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Water and growth focus of the public
McAbee fossils donated to museumWith the closure of the Mc-
Abee Fossils beds to the pub-lic in 2012, Ashcroft Museum was fortunate last Friday to re-ceive the gracious donation of 40 outstanding fossils from the site by John Leahy, a Kam-loops expert on fossils.
Leahy worked closely with David Langevin, who staked the site in 1991 to protect the fossils and to allow individ-uals to collect fossils from the site. The fossil finds are so sig-nificant that B.C. Government has recently given it a Heritage Site Designation.
The rocks and types of fos-sils found at McAbee Fossil
Beds tell us something about the lake that occurred there. The McAbee Fossil Beds are made up of shallow lake sedi-ments which were laid down approximately 51 million years ago (Eocene age). Over 80 plant varieties have been found, including broadleaves, conifers, Sassafras, katsura and Ginkgo. Insect species in-cluding flies, wasps, leafhop-pers, the fish Eohiodon, cones flowers and even a few feath-ers were also discovered.
The previous loaned fos-sil display was so popular with its visitors that the Ash-croft Museum is thrilled to
have received an even more impressive permanent display to share with residents and visitors to Ashcroft alike for years to come.
Take time to visit the ex-hibit and bring your guests as there is much to see and learn. The Ashcroft Museum is also grateful to the Thompson Nic-ola Paleontology donation of the display case.
The Ashcroft Museum is currently open Monday to Fri-day from 9-5, closed Saturday and Sunday and statutory holi-days.
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(Left) David Langevin (in white jacket) talks to visitors about the site and fossil recognition at the McAbee Fossil Bed in 2010; (Above) John Leahy positions the new display at the Ashcroft Museum, made up of some pieces from his collection; (Bottom left) Thompson Valley Rock Club member Gladys Dickinson, Councillor Alice Durksen, Curator Kathy Paulos, John Leahy and Boris Karpoff.
Although only 11 members of the public at-tended the Town Hall meeting of the 2013 Ash-croft budget, those present had lots of questions for Council. And very few of those were about the budget.
Besides explaining reserve funds, property taxes and a brief look at the 2013 $4.4 million municipal budget, treasurer Linda Howika list-ed some of the spending projects the Village is planning for this year. They include planning for the 20th anniversary of Ashcroft’s relation-ship with Sister City Bifuka; Review of auto-mated garbage truck; Hiring of a grant writer (done); Completion of sewage treatment plant upgrades which have been underway for two years; HVAC replacement on Lady Minto build-ing; New roof on old firehouse; wifi in Legacy Park; Another columbarium (done); Cross con-nection program (backflow installation); Sen-iors heritage data collection; and the beginning of the 20 year Water Master Plan.
Council was questioned about plans for sharing municipal water with the Ashcroft Indi-an Band. Mayor Andy Anderson replied that the plans were on hold for the moment.
He added that Interior Health is pushing the village to change to an infiltration operation for its drinking water, and that the Master Plan would address this. The change would mean treating the water with chlorine, sand and UV.
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Ashcroft Terminal ready to lay down track
Campaigning comes down to the wireFraser Nicola candidates engaged in an All Candidates Forum in Clinton on Apr. 30. Read more about it in Susan Swan’s column Striking A Balance on p. 13. All candidates attended (l-r): Jackie Tegart (Liberal), John Kidder (Green), Harry Lali (NDP) and Michael Beauclair (Conservative). Andy May (centre) moderated the forum. There will be an All Candidates Forum in Ashcroft on May 8 at St. Albans church hall. Election Day is Tuesday, May 14.
(Above) Bob Landucci by the gravel crushers making ballast for new railway tracks at Ashcroft Terminal. (Left) Kleo Landucci takes a few minutes to talk to Premier Christy Clark about the project while the Premier was in Ashcroft last week.
Above seasonal weather conditions earlier this week have increased fire behaviour on the Spatsum Creek wildfire 10 km south of Ash-croft. By Tuesday it was estimated at 240 hec-tares in size.
The fire spread two km during Monday’s afternoon heat. Crews, helicopters and airtank-ers worked hard into the evening.
Sixty fire fighters, three helicopters and air-tankers were fighting the fire by Tuesday, build-ing control lines around the perimeter. Smoke from the fire was, and will continue to be, vis-ible throughout the B.C. Interior.
The Spatsum Creek wildfire started on April 27. Last week crews created hand-guards where it was safe to do so; however, this wildfire is burning in some challenging steep and rocky terrain. With high temperatures and low relative humidity, the fire passed a threshold late Sunday afternoon and additional personnel responded.
Please report all wildfires toll-free at 1-800-663-5555.
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Building an industry takes time and money. Bob Lan-ducci knows that - he has been building the Ashcroft Terminal since 1999.
The expansion proposed in July 2010 with a $5 million grant from the federal gov-ernment finally got underway three months ago. The termin-
al is putting in a new 1.5 km lead for rail cars. The parallel track runs east to west and will have switches at both ends.
The rails are piled on the site and waiting for the rail bed to be prepared. Landucci ex-pects to be finished and hooked up with CP by the October.
“We call it the First Spike of the develop-
ment,” said Landucci. “It’ll be pretty satisfy-ing for us.”
“We an-ticipate a rib-bon cutting between Sep-tember and March,” said Kleo Lan-ducci, vice president of the company.
Currently, the termin-al has 11-12 regular cus-tomers. Af-ter the expan-sion, they ex-pect another five major customers.
“There’s a mountain of business out there,” said
Bob, who sees huge potential in the BC re-source indus-tries.
“This is an operating
business,” said Kleo. “It’s not an idea.”
The terminal currently has 21 people who rely on it for their job.
“We’ll double this by the time we’re done,” said Bob. “In general, every eight to 10 cars means another job.”
