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Ashcroft plays host to Japanese visitors

The Village of Ashcroft welcomed a delega-tion from its sister city of Bifuka in Japan last weekend. The nine visitors, led by Bifuka May-or Nobuo Yamaguchi, were treated to a full array of events during their visit.

Their arrival on Sunday, Aug. 4 was marked by a sold-out dinner at the Community Hall, with more than 100 people – including the May-or and Council, and MLA Jackie Tegart – on hand to welcome the guests. On Monday the group toured the copper mine at Highland Val-ley and visited Desert Hills Ranch, with a spot of geocaching around Ashcroft in the evening.

Tuesday’s busy schedule included a walk-ing tour of historic Ashcroft, a visit to the mu-seum, a garden tour, and a flight over the area with Mayor Anderson. Late afternoon saw the group at Historic Hat Creek Ranch for a tour and dinner. They left on Wednesday morning, hav-

ing enjoyed the fine weather and an even finer display of local hospitality.

The group had a wonder-ful three days in the area, said Village Administrator Michelle Allen. “They really enjoyed their time here, and found the people to be so friendly.” They were particularly impressed by the scope and scale of the mine

at Highland Valley, and the fresh local cantaloupes at Desert Hills.

During their stay one of the party, Mr. Kazuhiko Nakagi, worked on the mural in the Japanese garden in the Heritage Park on Railway. Despite having a protect-ive coating, the mural was showing signs of wear. Mr. Nakagi – one of the artists responsible for its creation nearly 15 ears ago – was here to perform some restora-tion work. Connoisseurs of the mural will notice a few

changes and additions to its foliage and colouring. Brian Brouett of Ashcroft Irly was on hand to assist Mr. Nak-agi.

This year marks the 19th anniversary of the twinning of Ashcroft with Bifuka. For next year’s 20th anniver-sary the Village is hoping to send a large delegation to Bifuka. Members of the community are encouraged to take part.

In addition to Mayor Yamaguchi and Mr. Nakagi, the Bifuka delegates were Kazunobu Saito from Bi-fuka Town Council; Kaoru Kohata, Vice-Prin-cipal of Bifuka High School; Kazuhiro Tama-oki from the Bifuka Town Office; and stu-dents Kakeru Uno, Tetsuya Minami, and Ayaka Anezaki. Mr. Yuzo Shimizu was kept busy pro-viding translation.

ASHCROFT’S VISITORS FROM BIFUKA, JAPAN were kept busy during their three days in the area. (left) Bifuka Mayor Nobuo Yamaguchi (back row, fourth from r) and the rest of the delegation with Ashcroft Mayor and Council, as well as MLA Jackie Tegart. (above) Artist Kazuhiko Nakagi works on the mural in the Japanese garden in the Heritage Park. Mr. Nakagi (inset) was one of the creators of the mural, which has become a little weathered over time.

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Ken Leinweber & Jo-Anne Portman take great delight in announcing the forthcoming marriage of

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POLICE REPORTBarbara Roden

Quiet long weekendIt was, from a police

standpoint, a mostly quiet B.C. Day long weekend throughout the region. An increased police presence might be one of the reasons for this, as people are less likely to mis-behave when they see the police about and know there’s a greater likelihood of them being caught. Or perhaps the weather kept people indoors and out of trouble.

Lost and (mostly) foundOn July 30 a purse was turned in

at the Royal Bank branch in Cache Creek. It had been reported missing a week earlier by a lady from Dewdney, who said that she thought she had for-gotten it somewhere in this area. All the ID cards and personal papers were in-tact, but $240 in cash was missing. The cards and papers were returned to the owner.

Deer 1, Car and Driver 0On July 31 at 9:30 pm, there was

a report of a collision on Hwy. 1 near Loon Lake, where a deer had run into the driver’s door of a 2008 Suzuki SX4. The deer was able to walk away from the collision, but the driver – a 40-year-old male from Vancouver – was not as fortunate. He was treated for minor cuts

from broken glass, and his vehicle suf-fered some minor damage.

Any amount is too muchOn Aug. 1 at 7:00 pm, police re-

ceived a report about a possibly im-paired driver leaving the parking lot at the Ashcroft pool. The vehicle – a 2002 brown Pontiac Sunfire – was locat-ed on Cornwall Rd. shortly thereafter. The driver, a 50-year-old Ashcroft fe-male, was found, and tested for alco-hol consumption. While alcohol was present, the driver’s blood alcohol level was found to be under the legal limit. The driver was issued a verbal warning about driving after consuming alcohol. No charges were laid.

The curious incident of the dog in the morning

On Aug. 3 at 9:10 am, a 27-year-old male from Altona, Manitoba com-plained to police that a vicious dog had bitten him while the man was walking near the Sage and Sands Trailer Park in Cache Creek. The only description the man was able to give of the dog was that it was large and black, and as he did not know the area he could not say

where it had come from. Police conducted a patrol of the area

but were unable to locate a dog match-ing the description, although it is sus-pected that it came from the Collins Rd. area. The man suffered minor injuries from the bite.

Rock slide fails to block highwayOn Aug. 3 at 6:00 pm, police re-

ceived a report of a rock slide on Hwy. 1 approximately 20 km north of Spen-ces Bridge. They had been told that the slide was blocking the highway com-pletely, but when police attended it was found that the slide was a minor one, and that all vehicles were able to drive easily through the affected area. An In-terior Roads maintenance crew was called to come clean up the small rocks which were all across the road. There were no injuries or vehicle damage re-ported as a result of the slide.

Put up your dukesOn Aug. 5 at 6:30 pm, there was

a report of a disturbance at the Nug-get Motel in Cache Creek. A 27-year-old male from Cache Creek had failed to pay his bill after staying in the mo-tel for two days, and was being evict-ed. The customer, upset at being evict-ed, had challenged the motel’s manager to a fight, whereupon the police were called. When they attended, the cus-tomer decided he did not want to fight after all. After speaking with police he agreed to pack his bags and leave peacefully, which he did. Whether or not he paid the bill is unknown.

