Summer Sale 10 % Off Gas Barbecues & Fans CLINTON BUILDING CENTRE Tel: 250-459-2544 Fax: 250-459-2596 The Journal ASHCROFT t CACHE CREEK Thursday, July 18, 2013 $1.30 includes GST Serving Clinton, Spences Bridge, Lytton, Savona, Walhachin and surrounding areas Since 1895 Volume 120 No 29 www.ash-cache-journal.com 7 78195 50011 6 INSIDE: Plan your Festival weekend. Pages 8-9 PM # 400121123 Council wants gas agreement changes Cache Creek Council is wondering how much leeway it has with FortisBC when it comes to the gas company’s latest operating agreement, which has no end date. The operating agreement is sent to all muni- cipalities for their signature, but instead of sign- ing it, Cache Creek made some small changes at their July 15 meeting and sent it back to the company for acceptance. “I will admit,” Mayor John Ranta told Coun- cil, “that some parts of the agreement caused my eyebrows to raise a little bit.” The Franchise Agreements between BC Gas and the municipalities extended for 20 years and then came up for renewal. The Term of Agreement in the new 22-page document states: “This Agreement will have a term of 20 years from the date that it comes into effect and after the initial term shall continue indefinitely un- less terminated in accordance with Section 15.5 below” which states that the Village must give a year’s notice to terminate. “I’m not comfortable in binding future coun- cils to an indefinite agreement,” said Ranta. He then proposed some small amendments to the document’s wording that would have it come up for renewal after 20 years. A future council 20 years from now would negotiate a new agreement rather than have it roll over in perpetuity, he said. Council agreed with his amendments. “It may result in Fortis saying it’s unaccept- able which would result in further conversation with them,” he said. “The terms and conditions are largely con- sistent with an agreement signed by 10 muni- cipalities located in the Interior in 2006, which was facilitated by the Union of BC Municipal- ities, and which has been approved by the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC),” administrator Leslie Lloyd told Council. Cache Creek’s current Franchise Agreement with FortisBC/BC Gas ends at the end of Sep- tember. The Operating Agreemet sets out the terms and conditions under which FortisBC Energy Inc. shall exercise its rights to use the public places of the Village of Cache Creek in con- ducting its business of distributing gas within the municipality and the three per cent operat- ing fee that it pays annually to the Village which is based on the total revenue it receives from customers within Cache Creek. Early Bloomers Cache Creek hosted the provincial Communities in Bloom judges over the weekend. While it may not have been the best weather, everyone had fun. Left, Amazing Race contestants finish up in the Cache Creek swimming pool. Above, After the touring the town, supper was enjoyed by (l-r) Elizabeth Ranta, CiB chair Carmen Ranta, Janine Littlewood from the Dairy Queen, judges Michelle Rule and Yvette May, Mayor John Ranta, Michelle Beckett, Gold Country’s Marcie Down, Public Works superintendant Deb Channell and Josie Beckett.
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Summer Sale10% Off Gas Barbecues & Fans
Clinton Building Centre Tel: 250-459-2544 Fax: 250-459-2596
The JournalA S H C R O F T t C A C H E C R E E K
Thursday, July 18, 2013 $1.30 includes GST
Serving Clinton, Spences Bridge, Lytton, Savona, Walhachin and surrounding areas Since 1895Volume 120 No 29 www.ash-cache-journal.com
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I N S I D E : Plan your Festival weekend. Pages 8-9
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Council wants gas agreement changes
Cache Creek Council is wondering how much leeway it has with FortisBC when it comes to the gas company’s latest operating agreement, which has no end date.
The operating agreement is sent to all muni-cipalities for their signature, but instead of sign-ing it, Cache Creek made some small changes at their July 15 meeting and sent it back to the company for acceptance.
“I will admit,” Mayor John Ranta told Coun-cil, “that some parts of the agreement caused my eyebrows to raise a little bit.”
The Franchise Agreements between BC Gas and the municipalities extended for 20 years and then came up for renewal. The Term of Agreement in the new 22-page document states: “This Agreement will have a term of 20 years from the date that it comes into effect and after the initial term shall continue indefinitely un-less terminated in accordance with Section 15.5 below” which states that the Village must give a year’s notice to terminate.
“I’m not comfortable in binding future coun-cils to an indefinite agreement,” said Ranta. He then proposed some small amendments to the document’s wording that would have it come up for renewal after 20 years.
A future council 20 years from now would negotiate a new agreement rather than have it roll over in perpetuity, he said. Council agreed with his amendments.
“It may result in Fortis saying it’s unaccept-able which would result in further conversation with them,” he said.
“The terms and conditions are largely con-sistent with an agreement signed by 10 muni-cipalities located in the Interior in 2006, which was facilitated by the Union of BC Municipal-ities, and which has been approved by the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC),” administrator Leslie Lloyd told Council.
Cache Creek’s current Franchise Agreement with FortisBC/BC Gas ends at the end of Sep-tember.
The Operating Agreemet sets out the terms and conditions under which FortisBC Energy Inc. shall exercise its rights to use the public places of the Village of Cache Creek in con-ducting its business of distributing gas within the municipality and the three per cent operat-ing fee that it pays annually to the Village which is based on the total revenue it receives from customers within Cache Creek.
Early BloomersCache Creek hosted the provincial Communities in Bloom judges over the weekend. While it may not have been the best weather, everyone had fun. Left, Amazing Race contestants finish up in the Cache Creek swimming pool. Above, After the touring the town, supper was enjoyed by (l-r) Elizabeth Ranta, CiB chair Carmen Ranta, Janine Littlewood from the Dairy Queen, judges Michelle Rule and Yvette May, Mayor John Ranta, Michelle Beckett, Gold Country’s Marcie Down, Public Works superintendant Deb Channell and Josie Beckett.
Ashcroft Legion General Meeting3rd Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m.
(no meeting July and August)
Euchre, first & 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., JULY 19 • 6:30 - 8:00 pm
SATURDAY JULY 20 •10 am - 2 pm
BBQ STEAK $12.00/plate
Hamburgers & Hot Dogsfor Wellness Day
Visitors Welcome
* Legion Crib Tournament last Sunday of the month - Open 10 am starts 11 am sharp - 12 games * Free Pool Daily
Ashcroft Royal Canadian LegionAshcroft Royal Canadian Legion
July 19-21 - Ashcroft’s first annual Wellness Awaits You Festival. Demonstrations, workshops, activities, music and more!
July 24 - Winding Rivers Arts & Performance Society presents Music In The Park with Mark James Fortin. Opening for him is Salmagundi. Gazebo in Heritage Place Park on Railway Ave. in Ashcroft, 6:30-9:30 pm. Donations happily accepted.
Aug. 14 - Winding Rivers Arts & Performance Society presents Music In The Park with the Andrea Smith duo. Opening for her is Jennifer Ferguson. Gazebo in Heritage Place Park on Railway Ave. in Ashcroft, 6:30-9:30 pm.
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.
Every Tuesday - South Cariboo Sportsmans’ Association has started regular trap-shooting practice at 6 pm. at the trap range above the airstrip near Cache Creek. Everyone welcome, coaching available. For information 250-453-2570.
