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Courthouse unfit to stand trial
Joe FriesBlack Press
A judge has reluctantly agreed to move to Penticton the preliminary inquiry for a man accused of stabbing two women and then trying to kill himself outside a Princeton restaurant.
James Ronald Buhler, 53, is charged with the attempted murder and aggravated assault of his wife and aggravated assault of their daughter on Feb. 26, 2014.
Defence counsel Dave Johnson appeared on Buhler’s behalf last week in provincial court in Penticton and applied to have the one-day inquiry, which will determine if their is enough evidence to send the matter to trial, moved out of Princeton.
“The courthouse there simply isn’t ade-quate to deal with a matter of this serious-ness,” said Johnson, citing the Princeton courtroom’s narrow confines and a lack of
glass around the prisoner’s box.Crown counsel John Swanson said the
alleged victims no longer live in Princeton.“It’ll probably be just as easy to get them
to Penticton, if not easier,” he said.Judge Greg Koturbash balked initially at
the change-of-venue application.“I think there’s always an interest by the
community in crimes that occur in that com-munity,” he said, before later granting the application after hearing sheriffs also have concerns about the Princeton courthouse.
A date for the preliminary inquiry is expected to be set Feb. 11.
Buhler remains behind bars and didn’t appear in court.
Police allege he stabbed his wife and daughter multiple times outside a Dairy Queen and then cut his own throat in an attempt at suicide.
Princeton celebrates snowy Family Day page 10
Princeton’s courthouse, located on the second floor of the town hall, “is not adequate to deal with a matter of this seriousness,” according to defence council Dave Johnson.
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Spotlight StaffIf you are out walking your dog in the
next couple of weeks, don’t be surprised if you are stopped by Princeton’s by law control officer Bob Riley.
Riley will be conducting doggie spot checks to make sure pet owners are clean-ing up after their animals, and have them licensed.
“As I’m driving around town I’m stop-ping everybody I see with a dog,” said Riley. “Recently we’ve had many, many complaints regarding the responsibility of some pet owners.”
Riley said most complaints about dog owners failing to stoop and scoop are coming from Bridge and Vermillion Street “from business people and people who are walking downtown.”
The fine for not cleaning up after a pet is $100 and the fine for not having a dog license is $75.
Riley said the “responsible pet owner initiative” is about sharing information and not writing tickets. “Most people are pretty good,” he said.
Riley is a peace officer and residents are required to cooperate with him by provid-
ing their names if approached. The RCMP are aware of and support the initiative, he said.
As well during the next two weeks Everything Pets will distributing doggie bags to customers with information pam-phlets about the town’s animal by laws.
The town currently licenses about 245 dogs and dog license renewal notices were sent to pet owners last month. Cost of a dog license is $10 and for dogs that are not neutured or spayed the fee is $30.
Complaints at the bottom of poop and scoop patrol
Andrea DeMeerLarge or small the fine for not cleaning up after a dog in Princeton is $100. Driver – a well known downtown dog – is always accompanied by a responsible owner.
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Wide-scale demolition at Kennedy Lake Resort seems unlikelyJoe Fries
Black PressWide-scale demoli-
tion of hundreds of rec-reational lodgings at a Princeton-area resort is unlikely now that their owners have begun bringing their homes into compliance with safety regulations.
Many of the cabins, RVs, lean-tos and other shelters on leased lots at Kennedy Lake Resort do not comply with building codes, safety guidelines or zoning bylaws and first came under the microscope of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen about a decade ago.
Last year, the RDOS
obtained a court order that permitted it to demolish structures that weren’t brought into compliance and was able to use that threat as a means to get home owners on board with its plan to legitimize the 130-hectare property.
Staff told the RDOS board last week that of the approximately 300 structures on site, 180 still have permit applica-tions open, 12 have been scheduled for demoli-tion by their owners and two by the RDOS.
Laura Walton, the RDOS builder inspec-tion services supervisor, said staff emphasized in their dealings with resort
residents the need to ensure their safety.
“Our focus is we don’t want these build-ings collapsing on them,” she said.
Walton noted staff did encounter some resistance at first, but “the anger’s more at the property owner at this stage.”
The resort owner has agreed to sign a cov-enant that would allow the B.C. Homeowner Protection Office to sign off and clear the way for permits from the RDOS, she added, but the owner’s spouse has been declared mentally incompetent, so the mat-ter has stalled for now.
Walton said the RDOS expects to go ahead with some demo-litions at the end of June 2016, and then bill the resort owner. People who own the recreation-al homes and are work-ing to bring them into compliance will have until the end of October 2016 to do so.
Bob Coyne, the RDOS director for rural Princeton, said resort residents to whom he’s spoken have come to see the need for proper permitting at Kennedy Lake.
“There is a consensus to get it dealt with,” said Coyne.
A driver who swerved to avoid a deer rolled her vehicle and was taken to hospital with a sus-pected concussion.
The accident occurred February 8 at about 11 p.m. at Allison Pass on Highway 3 west of Princeton.
