra. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it will go badly. It’s just full of distractions and interruptions.

Scorpio, you may be feeling sensual and romantic for the next few days. It could be because of all of the positive attention you have been receiving lately.

You may feel happy when a friend or family member comes over to visit today, Sagittarius. You have been waiting for some company for quite a while. Enjoy the visit.

Leo, you need to �gure out how to turn all of your great ideas into workable projects -- especially ones that can make you some money. Get started on a plan.

Change will be all around you, Virgo. While you’re not overly excited about it, you realize change is essential to growing in your life and career. New work arrangements need to be made.

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Are you a low-income senior or a person with a disability who wants to live safely and independently in the comfort of your home?

Do you have difficulty performing day-to-day activities?

Does your home need to be adapted to meet your changing needs? If so, you may be eligible for financial assistance under the Home Adaptations for Independence (HAFI) program.

Find out today if you are eligibleand if you meet all of the requirements as a low-income homeowner or as a landlord applying on behalf of an eligible tenant.

Make Your Home Safe for Independent Living

H O U S I N G M AT T E R S

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Would a new ramp, handrails or walk-in shower help you maintain your independence at home?

BC Housing’s new Home Adaptations for Independence (HAFI) program helps low-income B.C. seniors and people with disabilities make home modifications that will allow them to continue living at home.

Through HAFI, homeowners and landlords with eligible tenants can apply for financial assistance of up to $20,000 for improvements that make their home more accessible and safe.

The goal of the program is to enable people who have physical limitations to live at home longer. People’s physical needs change over time – sometimes, a small improvement to a home can make the difference between being able to live independently or not.

Types of eligible projects include:

andrails in hallways or stairways,

areas in the kitchen,

bars, and

The projects must be permanent and fixed to the home, although exceptions can be made for equipment that gives access to an existing part of the home (e.g. a bath lift).

is funded by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia through the Canada-B.C. Affordable Housing Initiative. Through the HAFI

million in grants or forgivable loans will be distributed to qualifying B.C. residents over the next three years.

To qualify for assistance from HAFI, recipients must be a low-income senior or person with a disability, a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant, and a B.C. resident. Someone in the household must have a permanent disability or loss of ability that makes it difficult to perform

day-to-day activities. As well, the total household income and assets must be below a certain limit. BC

Housing can tell you the income and house value limits for your area when you apply.

The program is open to both homeowners and those living in market rental accommodation where rents are at the low end of market levels; landlords must

apply for improvements on behalf of eligible tenants.

application guide and application forms are available at www.bchousing.org/HAFI.

New program helps seniors, people with disabilities modify homes

The new Home Adaptations for Independence (HAFI) program helps low-income B.C. seniors and people with disabilities make home modifications for safe, accessible and independent living.

A wuzzle is a saying/phrase that is made up of a display of words, in an interesting way. The object is to try to figure out the well-known saying, person, place, or thing that each wuzzle is meant to represent. Answers below.

ANSWERS: 1. High IQ 2. Misunderstanding 3. Backwards Somersault 4. No One is Perfect5. Upwards Battle 6. Times Up 7. Too Good to Last 8. Pat on the Back 9. Life Behind Bars

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The Thompson Rivers Uni-versity WolfPack women’s soccer team will enter the 2012 PACWEST team as the de-fending champions. Bad news for the opposition, the Wolf-Pack will look a whole lot stronger.

Thompson Rivers, who lost only one player (Ashley Pig-got, Prince George, BC) due to graduation, has signed a num-ber of top recruits, the latest being midfi elder/striker Marlie Rittinger (Ashcroft, BC). Rit-tinger, who played her min-or soccer in Kamloops is re-turning home after “red shirt-ing” in 2011-12 with Simon Fraser University.

“I?m very excited to be home and to play before my friends and family on a regular basis,” said the 5’7” Rittinger, considered by many to be the top player in her age class in the BC Interior. “I went away last year and it wasn?t what I expected. I can’t wait to play for TRU - it’s a place I want-ed to go to school and play for since I was young.”

