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CLINTON BUILDING CENTRETel: 250-459-2544 • Fax: 250-459-2596

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Serving Clinton, Spences Bridge, Lytton, Savona, Walhachin and surrounding areas Since 1895Volume 120 No 37 www.ash-cache-journal.com

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I N S I D E : A fitting memorial. Page 16

PM # 400121123

School closures recommended

Schools closures are once again a topic of discussion at Gold Trail, but staff recommen-dations are to leave at least one school in each community.

School District 74 staff presented their rec-ommendations based on last year’s commun-ity conversations at the Sept. 3 Board of Educa-tion meeting in Ashcroft. The report, The Future of Gold Trail Schools and Programs, recom-mends a K-12 model for Ashcroft and Lytton, such as in Clinton. The move would mean reno-vating the high schools to accomodate elemen-tary students and closing the districts two oldest schools, Ashcroft Elementary and Lytton Ele-mentary.

The recommendation will be discussed at the Sept. 17 school board meeting in Ashcroft. If the board accepts the recommendation, the communities will be engaged in another round of community consultations before a final deci-sion is made. The complete report can be found at http://www.sd74.bc.ca/cconv.html .

Ashcroft Council has requested an immedi-ate meeting with the board.

“My questions are ‘what will the savings be to close the school?’,” said Mayor Andy Ander-son at the Sept. 9 Council meeting. “And ‘what will happen to the workforce?’ ”

Unless there are noticeable savings for the school district, he said, then there seems to be little reason to close Ashcroft Elementary.

Coun. Alice Durksen wanted to know what would happen to the property if the school was closed.

Councillors will be attending the annual Union of BC Municipalities convention at the time of the Sept. 17 school board meeting and want to voice their disappointment before any decision is made.

Cache Creek Council accepted the news with interest, noting that no action was planned for Cache Creek Elementary.

“It looks like the general gist is to move to K-12 schools,” said Coun. Wyatt McMurray.

“Cache Creek Elementary is to remain open, which I think is good news for this community,” said Mayor John Ranta, who also observed that the report mentioned that some Ashcroft parents may choose to send their children to CCES.

The challenge for the Board, he said, is the declining enrolment and erosion of people leav-ing rural areas for bigger cities.

Fair weather brings out a crowdRhea Little (above) balances a plate at the Ashcroft Fall Fair last Sunday. The annual event was as popular as ever with hundreds of entries, music, food and great entertainment by Filetta Fish (right). More pictures on p.9.

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Ashcroft rcMP DetAchMent

POLICE REPORTWendy Coomber

Rock used as weaponAug. 27 at 4 pm a 70 year

old woman complained that her son’s 47 year old girl-friend came after her with a large rock while she was vis-iting them on the Bonaparte Reserve. She said the rock was thrown at her car, break-ing a window. The matter is still under investigation.

Music too loudAug. 31 at 1:30 am po-

lice attended a noise com-plaint at the Mesa Vista Trailer Court in Ashcroft and spoke to a 21 year old man, who did not think his music was loud but agreed to turn it down anyway. While the officer was sitting in his car outside the residence, the man turned the volume up again - twice as loud. The of-ficer spoke to him again and had him come outside to lis-ten to it. He turned it down again.

Police were called back the following night at 1:15 am for another noise com-plaint. The man was spoken to once more. The complain-ant was advised to document all noise infractions and notify the Village’s bylaw officer, who is authorized to issue fines.

Beer can assaultAug. 31 at 1:30 am po-

lice attended an assault on the Ashcroft Reserve after a 43 year old woman advised that she had been struck in the face several times with a beer can by her son. The 24 year old man was arrested and signed a notice to ap-pear. The following mor-

ning, the woman denied be-ing hit with a beer can and said she fell and hurt her face.

Cash stolenSept. 1 police were ad-

vised of a break and en-ter at a Cache Creek resi-dence on Maclean Cres. The 42 year old resident advised that someone had ripped the screen off of a base-ment window and entered the house, taking a safe from the closet that contained about $500. Nothing else was disturbed. The incident is thought to have occurred around 2 am on the 31st. The matter is still under investi-gation.

Didn’t learn anythingSept. 2 at 9 am officers

were conducting speed en-forcement on Hwy 1 at Cornwall Rd. and stopped a southbound Accura TL for travelling at 145 kph in the 100 kph zone. The 28 year old Prince George driv-er was on his way to school in Kelowna. He was given a ticket for exces-sive speed and his vehicle was impounded for seven days.

Sad to see it go

Sept. 2 at 3:15 pm po-lice were con-

ducting speed en-force-ment on Hwy 1 at Old Cari-boo Rd.

in Cache Creek and stopped a 2004 Mitsubishi Outland-er travelling at 100 kph in the 50 kph zone. The 39 year old Surrey driver was issued a ticket for excessive speed and his vehicle was im-pounded for seven days. The man was arrested for ob-struction when he stood be-hind the tow truck to prevent it from towing his vehicle, but released once the tow truck was able to leave.

Deer killedSept. 5 at 9:30 am police

received two reports of an in-jured fawn at the side of the road by Sundance Ranch. The deer had been severely injured and police ended its suffering.

Student suspendedSept. 9 at 11 am police

received a report that a 14 year old Ashcroft boy had brought a pocket knife to school with him. The knife was not used in an aggres-

sive or threatening manner, but students are banned from bring weapons of any sort to school and the student was suspended indefinitely.

Homeless man wantedSept. 9 at 3:35 pm Husky

staff reported that a home-less man was living in the bushes between the Husky and the apartment buildings behind them. The 60 year old Kamloops man was lo-cated and found to be want-ed on a Canada-wide warant for mental health issues and breach of conditions. He was arrested and transported to Kamloops.

Slapping and shovingSept. 9 at 7:34 pm po-

lice attended a domestic as-sault in Walhachin after a couple got into a fight while drinking beer and discuss-ing finances. The 50 year old woman alleged that her 60 year old husband slapped her in the face and caused her bloody lip. The male claimed that she stole his cigarettes and that he shoved her from behind, causing her to fall into a doorway. He was arrested and released on a promise to appear.

by Tom FletcherBlack PressA 90-day countdown began

Monday for a petition drive to force the effective legalization of simple possession of marijuana in B.C.

Volunteers for Sensible B.C., led by long-time drug legaliza-tion advocate Dana Larsen, have until Dec. 5 to collect more than 400,000 signatures. Using the same law that forced repeal of the harmonized sales tax, the petition to trigger a province-wide refer-endum needs support from 10 per cent of registered voters in each of B.C.’s 85 electoral districts.