A 21-year-old woman missed the deer which ran in front of her vehicle, but hit a hard-packed snow bank caus-
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Damage to the vehi-cle was extensive.
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Princeton RCMP are looking for any information regarding a stolen ATV from the 200 Block of Dood St in Princeton. The ATV was stolen sometime over night of February 7, 2015. The ATV is described as being a green Yamaha Grizzly with a snow blade on the front of it. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Princeton RCMP detachment or Crimestoppers.
Police seek stolen ATVThis ATV was stolen from a Princeton home February 7.
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VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark’s push to “re-engineer” the B.C. education system is moving ahead aggressively in B.C.’s 25 post-secondary institutions.
One of the first tasks for Andrew Wilkinson in his new role as advanced education minister was to outline the shift in operating grants for colleg-es and universities to in-demand occupations. By 2017, a quarter of the money for post-secondary institutions will be directed to areas where labour force surveys forecast a need.
This was greeted with some alarm when it was announced last year. Simon Fraser University president Andrew Petter at first downplayed the coming skills shortage as “relatively small” and warned against pushing post-secondary institutions into a “zero sum battle for dollars.”
Petter has since come on board, as his approving comments were featured in the ministry’s Jan. 26 news release detailing the shift. He and others have been assured that in spite of Clark’s rhetoric, suggesting trades training is in and university is out, the news for SFU and other universities isn’t all that bleak.
Wilkinson is completing a province-wide tour of all post-secondary institutions this week, and I reached him at his visit to Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops.
“The response to this has generally been pretty good, because the students are putting this pressure on institutions themselves,” he said. “Some of the institutions are … shrinking things like teacher education and putting more effort into the science-based, quantitative fields that are often related to these in-demand occu-pations.”
The surplus of teacher graduates has been noticeable for some time, but that’s largely a function of oversupply, much of it in urban areas. In the Cariboo, for example, teaching jobs are pro-jected to have the highest number of openings by 2022, followed by nursing and retail and wholesale trade managers. Then come heavy duty mechanics and electricians, but also paraprofessional
jobs in legal, social, community and educational services.
Province-wide, it’s part of a broader demo-graphic shift to fewer children and more retir-ees. In fact the government started this targeted funding a decade ago with health care, forcing universities to produce more doctors, nurses, lab techs and so forth.
The retiring baby boom is expected to account for more than half of the openings in the next decade, which will expand the skills demand across most fields, beyond the trades training for the anticipated liquefied natural gas industry and other high-demand industrial areas such as truck
driving.Wilkinson notes that of the ministry’s $1.9 billion budget, about
60 per cent goes into general post-secondary education, for intro-ductory courses that students take when they are seeking a career path, through undergraduate studies to professions.
“So I think the idea that we’re going to somehow minimize or diminish funding in that general education, arts and science cat-egory is just not true,” he said.
Key to this shift is measuring the performance of courses offered at colleges, universities and technical schools. Each year, the ministry surveys about 30,000 graduates to find out whether their studies helped them find a related job.
The results are available on a website that breaks them out by institution and general study area. To find it, do a web search for “BC student outcomes” and select the “executive dashboard” to check the results for courses and schools in your region.
The site provides charts showing the percentage of students who land relevant jobs. Not surprisingly, it tends to be higher for technical programs and lower for fine arts.
It also shows grads’ average wages, a sobering but useful bit of information for high school students and their parents.
Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]
Clark “re-engineers” higher education
BC ViewsTOM FLETCHER
With Family Day activities a happy memory for most people in British Columbia there is no better time to consider Samuel Forrest and his infant son Leo.
Forrest, who lives in Armenia, made international headlines last week when he shared his story of refusing to give up Leo, who was born with Down Syndrome, even though his wife disowned the child and is suing for divorce.
The wife has been vilified on social media, and Forrest has established a gofundme page that has so far raised $479,000 that will enable him to be a fulltime father to his little boy.
It is a dismal commentary on the state of fatherhood today, that one fairly unremarkable act of committed parenting could generate so much attention and com-ment.
No question: if Samuel Forrest was a mom the personal struggle to care for Leo would be just that – a personal struggle.
Just look at the numbers.In Canada approximately 16 per cent of families are
headed by a lone parent, and eight out of ten of those are mothers.
British Columbia – while it puts on a good Family Day – has the highest single mother poverty rate in the country, with 50 percent of single-mother homes exist-ing below the poverty line.
According to the Social Planning and Research Council of BC the average single parent family in this province lives on approximately $20,000 a year.
Twenty per cent of children with disabilities in Canada live in a single parent home. Parents of those children – mostly mothers – face overwhelming eco-nomic hardship, emotional and physical stress, barriers to the workplace and career advancement, difficulties finding adequate childcare and patchwork support at best from social services and educators.
If they receive income assistance they also enjoy the stigma of “welfare mom” at the end of every month.
A 2013 Child Poverty Report Card made numerous suggestions to improve lives for moms and children living in poverty including increasing and indexing social assistance rates, investing in lower income housing, allowing parents on assistance to keep child support benefits and introducing a subsidized public child care plan.
