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Medical Marijuana growers told to stop

Daffodils blooming in

ClintonClinton Seniors Association hosted its annual Daffodil Tea on March 12. Part of the proceeds are forwarded to the Canadian Cancer Society.Over a hundred guests enjoyed strawberry shortcake and an opportunity to buy home baking and fresh daffodils; a welcome sign of Spring!

(Above) Mary Burrage, Kay Hinkes, Colleen Langton enjjoy their strawberry shortcake at the Clinton Seniors Association’s annual Daffodil Tea. (Below) Alice Crosson and Helene Cade sell daffodils for the Canadian Cancer Society. Blanche Fennell makes a donation. Photos by Zee Chevalier

Jeff NagelBlack PressMedical marijuana home growers have been

ordered by the federal government to provide written notification by April 30 that they’ve halted production and destroyed any leftover pot.

Authorized personal grow-ops for approved medical marijuana users become illegal Apr. 1 as their licences expire and the country switch-es instead to a system of regulated commercial production.

Health Canada said in a statement March 14 it will notify law enforcement of any users who fail to comply with the notification require-ment, an apparent shift from past refusals to dis-close locations to local authorities on privacy grounds.

The new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulation allows licensed medical marijuana users – more than 16,000 of them are in B.C. – to buy dried pot only from approved commer-cial producers via mail order.

Many B.C. municipalities are keen to stamp out medical marijuana home grows, which they say often pose an electrical fire risk to neigh-bours and may leave mould and other safety hazards behind for future residents.

But most also don’t want to take on the bu-rden of fixing what they see as a problem creat-ed by the federal government.

Mission Mayor Ted Adlem doesn’t support sending police in to enforce compliance with the new medical pot law, even in cases where Ottawa discloses users who have failed to send their notification.

“I’m not interested in throwing people in jail for growing marijuana,” Adlem said. “Who’s going to foot the bill to close these people down who have not notified and ceased to operate? I’m far more in favour of being able to have my fire inspector check the place out for electrical safety.”

He predicts many other B.C. municipalities will also have little interest in making it a poli-cing project.

“I think most mayors are concerned about the cost of doing this. Is it something we real-ly want to be spending our policing budget on? I don’t think so.”

Sensible BC campaign director Dana Larsen accused the government of reneging on prom-ises of privacy for medical marijuana users.

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Backcountry caution urgedPolice Telephone #s

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After four avalanche fatalities in six days, the Canadian Ava-lanche Centre (CAC) urges back-country users to make cautious and conservative decisions while in avalanche terrain.

“We’ve been dealt a pretty troublesome snowpack this season and our terrain choices need to re-flect that fact,” says Karl Klassen, manager of the CAC’s Public Ava-lanche Warning Service.

“The weak layers we’ve been tracking for many weeks remain a significant problem and areas where you might have felt safe in previous seasons may not be the best choices this winter.”

Two of the recent fatal snow-mobile accidents occurred in cut-blocks – areas below tree line cleared by logging companies, Klassen notes.

“Often, riding below tree line can be a safer choice in terms of avalanche danger. But with the cur-rent warm temperatures and wet snow at low elevations, that’s not the case at this time.

“Riders need to be wary of ava-lanche terrain even near valley bot-tom, at least until a solid freeze oc-curs.”

Until conditions improve, the CAC recommends travelling on small, simple and low-angle ter-rain with no terrain traps. Exposure to large slopes and cornices above should also be avoided whenever

possible.It’s also critical that all back-

country users are equipped with es-sential safety equipment for ava-lanche terrain, adds Klassen.

“Everyone in the party needs an avalanche transceiver, a probe and a shovel every day, regardless of expected conditions. And it’s equally vital that everyone is fam-iliar with has practised using this equipment. If an avalanche occurs, there is no time to go for help.”

The critical window for find-ing and extricating a victim is just 10 minutes, when there is an 80 per cent chance of survival. The odds drop dramatically after that. At just 35 minutes, there’s a less than 10 per cent chance of survival.

In addition to the essential equipment, airbags are recom-mended. But as with any piece of safety equipment, it’s vital to have practiced its operation and to en-sure it is tested and in good work-ing order before going into ava-lanche terrain.

For further information on the current conditions, please see the CAC Forecaster’s Blog page at: http://blogs.avalanche.ca/category/forecaster-blog/.

The CAC South Rockies blog has excellent posts with video that’s applicable to many other re-gions of the province: http://blogs.avalanche.ca/category/southrock-ies/.

Something not quite right

March 11 at 12:30 pm police were called to a dis-turbance on Bancroft St. near the Village Office where police located a dis-traught young man wan-dering down the street. The complainants reported that the 23 year old Ashcroft man was acting strangely and re-acting aggressively to people who approached him. He was unco-operative with po-lice as well, initially. He was taken to the hospital for a mental health examination. No charges were laid.

Nothing stolenMarch 11 at 5:30 pm a

68 year old Ashcroft woman called to report that her fur-niture had been stolen. Po-lice attended and found that no furniture had been taken, but the complainant was in medical distress. BC Ambu-lance attended and transport-ed the woman to the hospital for further examination.

Time outMarch 12 at 2:40 pm po-

lice attended the Oasis bar for a disturbance in the park-ing lot and located a 39 year old Cache Creek man who had been asked to leave by staff. They called the police when he attempted to re-en-ter the bar. The man was so-ber but was shouting and swearing at an acquaintance

in the bar. He agreed not to try to go back into the bar and no charges were laid.

Too drunk to go farMarch 12 at 8 pm po-

lice received a report of an intoxicated man caus-ing a disturbance on the bridge in Ashcroft. The call-er was concerned that the man might be attempting to jump into the river. The 43 year old Ashcroft man was located in front of the Safe-ty Mart, displaying signs of gross intoxication. He tried to evade police but was eas-ily taken into custody. He was arrested for causing a disturbance and lodged in cells overnight until sober.

