www.100milefreepress.

net 100 Mile House Free Press Thursday, December 20, 2018 B3
B4 Thursday, December 20, 2018 100 Mile House Free Press www.100milefreepress.net

W
elcome to the 2018 100 Mile Free Press Christmas supplement titled A Christmas Story.
At the 100 Mile Free Press, we
In this year’s edition, we’ve done our best to show off our outstanding community.
wish everybody a very Merry
This year, you’ll see art from local artists, tough Christmas questions answered by
Christmas, filled with family,
community members, a bake-off winning recipe to try out for your Christmas baking,
friends and great meals with good
“unique” interviews, some of our local Christmas spirit, and of course church greetings.
health and lots of laughter.
Finally, this year we finish it all off with a truly orginal Christmas story.

Top left and bottom right: Lynne Flanders

Left: Peter Kruse
Top Right: Bobbie Crane
Above: Neil Pinkett
A huge thank you goes to all artists who submitted
their work. We have an amazing local art community.

Publisher: Martina Dopf Advertising: J ayme Klingbell and Caitlyn Edge

Editor: Max Winkelman Office Staff: Sara Komer
Reporter: Brendan Kyle Jure Front Cover: Kathy Crawshay
Production: Evan Fentiman, Kerri Mingo and Debbie Theoret

Wishing you all

Health, Happiness and
Peace this Holiday
Season and throughout
the coming year!

We would like to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas Williams Lake Office:

and a happy and prosperous New Year. #102-383 Oliver Street
Thank you for the pleasure of serving you throughout the year. Williams Lake, B.C.
V2G 1M4

LICENSED
Donna Barnett
MLA for Cariboo-Chilcotin
AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS
& MAINTENANCE Toll Free: 1 (866) 305-3804 • Phone: (250) 305-3800 • Fax: (250) 305-3808
778-482-1959 • krankysgarage.ca • 924 Alpine Ave.,100 Mile House Email: Donna.Barnett.MLA@leg.bc.ca • Website: www.DonnaBarnettMLA.bc.ca
www.100milefreepress.net 100 Mile House Free Press Thursday, December 20, 2018 B5

Afrikaans (South Africa, Namibia)

cook
How do you What would
a turkey? you like to put on a
 Christmas
Christ tree?
Thomas
Meade
You kill it. Take the
stuff out you don’t
old
How
do you think
Colby
Santa Cherniwchan
want. In the oven and
with a pan.
A firetruck decoration and

is?
transformers.

Bentley Macy
Lipsett Cunningham
Light bulbs, some candy
You catch it. You canes, a star on top and

Jayden
roast it on the fake snowballs.
barbecue.

Kasper
9 years olds

Kiana
Kolton Rempel
McGeough Bulbs and a
few stars on it.
Ballerinas and
We have to cook it in a a hummingbird.
pot. We have to put it up Adult bulbs and
to put it up to numbers
and wait for it to cook and Marlon dad’s coke bottle.

VanMonical
then we eat it.

12 years old

s
Season’s Ouroubesatndwishe
Wishing you & yours warmest
holiday wishes & the very
Greetings best in 2019! to yrs this
you ay
and o enjoy
Take time t d friends
holidon.
All the Very Best in 2019 Julie an
your familyoliday season.
seas
h
during the Christmas.
from all of Sarah
Renovations
y
Residential
us at From all of us at JJ’s, Mer r Agricultural
uimond
aG
Wendy

nn
from Dea
We thank you for your business!
Trusses, Floor Joists, Glulam Beams,
Suspended Slabs, Decks,
Window/Door Headers
Canada’s & Ledgers
Mortgage Experts™
250-395-2292 Clothing, Jewellery, Gifts, Home Decor & More! deannaguimond@invis.ca
Engineered Wood Specialists
#1 - 325 Birch Avenue #3 - 205 Birch Ave. Across from Royal Bank #96 Cariboo Hwy 97 (Inside Royal LePage) Contact: Sue Connaty 250-644-8499
100 Mile House 250.395.6070
• Local • Service • Selection • Value
www.facebook@
jjshomeinsprations 250-395-1912 sue@kamloopstruss.ca
www.kamloopstruss.ca
7251 Levick Rd.
Interlakes Corner, Hwy 24
B6 Thursday, December 20, 2018 100 Mile House Free Press www.100milefreepress.net

German

An exclusive interview
with Santa’s Elves

Max Winkelman
100 Mile Free Press
Free Press editor Max
a few rich elves who don’t
work much that get them
all dressed up for the season
and then run them into the
reindeer in front of them.
there’s always a load of free
baked goods so that’s really
all that I’m after.
Perky: Back when I start-
ed, there was a real shortage
“
of press releases but nobody
ever uses them. And I mean,
who can blame them. No-
body wants to read about
the goings-on at the North

Dash
Winkelman spent a few
minutes chatting with some
of the elves as they stopped
in 100 Mile House for the
Santa Claus Parade.
MW: How’s the Christ-
mas season going?
Dash: Things have really
changed in the last years.
Kids still want presents
but we’re getting fewer and
fewer letters. That makes it
really hard to know what
they want. Also, those of
us who don’t go on tour,
and instead spend their
time making toys, are a lit-
tle worried Santa’s going to
Frost move the toy manufacturing
away from the North Pole.
He says heating costs are
just getting to be too high.
MW: Oh, wow. I had no
idea.
Frost: Dash always ex-
aggerates a little. I’m sure
that things will be just fine.
Besides moving toy pro-
duction would be so much
effort we’d all have jobs in
the logistics of it.
MW: How about for you
travelling elves, what’s your
biggest concern?
Perky: The insurance
rate on reindeer just keeps
Perky going up and up. There are
Then they claim the injury
money and us average elves
end up having to pay more.
Dash: Santa’s changed a
little too. Forty years ago,
he took a bit of a back seat
to going to church and cel-
ebrating the birth of Jesus.
He’s been working very hard
on stealing the spotlight
and with all the parade’s
he’s sometimes a little full
of himself.
Frost: I actually love tour-
ing and taking care of the
reindeer. I just live for the
smell of reindeer and see-
ing all the smiling children’s
faces is a treat unto itself.
MW: How do you decide
on a career path as an elf ?
Dash: Well, you used to
just learn from your mom
or dad and that’s what you’d
end up doing but now you
need at least a university de-
gree. Even then, you might
struggle to find a decent
job. You pretty much end
up working in whatever
department Santa has an
opening.
Frost: I just really want-
ed to work with the touring
department because back at
headquarters it’s the most
open concept office. Also,
of elves and our small shop
really started booming. You
could pretty much work in
any department you want-
ed. I chose the touring de-
partment just to get away
from the wife once a year.
MW: Has anything else
changed significantly work-
ing for Santa in recent years?
Dash: Well, we used to be
a unionized shop but there
were too many concerns
that if we went on strike
that La Befana, Belsnick-
el or Ded Moroz and the
Snow Maiden would take
over from Santa.
Frost: I for one think
things have really improved.
From a safety perspective,
for example, every elf that
works with the reindeer
get a safety reinforced hat,
when it comes to lifting re-
ally heavy packages we have
a work-safe policy in place
and we have a set amount
of time for each delivery.
You know exactly what to
expect each day and I really
like that.
MW: What do you do the
rest of the year when you’re
not on tour?
Perky: Oh, Santa makes
us send out a whole bunch
Pole in June.
MW: Tell me Dash, are
there any good new toys on
Things have really
the horizon?
Dash: I liked the older changed in the last
toys better. Those wood toys
would last forever and they
were a lot better for chil- years. Kids still want
dren’s development. There’s
not much going on currently presents but we’re
that’s very exciting.
Frost: That’s not true at
all! There are all kinds of getting fewer and
awesome toys being worked
on. When I was leaving, I
saw a straw that you could fewer letters. That
put straight through your
ears and then when you makes it really hard
drink a frosty drink straight
it would send you a message
with exactly how much of a to know what they
brain freeze you got.
MW: That sounds….
great? Is there anything else
want. “
you would like to share?
Perky: Well there’s been
plenty of naughty children
in the South Cariboo but
with coal going out of fash-
ion due to climate change
we’re not sure what we
should put in their socks.
We’d really appreciate peo-
ple giving us some feed-
back on what we should
give the naughty children
instead.

We wish all our customers

Findlay Meats
Your Meat Specialists Domestic & Wild Game Processing

and friends a very Warmest Wishes to All

Merry Christmas and a healthy This Holiday Season!
and prosperous New Year! We look forward to serving all your
meat processing needs in 2019.

• Custom Cut & Wrap (Domestic & Game)

• Sausage Making
• Curing
House, BC • Retail Sales
mid Rd., 100 Mile
#3 - 221A McDer 250-395-2950
heritagesignworks1@gmail.com 250-395-2578 590 Horse Lake Road, Box 1794,
100 Mile House, BC, V0K 2E0
Closed for Winter Break
Will reopen Tues., Feb. 5/19.
www.100milefreepress.net 100 Mile House Free Press Thursday, December 20, 2018 B7

The Absolutely
Impossible
Christmas Quiz
Welcome to the 100 Mile Free Press’ Absolutely Impossible Christmas Quiz. As
the title says, it’s absolutely impossible so if you’re expecting to get an “A” grade,
you’ve got another thing coming, even if you’ve crammed for this all year.