Work at the terminal in-volves loading and unloading and railcar storage. They are also making their own ballast on site to go under the tracks, and crushing aggregate for concrete and asphalt.
“It needs a lot of money to build it out,” he admits - $65-$70 million more to finish everything. “We have enough for this phase” thanks to the help of former MP Chuck Strahl, who was Minister of Transport in 2010, and Stock-well Day, who arranged for a $3 million grant, which Lan-ducci matched with $8 million that he raised.
“Without them, we’d only be putting in 1 km of track,” he said.
He said, as well, the ter-minal has been receiving a lot of attention from potential cus-tomers and politicians such as the Mayor and Council of Del-ta, who have visited the site a couple of times, as AT staff have, in turn, visited Delta Port.
The feds and the railroads have been great to deal with, said Landucci. The terminal has been doing 2,000 cars per year. When the expansion is done, he expects to be doing at least double that number.
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Dear EditorOver the past few
weeks, CP Rail crews have worked diligent-ly to maintain their road-bed and rails to high safe-ty standards.
Their efforts have not gone unnoticed. They de-serve our gratitude – and our thanks.
Jake EckardtAshcroft
Dear EditorWhat about us?! If you look at the BC
Liberal’s platform on health care, it is pretty ap-parent rural BC is not a priority. In fact, rural BC is not even mentioned in the health care platform, for the Liberals are quick to tout the shortest wait times in key areas – like Abbotsford, Victoria, Ke-lowna, Surrey and Van-
couver. They have even pledged an additional $8 billion over three years to expand their facilities.
Where is the com-mitment to towns like Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Princeton, Merritt, Lil-looet and Lytton? Incen-tive programs like the one announced by the BC Medical Association and BC Government to give $100,000 bonus cheques to doctors living in rural communities for three year terms does noth-ing for Ashcroft because it isn’t one of the Liber-al’s “key” rural commun-ities. The only hospital in our region who can take advantage of the offer is Princeton.
Communities like Ashcroft are constant-ly in crisis due to an in-sufficient number of doc-tors, and at some point, it becomes clear that a very small number of doctors cannot sustain the ser-
vices required to keep people in our community alive and well.
We need more than just doctors. We need in-creased ambulance ser-vices and nurse practi-tioners 24/7. It is time for rural BC to say that - “it’s time for a change.”
Ken MartinAshcroft
Dear EditorChristy Clark makes a
surprise visit to Ashcroft. Yahoo! Lots of security! Only the elite few were notified. Afraid the rest of us might ask a question? Took time for an amazing Ashcroft lunch.
Too bad she didn’t take time to check out what’s left of our hospi-tal, or answer questions about all the other ser-vices that have been cut
in small town BC. I’m sure they had to use their GPS to find us. Time for a change!
T. A. EricksonAshcroft
Dear EditorA big thank you from
the Canadian Cancer So-ciety for all of you who found their boxes and made a donation.
Many daffodil pins were spotted on lapels throughout Ashcroft and Cache Creek. Eight busi-nesses participated - Cache Creek Husky, An-ie’s Pizza, Cache Creek Liquor Store, OK Stop and Gas, Ashcroft Bakery, Ashcroft Liquor Store, Ashcroft Riverside Res-taurant, and People’s Drug Store.
During the short month of April, $853.47 was generously donated.
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CP crews get thanked
Rural health care ignored
The Premier was in Ashcroft
Pretty daffodils well supported
FROM WINTER TO SPRING in 60 seconds when all of the lilacs burst into bloom
We finally retired our old air conditioner last week, along with our furnace. The fur-nace had to be as old as the house, which was built in 1972, and my guess is that the air conditioner was just as old.
It acted like it was, grinding away for hours during the heat of a Cache Creek afternoon while making barely any differ-ence at all in the ambient room temper-ature. In fact, there was more than a million occasions when I stepped out onto the deck and found it cooler outside than in.
I grew up in southern Ontario without air conditioning. Believe me, it gets even hotter there. You don’t miss what you don’t have and you make due with what you do.
Still, I have to admit, the new heat pump makes it quite pleasant. Maybe I’m just get-ting old and menopausal.
But I still prefer being outside in the fresh air, even if the deck is still without a roof. It’s almost been a year since a wind-storm blew much of it into the neighbour’s yard, but we’re getting closer. The roof ma-terial is sitting in the yard, along with the new deck railings, etc. After 11 years in our house, we’re giving the old gal some major TLC this year.
I don’t know why this is the year, but we figure that if we’re going to enjoy another 40 years in it, we needed to do some work.
Andwe do enjoy the deck - even more when it has a roof to keep off the rain and snow and direct sunshine.
The hummingbirds love it too, which is one of the reasons that we love it. On the cover of this year’s Connector, the lo-cal phone book we produce at The Journal, there’s a picture of Little Red Fred at the feeder on my deck.
The other day as we were watching the hummingbird battles, we were nearly forced into defending ourselves against an-other teeny tiny warrior whom we dubbed Teeny Weeny Meanie!
Watching the hummers trying to get past him to the feeders was priceless.
Even when the hummingbirds aren’t performing, the view and the pungent smell of the sage-covered hill on the other side of our back fence is just one of those things that money can’t buy.
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letters
Dear EditorDon’t Do Delta - Support Ash-
croft Inland PortThis is the mantra of a petition
beginning to circulate the BC Inter-ior.
The petition, which address-es the continuing removal of farm-land from the ALR (for non-farm-ing purposes) takes particular issue with the proposed DeltaPort expan-sion project.
Delta Mayor Lois Jackson and council have made their position perfectly clear with the AG Plan portion of the Delta OCP (Official Community Plan) - leave our farm-land alone.
