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SOME SOUTH CARIBOO PUBLIC EVENTS
 Ryan Oliver Jazz Quartet:
Saturday May 23. Doors open at 6 p.m., entertainment starts at 7 p.m.
Martin Exeter Hall, 7:00 pm. Tickets $15; $12 students, seniors
Hosted by 100 Mile & District Arts Council
 Tickets at Didi's, Donex
Women's Solstice Celebration
June 19-21
The Betty Place, Horse Lake Community Farm Co-op.
Lorraine: rlceeds@bcinternet.net, 250-395-4042. Trish:tnchung@telus.net, 250-459-7779
Details Free Press article
Bridge Lake Stampede
Saturday June 27
Sausage, egg and pancake breakfast at 8 am; events start at 9 am. Evening rodeo dance $15.
Rodeo admission: Adults $10, seniors and children 5-12 $5,
 Canada Day Celebrations at the 108
Wednesday July 1, 11:00 am - 4:30 pm
108 Mile Heritage Site. Entertainment, displays, children's activities, food.
Schedule
Some Annual Events
January: 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 & Powwow
August: Garlic Festival
September: Fall Fair
November: Lions radio/tv auction
December: 100 Mile House Santa Claus Parade
South Cariboo annual calendar of events
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SOUTH CARIBOO NEWS
June 23: Area hit by economic slump
It is now official; the Cariboo Development Region has been deeply affected by the forestry slowdown and global economic downturn but there is reason for cautious optimism.
June 17: Hemp bringing highs to farmers’ lows
The district received approximately $300,000 in grants from Western Diversification and Northern Development Initiative for this year’s pilot program.
June 15: West Fraser idles three more mills in lumber slump
The Houston, 100 Mile and Chasm sawmills will be down for at least two weeks starting at the end of June, although the actual restart time will depend on market conditions, the company said.
June 15: Husky closed due to break-in
Thieves backed a pick-up truck into the glass doors of the station just after 4 a.m. June 15 and stole one cash register and damaged the other.
June 14: Wildfire stay-behinds trouble police, firefighters, create ethical dilemma
The officers helping clear homes in the sparsely populated area threatened by the Tyaughton Lake fire understand what they can and can't demand from these refuseniks.
June 10: Agriplex at centre of roof debate
Konrad Schmid-Meil, 100 Mile House Rotary Club president, said the problem is that the new building inspector said the old rules no longer apply and the Agriplex needs to follow new standards, even though Schmid-Meil has a letter from the old building inspector confirming that everything was fine.
MEDIA
Local Radio:
- CBC Radio 1 91.3 FM, Clinton 1070 AM
- CFFM-3 The Rush 99.7 FM
- CKBX - The Wolf 840 AM
- Proposed new community-based radio station
TV: Shaw Cable, Xplornet, StarChoice
Internet is available through local providers
Newspapers:
- 100 Mile Free Press - weekly
- The 100 Mile House Advisor - weekly
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