Approximately 250 people attended The Great Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by Cooper’s Foods Princeton on Sunday, April 20. The hunt for eggs began at 11 a.m. and went quickly with kids running through three sections of Memorial Park scooping up goodies as fast as they could. The hunt began by the sounding out of a steam engine whistle provided by local Bob Stothert. While the kids were hunting goodies, Cooper’s Easter Bunnies; Corinn Beverage and Colleen Stothert passed out cookies and goodies to the adults. Emily Sheppard came to the hunt with her grandchildren. “It’s a beautiful day, the kids are having fun and the food is great,” she said. Cooper’s staff members Stacey Van Skiver, Rod Bronswyk, Nicole Flemming, Maureen Frances and assistant manager Jon Stammers, along with the Easter Bunnies and a few volunteers served 250 burgers and five dozen hot dogs to attendees for lunch as well as Easter doughnuts for dessert. As Cooper’s was collecting donations to assist Princeton Rotary with the kitchen project, Rotarian Judy Short along with her friend Lynn Johnson donned their bunny ears and gave the Cooper’s crew a hand. Volunteer Scott Michaud had “a lot of fun helping set up the event.” It’s my first time volun- teering and it was great,” he said. Michaud was joined by volunteers, Bradley Bronswyk, Jason Yates and Kyle Vesper who had a great time as well. “It was so awesome,” said little Lilly Pratico’s parents, Rick and Eva, “Not one child was left out and they all had so much fun.” Cooper’s staff are already planning for next year. Volume 65 Issue 17 Wednesday, April 23, 2014 Proudly serving the community since 1948 • www.similkameenspotlight.com SPOT L IGHT The Similkameen Weather Watch Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday High 11/Low -1 High 12/Low 1 High 11/Low 4 High 11/Low 1 High 10/Low -2 email: [email protected]250-295-6938 222 Burton Ave.,Princeton Open Sundays 9 - 4 Foldable Muskoka Chair item #7772163 $39.99 ACE Bow Rakes item #7725252 $12.99 FLETCHER Building Supplies Wildflower Mix Sun/Shade or Butterfly $12.59 $1.10 Includes TAX NEWS Dr. Peacock announces retirement Page 3 COMMUNITY New Beginnings hosts social afternoon Page 11 Love horses? Here is an invitation for you. Page 12 LIFESTYLES Cooper’s Foods provides Easter Sunday fun We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage. Lisa Carleton [email protected]The Princeton Racing Days Association has decided after much consideration to suspend horse racing for 2014. However, the association is geared up to present two days of fun-filled events. Due to successive funding cuts to Interior Horse Racing and other province-wide issues, the association has decided to take this year to work on the stumbling blocks they face in hopes of hosting a successful event in 2015. Prior to 2010, Interior Racing was allotted $150,000 to split between the tracks. Funds were then distributed through a racing committee. A management committee took over and the cuts began. In 2011, Princeton was allotted $25,000. In 2012 - $20,000. For 2013, the allotted amount was $13,500. For this year, Interior Racing has been allotted $11,000 per day per track with races planned for Vernon, Princeton and Osooyos. In Princeton alone, the association spent $50,000 to host its one day of racing last year. “In my opinion, horse racing in the whole province is in serious jeopardy,” said Karrie Crucil, president of the Princeton association and of the Interior. Crucil explained that there is a lack of horses province- wide. “For instance,” she said, “Hastings Park used to have 700 to 800 horses in their barns and this year have only just over 200.” See RACING - Page 5 Lisa Carleton [email protected]Horse racing takes hiatus for 2014 The Great Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by Cooper’s Foods Princeton was held at Memorial Park on Sunday, April 20. Three age-appropriate sections were set up for all the chil- dren to go hunting. (4 and under, ages 5 to 7 and 8 to 12) Approximately 250 people attended the event. For more photos visit the Spotlight page on Facebook. Lisa Carleton/Spotlight
Transcript
Approximately 250 people attended The Great Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by Cooper’s Foods Princeton on Sunday, April 20.
The hunt for eggs began at 11 a.m. and went quickly with kids running through three sections of Memorial Park scooping up goodies as fast as they could.
The hunt began by the sounding out of a steam engine whistle provided by local Bob Stothert.
While the kids were hunting goodies, Cooper’s Easter Bunnies; Corinn Beverage and Colleen Stothert passed out cookies and goodies to the adults.
Emily Sheppard came to the hunt with her grandchildren. “It’s a beautiful day, the kids are having fun and the food is great,” she said.
Cooper’s staff members Stacey Van Skiver, Rod Bronswyk, Nicole Flemming, Maureen Frances and assistant manager Jon Stammers, along with the Easter Bunnies and a few volunteers served 250 burgers and five dozen hot dogs to attendees for lunch as well as Easter doughnuts for dessert.
As Cooper’s was collecting donations to assist Princeton Rotary with the kitchen project, Rotarian Judy Short along with her friend Lynn Johnson donned their bunny ears and gave the Cooper’s crew a hand.
Volunteer Scott Michaud had “a lot of fun helping set up the event.” It’s my first time volun-teering and it was great,” he said. Michaud was joined by volunteers, Bradley Bronswyk, Jason Yates and Kyle Vesper who had a great time as well.
“It was so awesome,” said little Lilly Pratico’s parents, Rick and Eva, “Not one child was left out and they all had so much fun.”
Cooper’s staff are already planning for next year.
Volume 65 Issue 17 Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Proudly serving the community since 1948 • www.similkameenspotlight.com
The Princeton Racing Days Association has decided after much consideration to suspend horse racing for 2014. However, the association is geared up to present two days of fun-filled events.
Due to successive funding cuts to Interior Horse Racing and other province-wide issues, the association has decided to take this year to work on the stumbling blocks they face in hopes of hosting a successful event in 2015.
Prior to 2010, Interior Racing was allotted $150,000 to split between the tracks. Funds were then distributed through a racing committee. A management committee took over and the cuts began.
In 2011, Princeton was allotted $25,000. In 2012 - $20,000. For 2013, the allotted amount was $13,500. For this year, Interior Racing has been allotted $11,000 per day per track with races planned for Vernon, Princeton and Osooyos.
In Princeton alone, the association spent $50,000 to host its one day of racing last year.
“In my opinion, horse racing in the whole province is in serious jeopardy,” said Karrie Crucil, president of the Princeton association and of the Interior.
Crucil explained that there is a lack of horses province- wide. “For instance,” she said, “Hastings Park used to have 700 to 800 horses in their barns and this year have only just over 200.”
The Great Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by Cooper’s Foods Princeton was held at Memorial Park on Sunday, April 20. Three age-appropriate sections were set up for all the chil-dren to go hunting. (4 and under, ages 5 to 7 and 8 to 12) Approximately 250 people attended the event. For more photos visit the Spotlight page on Facebook.
Lisa Carleton/Spotlight
Arts
SHIRLEY’S ART CLASSES:Wednesday & Thursday Call Shirley at 250-295-4076
GARDEN CLUB: Meets second Tuesday of every month, 1 PM, Seniors Branch 30. Call Doreen @ 250-295-1577
ARTS COUNCIL: Meets at Noon on the third Wednesday of the month. Everyone Welcome! Con-tact Marjorie Holland, Pres., 250-295-6718 or Joann Gabriel, Sec., 250-295-3361 for location. General meetings quarterly as announced.
BUNCHGRASS QUILTERSMeet 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month at the Riverside Centre from 10 - 3 p.m.. Everyone Welcome! Contact Sharon 250-295-4194 or Rosemary 250-295-6511
PRINCETON POTTERS GUILD, RIVERSIDE POTTERY STUDIO:Access to the potter’s wheel or hardwork, workshop opportunities, group projects. Call Sue for more info or to join. 250-295-0527
PRINCETON TRADITIONAL MUSIC SOCIETY:The Princeton Traditional Music So-ciety puts on the Traditional Music Festival each year in August, featuring traditional music from many places. The three-day festival is free and run entirely by volunteers. The 100+ musicians and dancers also offer their talents for free. If you would like to help out with the festival, please contact Jon or Rika @ 250-295-6010
Community:INTERESTED IN CHRISTIAN MEDITATION?For people who want to learn to pray with great simplicity, for people who would be willing to get to know Jesus who loves each of us immensely, for people who are at a dead end, for people who want to get to know themselves, for people who want to make a new begin-ning! We can go to God together and it’s free! Call me: Fr. Harry Clarke at 250-295-3541.
PRINCETON MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES: 167 Vermilion Avenue250-295-7588princetonmuseum@gmail.comwww.princetonmuseum.org
WELCOME WAGON! Are you a new to Princeton? If so, we have information regarding local, civic, community services and facilities. We also have gifts for you from local merchants and businesses. Call 1-866-856-8442
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY: Meets second Monday of every month, 1:00 p.m. Hospital Board Room. For info., Call Doreen @ 250-295-1577
PRINCETON and DISTRICT COM-MUNITY SKILLS CENTRE SOCIETY:Meetings are held quarterly on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m.
HEDLEY LIBRARY HOURS: A reminder that the Library is open ev-ery Thurs. from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. and is located at the OAPO Hall on Scott Ave.
HEDLEY OAPO: 3rd Monday of every month regular general meetings - Everyone welcome to come.
