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I N S I D E : Election results. Page 3

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Jeyes elected, Ranta returned as mayors

Kleo Landucci, vice president of AT, Ashcroft Mayor Andy Anderson, MLA Jackie Tegart and Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta spoke on the announcement of two major paving projects.

Jack Jeyes

John Ranta and Marg Durnin shake hands after the election results on Saturday night.

“It’s an exciting day for Fraser Nicola,” said MLA Jackie Tegart in announcing two major paving projects in Ashcroft and Cache Creek last week.

In Ashcroft, Evans Rd. will be paved from the high-way past Ashcroft Terminal, while in Cache Creek, Hwy 1 will be paved from south of Cache Creek to Hwy 97 at the Bonaparte River Bridge.

Beginning with the pav-ing season next Spring, 28 km of roads will be resur-faced.

She thanked the lobbying efforts of Ashcroft Mayor Andy Anderson and Cache Creek Mayor John Ranta,

saying the projects in both communities would link the road and rail network and “provide a smoother and safer ride for everyone.”

“I think MLA Tegart is the lobbyist,” said Anderson, who added that it’s taken 10 years to get to this point. He also acknowledged Trans-portation Minister Todd Stone because “Everything that he’s said he’ll do his best to do, he’s done.”

The Village of Ashcroft has gone full circle, he said, back to being the hub of transportation which it was in the 1800s.

Ranta echoed Tegart’s comments: “Obviously it’s a

great day for the local area,” he said. “We’ve all grown to know over the years that what’s good for Ashcroft is good for Cache Creek and vice versa. Our economies are entwined.”

“In Cache Creek we see the highway as the welcome mat of our community,” said Ranta. “When it’s torn and tattered, it doesn’t create the best impression of our com-munity. Now the welcome mat is being refurbished.”

Kleo Landucci, vice president of Projects and Development at AT, and her father Bob Landucci, AT president and CEO were also in attendance at the Nov. 13

announcement.“On behalf of Ashcroft

Terminal, we’re so grateful,” she said in a brief statement.

Ashcroft Terminal has been pushing for road improvement out to their fa-cilities on Evans Rd. as part of the ever expanding inland port.

The Village of Ash-croft and AT are partnering with the ministry by provid-ing the ministry with grav-el from the nearby supply at Ashcroft Terminal. The pro-ject will be tendered in early 2015, and work will be com-pleted during the 2015 pav-ing season.

Paving for Evans Rd., Hwy 1 and 97 announced

Except for incumbent councillor Doreen Lambert, Ashcroft voters elected a brand new village council on Saturday. On the other hand, Cache Creek voters returned their past council with the addition of one new member, David Dubois.

Jack Jeyes will head up Ashcroft’s village council be-ginning in December when the new Council is sworn in. Jeyes (352 votes) beat opponents Dave Belcham (201) and former councillor Jerry Fiddick (183) for the job as mayor.

The only incum-bent Council member running for re-elec-tion, Doreen Lambert

(543) was returned, along with first time coun-cillors Barbara Roden (555), Al Mertens (390) and former councillor Alfie Trill (350) who sat on council 2008-2011.

In Cache Creek, Mayor John Ranta was elected to his ninth term in office, having just completed 24 years as mayor. Ranta (278 votes) defeated opponent Marg Durnin (161) in her first venture into municipal politics.

Incumbent councillors Lisa Dafoe (339), Herb Hofer (309) and Wyatt McMurray (278) were re-elected by voters, McMurray has been on Council for 26 years. David Dubois (266) will join them at the Council table.

See the voter count of Ashcroft, Cache Creek and surrounding communities on page 3.

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Nov. 22: Ashcroft Cache Creek Craft Fair at the Cache Creek Community Hall 10 am - 3 pm.

Nov. 22: Bernie Fandrich at the Ashcroft Library 2:00 to 4:00 pm, speaking from his book on the Historical Thompson River.

Nov. 22: 40th Inter-Church Bazaar; 11:30 am - 1:30 pm, Zion United Church Hall, 401 Bancroft Street. Tea and lunch served for a small fee. Everyone welcome! Hosted by St. Alban’s Anglican and Zion United Church.

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Nov. 29 - Spences Bridge Christmas Bazaar, 4 –7pm at Community Hall on Hwy 8. Contact Mavourneen 250 458-2282 for more info.

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POLICE REPORTWendy Coomber

Police Telephone #s

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

Interior Roads1-800-842-4122

Sheep hit by trainNov. 10 at 2:45 pm RCMP were

asked to attend the rail line about 5 km south of Ashcroft after a bighorn sheep was struck by the train. Officers at-tended and dispatched the injured ani-mal.

Trailer stolenNov. 11 police received a report that

a white tilt-deck trailer had been stolen from it was parked on Quartz Rd.

Good drivingNov. 12 at 11:12 am police received

a report of a super B train driving er-

ratically on Hwy 97, swerv-ing across lanes and driving at varying speeds. Police locat-ed the truck and spoke to the driver, a 40 year old Abottsford man, who showed no signs of impairment. As no erratic driv-ing had been witnessed, the driver was allowed to continue.

Drugs foundNov. 12 at 10:47 am an Ashcroft

woman attended the Detachment with a small quantity of drugs that she said she had found while cleaning out her adult daughter’s room. The drugs were

seized and destroyed.

