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Ashcroft Council is planning a tax increase of 2.5 per cent this year for residential proper-ties, which is lower than anticipated.

Council gave approval to the � rst three read-ings of Bylaw 794, its 2015 Five-Year Finan-cial Plan, at the Apr. 27 Council meeting. It also gave preliminary readings to Tax Rates Bylaw 795. Both bylaws need one more � nal reading before they are adopted.

Coun. Alf Trill asked about a large increase in user fees in the fourth year (2018) of the � ve-year plan. Administrator Michelle Allen said the increased � gures represent costs associated with the new water treatment plant once it’s in place.

The Village is expecting to collect $505,000 in user fees this year. They increase for the fol-lowing to years to $648,962 in 2017 and then jump to $750,092 in 2018.

“That’s a big jump,” agreed Mayor Jack Jeyes.

Property taxes account for less than one-third of the 2015 $3,626,256 municipal budget. Just over $1 million comes from property taxes; plus $500,000 in user fees; just under half a mil-lion in accumulated surplus; over $800,000 in expected grants from various levels of govern-ment and income from several other areas make up the budget revenue.

Ashcroft is holding a town hall meeting on May 4 to present the budget and listen to feed-back.

The annual Ashcroft Communities in Bloom plant swap, held last Sunday, continues to be a successful fundraising community event as gardeners stock up on proven yard plants. (Left) Samantha shows her preference for raised beds. Local CiB chair Andrea Walker says every year is better than the last.

Cache Creek Council gave the � rst three readings to Tax Rates Bylaw 777 at its Apr. 27 meeting. The rates anticipate a four per cent in-crease in residential taxes this year, and 2.3 per cent thereafter.

The bylaw needs one more reading to adopt this year’s $4,439,939 budget.

The � ve-year � nancial plan was presented at a town hall meeting on Apr. 14.

The Village is still anticipating over half a million dollars in revenue from the Land-� ll for the next two years; $850,000 in govern-ment grants; nearly half a million in user fees; $353,158 in property taxes; and assorted in-come from other areas.

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Run piggies, runPeople gather to watch the pig races at Desert Hills Ranch last weekend.

Helping handsLeanne Davies (right), secretary for Family and Friends (Ashcroft’s Long Term Care group) accepts a donation of $1,504.17 from Sandra Dowding, president of the Loon Lake community association (LLCRAS). The donation comes from money raised at Loon Lake’s annual Winter Fest.

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One of Marina Papais’ mosaics sits outside the Wellness Clinic on Railway Ave. It was installed last July with the assistance of welder Chris Holloway (left). (L-R): Holloway, clinic owner Wendy Wiebe, Papais and Dan Collett. The piece is entitled: A River Runs Through Historic Ashcroft.

Tender Loving Care for Earth DayPat Turnbull (centre) and Meghan Henderson (right) were two of IG Machine and Fibers Ltd. employees who participated in Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22. Employees spent time picking up garbage inside and outside the plant’s perimeter and then enjoyed a hot dog BBQ. Photo: Milan Kubik

Ashcroft asked to support public glass mosaicsAshcroft mosaic artist

Marina Papais and her part-ner Dan Collett are propos-ing to add some sparkle and shine to Ashcroft by creating public mosaics.

They made the propos-

al to Ashcroft Council at the Apr. 27 committee of the whole meeting.

“I propose to rally our community together to cre-ate wooden benches and signage to enhance our vil-

lage,” said Papais, who was requesting a budget for ma-terials and some tools. Ap-proximately $500 would buy tools that could be used for several projects, and ma-terials for a bench would cost around $400.

Mosaics are an inexpen-sive and easy, yet beautiful, form of glass art.

“We’re proposing a mar-riage between wellness and historic Ashcroft,” said Col-lett.

“The point is to get com-munity members involved,” he said. They would be learning the process of cre-ating a glass mosaic and in-stalling the finished pieces.

Coun. Doreen Lambert asked where they would put a mosaic.

“Anywhere,” said Papais. “That’s the point. It could be the bus stops, open walls of public buildings...”

Papais, a retired Archi-tectural Glass Artist, already has several mosaics on dis-play in Ashcroft - the most public is in front of the Well-ness Clinic on Railway Ave. She also made a series of four panels for St. Albans, and a commissioned piece that is hanging in the UniTea Tea Room.

She told Council that she was inspired to help Ash-croft become known for

something other than its his-toric elements by Austrian artist Friedensreich Hunder-twasser who created Archi-tectural Public Art that everyone could enjoy. She said that people would vis-it towns and cities to see his artwork. She said she hoped this would inspire other art-ists in town to create.

“How many people would you like to see in-volved?” asked Coun. Al Mertens.

“As many as could fit around the table,” said Col-lett. “The bigger the area, the more people can partici-pate.”

They are still looking for public space to do the work.