SENIORS BRANCH #30POT LUCK SUPPER: Last Friday of every month, 5:30 p.m. Seniors Centre. Members can invite a guest.
MEMBERS ONLYPOOL TOURNAMENT: Last Tuesday of every month at the Se-nior’s Centre. 10:00 am
WHIST & CRIB: (Seniors Branch #30) First Saturday of each month at 1 PM. Coffee & refresh-ments included. Everyone welcome.
VERMILION FORKS PRINCETON O.A.P.O. BRANCH #185: Regular meetings second Friday of every month at 2 p.m.. Pot luck supper every third Friday at 5:00 p.m.
SEARCH AND RESCUE TRAINING SESSIONS: Meetings will be held on the first and third Tuesday of every month. Call Ar-nie Powell at 250-295-6759 for more information.
LITTLE FOLKS NURSERY SCHOOL: Meetings are every third Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. at LFNS. 250-295-3083
PRINCETON LEGION BRANCH #56: Reminds all veterans that the D.V.A. Now makes home visits. For more info. Phone 250-295-6060
Community:
ELKS AND ROYAL PURPLECOUNTRY STORE: Friday’s 11 - 6 and Saturday’s 10 - 3. Table rentals available. For info. Contact Doris Driver at 250-295-3518. Lunch available.
VISIT WITH YOUR MLAVisit MLA Jackie Tegart at the Princeton Town Hall: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.
JA SCHOOL & COMMUNITY GARDEN:New members invited to volunteer as “garden angels” attend committee meetings and garden their own plots. Phone Sandra 250-295-3779, Sharon 250-295-4080 or JAE School 250-295-6727
CINDY PAROLIN SAFE HOMES PROGRAM: Princeton and area, crisis intervention, emotional support, information, legal strategies and safe shelter in cases of abuse against women in relationships. Call the 24 hour women’s crisis line at 250-295-8211 for confidential services.
MONDAY NIGHT BRIDGE:@ Riverside Centre 7 - 9:30. Knowledge of bridge necessary. Call Gail @ 250-295-0171
HealthPRINCETON COMMUNITY HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CHAC): Meets third Tuesday of every month at 7 PM at Town Hall.
PRINCETON HEALTH ACTION COMMITTEE: Regular public meetings first Wednesday of every month at 7 PM at the BPO Elks Lodge.
CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN:If interested in attending, please call: Barb 250-295-4050 orDel 250-295-3266
TOPS: (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) chapter meets at Riverside Wellness Cen-tre every Thursday. Weigh-in-Time 8:30 AM Meeting 9:00–10:00 AM. For more information please contact Lynda 250- 295-3658 or Myrna 250-295-7272 Visit www.tops.org
COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS: Group helps bereaved parents. Will meet as needed. Call Shirley Haker at 250-295-3607. [email protected]
CRISIS LINE: You can call us 24 hours a day, everyday, and your call is confidential and anony-mous. The crisis line is 250-493-6622. Or call collect from locations within the South Okanagan Similkameen: (250)493-6622.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS:Meet Friday In Tulameen at 7:30 p.m. at Library call 250-295-7005
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Tuesdays @ 7:30 p.m. Arbor House. Thursdays @ 7:30 p.m. Baptist Church. Old Hedley road. Contacts: Fred 250-295-7272 or Marena 250-295-7663 NEW LADIES AL-ANON MEETING:Are you concerned about someone’s drinking? Mondays; noon - 1 p.m. @ Riverside Wellness Centre. Contact Cen-tral Referral @1-604-688-1716
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Meet’s every Wednesday & Sunday at the Info Centre in Chamber Basement 7:30 P.M. Phone 1-877-234-5809
Club Notes:
FREEMASONRY: FOR MEN OF GOOD CHARACTER:Freemasonry has been active in B.C. for over 130 years. It is a fraternity open to men of all races and religions. If you are of good character and want more infor-mation, please contact: The Secretary Similkameen Lodge #95A.F.. & A.M. C/O Box 174Princeton, BC V0X 1W0
PRINCETON LIONS CLUB: Regular dinner meetings the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of every month @ The Chamber of Commerce at 6:30 p.m.
ROYAL PURPLE:Meetings first and third Tuesdays 7:30 PM, Princeton.
ELKS: Meetings every second and fourth Sunday, 2 PM.
ELKS AND ROYAL PURPLE: Joint meeting and pot luck supper every third Saturday at 5:30 PM.
PRINCETON PERFORMING ARTS: Meet first Tuesday of each month @ 7 p.m. in Riverside Theatre. Contact Derek @ 250-295-3037
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION: General meeting held on the third Sunday of each month at 1:00 PM.
Club Notes:
GRANITE CREEK PRESERVATION SOCIETY: Meet the third Thursday of every month at 1:00 p.m. in the Princ-eton Museum Archive Room (upstairs). Everyone is welcome!
PRINCETON LADIES AUXILIARY LEGION BRANCH 56: Meet 2nd Tuesday of the month @ Legion Hall at 7:00 p.m.
HEDLEY MUSEUM:General Meeting, meets the 2nd Monday of each month. 6 p.m. @ The Hedley Museum
THE PRINCETON RIFLE AND REVOLVER CLUB: INDOOR SHOOT-ING RANGE Juniors & Seniors meet at 7 p.m.. every Wednesday at the Family Centre (behind the legion). Phone 250-295-6150.
VERMILION FORKS FIELDNATURALISTS:Group meets second Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m. at the Riverside Centre. Public welcome.
OTTER VALLEY FISH & GAME:Meeting’s 3rd Thursday of each month at noon in the Club House.
VERMILION TRAILS SOCIETY:Meets at the Chamber Basement on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. For more info: Contact [email protected] New Members welcome!
PXA MEETING: Held on the third Tuesday of each month. 7 p.m. at the Princeton Library Conference Room. New Members wel-come!
PRINCETON FISH & GAME:Princeton Fish and Game Associa-tion, meet the second Wednesday of the Month at the Princeton Library, contact Al Lay 250-295-0250.
PRINCETON RACING DAYS ASSOCIATION: Meets the third Thursday of the month in the Princeton Library Conference Room at 6:30 p.m.
PRINCETON & DISTRICT FALL FAIR ASSOCIATION:Meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Princeton Library Confer-ence Room at 6:30 p.m.
PRINCETON ROTARY CLUB:Meets every Tuesday @ 12 p.m. Heart-land Restaurant (dining room). For more info. Call Judy @ 250-295-0217. New members welcome!
COPPERHILL LANES:YBC Bowling Saturday 10 AM. Club 55. Men’s, Ladies and Mixed bowling leagues. Call 250-295-6500 for more information.
SPECIAL “O” BOARD;Meets 3rd Tuesday of the month. Contact 250-295-7218 for meeting place & time.
LAPIDARY PRINCETON’S ROCK & FOSSIL CLUB:Meetings held third Tuesday of the month. 7:00 p.m. Riverside Centre. Call Franz Hofer @ 250-295-3896 for more info. New members welcome!
PRINCETON COMMUNITY BAND:Meets Mondays and Thursdays 6 p.m. in the PSS Band Room.New musicians welcome!
YouthGIRL GUIDES OF CANADA:Contact: Carol Mack 250-295-7085
PRINCETON MINOR HOCKEY:Lori Gullison 250-295-3977
SIMILKAMEEN (JKA) SHOTOKAN KARATE CLUB: 250-295-3909 or 250-295-7374
PRINCETON FAMILY SERVICES SOCIETY : FAMILY PLACE 120 Kenley Ave. open Tues., Wed, and Thursday 11- 2. (Pre-natal) 11 -12 Mom’s help prepare and enjoy lunch together.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
HELP US KEEP THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR
UP TO DATE.Please remember to check your
listing in the Spotlight Community Calendar.
If changes to your listing are needed, please call us at 250-295-3535 or
The latest request from Ridgewood Lodge was fulfilled with a presentation by the Princeton Hospital Auxiliary last week.
The lodge requested the purchase of a BRODA® Chair in order to provide residents in their care with more comfort and freedom with mobility.
The BRODA® Chair uses a patented “Comfort Tension Seating® system, which reduces the heat and moisture build-up that leads to skin break-down.”
The chair makes providing care for patients
easier as it is equipped with tilt and recline abili-ties as well as being outfitted with fall prevention arms.
It is durable, maneuvers easily and can be used in numerous types of care including: long term, acute, transitional, bariatric and hospice.
“The best thing about the chair is it gives resi-dents an opportunity to be mobile if they can’t,” said president of the auxiliary, Laila Bird. “A lot of residents are bedridden and this way they can come out of their rooms.”
The chair comes with a price tag of almost $4,000, but is well worth it, for what it pro-vides. “The staff here love it too,” said treasurer, Virginia Brock.
Hospital Auxiliary president Laila Bird, treasurer Virginia Brock, 2nd vice Penny Davidson and secretary Margaret Trehearne are pictured here with Pauline, a resident of Ridgewood Lodge using the brand new BRODA® Chair.
Auxiliary fulfills Ridgewood request
The second industry day for the Similkameen Valley Tourism Advisory Council took place at the Grist Mill on April 16.
The event was also the stage for the unveiling of the 2014 Similkameen Valley Travel Experiences Guide, geared this year to act as a companion piece to the tourism council’s official website.
