Movie nights
The HUB will be showing films once a month starting on Friday, February 24, with a family-friendly 12+ film on Friday evening and a matinee featuring a children’s movie on Sunday, February 26. Admission is $3 per person, and traditional movie refreshments, including popcorn, will be available for purchase. For information on this or other HUB activities, call (250) 453-9177 or email ashcrofthub@gmail.com.
Introduction to photography
On Sunday, March 4 those who want to learn more about photography—including camera handling, menus, lens focal length, exposure, depth-of-field, and composition—can take part in an “Introduction to Photography” course from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the HUB. The cost is $60 per person, and participants need only bring their Digital Single Reflex cameras (note: this is not a class for iPhone or digicam users).
Instructor John Enman began working as a photographer for the California Office of Alternative Education in 1971. After immigrating to Canada in 1976 he continued working as a photographer for Woodward’s department store in Kamloops, and was later hired by Just Right cameras to operate their store. He also taught Photography at the University College of the Cariboo (now Thompson Rivers University) for 18 years.
As “Viewfinder Photography”, Enman photographed families, weddings, architecture, and much more. Now retired, he operates a small used photo equipment store in Kamloops (Enman’s Cameras), and instructs all levels of photography courses and workshops.
Small project workshop at The Hutch
The Hutch at the Ashcroft HUB will be holding a small project workshop starting at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 10; and free registration is available for one member each of a Boston Flats or Ashcroft Reserve household who lost their home in the Elephant Hill wildfire.
Spend a few hours learning about the wonders of PIY furniture paint and different painting techniques to bring new life to your small project. A small project is whatever you can carry into class.
The regular fee for the workshop is $50, and includes instruction, an eight ounce jar of PIY furniture paint for your project (your choice of colour), all supplies needed to work on your project in class, and coffee, tea, and a treat.
Pre-registration for all participants is required. To register, email thehutchashcroft@yahoo.com or call (250) 457-0073.
Caramel candy workshop
Local candy specialist LeClare will be leading a caramel candy workshop at the HUB on Thursday, March 15 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (this class was originally scheduled for February 8). Participants will learn how to make soft and hard ball stage caramel without a thermometer, and take home a sample of delicious caramels.
The workshop will only run if there are enough participants, and registration is required. The cost is $10 per person.
Pottery workshop
Artist and potter Bailey Sutcliff will be holding a series of pottery workshops at the HUB every Friday from 6 to 7 p.m. from April 6 to 27. The cost for all four sessions is $40 (ages 12+, please), and pre-registration is required.
TRU at the HUB
Thompson Rivers University is offering several courses at the Ashcroft HUB in March. On March 10 there will be an Occupational First Aid Level 1 course from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (cost $160 per person), and on March 11 there will be a Transportation Endorsement course from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ($160 per person). There will also be a Community Futures Business Workshop on March 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; registration for this workshop is free.
For more information or to register, call (250) 256-4296, email mhohner@tru.ca, or go to http://bit.ly/2AbNUuf.
BC Flood and Wildfire Review website
The BC Flood and Wildfire Review has now launched its website (www.bcfloodfirereview.ca), where you can find an overview of the review, details about scheduled community engagement events, a way to provide your own feedback, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Anyone who missed the community engagement event in Cache Creek on February 8 can attend one in Merritt on February 26 from 2 to 8 p.m. at the Merritt Civic Centre on Mamette Avenue.
Free WiFi at commercial vehicle inspection stations
Free Wi-Fi has been installed at all commercial vehicle inspection stations throughout the province, improving safety and efficiency on B.C.’s roads by making it easier for commercial drivers to access the online services they need.
The Wi-Fi-enabled inspection stations will allow commercial drivers to check DriveBC for highway delays or closures affecting their route, obtain transport permits for future trips, and stay connected to friends, family, and colleagues back home.
Help shape B.C. referendum on how we vote
Residents of B.C. have until February 28 to make their voices heard to help shape the referendum that will determine how B.C. votes. The engagement process, launched in November 2017, invites British Columbians to learn about different voting systems and complete a questionnaire on various aspects of the upcoming referendum.
More than 11,000 people have completed the online questionnaire, offering input on such topics as how the 2018 referendum ballot should be designed, the question(s) it should contain, and whether organizations should receive public funding to campaign for their favourite voting system.
To learn more, and complete the online questionnaire, go to engage.gov.bc.ca/howwevote/.
Oscar oddities
Nominees for the 90th annual Academy Awards were announced on January 23, with the awards being handed out on March 4. In the run-up to the ceremony, here is an Oscar oddity.
Most Oscar nominees probably believe that they have at least a chance of nabbing the award. However, British composer John Addison presumably realized it was an honour just to be nominated, when the 1972 Best Score nominees were finalized.
Addison had already won an Oscar for his score for Tom Jones (1963) when he scored the 1972 movie Sleuth. When the 1972 Best Score nominees were announced, however, Addison was not among them. Italian composer Nino Rota was, for his score for The Godfather, but the score was eventually deemed ineligible when it was determined that part of the love theme had been composed for, and used in, the 1958 Italian film Fortunella. Rota’s score for The Godfather was therefore dropped, and Addison’s score for Sleuth—which had presumably finished in sixth spot—made the cut (Michel Legrand eventually won for Summer of ’42).
Addison went on to score many other films (and won an Emmy Award for his theme tune for the TV show Murder, She Wrote). He also had a close personal connection to two movie scores he created. He wrote the score for the 1956 film Reach for the Stars, about real-life war hero Douglas Bader, who lost both legs in WW I and went on to fly for the RAF in WW II (after he was shot down and imprisoned, the Germans had to confiscate Bader’s prosthetic legs to stop him trying to escape). Bader was Addison’s brother-in-law.
In 1976, when Addison found out that director Richard Attenborough was planning a movie (A Bridge Too Far) based on the Operation Market Garden assault on several key bridges in the German-occupied Netherlands during WW II, he approached Attenborough and asked to score the film. The reason? Operation Market Garden relied heavily on Allied tank troops of the British XXX Corps; and Addison had been a tank commander for XXX Corps during the campaign to take the bridges.
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