Unfortunately, the cry seems to have fallen on deaf ears. After a re-cent visit to the Ashcroft Inland Port site Mayor Jackson declared it a win/win location. Delta can retain some of the most fertile farmland in the world and Ashcroft, with prop-er zoning already in place and even more important - both the CN and CP located on the same side of the
Thompson River - it would seem no brainer.
Toss in the economic strug-gles in much of rural BC an invest-ment of this sort is not only long term, but a game changer. The lack of rural high paying jobs has con-tributed to school closures, the Ash-croft Hospital decline, small busi-ness closures…the list goes on.
The Inland Port and the jobs that go with it would have an economic impact (of varying degree) of five rural municipalities and much of Electoral Area I.
The ALC mission statement is very clear.
Our Mission: Preserve agricul-tural land and encourage and enable farm businesses throughout British Columbia.
The Provincial Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) is an in-dependent Provincial agency re-sponsible for administering the Province’s land use zone in favour of agriculture.
Will the application to rezone
this prime farm land - (contrary to the ALC’s own mission statement and the Delta Ag Plan) - be ap-proved? Most likely.
Why?, I would ask the commis-sioners. We could suggest it is the big money already invested. Maybe the Port Authority flexing some muscle. Perhaps CN and CP are re-luctant. And though it is an “in-dependent” Provincial agency, does the Province weigh in?
Lots of questions, very few an-swers. At the end of the day maybe the more important question is not where the Inland Port is located but if a politician or appointed agency is put in a position to represent a constituency or adhere to a mission statement they should make every effort to do just that.
If they find they absolutely must take a different path, they should be prepared to clearly lay out the rea-sons for such a detour. We are look-ing at a death sentence for hundreds of acres of farmland. Why?Steven Rice
TNRD Direc-tor Area I
Support the Ashcroft inland port
by Gwyn MorganI’m concerned that many British Colum-
bians are more focused on “change” for the sake of change rather than electing the party most likely to foster job creation and financial stabil-ity. Our province’s resource endowment has al-ways been a mainstay of both jobs and the gen-eration of revenues needed to fund social pro-grams. From what I have seen and heard, an NDP government would rev-up spending while stymieing resource development through end-less environmental reviews and or by just say-ing “no”, driving investment to other provinces and other countries. We need new mines and gas fields, pipelines, refineries, ports and processing plants to replace jobs lost by tech change and by events like the pine beetle catastrophe
Economic development and the protection of the environment are not mutually exclusive. Yes, we must be good stewards of our beauti-
ful province, but we do have the technology to move the economy forward in an environment-ally responsible manner. Saying no to new pro-jects will mean job losses for currently em-ployed and no opportunity for young people looking to join the work force.
We also need to focus on balancing the provincial budget, rather than taking money away from social programs to fund rising in-terest costs. Forty years of experience in busi-ness has taught me that too much debt is crip-pling. It scares me that the NDP have rolled out billions of dollars in new spending during this campaign, and their “every dollar is accounted for” rhetoric just isn’t credible because their an-ti-development attitude will reduce revenue at the same time as spending rises.
There is truth to the adage, “Those who fail
Political change not always beneficial
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Consider your vote carefully before you cast itPolitical from p. 5 to learn from hist-
ory are doomed to repeat it”. The NDP came to power in 1991 and governed the rest of that dec-ade. Investment dried up and economic growth trailed the rest of Canada. A low point came when the Edmonton Cham-ber of Commerce thanked the BC gov-ernment for driving growth investment in Alberta. Glenn Clark’s 1996-1999
tenure was arguably the most disas-trous for BC and with Adrian Dix, Pre-mier Clark’s former Chief of staff lead-ing the province, I’d be very worried about history repeating itself.
It took many years for the Liberals to repair the damage. During their time in government, North America suffered through a major recession and yet we now have a triple-A credit rating, high-
er than the US government, al-lowing BC taxpayers the low-est possible interest rates
Have the Liberals done everything right? Certain-ly not. The introduction of
the HST by the Campbell government was badly handled. There have been other gaffes and ill thought out poli-cies. And while there is a natural inclin-ation for people to vote to change long governing parties, it’s important not to let the NDP sleepwalk to victory with-out thinking about which party is like-ly to create jobs and not burden today’s young people with a mountain of debt.
I’m not asking that you agree with me, only that you think through the full consequences of your choice carefully. And then get out and vote on May 14.
Gwyn is a retired Businessman who lives in the Greater Victoria Region.
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Hope to see you all there!Cache Creek Community Hall • Doors Open 6 pm
Monday, May 13Proceeds to go to community projects
SUMMER EMPLOYMENTMUSEUM POSITION
The Village of Ashcroft has a position available in the Ashcroft Museum for the summer months. This posi-tion would run June 14 to August 30 and would be for 40 hours per week at $11.00 per hour. This position will be of interest to anyone with a love of history. Duties would include greeting guests, answering gen-eral questions as well as janitorial duties.This position is designed for students who will be re-turning to a secondary or 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 Thursday, May 23, 2013.Village of AshcroftPO Box 129 Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0Phone: 250-453-9161Fax: 250-453-9664Email: [email protected]
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Getting the creative mojo working
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CREATIVE CURRENT
AES Fun Fair FundraiserSupport the 5th Annual Ashcroft
Elementary School Fundraising Fun Fair on Thursday, May 23 from 4-8 pm at AES schoolgrounds (711 Hill St.) and gymnasium. Outdoor stage with performances from local musicians, zumba dance demos and a special all day appearance from Uncle Chris the Clown.
Enjoy this year’s many inflat-ables, including the pirate ship slide & bounce, and sumo suits (my person-al favourite!). Games in the gym in-clude a bean bag toss, fish pond, and more. Raffles and draw prizes, cake/dessert walks, food concession by lo-cal vendors and Rock Band and other Wii games.