Industry Day at the Grist Mill also featured an afternoon of workshops designed to assist Similkameen business owners with their tourism marketing. Approximately 40 stakeholders took part in the afternoon sessions.
SVPS Chair Manfred Bauer expressed thanks to all those contributing to this year’s effort, which he said marked a milestone in the Similkameen’s regional tourism strategy. Thematic amongst those speaking during the tourist guide unveiling was the achievements accomplished by working collabora-tively.
“The valley is blossoming because people are working together,” said Similkameen Valley Wine Association chair George Hanson.
“People working together is a really important thing. We can’t do a lot of stuff by ourselves,” he said. “Let’s keep doing it together.”
TOTA Community Development Specialist Simone Carlysle-Smith said Similkameen busi-nesses now had a complete suite of tools to promote their tourism brand.
The experience guide complements a refined and updated website, along with regional and commu-nity pad maps and a social media campaign. Smith also noted the benefits of “leveraged funding.”
Core funding for the TAC tourism initiative came from Destination BC community tourism programs. Additional leveraging was obtained through an agreement with Black Press (owners of the Review and the Similkameen Spotlight) to produce the travel experiences guide. She described future funding through this program as “a challenge” due to a core review of provincial programs.
“We should know by June,” she said regarding funding for 2015.
The official unveiling of the travel experiences guide took place in front of approximately 50 stake-holders and local and regional politicians.
“Our stakeholders have benefitted from work-ing with SVPS, TOTA, local governments, First Nations, Black Press, Destination BC, and residents throughout the valley. We’re now more ready than ever to promote our wonderful tourism destina-tions,” said SVPS - TAC Chair Joan McMurray.
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Regional DIstrict Okanagan Similkameen Directors Brad Hope, (Princeton rural) George Bush (Cawston) and Mark Pendergraft (Osoyoos rural, board chair) socialize at the second Similkameen Valley Tourism Advisory Council’s industry day.
Steve Arstad
Valley experiencesguide revealed
Candles & Coffee
Fundraiser
Rosalinde Blake Organic Candles and Cool Beanz Coffee House are proud to Co-Host Candles & Coffee.Come and experience the aroma and fl avour of great coffee and the aromatherapy of luxurious candles!
With proceeds going to the PRINCETON CRISIS ASSISTANCE SOCIETY.
Sat. - Apr. 19 & 26Sat. - May 24
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SpotlightNEWS
www.hopeair.ca 1-877-346-4673
Hope Air has a simple mission:To provide free flights for Canadians who are in financial need and must travel to healthcare.Donate. Volunteer. Organize. Ask us how. We need your help.
Do you need help with a passport?
Do you have a problem with a federal government service or issue?
Meet with M.P. Constituency Staff Thursday, April 24th
And the LAST Thursday of every month
Princeton: 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm Community Skills Centre, 206 Vermilion
PRINCETON LIONS CLUBis now accepting applications for
Memorial Plaques in the Princeton Lions Memorial Park
DEADLINE: May 30, 2014For more information call Penny at
250-295-7088
PRINCETON BUSINESS WALKAn initiative brought forth by the Princeton and District Chamber of Commerce to the Town of Princeton has resulted in a weekly Business Walk. The walk is an opportunity for chamber president, Brenda Crawford, town CAO Rick Zerr and Mayor Frank Armitage to speak with local business owner/operators face to face. On Tuesday afternoons this trio will be out and about in the retail sector looking to discuss business highlights, concerns and suggestions.
A string of presentations were given at the reg-ular meeting of the Board of Education School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen) in the Princeton Board Room on April 16, 2014.
To begin, district trustees viewed a thank you slide presentation from the students of Princeton Secondary School thanking them for the funding that provided items including; new furniture for the library, replacement of out-dated equipment and funding for the fine arts program.
Teacher, Kirk McConnell received approval (subject to policy compliances) from the board to organize a student trip to Europe during Spring Break 2015. McConnell commented on the fact that he and his wife had two previous experiences with student trips and they, “Were well worth it,” he said.
Assistant superintendent Stephen McNiven presented the board with the Strategic Planning Update (Community Voice on Education) stat-ing, “We have struck a productive advisory com-mittee, collected information online, with surveys and face to face. We are prioritizing under the headers of learning, community wellness and organizational excellence.”
Jason McAllister introduced the board to My Education B.C.—a student information system that will exceed the uses of the current system used. My Education B.C. will include far better student data collection, web space for schools/teachers and students and will include student and parent portals with parents and teachers able
to email one another. The system should be fully in use by September 2015.
Dierra Maynard, local Literacy Coordinator gave the board an update on the Literacy Program. Maynard shared highlights on Celebrity Reading Day and Bedtime and Books, both very successful events held at John Allison Elementary School.
She let the board know of the Literacy part-nerships within the community, such as volunteer reading, one to one tutoring in the schools and at the Library - basic computer training.
Maynard was pleased to announce as well that the second Annual Literacy Race would take place on Thursday May, 8.
Last year 50 volunteers assisted with the race, including providing students of Vermilion Forks with literary challenges. Organizations including Rotary, the Arts Council, Vermilion Forks Pac and the high school assisted as well as gave gener-ously. “Local agencies went above and beyond with support,” said Maynard.
Under staffing reports, Dr. Robert Peacock got up from his chair, walked to his wife Debbie’s side and made the following announcement, “I love my work” he said, “after 39 years, I am announc-ing my retirement effective July 31, 2014.”
Dr. Peacock said that it was with a sad heart he was preparing to say good-bye, but that he was happy—and adding with a chuckle, “I can say I did it all with a pony-tail.”
Board chair, Gordon Comeau spoke with high regard for Dr. Peacock, stating that the board was honoured to have worked with him. “Your judge-ment, wisdom and accessibility have helped
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Superintendent of schools, Dr. Robert Peacock announces retirement
Left:Dr. Robert Peacock announces his retire-ment effective July 31, 2014 during the regular meeting of the Board of Education School District No. 58. (Nicola-Similkameen)
Right:Stephen McNiven, cur-rently serving as assis-tant superintendent, is appointed as the Superintendent of Schools for the district effective August 1, 2014.
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I have a new theme song to plug to Canadians about our country’s national broadcast com-pany. It goes something like this, whistled along to that tune Cups (from the film Pitch Perfect):
“You’re gonna miss it when it’s gone.”You’re gonna miss the muckraking of
Marketplace; the barbed tongue and bald head of Kevin O’Leary (OK, maybe not HIM too much); Adam Beach’s earnest looks on Arctic Air; ranter Rick Mercer; and the calm, cool and col-lected interviewer George Stroumboulopoulos...
You’re gonna miss the weekday broadcasts of Hockey Night on basic cable, unless you get Sportsnet 360 or some other Rogers configura-tion.
And then there are the 657 people who will miss their jobs, ranging from radio and TV broadcasters, technicians, web editors, and the residuals resulting from the fact the CBC/Radio Canada is crumbling due to a reported $130 mil-lion shortfall.
There could be more on the chopping block.As comedian Ron James, the host of his own
CBC comedy show the past five seasons, said recently, the future for everyone looks unclear as “you can’t run a network on peanuts...”
It’s already been announced that the public broadcaster will no longer compete for the rights to air professional sports and has cancelled planned expansions into new regions.
The network is cutting $13.3 million from its news budget, resulting in 115 job losses.
Canadian artists will lose out as CBC Radio will also reduce its live music performances and local musical performance shows.
I know some of you will be glad to wipe your hands of that left-leaning crown corporation, which considering who our government is right now, is a bit of a contradiction in terms. And, of course, it’s one of the main reasons the CBC keeps losing money. However, it’s really a bad day when our nation is in jeopardy of losing homegrown media sources, content and those famous CBC personalities.
I’m concerned about our assets heading south of the border, or being inundated with more American content on my local stations.
If you’d rather become the 51st state and be subjected to more Donald Trump, Ann Coulter, and Bill O’Reilly, be my guest. I’d rather have my sour Grapes, or wily O’Leary, thank you.
It’s not easy to dig up the dirt on some of the atrocities being committed around the world, just ask Linden MacIntyre, Mark Kelley, Gillian Findlay and Bob McKeown of CBC’s the Fifth Estate, but without them, the bad guys win, and we law-abiding Canadians lose.
I know cuts to all these programs haven’t hap-pened yet, and that I may be fear-mongering a little, but I say to all Canadians, save the CBC, ‘cause you’re gonna miss it when it’s gone.
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VICTORIA – Earth Day 2014 will likely go down in B.C. his-tory as less exciting than last year’s event.
That was the day when, in the heat of the election campaign, NDP leader Adrian Dix announced in Kamloops that he doesn’t support the expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline to its Burnaby terminal, because Vancouver shouldn’t become a “major oil port.”
As of this Earth Day, it has been an oil port for exactly a cen-tury, since Imperial Oil began work on B.C.’s first refinery in 1914, in what is now Port Moody. There were no pipelines then, so crude was moved by rail or tanker.
For 60 years, Trans Mountain has supplied the Chevron refinery in Burnaby that is southern B.C.’s last source of fuel. Some of the Alberta crude is piped south to be refined into fuels and some of that product is barged back up to B.C. to keep our traffic moving.
