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Steelhead fishery extended to Oct. 31 on lower Thompson

Clinton and Ashcroft among towns getting additional funds

Clinton and Ashcroft are among six communities in the Fra-ser-Nicola riding receiving funding from the Strategic Community In-vestment Fund.

The announcement was made by Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Te-gart, who said that more than $1.5 million in unconditional fund-ing will be shared by Clinton ($196,932), Ashcroft ($268,439), Merritt ($393,955), Lillooet ($273,135), Princeton ($289,527), and Squamish-Lillooet ($132,358). It is part of almost $74 million go-ing to communities across the province to meet local needs, in-cluding new equipment, infrastruc-ture, more policing, and increased community safety initiatives.

“The government recogniz-es how important it is to support small, rural communities,” said Te-gart. “This is a significant source of revenue for local governments.”

Recipients of SCIF monies can dir-ect the funds toward whatever pro-jects they consider top priorities in their community.

The Strategic Community In-vestment Fund includes the Traf-fic Fine Revenue Sharing Program (which is intended to assist with in-vestments in community safety), the Small Community Grant, and Regional District Grant Programs. Small Community Grants apply to communities with a population of less than 20,000, and are used for infrastructure, to ensure stable ad-ministration, and for service deliv-ery priorities.

The program supports local government efforts to stimulate lo-cal economies, and provides in-creased financial security for small communities. Payment to each of the recipients will be made in five instalments.

Barbara Roden

Cache Creek’s new play-ground was officially opened on July 13, with Mayor John Ranta and Councillors Lisa

Dafoe and Herb Hofer cutting the ribbon on the new and im-proved feature of the village’s park.

The mayor thanked MP Mark Strahl for his assist-ance in obtaining funding for the project. The Canada Eco-nomic Action Plan provid-ed half of the $256,000 fund-ing, with the Village of Cache Creek matching the grant.

Ranta said that a frequent-ly asked question was why, when the village already had perfectly good equipment, did they need to get rid of it. The answer is that a risk man-agement team from the Mu-nicipal Insurance Association assessed the old equipment and reported that it was not compliant with current safety regulations. The new pieces all comply with these regula-tions, and at least one of the old pieces was able to be re-tained after suitable modifi-cations to bring it up to cur-rent standards.

The project also enabled the Village to fill in and grass

over the area in which the play-ground is situated, raising it so that it is less liable to flooding. Ranta noted that when much of the park was flooded ear-lier this year, the playground area was untouched, which has not always been the case in the past.

One concern that has been raised is about the use of wood chips around the base of the equipment. The Village had hoped to use engineered wood fibre, instead of the chips, which can result in splinters. Ranta said that Village staff are looking into the situation to see what can be done to rem-edy it, with one possibility be-ing replacing the wood chips with washed pea gravel simi-lar to what was in the old play-ground.

Those who lament the ab-sence of the popular mechan-ical digger piece of equipment will be reassured to hear that it will be back as soon as more suitable material for digging in can be installed.

Barbara Roden

New playground opens in Cache Creek

FUN IN THE SUN as two enthusiastic users try out the new park equipment. Photos by Barbara Roden

The Thompson River steelhead fishery opening has been extended until Oct. 31, subject to conserva-tion requirements.

Previously, the lower Thomp-son River angling season was open from June 1 to Sept. 30, with po-tential openings for steelhead an-glers in November and December if returns warranted. The new man-agement practice keeps the fishery open until Oct. 31, with the poten-tial of either extending the season to Dec. 31, or initiating an early closure, depending on steelhead stock status.

The changes provide increased opportunity to anglers while ensur-ing that steelhead conservation re-

mains the priority throughout the lower Thompson River system (downstream of Kamloops Lake).

Two other changes were made in the catch-and-release steelhead fishery on the lower Thompson. These are:

* Implementing a hook size re-striction of no more than 15 mm from point to shank from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31.

* Implementing a Sept. 20 to Dec. 31. bait ban on the Thompson River from Martel down to the con-fluence of the Thompson and Fras-er River at Lytton, and that portion of the Fraser River from the con-fluence with the Thompson River

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Coming ComingEvents

July 17: LEGO Day at the Cache Creek Library. 5:30 - 6:30pm. See what kind of silly things you can create with LEGO.

July 21: Cache Creek Council meeting will be held at 7 pm in Council Chambers.

July 22: That’s GROSS! at the Cache Creek Library. 10:30- 11:30am. Slime, Goo, and disgusting facts will have everyone gagging and giggling in this fun program.

July 23: Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society presents Music in the Park featuring the prairie folk duo of Saskia and Darrel on Wed., July 23. Concert starts at 6:30 pm in the Heritage Park on Railway. Admission by donation.

July 31: Play - Doh at the Cache Creek Library. 5:30 - 6:30pm. Challenge your friends to see who can make the wackiest stuff using Play Doh.

Aug. 5: Magic Madness at the Cache Creek Library. 10:30 - 11:30am. Take part in a Magic show, learn magic tricks, and make your own Magicians hat!

Aug. 14: Craft Night at the Cache Creek Library. 5:30 - 6:30pm. Get crazy with your creative side.

Aug. 18-22: Kids Arts Camp, 9:30 to 2:30 daily, Ashcroft. Sponsored by Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society. Kindergarten to grade 12 welcome. Call (250) 453-0036 or e-mail [email protected].

Ashcroft - Cache Creek Seniors’ Group meets on the third Thursday of the month at 1:00pm at the Seniors’ Centre, Village Of� ce, Ashcroft.

Ashcroft Farmer’s Market every Saturday 8:30am to 12:30pm, June 7 to Sept. 27. Railway Ave., Ashcroft, across from Safety Mart.

Tues. evenings: Trap shooting now open at 6:00 at the trap range above the airstrip in Cache Creek. Beginners welcome: no shotgun required. For info call 250-453-2570.