Larsen has proposed that B.C. go around the federal prohibition with a “Sensible Policing Act” that would disallow the use of B.C. po-

lice resources to prosecute simple possession of small amounts of pot by adults.

Marijuana possession cases still account for 60 per cent of drug violation reports to police in B.C., according to Statistics Canada fig-ures from 2012. But the number of cases declined 10 per cent from 2011.

There were 25,432 police-re-ported incidents of all types of drug offences in B.C. last year, a 7.4 per cent decline from 2011. Marijuana trafficking cases declined more than 20 per cent to 1,006 incidents, and importation and exportation of marijuana declined by 40 per cent.

Marijuana growing cases de-clined 4.6 per cent, following a 28.6 per cent drop in 2011.

Marijuana legalization drive

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Spences Bridge VFD a growing success for the community

Mine exploration goes ahead near 16 Mile

Behind the scenes in a small community in Blue Sky Country a Volunteer Fire Department, in the not too distance past, consisted of a Chief and very few firemen. This little Fire Depart-ment has become a big success story.

Under the leadership of Chief Arnie Oram, the volunteer force has grown to 15 with a con-tingent of five First Responders. Per capita, this may possibly be the highest in all of BC - we are talking Spences Bridge, a community of about 150!

In addition to the First Responder training arranged by the Volunteer Fire Dept., congratu-lations should be extended to Arnie Oram, Ross Figley, Roy Shaw, Dave Rice, Mike Jefferson, Craig Watson, Karen Peters, Shane Maglio and Derrell Keir. They will all be receiving their cer-tificates for successful completion of the S-100 Fire Suppression and the S-185 Fire Entrap-ment Avoidance Exams. Well done Volunteer Fire Fighters!

The Volunteer Fire Dept. would also like to welcome new members Darrell and Shane into their ranks. Thank you!

In addition, Chief Oram would like to thank Instructor Mike Lewis who took the time out from his busy schedule to make it all possible.

Another thank you from Chief Oram goes out the Wildfire Crew stationed in Lytton who had several meetings with the Spences Bridge Fire Dept. and spent considerable time in our community during the peak fire season.

The SB Fire Dept. and Wildfire crew have another meeting scheduled for September. Chief Oram says the lines of communications between the Wildfire Branch and the Spences Bridge Fire Depart. have never been better and plans are to continue this relationship moving forward.

Steven Rice

Constantia Resources Ltd. is expecting to move one of possibly three drilling units onto its property near 16 Mile by the end of this month.

“It’s good news from our perspective,” said Myke Clark, Sr. Manager - Stake-holder Affairs. “We’ve nailed down financing and are ready to move full steam ahead with the develop-ment,” he told Cache Creek Council on Monday.

Constantia has been working in the area for the past two years after buying up several pieces of property in the area, including the old Ferguson farm.

Now that financing is in place, the Vancouver-based company has finalized a drill contract that is expected to start before the end of Sep-tember and they will be opening an office in Cache Creek in the old Napa build-ing next to Chanors on the highway.

The area has historic-al mineral development, in-cluding involvement from Bethlehem Copper, which abandoned the site in the early 1970s.

Clark said Phase 1 will involve drilling for core sam-ples. Some of the drill holes will twin existing ones, and

some will be to a depth of 1,000 metres. He told Coun-cil that they would not be drilling in the hills.

Constantia will conduct exploration for the next three years to deter-mine what is in the ground. They hope to add up to two more drill rigs to the site over th next few months, using labourers from the local area.

The com-pany is looking for copper and molybdenum, and hopes that exploration will eventually lead to a new mine in the area.

“We’re pro-ceeding with an overabundance of caution,” said Clark. “We hope to show people good environmental practices.”

He as-sured Council that they would take every pre-caution to pro-tect the near-

by Bonaparte River and area groundwater. He said they’ve also made commit-ments to nearby residents that they won’t be any over-night drilling.

He added that even though the company hope the exploration will lead toa mine, it can take 20 years to do the exploration and get fi-nances and permits in place.

People’s Drug Mart now in new locationPeople’s Drug Mart in Ashcroft celebrated their new store location last week into the old Village Mall across the street from the Central Cafe. Mayor Andy Anderson and MLA Jackie Tegart congratulated them on the move, which has expanded their floor space. The store is planning a Grand Opening for the public on Oct. 19, featuring prizes and giveaways. Above L-R: Store Manager Irene Dumont, store owner Starla Ikari, MLA Jackie Tegart, store owner Victor Ikari and Mayor Andy Anderson.

Taking it easyRelaxing outside the arena at the Fall Fair with friends on a beautiful September day is one of the perks of living in a small town.

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VICTORIA – Local pol-iticians from across B.C. are in Vancouver Sept. 16 to 20 to take part in the annual Union of B.C. Municipal-ities convention.

Serious discussion will revolve around a report by a UBCM executive com-mittee to reshape the finan-cial relationship between the province and local govern-ments. If this proposal gets the support it deserves, Pre-mier Christy Clark’s govern-ment will be asked to undo a couple of decades of politic-al meddling in that relation-ship.

One problem for lo-cal governments is that they depend on property tax, a stable source of revenue but one that has no relationship to the property owner’s abil-ity to pay. It tends to load costs onto lower-income groups such as seniors and renters.

Economic growth results mainly in increased corpor-ate and personal income tax revenues as well as sales taxes, which aren’t shared with local governments.

One key proposal is to return to a system of revenue sharing grants introduced by the Social Credit gov-

ernment in the 1980s. They were funded by one point each from personal and cor-porate income tax and six per cent of sales, fuel and re-source tax revenues, thus in-creasing in years when prov-incial revenues were strong.

The UBCM proposal is to put a share of provincial revenues into an infrastruc-ture bank, to be distribut-ed by the organization on a more stable basis.

Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard, one of the authors of the report, uses a basket-ball analogy to describe the current system of federal-provincial grants for road and bridge projects. It’s a “jump ball,” where com-munities have to apply to a fund when it’s offered and then see who gets it.

Even if a commun-ity wins the jump ball, they

may find them-selves with costs inflated by a hot construc-tion mar-ket and an arbitrary deadline to get the job done.

Then there are new regulations imposed by senior govern-ments like the 2020 feder-al deadline for Greater Vic-toria to construct land-based sewage treatment. Even with federal and provincial cost sharing, this project is go-ing to land heavily on prop-erty tax bills, including those of pensioners and poor rent-ers who will have it passed on to them.

