SOME SOUTH CARIBOO PUBLIC EVENTS
 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School drama class
Martin Exeter Hall, Jan. 11-14 and 18-21, 7 p.m.
Tickets $10. From Donex, Didi's and the school
Parkside Art Gallery
Into the Limelight 2012: Opens January 13
Featuring local artists, Lianne Heales and Gina Myhill-Jones.
Parkside hours: Mon-Fri 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Sat. noon - 4 p.m.
 Hootenanny Café
Saturday, January 24. Forest Grove Community Hall. Corner of Canim Lake and Eagle Creek Roads
Hootenanny Café is an ALMOST monthly event where locals talents gather to sing, dance, tell stories and (overall) just have a good time.
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Annual 100 Mile House Cowboy Concert
February 11, performances at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Martin Exeter Hall
Tickets $15 at Work n Play, 100 Mile Feed and South Cariboo Visitor Centre.
Pat, 250-395-3846.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Feb. 23-25 and March 1-3, performances at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Martin Exeter Hall
Evening performances at 7 p.m. and Saturday matinees at 1 p.m.
Tickets $15 at Didi's, Donex and Curves.
January: Sled dog races, Curling Bonspiel
February: Cross-Country Ski Marathon
March: Ladies Curling Spiel
April: Festival of the Arts
May: Farmers Market Opens, Western Week
June: Square Dance Jamboree
July: Antique Car Show, Dancers & Pow-wow
August: South Cariboo Garlic Festival
September: Fall Fair
October: Halloween Town
November: Lions radio/tv auction
December: 100 Mile House Santa Claus Parade
South Cariboo annual calendar of events
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SOME SOUTH CARIBOO NEWS
December 5: Vancouver Sun Pine Beetle Series Part 4
For those who rely on wilderness tourism for a living, the destruction of B.C. pine forests has been a nightmare — one that continues due to salvage logging practises
Links below mainly to 100
Mile Free Press.
January 18: CFEC receives grant for youth programs
The Cariboo Family Enrichment Centre was successful in receiving $200,000 from Community Action Initiative funds to address the mental health of vulnerable youth.
December 21: Watershed group objects to paving
Spencer said while the society certainly supports the purpose of improving accessibility for wheelchairs, strollers and people with low-mobility, there are negative environmental impacts related to asphalt paving.
December 21: Christian school parents seek society sanctuary
The Bethel Chapel Society Cariboo Christian School in 100 Mile House will close on Feb. 1, 2012, leaving some parents and teachers working to open a new Christian school.
December 21: Findlay Meats not closing
Rob and Lia Morrison of Findlay Meats would like to reassure all their customers they will continue to welcome their business, as well as new customers. Only its slaughter licence is slated to end Dec. 31, hence the current movement to lobby the government.
December 21: Hemp project grows slowly
A key member of both the Horse Lake Community Farm Co-operative and the Community Enhancement and Economic Development Society (C.E.E.D.S.) organic farming group, Hennecker says the funding is inadequate.
December 21: BC Hydro amends tree-pruning policy
Mayor Mitch Campsall said BC Hydro representatives have told him its policy for pruning residential trees has been modified, after complaints were received last summer.
December 14: Invention makes splash with boaters
Meanwhile, parents' spokesperson Cheryl Howard says a group of concerned individuals and parents met Monday night (Dec. 12) with the school's teachers and principal Pattie Baker.
December 14: Parkside keeping up with progress
Gallery director Barb Brown says it's a process used by most galleries and it will see artists who are interested in showing, submit very specific information to the Parkside selection committee.
BACKGROUND:
Flawed logic justifies the destruction of Fish Lake: When the British Columbia government gave environmental approval to the controversial Prosperity gold-copper mine in December it used questionable logic, saying the operation was acceptable because the damage would be limited.
MEDIA
Local Radio:
- CBC Radio 1 91.3 FM, Clinton 1070 AM
- CFFM-3 The Rush 99.7 FM
- CKBX - The Wolf 840 AM
- CaribooRadio.com via
the Internet
TV: Shaw Cable, Xplornet, StarChoice
Internet is available through local providers
Newspapers:
- 100 Mile Free Press - weekly |
Public Avalanche Bulletin: 1-800-667-1105 
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