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POLICE REPORTBarbara Roden

Campfire fire ban now in effect

Right Idea, Wrong PlaceOn July 8 at 9:00 am, police re-

ceived a report of an abandoned Chevy pickup truck on Hwy. 97C south of Highland Valley mine. The complain-ant said that the pickup had been there for more than 11 hours with the lights on and the engine running. While on the way to the scene, police received a call from another motorist, who said that there was a man sleeping inside the car and they could not wake him up. Police were able to rouse him, and the driver said that it had been a long day of driving so he had pulled off the road to sleep.

No place for penmanshipOn July 8 at 9:00 pm, police re-

ceived a complaint from a Cache Creek male who said that someone had been writing on the outer wall of his house with a pen. The complainant had not seen the person doing it, but thought he knew who it was, and asked police to speak with this person, a Cache Creek female who lived nearby. The woman denied being responsible for the writ-ing, and told police that the com-plainant was just trying to get her into trouble. She was warned to stay away from the complainant’s house, to which she agreed.

Hotel etiquette: pay the rentOn July 9 at 7:15 pm a male who

was staying at the Ashcroft Hotel and Apartments called police to say that someone was knocking on his door and then running away. He also said that his car had been blocked while in the hotel’s parking lot, and that the power had been cut off to his room. The com-plainant told police that he believed the culprit was either the building man-ager (because the complainant had not paid his rent), or the complainant’s ex-girlfriend’s crazy boyfriend. The com-plainant was refusing to leave his room because he said that a “crazy person” was out to get him. Police convinced him to open his door, whereupon the complainant found a note on his win-dow from the landlord, asking him to pay his rent.

First world problemOn July 9 at 7:20 pm—while at-

tending the above incident—police re-ceived a call from a female who had rented a room at the Tumbleweed Mo-tel in Cache Creek. She said that the sign promised Wi-Fi in the rooms, but that there was no Wi-Fi in the room she

had checked into. She went to the lob-by and asked the manager for a refund, but he refused, and asked her to get out of the office. The complainant said she called police because the manager scared her. Police did not attend.

Troubled guestOn July 10 at 1:30 am police were

called by the person working the front desk at the Oasis Hotel, who had re-ceived a call from an unknown person asking them to check on a guest stay-ing at the hotel. The unidentified caller said that they were receiving incoher-ent text messages from the guest. When the clerk knocked on the guest’s door, the female inside yelled that she was going to kill herself. Police and Emer-gency Services attended and found the female grossly intoxicated, with slurred speech and trouble walking. She said she wanted to see a doctor because she had mental health issues, and denied she wanted to kill herself. She was very rude, and when she got in the ambu-lance she refused to go anywhere, say-ing that as she was a Canadian citizen she did not have to see a doctor. Po-lice agreed, and arrested her for breach of the peace. She was kept in the cells overnight, and released without char-ges in the morning when she was sober.

Don’t drink and driveOn July 10 at 9:30 pm, police

stopped a white GMC Sierra on West-ern Ave. in Ashcroft after witnessing the driver pull on to the road at a high rate of speed which caused the vehicle to fishtail. Police spoke with the male driver, who was from Kamloops, and noticed a slight smell of alcohol in the vehicle and on the driver. A roadside breath test was administered, which the man failed. He was issued with a 90 day driving suspension and his vehicle was impounded for 30 days.

Not licensed? Not drivingOn July 11 at 9:20 pm, a police offi-

cer patrolling in Cache Creek observed a familiar green pickup truck being driven east on Hwy. 1. Police believed it was being driven by an unlicensed Ashcroft male, so the vehicle was stopped on Stage Rd. A check indicat-ed that the driver did not, in fact, have a license. The driver was issued with

an indefinite driving prohibi-tion and the vehicle was im-pounded for seven days.

False alarmOn July 13 at 1:00 am, a po-

lice officer getting gas at the Husky station in Cache Creek heard what he believed was an alarm going off on Collins Rd.

While on his way to the scene, police received a call from Chubb Security re-porting an alarm going off on Collins Rd. When police arrived on the scene there was no sign of forced entry and nothing suspicious. A neighbour was questioned and reported that she had not heard or seen anything. A false alarm is suspected.

Taken with(out?) consentOn July 13 at 12:00 pm, a Cache

Creek female phoned to report that her daughter’s van was taken by a Cache Creek male without the daughter’s consent. The daughter had left Cache Creek on July 10, and the man had got her vehicle keys and moved the van. The daughter said he did not have her permission to move it, but the male told police that he did, and that he had moved it from the Oasis parking lot be-cause she owed rent and did not want the hotel’s owner to seize her vehicle. The daughter was told the new location of her van.

Hungry thief?On July 13 at 12:40 pm, police re-

ceived a call from a male who reported a theft from his vehicle while he was at the Dairy Queen in Cache Creek the previous day. He was travelling from Vancouver to Prince George with a load of food supplies in the box of his truck, and had stopped only once, at the Dairy Queen in Cache Creek, where he was away from his vehicle for 10 min-utes. At his next stop, in 100 Mile, he noticed that a few things were missing from his truck, including a box of cook-ing oil and two cases of rice. The driv-er put the value of the goods at $750. There are no suspects.

Keep your distanceOn July 13 at 8:15 pm, police re-

ceived a call from a female who said that while driving her 2012 Dodge Wrangler she had rear-ended a truck towing a boat on Hwy. 1 near the Chev-ron in Cache Creek, as both vehicles were slowing to turn into the gas sta-tion. There was minimal damage to the boat, but the trailer hitch was damaged, and the car was leaking fluid and had to be towed from the scene. The female driver was given a ticket for following too close. The Cache Creek Fire De-partment attended and cleaned up the leaked fluid.

The continuing hot, dry weath-er has prompted the Kamloops Fire Centre to declare a ban on camp-fires beginning at noon on Wed., July 16. This ban will be in effect until further notice.

This step is being taken to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety. The fire danger rating is currently “high”

throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre, with scattered pockets of “extreme”.

Open burning is still banned throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre. The ban does not apply to cooking stoves or portable camp-fires that use gas, propane, or bri-quettes, as long as the height of the flame is less than 15 centimeters.

