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TNRD forms advisorybody for agriculture

by Wendy CoomberThe Thompson-Nicola Regional District has

directed its staff fo create an Agriculture Advis-ory Commission. The new body will comment on applications involving agricultural land and matters directly relating to the regional agricul-tural industry.

John Ranta, the chair of TNRD’s board of directors, says the regional district’s staff are feeling “a bit unsettled” about the direction they’re receiving with development applications involving land in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR).

He said that after the province amended the Agricultural Land Commission Act last year and split the province into Section 1 and 2, the TNRD has had a number of applications for subdivisions or other development in the either in the ALR.

What has changed, he said, is that instead of forwarding all applications directly to the Ministry of Agriculture for consideration, the TNRD is now being asked to review the appli-cation and forward its recommendations.

“There is now a need for a meeting of minds between the board and planning department for applications in ALR,” said Ranta, “so we’re on a more compatible approach.”

As the amendment took effect this year, pla-cing the Interior and Kootenays into Section 2 along with the North, the province replaced long time chair of the Agricultural Land Com-mission Richard Bullock with Frank Leonard.

Leonard spoke to the board of directors re-cently, “and he gave us his perspective,” said Ranta. For one thing, “He wants to speed up the consideration process.”

The Agriculture Advisory Commission will help with that, Ranta said. “We’ll be able to have knowledgeable people - an opinion group with a focus and knowledge of agriculture - to advise us.”

There is no deadline to have the advisory commission in place. He says the TNRD isn’t expecting a rush of applications for ALR de-velopment. The economy has been quiet and no one seems interesting in investing.

TNRD staff is still investigating how to go about setting up the commission and then find members for it. He says it is the board’s hope that having an advisory commission will help crystallize their approach to land use.

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by Barbara RodenThe Applied Sustainable Ranching program

(ASUR), an innovative and unique new diplo-ma program, is now being offered by Thomp-son Rivers University (TRU) in Williams Lake.

The program was developed over a two-year period by TRU, in conjunction with ranch-ers and producers in the Cariboo. “There was input from a broad range of people to develop it,” says Student Coordinator Rita Giesbrecht, noting that it was an industry- and student-driv-en initiative, rather than something TRU decid-ed to offer.

“A lot of the younger generation aspire to live on the land, but they have no chance to learn, as they’re not from a ranching family,” she says. “Local producers recognize the need for education about agriculture in the area, and that the model needs to undergo changes in or-der to remain viable. This program is designed to bring ranching into the 21st century.”

The two-year program consists of nine mod-ules, each lasting between one and 12 weeks. The courses will be taught by specialists in the different areas, which include environmental sustainability; beef, sheep, and winter feed pro-duction; and hands-on skill development, such as horsemanship, basic dog handling, equip-ment maintenance, and designing fences.

Another important area is sustainable enter-prise. “Succession planning is very important,” notes Giesbrecht. “We want to continue to have traditional grass-based livestock agriculture.”

The flexible blended learning model will use three different methods to deliver the content. Students will have online written coursework, and interaction with instructors in a classroom or via videoconferencing, Skype, or phone, meaning they don’t have to be close to Williams Lake. Giesbrecht says students could complete the program without once setting foot in a class-room.

The third way of learning will be via hands-on experience on the land, working on a ranch or farm anywhere in the province, and Gies-brecht is now looking for prospective host ranches prepared to mentor a student. The first intake of students for the program, which be-gins in January 2016, is expected to draw main-ly from the Cariboo, but the target is eventual-ly to have international students make up 30 per cent of the enrollment.

Anyone who would like more information about ASUR, or who would like to be a host ranch, should call or text Giesbrecht at (250) 706-5577, or e-mail her at [email protected]. There is also an information session about the program from 7-9:30 p.m. on Dec. 1 at the Tourism Discovery Centre on Broadway Ave. S. in Williams Lake.

“We’re very proud and pleased with how the program has developed,” she says. “It fills so many gaps and provides so many opportun-ities.”

New ranching diploma offered by TRU

Remembrance Day in AshcroftAshcroft’s Remembrance Day

services were observed by a small-er crowd than normal, even though the weather was mild.

The Ashcroft Legion con-ducted the services, Glenn Joss emcee’ing the event, with assist-ance from the Legion’s Chaplain,

Martina Duncan, Frank Mierau who led the singing and John Pierro who offered blessings on behalf of the Bonaparte Indian Band. Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta spoke about democracy and public service, and the cadets pro-vided guards at the Cenotaph.

The Ashcroft RCMP Detachment, led by Sgt. Michel Grondin, took part in the parade.

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New doctors will be at Nov. 25 meeting

CiB pushes for an Ashcroft urban forestry plan

Lions continue to support Better at HomeThe Ashcroft & District Lions presented their annual donation to the Better at Home program last week. The Lions helped the program get its start in Ashcroft in 2013. Program manager Nancy Kendall accepts their donation from Lions’ members (l-r) Don Whitford, Nick Lebedoff, Ines Lopez, Bob Williams and Moe Girard.

Minions ruleAshcroft Legion was a spooky place to be at the Oct. 30 “Spooktoberfest” dinner. Among the spookier denizens were first-place winners (l-r): Bob and Deb Tuohey, Dolly Lowe and Bob and Jeannine Nishiguchi.

by Wendy CoomberTrees have always been an important

part of the landscape on this planet and the lack of trees anywhere is immediate-ly noticeable.

Just how important they are is con-stantly being redefined. From experi-ence, we know that they are generally aesthetically pleasing and provide wel-come shade. For centuries, certain spe-cies have been used to drain swamps so that land could be developed and to elim-inate disease-carrying mosquitos.

As climate change mitigation be-comes increasingly important, trees are recognized as absorbing harmful green-

house gases and producing oxygen in their place.

Some Canadian municipalities are documenting their “green infrastructure” in an attempt to quantify their value and ensure their numbers and their health through strategic management that in-cludes bylaws, policies and replanting programs.

Ashcroft Communities in Bloom is encouraging the Village to form a joint committee to develop an Urban Forestry plan for Ashcroft.

The group conducted their own tree inventory of the downtown area in 2012, but Andrea Walker says there is much

more to do in terms of tree man-agement.

Many cities have embarked on an Urban Forestry strategy, said Walker.

“Ours doesn’t have to be a Cadillac model,” she said, “but we should know in advance where we can plant trees, how are we going to replace diseased or nuisance trees. If you have a plan, you know.

