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Last week’s All Candidates Forum in Ashcroft brought out a record 135 people who came to hear what Ashcroft’s candidates for Mayor, Council and School Board had to say on a variety of issues.

Questions were written down ahead of time and read by moder-

ator Ron Hood and they touched on many issues relevant to Ash-croft, in-cluding the burn-ing by-law, the Opera House, home school-ing, the new K-12 school and the state of the hos-pital, but under-lying those were the ques-tions that asked the can-didates how they would re-verse the declining popula-tion that leads to a loss of servi-ces and under use of facili-ties.

Councillor candidate Barbara Roden told the crowd that “the only say to get young people and families is to have jobs for them. It’s all a great big circle.” She said some of the current grad students plan to pursue a career in medicine and seek employment in Ashcroft.

Cultural activities can attract people to town, said candidate John Kidder, but also the changing nature of employment and better technical infrastructure lets people work from home via their comput-er for companies located around the world.

Candidate Al Mertens said in-creasing accessibility around town was key to preventing an older population from having to move away. The community bus is a good way to increase mobility, but let downs on street corners and ramps should be part of a plan for the town and not left to chance.

The Wellness brand, the source of heated debates in the past, seems to have cooled down, judging by the candidates’ responses to a Wellness vs. historical question.

History is part of our wellness,” said candidate Jessical Clement. “To incorporate all of that into one sign should be our goal.”

Candidate and incumbent councillor Doreen Lambert, once a strong opponent of the brand, agreed with Clement that the two could be combined.

The bylaw that banned all burn-ing in Ashcroft may be reviewed, as candidates Alf Trill and Bar-bara Roden both agreed that limit-ed burning would be acceptable to them.

Trill said he was “in favour of burning a little bit of yard waste or a burning barrel for hot dogs... That would be great if we could allow it again.”

Roden said she didn’t see the hard in having backyard firepits that people could sit around and would revisit the issue.

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Creepy and cuteThe Cache Creek Rec Commission’s annual Hallowe’en costume judging brought out the usual assortment of monsters, princesses and super heroes for hot dogs and drinks.

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POLICE REPORTWendy Coomber

When we gather together on Remembrance Day, we come in-formally, one by one, greeting old friends, meeting new ones, shuf-fling around, waiting for the ser-vice to begin. We either watch the parade or join in the parade. Our hearts are touched by our veterans. We smile at our Cadets. But that’s not the beginning . . .

Remembrance Day doesn’t begin until we enter into the silence - a silence such as the silence dis-covered by Rachel Naomi Remen. This is what she tells us:

Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of si-lence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal.

The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of accept-ance of someone as they are.

We are all hungry for this other silence.

It is hard to find.In its presence we can remem-

ber something beyond the moment, a strength on which to build a life. Silence is a place of great power and healing. Silence is God’s lap.

And out of that silence comes the power of remembering and each one of us, both our young and our old, have our own storeroom of memories.

We remember our country and our veterans. We remember the for-ever young. The boys who never came home. We remember the old Veterans. Those who came home.

Those who shared their stories. Those who grow fewer and fewer each year.

Those who are my age remem-ber going to the movies and seeing the news reels and at the end times, seeing young German boys. They were really only children, captured children, confused and lost who wished they were still home, sitting on their mothers’ laps. I know that seeing those boys filled our hearts with sorrow and compassion. Then we remember that each country has their own story written in heart-break and in love.

Bishop Tutu tells us that God has a dream, A dream where we recognize that we are all one. That God, by whatever name you might call that universal spirit of love, is calling us to truth and reconcili-ation - to hear the stories of the victims; to hear the stories of the perpetrators; to hear with compas-sion and with love; to absorb the sorrow and the suffering; to see that we are all one, all the children of a powerful love and that some-times we are called to sit on God’s lap and sometimes we are called to BE God’s lap.

That is what we need to re-member on Remembrance Day. That there is no “war to end all wars”. It is only love that gives us the power to reach out to one an-other in love. That is the pathway to Peace. We see that path every time we bow our head in silence.

Silence is a place of great power and heal-ing. Silence is God’s lap - and don’t forget, we are the only lap God has.

Lois Petty

Roses ripped outOct. 28 a 44 year old

Ashcroft man reported that his flower beds had been damaged and his rose bush-es pulled up. A 36 year old Ashcroft woman was ques-tioned and said the rose bushes had been planted by her so she took them back. She was warned about the potential criminal elements of her actions and she agreed not to return to the property.

Arrest warrantOct. 29 Ashcroft RCMP

received a request from Vic-toria Police Dept. to execute an arrest warrant on Nathan Turner, 26, who has been liv-ing in Cache Creek. The ar-rest is for failing to com-ply with probation require-ments. Turner has not yet been located.

Too close for comfortOct. 29 at 11 am police

received a complaint from a resident on Old Cariboo Rd who said there was a bird hunter in the area, firing his gun too close to the houses. After they called the police, the complainant yelled at the hunter, who vanished before police arrived. There were no further complaints.

Attempted theftOct. 30 at 2:45 pm the

owner of an Ashcroft busi-ness called to report that a young lady had attempted to steal a pair of gloves, but left the store after they fell out of her clothing. She was described as a small, thin blonde with coloured high-lights and dark makeup.

Diesel fuel stolenOct. 31 police received

a report of the theft of ap-proximately 300 L of diesel fuel from the gravel pit on Hwy 1 by Venables Valley Rd. The fuel was in a tank that was stolen from the ex-cavating machine. The theft occurred some time between 5:10 pm Oct. 30 and 6:20 am on Oct. 31. Anyone with in-formation is asked to call the RCMP at 453-2216.

Email scamOct. 31 a

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ported re-ceiving a fraudu-lent email from Rev-enue Can-ada which

asked for banking infor-mation so they could pro-vide a refund. Readers are reminded not to share any banking over the internet, telephone or in person un-less they can first verify that the person they are con-veying the information to is who they say they are.

Dead bodiesNov. 1 at 9 pm police

received a panicky phone call from a young woman who reported fiding a body wrapped in white and hang-ing upside down on Railway Ave. near the park. Police in-vestigated and quickly dis-covered that it was a leftover Halloween decoration.

Cow killedNov. 2 at 7 pm police re-

ceived a complaint of sever-al cows on Hwy 1 near the Basque Ranch. The owner was in the process of round-ing them up when one was struck and killed by a south-bound Dodge Caravan driv-en by a 66 year old Boston Bar woman. She was not in-jured, but the vehicle was destroyed.

Logging truck rolloverNov. 3 at 3 pm police at-

tended a single vehicle ac-cident on Hwy 99 about 20 km from the Hwy 97 junc-tion when an eastbound log-ging truck clipped the ce-ment no post and flipped. The cab, trailer and some of the logs were blocking the westbound lane and Interior Roads attended to assist with traffic control. The rest of the logs rolled down a steep embankment. The driver, a 57 year old Ashcroft man, was not injured. The truck is being inspected for mechan-ical problems.

Remembering in silence

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Who was that masked man?The Senior Fit Fun 5km, Halloween Edition. Coach Vicky Trill and some of her Sr. Fit members got together on the morning of Oct. 31 at the Cache Creek Parkand this is what it looked like! Back L-R: Lisa Dafoe, Germaine DeCrane, Phyllis Vennard, Glady Woodburn, Judy Buhler, Jack Jeyes, Errol Johnson, John Ranta and Nick Lebedoff. Front L-R: Marcie Down, Leah Horsley and Vicky Trill.

Hall user group puts money back into facilityThe Ashcroft Community Hall has new doors in the hall itself. Once again Ashcroft Yoga has partnered with the Village and donated a substantial amount of money towards the cost of the doors. Marijke Stott presents Michelle Allen, in absence of Mayor Anderson, with a cheque. Back row: Linda, Sue, Sharon, Anne, Hannah, Susan, Ina and Fran. Front row: Marijke, Shirlee, Michelle, Elsa, Sandi, Bernadette and Lynn. Photo by Val Teshima

Candidates asked about input, keeping services

Ten years after winning a byelection and serving as Ash-croft’s mayor, Andy Anderson is handing off the reigns.

Whoever that is will be won’t be known until after the votes are counted on Nov. 15.

One thing is sure, however - his involve-

ment in the community will continue.President of the Ashcroft Chamber for sev-

en years, organizer and promoter of the Mothers Day Fly In and Pancake Breakfast for 15 years (and counting), and “all sorts of little things on the side”, as well as business owner for many years has kept Anderson out in the public.

He says it took a lot of convincing by a lot of local residents to get him to run for mayor in 2004. “I originally had no intention of being a politician,” says Anderson.

But once the idea took hold, so did many other ideas.

“The individual has a lot of ideas,” he said, “but you have to be a team player when you’re on Council.”

He says that one thing he learned after being elected is that things don’t happen fast. “Learn to be patient,” he advises new Council mem-bers, “but not too patient or things will pass you by.”

Anderson says he doesn’t regret anything he’s done as mayor. While you’re making deci-sions, sometimes you’re not sure what the out-come is going to be, he says - like the 26 per cent tax increase in 2011 that came after 12 years of no increase. “It was a tough decision,” he says, “but we’d fallen so far behind.” The town need-ed funds to repair failing infrastructure.