He added that their goal is to create community art and get as many people in-volved as possible - even if it’s only for one day of a 30 day project.

Many people assisted with the piece at the Well-ness Centre, said Papais. A metal worker helped attach the metal fixtures that had been donated, and others helped collect the driftwood that is part of the piece.

“We’ve been doing pub-lic art projects for many years and they’ve always been successful and fun,” Collet said.

Reporting on the most recent (Apr. 17) Well-ness & Health Action Coalition (WHAC) meet-ing led Council into a discussion of recently an-nounced cutbacks to Emergency Room hours.

“Residents are advised that the Ashcroft Hospital and Health Centre Emergency Depart-ment will be experiencing reduced hours due to a lack of physician availability,” according to an Interior Health media release.

“Effective May 1, and until further notice, the Emergency Department will be open:

Monday, 8 a.m. to noonTuesday, 9 a.m. to noonWednesday, 9 a.m. to noonThursday, 9 a.m. to noonFriday, 6 p.m. to midnightSaturday and Sunday 24 hours“It’s a real shame,” said Ashcroft Mayor

Jack Jeyes at the Apr. 27 Council meeting.Dr. Sarina Govindasamy is still practicing in

Ashcroft, and is expected to do so until at least the end of the year. Locums are in place until May 30 to supplement primary care.

Jeyes said they’ve been told by Interior Health that there will be no staff reductions at the hospital. His understanding of the situation, he told Council,was that patients would be able get tests and test results and prescriptions from the locums.

He said the international licensing program is being streamlined and the first cohort (group) has just begun the qualification process. Ash-croft has been told there are two doctors in the second cohort that are earmarked for Ashcroft. That group will begin the qualification process this coming Winter.

“I would like to know what our provincial and federal ministers of health think they’re leading us into,” said Coun. Al Mertens. “People can afford health care here but they can’t get it. We need to make some kind of noise. We can’t just sit back and quietly hope and wait.”


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ROSES IN THE SUN

As summer gets closer, those who travel our highways will begin to see more road improvement projects throughout Fraser-Nicola.

These are all part of B.C. on the Move, our government’s 10-year plan for the improvement of our province’s transportation network.

Nobody enjoys having their drive interrupted by delays for road-con-struction crews, but B.C. is no differ-ent than anyplace else: most of this kind of work has to be done when the weather is best, and that means late

Spring, Summer and early Fall – the prime driving sea-son.

There are several pro-jects in our riding that are either underway, nearing construction or at the tender phase.

Of particular interest to residents of Ashcroft and Cache Creek, a 6.1-km sec-tion of Hwy 1 from the Ash-croft four-lane to the junc-

tion of Hwy 97C will be resurfaced. Also, a 3.2-km section of Evans

Road in Ashcroft will be resurfaced, with completion scheduled for this Fall.

Elsewhere in the riding:The Walhachin Bridge re-decking

project, to be completed this Spring, will return the bridge to full load cap-acity.

On the Coquihalla Highway near Merritt, a Variable Speed Lim-it System will be installed at Ottomite

Bridge (Portia Interchange to the for-mer toll plaza). The system includes message signs, road weather infor-mation system stations, web cameras, pavement condition and temperature sensors, visibility sensors and vari-able speed limit signage. Completion is scheduled for next Winter.

North of Clinton, Hwy 97 is get-ting another section four-laned as part of the Cariboo Connector project. Construction will continue on the 4.5-km expansion to four lanes from 74 Mile to 76 Mile, which, when com-pleted this Fall, will tie together the Stormy and 70 Mile North sections south of 100 Mile House.

These projects and dozens like them around the province this sum-mer are part of our government’s com-mitment to enhance safety, grow the economy, maintain and replace aging infrastructure, and support trade for B.C.’s resource sectors.

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Emergency! Emergency!Two awful words that no one wants to

hear, but it happens. It might mean a un-expected call to the plumbers or a trip to the hospital. Or it could mean the evacuation of an entire town.

Unexpected doesn’t have to mean un-prepared.

This week, May 3-9, is Emergency Pre-paredness Week in Canada.

It always brings back fond memories of living in Taylor, where Tool Man was the Municipal Emergency Preparedness co-or-dinator and I was - what else? - the media liason. We had a committee to plan for emergencies, and every year at this time we would put together a table of informa-tion on what to do in an emergency for the public to pick up. We also brought a few magazines because few, if any people, ever showed up.

And then, one day, BOOM! The un-expected happened and there was no time to read the manual. The town had to evacu-ate to nearby Fort St. John. I was in Daw-son Creek at the time and if anyone knows their geography, they’ll know that Taylor is right between DC and FSJ on the highway. It was a long drive on a wintery Rolla/Clay-hurst backroad to get to FSJ that day.

Studded winter tires and a full tank of gas made the difference: you learned to be prepared up north.