Head Coach Tom Mc-Manus has had Rittinger on his radar for the last few years as she came up through the ranks of KYSA. “Realistically, she is a player who can go any-

where,” he said. “She can play at the back and do a wonder-ful job. She plays midfi eld and even up front and score some beautiful goals. I, personally, see her as a strong midfi eld-er who likes to get herself for-ward and is great defensively. I am debating where I want to play her in the midfi eld.”

He adds that her decision to come to TRU fi ts in nicely with his dilemma of how to fi ll that open spot in the midfi eld that Piggot vacated. “All the girls know that they have to work hard when they come back in because we have a lot of real-ly good players coming in. The girls from Kamloops (Rittinger becomes the sixth local play-er to commit to the ‘Pack for 2012) will do a good job.”

Rittinger played minor soccer with current WolfPack players Katie Sparrow, Tay-lor Miller and Sara Fertile. All three were once ball-girls at WolfPack matches while play-ing REP soccer.

McManus sees her strong suit being as a leader. “She is very fi t and vocal. She will tell people what she wants done and tells them what they should be doing. She is great in the air and passes a brilliant ball. She has a superb shot. To

me, she is a great all-around player. We wanted to have her last year, but she had commit-ted to SFU.”

Rittinger is happy to be playing the WolfPack’s posses-sion style soccer. “I was play-ing a different style with SFU and it wasn?t what I was used to. I think my connection with the rest of the girls will help with the adjustment to Thomp-son Rivers.”

She is playing summer soc-cer in the Pacifi c Coast Soc-cer League with the Kamloops Heat, where many of her for-mer minor soccer and future WolfPack teammates are pre-paring for the upcoming col-legiate season.

Rittinger will be enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts in her fi rst year at TRU. “I want to get back into the fl ow of things and then hopefully go into the Nursing program.”

She is looking forward to making an immediate impact with the WolfPack come Sep-tember. “I hope we can go to the Provincials and go to the Nationals.”

The WolfPack open their 2012 PACWEST season Sat-urday, Sept. 8 at Hillside Sta-dium against Douglas College.

Submitted

Rittinger returns to WolfPack Soccer

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? What to vaccinate against and how often? These are some of the questions that this article intends to shed some light on.

Vaccination helps to:•Reduce risk of contracting disease •Reduce severity and duration of disease if exposure

occurs•Decrease the ability to transmit the disease to other

animalsCertain vaccines are considered “CORE” vaccines

because the diseases they help to protect against are highly contagious, have a high morbidity rate or are lethal in unvaccinated animals.

Core Canine Vaccines:1)Distemper, Adenovirus, and Parvovirus (DA2P) Initial puppy vaccines consist of three shots at 8, 12 and 16

weeks of age. It is important that puppies not come into contact with other dogs of unknown vaccination status until after they have received their final booster shot at 16 weeks because their level of immunity may be insufficient to protect them from these viruses. The vaccine is then boostered one year later and is then given once every one to three years depending on an individual risk assessment by your veterinarian. This vaccine protects against the following diseases:

Canine Distemper: Initially causes a fever and mild respiratory disease that can be complicated by secondary bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract. The disease can progress to severe respiratory disease, gastrointestinal manifestation and neurological symptoms such as uncontrolled muscle twitching and seizures. Even with appropriate treatment some dogs fail to make a satisfactory recovery.

Infectious Canine Hepatitis: Caused by Canine Adenovirus 1 (CAV- 1) (related to Canine Adenovirus 2 which causes upper respiratory infection). CAV 1 is a highly contagious virus which can cause symptoms ranging from mild fever to organ failure bleeding and death. Spread via urine, feces or saliva of infected dogs the virus can be shed for up to six months from previously infected animals.

Para influenza Virus: Cause of upper respiratory disease that often leads to secondary bacterial infection of the respiratory system. Signs range from ocular and nasal discharge to sneezing, coughing and difficulty breathing.