Question 1: Question 4:
To approximately Charles Dickens wrote
Question 7:
What are you not allowed
how many children and first published A to do with a tree that
under the age of 14 Christmas Carol in 1843. you cut with a permit on
did Santa Claus deliver What was the special and Crown Land?
presents in 100 Mile close connection to 100
House in 2016? Mile House at that time?
Question 8:
Question 2:
In thousands of
Question 5:
If you cut down a tree
How many children
attended the Santa
Breakfast in the 108 last
kilometres, how far is in the 100 Mile House year?
100 Mile House from the cemetery to use as your
North Pole? Christmas tree, what’s the
maximum fine you could
face?
Question 8: 91
Question 7: Sell it
Question 6: 5 metres
Question 3:
In 1988, what did Grade 1 Question 6:
student Lindsay Valcourt If you get a permit for
Answers:

Question 5: $2,000
say Santa’s mom did not cutting a Christmas tree
one.
Question 4: This was a trick question. There wasn’t
Question 3: She doesn’t have time to watch TV have time to do? on Crown Land, what’s the
Question 2: 4,000 km. maximum height of tree
you are allowed to cut?
Question 1: About 245 children.

istmas
Merry Chr d healthy
Family, friends and food are the
key ingredients for a festive holiday ppy an
season. May this celebratory time of and a ha to all of you,
year bring you much joy and cheer, New Year ou for letting
ky
and may this be the start and than our business
m as me use y nvas!
e r r y Ch r i s t
M from www.ourkitchencorner.ca
to a wonderful year.
as my ca

Our Kitchen Corner CHRISTMAS HOURS:

Creating Joy In Art
Dec. 21: 9:30am - 7:00pm • Dec. 22: 9:30am - 7:00pm • Dec. 23: 11:00am - 4:00pm
250-791-6709 hm
• Dec. 24: 9:30am - ?? • Closed Dec. 25 & 26 250-706-8265 cell
#2 - 355 Birch Ave. 100 Mile House • 778-482-COOK creatingjoyinart@gmail.com
B8 Thursday, December 20, 2018 100 Mile House Free Press www.100milefreepress.net

Cantonese

“Always winter, never Christmas”

That’s a line out of carols, no breaks from leader before or since, Harvard or Yale and this Christmas, when perhaps, that night,
C.S. Lewis’ classic novel, school in December, no Jesus taught with au- much of the very good does it become yours? the most dejected and
The Lion, the Witch & staff parties, and no rea- thority on how to love you experience every When you reach out reluctant convert in all
the Wardrobe, which no son to take in a church and serve our neigh- day would be totally and actually receive it. England” (C.S. Lewis,
doubt many of us in the service on Dec. 24… in bours. The early Chris- missing. In one of his books, Surprised by Joy, p. 228-
Cariboo can relate to. fact, no real reason for tian communities lived But more than all Lewis said he came into 229) peace. Teach me Your
However, can you a church at all! And, it out by serving widows that, without Christ- Christianity “kicking When Lewis decided ways. Come into my life.
really imagine what the December would be and orphans; they were mas, there would be and screaming.” He to follow Jesus, it was Help me to know Jesus
world would be like if one long, cold, boring the first to build hospi- no Christ. Take Christ said “You must picture like the ice melted from today. Amen.”
there’d never been a month in the Cariboo! tals and orphanages, out of Christmas and me alone in that room, his heart. He came to And then go about
Christmas? We know Jesus of founding most of the all you’re left with is a night after night, feel- Christmas, and Christ- getting to know Him.
I mean, we would Nazareth was like- world’s charities in- “mas” or a mess! Christ ing, whenever my mind mas came to him. Read one of the Gos-
have no family feasts, ly born in April not cluding the Red Cross, came not because we lifted even for a second And so, Christmas pels. Check out a
no holiday traditions, December, but when the Salvation Army, needed an entertainer, from my work, the can come to you this church.
no Christmas trees or Christmas breaks in World Relief, World Vi- or a politician, or even steady, unrelenting ap- year, too if you would Find out what Easter
Santa Claus parades, on the scene the second sion, Samaritan’s Purse, a religious leader for proach of Him whom I simply give in, admit has to do with Christ-
Moonlight Madness, after Halloween, it still Food for the Hungry that matter. He came so earnestly desired not God is God and ask mas. Because guess
no beautiful Hallmark stands as representa- and Compassion In- because we needed a to meet. That which I the Christ of Christmas what, Easter was a very
movies or favourites like tive of His birth, which ternational. Saviour. He came for greatly feared had at into your life. real thing too.
It’s a Wonderful Life, like it or not, really did Without Christ’s the world, yes, but the last come upon me. I Pray like this: “Dear
Merry Christmas Char- change history as we birth, education would world can only receive gave in, and admitted God, I need You. I want Rick Barker
lie Brown or The Grinch. know it. be very different - no Him personally. Like if that God was God, You. I’m sorry for doing Cariboo Christian
No Christmas cards, no Unlike any religious Oxford, Cambridge, someone gives you a gift and knelt and prayed: it all by myself. Give me Life Fellowship

God’s Christmas humility A Blessed

Christmas and
It’s amazing how that and intentionally reflect- be incurred. But she was this God was working human life that has ever
first Christmas reflected ing this amazing humility! also told that “He will be and orchestrating His been lived, then suffer
not only the love of God, The supporting cast great, and will be called purposes through the and die as our substitute

a prosperous
but the indescribably whom God worked the Son of the Most same kind of humble in order to save us from
perfect humility which through in all of this, for High. The Lord God circumstances and peo- our sins and give us His
flowed out of that love. example, were people in will give him the throne ple when He called and resurrected eternal life in

As the scripture says in
Philippians, Jesus, “Who,
being in very nature God,
did not consider equality
with God something to
be used to his own ad-
vantage: rather, he made
Himself nothing by tak-
ing the very nature of a
servant…” And so we see
everything else surround-
ing the circumstances of
His coming that first
Christmas quite naturally
the humblest of circum-
stances, but yet chosen
by a God who looks
at the condition of the
heart. When God sent
the angel to a young un-
married peasant girl an-
nouncing that she would
conceive and have a son,
Mary humbly submitted
to God’s will even though
she must have known
something of the cost,
and the stigma that would
of His father David, and
He will reign over Jacob’s
descendents forever. His
Kingdom will never end.”
(Luke 1:32,33)
And when Jesus’ birth
happened in a lowly man-
ger, it was first announced
to the most insignificant
folks; shepherds watching
their flocks by night. And
speaking of insignificant
shepherds, about a thou-
sand years before all of
chose a young shepherd
boy named David to be
King of Israel and part of
the genealogy of Jesus, so
that one of the many titles
of this “Son of the Most
High” would also be the
“son of David.”
In other words, the Son
of God also became the
Son of Man for us by
coming to us as a human
being, in human flesh,
to live the only perfect
His glorious Kingdom - if
we believe this good news
and are willing to receive
it by receiving Him as our
Lord , Savior and King!
This is the ultimate “hap-
pily ever after” ending to
the ultimate “Cinderella”
story come true…may it
be yours this Christmas!
Pastor Bruce Wilcox
Cariboo Presbyterian
Church
New Year
Christmas is often called the
most wonderful time of the year
for many reasons. For instance,
it is the time that we perceive and
experience the beauty of our lovely
Cariboo environment; beauty that
is brought out more vividly by the
crispiness of the fresh air and the
whiteness of the snow.
Primarily, Christmas is a time we
celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ
who invites us to give love, show

Merry Christmas
love, share love and be loved. Lov-
ing and being loved is what makes
our community and entire universe
a wonderfully perfect place to live
in.
As we celebrate this most won-
derful time of the year we ask that
God bless us with Quietness of
Mind, Teach us to be Patient and
Raven Judy Dave Apryl Chrissy always to be Kind.
Have a Blessed Christmas and
a prosperous New Year.

W
God Bless,
e wish you and your family from the Staff of Fr Emmanuel
a very Merry Christmas Canlan Ice Sports Onumadu
and a prosperous New Year! South Cariboo Rec. Centre
St Jude Catholic Parish
LIFE YCLE #2-175B Wrangler Way,
100 Mile House
FINANCIAL 385 Cedar 100 Mile House 250-395-2900 250-395-1353
www.100milefreepress.net 100 Mile House Free Press Thursday, December 20, 2018 B9

Dutch/Flemish

I will start with wishing you a
Merry Christmas! This is a
phrase we use and hear often
during this holiday season. But
do we really mean it? Are we
genuinely interested if the one
whom we greet has reason to
be merry? Let us consider those
who have experienced losses and
misfortune this past year for a
moment. Also, when we broaden
our horizon and look at man-
kind around the world, we have
to agree that many people don’t
Merry Christmas
have reason to be merry.
When we use the phrase “I
wish you a Merry Christmas,”
are we interested that our neigh-
bour is well and happy? To fig-
ure that out, we must look into
ourselves. It happens that we
are occupied with ourselves:
our successes and defeats, com-
mitments, and everyday lives.
Are we willing to make room
for what we celebrate at Christ-
mas? God became man in Jesus
Christ. But Jesus did not remain
as a baby. He grew up and taught
us. Are we only willing then to
make room for a memory, or for
Christ’s teachings too?
What did Jesus teach us? That
we can’t only depend on our-
selves. That we can share what
we have with others, and that we
can forgive and reconcile with
each other; that we can accept
and love our neighbour; that we
have a genuine interest in the
well-being of people around
us! However, this isn’t what we
always see happening around
us. People marginalize and di-
vide others into friends and
foes.
Let us make room for who and
what we celebrate this season
and practice it!
Then our wishing Merry
Christmas isn’t a trivial phrase,
but a well-meant and meaning-
ful wish. It will also be received
as such!
Bernd Hedtfeld
New Apostolic Church

