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Firefighters honour Ben RoyAbove: Cache Creek Fire Chief Tom Moe leads a procession of firefighters and truck from Cache Creek, Ashcroft, Clinton and New Afton Mine Rescue on Saturday before Ben Roy’s memorial at the Community Hall. Roy was a firefighter in Cache Creek for 48 years. Below: Old Engine #1 now bears a dedication to him.

by Wendy CoomberCache Creek Council agreed to send a letter

of support for the Ashcroft Rodeo Association to Belkorp at its Sept. 28 meeting

The Association is still looking for prop-erty to relocate the Rodeo. The letter to Coun-cil from the association’s president Bob Sidwell said the group was hoping to use a portion of Belkorp’s land adjacent to their Wastech busi-ness on Hwy 1.

Sidwell said they had yet to receive a reply to the request they sent to Belkorp on July 31.

“We feel that a letter of support from the Cache Creek Council would help the process along considerably,” he said.

“I still consider this to be the Ashcroft Rodeo,” said Mayor John Ranta, “and feel the Rodeo Parade should continue in Ashcroft.”

He told Council that he felt the event was an asset to the local area “and if we can help keep it here, we should.”

The association has been trying to access land on the Dunes above Ashcroft, but the pro-cess has been bogged down by other property commitments and unclear land titles.

Earlier this year, the rodeo was asked to leave the property they had leased for many years and no rodeo was held. The group is anx-ious to find a new home before the BCRA event is cancelled.

Cache Creek has received approval and funding to replace the two culverts on Old Cari-boo Rd. that were damaged during the May 23 flood

Chief Financial Officer Sheila McCutcheon told Council that the work would begin this week. Council was hoping to have it finished before the Ministry of Transportation’s repav-ing of the road this year. The repaving is sched-uled to begin in mid-October.

The culvert replacement will include re-placing about 300 metres of roadway as well.

The project will cost about $50,000. The Ministry’s repaving project on Old

Cariboo Rd. will cost the Village $113,000 and will go from the Starhouse Restaurant to the Vet Clinic.

Old Cariboo Rd. work gets approval

Cache Creek backs rodeo request

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Ashcroft Legion General Meeting3rd Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

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Hamburgers & Chicken burgers served every Wednesday from Noon

Oct. 3: Cache Creek Sun� ower Festival in the Cache Creek pool park from 10 am to 2 pm. Face painting, games, contests, Soap Box Derby, and Temporary Thrift Shop Fashion Show.

Oct. 6: Zion UCW meets in the Church Hall, 401 Bancroft Street; 2 PM. All women of the United Church are welcome to join us as we plan for upcoming events - Inter-Church Bazaar and 2016 programs. A warm welcome awaits all.

Oct. 8: Ashcroft-Cache Creek Seniors 80+ Luncheon at the Seniors’ Centre on Brink St. at 11:30 am.

Oct. 10-12: Black Powder Shoot above Cache Creek land� ll Thanksgiving weekend. Admission free, RV parking and camping available.

Oct. 13 : Cache Creek Council meeting at 7 pm in the Village Of� ce. Everyone welcome.

Oct. 19: Federal election. Please get out and VOTE!

Nov. 7: Cache Creek Indoor Market, 9am to 1pm in the Community Hall. Farmers and Fleas welcome. Call 453-9587 for information.

Nov. 20 & 21: WRAPS presents My Fair Lady in the former Ashcroft Elementary School gymnasium.

The Cache Creek Indoor Market is being held the � rst Saturday of the month over the winter, except for January.

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POLICE REPORTWendy Coomber

Police Telephone #s

Ashcroft: 250-453-2216Clinton: 250-459-2221Lytton: 250-455-2225

Crime Stoppers1-800-222-TIPS (8477)

Interior Roads1-800-842-4122

Building ransackedSept. 22 police received a

complaint of mischief at the va-cant Tingley St. Apartments that occurred some time between June 20 and the present. One of the buildings had been entered and ransacked, the walls punctured and fixtures broken. Damage was estimated at $30,000. The matter is still under investigation.

Patron brings own boozeSept. 23 at 10:45 pm police at-

tended the Oasis pub after a patron was arguing with staff and refusing to leave. The argument stemmed from the mickey that the man was drinking from inside the bar. The Clinton man had departed before police arrived.

Semi runs red lightSept. 24 at 5:30 pm police re-

ceived a complaint that a semi truck and trailer had run through a red light at the intersection in Cache Creek, narrowly missing the complainant’s vehicle. The truck belonged to a company in Abbots-ford. The company owner was in-formed and said he would follow up with the driver.

Family trapped in vehicleSept. 26 at 2 am police attended

a single vehicle accident on Hwy 1 near the race track. Ashcroft Fire

Rescue attended and extricated three members of a Williams Lake family who were trapped in their car. A fourth member had managed to get out. All four were transport-ed to Kamloops hospital for treat-ment. The matter is still under in-vestigation.

Driver falls asleepSept. 27 at 6 am police attended

a single vehicle accident on Hwy 1 near Wastech. A witness reported seeing the car drift into a light stan-dard and then cross the highway and into the oncoming ditch. The 55 year old Surrey man was not in-jured. He said he nodded off. The vehicle was totalled.

Impaired driverSept. 27 at 5:20 pm police re-

ceived reports of a northbound pickup truck on Hwy 97 in the 16 Mile area swerving in and out of oncoming traffic. The truck was lo-cated in Clinton and given a road-side sobriety test, which he Failed. The 57 year old Williams Lake man was given a 90 day driving suspension and his vehicle was im-pounded.