Liquor stolenStaff at the Oasis Cold

Beer and Wine Store reported that an unknown male had left with a mickey of vodka that he hadn’t paid for. He was de-scribed as caucasian, in his 50s, about six feet tall, white hair and sporting a mullet.

Side effectsNov. 14 at 4:21 pm police

were called to assist BC Ambu-lance with a 72 year old Cache Creek woman who was wor-ried that her 51 year old son was overdosing on prescrip-tion medicine. Police spoke to the man, who was polite and co-operative and denied over-dosing on medication. He said he was taking a prescription, but that it made him sleepy. He added that he was told by the pharmacist that it could make him sleepy. He was exam-ined by ambulance attendants who said his condition was not unnusual.

Bar fightNov. 16 at 2:30 am police were

called to the Oasis to stop a fight be-tween two Cache Creek men. Po-lice spoke to a 60 year old intoxicat-ed man who said the younger man ap-proached his table and offered a ride to the women seated there. The older man took exception to that and invited the 28 year old man to fight. The younger man, who was sober, said the older man started the fight, which was deemed consensual. He was allowed to leave, while the older man was given a ride home. There were no injuries.

Escaped policeNov. 16 at 8:58 am police received

a call from the OK Stop about a pos-sible impaired driver. The clerk ad-vised that the driver of the Jeep Chero-kee was slurring his words and smelled of liquor. He told her that he was going gold panning. The vehicle was located travelling on Evans Rd. and stopped. The officer observed signs of intoxi-cation and asked him to get out of the vehicle. He refused and sped off down the road. Police did not pursue for safe-ty reasons. The Registered Owner, a 50 year old Ashcroft man, is being in-vestigated and a number of charges are being considered under the Criminal Code and Motor Vehicle Act.

Jail time ignoredNov. 17 a 37 year old Ashcroft

woman is wanted for failing to appear to serve the remainder of her jail sen-tence in Kamloops. The woman was sentenced to 14 days in jail on Oct. 24,

to be served on week-ends, after being con-victed of driving while prohibited. She was also fined $500 and prohibited from driving for a year. The woman failed to show up for her last week-end in jail.

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Santa Parade and madness coming

Remember your Canadian Tire moneyThe Ashcroft & District Lions are collecting Canadian Tire money for junior hockey in Ashcroft. The group has placed a special collection container in both the arena and Irly/TIMBR Mart in Ashcroft to collect the money which will be matched dollar for dollar by Canadian Tire in Kamloops. The Lions’ goal is to help buy hockey equipment and give every child here the opportunity to play hockey. Lions Nick Lebedoff, Moe Girard, Arlene Lebedoff, Bob Williams and Ernie Kristoff set up the container in the arena.

Health Minister Terry Lake (left) with MLA Jackie Tegart and Cache Creek Councillor Wyatt McMurray, hospital administrator Jennifer Thur, Councillor Herb Hofer and TNRD Area I Director Steve Rice during a recent tour of the Ashcroft hospital.

Minister visits hospital, talks about future

Local council and trustee vote counts

MLA Jackie Tegart, with colleague Terry Lake, Minister of Health, recent-ly toured the Ashcroft hospi-tal, as well as the hospitals in Logan Lake and Merritt.

Tegart said the visit was initiated at the annual Union of BC Municipalities con-

ventual where councillors and mayors from those three communities met with the Minister to discuss concerns about their health facilities.

Lake decided to return the visits, inviting Tegart and local politicians to join him.

While “in Ashcroft, we

were talking about getting Interior Health to fund a nurse practitioner,” said Te-gart, who added that she will be speaking to Dr. Robert Halpenny, IH president and CEO, next week about “how we can do that.”

Tegart said they also talked about a pilot project that would have paramedics as-sisting in Emer-gency Rooms.

She said Minister Lake was impressed with the Ash-croft facility,

especially with the Extended Care, which was added on after the original hospital was built.

“The challenges around delivering health care are great,” she said. “Every-thing is changing. The whole health system is dealing with a different clientele. Tech-nology has improved. It’s great to have Terry here and spending the day in the rid-ing.”

Tegart said the Minister is aware of the new Ashcroft Wellness and Health Action Coalition and is pleased to see a positive focus on solu-tions to local health care.

Unofficial count for Saturday night’s local government elections in Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Clinton, Lytton, Lillooet and Logan Lake.

Ashcroft - 741 votes cast (of 1,481) MayorJack Jeyes 352Dave Belcham 201Jerry Fiddick 183 CouncilBarbara Roden 555Doreen Lambert 543Al Mertens 390Alfie Trill 350John Kidder 336Jessica Clement 331

S.D. 74 Trustee, AshcroftVicky Trill 481Christopher Roden 251

Cache Creek - 442 votes cast (of 851) MayorJohn Ranta 278Marg Durnin 161 CouncilLisa Dafoe 339Herb Hofer 309Wyatt McMurray 278Dave Dubois 266Martin Dalsin 242Jim Lambert 211

Clinton MayorJim Rivett acclaimed CouncilDiane Guerin acclaimedWayne Marchand acclaimedDavid Park acclaimedSusan Swan acclaimed

See BALLOTS on p. 10

Ashcroft’s Santa Madness Parade is hap-pening on Friday, Dec. 5. Floats and other pa-rade entries will marshal by the CPR tracks south of the Blue Truck at 5:30 pm. The parade will begin at 6pm.