The gift of Christmas

T here is something very wrong
in the world today. A bro-
kenness pervades every aspect
of human existence. No matter
how we try to convince ourselves
that we are essentially good, or
make things right, we seem to get
it all wrong. The Bible calls the
wrong we do sin. The brokenness
and corruption we see started with
the very first man and woman,
when they rebelled against their
Creator. As a result of this rebel-
lion, a death penalty was placed
on them along with all of their
children, including us.
Around 700 BC, an ancient
prophet spoke about a future
hope for the world. Isaiah pro-
claimed, “The people who walk in
darkness will see a great light; on
those who live in a land of deep
darkness a light will shine.” He
said this light would be a man who
would walk on the earth. Isaiah
predicted the government would
rest on this child’s shoulders. His
name would be called Wonderful
Counsellor, Mighty God, Ever-
lasting Father and the Prince of
Peace.
Many hundreds of years later,
there were shepherds staying in
the fields, guarding their flocks
of sheep. An angel of the Lord
appeared among them and an-
nounced that a Saviour had been
born in the city of Bethlehem.
This baby Jesus grew up, and by
his life example taught people
what God was like. Jesus came
into the world because of the love
that our Creator has for us. He
was born to bring humanity a very
precious, important gift. This gift
was God’s pathway to forgiveness
and eternal life. In a world filled
with wickedness and darkness, he
came as the light of God’s righ-
teousness. The one who created
the universe and set the stars in
their places humbled himself and
was born to pay the price for the
world’s rebellion. After showing
us what God was like, He gave
himself as a sacrifice on the cross.
In a world full of sinners, Jesus
permitted the shedding of his own
blood to pay the penalty of sin.
All we have to do to receive God’s
gift is to truly believe in Jesus and
to follow him. The Bible presents
a very clear path on what this
means. For those who receive him,
Jesus brings forgiveness, freedom,
and reconciliation to God. This
is the world’s ultimate gift and is
the true meaning of Christmas.
Pastor Clint Lange
Hillside Community Church

A message from the people of St. Timothy’s Anglican Church

H ere we are again in the
season of turkey and
eggnog, holly and lights, fam-
ily gatherings and community
celebrations. Here we are in the
season when we are particular-
ly called to kindness, generosity
and goodwill. It is the season of
giving and this community is so
generous with its gifts as witness,
the Food Bank and Loaves and
Fishes, Coats for All and the Free
Store. Some of the best gifts that
we can give are free: a smile, a
kind word, a helping hand. They
may not be gift wrapped but they
come from the heart. Yet, while
we are in the midst of so much
that is cheering and positive,
we are also hearing through the
news of so much that is alarm-
ing and depressing. The mixed
messages from the world around
us can leave us troubled and con-
fused.
Is the joy and goodwill of the
Christmas season something that
will soon be packed away with
the ornaments and lights?
Christmas church services can
help us to deal with the contrasts
and contradictions. We can hear
again the 2000-year-old good
news that is always new and
always good. The baby in the
manger grew up to personify
love, benevolence, forgiveness,
generosity, courage and hope.
We learned from him that these
things are essential elements of
God’s plan for humanity, not
something temporary or illusory.
Come and share in our church
services this Christmas and help
us to welcome the good news
together. We hold a candlelight
service on Christmas Eve at 7
p.m. and a quiet simple service
on Christmas Day at 10:30 a.m.
We wish you peace and joy in
your hearts and pray for peace
and joy in the world.
St. Timothy’s Anglican
Church

During this special time of year, May Christmas and the

our whole team would like to wish our wonderful new year bring wonderful
customers a very merry Christmas and a healthy moments to you all.
and prosperous New Year. Many thanks from Garth's Electric
Store Hours Pharmacy Hours for your patronage in 2018 and
Monday, Dec. 24th 7am – 6pm Monday, Dec. 24th 9am – 6pm
Christmas Day, Dec. 25th Closed Christmas Day, Dec. 25th Pharmacy Closed we are hoping to help you with
Boxing Day, Dec. 26th 8am – 6pm    Boxing Day, Dec. 26th Pharmacy Closed all your electrical needs
Monday, Dec. 31st 7am – 6pm Monday, Dec. 31st 9am – 6pm
New Year’s Day 8am – 6pm New Year’s Day  Pharmacy Closed
in the years to come.

Power Lines, Electrical Installations and Retail Outlet

Locally owned and operated since 1981.
STORE HOURS:
250-395-2545 Monday - Friday
OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 7:00am-10:00pm • Coach House Square Hwy. 97, 100 Mile House www.garthselectric.ca • Industrial Rd., 100 Mile House 7:30am - 5:00pm
B10 Thursday, December 20, 2018 100 Mile House Free Press www.100milefreepress.net

Danish

Our Christmas crossword puzzle is not just any crossword puzzle.

The 100 Mile House Free Press It’s got a hidden sentence. Can you figure out what it is?

Christmas Crossword
Across:
1. Single number
4. C
9. Harry and Marv, e.g.
10. 5,280 foot
12. Buddy Holly song
14. Not more than
17. Best not built out of straw or
sticks
18. They say it’s All Right Now
19. City in Iraq
21. To allow
22. Distribute ideas worth spreading
23. Head of some Islamic countries
25. A good Christmas tree
27. Tree also known as wattles
30. Merry Christmas by Mariah
Carey, e.g.
33. Santa when played by Billy Bob
Thornton
35. The fourth estate
37. Seen in wallets and on lakes
38. Something that jingles
39. Moving to a location
40. Famous Mars
42. Type of sense
43. Opening to a famous idiom about
cows
44. Type of wood decay
46. James Bond
47. Saviour
50. Rare synonym for mothers
53. Hominoidea
55. Daughter of Aeetes
56. River in Sussex
57. Geometrical figure consisting
of two intersecting lines or bars
60. Syntactic arrangement
62. Type of linen or cotton fabric
63. Past principle of lie
64. Won the Battle of Britain
65. Multiple souls
66. Adult male
9. Characteristic of Lloyd Christmas
and Harry Dunne
10. Maine
11. Type of soil, contains sand, silt
and clay
13. But nevertheless
15. Helium
16. Part of a machine worked by foot
20. Rainbow
24. Sugary fluid
25. Characteristic of a joke
26. Common contraction
28. A close friend
29. City in Piedmont region of Italy
30. White religious garb
31. God
32. Middle class
33. To lie scattered
34. Type of beer
36. Hot bright orb, Spanish
41. Lord of the Rings race
43. Famous Pixar movie
45. SI unit of electrical resistance
46. Rogers Arena, Scotiabank Arena,
Old Trafford, e.g.
48. Golden calf, plural
49. A town in Hiroshima prefecture,
also a component of blood
50. Ritual gesture in Hinduism
51. R egional intergovernmental or-
ganization in Asia
52. Slave in the feudal system
53. Main division of a play
54. Used in movies and plays
56. Oregon
58. Cunning
59. Abbreviated unit of time
61. Always ___ my mind

Down
1. Very odd, French
2. Well known
3. Yelled by lumberjacks
4. German state, contains Frankfurt
5. Homer Simpson catch phrase
6. 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
7. Cheerful
8. Medical quantity

To our Friends and Neighbours

in the Cariboo
May the Beauty of Nature
Brighten your Holidays.
Peace and Joy to All
From the
From the council,
staff and members
of the Tsq’escen (Canim Lake Band)
www.100milefreepress.net 100 Mile House Free Press Thursday, December 20, 2018 B11

Greenlandic

Christmas Questions:
What’s your favourite Christmas
memory and what are you doing
this year?

Helen Stone
Vera Sturmey “Years ago, when we had the chil-
dren [and they were] young. Hiding

Helen Desjarlais
“It goes a way back. A couple of their presents on them on Christ-
years stick out... We used to own the mas Eve. Trying to find hiding plac-
restaurant [Ralph’s in Lac la Hache] es for them in the house and then

“I guess when all my children were
little babies, you know, and all the family
had babies. To watch all these little ones
come in, I love that. Now it’s just adults.
Well, we have a couple of babies but it’s
too far away to come.”
Helen said that this year she’s going to
all the bake sales to buy baking.
Jeffrey Newman
It’s all about spending it with
people you like, he says
Jeffrey said he’s got a lot of
Christmas decorations up all
around the house and will have a
nice Christmas dinner.
and did all that work for them. Had
Christmas dinner for them or what-
ever.”
She says they used to dress it up
and make gingerbread homes.
“We did everything. There was a
lot of people that didn’t have Christ-
mas so we had them for Christmas.”
For this year, she says, she just
hopes it’s a nice one.
disguising their presents in different
shape boxes so they wouldn’t know
what was in the boxes.”
She says she’s looking forward to
Christmas this year and will proba-
bly be going to her son and daugh-
ter in laws’ with her great grandson
and children there.

L & A DEVELOPMENT CORP.