Area firefighters take part in procession

The Ashcroft Fire Dept. took part in a procession of firefighters and fire trucks in honour of long-time Cache Creek firefighter, the late Ben Roy, before his memorial service on Saturday at the Cache Creek Community Hall. The Clinton Fire Dept. and New Afton’s Mine Rescue also took part.

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Donation for new Playground

Water treatment plant repaired

Province to fund urban deer projects

A quarter century of serviceUBCM president and Burnaby councillor Sav Dhaliwal (left) presents Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta with a certificate commemorating 25 years of service in municipal politics and, more specifically, in Cache Creek. The award was presented during the annual Union of BC Municipalities convention in Vancouver last week.

Playground Committee members Andrea Walker and Deanna Horsting accept a donation from Anne Bonter of Second Time Around. The Committee wants to replace the playground equipment in the Ashcroft pool park.

Deer attracted to urban areas by the promise of food.

Andrea Walker and Deanna Horsting, representing the Ashcroft Playground Committee, were very pleased to accept a $1,500 dona-tion from Anne Bonter of Second Time Around towards the purchase of new playground equipment for the Ashcroft Pool Park. The present playground equipment at the park is both outdated and suit-able for only very young children.

The Playground Committee has carefully selected playground equipment that will be suitable for toddlers to teens, providing a wide variety of play opportunities. Lo-cal service clubs have been ap-proached with requests for either

financial assistance or partner-ships opportunities, and plans are also underway for other fundrais-ing initiatives. As many of you may know, playground equipment is quite expensive; however, the addition of new playground equip-ment at the Pool Park will definite-ly be a valuable addition for chil-dren, families and the community as a whole.

Anyone interested in contrib-uting to this worthwhile commun-ity project or being on our plan-ning committee is welcome to con-tact either Andrea (250 453 9402) or Deanna (250 453 9794).

Andrea Walker

by Wendy CoomberCache Creek’s new Water

Treatment Plant continues to cause expensive headaches for the Vil-lage.

The $2 million plant took sev-eral years to plan and build, and then another year to start up af-ter running into problems with the pipes.

On Sept. 11 a water line fitting broke inside the plant. Chief Finan-cial Officer Sheila McCutcheon advised Council that the Public Works crew replaced the damaged fittings only to have another fitting fail once the plant was restarted.

Public Works Foreman Steve Peacock said, “The second part of fail was fitted tightly to several bends requiring the entire section to be replaced with new parts.”

The cost for the replacement parts was $3,000, which has re-

sulted in the Water Operating Re-pairs Budget being overbudget by appproximately $2,000.

McCutcheon noted there still remains three months in the 2015 budget year, with a potential of other water repairs being required.

She recommended that Council approve the increase in the Water Operations budget for repairs of $3,000, to be included in the up-coming budget amendment for 2015.

Coun. Herb Hofer asked if there was any warranty left on the plant, which has been in operation for about two years now.

It didn’t come up in discus-sion with the engineers, said Mc-Cutcheon. “It’s highly unlikely.”

She said the new parts arrived last Friday and work will be com-pleted this week.

by Tom FletcherBlack PressThe B.C. government has committed up to

$100,000 a year to share costs of “urban deer management operations,” with an advisory committee to guide communities in reducing the risks and damage they cause.

The province is responsible for wildlife management, but the government wants solu-tions to be developed locally. Some commun-ities have resorted to killing deer, with mixed success and sometimes intense local opposition, while others suggest birth control, relocation or “hazing” of deer using dogs to keep them away from communities.

A B.C. government fact sheet advises that if deer are to be killed, they should caught in traps that look like oversized hockey nets, then shot with a bolt gun at close range. Provincial staff can lend available equipment and issue permits to manage deer populations in or near urban areas, or develop hunting regulations for local situations.

Using dogs to chase deer is illegal under wildlife protection legislation, but a permit was

issued to Kimberley to do a controlled trial in 2013. City council declared the trial a success, at a cost of $300 or more a day to deploy trained dogs and handlers.

Invermere council found itself embroiled in legal action brought by a group of opponents, despite a local survey that found more than 70 per cent public support for a deer cull. Inver-mere officials were dealing with complaints of aggressive deer, deer eating garbage and ap-pearing unhealthy, cougars encroaching on the community to prey on urban deer and deer deaths that appeared to be from unlawful action.

After multiple resolutions brought to the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in re-cent years, the province responded this week with the offer of funding and continued re-search. Municipalities must obtain permits from the forests ministry before attempting reloca-tion, hazing, contraceptive measures that re-quire handling of deer, or culls.

The advisory committee, not yet named, is to continue developing standardized meth-ods, such as how to safely process and distrib-ute meat from deer that are killed. In rural Cen-

tral Saanich, permits have been issued to use shotguns or bows against deer to protect crops.

Another task for the committee will be to develop public consultation on meth-ods of deer control, to head off protests, legal challenges and vigi-lante action.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A RIPENING SUNFLOWER head, too heavy to face the sun

Dear EditorThis is about the column you

wrote entitled Draw the Line on Jan. 13, 2004 where you quot-ed Eleanor Roosevelt’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. You yourself wrote, “How many times have we witnessed one person treat-ing another in a demeaning fash-ion and turned a blind eye? A silent invitation for the bully to continue while also sending a message to the victim that they’re on their own. It’s everywhere …. just waiting for us to say the word, ‘Stop’.”