Arrest warrantMarch 13 the Ashcroft

Detachment was notified that an arrest warrant was issued for Ashcroft resident Brock Ledoux, 28. Ledoux failed to appear in court to answer to a charge of break and enter from a recent inci-dent in Lillooet.

Intruder in the yardMarch 14 police received

a complaint from a resident on Brink St. that they observed

an intruder with a flashlight enter their backyard around 12:30 am. The homeowner shouted at the intruder, who hopped back over the fence and ran away. Nothing ap-peared stolen later that mor-ning.

Wires pulled downMarch 15 at 9 pm po-

lice received a report that a southbound truck pulling a box trailer had knocked down several wires in the north end of Cache Creek in the vicinity of the Chev-ron. BC Hydro and internet wires had to be restrung and some customers were af-fected. The truck was locat-ed in Lytton and the driver, a 30 year old man from Wash-ington state, was ticketed for driving without reasonable consideration and failing to remain at the scene of an ac-cident.

Full moon anticsMarch 16 at 1 am po-

lice were called to a disturb-ance on the Mesa in Ash-croft where a group of teens were said to be drinking and

causing a disturbance. Po-lice stopped a white pick-up in the area shortly after-wards. The driver, a 21 year old Ashcroft man, appeared out of breath and claimed he was fleeing from a group of youth who were chasing him. He showed no signs of consuming alcohol and was released. Shortly afterwards, police received another com-plaint of youths in the same area ringing a doorbell. Po-lice made patrols but no youth were located. There were no other incidents called in.

Business eggedMarch 17 at 9 am a

downtown business made a report of mischief after their front windows were hit by raw eggs. There were no sus-pects and no damage. It was speculated that it might be retaliation for recent deal-ings with other tenants in the building.

Sudden deathMarch 17 at 6 pm po-

lice attended a sudden death reported at an apartment on Government St. in Ash-croft. The 72 year old man was discovered deceased af-ter a family member came to check on him. No foul play was suspected.

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Local leaders share disappointment in mine decision

A sweet Thank YouDesert Bell Ringers presented Second Time Around volunteers with cupcakes in the shape of a handbell last Friday, with sincere appreciation of their support. The generous donation from Second Time Around will help with the refurbishing of the set of handbells this summer. L-R: Natsha Grimshire, Carmen Ranta, Ray Shindler, Anne Bonter, Jim Rymer, Lorna Delling, Cheryl Schmitz and Shirlee Johnson.

A Lion-sized Challenge(L-R) Lions Bob Cunningham, Ernie Kristoff, Laurie Rennie, Mavis Putnam, Better at Home coordinator Sandy Williams, Lions Mo Girard, Bob Williams and Ines Lopez. The Ashcroft & District Lions Club strongly believes in promoting services for Seniors within our Community and that is the reason we are involved in Better at Home as the sponsor, as volunteers and Advisory Committee Members. We have recently donated $1,000 to the Ashcroft Cache Creek Better at Home program. This is for relief of some of the startup costs in setting up the office and, more importantly, providing services to our Seniors.The Lions are issuing a Challenge to all organizations within the Ashcroft - Cache Creek area.Your Challenge is to help support the Better At Home Program through in-kind donations of volunteer time or cASH. Can you meet or beat our $1,000 donation to a very worthy local cause? Please contact Lion Secretary Vivian Edwards, 250 453-9077. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

by Carole Rooney100 Mile Free PressPrime Minister Stephen Harper slammed

Taseko Mines Ltd. and its proposed New Pros-perity Gold-Copper Project at a March 3 Pros-pectors and Developers Association of Can-ada convention, calling its environmental report “damning.”

While her own government recently rejected the project, Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod says it is a let-down, as she be-lieves the majority of people in the Cariboo-Chilcotin support the mine project.

“[They] saw it as an important econom-ic lifeline, and I know that many are very, very disappointed, and certainly I share their dis-appointment.

“There were people for and against, but my sense was that it has strong support in the area.”

McLeod says she recognizes the challenges of the Cariboo-Chilcotin – both those shared with rural ridings across the country and also specific economic setbacks, such as the pine beetle devastation.

The federal government is committed to moving projects forward, but resolved to base its decision on the independent New Prosper-ity Environmental Assessment Panel and its experts, McLeod explains, which determined there would be significant adverse impacts.

In December 2013, Taseko entered into a ju-dicial review to dispute certain panel findings.

Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett says she is “extremely disappointed” the feder-al environmental review process turned down the proposed gold-copper mine in the Cariboo-Chilcotin a second time.

“I’m very disappointed with the federal gov-ernment. I feel the federal government has let us down.”

She adds the rejection came despite the in-itial project being passed by British Columbia’s environmental review, and after $300 million in further mine redesigns by Taseko to meet the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency’s criteria.

“It is not environmentally unfriendly.”Barnett says she has followed and worked

on this project since 1991, and with the pine beetle devastation on the forest industry in the past decade, this was the biggest opportunity the community had.

“New Prosperity meant hundreds of good-paying jobs. The project meant families could stay together in the Cariboo ... and use their skills in a project that demands bright young tradespeople.”

Now, the local MLA will wait to see what the judicial review finds, and if Taseko decides to resubmit the project.

Barnett says she recently spoke to McLeod, and told the MP the region really needs some help.

“We need stimulus funding; we need some-thing to help us stabilize our economy.”

Barnett didn’t go so far as to call it compen-sation, but she notes “a lot has been taken away” from the region by Ottawa.

“It’s time the federal government came to these regions and said, ‘OK how can we help?’ So I have had discussions with our MP, and I know she is looking at a couple of things that I am working on with her.”

Barnett says she’s keeping what those might be “under her hat” for the time being.


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THE SETTING SUN CASTS LONG SHADOWS over Historic Hat Creek Ranch

You can’t escape it even in a small town. Accidents happen everywhere. You can’t prevent an accident, so it’s how you deal with it that matters.

Last week I reported that Ashcroft Council was worried about what was being transported in the dozens of rail cars that roll through town daily.