“He sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world.” (Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows) Cutoff Valley Creek in Clinton’s Reg Conn Centennial Park. Photo by Barbara Roden

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Ashcroft Ranch “no value” to taxpayers

Spences Bridge to decide this week if park will go ahead

Fundraising cyclists make Ashcroft part of trip

The riders and support crew of the Bike for Bibles group which stopped in Ashcroft at the weekend. The six-day trip is raising money to help provide Trauma Healing in Rwanda. Photo by Barbara Roden

Is a park in the future for Spences Bridge? Petitions will determine the an-swer.

In case you haven’t heard, Spences Bridge property owners were mailed peti-tions six weeks ago. There were 175 pe-titions sent out, and fifty percent plus one – a total of 88 – must be turned in to ob-tain “park status”.

As the process unfolded, it became apparent that many properties were va-cant lots, while others belonged to “out of town” owners. Getting the petitions to the rightful owners was challenging at times. Despite this steep mountain to climb, however, we have had an incredible re-sponse. As of last week more than 70 pe-titions have been turned in. Though this is short of the 88 needed, support has been outstanding.

When the TNRD office closes at 4:00 pm on Aug. 9 the final tally will be in, and the decision will be final. Whatever the result, I would like to thank all those who took the time to attend the town meeting, and all those who shared my passion, as well as those who took the time to tell me why they did not support the park.

Democracy works best when the people become engaged; when ques-

tions are asked, concerns are voiced, and process-es are challenged. This is best done face to face, and I had a number of passion-ate folks on the other side of the fence share their voices. Though we agreed to dis-agree on many things, they also raised some good points that I hadn’t considered.

I applaud those who took the time to bend my ear. I didn’t change anybody’s mind, but we certainly part-ed knowing exactly where we stood regarding the park.

Misinformation flies through small towns like snow in a blizzard. The phrase “conflict of interest” even reared its ugly head, al-though the question is nothing more than obtaining the designation “park status” for the school property. Any “interest” would begin once the status was obtained.

At the end of the day, it appears we won’t have a park in Spences Bridge; but democracy has spoken and we move on. However, we are turning over rocks right to the end, so if you know of a petition out

there – somebody still undecided – talk to them. It will be close.

It has been an interesting process, with one side seeing an attractive amenity showcased alongside the Trans-Canada Highway, enticing travellers to stop and enjoy the park and check out our town. Some have suggested it may even help a stagnant real estate market in the Bridge, and possibly attract someone to invest in a service station. I am among that group.

Others, however, have suggested that

a park would do nothing to bring travel-lers to the Bridge, and would in the long run be a burden and difficult to maintain.

If you are still undecided, or have a few questions, please give me a call or come visit me at the coffee shop, week-days from 8:00 – 9:00 am. Friday Aug. 9 is the deadline.

Thanks, all; especially those who took the time to share their thoughts.

Steven RiceTNRD Director, Area “I”

The proposed park would be located on the former school property to the east of Highway 1. Photo by Wendy Coomber

More than 30 bike riders, along with their support crew, rolled into Ashcroft from Merritt on Aug. 4. They left early next morning for Kamloops, the second leg of an Interior trip which will see them back in Merritt on the 9th.

The group is part of Bike for Bibles, a fundraiser sponsored by the Canadian Bible Society. The charity has been operating in Canada for 12 years, and worldwide for 20, raising money for a variety of causes. These include pro-viding Bibles for those in the military or in prison, but the riders who stopped

over in Ashcroft were working for a different cause. As Dave Manning, the team’s Road Captain, explained, the group is raising money for Trauma Healing in Rwanda.

The genocide in that country in 1994 left more than one million people dead. Nearly a decade later the coun-try is still suffering, something Bike for Bibles hopes to help change. Partnering with the charity She’s My Sister, the groups will help women and children in Rwanda to recover from the effects of abuse, psychologcal trauma, and shat-

tered families. Bike for Bibles is open to anyone

who enjoys riding. There are rides of all different lengths and durations, de-signed to suit every riding taste, from road to trail. Riders come from all over to take part in rides that interest them. The Ashcroft group included riders from B.C., Alberta, and Ontario, with Ashcroft resident Frank Mireau repre-senting the local area.

Fr more information, visit the web-site at www.bikeforbibles.ca

The Ashcroft Ranch is once again in the spotlight, as some in the Lower Main-land are question-ing Metro Vancou-ver’s ownership of the property.

The questions have been prompt-ed by the prospect of steadily rising util-ity fees for residents of Metro Vancouver. Sharply rising costs to upgrade Metro Van-couver’s sewer and water system are be-ing blamed for the ex-pected increases.

One way of eas-ing the burden on the region’s taxpayers would be to get more value from the Ash-croft Ranch, says Del-ta Mayor Lois Jack-son.

Jackson has ques-tioned why Metro Vancouver still owns the Ashcroft ranch, which it once intend-ed to turn into a new landfill. The plan was blocked by the prov-ince and opposing First Nations.

“We should be get-

ting taxpayers value out of that land,” Jack-son said. “We’re not in the business of run-ning ranches. Taxpay-ers’ dollars are sitting out there.”

It’s not the first time that Jackson has suggested something be done with the prop-erty. In 2011 she said, “My personal opin-ion is we should divest ourselves and sell it to a group or a ranch-er — someone who would husband the herd.”

The 4,200 hec-tare property was pur-chased by Metro Van-couver in 2000. About 200 hectares would have been used as a landfill, but the project was shelved.

Metro officials said the ranch con-tinues to run and is covering its operat-ing costs. They said the region had been holding off on trying to sell the land due to low real estate prices, but will review the de-cision this fall.


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THE GHOSTS OF SUMMERS PAST may not haunt the houses of the Beam Station near Ashcroft, but their traces still remain, clinging stubbornly to the present. Photo by Barbara Roden

I had occasion, recently, to check my passport. It expires soon, which means I have to get it renewed. Excuse me while I try to control my excitement.

It wasn’t always this way. There was a time when I considered passports to be faintly exotic, hinting of foreign travel and adventure and mystery. They have long been a staple of detective and thriller novels and movies, their appearance often a major plot point. In Murder on the Orient Express a smudged passport is an important piece of misdirection, while The Day of the Jackal features a main character who evades detection by the use of forged or stolen passports. The movie The Killing Fields contains a tense se-quence where a group of foreign journalists attempts to doctor a British passport in order to get a Cambo-dian colleague out of Phnom Penh before the Khmer Rouge can seize him, and in the recent film Argo we saw how fake Canadian passports played a crucial role in getting the six escaped Americans out of Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis.