I’m sure the TNRD is doing a grand job at being prepared for our towns, but in some ways it’s a shame that they took over the Emergency Preparedness function from the municipalities. It may not have seemed the case when the local Emergency Social Services people were looking for volun-teers, but at least the idea of emergency pre-paredness was here in the community.

What do we have to worry about here, you might ask? Brushfires, derailments of train cars hauling toxic chemicals, plane crashes, rock slides.... Unlikely, but pos-sible.

Even if the emergency plan doesn’t go as practiced and you forget to turn off the stove on the way out the door, your brain remembers the basics. And that’s all you need to stay safe.

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UniTea Video Night - You Can Heal Your Life

UniTea Tea Room will be hosting another Video/Discussion Night with spiritual/environmental documentary-style videos for enjoyment and con-versation. A portion of the evening is dedicated to discussion and reflection on the video presented. This is a free event. This month’s video feature is You Can Heal Your Life, showing on Thurs., April 30 from 7-9pm.

This entertaining and inspirational video is based on the best-selling book of the same name and is hosted by au-thor and teacher Louise L. Hay. It gives insights into Louise’s fascinating per-sonal story, shows how her views on self-esteem, abundance, and the meta-physical causes behind physical ail-ments were developed, and how she ap-plied them to her own emotional, spirit-ual, and professional life.

Also showing that evening a 30 minute short Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds - Part 3 of 4, The Serpent and the Lotus. The spiral has often been represented by the snake, the down-ward current, while the bird or bloom-ing lotus flower has represented the up-ward current or transcendence. The an-cient traditions taught that a human being can become a bridge extending from the outer to the inner, from gross to subtle, from the lower chakras to the higher chakras.

Music, Comedy and Magic May 1 at The Riv

Mat Duffus will be performing at the Ashcroft River Inn Pub on Friday, May 1 at 7pm. He’s billed as an inter-active acoustic showman of all kinds of music, as a solo or duo/trio playing Top

10 singles from 1961 to 2014 and original songs. Every set involves some comedy, inter-action, audience participation and magic, entertaining all demographics and venues.

Mat likes to get everyone involved in his shows so don’t be surprised if you find your-self volunteering to play a kazoo, sing your heart out or play an instrument.

Wine Tasting and Cafe Murder Mystery Theatre May 2

Join WRAPS and The Rotary Club for a co-presented event of a Wine Tast-ing event and Community Theatre. Enjoy an evening of wine tasting, ap-petizers, dessert and an interactive mur-der mystery play! This evening feature an alcoholic beverage tasting (wine, sparkling wine, ales, ciders), with cof-fee by Beans Roasted Right, appetiz-ers, desserts and an interactive, com-edic murder mystery performed by WRAPS! Tickets are available at Inter-ior Savings Ashcroft and all Rotarians.

Cafe Murder is a murder mystery comedy is easy to produce and per-fect for either a stage production or din-ner theatre. Rosemary Saint-John is a loud, annoying hypochondriac con-vinced she is allergic to water. Cele-brating her birthday at a restaurant with her four kooky sisters – a hippie, a val-ley girl, a trucker and a banker – Rose-mary makes enemies with everyone around her.

When she disappears and is pre-sumed murdered, the only objective witnesses in the restaurant are the audi-ence members, who must cast their vote. Was it one of Rosemary’s sisters? The self-taught detective? The passion-ate French chef? The polite and prop-er mâitre d’? The sarcastic waiter? No one is above suspicion in this delightful dinner theatre murder mystery!

Don’t miss the “My Fair Lady” Casting Call!

Blimey gov’na! This is going be LOVERLY! Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society is thrilled to an-

nounce that they will be bringing the live theatre production of the much loved musical “My Fair Lady” to the local stage in the Fall of 2015!

WRAPS is looking for approxi-mately 20 people for a variety of roles (singing and acting, acting only, and chorus).

After successfully bringing to the stage our beloved characters from the Land of Oz (Wizard of Oz), terrifying our senses while tickling our funny-bones with pirates meeting the walking dead (Swamp Pirate Zombies), show-ing us that Shakespeare can be fun for the whole family (Midsummer Night Midterm), and putting ethical dilem-mas into a class of its own (Switching Principles), WRAPS is now preparing to present its most ambitious theatrical presentation yet!

Auditions for all parts, singing and non-singing will be held in the Ash-croft Secondary School music room on Wednesday, April 29 (7-9pm), Satur-day, May 2 (2-4pm) and Sunday, May 3 (2-4pm).

Scripts, scores and an accompanist will be provided. WRAPS also needs volunteers to work on costuming and props. Anyone interested should come to one of the auditions or contact Jes-sica Clement at (250) 457-7128.