The Pinkney’s would like to wish all of
our tenants & customers a Happy & Prosperous New Year.
The
Lakeland Cedar Crest Cutting Room
Vet Clinic SHRUBS Hair Studio
New Apostolic Donna Barnett,
Church MLA
Stolz
CHARTERED PROFESSIONALACCOUNTANT

CENTURY
Richard Meyer Home Hardware

Thank You For Supporting Our Tenants And Shopping In Your Home Town!
• 205 (Birch Place) • 530 & 536 Horse Lake Road (Uptown Plaza) • 488 Birch (Century Building)
Spaces for Lease: Spaces for lease: Lots Of Parking Call Maureen Pinkney:
400 - 3000 sq. ft. 300 - 9,700 sq. ft. High Ceilings 250-395-0462
Birch Place, 2nd Floor Uptown Plaza Reasonable Rates mpinkney@telus.net
B12 Thursday, December 20, 2018 100 Mile House Free Press www.100milefreepress.net

Shuswap

How old do you think Santa is?

Hunter Daniels Jordan
60 years old
Boyce-Archie
Jay-lee
102 years old

Meldrum-Dick Cylias Daniels

150 years old

Christ
31 years old

Bluebird Daniel
I don’t know
Woman Dick
41 years old
Isabelle Terry
65 years old

Austin Dakota Boyce

Boyce-Archie
17 years old
100 years old

There seemed to be near uni-

Kenny versal agreement among the
students that you cook a turkey
Truran-Yamelst
41 years old
in the oven, that ornaments go
on a Christmas tree and that if
there’s one thing they’d like to
put on it’s a star.

Thank you for your

continued business
and friendship GSPN
UIF
$BSJCPP
3FHJPOBM
%JTUSJDU
this past year.
WůĞĂƐĞŶŽƚĞŽƵƌZŽĨĨŝĐĞƐŝŶtŝůůŝĂŵƐ>ĂŬĞ͕
From all of us at Integra Tire, ϭϬϬ DŝůĞ ĂŶĚ YƵĞƐŶĞů ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐůŽƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ
arman
Dave Wne
we wish you a Merry Christmas   
ŚŽůŝĚĂLJƐ  ĨƌŽŵ dƵĞƐĚĂLJ͕ ĞĐ͘ Ϯϱ ƚŽ dƵĞƐĚĂLJ͕
Ow r :ĂŶ͘ϭ͘dŚĞŽĨĨŝĐĞƐǁŝůůƌĞͲŽƉĞŶŽŶtĞĚŶĞƐĚĂLJ͕
Plewes
Richard ne Office Man
ille
Dylan Mevager and a Happy, Healthy, and $FMFCSBUJOH


:ĂŶ͘ Ϯ͘  ŽŶƚĂĐƚ LJŽƵƌ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ůŝďƌĂƌLJ ĨŽƌ

ZFBST

PG
QSPWJEJOH

Ow r
MPDBM
HPWFSONFOU

Prosperous New Year!

TFSWJDFT
JO
PVS
SFHJPO

ƚŚĞŝƌŚŽůŝĚĂLJŚŽƵƌƐ͘

ΛĂƌŝZ
ĐĂƌŝƌĚ͘ĐĂ ĨĂĐĞŬ͘ĐŽŵͬĐĂƌŝƌĞŐŝŽŶ

Never a Christmas morning,

never an old year ends…
but someone thinks of someone,
old days, old times, old friends.
Best Wishes for a Joyous Holiday Season
from everyone at
+
100 MILE FEED & RANCH SUPPLY LTD.
“MUCH MORE THAN JUST A FEED STORE”
Store Hours: Mon. - Sat. 9:00am - 5:00pm
1/4 mile up Exeter Rd. • 250-395-2408 • www.100milefeed.com
699 Alder Ave • 100 Mile House
778-482-5443 • www.integratire.com
www.100milefreepress.net 100 Mile House Free Press Thursday, December 20, 2018 B13

Hindi

Disagreement amongst
judges at bake-off
Despite strong dis-
agreement amongst
judges at the annual
100 Mile Free Press
Bake Off, a winner was
selected.
The 100 Mile Free
Press’ own Jayme
Klingbell won the com-
petition with Mocha
Crinkle Cookies.
Cariboo-Chilcotin
MLA Donna Barnett
seemed to take on the
role of unofficial leader-
ship amongst the three
And next year, I hope
we see this table burst-
ing with more people
entering,” she said.
“The reason two of
us picked the winning
entry was the flavour
and the consistency.
The flavour in that
cookie just burst out
in your mouth. It’s
amazing. Every other
one was great. The
RCMP had a lot of
trouble making a deci-
sion as usual. He picked
himself.
“I did enjoy all the
pieces. My personal
favourite was rejected
by the other two judg-
es which was highly
questionable in their
decision-making skills
and I feel that some of
the judges’ taste buds
have diminished, pos-
sibly with age.”
Nielsen said there was
a need for a forum with
blind voting.
“I think this whole
the law enforcement to
Jayme Klingbell is presented
with the winning trophy, a
rolling pin, by judges Staff
Sgt. Svend Nielsen (left),
talk?” Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna
The third judge, 100 Barnett and 100 Mile Fire
Mile House fire chief Chief Roger Hollander.
Roger Hollander, tried Max Winkelman photo.
to ease tensions.
“I wanna thank ev-
eryone that contrib-
uted to the bake-off. I
n k y o u t o a l l of
Tha ers for your
think this is the Stanley
Cup of the bake-offs,
to be honest with you.
I think it’s fantastic. our customd support.
The entries were just
continue orward to
We lookinf the future!
impeccable and I think
we got it right. I think

judges.”
“The entries were
great. Great presen-
tation. Very tasty and
you know it’s a lot of
fun and goes to a good
charity, a good cause.
Mocha Crinkle Cookies
(The winning recipe)
Ingredients:
serving you
a good one but not as presence of a dignified the judges got it right
good as this one,” she politician could be a this year. I think it was
said referring to RCMP problem in the future.” a tough call but I think
Staff Sgt. Svend Niel- During the interview we got it right at the end Wishing you all a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
sen. with Nielsen, Barnett of the day. From all the staff at The 108 Supermarket
Nielsen had a thing jumped in. The event raised $150
or two to say about that “Is that anyway for for the Women’s Centre. POST OFFICE HOURS: December Only
MON. - FRI. 9 - 5:15 SAT. 10 - 2
250-791-6699
Instructions: Located in the 108 Mall Easzee Dr.,
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 108 Mile Ranch
In a mixing bowl, add flour, cocoa powder,
espresso powder, salt and baking soda. Sift

½ cup All-purpose flour
½ cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ cup Sugar +1 tbsp granulated
¼ cup Brown sugar +1 tbsp
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 tbsp Instant espresso powder
3 tbsp Butter melted and cooled
¼ tsp Salt
¼ tsp Baking soda
1 Egg White from a large egg
Extra granulated sugar for rolling
cookie dough balls
Merry Christmas
all these ingredients and keep aside.
In another mixing bowl, cream together
butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, egg
white and vanilla extract.
Add the sifted flour mixture into the wet ingredients.
Mix everything until you have a crumbly mixture.
At this point, stop the mixer and knead the mixture with your hands into a ball of dough. If the
dough is still a little dry and crumbly, add some milk or water (1 tsp at a time) to the dough
From our families to yours.
and knead again.
Take portions of the dough and roll into balls roughly 1.5 inches big.
Roll them in a plate full of granulated sugar.
Place the cookie balls on a cookie tray lined with parchment paper and chill in the fridge for
at least 30 minutes
Bake at 350 degrees for about 8-10 minutes or until the sides are slightly crispy.
Let the cookies cool down on a cookie tray. Then, store them in an airtight plastic container at
room temperature for up to 3 days.

With heartfelt gratitude for the pleasure

of serving you this past year,
we hope everyone enjoys a very
happy and healthy holiday season!

Cariboo Mall International 250-395-2481

B14 Thursday, December 20, 2018 100 Mile House Free Press www.100milefreepress.net

Japanese

The local Christmas spirit

Over the past weeks,
South Cariboo residents,
non-profits, charities, soci-
eties and business have all
displayed their Christmas
spirit with everything from
dinners to donations.
Among others, The Ro-
tary Club had their 40th
Annual Christmas Dinner.
“It was fabulous, every-
body was happy. There
were 280 tickets,” said
Linda Jefferson, the pres-
ident of the club.
Roughly 35 people
were involved in making
it happen whether it was
with serving, cooking
and/or other supporting
roles.
“We start [organizing]
two months ahead of time.
There’s a lot of organizing
that goes into doing the
Christmas Dinner – lots of
help, lots of support from
local people. The Rotary
Club organizes the whole
thing though.”
The local realtor offices
collected piles of food and
toys and the Coats for All
program collected more
warm winter coats than
ever, and loads of people
donated clothing or food
to the 100 Mile House
Food Bank, Loaves and
Fishes and the Women’s
Centre among others.
Here are just some pho-
tos of community mem-
bers going out into the
community to step up and
make sure everyone has
the opportunity to have a
Merry Christmas.

ROTARY DINNER Linda Cox and Miriam Livingston roll the dice for the table’s centre piece at the 100 Mile House Rotary

Wishing you a
Christmas Dinner at the Community Hall on Dec. 1. Because it was the 40th year of the dinner, the club decided to make it a
little special by raffling off two Adirondack chairs and having the tables play games. In one game, each member of the table
rolled two dice. The person who rolled the highest number got the centrepiece displayed on the table. Brendan Kyle Jure photo.

Winter Wonderland
May all your trails be snow-covered,
May all your days be bright,
May your sleds be filled with gasoline,
And may you always high-mark
the highest height!

