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Volume 65 Issue 3 Wednesday, January 20 2016 Proudly serving the community since 1948 • www.similkameenspotlight.com SPOT L IGHT The Similkameen Weather Watch Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday High 2/Low 1 High 4/Low 1 High 5/Low 4 High 2/Low 0 High 1/Low 1 $1.10 Includes TAX Changes to business rules considered page 3 BRAKE SHOES • BRAKE DRUMS • FILTERS • HOSES • VALVES • AND MUCH MORE LOCK DOWN YOUR INVESTMENT WITH TRIMAX WHEEL LOCKS! 250-295-0101 309 Culbertson Way “We’re going to get some things done” Andrea DeMeer Spotlight Staff Plans for an indoor pool, new walking trails, park improvements, an arena facelift and an in-your- face town clean up program are all on the agenda for Princeton in 2016. A list of operational and capi- tal priorities was released at town council’s meeting Monday night. While no dollar values were asso- ciated with the proposed projects, CAO Rick Zerr said the priority setting exercise “will inform the budget process.” The town’s budget must be approved by May 15th. Armitage acknowledged the goals set by councillors in a series of recent in-camera meetings are aggressive, in a way that is perhaps atypical of local governance in the past. “We’re going to get some things done,” he said. “You have to run the town as a business and we can achieve this.” Armitage stressed that all of council’s expressed wishes have equal priority. Referencing the recent annexation of Copper Mountain Mine, he said “with the new tax dollars we will have the money to do some planning” for an aquatic center. He added there is “optimism” that grants will be available for the project as part of Canada’s 150th anniversary cel- ebrations in 2017. “Council is confident in the community’s desire to pursue a health, wellness and aquatic cen- ter,” he stated in a written report. “It is council’s desire to be ready when capital funding programs are announced.” A new walkway and park area is also planned to benefit the resi- dents of Allison Flats. The current path from the flats area to the town center along the dike is “an acci- dent waiting to happen,” he said Monday night. The municipality purchased property along the river in 2015, while legal wrangling with a private owner attempting to restrict public access to the area is ongoing. The improvements for 2016 include paving the path, site clean up, planting shade trees and install- ing benches and tables. “This will not only enhance the pathway, but also create a nice destination park and green space that will improve the look and feel of our downtown core,” the written report said. Downtown beautification is also in council’s sights, said the mayor. Trees destroyed by the 2014 storm will be replaced, street lights repainted, benches refinished and sidewalk repairs made. Additionally, the town intends to put teeth into legislation covering unsightly properties. “I’ve already declared that I’m going to lead this,” said Armitage. The mayor promised existing bylaws regarding property mainte- nance will be enforced with new vigor, while town staff finds ways to help property owners clean up. Finding ways to dispose of “junk” and arranging pick up from resi- dences were two means identified. “We want to get rid of the old cars,” he said, “but we want to appeal to people on a positive basis and assist them.” Also with beautification in mind the Princeton arena will receive improvements including an outside paint job and new exterior lighting. The 32-year-old arena, covered with metal, “looks like an airplane that crashed and burned, with all due respect,” said Armitage. Other initiatives planned for the coming year include upgrades to Centennial Pool Park, includ- ing play and water spray equip- ment and new electronic signage for Highway 3 to promote events and attactions. Additionally, several projects begun or announced in 2015 will be completed in the next 12 months. These include the installation of elevators at the municipal hall and museum, cemetery enhancements, a new municipal website and a review of the Official Community Plan and zoning bylaw. One of town council’s priorities for the coming year is to begin planning for an indoor aquatic and wellness center.
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Volume 65 Issue 3 Wednesday, January 20 2016
Proudly serving the community since 1948 • www.similkameenspotlight.com
SPOTLIGHTThe Similkameen
Weather WatchWednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
High 2/Low 1
High 4/Low 1
High 5/Low 4
High 2/Low 0
High 1/Low 1
$1.10 Includes TAX
Changes to business rules considered page 3
BRAKE SHOES • BRAKE DRUMS • FILTERS • HOSES • VALVES • AND MUCH MORE
LOCK DOWN YOUR INVESTMENT WITH TRIMAX WHEEL LOCKS!