“Obviously, trees give us the oxygen we breathe, they clean the air, they give us shade, give us aesthetics. Think, where do people go on a hot day? To the park. Why? For the shade and the trees. What would it look like to drive down the street in a town without trees?”

She said urban forestry management is a large compon-ent of the national Communities in Bloom program and the lack of an overall plan by the Vil-lage has cost the Ashcroft group points every year.

Kamloops lost over 1,100 pine trees to pine beetle infest-ation. The city is working on its own Urban Forestry Plan. Trees improve residential property values, according to the draft plan, lowers the temperature around them as well as in near-

by buildings, reduce storm runoff by cap-turing water on their leaves and absorb-ing the water through their roots, provide wildlife habitat for birds and other crea-tures, and offsetting climate change by capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide in their tissues. The plan states that one tree can remove 26 pounds of carbon diox-ide from the air - the equivalent of 11,000 miles of car emissions.

Tree roots also stabilize hillsides and prevent the soil from moving.

Walker says it’s not enough to just plant a tree.

“We don’t have any native trees here,” she said, “but when you plant a tree you want to get something that won’t use a lot of water.”

She says a strategic plan would be a perfect fit to the Village’s new Water Conservation bylaw.

“The public needs education on what they can plant that won’t require a lot of water,” said Walker. “People often don’t pay attention to what they’re planting.”

Cedars and willows are “water suck-ers” she says. Junipers are not.

And then there are the local “nuis-ance” trees like the prolific Chinese elms and the messy cottonwoods. Kamloops has identified five species of nuisance trees in its draft plan.

A plan would also give some thought to the best places to plant trees.

The trees along Railway St. don’t have enough room to grow, she says. They’re surrounded by concrete, and there is concrete under their watering zone which is where the rainwater drips off the ends of the branches.

The group would also like to see a public works member trained in tree care.

“It will be expensive,” she says, “but they will be an asset to the town, just as the trees are.”

The proposed joint committee could start just by identifying nuisance trees to be replaced.

“All we want is to make our com-munity a better place,” said Walker. “That’s the ultimate goal for CiB.”

by Wendy CoomberArea residents eager to meet the two new

doctors who are hoping to settle in Ashcroft, won’t have to wait until they’ve completed their assessment in February.

The public is invited to attend a Health Ser-vices Update on Nov. 25 at 4:30 pm in Ashcroft Community Hall. The hour-long meeting will be hosted by MLA Jackie Tegart. Doctors De-bra Obu and Amgad Zake will be there, along with Berni Easson from Interior Health.

Dr. Nancy Humber, head of the Practice Ready Assessment program in Lillooet will talk briefly about the program and about the new Project Manager of Rural Health.

The Wellness Heath Action Coalition (WHAC) will provide information on their rold and details about the bus that takes people to see the new doctors in Lillooet every Thursday. WHAC member David Durksen says there will also be two exciting new announcements, al-though he wouldn’t say what those were.

There will be time afterwards for questions and from the public, and also time to personally meet the new doctors.

“We’re hoping to see the seniors at this meeting because access to health is very import-ant to them,” said Lori Pilon, assistant to MLA Tegart.

“Rural Health Services is such an important issue for community members, so I am pleased to be working with WHAC and Interior Health to provide this update and opportunity for cit-izens of Ashcroft, Cache Creek and Clinton to meet new Doctors Obu and Zake.” Fraser-Nic-ola MLA Jackie Tegart said. “Attracting and keeping physicians is ongoing in our commun-ities. Our goals are to continue to recruit and re-tain physicians, provide 24/7 emergency access and to enhance and improve all health-care ser-vices.”


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Dear EditorMost weeks this column is filled

with either complaints or opinions of the general public, that are de-pressing and boring. This week I would like to reverse this trend and give a huge Shout Out of appre-ciation for the little Second Time Around thrift store volunteers.

I approached the ladies (and men) asking if they would consid-er donating funds toward the pur-chase and placement of a bench that would be placed up on the outside trail along the “dunes” where doz-ens of people walk every day. Some of us are getting up there and a rest is needed when trying to complete a walk each day. The Second Time Around group very generously ad-vised me they had approved fund-ing to purchase and place three beautiful benches along the trail overlooking the village and river.

Within the last week or so Ash-croft’s public works crew has se-cured and placed these benches so that walkers or tourists using the B&B up on the Mesa can relax and view our village from these beauti-ful vantage points.

A huge bouquet of roses to both the volunteers of Second Time Around. And our Village workers for installation of these benches for our residents to enjoy. Thank you!

Lee DesmaraisAshcroft

Dear EditorI would like to thank everyone

who attended the candle light vigil for Eddie. Andto all those who have stopped me on the street to tell me

I am in their thoughts. I am so grateful to you all.

I was away for a few days lately and came home to find the bench

dedicated to Eddie. It was so won-derful. I walk past it two or three times a day when I walk the dog and I reach to touch it each time.

I miss him every day and now having a special place to sit and talk to him is wonderful.

I am so very grateful to all of the people who made the bench pos-sible. I have lived in Ashcroft for 45 years and it truly is the most won-derful place in the world. May God bless.

Barb GyobaAshcroft

It’s always struck me as odd how, as weather conditions worsen, people are more apt to leave their snug homes to be in the company of others.

When we lived up north, community events that were held on cold, miserable, blizzard-y nights always had the best turn-out. I suspect Cabin Fever may have played a small part in that.

It’s obvious from my chair at The Jour-nal that this is the busiest time of year. As the melting snow turns into warm winds and school closes down for the summer, most groups do likewise as people head out of town for vacations or recreation.

Trying to find anyone to talk about news is next to impossible.

However, first hint of Winter and every-one is scrambling madly to get the Christ-mas preparations in place. (Actually, it be-gins with Halloween and gets more frantic as Remembrance Day comes and goes.)

There are a few Snowbirds, but life in our small communities apparently goes on without them.

From now until New Years the pace will be frantic - bazaars and suppers, parties and concerts. Then Jan. 1 arrives and it’s quiet - nay, dead - for days afterwards as every-one recuperates. And then back to work at a slower pace... until the snow melts.

Perhaps it’s also the cold weather that keeps us active. Movement keeps us warm. Hot weather makes us drowsy.

Or possibly, staying busy takes our attention away from how abysmally cold it is outside.