Please come for a great evening of family fun and fundraising. Organized by the AES Parents Advisory Council. All are welcome! See you there!
Movie Night - Escape from Planet Earth
The Village of Cache Creek pre-sents another fun Family Movie Night at the Cache Creek Community Hall. The feature movie this month is the animated pre-DVD release of Escape From Planet Earth.
Bring the whole family to see this wonderful movie on Friday, May 24. Admission at the door. Doors open at 6:30 pm with the Movie starting at 7 pm.
There will be popcorn and good-
ies available for purchase at the concession, supporting Cache Creek Elementary School’s Parent Advisory Council. No outside food or drinks, please. Children must be supervised and remain seated and quiet during the movie please.
Here’s a sneak peek of what the Movie is all about; Astro-naut Scorch Super-nova (Brendan Fraser)
is considered a national hero on planet Baab by the blue alien population. Scorch and his quiet, by-the-rules brother, Gary (Rob Corddry), head of mission control at BASA, pull off astonishing feats. When BASA’s strict chief Lena (Jes-sica Alba) tells the brothers about an SOS from a planet known to be dangerous planet, Scorch ignores Gary’s trepi-dation about traveling there and sets off on what he be-lieves will be another excit-ing mission. However, Scorch finds himself in a trap set by the evil Shanker (James Gan-dolfini) and Gary has to rescue not only brother, but his plan-et, his wife Kira (Sarah Jes-sica Parker) and their son Kip, who’s eager for adventure, just like his uncle.
Ashcroft Plein Air
Winding Rivers Arts & Per-formance Society cordially in-vites you to participate in the 2nd Annual Plein Air Paint-Out in Ashcroft on May 22-23. Ashcroft and the surrounding area will once again see a num-ber of painters creating works of art from various vantage points around our community. The event saw 34 artists visit
our community last year and more are expected this year.
The Society looks forward to wel-coming those from near and far to cele-brate the beauty of what is often de-scribed as a “stunning and unique land-scape” where inspiring views and vistas abound. Artists of all levels of experi-
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Mother’s DayFRI. MAY 10TH
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~ Prime Rib Dinner ~~or Fresh Halibut Steak~
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Now Open for the Season
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Mother’s Day Brunch Special Sunday, May 12th (Mother’s Day)8:30 a.m. - 12 Noon
For more information contactAndy Anderson - 250-453-2281 or 250-457-7333
For more information contact*** Everyone Welcome ***
Cache Creek (AZ5), BC50 Miles West of Kamloops - 1 1/2 hours from Chilliwack
14th Annual Fly-In Breakfast
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Reservations Recommended250-457-9330
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Open 7 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Every Wed Seniors Night Special $9.95
Anie’s Pizza & Bakery1206 Cariboo Hwy., Cache Creek, B.C.
No Reservations Necessary 250-457-9999
Treat Mom toStrawberry Shortcake
$8.95 includesCoffee or Tea
Mothers Day SpecialCome out and enjoy a Complimentary
Wine Tasting Flight (value $7)with your mealHere’s to you Mom!
2520 Hwy. 97 North,Cache Creek, BC
250-457-6667
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250-453-9880 • 301 Railway Ashcroft
Great food, Great service, Great Value
Happy Mothers DayAs we are normally
Closed Sundays...Saturday May 11
When All moms eat for HAlf priCe!
wishes all mother’s out there a very
...please
join us
Happy Mother’s Day from the Porters
at Desert Hills Ranchin Ashcroft
Celebrating More Than Momson Mother’s Day
Every spring individuals celebrate their mothers on Mother’s Day. It has evolved from a day to honor moth-ers to one that recognizes all special women.
Therefore, if there is a woman in one’s life who isn’t a biological mother -- but special nonetheless -- Mother’s Day can be a time to tell her how much she is appreciated.
There are many reasons a person may want to honor a woman that is not his or her mother. Perhaps the per-son’s own mother has passed away or is not prominent in this individual’s life. Maybe there is a grandmother or aunt with whom one is especially close.
There may be a teacher or mentor that has touched the life of a person in a special way.
For those who are celebrating all women on Mother’s Day, here are some ways to set the day apart.
* Create a handmade card with personalized senti-ments that reflect the unique relationship with this spe-cial woman. This can mean more than a prepurchased card that may not offer the right words.
* Find out her interests and spend a day doing entirely what she wants to do. It doesn’t necessarily have to take place on Mother’s Day. A trip to a museum or a day at the park -- whatever it may be -- can be a nice outing.
* Treat her to a special dinner. Ask about favorite foods and create a meal at home. If dining out is a must, choose a day other than Mother’s Day to avoid the crowds and have intimate moments with just the two of you, especially if you are also honoring your own mother on Mother’s Day.
* Find something you both enjoy and then go and do that. Maybe you met up due to a hobby or interest. Remember the first day you met and reminisce by heading to that place for a celebration.
* Have an extended family fiesta. Host a Mother’s Day party at home and single out all the special women in attendance. Serve cocktails and enjoy the time spent together.
Mother’s Day is a special time of the year to honor not only a person’s mom but also any other notable woman in his or her life. The holiday can be customized any way a person sees fit.
Mother’s Day Sunday May 12
Celebrating 151 Years 1862-2013
Featuring Baked/Broiledor Poached Sockeye
SalmonIncludes choice of Rice or Potatoes, Sauteed Veggies
& tea or coffee $17.99Full menu plus Special
available 11 am til closing.
250.453.9983for reservations.