One thing is sadly certain– a gofundme page for single mothers anywhere is just not going to fly.
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China Ridge Trails, the Town of Princeton and Cooper’s Foods combined their efforts to provide residents with a free Family Fun Day to celebrate B.C. Family Day this year.
Children, teens and adults all enjoyed the toboggan hill.
All ski and snowshoe equipment was provided free of charge by China Ridge Trails and the Bridge School—loaned 10 pair of snowshoes for the day.
Let’s talk about the word redneck.Did anybody wince?Since moving to Princeton, BC six months
ago I’ve confronted the word many times.People who love Princeton because they
were born and raised here, and also those who chose Princeton as home, are prone to bring this up apologetically.
“Well, yes, it’s a bit of a redneck place - but don’t let that put you off.”
On the few occasions I’ve ventured away from the safety of the Similkameen Valley – either for business in Penticton or on an airport run to Kelowna - I’ve been proud to introduce myself as being from Princeton.
There is often an arched brow or an amused gleam in the eye
“Ah Princeton, that’s kind of a redneck town, isn’t it?”
In fairness it could be said that by virtue of the miners, the loggers, the ranchers, the hunters, the fisherman and the rugged nature of its surroundings, the town is going to attract some stereotypes.
But redneck isn’t accurate.I know redneck. I’ve lived
redneck. The necks in Princeton aren’t even a pleasant pink.
My old hometown of Burford, Ontario set me up as pretty as a speckled pup to understand redneck.
Jeff Foxworthy would find a spiritual home there.
Approximately half the size of Princeton, Burford is nestled in the armpit of southwestern Ontario tobacco growing coun-try. Until recently there were still signs in local businesses that read: Thank You For Smoking.
The fall fair in Burford is held each year on Thanksgiving weekend. Its most popular feature – I am NOT making this up – is toilet bowl racing, with the demolition derby a close second.
The demo – always a great excuse to clean out the backyard.
Upon moving to Burford 17 years ago I began attending the Anglican Church. A potluck luncheon followed my very first service and as I moved dispiritedly along the tables – even simple salads and vege-table casseroles were slathered with bacon – a gnarled and whiskered gentleman ahead of me in line observed by empty plate and smacked his gums. “Something wrong with the food?”
I explained it all looked lovely, but for a vegetarian there were few choices.
“A vegetarian?” His querulous voice reached an alarming pitch. “I don’t hold with that nonsense. God put men and women on this earth to be together and that’s the way it should be.”
Fast forward to Princeton BC in January 2015 when a troupe of female imperson-ators took the stage at the local legion for
a fundraiser that had the whole town alive with positive buzz. Miners, loggers, ranch-ers, hunters and fishermen, they packed the legion hall with excitement and appreciation.
Chatting after the show with one of the performers I learned it was a unique and welcome venue for the group, used mostly to performing for small audiences in bars on the coast where the clientele isn’t always so gracious.
Princeton is not a redneck town.Princeton is a community that comforts
diversity and differences quite naturally. Most people seem to rub along together with an unspoken philosophy of “live and let live.”
Of course there are always going to be those who don’t fit in.
If you are one of them, I suggest your best option for happiness is to tell your cousin you want a divorce, throw the hound dog in the back of the Ford F150, and get the heck out of Dodge.
Most necks in Princeton aren’t even a little pink
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Advertising moguls wouldn’t likely select Jim and Pat Melville of Hedley as their Valentines Day poster couple.
After the bumps and bruises that come with almost 45 years of marriage and raising two children, the Melvilles don’t have the sleek, unrealistic fashion magazine fig-ures. They don’t exude the “over the top” glamour advertisers thrive on.
For me their life partnership provides convincing evidence that stability and faithfulness in a rela-tionship is more rewarding than the Larry King model of multiple failed marriages. I was interested in meet-ing with them because they are so thoroughly untouched by the hype and values of the advertising gurus.
They grew up in a time when money was scarce. Recalling the day in 1960 when he went to a car lot, Jim said, “I told the salesman I liked the 1949 Pontiac they had, but I could pay only three hun-dred dollars. He said he’d talk to the manager. A few minutes later he came back. The manager had approved my offer.” The first time he went to put in gas, he couldn’t
find the gas cap. After hunting for some time, he found it behind one of the tail lights.
For Jim, meeting Pat must have been “love at first sight.” He still remembers the day and the precise time. “I was working at what is now the Weyerhauser Mill in Princeton,” he said. “Some friends came to give me and a co-worker a ride home. They brought Pat along. It was 6 pm on October 24th, 1969.” For him the timing was fortuitous. His father had been deceased for 13 years, and he had lost his mother 3 weeks ago. Pat was a ray of sun-shine. The following weekend he took her to a movie in Oroville.
They had similar interests and values, and their relationship flour-ished rapidly. It may surprise young-er readers that Jim asked Pat’s par-ents for “her hand in marriage.” At that time there was greater respect for societal values and institutions, including marriage. Her father liked him and jokingly said, “if you want her, take her.”