But most of all, I have a sneaking sus-picion that as the daylight hours dwindle, we instinctively come together for protec-tion against whatever hungry beasts may be prowling the perimeter. The lights and heat-ing of our public gathering places provide a modern alternative to the old bonfire.

Whatever you choose to believe, there is no shortage of events to get you out of the house, from the local production of My Fair Lady that opens tomorrow night, to the New Years dances in each of our commun-ities. Hopefully no hungry prowling beasts out there to devour you.

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VICTORIA – We will soon learn what Premier Christy Clark and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have in mind for Can-ada’s renewed effort to influ-ence climate change.

As they prepare to join the 40,000 people jetting to Paris for the next big United Nations summit to deal with human im-pact on the world’s weather, here is some context for what is to come in December and be-yond.

Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion served as environment minis-ter under former Liberal prime minis-ter Paul Martin. Then, as Liberal lead-er, Dion’s proposed “green shift” car-bon tax was pivotal only in ending his leadership. With a majority govern-ment this time, he promises the entire federal cabinet will be involved.

Dion gave a revealing interview to The Globe and Mail last week about his experience in government.

“The old system was to give the file of the environment to the minis-ter of the environment and say, ‘deal with it, be the hero of the environment groups, but don’t bother us because we have jobs to create and an econ-omy to grow’,” Dion said. “That will not work.”

It certainly didn’t work, which is not surprising since Dion is admitting the Liberals considered the environ-ment ministry a mere public relations tool. This was the period when Canada signed on to the Kyoto Protocol, then

pretended to care about it as the United States rejected it in a unanimous vote of Congress.

We now understand more about those environmental groups, most funded by U.S. billionaires to target the Canadian oil and gas industry while the U.S. booms. Their tactics were on dis-play in the defeat of the Keystone XL oil pipeline to the U.S., with arguments that even President Barack Obama ac-knowledged were exaggerated.

Dion’s ill-fated “green shift” wasn’t just about greenhouse gases. He in-tended to impose a national carbon tax and use the proceeds to eliminate child poverty.

This concept is back, on a global scale. If you’ve been to the movies lately, you may have seen a slick ani-mated commercial sponsored by the UN, featuring animals running the world from the seats of the General As-sembly. “We have a plan,” trumpets the elegant llama at the podium, not only to fix climate change but to eliminate poverty as well.

One problem with Kyoto was that it left emerging economies like China and India untouched. And while Can-ada endures false allegations of sub-sidizing fossil fuels, actual subsidies are huge in petro-states like Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Algeria and Indo-nesia, where gasoline sells on average at a third of Canadian prices.

China and India’s carbon emis-sions have about tripled since the Kyoto public relations gesture in 1997. That growth is one reason why Can-ada’s share of global emissions has now fallen to below two per cent.

Here in B.C., Clark intends to un-veil her “Climate 2.0” plan before heading to Paris. We’ll see if it includes another increase in B.C.’s vaunted car-bon tax, which now translates to about seven cents on a litre of gasoline.

Even without carbon taxes, about a third of the pump price Canadians pay is federal, provincial and local tax. In Metro Vancouver, it’s closer to 40 per cent. In Venezuela, a big winner in the Keystone XL decision, gas sells for around two cents a litre.

The B.C. government admits its post-carbon tax reduction in green-house gas emissions was largely due to the global recession of 2008-09. Now with crude oil at historic low prices, B.C.’s carbon tax is a weak signal lost in the noise of a world-wide glut of oil and gas.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Seven ladies answered the roll call for our Nov. 10 United Church Women’s meeting.

President Reta Robertson welcomed every-one and thanked them for their dedication to the work of United Chrch Women. We repeated the UCW Purpose together.

Joyce Freeman led the Devotional taken from “There is A Season” by Betty Rodford turcot entitled “Peace Making”. The scripture was from Micah 4:3-5. It is better to remember that we need to work towards peace to end the suffering that occurs through the violence and ravages of war. She closed with a prayer.

We evaluated the Mr. Miyagishima’s Me-morial Tea. It went very well and was appre-ciated. We decided to have our Annual Church Family Christmas Dinner and Social time on Dec. 11 beginning with pot luck at 5:30 pm.

The Inter Church Bazaar plans were final-ized in detail and this annual event will be held in the Anglican Church Hall on Dec. 5 from 11 am to 1 pm with an opening Blessing at 10:30. We will set up Friday night at 7 pm the night be-fore.

Each of us brought Christmas cards for the residents of Garden Oasis to use.

Reports were given and treasurer Colleen Mierau handed out her written report.

Dorothy Pears read her report for Sunshine - she will be sending out several Christmas Cards to those who no longer live here but some who still support our work.

Phyllis Gray ave her Publicity report and Hilda Drinkwater gave her Archives report. Reta Robertson reported for Outreach: she re-ceived many, many stamps which help with Christian work elsewhere. She didn’t receive many Campbell labels, but we thank all of you who save these items and turn them in, so please keep them coming.

We will be meeting at 2:30 instead of 2 pm for the first three months of 2016 to accommo-date those who can’t come at 2 pm. We post-poned our executive election until the January meeting. We will decorate the church and hall on Dec. 8 at 10 am.

We don’t have an official meeting in Decem-ber so our next meeting will be Jan. 5 at 2:30 pm. We closed with the UCW Creed.

We wish everyone a Joyful and Blessed Christmas.

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by Wendy CoomberIt’s always an interesting summer

at the Ashcroft Museum, says curator Kathy Paulos.

She says numbers were down this year, which she blames on the heat - everyone she talked to said they were heading out of town to be by “the lake”.

“It was only a couple of hundred fewer [than last year],” she said, “but we like to go up every year, not down.”

This summer the Museum also took on the temporary role of the Ashcroft tourist booth. Property next to the little tourist booth downtown next to the car wash changed hands and driving access to the building was cut off. The build-ing has now been moved to Heritage Place Park.

“It wasn’t bad having the tourists here because it was a quieter year, but I think the volunteers [who staff the booth] missed it.”

Paulos says they didn’t have any bus tours this year, but they had local school groups and groups of local his-torians.

One of the Museum’s highlights of 2015 was the Open House in Au-gust that featured Ashcroft’s China-town. The Open House was very well attended, with first-hand information provided by long time Ashcroft resident

Loyd Wongs.The next

heritage event will be in February for BC Heritage Week. Their topic is “Dis-tinctive Des-tinations”, but Paul-os says they don’t have specific plans yet for what to feaure.