The Ashcroft Manor Teahouse& The Kamloops Astronomical
Society Proudly Presents
FREE PublicAstRonomy
ViEwingSaturday, July 20th
Special Dinner Menu FeaturingRibeye or New York Steak,
Chicken Breast or Fresh SalmonDinner starts at 7:00 pm with
Astronomy Viewing starting at 10:00Profits from the Dinner will be donated to the Kamloops Astronomical Society
Call 250-453-9983 for more information
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KELOWNA - The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man whose body was recovered from Seton Lake near Lillooet on July 6.
He is Jean Claude Guye-Vuilleme, 72, a long time resident of Cache Creek.
Mr. Guye-Vuilleme was witnessed by other users of the recreation area to walk into the water at Seton Beach on Seton Lake shortly af-ter 2 p.m. on July 6. Shortly afterward, bystand-ers rescued him from the lake. He was trans-ported by ambulance to hospital in Lillooet, but could not be revived.
The BC Coroners Service and RCMP con-tinue to investigate this death.
Avoiding pot holesJuly 9 at 8:30 am police attended a
single vehicle accident on Hwy 1 just south of ASC Auto after a northbound vehicle went off road right and drove down the embankment, through a fence and into a field. The vehicle was heav-ily damaged with a broken windshielf and flat tires. The driver, a 19 year old Spences Bridge woman, said she was trying to avoid potholes and lost control of her vehicle. She was not injured.
Outlaw In LawsJuly 9 at 4 pm police attended a Wal-
hachin residence where two women were having a loud verbal dispute. The 50 year old owner of the home had left before police attended but returned to the house while police were looking for
her. She was arrested for causing a dis-turbance and lodged in cells until sober. She and her stepson’s fiance had been involved in an exchange of words.
Eviction partyJuly 9 at 5:30 police were called to
the Nugget Motel in Cache Creek after a 51year old female resident smashed the front window of her unit. She was gone before police arrived. The man-ager advised police that he had served an eviction notice on the tenant for not paying her rent, and she was supposed
to move out later that day. The woman was located later back at the motel and arrested for mischief and being drunk in a public place. She was lodged in cells until sober and is fa-cing charges of mischief.
Accident closes 97CJuly 9 at 7 pm police at-
tended a single vehicle roll-over on Hwy 97C by North Rd. after a GMC pickup, head-ing towards Ashcroft, swerved to miss a dear and rolled off the highway. The pickup was hauling a utility trailer full of construction tools and sup-plies for a roadwork crew and the accident left tar and diesel all over the highway. The road was closed for clean up and the Ministry of Environmet was notified. The 19 year old male driver from Penticton was taken to Kamloops’ hospi-tal with a concussion. The deer was nowhere to be seen.
Bag turned inJuly 11 at 4:30 pm a Air
Canada travel bag was turned in at the front counter of the Detachment. The bag con-tained women’s clothing and toiletries. It can be claimed at the Detachment.
Neighbourhood dogJuly 12 at 7:45 am po-
lice attended a complaint of dog-napping after a Cache Creek woman took a neigh-bour’s whining and barking Chihuahua from their back-yard at 3 am and let it into her house to warm up and dry off.
The couple advised that they called the dog’s owners to let them know they had the dog, but there was no answer. The neighbour reported it to the police and the dog was returned. It appeared to be healthy and well fed and not in any dis-tress. The couple reported their con-cerns about the dog’s welfare to the SPCA.
Target practiceJuly 13 at 9:30 pm police received
a complaint from a Cache Creek man owning property near the golf course, who was upset about the number of golf balls landing in his yard. The 53 year old man advised police that a golf ball had just landed near his house so he went to the golf course and discov-ered a pickup just leaving with men in-side. He photographed both the men and their vehicle and asked police to lay charges. He said he has found 12 balls in the past year and he thinks they’re trying to hit his house on pur-pose. When the officer informed him that no charges would be laid, the man asked that police seize the balls and check them for fingerprints. He was ad-vised to lodge his complaint with the golf course.
The officer contacted the golf course as well and staff advised that none of the holes faced the highway, and that there was no way that anyone could drive a golf ball hard enough to get it to the highway, let alone across it.
Nelson releasedEric Nelson, 52, of the Hat Creek
area has been released from jail pend-ing his next court appearance on July 25. Nelson was arrested and charged with several offenses that occured May 15-17, including attempted murder, assault, theft of a vehicle and several weapons charges in connection with in-cidents occuring in Spences Bridge and Venables Valley. Nelson was released with a curfew from 9 pm to 6 am, a no-contact order with any of his alleged victims, and an order not to be in either Spences Bridge or Ashcroft.
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Ashcroft RCMP Sgt. Michel Grondin with retired RCMP Sgt. Jerry Fiddick at the Ashcroft Canada Day celebrations.
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Spatsum Creek fire starter sought
So many ways to participate in the Festival
A bit of silly fun with Cache Creek’s Amazing RaceCoach Vicky Trill (right) presents the winners of Sunday night’s mini Amazing Race in Cache Creek, Tom Moe and Alf Trill, with their cash prize for finishing first - in chilly temperatures and pouring rain. The race co-incided with the arrival of B.C. Communities in Bloom judges who are judging Cache Creek for this year’s Communities in Bloom competition.
The Conservation Officer Service is taking tips in its quest to find the person or people re-sponsible for the Spatsum Creek wildfire near Ashcroft that started in April.
Investigators have determined the fire started on April 27 between 1 and 1:15 p.m. by a per-son, but are unsure if it was accidental or pur-posely set.
“There were no natural causes that could’ve sparked this fire (lightning or natural spontan-eous combustion) so that’s why investigators have come to the conclusion it was a person-caused fire,” said Melissa Welsh, a fire infor-mation officer for the Kamloops Fire Centre’s Wildfire Management Branch (WMB).
At its biggest, the fire burned more than 1,400 hectares - or 14 square kilometres. Well over 100 firefighters battled the blaze, and it is still “in control,” meaning crews are still on the ground monitoring the area, said Welsh.
“I think that this fire will be in control for a while,” she said. “With the hot temperatures, if there are any hot spots that crews haven’t been able to access - it was pretty steep terrain that they were dealing with - or if we get into high temperatures throughout the summer and there’s something burning underground, it can re-ignite.”
Welsh said the fire danger rating in the area is moderate, but is expected to climb to high over the next few weeks with dry conditions and high temperatures.
The WMB recommends reducing the risk of causing a wildfire by avoiding campfires in windy conditions, maintaining a one-metre fire-guard (fuel-free area without flammable materi-als) around the campfire and making sure fires are completely extinguished and ashes cold to the touch before leaving.
Anyone with information about the fire can contact the B.C. Conservation Officer Service’s 24-hour tip line and make an anonymous report at 1-877-952-7277.
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Wow! It’s hard to believe that just a few months ago the concept of a Wellness Festival was just in the early planning stages; and, it just goes to show how a group of dedicated community volun-teers can mix their ideas and energy to make synergy and to “get ‘er done.”
The first of anything is always the hardest and this one is no exception. We have had a few bumps along the road and expect to have a few more, but all in all we are very proud of what we have been able to put togeth-er for the community.
From kids to the elder-
ly, there will be something for everyone at the Well-ness Festival. Music will fill the air from Friday night until Sunday. Sit and lis-ten, get up and dance or sing along. Music makes your heart sing, your toes tap and your soul happy. There will be demonstrations for a var-
iety of interests, workshops to give you great ideas and walk-ing tours to fill your mind with history and pic-tures.