All the very best of the

holiday season to our A HUGE DRIVE Staff and realtors from Royal LePage stand
customers.
Thank you for your
Have yourself a cozy amongst piles and piles of donations. Their annual drive starts
with a donation from the realtors in their office and the com-
patronage in 2018
and we look forward to
little Christmas! munity brings in more and more donations. They then deliver
them out to local charities. Max Winkelman photo.

seeing you in 2019!

Have a wonderful holiday season.

Please ride responsibly and safely.
Serving the South Cariboo
Ph: 250-395-2550
Fax: 250-395-2513
www.performanceallterrain.com
867 Alder Ave. 100 Mile House
Located at the top of the 99 Mile Hill
972A Alpine Ave. 100 Mile House, BC V0K 2E0

JD
250-395-2070 Fax 250-395-2072

’s May the Peace and Joy of Christmas be with you

today and throughout the coming year.
Thank you for your patronage.
Full Service Salon From all of us at JD’s Salon and Frugals Gifts
250-395-2745 For an appointment call: Shelley, Sarah, Shanna,
#3 - 250 Birch Ave. 100 Mile House Georgia, Nikki, Shannon, Karen & Diane
www.100milefreepress.net 100 Mile House Free Press Thursday, December 20, 2018 B15

Malaysia
Bahasa/Malay Selamat Hari Natal
Everything you need
COATS FOR ALL Andrew
Hofmarks shows off just two
for entertaining during the
holiday season.
of the coats they collected.
In total, they got 289 warm
winter coats, compared to 270
in 2017 and 252 in 2016, 161
light coats/vests/sweaters/
hoodies, compared to 119 in
2017 and 56 in 2016, as well
as 35 snow pants and snow
suits, 270 scarves/gloves/
mitts/toques/hats and 43
socks/boots as well as some
miscellaneous items. Max
Winkelman photo.

New everyday low prices!

Open
Cariboo Mall, 100 Mile House, Hwy 97 Every Day
MANY BAGS FULL Remax realtors Arlene Jongbloets and Dave Mingo show of some of the many bags filled with 7AM - 10PM
food that they’ve managed to collect with help from the public. Max Winkelman photo. 250-395-4952

At this special time of year,

we pause to enjoy family and friends.
All of us here at Centennial Law
wish you Season’s Greetings and a Stephanie Kappei and Douglas E . Dent

happy, healthy New Year. Proudly Providing Legal Services to the Cariboo.

CENTENNIAL LAW
DOUGLAS E. DENT
STEPHANIE KAPPEI
Rather than sending out Christmas Cards
at this time of year, the team at Centennial Law Main Office: Interlakes Office:
supports the Royal LePage Christmas Helper Event 2018. #1 - 241 Birch Avenue,
PO Box 2169, (Across from Fields)
7120 Levick Crescent
Phone: 250-593-0118
100 Mile House V0K 2E0 Monday, Wednesday & Friday
from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Ph. 250-395-1080 or by appointment
ded@centenniallaw.com
We will be closed for the Christmas break starting December 24, 2018 stephanie@centenniallaw.com www.centenniallaw.com
and will re-open at 8:30 am on January 2, 2019 • Wir sprechen deutsch. Nous parlons français. •
Come see our ground floor, smoke-free location. Wheelchair accessible.
B16 Thursday, December 20, 2018 100 Mile House Free Press www.100milefreepress.net

Merry Christmas!
From the 100 Mile Free Press Team

M ay the
peace and joy
of the holiday season
stay with you throughout the
entire year.

#3 - 536 Horse Lake Rd. Uptown Plaza

100 Mile House
www.100milefreepress.net 100 Mile House Free Press Thursday, December 20, 2018 B17

The Quest for Winter Gold

An original South
Cariboo Christmas tale

Tale commences on page B17 thru B22

Illustrations by Robyn Ganguin • Story by Max Winkelman

From our Home to Yours…

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
To our customers and friends,
thank you for another
amazing year.
We extend our best wishes
for a joyous
holiday season
Pam, Harley
and the HOME Team!