Leonard points to an-other arbitrary system, prov-incial facilities that pay grants in lieu of property taxes. Saanich is home to the University of Victoria, a community of 25,000 people that needs water and sewer service, as well as police and fire protection. Saanich gets an annual grant in lieu of property taxes of $120,000

for UVic, enough to cover wages and benefits for one cop and maybe some gas money.

Cariboo Regional Dis-trict chair Al Richmond, co-chair of the UBCM commit-tee, is concerned about new water and flood protection legislation the province is preparing to impose. His dis-trict and others like it have thousands of kilometres of riverfront, with relatively few property owners.

Interior communities also want BC Hydro to pay something for power lines, as is now being done with some aboriginal territories.

Local politicians will be expecting a sympathetic ear from the new version of the B.C. Liberal government. Former Quesnel council-lor Coralee Oakes is the new community, sport and cul-tural development minister, with direct responsibility for local government issues.

And one of the origin-al members of this UBCM committee was former Lang-ley City mayor Peter Fass-bender, who is now minister of education.

Tom Fletcher is legisla-tive reporter and columnist for Black Press.

It’s been a promising summer for Ash-croft and Cache Creek, as industry starts to pick up: the Ashcroft Terminal in Ashcroft and exploration of the old Maggie Mines site north of Cache Creek.

Solid industry will be what eventually gives the local economies a boost as others look to the confidence shown by those com-panies who choose to invest in our areas.

We can only hope that confidence con-tinues to grow.

Declining population over the years has left nothing but skin and bones of our towns. Each time we have to cut some-where else, we think to ourselves that there’s nothing left to cut. We quickly find out that that’s not the case, as we’re asked to cut more.

The school board relies on student popu-lation: no students equals no schools.

It is unfortunate that comunities such as Spences Bridge and Big Bar have lost their schools in the past few years. When you don’t have much left, schools become a central point, a sign that not all is lost, and the focus of dreams for the future.

Gold Trail has come up with an al-ternative to leaving communities with-out their schools. It’s not a great plan, but it’s as good as it’s going to get while enrol-ment continues to drop. In a perfect world, the province would provide money to build new schools in each of our communities that would be custom built for rural com-munities with low numbers in each grade from K-12.

As it is, although the staff proposes school closures, they are not leaving the communities without schools.

Yes, it’s a compromise, but it’s bet-ter than losing the school entirely - which would be the alternative.

One day, populations in our commun-ities will level off. With industry’s help, they may even grow again, but it’s not like-ly that we will have a student population large enough to fill the halls and classrooms of our schools to capacity. Rural popula-tions everywhere have been declining for decades.

Perhaps it’s time to accept that we need to look at a different way of doing things.

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BUDGET 2014 CONSULTATION

Would you like to share your views on priorities for the next provincial budget?

SELECT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES

Chair: Dan Ashton, MLA (Penticton)Deputy Chair: Mike Farnworth, MLA (Port Coquitlam)

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Tickets on sale for Fall and Spring concert seriesFaye Blais at the Packing House

The Packing House in Spences Bridge presents another great night of music and food. Faye Blais will be coming to town on Wednesday, Sept. 11 and sharing her impressive jazzy-bluesy folk style.

A full-time singer-songwriter, Blais is at home playing both the acoustic and electric guitars, keys and on vocals. Her influences stem from the indie music scene, starting with early 90s artists such as Jewel, Sarah Mc-Lachlan, Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, and Ani DiFranco, and later moving onto Feist and Metric. Initially identifying her-self more with folk music, she broadened her horizons over the years and gravitated towards other genres.

“I don’t want to give it any kind of focused label because I wanna have the freedom to sort of create without bound-aries I suppose,” she said. Blais’ latest al-bum, On the Bright Side, was released in May of 2012 and consists of a collection of songs she has written over the years of her travels living in Taiwan, Australia and Canada over the last five years. Record-ed at her family’s cottage in northern On-tario, the album served introspectively as a way for her to come out of a darker per-iod of her life and find her groove.

Reserve your candlelit table and enjoy the fresh picked offerings of Secret Gar-dens farm featured in your dinner and dessert. Dinner starting from 5:30 pm with music starting at 7 pm. Call for res-ervations at (250) 458-2256.

Clinton Arts & Artisan ShowThe 8th Annual Clinton Arts & Arti-

san Show runs Friday, Oct. 4 to Sunday, Oct. 6. Opening night is Oct. 4, from 6-9 pm. The Show continues Saturday and Sunday, 1-6 pm in Clinton’s Memorial Hall, 306 Lebourdais St.

As well as all the fabulous art dis-played on the walls there will be artisans selling crafts at tables. Musicians and dancers will be performing intermittent-ly throughout the show.

Call Sandy Reed at 250-457-9560 to reserve space. If interested in performing just come out.

House Concert with Sophia DanaiCreative Cow House Concerts pre-

sents Sophia Danai appearing at a spe-cial location House Concert on Satur-day, Sept. 21. Do yourself a favour and see this up and coming superstar, Sophia Danai. This show will be held at a lovely location called the Eagles Nest Retreat at 2315 Hwy 97C - just 4 km from Ashcroft. Call today for directions (250) 453-9100 and to reserve your comfy chair.

What do you get when you take a woman from Langley British Columbia, of French and Greek descent, whose ear-ly exposure to music came by the way of Nina Simone, Billie Holiday and Portis-head? Sophia Danai, a singer/songwriter described by ION Magazine as “a multi-faceted artist” with music that is both cinematic and soulful.

Enter Chin Injeti, two time Grammy Award winning producer for artists such as Pink and Eminem. One day, on Face-book, Chin sees a charming video of So-phia playing her Electone organ in her parents basement. He is blown away. The songs, the voice, the look, it all made sense. Immediately he was in touch and history is soon to be made. Many songs later, including collaborations with DJ Khalil, THC (Kendrick Lamar), Talib Kweli, and Shad K, to name a few, So-phia Danai is now ready to launch her debut EP “Wishing Well.

On the release of her debut EP, ‘Wish-ing Well’, Sophia brings a sound that is classic through timeless and thought pro-voking lyrics, with melodies that are haunting but always heartwarming.

The show starts at 7:30 pm - call (250) 453-9100 to reserve your seat. Hope to some new faces at this very enjoyable community event - coffee, tea and sweets provided. Sure to be a great show!

WRAP Society unwraps their Fall & Spring Musical Season

A Fall and Spring line up for the 2013/14 season is starting to take shape as Winding Rivers Arts & Performance Society begins it’s 4th season of con-certs at St Albans in downtown Ashcroft. You can look forward to six Des-sert Concerts this season. Plus - an opportunity to buy all six shows as a package for some great cost sav-ings. This offer is only available via phone - so call today at (250) 453-9100 to get all six shows for a great musical deal!