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“We’re going to get some things done”Andrea DeMeerSpotlight Staff
Plans for an indoor pool, new walking trails, park improvements, an arena facelift and an in-your-face town clean up program are all on the agenda for Princeton in 2016.
A list of operational and capi-tal priorities was released at town council’s meeting Monday night. While no dollar values were asso-ciated with the proposed projects, CAO Rick Zerr said the priority setting exercise “will inform the budget process.”
The town’s budget must be approved by May 15th.
Armitage acknowledged the goals set by councillors in a series of recent in-camera meetings are aggressive, in a way that is perhaps atypical of local governance in the past.
“We’re going to get some things done,” he said. “You have to run the town as a business and we can achieve this.”
Armitage stressed that all of council’s expressed wishes have equal priority. Referencing the recent annexation of Copper Mountain Mine, he said “with the new tax dollars we will have the money to do some planning” for an aquatic center. He added there is “optimism” that grants will be available for the project as part of Canada’s 150th anniversary cel-ebrations in 2017.
“Council is confident in the community’s desire to pursue a health, wellness and aquatic cen-ter,” he stated in a written report. “It is council’s desire to be ready when capital funding programs are announced.”
A new walkway and park area is also planned to benefit the resi-dents of Allison Flats. The current
path from the flats area to the town center along the dike is “an acci-dent waiting to happen,” he said Monday night.
The municipality purchased property along the river in 2015, while legal wrangling with a private owner attempting to restrict public access to the area is ongoing.
The improvements for 2016 include paving the path, site clean up, planting shade trees and install-ing benches and tables.
“This will not only enhance the pathway, but also create a nice destination park and green space that will improve the look and feel of our downtown core,” the written report said.
Downtown beautification is also in council’s sights, said the mayor. Trees destroyed by the 2014 storm will be replaced, street lights repainted, benches refinished and sidewalk repairs made.
Additionally, the town intends to put teeth into legislation covering unsightly properties. “I’ve already declared that I’m going to lead this,” said Armitage.
The mayor promised existing bylaws regarding property mainte-nance will be enforced with new vigor, while town staff finds ways to help property owners clean up. Finding ways to dispose of “junk” and arranging pick up from resi-dences were two means identified.
“We want to get rid of the old cars,” he said, “but we want to appeal to people on a positive basis and assist them.”
Also with beautification in mind the Princeton arena will receive improvements including an outside paint job and new exterior lighting.
The 32-year-old arena, covered with metal, “looks like an airplane that crashed and burned, with all due respect,” said Armitage.
Other initiatives planned for the coming year include upgrades to Centennial Pool Park, includ-ing play and water spray equip-ment and new electronic signage for Highway 3 to promote events
and attactions.Additionally, several projects
begun or announced in 2015 will be completed in the next 12 months. These include the installation of elevators at the municipal hall and
museum, cemetery enhancements, a new municipal website and a review of the Official Community Plan and zoning bylaw.
One of town council’s priorities for the coming year is to begin planning for an indoor aquatic and wellness center.
A 2 www.similkameenspotlight.com Wednesday, January 20 2016 Similkameen SpotlightNEWS
An evening of honors and awards for Legion members
Photos by Deb LyonThe Legion Hall was packed Friday night as mem-bers gathered to install a new executive and honor outstanding contributions from the past year. Approximately 30 certificates were presented for various achievements, with a significant honor being bestowed to longtime Legion supporter Bernadette Kelleher, who was named Legionnaire of the Year. President Ron MacKay characterized Kelleher as “amazing…She’s done everything. She’s second vice president, she runs the kitchen, she does anything you ask her to do.” Kelleher is shown above with past president Cliff Glover and Wayne Terepockey.
The 2016 executive of the Princeton Legion was installed Friday night. They are, back row left to right, president Ron MacKay, zone commander Rick Lundin, Les Kinsey, Sharon Paterson, Mandy Daley, Sue MacKay and Rick Lawlor. Front row first vice president Niel Wheeler, second vice president Bernadette Kellerher, chaplain Sandra Lawlor, past president Cliff Glover and Rick Lawlor.
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A change of venue might be needed to accommodate a trial regarding charges stem-ming from a street brawl in Coalmont.
