11 YEARS AGO (2014): The 100 Mile Model Flyers Society had a flight simulation and flight training on May 31. The event, which took place at the South Cariboo Regional Airport in the 108 Mile Ranch, had not attracted many visitors, but those who attended learned to pilot remote control model airplanes. Society president Bill Hood said that everybody had fun and that people who had shown up enjoyed it. Hood thanked the public, then-airport manager Nick Christianson and the Cariboo Regional District for supporting the local model plane flyers.
22 YEARS AGO (2003): 100 Mile House RCMP Const. Diana Racine had a pile of bones that were brought into the detachment in 1984 by a seven-year-old girl, and was looking for the rest of the skeleton. A human skeleton had been discovered in 1981 and brought to the Peter Skene Ogden (PSO) secondary school in that year, with a then-biology teacher telling students to bring the bones to the police station. It was not known what actions students had taken. The bones were believed to belong to a woman who died between 1972 and 1977. The bones had been sent by Racine for DNA sample, where she found that the remains may not have belonged to a woman, but to a "very small" male.
33 YEARS AGO (1992): A change of command of the 2887 Rocky Mountain Rangers Cadet Corps took place at the 100 Mile Junior Secondary School on June 8. Capt. Yvonne Bromley had turned over her command of the corps to Capt. A.A. Beck, CD (Al Beck) after four years of being commanding officer. Beck brought to the cadets over 16 years with the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve. He had served with the Canadian Scottish Regiment, Princess Mary's, the Seaforth Highlanders, the B.C. Dragoons and the Royal Westminster Regiment, having attained the rank of major before leaving the reserves to move to 100 Mile House in 1988.
44 YEARS AGO (1981): It had been announced that the then-Lac La Hache Provincial Forest would be gazetted except for four special areas by the end of December 1981. In addition, there had been plans to establish a 1,453,700 hectare provincial forest west of Williams Lake, which would be called Stum Provincial Forest. However, four special areas were to be deferred: Green Lake, Flower Mill volcano area next to Wells Grey Provincial Park, the south side of Canim Lake and an area around the community of Lac La Hache. The area had been considered by the Cariboo Regional District for inclusion in an official community settlement plan.