Today the proposal to expand and upgrade that pipeline, and to build new oil and natural gas pipelines across the north, dominate B.C.’s political scene.
In keeping with the educational aspect of Earth Day, here are some things you may not know about energy and the environ-ment.
• A recent National Geographic report summarizes the main sources of oil in the oceans around North America. Media cover-age focuses on tanker and pipeline spills, but they only account for eight per cent of the total.
Fully 60 per cent of the oil load in North American waters is from natural seeps, where oil leaks from seafloor rock. One of the world’s largest is off Santa Barbara, California, where 20 to 25 tons flows out each day. It’s mostly consumed by oil-eating bacte-ria that have adapted and proliferated.
The next biggest source is leakage from cars and trucks, which
collects on pavement and is flushed to sea when it rains.• Earth Day is now preceded by Earth Hour, during which we
are encouraged to turn out our lights to join a world-wide gesture of conservation. Many people use the occasion for a candlelight dinner.
Given that B.C.’s power is nearly all from renewable hydroelec-tric sources, and that the paraffin used to make candles is derived from petroleum or coal, this feel-good ritual produces an increase
in greenhouse gas emissions.David Suzuki is now promoting the idea of Earth
Month, an expansion of the symbolic effort designed to “raise awareness.” This is a popular notion in the climate change industry, which to date consists mostly of government officials and activists flying around the world to conferences in exotic locations to sign agreements that lead to, well, not much so far.
• Unlike Earth Hour, B.C.’s carbon tax on fuels actually appears to be helping to reduce emissions.
An update to provincial data is due this year, but what we have shows a 5.7 per cent decrease in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases between 2007 and 2011.
Environment ministers have conceded that some of this is due to the recession that struck in 2008-2009. But since the economy has recovered and begun to grow again, emissions have continued to decline.
• There are simple things anyone can do, without gimmicks or government programs. One would be to stop protesting increased housing density in your community.
By far the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in B.C., not to mention old-fashioned pollution, is transportation. By liv-ing closer to where we work, shop and play, we can exercise our legs instead of just our gas pedal foot to get around.
Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]
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My name is David Black. I am the majority owner of Black Press, the com-pany that owns this newspaper. This is the first of two columns addressing what I see as the greatest threat to the B.C. environment in our lifetime. I am a reasonably sensible and conservative businessman, not an alarmist. All of the information in this column can be con-firmed from public sources.
The oil industry wants to export Alberta bitumen to Asia via tankers. Under no circumstances should we allow that to happen. A bitumen spill at sea could destroy our coastline, together with the fish and wildlife that depend on it, for hundreds of years.
Bitumen, even if it is diluted, does not float in sea water if there is sed-iment present. This has been proven many times, most recently in a thor-ough Environment Canada study pub-lished on November 30 2013. Page 51 of the study provides graphic evidence of sunken bitumen. Given that there is an abundance of sediment along the BC coast, the bitumen will sink rapidly and there will be little chance of recov-ering any of it if there is a spill. By Northern Gateway’s own admission the likelihood of a bitumen spill at sea is over 10 per cent over the next 50 years. Others say that it is much higher. We are in agreement with the position taken by the Coastal First Nations that even the slightest risk of a spill of bitumen at sea is unacceptable.
The grounding of the Exxon Valdez in Alaska in 1989 is often held up as an example of how bad an oil spill at sea can be, however, a spill of bitumen at sea would be much worse. The Exxon Valdez carried light crude and lost 250,000 bar-rels, one eighth of a tanker load. The light oil floated and could be removed from the beaches. Even so, after four years of work with up to 11,000 workers
and 1,400 boats involved, less than 10 per cent of it was recov-ered. Roughly 200,000 birds and many kinds of other wild-life were killed. Approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline were affected and the fishery has yet to fully recover. Bitumen is very different. It would harden up on shore and much of it would sink to the bottom, making it unre-coverable and killing virtually everything with which it came in contact. Imagine if we lost a full tanker load.
Some say that, with GPS-based navigation and double hulls, spills such as Exxon Valdez are not possible today. They are wrong. Double hulls do not prevent hull fracture if there is a collision at speed, only if there is a gentle scrape.
As for the GPS claim, most marine accidents are caused by human inattention, not by a lack of knowledge about position. All ships carried systems to indicate their location before GPS came along. The Exxon Valdez crew could have glanced at their instruments to determine their location but they didn’t, neither did the crew on the Queen of the North. Marine disasters regularly occur and a quick search of the internet shows human error is most often the problem. Undoubtedly there will be many more marine accidents in future. Our grandchildren will not thank us if we willingly risk the destruction of the BC coast on our watch.
Fortunately there is a solution that is beneficial for all concerned: all we have to do is build a refinery at Kitimat. The refinery will convert the bitumen to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel which float and evaporate if they are spilled. Often little or no spill remediation is required. These refined fuels simply do not cause the habitat destruction of conventional
or synthetic crude oil, or anywhere near the devastation caused by bitumen.
Part II of this article, running in the next issue, will discuss the enormous value-add benefits and environmental advantages of a modern green refin-ery. The pipeline from Alberta and the tanker fleet to export the refined fuels will also be considered.
Let me declare my biases. I am for cre-ating thousands of good permanent jobs in BC. I am for creating billions of new tax dollars for government coffers. I am for reducing the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions. I am for building an oil pipe-line that will never leak. I am for building a modern tanker fleet that carries only refined fuels that float and evaporate if spilled. I am against shipping bitumen in tankers.
If you agree that we should not put bitumen in tankers please contact your local MP and say so. The Canadian gov-ernment makes a decision on this next month.
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She also noted that the governments change to the Foreign Workers Policy has affected the number of jockeys available. “This is not just an Interior issue,” said Crucil, “It’s an industry-wide issue.”
Another issue the Interior faces is the lack of a tote company. (The company that operates the pari-mutuel betting machines.) “The Interior tracks don’t make as much as the larger tracks do,” said Crucil, “it actually costs them to oper-ate, but we are hoping to change their minds.”
For now, the Princeton Racing Days Association is working on hosting a great week-end still. They are planning some unsanctioned races, ton’s of fun for the kids and a Saturday night dance party featuring Dale Seaman and Highway 97. Princeton Racing Days will also host the Little Britches Rodeo June 28 and 29.
Racing Days weekend will still happen in 2014, it will just be minus the thoroughbred racing.
RACING - from page 1 RETIREMENT - from page 3guide this board well. “We hired
him twice, said Comeau, “we real-ized we were gold.”
Dr. Peacock served the district for two terms as superintendent, beginning in 1998 to 2005 and again from 2009 to the present.
He has been a strong advocate for Aboriginal Education and his com-mitment to tam work with the board, community, and the Aboriginal communities was instrumental in the completion of the Aboriginal House of Honour at Merritt Secondary School and the signing of the cur-rent Local Education Agreements.
Stephen McNiven, currently the assistant superintendent has been appointed as Superintendent of Schools effective August 1, 2014.
Comeau congratulated McNiven stating, “The board has every degree of confidence you will fill this posi-tion.”
McNiven is a graduate of this dis-trict who began his teaching career in Richmond. He returned, teach-ing at Nicola-Canford Elementary, and has served as principal of John Allison Elementary, Nicola-Canford Elementary and Coquihalla Middle Schools. The board feels that McNiven has worked hard to build relationships with students, staff and community agencies.
“I thank the trustees for all their confidence,” said McNiven. He then turned to Dr. Peacock and said, “Bob, you are a fantastic mentor and I thank you for that.”
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Children’s book author, Julie White visit-ed libraries throughout the Similkameen and Okanagan as part of the ‘Okanagan Reads for Kids’ program held earlier this year.
Julie White is from Armstrong, B.C. She has written four books (a series) — The Secret Pony, High Fences, Riding Through Fire and Under the Wire.
White is a Pony Club Examiner riding instruc-tor and a course designer. She and her husband
live on their horse farm in Armstrong where they raise thoroughbreds for racing and jumping.
On February 14, Vermilion Forks Elementary grade four students, along with home-school students, enjoyed a reading by Julie White. “The kids enjoyed her very much, said local commu-nity librarian, Sharon Dennis, “She was great.”
Throughout the libraries she visited, White held a draw for an autographed set of her books. On Wednesday, April, 16, librarian Sharon Dennis presented grade four teacher Raelene Campana with a set of White’s books for the Vermilion Forks Elementary School library.
Twenty-three year old film school student, gaming designer and political activist, Joseph Boutilier, is on a mission, not simply for himself, but for entire country —if not the world.
His mission is to promote unity for climate change, first nations treaty breaches and what he terms ‘the muzzling‘ of publicly-funded sci-entists. So, Boutilier has embarked on a journey from Victoria to Parliament Hill in Ottawa. His unusual mode of transportation - a unicycle.
Beginning at Mile 0 at James Bay, Victoria, BC on April 5, this young environmental activist began his gruelling 5 month, 5,000 km journey east to Parliament Hill in Ottawa where he plans to make a change - single-handedly and single-wheeled.
What got Boutilier invested in such a feat? He had this to say.
“I used to be involved in community work, non-profit work and for the last three years I was working a desk job and it was a good job, good people, smart folks and good pay and all that, but I was sort of out of the loop in terms of community engagement,” says Boutilier of his daily grind. “I just wasn’t able to participate in the same way as I used to and I just felt out of the loop.”