The first show of the Season is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 4 with Vancouver’s Don Alder, who’s per-cussive wall-of-sound compos-itional approach has helped him win major competitions around the world. He plays acoustic finger-style guitar with a passion that has quickly earned him a reputation as Vancouver’s “best kept little se-cret”. Don is a world-class finger-style guitarist with a “wow factor” that has let to multiple endorse-ment deals with major manufactur-ers and collaboration with Green-field guitars to produce a signature acoustic guitar- the “Don Alder G4” model.

Don currently resides in Van-couver. His unique style of play-ing incorporates fingerpicking with simultaneous percussion on the sound-board to create a wall of sound. He is often re-ferred to as sound-ing like a four piece band. Don’s music is his own unique weave of deep-

ly textured melody and story. Lyrical and compelling, his original songs are notes of exploration - some passionate and haunting, some hard-driven, others light and teasing. In quiet pieces or pushing right to the edge, Don’s phenomenal fin-gerstyle playing and rich voice captivate - not to be missed!

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On Nov. 8 you can look forward to

Miss Quincy and the Showdown. Just re-cently here in August to these parts and knocking the socks off everyone who at-tended Desert Daze in Spences Bridge, Miss Quincy will be bringing her all-girl rock n’ roll band to Ashcroft. You won’t find them singing pretty pages out of their diaries. Instead, you’ll find them starting a party everywhere they play by getting down and rocking out with raunchy roots and blues and straight up rock n’ roll.

On Valentines weekend, we will fea-ture a very unique Sunday Matinee show. Take your sweetie, mom, or the whole family to ‘Paws & Tales ensemble’ on Sunday, Feb. 16. ‘Paws and Tales’ is a quartet of classical musicians from Kam-

loops.This ensemble also includes Cathar-

ine Dochst on Flute, Sally Arai on Clari-net, Dimiter Terziev on Piano and Opera Singer, Carlene Wiebe on Vocals.

Coming on Friday, March 14 will be The Moonshiners. Known for their powerful three part harmonies, dance-able grooves and wild instrumental ex-cursions The Moonshiners are an Urban West Coast take on Bluegrass, folk, early Country and Blues.

Based in Victoria, the band is com-prised of some of Vancouver Island’s best acoustic musicians: Chris Herb-st (Dobro, vocals), Cluny Macpherson (Bass, vocals), Miriam Sonstenes (Fid-dle, Vocals), Mike Brooks (Mandolin) and Tad Ruszel (Guitar, vocals).

On Apr. 6 a special Sunday Matinee gospel style with the fabu-lous Ken Whiteley. Ken Whiteley is a Canadian roots music legend. His musical journey has taken him from jug band, folk and swing to blues, gospel and children’s music. Among numerous accolades, he has been awarded a Canadian Folk Music Award, Genie Award for Best Original Song in a Canadian film, Lifetime Achievement recog-

nition from the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals and Mariposa Folk Festival.

Whether leading his own group, solo or collaborating with peers at blues, folk, children’s festivals and concerts of all siz-es, his “...deep knowledge and infectious passion” guarantee good times for all. As a producer of over 125 recording pro-jects, Ken’s productions have garnered 10 Canadian Gold and Platinum records, four American Gold records, 22 Juno and two Grammy nominations, and sold over eight million copies.

Closing out the Season will be First Nations Artist, Sandy Scofield on Friday, May 9. Scofield is a multi-award winning composer, musician and singer. She has studied classical, jazz, African, Indones-ian gamelan and electro-acoustic music.

A Métis from the Saulteaux and Cree Nations, she hails from four generations of fiddlers, singers and musicians. Among her four recordings to date, she has won five Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, a Canadian Folk Music Award, an Indian Summer Music Award (U.S.A.), a West-ern Canadian Music Award and received three consecutive Juno nominations.

Over the years, she has mentored in-numerable First Nations singers and songwriters in the way of rudimentary

music theory, vocal tech-niques, songwriting craft and music-industry protocol. She has toured to festivals on four continents, and in 2011, performed at the Internation-al Rainforest World Music Festival in Borneo making this the fifth continent where she has performed. She has composed for dance, film,

television and theatre, with the Aborigin-al Welcoming Song for the 2010 Olym-pic Opening Ceremonies, the highlight to date.

Look for a full 2013/14 season line up, videos, show dates and bios of all performers on WRAP’s website – www.windingriversarts.ca

Family Movie Night features EpicThe Village of Cache Creek presents

another fun Family Movie at the Cache Creek Community Hall. The feature movie this month is the fabulous animat-ed kids movie - EPIC. Bring the whole family to see this funny fantasy-adven-ture comedy-drama movie on Saturday, Sept. 28. Admission at the door. Doors open at 6:30 pm with the Movie starting at 7 pm.

There will be popcorn and good-ies available for purchase at the conces-sion supporting Cache Creek Elemen-tary School’s Parent Advisory Council. No outside food or drinks, please. Chil-dren must be supervised and remain seat-ed and quiet during the movie please.

In EPIC, a teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group char-acters in order to save their world - and ours.

Desert Bells looking for new member

Desert Bells Handbell Choir, an inter-generational group that rehearses on Thursday evenings in Cache Creek Ele-mentary School, is seeking a new ringer.

If you are interested please call Car-men Ranta for more information at 250-457-9119. Experience not required. Age 10 to senior.

Classical, traditional and raunchy roots ‘n bluesCurrent from p. 5

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MEMBERS & BONA FIDE GUESTS WELCOME

Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday • 12 pm - 4 pm Thursday - Friday • 12 pm - 11 pm

Saturday • 12 pm - 8 pm Sunday • 12 pm - 6 pm

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

(no meeting July and August)

Euchre, � rst & third Sunday of every month1:00 to 4:00 pm, beginners welcome

Contract Bridge, beginners welcomeEvery Tuesday 1:00 to 4:00 pm

MEAT DRAWEvery Saturday ~ 3:00 pm

Ashcroft Royal Canadian LegionFRI., SEPT. 13th • 6:30 - 8:00 pmROAST PORK DINNER $9/plate

Visitors Welcome

* Legion Crib Tournament last Sunday of the monthOpen 10 am starts 11 am sharp - 12 games * Free Pool Daily

Ashcroft Royal Canadian LegionAshcroft Royal Canadian LegionFRI., SEPT. 13FRI., SEPT. 13

Sept. 15 - A Covenanting Service is being held for Pastor Alice Watson, DM. , 4 pm at Zion United, 401 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft. Guest preacher is Rev. Ivy Thomas. Everyone is welcome. Meal to follow.Sept. 21 - Steak & Lobster Dinner at the Legion 6 pm. Limited number of tickets available at the bar.Sept. 25 - Ashcroft Seniors Open House All Members and Seniors Welcome Oct. 4 - Movie Night 7 pm in Zion United Church Hall. Showing: Night at the Museum. Everyone is welcome. Free admission; refreshments by donation. Oct. 10 - Ashcroft Seniors 80+ Luncheon.Nov. 16 - Ashcroft Seniors Christmas Bazaar and Tea. Every Friday - Soup’s On from 11 am to 1 pm at St. Alban’s Anglican Church in Ashcroft. Soup, buns and dessert by donation. Every Saturday - Cache Creek Farmer and Flea Market 9 am to 1 pm at the main intersection, next to Chums Restaurant.