Parvovirus Enteritis: The virus targets the cells that line the small intestine leading to blood vomiting and diarrhea and resulting in extreme lethargy, depression and in many cases death if left untreated. Highly contagious and patients deteriorate quickly from onset of clinical signs.

2) RabiesRabies is a devastating fatal disease that is not treatable

once clinical signs of the disease are present. Rabies is fully preventable by adequate vaccination against the disease. Puppies can receive their first rabies shot at 12-16 weeks of age. The vaccine is boostered one year later. Immunity against the rabies virus is then maintained with a booster shot given every three years.

Rabies Virus in BC: The common carrier of the rabies virus in BC is the bat. Other animals such as raccoons, skunks, foxes and coyotes are known to be common carriers of the virus as well. Ways to prevent or limit exposure to potential carriers include:

•Do not touch or handle bats (live or dead)•Bat proof your home or cabin by keeping doors and

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soapy water and rinse with plenty of fresh clean water. Seek medical treatment immediately.

Non-Core Canine Vaccines: Need a yearly booster shot to maintain immunity

1) Kennel Cough: Canine infectious tracheitis “kennel cough” is a highly contagious disease that is caused by viral (canine influenza and canine adenovirus 2) and bacterial (Bordatella bronchiseptica) pathogens. Most commercial dog kennels require your dog to be up to date on this vaccine before they will accept them into their care.

2) Canine Influenza: There are two clinical forms of influenza in dogs. Dogs afflicted with the mild form have a soft, moist cough that lasts for 10 to 30 days. It is often misdiagnosed as “kennel cough”. The severe form is typified by a high fever and signs of pneumonia (a high respiratory rate and increased breathing effort). It has a fatality rate between five and eight percent.

3) Leptospirosis: Caused by the spirochete bacterium leptospira, leptospirosis targets the kidney resulting in acute renal failure. Clinical signs of the disease include anorexia, lethargy, vomiting increased drinking and urination. The disease is highly contagious and is spread through contact with the urine of infected animals either directly or through contaminated water sources. Leptospirosis prevalence is on the rise and currently only working dogs and those exposed to wildlife (rats, coyotes, raccoons, skunks etc.) are commonly vaccinated against this disease however smaller breed and domestic dogs may soon be included in regular vaccination protocols against this disease as local prevalence and risk of exposure increases.

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Out near the slough is a solid piece of craftsmanship that many locals have prob-ably never seen. The hike to see this may be a short one or, for those who want a longer hike, start at Ash-croft and walk the slough road (Evans Road) about 3.2 kilometers.

The short portion of the hike begins just past the fi rst corner on the graveled sec-tion of the road. On the left is a well used pullout where many locals park. Walk up the short incline on the pub-lic road. Approximately 100 yards past the sign for the tie plant, take the side road to the left and head towards the river.

On the right, an os-prey nest regally sits on top of a pole and on the left

and below, the Thompson Riv-er rushes by. Flanked by sil-very sagebrush and mounds of cacti re-splendent with yellow and pale peach colored blos-soms, the road winds its way along the lower bench for about 1 km.

Nearing the end of the road, a lush green area un-folds in front of you. The contrast from the dun and golden brown landscape characteristic of our area to this lush green signi-fi es a sure sign of water. As you draw closer, the sound of gurgling water and the chirping of birds means you have arrived at Barnes Creek and the site of what you are seeking.

Span-ning Barnes Creek is an over-pass for the Can-adian Pacifi c Railroad. Stamped into the

uppermost rock is the date 1909. The tradesmen who built this overpass truly pro-duced a work of art. Like a tunnel, this arched overpass is approximately 70 feet long, 15 feet wide and 15 feet tall.

Throughout the length and extending on a down-ward angle for approximate-ly 20 feet, the creek fl ows over a base of carefully placed slabs of stone. The real artwork however, lies in the design and placement of huge square blocks of stone. These were obviously quar-ried as you can see evidence of the rough fi nish and in-dentations where they were lifted and moved with huge tongs.