“We asked Reverend Derek Salter to marry us,” Jim said. “He took marriage pretty seriously. We had to go to his home and tell him about ourselves and why we want-
ed to get married. I don’t remember what we told him.”
Apparently the Reverend was satisfied with their respons-es. He performed the ceremony in Hedley’s United Church (now Hedley Grace Church) on March 28, 1970.
Pat and Jim share a lengthy his-tory in Hedley. Her family arrived in 1951 and her father operated the tram that moved ore, supplies and people between the Nickel Plate mine, high on the mountain, and the town. “I attended school here,“ she said. “So did our children and grandchildren.”
Jim arrived somewhat later than Pat. He is one quarter native and related to the well known Allison family. “My mom was half aborigi-nal,” he said. “My dad was Irish.”
Initially they rented. When they applied to rent a house owned by the Credit Union, the manager said, “Why rent? You should buy it. There is a grant available.” They accepted his advice and it is their home to this day.
“There were large families liv-ing in small houses then,” Pat said. “People didn’t have much money to do things. We attended commu-nity events. There were dances at
the Moose Hall and a big Robbie Burns celebration each year. Also Boxing Day and New Years dances. Groups of ladies met for coffee in their homes. Expectations weren’t as high as now.”
It has taken love, a sense of humour and commitment to get to where they are now. “If we didn’t agree about something,” Pat said, “we talked about it. We always worked through the problems.”
When our coffee cups were empty and they were ready to leave, it occurred to me that throughout our conversation, their voices had been gentle and respectful toward each other. At a time when 30 day Hollywood unions no longer surprise us, the Melville’s life long partnership is inspiring and well worth observing.
Happy Valentines Jim and Pat!
Celebrating Valentines Day with a simple love story
Jim and Pat Melville.
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Andrea DeMeerSpotlight Staff
It’s the kind of conversation that plays out in the town of Princeton – in all towns – many times a day.
Friends drop by to share coffee at the local diner, or gather at the arena or on a park bench.
They talk about family, work, romance, and repeat stories of shared holidays to places like Disney World and Las Vegas.
In a comfortable room on Harold Avenue last Thursday, the consum-ing news of the day was Lynda Chubb’s upcoming trip to Calgary, to see her two grandnieces.
“I’ve never met them before but I have pictures,” said Chubb. At 70 the gregarious and colorful senior has lived in Princeton for many years. Her father, Dick Chubb, was manager of the town’s liquor store.
Despite being past the age of retirement Lynda Chubb works at Ridgewood Lodge, where one of her favorite jobs is playing games with the residents. She uses a walk-er, but still manages to meet with her friends two or three times a week.
“It makes me happy.”Leanne Shuman, 22, is one
of the youngest members of the informal clique. While born in Penticton, she moved with her fam-ily to Princeton when she was quite young and attended John Allison School. Shuman lives with her boy-friend, and works part time for The Chamber of Commerce. She hopes
to go back to school this year. “I like coming here, it’s fun. It gets me out of my house and gives me things to do until I go to school.”
Aaron Derish – the only man braving the room on Thursday – said he’s often too busy working, cycling or hiking to get together for coffee. “I come when I feel like it,” he remarked to general laughter.
Derish, 58, often takes his bike to Tulameen or Osprey Lake. He has worked previously at the Princeton Golf Course, but also enjoys collecting scrap metal and woodworking. He lives in a cabin with his cat Bootsy.
A different job is on Megan Ratcliffe’s priority list for the com-ing year. Ratcliffe, 30, lives with her fiancé Mark and has worked in Princeton at Subway and The Chamber of Commerce. An avid swimmer Ratcliffe has her lifeguard certificate and thinks she might apply for a position where she can stock shelves. “I kind of like com-ing here,” said Ratcliffe. “I’ve got all my friends and I’ve got a friend here who’s like a sister,” she said, with a high-five across the table to Misty Tuck.
Tuck, 28, has only lived in Princeton for 18 months but she knows “I’m a good fit here. I don’t get into trouble in small places but I do in big places.”
An enthusiastic needle worker and rug hooker Tuck is also cur-rently looking for work. She has
worked in local restaurants in the past, and is hoping to find some-thing part time. “I don’t want to work full time because I would miss coming here to see my friends and my boyfriend.
Did I tell you I have a boy-friend?”
The eye rolling and chuckling was all good-natured, as most of the group seemed to already know that Tuck and Brian have been a couple since September 13, 2013.
Tuck lives with a friend she affectionately calls “Alley Cat.”
“I’m happy here. Alley Cat loves
me just like a daughter. She loves me just the way I am.”
The day program for dis-abled adults operates Monday to Thursday at New Beginnings, by Princeton and District Community Services Society, 47 Harold Ave and currently serves 27 residents.
Friends share family, work and a little gossip
Andrea DeMeerLeft to Right are Dana Slatten, Megan Ratcliffe, Misty Tuck, Aaron Derish, Leanne Shuman, Lynda Chubb and Sharon Gelech.