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A S H C R O F TCouncil Briefs

Barbara Roden

GENEROUS DONATIONS for the Kids’ TRY-athlon—part of the Wellness Festival—have come in from many area businesses. (l) Gary Winslow accepts 20 safety vests from Geri Anderson of Ashcroft Work Wear. (above) Juanita Little, at right, accepts a cheque for $1,000 from Nicole Arnott of Interior Savings. The money will be used to purchase medals, T-shirts, prizes, and other items. Photos: Gary Winslow (l) and Juanita Little

From the Ashcroft Council meeting on July 14.

Roll call: Mayor Andy Anderson; Coun-cillors Alice Durksen, Jerry Fiddick, Helen Kormendy, and Doreen Lambert.

Revision of Traffic Regulation BylawThe Village of Ashcroft Traffic Regu-

lation Bylaw No. 753 was adopted in 2008, but Council has recently received complaints and expressions of concern regarding a number of traffic-related issues that are not addressed by the cur-rent bylaw. These include:

– The proliferation of sandwich boards on Village sidewalks, which can pose safety risks.

– Trees which overgrow roadways, and who is responsible for keeping them trimmed back.

– Election signs: when and where they can be placed, what their size can be, and when they should be taken down.

– Snow clearing: should there be dif-ferent times by which snow needs to be cleared from commercial and residen-tial sidewalks (for example, 10:00 am for commercial properties, later in the day for residences).

– Logging trucks and semi-trailers in residential areas, which occupy large areas of frontage space and often operate at very early or very late hours.

It was recommended that Council in-clude these items in any new traffic con-trol and use of streets bylaw.

It was also pointed out that the cur-rent zoning bylaw requires two off-street parking places for each residence, but that a growing number of residences have a third vehicle, and many have an RV and/or utility trailer as well, which are parked on the street. In some areas this is causing safety concerns, as it can be difficult to navigate streets, or get in and out of driveways, in a safe manner. An-other concern is travel trailers and mo-tor homes which are parked on public streets while not in use, sometimes for several months.

The current bylaw states that RVs up to 35 feet in length are allowed to be parked on a public street for up to 30 days; the vehicle only has to be away for 24 hours for the 30 day limit to start again. Several members of the public spoke for and against the idea of limit-ing the amount of time RVs can be parked outside private residences on public prop-erty. Council pointed out that no changes to the 30 day limit are under discussion at this time. Administration has, however, reviewed a number of bylaws from other jurisdictions regarding the parking of any type of vehicle on public property, and presented them to Council for informa-tion purposes. Council will decide wheth-er it wants to pursue any modifications to the current traffic regulation bylaw.

Medical marijuana facilitiesWhile the federal government has

passed legislation allowing medical ma-

rijuana grow operations (MMGOs) as a commercial business, the Village has indicated it will prohibit the cultivation, processing, drying, storing, packaging, distribution, or testing of marijuana or medical marijuana in all zones. Accord-ingly, Bylaw No. 789 was added to the regular agenda and given first and second reading, and the requirement for a public hearing was waived.

The bylaw does allow for the possi-bility of a developer approaching Coun-cil with a MMGO proposal; should this happen, a rezoning process (which would include at least one public hearing) could be undertaken with the specific propos-al in mind, rather than the Village trying to develop a “one size fits all” bylaw re-garding MMGOs which might not cover all the loopholes.

Visitor centreCouncillor Durksen reported that few-

er people were coming to the Visitor Cen-tre on Railway Ave. than in past years, but also said that fewer people are work-ing there, and the hours the centre is open are limited. She asked that anyone with an enthusiasm for, and knowledge of, the Village who has a few spare hours con-tact her regarding volunteering at the cen-tre (which has air conditioning).

BC HydroA letter was received from BC Hydro

regarding the power pole with three trans-formers that had been marked as requir-ing attention, and which subsequently fell on to the Village’s garbage truck. The Village had asked “What is BC Hydro’s policy regarding the time from when a pole is identified as requiring attention to when it is replaced?” The reply was that

“BC Hydro’s standard timeline for re-placing a pole that has been deemed as not serviceable . . . is 12–18 months.” It was noted that the pole in question was inspected, and deemed as “requir-ing attention”, on April 29, and that it fell on May 6. Mayor Anderson stated that it was not satisfactory that BC Hy-

dro was not changing poles more quick-ly, noting that there is a pole marked for replacement across from the pool. It was moved that a letter be written to BC Hy-dro, expressing dissatisfaction with the slow replacement time of poles and pointing out the risk of the marked pole near the swimming pool. Mayor Ander-son also noted that a meeting has been set with BC Hydro at the forthcoming UBCM meeting.

Water Master Plan open houseOn Sat., July 19 the Village will be

holding an open house for interested resi-dents to view the Water Master Plan. The self-guided presentation will incorporate storyboards to explain the Village’s plans, with engineers on hand to answer any questions. The open house will be at the old drug store location on Railway Ave. from 10:00 am–3:00 pm.

Traffic bylaw under scrutiny

Ashcroft will be hopping this weekend with non-stop activities for the second annual Wellness Awaits You Festival. There’ll be live music, Uncle Chris the Clown, an all-day scavenger hunt, kids’ activities, hikes, vend-ors, the annual Kids’ TRY-athlon, sushi workshops, automotive “wellness”, yoga classes, Zumba, and so much more that nobody will be able to say honestly, “There’s nothing to do!”

All of the activities are free, with the exception of a few of the workshops, so pick up copy of the schedule of events at the Sun Country office or at the Info Booth on Saturday.

This year’s Festival is centred around the gazebo at Heritage Place Park, and the community bus will be on hand to transport riders to downtown venues. The Info Booth opens at 9 am, but Saturday activities get under-

way at 7 am with the Inukshuk Trail Hike, with hikers meeting at the Sage Hills Church on Mesa Vista Drive. The Lions start serving breakfast at 8, and yoga with Marijke Stott begins at 8:30 in the Community Hall.

Register as soon as possible at the Info Booth for the free Family Scavenger Hunt, as well as for the sushi making and drumming workshops, both of which have limited seats available and require a small registration fee. The Scavenger Hunt runs from 9–5, and participants will need a camera (or a phone/other device that takes pictures). Prizes will be awarded at 5:30.