Last Thursday’s court appearance was expect-ed to just be a green-light meeting with all parties agreeing to the previously scheduled trial dates of Feb. 11 and 12 in Princeton.
But instead Princeton court Judge Meg Shaw heard from defence law-yers representing Karl Gatzke and Marianna Gatzke that the Crown’s estimate of a two-day trial was too conserva-tive.
“I would be surprised if we finish in two days.
There’s a lot of history between the parties to explore. I would expect between three to four days,” defence lawyer Paul Evans, represent-ing Karl Gatzke said via a phone appearance last Thursday.
Marianna Gatzke’s lawyer echoed the same sentiment also appear-ing via phone.
“I have concerns with the time estimate,” he said.
The Crown is expect-ed to call seven witness-es including one police officer.
Both of the accused’s defence lawyers sug-gested they might be calling more witnesses.
Judge Shaw recom-mended checking with
the judicial case man-ager to see if a four day sitting could be accom-modated in Penticton.
Another option is that a special seating could be arranged in Princeton court.
At current Princeton court only sits two days a month.
Crown attorney John Swanson did not object to moving the trial to Penticton but was unsure if four consecu-tive days could be found at that court either in a timely manner.
“I don’t know when we might be able to get a four-day block or two, two days close togeth-er,” Swanson said.
Karl Gatzke is fac-ing three charges of
assault causing bodily harm while his daughter is facing one charge of assault.
Marianna Gatzke was previously found guilty of two counts of mischief for harassing her neighbours by shin-ing flood lights into their yards, grinding metal late at night and play-ing loud speakers in her yard that said the words “murder, murder, mur-der.”
Current charges against Karl Gatzke, father, and daughter Marianna Gatzke stem from a shovel and pitch-fork fight in June 2014.
Lawyers representing those charged in connec-tion with a coal waste spill near Coalmonth in 2013 appeared briefly via phone Thursday at the Princeton court-house.
Defence lawyer Tam Boyer represented Coalmont Energy Corp. And Kerry Rockland Leong while Emmet Duncan appeared for Allan McGowan.
Both lawyers are still working out the terms of retainer for their clients and asked for adjourn-ment.
About 49,000 litres of coal waste gushed into the Tulameen River from a tailings pond northwest of Princeton in August 2013
Delays in coal mine spill case
Coalmont brawl trial may move
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for input into a new business licensing law that will set spe-cific expectations for home-based businesses and charge back fire inspection fees for all commercial businesses.
At the request of the local RCMP the proposed bylaw includes strict regulations for pawn shops that will allow police to monitor their inventory.
Shirley McMahon, Princeton Director of Finance, said the pro-posed bylaw is more aggressive than the current legislation draft-ed in 1991 as it gives the munici-pal bylaw enforcement officer the ability to write tickets to enforce the rules.
Under the new law operating a business without a license would
incur a $100 fine.While the bylaw stops short of
actually defining a business, she said it does address home busi-nesses specifically.
When asked if there are home businesses operating in Princeton now without a license she said “yes…but we don’t know how many because of course they are not licensed.”
Under the new bylaw home-based businesses will pay an annual licensing fee of $70. Business operating in commercial properties will pay $70 plus $50 for a fire inspection certificate. To date the municipality has paid fire inspection fees for all busi-nesses.
The bylaw was given two readings at council Monday night, and staff was directed to seek
input from community stake-holders, including the Chamber of Commerce, on the proposed changes before a third reading.
Mayor Frank Armitage said he expects there will be consider-able discussion surrounding the bylaw, but added “we really have to come of age” when it comes to licensing businesses.
The Spotlight contacted sev-eral home-based business owners, but few were willing to comment on the issue.
Bob Marsh, who operates Bob Marsh Photography, from his home, said he currently does not have a business license but will be happy to get one. “I don’t have a problem with it. If you are going to be professional and want to be seen as professional it’s the right thing to do.”
Town seeks input on new business licensing bylaw Spotlight Staff
Fans of backyard firework displays will have the sizzle taken out of their sparklers with a new municipal bylaw banning the sale of fireworks and firecrackers in the Town of Princeton.
While it has long been illegal to set off fireworks in town limits, they now can no longer be purchased following passing of the bylaw Monday night.