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Summer events elicit good comments

Seniors host Open House

Our first meeting after the summer re-cess was held Sept. 3. Reta Robertson led the devotional with a reading from John 1 and Quiet Moments for Women by June Masters-Bacher. People who share themselves always leave a gift. Reta chaired the meeting in Lynn Lancaster’s absence.

Under old business, we evaluated our hosting of the Bikers for Bibles and noted there were many good com-ments about the food and ac-commodations we provided when they arrived in Ashcroft from Merritt for dinner and overnight. Our Stay At Home Tea was very successful and appreciations were extended for not having to go out on a hot day. Thanks to all for your support in this.

Many pieces of corres-pondence were dealt with, in-cluding news from V.S.T. And the BC Conference annual re-port. The magazine Riding the Waves from the Women’s Inter Church Council of Canada was also received. The 1st United

Church in Vancouver is now 1st United Church Commun-ity Society. A brochure about a retreat called Midwives of an Unnamed Future to be held Nov. 13 at the Sorrento Centre was received and discussed. To encourage a couple who may want to go, we decided to help a little with the registration.

The reports were given orally and our Sunshine Lady sent out many cards during the summer. Some of us will be at-tending the Soups On meeting coming up next week. Many Campbell soup labels were turned in to Reta, so we thank all of you who save these for us for our outreach work. Also, some used stamps were hand-ed in too, so many thanks for these items as well.

We then had our coffee break and Time of Fellowship before resuming the meeting.

For our October meeting, we are to bring three “thinking

of you” cards to give to the residents of Gar-den Oasis at the hos-pital for their use. We discussed the second upcoming Bazaar date in November, and will

have posters out and notices in The Journal before then. Church calendars will be avail-able and ordered soon.

The Food Committee for Alice’s covenanting service Sept. 15 met just prior to the Sept. 3 meeting and food do-nations were paired up with donors for the dinner after the service. Thank you ladies.

The next meeting will be Oct. 8 at 2 pm. This falls on the second Tuesday because our choir person will be away. We closed with the United Church Women’s prayer.

The Seniors Centre opened on Sept. 9 af-ter the summer break. Welcome back to our members.

On Sept. 25, from 1-4 pm, we are hold-ing an Open House for all to come and share coffee, tea and goodies. All seniors 55 years and older are invited to come and visit for the afternoon. We will be demonstrating all of the forms of entertainment we have for you.

We welcome all of your suggestions to improve or change our for-mat as it is now.

It has been a very fulfilling summer and I, for one, will be happy to see you all again.

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ICBC seeks 4.9 per cent rate hike

School began Sept. 3 for 135 Ashcroft Secondary School stu-dents. For some of the members of the Ash-croft Community that means seeing children walking to or from school, seeing school buses in the morning and afternoon and hearing their cries of joy during recess from your dining room win-dow.

The day started with a whole-hearted “Welcome Back” from Principal Col-leen Minnabariet. It was a positive atmos-phere as friends were united and teachers introduced their cours-es to their new pu-pils. This year, mem-bers of the 2014 Grad Class are the ones to set the example for the class of 2018 who are the new grade eights. The youngsters of this year are surely get-ting used to the new building and students they will be attending school with for the next 10 months. Shan-usee Brookes in Grade 8 says, “I’m excited to learn and I’m looking forward to having fun and the dances!”

This year the jun-ior girls volley ball team is hoping to re-cruit new members from the fresh batch of Grade 8s. The boys soccer team will be in-cluding players from Clinton and has al-ready started prac-tices. This year the Travel Club is going to Ontario and Quebec, learning their French along the way.

In all it was a good start to the school year of 2013/14.

by Tom FletcherBlack PressICBC has applied for a 4.9 per cent

rate increase to its basic vehicle insurance rates to take effect Nov. 1.

For an average driver who now pays $1,369 a year for basic insurance, the in-crease would add an extra $36. In its rate

application to the B.C. Utilities Commis-sion, ICBC is also seeking four per cent decrease in optional coverage that would reduce that annual bill by $25.

The last rate increase was 11 per cent in 2012, coupled with a six per cent cut in optional insurance where ICBC com-petes with private insurers.

In an open letter to customers, Mark Blucher, interim CEO of ICBC, says the increase is needed to keep up with in-creasing bodily injury claims, with higher payouts as more people turn to lawyers to dispute their insurance payouts.

Blucher said injury claim volume is also rising, including crashes involving drivers distracted by smartphones, and more pedestrians and cyclists on roads.

ICBC cut 260 positions last year af-

ter an audit of its operations showed its management ranks had swelled by 41 per cent between 2007 and 2011. Blucher said ICBC’s administrative costs amount to five cents out of every premium dollar, with 86 cents going to claim payouts.

Bodily injury claims, for pain and suffering, future care and loss of wages totalled $1.9 billion in 2012, up $165 mil-lion from the previous year and $400 mil-lion higher than five years previously.

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Ashcroft and would like to see the return of the Grand Old Game to its

former glory here in Ashcroft.