He says he’d like to be remembered for everything he’s accomplished in office, but the accomplishments that stand out most in his memory are the ones that went in the environ-mental direction and saved the taxpayers money down the road, like the solar panels at the pool, the sewer plant upgrade, and the dehumidifier at the arena.

His council also brought in recycling and retired the 22 year old garbage truck. The next council will be going through the same pro-cess with Water Master Plan once the town is in a position to implement it, starting with a new treatment system. A good portion of that will be covered with grants, he adds.

Ashcroft Terminal took a lot of work, he says, and a fair bit of promoting with his own dime. “The idea was so right in my mind,” he says, we just had to persevere. Now I think it’s going to roll away on its own.”

“You have to be confident in your ideas be-fore you pass them along to others,” says Ander-son. “You have your community at heart.”

The mayor’s power is no different from that of Council, he says, but his biggest role is to represent his community well to others.

He says one of his toughest days as mayor was when the tsunami hit Japan in 2011 and the community wanted to help because of its sister city connections. He says he was proud of Ash-croft’s reaction - the potluck supper and fund-raiser, and he was proud to be part of it.

He says he’s ready for new endeavours and new challenges, although he won’t say what those are yet. And, of course, he plans to in-dulge more in his favourite hobby - flying.

Among their questions, trustee candidates were asked how they would gath-er input to make their deci-sions at the table.

Candidate and incum-bent trustee Christopher Roden cited dialogue with the parents and con-sultation. He noted that the school dis-trict had just adopted a new communications plan that would allow the public to find out more about what the district was doing.

Candidate Vicky Trill said she enjoyed working with and coaching the students. Through the students she also hears what the parents are saying.

The mayor-alty candidates were also asked what they would do to encour-age people to move to Ashcroft.

The town needs well paying jobs that will support families, said candidate Jack Jeyes.

Job opportunities and also more residen-

tial development within the town boundaries, said candi-date and incumbent council-lor Jerry Fiddick.

Keeping the town attract-ive by making it a happy place to live, said candidate Dave Belcham. And having jobs to maintain that.

The candidates all pledged to keep hospital issues in the foreground.

Jeyes said he didn’t want to just maintain services there, he wanted to expand them. Fiddick said mayor and council continue to be in talks with the Ministry, IH

and the hospital to keep the issues front and centre. Bel-cham said the Wellness and Health Action committee was doing an excellent job and deserved the support of the community.

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V I E W P O I N T SThe Editor’s DeskWENDY COOMBER

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I must say the recent events with the shooting in Ottawa gave me, and I know many others, cause to re-flect. In these troubling times those who choose to serve their country have individual motivation for do-ing so. All of them however must realize that you put your life at risk when making the decision.

They believe there is call to serve - to give back to a country that has given them so much.

We have had many of those folks from Spences Bridge. One such character is no longer with us but was a veteran who had many stories to tell.

Sometimes we forget the old timers that were such an important part of our community.

While going through my hundreds of my writings last night I came across an article I wrote for the Ashcroft Jour-nal a long time ago.

George was a proud veteran and the King of Halloween in the Bridge - it seemed there was a reason I came across this very old article at this time. It seemed a good time to reflect.

A glimpse into how I saw George Spiller - a true Spences Bridge legend.

George Spiller: Little Man, Big Heart - by Steven W. Rice

George Spiller may have been a war hero in his younger days but in his lat-

ter years he became a people hero!With his pocketful of peppermint

candies he was a hero to the kids. With his trick or treats that were the “Best in all the Bridge”, he was a hero to the kids. With his open door policy and good natured manner he was a hero to all who cared to look closely at this lit-tle man who touched the hearts of so many.

George, you will be missed more than you can imagine, you may rest as-sured that you will never be forgotten.

Every time I leave a restaurant and pop one of those complimentary peppermints into my mouth I will think “Spillermints” I will think of George.

By the by, George, I am also tempt-ed to try and get Halloween renamed in Spences Bridge - something along the lines of how kids might perceive

it... “SpillerWeen” comes to mind! George...this one’s for you!

Wednesday was a good day for coffee

It was George’s coffee dayThis scruffy little man with

many decades behind himWednesday morning at the cof-

fee shop...is where you would find him

Well worn baseball cap, white, short stubbled face

The cane at his side, seemed not out of place

Slow and proud he would shuffle to his seat

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Puffed cheeks full of snuff, masked by the smile

His seat would just have to wait...wait for a while

For George, you see, had spotted someone he knew

And he had a joke, a story...maybe even a few

He gave of his time to all who caredA distinguished lifetime he was

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A true Spences Bridge legend

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TALKING STICK

It’s unfortunate that we don’t spend more time helping our local students ex-plore democracy and the reasons why vot-ing is so important to how we live.

Then, not only would we have young adults voting for their representatives on councils, school boards, regional districts, legislatures and parliaments, but we would have the older adults who’ve never figured out why they should get off their butts and spend 30 minutes to go cast a ballot.

In that way, we have failed to pass on that vital role that makes Canada what it is. We have told them to, but not explained why. We have not passed on the torch.

Interesting that Election Day (Nov. 15)falls shortly after Remembrance Day (Nov. 11) - or it is for now and has been for a while. Local Government Elections after this year will be moved to October.

But for now, we can draw a direct line between going to war against Germany and democracy.

This quote I found from Canadian veter-an William F. Starr:

“Democracy was threatened in 1939, and there was no question the threat had to be stopped. Any veteran would agree. Since that time, it seems democracy is threat-ened from time to time, from a variety of sources. These sources are more subtle – an enemy is not clearly defined as it was dur-ing the war. The need to defend democracy is just as real now as it was then, perhaps more so. The question is how. As a veteran, I am not in favour of war as a solution. So, how to defend it? Voting may be the only peaceful option. It is disturbing to see vot-ing so sadly neglected today.”

Let us reflect upon this next Tuesday as we gather around the Cenotaph - or wher-ever we are - to honour our veterans and re-new our promise to keep democracy alive in Canada.

And let us consider how we can make our towns and cities better places to live by including those who don’t feel included: who feel that nothing will be changed by their vote.

Because all votes count, in ways you may not even realize. It’s not a perfect sys-tem, but it’s the best we have so far.

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Clearing away the last traces of FallWell now is the time to turn

the clocks back to standard time – and to store the outdoor furni-ture for the winter. One old say-ing went something like “clocks forward and garden furniture out, clock back and garden fur-niture away.” The clocks go for-ward again on March 8, 2015 however, I would be most sur-prised if outdoor furniture could be used in comfort then. I am glad for the earlier light in the morning these dark months; somehow it makes the day start better for me.

This past Summer and Fall there has been so many lovely opportunities for living outdoors with the fine weather we have had. I like to have a few chairs and benches scattered around the yard, although I find that I rarely sit in any of them for any length of time. Shortly after sit-ting down I see some plant that needs trimming, something that needs to be tidied, a pot of plants that needs to be watered – and move on. At the end of the mor-ning I need to then take a tour and collect up the coffee cups I have left sitting by the seats and benches.

Here, as October ends we are saying goodbye to the last of the Fall colour – it has been real-ly spectacular her this year. Now I have the pleasure of raking up all those leaves and using them to mulch and blanket the plant-ing beds and add nourishment as they break down. All the micro-organisms in my garden are so happy for that winter blanket.

To the end of October there have been only several nights with a light frost this fall, which is most unusual for Loon Lake Road. Plants are still growing and blooming that would usu-ally be frozen back weeks ago. Sweet peas, carnations and ca-lendula still present their cheery flowers and sunflower seeds

planted by the squirrels are sprouting all over the place.

Long range predictions and the study of signs that indicate what kind of weath-er we will have for the winter is a science in itself. Some claim that colours on woolly bears or the volume of berries on the ash are not indicators of winter weath-er, others believe they are. I have no tried and true measuring stick but I did read that weather fore-casters have suggested that we may have a warmer winter than last year due to weather condi-tions now taking shape in the southern Pacific region. Warmer is okay but please let’s not have rain and fog – if I can choose I would like snow and clear skies.

Residents of Loon Lake Road have likely noticed the ab-sence of election signs along the road. Yes this is the time to elect a director for the TNRD, however as Sally Watson was the only candidate nominated for Area E and she has been ac-claimed elected.

In my observation, rural areas like Loon Lake Road have had better local govern-ment from the TNRD when the chairperson is not also the may-or of Kamloops. The area direc-tors are hard working and most listen to their constituents and I am grateful that at least the local level of government seems to be working well for us.

By late October all is calm along the lake as the last boats are taken out of the water and residents prepare their docks and waterfront for winter and ice. The attention has shift-ed from fishing to hunting in these cooler Fall months, be-fore the lake freezes and it can

be used for winter activities. A few migratory birds are drop-ping by. Someone reported see-ing a couple red breasted mer-gansers on the water, enjoying a rest before continuing their journey. The resident popu-lation of Clark’s Nutcrackers however have been disturbing the peace and quiet with some very loud and discordant choir pieces – they make me really curious about what they are say-ing. More Steller’s Jays are vis-iting my feeders and displaying a most greedy appetite for just about anything I put out. The lit-tle nuthatches and chickadees are having more difficulty get-ting to feed with the big guys al-ways on the feeder.