Alas! Nowadays passports seem to be little more than one more piece of bureaucratic paperwork, pos-sessing all the mystery and allure of a brussel sprout. I suspect that most Canadians who have a passport only do so because otherwise they can’t get into the States; which at least puts us ahead of most Amer-icans, who don’t have a passport, full stop. And at least the Canadian government has made it easi-er to renew passports, which used to consist of the same long, involved process as getting one in the first place. Thank goodness the powers-that-be finally realized that if someone already has a passport, mak-ing them do it all over again every five years is frus-trating at best, for all concerned.

Not that the process now is anything like a bar-rel of laughs. Indeed, laughter – or, more specific-ally, smiling – has no place in the business of getting a passport, particularly where your picture is con-cerned. There’s a saying to the effect that if you look like your passport photo, you’re too ill to be travel-ling. The Canadian government has obviously decid-ed that this is true, and furthermore that it can help, by stating that you cannot be smiling in your pass-port picture. It’s just one of the frustrating rules in-volved in getting a passport. “Sign inside the lines” is another, and “guarantor must sign and date both sides” of each copy of any proof of identity docu-ments is a third. If you want to know what it’s like to be back in Kindergarten – lots of confusing and seemingly arbitrary rules and conditions, all of it taking far longer than it should, and very few of the people involved wanting to be there in the first place – then fill out a passport application form.

At least in Kindergarten there’s the possibility of a snack and a gold star if you do it right. With pass-ports you get a document which will expire in a few years, so that you get to go through the entire pro-cess all over again (and pay for the privilege to boot). If that doesn’t wipe the smile from your face – well, don’t go get your passport photo taken. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. . . .

Dear Editor,Re: “Mystery of the forgotten Ash-

croft hotel” (Aug. 1) Yikes! How could I have forgotten those wonderful times in the Sands? I did, indeed, frequent all the resources that dear watering hole provided.

Humble apologies to the family.Esther Darlington MacDonald,

Ashcroft

Dear Editor,The Cache Creek Communities in

Bloom sub-committee encourages the Village of Cache Creek Council to de-clare the sunflower its official flower. Several other local municipalities have adopted official flowers. Kamloops Council has adopted the marigold, and Ashcroft Council has adopted the day-lily. The idea has been supported unani-mously by the Cache Creek Commun-ities in Bloom sub-committee.

We feel that the sunflower is a great choice for our community. It represents sunshine, highlighting a great selling point about Cache Creek’s sunny cli-mate. It grows well here, and will often reseed. Gardeners find them voluntari-ly popping up in gardens in the spring.

They are friendly to the environ-ment, and the seeds from the flower heads feed many species of birds. They are easily grown and shared, they are not expensive to grow, and they are not invasive or difficult to get rid of if un-wanted. Our committee could easi-ly share the seeds with local residents, visitors, and provincially at CIB events at an affordable cost.

The sunflower has many varieties and colours: large and tall, short and branchy, yellow, orange, burgundy, brown, striped, and multi-coloured. Their use in landscaping designs is in-creasing, and they can be grown in planters as well as in garden beds.

Local citizens have been very posi-tive about the idea of the sunflower be-ing chosen by Cache Creek Council as the official community flower when we have mentioned it at events. Com-munities in Bloom judges were also very positive this year about the sun-

flower being an appro-priate choice as Cache Creek’s community flower.

It is a colourful and popular choice

for community outdoor and indoor art. The sunflower is easily recognized and known, and easy to draw and paint. Children enjoy growing sunflowers, which have a long blooming season through the summer and fall.

Adoption of the sunflower does not restrict the municipal plantings in any way. We are not advocating that every planter be planted with sunflowers. We are suggesting that they be incor-porated into a variety of plantings on a changing basis as they already are this year, for example in the beautiful plant-ers outside and across from the Tourist Information Centre. There is no cost to adopting an official community flower, but it is a great way to increase com-munity pride and identity.

The Cache Creek Communities in Bloom volunteers are interested in hearing from residents of Cache Creek, or others, on this topic. Please leave your feedback on our Facebook page, or by calling 250-457-9119.

Carmen Ranta, ChairC.C. Communities in Bloom,

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Last month, as I was driving from Ashcroft to Cache Creek, I was stuck behind a big piece of farm machin-ery. I caught up to it at the top of the hill on the highway coming out of town, just after the last passing lane.

It was a wide machine, and there was no opportun-ity for it to pull over until we were almost to Hwy. 1, so I poked along behind it with a number of other vehicles at 20 kph.

The thought crossed my mind to try to pass. How-ever, without any dotted centre lines or double lanes (and

with some law-abiding common sense kicking in), I de-cided that getting to my destination a couple of minutes faster wasn’t worth breaking the law, or risking my life (or someone else’s), for, so I tried to be patient.

You’ve been in this situation too, I’m sure, and hope-fully you chose to be patient and wait to pass in a safe and law-abiding manner.

I wonder, though: do we do the same when it comes to a bicyclist riding on the road in front of us?

A few years ago I was reunited with an “old friend”: my bike. I had forgotten how much fun it was to ride, but I also didn’t remember how much balance and control was involved in riding. It took me a few months before I felt comfortable with my “friend” again, and remem-bered how to ride safely.

Did you know that a cyclist has to follow the same rules of the road as any other driver? Cyclists are to drive in the right-hand lane, signal, stop, shoulder check, and follow speed limits just like they do when they drive their car.

I was talking to a friend from Switzerland, who told me that over there you drive your car alongside a sea of cyclists, including many children who ride their bikes to and from school each day. School children in Switzer-land are required to take and pass a road bike test to en-sure that they know how to signal, move in and out of lanes, and follow the road rules appropriately.

I’ve had my driver’s license for more than 25 years,

so have a good under-standing of how to be safe on the road, and I do my best to remember all this driv-ing know-ledge when I ride my bike. I won-der, though, if we could do a better job of educating and training our children and teens re-garding how to ride their bikes safely.

A large part of being safe on the road falls to the cyclist, but a lot of it is up to the drivers of the other vehicles. Did you know that a driver must treat a bike the same as he would treat a car? When you come up to a cyclist on the road and he is going slower than you, do you squeeze past in the same lane or cross over a solid centre line to pass?