Kids will find lots of fun things to do from birdhouse building to rock painting. They can sit and lis-ten to a story or make a kite. The kids try-athalon will be loads of fun for both the participants and the watch-ers. Participac-tion is the key-word here with the emphasis on try-ing. We still need some adult volunteers to be spotters along the course, so if you can give us a hand for a
short period of time, please call Vicky Trill or Wayne Little.
The Festival will include a physical side for those who enjoy exercise and getting out and about. There will be two guided hikes (one Sat-urday and one Sunday) and 25 new geocaches have been placed which will take geo-cachers to local areas they have never been to before. What a great way to see more of the Ashcroft area from different perspectives.
So, to all the citizens of Ashcroft and our surround-ing communities, we invite you to come and experience what our first Wellness Fes-tival has for you. Activities that bring enjoyment and happiness translate into per-sonal wellness, and the Well-ness Festival on July 19-21 is sure to have something that brings enjoyment for you.
Check out the sched-ule of events in this week’s Journal. Look for a complete schedule of events, times, lo-cations and costs - where ap-plicable, at our Information Booth in front of the Sun Country offices on Railway Ave. during the Festival this weekend. The booth will be staffed Friday 5-9 pm, Sat-urday 10 am to 10 pm and Sunday 10 am to 3 pm.
Andrea Walker
Closest to the jackPetra Fischer (right) cheers as her partner Silvia Manton makes a spectacular play during a game of Bocce in the Cache Creek Park. Opponents Fritz and Carl look on. The game was part of Games Day in the park, part of the Seniors Fit For Life program provided by the Village of Cache Creek and Coach Vicky Trill.
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Home renovations are a way of life
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TOADSTOOLS MAKE AN UNSURPRISING APPEARANCE in local cemeteries after all of our rain
Dear EditorI had to forward this comment
to you because two of the issues Es-ther wrote about last issue (June 27, Cakewalk Chronicles) are so wrong that I had to let you know. If she is going to write about something, she should make sure her facts are right before she does.
Her article about the need for the replacement of the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline is way off base. I worked for Chevron Head Of-fice in Vancouver for 36 years and if she would like to listen, I can tell her why the pipeline must be re-placed as the original pipeline was installed 60 years ago.
Re: “Incinerators and the Cache
Creek Land Fill” - I am a mem-ber of the Landfill Commission and do inspections at the Landfill. I can tell you that Wastech does a great, thankless job and should be given credit not criticism. The open ac-tive area of the landfill is now very small and there is very seldom any odour. The life of the landfill was extended because Metro Vancouver needs it.
If no more waste was added, the landfill would generate enough gas for Hydro to supply Cache Creek and Ashcroft with Hydro Electric power with some left over for the next 25 years. Is this bad for the en-vironment or should Hydro build some more dams instead?
Sorry to be so long winded but
the articles hit a nerve. PS. The railcars in
Quebec have exploded since I wrote this letter. Do we want more railcars
in BC going through all the small towns or should we replace the pipeline? Much safer.
Paul WhiteheadArea I
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Pipeline and landfill remarks way off base
Aside from the still occasional Mon-soon, summertime is here in all of its sunny, heat-stroke glory.
Despite being huddled in our win-ter coats under the Cover-All in the Cache Creek Park on Sunday night to welcome the Communities in Bloom judges to “sunny” Cache Creek, I’m going to stick my neck out and predict that we’ll have nothing but beautiful weather from now until Labour Day - which is not all that far away.
The rain has to give way to our lovely desert summer at some point, right? It has to make up for our soggy, dismal spring, right?
I’ve never seen rain fall so hard (or so cold) here as it did Sunday night. The noise of it hitting the roof of the Cover-All drowned out just about everything except conversation with the person sitting next to you - as long as they were speaking loudly!
All I could think of was: I’m so glad the paving work in the yard is finished, because it’s impossible to lay down pavers when it’s raining like that. For almost six weeks starting with the end of May, it rained near-ly every day, and we have the mosquito and blackfly to prove it. The wet weather has been brutal on outdoor plans up until re-cently.
Now that I have a beautiful patio area to sit back and enjoy the remainder of the summer, I’ll still be working on the last of the outdoor renovations for the year.
I get no sympathy. Everyone I whine to tells me: “Be happy it’s getting done now. I started on mine 10 years ago and I’m still waiting...”
Tool Man is already talking about next year’s long list of renovations!
No, no, next year is when we’ll final-ly be able to enjoy the results of this year’s renovations. Hopefully the greenhouse will be built this fall (as planned - ha!) and the huge pile of dirt will be gone from the mid-dle of the abandoned vegetable garden so I can play in my backyard next summer.
I’ve had enough of renovations for now. I was lured here with the promise of long, hot summers, and I intend to collect. But... an inground pool would be nice...
The Packing House presents Van-couver Singer-Song-writer/Guitarist and Producer, Sean Ash-by on Wednesday, July 17. Book your table, sit back, eat, drink and enjoy! Sean’s tour cur-rently includes Toronto, Cal-gary, Vancouver ...and Spences Bridge! A small, acoustic set-ting like the Packing House may be the smallest venue Sean plays on this across Canada tour but he assures Paulet and Steve it will be one of his best...you have to hear it to believe it! For reser-vations to book your table call (250) 458-2256.
Chances are, if you’ve had a radio on today you’ve heard his guitar playing. As one of North America’s go-to guitarists, Sean Ashby has played and recorded with Sarah McLachlan, Deler-ium, Ginger (former Grapes Of Wrath), and many more. Ashby, is a singer /songwriter/guitarist/producer who released his debut album “Brass and Gold” in April 2008. As a solo artist, Ashby is an evocative, melodic songwrit-er, emotional singer, charismatic performer, and of course, a mon-ster guitar player!! He was also
recently voted one of the top five guitarists, all time - in all of Can-ada by CBC listeners.
Dustin Bentall struts his stuff in Clinton
The Summer Music in the Park series in Clinton has three great shows left this summer. This week you can catch Dustin Bentall with Kendel Carson on Friday, July 20. Dustin plays and sings some great original root-sy folk-rock tunes along with ac-companist fiddler, Kendel Car-son. They make a great combin-ation. Should be a great night. Kendall will no doubt play a number of barn-burning hoe-downs.
Ridley Bent will take to the Gazebo on Aug. 10, and Barney Bentall on Aug. 31. Show times are at 7:30 pm at Reg Conn Cen-tennial Park in downtown Clin-ton.
Music and dance for your soul
The 1st Annual Ashcroft Wellness Festival, July 19-21 will feature a number of musical and dance acts throughout the weekend. The outdoor festival will take place on the streets of downtown Ashcroft, from 2nd to 8th Avenue.
There will be two out-door stages of scheduled entertainment plus an ar-ray of local and regional Buskers which include Jim Ryan, Mavourn-een Varcoe-Ryan, Na-dine Davenport, Karla Cummins, Andrea Bona, Theresa Tak-acs, Ken Leinweber (performing at Shel-ley’s Place) and Llynn Kellman. Other activ-ities planned are work-shops, demonstrations and vendor booths, belly dancing, geo
caching, hiking, kids triath-lon, yoga, tai chi and lots more!