Feeling as though he hadn’t been engaged in politics, volunteering and the community for such a long time, really made him think of not only what he was missing, but how he could be of help in some way.
“I was involved with the Victoria Youth coun-cil for many years,” says Boutilier of his invest-ment into the community, “and I worked for an organization called Youth Corp which is a branch of the Service Project Society coordinating the Youth Council when it was just getting started.”
Deciding he needed to get out of the work world hamster wheel for now and become more involved in important issues at hand, Boutilier chose to raise funds (including his own) through donations and grants to try and make that dif-ference.
“I just wasn’t engaged in politics like I used to be,” says Boutilier of his three year diversion into the working life. “I just came to miss the feeling
that I had an impact into the community, so I wanted to do something big and wanted to see what Canada was doing, or not doing for climate action. It was really disheartening to me, so I decided that was going to be my cause.”
So, Boutilier, who feels a natural attachment to politics and community affairs, walked away from his technological background, purchased a unicycle and made a plan to make that difference.
“I think the turning point for me was when Canada backed out of the Kyoto Protocol—it just had a put-down impact on the international negotiations for carbon reductions and it just felt inherently un-Canadian to me,” says Boutilier.
At an average of 35 kilometers per day, mak-ing overnight lay-overs along the way, motels, billeting or camping overnight under the stars. As of this writing, Boutilier was invited to stay the night at Councillor Kim Maynard’s home before heading out to points east the next morning.
“People have been really supportive and friendly—so far so good. I’m super excited.”
Boutilier expects to arrive in Ottawa by September 13 where he will meet up with others at rally and protest at Parliament Hill.
Check out Boutilier’s progress along the way on his blog at www.unityfortheclimate.ca.
Carla ClarkContributor
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Grade four teacher Raelene Campana accepts a set of auto-graphed books from community librarian Sharon Dennis. Dennis presented the books on behalf of author, Julie White.
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Joseph Boutilier is on a 5,000 km journey to Parliament Hill to make a change.
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This is the first of a series of submissions outlining the value, the future, and a path for Junior hockey in Princeton.
The season ended two months ago. The snow has finally dis-appeared and people, rightfully so after such a long grey win-ter, are turning their heads to greener prospects. For the Posse organization, now is when the real work begins. Reflection is a powerful tool. While it is tempting to focus on what did not happen, a view on positive memories and events is essential in order to build future success. In no particular order, I wanted to lay down some of my favorite memories and events…
June 2012, the organization moved into the Coach Rotheisler era. Change brings uncertainty, but the new coaching staff
( Including both Mark McNaughten and the departing Dave Clare ) brought intensity, passion, energy, and their non-stop commitment to improvement that was infectious.
I should also include a huge thank you to Dave Clare - with appreciation we wish him well as he moves to the island and full retirement.
A new face brought a new look – the locker room upgrade, thanks to many volunteer hours. The hi-tech coaching approach complete with a huge TV monitor and countless team video breakdowns. To the organization of players every minute of the week. Looking around the league, the Posse’s coaching pantry was indeed fully stocked.
Princeton can be proudPosse ran the first minor hockey camp in years last August.
This was a huge hit with both local and visiting players.
Mark Aug. 17-20 on calendar for the 2014 Posse Minor Hockey Camp.
Three local players dressed for the Posse this season. Kraig Leochko was an early summer signing. Craig Thompson and Morton Johnston ( AP’ed from the 42-6-1 South Okanagan Midget Reps ) both suited up for the Posse and will be looking to return this August.
August main camp was as well attended in the stands as any in memory. Interest seemed high in the community.
Main Camp this summer will be August 27-31.An urgent call for billet homes was answered
almost overnight. Again many thanks to all the families who invited these young men into their homes!
Home opener weekend was a huge, huge suc-cess. Complete with Weyerhaeuser tent, pre-game Billy’s Steak’n’Prawns Tailgate Party ( completely sold out! ), live music by local blues band Kettle Valley Switchmen ( Wow! ), pre-game Posse bus route, and newly redecorated mezzanine/beer garden that extended outside in the glorious September afternoon.
Saturday night was followed by a Cooper’s Foods sponsored Smokie tailgate and Business Appreciation night. The building rocked all week-end before and during the games. Fans had a blast. The team played their heart out in a 4-3 win followed by an OT loss
Princeton had responded clearly to the ques-tion – can junior hockey survive in Princeton with a resounding YES!
JAE and VFE Student and Parent Day the next weekend followed visits by players and coaches to each classroom to extend free invites to game and postgame Skate with the Posse. Pizza by Pasha’s Pizza was served in the mezzanine. And the Party was on!
With huge success additional pre-game Tailgate parties were hosted by local establish-ments… Cooper’s Foods, Thomasina’s, Princeton Golf Course, CoCo’s Bistro. The concept was right and only outpaced by the onset of winter and lack of daylight.
Fans returned, the building vibrated on many nights. If the season ended early without a playoff run, fans were fortunate as the Posse certainly played their best hockey at the Corral.
The annual December noon Princeton School game reminded everyone why this is simply a must day to keep on the schedule. Anyone present saw the value and were simply blown away by the atmosphere. Hats off to organizers in previous years.
The season concluded Feb. 22 at home with
a resounding 10-5 drubbing of Grand Forks. Eric Kubis set individual club scoring records for goals scored to add to his points record and the organization wishes him well. Equally impressive was the send-off by the fans for the 2014 Posse. The building rocked—without fanfare, without promotion—the community came out and gave the team and organization a send-off that was noteworthy and appreciated.
March 2013 the Posse held its first Spring ID camp for pro-spective players looking to a Junior career. Five local players participated.
June 2013, concern abounded as to the future of the Posse in Princeton. Eighteen people stepped up to consider and tackle this question.
Clearly junior hockey in a town of Princeton’s size is a luxury. It is not a right. It cannot survive on handouts. It is a community owned asset and as such must strive to add value to the community.
This season we saw the best of what Princeton has to offer and fans were rewarded with many evenings of simply just a good night out. The challenge is to learn from the positive evenings and grow into the evening entertainment hub during the fall and winter, This is the challenge for 2014.
Look for upcoming events—Posse Golf tournament and hopefully a Posse Slow Pitch Tournament (a volunteer to help organize would be amazing!) Combining fun with fundraising. What a concept!
Thank you Princeton volunteers, billet families, board mem-bers, sponsors and fans!
From the President ~ reflecting on the seasonDean Johnstonprincetonposse.org
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USW 7619 & Local 1-423 Community Support BBQ
USW 7619 and Local 1-423, along with community volunteers held a BBQ fundraiser at Cooper’s Foods Princeton on Saturday, April 12. From 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., smokies, hot-dogs, hamburgers and pop were sold via donation in order to raise funds for Little Folks Nursery School. “It was a good turnout, we were able to raise $1065.50 for Little Folks,” said organizer Alvin Lukinchuk of USW District 3. “Cooper’s Foods was great in giving us a deal on the food, too.”Lukinchuk also extends his thanks to the Weyerhaeuser, Copper Mountain Mine employees and com-munity members who volunteered their time to participate in the fundraiser. Left-overs were donated to the Princeton Food Bank. The Princeton branch of the
Okanagan Regional Library has become a community centre of sorts.
As well as borrowing books and movies, or using the computers for school work or research, residents gather at the library to work on puzzles, sit and read by the fireplace or to socialize.
The preschool story program for kids aged two to five that began in March is still going strong. Assistant community librarian Neil Anderson entertains the little ones
with stories, interactive activities songs and crafts.
There are only two more ses-sions left in the spring program. Wednesday April 23 and 30 from 1 - 2 p.m. Watch for future program announcements, including Lego Night—coming soon.
On Wednesdays in July from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., children from ages five to 12 are welcome to enjoy Summer Reading Club.
Summer Reading Club gives kids the opportunity to hear from some great guest speakers, participate in storytime and crafts as well as have the chance to win book draws and contests.
Princeton’s New Beginnings Club played host to clubs from Penticton, Summerland and Keremeos for their Annual Spring Fling luncheon and dance.
The social event was held at the Riverside Centre on Thursday, April 17 from noon until 3 p.m.
“The clients mostly know each other,” said support worker, Becky Vermette. “They have a great time together.”
Attendees enjoyed hot dogs and potato salad for lunch with cupcakes for dessert, followed by a couple hours of dancing.
Music and light-ing for the dance was provided by local D.J. extraordinaire, Ian Elko.
Assistant community librarian, Neil Anderson, reads to children ages two to five during Preschool Storytime held at the Princeton Library.
Top photo:Support worker, Becky Vermette (on stage - blue shirt) gets the room going by showing the dancers how to do the YMCA - they all had a blast.
Photo right: Misty Tuck and Brian Liberatore enjoy a dance together during the Annual Spring Fling Social.
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Apart from budding trees and shrubs, cheerful birds and wildlife sightings, there is another sure sign of Spring in Princeton. It is the appearance of classic vehicles which have been stored and protected from winter ravages. Last week when I walked to the bank, I passed a bouquet of turquoise, orange and yellow cars and trucks, all squeaky clean and per-fect. I have to admit that the sight of well preserved vehicles from the past excite the sculptor in me. Something is being said by the shapes of cars and the times they were being first driven.