As you look at the side wings and arched style of this intricately designed overpass, let your mind wander. How did they trans-port these huge blocks to this location in 1909? Where were the blocks quarried? How did they hoist them into place, cre-

ate the arch and se-cure them? It is truly an example of the fi n-est craftsmanship and quite a feat for the

tradesmen of the day.Leaving the creek and

overpass behind, take the pathway on your left and cross the Canadian National Railway tracks.

Continue on the path and head toward the river. Watch your step if you decide to stray off the path; the cacti seem to love this area and are very prolifi c here.

As you near the river, the path splits. Take the left hand path and head back to-ward the slough. The path will merge with another small road and go past a pump house.

It is June, and the cacti are fl owering with their bright blooms dotting the landscape. The Russian Ol-ive trees are also in bloom, and the delicate fl owery smell wafts through the slight breeze.

As you near the end of this side road, you ar-rive back on the public road where you walk back to your starting point.

Train history features into Barnes Creek TrailAshcroft hiking trails

by Andea Walker

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Forever In Our HeartsBeatrice Veronica Sorensen

November 21, 1960 – June 3, 2012Beatrice Veronica Sorensen (nee

Schultz), was born on November 21, 1960 in Ashcroft BC, the youngest of seven daughters of Raymond and Ivy Schultz. She lived in Clinton BC until she moved with her family to Salmon Arm in 1973. Beatrice is survived by her beloved children Sara Hannah and Zachary Allan and their father Randy Sorensen, her partner Terry Friberg, her mother Ivy, and her sisters Marie (Ken), Betty-Ann (Bill), Terry-Mae (Harry), Sharon (John),

Geraldine (Robert), and Jennifer (Leander), her friend Ashley Finnegan, many Aunts, Uncles and Cousins, extended family members and friends. She was pre-decreased by her loving father Raymond Schultz (2007)

Beatrice had a long and successful career in accounting and finance in Salmon Arm, Kamloops, Vancouver, and on the Sunshine Coast. Beatrice was a much loved member of the Sunshine Coast Community Services Society family, serving as its Director of Finance for the past eight years.

Beatrice was a dedicated volunteer, giving of herself in many community endeavours. She volunteered as a youth soccer coach and in her children’s schools, most recently with the Chatelech Parent Advisory Council and hot lunch program, and supported youth in many ways behind the scenes. She was a member of the Gibsons Paddle Club, Dragon Boats, and the Pulling Together Society. She loved the journeys she shared with her canoe families.

Beatrice joined the Station 12 Halfmoon Bay Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue in the past year. She was an enthusiastic and skilled member of the team, loved by all her colleagues. She loved the challenges and embraced the opportunity to assist in rescuing people in dangerous situations.

Beatrice filled every life she touched with light and laughter and caring. She was a devoted Catholic and a very spiritual person, selflessly giving of herself to others. Beatrice was first and foremost a devoted mother to Zach and Sara. She is dearly beloved and will be deeply missed by her children, her mother and six sisters and her extended family, her friends, colleagues, fellow volunteers and countless community members.

A funeral service for Beatrice was held on Saturday June 9 at 10 am at the Holy Family Catholic Church in West Sechelt . The Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue will hold a Public Memorial Service for Beatrice and her fellow volunteer Angela Nemeth on June 17, 2012 at the Chatelech Senior Secondary School in Sechelt. The family requests in lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Unit 12 Halfmoon Bay Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue, Box 2114, Sechelt BC V0N 3A0 or to the Sunshine Coast Community Services Society, Box 1069, Sechelt BC V0N 3A0.

In memory ofGeorge Benna

Dear DadIn our hearts you are

always nearAnd when I ‘m in need you

are always here When life gets hard and I

start to cryI ask for strength and feel you

nearby I hold on to this feeling as

long as I canUntil you leave me once

again Into your own place you

always recedeInto my heart until I’m in need

I’d not be so strong if it wasn’t for you

I draw on your strength when times are blue

I know you are gone yet to me never so

Your smile, your presence I’ll never let go

Love to our dad…we miss you so much

Forever your girls.