Road work crews have been busy patching holes in Loon Lake Road. At this time, and given the conditions of the road bed, it would seem to be a never ending job as the patching gets worn away quite quickly and is often gone again by the Spring. I notice the difference main-ly in the sound. Before the holes were patched along my way every vehicle pull-ing a trailer – and that is often most vehicles - hit one or more of the holes re-sulting in loud bangs echo-ing around the valley. Now the only sound is the usual motor and tire sounds. Thank you Interior Roads.

Now is the time along Loon Lake Road for stock-ing up the last stuff for win-ter like getting in that last load of wood. It is easier to find a bit more time for

crafts, hobbies and just hang-ing out. This year I collected several large bins of pine cones which I used to fill a large con-ical shaped wire mesh to use as winter decoration in my yard. When I finished closing up the wires on the project, I set the cone tree on a planter. The next morning I came out to find that some hard working creature had removed about half of the cones – and they were gone.

I suspected a pack rat and ex-pected I would find the cones piled up in a nearby out build-ing, but no such luck. Pack rats are really quite funny beast in terms of what kinds of things they like to take – and I guess that is where the “pack” part of their name comes from. The pack rat or whatever worked amazing hard and long to pull those cones out through the fencing mesh and take off with

them. Not a crumb was left lying beneath the planter. Some-times wildlife really does amuse me and set me to wondering. There were lots of fresh pine cones lying on the open ground under a pine just a few meters away – so why work so hard to get these? And where did they take them? Surely, not for their Winter craft projects.

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For Cache Creek’s Future- Increased economic development- More public involvement- Working together for better health care

Please vote forMartin Dalsin

Authorized by Martin Dalsin,Financial Agent • [email protected]

JERRYFIDDICK

FOR MAYORVillage of Ashcroft

KNOWLEDGEABLE • COMMITTED • HARD WORKING

Believe all aspects of the community must bethere to be a healthy community.

The Arts • Health Care • RecreationBusiness • Tourism

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Remembrance Day occupies the week to comeOne has only to look outside and

see that indeed Summer is over and Fall is hanging on tenuously. The gold and yellow leaves are brilliant in the morning sun which quick-ly melts the heavy, white snow-like frost on the roof tops...all this under a bright, cloudless blue sky; another beautiful day in the South Cariboo.

By the time you read this, the Clinton Seniors Associ-ation Marketplace will have come and gone. Thank you to everyone who attended this fund raising event on Nov. 1. Your support is appreciated. Winner of the Peel ‘n’ Pay Raf-fle and the Guessing Game will be announced later.

Remembrance Day, also known as Poppy Day or Armis-tice Day, is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries and other countries around the world since the end

of World War I to remember the members of the armed forces who have died in the line of duty.

Remembrance Day is ob-served on the 11th of November to recall the end of hostilities of

World War I on that date in 1918. Hostilities formally end-ed “at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in accordance with the Armistice signed by representatives of Germany and the Entente.

The day was specifically dedicated by King George V on Nov. 7, 1919. The very first Armistice Day was held at Buck-ingham Palace commencing with King George V holding a “Banquet in honour of the President of the French Repub-lic” during the evening hours of Nov. 10, 1919. The first of-ficial Armistice Day was subsequently held on the grounds

of Buckingham Palace on the morning of Nov. 11, 1919.

The Remembrance Day ceremony is organ-ized by the Legion which has an agreement to use the National War Memorial. It is unknown at this time if the Prime Minister will attend the Remembrance Day service in Ottawa; also un-clear whether Princess Anne will visit the Na-tional War Memorial on Nov. 11 as scheduled. She was supposed to tour Ottawa Nov. 10-11. Last week the federal government announced that the theme for the tour is “Canada’s Heroes: A Celebration of Accomplishment and Pride” and Princess Anne would join Canadians and the world in marking the anniversaries of the start of both world wars. The memorial, origin-ally built as a tribute to those Canadians who died in the First War, was unveiled 75 years ago by Princess Anne’s grandparents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.)

At the Seniors Centre, 217 Smith Avenue, on Nov. 20, the regular General meeting of the Clinton Seniors Association will be held follow-ing noon lunch. After a brief recess, the Annual General Meeting will follow. Come out and cast your vote for new Directors and Officers. New members are welcome!

Well, Summer has gone and Fall is follow-ing close behind. We have had such a glorious display of golds and russets, and now the leaves are gathering on our lawns in muted tones of brown and yellow.

At this time of year, we are often looking for new pastimes, and we have some suggestions for you. Our Crafts co-ordinator, Kathy Morris, has offered to teach a session or two of crochet-ing at the Centre to anyone who wants to get into that line of handicrafts. If you are at all in-terested give her a call at 250 453-9830.

We have some other suggestions, too - the pool table is ready and waiting, and maybe we could have a reading group to talk about what you are reading and enjoying (or not, as the case may be!) but not necessarily to dissect and cri-tique. My feeling is that books are to be read and enjoyed rather than deconstructed, but that is just my opinion.

For new endeavours, we need to have a fair number who want to take part, say a dozen or so, so that it is worthwhile opening up. For now, perhaps Thursday afternoons might be the best time to get together at the Seniors’ Centre.

Don’t forget the flu shot clinic to be held on Thursday, Nov. 6 or the local Elections to be held on Saturday, Nov. 15. Remember, every vote counts!

I hope you enjoy the rest of our fine weath-er and come out to our Business Meeting on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 1 pm. There is no potluck lunch this month, but there will be coffee, tea and goodies. You are all needed, ready, willing and able to make our group the success it can be.

ROCKIN’ & TALKIN’Clinton Seniors Association

Zee Chevalier

FROM THE CENTREAshcroft-Cache Creek Seniors

Joyce West

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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 & third Sunday of every month1:00 to 4:00 pm, beginners welcome

MEAT DRAWEvery Saturday ~ 3:00 pm

Ashcroft Royal Canadian LegionFRI., NOV. 7TH • 6:30 - 7:15 pm

VETERANS DINNERBaron of Beef $10/plate

* 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

Coming ComingEvents

Nov. 7: Third annual Ashcroft Wellness and Music Festival fundraising dinner and auction at the Community Hall in Ashcroft. Doors open at 5:00; dinner at 6:00. Tickets $10 per person, $25 per family; available at Ashcroft Bakery and Sun Country Community Futures.

Nov. 9: Fun Spiel at Ashcroft Curling Rink from 10-4. Call Barb Hodder for more info 250.453.9286.

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

Every Friday: Soups On from 11 am to 1 pm at St. Alban’s Anglican Church in Ashcroft. Soup, buns and dessert by donation.

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

Dave BelchamFor

MayorNov. 15, 2014

Elect

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Missing the school’s old running trackThe track is what I

called it. Others knew it as the pavement track be-hind the Ashcroft high school. When I was a stu-dent at the high school, track and field teams would come from all over the area for track and field events. It’s where we did laps for warm ups and cool downs for PE. It’s where I have done literal-ly hundreds of kms running laps. It’s the one place in town you could run, or walk and not have to be run dodging Trimac trucks or people texting while driving.

Unlike Kamloops and many other communities, that have paved trails where people can roller blade, run, walk or what-ever unimpeded by cars, we don’t have that. Unless it was very early in the morning, there was always someone at the track with me. Whether it was the tri club banging off fast paced intervals, someone walking their dog, or that little old man walk-ing around and around so fast he was pretty much running. It’s also somewhere you could tell exact how far you went, one lap

around is 400m or 1/4 mile. So then you could tell your friends or family, “I walked 4km today”.

Well, I won’t be running at the track anymore. For those of you who don’t know, the school board decided to spend an un-known amount of dollars to dig out the pavement, and replace it with grass. You see, the track wasn’t perfect, it was the same pavement that I ran on when I was a student, so that gives you an idea of how old it was, 40+ years? It was cracked, had huge potholes, weeds going through it, and it was actual pavement, not cork or rubberized pavement like most tracks. It was an eye-sore, and an accident waiting to happen. Someone was going to hurt and the school board could

be held liable. Ashcroft couldn’t have another track and field event, it would have been an embarrassment to use that track.

Regardless, I’m disappoint-ed it’s gone. I wish I would have advo-cated to have the track replaced with some nice com-

pound that’s smooth and springy to run on like the TCC in Kamloops has. In-stead of running around the track I should have been applying for grants with the provincial or fed-eral government to pay for it. I should have gotten a group together with a pe-tition or something to show we wanted it to stay. At one time, Maria Russell Martin from the Tennis club found

out it would cost $250,000 to re-place the track. That seems like a drop in the bucket compared to the millions it will cost to turn Ashcroft secondary into a K-12 school.

Oh well, the TCC is only a one hour drive away to do my intervals at their track. And al-ways remember our slogan, “in Ashcroft, wellness awaits you!”