I have been involved in a number of conversations lately regarding bicyclists on the road, and am surprised at how many vehicle drivers think that having to share the road with a cyclist is a nuisance. They also have no idea that vehicle laws apply to cyclists.

As I train for triathlons, I ride my bike on various roads and highways, and find that most drivers are using cau-tion and good sense. Almost every time I ride, however, I also encounter at least one vehicle that isn’t. Cars squeeze next to me in the same lane I am riding in, or right next to the white line when I’ve pulled over to the shoulder. Worse yet are those people who drive close and then honk their horn or shout as they pass!

All of these driving habits are not only illegal, but also extremely dangerous.

Biking is a healthy, environmentally friendly way to travel, and I highly recommend it. As we pedal down the road, or see someone else pedalling, let’s use our good law-abiding common sense and patience so we can all travel safely to our destinations.

Vicky Trill

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Living Well

Alf Trill in last year’s Pavilion Triathlon, which takes place annually in September. Wth more and more people taking up cycling, and more bikes sharing the road with cars, perhaps it’s time for bike tests for new riders.

Photo by Gary Winslow

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Esther Darlington MacDonaldScarcely a day goes by that some item doesn’t appear in

our daily and weekly newspapers about Aboriginal affairs. These issues surface like whales, the wake of their surfacing washing over our affairs, both civic and federal. The latest is the news that government workers experimented with half-starved children to determine the effects of undernourish-ment in remote rural communities, rather than feeding those communities suffering from food shortages.

I recall, many years ago, reading about such conditions in northern Manitoba, when I resided in Winnipeg. But what we didn’t know about were the experiments. The dearth of information about native conditions at that time, and for too many years after, created an enormous information vac-uum. It left most Canadians ignorant of the scope and con-sequences of government actions, and inaction, in Indian af-fairs. It is the consequences of those actions and decisions that the government is dealing with today.

Once in a while I am questioned about my personal inter-est in Indians. What prompted it? Why? One young woman put a forthright question to me that has remained with me for years. The question came as both of us sat at the front win-dow of her home on Government Street, watching the chil-dren at Ashcroft Elementary School playing soccer in the field across the street.

“Why do you identify with the victims?”The question sort of threw me. That Rebecca George saw

my native stepson George in this light, as he moved with other members of the team on that field. More of the surprise was that she saw native Indians as victims. I have wondered since, how many Canadians actually did see native Indians as victims? And, if they did, in what areas were they being victimized? Indeed, what constitutes a definition of “vic-tim”? But even then, 25 years ago, native Indian issues were part of the daily or weekly intake of news.

I am wondering today if there is a growing, general rec-ognition by Canadians that awful things happened to the Na-

tive population; things that have created consequences. The Residential Schools are just the tip of the iceberg. There were all sort of undercurrents dealing with education, the politics of governing native communities across Canada, and the kind of general discrimination that we read about that hap-pened in the USA; iniquities in almost every area.

All I know is that in 1976, when I was offered the job of working with the Bonaparte Band as a sort of adminis-trative assistant to the Chief, I quit my new job with the Pi-oneer weekly newspaper and promptly went to work with the Band. Looking back, I think it was that inherent journal-ist’s curiosity that prompted what some friends thought was a hasty decision. But I have sensed that it was more than sim-ple curiosity. There was a whole backlog of images and tran-sient experiences that must have evoked an emotional re-sponse in my young heart.

One of the first came when I was about seven or eight years old. I was hiking alone along the “rocks” on Lake Win-nipeg one morning, further away from the camp of cottages closer to the beach and boardwalk than usual. In the distance I saw a thin spiral of woodsmoke wafting above a copse of aspens.

I didn’t see them until I was upon them. It was so quiet. The father sat on a wooden box repairing a fishing net, the long lacing of which fell over his knees and onto the sand. I must have stood there, frozen, for more than a few mo-ments, staring at the man, whom I now know was a Cree. He wore one of those caps with a visor, pulled down partly over his forehead. He lifted his head, and our eyes locked as he saw this little white girl with her blonde hair cropped just below her ears who had suddenly appeared. Behind the man, around the small fire, sat his wife and children.

I had invaded a place and a moment. I had entered an-other world. Some instinct prompted me to leave without a word. As I made my way back along the sandy lakeshore, studded with enormous boulders, that family and that man and that little fire were locked in conscious memory. Not

long after, I painted a little picture of that man with the fish net and the face that had looked up and stared back at me. I think it was my first oil painting.

In the neighbourhood I grew up in, in Winni-peg’s Fort Rouge district, there were a few fam-ilies of Métis (people of mixed French and native Indian heritage). We went to school with Métis kids. Across the Red River from Fort Rouge was the city of St. Boniface. This city, with its mag-nificent cathedral, stood out from the junction where the Assinaboine River meets the Red. The site was made famous in history books, which described the narrow strips of farms where Mé-tis people had settled two hundred years before. Louis Riel is buried in the cemetery at St. Boni-face Cathedral.

Inside the city, connected by a wide lime-stone bridge with the downtown core of Winni-peg, the street signs are in French. Store signs are in French. French is the common language, but English is a second language. As part of a gang, we kids would venture into St. Boniface and meet the French kids on the other side.

French Canadian was a common factor in everyday life. My mother would sometimes tell me “Switch the radio to CKSB,” which was the French radio station, because she liked the clas-sical music they played. We didn’t own a record player then, in the 1940s, and didn’t get a stereo system until the 1950s. So it came as a shock, when I moved to B.C. and discovered the antip-athy about French. “They are trying to stuff it down our throats,” I heard.

Sometimes I have encountered persons in B.C. who have similar prejudices and feel-ings about native Indians. Working for sever-al months for the Bonaparte Band, and later with the Cooks Ferry Band at Spences Bridge, I learned something about what you might call the

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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.

Aug. 19 - Cache Creek Council Meeting at 7 pm in the Village Office.

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Vernon Morning StarHazmat-suited humans climb up and down a gray

and white chalky moonscape, their hands cupping angu-lar chunks of rock.

It’s a strange image that warrants a second or third look, making the viewer wonder, “What are these people doing, and where is this place?”