So I am reminding your readers that bullying must stop wherever it is found - at fruit and vegetable stands, in stores, on playgrounds, on streets, in neighbourhoods and in families. There is no justification for sneers, put-downs, slapping, etc. anywhere.

It is disheartening and disturbing to see some men and women bully older people and take such pleas-ure in it. They forget they’ll be old one day.

I know the majority of people are decent but there are always a few bad “apples” who choose to manipulate innocent situations to put themselves in a righteous pos-ition to avoid responsibility for their actions.

We have to start somewhere to draw the line. Aren’t we all in this together?

Pat WinslowAshcroft

Dear EditorI have been following the health

care issue for at least two years now and was pleased to see it had made the front page of The Journal.

Recently a very good friend of mine for almost 20 years decided because of this issue that they must sell their house and move to Kam-loops. As he has been a great friend and a fishing partner, I know he

and his wife will be missed in Ashcroft.

I must commend Ken Platz on his dedication and the

time he has spent trying to get the point across to our MLA. I noticed as I read the article that the RCMP had been called three times to have him removed. Removed from doing what? Legally protesting as is his right in a democratic society. Who-ever called the RCMP should be ashamed of themselves. I could not believe it when I read a few weeks ago an article telling him he should be spending his time differently. Whose right is it to tell Ken or any-one else how to spend their time? Sadly it seems some people feel that their position gives them that right, not so I say!

We are all citizens of this Coun-try and we all have the right to free-ly voice our opinions and to protest against what we feel is wrong. Ken and the others who have been pro-testing our lack of doctors have the right to do so. I must commend him for spending his time in the pur-suit of something that he feels so strongly about.

Bernt FuglestveitCache Creek

We all must choose where to Draw the Line

Health care situation is causing long time residents to leave

In a perfect world...What’s your idea of a perfect world?

Mine would be no war, no starvation, no unhappiness, no one wants for anything. Everyone gets along peacefully.

How much could we accomplish by eliminating the need for money and prop-erty?

I know, we’ve tried communism, dic-tatorships, monarchies and systems with varying degrees of success along with cat-astrophic failures. The problem is, in my opinion, that even with these systems, there are always a few who have profited at the expense of others.

Capitalism doesn’t bother cloaking itself in lofty or political ideals. While we may look at our society and consider it a success when compared to others, what is so suc-cessful about it?

Is it successful because we have more than others? Shopping is an activity? We all have cars and computers and wide screen TVs and we produce tonnes of waste every year that gets trucked off to the landfill.

Is capitalism successful because it creat-ed consumerism? Consumerism is a greedy little monster. The bigger it gets, the more it needs to consume. Companies must sell more in an effort to make a profit: they need to convince consumers to buy more by making more products.

We try and solve starvation, but in many parts of the world the rich eat first. If you can’t protect your food and belongings by law or by force, you do without.

We try and solve people’s bad habits such as eating food that leads to skyrock-eting health care costs, but companies con-tinue to produce junk food that they know will sell because that’s what they do. And as someone once said, “How are you go-ing to keep them down on the farm, after they’ve see Paree?”

We can regulate food, send aid and burn our credit cards, but all it takes is one per-son (usually more) who has found a way to make a profit, give themselves more than others have and society will once again be divided in the haves and have nots, with the “haves” always looking for ways to in-crease what they’ve already got.

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My Fair Lady performances to be given in old AES gymnasiumFamily Movie Night this Friday

The Village of Cache Creek presents Movie Night bring the entire family for a night of entertainment at the Cache Creek Community Hall on Friday, Oct. 2. Doors open at 6pm - Movie starts at 6:30pm. Admission at the door with CCES PAC concession.

The Movie this month is Max. After U.S. Marine Kyle Wincott is killed in Af-ghanistan, Max, his highly trained ser-vice dog, is too traumatized to remain in service. Back in the U.S., Kyle’s family adopts the dog, but teenage brother Justin (Josh Wiggins) has problems of his own and doesn’t want the animal. However, Max may be Justin’s only chance to learn what really happened to his brother. With the help of a dog-savvy friend, Justin and Max begin to bond, and set out to unravel the mystery of Kyle’s death.

Desert Hills Pumpkin Festival next week

The annual Desert Hills Pumpkin Festival, Oct. 10-11 has over 10 bouncy castles with the addition of some new ones this year; a full concession includ-ing Bar-B-Q and Candy apples made spe-cial for this day; donkeys available for the little ones to ride; and tractors will be tak-ing people to the Pumpkin Patch so you can pick your Pumpkin first hand from the field. The Pumpkin Cannon is here for both days - if you haven’t seen this cannon in action be sure to come watch. Then of course there is the Haunted Barn which is guaranteed to be scarier than last year so not recommended for the faint of heart! The evets starts Saturday at 9am and ends Sunday at 5pm.

New Sunflower Festival looking for sunflowers!

The Village of Cache Creek presents its first Fall Festival on Oct. 3 from10am to 2pm in the Cache Creek Recreation-al Park, with Games, Soap Box Derby, Face Painting, Vendors Market, Corn Feast, and Temporary Thrift Shop Fash-ion Show! There will be prizes for the lar-gest and smallest Sunflowers, Best Bou-quet and People’s Choice Award! For more Info or to book a table call Marcie (778) 207-6957.