You can’t prevent every accident, but you can minimize any unexpected disas-ter by anticipating problems and being pre-pared.

Avoiding anything that might cause a disaster is, unfortunately, impractical. We would have to rip out our highways to pre-vent trucks hauling hazardous material. We would have to ban air flight because a jet crashing in the middle of town could be quite detrimental to local business. Ban all industry and businesses that use any type of toxic chemical...

I remember, years ago when I was a teenager living in Windsor, one of the big paint stores caught fire and hundreds of people in surrounding neighbourhoods were evacuated because of the toxic fumes.

Fast forward to 1991, Taylor, BC was evacuated when a pocket of methane caught fire during testing at a natural gas processing facility - in the centre of town. It caused a series of explosions and serious-ly compromised the big processing plant just a short walk away as the pipeline lays, Westcoast Energy.

At a community meeting a few days later between residents and company offi-cials who answered questions, some of the residents were irate to find out that the nat-ural gas industry posed any sort of threat to the town, even though everywhere you look are warning signs for the high pressure gas lines running under the town.

However, the evacuation was about as smooth as it gets because town officials were prepared. No one demanded that the industry leave town. And people became more interested in the municipal emergency preparedness group afterwards.

We can lobby the government to force safety compliance on companies and indus-tries, but until then, we need to be prepared and know what to do in case of emergency.

VICTORIA – Canada’s sleek, imported green propaganda ma-chine rolled into the capital last week for a couple of days of meet-ings.

You wouldn’t have heard about it, because they didn’t stage any protests or press conferences. In-stead they met quietly with selected reporters as well as politicians from both sides of the aisle. They didn’t invite me for some reason, but from what I can gather, it was a friendly networking session.

When I speak of our U.S.-directed environmental movement, many people still don’t know what I mean. They see the sign-waving on TV and assume it’s all spontaneous, driven by passionate volunteers. Nuke the Whales for Jesus, as we used to joke in the 1970s.

It’s an industry now, and as with our automotive industry, Canada is a branch plant of the U.S.

The Victoria event was an an-nual conference called Organizing for Change, sponsored by Tides Canada. Thanks mainly to the work of B.C. re-searcher Vivian Krause, this offshoot of the U.S. Tides Foundation now at least identifies itself while it pulls B.C.’s pol-itical strings.

Organizing for Change currently in-cludes Ecojustice, Greenpeace, Sier-ra Club B.C., ForestEthics Advocacy, ForestEthics Solutions, Georgia Strait Alliance, Dogwood Initiative, Pembi-na Institute, West Coast Environmental Law, Wildsight and Seattle-based Con-servation Northwest.

Tides is itself a front for wealthy charitable foundations based mostly in Seattle and California, funded by bil-lionaires who see “saving” B.C. as their personal eco-project.

Their hired activists met with En-vironment Minister Mary Polak to dis-cuss her just-introduced Water Sustain-ability Act. This was to demand heavy fees and choking regulations on water used for “fracking,” that nefarious gas drilling technology so demonized in fake documentaries and celebrity pro-tests.

Tides no longer attempts to hide its strategy of targeting energy develop-ment in B.C. and Alberta. Its tactics are well known, too. Environmentalists need high-profile wins, and the eco-nomic pain is best inflicted outside of the U.S., the biggest polluter in world history.

Organizing for Change’s stated pri-orities for the year are the “last stand of the Great Bear Rainforest,” the “Sacred Headwaters” and the Water Sustaina-bility Act.

Professional protesters are mainly just taking credit for the 2012 buy-back of Shell’s coalbed gas licences around the headwaters of the Nass, Skeena and Stikine Rivers. Tahltan Central Council de-clared that territory theirs in 1910, and having pros roll in with slogans and graphics wasn’t exactly crucial to the outcome.

Their greatest marketing suc-cess so far is the Great Bear Rain-forest, which is continually por-trayed as being in peril from hunt-

ing, logging and of course, oil and gas development.

One of the documents Krause un-earthed is a 2008 plan entitled “Tar Sands Campaign Strategy 2.1” that has proven remarkably prophetic. As Greenpeace, Sierra and ForestEthics were negotiating the 2007 Great Bear land use plan, other network members were preparing to “raise the negatives” and market Alberta as a unique threat to planetary integrity.

As I mentioned after the protest-er-staged Neil Young concert tour, it’s amazing how American oil and gas in-terests and Alaska oil tankers remain invisible to this sophisticated network.

NDP environment critic Spencer Chandra Herbert met with the green machine too. He wants all of B.C.’s groundwater mapped and measured deep into the Earth’s crust. That should take a while.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Choir Concert at St Albans Hall

Don’t’ miss a Spring Choral per-formance of The Sage Sound Singers on Sat-urday, March 29 at 7 pm at St Albans Hall. It will no doubt be a beautiful celebration of community and har-monies which is co-

presented again with Winding Riv-ers Arts & Performance Society.

The night will begin with a short selection of springtime tunes, played on wooden recorders by Carmen Ranta and Wendy Coomb-er. The choir will take over with some popular songs of today and yesterday,. Then solo perform-ances by the ever talented, Car-

Dear EditorWhat has society come

too?I was recently involved

with a rescue of a man trapped in a burning vehicle. (Driver rescued from burning vehicle: The Journal, March 6, 2014.) Upon arriving on the scene, the first image I remember is a person standing on the shoul-der with their tablet filming the three or four people trying to get the trapped driver from a burning wreck.

This wasn’t the only per-son, as I noticed a few more after the rescue when I re-turned to my vehicle.

Do you really want to film this? I have had a tough enough time emotionally, and we got him out! I can’t im-agine how I would have felt if we’d failed or if we were five minutes later and the vic-tim was trapped in a fully en-gulfed car.

I don’t want to shame any-body but give your head a shake! Do you really want to film a person as they burn to death?

I must say there were a lot of good people on the scene that day, doing what they could. Tip of the hat to those who helped - you are all great people. Hopefully if you are ever in need, there will be people like you there to help.