On Saturday, there will two performances by Elvis Tribute singer Steve El-liott with his show - ‘Elvis Elite’. Steve also takes the stage on the Sunday mor-ning of the Wellness Festi-val for an interdenomina-tional church service at St Albans Hall. You can look forward to many gospel fa-vourites and sacred songs made famous by Elvis Presley.
Steve has been a per-former since 2000 and has won various Elvis contests throughout Canada, includ-ing the Grand Canadian Championship of the Pacif-ic Northwest Elvis Festival 2004 in Penticton.
He travels now full time with his “Elvis Elite
“show and his act has taken him throughout Canada and the USA. Expect a high energy trib-ute to the Century’s Most Cele-brated and Loved.... Elvis Pres-ley! Steve has the Young Elvis down to a tee, along with the hip swivels and classic duck walk that made Elvis so recognizable in the 50’s! Crooning through the Ballads and Rockabilly Hits, Steve is ready to shake!
The Festival begins on Fri-day at 5 pm and ends at 3 pm Sunday. Friday night’s con-
cert is Flat Busted, featuring the lovely ladies from Spences Bridge, 7:15-9 pm. On Saturday, Spiritus Mundii, the local world folk fusion quartet, plays from 5:15-6:15 pm, followed by vari-ous local actors performing Im-prov and Stand Up Comedy, and a Saturday Night Street Dance - featuring the 60’s Rock Band, 32nd Avenue to follow from 7-10 pm. Most of the weekend’s entertainment is free, but the Street Dance is by donation.Local world folk fusion quartet, Spiritus Mundii members Kirk Watson, Jan
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World, fusion, Celtic, soulful music - you can hear it all in AshcroftFolk Troubadour and cel-
lo duo at MITP next weekWinding
Rivers Arts & Performance Society presents Music in the Park concert ser-ies in Ashcroft every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. The next Music in the Park is Wed-nesday, July 24 and will feature the Vancouver husband/wife duo of Mark James Fortin (guitar and vocals) and Lorna Bramp-ton Fortin (cello). Mark James Fortin has been described as raw, powerful, and dynamic. He performs songs that speak to the heart and mind. The local open-ing act will be the increasingly
popular world folk fusion quar-tet, Spiritus Mundii. Members are Brian Benner, Jan Schmitz, Denise Tapia-Benner and Kirk Watson.
Described as “Canada’s best unsigned artist,” Mark James Fortin is also one of Canada’s best-kept secrets. This power-ful songwriter, vocalist and guitarist turned his back on To-ronto’s live music scene just as he was poised to break with his debut CD and has been quietly perfecting his craft on the West Coast ever since.
Born in France, raised in Canada and Germany, he spent his early years playing hock-
ey, drinking beer with old men and soaking in clas-sic jazz supplied by his trumpet-playing father. A return to Toronto in his late teens and the sounds of intelligent roots-based music from artists such as John Hiatt, Elvis Costello, and Tom Waits inspired him to trade his hock-ey stick for a gui-tar. The collision of hockey, jazz, rock, and women
brought forth his first batch of “tough but tender” songs, which combined the sophistication of jazz with a straightforward em-phasis on groove, feel, and hon-esty.
After winning Toronto’s Radio Q107 Homegrown Con-test, he recorded his debut CD “Two Days in Rexdale” and was offered management, label deals and a lot of the seedier trappings of the industry.
Disillusioned and burned out, he moved to the West Coast where he began rediscovering what it was that made him an artist in the first place. Mark’s first west-coast musical collab-oration was with Yvonne Mc-Skimming, co-writing music for the Fringe Festival Hit “Cross-ing Boundaries”. After rave re-views the two went into the stu-dio with Bill Buckingham to ar-range and co-produce Yvonne’s debut CD “A Place of Standing” which spent six months at the top of the MP3.com charts and across Canada.
The artist’s collaboration also resulted in the co-creation of one Vancouver’s most belov-ed and well-attended monthly songwriter’s showcases in the city’s history. The ongoing bene-fit event “Just Singing Round” hosted by Fortin and McSkim-ming has raised over $160,000 for numerous Vancouver char-
ities over the past five years and is regularly sold out. Since its inception Fortin has toured to Scotland for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where the JSR showcase garnered rave reviews.
Today, Mark James Fortin continues to write record and perform new material. Concen-trating on music for its own sake, he has delighted scores of listen-ers of all tastes and backgrounds with his accessible, yet authen-tic songs. Fortin’s wide appeal is based on skill, talent, and some-thing much more important – an uncompromising desire to offer music with heart. Onstage, on the page or in the studio – Mark James Fortin delivers.
House Concert with Celtic Duo, Pennybrook
Creative Cow House Con-certs presents the Celtic folk sounds of Pennybrook. Join Jude & Charlie on Wednesday, July 31 for a beautiful summer evening of original instrumen-tals and old fashioned songs at the Farmhouse at Barnes Lake (just 12 minutes from downtown Ashcroft). The show starts at 7:30 pm and the house location is at 3820 Barnes Lake Rd, just past IG Machine. Call Nadine or Andrea at (250) 453-9100 to re-serve your seat. Hope to some new faces at this very enjoyable community event - coffee, tea
and sweets provided.
Penny-brook is an acoustic duo based in south-western Nova Sco-tia, special-izing in ori-ginal in-strumental compos-itions with
a Celtic flavour. Charlie Wil-son plays Irish flute and whis-tles, and Jude Pelley plays gui-tars, mandolin, and Appalachian dulcimer. They have given con-certs from Nova Scotia to Brit-ish Columbia, and have just re-leased their first full-length CD.
Originally hailing from the North West of England, the promise of adventure drew Charlie to northern Canada in 2000, first to Inuvik, then to Whitehorse, where she lived for seven years. Her recent ad-ventures have included sailing from South East Alaska to Van-couver; working as a theatre art-ist in Whitehorse and Vancou-ver; as an apprentice boat build-er in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia; and, wherever she is, practising aikido as much as possible.
Continuing her childhood passion for the flute, Charlie has over the past several years amassed a collection of her own compositions. In Fall 2010, Charlie travelled to Nova Scotia to record a CD with her friend Jude Pelley. She stayed, fell in love and is now happy to call Nova Scotia’s South Shore her home. After two years of play-ing music together, the Penny-brook project with Jude con-tinues to delight and inspire her.
Jude Pelley was born in Car-bonear, Nfld, in 1975. His in-terest in music stems from his father’s involvement in sem-inal Canadian folk-rock group Figgy Duff, and also from the many Richard Thompson rec-ords that were played around the house during his childhood! He has been playing music off and on for 25 years, in styles ranging from rock and blues to jazz, bluegrass, and celtic. When he’s not working on Pennybrook tunes, or pretending to be a car-penter, he produces records and works on art music compos-itions.
This notice is published pursuant to section 4 of the Recall and Initiative Act.
Approval in principle has been granted on an application for an initiative petition. The petition will be issued to proponent Dana Larsen on Monday, September 9, 2013 and signature sheets must be submitted to the Chief Electoral Officer by Monday, December 9, 2013.
The Title of the Initiative is:An initiative to amend the Police Act.