Railway Ave. will be closed between 9 and 11 for the 2nd annual Kid’s TRY-athlon. The awards cere-mony takes place at 10:30 am. The Kids’ Tent opens at 9 am with loads of activities to keep the young ones occupied, including visits by Uncle Chris the Clown starting at noon. Live music at the gazebo starts at 1 pm, and the lineup in-cludes Spencer’s Dirty Matadors, Granville Johnson (drumming), and Spiritus Mundii.

Bring water, a hat, and loose clothing, be-cause it promises to be another scorcher! Also, bring your own chairs to sit and listen to the music in the cool shade of Heritage Place Park.

Steve “Elvis Elite” Elliott will rock your socks off Saturday night. You don’t want to miss this popular entertainer, who thrilled audiences at last year’s Festival with his high energy, inter-active rendition of Elvis tunes (and a bit of Roy Orbison thrown in). Enjoy this free open air concert from 7–9 pm, and again on Sun-day morning at 11, as he follows the inter-faith worship service (10–11) with an hour of Elvis’s gospel music.

Hike, walk, dance, ride the Historic Hat Creek Ranch stagecoach, or just sit outside under a tree! Summers in Ashcroft are meant for outdoor enjoyment, so come and enjoy—and be well. Look for updates on Facebook at the Ash-croft Wellness Awaits You Festival group.

Wendy Coomber

Wellness Festival packed with events for all


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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

THE THOMPSON RIVER, near Pokeist looking north. Montana is known as “Big Sky Country”, and that designation is every bit as appropriate here. Photo by Barbara Roden

We are fortunate, in our area, to have many mag-nificent, even noble, specimens of the animal and avian kingdoms close at hand. The chukar partridge, alas, is not one of them.

And yet I have a huge fondness for these hapless birds, which strike me as the feathered equivalent of the shy, awkward, and clumsy kid we all knew in high school; the one who just wanted to get through each day unnoticed, but would then trip over a desk or knock over a stack of books and draw everyone’s attention. The default mode of a chukar seems to be mild panic; not unlike that high school student, who always wore a slightly hunted look, as if wondering from which quarter disaster would strike next.

Now the chukar is a plump and comely bird, in a somewhat “I’m just trying to blend in” sort of way; certainly more attractive than other birds I could name. But its cry! Barbara Hendricks, in her Loon Lake column three weeks ago, noted that while many birds have beautiful songs, others . . . well, don’t (I’m looking at you, magpies). The chukar’s cry—a strangled sort of squawking—makes it sound like a small hen trying to pass a very large egg made up entirely of right angles, and it rises quickly from that mild panic of which I spoke to a full-blown “Get me out of here, it’s the end of the world!” tone.

This is most apparent when a chukar manages, against all odds, to do something out of the ordinary. I know that they fly, but they don’t appear to be en-tirely comfortable with the process, as if they have to re-learn how to take flight on a daily basis. Now and again, however, one will get itself up onto a neigh-bouring roof or garage peak, and will sit there for a moment. Then the cries start, rising in volume and intensity; the soundtrack, I like to think, to an inter-ior narration that goes something like this:

“Well, I did it; I’m not sure how, or why, but— wow, yes, it really is a nice view from up here, but gosh, that ground looks a long way down, and I’ll bet it’s hard, I wouldn’t want to fall off—please don’t let me fall off—and . . . how did I get up here again? I can’t remember! And more importantly, how do I get down again? Someone please help me, please, oh I don’t want to die I’m too young what will happen to the children . . .”

They are, it must be said, masters of camou-flage. One summer there appeared, from the noise, to be a chukar convention going on in the (then emp-ty) lot beside us, but when I went out on the deck to look nary a chukar could be seen. I must have made a sound, however, for suddenly plump, feathered bod-ies exploded into motion and headed off in numer-ous directions before hunkering down again and im-mediately disappearing from view, and the scene was still and apparently without life. Watching a family of them cross the road is equally interesting; they proceed in an orderly line, but there’s always one chukar that forgets where it’s going and doubles back, then remembers and heads in the original dir-ection, often repeating the process several times.

So you can have your bald eagles and your os-prey and your hawks; majestic birds, all of them, beyond a doubt, and deserving of respect. But I am well content with the humble chukar, that most mod-est of our feathered friends. Just one word of advice to them: keep your feet on the ground.

Dear Editor,The saying “every vote counts” was

never more apparent than in the Park referendum held in Spences Bridge on June 21. After all the ballots were counted, including three spoiled bal-lots, the Park referendum was defeated 50–49.

It was always the feeling of many folks in Spences Bridge that establish-ing a park here was a chance for a bet-ter quality of life that doesn’t often come along for a small rural commun-ity.

Many others felt that any tax in-crease, even a very small one, was not an option. Others felt the school prop-erty was a park just the way it was and didn’t need any improvements.

At the end of the day it came down to one vote; so every vote does count.

With the number of children (es-pecially at Kumsheen) and grandchil-dren who visit our town, a play area would have been a nice addition. Add a beautiful, shaded picnic area, some horseshoe pits, and whatever else the townsfolk would have liked, and we would have had an attraction bordering the Trans-Canada Highway, no doubt

bringing in traffic and a little bit of eco-nomic input.

I believed in the park. I still do; but the people have spoken, and I have moved on and begun the Walhachin Museum/Community Hall project with the help of a couple of local contract-ors, along with a couple of other pro-jects.

However, I must say that a lot of misinformation circulated throughout the community: some of it on Face-book and other social media, some of it via phone calls or knocking on doors.

Regardless, the democratic process unfolds in many different ways (ask Stephen Harper), and we accept the re-sults and move on, whatever the out-come. I have done this.

Let me repeat, for the record, that despite the rumours being spread by folks who haven’t taken one minute to just call and ask me: I will not—I re-peat, I will not—bring the park for-ward anytime in the foreseeable future. I have a number of projects on the go, and my focus will be on seeing them through to completion.

Steve RiceDirector, TNRD Area “I”

Spences Bridge

Dear Editor,Regarding the recent letters from

Darrell Rawcliffe and Andrew Cum-blidge that cast derisory aspersions on anti-resource-industry protest groups, I simply have to respond.