Like many things in my life, my first clear memories were born in Winnipeg. We first lived on a street called Jubilee Avenue. It was one of two avenues that branched off Highway 75, the main route from the U.S. and an hour and a half from the border crossing at Pembina. Jubilee Avenue funneled traffic to the north east and downtown.
It was the early fifties, and for me, a time of pre-puberty when play-life was remarkably civilized and adult free. Our gang organized games with intricate rules and obscure outcomes. We went as a swarm to the Garry Theatre on Saturday afternoon to watch mov-ies, many of which would be censored or banned as politically incorrect today. We were all given a quarter by our parents, ten cents for admission and fifteen for a chocolate bar or some other treat. (Only the silly boys would buy popcorn and then throw it during mushy, improbable scenes.) These movies would then become platforms for the following week of play where we would act out our version of the (flimsy) story we had seen on Saturday. Keeping with the formula of a serial, we never actually ended our convoluted version and waited for more fodder each Saturday afternoon.
But getting back to cars, we had a game we played during interludes between our lurid rec-
reations of Roy Rogers adventures. It was called “Tourist Touch!”Here is how it went: We all crowded onto our front step where we had a clear view of the intersection of Pembina Highway and Jubilee Avenue. The first person to spot a “foreign” license plate and that could identify the province or state yelled at the top of their lungs, “Tourist Touch!” and simultaneously whacked the nearest person. It was a vigorous exercise during summers only. No one, it
seemed, visited Winnipeg once swim-ming in Lake Winnipeg was over.
This game gradually morphed into a less strenuous, more civilized activity. We began to work on identifying the make, model and year of all the cars that passed. At one point in my life, when I had the photographic memory of a normal ten year old, I could snap out, “Pontiac Parisienne, two door hardtop custom sport, 1964” before even some of the boys. I knew what a Henry J was, a Packard, Edsel, Austin Healey and so on. I lost interest in the eighties when cars became boxy and
homogenous. It was a melancholic ending to a great mental exercise.
In 1973, I fell head over heels for a darling little baby blue 1963 Volkswagen Bug. It was the perfect car - when it stalled, which it did at the most incon-venient intersections, I was able to get out and push/steer it all by myself. I once locked myself out late one evening and soon discovered I could raise the front trunk door, reach in through the glove com-partment and lift the latch to the passenger door. It was ingenious!
So you can see why I have an affection for those voluptuous orange, yellow and turquoise cars parked on Bridge Street. I test myself once in a while and on a good day, I can still say, “Studebaker Coupe, 1952 two door Skyhawk!”
Can you?
ARTI-FACTSMERRILYN HUYCKE
Classic Cars — a sure sign of Spring
Local horse enthusiasts gathered at the Coalmont Hotel, on the evening of April 9 to discuss the possibility of starting a Chapter of the Back Country Horsemen of BC, in the Princeton/Tulameen Area. Instrumental in pull-ing the group together was Jim McRae, a man with vast experience with horses and mules and packing into the back country. McRae is the founder of the original Chapter of BCHBC in the Fraser Valley in 1989 and former president of Horse Council BC. His accomplishments in the area of trails establishment and restoration of his-toric trails are enormous.
Another important figure at the meeting was Kelley Cook, our tireless local historian and trails expert. Kelley has been a huge motivator in this area in the protection and restoration of historic trails into the back country.
The meeting was attended by more than 20 people from a variety of equine related backgrounds including: ranch-
ers and rural property owners, several horse trainers and riding coaches, a farrier, barefoot trimmers, boarding facility owner, horse packers, trail ride operators, a former 4 H leader, camp cook and first aid attendant. The pas-sion for riding into the back country was apparent.
Requirement to start a Chapter of BCHBC in this area is all about people. Needed are five officers to perform the organized tasks of the society. There are three people step-ping up to fill positions and confidence has been expressed in the ability to fill the other two.
Plans are underway for a work party to begin clearing an overgrown section of existing trail. A pack-ing clinic date has been set with the goal of introducing the gear and skills required to prepare an animal (be it horse or mule) to carry supplies into the back country safely.
Anyone interested in joining this fledgling group please contact Chris Coomes, in Tulameen, at 250-295-6197 or by email to [email protected]
Lorraine StubbinsContributor
Chapter of Back Country
Horsemen of BC
proposed for
Princeton/Tulameen
areaJoshua, Glen Krupnick’s pack mule on a trail clear-ing initiative on the Dewdney Trail summer of 2012.
The following businesses were too late to list their new or changed number in the 13-14 phone book:
Suzie's Shop........................Sweet Sensations................PRINCETON TAXI.................Princeton Health Centre.....Joan's All Occasion Candy BoquetsSun Oka Appraisals...........The Winking Pedlar..............Nugget Valley Gold..............Sewn For You.......................Red Cross.............................Vermilion Forks Fitness......Princeton Fire & Safety.......Madysen Salway (Licenced Hair Stylist).........Princeton Heating & Air Conditioning........................Custom Pool & Spa
ATTENTION BUSINESS OWNERS:If you *missed the book* and operate a business in our market area. Call the Similkameen Spotlight at: 250-295-3535 or Fax us a note at: 250-295-7322 and publish your name and number at no charge.
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Thumbs up to Cooper’s Foods, staff and volunteers for the awesome Easter hunt and
barbecue lunch on Sunday!Well done everyone!
Thumbs up to the graduat-ing class of 2014, parent and teacher volunteers for all the
hard work to make the Family Fair a great afternoon for
all.
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Princeton Pentecostal Church(The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)
165 Vermilion Avenue Beside the Museum,
invites you to join with us in
Sunday Worship10:30 am Morning Worship
250-295-7951
St. Paul’s United ChurchAlso serving the Anglican Community
Office: 250-295-7714WORSHIP - 10:00 am
Communion: 3rd Sunday of the month
Office HoursTues and Thurs: 9:30 am - noon
190 - 1st AvenueEveryone Welcome
Baptist Church of Princeton
Across from Arena - Old Hedley Road
Family Worship 10:00 am Prayer Meetings on
Wednesday at 7:00 pm
250-295-7752
Living WaterCommunity Church
Invites You to38 Kenley Avenue
10:30 Morning Worship
Pastor George DonovanTel: 250-295-7733
CELL:250-293-6447
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CAPRICORN: Trust the people you love, Capricorn. They may grow weary of not knowing which way you lean. Be firm when making decisions and others will respect you for it.
AQUARIUS: It is not always easy to think and act differently from those around you, Aquarius. But your willingness to take the road less traveled is why you’re such an effective leader.
PISCES: Pisces, someone close to you is having problems that he or she cannot express. Your intuition will save the day.
ARIES: Aries, your self-confidence and enthusiasm have made you a natural leader. This week belongs to you, and others will rely on your leadership skills.
TAURUS: A unique experience has inspired you to make a difference, Taurus. If you want to volunteer, there are many organizations that need help. Find the right fit for you.
GEMINI: Change is right around the corner, Gemini. Take the time to listen to what the stars are trying to tell you so you can make the best decisions.
CANCER: You are very good at bringing together people, Cancer. Use this ability to create a social forum this week. Encourage those closest to you to exchange ideas.
LEO: Don’t let others make decisions for you, Leo. This week take control of your life and be more assertive regarding the goals you want to accomplish.
VIRGO: Virgo, technology is foremost on your mind this week. Focus on ways that technology can better your life and advance your career. Seek the advice of others.
LIBRA: Libra, seek guidance from friends and family when faced with a puzzling problem. Different perspectives can shed light on the problem and make it easier to solve.
SCORPIO: Scorpio, give ample thought to what you really want out of a particular relationship or situation. You might have to make big changes, but such changes are worth the effort.
SAGITTARIUS: Try to show others this week that you are a thoughtful person who has a lot of life experience, Sagittarius. Assert yourself calmly and effectively to get your point across.
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A Light Lunch to Make It Through the Workday
Lunch is a meal that can provide an energy boost or make you feel drowsy. In the middle of the workday, a big meal can make it much
more difficult to be productive as the day goes on. For those looking for a light lunch,
consider the following recipe for “Nicoise Pasta Lunchbox” from Rachael Anne Hill and Tamsin Burnett-Hall’s “The Powerfood Cookbook: Great Recipes for High Energy and Healthy Weight-
Loss” (Ryland, Peters & Small).
Nicoise Pasta LunchboxServes 2
40 grams whole-wheat pasta rotini4 ounces green beans, cut into thirds1 egg1/3 cup imported black olives61/2 ounces canned tuna steak in spring
water, drained and flaked1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved2 small heads Bibb lettuce, leaves
separated
Dressing1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon
juice1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil1 small garlic clove, crushed2 heaping tablespoons chopped fresh
basil Sea salt and freshly ground black
pepper
Cook the pasta in a saucepan of lightly salted boiling water for about 12 minutes or until tender. Add the green beans to the pan for the last 3 minutes of cooking time. Drain the pasta and beans, then refresh briefly with
cold water.Meanwhile, add the egg to a small sauce-
pan of cold water. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 6 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold
water until cool. Peel the egg and cut in half.Beat the dressing ingredients together with
the seasoning in a mixing bowl. Mix in the pasta and beans, olives, flaked tuna, and cher-ry tomatoes. Divide the lettuce leaves between
two lunch boxes or bowls and top with the Nicoise pasta and the hard-cooked egg halves.