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Old Hedley Road, East Princeton, Jacobson Road and Air-port Road Specified Area Tax Roll will be open for inspec-tion at the Princeton Municipal Hall, 151 Vermilion Ave-nue, Princeton BC, between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday. An owner of a parcel of land within Old Hedley Road, East Princeton, Jacobson Road and Airport Road Specified ar-eas may make a request to have the Parcel Tax Roll amended on one or more of the following grounds: 1. there is an error or omission respecting a name or address on the parcel tax roll; 2. there is an error or omission respecting the inclusion
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area or the taxable frontage of a parcel; 4. an exemption has been improperly allowed or disallowed. A request to amend the Parcel Tax Roll must be submitted in writing to the undersigned by 1:30 pm, May 15, 2015 in order to be considered. Shirley McMahon Director of Finance Town of Princeton 151 Vermilion Avenue PO Box 670 Princeton BC V0X 1W0 Ph 250-295-3135 Email [email protected]
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FEBRUARY 26, 2015
A community forest can be described as any forestry operation managed by a local government, community group, First Nation or community held corporation for the benefit of the entire community. The partners, the Town of Princeton, the Upper Similkameen Indian Band and the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen invite the public to an Open House on February 26th, 2015, 7:00 p.m. at Riverside Centre, 148 Old Hedley Road.
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The family of Doreen Armstrong is sad to an-nounce the passing of Doreen on January 31. Doreen was predeceased by her husband Vincent Armstrong, and her parents William James Harris and Mary Catherine Harris [nee Coffee]. Doreen was one of fourteen children and they all pre-deceased her. Doreen was born in Keremeos B.C. on October 23, 1925. She passed at Orchard Haven, which was the same property she was born on. During her life Doreen worked at the Keremeos packing house, even after her move to Hedley B.C. in 1955. Doreen is survived by her step-daughter Joyce Unrau of Prince George B.C., son Jack Armstrong [& Lorna Armstrong] of Maple Ridge B.C., and son Don of Hedley B.C.. She is also survived by nine grandchildren, Tim, Betty, Roy, Rhonda, Rick, Chad, Curtis, Kodie, and Alexan-dra. She is also survived by six great grand chil-dren, Hunter, Zachary, Maddie, Lennon, Ryan, and Nicholas. The family would like to extend a big thank you to Orchard Haven in Keremeos for all the wonderful support and caring that they gave to our mom and grandmother.
Doreen will be buried next to her husband Vincent at the Keremeos Cemetery on
Wednesday, February 11 at 1:00. A memorial service will take place later in the spring.
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Andrea DeMeerSpotlight Staff
With one week to go before the end of the regular season the Princeton Posse’s first play off card might not be drawn until the final second of the last game.
The Posse has a fingertip grip on third place in the Okanagan Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, sitting just two points ahead of the Kelowna Chiefs. The team fin-ishing in forth position goes into the playoffs facing the dominant first place Osoyoos Coyotes.
“We’re fight-ing in between third and fourth,” said head coach Bill Rotheisler. “It doesn’t really mat-ter where we end up. We will have to play both Osoyoos and Summerland. It doesn’t matter in which order.”
Rotheisler has main-tained since the season’s beginning that the Posse is built for the playoffs.
While Princeton didn’t manage to advance in the standings on the weekend, los-ing 3-2 to Summerland Sunday and 6-3 to the Coyotes at home Friday night, Rotheisler said the team remains con-fident of a successful playoff run.
“We are a tough team to play. Teams don’t like to play us back to back.”
Rotheisler noted that losses late in the season can in part be attributed to injuries “which are all cleared for the playoffs” as well as to the fact that the team has released numerous players to take affiliate opportuni-ties with Junior A clubs.
“It might mean we don’t win a game right now, but they will be better, stronger players at playoff time.”
Rotheisler said the team will spend the last week of the regular sea-
son focusing on its sig-nature physical strength and “working on getting more pucks to the net.”
Captain Kurtis Klinger was the Star of the Game Sunday against Summerland with one assist. Brandon Schaber and Trevor Pereverzoff each record-ed goals.
Klinger was Friday night’s Star as well, with one goal. Cody Lassiter and Destin Robinson also scored for the Posse.
Bob MarshThe Princeton Posse lost 6-3 to Osoyoos at home Friday night but demonstrated a solid physical game that will be the team’s signature heading into the playoffs.
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Snow and lots of smiles for Family Day
Andrea DeMeerAbove Liam Laughy, 4, of Princeton, had a grand time with his father Ryan at the town’s annual Family Day event at China Creek. “Me and my Dad are going sled-ding lots and I ate some hotdogs,” Liam told The Spotlight, before heading up the hill for one more run. More than 200 people attended the annual event Monday, sponsored by the town. Everyone had the opportunity to try snowshoeing and cross country skiing, and Princeton Ground Search and Rescue held a mock avalanche find.
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Andrea DeMeerScott Gilbert, manager of Coopers in Princeton, donated hotdogs and the fixings for the Family Day barbecue at China Creek. He was also on hand to make sure lunch was cooked to perfection.