CENTURY HOME
Hardware 488 Birch Ave. 100 Mile House
250-395-2216
B18 Thursday, December 20, 2018
T
  om was sitting in the restau-
rant eating an early dinner
by himself when his phone
buzzed. For a fleeting moment, the
absolutely smallest of smiles could
be seen in the corners of his mouth
but it was just that, fleeting.
“Merry Christmas from your den-
tist,” Tom’s most recent email read.
Before that, his list of emails included
two more Christmas greetings, one
from his bank and one from his cell
phone provider. Three notifications
that said his bill was ready, from his
bank, cell phone provider and inter-
net provider and an email reminding
him of his next dental cleaning. None
of them were personal emails.
He’d finished hauling his last load
of logs for the week and was eating
dinner as usual. The restaurant was
fairly full but the tables around him
were all empty. Another gentleman
was also sitting by himself checking
his phone. Tom had stared at him for
a bit but the gentleman never looked
up from his phone.
He finished up, gave the waitress a
generous tip and decided to go for a
stroll down Birch Avenue past all the
stores. He didn’t have any shopping to
do but liked seeing all the decorations
and Christmas activity.
Up ahead some young girls were
inviting passersby to come to their
Christmas concert that evening. Tom
let out a deep sigh and crossed the
road before they got to him. Even
another night at home reading a book
seemed better than being ignored at
a big social event. He stared at the
ground as they passed on the other
side of the street. He kept on walk-
ing, dragging his feet a little, before
noticing a cat lying in a windowsill
above one of the shops. He stared
at it for a while before he moved on.
Up ahead, a cashier who’d checked
his groceries and had been really
friendly was walking in his direction.
He smiled but she didn’t notice and
walked right past him.
In one of the stores, a big sign said,
“Christmas lights 30 per cent off.” He
opened the door and walked in. He
picked up two boxes of Christmas
lights and proceeded to the till. He
paid and got into his car.
He paid for the items, got in his
truck and set off on Highway 97. On
the radio, they were reading stave one
of A Christmas Carol. Tom found
for being a HEALTH STAR
South Cariboo
Health Foundation
himself envious of Scrooge who had
a clerk and nephew to talk to. After
a long while, he took a left turn onto
a gravel road. A large red sign noted
“Private property.” Another one in
black and white said “No Trespass-
ing.”
He drove down the gravel road,
which had a solid nearly a foot of
snow on it, for ten to fifteen minutes
before a house emerged. It had the
absolute best Christmas display any-
where in the Cariboo. Out on a hill
beside the house sat a big sleigh with
eight lifesize reindeer in front. The
whole display was covered in white
Christmas lights. With how dark it
was outside, you could have taken a
picture and it would have looked like
it was flying in the night sky.
Where Tom parked his truck, old-
style lanterns lit up the area.
The house itself was absolutely cov-
ered in lights from red ones along the
roof to icicle lights along the window
and more white lights in the shape of
snowmen along the walls. The win-
dows had little elves painted into the
corners.
Right where he took off his boots,
there were two little metal bowls, both
empty. He went into the kitchen and
put the lights on the counter beside
four more boxes of Christmas lights.
There was also a little bit of mail.
A statement from the bank and a
letter that read “thank you for your
donation.” On top of it lay a little
collar that read “Tigger.” In the
whole house, there was not a single
photograph.
He made a cup of tea, sat down
And THANK YOU
100 Mile House Free Press
in his chair and picked up a book.
Tom wasn’t sure how much time
had gone by when he looked up and
saw a light moving at the neighbours’
house across the lake. He grabbed
his binoculars that were sitting on a
shelf and looked out the window. The
light was moving as if someone was
walking around with a flashlight but
he couldn’t see what was going on.
The neighbours had gone to Flor-
ida for the winter and in order to
get to the house at all, you had to
drive by Tom’s first. Furthermore,
there were no other neighbours for
at least five kilometres if not more.
The neighbours were paying Tom a
small fee to keep an eye on their place
while they were gone for the winter.
He put his coat back on, put on his
toque and started up his snowmobile.
Driving over he couldn’t see the
path he’d made the last time he went
over a few days ago. Nor could he see
any fresh tracks of any kind.
When he got to the neighbour’s
house, he stopped outside the yard,
whipped out his binoculars and took
another look. The light was still mov-
ing around in the house. He took
out his hunting rifle and decided to
slowly walk the remaining distance.
When he got to the house, the door
was locked. He looked through the
window but couldn’t see anyone. He
quietly unlocked the door. Inside, an
old portable oil lamp stood burn-
ing on the table beside the door. He
walked in but didn’t see anyone. Then,
out of nowhere, he felt something hit
him in the back of the head and he
passed out.
k y o u t o all our
Than
clients f
We want
Photo Credit: Max Winkelman
r r y C h r
a Me
Happy N
o k i n g f orward
Lo
n g y o u
seei
From
r a h , N ic
Sa
Kandi &
When Tom woke up, he smelled of
horse and was being shaken around
a fair bit. When he opened his eyes,
he saw kind of dirty white fabric
stretched some feet above him. When
he sat up, he immediately realized that
he was inside a covered wagon, which
struck him as really odd. Tom wasn’t
sure he’d ever seen one of those, other
than one parked on the side of the
road in Clinton a few years ago. Cer-
tainly, there weren’t a whole lot of
them left. A cold wind was howling
through the wagon, making it creak,
which added to the sound of fresh
snow being crushed under the wheels.
Tom didn’t recognize the clothes he
was wearing at all.
“Ah Tom, you’re awake. Good,” said
the driver of the wagon. “I bet you’re
wondering what happened. Well, you
fell into a time hole. That is after I hit
you in the back of the head with my
gold pan anyways. Put a bit of a dent
into it actually.”
Tom started making his way to the
front.
“Just watch your head there. You’d
think with a pot hanging there like
that people would know to duck.
Yet, everyone seems to want to test
which is harder, their head or the
pot. I have to say, we don’t have any
of that stuff that looks like it’s solid
metal but really doesn’t hold up to
anything. I sat on top of your neigh-
l ast year.
o r t h e
i s h you all
t o w
istmas &
ew Year
to
9.
all in 201
n,
, Val, Daw ,
A n g e la
ole, Lee-
Ann
Hayley
#1 - 205 Birch Avenue, 100 Mile House
www.100milefreepress.net
bour’s wagon while I waited for you
to come over and boy let me tell you, I
didn’t know spurs could scratch metal
like that. Though mind you, I’m not
sure what good a wagon like that is
anyways. It seems impossible to hook
a horse up to. Anyways, the name’s
Angus Nottuln. That’s a fancy town
in Germany you know. So regardless
of what these dusty ragged clothes
may impress upon you, you’re dealing
with a classy fella here.”
Tom had a million questions but
Angus rattled on so quickly it was
impossible to get a word in edgewise.
“Just wanted to let you know not to
worry too much about the dent in my
gold pan. I don’t really plan on doing
any panning anytime soon. There’s a
reason afterall there are fewer miners
coming up than there used to be. I just
drive. Some fella left the pan a few
months ago. Said something about
cattle before heading off. Ah, look at
that will ya, nothing better than a nice
sunrise. Especially in the winter. Can
you just turn off the lantern there.”
Angus pulled the wagon to a halt
but before Tom had a chance to move,
not that he had any idea what to do,
Angus had already jumped off and
turned it off.
“Thanks for the help Tom,” some-
how Angus actually sounded sincere.
Perhaps Angus was too used to talking
to himself. Tom was about to say
Continued on B19
250-395-2424
www.100milefreepress.net Continued from B18
you’re welcome but before he had a
chance to do so, Angus continued on.
“You know I really like this new
lantern I’ve got. Some people like to
hold on to things from the past but ob-
jectively, this new lantern burns a lot
longer. On a separate note, I really…”
Tom finally interrupted.
“Why am I here and where the hell
are we going!?”
“As far as I’m concerned, you’re here
because of your own doing. I mean I
know I’m the one that hit you in the
head and everything but that’s beside
the point. Anyways, we’re here and
I’ve got three stops to make. After
that, you can do whatever you please.”
Angus kept talking for as long as
there was daylight. Tom didn’t say a
word the whole time. Tom could hear
Angus just fine but somehow the cold
wind stripped all meaningfulness from
what he said. A couple of times Tom
had picked up a hitchhiker while driv-
ing his truck, but after a few polite but
meaningful questions, it just turned
into awkward silence. Tom thought
it felt very much like that. He stared
off into the distance. Despite the
sun being up and removing the need
for the lantern, the low winter sun
and overcast skies meant it felt very
dark.
Tom had a lot of questions. How
long were they going to be on the
road? What direction and where were
they travelling to? But it didn’t seem
like he would get much of an answer.
Besides, it would be rude to interrupt
Angus.
Before long, heavy snow started
falling. It was blinding Tom. He
couldn’t see very far ahead and even
Angus, who was sitting close beside
him, seemed to disappear in the snow
and darkness.
After the sun had set, a little light
could be seen shimmering in the dis-
tance.
“Ah, the first of our stops.”
Angus pulled his wagon up to a large
log building.
“Welcome to the Clinton Hotel,”
he said.
When Tom stepped off it was right
into a slushy puddle.
Angus rang the bell on his coach
and a gentleman came outside.
“Ah if that isn’t Un Nut. I wasn’t
expecting to see you until the 17th.”
“You know darn well it’s Nottuln
and I made good headway. This is
Tom. Tom, this is Al Francis.”
Merry Christmas
We hope your
Christmas
is filled with
family, friends
and good
times!
Bridge Lake
Towing
Reasonable Rates
24 Hr. Service
ICBC Towing & Storage
BCAA
Authorizes Emergency Road Service
CALL: 1-800-CAA-HELP
(1-800-222-4357)
Ph. 250-395-2249 or 250-593-4056
100 Mile House Free Press Thursday, December 20, 2018 B19
Al and Angus unloaded a few crates
and started stabling the horses. Tom,
being of no use whatsoever when it
came to that, went inside.
There was a large wood stove. In
front of it stood a pair of sizeable
comfortable chairs. In the back, there
were a table and four chairs. On a
single shelf stood five books. Tom
let out a bit of a sigh when he walked
over to the shelf. Two of the five were
catalogues, there were also two copies
of the Bible, the last was a copy of
Frankenstein. Tom picked the book
up, sat down and started reading.
He could still feel the cold wind
blowing and with little light other than
from the fireplace which was more
smouldering than burning brightly, he
had to strain to make out the words.
He was about five pages in when Al
and Angus came bursting through the
door laughing.
Angus and Al went to the back
table. They lit a light and started
playing cards. After finishing the first
chapter, it had gotten too dark to con-
tinue reading the book from where
Tom was sitting. A big gust of wind
came in through a crack and gave him