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A salute to agricultureMusic, food, farm animals and plenty of home handcrafts to look at, the 2013 Ashcroft Fall Fair provided an excellent way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

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September 2013 • Week 2ARIES - Aries, you may not like scheduling too many things in advance, but sometimes it pays to plan and let others know your schedule so their minds are at ease.TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 You may experience a financial windfall this week, Taurus. It may be a good time to ask for a raise or to play the lottery. Luck is on your side in the coming days.GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, expand your horizons and your path to success will be illuminated. Creativity will bring new opportunities and people into your life this week.CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Share your optimism and enthusiasm with others, Cancer. You may prove unable to contain your happiness, so don’t be surprised if those around you pick up that vibe.LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, expect your social life to take off this week. Things pick up with your friends, and romance might be right around the corner. Enjoy the ride.VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you might think you can do no wrong at work, but scale back on risky decisions. Right now you have achieved financial stability, and you don’t want to risk that.LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, your heart is set on a lofty goal, but you recognize all the hard work necessary to make that goal a reality. Give it your best shot, and you will be glad you did.SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you may convince yourself that now is not the time to spend money on something that will make you feel good, but there is no reason to let fear get in the way of happiness.SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 A friend or partner could open up a window of opportunity for you, Sagittarius. Make the most of this opportunity, and success will soon follow.CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Don’t be too hard on yourself if you don’t get much done this week, Capricorn. There are many enticing distractions, and you can afford to devote some time to trivial pursuits.AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, this week may allow you to have your cake and eat it, too. Friends may be envious of your luck, so be sure to share some of your good fortune with those around you.PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, devote ample time to your personal life this week. A few things need sorting out, so don’t hesitate to put other matters on the back burner.

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I’ve learned some very valuable life les-sons from my grand-mother over the years, and one of them was to worry little about what people think of me. It’s not that she wor-

ried little. In fact, she worried quite a lot, and still does. But watching her concern herself about what others think is what’s helped me to stop. When my dad was

eight and my uncle was four, my grandfa-ther abandoned them, leaving my ‘Gammy’ with all the respon-sibilities, as well as a great deal of shame. It was back in the � fties when there existed a stigma against single mothers, particularly divorcees. Unfortu-

nately, she cared what people thought of her and her situation, and it added signi� cantly to her struggles. When I was a teen

and � rst learned about what she had gone through, I be-came upset. Not at my grandfather, who I hardly knew, or at the faceless strangers seemingly thinking bad things, but at my grandmother. How could she have not seen how wonderful and kind hearted she was? How could she have allowed anyone to make her feel badly about herself in any way? “No one can make

you feel inferior with-out your consent,” El-eanor Roosevelt once said. Very true, but

not always the easiest words to live by, as I found out.I was quite young

when I � rst realized that concerning our-selves with what oth-ers think of us could negatively impact our life experience, yet I still went on to do it myself. Seeking the ac-ceptance and approval of others seems to be one of those common traits among people, women especially. Many of us have to actually re-train our brains in order to stop doing it. And for some, it’s harder to do than others, and we need constant remind-ing.Another thing my

grandmother taught me was to live life fear-lessly. Not that she’s

done that either. She’s got a healthy dose of fear within her, and was quite anxious about driving an all-terrain vehicle at my cousin’s wedding and then zip-lining at my dad’s birthday party at the age of 88. But she didn’t let the fear stop her, and she went for it in both instances.“I admire your cour-

age,” she’s often said to me. “I wish I could

have been more like you throughout my life.”But what she doesn’t

realize, is that she’s one of the strongest and bravest women I’ve ever known. And her willingness to dis-cuss her perceived im-perfections so openly

has given me the strength to be okay with my � aws as well. After surviving a dif-

� cult childhood, my grandmother raised two sons on her own, taught elementary school, gave driving instructions and did other odd jobs, paint-ed pictures, played the piano, pinched pennies, and traveled much of the world. As much as she might think she is, she’s no shrinking violet. Not even close.A shy, talented,

smart, gracious and incredibly loving woman, Gammy has been an amazing role

model for me in the way she has lived her life, and in the way she wished she had lived it.Turning 90 on Sep-

tember 9, she contin-ues to have me ad-miring her and her constant quest to keep learning, improving and participating in activities that bring her joy. I am grateful to her for all that she’s taught me, and I look forward to what else I’ll learn over the next decade on Earth with her.Lori Welbourne is a

syndicated columnist. She can be reached at LoriWelbourne.com

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While washing dishes last Fall my wife Juanita says to me: “When are you going to do Ironman?” “Are you saying you are giving me the OK to do Ironman?” I replied.

She said, “Yeah, I guess that’s the next step isn’t it?” We sat down and talked about exactly how much more training there would be. With basically twice the training per week to complete an Ironman in a decent time, she agreed I should do it. So now I would have to train 15-20 hrs per week instead of a max of 12 hours like I had been in the past.

For those who don’t know what Iron-man is – it’s a 3.8km swim, 180km bike, then a 42.2km run - all in the same day, and you have 17 hours to complete it. It’s the full monty, the real deal, the whole enchilada in the Triathlon world. Many people tattoo the Ironman logo onto their bodies after completion. The event itself is hard, very hard – but the training lead-ing up to the day is even harder.

The 20 hours a week of training on top of a 48 hour work week at the mine, plus some amount of sleeping in between, was hard to co-ordinate from week to week. Somehow though with huge support from my family I was able to accomplish it.

At the time, it was still undecid-ed where Ironman was going to be held, because of a financial and political dis-agreement between Ironman and Pentic-ton. In the end, Whistler got the bid, and it couldn’t have happened to a better area.

I started training on Jan. 1, with long runs on the treadmill, and long bike rides on a stationary trainer, all done in the basement while watching movies and re-runs of “Big Bang Theory”. It was total-ly boring, but I needed to get the base fit-ness in for when the weather got nice, and I could do some faster work outside.

You see, I could just “finish” Ironman, but I wanted to do well. My goal was to finish in 10 hours, and if possible, qualify for the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii

I’ve never done one before and I was going to need help. I hired the same coach who helped me win the BC Provincial Championships last year, Maurice Ma-her from Multisport Solutions. I didn’t think I had the know how or discipline to put myself into the long hours of training. Maurice gave me a schedule for the sea-son and lots of one on one workouts to get me to the Finish Line in Whistler.

In the months of training, I partici-pated a few little tune up races: two half marathons in Kamloops, a half Ironman in Oliver, a six hour mountain bike race, a few short 10 km running races, club level bicycle races in Kamloops and an Olym-pic distance triathlon in Calgary. All these were pretty much treated as training tools for a successful Ironman.

I was driving back and forth to Kam-loops until our pool opened doing laps at TCC, up to eight km per week there. Bik-ing to work, and all over Ashcroft when the weather got nicer was fun, my long-est ride being from Ashcroft to Lilloo-et to Lytton and back to Ashcroft – 237 km and it took me eight and a half hours. This route is also great for running with my longest run lasting three hours.

6:59 am, Sunday, Aug. 25, Alta Lake, Whistler: The day had finally arrived. The pro’s started 10 min-utes ago. I was in the water at the start line with over 2,200 other people who had also trained long and hard, neglecting their family and

friends along the way. We are all here to be able to call ourselves an “Ironman”.