Fantastic donations and descendants

of Ashcroft pioneers were the among the best parts of the year, she says.

“We always get interesting visitors.”This summer she had descendants

of the Cummings, McAbees and Chris-tie families.

“I love it when the descendants come back,” she says. “Reg Chris-tie was the surveyor for the Walhachin flume. They tell me a story and I usual-ly tell them a story.

One of T.A. (Tom) Cummings des-cendants asked her if the Museum had any information on him.

Tom was wner/publisher of the Ashcroft Journal after inheriting it from his father. R.D. Cumming. The Museum was established in 1936 by R.D. Cumming, who had collected many artifacts throughout his time at the newspaper, and has a large display of Journal artifacts.

“I was able to fill him in,” she says, without going into details.

Twenty-one First Nations bas-kets were donated from Bill and Ber-nie Kershaw of Barriere. Bernie is des-cendant of former Ashcroft resident Ar-thur Haddock.

Paulos says 10 of the basiets were on display this year, and the rest will be out next year. First they have to be cata-logued.

“One realy neat thing,” she said, “is that John Haugen from Lytton came to share his knowledge about them - where some of them were from, what they were used for.”

She found out that a couple of the baskets are from the Chilcoutin and that is rare because the First Nations there didn’t do a lot of coil baskets. Paulos says she is hoping to feature the baskets next year in some type of event.

Another donation this year came in the form of a beautiful 1906 wedding dress that belonged to Ethel More, who married in England and moved to Clin-ton/Ashcroft area. Her husband worked for the highways.

The Museum was also the recipi-ent this year of a oval glass portrait of

John Dawson “Ole” Evans in his WWI uniform. Evans enlisted in 1917 and was wounded, ending up in the hospi-tal where it was discovered that he was only 14 year old.

His grand daughter on Vancouver Island also donated a bean pot, crock pot and a turkey platter from the Evans family homestead.

The Museum was also given a curi-ous little flyer from June 9th, 1906, claiming on the front to be The Dailing Mining Journal (the forerunner to The Journal) but seemed to be a program for a night of tongue-in-cheek entertain-ment, including live songs and music, and recitations from The Daily Journal.

“Charley Deans is sill a bachelor and has had more disappointments in love affairs than any one in tow. He is now suffering from an income of $10,000 a year made in Ashcroft real estate and is dyspeptic.” is one of the flyer’s entries.

“Fred Tingley went into railroading and is now one of the men that shout ‘all aboard for Cariboo’ on the Ashcroft and Fort Simpson line.” and

“The Brysoe Brothers left here about the time of the stage robbery on the Cariboo road. You no doubt read abou the $100,000 hold-up, bullion be-ing shipped down from the South Fork mine in the spring of ‘96. At last re-ports they were in South Amierica and seemed to be well supplied with funds.” are just some of the many paragraphs written about prominent Ashcroft resi-dents.

Paulos says the research into the history of local events and people is fun, and provides background when donations are offered.

Whether the Museum accepts a do-nation depends on what it is and where it’s from. She says space is limited, so if it isn’t from that if it isn’t from Ash-croft, or unique to the area, she sug-gests to the donors that they take it to a more appropriate museum. It’s no good to anyone if it’s just going to be stored in the basement, she says.

Every year is good at the Ashcroft Museum

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Fusaye (Fusa) TeshimaIt is with heavy hearts that we

announce the passing of Fusaye (Fusa) Teshima on November 4, 2015.She fought her hardest, right to

the end and nothing less would have been acceptable to her.Fusa is predeceased by her

parents and two brothers. She is survived by her two sisters, Kiyoko and Merry and her five brothers, Mamoru (Robin), Ken, Mutsuo (Pat), Roy (Sandra), and Richard (Judy). Also, numerous nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.She was born in Vancouver and was a long term resident

of Ashcroft. Fusa worked for 41 dedicated years at The Lady Minto and Ashcroft Hospitals, until she retired, then kept busy with volunteer work. Our heartfelt appreciation is extended to all staff on the ICU

Ward at the R.I.H. & Renal Unit, and special thanks to Deb, Pam and Laurel. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Kidney Foundation of

Canada #200-4940 Canada Way, Burnaby BC V5G 9Z9 or to the Canadian Diabetes Foundation, 1589 Sutherland Ave., Kelowna, BC V1Y 5V7, in memory of Fusa would be greatly appreciated.There will be a reception tea held on Saturday, November 21,

2015 from 1 – 3 p.m. at the St. Albans Anglican Church Hall 501 Brink St., Ashcroft B.C.

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My Fair Lady all set to enthrall audiencesby Barbara RodenBy the time you read this, the more than 50 cast and crew

members of My Fair Lady - produced by the Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society - will be staring down open-ing night on Nov. 20. Auditions were held in early May, so it’s been almost seven months since we all embarked on the process; but suddenly a night that was comfortably far off in the distance is upon us.

Beginning in November, rehearsals went from being a few individual scenes to a full run-through of the play. This not only brings the full cast together, it gives us an idea of what we’re in the process of creating. And at almost every rehearsal a new piece of set or a new prop appears, as if by magic. There’s even a wax phonograph machine for Henry Higgins’s desk, to the delight of us all.

Costumes have been a major priority since the begin-ning. Many WRAPS productions are either set in the present day or require few costume changes, but My Fair Lady is set in 1912 London, and some cast members have as many as five complete costume changes. The wardrobe department has been working tirelessly to find, convert, or adapt existing gowns and suits, create elaborate hats for the Ascot scene, and search for accessories such as parasols, walking-sticks, gloves, and jewellery.

We were all “off book” by Nov. 8, which meant we couldn’t have scripts or music on stage with us; but we could still call “Line!” if we dried (forgot a line), or ask Music-al Director Michelle Reid to re-start a song if someone for-got the lyrics or missed a cue. Starting on Nov. 8., however, we don’t have that safety net. If anyone forgets a line, she hopes someone else on stage steps in and helps out; if lyrics go missing, the singer hopes he can remember a line and get back into the song.

As a result, the rehearsal on the 8th is . . . not pretty. The first half goes fairly well, prompting 50-minutes’-worth of notes from director Mavourneen Varcoe-Ryan. At the end of the second act, however, she tells us she has few notes. “When things don’t go well there’s not much point writing a lot of notes.”