Wayne Littleminer1098

@gmail.com

Living Well

JACOB FALKWWII Veteran

JIM FRANCIS ETIENNEServed in WWII

ALVIN KERR(Left) 1940-1945

JAMES PHILLIPBAILLIE

GEORGE FLETCHERWorld War II

ART ROBBINSPrivate, Able Body Seaman

LLOYD WATTRoyal Canadian Artillery

LOUIE HENRY GOTTServed in WWII

ARMY QUESNEL

RAPHEAL B. ETIENNEServed in WWII

LUCIEN GASTON LENOIRE1940-1944

JOSEPH ILLINGWORTHWWII 1941-1945

TOM JOHNSTONCanadian Navy- 1943

ARCHIE MCLAUGHLINK62898 1940-1944

OLA C. ROEDRCAF

Remembrance DayWe Honour andRemember our

Veterans

Tel: 250-453-9411Highland Valley Road,

Ashcroft

Take a momentto remember

ARROW: ASHCROFT DIVISION

May we always remember those

who served

1217 Cariboo Hwy, Clinton 250-459-2544

In memory of those who so bravely

defended our freedom

Clinton HomeBuilding Centre

defended our freedomdefended our freedombuilding centre

AshcroftRiverInn

and the RiversideRestaurant

Ashcroft on the River!Right beside the river ~First left over the bridge 250-453-9124

250-453-9353

Ashcroft familymedical PRACTICE

May we never forget why we fought, and why

we � ght to build ajust and peaceful world

AshcroftBottle Depot

Purity Feed Building, Downtown Ashcroft

250-457-7026

Courage rememberedin honour of

those who served

Highway 97, Cache Creek

At the 11th hour,on the 11th day,

of the 11th month,we will remember.

DOROTHY MARGARETKARR CWAC 1943-1945

ALEXANDER J. GABINET C.D. 1929 to 1963

WILFRED JOSEPH DESMARAIS 1939-1945

SAUL EPSTEINNov. 26, 1917 - Sept 21, 1974

STANLEY HEMBROUGHJune 18, 1891 - Oct. 29, 1959

November 11, 2014

A8 www.ash-cache-journal.com Thursday, November 6, 2014 The Journal

Ashcroft

WORK WEAR 417 Railway Ave. 250-453-2292

We remember those who foughtfor our freedom and peace

Cache CreekVeterinaryHospital

250-457-6203Old Cariboo Road,

Cache Creek

We remember all those who lost their lives in defence of family, country and freedom

We remember thosewho died for our liberty,they will never be forgotten!

RestaurantCache Creek Dairy Queen 250-457-9924

We remember and thankall those who have served,are serving in the present

and will serve in the future.

Heinz,Cam &Debbie

Remembering thosewho fought for our country and gave their lives for all of us

Cache CreekHusky

250-457-9312959 Trans-Canada Hwy. S.

Cache Creek BC

250-453-92123rd Street, Ashcroft

and Coffee Shop

AshcroftBakery

Sincere gratitudeto all our Veterans

3rd Street, Ashcroft

to all our Veterans

PAT CAREY47th Battalion

MOSES CASPER Bonaparte Band Member

GLADYS SMITH (FOSTER)Ambulance driver

BDR R. BEENHAMRoyal Artillery 1943 to 1953

BUSTER GASPARDRoyal Canadian Engineers

GEORGE SMITH1943-1976 Career soldier

W.G. (BILL) CALDERServed 1916 -1919.

A. P. (BILL) PETTYHMCS Huntsville, & Lanark

HORACE DOUGLAS HEMBROUGH

CLARENCE GARIGON

Village of Cache Creek250-457-6237

With deep respect andlasting gratitude to

those who served our country

Saluting our Veterans of yesterday and the Soldiers of today

HEDDA HALL110-B Railway Ave. Ashcroft 1-888-900-9880

Ashcroft RealtyINDEPENDENTLY OWNED & OPERATED BROKERAGE

Lest we forget those who fought for our freedom

JESSIE GASPARDCWAC 1942-1945

GORDON B. DUNSMORE1942 - December 1945

STAN MUNRO(center rear) with his brothers

CLIFFORD, REUBEN, & GORDON WEISNER

PETER, JAMES, &LOUIE MINNABARRIET

GORDON BRETTCanadian Navy

PATRICK KIRBYGrenadier Guard 1942-1947

CORPORAL ARTHUR C.REDGROVE

FRANK R. DRAYTONMarch 1940 - October 1945

PTE. JAMES TELFORDMarch 1940 - October 1945

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S afety MartF O O D S

Railway Avenue, Ashcroft 250-453-9343

Our thoughtsare with thosewho sacri� ced

so much

Anie’s Pizza & Bakery

Trans Canada Hwy.,Cache Creek

250-457-9999

We are proud to saluteour Veterans

on Remembrance Day

We will always rememberthose who made theultimate sacri� cefor our freedom

We will always rememberthose who made thethose who made the

AshcroftCache Creek

Seniors Centre

GRANT SUCHERoyal Winnipeg Rifles WWII

NELSON ROGER GHOSTKEEPER

JAMES ROBERTSONFirst World War 1917-1918

SGT. MAJORNORMAN PECKHAM

SGT. PAULINE PECKHAMJuly 1943 to 1946

JACK CHATVAIRELeading Seaman 1946

� anking theCanadian Forces for serving our countryand their � ght forpeace and justice

250-453-2225Golden Country Real Estate ServicesGolden Country Real Estate Services

Lest we forget our brave men and women

MORLEY H. ANDERSON (HAMMY)

BRUCE RUSSELL, C.D.Joined R.C.N.V.R. 1944

SYDNEY EDWARDVARCOE

Winnipeg Grenediers 1939

FRED PFEIFFERRoyal Canadian Navy

JEAN QUESNELPVT. VICTOR BLAKELY& PVT. HAZEL ROATH

LAC ROD CRAGGSDive Bomber Squadron 1945

LESLIE B. DUNSMOREFirst World War 1914 - 1918

DAVID R. HODGSON1960 - 1963

KEITH WILLIAMSPR 1st Class Westminster Reg.

talking to Queen Elizabeth in England

STAFF SGT. AL BURNBY(R.C.E.M.E.) and sons Ian and Phil,

taken in London, Ont., 1957.

CORPORAL ARNOLD C. ROBINSON

LORAINE & ELSIEJOHNSTON (CWAC)

GEORGE E. HATTIEWWII Veteran - 1942 - 1946

BEN GIESBRECHTL/Cpl. M66464

From generation to generation

may we always remember those

who servedand continue

to serveALEX W. LAIRD

1940 - 1945

PHOTOS UNAVAILABLEFOR:

CORP. MICKEY HUNTERAirforce 1941-45

The Ashcroft Royal CanadianLegion will be celebrating

Remembrance Dayon November 11, 2014.

Will you please join us for breakfastin the Legion basement and placing

of the wreaths at the Cenotaph.

Breakfast 8:00 to 10:00 am$5.00 per person

Cenotaph (fall in at Legion)10:20 amAssemble at the Cenotaph 10:50 am

Wreaths, Green Crosses andWhite Crosses may be purchased from

Glen Joss at a cost of $27 eachPhone 250-457-6754

Please leave a message if there

is no answer


M E S ACHIROPRACTIC

Dr. James Kendall, DC

411 Brink St . , Main Floor, AshcroftAshcroft Office 250-453-2266

A debt far too great to ever repay... but we shall never forget

Wearing a poppy is a small gesture of our gratitude and pride

210 Railway Ave, Ashcroft 250-453-2553

We honor those who have

served toprotect us

250-457-6464 • Cache Creek

LEST WE FORGETLEST WE FORGETLEST WE FORGET Thank you to Thank you to Thank you to

those that those that those that have served have served have served our nation.our nation.our nation.

250-453-9802 tvfh.ca

AshcroftRoyal Canadian Legion

250-453-2423 ~ Branch 113 - 300 Brink St.

Lest we forgetRemembrance Day

1002 Trans Canada Hwy, Cache Creek 250-457-9644

We thank those who have served to protect our country

and freedom

On Remembrance Day,we honor those who served

our country!

Tanning & SalonRevelations

250-453-9339Railway Ave, Ashcroft

We take time toremember thosewe’ve loved and lost

CORPORAL DAVID HARRIS CONKLIN

ROBERT (BOB) NESBITTWorld War I, 1916 - 1919

Lest we forget the sacri� ces they made for us

ALFRED SMITHR.C.A.S.C.

GEORGE E. MCABEE BILLY DOSSRocky Mountain Rangers

FRED FREESTONEPioneer Corps. 1940- 1944

JOHN COLLINSat Camp Vernon

TOM FRENCH1942-1945 C.P.P.L.I Europe

SGT. STANLEY BEWZARoyal Winnipeg Rifles

LT. KENDALL KIDDERRCNVR1940-1945

JILL WILSON LAWWestern Air Command 1942-45

ORANCE PLAMONDONWWII, Navy 1944/1945

ALEC TURNER“SPARKY” 1940-1949

E.D. JONES - C.F.C.1914-1918

ALBERT DENEAULTOverseas 1941 - 1945

MICKIE & ELSIE HUNTER1945 Trenton Ontario

ROBERT (BOB) WILLIAM PICKERELL 1943-46

JACK GLOVERNavy 1942 - 1945 WWII

FRANK ANSTETTArmy 1940 - 1975

MOORE, CLIFFKorean War 1952-1953


On the corner of Railway & 5th, Ashcroft 250-453-2281

Let us honour thememory of those who

served for our countrymemory of those who memory of those who

served for our countryserved for our country

250-453-2281

ASHCROFT IRLYTIM-BR-MART

ASHCROFT IRLY

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For all your Electronic needs

Certifi ed Professional BookkeeperCorporate and Personal Tax Returns

Cache Creek, B.C. Telephone/Fax: [email protected]

May we alwaysrememberour heroes

Certifi ed Professional BookkeeperCorporate and Personal Tax Returns

NOEL H. MURRAY

Credit Union201 Railway Ave. Ashcroft 250 453-2219

Remembering with pride our Veterans for their

courage and dedication

Remembering with pride Remembering with pride

courage and dedicationcourage and dedication

201 Railway Ave, Ashcroft 250-453-9133

To those dedicated servicemen and women, we say THANK YOU

INSURANCE SERVICES INC

The JUNCTION SHELL

CACHE CREEK, BC

250-457-6612

We salute all those who have served.