Contact Parade Marshall Judy Stuart if you have an entry for the parade. [email protected] – 250-453-9366 or 250-457-7129.

The Ashcroft the Santa Madness Event is a very special time to gather families in our com-munity.

Each of the businesses will be having their own Santa Madness Events and specials so those who attend will want to check these out both before and possibly after the parade.


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Afterthoughts for current and past politiciansby Dermod TravisSaturday was a good day for lo-

cal democracy in B.C. As one person noted online: “First time in my life I’ve had to wait to vote in a local election....What the hell is going on?”

What was going on was that vot-ers were coming out of the woodwork by the thousands in towns and cit-ies across B.C. and it seems that those who skipped 2011 had one thing on their mind this time.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robert-son saw his vote go up by 6,524 over 2011, but the overall number of voters went up by 36,884. Turnout increased in Victoria by 7,416 voters, but de-spite that outgoing Mayor Dean For-tin saw his support drop by 969 votes from 2011.

So while Saturday was a good day for democracy, it wasn’t such a good night for incumbent mayors. In addi-tion to Fortin, mayors went down to defeat in cities across the province, in-cluding Nanaimo, Saanich, New West-minster, Mission, Quesnel, Summer-land, Sechelt and Lillooet.

If the mayors of Sechelt and Lilloo-et are still puzzled over why they were trounced, it may have a little some-thing to do with turning an incredibly deaf ear to local citizen input. Ditto for Summerland. New councils: take note.

And there were mayors who as-tutely put their finger to the wind and decided that greener pastures may lie elsewhere. Prince George, Surrey, Ke-lowna and Penticton are just four of the cities where incumbents bowed out gracefully before nominations closed.

At least two former MLAs found gainful employment: former Liber-al MLA Randy Hawes is the new may-or of Mission and former independent MLA Bob Simpson is the new mayor of Quesnel.

The day wasn’t without its snafus. Some polling stations in Vancouver ran out of ballots. In Victoria, one polling station briefly handed out the wrong ballot and in Surrey the ballot for the advanced polls left off the party name of two candidates.

And there was that bizarre ban on social media. Some candidates claim they only learned about it in the days leading up to the election when Elec-tions BC told them that social media was strictly verboten on Saturday, even a message as innocuous as “vote.”

So just to get this straight: candi-dates are free to phone voters or knock on their door to get them out to vote, but not tweet them or post to their Fa-cebook page. The powers that be do know it’s 2014, don’t they?

What’s luck got to do with some of Saturday’s results? In Vision Vancou-ver’s case, a lot.

The party ran a far from flawless campaign. Whether it was the stick handling over Gregor Robertson’s sep-aration from his wife, the letter from Wall Financial Corporation “encour-aging” their employees to vote for Robertson or that lawsuit they filed against the NPA, party activists should be thanking their lucky stars they got out of Saturday with what they did.

The flip side is that Vancouver has a more balanced council, school board

and parks board. Monolithic slates weren’t the order of the day in other communities as well. That’s a good thing for local governance.

In the “it’s time to bone up on pri-vacy legislation file,” provincial and federal political parties would be well-advised to remember that a voters list is not a library book. You can’t loan them out to candidates or companies.

Tip of the hat to parties in Vancou-ver and candidates in Port Moody for disclosing their donor lists before the vote. Everyone else in B.C. gets to find out in three months, ironically on Fri-day the 13th. And to the City of Co-quitlam for putting together an elec-tion kit as an inexpensive way for can-didates to get their flyers to all 50,000 homes in the city.

Elections also offer councils a chance to turnover a new leaf with cit-izens. In some communities that’s not a bad idea.

Here’s three ways to start: drastic-ally cut down on the number of in cam-era meetings you hold, dramatically in-crease the number of freedom of in-formation requests you approve and stop suing local citizens for libel if they don’t like you or agree with you.

If Saturday was a good day for democracy, imagine how much bet-ter it would be if it was on, say, a Mon-day in 2018? B.C. is one of only three provinces to hold civic elections on the weekend. The other seven might be on to something.

Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC. www.integritybc.ca

A sincere congratulations to everyone who voted and participated in the 2014 lo-cal government elections.

And to the rest of you, thanks for noth-ing.

At least 30 municipalities had over 50 per cent of the population casting ballots, including Ashcroft and Cache Creek.

Little Zeballos on Vancouver Island, though, deserves the gold star this time around with 89 of the eligible 102 vot-ers casting their ballots for three mayor-alty candidates and five council candidates. Good work, Zeballos!

Imagine if every community had that sort of spirit.

On the other end of the scale were the 10 communities were the entire council - mayor included - were acclaimed. The community had no election because the number of candidates running for elec-tion just filled the number of seats available around the Council table.

Some people would see that and say “Council must be doing a good job.” Or “We saved money on an election we didn’t need.”

Clinton (521 voters), Granisle (392), Hazelton (276), Lumby (1,443), New Den-ver (441), Princeton (2,723), Radium Hot Springs (806), Silverton (175), Queen Charlotte (686) and Sun Peaks (307). This is Sun Peaks’ second municipal election, and they had only three candidates put their names forward for four Council seats.