Halloween Mad Hatters Tea Party in Ashcroft

UniTea Tea Room will be hosting a fabulous, wonderful, marvellous, deli-cious, crazy, creepy Halloween Mad Hat-ter Tea Party on Saturday, Oct. 31. We’re all mad here! Fall down the rabbit hole straight into UniTea’s Mad Hatter’s Tea Party - where nothing is as it seems.

Limited seating so get your tickets! Fingers food (fingers not included..prom-ise) and tipsy teas and great hallows eve dance music is on the menu. Prizes and Mad Ghoolish Fun for All !!

Dress up is encouraged. Be Bold!! ... and don’t forget your HAT!! More info soon - look for posters around town !!

My Fair Lady performance dates set

The buzz and excitement is building and the anticipation intensifying!

The rehearsals for the upcoming WRAPS Theatre production of My Fair Lady are well underway. Cast members are learning their lines and practicing their dance steps and trying to keep the songs on key. Set design and construc-tion is under way, and the props and cos-tume people are scouring the country side for appropriate period pieces and cos-tumes. This is going to be the entertain-ment event of the year - and you are not going to want to miss it!

The dates of the performances of My Fair Lady (five shows in total) have been set - so mark your calendars: Friday, Nov. 20, Saturday, Nov. 21 (two shows - the regular evening performance and an afternoon matinee), Friday, Nov. 27 and Saturday, Nov. 28. All performances will be at the new HUB building (the for-mer Ashcroft Elementary School gymna-sium).

Winter Lights & SingalongGet your pipes ready for the

fourth annual Cache Creek Winter Lights and Christmas Singalong on Friday, Dec. 11.

Hosted by the Cache Creek Beautification Society, this annual event celebrates the festive lights and outdoor decorations around town by recognizing the residents who put them up for everyone to enjoy.

Join in the celebration at this free family event. This recognition is combined with a musical con-cert that includes a performance of Christmas music by the Desert Bells Hand Bell Choir, carols per-formed on Baroque recorders and other musical guests, a singalong of Christmas carols and a visit by Santa Claus.

Coffee, hot chocolate, candy canes, oranges and other Christmas treats available.

The fun begins at 7 pm in the Cache Creek Community Hall.

WRAPS Concert SeriesThe Nautical Miles, a rollicking

seven piece folk/rock band from Vancouver will kick off WRAPS’ Concert Series in January.

Whether collaborating with jazz artists for mash-up perform-ances, with visual artists for a year-long song-blog, with bluegrass bands or brass quin-tets, The Nautical Miles con-tinue to push the bound-aries of contem-porary Canadian

folk music.Caroline McKay, Celtic Harpist from

Kelowna, will perform in March. She creates a space where the mystery of harp and the magic of voice become one.

Cayla Brook presents a Vegas-style tribute to an incredible vocal stylist with “Eva Cassidy - How Can I Keep From Singing” in April. Cayla is a versatile

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If you got this card, you’re ready to vote!

Federal election day is October 19.

Did your voter information card arrive in the mail? It tells you that you’re registered to vote, and explains when and where you can vote.

If you didn’t receive one, or if it has the wrong name or address, check, update or complete your registration at elections.ca. Or call 1-800-463-6868 ( TTY 1-800-361-8935).

Elections Canada has all the information you need to be ready to vote.

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by Wendy CoomberMake Children First has been offered

to parents and children from aged 0-6 years for about 10 years now.

It’s not the sort of program that co-or-dinator Deanna Hosting can describe...

“It’s a kind of a funny program,’ she says. “We support through behind the scenes stuff.”

The program is an initiative funded through the provincial Ministry of Family and Child Development.

Anything that helps young children and their parents in Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Spences Bridge and Clinton is what she looks for.

The Kids Festival in Ashcroft this year was one of her ideas, and a very popular one.

Other events include a chance for young parents to meet the public health nurse over dinner where they also get pictures of themselves with their tod-dler; a massage for pregnant mothers fol-lowed by a talk on health. The program has also provided bicycle helmets to the RCMP to give to families who can’t af-ford them. Similarly, they’ve provided car

seats in the same manner by partnering with ICBC.

And there is the annual Care Fair that rotates among the three communities and next May is Clinton’s turn. The Care Fair brings togeth-er young parents with ser-vice providers in the area.

In fact, she says, bringing together service providers and potential clients is prob-ably her biggest challenge.

“Parents don’t know what services are available or how to access them,” she says. On the other hand, “Lots of the service provid-ers don’t know how to get services to the parents.”

Horsting tries to make those connections fun and engaging by turning them into contests like taking pic-tures of their child’s healthy lunch and submitting it for a prize.

Parents are looking for

information, she says. Sometimes the only place she sees them is at the infor-

mation workshops she offers.

Make Children First gives young children and parents a leg up

Make Children First held its first Children’s Festival in August in Ashcroft. Co-ordinator Deanna Horsting said the popular event will be back next year. Children were given a variety of activities to learn and have fun with throughout the day

in Ashcroft’s Heritage Place Park, including drumming, painting, pinatas, science projects and blowing bubbles!

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Local contact Reg Andersen 250-453-0090Worship Service 11:00 am

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Pastor David MurphyWorship and Sermon commences at 10 a.m.

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♦ No hazardous substances will be picked up. This includes batteries, motor oil, paint, etc.

♦ Maximum weight of any single item or bundle is 100lbs.

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The Terry Fox Run in Ashcroft last week drew a good crowd.

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The NStQ comprises some 2,500 members in four First Nation bands – Tsq’escen’ (Canim Lake), Stswecem’c / Xgat’tem (Canoe Creek/Dog Creek), Xats’ull/Cmetem’ (Soda Creek) and T’exelc (Williams Lake).