Kris GundersonDelta

Dear EditorAshcroft council’s concern

over dangerous cargo rolling through the community is no surprise, considering the Harp-er Government’s plan B to move Alberta bitumen by rail across Northern BC and al-ready through the Fraser Can-yon.

Is Steven Harper using Transportation Minister Lisa Raitt’s initiative to improve rail safety as extortion for more pipeline construction? We already have over 8,000 km of rail line that is in ter-rible need of upgrade in order to haul dangerous cargo safe-ly. Unfortunately, there’s not much we can do about it, see-ing that we sold the railways off.

Now, we are in a terrible pickle, being put in a rude and evil situation of having to move the dirtiest crude in the world across the most pris-tine regions of earth, using rail lines that have a history of spilling toxic chemicals into our lakes and rivers, not to mention the latest rail dis-asters.

Are we taking all these en-vironmental risks to supply our own energy needs? No, they want to triple the tank-er traffic with even larger ships to supply the energy needs of Asia so they in turn can supply us with non-essential cheap consumer goods, produced on

the backs of child and slave labor, and with absolutely no respect for the environment.

So instead of de-veloping our own manufacturing indus-try, we give that away

because we cannot compete with that kind of labor. This is an absolute sham of an Energy Policy, we are delivering sub-sidized raw energy, to our manufacturing competition, so in turn they can out com-pete us in every field of manu-facturing.

If we took the high road and developed an energy policy that first leans toward self-sufficiency, we could re-build the important sectors of our manufacturing industry by offering cleaner, more de-pendable, and less expensive energy.

This represents a great op-portunity for the Province, but not without challenges. Most of these will come from other competing jurisdictions, who as well, have new undeveloped reserves of cleaner energy. The challenge will be to create new markets by introducing con-version technology for already existing internal combustion engines, as well as other gas-oline and diesel burning ap-paratus to Natural Gas, will be the key to creating the market, that will be needed to keep the price at a competitive and sus-tainable rate.

To convert every vehicle, would be a massive financial opportunity, as well as cut our carbon footprint significantly.

Gas is more abundant, cleaner, cheaper, and we can develop our own resource, in-stead of sucking out every last nickel of crude out of the Tar Sands. Let’s save the oil for manufacturing and burn Nat-ural Gas. Let’s forget about rail and pipelining crude, it’s time to convert to Natural Gas. This is what Premier Clark campaigned on last spring. This is what won her the Prov-incial election, this is what British Columbians want. This is what we should do.

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An amendment application has been received by the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 194 located at 310 Lebourdais Avenue in Clinton to make renovations to the main floor of the establishment.The Current licensed hours are from 11 AM to 1 AM on Monday to Saturday and 11 AM to 12 midnight on Sunday. No change to these hours is requested.The current capacity for the main floor is 50 patrons and the current capacity for the basement level is 60 patrons. The occupant load for the main floor will now be 100 persons. There have been no changes requested for the basement level and will remain at a capacity of 60 patrons.Residents and owners of businesses located within a 0.5 mile (0.8 km) radius of the proposed site may comment on this proposal by 1) Writing to:

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men Ranta on saxophone and Dimit-er Terziev on piano. There will also be a must-see special performance by a “Cup Group”.

The Sage Sound Singers would like to thank Conductor, Carmen Ranta, Musical Director Michelle Reid and Pianist Dimiter Terziev for their com-mitment and passion to our musical community.

The Performance starts at 7 pm with doors at 6:30 pm. Admission by dona-tion. Stayed tuned for more informa-tion and look for posters around town.

Comedy Duo Kenny Shaw & Brian Temple at the River Inn

The River Inn Pub presents the Comedy Duo of Kenny Shaw & Brian Temple on March 29. The play is a combination of Country Comedy and Sixties Music Tributes for Baby Boom-ers. An unexpected compatibility of harmony, musical preferences and hu-mour.

You’ll never remember the har-mony duos of the Baby Boomer gen-eration the same way again. They are a high-powered comedy duo aimed dir-ectly at the funny bone of baby boomer audiences. Their musical tributes, un-predictable and zany antics, and high calibre musicality are gut achingly funny.

Kenny has received the BC Coun-try Music Association’s “Entertainer of the Year Award” for four consecutive years, Brian is a multi-instrumental-ist equally at home playing percussion, bass, or guitar and they both enjoy per-forming: parodies, skits, and hits by the harmony duos of the fifties and sixties.

This fast paced comedy/music show

has a barrage of one-liners, music-al impressions, sound effects and hon-ey smooth musical tributes to the great duos of the Baby Boomer era, such as The Everly Brothers, Peter and Gor-don, Sonny and Cher and more.

Kenny Shaw is known for being outrageously funny and continuous-ly is being asked to “sing more”. So he has buddied up with long time friend and multi-talented Brian Temple who is highly respected in music circles for being a precision vocalist. Brian’s career has taken him throughout the North Western United States with show bands, and on to Vancouver’s nightclub circuit. Kenny Shaw and Brian Temple are one dynamite entertainment pack-age. For more info call (250) 453-9124.

A Sunday afternoon school of folk with Ken Whiteley

Winding Rivers Arts & Perform-ance Society hosts another fabulous Dessert Concert in downtown Ash-croft. Mark your calendars for their

concert featuring folk legend Ken Whiteley. It’s a matinee at performance at 3 pm on Sun-day, April 6. Tickets are now available at; Natures Gifts, the Ashcroft Bakery and the Jade Shoppe in Cache Creek, or call (250) 453-9100 to reserve your advance tickets.

Ken Whiteley is one of Canada’s most respected “roots” musicians. Drawing on his incredibly rich background in blues, gospel and folk styles, this seven time Juno award nominee is always a wonderful addition to any festival or con-cert series.