That’s exactly the reaction artist Kristoff Steinruck says he wants when he shows his multi-media installa-tion, which consists of photographs, hand-carved stone elements, and a single channel projection video. The in-stallation opened last week at the Vernon Public Art Gal-lery.

Entitled The Marble Range, the landscape and lime-stone within the exhibition looks like it was taken from outer space, while the rock tells a history that extends back to 300 million years ago.

“I have a big interest in science fiction and the way time is portrayed in it,” said Steinruck, who is based in Kelowna. “Geological history is about deep time and is difficult to grasp: Think of stone formed by these little shells and then moving half way around the world, and then crumpled up into a massive jumble of rock. It’s that relationship with time and its relationship with the earth that I find fascinating.”

This all makes a bit more sense once you see, and experience, the actual Marble Range portrayed in Stein-ruck’s exhibition. Known for its unusual karst (lime-stone) topography, the Marble Range is actually a pro-tected B.C. park located between Cache Creek and Pa-vilion.

“When I first saw the Marble Range, it became clear

that I could work with this area. I like to work in a site-specific man-ner either in the landscape and/or with it,” said Stein-ruck, “The Marble Range is not a well-known place. The trails are not well marked. To get there you have to drive down a dirt road. There’s not much of a profile for tourism.”

Original-ly from Ross-land, Stein-ruck worked in the dirt as a tree planter, and for a decade, between doing his bachelor of arts at UBC Vancouver and earning his master’s in fine art in Guelph, Ont., he was a photographer working for publications such as Maclean’s Magazine and The Globe and Mail.

It was while in Ontario that he became interested in

more three-dimensional art forms and started sculpt-ing. After moving to the Okanagan three years ago to be closer to family, he continued to work with the elements and in particular, rock.

A still from the single channel video taken at Marble Range Provincial Park shows subjects carrying limestone from the range carved by Kelowna-based artist Kristoff Steinruck. Photo courtesy Kristoff Steinruck

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Trees Canada grants keep Clinton green

Trees for ClintonThe Clinton Communities in Bloom Committee has

successfully applied for funds through the BC Hydro/Trees Canada Program. On Aug. 2 Andy and Yvette May transported a truck- and trailer-load of trees and shrubs from Horse Lake Garden Centre, Lone Butte to the Vil-lage of Clinton. Public Works staff have now planted them in Reg Conn Centennial Park; in front of the pub-lic washrooms on the main street; beside the Commun-ity Garden; and in front of the Village office. This is just the start of a landscape plan for the Village office area

where the two oversize fir trees were re-moved. The

new trees were chosen to fit the space, and will not grow too large. One of the criteria for the grant was to ensure that any trees planted would not grow up into the hy-dro lines. Careful thought was given to the type of trees chosen.

Community Garden Open HouseThe Clinton Community Garden, located behind the

public washrooms on Hwy. 97, was the brainchild of the Clinton Communities in Bloom Committee. With the support of the Village of Clinton, the garden was erect-ed on Village-owned property with the help of many sponsors and supporters. The garden was constructed with the support and sponsorship of the Village of Clin-ton, Integris Credit Union, D & L Raman Ltd., the Clin-ton CiB Committee, and many dedicated volunteers. A Trees Canada grant made possible the planting of two maple trees out-side the fence of the community garden to enhance the area.

Now in its

second year, the garden flourishes. The gardeners who maintain plots at this facility invite the public to come and see how things have progressed. Come and learn how a community garden works and how you can re-serve a plot for next year, and see how well things are growing. Mark Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 1:00 pm on your calendars, and come join the gardeners at the Commun-ity Garden in Clinton.

Chainsaw CarvingSaturday, Aug. 10 will be a busy day in Clinton. The second chainsaw carving event will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 pm beside the Health Centre in Clinton. Ken Sheen will be on hand to demonstrate the art of chainsaw carving.

Music in the ParkThe third concert in this series is slated for Satur-

day, Aug. 10, when Ridley Bent takes to the stage in the bandshell in Reg Conn Centennial Park at 7:30 pm. Bring your own chairs, and get set for a good time.

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STRIKING A BALANCE

Clinton Seniors’ Association meetings have adjourned for the summer. The next regular gen-eral meeting will be on September 19 following a potluck lunch. Cards and games are held every Monday during the summer (if enough people are interested) at 1:00 pm at the Seniors’ Cen-tre. Contact anyone involved in the association to find out more information.

Thank you to everyone who came out to the July 1 Yard Sale/Book and Bake Sale, in spite of the extreme heat. Your support is very much ap-preciated. Thanks are also extended to the sen-iors and friends who organized the event, set it up, and worked hard all day to make it a suc-cessful endeavour. Congratulations to Terry Tucker, winner of the Peel ‘n’ Pay Raffle!

Clinton’s 150/50 anniversary has created numerous occasions for residents and visitors to get together and enjoy many and varied events. It’s been an incredibly busy and fun-filled year to date. Many seniors are involved in several ways, and contributing to the overall enjoyment.

Two more Music in the Park nights are com-ing in August; wonderful performances for our listening pleasure. The Communities in Bloom

judges were in Clinton in July. Good luck, Clin-ton - hope we made a good impression!

If you’re out and about, travelling in our beautiful province, do everything you can to stay safe. There is a lot of traffic on the high-ways. Hopefully this good weather continues through to the Fall, but be sensible in the sun: use lots of sun screen and wear a hat.

I am still appealing for used stamps for a gentleman who is presently dealing with lung cancer, and who wants to make a stamp album for each of his three grandsons. I’d like to help him get this done in the time left to him., and would appreciate any of your extra stamps. Please call me at 459-0028, and thank you to everyone who has contributed stamps thus far.

All seniors are invited to join the Clinton Seniors’ Association. The annual fee is $15.00, and meetings are always the third Thursday of every month at the Seniors’ Centre, 217 Smith Avenue. There are three fundraisers a year: the March Daffodil Tea, the July 1 Yard Sale/Book and Bake Sale, and the November marketplace.

Finally, Happy Birthday to Gene Chevalier for August 5. “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” (Henry Ford).