We Remember.

Village of Lytton250-455-2355

We pay tribute to the memory

of thosewho served

Lest We Forget

www.ConstantiaResources.com

Hwy. 97Cache Creek

250-457-9333

Lest we forget those who fought for our freedom

BOB SPECHTCanadian Army 1939 - 1946

CPL. ED WALSHOct. 1942 to Feb. 1946 WWII

CLARE STEPHENSON1943-46 Army Service Corp.

TPR. JIM NESBITTKilled in Italy

ARTHUR BOOTHERON SHEPPARD

DUDLEY FRANK MILWARD 1939 - 1946

R.J. (DICK) VECQUERAYApril 16, 1943- July 17, 1947

W. BUD PETERSON2 years Forestry Corp.

P.O. K.W. (VIC) VECQUERAY 1940 - 1946

W.L. (BILL) MATHESON, SGMN 1943 to 1946

ROBERT ALLENNEWBERRY 1943 to 1946

CPL. GEORGE MARTINSON& PTE. JACK KIRKPATRICK

THOMAS CAMERSON KNOWLES JR.

JACK MACSWEENFather to Judy Stuart

JAMES E. WAINWRIGHT(Loon Lake)

JAMES CROOK1942-1945

GORDON BERRYPILOT OFFICER NAVIGATOR

MASTER CPL AARON J. DYCKE

3 tours in Afghanistan

CPL TRUMAN J. BEGINEnlisted 1952 - 1969



From The CommandingOf� cers Desk:

Who would have thought Sea Cadets in the desert would last twelve years? Well we have and we continue to offer the most dynamic youth program available in Canada. Best of all, there is No Cost to join cadets.

What have our cadets done? Trips to Hawaii, England and across Canada. They also get to go to summer training. Cadets spend 2-8 weeks learning new skills, making new friends and having lots of fun. Once again, there is No Cost. That’s right, travel, accommodations, meals and all uniforms are ALL paid for.

Besides Summer Training and Exciting Trips, cadets take part in weekly training at the local High School. They get to learn about Seamanship, Sailing, Drill and we do monthly sports and � tness nights.

Cadets parade on Thursday nights from 6:00 to 8:30 pm at Ashcroft Secondary School. It would be great to see more youth; 12 to 18 yrs old, from Ashcroft, Cache Creek and the surrounding area come and check us out.

For more information contact Lt(N) Darrin Curran at 250-319-3461or [email protected]

Lt(N) Darrin CurranCommanding Of� cer347 RCSCC Avenger

128 -4th Street250-453-2261

Remembering with prideour war Veterans

on Remembrance Day

On November 11th - Join Us in RememberingThe Legion holds the sacred trust of ensuring the tradition of Remembrance is observed by Canadians every year at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month.

This tradition dates back to the First World War when the guns fell silent, marking the end of military con� ict and the Remembrance of those who would never return home. The National Poppy and Remembrance Campaign raise funds for veterans and their families, the new military and others who are disadvantaged.This year, your donation has never been more important. A new generation of Veterans is coming home and turning to the Legion for housing, career transition counselling and trauma relief. And we will be there, with your support! Wear a poppy. Give generously. During this year’s Poppy Campaign you can even give on your cell phone! Text POPPY to 20222 to donate $5 to the Legion’s Poppy Funds in BC and Yukon.

BC/YUKON COMMAND

VETERAN’S DINNERNovember 7th at the Legion

Phone Glen Joss to book your seat250-457-6754

Gold TrailTeachers Association

Let us honour the sacrifices

of the past and work for peace in the future.

Lest we forget.

347 Royal CanadianSea Cadet Corps, Avenger

Battle of the Alantic Parade, 2014

The Of� cers, Staff,Navy League of

Canada and Cadets of 347 RCSCC Avenger

would like to take this opportunity to thank

those who have served our country so valiantly.

Cache CreekPetro Canada

and RestaurantOpen: 6:30 am - 9:00 pm

250-457-6432

We Honour our Veterans

Greyhound Depot:Bus tickets & shipping 250-457-9582

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGThe Village of Clinton will hold a Public Hearing in the Municipal Council Chambers, located at 1423 Cariboo Highway in Clinton, on Wednesday November 12, 2014 at 6:30 pm to consider “Highway Dedication Removal and Highway Closure Bylaw No. 516, 2014 .

The Council of the Village of Clinton deems it necessary and expedient to close that portion of road outlined in green and shown dedicated on the enclosed map, which will extend the Boyd Pit Road to the TNRD Transfer Station.

The proposed Bylaw may be inspected during normal business hours in the Municipal Of� ce, 1423 Cariboo Highway until 4:30 pm November 12, 2014. If you deem your interests to be affected by this bylaw, please submit your comments in writing or attend the Public Hearing and you will be given an opportunity to be heard. If you require information regarding this bylaw, please contact the Village of� ce at 250-459-2261

Tom Dall, CAO

PUBLIC NOTICE

GARBAGE COLLECTIONDue to Remembrance Day, garbage pick up normally scheduled for Tuesday, November 11th will be collected on Monday, November 10th, 2014.

Due to Remembrance Day falling on a Tuesday this year, Residential garbage will not be picked up on Tuesday, November 11 but will be picked up on Wednesday, November 12.

REMEMBRANCE DAYGARBAGE PICKUP

Village of Cache Creek250-457-6237

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Meet the Ashcroft candidatesVote on Nov. 15

Questions

1. How long have you lived here?2. What is your occupation?3. Have you done any volunteer

work here? Which group(s)?4. Have you served before on a

Town Council or School Board? When and for how long?

5. Which issues are most important to you?

6. How would you address them?7. Additional Comments

1. I have lived in Ash-croft for 17 years. I was the manager of Ashcroft Ranch and now live in North Ash-croft.

2. Occu-pation: Re-tired.

3. I was a part of the Village of Ash-croft’s Water Conservation Committee in 2013. I volunteer at the South Cari-boo Elizabeth Fry Society; Christmas Food Hamper; and Bridging to Lit-eracy which has included Family Gar-dening and the Red Bookshelf. I also volunteered to build the zucchini race track for the zucchini races at the Ash-croft and District Fall Fair this year.

4. No.

5. Along with maintaining and improving municipal water, sewer, and roads for present and future gen-erations, keeping our citizens safe by supporting our Volunteer Fire Depart-ment and continuing to work with the Wellness and Health Action Coalition for Health Care, I would address the following issues if elected as Mayor: Keeping tax increases to the rate of in-� ation or less; Accessibility for all to

the Village of� ce; Improving the sign-age to places of interest in the com-munity to encourage tourists to explore our community; and Encouraging im-proved use of village recreational fa-cilities.

6. How would you address them? I believe council must work as a team to ensure tax payer’s dollars are spent wisely to meet these and other issues agreed upon for the next four years. Many of these can be paid for through grant applications, donations, and care-ful budgeting on council’s part to make wise, informed and responsible deci-sions for the bene� t of all.

7. With all of us working together in our community, we will make Ashcroft a great place to live, work, and play.

1. 16 years

2. Retired

3. Yes - Ashcroft and Area Com-munity Re-source So-ciety, Chair - Christmas Hamper pro-ject; Presi-dent - South

Caribou Sportsmen Association; mem-ber of the Ashcroft Arts Club; Wellness & Health Coalition (WHAC); Ashcroft Wellness & Music Festival; Director, Arts & Cultural Society; and the Ash-croft Chamber of Commerce.

4. Have served for six years on the Village of Ashcroft Council. During my tenure, I have served on the Finance and Economic Committee’s as well as the alternate for the TNRD for the Vil-lage. I am the representative on the Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDIT) board and serve as the Village representative for the Land� ll Monitor-

ing committee and on the Historic Hat Creek Ranch board.

5. Which issues are most import-ant to you? Economic Development; Health Care and Healthy Living; and Ensuring that the core services are at a level that meets the needs of the com-munity.

6. By continuing to work hard, using the knowledge and experience I have gained over the last six years to at-tract new industry and businesses. By supporting the existing businesses and working with the community in attract-ing new residents, sustaining our health care services and the social support systems.

7. Focus to see the community grow (but not too big) in the best way pos-sible. More businesses, more employ-ment opportunities for younger fam-ilies and of course more housing op-tions for all citizens in the community.