He has played at virtual-ly every major folk festival in Canada and performed and recorded with such legends as Pete Seeger, John Ham-mond Jr., Tom Paxton, Blind

John Davis, Stan Rogers, The Camp-bell Brothers, Guy Davis, Raffi, Linda Tillerey & the Cultural Heritage Choir and countless others. A prolific song-writer, a gifted and versatile instrumen-talist and a powerful singer, Whiteley’s music communicates themes of free-dom, love, spiritual aspiration and so-cial comment. His performances are presented with participatory humour, grace and energy.

Ashcroft Art Show’s 47th year!Don’t miss the 47th Annual Ash-

croft Fine Art Show & Sale presented by the Ashcroft Arts Club from April 25-27 at St Albans Hall, 501 Brink St., where art lovers will gather to get a taste of what local Artists have to of-fer. Opening Night is Friday, April 25 (Adults only) from 6-9 pm. This year, there are many great artists exhibiting pieces including sculptures, photo-graphs and paintings in water colour, acrylic and oil paint. Admission is by donation.

Enjoy beautiful paintings and draw-ings by many local talented Artists. Sat-urday to Tuesday from noon to 5 pm - all ages. The show also gives the art-ists a chance to showcase their work and meet with other artists and people from the community. Choose your fa-vourites. Support local Artists from the area. Refreshments will be served. Lo-cal Artists paintings, photography and exhibits can also be purchased. Should you become the proud owner of one of these works of art you must pick it up at the close of the show on Tuesday.

Handbell Concert coming up in Cache Creek

Coming up on May 4 is a Spring Concert from the Desert Bells Hand-bell Choir. They will be performing in the Cache Creek Pentecostal Church. They don’t play often, so come out enjoy their music in the great accous-tical setting of the church.

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by Monica Lamb-YorskiWilliams Lake TribuneMining permit fees being proposed

by the provincial government will ser-iously impact prospectors and small scale placer miners, said Cariboo Min-ing Association (CMA) president Ri-chard Wittner.

In a draft discussion paper on Mines Act fees released by the ministry of energy and mines last month, miners would be required to make an applica-tion for a Notice of Work (NOW).

For small scale placer and mineral/coal exploration activities with a total surface disturbance of under one hec-tare, the proposed fee is $2,000.

The cost goes up to $4,000 for up to three hectares and up to $6,000 for more than three hectares.

Because the new fee structure is not

a “done deal” members are trying to work closely with government to make recommendations.

So far Wittner has taken his concerns to Cariboo North MLA Coralle Oakes and he has a meeting scheduled with Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett next Fri-day.

“I’m also attempt-ing to talk to some of the local mayors about the economic impact, but I haven’t been able to meet

with any of them yet,” Wittner said.Williams Lake prospector and

mining equipment manufacturer Eric Bridgen said the discussion paper blindsided everybody.

“A lot of people were under the confusion that if we pay the permit fees then we wouldn’t be putting up any bonding, but this is just a fee for pro-cessing the paper work, we’ll still be nailed for the bonding.”

Bonding can cost anywhere be-tween $3,000 and $10,000.

On March 9, more than 40 people attending a meeting in Quesnel hosted by the CMA and 100 per cent of them voted in favour of not accepting the fees.

“Now we’re writing letters,” Bridg-en said.

Energy and mines minister Bill

Bennett said March 12 he doesn’t want to charge fees, but his ministry has to generate revenue.

Presently miners don’t pay per-mit fees to government, while people in forestry and oil and gas do, he add-ed. Bennett said he is hoping the bulk of the revenue will come from mines at the top of the spectrum.

In fact the proposed major mine permit fee is $300,000.

“The grassroots guys on the ground, poking around, are the ones who make discoveries so we have to make sure we don’t create policy that’s going to dis-courage them,” he added.

Fees would help recover 60 per cent of the costs for corporate administra-tive services, inspector analysis of per-mit applications, technical reviews, re-ferral costs and First Nations consulta-tion.

Permitting fees will directly support “timely” processing of permit applica-tions and sustaining the enhanced level of service provided to the industry, but will not directly increase the number of inspections, Bennett said.

In 2013 mines inspectors conducted a total of 1196 mine visits and the num-ber of mine visits conducted annually by inspectors has nearly doubled since 2005, he added.

Comments on the discussion paper will be accepted until March 31. It is anticipated the fees will be in place for the fall of 2014.

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Hockey Tournament Winners

The final hockey tourna-ment of the sea-son that was played in Clin-ton on the week-end of March 8-9

was very well attended and enjoyed by all those who took the time to take in a game or two.

The results were: First – the Quesnel Team from Ashcroft; Second, the Warren team from Lilloo-et; Third was the team that called itself ‘Clinton’ and Fourth was the Dougherty Team, also from Clinton.

There were three more teams but I haven’t been

able to find out where they placed. Suffice it to say that all the players played hard and had fun and that’s what it’s all about!

Daffodil TeaThe Clinton Seniors

Association hosted a very successful Daffodil Tea on Wednesday, March 12. A

total of 94 people attended the event and another 43 take-out orders were deliv-ered to businesses and shut-ins around town.

This was the first time they had potted daffodils as well as cut ones for sale. The potted ones sold out quickly. The bake table was also totally sold out.

It was a lovely kick-off to spring and part of the proceeds go the Cancer Re-search.

Fire Fighters HonouredDeputy Chief John

Engelhart was surprised with a dinner and awards to honour the 25 years he has given to the Clinton Volun-teer Fire Department.

Mayor Jim Rivett,

Chief Wayne Walch and Captain Karl Hansen presented Engel-hart with a framed picture, mug and 25-year pin. Messages of congratulations were received from Cathy Mc-Leod, MP; Jack-ie Tegart MLA and Clinton VFD member Bernice Weihs-Torheiden who could not at-tend.

Member Ned Horsley was also presented with a 10-year pin for his service and dedication to the Clinton VFD. Mayor Rivett thanked both men for their continued service to their community.