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BLACKWELLIrene “May” of Penticton, formerly of Princeton passed away peacefully with her daughter by her side on April 12, 2014 at the age of 88 years. She is lovingly remembered by her daughter, Irene of Penticton; daughter in law, Jane of Calgary; four grandchildren; six great grandchildren as well as numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. May was predeceased by her husband, Bill in 2005 and son, Rob in 2008. Cremation took place at Providence Crematorium with interment of urn in Lakeview Cemetery, Penticton. Memorial tributes may be made to charity of donor’s choice. Condolences may be sent to the family through providencefuneralhomes.com.
RYKERSHENRY, March 1, 1950 - April 15, 2014:It is with heart and soul we announce the passing of a very loved man. Henry
was born in Eindhoven Holland. At the age of 7 his family immigrated and made their home in Mission BC. After graduating in 1969 Henry worked for a brief period of time at Cominco mines in Trail. He then moved back to Mission and worked for the District of Mission. This was followed by a period of time in private Construction. In 1986 Henry moved to Princeton with his family and began a ful lling career with the Town and Community of Princeton. His love and dedication to family and community lives on in the hearts of all who knew him. Henry was predeceased by his father Peter, in 1983 and his mother Mary, in 2010. Henry is survived by his wife April, his son Matthew, daughter Lisa & granddaughter Jessica, daughter Laura & grandsons Brady, Taylor, Jack & Sailor, brother Ron (Jodie) & niece Amanda, nephew Ryan, and many extended family members in Holland, Australia, Mission, Maple Ridge and Salmon Arm. A son, a husband, a father, a brother, an uncle, a cousin, a boss, but most of all a friend to all. His love, laughter, joking nature and “stories” to this day have left a smile and a bewildered look on many. It is at the request of Henry that no public service be held but he sincerely wishes that you take time and set aside a day and enjoy the “Moment”, with those who are your family and friends - listen to your favourite tunes, enjoy a great meal, perhaps catch the big one or just go shing, laugh long and loud, hug lots. Donations may be made to a charity of your choice. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.HansonsFuneral.ca.
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In Memoriam
LECHNER, Edwin (Ed)Jan 21, 1943 - Feb 28, 2014
Died suddenly at home with his boots on. A popular horseman,mechanic, sports-man, and friend to everyone he met.Ed was predeceased by his father George, mother Susan, brother George, and his ex wife Carol. He is sur-vived by his wife Bonnie Taylor, his daughters Cheri Cooper & Tracy Lechner as well as his 4 grandchildren Natasha Cooper, Chelsea Cooper, Chantelle Campbell, and Cole Campbell. The family invites friends to a celebration of his life to be held at the farm on April 27th from noon til 4:00PM.
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We currently have an opening for a sales person to help us with our paid distribution newspapers across B.C. This position means getting out in the community and talking to subscribers about our newspapers and working to build stronger relationships with existing readers of our newspapers. It also includes finding new subscribers for our newspapers and helping introduce them our award winning host of community newspapers. This is not a year-around position and will run from March to October each year. We offer a spectacular compensation package and bonus incentives. Your own vehicle is required, but we cover all travel expenses. This is really a great opportunity for the right person. It is a different type of job, but definitely has different types of rewards. If you feel this position would be the perfect fit for you, then we would love to hear from you. Please email all enquiries to Michelle Bedford at [email protected].
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School District No. 58 (Nicola-Similkameen) requires Summer Students. The worker will provide assistance in the normal maintenance tasks involved with maintaining playgrounds, playing fields and school district sites. A valid driver’s license is required. Students must have been enrolled full-time in High School/College in 2013/2014 and must be returning full-time to College/University or Trades School for the 2014/2015 sessions. Application forms are available at the Princeton Secondary School, 201 Old Merritt Road, Princeton, or on-line at www.sd58.bc.ca , click on Jobs/Support Positions/Job Postings, listed under Job Code # 319773, and follow the prompts. Applications, including a detailed resume with a minimum of three references, will be accepted until May 2, 2014. Please forward to:
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Tack/SuppliesBarrel Racing Saddle, never used, $450. 250-295-6770
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or t
rade
may
be
requ
ired.
†* T
he A
utom
otiv
e Jo
urna
lists
Ass
ocia
tion
of C
anad
a (A
JAC)
com
pris
es p
rofe
ssio
nal j
ourn
alis
ts, p
hoto
grap
hers
spe
cial
izin
g in
car
s an
d tru
cks.
The
y pro
vide
unb
iase
d op
inio
ns o
f new
vehi
cles
to h
elp
cons
umer
s m
ake
bette
r pur
chas
es th
at a
re ri
ght f
or th
em. F
or m
ore
info
rmat
ion
visi
t ww
w.aj
ac.c
a ̂ 2
014
Sier
ra 15
00 w
ith th
e ava
ilabl
e 5.3
L Ec
oTec
3 V8
engi
ne eq
uipp
ed w
ith a
6-sp
eed
auto
mat
ic tr
ansm
issi
on h
as a
fuel
-con
sum
ptio
n ra
ting
of 13
.0L/
100
km ci
ty an
d 8.
7L/1
00 km
hwy
2W
D an
d 13
.3L/
100
km ci
ty an
d 9.
0L/1
00 km
hwy
4W
D. Fu
el co
nsum
ptio
n ba
sed
on G
M te
stin
g in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith ap
prov
ed Tr
ansp
ort C
anad
a tes
t met
hods
. You
r act
ual f
uel c
onsu
mpt
ion
may
vary
. Com
petit
ive
fuel
con
sum
ptio
n ra
tings
bas
ed o
n Na
tura
l Res
ourc
es C
anad
a’s
2013
Fue
l Con
sum
ptio
n Gu
ide
for W
ards
Auto
.com
201
3 La
rge
Pick
up s
egm
ent a
nd la
test
ava
ilabl
e in
form
atio
n at
the
time
of p
ostin
g. **
Whe
n eq
uipp
ed w
ith a
vaila
ble
6.2L
Eco
Tec3
V8
engi
ne. C
ompa
rison
bas
ed o
n wa
rdsa
uto.
com
201
3 La
rge
Ligh
t-Dut
y Pic
kup
segm
ent a
nd la
test
com
petit
ive
data
ava
ilabl
e. E
xclu
des
othe
r GM
vehi
cles
. †
Com
paris
on b
ased
on
ward
saut
o.co
m 2
013
Larg
e Pi
ckup
seg
men
t and
late
st c
ompe
titiv
e da
ta a
vaila
ble.
Exc
lude
s ot
her G
M ve
hicl
es. †
† Th
e 2-
Year
Sch
edul
ed L
ube-
Oil-F
ilter
Mai
nten
ance
Pro
gram
pro
vide
s el
igib
le c
usto
mer
s in
Can
ada,
who
hav
e pu
rcha
sed,
leas
ed o
r fi n
ance
d a
new
elig
ible
201
4 M
Y Si
erra
with
an
ACDe
lco
oil a
nd fi
lter c
hang
e, in
acc
orda
nce
with
the
oil l
ife m
onito
ring
syst
em a
nd th
e Ow
ner’s
Man
ual, f
or 2
year
s or 4
0,00
0 KM
s, w
hich
ever
occ
urs fi
rst,
with
a lim
it of
four
(4) L
ube-
Oil-F
ilter
serv
ices
in to
tal, p
erfo
rmed
at p
artic
ipat
ing
GM D
eale
rs. F
luid
top
offs
, insp
ectio
ns, t
ire ro
tatio
ns, w
heel
alig
nmen
ts an
d ba
lanc
ing,
etc.
are n
ot co
vere
d. T
his o
ffer m
ay n
ot b
e red
eem
ed fo
r cas
h an
d m
ay n
ot b
e com
bine
d wi
th ce
rtai
n ot
her c
onsu
mer
ince
ntiv
es av
aila
ble o
n GM
vehi
cles
. Gen
eral
Mot
ors o
f Ca
nada
Lim
ited
rese
rves
the
right
to a
men
d or
term
inat
e th
is o
ffer,
in w
hole
or i
n pa
rt, a
t any
tim
e wi
thou
t prio
r not
ice.
Add
ition
al c
ondi
tions
and
lim
itatio
ns a
pply.