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A NEW BUSINESS FOR ASHCROFT? And isn’t that a U.S. postbox? It’s set-dressing for an ad for English Premier League football (soccer) that was being filmed in Ashcroft earlier this week. (Below) Cast and crew wait outside “Charlie’s Place”, while (left) the crew prepares for another take.

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As of Thursday, Aug. 1, all campfires will be pro-hibited across the Kamloops Fire Centre. This step is be-ing taken to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety. The fire danger rating is currently “high” throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre, with scat-tered pockets of “extreme”.

With the current trend of warm and dry weather, wildfires in the region have displayed very aggressive behaviour and required additional fire suppression re-sources. Human-caused wildfires can divert critical re-sources and crews from responding to naturally occur-ring wildfires. The

The Wildfire Management Branch says a third of the fires it has responded to this year were caused by humans.

Open burning is prohibited throughout the Kam-loops Fire Centre. This prohibition applies to open fires of any size; fires with a burn registration number; indus-trial burning; fireworks; tiki torches; sky lanterns; and burning barrels. “Any kind of fire pit that is at a camp-site, if you are burning wood, those apparatus are pro-hibited,” says Fire Information Officer Melissa Welsh.

The prohibition does not apply to cooking stoves that use gas, propane, or briquettes, or to a portable camp-fire apparatus with a CSA or ULC rating that uses bri-quettes, liquid, or gaseous fuel, as long as the height of the flame is less than 15 centimetres.

The open burning prohibition covers all B.C. Parks, Crown, and private lands, but does not apply within the

boundaries of local governments that have forest fire prevention bylaws and are serviced by a fire department. Please check with local governments for any other re-strictions before lighting a fire.

Anyone found in violation of an open fire ban, in-cluding campfires, may be issued a ticket for up to $345. Anyone who causes a wildfire through arson or reckless-ness may be fined up to $1 million, spend up to three years in prison, and be held accountable for associated firefighting costs.

This prohibition will remain in place until the pub-lic is notified that it has been rescinded. To report an un-attended campfire, call 1-800-663-5555 or call *5555 on your cellphone.

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August 2013 • Week 2ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, you have a firm grasp on what you need to accomplish in the week ahead. Stay focused on your tasks and that focus will pay off by the end of the week..

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, your financial burden is a little easier this week. Perhaps you have caught up on bills or have received a little extra money you didn’t expect.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, whether you are in a relationship or are looking for a new romantic partner, the next few days are the moments for putting on the charm.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, many things need to get done this week before you can set work aside and take a much-needed vacation. Once you get through the bulk of things, you can relax.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Save some of your good fortune for others, Leo. When you share the wealth, not only will you feel better about yourself, but also you will certainly have more friends around you.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Without you the well-oiled wheels of the work machine just won’t spin correctly, Virgo. That can put a lot of pressure on you in your career, so weigh the options of a day off.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, sometimes you have to be the voice of reason, and this won’t always make you popular with others. Though some may not rally around you this week, they’ll relent.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Something that seemed like a good idea at first glance may not seem like the best thing to do right now, Scorpio. Switch gears while you can still take another path.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, although you may rather spend your time doing something else for the next few days, handle your upcoming obligations without complaint.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Surround yourself with close friends, Capricorn. They will serve as your anchor in difficult situations that may come to pass this week. It’s good to have a support system.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 There is more to you than others see, Aquarius. Sometimes you relish in being mysterious, and this is one of those times. Others’ interest will be piqued.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Don’t take any sniffles or sneezes for granted, Pisces. Make sure this week you pay attention to your health to ensure good days ahead.

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I noticed the server’s attention wasn’t fo-cusing entirely on me,

as she kept looking at the table behind us as we spoke. I wondered what was distracting her, but I didn’t turn around until I heard voices being raised.By that time, she was

at the table she had been looking at, and was politely trying to explain to an older couple that their dog was not permitted on the premises.

“I’m really sorry,” I heard her saying. “It’s not up to me, we’re just not allowed to have animals where people are eating.”The couple couldn’t

understand why their small dog wasn’t wel-come to rest under the table as they ate lunch, and they were annoyed when the server wouldn’t bend the rules for them. When she suggest-ed they set up their pup on the sidewalk, directly beside the table, they were infu-riated since the spot wasn’t in the shade.“We’re not eat-

ing here then,” the man exclaimed, and they left in anger. I watched them walk down the street, stopping other peo-ple with dogs, seem-ingly explaining their frustrations as they pointed aggressively towards the restau-rant.I felt bad for the

server. She was just doing her job and may have gotten her-self, or her employer, into trouble had she ignored the rules and

allowed the dog to stay. She also seemed like the type of per-son who would have tried to figure out an alternative solution that might have made her customers happy. Maybe seating them at the other end of the patio where there was a shadier spot on the sidewalk could have worked.But the couple left

in such haste there wasn’t much of a chance to figure out a solution to their di-lemma.“Who in the world

brings their dog to a restaurant?” my friend asked as he passed by, walk-ing his own pooch. “They should have ordered a pizza to go and eaten under that tree across the

street.” I had to agree with him.As much as I love

dogs, and animals in general, I don’t think allowing them in the dining area of restaurants is a good idea. Person-ally, I wouldn’t have minded if that pup had sat at his owner’s feet since he seemed well mannered, clean and quiet. If the res-

taurant allowed for him, though, they’d have to allow all dogs wouldn’t they? Even the dangerous, filthy and noisy ones.This isn’t a decision

the individual res-taurants can make in B.C. anyway. Health bylaws state that, with the exception of guide animals, dogs are simply not allowed in a food-primary place, and those who don’t com-ply with those regula-tions could be heav-ily fined or even shut down.People walking their

dogs and wanting to enjoy a meal while they do have to be creative and plan ahead. As much as some of us love our

pets and might want them around at all times like they’re our children, we don’t live in a society where we can do that.Maybe the couple

in question could take an umbrella with them the next time they’re out so they can easily create shade on the other side of whatever pa-tio they wish to dine at. Or perhaps they can somehow con-vince the restaurant that their little Shih Tzu is a seeing-eye dog. You never know, stranger things have happened.Lori Welbourne in a

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New HospitalThe hospital is completed and it now only remains for

some of us to take ill so that the building can be initiated in proper style. This would be a very pleasant home in which to spend a few months, yet we would regret the necessity which would compel us to remain there for such a period of time.