Almost all members of the Clinton VFD and several of their

spouses along with the Mayor and Coun. Susan Swan attended the dinner on March 15 which was held at Gold Mountain Restaurant in Clinton.

It takes commit-ment to serve your commun-

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147th Clinton Annual BallPlans are well underway for

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Back by popular demand this year are the Evergreen Drifters. Dance the night away following a three course sit-down dinner.

Tickets are available by call-ing 250-459-7725 or by email at [email protected]. If you are in Clinton you can also purchase tickets at the Clin-ton Emporium, Clinton Coffee House and Country Squire Gift Shop.

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Captain Karl Hansen (left) and Chief Wayne Walch (right) present Deputy Chief John Engelhart with his 25-year pin, a picture, mug and letters of congratulations.

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March 25 - 16 Milers: Informative meeting to update residents on progress and make future plans for the community. 7:00pm at Hat Creek Ranch.

March 25 - “E-Book” 10:00 - 11:30 am. Ashcroft Library.

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in the Highland Valley above Spen-ces Bridge, above Ashcroft, above just about everything resembling habi-tation, that was for some of us a gen-eration ago, the place to be when you wanted to get away from civilization and taste the silence.

Of course, there was fishing. The three small lakes were as likely a place to angle for trout as any in the Cariboo. Not large trout. But they filled the pan, and were as fresh tasting as Pavilion Lake’s. We stayed at Pimainus Fishing Camp owned by Jack and the late Reta Kirkpatrick. Son Bob was often around to help as well. Eventually, Bob took the operation over.

This resort held several cabins, and the Kirkpatricks stayed in the lodge, a handsome log building facing the first lake, the largest in the string. We some-times rented a cabin, or we brought our tent trailer up and camped. We also rented a log cabin a mile or so from the lower lake. It had been built by Forest-ry for the staff overseeing the ridge way back in the 20’s and 30’s. Jack bought the cabin which was as comfortable and as rustic as any one liking the life would wish for.

In those days, the trip up to Pimain-us Lakes was a formidable climb for our aging Chevy 4x4. And God help you if a logging truck came around one of those blind corners. You had to back up, if there wasn’t an opening you could tuck yourself into.

Sometimes, we would encoun-ter Spences Bridge rancher, Mary

Curnow. In those days, she was on a horse, checking her cattle ranging on the ridge. That round cherry cheeked tanned face under the cowboy hat was always a sight for sore eyes. She’d wave and we’d stop and have a few words with her.

There is nothing like spending an extended period on a mountain top that entertains every kind of weather. If the weather is just too bad, you hun-ker down and wait for it to pass. Or you go up to the Lodge and have a have a mug of coffee and some good, just about everything kind of, talk. Or you work a crossword puzzle and periodic-ally look out of the cabin window and watch the wind blow every which way. But when the weather’s good, you can explore the lakes’ boundaries and mar-vel at the variety of flora and fauna. There is no air fresher, cleaner smelling. You breathe it in deeply. It is as purer air as you are ever likely to breathe.

On those warm after-noons, you can walk through the woods, filled with grass and wild flowers, and wash your hair in a little pool hid-den behind the grassy rump of a boulder left by the Ice Age, and you can sit by the weir watching the lake rippling be-yond. And when you bring your catch into the camp after a long session out on the lake, you can clean and fillet it. We smoked some of the trout and took it back to Ashcroft and enjoyed munching that smoky,

salty flavor of an evening.In the evening, wood smoke filters

through the camp. Food takes on a fla-vor more intense, along with appetite. And as every angler will tell you, there is nothing tastier than fresh trout fried in a little salt over a camp fire. You get up at sunrise and push the boat into the lake, and jump in and paddle off. Even if you get skunked that day, it is still one of life’s greatest pleasures to contem-plate the sky, the lake and the light that changes with every shift of the clouds.

You can build your own dreams on a lake like that. Poetize, paint, philoso-phize. And wonder about the mysteries that Nature, inspires. And at night, you are close enough to the stars to reach out and touch them. At least with your eyes.

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TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 The path you have been taking seems more stable, Taurus. This is a good way to go for a while. You will � nd others are looking to you more for advice. It’s a role you enjoy.

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AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Things are changing, but it’s for the best, Aquarius. Instead of going against the tide, let the waves take you where you need to go. Surprises are in store.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Think about moving in a new direction, Pisces. Change can be a good thing, and you will bene� t from embracing change this time.

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Goodbye winter, hello springI love the four sea-

sons, and the one I look forward to the most is spring. With all its wonderful qualities, my antici-pation of it intensi-fies since it directly follows winter. Yes, the snow is beautiful, but being cold isn’t my thing.Thursday, March

20 is the first official day, and I’m looking forward to the fresh start. My husband laughs when I say stuff like that, be-cause I’m constantly seeing fresh starts.“The first of the new

year, new month, new week, new moon,” he said. “Everything’s a fresh start with you.”Not everything. But

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my start button quite frequently, and the first day of my favou-rite season provides an excellent reason to push it again.Everything becomes

so alive at this time of year. The sun shines longer, the flowers begin to bloom, the birds start to chirp and people seem to smile more than ever.“They’re happy