A vote by NStQ mem-bers to approve what the NStQ Treaty Group has negotiated to date and move into final nego-tiations (from Stage 4 to Stage 5) has been scheduled for Feb.

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The Ashcroft Pee Wee team from last year.

by Wendy CoomberPretty soon it’ll be hockey night in Ashcroft

again as minor hockey gets ready for another season.

Lewis Kinvig is looking forward to an-other good year. The Thompson Cariboo Minor Hockey Associaion (TCMHA) president says enrolment has steadily increased from eight or nine years ago when there were only 25 play-ers enrolled.

This year there are about 90 so far, with more younger children enrolled than older.

That flies in the face of other minor hock-ey associations that are struggling with declin-ing enrolment. Kinvig says he thinks the big-gest thing in TCMHA’s favour is being able to keep the costs affordable for families. He says the Village is really good about helping the as-sociation keep the ice costs down.

“Between fundraising and volunteering, it helps us keep rates low,” he says.

There’s a misconception, Kinvig says, that rates are high. That can be the case, he says, if the child wants to play in a competative league.

This weekend the association is hosting a Skills and Development Camp with profession-al coach Robin Deitch. Each of the teams will get ice time with the coach. The camp is paid for through fundraising by volunteers.

Minor hockey wouldn’t happen without vol-unteers, he says. They do the fundraisers, con-cession, the sandbagging.

He says he’s involved because his children want to play. He played minor hockey in Ash-croft as a boy and there were a lot of people who kept it going then. Now it’s his turn to pitch in.

“It’s important to have these programs and events for children,” he said. “I think we need to keep the kids active these days. We’re a small community and we need things like hockey, curling, and soccer as draws. We want to keep the population here.”

Like all recreational facilities, the arena doesn’t make any money for the Village. In fact, it loses money. But it’s an important facility for the community, nonetheless.

Playing team sports has benefits for future work ethics and personal relationships, says Kinvig. For one thing, it teaches you how to get along with others.

“I like coaching,” he said, “and seeing the kids develop their skills and have fun. That’s what it’s all about.”

Enrolment takes place in the Spring right af-ter the season finishes. He says two years ago they only had 17 players registered by the end of September. They added a late fee and pushed early registration. The association has other groups they have to give their numbers to so they can all be insured - and no one goes onto the ice until they’re insured.

For those who haven’t been paying attention to the calendar, late registrations are still being accepted, but players aren’t allowed on the ice until the registration is paid.

The association is offering Bauer’s First Shift again this year for youngsters who have never played hockey. The program outfits each child with hockey equipment and teaches them the basics.

Kinvig said last year they had 35 kids in the program., five of whom are now playing on teams in the league. This year they have 10 so far. The program was a lot of work last year, he says, but it was also a lot of fun.

Fun is what it’s all about, he says. He doesn’t disagee with winning, but not at all costs. On the other hand, he says, “It’s no fun getting whooped all the time.”

Ashcfroft is hosting another Atoms tourna-

ment this year in late January, because last year’s turned out to be so successful.

Before that, the PeeWees kick off the season at home with the first game in the arena against 100 Mile House on Oct. 18 at 12:30.

The association is still looking for coach-es - as well as other volunteers - because several coaches are needed for each team. There is a coaching clinic on Nov. 1.

Minor hockey season starts

October • Week 1ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, it may be challenging to express your true feelings, especially when you fear what others may think. Just do what feels comfortable to you.

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CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, expect to be excited by a budding relationship in the weeks ahead. Open up to friends or family members so you can share this positive development with loved ones.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Waiting patiently this week will not get the job done, Aquarius. You may have to be more assertive to get things done. Others will understand and prove helpful.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, a problem at work seems tough to crack. Take your time and try a new approach, and you will be happy with the results.

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Won’t back down In my last column

“Pit bull propaganda is deadly” I described how canines bred for hundreds of years to be champion dog kill-ers are not a safe fam-ily pet. I supported facts such as pit bulls kill and severely in-jure more humans and animals than all other breeds combined with links to comprehen-sive studies, essays and statistics from several reputable sources. I also made the predic-tion there’d be an on-slaught of hostility over my ignorance and demands that I do my research. Within mo-ments of the article being published there were countless online comments and emails stating exactly that. It was obvious many hadn’t even bothered to read what I wrote. I was inundated with

the usual rhetoric: pit bulls get a bad rap; it’s all how you raise them; blame the deed not the breed; pit bulls are harmless wiggle butts; they were bred to be nanny dogs; it’s impossible to identify a pit bull; the media only reports pit bull

attacks; poodles (or insert any other breed) bite more; you’re a dog racist; you’re a dog hater; all dogs bite; all dogs kill; cars kill more people; people kill more people; coco-nuts kill more people; and the list went on.The familiar myths

were often written in the most aggressive language and tone imaginable, and not one person provided any evidence to dis-pute the thoroughly researched facts I pre-sented.As vile as some of the

messages were, they failed to surprise or in-timidate me - but that’s only because I’ve writ-ten on this topic before and I’ve learned what to expect from previ-ous feedback, as well as from reading com-

ments under pit bull attack stories in the news. My first glimpse of

this combative crowd came four years ago after a pit bull sunk his powerful jaws into the face of my friend’s eight-year-old son leaving a gaping wound in his cheek, requiring 40 stitches and scarring him for life. According to the pit bull apologists, the boy, who had simply pet his friend’s dog, must have provoked the attack. The pet’s owner was faulted as well.“There are no bad

dogs, only bad own-ers,” was repeated in-cessantly. It’s one of their most popular mantras, but how do they explain all the tragedies caused by pit

bulls raised from pup-pyhood by good, re-sponsible owners who trained them to be safe family pets?People like Susan