I say it’s sad to see the majority of people in these communities taking no in-terest at all in their municipal government. Having no election must create a discon-nect between taxpayers and council.

Democracy must be exercised, like a muscle. Use it or lose it.

Unfortunately, the fine policy makers in our provincial government have extended the term of office this time around from three years to four years, giving that muscle a little bit more time to atrophy.

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Saad Arefin at the Halloween party, working at the crafts table, getting ready for the ghost stomp.

Ahad Arefin

Winter is for sharing soup on a cold day and Christmas dinnerWinter is indeed upon us.

The wood pile is shrinking fast, but it’s pretty cozy with the fire blazing. However, don’t let the weather stop you from getting out and enjoying all the wonder-ful events going on.

Halloween treats

Our Hallow-een party was very well at-tended. Lots of kids came out

to play games, make some crafts, roast some hot dogs - lots of fun and prizes. A special thank-you to our partners and sponsors: Cook’s Ferry, Baits Mo-tel, Log Cabin Pub, and the S.B. Fire Dept for not only their donation but for safely setting off our fireworks! To everyone that helped out and donat-ed, thank-you so much!”

Desert Daze planningAlthough thinking of

plus 30 degrees and De-sert Daze might seem a long way off, planning has begun for our 6th an-

nual festival. As usual it will be held on the second week of August, and it’s exciting to be hashing out ideas of perform-ers. We will continue to promote and support local artists and throw in some other Canadian performers that will be sure to make a wonderful weekend of music.

After the meeting we celebrated and honoured our 2014 volunteers with a love-ly dinner. For those unable to attend; a heartfelt thanks for your time and dedication keeping this little festival up and running and successful. We will meet again in Janu-ary to continue with our plan-

ning; anyone wishing to get involved would be very welcome, just let me know or follow us on Facebook for meet-ing dates.

Fire Dept. trainingFire Chief Arnie

Oram attended our last SBCC meeting and re-ported that the fire dept. is continuing with training for the new fire truck (thanks to Highland Valley Cop-per!). Two of our First Re-sponders are also up for more training, and that is

underway. Our First Responders are the envy of many commun-ities, and are very well regarded in the emergency response world! We are quite fortunate to have such well-trained dedicat-ed first responder and firefighter volunteers.

That said, Arnie always wel-comes new volunteers, so if this something you’re interest-ed in he’d love to hear from you! Chimney cleaning brushes are available for loaning out if you haven’t cleaned you chimney yet this fall.

Soup DayHere’s a great way to bat-

tle the cold; come to Soup Day! Every Wednesday at noon at the old school all are welcome to join together to share a hot meal, some conversation, and ex-change a few laughs.

If in-terested, you can al-

ways sign up to make the soup on one Wednesday – no pressure though, just come out and mix and mingle with neighbours.

Steelhead ShuffleThe Steelhead Shuffle was

a fantastic night! Bobby Garcia and Six Strings had the dance floor jumping! There was a real-ly nice turn out; thanks to all who attended, your support is greatly appreciated. I think a good time was had by all. We will definite-ly be considering this band for Desert Daze as well! Thanks to

all the volunteers and organ-izers that chipped in and did such a great job of putting on the dance. Thanks too to all who donated door and spot dance prizes.

Movie NightsThere was also a good

turnout for Movie Night when “Canyon War” was shown. Hope everyone enjoyed that film, and if you missed it, I believe that it is available through the library.

Next Movie night we’re showing the film “2012”. In keeping to our theme, this movie was filmed in our lo-cal area. Fox T.V. calls it “Phenomenal! 2012 is the best disaster movie ever.” An action-adventure movie ex-ploding with special effects,

this film stars John Cusack, Danny Glover, Amanda Peel, Woody Harrelson, and Chiwetel Ejiofor, and is directed by Ro-land Emmerich (Independance Day). Join us on Thursday, Nov. 27 at 7pm at the hall – it’s free and there will be popcorn!

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Clinton Council taking the Ict Bucket Challenge last September. L-R: Councilors Diana Guerin and Susan Swan, Mayor Jim Rivett and Coun. Wayne Marchant. Missing: Coun. David Park.

Mill Girl Follies invited to GermanyCongratulations

Now that the municipal elections are over I can once again try to keep the public updated on happenings in and around Clinton.

The first thing I want to do is to take the opportunity to say “Congratulations to all the newly elected and/or returning mayors and councillors.” Now the real work begins.

For the new Councillors all I can say is, the learning curve is very steep to start with but it’s worth the struggle.

Your fellow residents have put their trust in you and ex-pect you to do your best to see that their trust was not un-founded. Good luck in your four-year term.

Arena Up and RunningThe schedule has been set

for the 47 Mile Sports Com-plex (arena) and is posted on the arena door and on the Vil-lage of Clinton Chatter (Face-book page).

The arena is closed Mon-days and Tuesdays. Helmets are required for youth 12 and under for public skating and helmets and gloves are re-quired for all participants in the ‘Sticks and Pucks’ pickup hockey.