Andrea DeMeerOwen Pemberton of Princeton enjoyed Family Day at China Creek, but then Dad was doing all the heavy pulling with the toboggan.
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Choose one of these romantic movies for ValentinesCouples celebrate
Valentine’s Day in many different ways. For some the idea of dinner out followed by a stroll arm-in-arm seems the epitome of romance, while others may want to go out dancing or engage in a favorite hobby.
Valentine’s Day also can be a roman-tic endeavor if a couple chooses to spend time at one with each other watching a romantic movie. The following are a handful of love-inspired movies that can add a special something to Valentine’s Day fes-tivities.
· The Notebook: Author Nicholas Sparks has a way of taking the everyday experiences in a person’s life and making them relatable and heartbreaking in a pluck-at-your-heart-strings sort of way. His novel “The Notebook” won the hearts of many and seemed a natural to be adapted to film. Starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, the movie illustrates how love can last through the years and even survive an Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
· The Proposal: In order to remain in the country, a demand-ing New York-based book editor (Sandra Bullock) asks her brow-beaten assistant (Ryan Reynolds) to marry her. Their tumultuous rela-tionship involves a trip to Alaska to meet his family.
· An Affair to Remember: Romantic melodramatic mas-ter Cary Grant falls in love with Deborah Kerr aboard a cruise ship while they are traveling with other people. They agree to meet at the top of the Empire State Building in six months if they have ended their relationships and are ready to commit to each other. Grant makes it to the rendezvous spot, but an injured Kerr never shows as Grant assumes she has rejected the pro-posal.
· Say Anything: In pursuit of a woman he
believes is out of his social league, Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) creates hope for the underdog in us all. The movie inspired teens to raise their boom box radios over their heads and blast romantic tunes to illustrate their love.
· The Wedding Singer: This quirky movie about a wedding singer who falls for a banquet waitress high-lights the importance of loving each other for what makes you unique.
· Once: Attraction between the main char-acters comes by way of creative musical collab-oration. Music proves to be an aphrodisiac, making the film and the song “Falling Slowly” from its score so popu-lar. This romantic tale helped take the film from the big screen to the Broadway stage.
· West Side Story: “West Side Story” is yet another homage to “Romeo and Juliet.” But the film made Shakespeare’s tragic love story relatable to audiences of the 1960s.
· My Best Friend’s Wedding: Julianne (Julia Roberts) is called on to be the “best man” for her friend’s (Dermot Mulroney) wedding. Only when the wed-ding planning is under-way does Julianne real-ize she is in love with her friend and needs to get him to fall for her instead.
· Never Been Kissed: A reporter goes under-cover at a high school to discover something controversial and ends up being the subject of her story when she falls in love with her English teacher.
· Harold and Maude: A man in his twen-ties and a much older woman begin a roman-tic relationship and challenge social norms along the way.
· Annie Hall: Winner of four Academy Awards, “Annie Hall” follows a comedian who is trying to maintain his relationship with a
woman.
· Bridget Jones’ Diary: A modern adap-tation of “Pride and Prejudice,” the movie tells the tale of a self-conscious woman who finds love in a man that seems to be her polar opposite.
· Ten Things I Hate About You: Filmmakers reinvented “The Taming of the Shrew” in this teen comedy starring Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger.
· Casablanca: No romantic movie list would be complete with-out this wartime drama.
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman are in top form in this movie of chance meetings.
· The Princess Bride: Girl meets boy, girl detests boy, girl truly loves boy, and then girl
loses boy. This fairy tale shares the purity of true love and happily ever after.
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Atoms advance to semi finals
Andrea DeMeerAtom Posse goaltender Reid MacMurchy got a little encouragement from the bench during intermission in a game against Penticton Sunday, which ended in a 4-3 win for the Princeton youngsters. This past weekend marked the start of playoffs for the team, and they won two of three matches. The atoms finished the regular season third in their division and advance to the semi finals of the play offs this weekend
Club hosts weekend bonspiel
Andrea DeMeerMike Munsie formerly of Princeton, and Princeton’s own Seishi Shinde played for Royal City in the weekend’s successful bonspiel. Princeton Curling Club hosted 22 men’s teams from Vernon, Penticton, Kelowna, Abbotsford, and Vancouver. The men’s bonspiel is the biggest event of the year for the club.
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tion company is hoping starting a volunteer committee will aid in the flow of informa-tion regarding a regional water plan.
At a recent meeting the Similkameen Valley Planning Society agreed to allow Andrew Stuckey of StarNorth Communications to start a communica-tions committee for the Similkameen Watershed Plan.
The committee will include Stuckey and two volunteer members from any-where in the Similkameen Valley.
The team’s primary function will be to assist in planning communication-related activities to support the watershed plan, Stuckey said during a phone interview.
“It’s mostly planning. What we want to do is get a sense from various sectors of the community about what’s the best approach to communicate to the community about the watershed plan,” he said.
The non-regulatory watershed plan is currently in its second phase.