No question about it: act two was ragged. A couple of newbies look somewhat panicked, and I try to reassure them. “It’s okay; this is always the worst rehearsal, when we can’t call for lines,” I tell them. “This is the point where we really wonder if we can do it. And we can.”

There’s a rehearsal two days later, hampered by the ab-sence of Col. Pickering (at work), Freddy Eynsford-Hill (un-available), Alfred P. Doolittle (in Mexico), and Eliza Doo-little (paged to a fire call during Act One, Scene 2); stage manager Jessica Clement once more gamely steps up and fills in for those missing. On Nov. 12, however, something magical happens.

First of all, WRAPS now has exclusive use of the gym at the former Ashcroft Elemen-tary School, meaning that Jim Duncan and his crew of builders (Monty Downs, Dale Lyon, Jim Rymer, Daniel Collett, and Tim Roden) can swoop in and put up almost all of the set; when the author stops by to see how things are go-ing she’s handed a drill and a bag of screws and asked to help put up the balustrade and finials. This is a huge help to the actors, who now can see exactly where they enter and exit, and what is where on the stage. It’s much easier to lean on a balustrade when it’s actually in place, rather than having to imagine it’s there.

Second, costumes have largely been final-ized, and even though we’re a week away from

the first dress rehearsal many actors are electing to change into their costumes for each scene. Not only does this tell each actor how much time he or she has to make a costume change, it helps the actors move on stage. A woman wearing a full-length gown or skirt and high heels is going to move differently to one who’s wearing jeans and trainers.

Third, and most important, it all comes together. There are few dropped lines; when a line is forgotten, someone else one stage comes to the rescue. Scene changes go much more smoothly, since Clement has drawn up plans showing who takes what on stage, and brings what off, in every scene. The costumes help to give a real sense of place and time, and at the break between Acts One and Two actor Gerald Young (who plays Freddy) gives the cast a quick waltz les-son, which yours truly - possessed of two left feet - takes part in, even though she’s not in the Embassy Ball scene.

There’s one final run-through on Nov. 14, and then we’re into the final stretch, with a tech rehearsal on Nov. 17, fol-lowed by two full dress rehearsals. The next time we do this it will be for real, in front of an audience. Are we ready? Two weeks ago we would have said no; but now? By George, we’ve got it!

My Fair Lady is at the Ashcroft HUB (the former Ele-mentary School) at 7 pm on Nov. 20, 21, 27, and 28, and at 2 pm on Nov. 22. Admission is by donation.

Henry Higgins (John Kidder) attempts to teach Eliza Doolittle (Nancy Duchaine) to speak properly in My Fair Lady.

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Cougar AlertA large male cou-

gar has been spotted numerous times in the Village of Clinton. It has been seen most often in the Cariboo Street area though one main street (Hwy 97) resident was surprised to find it on his second storey deck as it fol-lowed his cat up the stairs.

I’ve been told that people have contacted the Conservation Office with no response. Several pets have already disappeared and parents are con-cerned about their children. Clinton residents are advised to keep their pets indoors and have an adult stay out with your children when they are outdoors.

This big cat is getting bolder, going into yards and up onto decks. He has been around at all hours, even in daylight so stay alert.

The BC Government website says “To re-port a conflict with wildlife that threatens public safety call 1-877-952-7277”. If enough people call (and you should call every time you spot this cat in town) maybe something will be done before someone gets hurt.

Blast of WinterOne would be forgiven for thinking win-

ter had already arrived in Clinton as residents began their day on Nov. 15. A heavy snowfall blanketed the village in over 15 cm of white stuff overnight. It is still falling as I write this at 9:30 a.m.

Drivers are reporting terrible road conditions so many were not able to make it to work. Good day to stay in and get some work done at home (after shovelling out the driveway, walks, etc.).

Of course winter doesn’t officially arrive until Dec. 22 so this is just a test run for what may be coming.

Christmas Food HampersThis is the time to think of those less fortun-

ate. Boxes have been distributed in various lo-cations throughout town for your food dona-tions. You can place non-perishable goods in them (please check expiry dates as outdated goods cannot be used). Canned goods, pack-aged goods such as cake mixes, pasta, stuffing mixes, etc. will all be appreciated.

The last day for Clinton residents to sign up in Clinton is Thursday, Nov. 19. Drop by the Clinton Health Center between 2-4 p.m. You are asked to apply in person and bring photo I.D, proof of your residential address and care cards for other family members who live with you.

The Christmas Food Hamper organiz-ers would also appreciate monetary donations. Cheques, made payable to Ashcroft and Area Community Resources Society can be sent to PO Box 1137, Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0. Donors will be given an Income Tax Receipt.

PAC Dinner and AuctionSaturday, Nov. 21 will see the Clinton Me-

morial Hall decked out in Christmas finery as the David Stoddart School PAC hosts their Din-ner and Auction.

For many this is the kick-off to the Christ-mas season in Clinton. Some tickets are still available at the school, Integris Credit Union, Clinton Home Building Center and Country Squire Gift Shop. You can also phone the school at 250-459-2219 for tickets or information. An alternate number to call is 250-459-2379.

Personally I look forward to this event and never fail to have a good time.

Cougar sighted in Clinton

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GOLDEN COUNTRYBARBARA RODEN

The Great War - Pt. 6: “It’s hell over there.”An intermittent series looking at

Ashcroft and area during World War I.George Christie had been

named, in May 1915, as the � rst of the Walhachin contin-gent killed in action, with his death reported in The Journal.

However, the June 26, 1915 issue of the paper an-nounced that Christie had not been killed, but had been in-jured when he received shrap-nel in both legs. The article ran an excerpt from a letter from Christie, who had been re-moved to hospital in England after four months of “play-ing with death” in the trench-es, and who found it hard to sleep in a comfortable bed. “If someone could beat a brass drum, or a tin pail, it would make me imagine I was in my old dug-out,” he wrote.

“The left leg is shattered very bad from knee to hip; the right from knee-cap to ankle. It’s hell over there, that’s the word for it. We had a rough time, and lost heavily, at the [Second] Bat-tle of Ypres on the 22nd of April. . . . From what I have seen the path to vic-tory must be a long and costly one.”

Also in June came news of the death of W. T. Bond and Walhachin resident Lt. W.G. “Billy” Tennant, as well as reports of injuries to four other local men. Late in the month a Govern-ment Remount of� cer arrived in Ash-croft to inspect a large number mil-itary and draft horses for the army. He was shown “some very � ne animals”, and found 20 that were suitable from sources such as the Perry Ranch and the Inland Express.