Clinton PAC Dinner and Auction

The David Stoddart School PAC is gearing up for the An-nual Dinner and Auction on Nov. 22 in the Clinton Memor-ial Hall.

Doors will open at 5 p.m. with a silent auction and appe-tizers. A traditional turkey din-ner will be served at 6 p.m. fol-lowed by the live auction. The entertaining Jeff McMichaels has volunteered to do the auc-tioning duties once again.

This is a great chance to have an adult night out (desig-nated driver will be avail-able all evening) and help the PAC raise funds for the extras for our students. Funds raised pays for additional classroom resources and helps send stu-dents on field trips.

Donations of items to be auctioned can be dropped off at David Stoddart School or if you call them at 250-459-2219 arrangements can be made to pick up auction items.

Tickets are avail-able at David Stoddart School, Integris Cred-it Union, High Bar First Nation Office and Coun-try Squire Gift Shop.

Mill Girls to Perform in Germany

Clinton’s own Mill Girl Follies have been in-

vited to perform at a festival in Germany in July 2015. The 15th International Folklore Avalanche takes place from July 3-5 in Forst and Lue-bbenau/Spreewald (north of Berlin).

The seven-person troupe is fundraising to help cover trav-el expenses. Once they are at the festival all expenses are covered but the cost of return flights at the peak of summer travel season is expensive.

The troupe members have sold baking at the Fall Craft Sale and Seniors Market Place as well as holding the meat draw at the Dusty Rose Pub in 70 Mile House. They will be offering to do Christmas bak-ing in the upcoming days.

It is quite a privilege to be invited to perform at these events and the Village of Clin-ton will get more exposure (no pun intended) by their attend-ance.

Susan Swan459-2224 or [email protected]

STRIKING A BALANCE

November • Week 4ARIES - It’s time for you take action, Aries. Your energy level is perfect for getting things done at home and at work. The faster you go, the more you can accomplish.TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 You could be prone to panic this week, Taurus. Settle down as best as you can and take a few deep breaths. Lean on friends if you need a little extra support.GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 It’s been dif� cult keeping in touch with a friend who lives far away. Make an effort to reconnect and plan some time to get together and enjoy each other’s company.CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, the value of your portfolio may increase considerably this week. Keep your eyes on your accounts and the market. Fortune awaits.LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, communication needs to be open between you and someone you love to avoid con� ict. Set aside some time when the two of you can talk this week.VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Many things are looking up for you, Virgo. This week could be the catalyst for positive change. Keep an open mind as you forge ahead in all you do.LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 You may get some excellent career news this week, Libra. It is just the type of information that you have been seeking and could provide the boost you need to make some changes.SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Relationships with family and friends are thriving this week, Scorpio. You may have found your niche and all things fall into play. Enjoy this renewed sense of camaraderie.SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, obstacles are cleared this week and you have an entirely new perspective on your love life. Put that information to use with a romantic date or by engaging in a couples’ activity.CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, money matters should be going well for you, so much so that you can make one of those big-ticket purchases without much hesitation. Enjoy the results.AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Relationships of all kinds are strengthened this week, Aquarius. Whether you hang out with friends or go on a date night, you will enjoy the experience immensely.PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Your imagination is soaring this week, Pisces. Keep your feet a little closer to the ground so you do not get carried away.

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ON A BRIGHTER

NOTE

Make every moment countMy beautiful friend

has a stunning an-tique hourglass on the mantle above her fireplace that I admire whenever I go to her home. She hates it. “I feel like it’s mock-

ing me,” she ex-plained, after I com-plimented her on it during my last visit. “I already know my time is running out, I don’t need to be constantly reminded.” I was surprised for

a couple of reasons. Firstly that she would have something she didn’t like so promi-nently displayed where it would catch her eye every day. And secondly that at the young age of 38, and in excellent health, she’d even have that reaction.

“Why don’t you give it away or sell it?” I asked, more than will-ing to take the detest-ed piece home with me. “It’s a cherished heir-

loom and important to Mike,” she said of her husband. “It’s the only thing he has left from his mother’s side of the family.” With that answered,

I told her one of the reasons I loved it so

much in the hopes she might like it better. “To me it symbolizes

change,” I explained. “Once all the sand has trickled down to the bottom and there’s nothing left at the top, I get a charge out of flipping it over and giving it a fresh start.” She looked at me like

I was speaking a for-eign language. “None of us escapes

life alive,” I said,

butchering one of my dad’s recent quotes. “And none of us know how much time we have. We might as well enjoy every mo-ment the best we can. And if we sometimes fail, we can try again on the next flip.” I’m not always such

a Pollyanna. I’ve been thinking about death and my own mortality lately as well. Perhaps that’s a symptom of getting older and at-tending more funerals than weddings. “Don’t you worry

you’ll run out of time and not accom-plish your goals?” she asked. “I feel myself regret-ting all the time I wasted when I was young, and wishing I’d done

things differently.” I had to admit that

sometimes I do feel like that and I can get stuck in a negative rut just as much as her or anyone else. Those feelings never serve me well and I con-sciously try to change my outlook to a more positive one. I also thought about

her implication that she was no longer young. Almost 10 years her senior, I’ve always thought of her as a kid. But impressions in