Iwicki believed this myth until her two pit bulls destroyed the precious life of her friend’s 14-month-old son who was in her care at the time. How could this have hap-pened when she had done everything right? She’d neutered and spayed her pups as soon as they were old enough, she socialized them, gave them lots of love and attention, and her three-year-old dogs had never shown any signs of aggres-sion before they sud-denly assaulted her while she was holding Daxton on her hip. Without any provoca-tion or warning their genetics kicked in and they attacked her and savaged him for 15 tor-turous minutes, leav-ing him grotesquely disfigured and then dead.His parents were

shattered beyond re-pair, and, like every victim of one of these horrendous attacks,

they were blamed for it, as was the owner. But who was really at fault? Believing the myth that it’s all how you raise them is what killed the innocent toddler. Did the pit bull advocacy camp take any responsibility in that? Of course they didn’t. Like vultures, so

many of their hard-core members preyed on the grieving mother and father with “I’m sorry for your loss, but it’s not the dog’s fault” type messages. When Jeff and Kimberly Borchardt failed to be silenced and continued to share their story, warning others not to believe the lies they’d believed, the depraved vitriol spewed at them was appalling. One asicko posted

a picture of Daxton with the caption: “my dart board lmfao.” Another poorly writ-ten online post stated: “Let’s play kickball with jeff ’s son head. He dead so not like he will need it.” An ad-ditional nutter taunt-ingly named his pit bull after the deceased little boy. Since their beautiful

son’s horrific death in 2013, a large part of Jeff ’s time has been committed to learning as much about canines as possible and shar-ing actual facts about the genetic and physi-cal make up of pit bulls in the hopes no

one will endure the un-speakable sorrows his family has. Tragically, the killing and severe attacks on children, adults and animals by pit bulls continues at a sickening rate.Despite the never

ending stalking and harassment of the be-reaved couple, their dedication to honour Daxton’s life by de-bunking the pit bull propaganda lives on. A multitude of attack victims and victim advocates have now joined them in their “won’t back down” movement.Their mission is

simple: to educate the public about danger-ous dogs, primarily the fighting and gripping breeds since they’re by far the biggest risk to human and animal safety.As stated in my last

column, enforced breed-specific legisla-tion (BSL) works. It prevents maiming and deaths, and that in-cludes the deaths of a million unwanted pit bulls euthanized in U.S. shelters every year due to over breed-ing.No birth equals no

kill, so let’s make ster-ilization mandatory, impose stronger dog regulations and finally end this escalating vic-timization and heart-ache for the protection of all.For more informa-

tion, please visit: BanPitbulls.org or Vo i c e s O f T h e V i c -tims.org or Dax-tonsFriends.com or DogsBite.org or Ani-mals24-7.orgLori Welbourne is a

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

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

Ashcroft and District Fall FairContact Person: Janna 250-457-6614Contact Person: Jessica 250-457-7128

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

BC Lung Association Carolyn Chorneychuk,Director 250-453-9683 Email:carelee67@gmail.com

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: darrin.curran@cadets.gc.ca

Sage & Sand Pony ClubDistrict Commissioner: Marcie Downmleedown@yahoo.ca.

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: 250-453-9165

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 250-457-7489Lewis@thompsoncariboominorhockey.com

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

Ashcroft Soup’s OnSt. Alban’s Anglican Church Hall, 501 Brink StreetTel: 250-453-9909 or 250-453-2053 - All Welcome

Ashcroft Communities in BloomContact Persons: Andrea Walker 250-453-9402 or Marijke Stott 250-453-0050

Taoist Tai Chi Contact Person: Danita HowardPhone 250-453-9907 e-mail: dangre@telus.net

Ashcroft Hospice ProgramShirley 250-453-9202

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

Mr. & Mrs. Claytonand Rose Cassidy.

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by Wendy CoomberRoyal Canadian Legion Branch 113 - also

known as the Ashcroft Legion - has been under-going a quiet metamorphosis at the corner of Brink and 3rd St.

“The Legion used to be open to just military or family of military,” says Branch 113 presi-dent George Cook. “Now it’s getting to be more of a community function,”

In fact, the Legion hosts a variety of com-munity functions and donates to many different community groups.

“We’re always looking for new members,” he says.

Volunteers help run the activities, put on the suppers and tournaments. However, “You don’t have to do any more than you want to,” he says. “If you don’t want to do more than come out and play darts, that’s fine.”

The first Legion opened in Winnipeg in 1926. The Ashcroft branch has been in town for more than 45 years.

It hosts large events like the annual Robbie Burns Supper, Remembrance Day; it organizes the Poppy Drive, the Christmas Craft Fair in the Cache Creek Community Hall; it offers Friday night suppers, Meat Draws, the occasional con-cert (Nov. 6 is the next one with Steve Hogg); drop in darts, and cards.

He points out that Ashcroft is one of the few Legions left that has a curling team, and it will be hosting the Legion Provincials at the Ash-

croft Curling Club in January.They also just hosted the Provin-

cial Euchre Tournament recently with 40 players taking part.

Cooke says children can come to the Friday night suppers with their guard-ians. In fact, he says, the Legion needs to see more young people come through its doors.