The new law gives the bylaw enforcement officer the ability to fine offenders between $200 and $300.
CAO Rick Zerr said banning the sale of fireworks is “a safety issue…we often are at the highest level of fire warning.”
In a related move town council also passed a bylaw introducing a $200 fine for discharging firearms or bows in town limits.
Previously fireworks and firearms violations could only be enforced under the Offence Act in Supreme Court, a lengthy and costly process.
Princeton bans sale of fireworks
There will be no sidewalk along Corina Avenue for students attending John Allison Elementary School, at least in the foreseeable future.
Monday night town council received a letter
from the chair of School District 58 asking the town to budget for a sidewalk, citing student safety concerns.
Mayor Frank Armitage called the request “cost prohibitive at this time.”
According to a quote received by town staff, constructing the sidewalk would cost $227,000.
Armitage said the town will give the issue further study and work with the school board.
Sidewalk for school too costly
A4 www.similkameenspotlight.com Wednesday, January 20 2016 Similkameen SpotlightOPINION
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BC ViewsTOM FLETCHER
In the early days of this new year, readers have advised me to do several things. I’ll go with one that seems relatively painless, embracing the “sunny ways” of our new federal gov-ernment and seeking optimism in these fragile times.
For starters, we have a building boom going on in the southwest. Here in Victoria, cranes dot the skyline as new residential-commercial proj-ects emerge from bedrock, and hardhats are mostly on con-struction workers, scratched and backwards, rather than shiny and forward on politi-cians.
Shipyards are busy, with Royal Canadian Navy work and cruise ship refits to reduce their emissions, plus work on ferries, tugboats and barges.
Most of the activity is pri-vate investment, much of it in a hot housing market. Surrey has just recorded its second-highest total for building permits in history, a value of $1.46 bil-lion nearly matching the pre-recession peak of 2007.
Thousands of provincial employees get a small raise in February, based on stronger than forecast economic growth in 2014. It works out to $300 a year for a medical technolo-
gist and $346 for a teacher.
Health care costs are rising less dramatically. That should ease the crisis atmo-sphere at provin-cial and federal health ministers’ negotiations over the funding for-mula, taking place this week in Vancouver.
Health Minister Terry Lake announced last week that the province is increasing fund-ing for a promising program in cancer research, using genetic analysis to improve targeting for drugs to treat the hundreds of different cancers diagnosed in B.C. patients each year.
The B.C. Cancer Agency’s new director, Dr. Malcolm Moore, oncologist Dr. Janessa Laskin and Dr. Marco Marra, director of the agency’s Genome Science Centre, described a world-leading cen-tre of research that is reach-ing out to specialists and their patients across the province and attracting international funding and talent for ground-breaking research.
Outside the urban regions,
where retail sales and real estate mainly drive the economy, sunny ways are harder to find. The mining and natural gas sectors are in the grip of a slump in commodity prices, with more temporary mine closures expect-ed.
The forest industry is being helped by the low Canadian dollar and a steady recovery in the U.S. economy, and tourism is expected to have another strong year as Americans take advantage of a discount on vis-its to B.C.
Central 1 Credit Union broke down the regional employment numbers for B.C. in 2015, and found job growth in every region except the Cariboo. Province-wide employment grew 1.2 per cent last year, ahead of the nation-al rate. That may not sound like much, but compared to Alberta’s oil-dependent econo-my, it’s pretty good.
Construction of a new dam on the Peace River is expected to ramp up this year, bringing workers home from Alberta,
and the federal government is planning to fast-track its prom-ised infrastructure spending to create work across the country.
Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett was in Toronto last week to ring the opening bell at the stock exchange with B.C. mining industry represen-tatives.
Not much sun on mining stocks these days, but Bennett’s sales pitch to an investor lun-cheon included reference to two more mines under con-struction in northwest B.C., the province’s Pacific Rim trade advantage, and revenue shar-ing with First Nations that is attracting attention of other provinces.
The Conference Board of Canada has forecast that B.C.’s economy will “lead the country by a wide margin over the near term,” with unemployment declining in 2016.
We’re at the mercy of global forces, but things could be a whole lot worse.