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1. My wife and I moved to Ashcroft 25 years ago and we raised our three daughters here. When I retired we chose to re-main in this great com-munity as it is home.

2. I am retired and keep busy and ful� lled through my volunteer work in the community. I retired from the Area Manager position with the Ministry of Transportation and Highways.

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3. I am an active volunteer through-out the community of Ashcroft and the surrounding area. I volunteer with the fol-lowing organizations: Ashcroft and Dis-trict Chamber of Commerce - three years member, one year President; Ashcroft Re-creation Commission - four years mem-ber, two years Chairperson; Ashcroft Co-alition - active member; Thompson View Manor Society - two years Board Mem-ber; Ash-Creek TV Society - 10 years member, four years Chairperson; Ash-croft Board of Variance - six years Chair-person; Ashcroft Wellness Festival Com-mittee - active member; and Friends of Historic Hat Creek Ranch Society: nine years member, seven years Chair.

4. This will be my � rst experience serving on a Town Council; however, I have 20 years of leadership and gov-ernance experience chairing a variety of boards.

5. The three issues that I believe are important to creating a strong future for Ashcroft are: Economic Development; Health Care; and Community Services.

6. Economic Development: I will take every opportunity to promote the Ash-croft Terminal and its continued expan-sion. One of the ways to support this is to maintain the collaborative working re-lationship with the Municipality of Delta which bene� ts us. I will work with Coun-cil to support existing local business and also identify areas of future development for new housing. As well, I will advocate for the improvement of Evans Road.

Health Care: I will work to ensure that Ashcroft has a functioning Emergency Room. I will fully support initiatives fo-cused to recruit and retain doctors in Ash-croft.

Community Services: The upgrade to the municipal water system is a very complex and costly project. As Mayor this process will move forward in an open and thoughtful process that respects the citizens of Ashcroft. The signage on the Trans Canada Highway needs to be im-proved so the travelling public knows the services and events that are happening in our great little town.

7. As your Mayor, I will lead in a col-laborative manner that will ensure that all issues are dealt with in a way that bene� ts all of the citizens of Ashcroft.

1. My husband and I chose to make Ashcroft home six years ago.

2. I’m a wife, mother and active mem-ber of our community.

3. I’ve been with the Ashcroft Fall Fair for seven years, serving as President for the last four. I was a founding member of Winding Rivers Arts and Performance Society and am the current Vice Presi-dent. I am also part of the Wellness and Music Festival, handling the Kids Tent.

4. No.

5. Embracing the Wellness brand; water consciousness; and having an ac-cessible community.

6. We need to take the opportunity to de� ne Wellness for Ashcroft and promote ourselves accordingly. We have Outdoor Adventure, Relaxation, Art, History and Recreation - those are all Wellness.

The Village of Ashcroft needs to lead by example on water conservation. We cannot ask you to change your water hab-its if we are not willing to do so ourselves.

We need to continue to upgrade side-walks to be stroller and wheelchair friendly. Our public washrooms need to be made family friendly.

7. As a member of the next genera-tion, I want to have the opportunity to help shape the future of Ashcroft.

1. I � rst came to Ashcroft in 1964 to work at the Chataway Ranch, and later at the Rafter SR (then the Bar Q) and the Bar M (Mesa Vista), and at Highland Val-ley (Lornex). My parents Jill and Ken-dall built “Kiddergarden” here in 1985, my wife Siri and I bought it in 2007, and I moved here full time in 2009.

2. I was a cowboy and mine worker, and became an agricultural economist and range management spe-cialist throughout the 70s and early 80s. Since then, I have been building technol-ogy companies. I am Chair-man of APRIO Inc., Can-ada’s leading supplier of cor-porate governance software.

In 2015, I intend also to begin growing hops for the craft beer market.

3. I am past president and a director of Winding Rivers Arts & Performance Society, and have volunteered in vari-ous capacities for Fall Fair, Wellness, and Canada Day activities.

4. I have not yet had the honour of serving on a Town Council or on School Board. I have served on company, busi-ness association, cultural non-pro� t and provincial and national political boards.

5. Ashcroft is wonderful, with great features and advantages for us who live here. But, like many towns in the interior, we are not on a sustainable path. Tax as-sessments and school enrollments are de-clining; retail businesses are suffering; the Village’s cash reserves are going down. We are reduced to lobbying for outsiders to make decisions which might lead to new industrial employment. This is not a recipe for long-term health.

6. The Village needs a new strategic direction. I believe Ashcroft can be a regional centre for cultural, recreation-al and “wellness”-related activities, with high economic multiplier effects, which can bring new revenues and help attract businesses and residents. In addition to continuing ef� ciencies in the normal business of the Village, I would encour-age the Mayor and Council to develop a plan, based on actions we can initiate our-selves, to turn Ashcroft around and get on the path to civic health and sustainability.

7. We can all see that Ashcroft, glori-ous as it is, is suffering. Reliance on old-fashioned industrial growth is not bear-ing fruit. It is time for a shift. I hope to be part of making it happen. If you also be-lieve this is possible, please do me the honour on Nov. 15 of giving me one of your votes for Councillor.

1. I have been lucky enough to live here for 44 years on and off.

2. Cashier at Safety Mart.

3. Yes, Second Time Around and Ash-Cache TV Society.

4. I was elected to council in our by-election last August.

5. A number of issues need attention and I would appreciate your input at the forum on Oct 29th

1. My 44 year history in Ashcroft started when I � rst moved here with my parents in 1970. I graduated from A.S.S. in 1975 and then moved away for 18 years. I returned to the community with my wife and children in 1993. We have made our home here since.

2. Retired, after a 35 year career in telecommunications technologies with BC Hydro.

3. Have you done any volunteer work here? Which group(s)? Over the past 21 years I have assisted various lo-cal groups, including 1st Ashcroft Scouts; South Cariboo Minor Soccer; Ash-Creek TV Society; E-Fry Children’s Festi-val; Rodeo Parade Committee; Fall Fair; Soup’s On and others. I continue to be in-volved where I can in support of disparate groups and events.

4. No. This is my � rst venture into lo-cal government.

5. The future livability of the Village. With a predominantly elderly popula-tion, mobility issues are of major import-

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NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTINGPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY given to the electors of the Village of Ashcroft that an election by voting is necessary to elect one Mayor, four Councillors, and one School Trustee and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are:

MAYOR – One (1) to be elected

Surname Usual Names Jurisdiction of ResidenceBELCHAM Dave Ashcroft, BC FIDDICK Jerry Ashcroft, BCJEYES Jack Ashcroft, BC

COUNCILLOR – Four (4) to be elected

Surname Usual Names Jurisdiction of ResidenceCLEMENT Jessica Ashcroft, BCKIDDER John TNRD - Area ILAMBERT Doreen Ashcroft, BCMERTENS Al TNRD - Area IRODEN Barbara Ashcroft, BCTRILL Alfie Ashcroft, BC

SCHOOL TRUSTEE – One (1) to be elected

Surname Usual Names Jurisdiction of ResidenceRODEN Christopher Ashcroft, BCTRILL Vicky Ashcroft, BC

VOTING DATES AND LOCATIONS

GENERAL VOTING will be open to qualified electors of the Village of Ashcroft on:

Saturday, November 15, 20148:00 am and 8:00 pm

at the Ashcroft Community Hall409 Bancroft Street, Ashcroft, BC

ADVANCE VOTING will be available to qualified electors as follows:

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 • 8:00 am – 8:00 pmWednesday, November 12, 2014 • 8:00 am – 4:00 pmThursday, November 13, 2014 • 8:00 am – 4:00 pm

All advance voting opportunities will take place at the Ashcroft Community Hall, 409 Brink Street, Ashcroft, BC.

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There is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of all electors for this election will take place at the time of voting. You will be required to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements:

• 18 years of age or older on general voting day• Canadian citizen• resident of BC for at least 6 months immediately preceding the day of registration• resident of OR registered owner of real property in the Village of Ashcroft for at least • 30 days immediately preceding the day of registration, and• not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in an

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Resident electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity.

Non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a sig-nature) to prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if applicable, written consent from the majority of the property owners.

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ance. Inefficiencies, these must be reduced to make better use of limited financial resources. Status quo is no longer satisfac-tory, new approaches are needed to move forward. Village Coun-cil must be accessible and pro-active in all aspects of Village operations. It must set direction.

6. I would press Council to take a positive attitude to prob-lems and suggestions brought to its attention. It must accept input from all sources. We need solu-tions and not excuses. Council should not be afraid to try new ways of getting things accom-plished.

I am very sensitive to see-ing what I perceive to be ineffi-ciencies. I need to have logic-al answers to questions, not just “that is the way it is” responses.

We should not be afraid to ask, “Why?” or to look for better ways to do things. This is a role I am prepared to fill.

7. It takes hard work to move forward in a well thought out, positive manner. I pledge to do all I can to achieve a better fu-ture for the Village of Ashcroft. We must work co-operatively with all stake-holders in finding efficient solutions to issues that affect us. This includes liaising closely with our regional neigh-bours, provincial and feder-al governments and worldwide partnerships. We must act local-ly, but think globally!