Body Found on Railway TrackOne day last week a man was found on the C.P.R. track

near the cemetery frightfully mangled. He was a stranger and it was surmised that he had fallen asleep on the track while under the influence of liquor.

Whopper of a RattlesnakeWhile out hunting the other day Dr. Sanson and M. Bail-

ey came across a rattle snake that had Mathusala [sic] beat for age. The rattles that had been broken off previously could not be counted, hence its great age. In this connection, it is said, the Doc has secured the high jump record.

New B.C. Express Co. Stable Nearing CompletionA.J. Davis has just about finished the B.C. Express Com-

pany’s stable, replacing the one which was burned down ear-ly in the spring. Mr. Davis is to be congratulated upon its workmanship and the dispatch with which he has carried on the work. This barn is 62x90 feet, will accommodate 48 horses and has a loft capacity of more than a hundred tons of bailed [sic] hay. It is equipped with a harness repair shop, of-fice and bedroom for the man in charge. It was built upon the concrete foundation of the old one which was found to be in-tact after the fire.

August 1963

No More Number PleaseCan’t say “Hi Millie, gimme Tom Jones” any more. Ash-

croft has gone dial, and with it all our pleasant girls who have been so nice to us.

Down through the years Ashcroft has been headquarters for telephone to various points. It was about 1913 that we be-

came modern as far as telephones are concerned. They were put in several homes and businesses in large boxes with a handle. There were numbers; but who can remember num-bers? Every time we wanted someone, we never got them until a general conversation was had with the charming oper-ator at the exchange; sometimes they told us “I don’t think they are home, I just saw them walking up town.”

Telephones were installed here and maintained by the Dominion Government Telegraph and Telephone Co. and many a local girl began their careers by saying “Number please?”, here in our Ashcroft exchange.

With the bringing of dial system to Ashcroft, it has ended 50 years of telephoning by “Number Please?” However we have to go along with modernization.

Street GradingA grader and crew have been busy this week preparing

the streets to be paved, a further improvement to the appear-ance of Ashcroft. Too bad all the streets can’t be paved, but it will come when finances allow.

Fixing Up StreetsInland Paving Company men have been busy in Ashcroft

resurfacing streets dug up for the new sewer system. When questioned how things were progressing one workman said “the rocks in Ashcroft are getting us down.” However, rocks or no rocks, they are making a good job of it.

Playing in Cache Creek, this week in 1963:

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

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

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

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

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

Ashcroft & District Rodeo AssociationPhone: 250-457-9390

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

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

Desert Bells Handbell ChoirCarmen Ranta 250-457-9119

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

Cache Creek Communities in Bloom Committee Carmen Ranta 250-457-9119

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ashcroft-Cache Creek Rotary ClubContact Person: Denise Fiddick Phone 250-453-9547

Desert Spokes Cycle SocietyPhone 250-457-9348

Ashcroft Curling Club Phone 250-453-2341

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

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Cache Creek Volunteer Fire DepartmentPhone 250-457-9967

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

Ashcroft Royal Purple Phone 250-457-9122

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

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

Winding Rivers Arts and Performance SocietyContact Person: Nadine 450.453.9100

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

Soccer AssociationContact: Sandi Harry Phone 250-457-9366

Minor Hockey AssociationContact: Lewis Kinvig Phone 457-7489 or [email protected] or [email protected]

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

Soups 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 or Marijke 250-453-0050

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

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B.C.’s best wildlife photo-graphs wanted: don’t forget your camera this summer!

Whether you’re spending your summer vacation relaxing in your backyard or adventuring into the B.C. wilderness, the BC SPCA wants to show off your best B.C. wildlife pictures. Amateur pho-tographers can enter the fifth an-nual Wildlife-In-Focus Photog-raphy Contest by submitting digital photos until Sept. 30. The contest is a fundraiser supporting the so-ciety’s Wild Animal Rehabilita-tion Centre (Wild ARC) on south-ern Vancouver Island, where more than 2,500 orphaned and injured wild animals are cared for every year.

“With the nation’s greatest di-versity of wildlife in our own prov-ince, we are excited to help back-yard and amateur photographers showcase these amazing animals,” says Sara Dubois, manager of wildlife services for the BC SPCA. Some of the photos entered in pre-vious contests have been featured in the BC SPCA’s AnimalSense and Bark! magazines, local news-

papers, and even a book: City Crit-ters: Wildlife in the Urban Jungle, by journalist Nicholas Read. Du-bois notes, “It’s a testament to the calibre of photos that are entered.”

Prizes will be awarded for the top three photos in each of two cat-egories: Wild Settings and Back-yard Habitats. The contest is open to all adult (age 14 years and up) backyard and amateur photograph-ers residing in B.C. Learn more about this year’s contest, and see winners from past contests, at spca.bc.ca/wildlife-in-focus.

The annual contest encour-ages participants to explore green spaces, roadsides, beaches, and even backyards to find striking im-ages that represent the resiliency of local wildlife living at the interface with humans. Wildlife includes free-living birds, mammals, am-phibians, reptiles, fish, and insects, but not exotic, feral, or domestic animals, or wildlife in zoos or re-habilitation facilities.

For more information about the contest e-mail [email protected]

Submitted

Pictures of B.C. wildlife wanted for SPCA’s annual contest

Last year’s SPCA contest winners included Courtenay resident Stephen Williamson, who won first place in the Wild Settings category (top r), and Peachland resident Tania Simpson, who won first place in the Backyard Habitats category (above).

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He had worked with limestone, which re-sembles concrete offset with white chalky veins, in southern Ontario, and was purchasing the stone from a landscape supplier outside of Guelph. His quest to find limestone in B.C. re-sulted in little success at first.

“I wanted to continue working with lime-stone and called around. No one had any. Af-ter more research, and looking at geographical survey maps, I uncovered three places in B.C. with significant limestone deposits,” he said. The stone from a quarry on Texada Island, near Powell River, was too solid and gray, while an-other deposit in the Rockies was hard to access.

And then Steinruck hit the mother lode, pay-ing his first visit to the Marble Range. “I saw the mountains, and how beautiful and strange they looked compared to the rest of the geology in B.C.,” he said, adding he “stole” a piece of the rock to take back to his studio in Kelowna.