Desert Bells Handbell Concert with Friends

The Desert Bells Hand Bell Choir will return for a Spring Con-cert on Sun-day, May 3 at the Pente-costal Church in Cache Creek. The 3pm show will feature the Handbell Choir “with Friends”, who include the Lillooet Community Choir, Simple Pleasures re-

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What will the Parcel Tax Review Panel do? The Parcel Tax Review Panel will hear objections and review and correct the Parcel Tax Roll regarding the following items:

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What should I do if there is an error on the Walhachin Community Water System Parcel Tax Roll? Objections must be made in writing and received by the TNRD Director of Finance by 1:00 p.m. on Monday, May 11, 2015. When will the Walhachin Community Water Service Area Debt Financing Parcel Tax Review Panel sit? The Thompson-Nicola Regional District will be holding a Parcel Tax Review for the capital financing water service upgrades to the Walhachin Community Water System Area on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in the TNRD Board Room, 4th Floor, 465 Victoria Street in Kamloops.

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Last year’s Plein Air used local scenes to produce many beautiful works of art.

Another year of non stop music in the desertcorder duo, as well as soloists and stu-dent performances.

The Desert Bells Handbell Choir is an intergenerational group that re-hearses on Thursday evenings in Cache Creek Elementary School.

Mothers Day Afternoon Tea with a Celtic twist

UniTea will be transformed into an English Tea Room on Sunday, May 10. The afternoon will offer delicate fin-ger sandwiches, pastries, crumpets and scones and a choice of the many organ-ic Herbal or Black Teas such as Laven-der Mint, Earl Grey, Cream Earl, Earl Grey Lavender and many more. Uni-Tea is also breaking out the good china with various unique tea cups, sau-cers, tea pots and serving plates. Enter-taining for a short set will be the Celt-ic / Classical duo of from Kamloops Crossbow. The afternoon event takes place from 1-3pm - with tickets avail-able at the door or in advance - a set price per person.

An addition special evening event will feature a longer concert perform-ance. Crossbow are Neil Burnett (Celt-ic harp, penny whistle, etc.) and Chris-tina Zaenker (cello and voice) who make music from a wild new recipe for 38 strings, ringing timber, and as-sorted sonic spices. These well-sea-soned musicians serve up original com-positions using traditional Celtic forms

and hints of jazz, creating music that is uplifting, at times melan-cholic, and al-ways enchant-ing.

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Plein Air Paint scheduled for May 22 & 24

WRAPS and the Ashcroft Art Club will be holding their annual Plein Air Paint-out on May 22-24. The Plein Air Paint Out takes place in Ash-croft which many visiting artists and local art club members participate in. The two day event allows artists to ex-plore and paint the area’s scenery and concludes with a show of paintings and awards presentation.

For more information or to register, go to the WRAPS website. For more information contact [email protected].

Desert Daze 2015 Music Line-up Announced!

The sixth annual Desert Daze Music Festival takes place in Spences Bridge from Aug. 7-9. Music, Food and Fun in the Desert Sun. There will be two days of the best in blues, folk, country and rock in a magnifi-cent desert setting. Held at the old school grounds, a stone’s throw from the Trans-Canada Highway.

Come on out to the mag-nificent desert landscape in BC’s interior and celebrate rural communities with incred-ible music at the Desert Daze Festival in Spences Bridge. Every summer the Desert Daze Music Festival features an eclectic mix of fantastic local

and “imported” musicians and bands. From rock to pop to folk to country to roots and beyond. Music you can move to, groove to, clap along, sing along and dance along to. There is sure to be something to please everyone in the family! Here is a sneak peak at some of the confirmed musical performers that will be appearing at the 2015 edition of the Desert Daze Festival!

Aaron Goodwin with his acous-tic funkgrass; Ladybug the Rambler (Clover Abeel); the African beat of Ka-ra-Kata; BC-born and raised, Angela Harris; The Honky-Tonk Dilettantes with their fine old Bluegrass; a dance-able blues/rock cover band from Kam-loops, Bluesfoot; Spiritus Mundii with its eclectic mix of original music with a Latin/Afro/Brazilian/Cuban fla-vor infused with a dash of jazz and pop; Bobby Garcia & Six More Strings - country music from Merritt; Spences Bridge’s own Flat Busted with their harmonious take on popular songs from the 50’s and 60’s; Rio Samaya whose music is based in folk rhythms of many cultures; Hayley Henderickx from Portland, Oregon; Jennifer Fer-guson with her songs of adventure, life-lessons and freedom; and Nadine Davenport, popular singer/songwrit-er and owner of UniTea Tea House in Ashcroft.

Stay tuned and check back soon! Lots more to come! www.desertdaze.ca

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Left: Artist Heidi Roy took first and second place in the People’s Choice ballots at the Fine Art Show & Sale in Ashcroft last week. Her painting, “Neglected” of one of the old carriage houses by Ashcroft Manor took first place. All of the old houses burned down last summer.

Roy takes first and second for favourites

Thanks to all who joined us at our 48th Ash-croft Art Club Show and Sale. Members enjoyed the preparation and the event, especially meeting those who came to enjoy our art. Thanks to all who helped to make it happen.

