TV for sale

32" JVC TV. Asking $50. It has a perfect picture and is in excellent condition. If you are interested call 250-374-8570.

Submitted by Hana Struss

Logan Lake Day

Sunday, July 31 is Logan Lake Day! All activities take place at Maggs Park and Recreation Centre.

Questions about the Ajax Mine Project

This letter asks many of the questions we, as residents of Lac Le Jeune, should all be asking about the proposed Ajax Mine Project. Please take the time to read it and educate yourself about the project and how it will affect the Kamloops area, including our own community.

http://www.kamloops.ca/ajax/pdfs/RequestForInformation.pdf

Western Canada Summer Games Triathlon

The 2011 Western Canada Summer Games are coming to Lac Le Jeune! The Triathlon will be hosted on the Lac Le Jeune Resort property.

There will be a temporary delays on Lac Le Jeune Park Drive East and Lac Le Juene Road for the Western Canada Summer Games.

Traffic delays will occur during these dates:
August 5 - no delays but please use caution as participants are practicing
August 6 – 10:40am – 11:20am and 12:10pm – 12 45pm
August 7 - no delays but please use caution as participants are practicing
August 8 - 9:50am – 11:20am and 11:50am – 1:10pm
August 9 – 10:20am – 10:40am and 11:20am – 11:40am

Traffic will be stopped to allow race participants to cycle in a racing peleton safely.

We ask that you plan your schedules as to not conflict with the closures. Please use caution when driving in the vicinity of this event and obey all traffic control devices and traffic control people.

The Western Canada Summers Games and the Ministry of Transportation appreciates your cooperation. For more information on the event please contact, the Western Canada Summer Games office at 250-372-1157.

The event is still in need of volunteers. If you are able to lend your time, please register as a volunteer with the Games office or sign up online and select Triathlon as your sport of choice.

This notice was submitted by Teresa Seibal, Sport Chair, Triathlon

Concerns about the Ajax Mine Peoject

The proposed Ajax Mine Project will impact a very large area of land that Lac Le Jeune residents regularly drive through as they go back and forth into Kamloops. Here's a clip which was recently featured on the Kamloops TV station, CFJC TV7:



Although there has been surprisingly little information released through the media about the proposed mine project and its impact on the Kamloops and Lac Le Jeune areas, CFJC TV7 is currently asking as its Question of the Week: "Do you support or oppose the proposed Ajax mine? " To voice your opinion, please visit the CFJC website, look for the Poll in the right hand sidebar and vote.

The Loon Family

Photographers kept a close watch on the Little Lake at Lac Le Jeune during the last week or so as the resident Loon Family welcomed two new babies. Photos by Jenny Perry.

What's happening in your back yard?

These photos were taken the afternoon of June 14th in Elna and Ken Strand's yard. These fawns were born in the early morning or during the night. The doe will sometimes leave her fawns under Strand's deck while she goes off to eat. Occasionally one fawn will emerge and dance like nobody is watching, then run back to the safety of the deck.

Note: This letter to the editor of the Kamloops Daily News describes this experience of observing the doe with her young, and reminds us that the fawns we see in the wild and in our back yards are not abandoned.

AJAX MINE PROJECT

The map pictured above shows the scope of the proposed Ajax Mine Project and should be of great concern to all Lac Le Jeune residents because it will most certainly have an impact on the local environment, residents’ health, wildlife habitat, traffic on the Lac Le Jeune Road, air, noise and light pollution, property values, etc. A public presentation and opportunity for a question & answer session was held Thursday, June 16 at Kamloops Towne Lodge and many residents of the region turned out to hear the presentation and make their concerns known at that meeting.

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEA Agency) and the BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) are seeking comments from the public on the proposed Ajax Project and its potential effects to ensure that these issues are identified for consideration in the environmental assessment. A background document, containing information on the proposed Project, the requirements of the environmental assessment, and the proposed environmental components to be considered in the assessment, is available on the CEA Agency’s Web site at www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca. A description of the proposed Project is available on the EAO’s web site at

www.eao.gov.bc.ca.

Lac Le Jeune residents still have an opportunity to voice their concerns. The public comment period will run from June 8, 2011 to July 11, 2011. The CEA Agency and EAO will accept public comments submitted by any of the following means:

By Online Form:

www.eao.gov.bc.ca/pcp/forms/Ajax.html

Comments made to date may be read here:

http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca/pcp/comments/Ajax_comments.html

By Email: Ajax@ceaa-acee.gc.ca

By Fax: 250-356-6448

By Mail:

Nicole Vinette, Project Assessment Manager

Environmental Assessment Office

PO Box 9426 Stn Prov Govt

Victoria BC V8W 9V1

or

Lyle Thompson, Project Manager

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

320 - 757 West Hastings Street

Vancouver BC V6C 1A1

Links to additional information on the Ajax Mine Project:

www.newsloops.net/ajax

www.amemining.com/s/Afton-Ajax.asp?ReportID=333034

To voice your opinions on this issue, Lac Le Jeune residents are encouraged to make comments on the Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) website, by email or fax--any comments sent by mail will be delayed by the Canada Post strike.

Ashcroft Opera House

You are invited to a back porch shindig in Ashcroft to celebrate the future of the Opera House and to welcome the new owner, Mel. Local musicians will be putting on a live performance, and there will be food for folks from away.

The Ashcroft Opera House was built in 1889, and has had a long history of bringing people together to enjoy excellent music and food.

401 Brink Street, Ashcroft

Thank you to musician Lynne Kellman for passing along this information.

Have you seen this dog?

Yesterday Lulu, a small Cockapoo, escaped from her kennel on 3831 Water Street during the thunderstorm and is still missing. Lulu is gray and white, about the size of a Cocker Spaniel, is very friendly, and will approach anyone. She is wearing a tag with a Peachland phone number on it, but you can contact Cheyanne Bisshopp at (250) 639-0314 OR LLJ number (250) 372-1732 if you see this dog.

UPDATE! Lulu was found at Ridge Lake by some campers on June 11. That's a long journey for a small dog! The owners are so relieved.