The Legion’s members are tradition-ally from an older generation. Cooke says he’d like to see them passing on their knowledge and their stories to the young-er generation while there is still time. Re-membrance Day is often full of reminis-cing and war stories.

The local sea cadets have benefited from their association with the Legion and take part in some of their ceremonies.

Cooke has been a part of the Legion’s executive for 15 of the last 20 years.

“It’s something I enjoy,” he says. “I enjoy the people I know through the Le-gion. It’s just some-thing that feels good.”

Legion is a changing tradition

singer, actor and songwrit-

er from Vancouver.Sarah Hagen, Classical Pian-

ist, will be here in May to give a virtuoso presentation of classic-al piano music. Sarah has been heard in concert halls and on the airwaves throughout North Amer-ica and Europe. Her interpretations have been described as “outstand-ingly inventive,” performed with “infinite skill.” A visionary and an idealist, Sarah’s performances are conceptually innovative, involv-ing photography, dance and spoken word.

WRAPS will also be reaching out to the citizens of Cache Creek by hosting two of these events in their town. WRAPS has entered into an agreement with the Elders and congregation of the Crossroads

Pentecostal Church to present two musical shows in their won-derful facility. For those who have not been in this building, it is an ideal venue for presenting music and artistic performances - with a large stage, stage lighting, musi-cians green room, an overhead AV display, and 32 channel sound board along with seating for up to 300 souls, a large kitchen/dining area and spacious lobby.

They are absolutely stoked about the upcoming play and the Winding Rivers Concert Ser-ies. Please check out this website (www.windingriversarts.ca) and our Facebook page for more infor-mation. As Eliza Doolittle would say - it will be loverly!

For more info www.windin-griversarts.ca or find them on Fa-cebook.

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New services added to a growing list for Clinton residentsThe pageantry of colour October ushers inis but the crowning gloryOf a season that is kinTo the latter years of life,When memory’s hand holds swayAnd paints a glorious pictureOf thoughts of yesterday. - Lois Silliker When the calendar opens to the October page, Fall

activities are generally well underway. The leisurely pace of summer has ended – the flurry of school reopen-ing and meetings resuming in September has passed and you might find yourself wondering what you will do with your new found “spare time”. Another aspect of our personal growth in 2015 is to consider volunteerism.

The Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper has this to say about volunteerism: “Volunteers make valu-able contributions to Canadian families and commun-ities. Volunteerism is the lifeblood of any modern, caring neighbourhood, town, city and country. The people that make volunteerism possible take many forms - Volun-teers can be individual men and women, innovative not-for-profit organizations or dynamic businesses that con-tribute time and financial support to community organ-izations and charities. Perhaps the best characteristic of volunteering is the simple truth that virtually anyone or any organization can volunteer because nearly everyone

has something worthy to offer.”Through volunteering young people can discov-

er their full potential, have new experiences, create new contacts and check out career choices. Seniors can have an interesting and healthy retirement; can stay connect-ed and share their passions and skills. Volunteers of all ages can take pleasure in working alongside people who appreciate their talents and capabilities.

Non-profit and voluntary organizations, individuals and society as a whole benefit from the activities of vol-unteers and the volunteers themselves benefit from their volunteer activities. Volunteer activities help individ-uals with their interpersonal skills, such as understand-ing people better, motivating others and dealing with difficult situations. Volunteering helps to develop bet-ter communication skills and increases knowledge about issues related to your volunteering.

Volunteering is about choosing to give your time, energy and skills to something that matters to you; choosing to make a difference. In doing this, you not only improve the lives of others and contribute to your community, you also improve yourself. There is some-

thing very liberating, empowering and satisfying about making a difference in your community in the way that best suits you! Since volunteers are motivated by a de-sire to help and fuelled by enthusiasm, they feel a strong sense of achievement. It may be true that no one person can solve all the world’s problems, but what you can do is make your corner of the world a better place.

Mahatma Gandhi said, “Live as if you were to die to-morrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

Volunteering is the perfect way to discover some-thing you are good at doing or develop new skills in an area you already enjoy. It’s never too late to gain new skills and there’s no reason why you should stop learn-ing just because you’ve finished school or work or have become a senior. For example, staging a fund-raising event can help you develop planning, organizational and budgeting skills.

Be part of your community. People and societies de-pend on each other for survival. Volunteering is ultim-ately about helping others and having a positive impact on the well-being of others. Volunteering is an excellent way to escape the ordinary and add more balance to your life. If you’re doing something you enjoy on a regular basis you may find yourself less stressed, more inspired and more motivated to learn new things and develop new perspectives on old issues. As well, you’ll gain valuable life experiences.

Volunteers are a diverse range of people. from all backgrounds and walks of life; a mix that pro-vides a wonderful forum to develop interperson-al skills and lasting friendships.

All the people in your life are interested in who you are and what you do when you’re not with them. Volunteering reflects a complete pic-ture of you and gives real examples of your com-mitment, dedication and interests. Show people what you are passionate about and maybe you will inspire them too!

It’s especially appropriate in October as we celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the 12th, to be grateful for the talents and skills we possess and the ability and willingness to share them with others as volunteers in our community. Don’t forget to have a little fun on Halloween.

Seniors, particularly, are pleased that more services have come to Clinton. Kudos to the Nomad Motel for setting up Dr. James Kendall, a chiropractor in Room 4 from 12 noon on Wed-nesdays. Appointments can be made through his Ashcroft office by calling 250 453-2266. Hairdressers from Revelations in Ashcroft are in Room 1 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Ap-pointments are made through their Ashcroft sal-on (250 453-9339) but walk-ins are welcome.