BOOM! The cannon goes off, the swim course is two laps of 1.9 km each in a long rectangular shape. The fast guys and gals are lucky, as they are fast enough to get ahead of the mass, I’m not so lucky.

I get to Turn One at 800m with about 150 other athletes. It’s like being flushed down a toilet bowl but with more kick-ing and getting hit in the head by flail-ing hands. There is no way you can train for this part, it’s horrible. No one is try-ing to hurt anyone else, it’s just that there is too many people trying to take up the same corner in the lake. Turns Two and Three get better as more athletes fall behind, but not by much. By the time I’m finished Lap 1, it’s getting better. About half way through the second lap, I start catching up to the slow swimmers. These are the people who are prob-ably not going to finish Ironman to-day. It’s tricky navigating through them. The swim is over after 1hr and 15 minutes. I’m so happy. I fin-ish in about 800th place.

Onto the bike! This is my thing, I love the bike. The longer, the fast-er, the better. The course leaves Rainbow Park and heads up Cal-lahan to Whistler Olympic Park, with a long hill up Callahan. I love it. I love hills. Then back down Callahan and past Pemberton, 30 km past Pemberton and back to Whistler. Other than the blatant cheaters who are drafting off of other riders, and people blocking you to pass, the Bike course was

awesome. I pass 600 people on the bike course, and come to the run portion feel-ing fresh. Well, sort of. 180 km done in 5hrs 17minutes.

My coach told me, “Don’t go fast in the beginning of the run, you’ll blow up and end up walking.” For the first 21 km I felt pretty good. I’m running slow – well, slower than I’m used to running, that is. The course goes around Lost and Green Lake, along golf courses, across covered wooden bridges, over boardwalks and through Whistler Village. It is truly awe-some. With literally thousands of people

Ironman competition incredible

Wayne [email protected]

Living Well

See LIVING on p. 12

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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:[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 Communities in Bloom Committee Carmen Ranta 250-457-9119

Cache Creek Beautification Society(and Farmers Market) Judy Davison 250-457-6693

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

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

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

Ashcroft & District Lions ClubContact Person: Lion Vivian Phone 250-453-9077

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

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

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

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Cache Creek Volunteer Fire DepartmentPhone 250-457-9967

Bridging to LiteracyContact Person: Ann Belcham 250-453-9417

Ashcroft Royal Purple Phone 250-457-9122

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

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

Winding Rivers Arts and Performance SocietyContact Person: Nadine 450.453.9100

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

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

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

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along the course

cheering you on, it was so much fun.

The second 21 km, I didn’t feel so good. This is the part you can’t train for, as you need too much recovery time. I’m digging deep to stay running at any speed, never mind fast. I figure I’ll just walk through the aid stations. Then I figure I’ll just walk on the uphill portions. In the last 5 km or so I can hear the crowds cheering on people across the finish line. I feel a rush hit me and I run fair-ly fast – well, faster than walking that’s for sure - all the way across the finish line.

I finish in 10hrs 32minutes. That’s about 32 minutes short of my goal, and about 27 minutes away from qualifying for Kona. Was I disappointed? Heck no. When I was done running and crossed the Finish Line, it felt like I had been racing forever. At that point, there were people only just starting the run course. It crossed

my mind that there were 2,000 people who had wished they’d trained and raced like I did. The winner finished two hours in front of me. He’s from Kelowna and has tried to win Ironman for prob-ably half his life.

I would like to take this time to say “Sorry” to my friends and family who I either didn’t see, or completely ignored through this season.

I would also like to thank my family Juanita, Calvin and Rhea, for putting up with me, my coach Maurice, and my sponsors Run-ner’s Sole and Taboo Cycles.

What’s next? I have one more triathlon I would like to do in Cul-tus Lake, then I’m going to train to finish a Marathon in three hours. Next year, I’ll be going for the BC Provincial Champion-ships as I’ll be in a new age group.

When do I plan on doing Iron-man again? Not soon, but in the future, when my children are a lit-tle more independent and don’t need “Dad” around as much.

Long hours of training needed to enter competition

Living from p. 11

Part of the fire camp for the Spatsum Creek Fire in May

Wayne Little with his family at the Whistler Ironman.

by Tom FletcherBlack PressB.C. has emerged from

one of its sunnier sum-mers in recent years with a below-average number of forest fires.

As of Sept. 1, the B.C. government’s wildfire management branch record 1,687 reported wildfires for the season, compared to an average year of nearly 2,000 fires. This year’s fires burned a total of 11,434 hectares, far less than the

average damage of more than 130,000 hectares.

Wet weather returned with school to large parts of the province, after a sunny summer that saw sever-al dry-weather records set. For the first time since rec-ords were kept, Vancouver airport recorded no rain for the entire month of July.

The number of re-ported fires so far this year is slightly higher than the total for last year, but the total area burned in 2012

was nearly 10 times great-er. The province spent $133 million on firefighting last year, a total that should be much lower when the bills are added up for 2013.

Open burning remains banned for the Southeast Fire Centre region until as late as Sept. 20. Camp-fire bans were lifted Aug. 26 for the Kamloops and Coastal Fire Centre re-gions, and earlier in the month for the Northwest, Cariboo and Prince George

regions as dry conditions were relieved.

Despite public infor-mation campaigns and open burning restrictions, provincial statistics con-tinue to show about 40 per cent of wildfires are human caused, with most of the rest sparked by lightning.

The relatively quiet fire season allowed B.C. to send crews to help bat-tle wildfires in Washington, Montana and Idaho during August.

Fewer forest fires in BC this summer

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Soap Box DerbyCheck out this next

150/50 event in Clin-ton: a Soapbox Derby! There is still time to build your soapbox car. Get the family all involved. This fun event will be held on Saturday, Sept. 21 with safety checks at 9 a.m. and the derby race at 10 a.m.

There are four race class-es: kids age six to 12; teens are 13-19; adults and teams. Entry is free.

The Soapbox Derby will be held at David Stoddart School Hill and Cariboo Av-enue. There will be other fun things to do as well. These could include Uncle Chris the Clown and perhaps even a pudding eating contest.

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and have fun. Even if you are not entering it will be fun to watch.

Clinton in ClintonAlso on Saturday, Sept.

21 is a spaghetti dinner with special entertainment.

Comedy magician Clin-ton W. Gray will be coming to Clinton with his blend of magic, music and mockery in a high energy interactive comedy show.