Sitting back and waiting for others to fix “our” issues will not get us anywhere, except further behind. Let’s all work together in moving Ashcroft into a better future! I encourage everyone eli-gible to vote to do so at one of

the advance polls or on Satur-day, Nov. 15.

1. Eighteen years.

2. I work for School District No. 74 as Relief Dispatch per-son; as Circulation Manager of the Ashcroft Journal; and as a freelance writer/editor. I’m also involved with running Ash-Tree Press, an award-winning home-based publishing company my husband and I founded in 1995.

3. I was President of the Ash-croft Elementary School Parent Advisory Council for four years (2002-6). For the last three years I’ve been a Director of the Wind-ing Rivers Arts and Perform-ance Society, and President of

WRAPS for the past year. This summer I’ve worked with the Village of Ash-croft’s Heritage Commit-tee, and was emcee for the 2nd annual Wellness Festi-val this summer.

4. No.

5. Encouraging de-velopment of new busi-nesses, especially along Railway Ave.; Improving the infrastructure of the Vil-lage, especially roads and sidewalks; and Encour-aging tourism, with Ash-croft as either a destination or a base for visitors.

6. I’d work with prop-erty owners and landlords to encourage them to build new spaces, or refurbish existing empty ones, to make attractive places for businesses. I’d look at traf-fic patterns and upcoming changes (i.e. the new K-12 school and the Inland Port) to see what roads and side-walks need to be improved or built. And I’d work with other groups to identify what attracts visitors to this area, and what they want to

see, then use that knowledge to market Ashcroft effectively.

7. I have, in various ways over the last few years, worked to make Ashcroft a place that people are interested in and want to visit. I’d now like to play a bigger part in making Ashcroft an even better place for resi-dents, visitors, and businesses. I offer an informed, open-minded, objective, and responsible voice, and would be honoured to serve the people of the place I love.

1. 28 years

2. Carpenter for School Dis-trict 74.

3. Deacon and Youth Lead-er at Sage Hills E. F. Church, Mesa Vista Drive; and Presi-dent of CUPE Local 173, 2009 to Present (SD74, District of Lil-looet, T’it’q’et Day Care work-ers).

4. 2005-08 Councillor, Vil-lage of Ashcroft.

5. Water, Sewer, and Gar-bage service; Sidewalk, path-ways, parks and roads planning;

Promoting Ashcroft Health Site; Maintaining a relationship with business and Industry to promote jobs for Ashcroft; and Quality of life.

6. Team Work with Ashcroft Council and Administration to develop policy and direction.

Seek input from commun-ity groups to foster relationships with those that already lead by example.

Encourage Ashcroft Cham-ber of Commerce to maintain structure and vibrancy.

Promote the good work of the many service groups in town: help keep Council open to their leading and activities.

7. Ashcroft is a beautiful town to ‘live; work; and play’. I see this description used else-

where, but my choice to live in the Village of Ashcroft is because I believe it fits our town.

My coined de-scription for my home-

town to people is: “We get to live every day the way City Folks want to spend their weekends.”

I’ll listen to all of Ashcroft’s citizens to make our town the best place to live. It is by choice we live here and I want it to con-tinue for years by keeping servi-ces available for our needs. Plan-ning ahead for the next challenge or upgrade needed. Helping set a direction we can afford and meet our requirements.

Please come out to vote for our Village of Ashcroft Coun-cil’s future.

If elected I will stand up for our Town, our People, our Busi-nesses, our quality of Life.

Alfie Trill for Village of Ash-croft Councillor.

1. 18 years

2. Independent publisher/proofreader/freelance editor.

3. Treasurer of Ashcroft Ele-mentary School PAC for four years. Have worked with Wind-ing Rivers Arts and Performance Society for three years. Am cur-rently working with the commit-tee for the 2015 Ashcroft Well-ness and Music Festival.

4. I’ve served as school trust-ee for the Village of Ashcroft since 2008.

5. My priority issue is to en-sure that all students in the Dis-trict receive the help they need to be successful. Locally, the most important issue is seeing through the successful transition of Ashcroft Secondary to a K-12 school, a process with which I’ve been very involved. I would very much want to work to ex-pand the Trades programmes of-fered in all of our schools. And I want to ensure that students, parents, First Nations, and com-munity members are engaged in what goes on in our schools, through better communication and inclusion.

6. I will continue to mon-itor closely the Ashcroft K-12 school, to ensure it is a facil-ity serving the needs of all stu-dents, and of which we can all be proud. I will encourage the Board to hold early, and regular, discussions with the Village of Ashcroft regarding safety issues relating to roads and sidewalks

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(or lack of them) around the K-12 school. A Trades programme is already underway in the District, and I would work towards seeing that expanded, as well as discussing how plans can be put in place to help students � nd their place in a changing workplace environment. At my urging the District has begun work on more and better communica-tions, as I believe it is most important that we � nd a way of keeping everyone informed of the great things happening in the Gold Trail School District. I’m also an advocate for special community events in the school district, and using them as a means of informing and en-gaging as many people as possible.

7. It has been my privilege to serve as Trustee for the Village of Ashcroft for the past six years. During much of that time proposed changes to the Ash-croft schools were being discussed, and I was able to ensure that a working committee comprised of many differ-ent voices was able to have input into what the new K-12 school will look like. I would very much like to con-tinue working to implement the chan-ges now underway in Ashcroft, and those proposed in other communities in our district, and to make further con-tributions to our growing record of stu-dent success.

1. I was a student at both Ashcroft elementary & Ashcroft Secondary and have lived in Ashcroft for 30 years.

2. I am self employed as an active living Coach.

3. For more than 20 years I have been volunteering in Ashcroft for vari-ous groups: Ash. Secondary - Basket-ball Coach & Athletic Director; Ash. Elementary - school-wide active events; P.A.C - Fun Fair events, schools implementation committee; Sage Hills Church - Youth Leader; Desert Hills Tri Club - Kids’ Triathlon; Ashcroft & Dis-trict Lions Club - Skip’s Run; Etc.

4. As an Executive Assistant on staff, I served the Board of School Trustees including regular and closed meetings, Education meetings, Policy development and other school board related items. As a volunteer, I worked on the Ashcroft Implementation Com-mittee, (sub-committee of the Board of School Trustees).

5. Most important to me is provid-ing youth with opportunities to develop into the best ver-sion of themselves. A chal-

lenge in rural communities is � nding a way to offer appropriate core and elect-ive course options so that students will be prepared for their chosen � eld. An-other issue of impact now is the amal-gamation of Ashcroft’s two schools and the subsequent loss of the elementary school. I would like to play a key role in assisting students, staff and the com-munity in this transition and to make the transition a positive one for all.

6. “It takes a community to raise a child” is a statement I believe to be true and when we work together, in-vesting in our youth, we guide them to be their best. Core subjects such as reading writing and arithmetic are cru-cial foundations, but equally important is preparing and training youth for the work force, to think creatively, critical-ly and compassionately. I will promote the concept of a community school as well as support the on-going Trades program. Not only will the “commun-ity school” model provide more quality education and choice for students, but it will also enhance the role of the school in our community.

7. I would be honoured to receive your vote. Your vote makes a difference for our youth and our community.

Vicky TRILLfor School Trustee

Forty-six years.

2. Occupation: Business Man

3. TV Society, Chamber of Commerce, various council com-mittees.

4. Yes, the Village of Cache Creek Council, 27 years

5. Continued strong � nancial management; the opening and mar-keting of the Cache Creek Land� ll extension; Continued upgrading of our Infrastructure; and Healthcare.

6. With the closing of the Cache Creek Land� ll in 2016 Cache Creek is going to be going through some very big changes in the makeup of the income for the Village. We need to continue our strong � nancial control and leader-ship.

The continued support of the Cache Creek Land� ll extension is paramount. We need to use all of our existing relationships and con-tacts to ensure that this project con-tinues to move forward.

We have and will need to con-tinue to upgrade our facilities. Over the years we have upgraded the Park, Pool, Community hall, Water and Sewer systems as well as Side-walks, Streets and Roads. Having the majority of our facilities up-dated will make it easier to main-tain them in times of decreased in-comes.

We must continue to keep healthcare at the forefront with the provincial and federal govern-ment’s. We need to ensure that we are doing all we can to help main-tain any and all healthcare oppor-tunities in our region.

7. Cache Creek has enjoyed many years of strong � nancial in-comes from our Land� ll. These have been slowing lately and will continue to diminish up to the ul-timate closure in December of 2016. The present and past coun-cils have done an excellent job of preparing Cache Creek for this time and we need to stay the course and see our � nancial plan through these upcoming changes. We have and should continue to support and encourage the Cache Creek Land-� ll Extension to provide jobs and income for our region for the fore-seeable future.

A village Council is made of many different personalities, and rightfully so. We need to have a complete mixture of beliefs and focuses to ensure a complete well managed Community. We need those focused on Recreation and Children, Seniors and Healthcare, Services and Operations, and Fi-nancial control. A lot of com-mon sense and vision for the fu-ture doesn’t hurt either. We have enjoyed all of these in our past council. Although I am committed and concerned about all aspects of Cache Creek my greatest strength is Financial Management. With-out strong Financial management we would not have the funds avail-able to offer us the ability to pro-vide many of the other services.