Ashcroft Manor Teahouse RestaurantMothers’ Day Special
LIONSAnnual
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Sunday, May 12, 2013At the Campbell Hill Airport
Breakfast from 8:30 am to 12 noon
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PancakeBreakfast
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Mother’s DayFRI. MAY 10TH
Enjoy ourMother’s Day
Specials
211 Railway Ave, Ashcroft
250-457-0301
~ Prime Rib Dinner ~~or Fresh Halibut Steak~
Starter salad, seasonal vegetablesand scalloped potatoes.
Reservations Recommended
Now Open for the Season
Moms admitted FREE all day!
FREE pony rides for kids who bring Mom or Grandma
Mother’s Day Brunch Special Sunday, May 12th (Mother’s Day)8:30 a.m. - 12 Noon
For more information contactAndy Anderson - 250-453-2281 or 250-457-7333
For more information contact*** Everyone Welcome ***
Cache Creek (AZ5), BC50 Miles West of Kamloops - 1 1/2 hours from Chilliwack
14th Annual Fly-In Breakfast
Cache Creek Dairy Queen
250-457-9924
Call to order your cake
RestauRant
Spences Bridge B.C. Just off Hwy. 1 • 250- 458-2256
LIVEDINNER MUSIC
LICENSED
OPEN7 DAYSA WEEK
Baked Breaded Salmonserved with
Basamati Rice and wild Asparagus includes Beans Roasted Rite Coffee and an Decadent Dessert
$16.95
At the Sandman Inn, Cache Creek, BC
Reservations Recommended250-457-9330
Treat Momon her
Special Day!Mother’s Day Breakfast Special
Eggs Benny with Coffee $8.00Mother’s Day Dinner Special
8 oz. Prime Rib Dinner -$17.95
Open 7 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Every Wed Seniors Night Special $9.95
Anie’s Pizza & Bakery1206 Cariboo Hwy., Cache Creek, B.C.
No Reservations Necessary 250-457-9999
Treat Mom toStrawberry Shortcake
$8.95 includesCoffee or Tea
Mothers Day SpecialCome out and enjoy a Complimentary
Wine Tasting Flight (value $7)with your mealHere’s to you Mom!
2520 Hwy. 97 North,Cache Creek, BC
250-457-6667
2520 Hwy. 97 North,2520 Hwy. 97 North,
Winery & Bistro
250-453-9880 • 301 Railway Ashcroft
Great food, Great service, Great Value
Happy Mothers DayAs we are normally
Closed Sundays...Saturday May 11
When All moms eat for HAlf priCe!
wishes all mother’s out there a very
...please
join us
Happy Mother’s Day from the Porters
at Desert Hills Ranchin Ashcroft
Celebrating More Than Momson Mother’s Day
Every spring individuals celebrate their mothers on Mother’s Day. It has evolved from a day to honor moth-ers to one that recognizes all special women.
Therefore, if there is a woman in one’s life who isn’t a biological mother -- but special nonetheless -- Mother’s Day can be a time to tell her how much she is appreciated.
There are many reasons a person may want to honor a woman that is not his or her mother. Perhaps the per-son’s own mother has passed away or is not prominent in this individual’s life. Maybe there is a grandmother or aunt with whom one is especially close.
There may be a teacher or mentor that has touched the life of a person in a special way.
For those who are celebrating all women on Mother’s Day, here are some ways to set the day apart.
* Create a handmade card with personalized senti-ments that reflect the unique relationship with this spe-cial woman. This can mean more than a prepurchased card that may not offer the right words.
* Find out her interests and spend a day doing entirely what she wants to do. It doesn’t necessarily have to take place on Mother’s Day. A trip to a museum or a day at the park -- whatever it may be -- can be a nice outing.
* Treat her to a special dinner. Ask about favorite foods and create a meal at home. If dining out is a must, choose a day other than Mother’s Day to avoid the crowds and have intimate moments with just the two of you, especially if you are also honoring your own mother on Mother’s Day.
* Find something you both enjoy and then go and do that. Maybe you met up due to a hobby or interest. Remember the first day you met and reminisce by heading to that place for a celebration.
* Have an extended family fiesta. Host a Mother’s Day party at home and single out all the special women in attendance. Serve cocktails and enjoy the time spent together.
Mother’s Day is a special time of the year to honor not only a person’s mom but also any other notable woman in his or her life. The holiday can be customized any way a person sees fit.
Mother’s Day Sunday May 12
Celebrating 151 Years 1862-2013
Featuring Baked/Broiledor Poached Sockeye
SalmonIncludes choice of Rice or Potatoes, Sauteed Veggies
& tea or coffee $17.99Full menu plus Special
available 11 am til closing.
250.453.9983for reservations.
Ashcroft Manor Teahouse RestaurantMothers’ Day Special
LIONSAnnual
MOTHER’S
Sunday, May 12, 2013At the Campbell Hill Airport
Breakfast from 8:30 am to 12 noon
JOIN US!Everyone welcome!
PancakeBreakfast
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Golden Country presents... Past, Present & Beyond
GOLDEN COUNTRYBARBARA RODEN
Isaac Decker re-read the telegram which had arrived earlier that day and frowned. His wife Lena, who had � n-ished clearing the last of the supper things from the table, sat down across from him.
“This is about that train robbery near Ducks [now Monte Creek] a few days back, isn’t it,” she said. It was a statement, not a question, and Decker nodded.
“Been no sign of the bandits, but it’s not for lack of trying,” he replied. “Superintendent Hussey’s had police search parties, Native trackers, and bloodhounds out looking for them, but they’ve vanished. Joe says there are de-tectives on the way up from south of the border, too. They think the men re-sponsible might’ve held up a train near Spokane back in May.”