Summary of Initiative:The initiative draft Bill entitled, “Sensible Policing Act” proposes to amend the Police Act to no longer use provincial police resources on the enforcement of current laws in relation to simple possession and use of cannabis by adults. The draft law would prohibit the use of provincial police resources for this purpose, would require police to report in detail to the Minister of Justice any actual use of resources for this purpose and why it was necessary, and require the Minister to publish that report. The Bill also proposes that the province would call upon the Federal Government to repeal the federal prohibition on cannabis, or give British Columbia an exemption, such that British Columbia is able to tax and regulate cannabis similar to the regulation of alcohol and tobacco. As well it proposes that British Columbia shall establish a Provincial Commission to study the means and requirements necessary for the province to establish a legal and regulated model for the production and use of cannabis by adults. Last, the Bill would make non-lawful possession and use of cannabis by minors an offence similar to possession and use of alcohol.
Opponent Registration:Individuals or organizations who intend to incur expenses as opponents must apply for registration with the Chief Electoral Officer by Monday, August 12, 2013. Registration applications for opponents are available from Elections BC.
Initiative Advertising:Individuals or organizations who sponsor initiative advertising, other than the proponent and registered opponents, must register with the Chief Electoral Officer before they conduct or publish initiative advertising. Registration applications are available from Elections BC.
Who May Sign the Petition:Registered voters as of Monday, September 9, 2013 may sign the initiative petition. Individuals may only sign the petition once, and must sign the petition sheet for the electoral district in which they are registered at the time of signing. Signed petitions are available for public inspection.
For More Information:The initiative application and draft Bill are available for public inspection on the Elections BC website and at the Elections BC office at the address below.
Location:Suite 100 – 1112 Fort Street, Victoria, B.C
Mailing Address: PO Box 9275 Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W 9J6
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By now you know that the First Annual Wellness Festival is happening this coming week-end, July 19-21, in downtown Ashcroft. There are many bene-fits to be gained and much enter-tainment to be experienced by attending this Festival showcas-ing the many ways of Wellness happening in our area.
One of the events happen-ing over the weekend is the con-struction of a Labyrinth. The Labyrinth is open to all who want to take some time for still-ness or to seek insight or centre themselves. It can be used as a form of spiritual exercise or as a new experience for enjoyment.
Information from the inter-net explains that: “The labyrinth is an ancient symbol for healing and a path to renewing the body-mind-spirit connection, which dates back more than 3,000 years. Labyrinths of pre-Chris-tian Knossos and Egypt were followed by labyrinths in Euro-pean cathedrals. The best-known labyrinth is an eleven-circuit de-sign dating back to the 13th cen-tury, and is laid on the floor of Chartres Cathedral in France.
A labyrinth is an ancient, geometric pattern that has a sin-gle path that leads into the cen-tre and out again. Not to be con-
fused with a maze, a labyrinth was originally based on a circle, the ancient symbol for healing, unity and wholeness. A maze of-fers a choice of paths, dead ends and false starts; it is our cogni-tive mind (left brain) that loves to problem solve. Walking the labyrinth involves the creative and intuitive mind (right brain) and can be calming and balan-cing. The choice is whether to walk the labyrinth - a spiritual journey.” Quest Educational Foundation site
“People walk the labyrinth slowly, as an aid to contempla-tive prayer and reflection, as a spiritual exercise, or as a form of pilgrimage.
There are two underlying themes to the Labyrinth: journey and relationship. As well as this there are three themes that link specifically with the three sec-tions of the Labyrinth:
The inward journey - ‘let-ting go’ or shedding; The mid-dle of the labyrinth - ‘centering’; The outward journey - ‘incarna-tion’.” From labyrinth.org.uk
You may now be wondering how you can experience such an amazing thing as a Labyrinth walk in Ashcroft?
First, lo-cate Friend-
ship Auto at 603 Railway Ave. Between Friendship Auto and the Government building is a special place where people have prepared the outline of our Laby-rinth. We offer many thanks to Cam and Debbie Tetford for al-lowing us the use of this empty lot until such time as it is sold.
Kathleen Kinasewich of Soul Circle Mandalas from Spen-ces Bridge, brought the pattern and her husband, Alex, to help lay out the design. Other volun-teers - Alice Watson, Joan Kane,
Jean Burgess, Martina Baier, Jim Duncan and Jack Jeyes - constructed the design. Many thanks for the help and the love-ly experience !!!
During the Wellness Festival you can paint a rock at the Kids’ Tent with host, Jo Petty at the Rock Painting Table. On Satur-day afternoon, we will take our rocks down to the Labyrinth site and each person will be able to place their rock somewhere sig-nificant (for them) on the path. Then visit the Labyrinth as often
as you like to walk the path, to enhance and deepen on your spiritual journey.
It is hoped that over the com-ing months the entire path will be outlined by those who walk the path and/or bring special rocks to be added to the Laby-rinth. Information will be avail-able at the site to explain the value of the embodied actions of walking the Labyrinth.
See you at the Festival !!!Martina Baier
Ashcroft gets a Labyrinth
Preparing the ground are Jim Duncan, Martina Baier, Kathleen and Alex Kinasewich, and Jack Jeyes.
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Look for our grand opening of our new location at 210 Railway this September
7:00 - 9:00 am Three Meadows Hike 8:30 - 9:30 am Yoga Class (by donation)10:00 - 11:00 am Ecumenical Church Service11:15-12:15 am Elvis Elite (Steve Elliott) Gospel Music12:30 - 12:45 Closing Ceremony 3:00 pm Festival Closes C’mon back July 18-20, 2014!
Saturday, July 20th
7:00 - 9:00 am Dunes-Inukshuk Trail Hike 8:30 - 9:30 am Yoga Class (by donation) 9:00 - 10:00 am Photo Walk 9:00 - 11:00 am Geocaching GPX Loading10:00 - 10:30 am Zumba10:00 - 11:00 am Basic Self Defense (fee)10:00 am - 3:00 pm Rock Painting & Face Painting10:00 am - 3:00 pm Stagecoach rides11:00 am - noon Sushi Making (fee)11:00 am - 1:00 pm Kids’ Try-athlon11:00 am - 3:00 pm Canvas Painting11:30 am - noon Tai Chi demonstration12:15 - 12:45 pm Yoga demonstration 1:00 - 2:00 pm Elvis Elite (Steve Elliott) concert 1:00 - 2:00 pm Healthy Yummy Mummy (fee) 1:00 - 3:00 pm Free swimming at the public pool 2:00 - 3:00 pm Sushi Making (fee) 2:00 - 3:00 pm Kitchen Medicine Chest 2:30 - 3:00 pm Pole Walking 3:00 - 4:00 pm History Walk 3:00 - 5:00 pm Momma’s Gonna Snap (fee) 3:15 - 3:45 pm Zumbatronic for Kids 4:00 - 5:00 pm Elvis Elite (Steve Elliot) concert 5:00 - 5:30 pm Labyrinth Dedication 5:15 - 6:15 pm Spiritus Mundii concert 6:00 - 6:45 pm Improv/Standup Comedy 7:00 - 10:00 pm Street Dance with 32nd Avenue (by donation)
Railway Avenue will be closed between 2nd and 8th Avenuefrom Friday, July 19th at 1:00 pm until Sunday, July 21st at 4:00 pm
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ADULTACTIVITIES
3 OutdoorConcertsStarring
‘ELVIS ELITE’(Steve Elliott)
GEOCACHING ALL WEEKEND
25 NEW SITESAROUND ASHCROFT
LIVE mUSICALL WEEKEND
by local buskers, as well as concerts by local bands Flat Busted,32nd Avenue andSpiritus mundii
FREESWImmING
AT THEASHCROFT pOOL
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Look for our grand opening of our new location at 210 Railway this September
7:00 - 9:00 am Three Meadows Hike 8:30 - 9:30 am Yoga Class (by donation)10:00 - 11:00 am Ecumenical Church Service11:15-12:15 am Elvis Elite (Steve Elliott) Gospel Music12:30 - 12:45 Closing Ceremony 3:00 pm Festival Closes C’mon back July 18-20, 2014!