Confusion about those injured and killed continued, with The Journal reporting in July 1915 that Raymond Leighton of Savona had been injured, only to state the following week that he was still � ghting in the trenches. A letter from Leighton appeared in the

paper, and in July there was more news from local men who were in the thick

of the � ght-ing.

Sgt. A.B. Ritchie was also at the Second Bat-tle of Ypres, where, he wrote, “the Canadians made a name that will live forever.” (This was the � rst ma-jor battle for the 1st Can-adian Div-

ision, and their defeat of the Germans marked the � rst time a former Col-onial force defeated a European force in Europe.) Ritchie added, “Every-body but the Kaiser, I think, is want-ing peace.”

A seaman identi� ed only as “Frank” wrote that “The last couple of days on board [our destroyer] were quite exciting; our of� cers apparent-ly anticipated being torpedoed at any moment. We were all made to sleep on deck and carry life-belts wherever we went.”

“C.A.B. of the Cariboo”, part of an ambulance crew, spoke of how dif� cult it was to work day in, day out with the threat of being shot: “It is quite lively here at times as the Bosches put in a few shrapnel souvenirs round my sta-tion nearly every day . . . I would give a lot for a few days on which I could feel that I had no work to do and no guns to listen to.”

In August 1915, Lance-Corpor-al K. Weir wrote home about his im-pressions of England, noting that the Canadian soldiers seemed to be looked down on by the locals. “To the eye the country is beautiful,” he wrote. “Wher-

ever you look there are green hills. At � rst it is very pleasant, but it soon gets monotonous. I would not take England for one small corner of Canada, and es-pecially B.C.”

Later that month a machine gun fund was established by C.A. Sem-lin and Mark McAbee, and The Jour-nal reported that more than $900 was raised in one day. “We trust that this gun, when procured and established at the front, will put as many Germans out of business as the list totals up in dollars.”

The Ashcroft Red Cross Soci-ety raised $100 via a Sports Day and Dance in June, and in July sent numer-ous items - including bandages, spon-ges, face cloths, and absorbent dress-ing - to Vancouver, to be forwarded to France. Another batch of items was dispatched in August, and The Journal reported that the ladies of the Society were busy “knitting scarves and other necessary winter articles for use during the coming cold weather.” In October 1915 the Society shipped more items to Vancouver for use at the front, in-cluding a cholera belt, a helmet, hand-kerchiefs, socks, scarves, and sur-gical kits. “All of which goes to prove that the ladies have not been idle during the past months.”

In Oc-tober 1915 a new war initiative - Daylight Savings

Time - made the news, and The Jour-nal reported on the support it had re-ceived in “the Old Country”. The paper noted that “the gain of one hour of sun-light each evening is better than half a holiday each week. The total extra sun-light gained in a year is 154 hours, the equivalent of 16 bank [statutory] holi-days.”

In early November 1915 The Jour-nal reported that the ladies of the Red Cross Society would be send-ing Christmas presents to soldiers at the front. Each package would contain one pair of socks, one fruit cake, one tin of tobacco, one towel, one cake of soap, chewing gum, and one copy of The Ashcroft Journal. There was also an appeal, later in the month, for read-ers of the paper to refrain from giv-ing Christmas gifts and instead use the funds saved to support the Red Cross and Patriotic funds. “It is a very small sacri� ce to ask, when we consider the sacri� ces of those who have sent their dearest and best to the front. And when those brave lads have volunteered to go and � ght our battles for us, surely we should be willing to make such a small sacri� ce in return to make them as comfortable as possible and to less-en their sufferings.”

Canadian soldiers at the Second Battle of Ypres used crude gas masks in response to the Germans’ use of 160 tons of chlorine gas on the first day.

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One school in Lillooet and an-other in Lytton will be able to pro-ceed with routine capital projects thanks to $1,014,200 in provincial funding. These improvements will help provide healthy, safe and mod-ern learning environments.

Kumsheen Secondary, Lytton: Change room/washroom upgrades. Cost: $836,500. Entire space being upgraded to meet code requirements as well as increasing accessibility for people with disabilities.

Lillooet Secondary: Wood-shop local exhaust system improve-ments. Cost: $177,700. The cur-

rent dust collection unit is under-sized for the machinery in the shop area. Improvements will include lar-ger ducting, additional filters, explo-sion relief panels and blowback pre-vention damper to improve air qual-ity and safety.

Work is expected to begin this year and be completed by spring 2016.

“These upgrades will greatly im-prove the safety and operating ef-ficiency of Kumsheen and Lilloo-et Secondary Schools,” Fraser-Nic-ola MLA Jackie Tegart said. “I’m pleased that our government is de-

livering more than $1 million in improvements for students and edu-cators in Lytton and Lillooet.”

These projects were approved under the Province’s Routine Cap-ital Program. Projects were chosen based on need, priority, and sup-porting student learning.

Boards of education submit cap-ital plans to the ministry that include details on school building priorities in their school districts.

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I like games and competition. I’ve no-ticed that most people from toddler to elder enjoy games and com-petition too.

When you disguise exercise with a game or add some competi-tion factor to it, sudden-ly people are more fo-cussed, intense and usually having a lot of fun. When exercise is disguised as a game, people forget they are exercising: instead they are just having fun.

Using games to increase your fitness is a great way to exercise. Just ask the Seniors who attend the Fit for Life classes in Cache Creek what happens when they have crazy games days. They’ll tell you that there is a lot of laughter, fun and somehow a really good hard workout too!

Now I know it doesn’t always work to find a group of people to play games with, but what about a game you can play by yourself? Have you ever tried something like a distance walk and then the next time told your-self that you’d try to do the same walk but in a little less time?

Or what about using a gadget to stay active? Recent-ly I purchased a really cool watch that can do all kinds of things such as count my steps, record my sleep, track my running, walking, biking, swimming and it even buzzes and tells me to “move” when I’ve been sitting too long. Not only have I been made aware that I spend times in the day where I sit too long, but I have also found that I strive to see the fireworks which mean that I’ve met my goal.