“Joe” was District Chief of Prov-incial Police Joe Burr, headquartered in Ashcroft, 25 miles up the road from Decker’s ranch near Spences Bridge. Isaac’s former superior of� cer was in-volved in the search for the robbers who had held up a C.P.R. train a week earlier on June 21, 1909. No one had been killed, and the � ve men had got away with little by way of loot. They had held up train No. 97, probably by
mistake; train No. 5, which had preceded it, had been carrying more than $40,000 in bullion.
Still, the C.P.R. was taking the mat-ter seriously, offer-ing a $4,000 reward for the capture of the bandits. Such a gen-erous offer meant, as Decker well knew, that everyone who could muster any sort of weapon would be out searching, either of� cially or unof� -cially. It was the unof� cial searchers he was worried about.
“Someone could get themselves killed,” he mused. “It’s one thing for men who know what they’re doing to be out there looking, but another for every Tom, Dick, and Harry with a ri� e to be stopping folk at random. And if these men did pull off that hold-up in Spokane, they’re seasoned criminals. They’ll be dangerous.”
“Ducks,” said 12-year-old Archie, looking from his mother to his fath-er. “That’s where Bill Miner held up a
train, too.”“That’s
right, son,” said Decker with a grin. “You’ve been pay-ing atten-tion to my stories.”
“I like your stor-ies,” replied Archie. “Especial-ly the one about how you caught
Frank Spencer. He was a dangerous man, wasn’t he?”
“Killed a man over a bottle of rye,” said his father. “Pete Foster, in the corral at Campbell’s Ranch near Kamloops back in 1887. But he had a record as long as your arm before that, in half-a-dozen states. Just missed being strung up for rustling horses in Montana, so he came up to Can-
ada.”Decker had been a policeman then,
but hadn’t been directly involved in the case. Spencer had been tracked to the U.S. border, but there all traces of him went cold, and the hunt was called off. Spencer had presumably decided he’d made Canada too hot to hold him, and was headed back to more familiar ter-ritory.
Three years later, though, the fugi-tive – then working for a horse-breed-er in Oregon – found himself in British Columbia once more, accompanying some horses his employer was shipping north.
“He’d hinted that he had reasons for not going north of the border, but I guess he � gured that he’d be safe af-ter three years, and with 200 miles be-tween him and Kamloops,” said Deck-er.
“But he didn’t reckon on you, did he?” asked Archie, his eyes alight.
“No, he didn’t,” agreed his fath-er. “There he was, second night out in New Westminster, walking into a bar on Columbia Street as bold as you please. I happened to be down there too, and soon as I saw him on the street I thought ‘I know that face somehow.’ Took me a minute to place it, but then I remembered the description of Spencer
from the circular that went round after Foster’s murder. So I followed him into that bar, walked up behind him, laid a hand on his arm, and said . . .”
“ ‘I am Provincial Police Constable Isaac Decker, and I arrest you, Frank Spencer, for the murder of Pete Foster in Kamloops in June of 1887,’ ” said Archie, in his best imitation of his fath-er’s Massachusetts accent. “I bet his face was a picture!”
“It certainly was,” agreed Deck-er. He glanced at his wife, who clear-ly wanted to say something. “You run along outside, � nish up your chores now it’s cooler,” he said to Archie. Lena waited until their son was gone before she spoke.
“Are you going to go?” she asked simply, although the look in her face indicated she already knew the answer.
“I have to go,” said Decker gent-ly. “Like I said, Joe’s going to need all the help – all the experienced help – he can get. Sounds like he’s going to be away from Ashcroft for a time. Wants to swear me in as a Special Constable, put me in charge while he’s gone.”
“But you’re retired!” she said. “You’re a rancher now, not a police-man.”
“Once a policeman, always a policeman,” said Decker. “I can’t say no to Joe in a situation like this.”
“Do you think there’s any danger?” asked Lena, and Decker shrugged.
“There’s always danger,” he re-plied. “But this is big country. They could as easily have gone east or south as come our way. While I’m in Ash-croft I’ll keep my eyes and ears open, and hold down the fort for Joe Burr.” He reached across the table and took Lena’s hand. “I’m more worried about you and Archie. Keep your own eyes and ears open while I’m gone. These men are on the run and desperate. No telling where they’ll turn up, or what they’ll do.”
To be continued
In the Line of Duty: Pt. 1 - Once a Policeman...
Kamloops, 1886
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Attention Library patrons:
The Cache Creek Library will be closed May 10 to May 20.
The new Cache Creek Library at 1025 Trans Canada Hwy will open Tuesday, May 21st from 10:00am to 2:00pm.
We look forward to seeing you at the new Library!
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come. Once again, the focus will be on gathering like minds to enjoy the sheer pleasure of painting. There will be plenty of opportun-ities to paint as well as gath-erings for meals and conver-sation.
John H. Burrow, award winning artist from last year’s 1st Annual Plein Air Paint-Out states, “While the scenery was beautiful and inspiring, the thing I will al-ways remember about that weekend was the warm wel-coming reception from the people of Ashcroft.” In-comparable scenery, gra-cious hospitality and fellow artists await you! To register or for more info please vis-it www.windingriversarts.ca or email or to register email [email protected]
UnderWRAPS Acting Workshops
Winding Rivers Arts And Performance Society pre-sents UnderWRAPS Acting Classes. Come get caught in the act and learn some basics
for stage acting in a fun, cre-ative, and encouraging en-vironment! This is a sev-en class workshop taught by local actor extraordinaire, Gareth Smart. Starting May 13 and ending June 24, this class with pull out your inner character. Open to all ages!! For questions, costs, or to enrol, please call Gareth Smart at (250) 457-0538, or email [email protected]
Skip’s Memorial Charity Run
Ashcroft & District Lions present the 3rd an-nual Skip’s Memorial Char-ity Run. Come and walk, run or roll on Sunday, June 2. Regis-tration is at the car wash on Railway Ave. at 7:30 am. The Run starts at 9 am and par-ticipants have a choice of 2.5 km, 5 km and 10 km and runs along the
Slough Road and back. For pledge sheets, please call Nick at 453-2664 or Vivian at 453-9077.