This is a fundraising event put on by the Clin-ton Cleavages. All proceeds will go to Breast Cancer Re-search.

The din-ner is at 6 p.m. with show time at 7:30, all in the Clinton Me-morial Hall. Advance tick-ets would be ap-preciated so if you would like

a ticket please call Lois at 250-459-7729.

This is another great 150/50 event in Clinton. And there are still more to come.

Students ready for Terry Fox Run

The students and staff of David Stoddart School will once again be participat-ing in the Terry Fox Run on Thursday, Sept. 26. It begins at 10:30 a.m. at the school.

As in the past commun-ity members are welcome to join them in this worthy cause.

For more in-formation you can call Lorna

Conrad at 250-459-2508 af-ter 4:30 p.m. or leave a mes-sage at the school at 250-459-2219.

Council on the GoThe Village of Clin-

ton Council, like those of most municipalities in BC will be attending the annual Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) from Sept. 16-20.

This will be a fast-paced week of meetings, work-shops and presentations on all manner of subjects. There are numerous resolutions to be voted on by those in at-tendance. These resolutions give the UBCM executive direction on what to lobby government for on behalf of the municipalities.

The Village of Clinton mayor and council have re-quested meetings with sev-eral Provincial Ministers as well as some corporations, all to work towards improv-ing things in the community.

Get on your soap box and ride it all the way

Susan Swan459-2224 or [email protected]

STRIKING A BALANCE

Clinton students walk for Terry Fox in 2011

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A 16 www.ash-cache-journal.com Thursday, September 12, 2013 The JournalCOMMUNITY

Gold Country presents... Past, Present & Beyond

GOLD COUNTRYBARBARA RODEN

By October 1910 - more than a year after the hold-up of a CPR train near Kamloops, and the murder of Spe-cial Constable Isaac Decker in Ashcroft by one of the ban-dits - the search for Bill Haney, Decker’s murderer, had ended. Whether Haney and “Edward Smith”, convicted in Mon-tana that month for assault (and iden-ti� ed by more than one person as Haney) were the same man will probably never be known.

Decker left behind a wife, Lena, and a son, Archie. Lena was born in 1880, and was the daughter of John Tetlenitsa, Chief of the Pokeist Band near Spences Bridge (although Lena’s maiden name is transcribed as “Teet-taneecha” on her marriage certi� cate). There is no record of her death, nor of where she is buried, although it seems likely that she was buried in the cem-etery at Pokeist church.

Archie Decker, born in April 1898, was only 11 when his father was killed, and it seems almost certain that the boy found himself an orphan at a young age. The 1911 Census of Can-ada shows that in that year he was liv-ing in Vancouver, in the home of a Thomas and Mary-Jane Holmes on 11th Ave. E.; the enumeration form de-scribes him as a “lodger”. Also point-ing to his orphan status is the fact that the CPR put aside $2,000 in trust for young Archie’s future, which suggests he had no parent living who would be able to provide for him.

Alas, the grim shadow of World War I intervened. On Sept. 30, 1915 Archie Decker joined the 1st Pion-eer Battalion of the Canadian Engin-

eers. He was only 17, but lied about his year of birth, claiming it to be 1897, as

his war record shows. That same record indi-cates young Archie named “T. Holmes, 11th Ave. E., Van-couver” as his next of kin, and that Archie was the ward of a T.H. Holmes, 58th Ave. E., South Vancouver. A single poignant line in his war record tells the rest of the story: the box marked “Survived War” reads simply “No”. He died on June 13, 1916 on the � nal day of the Battle of

Mont Sorrel near Ypres, Belgium. He is one of the 55,000 Commonwealth soldiers who were lost without trace defending the Ypres Salient and who are now commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres. Every night at 8 pm Archie and his comrades, so far from home, hear buglers play “The Last Post” in their honour, under an in-scription reading “To the Armies of the British Empire who stood here from 1914 to 1918 and to those of their dead who have no known grave.”

We know where Special Constable Isaac Decker is buried, but in a way he, too, has no known grave. He was laid to rest in Ashcroft cemetery on July 1, 1909, and � ttingly enough is buried beside his former commanding of� cer and friend, Joe Burr, who died in 1929. Burr’s grave is marked, and easy to � nd. Beside it, however, where a plan of the cemetery shows Decker’s grave to be, there is only grass. If he ever had a headstone or grave marker then it is long gone, disintegrated or eroded or damaged beyond repair and never re-placed.

Decker was a policeman in Ash-croft for several years, respected and

liked by his colleagues and by the com-munity. When, during the manhunt for the CPR bandits, Joe Burr needed a trustworthy deputy to stand in for him and head up the Ashcroft detachment during Burr’s absence, Isaac Decker immediately said yes. He returned to Ashcroft and was sworn in as a special constable. Within hours he would be dead, shot on the bank of the Thomp-son while trying to apprehend the men who held up the train, and who had evaded capture until that moment.

It is a shame that a man who gave his life in service to his commun-ity should be buried in an unmarked grave. Unfortunately, Isaac Decker is one of several people buried in the Ashcroft cemetery who have no stone marking their resting place. The Vil-lage has managed the site since 1974, but prior to that it was in the care of a private company, and unfortunately all the records up to the time when the Vil-lage took over the cemetery have been lost. Thanks to the survival of an old plan of the site we know who is buried where; what we do not have are con-tact details for any family members. In the absence of family members, there is usually no one interested in ensuring

that damaged or missing headstones are � xed or replaced.

It is not just members of the family who can erect grave markers for the deceased, however. That is why a drive to raise funds is being started, so that a headstone commemorating Isaac Decker’s life and death can be made and installed. It is hoped that members of the community - businesses and pri-vate individuals - will be able to step forward and help, by donating to the Isaac Decker Memorial Fund. Funds raised will go toward having a mark-er for Isaac Decker’s grave purchased, engraved, and installed in the prop-er location in Ashcroft cemetery, with any excess funds being donated to the Ashcroft Museum for exhibitions or acquisitions. Donations can be made to the Isaac Decker Memorial Fund, care of the Ashcroft Journal, either at the Journal of� ce on 4th Street in Ash-croft, or by mail to P.O. Box 190, Ash-croft, V0K 1A0.

Let us give Constable Isaac Decker a � tting memorial, in the town which he served so well, and where he gave his life in the line of duty.

Many thanks to Kathy Paulos of the Ashcroft Museum and Archives for her invaluable assistance during the writing of this series.

In the Line of Duty: Pt. 10 - Finale

Isaac Decker is buried in Ashcroft cemetery beside his friend and colleague Joe Burr, but no stone marks his grave.