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After reading Wayne’s “Liv-ing Well” article two weeks ago, I hope that you have set some realistic, yet challenging goals for a healthier new you. I remember well about three years ago doing just that.

Four years ago, we wel-comed our little girl to our family. I was overjoyed that after praying for 15 years for a child, we now had her! What a marvelous addition to our lives. Add-ing a new born to your life makes you take a step back and think... about your life, where you are at and where you are going. Now I know those are often mind boggling questions to pon-der, but it seems that many who ex-perience the birth of their fi rst child do just that. So here I was so happy with our girl and thinking; “What kind of Mom will I be?” “What will she think of me?” “How much fun will we have together?” and “What can I do now to help give her the best up-bringing pos-sible?”

Well the answers to those questions are still coming and cannot all be told in this short article, but since we are here to talk about being physically healthy, let me tell you how that answer came to me.

I was about 100 pounds overweight about a year after Mary-Grace was born and I felt gross. I couldn’t easily do any-thing. Even housework was exhausting and after I worked a little around the house and yard my lower back was in pain. I was embarrassed to be so large and so unable to be active in the way I should be. Something in my mind said

“enough!” I wanted to be able to enjoy an active, healthy life with my daughter and husband. I wanted to go on hikes, to play games and sports and to be an example for my daughter to follow. I al-ready felt like I was kind of old to be having a baby and felt that at her gradu-ation, I would be “really” old! I didn’t want to be a Mom sitting there at grad who looked like she was two days away from the grave and living like it too.

I remember that fi rst day in my liv-ing room with my exercise video going. When “Jillian Michaels” said to skip, I noticed that my feet would not leave the ground. When did this happen? I won-dered incredulously! I kept going de-spite my shock at how bad this had got-

ten. I added some short

walk/jogs and started being more sensible about my eat-ing habits. I watched my por-tions sizes and made some

better choices about what I ate. In just a couple months I could visibly see re-sults and feel the difference. Oh, I knew I was far from being done, but now I was on my way. The ball was rolling, I didn’t want it to stop!

It has now been three years since I made the decision to be a healthy active Mom for my daughter, for my husband and for myself. I feel great, I can do pretty much anything physically and I have the ener-gy and confi -dence I should have to be the Mom and wife I should be for my family.

I thank God all the time for the health He gives to my body and for guiding me to choose to make healthy living a prior-ity.

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Business for SaleLIVE THE Dream. Harbours End Marine, 27 year history on beautiful Salt Spring Island, BC “the best place on earth!” Owner retiring, well-estab-lished business only $129,000 email: jg_cormorant@shaw.ca

For Sale By OwnerCache Creek: Getaway or perm res on Bonaparte Riv. Nat gas, elec ht, 800 sq ft, 3 decks, skylights, vinyl siding & windows, hrdwd fl rs, 6 appl, v. quiet in 55+ prk. $34,000. 250-453-9095.

Real Estate

For Sale By OwnerASHCROFT: 1326 Western Ave. - Come see what you’ll get for a little more. 2400 sq ft prime loc, lg lot w. view, 4 bedrm, offi ce, rec rm, 2.5 bath, insul. garage, good roof, cent. air/vac & 7 appl (6 new). Up-graded elec, furn, water tank, windows, doors, vinyl siding, fl oor, fi xtures, more. New deck, sm workshop, 6 ft fence. Asking $266,000. Info/viewing paulchiebert@gmail.com or 250-453-2730.

Houses For SaleCache Creek: “A River Runs Through It” 1/2 acre with Riv-erfrnt hm at 16 Mile, 10 min N. of Cache Crk on Hwy 97. 1100sq ft main Floor. Finished bsmt. 3 bdrm 1 bth offi ce 28x24 220 wired heated shop. Pristine cond, too much to mention $250,000. To View pls ph 250.457.6510

Spences Bridge: 1bdrm 1bthrm lrg fenced lot, grapes & fruit trees Call: 250.458.2400

Mobile Homes & Parks

ASHCROFT Valley Estates, #26 ($25k), #40 ($15k). For appt. call 250-453-9837.