Visitors to the Show are asked to vote on their favourite pieces. Adult visitor’s first choice was Heidi Roy’s “Neglected” and in second place was “Petite Cochon Dingue” by Heidi Roy as well. Well done Heidi!

One of our great joys is to share art with the lo-cal school children. Thanks to the teachers who not only bring the children, but prepare them for ex-periencing the show. Thanks to our own Jo Petty who helps them all to enjoy their art experience. The children’s vote for first place was “Crofton Harbour at Dawn” by Guy Lundstrom and “What Next?” by Pat Baker for second place.

There is no lack of art activities over the sum-mer with the joint Plein Air Paint-Out with Wind-ing Rivers Art and Performance Society, Fri-day, May 22 to Sunday, May 24 and Ashcroft Art Club’s sixth Annual Art Walk in the businesses on Railway Avenue, July 1 through Labour Day. We will also see you at the Wellness and Music Festi-val July 18.

We remind readers that our club’s mission is to promote fine arts in Ashcroft and surrounding area and is open to artists of all skill levels resid-ing in our region. Our meetings resume Wednes-day, Sept. 2 at St. Alban’s Hall and plans are being made for an Open House in October. Keep in touch with our activities via our web site, www.ashcroft-artclub.com . Happy summer.

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Reducing outdoor water use: growing native plants in your landscaping, as they require only the water that nature provides.

Collecting rainwater for outdoor watering.Not only will you reduce the demand on our water systems, you will

reduce the energy required to treat and pump water to your tap!Install water-saving devices to improve the ef� ciency of water-using

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MEMBERS & BONA FIDE GUESTS WELCOME

Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday • 12 pm - 5 pm Thursday - Friday • 12 pm - 11 pm

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

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

(no meeting July and August)

Euchre fi rst, second & third Sundays of every month1:00 to 4:00 pm, beginners welcome

MEAT DRAWEvery Saturday ~ 3:00 pm

Ashcroft Royal Canadian LegionFRI., MAY 1st • 6:30 - 7:15 pm

Teriyaki Chicken $10/plateRice, Stir-fried Veggies, Asian Salad and Dessert

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

Crib every Thursday at 7:00 pmDarts every Thursday at 7:30 pm

Bingo 1st & 3rd WednesdayDoors open 6:00 pm, games start 6:30 pm.

Soup and a bun for $4.00 every Wednesday from noon

May 2: Rotary/Wraps Cafe murder Beverage tasting event May 2, 2015 at the community hall from 7-9:30pm.

May 2: Cache Creek Market’s opening day. Farmers and Fleas welcome! 9 am - 1 pm at the main intersection next to Chums.

May 5: Zion UCW meets in the Church Hall at 2 PM. All United Church women are most welcome to come for fellowship, a time of devotion, refreshments, and some business. We meet at 401 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft.

May 8: Movie Night at Zion United; 7 PM. Showing: The Bible - Part 3 (from the 2013 TV series). Location is 401 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft. FREE admission, refreshments by donation. Everyone very welcome.

April 27: Cache Creek Council meeting at 4:30 pm in the Village Of� ce. Everyone welcome.

May 3: Desert Bells Handbell Spring Concert, 3 pm at Crossroads Pentecostal Church in Cache Creek. Admission by donation.

May 16: 148th Clinton Annual Ball, 5 pm at Clinton Memorial Hall. Dinner and dancing, call 250-459-7725 for ticket information.

May 17: Opening Day for the Spences Bridge Market. Call Oliva at 458-2532 for information.

May 21: Barter Night at the Bonaparte Band Hall from 6-9pm Bring your wares to barter! Everyone welcome. For more info call Jamie 250-457-0542.

June 7: Skips Charity Run, 9 am at Heritage Place Park.

WRAPS: will be presenting the musical My Fair Lady in November 2015; actors and singers of all age groups wanted for all roles, from featured parts to chorus. Auditions on Thursday April 29 (7:00 - 9:00pm) and Saturday/Sunday May 2 - 3 (2:00 - 4:00pm), Ashcroft Secondary School. For info call Jessica at 457-7128.

May 24: Ashcroft Plein Air Paint-out, Public Show & Sale, St. Alban’s Church Hall. All welcome!

June 23-24: BC Cancer Agency Screening Mammography mobile service will be visiting Ashcroft and District Hospital Call 1-800-663-9203 for appointment.


Retirements and fundraising dinner/auctions

Retirement Send-offA large number of

friend’s and family members dropped in to the retirement Open House to wish Dina Connon a happy retirement.

The Council Chambers had been set up to receive guests on April 21. Dina, with the help of Councillor Diana Guerin cut and shared a large cake to commemor-ate the occasion.

Several previous Village of Clinton employees, for-mer councillors and mayors and some of Dina’s family surprised her. It was a mov-ing afternoon for her as she had a chance to reminisce about her years in service to the Village.