Saturday, July 20th
7:00 - 9:00 am Dunes-Inukshuk Trail Hike 8:30 - 9:30 am Yoga Class (by donation) 9:00 - 10:00 am Photo Walk 9:00 - 11:00 am Geocaching GPX Loading10:00 - 10:30 am Zumba10:00 - 11:00 am Basic Self Defense (fee)10:00 am - 3:00 pm Rock Painting & Face Painting10:00 am - 3:00 pm Stagecoach rides11:00 am - noon Sushi Making (fee)11:00 am - 1:00 pm Kids’ Try-athlon11:00 am - 3:00 pm Canvas Painting11:30 am - noon Tai Chi demonstration12:15 - 12:45 pm Yoga demonstration 1:00 - 2:00 pm Elvis Elite (Steve Elliott) concert 1:00 - 2:00 pm Healthy Yummy Mummy (fee) 1:00 - 3:00 pm Free swimming at the public pool 2:00 - 3:00 pm Sushi Making (fee) 2:00 - 3:00 pm Kitchen Medicine Chest 2:30 - 3:00 pm Pole Walking 3:00 - 4:00 pm History Walk 3:00 - 5:00 pm Momma’s Gonna Snap (fee) 3:15 - 3:45 pm Zumbatronic for Kids 4:00 - 5:00 pm Elvis Elite (Steve Elliot) concert 5:00 - 5:30 pm Labyrinth Dedication 5:15 - 6:15 pm Spiritus Mundii concert 6:00 - 6:45 pm Improv/Standup Comedy 7:00 - 10:00 pm Street Dance with 32nd Avenue (by donation)
Railway Avenue will be closed between 2nd and 8th Avenuefrom Friday, July 19th at 1:00 pm until Sunday, July 21st at 4:00 pm
FREEKIDS AND
ADULTACTIVITIES
3 OutdoorConcertsStarring
‘ELVIS ELITE’(Steve Elliott)
GEOCACHING ALL WEEKEND
25 NEW SITESAROUND ASHCROFT
LIVE mUSICALL WEEKEND
by local buskers, as well as concerts by local bands Flat Busted,32nd Avenue andSpiritus mundii
FREESWImmING
AT THEASHCROFT pOOL
SATURDAYAFTERNOON
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Cache Creek golfers win 108 Mile tournamentArlene Jongbloets100 Mile Free PressThe Pud Griffin Memorial ladies
golf tournament made history by going into a three-team playoff to determine a winner in the two-ball best-ball event.
It was the first time in 29 years the tournament needed a tie-breaker round and it brought extra excitement to the weekend, says spokesperson Lynda Lewis.
The pair of Billie Scott and Marg Scheck were knocked out after the first playoff hole (10th), but the teams of Kathy Reid and Corrine French, and Darlene Daily and Rose Cassidy took it all the way to the 13th hole be-fore Daily and Cassidy of Cache Creek could claim victory.
The tournament involved 76 golf-ers and two rounds each played over two days at the 108 Golf Resort. Cool, cloudy and windy weather Saturday slowed the pace somewhat, but the re-turn of sunshine on Sunday loosened the players up and saw deuces shot by Heather Matsuda and Bobby Seed for $300 apiece.
Saturday night featured a Wood-stock-themed banquet where players dressed in costume.
The overall low-gross winner was the defending champion team of Deb Wiltshire of 100 Mile House and Laura Kaufman of Williams Lake.
Low-net winners in the first flight were Scott and Scheck, and first-flight low-gross champs were Lisa Kerley
and Crystal Innes.In the second flight, the low-net
win went to Carol Ohlund and Patsy Wilkinson and low gross was won by Karyn Straza and Linda Bond.
Third flight low-net champs were French and Reid, and winning low gross were Rene Zelt and Lewis.
Long-drive prizes went to Annie McKave, Wiltshire, Darlene Hillis, Barb Benoit and Seed.
Closest-to-the-pin winners were Vanessa Shilson, Leslie Bell, Debbie Garrow, Clara Koehn, Innes and Bond.
Next year’s Pud Griffin is July 11-13 and the theme will be The Wild, Wild West.
Pud Griffin Memorial golf tournament winners Darlene Daily, left, and Rose Cassidy, right, from Cache Creek. Event organizer, Clara Koehn, middle, presents trophy. The Tournament was held July 5-7 at 108 Golf Resort. Rene Zelt photo
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
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The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is pleased to announce the first recipients of bursaries from the TNRD Bursary Program.
Leading the way is Dustin Cold-well from School District No. 74 (Gold Trail). Coldwell, a Grade 12 student at David Stoddart Secondary School in Clinton, will receive a $1,000 bursary that will go towards his post-secondary education.
To qualify for the bursary, Coldwell had to demonstrate reasonable academ-ic achievement as well as commun-ity volunteerism, and he had to submit
a 500-word essay about local govern-ment.
“The TNRD is so pleased to be able to help further the academic dreams of some of the best and brightest young minds in the Regional District,” said TNRD Chair Randy Murray. “The fu-ture lies in our youth, and the most valuable asset they can possess in an ever-changing world is a post-second-ary education.”
Also winning bursaries in the TNRD are Jennifer Sage from South Kamloops Secondary School in School District 73; Derick Leclerc from Peter
Skene Ogden Secondary School in School District 27; and Geoffrey Goetz from Merritt Secondary School in School District 58.
The TNRD bursary program was approved by the Board of Directors in November 2012 with all electoral areas participating in the program. Each elec-toral area contributes to four $1,000 annual bursaries, which are provided to the four school districts within the TNRD boundaries.
School districts adjudicate applica-tions and select successful candidates.
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The Board of Education is pleased to announce that Mr. Mike Seitzinger has accepted the pos-ition of Principal for Kumsheen Secondary School as of Aug. 1.
Mike Seitzinger completed a Bachelor of Education from the University of British Columbia. He has been teaching in the com-munity of Lytton for the last three years at Stein Valley Nlakapamux School and Kumsheen Secondary School. His co-leadership of the Canyon Program has demonstrated his commitment to building posi-tive relationships with students to support meaningful engagement in learning and in the school com-munity.
Relationships have been the
foundation of Mr. Seitzinger’s work as a teacher and he looks for-ward to deepening his relationships with students, staff and the com-munity of Lytton to create an en-vironment in which students feel safe, secure and comfortable tak-ing risks with their learning.