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent

Clean, Affordable,Convenient Downtown Location across from

Beautiful Heritage Park715 Railway Avenue, Ashcroft

Apartments Available NOW!

2 Bedroom • 1 BedroomBachelor

Motel Units:*All units have full

kitchenettes, air conditioning, cable TV and Internet accessNightly • Weekly • Monthly

On-Site ManagersContact 250-457-0235

250-453-9129

Ashcroft Apartment

& Motel

Cache Creek, 1&2 bdrm apts in Canyon Heights or Ponde-rosa. Pls Call 250-457-0035

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentASHCROFT

Hillside ManorBest Apartments

in the area!1500 Government Street

Renovated 1 & 2 bedroomVIEW SUITES

Available immediatelyClean, quiet &

well maintained.Air conditioning

Rent includes heat, hotwater & cable TV

(valued at over $100/month)

Walking distance to hospital.Close to schools & shopping

Please give our Resident Manager

Dan Laurie a chance to impress you.

250-457-0433

Senior Discounts &other Discounts/Move In Incentives now available.

Modular HomesJUNE SPECIAL

Brand New 16’ Wide ModularHomes. From $69,000.00

mark@eaglehomes.ca

Homes for Rent16 MILE: 2 bdrm house avail. July 1st 2012. N/S. 250-457-9921

ASHCROFT: SW Mobile: 800 sq.ft. 2 bdrm, 1 bath. New S/F, A/C, W/D. $675/mon. 250-395-6533.

RIVER View 5bd/2ba, W/D, F/S,new furnace, many up-dates. D/D and references re-quired. $975/month plus utilities. Call 250-754-6257

Transportation

Antiques / Classics

Transportation

Auto Financing

DreamCatcher Auto Loans“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -

Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-910-6402

www.PreApproval.cc DL# 7557

Cars - Sports & Imports

ATTENTION COLLECTORS1980 CAMARO, only 50,000 K on reblt punched 305 eng. 3 spd. Needs some body work. For more info. 1-250-523-9762. (Logan Lake)

Trucks & Vans1991 Red S10 4x4 Ext Cab FS. 235,00 kms 4.3 L V6 auto 4x4 runs ok,, good tires and matching canopy. Good trans-portation, rusty but trusty. $700.00 obo 250-395-7570.

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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 250-453-2352

Cache Creek/Ashcroft Elks Lodge #262Phone 250-457-7114

Second Time Around201 Railway Ave., Ashcroft BC Val Martin 250-457-3080

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 Martin

Phone 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

Royal Canadian Sea CadetContact Person: SLt. Curran 250-453-2082

Patty Newman, Navy League President 250-457-9575

Email: admin@347avenger.ca

Sage & Sand Pony ClubDistrict Commissioner: Sandy Agatiello

sageandsandspc@hotmail.com

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 Chapter

Phone 250-374-8307 Ashcroft Volunteer Fire DepartmentPhone 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: Jessica 250.453.2352 or

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: Lisa Tegart

Phone 250-453-9881 Email: lisamteg@hotmail.com

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

Soups OnSt. Alban’s Anglican Church Hall, 501 Brink Street

Tel: 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 Howard

Phone 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 The Journal will be including a

grocery bag in our June 26th issueThe Sea Cadets will pick up the bags

on Saturday June 30Between 9:00am and 11:00 amInstructions will be on the bag

Lets all pull together as a community and fill those bags!

Thank you for your generosity

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2012 Property Taxes

A 20 www.ash-cache-journal.com Tuesday, June 19, 2012 The JournalCOMMUNITY

The Rodeo Parade Committee provided a “variety show” just after the parade in

Heritage Place Park with the Les Folles

Jambettes Cancan Dancers from Grand Forks and Yamabiko Taiko drummers

from Kelowna.

Crowd pleasers on a Rodeo Weekend photos by Wendy Coomber