Enjoy your retirement, Dina! You’ve gone above and beyond for the village for a long time and it is ap-preciated.

Game DinnerA large crowd was on

hand for the Clinton and District Outdoor Sportsmen Association Game Dinner, Auction and Dance on Sat-urday, April 25.

The dinner consisted of 20 different wild game dish-es (which were judged by

those brave enough to try them) as well as roast beef and ham for those less ad-

venturous.Some of the interest-

ing names of the dishes left people guessing as to the contents while others were easier to identify. Dishes like Bourbon Bear Balls, Shuf-fle Off to Buffalo, Pineapple Puma, Elongated Elk and Beer Bear Balls were easy. Some others, such as Strip it off Stroganoff, Sizzling Hot Pussy, Porco-Bravo Stew, The Buff Shepherd and Mountain Man Grub were a little more difficult.

All the wild game dish-es were delicious but in the end the top selections were judged to be Elongated Elk, The Buff Shep-herd and ty-ing for third place Shuffle off to Buffalo and Full Boar Ahead Smoken. Congratulations to all the cooks who provided the interesting fare.

Follow-ing the dinner the real fun got started. With Russell Allison

doing the honours as auc-tioneer, a number of high-ly prized items went to the highest bidders. A silent auc-tion and ‘moose horn con-test’ also helped to raise funds for this group.

Many stayed after the auction to dance away the rest of the night (and drown their sorrows at the Canucks loss). All in all it was great fun!

Lining up for the wild game dishes at the Clinton & Distrcit Outdoor Sportsmen Association Game Dinner

(Left) Craig, Russell (auctioneer), Linda and Cally Allison at the auction portion of the Game Dinner and Auction. The two ladies are holding a hand made, hand painted bench that was donated by Scott and Jill Robinson.

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TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, surround yourself with positive people who maintain optimistic outlooks. Many opportunities will open up if you keep a positive attitude.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, you may resist social activities this week at � rst, but soon you will get swept up in the fun and lose your inhibitions. Use social activities as a way to network.

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NOTE

Without a trace Anyone who reads

my column every week is aware that our dog Charlie went missing a month ago. What peo-ple might not realize is that more than a few dogs in West Kelowna have vanished, and they’ve all been small to medium sized pure-breds or purebred mixes.After viewing the six

pets on the handouts circulated by the other owners and I, many people thought there was a criminal dog-ring in town, while others attributed the sudden disappearanc-es to wildlife attacks.

We fully admit that we don’t know what hap-pened to ours.What we do know,

however, is that there has been no evidence that would confirm the latter, and we’ve all looked high and low for it.

We’ve also learned that dog flipping – the business of stealing dogs and selling them – is happening all over, including right here in the Okanagan.Before Charlie went

missing, the idea of my pets being nabbed had never crossed my mind. Wildlife and traffic were my big con-cerns when it came to their safety; never did I consider they might be dog-napped. But after talking to almost every owner who’s lost a dog in the Okanagan re-cently and finding out just how many people suspect their pet was stolen, or know that they were, I started to investigate.One of the missing

West Kelowna dogs from our handouts is Shylo, a Chihuahua Pomeranian, whose

owners live in Glen-rosa, like I do. Three days before his myste-rious disappearance an unknown middle-aged woman with short red hair had approached Shylo on their porch where he was sitting in the sun. She was hold-ing a bowl of water and quickly fled when she discovered he was not alone. His family can’t help but wonder if she is the reason he vanished.“It there’d been coy-

otes or any animals, Shylo would have been barking like mad and jumping up at the door,” her owner, Chakara, said. “And there would have been pee, poop, blood or fur left behind.” But after looking all over their area and finding nothing, they started their search with post-ing ads, then going door to door and put-ting up flyers – which would end up getting torn down like many of ours were. Eight months later they still have no idea what hap-pened to him.Other cases have been

more obvious, with people actually seeing their pets being stolen,

paying a reward to get them back, or track-ing them down at drug dealers’ houses to res-cue them.Sometimes dog theft

happens for ransom, but there are several other reasons as well. Selling to people want-ing to pay less for certain breeds who don’t care about the right paperwork or adequate background checks is a common one.Not having a clue

what happened to our pets makes things more difficult because the search for a lost dog is very different from a stolen one. But thieves prefer we don’t know, which is why they’ll leave the gate of a fenced yard open so we think the pooch has merely gotten loose, or why they’ll lurk around waiting for opportunities to snatch a dog by itself.This past Sunday,

some of the other owners and I partici-pated in a large search party along with many supportive friends and strangers to look for our pets and inform the public about lost and stolen dogs. We wanted to encourage them to take notice of unfamiliar people and suspicious behaviour in their neighborhoods and to report anything questionable.We also urged them