I have my step goal set at 10,000 steps each day and when I reach that goal, the watch buzzes and shows fire-

works exploding on the screen. It’s may seem silly, but I love to see those fireworks! Every time, I feel that double buzz, I know it’s telling

me that “I did it!” so I quickly roll up my sleeve and watch the screen! Near the end of the day I am aware where I am in regard to my step goal so if I see that I am short, I make myself go for a walk or even go up and down the stairs and around the house until I see those fireworks. It seems small, but it makes a big difference!

Increase your fitness and health and do it with games. Find some friends and do some-thing you enjoy. Hockey, tennis, volleyball, skipping, ping-pong, bowling or try competing with yourself, walk further, faster or find a gadget and count your daily steps. It’s all good for better health and it’s fun too!

Vicky Trill

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Simplifying the Christmas season It’s that time of

year when some of my friends and fam-ily start stressing out about Christmas and I’m reminded of the days when I did too. It’s been quite awhile since then.

Growing up my mother made a big deal out of every holiday whether it was Valentine’s Day, Saint Patrick’s Day or Thanksgiving. Christmas was by far the most important and taxing of the holidays for her and she’d start preparing well in advance. Too many presents were bought for too many people using credit cards that would take months to pay off. She was also a host-ess extraordinaire

offering delicious ap-petizers, meals and desserts within our beautifully decorated home.

Providing all of that brought her some enjoyment, but her obsession with trying to achieve per-fection took it’s toll on her energy and spirit, resulting in her feeling anxious, then joyous, then volatile and then depressed.

In later years we real-ized she suffered from an undiagnosed men-tal illness that had her wound so tight that something as random as finding a tissue in one of our “just-for-show” trash baskets could cause her to fly off the handle.

Less manic but similar to my mother in some of her obses-sive and people-pleas-ing ways, I also went overboard at Christ-mas for many years. My list of folks to buy for was ridiculously long and I hand made a lot of the presents myself. The pressures of shopping, crafting, mailing out cards, decorating, social-izing and later hav-ing to deal with my overspending had me dreading December

25th more than look-ing forward to it. I ac-tually got to the point where I wanted to stop celebrating it all together and would have if I wasn’t mar-ried to such a Christ-mas fan.

Since having chil-dren my strategy has become more lax as years pass. I no lon-ger buy gifts for all our friends and rela-tives - only the chil-dren we see over the holidays. I’ll also buy for an adult if they raised us or raised the people that raised us; if they’re hosting an event we’re attending; or if it’s a picking-names-out-of-a-hat scenario. Gone are the days when every-one I cared about got a present. I will revisit that practice if I ever strike it rich.

Christmas cards are a thing of the past too. I never went as far as writing an an-nual letter, but I used to make cards and mail them out with pictures of my kids to a large list of people. I stopped doing that out of necessity one year when my com-

puter crashed and I lost my whole contact list. It was such a re-lief not having to do it I never did it again and not one person ever complained. Not to me anyway.

I’ve never been into cooking but I used to bake for the holidays until I dis-covered how much easier and faster it is to buy from a store. I will only bake now if my kids are into doing it as an activ-ity together. Making and decorating sugar cookies or ginger-bread houses can be tons of fun.

My Christmas decor is low key as well. A tree adorned with sentimental or-naments is displayed and we put out what-ever festive knick knacks are in the big bin stored under the stairs. Since minimiz-ing my efforts I don’t dread the holidays like I used to. It cer-tainly helps we usu-ally travel out of town to visit our families at their houses and don’t have to do all the hard work.

Spending time with people I love is all that concerns me at Christmas now and

I wish my mother was still alive so we could visit her too. Our rela-tionship was so toxic and abusive we hardly saw each other the last 20 years before her death in 2013.

My brother and I sure miss her though, and think of her often - especially during all the holidays that she tried to make special when we were young. The love in her heart was pure and our love for her is everlasting.

Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com


Community Volunteer GroupsThe Royal Canadian Legion #113301 Brink St., Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0Phone: 250-453-2423 Fax # 250-453-9625

South Cariboo Elizabeth Fry Society601 Bancroft St. Box 603, Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0250-453-9656

Ashcroft and District Fall FairContact Person: Jessica Clement250-457-7128

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

BC Lung Association Carolyn Chorneychuk,Director 250-453-9683 Email:[email protected]

Ashcroft & District Rodeo AssociationPhone: 250-457-9390

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

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

Desert Bells Handbell ChoirCarmen Ranta 250-457-9119

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

Cache Creek Market andCache Creek Garden ClubMarcie Down 250-457-9630

Cache Creek Beautification Society and Cache Creek Communities in BloomCarmen Ranta 250-457-9119

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

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

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

Ashcroft & District Lions ClubContact Person: Nick Lebedoff Phone 250-453-2664

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

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

347 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet CorpContact Person: Lt. (N) Curran 250-319-3461Alexine Johannsson 250-453-2661email: [email protected]

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

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

Desert Spokes Cycle SocietyPhone 250-457-9348

Ashcroft Cache Creek Better at Home405 Railway Ave. 250-453-9911 - Sandy

Ashcroft Curling Club Phone 250-453-2341

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

Ashcroft Volunteer Fire DepartmentPhone 250-453-2233

Cache Creek Volunteer Fire DepartmentPhone 250-457-9967

Bridging to LiteracyContact Person: Jessica Clement 250-457-7128

Ashcroft Royal Purple Phone 250-457-9122

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

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

Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society250-453-2053

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

Soccer AssociationContact: Tom Watson Phone 250-457-7178

Thompson Cariboo Minor Hockey AssociationContact: Lewis Kinvig [email protected]

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

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Taoist Tai Chi Contact Person: Danita HowardPhone 250-453-9907 e-mail: [email protected]

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Ho Ho Ho – snow this morning in Spences Bridge! This is such a busy time of year with ba-zaars and craft fairs, special luncheons and din-ners…(and plays…)!

So, to begin with, our annual Christmas Ba-zaar is happening Dec. 5 from 3-6pm in the Hall. This is the SBCC’s major fundraiser for the year, so please come out and support us!

There will be lots of baking, second hand treasures, arts and crafts and visit with your neighbour over a cup of coffee and a goodie! If you have anything to donate you can drop off things as we’re setting up Friday 4–6, or Satur-day from 10-1.

Please bring a non-perishable food item for the Christmas Hamper as admission.

The Community Christmas Party is on Dec. 6 at the Chief Whitsemnitsa Centre. It all starts at noon – there will be turkey and ham provided, but please bring some veggies or dessert. Santa will be there!