Board Chair Carmen Ranta congratulated Mr. Seitzinger on his appointment, “The Board of Edu-cation is pleased to welcome Mr. Seitzinger to the leadership team in Gold Trail. His passion for mak-ing a difference for all students will be of great benefit to the students, families, and communities of Lyt-ton.”
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July 2013 • Week 4ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Avoid making an important decision this week, Aries. Your mind is busy with too many ideas, and you will not be able to focus all of your attention on one task.TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you may find you are focused on your finances this week. It’s a good time to assess spending habits and make some changes for the better.GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, you may find that luck is on your side this week and you can use this to your advantage. Take some risks you might normally be hesitant to take.CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 You certainly are in the spotlight this week, Cancer. All of this attention may try your nerves, so you may be interested in hiding out somewhere. Later in the week, you will have the chance.LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, a discussion with a friend could be significant this week, inspiring you to expand your goals and pursue new dreams with confidence. Be thankful for the newfound inspiration.VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Protect your privacy this week, Virgo. Though nothing serious is on the horizon, now is a good time emphasize safety and security for you and your family.LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Restlessness settles in this week, Libra. You might want to plan a little adventure, whether it is a weekend trip or a night out on the town. The goal is to change the scenery.SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, stay on top of bills, paperwork and anything else that helps you to get organized. Once you’re finished catching up, resolve to be more organized going forward.SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 You will have to put forth some extra effort this week, Sagittarius. It may feel like others aren’t pulling their weight, but you still need to do what you have to do to get the job done.CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, take some extra time cleaning up in anticipation of an unexpected guest. While company is always welcome, you want to have a tidy home to show off.AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquairus, enlist others to lend a helping hand this week. Others may not offer their time and effort, so be proactive in seeking help with an important task.PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, it may be tempting to stay at home. But you have responsibilities, and they need to be tended to. You can always relax once your work is done.
Finding an outlet to relax
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I went camping with my family last week. I didn’t want to, but my kids really did. Leading up to the trip I quietly dreaded it, and then the day we left for the two and a half hour drive to the campground I felt oddly excited.The last camping
trip we went on was a couple of years ago and I didn’t love the
experience. Crammed in an incredibly busy area, I felt like a sar-dine in a can and was counting down the days until I could es-cape. Sleeping in a tent trailer and walk-ing down a dirt road to shower with spiders in the public restroom wasn’t my cup of tea either. This time, I was told, would be differ-ent. Why? Because
we’d be in a hotel on wheels, also known as a motorhome.Not in a fancy ho-
tel with all the bells and whistles, mind you. It would be more like an economically priced no-frills mo-tel on wheels. But I didn’t care. I was go-ing to have electricity, a toilet, a kitchen and a shower. So, not ex-actly roughing it like a true camper. But I think we’ve estab-lished I’m nowhere near being one of those.When we arrived at
our destination I was immediately charmed. The small lake was gorgeous and serene, there was a row of simple cabins, and the campgrounds behind them were large, spa-cious and surrounded
by trees.As I stood by the
docks watching my husband and son un-load the fishing boat, the owner and I start-ed talking and imme-diately hit it off. She was a beautiful wom-an and looked like she belonged in the city shopping with me rather than out in the boonies. Caroline ex-plained how she and her husband used to live in Kelowna near us, but he had found this place on the inter-net a few years earlier, and when they went to check it out in per-son, it was love at first sight.I could see why. It re-
ally was gorgeous and suited its name, the Jewel Lake Resort. But then she dropped a bomb: no internet
and no phone service. Oh my gosh, I might as well have been trapped in a tent.“It’s kind of nice to
unplug for awhile,” she said. “That’s a huge attraction for a lot of people. You can totally relax and dis-connect from the out-side world up here.” After setting up
our site, my husband and 12-year-old son went off to kill fish while our 10-year-old daughter, Daisy, and I wandered around the campground. Stop-ping in for ice cream at the office, we dis-covered a vast array of books, board games and some pictures of Caroline’s husband, former NHL player Jim Harrison, up on the wall. Turned out
the guy was in the Guinness Book of World Records for most points scored in a professional hockey game with 3 goals and 7 assists back in the ‘70s. Yeah, okay. If an en-
ergetic high-achieving dude like that could kick back and relax out in the wilderness, I should be able to as well. I decided a little downtime and not be-ing able to work for a couple of days would be good for me.And it was. I picked
daisies, played games, had a few drinks, read a magazine, made some friends, relaxed by the fire, and slept like a log.Did I miss having
wifi and phone service for a few days? Yes I
did. But not nearly as much as I thought I would. Caroline was right – being un-plugged forced me to relax and discon-nect from the outside world.I wouldn’t want to
do it full time, but shutting off the com-puter and phone tem-porarily through the week in order to get grounded and calm the heck down seems like a good idea to me now. Sleeping in a tent and shower-ing with spiders still doesn’t. Caroline and Jim
Harrison can be con-tacted at JewelLak-eResort.comLori Welbourne is a
syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com
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BLAKE, Howard (Howie) W.Don’t grieve for me from pain I’m free.I’m following the path laid out for me.From Heaven I heard Flo give me a call
I turned around and left it all. Passed away peacefully with family at his side on Tuesday,
July 9, 2013 at the age of 82. Survived by his loving family: daughter Laurene and her fiancé Joe and granddaughter
Shannon; son Ward and his wife Betty, grandson Brandon and granddaughter Montana; son Glen and his fiancé
Elaine and Glen’s children: Eryn, Tyler and Bethlyn; sister Rhoda Cogbill; brother Arnie and his wife Peggy; brother-in-law George Benson and his wife Carol; as well as nieces
and nephews. Predeceased by his beloved wife Florene. There will be a private family service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, 202-1835 Gordon Drive,
Kelowna, BC, V1Y 3H5, in honour of Florene.Condolences may be sent to the family by visitingwww.springfieldfuneralhome.com, 250-860-7077.
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Last minute tidying up for the CiB judgesOld Cemetery Cleanup
The pioneer cemetery in Clinton is in need of cleanup. For years a volun-teer group maintained it and then it was ‘turned over’ to the Village for main-tenance by Public Works.
When the Village investigated the actual ownership of the cemetery it was discovered that it is still in the name of Joseph Smith, the early Clinton pion-eer who had donated the land to create the cemetery. As such the village staff could not continue maintenance on the grounds, as it is actually private prop-erty.
Now a group has emerged, known simply as Friends of the Cemetery. They are calling for volunteers to come and help do a cleanup of the cemetery prior to the arrival of the CiB judges.
Everyone is meeting at the Old Cemetery at 8 a.m. Friday, July 19 to work on the grounds. Needed are lawn mowers and weed whackers (and people to use them). Brooms to sweep off the tombstones would also be wel-come. If you have some white paint and would like to paint the rocks that spell out “Old Cemetery 1961” that would also be great.
This is one way you can help hon-our Clinton ancestors, participate in the Civic Pride Week in Clinton and help spruce up our town before the judges arrive on July 21.
Chainsaw Carving DemoDarren Cox will be demonstrat-
ing chainsaw carving on Saturday, July 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the lot be-side Parkies Variety on Clinton’s main street.
Come and watch him work and see what can be created with a chainsaw.
This is just one more of the 150/50 Anniversary events in Clinton.