the shivers. After contemplating it for
ten or fifteen minutes, Tom decided
he didn’t really have any choice other
than to join them. Although he severe-
ly doubted they would have anything passengers a la Jonah.” was nearly 20 years George’s junior.” even chewed a hole in the back of
to talk about. “We’ve seen ‘em you know,” said Most people would have seen right his pants.”
He walked up to the table. Angus. “I was travelling with Al over through the whole story but not good- Tom, Al and Angus all burst out
“Have you gentlemen ever played here and Frederick ‘The Barrel’ Vre- natured Fred, Al added before Angus laughing.
Texas hold ‘em?” develt. Me and Al knew they had just once again continued on. “Of course Fred was completely
“No, but you’re about to teach us,” left 70 Mile ahead of us. The Barrel, “Of course none of it wasn’t true. flustered and turned bright red. The
said Angus. Al stood up. oblivious to everything as usual, had Neither of us even knew anyone old lady reamed him out about going
“I’m going to add some wood to no idea. When we left, we made up named George but after going on too fast to boot too. Best part is, we
the fire and grab us some drinks. This this fella named George Auburn. We about it for three hours or so, Fred helped the wagon driver get back
could get interesting.” told him old George was pleasant was well convinced. We were still on the road and drove to the Bridge
Al quickly filled the woodstove, enough but nearly 45 years old and talking about George when we heard Creek House with him. Fred married
which instantly burned much hotter. had never even kissed a gal before on a ruckus up ahead. Fred and his horse his daughter not two weeks later.”
When Al came back into the room he account of his seven-deuce hand in launched around the corner. The sight The three men kept playing and con-
lit a second light and poured all three the looks department.” of the camels had spooked a team versation, tall tales, and the occasional
of them a drink. Fred was fearless except in one de- of horses and caused a wagon to go card trick all flowed easily until late
After they’d been playing for a bit partment, added Al. He had never straight off the road. Fred’s horse, in the night.
Angus interrupted them. dared talk to a girl before. Angus which was in a near full gallop at that The next morning as they were
“Take a look at this, you’re gonna continued the tale. point, didn’t react much different- getting ready to hit the road, Tom
have an absolute gas,” Angus said to “We told Fred that one day, a couple ly. First, it reared up but Fred, for interrupted.
Tom as he pulled out a little tin and of years ago, George heard some com- whom it was a miracle he didn’t roll “Can’t we stay for another day since
took an old piece of newspaper out motion up around the bend. George off a horse that wasn’t moving at all, you’re ahead of schedule? It’s been a
of it. made it around the corner and, low somehow managed to hold on. When good long while since I had such a
The old piece of newspaper read and behold, a wagon was being at- it came down, it bolted, took a sharp good time.”
“The Camels are Coming!” The article tacked by a moose. Well, George turn and this time Fred went flying “Sorry, I would like to stay ahead
continued mockingly, “and after they managed to scare the beast off and right on top of this old school teacher of schedule.”
have been disposed of, a number of one of the gals riding in the coach lady. She’d been riding on the wagon Outside the cold winter wind was
trained whales will be placed on the was so impressed they were married but had made it off before things went howling.
route between Victoria and the Sti- not even two weeks later. We made sideways completely. Before Fred had They spent a few more minutes be-
kine River carrying freight and inside the tale taller still by telling him she a chance to move, one of the camels fore Angus said, “Time to go.”
Merry
May this holiday season bring
a string of glad tidings
and glow with the
Christmas warmth of family
and and friends.
With gratitude
Happy New Year for helping
us grow our
From the business.
Forest Grove & District
Rod & Gun Club 108 Mile Building Supply
fgrrodandgun@gmail.com Behind the 108 Mall
4385 Canim-Hendrix Lake Rd. 108 Mile Ranch Ph: 250-791-5244 • Fax: 250-791-7344
B20 Thursday, December 20, 2018
Despite the lateness of the night
before, they left before the sun was
up. It was absolutely pitch black out
and the snow seemed almost thicker
than the night before.
After the bright and warm Clinton
Hotel, the freezing temperatures and
gusts cut straight through his cloth-
ing. Even with the lantern up front,
Tom couldn’t make out anything but
shapes and he didn’t think Angus felt
like talking.
“I’m going to take a short nap in
the back,” Tom mumbled so quiet-
ly, there was no chance Angus had
heard it.
However, once Tom laid down in
the back, he couldn’t fall asleep re-
gardless of how exhausted he felt.
Between the uneven road and the
hard wagon, he was regularly receiv-
ing a cold hard thump in the back.
The light of the lantern didn’t at all
make it into the back.
He had no idea how long it was
going to take to get to their next des-
tination, causing him once again to
feel a little lost and confused, espe-
cially since he didn’t know what that
next destination was. If it had been
bright out, he would have been able
to tell based on the landscape, hav-
ing driven in the Clinton area many
times before, but in the pitch black
and with everything covered in snow,
it all looked the same.
Tom laid in the back of the wagon
for what seemed like an eternity yet
the sun still didn’t appear to be out.
He wondered to himself if he’d fallen
asleep at some point but wasn’t sure.
The wagon had started to move in
a very stop and go fashion and from
the front, Tom could hear Angus yell-
ing. It sounded like Agnus was curs-
ing at the horses but Tom couldn’t
make out the words. With Tom not
being able to offer any useful assis-
tance, he decided to stay in the back
of the wagon.
He laid there for the entire jour-
ney, alone in the dark, unsure of how
much further they had to travel, how
long they had travelled or where they
were going. After the earlier yelling,
Angus had been quiet for hours when
Tom heard him loudly yell “Here!”
When he made it out of the wagon,
Angus was already gone. A young
Asian looking gentleman started
dealing with the horses. When he
saw Tom’s befuddled look, he said
“You have arrived at Bridge Creek.
The 100 Mile House. Your driver’s
gone to bed.”
The main room in the roadhouse
was empty when Tom went in. In one
of the window sills stood a little wood
puzzle with what looked to Tom like
Chinese characters.
He sat down in a chair. There were
a number of pieces in the puzzle that
could be pushed and slid around and
Tom started playing with them. The
100 Mile House Free Press
Asian gentleman came in not long
after Tom but left the main room
immediately.
The room was somewhat dark and
no fire was lit, leaving it cold enough
that Tom had kept his coat on.
After sitting there trying to figure
it out for about half an hour, Tom
knocked on the door through which
the Asian gentleman had left.
“Come on in,” someone yelled from
the other side of the door.
Tom went through and found him-
self in a small little kitchen. The gen-
tleman he had seen earlier was making
a dinner. Due to the stove, the room
was quite warm and a bright light lit
up the room.
“Hi, sorry,” he said. “I didn’t want
to let things burn or I would have
conversed a little more. The name is
Reginald.”
“Tom. Nice to meet you. May I ask
you what the symbols on this puzzle
mean? I’m having a hard time figuring
out how it works.”
“In all honesty, though the puzzle
belongs to me, I have no idea. My
parents left it to me when they died
while I was still a baby, and I don’t
speak or read any Chinese. However,
I do know how to open it. You have
to press all eight of these switches at
the same time.”
“One person couldn’t possibly hold
all of these down at the same time,”
Tom rebutted.
“Precisely, you need two people to
open it, which is exactly the point of
the puzzle. Not everything can be
done by oneself. Anyways, the meal
is ready. Could you take these into
the other room?”
Reginald handed Tom a stack of
bowls and spoons. Tom went through
the door and Reginald followed close
behind. Tom put the bowls on the
table and Reginald put a large pot
of stew next to it. Reginald flew back
into the kitchen and came back with
a tray full of hot biscuits. At the same
time, an older white-haired gentleman
came through the door with an arm
full of logs and kindling and pro-
ceeded to start a fire in a large open
fireplace.
“That’s Billy,” said Reginald.
Soon all three of them sat down
for a meal.
For about 45 minutes or so the three
engaged in polite conversation before
Angus came down from the attic and
joined them.
“Phew, what a ride that was,” he
said. “Haven’t seen a storm like that
in almost 30 years.”
Billy whacked Angus in the head
with his spoon immediately after his
comment. Angus grimaced. In no time
at all, Billy and Angus appeared to
have an entire conversation without
saying a single word that ended with
Angus tilting his head towards Tom.
“It’s alright,” said Reginald, who
once again noted the look of confu-
sion on Tom’s face.
“It’s 27 years to the day that my
parents died in a bad winter storm.
I’ll tell you the story, but first, it’s time
for some tea.”
Billy added some more logs to the
fire which had warmed up the room.
Shortly Reginald came back with a
www.100milefreepress.net
gorgeous porcelain teapot and some
pretty average looking cups.
“Sorry, the original cups haven’t
survived.”
He poured everybody a cup of tea.
“My parents, despite being born
and raised in China spoke English
quite well. When they first moved to
the Cariboo, a gentleman tried to sell
them an old donkey but it was in very
poor condition. The gentleman had
been gold panning for years without
any real success. It appeared he was
just passing through on his way back
South. My parents didn’t want to be
rude and tell him that they wouldn’t
buy a donkey in such a poor state
so instead, they pretended that they
didn’t speak any English. However,
both the gentleman and my parents
ended up settling near 100 Mile
House. Word quickly spread that
my parents didn’t speak any English.
They didn’t want to be made out for
liars, so they never spoke English in
public.”
Reginald paused and took a sip of
tea.
“Then 27-years-ago there was a re-
ally bad winter storm. A tree fell on a
fence and their horses escaped. Since
as far as the public was concerned,
they didn’t speak any English, they
couldn’t ask for help. So together they
went out into the cold dark winter
storm and were never seen again.”
It was so quiet in the room, you
could have heard a pin drop. Even
the fire seemed to have gone silent.
Billy grunted.
“The next day somebody heard
young Reginald here crying. It didn’t
take long to figure out what had hap-
pened after that. Among all the stuff
in the house, we found a diary kept
by Reginald’s mom and all of it was
in English. That’s how we learned.”
Angus produced a bottle of liquor.
“It’s time for a drink. To having
company.”
Angus had perhaps not been entirely
truthful when he had said “a drink” as
soon they were all drunk and singing
merrily until late into the night.
The next morning as they were
packing up to leave, as Tom had done
in Clinton, he asked Angus, “couldn’t
we stay just a bit longer?”
“Unfortunately, we have to keep
going.”
Reginald gave Tom a long hug and
they went back into the dark winter
cold.