Our Turkey Bingo is Dec. 11 at the hall at 6:30 – lots of fun to be had as we all try to win a turkey! There will be a concession for snacks.

New Year’s Eve plans are taking shape. Ritchie and the Fendermen have been hired to get us jumping and jiving into 2016! There will be snacks all night, Champagne at midnight, party hats and noise makers – the whole she-bang for only $15!

The committee needs a few more folks to step up to assist putting on the event – please

call me (250 458-2282) if you’d like to get in-volved.

Zumba is continuing, and we have had a pretty good turn out so far! Every Thursday at 10am at the hall, come and get your exercise while having fun grooving to some great tunes! Thanks so much to Karen Savage for making the trek all the way to Spences Bridge to pro-vide Zumba for us! ($7 drop in, $5 in advance)

The membership at the last meeting dis-cussed reinstating the community computer somewhere accessible with internet for com-munity use. It is questionable how much this service would be used and if it would be worth the expense. It was decided to poll the commun-ity to see how many folks would use it. Please watch out for a survey in your mailbox.

We do know that the “Bright Red Book-shelf” is used a lot! In trying to determine a new home for it, it was decided to get one built for outdoors that could be accessed anytime. We are look-ing into designs and placement, watch for updates here.

We are always looking at how to keep our hall updated and at ways to improve it. It is an old building, and the maintenance is on-going. The renovation committee is meet-ing to come up with a wish list of sorts, and then we will prioritize, apply for grants, and see what can be done.

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Last year’s annual Christmas Bazaar in Spences Bridge. Clemes Hall was packed with tables of Christmas goodies. This year’s Bazaar is Dec. 5.

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Ashcroft Knights’ goalie Josh Adamson makes another great save against Chase.

Ashcroft Atoms hold up well against Chase

The Ashcroft Atoms team played a hard fought game last Sunday with Chase. The Knights played hard and made some great plays to keep the score close.

Congratulations to our goal scorers, #15 Dar-ius Kirkpatrick and #19 Noah Paulos. Assists by #15 Darius Kirkpatrick, #11 Sierra Duncan and #3 Way-lon Hoggard.

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Our next home game is Saturday, Nov. 28 at 10:15am against Merritt, come on out and support the home team!!

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All images are for display purposes only. No two offers can be combined. One offer per customer only, limit two vehicles per household. At time of printing all vehicles were available. Vehicles may not be exactly as shown. Dealer retains all rebates, discounts, and incentives in order to achieve prices and payments shown in this flyer. All dealer rebates, discounts, factory incentives, prices and interest rates subject to change or end without notice as new Retail Incentive Programs are announced. Vehicle offers end Monday, November 30, 2015. *Contest begins Monday, August 10, 2015 and ends Thursday, December 31, 2015. No invitation/flyer and/or direct mail piece presented after this time will be valid. In order to be entitled to claim your prize, you must be at the least the age of majority as of October 1, 2015 and attend in person at Kamloops Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, 2525 E. Trans Canada Hwy., Kamloops, BC (“Event Headquarters”) on or before Friday, December 31, 2015 and present/surrender your mailpiece, and answer a skills testing question. All winning prizes shall be determined by Kamloops Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, in their sole and absolute discretion. The Grand Prize is $10,000 cash. A contest will be held with respect to the Grand Prize. For full contest rules and regulation, see Kamloops Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram or go on-line to WWW.KamloopsWinner.ca. Winner is responsible for all taxes, fees, and all registration, according to the rules of dealership and the Canada Revenue Service. **Discounts, Services or Products worth up to $2,000. Purchase may be required. Certain conditions may apply. Redemption is at sole discretion of dealer. Amounts may vary per product, service or discount. (1) 0% purchase financing for up to 72 months available to qualified customers on approved credit. Rate/Term varies by model/option package purchased. 0% financing not available on Ram Regular Cab and Chassis Cab models. Factory offer, subject to change or end without notice, certain conditions may apply, see dealer for details. Example: $20,000, with a $0 down payment, financed at 0.0% for 72 months equals monthly payments of $417; cost of borrowing of $0 and a total obligation of $20,000. (2) Up to $10,845 in rebates and discounts. Example: In stock 2015 Ram Heavy Duty Trucks (2500/3500) models. Discount includes no charge Cummins Diesel, and $1,500 loyalty bonus cash. Amount of discount varies by model/option package purchased, plus taxes, on approved credit. (3) $1,500 Ram Truck Loyalty/Conquest/Skilled Trades Bonus Cash is available on the retail purchase/lease of 2015 Ram 1500 (excludes Regular Cab), 2014/2015 Ram 2500/3500, or 2015 Ram Cargo Van and is deducted from the negotiated price after taxes. Eligible customers include: 1. Current owners/lessees of a Dodge or Ram Pickup Truck or Large Van or any other manufacturer’s Pickup Truck or Large Van & Customers who are skilled tradesmen or are acquiring a skilled trade. See your retailer for complete details. (4) $9,345 N/C Diesel Discount amount represents the MSRP of the No Charge Cummins Diesel engine offered on already equipped new 2014/2015 Ram Heavy Duty models. See your retailer for complete details. (5) VEHICLES MAY NOT BE EXACTLY AS ILLUSTRATED. All incentives and rebates are reflected on advertised vehicles including no charge options and conquest bonus. Advertised prices include all factory incentives, GST/PST and $595 Admin. fee are extra, on approved credit. All payments are based on 3.49% APR (Except MB#KLTL74-24A and MB#DS6L41-25A, AGR, XFH, based on 2.99% APR) for 96 months with $0 down payment. Factory order/Dealer Locate may be required on all advertised units. MB#UFCE41-28A, Cost of Borrowing (CB): $2,928, Total Obligation (TO): $22,926; MB#RTKH53-29E, CB: $2,928, TO: $22,926; MB#JCDH49-22F, WFU, CB: $2,928, TO: $22,926; MB#KLTL74-24A, CB: $3,116, TO: $28,114; MB#PFDH41-25A, CB: $2,562, TO: $20,060; MB#DS6L41-25A, AGR, XFH, CB: $3,615, TO: $32,613. Although every precaution is taken, errors in price and/or specifications may occur in print. We reserve the right to correct any such errors without prejudice or penalty to ourselves. We are not responsible for typographical errors, nor are we responsible for late receipt of mail. Contact dealerships knowledgeable and professional sales consultants for any question or more information.

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