The run honours Skip Stuart. Money will go towards the Food Bank, Christmas Hampers, Ten-nis Club, Sen-ior Girls Soccer and a bursary in Skip’s name for a student whose career goal is mechanics.
Music In the Park starts June 12
Get ready for another year of Wed-nesday night concerts at the Gazebo in Heritage Place Park on Railway Ave. from 7-9:30 pm. Ashcroft sum-mers wouldn’t be the same without Music in the Park, brought to you by the folks of Winding Rivers Arts & Performance Society. Pass-the-Hat donations encour-aged.
Look for a full line up in my next Creative Current column. The WRAP Soci-ety hopes everyone enjoys the music all summer long! Look for posters around town and take home one of the small handouts that will be available at local retail-ers. Also why not check out www.windingriversarts.ca for info on all the upcoming artists and their music.
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Acting workshops and more Music in the Park
Clinton’s Arlen Park provided some of the music for The Wilderness Way Adventure Resort’s open house last Sunday.
John H. Burrow (wearing cap and glasses) talks about his paintings during the public show of last year’s Plein Air art.
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I struggle with de-pression and anxiety. Funny that some-one with these issues would be writing a column called “On a Brighter Note,” right? Well, it’s ironic at least.“What do you have
to be depressed about?” I was asked in my youth. “Your life could be so much worse.”Firstly, no kidding.
Secondly, that senti-ment is probably a big reason why most of us struggling with bouts of depression, or other similar con-ditions, tend to sup-press our feelings rather than discuss or deal with them head-on.When I was a child
and I felt the black
cloud of emotional gloom hovering over my head, I would try to shame myself out of those moods by comparing my life to the lives of starv-ing children in third world countries.I rarely talked
about my feelings and I learned that a smile, even a fake smile, was what the world wanted to see.When I grew older
I started writing out my feelings, par-ticularly my dark-est ones, since that seemed to help me escape my funk. I can’t tell you how
often I’ve typed away with tears streaming down my face. Some-times I could even envision the black cloud above me start to dissipate.The other thing I’d
do is people-watch.
Who among us hasn’t felt joy and sorrow, love and loss, success and failure? Observing others and reminding my-self of that fact has helped me to feel less alone in my own troubles. Even the smiling, happy faces that look like they haven’t got a care in the world obviously do, or will in the fu-ture. None of us gets out of this world un-scathed.I started writing
this column because I wanted to share my experiences and life from a positive per-spective. I believed that no
matter what my cir-cumstance, happi-ness is just a mindset, and I could either
choose to be happy, or to be miserable, and it was a choice I’d have to make daily. I still believe that, and I’d like to be able to report that I’ve always chosen radiant sunshine, but I haven’t. On some days, I just
let it rain.Feelings are feel-
ings and sometimes we can control them, and sometimes we can’t, even when we have loving friends and family to sup-port us.Recently I decided
I needed some pro-fessional help. Even as I write this I feel slightly ashamed that I couldn’t just figure it out by myself. But I couldn’t, so I’m do-ing what I felt I need-
ed to do. If that makes me
seem weak, I’m okay with that.When I first started
writing this column four years ago, my mother-in-law asked my husband why anyone would want to read about my life. She didn’t mean it
in a negative way, she was genuinely perplexed as to why complete strangers would be interested.But I guess it’s com-
parable to my affin-ity for people-watch-ing. Most of us are
naturally curious about other people and that’s why we read, watch or listen to stories about oth-ers. It can help us feel less alone in the
world, it can help us figure out how to deal with the vast ar-ray of emotions we all have, and it can give us the courage to reach out for help when we need it.On a brighter note,
I’ll keep looking for the silver linings. All the clouds have them, as you know.Lori Welbourne is
a syndicated colum-nist.You can contact her
at LoriWelbourne.com
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May 2013 • Week 2ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, something irresistible keeps grabbing your attention. Don’t overindulge too much or you will regret the decision later on. Exercise moderation.
TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you may be tempted to run away from a challenging situation, but it is in your best interest to hunker down and face the problem. You won’t be going it alone.
GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, you seem to quickly conquer tasks that others struggle with. It could be thanks to your ability to focus, but look over your work to make sure it’s correct.
CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, while many things come easily to you, there is one particular situation that continually proves problematic. You might have to scale a few mountains to handle it.
LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, this week you might be better off tackling things on your own instead of looking to others for support. This will help minimize any potential distractions.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 You have a few secrets you are not willing to share just yet, Virgo. That’s alright. Keeping some of your agenda private will inspire curiosity and be to your advantage.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you may be trying to get a certain person alone so you can have some one-on-one time together. A rendezvous is possible this week.
SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you are at an impasse because you are second-guessing some of your most recent decisions. You may need to shift your focus to get back on track.
SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 The old adage that if you want something done right you have to do it yourself rings especially true this week, Sagittarius. Your skills are put to the test.
CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, there is a certain window of time this week when you will be extremely efficient and effective. The other times you may as well throw in the towel.
AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you have to work out a few loose ends before you are free for a much-needed vacation or just time spent doing whatever it is that makes you happy.
PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, sometimes love can cause pain, but this is the way to grow and learn from mistakes. There are lessons to be learned in a few days.
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STRIKING A BALANCE
All Candidates Forum
The Clin-ton and Dis-trict Econom-ic Develop-ment Society hosted an All Candidates forum at the Clinton Memorial Hall on Apr. 30.