Tom Fletcher is B.C. legis-lature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @tomfletcherbc
Things that are going well in B.C.
Here’s a cheerful resolution for 2016: let’s actually do something locally to prevent suicide.
More than 500 people commit suicide in British Columbia each year. That statistic has remained constant since at least the new millennium which only means that everything that has been tried so far to reduce the number of people killing themselves has failed.
Public service announcements, education programs, sui-cide prevention days and months – perhaps these soft initia-tives are stemming what would other be an increase in the suicide epidemic.
But they are not really working.Pay attention folks, while suicide is also a national and
global problem – it is in fact the tenth leading cause of death in Canada – our communities are prone to specific concerns.
Approximately 90 per cent of people who commit suicide suffer from depression, drug or alcohol addiction or some other mental illness. (No real surprises there.)
The Similkameen Valley has some of the most depressed areas in the province. Indeed Princeton is one of the most depressed towns in British Columbia, with 36 per cent of its residents having been treated professionally for the condition in the last year.
Meeting the needs of the town when it comes to mental health is also timely, with clients of the well-used Anchorage House being evicted from their clubhouse. At least the short-term access to services provided for mental health patients by Interior Health is uncertain.
So here’s something we can do to prevent suicide which goes beyond posting supportive notes on Facebook, wearing ribbons and putting up posters.
We could get rid of our guns.Firearms are the third leading means of suicide in Canada.
In BC self-inflicted deaths involving guns average 80 per year.
Since suicide is often an impulsive act, fewer guns means fewer people shooting themselves.
According to recent research from a Manitoba mental health group, half of the completed suicides in the United States involve firearms.
The same article cites the case of the Swiss military. In that organization when access to guns was reduced, almost 80 per cent of people were deterred from suicide.
Think about the “harmless” guns that may be in your home, put away until the next elk or deer season.
Put them somewhere else, or at least store all ammuni-tion off site.
Following the same logic, suicides could also be reduced by limiting access in homes to prescription medications, especially opiods, anti-anxiety drugs and anti-depressants. In Princeton, a recent program to reduce the amount of narcotics prescribed from the local hospital was successfully completed. Consideration to the number of pills prescribed for other treatments would also have benefits.
The UK experienced a reduction is drug-related suicides when it limited package size for Tylenol.
Every community could benefit from a written and prac-ticed suicide prevention strategy that involves initiatives like the ones above, as well as greater emphasis on identifying patients most vulnerable to suicidal thoughts and self-harm.
That’s not brain surgery. In addition to depression and addiction, suicides have other factors in common includ-ing declining physical health, marital breakdown, financial hardship, major loss and lack of social support. Additionally, potential suicide victims can be predicted with statistics including age, gender, relationship status and education.
Such a project is something the local health care steering committee is ideally positioned to lead.
Suicide causes more deaths worldwide than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined, yet look how much more attention the health system focuses on early diagnosis, treat-ment and prevention of those illnesses.
There are practical and well supported ways to prevent self-killing, and we should start using them to save lives.
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Minor Hockey Week at a newspaper is always a pleasure.
There’s something about those team pho-tos – scrubbed pink faces and freshly washed uniforms, and big smiles all around.
Those photos reflect the very best of what minor sports in general and minor hockey in particular contribute to families and the communities where they live. They speak of physical excellence and health, friendship, sportsmanship and good clean fun.
Fur sure there is a well-publicized malig-nant underbelly to kids sports’, the dysfunc-tional and driven moms and dads, the cut-throat machinations to secure more ice team and maximum advancement. That’s to say nothing of the out-of-control costs of playing at the highest level, and the politics of asso-ciation management and coaching decisions.
Back to the bright side – there’s those tournaments.
For a hockey family of a certain income tournaments fulfill a wide scope of needs that in other households are generally met by theatre tickets, all-inclusive trips to sunny beaches and intimate dinner parties with friends.
A hockey tournament satisfies the need
for recreation, travel, entertain-ment and socialization. And that’s just for the parents.
Case in point, the DeMeer family has participated in doz-ens of hockey tournaments over the years. There are very few lasting on-ice memories attached to those experiences but a whole emotional scrap-book of hilarity around hotel pools, mini-sticks in the hall-ways and questionable behav-ior in team party rooms.