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too hot and they’re not too cold,” my ten-year-old daugh-ter explained. “It’s the perfect amount of degrees in the spring.”Well, it’s definitely

the ideal temperature in my opinion, and the warmer weather inspires me to get outside. Even some-thing as simple as a walk by the lake can be a glorious time to

breathe in the fresh air and recharge my energy level.“Are you setting any

new season’s reso-lutions?” my friend asked me during a recent hike. New sea-son’s resolutions? I’ve never heard of such a thing. But, sure. Why not? I’m always up for a little self review, and an organized date to clarify my goals is right up my alley. Especially after the challenging win-ter I just had.Benefitting from

the outdoors will be one of my inten-tions. Being an ob-sessive workaholic, I haven’t always been very good at living in the moment. Con-necting with nature

can help with that. Doing things I enjoy and spending time with people I love can help with that as well.One of those peo-

ple I love is my dad, yet spending time with him is difficult since we live a four hour drive from one another. Becoming more like him will continue to be one of my other goals, though. A natural optimist, his warm, colourful personality and sunny disposi-tion actually reminds me of spring.He would probably

laugh at that com-

parison and make a joke about being no spring chicken, but he’s almost 67 and still acts like a big happy kid who’s just thrilled to be alive ev-ery day.He’s a firm believ-

er that happiness doesn’t come from having the best of everything, but mak-ing the best of every-thing we have, and for that reason, and others, he’s always been a fantastic role model. The older I become, the more I recognize that.I can’t say I’m natu-

rally like he is, but he’s one of the rea-

sons I’ve been writ-ing this column and discovering different ways to be more pos-itive over the last five years.Life can get messy,

dark and painful at times, there’s just no escaping that. But as the old prov-

erb says: “No matter how long the winter - spring is sure to fol-low.”And, now, here it

comes, bringing all the joys of the season with it.Lori Welbourne is a

syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com


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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGThe Village of Clinton will hold a Public Hearing in the Municipal Council Chambers, located at 1423 Cariboo Highway in Clinton, on Wednesday March 26th, 2014 at 6:30 pm to consider Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 509, 2014 . The purpose of the Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 509 is to amend the Village of Clinton Zoning Bylaw No. 439, 2007.Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 509:(1) Section 13 I-1 Light Industrial and Section 14 I-2 Heavy Industrial, De� nitions is amended to add the following:“Medical Marihuana Grow Operation” means the cultivation, growth, processing, storage or distribution of marihuana for medical purposes as lawfully permitted and authorized under the Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations.

“Research and Development Laboratory” means a laboratory and associated of� ces for the development and or testing mechanical devices, materials and non-biohazard products.

(2) Section 15 Public Use is amended to change the following:a. That lot A Plan KAP LLD Clinton Townsite PID 002-940-540 (commonly known as the Clinton Museum property) zoning be changed from C-1 Commercial to P-1 Public Use.b. That lot 1, Plan KAP19385 District Lot 1060 LLD, Except Plan KAP58096 PID 009-620-222, (commonly known as the Thompson-Nicola Regional District Eco Depot) zoning be changed from I-1 to P-1 adding Regional Government recycling/transfer station/eco-depot to Section 15.1 Permitted use.

The Village of Clinton wishes to regulate the location of the Medical Marihuana operations within the Village of Clinton;the zoning amendment conforms to the Village of Clinton Of� cial Community Plan (OCP);the Village of Clinton Zoning Bylaw No. 439, 2007 requires some number changes to Sections 13 & 14 of the bylaw;the zoning for two publicly operated facilities are not zoned according to their current use therefore the Village of Clinton requires the Museum and Eco-depot properties to be re-zoned.The proposed Bylaw may be inspected during normal business hours in the Municipal Of� ce, 1423 Cariboo Highway until 4:30 pm March 26, 2014. If you deem your interests to be affected by this bylaw, please submit your comments in writing or attend the Public Hearing and you will be given an opportunity to be heard. If you require information regarding this bylaw, please contact the Village of� ce at 250-459-2261

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This is defined as gradual lessening or decline in compassion because of an overexposure to bad news or difficult experiences. Persons with compassion fatigue are developing a “thick skin,” getting less patient and empathetic. lt’s actually a form of trauma. Practice self-care, give yourself a break, and perhaps even find a friend or family member who could help you.When you think you are all alone, know that you are NOT, “We Care.” Whether you are a caregiver, directly or indirectly, or if you have ever been one and can share some of your insight and experiences, if you are a spouse, child, relative or friend who has provided care in the past or are doing so right now, please join us and share your story ..... it can make a difference.

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Massive sockeye run forecast for Fraser Riverby Jeff NagelSurrey North Delta LeaderAnother huge sockeye salmon

run is forecast to return to the Fra-ser River this summer, potentially even bigger than the modern rec-ord of 30 million that unexpected-ly came back in 2010.

The fish that are now on their homeward migration back to B.C. waters are the spawn of that mas-sive run four years ago, which was the best in a century.

Pre-season estimates of this summer’s run size from the De-partment of Fisheries and Oceans range from a low of 7.3 million to a high of 72.5 million, with the more probable mid-range forecast set at 23 million.

Until the salmon begin ap-pearing off Vancouver Island, how-ever, there’s little way to know with certainty what proportion of fry that went out to sea survived and thrived in the marine environ-ment.

Much depends on ocean con-ditions, such as water temperature and the amount of food and preda-tors they encountered.

It’s been theorized that iron-rich ash from the eruption of an Alaskan volcano in 2008 caused a plankton bloom that increased the food supply, contributing to the 2010 sockeye run.

No volcano fertilized the North Pacific waters since then, but sal-mon watchers are waiting to see if a rogue geoengineering project had any similar effect.

A Haida-led team controver-sially dumped 200 tonnes of iron dust in the ocean in 2011 with the aim of trapping atmospheric car-bon and boosting salmon returns. A 10,000-square-kilometre plank-ton bloom was later detected by satellites.

Commercial harvesters, sport fishing operators and aborigin-al fishermen, meanwhile, are all buzzing with anticipation over the potential run.

But processors caution a huge record run could overwhelm fish packing plants that were pressed to their limit in 2010.

“It was a large challenge and I’m not sure we could have handled very much more fish,” recalled Rob Morley, vice-president of produc-tion and corporate development at Canadian Fishing Co. (Canfisco).

He noted the range of 2014 es-timates is broad and salmon fore-casting is notoriously inexact.

But Morley said other signs coming in point to a very good year for sockeye all along the coast, in-cluding runs to Barkley Sound and the Skeena River.

“We’ve seen very good returns of three-year-old fish this past sum-mer,” he said, referring to sockeye that come back a year early and are called immature jacks.

Strong coho returns also sug-gest good ocean survival for sock-eye.