He conducted research on the stone and its geological history, enlisting UBC geology pro-fessor Kyle Larson to help him. Larson was familiar with the stone, as he had done field studies at a nearby deposit in Cache Creek. At his Vancouver lab, Larson cut the rock thin-ly and shone a light through it to see the crys-tals, and get a better idea of the history within. It turns out the fossils consisted of tiny shells dat-ing back 200 – 300 million years ago.

“The shells came from a tropical island somewhere in the Pacific and moved through tectonic plates to its present location in North America,” said Steinruck.

After carving the stone, Steinruck decided to bring the resulting sculptures, six in all, back to the range where they came from. He enlisted people, mostly performers, to carry each stone through the landscape, using his photographic and video skills to capture their rather arduous journey.

“Taking people up and down the steep side of a mountain with a heavy stone sculpture weighing 50 pounds was a bit risky, but I dis-covered they had the same sort of reaction I had when I first went there. Seeing the landscape, and touching it was an amazing, moving ex-perience.”

Steinruck hopes viewers seeing the ex-hibition for the first time will have the same sort of reaction.

“I am trying to put life into the sculptures and provide a narra-tive,” he said. “It was important for me to translate this place and the material found in the world around us and translate it into an artistic form and imbue it with a sense of experience and life.”

The Marble Range can be viewed at the Vernon Public Art Gal-lery through to Octo-ber. Call (250) 545-3173 for more infor-mation.

Local landscape “amazing, moving”

CANYON from p. 7

EYE-OPENER from p. 6

politics, or governance, of band affairs. It was an eye opener. I was made aware of the concerns, issues, and management in the many areas of the communities, that are much like our municipal affairs. And I am still, to-day, hearing misinformed persons voicing opinions I know to be either false, or only partly true.

We Canadians owe it to our fellow Aboriginal people to become not only informed of how native communities govern themselves, but how government and church have colluded in the past to create conditions and problems today. The consequences of past mistakes – the misguid-ed goals and assumptions – have to be addressed. And they are being ad-dressed, to a greater degree than ever before.

It is heartening. There is definitely more understanding, and greater appreciation of the Aboriginal peoples and their contribution to the cul-tural life of our country. And the pride of the Aboriginal people grows with every generation, adding greatly to the development and renewal of this precious segment of our collective history.

Consequences still with us

Local stones have been put to good use along Ashcroft’s Inukshuk Trail, above the town on the Mesa. Photo by Barbara Roden

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERSNOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Dennis William Peters, Deceased, who died on the 1st day of August, 2012, are hereby required to send them to the Executor, Susan Jean Peters at 1609 Woodburn Drive, Box 729, Cache Creek, BC, V0K 1H0, before August 21, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which she has notice. By: JENIFER BIRGITTA CRAWFORD Barrister and Solicitor Crawford aw Of ce 615 St. Paul Street, Kamloops, B.C. V2G 2K1 Telephone: 250-372-5234

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Suites, LowerN. ASHCROFT: 2 bed 1 bath lower level suite. Daylight walk-out to spacious yard w. lovely view. References man-datory. Rent $850/mo. Call 250-453-2225 for app. & info.


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The Ashcroft and District Fall Fair – which this year showcases Blue Jeans and Country Scenes – is just around the corner. Now is the perfect time to start planning your entries. Fair Booklets are available at businesses around town, as well as on our website (www.ashcroft-fallfair.ca).

There are some changes to cat-egories that we’d like to tell you about. For those bakers who enter the Country Fair’s baking contest, you’ll notice that there is no Ten-derflake Pie or Mazola/BeeHive Muffins category this year. In-stead, you will find Fleischmann’s Cornstarch Shortbread Cookies and Fleischmann’s Baking Pow-der/Crown Corn Syrup Loaf. A re-minder that proof of purchase for

the products used MUST be at-tached to your entry form. Happy Baking!

For all you photographers out there, our 2013 Themed Photo is Farming Equipment (and to get ready for 2014, keep a look out for Cows when you are on your trav-els). There are two photography sections again this year: one for novice photographers (those of you who take photos as a hobby), and one for advanced photograph-ers (those of you who get paid for your photos, or who’ve taken that perfect shot and feel you can com-pete).

Mark your calendars for Sept. 8, and get ready for a great Fair!

Jessica Clement

Plan your Fall Fair entries now

Archery’s high profile benefits local club

Come on down to the Fair! Photo by Wendy Coomber

Merritt HeraldThanks to hit movies like The Hunger

Games and Brave, and perhaps due to some un-precedented coverage at the 2012 Olympics, the sport of archery is experiencing a real spike in both interest and activity worldwide.

The rise in participation levels is evident locally as well. The Nicola Valley Archery Club has emerged from a period of relative dormancy to become a thriving group, with a current mem-bership of close to 20 adults and youngsters.

The NVAC, which operates under the um-brella of the Nicola Valley Fish and Game Club, is meeting throughout the summer, from 6:30 –

7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at the gun range, located 10 km up Aberdeen Rd. in Lower Nicola.

Instruction and supervision is provided by BJ Moore, who has been bow hunting for six years. He said the club is keen to attract new members.

“We have an assortment of bows that indi-viduals can just come and use if they’re new to the sport,” Moore said. “We shoot mostly at what are known as 3-D targets which the club provides.”

Archery is a really family-friendly activ-ity. Barclay Smith regularly attends with his three young daughters — Gabrielle, 12, Ivy, 10, and Julia, 8. Moore’s daughter, Olivia, 10, also shoots, as does Sunshine O’Donnell, 13, and her 17-year-old brother, Dakota.

“It’s one of my favorite sports,” Gabrielle Smith said. “I like trying to hit the target. When I first started, it was tough pulling the string back on my compound bow, but I’ve gotten used to it.”

Most people who get involved in archery are satisfied with target shooting, Moore said. “Many clubs hold 3-D shoots with categor-ies and prizes for all ages. Logan Lake holds a very successful shoot every Father’s Day week-end. This year, there were over 170 people in at-tendance. It’s our goal to try to host a shoot next spring.”

For more information on the Nicola Valley Archery Club, contact Moore at 280-0304.

Gabrielle Smith takes aim.Photo by Ian Webster

Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal, August 08, 2013

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