To our clients, friends,

Merry Christmas
and neighbours, and Happy New Year Thank you
Wishing you all a
from your to all of our
Merry Christmas and 100 Mile House Wranglers. fans and
Happy, Healthy supporters
New Year!
over the season!
From Ingrid & Rainer
See you all Jan 1st at 4pm
for our first 2019
Rainer’s Ingrid’s
Health House & Foot Care Home Game!
a Champions
• 4927 Gloinnzun Dr., 108 Mile Ranch • Ph: 250-791-5663 • ern canad Proud Member of the
2016 west
www.100milefreepress.net
When they left, it was once again
before sunrise. Between the darkness
and the snow, Angus seemed like noth-
ing more than a shadow or a ghost
to Tom.
Tom was stuck in his head. Though
they’d had a great evening overall, his
mind was stuck on the story Reginald
had shared of his parents early on in
the evening.
Tom felt anxious and worried now
that they were back out in the cold
and dark.
He felt like crawling in between a
thick stack of animal furs in the back
of the wagon and never coming out.
However, to Tom, Angus and the
wagon disappeared completely. The
sound of the creaking wagon, the snow
being crushed and the horses were re-
placed with only the rushing sound of
the wind. Tom felt like he was floating
in space, pitch black with an infinite
amount of snow the only thing that
could be seen in any direction.
He lost all concept of time. What he
had guessed to be a one day journey
felt like months of disoriented drifting.
In the spirit
of the season,
CARIBOO
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
4855 Timothy Lake Rd.
Lac la Hache
The Cariboo Presbyterian Church
prays that everyone has a safe, happy,
and wonderful Christmas season!
Christmas Eve Service
7:00pm
at the Lac la Hache
Community Church on
Timothy Lake Road
Pastor Bruce Wilcox
250-396-4251
ST. JUDE’S
CATHOLIC
CHURCH
5691 Horse Lake Rd.
OUR 2018 CHRISTMAS MASSES WILL BE:
Christmas Eve, DEC. 24
St Joan of Arc at Lac la Hache OAP Hall - 4 PM
St Augustine at Canim Lake - 6 PM
St Jude's 100 Mile House - 10 PM
Christmas Morning, DEC. 25
St Jude's 100 Mile House - 9.30 AM
New Year's Day, JAN. 1
St Jude's 100 Mile House - 9.30 Am
Fr Emmanuel Onumadu
Phone 395-4429
At first, he felt angry and frustrated
but before long all he could feel was
an overwhelming numbness.
His body felt crippled. Eventually,
the snow started to rise. Soon enough,
Tom went from floating to having his
feet stuck in what wasn’t more than an
inch of snow. Slowly it started to cover
his feet. Then rising to over his boots.
The snow kept falling and climbed up
his body. First past his knees, then
up to his waste. He wanted to use his
hands to dig himself out but his body
wouldn’t move. It was as if it had fro-
zen. Soon enough, his fingertips were
touching the snow and it started to
climb up his hands. It crossed his chest
and started climbing up his neck.
Just before it covered his mouth, he
managed to say “Angus.”
As soon as he had said it, he found
himself back on the wagon. The snow
was still falling but it had gotten much
lighter. The wind had subsided and
the sun was up. If he’d had to guess
it was late afternoon.
“We’re nearly there. It’s not much
further to the 150 Mile House.”
we’d like to join you
and your family in a
wish for worldwide
peace and brotherhood
this holiday season.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT
CCLF
4930 Telqua Dr., 108 Mile Ranch
Immanuel - God with us
Saturday, Dec. 22,
7:00 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 23,
9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Monday, Dec. 24,
4:30 and 6:00 p.m.
ST. TIMOTHY’S
ANGLICAN CHURCH
106 Blackstock Rd., 100 Mile House
December 21
7.00 pm - Blue Christmas
December 24
7.00 pm - Candlelight Service
December 25
10.30 am - Holy Communion
ALL ARE
WELCOME!
100 Mile House Free Press Thursday, December 20, 2018 B21
“Oh good,” said Tom, who despite hay to a number of horses. Tom realized that the man feeding
the cold weather, felt a cold sweat, as From the front of the wagon Angus the horses was also named Angus. He
if he was sick. yelled, “Ah, the best Angus has ar- continued feeding the horses as they
Tom made some small talk with rived.” drove past him.
Angus and by the time they got to “The best Angus is out in the field,” Tom unloaded some boxes at Angus’
the 150 Mile House, it was still light replied the gentleman feeding the hors- direction while Angus put the horses
out and the snow had subsided. es. They both laughed. away. After it was all done, the two
Outside, a gentleman was feeding After an initial bit of confusion, went inside together.
100 MILE 100 MILE HOUSE
HOUSE UNITED
BAPTIST CHURCH
49 Dogwood Ave.
CHURCH
Hwy 97, at Tatton Stn. Rd. Sunday, Dec. 23
105 Mile
4th of Advent service - 10:30 am
Christmas Eve Service
at 6:30pm
Monday, Dec. 24
Christmas Eve Candlelight service
All Sunday Services at 7:00 pm with special guest,
at 10:30am
EVERYONE WELCOME
retired minister Rev. Wally Hargrave
Worship every Sunday at 10:30am
Church 250-791-9253
unitedchurch100mile@shaw.ca
250-395-2932
CHRIST THE KING
EVANGELICAL HORSE LAKE
LUTHERAN CHRISTIAN
CHURCH FELLOWSHIP
440 Horse Lake Rd. 100 Mile House 5827 Horse Lake Rd.
Candlelight Service
Sunday, December 23 at 3pm Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve Lay Service Candlelight Service
Monday, December 24 at 7pm
EVERYONE IS WELCOME.
“Astonished By God”
a dramatic presentation
Pastor Noel Smith
250-395-5159
6:30pm
www.ctklc.weebly.com
Everyone Welcome
christtheking100m@gmail.com
NEW APOSTOLIC
CHURCH
Uptown Plaza, Horse Lake Rd.,
100 Mile House
Cordially invites you to a special
550 Exeter Truck Rout.
100 Mile House Christmas Service
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Mon., Dec. 24 at 4:00pm in German
Tues., Dec. 25 at 10:00am in English
Christmas Eve Service
Die Neuapostolische Kirche lädt herzlich ein zum
Dec. 24 at 7:00pm Weihnachtsgottesdienst in deutscher Sprache
Heiligabend, 16 Uhr
SUNDAY SERVICE 10:00AM Feiern Sie mit uns das Wunder Christi
Pastor CLINT LANGE Geburt und was es heute für uns bedeutet.
250-395-4637 For more information,
admin@hillsidecc.ca please call 250-706-3263
B22 Thursday, December 20, 2018
Inside there was a bustle of ac-
tivity.
“I’ve got some business to take
care of.”
Angus walked away.
In the corner, there were two gen-
tlemen playing a game of billiards.
Beside the table they were playing
on stood an empty wood dining
room chair. Tom decided to take a
seat and watch the game for a bit.
The chair was hard and felt really
cold as if it had stood outside for
a while. After a few rounds, Tom
started looking around the room.
There must have been 20 or more
people. Some were talking. On one
table they were playing a game of
cards though Tom wasn’t sure what
game.
Tom sat there for a long time and
slowly the room started to empty
out. The card players were the first
to go. A few of the tables where
folks were just talking were around
for quite a while but before long,
only the two billiards players were
left.
Finally, Tom piped up.
“Can I play the winner the next
round?”
The two players looked back
somewhat surprised, almost like
they’d seen a statue come to life.
“For sure, my name’s Blin and
this is Edward.”
“Tom. Nice to meet you fellas.
What is it you do?”
“We used to be gold miners but
now we’re just living the good life,”
Edward chimed in before they both
laughed.
Angus came back into the room
and walked straight up to them.
“Don’t let me interrupt the story.
Just don’t make me listen to it while
you pretend you know what you’re
doing with that cue stick. I’ll buy
you a drink if we can just sit at a
table instead.”
Blin, who hadn’t really been plan-
ning on telling a story, was quick to
agree nonetheless and before long
they were all sitting at a table. The
gentleman who’d been feeding the
horses and was also named Angus
made it in as well. The whole room
in fact quickly filled back up.
Blin took a sip of his drink before
he started.
“When I first came up to the
Cariboo. I travelled along with
an older gentleman by the name
Merry Christmas
From Mayor, Council and Staff
of the
District of 100 Mile House
of Mr. Gideon Fairfax. He had
scruffy white hair and a long white
beard. Mr. Fairfax was extreme-
ly poor. He was so thin that when
looking at him head-on, he could
have been mistaken for this cue.
Me and Edward over here offered
him half of our meal. Mr. Fairfax
was extremely embarrassed about
his poor affluence and refused the
meal. So me and Edward decided
that to save him the embarrassment,
we’d simply leave a meal outside
of our camp. Every morning the
meal would be gone. Eventually,
we started to notice little changes
in the morning. A marker would be
placed in an odd spot or our holes
would be dug a little deeper. This
went on for nearly eight months.
During that time, we never saw Mr.
Fairfax. We knew he was camping
by himself. Now Edward over here
isn’t good company.”
There was a small bit of laughter.
“But it’s still better than camping
in the bush by yourself. So, one day,
we picked up our gear and set up
camp with him while he was out at
work. When he came home in the
evening, we all sat around the fire as
equals and had a magnificent meal.
Much to our surprise, Mr. Fairfax
had put on plenty of weight to the
point some might have called him
100 Mile House Free Press www.100milefreepress.net
He was back in his own clothes He stood back up and low and be-
and felt rather stiff. hold, the little wooden puzzle with
He closed the door before he took Chinese markings was in his pocket!
a walk through the house to make Tom stared at it for a while before
sure everything was ok. Nothing he walked over to the kitchen count-
seemed out of the ordinary to him. er and picked up the newspaper.
He exited and locked the door. It He flipped to the events guide and
was snowing as he walked back to searched for today’s date. On the
his snowmobile. Once he got there, schedule, it listed a spaghetti dinner
it was covered in a thick layer of and concert.
snow and it took Tom some time Tom added another log to the fire,
to clear it off while a cold winter so it would keep burning for longer,
wind pushed and pulled him. and went outside to get in his truck.
He slowly started making his way After driving for a little while he
back. Along the way, his trail had stopped at the community hall. He
nearly filled in and the fresh powder was greeted at the door.
occasionally blew up and delivered “Hey Tom, I wasn’t expecting to
a cold blast to his face. see you here tonight. I’m so glad
At home, the timer on his Christ- you came.”
mas lights had turned them off. His “Thanks very much, Katherine.
house looked dark. He parked his Nowhere else I’d rather be.”
snowmobile and grabbed some logs. Despite his earlier dinner, Tom
Inside he found the fire had gone felt surprisingly hungry. The room
out. The backup propane furnace was warm and bright.
had kicked in but only enough to He filled up a plate and sat down
keep the pipes from freezing. He at one of the few tables with an
found himself to have a very dry open spot. He said hello to the lady
mouth and took a sip of his now beside him who, smiled, said “Hello
fat. We talked for a long time to ice cold tea. He started a fire before Tom” and immediately launched
Mr. Fairfax who seemed absolutely he sat down in his chair, still wear- into conversation.
delighted at having the company. ing his coat and scarf, intending to As Tom listened to her, he thought
The next morning, the imprints of continue reading his book. to himself, while the gold rush may
Mr. Fairfax’ tent were still there However, when he sat down, he be long over, there’s still plenty of
but he was all but gone. When we could feel something in his pocket. gold in the Cariboo.
got to our holes, a tremendous
amount of digging had been com-
pleted. In both of the holes, large
amounts of gold shone back into
our faces. We’ve never seen or heard
from Mr. Fairfax again. However,
in his honour, we’ve created this
song.”
Edwards started playing an up-
beat tune on the piano while Blin
merrily started singing. Blin’s voice
seemed to have a warmth to it that
filled up the room and soon enough,
a dance got underway. Edward and
Blin played and sang for most of
the night. Angus and Tom spent a
bit of time dancing as well but also
talked for a long time. Eventually,
Tom fell asleep on an old sofa.
When Tom woke up, the echoes
of last night’s music still playing
through his brain, he was lying on
the floor in his neighbour’s house.
The door was wide open and a
cold breeze was blowing in. It was
dark and any sign of Angus was
gone, including the lantern that had
stood on the table when Tom came
in.
- The End -
o r a G r e a t
Wishes f as
Christm
and Ne w Ye a r ’s !
RaceTrac
From All of us at
Lac La Hache GAS
Food Mart Everything you need in one stop!
Hwy 97
250-396-7631 • At the turn off to Mt. Timothy