See
dea
ler f
or d
etai
ls. +
Whi
chev
er c
omes
fi rs
t. Se
e de
aler
for c
ondi
tions
and
lim
ited
warra
nty d
etai
ls. ‡
0%
for 3
6 m
onth
leas
e av
aila
ble
on a
ll 20
14 S
ierra
1500
Reg
ular
/Dou
ble/
Crew
Cab
s. S
ampl
e le
ase
paym
ents
bas
ed o
n 36
-mon
th le
ase
of 2
014
Sier
ra D
oubl
e Ca
b 4x
4 (1S
A +
G80
+ B3
0) o
n ap
prov
ed c
redi
t by G
M F
inan
cial
. Tax
, lic
ense
, ins
uran
ce, r
egis
tratio
n, a
pplic
able
pro
vinc
ial f
ees,
and
opt
iona
l equ
ipm
ent e
xtra
. Ann
ual k
ilom
etre
lim
it of
20,
000
km, $
0.16
per
exc
ess
kilo
met
re. M
onth
ly p
aym
ents
may
vary
dep
endi
ng o
n do
wn p
aym
ent/
trade
. Exa
mpl
e: S
ierra
Dou
ble
Cab
4x4
(1SA
+ G8
0 +
B30)
incl
udin
g Fr
eigh
t and
Air
Tax
is $
30,4
88 a
t 0%
APR
, $1,0
75 D
own
paym
ent,
Bi-W
eekl
y pay
men
t is
$139
for 3
6 m
onth
s. To
tal o
blig
atio
n is
$11
,928
, plu
s ap
plic
able
taxe
s. O
ptio
n to
pur
chas
e at
leas
e en
d is
$18
,560
. ¥¥
0% P
urch
ase
fi nan
cing
offe
red
on a
ppro
ved
cred
it by
RBC
Roy
al B
ank/
TD A
uto
Fina
ncin
g/Sc
otia
bank
for 4
8 m
onth
s on
new
or d
emon
stra
tor 2
014
Sier
ra 15
00. R
ates
from
oth
er le
nder
s wi
ll va
ry. D
own
paym
ent,
trade
and
/or s
ecur
ity
depo
sit m
ay b
e re
quire
d. M
onth
ly p
aym
ent a
nd c
ost o
f bor
rowi
ng w
ill va
ry d
epen
ding
on
amou
nt b
orro
wed
and
down
pay
men
t/tra
de. E
xam
ple:
$10
,000
at 0
% A
PR, t
he m
onth
ly p
aym
ent i
s $2
08 fo
r 48
mon
ths.
Cos
t of b
orro
wing
is $
0, to
tal o
blig
atio
n is
$10
,000
. Offe
r is
unco
nditi
onal
ly in
tere
st-fr
ee. F
reig
ht in
clud
ed. L
icen
se, i
nsur
ance
, reg
istra
tion,
PPS
A, a
pplic
able
taxe
s an
d de
aler
fees
not
incl
uded
. De
aler
s ar
e fre
e to
set
indi
vidu
al p
rices
. Offe
rs a
pply
to q
ualifi
ed
reta
il cu
stom
ers
only.
Lim
ited
time
offe
r whi
ch m
ay n
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
with
cer
tain
oth
er o
ffers
. GM
CL m
ay m
odify
, ext
end
or te
rmin
ate
offe
rs in
who
le o
r in
part
at a
ny ti
me
with
out n
otic
e. C
ondi
tions
and
lim
itatio
ns a
pply.
See
dea
ler f
or d
etai
ls. ¥
$4,
250
man
ufac
ture
r to
deal
er d
eliv
ery c
redi
t has
bee
n ap
plie
d to
the
purc
hase
, fi n
ance
and
le
ase
offe
rs o
f 201
4 Si
erra
1500
Dou
ble/
Doub
le/C
rew
Cab
mod
els,
and
is a
pplic
able
to re
tail
cust
omer
s on
ly. $
500
pack
age
cred
its fo
r non
-PDU
mod
els.
Oth
er c
redi
ts a
vaila
ble
on s
elec
t Sie
rra m
odel
s. O
ffer e
nds
April
30,
201
4. +
+ Re
tail
and
basi
c fl e
et c
usto
mer
s wh
o pu
rcha
se o
r lea
se a
n el
igib
le C
hevr
olet
, Bui
ck o
r GM
C de
liver
ed fr
om d
eale
r sto
ck b
etwe
en M
arch
1, 2
014
and
April
30,
201
4 wi
ll re
ceiv
e on
e 40
¢ sa
ving
s per
litre
fuel
car
d (fu
el sa
ving
s car
d) u
pon
paym
ent o
f an
addi
tiona
l $.0
1. Ca
rds v
alid
as o
f 72
hour
s aft
er d
eliv
ery.
Fuel
savi
ngs c
ard
valid
for 8
00 li
tres o
f fue
l pur
chas
ed fr
om p
artic
ipat
ing
Petro
-Can
ada
reta
il lo
catio
ns (a
nd o
ther
app
rove
d No
rth
Atla
ntic
Pet
role
um lo
catio
ns in
New
foun
dlan
d) a
nd n
ot re
deem
able
for c
ash
exce
pt w
here
requ
ired
by la
w. G
M is
not
resp
onsi
ble
for c
ards
that
ar
e lo
st, s
tole
n or
dam
aged
. GM
rese
rves
the
right
to a
men
d or
term
inat
e th
is o
ffer a
nd/o
r the
pro
gram
for a
ny re
ason
in w
hole
or i
n pa
rt a
t any
tim
e wi
thou
t not
ice.
Pet
ro-C
anad
a is
a S
unco
r Ene
rgy b
usin
ess™
Trad
emar
k of S
unco
r Ene
rgy I
nc. U
sed
unde
r lic
ense
. Car
ds a
re p
rope
rty o
f Sun
cor E
nerg
y. To
pro
tect
your
car
d ba
lanc
e, re
gist
er o
nlin
e at
www
.pet
ro-c
anad
a.ca
/pre
ferre
d to
day.
‡‡ O
ffer v
alid
from
Ap
ril 1,
201
4 to
Apr
il 30
, 201
4 (th
e ‘P
rogr
am P
erio
d’) t
o re
tail
cust
omer
s res
iden
t in
Cana
da w
ho o
wn o
r are
cur
rent
ly le
asin
g a
1999
or n
ewer
elig
ible
vehi
cle
that
has
bee
n re
gist
ered
and
insu
red
in C
anad
a in
the
cust
omer
’s na
me
for t
he p
revi
ous c
onse
cutiv
e si
x mon
ths,
will
rece
ive
a $7
50 S
prin
g Bo
nus c
redi
t tow
ards
the
leas
e, p
urch
ase
or fi
nanc
e of
an
elig
ible
new
201
3/20
14 G
MC
mod
el d
eliv
ered
dur
ing
the
Prog
ram
Per
iod.
Ret
ail c
usto
mer
s res
iden
t in
Cana
da w
ho o
wn o
r are
cur
rent
ly le
asin
g a
1999
or n
ewer
elig
ible
pic
kup
truck
that
has
bee
n re
gist
ered
and
insu
red
in C
anad
a in
the
cust
omer
’s na
me
for t
he p
revi
ous c
onse
cutiv
e si
x mon
ths,
will
rece
ive
a $1
000
Sprin
g Bo
nus c
redi
t tow
ards
the
leas
e or
fi na
nce
of a
n el
igib
le 2
013/
2014
GM
C Si
erra
; or a
$20
00 S
prin
g Bo
nus c
redi
t tow
ards
the
cash
pur
chas
e of
an
elig
ible
201
3/20
14 G
MC
Sier
ra d
eliv
ered
dur
ing
the
Prog
ram
Per
iod.
Onl
y one
(1) c
redi
t may
be
appl
ied
per e
ligib
le ve
hicl
e sa
le. O
ffer i
s tra
nsfe
rabl
e to
a fa
mily
mem
ber l
ivin
g in
the
sam
e ho
useh
old
(pro
of o
f add
ress
requ
ired)
. Thi
s of
fer m
ay n
ot b
e re
deem
ed fo
r cas
h an
d m
ay n
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
with
cer
tain
oth
er c
onsu
mer
ince
ntiv
es a
vaila
ble
on G
M ve
hicl
es. T
he $
750/
$100
0/$2
000
cred
it in
clud
es
HST/
GST/
PST
as a
pplic
able
by p
rovi
nce.
As p
art o
f the
tran
sact
ion,
dea
ler w
ill re
ques
t cur
rent
vehi
cle r
egis
tratio
n an
d/or
insu
ranc
e to
prov
e own
ersh
ip fo
r the
pre
viou
s con
secu
tive s
ix m
onth
s. G
MCL
rese
rves
the r
ight
to a
men
d or
term
inat
e thi
s offe
r, in
whol
e or i
n pa
rt, a
t any
tim
e with
out p
rior n
otic
e. V
oid
wher
e pro
hibi
ted
by la
w. A
dditi
onal
cond
ition
s and
limita
tions
app
ly. S
ee yo
ur G
M d
eale
r for
det
ails
.
40¢ OFF/LITRE GAS CARD++
ON ALL 2014MODELS$2,000‡‡
PLUS ELIGIBLE OWNERS RECEIVEA SPRING BONUS UP TO 2COMPLIMENTARY
OIL CHANGES††
YEARS/40,000 KM
ENDS APRIL 30TH
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PRUNING PRESENTATION & LUNCHEON The Princeton Garden Club attended a demonstration of how to prune an apple tree properly, given by member George Harry on Monday, March 24. The tree is on the patio of Co-Co’s. George explained why and how to prune a tree to enhance the shape and promote fruiting. The demonstration was easy to follow and all questions were answered. The members enjoyed a delicious lunch of soup, sandwiches and apple pie after the demonstration.
Contributed
Local kids are wait-ing with bated breath, just hoping the num-ber they hold in their hands is the last one called during the cake walk held at the annual Family Fair. The Family Fair is an annual fun-draiser held by the graduating class of Princeton Secondary School to raise funds for bursaries. The grads hold a white elephant sale and host various games. The kids love it and the grads have a blast putting it on.
Grads host Family Fair
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