Morley said processors hope a strong run can be verified soon enough for fishery managers to approve early and steady open-ings, rather than a later, more com-pressed window.

“If we are, in fact, seeing a lot of fish and get started sooner, it will help everybody handle more fish.”

Sto:lo Tribal Council fisheries advisor Ernie Crey warned against allowing intensive commercial fishing too soon this summer with-out solid justification.

“Everyone’s getting excited,” he said. “It’s great the forecast is looking that good. But we can’t forget that we’ve had three inquir-ies into failures of Fraser sockeye salmon runs. Things can go terribly wrong and people can be very dis-appointed.”

If errors are made and man-agers decide mid-season they’ve allowed too much fishing, Crey said, the only place to compensate and ensure enough salmon spawn is to then curtail the aboriginal catch upriver.

“It’s hard to be definitive about salmon. We only know enough to know that we don’t know enough.”

The commercial sockeye fish-ing was allowed last year, when about four million salmon returned to the Fraser, after a shutdown in 2012.

DFO officials say Fraser sock-eye appear to be gradually rebuild-ing since the dis-astrous 2009 run when just 1.6 million sockeye returned, trig-gering the Co-hen In-quiry.

In 2010 the Adams River shallowswere full of spawning sockeye.

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POOL POSITIONSThe Village of Ashcroft invites applications for the following positions for the Ashcroft Pool 2014 season. These are Union positions (CUPE, Local 900).

POOL SUPERVISOR: $20.86 per hourRequires a background in Business Administration with experience in handling cash, supervising employees and public relations. Individual with Head Lifeguard certificates preferred.

HEAD LIFEGUARD: $19.71 per hourRequires a valid National Lifeguard Service Award, Royal Lifesaving Society of Canada Instructor’s certificate, Red Cross Water Safety Instructor’s certificate and CPR certificate.

SWIM INSTRUCTOR: $18.10 per hourRequires a valid National Lifeguard Service Award, Red Cross Water Safety Instructor’s certificate and CPR certificate.

LIFEGUARD: $16.26 per hourRequires a valid National Lifeguard Service Award, Red Cross Aqua Leader certificate and CPR certificate.

These are seasonal positions beginning mid-May and running through Labor Day.

Weekend and evening work is a requirement of all positions. These positions are open to male and female applicants. For a full description of these positions, please visit our website www.ashcroftbc.ca Applications should be sent to: [email protected]

SUMMER EMPLOYMENTPARKS MAINTENANCE POSITIONThe Village of Ashcroft has available a position in the Parks Department for the summer months.

This position is a union position (CUPE Local 900), would run from the beginning of May to Labour Day and would be for 40 hours per week at $18.23 per hour. This position will be of interest to anyone with a love of the outdoors.

As the successful candidate will be working in public facilities he/she should be comfortable dealing with people and be prepared to answer general questions regarding the village and the surrounding area. Applicants must also hold a valid Class 5 Drivers Licence.

Duties would include all aspects of park maintenance as well as occasional janitorial duties.

This position is designed for a student who will be returning to a post-secondary institution in the fall.

The Village is an equal opportunity employer and this position is open to both male and female applicants.

Interested parties are invited to submit their Resumes to the following address by 4:00 pm on Friday, April 4th, 2014:

Village of Ashcroft PO Box 129 Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0 Phone: 250-453-9161 Fax: 250-453-9664

Email: [email protected]

Those applicants not contacted by April 18th are thanked for their interest.

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Notice of Applications for aWater Licence (Water Act) and a Crown Land Tenure (Land Act)

Tk’emlupsemc Forestry Development Corporation (200 – 355 Chief Alex Thomas Way, Kamloops, B.C. V2H 1H1) has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Thompson Okanagan Region, for a water licence to divert and use 13.64 cubic metres per day of water from Mayson Lake and an unnamed creek for enterprise purposes under the Water Act.

The file number for the water licence application is 3005416. Written comments concerning this application should be sent to water officer Darren Bennett, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Thompson Rivers Forest District, 1265 Dalhousie Drive, Kamloops B.C. V2C 5Z5.

Tk’emlupsemc Forestry Development Corporation has also applied for a licence of occupation under the Land Act for an educational camp on approximately 5.32 hectares of unsurveyed provincial Crown land in the vicinity of Mayson Lake.

The file number for the Crown land tenure application is 3412854. Written comments concerning this application should be sent to land officer Frank Wilmer, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Thompson Okanagan Region, 441 Columbia Street Kamloops B.C. V2C 2T3.

Comments will be accepted until April 28, 2014. The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations may not be able to consider comments received after this date.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For more information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at the Thompson Okanagan Region office of the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, at 250 371-6203.

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The BC Government is proposing to offl oad the province’s world-class recycling programs, run by local municipalities, to an association led by big multi-national corporations. The idea is that we’ll get a better, more effi cient program that costs taxpayers less.

Unfortunately, what we’ll really end up with is anyone’s guess.

The association isn’t guaranteeing that we’ll get a better program, or even one as good as the current Blue Box program already in place. Since the association is led by big businesses outside of BC, many of whom are not even headquartered in Canada, one could presume that profi ts will come before environmental stewardship. They usually do. They also won’t guarantee that there won’t be any job cuts here in BC.

And how is this supposed to make things better for BC?

Currently, BC homeowners only pay, on average, $35 a year for curbside recycling. Under the proposed regime, you’ll pay more. Every time you bring home a pizza, buy toilet paper,

or pretty much anything else that comes in a package, businesses will be passing their increased costs on to you.

How much more? Well, nobody’s saying.

Here’s the only thing anyone does know: we already have a Blue Box program that works, is effi cient, managed locally and puts the BC environment fi rst. So why is the BC government fl ipping a coin, bringing in a questionable recycling program that some of our local elected offi cials are already calling a “scam?”

It’s time to contact Premier Clark and ask her.

What’s going on here?

Email Christy Clark at [email protected] or call 250-387-1715. For more info, visit RethinkItBC.ca. #RethinkItBC.

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