regard to age are so relative. To a five-year-old I might seem ancient, and to

a 95-year-old I could seem like a baby. It’s how we’re feeling our-selves that makes the real difference. Gazing at an hour-

glass leaves a further impression on me as well. With the top sand symbolizing the future and the bot-tom symbolizing the past, concentrating on the middle part where the sand slowly passes through the narrow opening reminds me to live in the moment as much as I can. It’s amazing how often I forget to do that. Since our conversa-

tion my friend says she has a new appre-

ciation for that love-ly heirloom on her mantle and she’s now turning it over quite frequently. “I’ve been giving my-

self a lot of new begin-nings lately,” she said. “Psychologically it’s just what I needed.” A positive attitude

can’t solve all our problems, but it can help us create happier, more fulfilling lives. It can also give us the energy to accomplish our goals, no matter how much time we have left.Lori Welbourne is a

syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com

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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 Market andCache Creek Garden ClubMarcie Down 250-457-9630

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

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

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

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

Ashcroft & District Lions ClubContact Person: 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]

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

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

Desert Spokes Cycle SocietyPhone 250-457-9348

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

Ashcroft Curling Club Phone 250-453-2341

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

Ashcroft Volunteer Fire DepartmentPhone 250-453-2233

Cache Creek Volunteer Fire DepartmentPhone 250-457-9967

Bridging to LiteracyContact Person: 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 250-453-2053

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

Soccer AssociationContact: Tom Watson Phone 250-457-7178

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

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

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

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

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

Ashcroft Hospice ProgramShirley 250-453-9202

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

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Anglican Church of CanadaCANON LOIS PETTY

St. Alban’s501 Brink St, Ashcroft ~ 250-453-9909

SUNDAY WORSHIP: 10 amKIDZ MONDAY SCHOOL: 3:30 pm

Crossroads Pentecostal AssemblyChrist Centered People Centered

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

Everyone welcome

ZION UNITEDSunday Worship 10:50 am

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United Church of CanadaLay Leaders: Shirley Dobson & Phyllis Gray


jor fundraiser of the year: the Christmas Bazaar. We have many tables booked that will be selling a wide variety of crafts for your Christmas shopping needs. Of course the ever popular baking table, second hand treas-ures, and the fun variety table will be there too. Plan to spend a bit of money on the toonie, silent and live auctions!

Raffle tickets will also be on sale, and the winners will be drawn at 6:45, if you haven’t got your tickets yet I encourage you to do so – there are great prizes to be won; a queen size quilt made and donat-ed by the Cactus Strippers Quilting Guild, a lovely framed limited edi-tion print donated by the Hares, a cash prize donated by the Wyatt-Purdens, a pine needle basket made and donated by Carol Madden, and a pottery bowl made and do-nated by yours truly. We are, as al-ways, looking for donations of auc-tion items, baking, and clean gent-ly used items.

The craft table that the SBCC runs is in need of your artistic tal-ents; whether you knit, crochet, paint, make jewellery, or what about some of those wonderful mosaics? We’d greatly appreciate any contributions you may be able to make. Drop off times for dona-tions are Friday, Nov. 28 from 4-6, or Sat., Nov. 29 from 2–4. The Ba-zaar will start at 4pm. Admission is by food bank donation.

Turkey bingoThe Turkey bingo will be held

on Friday, Dec. 12 at the hall. The early bird bingo starts at 6:30 and then there are 12 regular bingos starting at 7pm culminating with a final black out where the win-ner receives a ham and a turkey! There will a concession running for your snacking needs – or plan on hotdogs for supper! As with the Bazaar, all proceeds go to support the SBCC in order to maintain the hall, and to provide social and recreational activities for our residents.

Christmas PartyNext up; the

community Christ-mas party! Sunday, Dec. 14 at the Chief Wistemnista gym will see this annual event taking place.

The party is a col-laboration between the SBCC and Cook’s Ferry where every-one gets together to share a Christmas tur-key lunch and cele-brate the season with friends and neigh-bours. Turkey, ham, rice and potatoes are provided by the two groups – but please

bring along a vegetable or desert dish for sharing.

Word has it that Santa will be taking time out of his busy sched-ule and will be there!

Historical SocietyThe SBCC continues to discuss

the possibility of forming a histor-ical society. There is some inter-est in archiving photos, stories and so on. The conversation has been put on the back burner until after Christmas but we will continue to mull over what such a group might look like and what our goal would be. If anyone is interested in join-ing the conversation, please con-tact me.

The idea of an Arts and Culture group is also being tossed around and may or may not be connected with a historical committee.

New Year’s Eve DanceOf course we are planning our

New Year’s Eve dance; we do it up right here in the Bridge – plan on attending! Watch this space for de-tails next month.

Great volunteersI’d like to take this opportunity

to thank outgoing Secretary Treas-urer Carolynne Terry for all her hard work and dedication to the SBCC over the years. Her exper-tise and precise book keeping was always greatly appreciated. And she had to put with me! Thanks so much Carolynne. Welcome on board to Tina Draney as Treasur-er and Joris Ekering as Secretary, thanks for stepping forward!

As always, for more informa-tion on any of the above please feel free to contact me.

Next meetingOur next regular meeting is on

Dec. 10, 7pm at the hall – every-one welcome. (There will be cook-ies…)

Historical society consideredBridge from p. 6

It’s skating season again on Mud Lake. Watch for posters around Spences Bridge for communiy skating parties.