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November • Week 2ARIES - Aries, containing your emotions may be challenging this week. Exciting events begin to unfold, so enjoy them as much as possible. Enlist some friends to join the fun.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Practice discretion this week, Taurus. You do not know how a particular situation will unfold, so it is better to stay neutral until the entire situation settles. Then you can take action.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Some colleagues may want to goof off all week long and get nothing accomplished, Gemini. But you have other goals and know some hard work now means fun later.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 It is time for you to step up and take the reins, Cancer. Your leadership skills have long been an asset, and it’s time to put them to use for the greater good.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, an upcoming adventure has you brimming with excitement. Some people are drawn to your vigor, while others are a little uncomfortable.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Downplay your authority this week, Virgo. Newcomers to your place of employment will feel more comfortable around you if they don’t have to worry about rank.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, it is impossible to postpone a commitment any longer. It may not seem like the right time just yet, but you need to forge ahead anyway and handle things as they come.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 It is easy to feel burnt out before you achieve a goal, Scorpio. You just need to learn how to pace yourself a little better and to ignore distractions that result in delays.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Express your creativity this week, Sagittarius. You have long felt the desire to display this other side, and now is a great time to do so. Encourage others to do the same.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, express your emotions this week even if you think your ideas will not garner much support. Exercise diplomacy, as you do not want to engage in any con� icts.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 You may explore different interests and hobbies this week only to � nd that nothing seems to be the right � t, Aquarius. Do not let it get you down. You will � nd the answer.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Don’t squander money on a lavish purchase this week, Pisces. There are better ways to spend your money in the coming weeks.

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DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLANApplication #: TNRD-INV-2015

Applicant: Thompson-Nicola Regional District, 300-465 Victoria Street, Kamloops BC V2C 2A9Agent: SMC Consulting, 1582 Lawrence Avenue, Penticton BC V2A 3C1 Tel/Fax: (250) 492-6193 e-mail: [email protected]

The purpose of the proposed Pest Management Plan (PMP) is to manage problem vegetation and noxious weeds at TNRD facilities. Facilities include Eco Depots, land lls, septage pits, transfer stations, and the TNRD Shop at 660 Mission Flat Road, Kamloops. All facilities are fenced compounds that have physically restricted access. The PMP applies to areas located within the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, within the vicinity of the communities of Kamloops, 70 Mile House, Clinton, Cache Creek, Ashcroft, Logan lake, Lytton, Merritt, Aspen Grove, Spences Bridge, Savona, Monte Creek, Westwold, Pritchard, Chase, Sun Peaks, Black Pines, McLure, Agate Bay, Barriere, Dar eld, Little Fort, Blackpool, Clearwater, Birch sland, Vavenby, Avola, Blue River.The pest management methods proposed for use include manual, mechanical, cultural, and biological control, and the use of herbicides within the area to which the PMP applies. The common name and examples of the trade names of the herbicides proposed for use under this plan include: aminocyclopyrachor (Navius VM), aminopy-ralid (Milestone), clopyralid (Lontrel 360), dicamba (Banvel), di ufen opyr ( ver-drive), diuron (Diurex 0 WDG), umioxa in (Payload), glyphosate (Vantage Plus Max), ima apyr (Arsenal), metsulfuron-methyl (Escort), 2,4-D Amine (2,4-D Amine 600), triclopyr (Garlon XRT), and the surfactant/adjuvant Hasten. Selective applica-tion methods include: wick/wipe-on, injection, squirt bottle, cut surface, soil and foliar applications using backpack or handgun (power hose and no le). The proposed duration of the PMP is from May 17, 2015 to May 17, 2020. A draft copy of the proposed PMP and maps of proposed treatment areas may be examined in detail at: Thompson-Nicola Regional District, 300-465 Victoria Street, Kamloops BC V2C 2A9, online at https://tnrd.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx D 9056, or by contacting the Agent listed above.

“A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant (c/o SMC Consulting, Agent, at the address listed above), within 30 days of the publication of this notice”

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The Great War - Pt. 2: Best regards to mutual friends

Railway Ave. between 3rd and 4th Streets, 1912, much as it would have looked to James Rennie Rae and Paddy Keating.

This is the second in an intermittent ser-ies looking at Ashcroft and area during World War I.

By mid-Septem-ber 1914 the � rst wave of volunteers had gone off to � ght, and many on the home front were equal-ly anxious to do their bit for the war effort. In Ashcroft that took the form of potatoes; 17 tons of them, to be precise (plus � ve tons of mixed vegetables), which—as The Journal reported on Sept. 19—were to be donated to the Vancouver War Fund by “all the prin-cipal growers in the district” (includ-ing C. Semlin, P. Parke, M. McAbee, Lin Kee, Lueng Louie, and Wing Wo Lung). The CPR agreed to transport the vegetables for free, and in the Oct. 3 issue of the paper editor R.D. Cum-ming exhorted those who had donat-ed to get their produce to the station by the following Friday. A letter of thanks from Vancouver Mayor Truman Smith Baxter commended the town for its “very handsome donation”.

On Sept. 19 The Journal also re-ported that “the president of one of our most important chartered banks” had given, as his considered opinion, the view that “the great European con� ict must more or less consume itself with-in 60 to 90 days,” since the cost in busi-ness, men and money was “almost in-calculable”. Despite this optimism, however, a preliminary meeting was held in Ashcroft on Sept. 23 to discuss starting a war fund. A follow-up meet-ing on Sept. 28 was attended by “a very large number of citizens, includ-ing a great many of the ladies, some of whom have taken an active interest in

the work.” It was de-cided that all funds collected in Ashcroft and area would be donated to the Can-adian Patriotic Fund “for the assistance of wives and fam-ilies of those soldiers who have gone to the front”.

Despite the grav-ity of the meeting’s subject, the atten-dees made room for some enjoyment. “A short but very enter-taining program was

rendered by some of the local gift-ed ones, among which was an orches-tral selection by Mr. C.E. Gooding and Mrs. W.M. Huston; a solo by J. Burr; a speech by the Revd. W. Sandilands; and solos by Messrs R. Gilbert and the Revd. Bennett.”

The war still seemed very far away, as those at home awaited news from soldiers who had departed for the Canadian base at Valcartier, Que-bec and thence to Europe. Cumming could even make a small joke of it, in the paper of Sept. 26, writing of a news item headlined “Austrians cap-ture Semlin” that “We did not know the enemy was so near home.” (Sem-lin was the anglicized name of Zemun, a town in Serbia that had been fought over by Austria and Serbia since 1717.) However, this deep-seated ani-mosity between neighbouring coun-tries in Europe hit home in the B.C. in-terior when, on Oct. 5, four Serbians were held on suspicion of the murder of a 42-year-old Austrian near Ques-nel. The Journal reported that “it is be-lieved the crime was committed as a result of racial hatred”.

At last Ashcroft received news from the front, when a postcard from

local recruit Alan Barclay was re-ceived by his fath-er. Barclay, on board the HMS Bacchante, wrote “Am still going strong. The rest of our squadron was sunk while we were re� tting.”

An indica-tion that the war would probably not be over in the immediate future came when Ot-tawa announced, on Oct. 19, that the of� cers commanding Canada’s six military divisions had been ordered to start work at once on recruiting 15,000 infantry volunteers. “It can be safe-ly assumed,” it was announced, “that a practically unlimited number of infan-try can be made use of by the War Of-� ce.”

On Oct. 31 it was reported that Wal-hachin was still “anxiously awaiting the � rst mail from the men who have gone to war, and are now in training on Salisbury Plain.” A week later, how-ever, Ashcroft residents heard from another one of their own: 27-year-old James Rennie Rae, who before his en-listment had been a clerk at the post of-� ce in Ashcroft. Rae, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, had come to Ashcroft in 1910, and was one of the � rst locals to sign up. His letter, writ-ten aboard the SS Lapland, was sent to R.D. Cumming, and published in the paper (credited to “The Journal special war correspondent”) on Nov. 7, 1914.

“With plenty of leisure aboard this luxurious liner, I thought I might write a few lines which might interest you, and, through the Journal, my friends in Ashcroft.

‘Land of our birth, our faith, our

prideFor whose dear sake our fathers

diedO Motherland, we pledge to theeHead, heart and hand through years

to be.’“It is all summed up in the forego-

ing verse, the reason why we are here on our way to the Motherland, ready and anxious to do our little. Most of the of� cers and men of the 54th Battalion are from the Prairie, and all have had experience of a varied character.

“We have had a most pleasant voy-age to date and the sight of the � eet in the sunlight each morning has been right glorious to behold. Passing ships have sent us pleasant greetings, and the alert British bulldogs ahead, astern, and on our � anks have enabled us to sleep peacefully in our berths, and each night, without even a thought of danger.

“Paddy Keating is with me in the 5th Battalion, and he is a very smart soldier; his polished appearance and shining morning face would rejoice the hearts of his old friends on Railway Avenue, to whom he sends his kind re-gards.

“Give my best regards to mutual friends. J. Rennie Rae, 5th Battalion, 2nd Brigade.”

Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal, November 06, 2014

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