Over 70 people turned out to hear from the four candidates running in our Fraser-Nicola riding for upcom-ing provincial election. Each candidate was given a chance to make opening re-marks before answering questions from members of the audience.
Moderator Andy May kept the can-didates’ answers to two minutes before giving the next one a chance to give his or her answer.
After just over two hours there did not appear to be any clear winner of the debate. All took the opportunity to present parts of their party’s platform while answering the questions put to them.
It will be interesting to see which of these four wins at the ballot box on May 14.
Seedy SundayLast Sunday was a great day to get
lots of garden-related information at the First Annual Seedy Sunday in Clin-ton.
The Clinton Communities in Bloom Committee hosted the event in the Clinton Memorial Hall on May 5. Workshops and displays on com-posting, dehydrating, noxious weeds, lasagne gardening, winter sowing and seed cleaning were only part of the fun.
There were plants, seeds, garden books, contests, information, and a kid’s corner. Everyone who attended went home with something. As people entered they were each given a free package of CFL light bulbs courtesy of BC Hydro.
The CiB Committee members were pleased with how well their first Seedy Sunday turned out. Even the weather cooperated!
Mother’s Day Family Dinner The Clinton Cleavages (a dedicated
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5:30 with din-ner served at 6 p.m.
Tickets are available from Lois at 250-459-7729 or Marian at 250-459-
7036. Children under two can get in for free. Purchasing your tickets in advance is greatly appreciated and all proceeds will go to Breast Cancer Research.
Annual Ball Tickets Still Available
There are still some tickets avail-able for the Clinton Annual Ball that will be held on Satur-day, May 18. Ticket sales close on May 12 so you don’t have much time left to get one.
As well as a sit-down din-ner there will be dancing to the Cariboo Gold Dance Band with the Perfect Match enter-taining during the band inter-missions. Clinton’s own Mill Girl Follies will also be on hand to entertain.
Tickets are available at the Clinton Coffee House, Clinton Emporium or Country Squire Gift Shop or by calling 250-459-7725.
Mother’s DayMother’s Day is a celebra-
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there. What I wouldn’t give to be able to say that to my mother. Although she left this earth in 2006, I hold dear all the things she did for me and all the things I learned from her over the years.
Clinton Farmers Market Reopens
The Clinton Farmers Mar-ket is reopening for the sea-son on Thursday, May 16. As in past years the market will be held at 1600 Cariboo Hwy be-side the Country Squire Gift Shop.
To mark the opening of the
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Government-issue identity document Examples: healthcare card, birth certificate, Social Insurance Card, passport, citizenship document/certificate, Old Age Security Identification Card, Canadian Forces identification, Firearm Acquisition Certificate, firearm Possession and Acquisition Licence, Veterans Affairs Canada Health Care Identification Card, Correctional Service Canada Offender Identification Card.
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The BC Liberal Record on Debt
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Walhachin climber rescued from ledge after plungeKamloops This Week
Members of Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) and South Cariboo Search and Rescue were called to an emer-gency near the Trans-Canada Highway on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 1.
The teams were called to a rock-climbing area about 14 km
west of Cache Creek to rescue an injured climber, who was climbing with his son.
The 54 year old Walhachin man was free climbing with his son, a 22 year old Vancou-ver resident, in a known climb-ing area.
They were both climbing without the use of a harness,
ropes or climbing helmets when the father fell about six metres (19 feet) onto a ledge, which was about 15 metres (49 feet) above the ground.
He injured his elbow and shoulder and was unable to climb any further, prompting his son to call 911.
Fourteen members of
KSAR and four members of the South Cariboo team responded. Under the direction of search manager Alan Hobler and using rope-rescue equipment, the father was hauled up a near-vertical slope to a safer area. Then, using hand lines, rescuers walked him down a steep slope to a waiting ambulance.
Ashcroft rcMP DetAchMent
POLICE REPORTWendy Coomber
Luggage lostApr. 30 a 34 year old Calgary
man reported leaving his backpack and wallet near the gas pumps at the One Easy Stop in Ashcoft. Both the backpack and wallet have Montreal Canadiens logo on them. The pack contains mainly cloth-ing. Anyone finding the backpack and/or wallet can turn them in at the Ashcroft RCMP Detachment.
Assault with a weaponApr. 30 police were called to
a report of a domestic assault at a residence on Old Cariboo Rd. in Cache Creek. The suspect, a 26 year old Cache Creek man, was located in the downtown area and arrested. He was charged with as-sault with a weapon, as he had used a full Litre of orange juice to
throw at and hit the victim, who was not injured. He was also charged with breach-ing probation and re-sisting arrest.
Fastest one losesMay 3 at 2:50 pm a Traffic Ser-
vices officer spotted a car travel-ling at a high rate of speed on Hwy 97 south of 70 Mile. The 2013 was the fastest of three speeding vehi-cles, travelling at 156 kph in the 100 kph zone. The 23 year old Williams Lake man was given a ticket for excessive speed and his car was impounded for seven days.
Drunk and disorderlyMay 4 at 3:30 police were
called to the Ashcoft Reserve to deal with a 26 year old man who was causing a disturbance. He was found nearby, intoxicated and obnoxious. He was arrested and lodged in cells until sober, af-ter being examined by BC Ambu-lance for a self-inflicted wound.
Held in custory for assaultMay 4 at 4:30 pm police were
called to a Cache Creek motel where they arrested and charged a 39 year old Cache Creek man, for-merly of Lillooet, for assault and failing to comply with conditions of probation. He was held in cus-tody until his court date on May 8. Alcohol was a factor. The woman received minor injuries.
Premier Christy Clark was in Ashcroft last Thursday to speak to Liberal supporters and to support local Liberal candidate Jackie Tegart. Dozens of local supporters and several provincial media were at the 20 minute rally.
