10 YEARS AGO (2015): Four 100 Mile House ball teams went to Richmond, B.C. to participate in the 18th annual May Mayhem tournament. The 100 Mile N'Hour won silver in the mites division, with Carson Huryn and Cameron Scott winning MVP honours. They had also participated in the mites squirt division where they won bronze, with Reichert Sanford, Elias Moore and Noah Sanders all winning MVPs. The 100 Mile N'Hour squirt team, meanwhile, took home the gold, with Aidan Moore taking home the MVP and tying the 100 Mile N'Hour mites team 15-15 - and beat the Fleetwood Legends 13-7 in the championship game.
20 YEARS AGO (2005): Many in 100 Mile House took part in the fourth annual Relay for Life, which had been a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society, and had been a celebration of survival and a tribute to the lives of loved ones who had dealt with cancer. Participants of 18 teams, for 12 hours, worked out by walking, running or riding about the relay loop throughout Centennial Park. The result was over $36,000 raised for the B.C. Cancer Society. The top fundraiser was the Hills Wellness Team, which raised $5,000.
30 YEARS AGO (1995): Cariboo South NDP MLA David Zirnhelt came out in opposition to the idea of privatizing B.C. Rail. During discussions in the provincial legislature, some MLAs had advocated for transferring the railway to the private sector. B.C. Rail had at the time operated the Cariboo Prospector, which was a passenger train service between Lillooet and Prince George. Zirnhelt said that if B.C. Rail was privatized, it would lead to passenger fares having to be increased and compared the rail transport industry to the auto insurance business in B.C., saying that ICBC provides good value.
40 YEARS AGO (1985): Forty-five students in Grade 5 from Lord Baden Powell School in Coquitlam visited the Cariboo at the Flying-U-Guest Ranch on Green Lake. Dale Hotell, a teacher at the school, had been bringing the students up to the ranch for the last 10 years. He said it was an educational program for his students. Arrangements had been made for the trip through Greyhound and two other teachers, Mrs. Gaudette and Mrs. Rosemary Hotell. They had supper and an orientation session in the cabins, then the students were taught how to approach a horse, went on a ride to Graham Lake (with one half going on a nature hunt) and participated in a barrel race gymkhana.