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It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our Cherished Mother. She was our Rock. Mom was born December 8, 1929, in Young, Saskatchewan, to Emil & Clara Eiteneier (nee Shumacher). Her parents were born in Russia and they were a very hardworking farm family. In 1949 she married Jack Fitzpatrick in Langley and they were blessed with 4 healthy children. They lived on a mini-farm

until 1964, then moved to Cache Creek where Jack worked for BC Hydro and mom grew the children and kept a beautiful warm home. In 1973 they moved to Kimberley, and in 2009 Mom moved to Kamloops as a widow. Mom adored her family and always encouraged us to work hard and test our wings. And then use them! She worked hard all her life, getting great pleasure from her garden and home. She spoiled us with jams, baked & pickled goods, not to forget her Sunday night dinners; her creativity produced quilts and blankets and many hand sewn treasures. Having frequent access to her extended family brought her great joy after she moved to Kamloops and allowed us to try and spoil her just a little. It was a wonderful thing to see her eyes twinkle, to hear her laugh, to share a memory.

Predeceased by her parents, her husband, brother and 3 sisters, beloved Granddaughter Morgan and Daughter in law Connie, she is lovingly remembered by her children Morley (Debbie), {Marietta & Rick Laing}; Marvyn (Connie, deceased), Marlene (Rob), Laurie (John); her brother Gus (Vi) Eiteneier from Midale SK., her grandchildren Charlene (Pete), Devon (Christina), Gilford (Carly), Tyler, Johnathan, Robyn, Jenna, Alyse, Keenan and Sean. Her 10 great grandchildren will have Gram’s memory kept alive for them.

She will be missed so much by so many. Special thanks to her caregivers at Kamloops Senior’s village, and at Gemstone. Special thanks to sister Debbie for her loving devotion to Mom.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00pm, Saturday December 6, 2014, at Schoening Funeral Service.

In lieu of � owers, donations in Elma’s name can be made to the Alzheimer’s Society, Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada. Online condolences can be made at www.schoeningfuneralservice.com

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Elma Emelie (Eiteneier) Fitzpatrick


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Lillooet and Lytton

Lytton - 85 votes cast (of 193) MayorJessoa Lightfoot acclaimed CouncilDallas (Ian) Hay 77Tiffany Haugen 61Robert Austen 54Jan Polderman 47Andrew Fandrich 41Richard Swan 25Hugh Poole 16

Lillooet - 1,013 votes cast (of 1,948) MayorMargaret Lampman 437Ted Anchor 235Doug Greenman 171Dennis Bontron 170 CouncilLaurie Hopfl 621Kevin Aitken 585Barbara Wiebe 506John Courchesne 412Wendy Parker 311Kevin Goforth 268Bruce Lohnes 251Norman O’Connell 219Karl Kempfle 197Lloyd Stock 148Debr Roberts 134Ande Karanfilis 128Laureen Weget 109

Logan Lake - 553 votes cast (of 1,752) MayorRobin Smith acclaimed CouncilAl Smith 404Claire Newman 399Gary Youd 381Jim Noble 372Charlie Weir 356June Waddell 290Melanie Gilmer 286Amy Kinevena 246

A few years before I got into competing in triathlons, I had an-other passion… GOLF.

Although I was never very good at it, I played as much as I could. If I had a really good game, I could shoot in the low 90’s.

I would always walk, never using a cart. It was great exercise, and a relatively inexpensive way to stay fit. It’s also a lot of fun. The course I played in Hinton even let me bring my dog.

Unfortunately with the other training, working and family – it’s tough to find the time to play 18 holes of golf now.

I ran a marathon in Delta a couple weekends ago. While run-ning I was thinking about how my life has changed when it comes to fitness.

It’s funny how I used to walk 18 holes for my exercise, and was happy with that. Now I have to run 42 kilometers to get exercise?

Well, the marathon is actually just the end result of all the train-ing I do for exercise. Just like golf though, you have to practise a lot to get good. You have to train to

get faster. And just like golf, you have to keep your mental game.

They say golf is 90 per cent mental. Well let’s just say at that marathon the other weekend, I had a great front nine, but then it all fell apart on the back nine.

Like, really fell apart.I went out way too fast, then

blew up, and had to walk the last 10km. It was like shooting 10 on each hole. It was like hitting the ball as hard as I could everytime.

But you know what? I learned a lot that day. That we make mis-takes, and that the “golf course” is still out there waiting for me to try again.

I’m going back to Birch Bay in February. I’m going to play that 42.2km again. I’m going to qual-ify for the Boston Marathon for 2016. I just have to keep my men-tal game.

Here is something else I would like to try: a fairly new sport called SpeedGolf. Basically the idea of speedgolf is to play a round of 18 holes as fast as you can. You bring only a handful of clubs, and while wearing running shoes, you hit the ball, then run to it and do it again.

The current record holder has shot a 65 in only 44 minutes. I’m intrigued by this and definitely will be trying this out next year.

Wayne [email protected]

Living Well

Wayne Little, Tracy Kubik, and Briggy Shroeder after the Boundary Bay Marathon in Delta on Nov. 2.