to keep their own pets safe by keeping them

leashed, not leaving them unattended in front of a store or in an unlocked house, not leaving them alone in a car if possible, and installing locks on fenced yards.Bobbie, one of the

dogs on our flyers, gave us all hope when she arrived home the day before our search party. After surviv-ing 14 days on the lam, the short-legged little Dachshund came home on her own, skinnier and smelling like a horse among other things.Farms are an ideal

spot for a frightened lost dog to hide out, but so are many typi-cal backyards. Please check your property to see if you’ve got an animal fugitive like Bobbie in your midst, and if you do, don’t

chase or scare them away. If they’re skit-tish, take a picture and call dog control or the pet’s owner as soon as possible.And that same advice

extends to anyone try-ing to help an elusive dog seen alone in pub-lic. Lying down and encouraging them to come to you works far better than standing tall or even crouching.And if you haven’t

done it already, reg-ister, microchip and GPS your pets if you can. The cost is mini-mal compared to the heartache and finan-cial expenditures we’ve all endured. None of us would wish this ex-perience on anyone.To see the missing

West Kelowna dogs or contact Lori, please visit 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: Nick Lebedoff 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 Society250-453-2053

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

Soccer AssociationContact: Tom Watson Phone 250-457-7178

Thompson Cariboo Minor Hockey AssociationContact: Lewis Kinvig [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

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TOWN HALL MEETINGMay 4, 2015

All members of the public are invited to join Council and staff at a Town Hall Meeting to review the Village’s proposed five year financial plan.

Monday, May 4th 7:00 – 8:00 pm at the Ashcroft Community Hall.

Comments are welcome at this time.

This notice is issued pursuant to Section 166 of the Community Charter.


MacLean Cres. under budget

Ashcroft amends policy for Canada Day grantAshcroft Council approved of an

additional paragraph to their Grant-in-Aid Policy that singles out any local group or organization running the an-nual Canada Day celebrations for more funding.

“I think it’s a great idea to offer this to anyone who wants to host the Can-ada Day celebration,” said Coun. Alf Trill at the Apr. 27 meeting. “They are acting on our behalf.”

The issue was brought forward re-cently by the Winding Rivers Arts & Performance Society (WRAPS) which has been organizing the celebration for the past three years. The group ap-plied for the $500 grant for the event

and indicated that it would be apply-ing for another grant later in the year to help with its production of My Fair Lady. However, the Village’s policy limits groups to one $500 grant appli-cation per year.

Village Administrator Michelle Allen said she discussed the addi-tion with three members of WRAPS and they felt it would meet their re-quirement. And it wouldn’t have to be changed if another group took over Canada Day.

The celebration was initiated by Ashcroft Council in 2008 and was funded entirely by the Village with as-sistance from a federal grant.

The Village asked for a local com-munity group to take over the celebra-tion and WRAPS stepped forward.

The new addition to the Grants-In-Aid Policy states:

Any local group or organization who wishes to manage the organiza-tion of Canada Day events may apply for an unconditional grant of $500. Ap-plications ... must include a program of events and a proposed budget. Groups or organizations who receive the Can-ada Day funding are still eligible to apply for a grant-in-aid under other grant policies. Only one Canada Day grant is available each year.”

The paving on MacLean Cresent is finished, but the four new street lights have yet to be turned on.

Coun. Herb Hofer noted at the Apr. 27 Cache Creek Council meeting that the project finished under budget, and gave credit to the Village Administrator, Dan Pla-mondon, who he thanked for keep-ing on top of it.

The contract was awarded to Bree Contracting last Fall for $435,745. The final tally hasn’t been released yet.

Mayor John Ranta noted that he

hasn’t seen new street lights on yet.Plamondon said BC Hydro had

notified him that it was on their work order, but they were backed up with work and would get to it when they could. There was no date given.

He said the power company had to review and permit the new lights before Bree’s sub-contract-ors could hook them up.

Unfortunately, he said, until that is done and everything in the contract is complete, the Village can’t release the $40,000 holdback to the company.

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A little reminder about Mother’s Day....This year Mother’s Day falls on Sunday, May 10. It is the one day a year that mothers are “officially” celebrated for all of their hard work. This includes motherly figures such as a step-parent, guardian, grandmother or other nota-ble women that have had an impact on someone’s life.

It is not a statutory holiday, how-ever, many people treat it as mom’s holiday from housework.

Chocolates and flowers and senti-mental cards with kind words and poems are popular gifts for mom, but if you’re looking for something differ-ent, remember that the best gift of all is time. Life keeps us busy (as it should) but we also have to stop and remember that some of the richest moments we have on this earth are with our families and those closest to us. Time waits for no one so make every moment count.

On May 10, give your mother the attention she deserves. Make her the centre of your life for the day.

The Foot Clinic will be in Clinton only one day in May, Friday, May 15. To book an appointment or to discuss your foot health, call Colleen Thom, RN, CAFCN at 250-374-1735.