For as long as I have been around, and long before it, protest groups have shone a light on many of society’s commonly held misbeliefs, and have usually been proven to be correct. I be-lieve that in the case of resource ex-traction, they will also be proved cor-rect and will guide us, as un-thinking and un-critical consumers of industry and government propaganda, to a bet-ter future.

Anti-slavery, anti-whaling, ozone protection and myriad other protest groups over the centuries have led us to a better world today and, if we listen to them, a continuing civilization tomor-row.

Gentlemen, if you are happy with the current stampede to extract as much as possible of our resources and sell them off to the lowest bidder as quick-ly as possible, then I suggest that you

Don’t be in a rush to extract our resources

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Thompson steelhead fishery world famous

From the Journal archives: News from the past

downstream approximately 1 km to the CNR Bridge.

This bait ban is in addition to the existing year-round bait ban on the lower Thompson River upstream of Martel.

Large hooks and the use of bait can result in higher rates of mortality for caught and re-leased fish. While catch-and-release fishing of steelhead re-sults in minimal mortality and does not represent a conserv-

ation concern, eliminating the use of bait and large hooks is expected to further mitigate the impact of the catch-and-re-lease season.

These changes were made following significant consulta-tion with First Nations and an-gling stakeholders.

The Thompson River steel-head fishery is one of B.C.’s most renowned sport fish-eries and attracts anglers from throughout the province, the rest of Canada, and other coun-

tries. The Thompson River steelhead underwent dramat-ic stock declines in the 1980s, leading to the elimination of any harvest quota in 1989.

Like sport fisheries for all other wild steelhead stocks in B.C., the fishery for Thompson stocks is strictly catch-and-re-lease only, and will remain so under the changes announced today.

North ThompsonStar-Journal

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July 1914

Jewel Robbery at Walhachin—Four Men Arrested

On Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. H.J.P Askew entered her room and found that all her jewels had been taken during her absence from the house. She at once gave the alarm and Constable Jupp and Mc-Clintock of Savona got busy. Her Chinese cook stated that a hobo had begged at his shack saying at the time that he had failed to make anybody hear at the house. He was identified and arrested together with another undesirable who had been hang-ing around all day with him, but no signs of the jewels were found on these. A third man who had been drinking heavily was taken when he tried to leave town and a fourth who had also been lifting his elbow walked into the depot about midnight, his head covered with blood. It was supposed at first that he had been struck by a train, but it appears that he had fallen down a steep bank. Dr. Fort attended to him and he was dispatched to Kamloops in charge of Special Constable Eisenhardt. When he entered the depot it was noticed that he was looking for something in his clothes and on being questioned he said in a kind of drunken confidence that he had lost some jewellery from his pocket. A search was made round the C.P.R. tank where the bunch of them had spent the day and by degrees thirty-nine pieces were re-covered from under stones and along the

track, leaving only one item to be found. The three men were taken to Kamloops on No. 4 on Thursday.

The Ashcroft Public BuildingThe plans and specifications for the

new Dominion public building which it is proposed to build on Fourth St. on the lot adjoining the Ashcroft Journal print-ing office are on exhibit at the post office. The time allowed for tenders to reach Ot-tawa is Aug. 4 next, which, for a building of such dimensions, does not seem long enough to one unacquainted with con-struction work of this kind.

Contrary to the general impression this building will be a brick and stone structure and not a frame one. This will render impossible the tendering of any of our local contractors and will neces-sitate the importing of practically all the labour. The building will be a two storey and basement one and will be fitted with steam heating accommodation. The plans are very elaborately drawn and the struc-ture will be one of which Ashcroft will be proud and will be as durable as the eter-nal hills.

The dimensions are approximately 40 by 100 feet. The post office entrance will be on Brink St. The telegraph office and customs entrance will be on 4th St. The customs will occupy the second floor. The contractor will have 14 months in which to complete the building so that at least one year and a half must pass before

we will be able to enjoy the pleasures of the accommodation.

Boisterous MeetingAs we go to press there is a very bois-

terous school meeting taking place at the [Ashcroft] school house, and the noise from the nominating of candidates for school trustee almost drowns the clatter of the gasoline engine.

July 1964

Road Approach Being ReadiedThe Dept. of Highways is busy

tearing down old buildings and clearing the land for a new road and fill at 1st and Railway Avenues, to Ashcroft bridge to connect with the Highland Valley Road. The prop-erties acquired by the government belonged to Joe Bell-Harvey, Geo. Sing, and a corner of Ashcroft Auto Court.

Mr. and Mrs. Bell-Harvey had lived on their property since early in this century. Joe is an old timer here, having been employed with the Dept. of Public Works for many years. He also teamed on the Cari-boo road many years ago and when with the B.C. department put down the first surfacing in Ashcroft and up the old road, some of which is still good.

Original owner of the Geo. Sing prop-erty was Sun Hung Yuen Co., Yuen How owner, who rebuilt after the Ashcroft fire in 1916, when he lost his laundry, which was situated on the right side of the road going down to Ashcroft Auto Court. This building was sold to the late M. Ni-shiguchi who later sold to Geo. Sing, after building his new home in North Ashcroft. The new cutoff will be quite an improve-ment to the route now being taken and will bypass traffic through town.

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Game on for cricket in Clinton

Come out and cheer for our young TRY-athletes

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One year ago I experi-enced one of the most inspir-ational and fun events ever. We hosted Ashcroft’s 1st Kids’ Triathlon, and it was truly a great event, so this

year we are doing it again! On Sat., July 19 more than 50 kids ages 3–19 will swim, bike, and run their way to the downtown finish line. Lo-

cal athletes as well as others-from Vancouver, Lillooet, and Kamloops are registered to take part in the competi-tion, in the spirit of partici-pation and fun!

The Desert Hills Tri Club is hosting and running this event, which has been named the Ashcroft Kids’ TRY-athlon, with the focus

on “Try”. As a club of local athletes, we want to lead and inspire young people to give fitness, competition, and participation a “try”.