Ballots from p. 3

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Golden Country presents... Past, Present & Beyond

GOLDEN COUNTRYBARBARA RODEN

A night at the movies with Mr. Russell

Mack Sennett’s Keystone Kops, a familiar sight to Ashcroft movie-goers a century ago (and Ashcroft Rodeo Parade audiences today).

One hundred years ago Ashcroft was a bustling town, and perhaps nothing displayed its modern-ity quite like Mr. Russell’s Mov-ie Tent, located on 2nd Street (which runs between Safety Mart and the Credit Union). The exact location of the tent is un-determined; a likely spot seems in the area of where the Roy-al LePage of� ce now stands, but further research is necessary.

Edith Rive, who worked in the British Bank of North Amer-ica in Ashcroft in 1916, recalls that at night she sometimes went to the movies, which were held “in a huge tent with a dirt � oor. The music was supplied by an electric player-piano . . . While this went on children and dogs crept about on the � oor, sometimes crawling over our feet.” Her account makes it clear that modern-day distractions in movie theatres - persistent cell phone users, or patrons who insist on talking to their companions throughout the � lm - have their echoes in the past. She adds that “On basket days [when First Nations women from the “rancheree”, or re-serve, came to town to sell their “beautifully made” baskets] there would be quite a number of Natives, adding a touch of colour to the scene.”

The electric player-piano had arrived in 1913, and was worthy of a news item in The Journal, with R.D. Cumming noting that “Mr. C. Russell, the mov-ie man of Ashcroft, has recently added to his up-to-date plant a Sherlock-Manning player piano, and is now prepared, with his A1 equipment, to give the public the best evening entertainment obtainable in any part of interior British Columbia.”

In the days of silent pictures, musical accompani-ment was a necessity, adding atmosphere to � lms and supplying the audience with important emotion-al cues. Pianos were common in more modest estab-lishments, while big-city theatres boasted pipe or-gans or even full orchestras. When, in August 1914, the � lm “Shon the Piper” - set in Scotland - played at Russell’s movie tent, Cumming wrote that “The ac-companying Scottish music was very appropriate.” It’s likely that the music used during the � lm would have been stock music, supplied to many theatres;

classical music was also used.When the player-piano arrived in 1913, Cumming

stated that “The pictures [Russell] is showing are high class, and the exhib-ition of art and splendour which they display is marvelous. The moving pic-ture is an education if you go after it in that attitude.” In April 1914 he returned to this theme, commenting on the edu-cational nature of � lms: “The moving picture theatre is not only amusing and a means of passing a pleasant evening but it is instructive in many ways.”

Perhaps Cumming felt the need to reassure readers that “moving pictures” were educational because they were still something of a novelty in the Inter-ior, and like any new form of entertain-ment had their doubters and detractors. In their early days, movies were de-

nounced by many as a poor in� uence, which posed moral risks to audiences, even as people � ocked to this amazing new medium. It is also true that many of the � lms that residents would have seen a cen-tury ago were more along the lines of what we would now call documentaries. Movies were still in their in-fancy, and all involved were still � nding their way when it came to telling a story over more than a reel or two. (Films were limited by the amount of space on a reel of � lm - about 11 minutes - so many movies then were one- or two-reelers, shorter than a half-hour television program today.) Thus it was that movies, in those early days, were often looked on as “living news-papers”, with contemporary audi-ences eager to see - rather than just read about - people and events in far-off countries they would never be able to visit. Filmmakers were eager to oblige, sending their cameras and crews to all corners of the globe to re-cord the new, the exotic, and the dif-ferent. Cumming realized this when he wrote, in April 1914, “A three reel scenic feature conveys as much edu-cation as an actual trip into the coun-try in which they were produced . . . you can be transported from one con-

tinent to another in a few seconds of time.”Not that the residents of Ashcroft lacked for more

purely entertaining � lms. “The Fight for Millions” was praised for its “dare-devil ‘stunts’, one of which is the crossing of a large river, hand over hand, by means of a telegraph wire.” If that sounds less than thrilling, in this day of CGI special effects, remem-ber that in 1914 there would have been no “green screen”, no safety nets, and no fakery: the actor (or a stunt double) would really have been going across that river hand over hand on a telegraph wire, with dire consequences should he slip (and more than one early Hollywood stuntman was killed when some-thing went wrong, as it often did).

Other � lms on offer at Mr. Russell’s tent, dur-ing the summer of 1914, included “Les Miserables”, “Brewster’s Millions”, and “Zu Zu the Bandmaster”, described as “the greatest two reel farce comedy ever produced by the Keystone Company.” The Keystone Studios had been founded in Los Angeles by Que-bec-born actor and director Mack Sennett, famous for his celebrated “Keystone Kops” comedies. Any-one who has seen the Ashcroft Rodeo Parade in re-cent years has seen the “Keystone Kops” in action, roaming up and down the street in their distinctive blue uniforms and rounded hats. Charlie Chaplin was an early Keystone Kop, as was famed comedian Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle; so next time you’re at the Rodeo Parade, give the Kops a big cheer and recall that Ashcroft residents of a century ago would have been cheering their real (reel?) life ancestors in Mr. Russell’s movie tent only a few hundred feet away.

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Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal, November 20, 2014