Music in the ParkThe second in the series of four
Music in the Park events will be held on Saturday, July 20 in Reg Conn Cen-tennial Park as Dustin Bentall and Ken-dal Carson take to the stage at 7:30 p.m.
Bring your own chairs (and blankets) and come and enjoy the free show.
This is also a 150/50 Anniversary event.
CiB Judges WelcomeThe Nation-
al Communities in Bloom judges arrive in Clinton on Sun-day, July 21. They are Claire Laberge, a re-tired horticulturist in charge of the rose and aquatic garden at the Montreal Botanic-al Garden and Gerry Teahen, retired Hu-man Resources man-ager, Environmental Manager and former Mayor of St. Mary’s, Ontario.
There will be a Community Wel-come Buffet Dinner at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Clinton Memorial Hall. The din-ner is being put on by the Clinton CiB members but you are welcome to bring and share your favourite salad.
Come and meet the judges and help choose the winners in the Funky Flowerpot Contest.
If you see a couple of the Clinton CiB members walking around town on Monday, July 22 stop and say hello. We want to show the judges what a friend-ly, welcoming community we have here.
Although the judges will be visit-ing a few areas on Sunday, the most of the judging will be done on Monday. They will not be entering and judging individual properties. They are here to judge the community as a whole.
The criteria they will be judging include overall tidi-ness of the community, en-vironmental action, heritage conservation, urban forest-ry, landscaping (including turf and groundcovers) and com-munity involvement.
Although the judging is done in July the results won’t be known until the National Communities in Bloom Sym-posium in October.
Texas 4000 Ride for Cancer
They are doing it again! On June 1, 69 students from the 2013 LIVESTRONG Texas 4000 team mounted their bi-cycles and left UT campus in
Austin TX and headed for An-chorage, Alaska.
It will take 70 days of rid-ing, averaging 70 miles per day. There are three routes across the country with 23 rid-ers taking each route. Each rid-er will pedal over 4,000 miles by the end of the summer!
The entire ride is self-sup-ported by the team. They secured their lodging, acquired food donations and trained hard for this ride.
In addition, each rider raised $4,500 for cancer research and support servi-ces, volunteered 50 hours in the com-munity and rode 1,500 training miles.
These remarkable young people will stop in Clinton on July 25. The Clinton Lions Club will provide them with their dinner and then members of the public are welcome to come to Reg Conn Centennial Park at 7 p.m. to meet these outstanding university students.
They have given up their entire summer to cycle and spread cancer awareness. Come and show your sup-port and hear their remarkable stories.
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Gold Country presents... Past, Present & Beyond
GOLD COUNTRYBARBARA RODEN
If Interior residents had been vigilant fol-lowing the hold-up of a CPR train near Kam-loops on June 21 1909, and the es-cape of the men responsible, they were on high alert after the murder of Spe-cial Constable Isaac Decker in Ashcroft a week later. One of the bandits had been killed, but his partner escaped. Reinforcements were hur-riedly drafted in, and there was no dif-� culty gathering together “men, hors-es, ri� es, of� cials and sleuths of all kinds and colours,” as a contemporary account put it.
The countryside also teemed with amateur trackers intent, it seemed, on challenging any unidenti� ed man they saw, with a close watch being kept on every road. On Wednesday, June 30, two days after Decker’s murder, a man named Armstrong who was on his way to work at “Doc” English’s ranch in Venables Valley reported that he was stopped by a stranger who, before rob-bing him, asked “Are you the man who shot my partner?” Armstrong as-sured him that he was not. As soon as the incident was reported the area was searched thoroughly, and a watch was maintained through the night, but no trace of the stranger was found except for a discarded shirt, which may or may not have been his.
That the stranger had to ask Arm-strong about his involvement would seem to indicate that the stranger was not the man who had stepped from the boat and killed Isaac Decker. That man had got a good look at the police-man; certainly good enough to recog-
nize him again. He may not have heard that Decker had died of his wounds, but he must have known that those wounds were severe, and that it was unlikely Decker would be up and about so soon. Reports of the train holdup had been contradictory and confused as to the number of men involved: some said there had been two robbers, some said three. There were numerous witnesses who could attest that only two men had been in the
boat when it arrived in Ashcroft; but what if a third man had been dropped off somewhere else en route? It raised the horrifying prospect that there were now two bandits roaming the area.
Next day came a rumour stating that an armed man had been seen in the Bonaparte River valley near the old Harper’s mill north of Ashcroft. Searchers were dispatched to the area, but other than scaring an innocent man who was on his way to work at Hat Creek the party found nothing. Sim-ilar incidents were reported over the next few days, as jangled nerves and hot blood confronted unfamiliar faces. The situation was not helped by all the strangers who had been called in to help form the search parties: one of the posse members, who did not know the area or its inhabitants, encountered a local policeman and ordered him to throw up his hands and identify him-self. Fred Bellanco, who was work-ing out at 8 Mile Creek, came into Ashcroft on Thursday, July 1 and was stopped and challenged on three sep-arate occasions, the last time by a Chi-nese worker armed with a hoe.
On Friday, July 2 the search moved down river from Ashcroft, towards Spatsum, after it was reported that a canoe had been stolen from the CPR
(east) side of the riv-er and abandoned on the opposite bank. Once again the rumour
mill went into overdrive with tales of a stranger who had got his breakfast from the Chinese cook at the Corn-wall’s ranch near Ashcroft, and who was suspected of being the fugitive; al-though why anyone would cross from the west to the east side of the river, only to steal a canoe and travel back again, was a question no one apparent-ly thought to ask.
Throughout July 1909 the search continued, but the trail had gone cold. Near the end of the month the case � ared to life once more when Doc English, during a visit to Ashcroft, reported that the murderer of Isaac Decker had – according to one of Eng-lish’s hired hands – worked at Doc’s ranch. Shortly after the murder Eng-lish had sent his son to Spences Bridge to � nd more help, as the ranch was short-handed. His son came back with a man who stayed for only three days; but during that time he seemed to feel the need to share his guilty secret, and apparently con� ded in Armstrong, the man who claimed to have been held up by the third bandit.
The stranger, declaring that he was the murderer of Isaac Decker, appar-ently took issue with the of� cial ac-
count of what had happened, saying that they had not known the policeman was armed and that Decker had shot � rst. He also claimed that the � rst shot that hit Decker – the one to his lower body – had not been deliberate, but a result of the dead bandit’s revolver dis-charging by accident as he fell to the ground after being hit. After � eeing the area, the man said, he had traveled westward, and had arrived in the area of Spatsum by the following evening. He recounted to Armstrong a thrilling tale of evading Indian trackers for � ve days – at one point he waded along the Thompson River to throw his pur-suers off the scent – before arriving at Spences Bridge, where he worked for a few days at odd jobs before going to English’s. He left Venables Valley af-ter three days, and Armstrong – who made no attempt to report the stran-ger or his story until after the man left – disappeared himself a few days later.
The stranger was described as stockily built and of French Canadian extraction, and might have been head-ing on to the Northwest Territories. There was little for investigators to go on; but the search for the identities of the dead man and his cold-blooded ac-complice was about to take a dramat-ic turn.
To be continued
In the Line of Duty: Pt. 6 - Manhunt
Spences Bridge, where Isaac Decker lived in 1909. Did his murderer also spend time there?