The Clinton Seniors Association regular General Meeting is May 21 fol-lowing noon lunch at the Clinton Sen-iors Centre at 217 Smith Ave. Come and join us!

Continuing a year of resolutions why not connect with nature in May? Research shows that spending time in nature can make us happier, more re-laxed and even healthier. Such inter-actions can improve our mental func-tion and alleviate depression. Chal-lenge yourself to enjoy nature in simple but meaningful ways.

As a child you were probably out-doors part of every day and naturally curious about living things that flew or crawled or moved in some way. Spot-ted fawns or furry little mice or bats caught your attention. Baby birds that fell out of nests needed your help. Tad-poles that became frogs were a miracle. The wonder of it all! Can you remem-ber?

Somehow as we got older we took to lose our connection with the natur-al world. We traded play time for or-ganized sports and shopping trips and the busy-ness of life and our days be-came filled with to-do lists and running around like we never have enough time.

Nature will quiet your mind, open your heart and ease your body and soul.

It’s important that “people value the beauty and variety of the natural en-vironment so that as a nation, for the future, we care about looking after that, and handing it on to the next genera-tion” stated Dame Helen Ghosh, direc-tor general of the National Trust.

One approach is going for a walk with a child. A child may jump in pud-dles, kick up leaves or blow the seeds away from a dandelion head. Togeth-er you can listen to the birds sing-ing from the tree tops or to the differ-

ent sounds starlings and crows make, examine newly unfold-ing leaves or leaves changing colours in Autumn, have a good look at groups of toad-stools or mushrooms push-ing up through the soil, or note

the birds returning in Spring looking for nesting sites, gathering dry grass or other materials to build a nest, or per-haps geese forming up in Vs getting ready for their long migrations south.

Check out a local pond or creek. See what creatures live in or around the water. There may be ducks or geese to observe. Are there tracks in the soft mud? What animal came by for a drink?

We rely heavily on sight. Use all your senses. Being engaged outdoors means doing something with your hands, your eyes, your ears and your nose, and it means you engage more with each other as well.

See the colours, the shapes. Feel the textures like the bark of a tree, the smoothness of stones. Hear the sounds of birds and insects. Smell the damp earth and leaf litter. Allow the natural world to embrace you.

You don’t have to be in a wilderness for nature to have an impact. A simple walk in the park can be beneficial. Na-ture is actually everywhere. As soon as you step out your front door you’re outside in the natural world. Tending a small veggie patch or herb garden al-lows contact with the earth. Bring na-ture inside with a house plant or jar of fresh flowers or a dish of shells or a few pine cones.

On a broader level, take part in a wildlife survey or bird count. Infor-mation could help scientists under-stand what’s going on with our outdoor world. Become a volunteer.

Spending time with mothers and Mother EarthROCKIN’ & TALKIN’

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Thompson Valley Funeral Home Ltd., PO Box 1107, 100 Hwy 97C, Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0 - 250-453-9802, which has operated in past as Ashcroft Lillooet Funeral Service & Lillooet Funeral Home, will be performing a permanent scattering of

the following unclaimed cremated remains at 8:30 am on Saturday, June 20, 2015 from Elephant Hill Provincial Park in Ashcroft, BC.

Every effort has been made by the funeral home to contact the families of these decedents. Any person with a right to control the disposition of the remains under

section 5 of the Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Act may claim the cremated remains before the disposition occurs by contacting Thompson Valley Funeral Home Ltd. All unclaimed cremated remains listed below that remain in

possession of the funeral home on June 20, 2015 will be permanently scattered.

Deceased & Date of Passing:

Chretien, Raymond Joseph - August 9, 2012Conklin, Jarnal Roscoe - January 23, 2014Dick, Alfred Kenneth - 1990Eagles, Ernest - 1982Farrell, Robert Nurcombe Thorne - 1975Goold, Alexander Chester - June 26, 2003Herbert, William Tudor Kendall - 1982Jamieson, Clarence Stanley - November 4, 1995Jones, William John - 1975King, Hilda Elena - July 29, 2001

Lawrence, Marion Bruce - April 26, 2002Lippai, Maria - 1983Lippai, Steve Peter - October 7, 1993Long, Marjorie Briggs - April 16, 1998Lott, William - December 21, 1988Mercer, Maureen Elizabeth - May 18, 2007Mobley, Patrick James Spencer - May 8, 1997Morrison, Kenneth - January 17, 2000Pike, Charles Nicholas - February 20, 2007

Proctor, Thomas David - September 12, 2006Parkinson, Isabella H. - 1982Purcell, Harry - 1980Richardson, Margaret Ethel - 1982Rickard, John Edmund - July 1, 1994Rickard, Viola Maria - July 30, 2013Stanley, Mabel - 1984Thiesen, Gladys Rose - June 29, 2000Yarmola, John - August 14, 1982

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