Skipping over the more sala-cious misbehaving – what happens at the hockey tournament stays at the hockey tour-nament – one of the most unforgettable weekends for the DeMeers occurred when the star goalie was eight and we were playing in Buffalo, New York.
We’d only just checked in on Friday after-noon. All doors on the floor were cracked open slightly to allow for unrestrictive move-ment of players, moms, dads, and (of course) alcohol.
The windows had a fine view of the parking lot. Suddenly the room was thrown
into commotion and panic. GUNS – MEN WITH GUNS – HIT THE FLOOR. Bodies dropped all around. Peering over the sill, with hand plant-ed firmly on the back of the goalie’s head so as to grind his face in the carpet, there they were. Five people dressed in fatigues carrying assault rifles and walking along a railroad track at the back of the hotel property.
After commando crawling to the phone by the bed – still
holding onto the goalie’s hair and giving him a brutal case of rug rash in the process– I dialed zero and was connected with the hotel operator.
GUNS – MEN WITH GUNS – EVERYONE IS ON THE FLOOR.
It can’t have been the first time the opera-tor there ever received such a call, because she responded with the same kind of disin-terest she might have felt over a complaint regarding unclean sheets.
“Where are these men, ma’am?”GASP. SWALLOW. THEY’RE ON THE
RAILROAD TRACKS, BEHIND THE HOTEL.
“Sorry ma’am. That’s not hotel property.”ARE YOU CRAZY? WHO CARES? DO
SOMETHING. CALL THE POLICE!”“Well ma’am. I could send our security
guard out to have a look.” Had to wonder how much hotel secu-
rity guards earn in Buffalo New York, all the while entertaining images of Barney Fife pulling up to take on Rambo.
One of the braver and thirstier dads from the team risked getting up and walking past the window to open another beer.
The security guard arrived in due course and was met by three police cruis-ers. Apparently guests on several floors had reported the men with guns (obviously there were a lot of Canadians there that weekend) and we all watched with fascination as offi-cers disarmed a cell of paintball gunners who were engaged in some kind of tournament of their own.
How were we to know?Recreation, travel, entertainment, social-
ization and a little bit of fear for your life – that’s minor hockey to be sure.
There’s always excitement at a hockey tournament
old dog new tricks
ANDREA DEMEER
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Last week, sitting at our kitchen table with Tom and Pat Siddon of Kaleden, Linda and I received the benefit of a two hour political seminar.
When Tom began speaking, I set aside my interview notes and listened with great interest. He had been an MP during the years when Joe Clark, Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney held the reins of power in Ottawa. In the Mulroney years he served in several key cabinet posts.
“I was born in Drumheller, Alberta into a family of modest circumstances,” he said at the outset. “ My dad was a barber. He was determined I wouldn’t follow in his foot-steps.”
Tom studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alberta, not a common career track for an aspiring politician, but at that time he wasn’t considering politics. This is where he met Joe Clark, future Canadian PM, and also Pat.
He and Pat were married at the begin-ning of his final year. She discontinued her studies to work so he could attain a Phd. at the University of Toronto’s Institute of
Aeronautical Studies. “Pat was typing my thesis one day when I suddenly needed to rush her to the hospital to have our second son,” he said.
While teaching engineering at UBC he joined a group opposed to the construction of three high rise towers in Richmond. This experience persuaded him to run for a posi-tion on council. In the 1975 city elections, campaigning with Pat at his side, he defeated an incumbent councillor by 20 votes.
In this role he began garnering political experience and credibility. When he agreed to run in a federal by-election in Richmond, his parents didn’t understand. “You have a good career teaching at UBC,” they admonished him. “Why go into politics?”
Elected, he and Pat soon learned about the uncertainties inherent in a political career. In 1979 he was re-elected in the general election which handed Joe Clark a short lived minor-ity government.
“We moved our family to Ottawa and enrolled our children in school,” he said. “Then our government was defeated on a budget vote. We moved back to Richmond.”
Voters had come to trust Tom and gave him the nod in the 1980 election. This time
he found himself sitting in the benches of the Official Opposition, facing a Pierre Trudeau government.