The Kids’ TRY-ath-lon begins at 9:00 am at the Ashcroft pool and finish-es at the Heritage Park. Ath-letes will first swim their prescribed distances; then they will get on their bikes and pedal across the bridge, down Evans Road, and back toward the Heritage Park. There they will get off their bikes and finish with a run downtown, which finishes at the Heritage Park. Every participant receives a T-shirt, as well as other “swag bag” items, and every finisher re-ceives a medal and will be entered in a draw to win one

of two brand new bikes!We have been over-

whelmed by the amazing support given to the kids for this event. The Village of Ashcroft has gone the ex-tra mile by closing roads to keep kids safe, as well as providing free use of the pool. The United Way, Inter-ior Savings, Ashcroft Work-wear, Safety Mart, Desert Hills Ranch, Iko at IG Ma-chine and Fibres, and Run-ner’s Sole have also been so generous, and we are thank-ful for their support!

Please join us and cheer on our young Triathletes: at the pool, along the race-way, or at the Heritage Park. Make a cheer sign, chalk the streets, ring a bell, shout, and cheer! See you there!

IT’S THE TAKING PART THAT COUNTS: Allie Aie in the first Kids’ Triathlon in Ashcroft in 2013. Photo by Gary Winslow

The Blue Sky Cricket Club is now ready to bring cricket to our area. Matches were scheduled to begin in early July, but a delay saw the original start date pushed back. Steve Rice, the man behind the BSCC, explains:

“First and foremost, let me apologize to those who turned out to see the cricket match in Clin-ton. Word was late in coming that the uniforms would not be here on time, as they were coming from Toronto and were delayed (they ar-rived two days later on Monday). Mayor Rivet had little time to get the word out, so this one was on me. Once again I apologize.

“We are still waiting on some of the flags and markers to arrive, but we will have a cricket match in

Clinton this Sunday, July 20. The teams will be in full white dress and have all the essentials needed to play the match. We are playing the first cricket match ever in Blue Sky Country—heck, in the entire TNRD—this Sunday in Clinton, come hell or high water!

“I would like to extend a great thanks to Mayor Rivet and Clinton Council, who have worked hard in making all the preparations to host the first Blue Sky Cricket Club match. Let the match begin!”

The match starts at Elliot Park in Clinton at 2:00 pm on July 20, with a pre-match greeting and an introduction to the game and its rules at 1:45. Anyone interest-ed in participating is encouraged to attend—no experience is ne-cessary—and spectators are en-couraged. There will be match-es in other TNRD communities throughout the summer.

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Village restriction limits watering times in ClintonFunmobile coming to Clinton

The Bring Back Play Funmoble will be in Clinton on Thurs., July 17 from 4:30 to 5:30 in Reg Conn Centen-nial Park. Bring the kids and come out and play unplugged!

Water restrictionsThe extreme heat has prompt-

ed the Village of Clinton to restrict water sprinkling beginning Mon., July 14. Even-numbered proper-ties are allowed to water on even-numbered days, and odd-num-bered properties can water on odd-numbered days. There is to be NO watering between 11:00 am and 7:00 pm until further notice.

Community cleanupThe Community Cleanup Cam-

paign that was promoted by the Village and the Clinton Communities in Bloom Committee seems to have had an ef-fect. Many properties have been tidied up and are looking much better. Even the main street has been getting a boost, with some storefronts being given a new façade or coat of paint.

The traveling public has noticed. There have been many comments on how good the village is looking. If a community looks successful people are more likely to want to live there. The Village of Clinton is looking good.

The judges are comingThe Communities in Bloom nation-

al judges are coming to evaluate Clin-ton beginning Sun., July 20 and con-tinuing through Monday the 21st.

The judges this year are Steve Pres-ton, retired from the City of Brampton Parks and Recreation Dept., and Gail Pearcey, President of Friends of Me-

morial University of Newfoundland’s Botanical Garden, St. John’s, NL.

They will be picked up in Kam-loops on Sunday and given a brief driv-ing tour of Clinton before attending a meet-and-greet potluck cold plate din-

ner at the Clinton Memorial Hall at 6:00 pm. The Clinton CiB Com-mittee invites residents of Clin-ton and area to come and meet the judges. Please bring your favourite salad or dessert to share.

On Mon., July 21 the two judg-es will be toured around sites in Clinton, including the new water-works, West Fraser Mill, parks, cemeteries, community garden, Eco Depot, and more. Contrary to what some people think, CiB is not just about flowers. It is about all as-

pects of the community. The Commit-tee members hope to show the judges what Clinton is all about.

The results of the judges’ evalua-tion will not be known until the CiB Conference in the fall.

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BC SPCA WARNS ABOUT “HOT DOGS”With summer here, the BC SPCA is reminding the public about the

hazards of leaving dogs unattended in parked cars. Hundreds of dogs die needlessly in this way each year. In minutes the temperature in a parked car can reach well over thirty-eight degrees Celsius. Dogs

can withstand these temperatures for only about ten minutes before suffering irreparable brain damage or death. For more information,

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July • Week 4ARIES - Aries, you have had little luck regarding relationships of late. Rather than focus on what hasn’t gone your way, change your perspective and focus on the good things.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you can be pretty stubborn when it comes to something that matters dearly to you. No matter your feelings, try to behave in a diplomatic manner.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, be a shoulder to cry on for a beloved friend or family member this week. Everything will ultimately work out for the best, but your loved one needs support this week.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Be mindful of what you say and do this week, Cancer. Your head may be telling you to speak up, but your heart is telling you to stay quiet for a little while longer.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, enjoy the noisiness around you this week. This extra hop in your step is refreshing and encourages you to make some bold moves that will pay off in the long run.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, address an issue with a clear head this week. Your advice has been solicited, and you know how to help, but some subtlety is a good thing in this situation.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, adopt an analytical approach to solve a puzzling situation at work this week. This way of looking at things is just what you need to � nd the right solution.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Your imagination is ready to run wild this week, Scorpio. Enjoy this burst of creative energy and put it to good use. Encourage others to participate as well.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Your mind is racing a mile a minute this week, Sagittarius. Things may be progressing so fast you can’t even � nish one idea before moving on to the next one.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, express yourself when asked for your honest opinion this week. Keeping things close to the vest is not what people want to see, so don’t hesitate to offer your insight.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Trust your intuition in a sticky situation, Aquarius. Panicking will only make the situation more complicated, so allow your instincts to take over.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 The time has come for you make your move, Pisces. You’re fully capable of making this transition and more than ready to do so.