A $500,000 grant was awarded to the Regional District Okanagan Similkameen
(RDOS) on behalf of SVPS to create a watershed plan in 2012. The SVPS includes members from Area G, B, H, Lower Similkameen Indian Band, Princeton and Keremeos.
In phase one, completed in January 2014, available data was compiled and several studies were completed.
Open houses held in Princeton and Keremeos were not well attended. Once formed the communication committee’s goal will be to engage more residents in the process.
“Let’s be fair if everything is working well. If everything is working fine they aren’t engaged in the issue,” he said.
“Essentially it’s (communications) on my shoulders as the communications pro-fessional. I can certainly do the work but I think it’s better for the community if we have the community involved,” Stuckey said of the importance of community engagement in the project.
The second phase of the water plan is underway and includes identifying gaps of information and continued research.
Phase three of the guiding document
will deal specifically with water and agri-culture.
Manfred Bauer, SVPS chair said it can be a challenge to make residents aware of the importance of regional thinking.
“Quantity, quality and how the environ-ment and human impact our Similkameen Valley watershed are some of the answers we are looking for in this non-regulatory water plan,” Bauer stated in a release issued to Black Press.
Once members are determined the com-munication committee will meet as needed, no less than every two months. A time commitment of roughly two hours a month is expected.
Anyone interested in becoming a part of the committee can deliver a letter of intention detailing interest, experience and other relevant information for the selection committee to review.
The deadline is 5 p.m. February 15. For more information contact Stuckey at 250-718-7908.
Help needed to spread the word about water
Andrea DeMeerThe Princeton Seniors Club held its annual Family Day Breakfast Sunday serving up at least 180 pan-cakes along with bacon, sausage and eggs for five dollars. Centre volunteer Carolyn was in charge of the grill.
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pening in the area, Vermilion Forks Field Naturalists are still finding plenty of the white stuff in which to go snowshoeing. Saturday, Feb. 7th saw eight of us heading east from Allenby Road and climbing to higher elevations that offered a variety of fantas-tic views. Snow conditions were wet and soft, but still quite deep in most places. John Henry led us on a 3-hour trek through the woods and up moderate slopes until we reached a high point facing south, where we took a half hour break for lunch. We relaxed by the crackling coziness of a small fire before setting out
on our return journey. Along the way we saw several mule deer, elk and coyote scat, a squirrel’s nest, and a fairly fresh deer kill, likely from a cougar. We saw or heard mountain chickadees, red and white-breasted nuthatches, a gray jay, crows and ravens. The sun created some brightness for the first couple of hours, before clouds moved in and sprinkled a few drops upon us. This was the second field trip in the past week that John and Mary have led, as Tuesday night, Feb. 3rd they took us snowshoeing near the airport under the light of the full moon. In the last half hour of that 2-hour outing the fog rolled in and we needed our headlamps to maneu-
ver through the surreal-appearing landscape. Both these field trips were great fun!
Our next meeting, which is also our AGM, takes place Tuesday, Feb. 10, 7 pm at Riverside Centre. Ed Lahaie will give a presentation on hiking in Manning Park, and membership fees will be collect-ed. New members are welcome, and individual fees are $25 for the year, while family memberships are $35. Our next field trip will be Saturday, Feb. 14th, when Cathy Lahaie will lead us on the trails at Swan Lake, possibly on snow-shoes. Please phone her at 295-7596 to confirm participation, and we’ll meet at Billy’s parking lot at 10 am with food and drink.
Area naturalists prepare for AGM
While skiing and snowshoeing are popular activities for many in Princeton, this sign at China Creek Trails advises enthusiasts to take caution, due to cougars in the area.
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Of Princeton passed away in Penticton, BC aft er a lengthy illness at the age of 78 years. Herb will be lovingly remem-bered and sadly missed by
his wife of 54 years; Noreen Diana, son Dale Herbert of Bon Accord, AB, daughter Marilla Mae (Hank) of Salmon Arm, step daughters Karen Elaine of Port Coquitlam, and Treena Carol of Kamloops, brother Allan (Stella) of Edmonton, sisters Lilian of Edmonton, Cher-yl (Bob) of Castlegar, four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Condolences can also be sent to the family by
visiting www.Hansonsfuneral.ca.
BARKLEYHerbert James
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Apt/Condo for Rent1 & 2 Bdrm apartments in new building. Close to trail & river. Twin River 223 Burton Ave., F/S, cats OK, starting @ $700/month + utilities. 604-783-7020.
APARTMENTS FOR RENT: Small bachelor unit $450. Lg. bachelor unit $550. 1 bed. unit $650. All utilities included. 1 bedroom $550 utilities extra. 1 bedroom $500 utilities extra. Call Karen @ 250-295-3095
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For Rent2 bedroom mobile home in Deblyn. Quiet location close to school. $650.00 per month plus utilities. Phone 250-295-6993. Available March 1/2015.