As is common after an election defeat, the Conservatives held a leadership vote. Tom deemed Brian Mulroney (a skilled labour lawyer and CEO of the Iron Ore Co. of Canada) to be the most promising candidate. Mulroney won, and Tom’s support would prove to have been prudent.
After taking power in the 1984 vote, Mulroney named Tom Minister of State for Science and Technology. In this role he was on hand to watch Mark Garneau being launched into space at Cape Kennedy.
When Mulroney subsequently appointed him Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Tom needed to deal with the sticky issue of disap-pearing cod stocks. “My science background enabled me to understand what the scientists were telling me,” he said. “I felt they were wrong and decided to close the cod fishery. I was roundly condemned for this by some but my instincts were correct. Even now the cod haven’t come back.”
His appointment as Minister of Indian
Affairs and Northern Development in 1990 led to what he considers his most significant achievement, the creation of Nunavut.
“Pat and I were taken by dog sled across ice and snow to Igloolik on the western side of Hudson’s Bay,” he said. “Our Inuit guide built an igloo and that night we slept in it on caribou skins. In the morning I woke with my back against a block of ice.”
As part of the signing ceremony they were offered Inuit delicacies such as raw caribou, bear and Arctic char. Pat avoided most of the meal by handing out gifts of fresh fruit and daffodils. The signing ceremony laid out the basis for negotiations over the next 3 years. In appreciation of his dedicated work, Tom was presented with a carving of an Inuit hunt-er cutting snow blocks. In 2015 the Siddons returned the carving, considering it a treasure that belonged to Nunavut.
Today, among various involvements, Tom is Area D Director in the RDOS.
His partnership with Pat still strong, he continues to believe being in politics should not be for personal honour. It must be to serve the community and the nation.
To the editor According to Tom Fletcher, “an employee
of the B.C. branch plant of Sierra Club lurks, apparently coordinating media and protest-ers” regarding logging in the Walbran Valley (Avatar Sequel Bombs in Walbran, Jan 12).
He’s referring to me. Far from lurking, I’m proud to be campaigning with Sierra Club BC to save the some of the last sig-nificant stands of unprotected old-growth on Vancouver Island. (And, to correct but one of the many misleading or false claims in Fletcher’s piece, Sierra Club BC is entirely independent.)
Fletcher’s diatribe reveals him as Teal Jones’ willing stenographer, uncritically regurgitating the logging company’s talking points. Fletcher and Teal Jones may believe it is morally and ecologically acceptable to cut down these magnificent trees and destroy complex, delicate ecosystems. Sierra Club
BC doesn’t, and nor do the majority of British Columbians, who support concerted action to defend endangered old-growth trees, wild-life, a stable climate, clean water and air.
British Columbians know that these things form the life-support system of our planet and support long-term prosperity and a diverse economy, including sustainable second-growth forestry for current and future generations. A growing list of independent reports from B.C.’s Auditor General, the Forest Practices Board and even a Liberal MLA highlight the need for urgent action to save our forests.
It’s long past time for the provincial gov-ernment to reverse the damage done when it gutted the rules governing logging. Fourteen years of trusting corporate interests to man-age our forests with little or no oversight has got to stop.
Mark Worthing, Sierra Club BC
Columnist slammed for siding with loggers
Good politics is never about personal honor
Tom and Pat Siddon.
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Novice Coaches (Head Coach) Aaron Hough, (Assistant Coach) Rick Gush, (Safety) Monty Ross. Back Row: Cole Hough, Sylvie Thomas, Savanna Gunn, Dominic Rudd, Drayden Ross, Scott Whitecotton, Sophie Elko, Owen Kaiser, Abigail Erikson Front Row: Jackson Gush, Caleb Cleven, Liam Hartwell, Riley Remplel, Nate DeVries, Ojo Rhyno, Laina Lawes, Hayden Hogg Absent: Dayton Hargrave.