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Do-it-yourself doggie salonWhen I was a kid

and people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up my answer was: a lawyer, a police of� cer or a hairdresser.There’s no chance

I’ll enter any of those � elds now, but a few decades after I was � rst asked the ques-tion, I’ve kind of be-come the latter. Well, for dogs anyway. My dogs. How it happened

was an accident. I’d taken my 30 lb. cocka-

poos, Lola and Char-lie, for an early mud-dy hike in the woods and was giving them a bath when I noticed a ton of prickly burrs

stuck to their bellies and legs. I tried re-moving them while the dogs were in the tub, but there were too many. After they’d dried

off I tried brushing the spiky seedpods off their fur, but their fur had grown too much and it was like extracting gum out of a tangled head of hair. Grabbing the scis-

sors, I carefully cut out all the burrs from Charlie’s fur and thoroughly brushed

him as he laid on the kitchen � oor enjoy-ing the attention. Af-ter that I got scissor-happy. Over an hour later I

was still on the � oor � lling up empty ice cream pails with his � uffy locks and hav-ing a blast as I did it. “What are you do-

ing?” my 11-year-old daughter asked when she woke up. “Giving the dogs a

haircut,” I replied, let-ting go of Charlie and starting in on Lola. “We should give

some of that hair to Dad,” she said. “For his empty spot.” It might be a little

too white and curly for Paul’s head, but it was a thoughtful sug-gestion. Charlie’s sister Lola

enjoyed the groom-ing as well, and ex-cept for having to get close to the skin near

the matted hairs, I felt relaxed about the pro-cess. I decided to buy some proper nail and fur clippers for next time. The dogs didn’t look

quite as pretty as when they come home from the dog groom-ers with sweet little bows in their hair, but for two dogs who like to roll around in the dirt and jump in the creek every chance they get, my amateur-ish services were just � ne. I’m not sure why it

never occurred to me

that grooming them myself was an op-tion. I probably didn’t think they’d stay still for me and they would end up looking terrible. If I’d known it would be such a fun experience and that they’d still look cute, I would have cut their hair all along and saved some money. Lola and Charlie

turn � ve-years-old in September and my daughter thinks we should throw them a birthday party and dye their fur the color of a rainbow. I’ve seen

pups with brightly colored hairdos and it can look adorable, but colored hair spray is as far as I’ll go. Call me boring, but I like our dogs to look like dogs. I like them to act

like dogs as well, but I wouldn’t mind if they stopped rolling around in the mud for a day. It’s not easy being a dog groomer you know.Lori Welbourne is a

syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com

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Resource “benefits” and questions about fly ash

don’t care tuppence for the welfare of this country or where our taxes come from. Socialist Norwegians, every man, woman and child of them, are million-aires because of sensible resource ex-traction.

Alberta, on the other hand, which had a premier ousted a few years ago for having the temerity to increase oil royalties (which were already the low-est in the world), hasn’t balanced a budget since Peter Lougheed’s day. Our current federal and provincial govern-ments, champions of giving resource companies everything they ask for and more, have increased federal and prov-incial debt by tens of billions of dollars; a debt that our children and their chil-dren will someday have to pay.

The current rules around resource extraction provide precious little bene-fit to our society compared to what we could be getting. Our latest infatuation with LNG will not ever lead to a debt-free B.C. and free healthcare for all. We are going to subsidize it so heavily that we’ll still be paying long after the gas is all gone. Read up on it, gentlemen. Un-critical acceptance of campaign prom-ises does not constitute fulfilling your duty as democratic citizens. Add cli-mate change to the equation, and you have to wonder why we in Canada seem so hell-bent on accelerating the process.

“But it provides tax revenues and pays for our health-care” is the com-mon refrain. No it does not. It just leads us further and further down a dead-end road, while other jurisdictions more forward-looking than ours reap the jobs rewards of investment in alternative energies for the future. Investment in alternative energies provides 10 times the jobs that come from resource ex-traction.

I thank the protest groups, and join them when I can to highlight the fact that we could and should do a much better job of managing the multiple blessings bestowed on this great coun-try.

Jim RyanSpences Bridge

Dear Editor,The lead article in last week’s Jour-

nal (“Cache Creek landfill fly ash as-sessment: ‘minimal risk’”) makes a couple of highly questionable and dam-aging statements.

It states, wrongly, that “the ship-ments of fly ash that tested positive for high amounts of cadmium . . . were subsequently excavated and taken to a hazardous waste facility.” To my know-ledge this is simply not true. All the fly ash deposited at the Cache Creek monofill is still there—including the ash that the Ministry (but not the lab-oratory that tested it) now con-veniently finds to have been most likely free of contamin-ants.

In stating (correctly) that the Cache Creek landfill has been accepting fly ash since 2000, and then going on to state (misleadingly) that the “landfill’s impervious liner and leachate collection sys-tem ensure that the fly ash is fully contained and the chem-ical constituents are not able to

leach from the site,” the article also cre-ates the false impression that all the ash deposited in the landfill is contained.

This, again, is not true. Only the ash deposited in the past two-and-a-half years is treated with greater care; that is, it is placed in a monofill that does con-tains a synthetic liner. (Incidentally, it is simply beyond me why an “impervi-ous”—as if such a thing existed!—syn-thetic liner should be needed when the Ministry and the operators insist that the cadmium and other heavy metals are fully stabilized by the treatment method used.)

What is truly disturbing is that no mention is made of how the 100,000 tonnes and more of fly ash that found their way into the old part of the dump—that is, the part without any liner at all—are going to be kept from leaching into the groundwater; espe-cially since that ash comes in contact with the moisture of the regular gar-bage, which has the effect of seriously undermining the effect of the treatment process.