The next regular General meeting of the Clinton Seniors Association will be Oct. 15 fol-lowing noon lunch at the Clinton Seniors Cen-tre 217 Smith Ave. New volunteers are always welcome!

Cards and Games are every Tuesday at 1pm at the Seniors Centre.

The Foot Clinic will be held on Oct. 16 and 17 at the Seniors Centre. To book an appoint-ment or to discuss your foot health call 250-819-1632.

The next Seniors’ Lunch is Oct. 1 at the Cor-dial.

The Clinton Seniors Association Market-place is Nov. 7. To book a table, please call 459-2339.

Happy Birthday Oct. 13 to Christine Stella and to Bill Holt on Oct. 29.

You can only perceive real beauty in a per-son as they get older. - Anouk Aimee

ROCKIN’ & TALKIN’Clinton Seniors Association

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Cache Creek, Savona rodeo champsWilliams Lake Tribune

Cache Creek and Savona rodeo rid-ers were among the champions crowned this year at Ques-nel’s Alex Fraser Park when the B.C. Rodeo Association Finals rode into town.

BCRA represent-atives said the finals were extremely suc-cessful and, despite rain on Sept. 12, all 101 contestants from around the province were competing hard for the sudden death win of a champion-ship buckle.

The 2015 Cham-pionship winners and average winners are as follows:

The top saddle bronc rid-er of the championship buckle was Cliff Schuk of Tatla Lake, bringing home $1,031.25 with round and average.

Kaila Mussell of Chilli-wack took second for $937.50 and Christoph Muigg of Hazel-ton was third with $843.75. Mussell, however, was the sad-dle bronc season leader for the saddle.

Kamloops’ Ty Hamill was the season leader to win the saddle, but the championship finals buckle went to Ques-nel’s Lane Cork, who had 150 points in the average at the end of the day.

Cork won $562.50 with a first-round score of 80 and had a second-round score of 82 to win $687.50. He went on to win the third round with a score of 77 to win $1,250.

Quesnel’s Matt O’Flynn won the first round with an 83 to win $687.50 and was second in the average for $375.50.

In tie-down roping Steve Pozzobon of Cawston proved to be the fast hand winning the first round with a 9.8-second time and the second round with a 10.5-second score. He then shared a two and three spot in the third go round with Alkali Lake’s Willee Twan with a score of 11.1 seconds. Pozzobon picked up the gold buckle with 145 points. The season leader saddle winner for the year was Steve Lloyd of Quesnel.

Steer wrestling proved to be difficult with the weather on Saturday, but 150 Mile House’s Wade McNolty made the best of it with all 160 points in the average to win the champion-ship buckle. He won round one with a 4.9-second time, won round two with a 6.4-second time and took round three with a 6.6-second run.

McNolty was also the sea-son leader in steer wrestling.

The top breakaway roper for 2015 was Rika Wieth of Cache Creek, who was a con-sistent roper all year and took the BCRA season leader sad-dle and the finals champion-ship buckle, winning it all with a 160 point average.

Charlie Soffel of Vander-hoof was second, while Wil-liams Lake’s Denise Swampy was third with 50 points to win $625.

Ladies barrel racing proved to be extremely competitive as competitors vied for the cham-pionship buckle.

Joleen Seitz of Savona was the season leader head-ing into the finals and won the first round in 16.058 seconds, was second in the second go in 16.364 seconds, follow-ing Lone Butte’s Claire My-ers, who was first in the second go with a fast time of 15.957 seconds.

The third go changed drastically with an extreme-ly fast run from Williams Lake’s Rayel Ilnicki at 16.197 seconds. The average was won by Myers and Seitz both hav-ing a tied average score of 100

points causing a run-off for average winner. Myers was just a little faster to win the championship buckle.

The team roping season leader saddle winners were Ryan MacNaughton of Ques-nel and Dustin Shields of Vanderhoof. The champion-ship finals header and heel-er of team roping were Rus-sell Glassford of Quesnel and Steve Lloyd of Quesnel.

In junior steer riding it was 150 Mile House’s Blaine Man-uel bringing home the sea-son leader saddle, while junior steer riding finals champion was Elijah Gordon of Quesnel.

Junior barrel racer Tay-lor Cherry of Quesnel was the season leader saddle winner, while Savona’s Tosha Seitz won the championship buckle.

Of the youngest racers - the pee wee barrel racers - Ri-ley Beier of Vanderhoof won the season leader saddle, with Cache Creek’s Taylan James picking up the BCRA finals championship.

Lastly, in junior break-away roping, Dyson Leneve of Quesnel roped to the sea-son leader saddle and domin-ated the junior breakaway rop-ing event to claim the BCRA championship.

During the first go Tatla Lake’s Sydney Schuk was second with a time of 9.1 seconds. 150 Mile House’s Brock Evertt was second dur-ing the second go with a time of 9.8 seconds, while Williams Lake’s Brianna Billy was third on go three in 6.2 seconds.

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As a Home Manager, you will have extensive experience as a Community Service Worker in residential settings and supervisory experience. You must have a sincere commitment to providing quality services to individuals with developmental disabilities, challenging behavior and, have experience with individuals with autism. As a team player you must be able to build relationships, be an excellent interpersonal communicator and be able to maintain a flexible schedule as necessary. This position is based in Kamloops.

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