Atom (Red)Back Row: (Head Coach) Al Lawes, Mike Keyworth, Max Greening, (Assistant Coach) Derek GreeningBottom Row: Rex Rhyno, Syd Lawes, Braedy Hassell, Katie Coyne, Reid MacMurchy, Andrew GravesMissing: Jaiden Mullin, Teghan Mullin
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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, do not allow distractions to keep you from completing tasks that need to get done. Use your ability to focus to plow through your to-do list and finish in record time.TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21Taurus, this week you may be tempted to take risks you never would have considered before. Just don’t let excitement get in the way of common sense. GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21Something totally unexpected will grab your attention in the next few days, Gemini. Trust your intuition to take things slowly and put out all feelers before you forge ahead.CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22Cancer, although you have a plan to reach all of your goals, do not put success ahead of others’ feelings. Be considerate of others even if their efforts are not up to par. LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, proceed with caution in a new friendship or partnership. Test the waters before you devote yourself fully. This approach will ensure you made the right decision.VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, if the potential to be criticized scares you, you may not be inclined to express yourself honestly. Worry less about what others think of you and be confident in yourself.LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, if you’re feeling on edge lately, it may be because you haven’t had a chance to relieve stress. Exercise can be a surefire fix to what ails you, so get up and go.SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22Scorpio, an opportunity presents itself in the weeks ahead, and this will be too good to pass up. Embrace the changes that this opportunity offers. SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21Sagittarius, your social life is bustling, but sometimes it can be difficult to keep up with all of the things filling your calendar. You may want to take a few days off.CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20Career obstacles may pop up from time to time, but you have the commitment to see things through for the long haul. Keep up that perseverance this week. AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18You can’t always play the peacemaker, Aquarius. Sometimes you just have to let others fight their own battles and then offer support to those who need it. PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, there is more going on than meets the eye. You have to pay attention to the subtle undercurrents to figure out fact from fiction.
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If you have a “Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down”, give us a call at 250-295-3535 or drop by the
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THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN! Thumbs up to the Princeton
Novice team for their local tournament this weekend. Princeton games are Friday at
4:30 pm, Saturday at 10:30 am and 3 pm and Sunday at 8 am.
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ArtsSHIRLEY’S ART CLASSES:Wednesday & Thursday @ Riverside Center 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) 1st & 3rd Fridays 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! There will be no meetings in July & Aug.
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 7 p.m. 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 & 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+)
BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU:Mondays & Thursdays, 7:00 pm at the Princeton Baptist Church. Contact Kyle 250-295-5489
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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Homes for Rent2bdrm (plus small offi ce) on river in town, wood burning stove, new fridge, stove, washer, dryer, heat pump, nice yard, alley access, $995, avail. now, 250-295-7635, [email protected]. Utilities average $58/mo.
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leas
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adm
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who
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qua
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wee
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imite
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The quality of refereeing in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League just has to get better, according to Princeton Posse head coach Geoff Goodman.
“I’m tried of mediocrity. I’m tired of the league not doing anything about it,” said Goodman, following a loss against Summerland last week when he was tossed from bench and handed a three game suspension.
“Sometimes I get so frustrated with the officiating in our league and I complain and complain and complain and send video in and nothing seems to be done about.”
Goodman said he sent league administrators eight video clips of bad calls from the Summerland game, was in told in five cases he had a legitimate concern, yet was also advised there would be no corrective action.
He said the “straw that broke the camel’s back” was when a Summerland player used his hand to throw the puck into the empty net.
Goodman said the game was officiated poorly from the start, resulting in several Posse players leaving the ice injured.
Princeton recovered momentum Saturday night, beating Revelstoke 3-1 in a game that proved to be a real showcase for newly acquired netminder Adam Jones.
Jones turned way 60 shots to buy the Posse a win. “It was a good game and Adam Jones was outstanding,” said Goodman. “He showed that he is definitely going to be a number one goalie in this league.”
Goal scorers were Tristan Olson, Bailey Shaver and Sean Emerson with assists earned by Shaver, Emerson and Kirt Fortney.
Still eight points behind the fourth place North Okanagan Knights Goodman said a playoff berth “ is not ruled out at all.”
“I’ve been encouraged by our game. I think that we have a defi-nite opportunity as long as we can get close to North Okanagan, if we can win some games while they are losing some games and make up some points before we play them again twice.”
Bob MarshNewly-acquired goalie Adam Jones was a key player in the Posse’s win over Revelstock on the weekend.