Ermes CulosAshcroft

Questions remain about fly ash at the Cache Creek landfill

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

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

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

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

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

Ashcroft & District Rodeo AssociationPhone: 250-457-9390

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

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

Desert Bells Handbell ChoirCarmen Ranta 250-457-9119

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

Cache Creek Market andCache Creek Garden ClubMarcie Down 250-457-9630

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Desert Spokes Cycle SocietyPhone 250-457-9348

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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: Tom Watson Phone 250-457-7178

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

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

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

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

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

Ashcroft Hospice ProgramShirley 250-453-9202

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

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The Village of Cache Creek gives notice that an application has been made to change the name of Patterson Road south of Cache Creek, extending from the Trans-Canada Highway #1 to Campbell Hill Airport to be renamed Airport Road.Individuals wanting to provide comments of support or objection to this proposed road name change should do so in writing no later than Friday, August 8, 2014, to the village contact listed below.

Public Notice of IntentProposed Road Name Change

Dan Plamondon, M. Arch,Chief Administrati e f cerVillage of Cache CreekPhone: 250-457-6237 Fax: 250-457-9192e-mail: [email protected]: P.O. Box 7, Cache Creek, BC V0K 1H0

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What’s in a name? Part 3 – Cook’s ferry and Spence’s bridge

Spences Bridge c. 1883, showing Thomas Spence’s second bridge (centre left) connecting the old and new communities.

We’re heading south on Hwy. 1 from Ashcroft, looking into the stories behind the names of many of the places in our area. On our right is the turn-off to Oregon Jack Val-ley, named after early settler Jack (or John) Dowling. He hailed from Oregon—hence his nickname—and when he was not run-ning his roadhouse he was searching for gold in the valley which now bears his name. It was in this same valley that he reportedly hid the gold bars he obtained when he held up a stagecoach in the late 1880s; gold which might still be there.

The Basque Ranch, to the left, is named after An-toine Minaberriet (as the name was originally re-corded), a Basque Frenchman who emigrated here in the 1860s. It was at Basque that the last spike of the Canadian Northern Paci� c Railway—later the Can-adian National—was driven home on Jan. 23, 1915.

Two roads lead west into beautiful Venables Val-ley. It derives its name from Capt. Cavendish Ven-ables, a British Army of� cer who had served in the Crimean War and was also secretary to British Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, who had, in 1829, estab-lished the Metropolitan Police Force in London (hence the reason British policemen are called “bob-bies” or “peelers”). Venables was rewarded for his services with a military land grant of several hundred acres in the region that now bears his name.

Across the river is an imposing talus slope, tow-ering above the tiny Anglican church of St. Aidan’s at Pokeist (also spelled Pokhaist or Pukaist). “Poke-ist” means “white stone” or “white rock” in the Nlaka’pamux language, and the area was sacred to the local First Nations people. At one time it appar-ently boasted a population close to 800, but a small-pox epidemic in 1852 devastated the community.

We pass through the split rock, not much changed since 1867 when a famous picture was taken show-ing freight wagons on the Cariboo Wagon Road making their way through the cleft. A few more turns

and we are in sight of Spences Bridge, nestled along the Thompson River at the point where the Nicola River enters it. The latter derives its name from the great Chief Hwistesmexe’quen (“Walk-ing Grizzly Bear”; 1785?–1859?), who was given the � rst name Nicolas or Nicholas by ear-ly fur traders. These men respected Nicolas as the most powerful and in� uential chief in the south-ern interior, and an 1849 map shows both “Lac de Nicholas” and “R.[ivière] Nicholas”. Other First Nations people pronounced the Chief’s new given name “Nkwala”, which is probably where the more familiar “Nicola” derives from.

While we are on the subject of rivers, we should acknowledge the one we have been fol-lowing (more or less) since our journey began in Savona. The Thompson was named after David Thompson, who came to Canada in 1784 and was

one of its most famous surveyors and explorers. In 1808, when Simon Fraser arrived at the site of what is now Lytton, he called the river heading north and east Thompson’s River, thinking that his fellow ex-plorer was camped somewhere near the source of it (Thompson was actually on the Columbia River; in one of those twists of history, he never saw the river that was named after him). Although we now call the entire river the Thompson, the South Thompson was at one time known as the Shuswap River.

And here we are in Spences Bridge, which was originally known as Cook’s Ferry, after Mortimer Cook, who established a ferry service here in 1862 with partner James Kimball, and ran it until 1865. The ferry ran between the “old” community—near the mouth of the Nicola—and the “new” community, on the west side where the Cariboo Wag-on Road ran. In 1864 Thom-as Spence was commissioned to build a bridge; but he built it too low, and it was swept away a few weeks later. Nothing if not persistent—and sounding rath-er like a character out of Monty Python and the Holy Grail—he built a second bridge on the pil-ings of the � rst, and it stayed up (until 1894, when it was again

swept away by high water; a third bridge was built to replace it). The initial bridge(s) cost $15,000—a vast sum of money in those days—and Spence was allowed to charge tolls (although natives could cross the bridge for free) to recoup his costs. Not only did Spence’s bridge effectively shut down Cook’s ferry, it supplanted the latter as the town’s name (although Cook’s Ferry remains the name of the local First Na-tions band). The bridge (now closed) that current-ly occupies the site of Spence’s � rst one was built in 1930.

As we cross over the bridge on Hwy. 1 at the south end of town we see, to our right, graceful Mur-ray Falls. The waterfall was named for John Mur-ray, who came to the area from Scotland in 1859 and founded and ran a general store here. He was also a successful orchardist who sold vegetable and � ower seeds, and eventually his businesses includ-ed a stable and hotel. On the hillside near Murray Falls one can still see remnants of the irrigation sys-tem Murray built to bring water from Murray Creek to his orchards. In 1884 Murray’s niece, Jessie Ann Smith, arrived in Spences Bridge with her husband. They, too, were successful orchardists; indeed, Jessie Smith’s apples found favour with King Edward VII, far away in London, who speci� cally asked for the Spences Bridge apples grown by Mrs. Smith.

Next time: south to Lytton, on what I hope will not be a dark and stormy night.

Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal, July 17, 2014

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