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ArtsSHIRLEY’S ART CLASSES:Wednesday & Thursday Call Shirley at 250-295-4076
GARDEN CLUB: Meets third 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! Contact 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 op-portunities, group projects. Call Sue for more info or to join. 250-295-0527
PRINCETON TRADITIONAL MUSIC SOCIETY:The Princeton Traditional Music Society puts on the Traditional Music Festival each year in August, featur-ing 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 con-tact Jon or Rika @ 250-295-6010
Community:INTERESTED IN CHRISTIAN MEDITATION?For people who want to learn to pray with great sim-plicity, 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 them-selves, for people who want to make a new beginning! 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 Avenue [email protected]
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 busi-nesses. Call 1-866-856-8442
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY: Meets second Monday of every month, 1:00 p.m. Hos-pital Board Room. For info., Call Doreen @ 250-295-1577
PRINCETON and DISTRICT COMMUNITY SKILLS CENTRE SOCIETY:Meetings are held quarterly on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m.
HEDLEY LIBRARY HOURS: A reminder that the Library is open every Thurs. from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. and is located at the OAPO Hall on Scott Ave.
Community:HEDLEY SENIORS’ CENTRE: 3rd Monday of every month regular general meetings - Everyone welcome. 2nd Sunday Pancake Breakfast, 8 am - 10 am. Daily Coffee & conversation 6:30 am to 8 am. Every Tuesday & Thursday exercise at 9 am.
SENIORS BRANCH #30 POT LUCK SUPPER: Last Friday of every month, 5:30 p.m. Seniors Centre. Members can invite a guest.
MEMBERS ONLY POOL TOURNAMENT: Last Tuesday of every month at the Senior’s Centre. 10:00 am
WHIST & CRIB: (Seniors Branch #30) First Saturday of each month at 1 PM. Coffee & refreshments included. Everyone welcome.
VERMILION FORKS PRINCETON O.A.P.O. BR. #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 � rst and third Tuesday of every month. Call Arnie 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
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 sup-port, 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 con� -dential services.
MONDAY NIGHT BRIDGE:@ Riverside Centre 7 - 9:30. Knowledge of bridge nec-essary. Call Gail @ 250-295-0171
CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN:If interested in attending, please call: Barb 250-295-4050 or Del 250-295-3266TOPS: (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) chapter meets at Riverside Wellness Centre 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
HealthCOMPASSIONATE 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 con� dential and anonymous. The crisis line is 250-493-6622. Or call collect from locations within the South Okanagan Similkameen: 250-493-6622.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS:Meet Friday & Saturday In Tulameen at 7:30 p.m. at Li-brary call 250-295-7005
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Tuesdays @ 7:30 p.m. United Church. Contacts: Fred 250-295-7272 or Marena 250-295-7663 AL-ANON:Are you concerned about someone’s drinking? Contact Central Referral @1-604-688-1716
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Meets every Wednesday & Sunday at the Info Centre in Chamber Basement 7:00 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 information, please contact: The Secretary Similkameen Lodge #95A.F. & A.M. C/O Box 174Princeton, BC V0X 1W0
ROYAL PURPLE:Meetings � rst and third Tuesdays 7:30 PM, Princeton.
ELKS: Contact Chris at 250-295-3949.
PRINCETON PERFORMING ARTS: Meet � rst 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.
GRANITE CREEK PRESERVATION SOCIETY: Meet the third Thursday of every month at 1:00 p.m. in the Princeton Museum Archive Room (upstairs). Every-one 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 SHOOTING RANGE Juniors & Seniors meet at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at the Family Centre (behind the legion). Phone 250-295-6150.
VERMILION FORKS FIELD NATURALISTS:Group meets second Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m. at the Riverside Centre. Public welcome.
OTTER VALLEY FISH & GAME:Meetings 3rd Thursday of each month at noon in the Club House.
Club Notes:
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 PXA Grounds. New Members welcome!
PRINCETON FISH & GAME:Princeton Fish and Game Association, meet the second Wednesday of the Month at the Princeton Library, con-tact Al Lay 250-295-0250.
PRINCETON RACING DAYS ASSOCIATION: Meets the third Thursday of the month in the of� ce at Sun� ower Downs (PXA Grounds) at 6:30 p.m.
PRINCETON & DISTRICT FALL FAIR ASSOCIATION:Meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month in the of� ce at the PXA Grounds at 6:30 p.m.
PRINCETON ROTARY CLUB:Meets every Wednesday @ 6 p.m. Heartland Restaurant (dining room). For more info. Call Judy @ 250-295-0217. New members welcome!
COPPERHILL LANES:YBC Bowling Saturday 10 AM. Club 55. Mens, 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!
PRINCETON CURLING CLUB:Leagues start Oct. 20th. Mon - mixed, Wed - Ladies, Thurs - Day League. www.princetoncurlingclub.com or 250-295-6400
RECREATIONAL BADMINTON:Mondays at 8:00 pm at PSS gym, beginners welcome. Adult & Juniors (age 12+)
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 Thurs. 11- 2. (Pre-natal) 11 -12 Moms help prepare and enjoy lunch together.
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