Similkameen Spotlight, January 21, 2015

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Copper Mountain tightens its belt

Andrea DeMeerSimilkameen Spotlight

Copper Mountain is tightening its belt as it moves into 2015, however there are no plans for layoffs at the town’s largest employer, according to Chief Financial Officer Rod Shier.

“No, not at all,” said Shier. “We’ve already done our budget for 2015 and we’re happy with the mine plan and the operation, but any time your price goes down you always want to look at how you can operate more efficiently.”

Copper Mountain employs approximately 420 people at its Princeton operation.

A spiraling copper price has forced Copper Mountain to look at other efficiencies for the coming year, Shier told The Spotlight in an interview Monday.

“You do look at ways to improve operations whenever you are selling your product for less,” said Shier. “It’s that simple.

We will look at things like extending tire life. The price of fuel has come down and that’s a plus, there’s no question.”

Copper is trading for approximately 25% less than a year ago, however Shier said some industry experts see a discon-nect between the current price and inventories that should correct.

“We are hoping that this slump…that it’s just a temporary situation.

Copper Mountain released its 2014 production report Monday. The mine produced 81 million pounds of copper last year. “We met our production guidance but it’s just on the lower end of that,” said Shier, who added the company had projected to produce between 80 and 90 million pounds.

“We were very happy with that, that we met our produc-tion guidance, because this was a first.”

Copper Mountain also produced 22.6 thousand ounces of gold and 443.7 thousand ounces of silver in 2014.

The plan for 2015 is to produce 80 million pounds of cop-per.

A press release issued by Copper Mountain said “the com-pany’s goal for 2015 is to continue to optimize performance of the Copper Mountain Mine and to maximize copper pro-duction in spite of the slightly lower projected head grade for 2015.”

The same release addressed future exploration at the 18,000 acre site. “The mine has significant exploration poten-tial that will need to be explored over the next few years to fully appreciate the property’s full development potential.”

According to Shier exploration is still scheduled for the coming year. “That’s in our budget and in our plan for 2015 but if all of a sudden you have a lower commodity price you certainly are looking at those things.”

A report released Monday said Copper Mountain produced 81 million pounds of copper in 2014. A major achievement for Copper Mountain Mine in 2014 was the completion of the secondary crusher.

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A 2 www.similkameenspotlight.com Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Similkameen SpotlightNEWS

Development of a pest management planRight-of-Way application #FBC-ROW-2015, FEI-ROW-2015

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Attention: vegetation management The purpose of the proposed Pest Management Plan (PMP) is to manage problem vegetation on rights-of-way transmission corridors, distribution networks, and their access roads within the FortisBC service area. The FortisBC service area is located in proximity to the communities of Creston, Crawford Bay, Kaslo, Slocan, South Slocan, Nelson, Castlegar, Salmo, Trail, Fruitvale, Grand Forks, Greenwood, and Midway, in the Okanagan Valley from Osoyoos to Kelowna, and in the Similkameen Valley from Princeton to Keremeos.

The pest management methods proposed for use include physical (non-chemical) treatment methods (selective slashing, mowing, pruning and burning), a biological control agent (fungus), cultural control methods (planting low growing trees and shrubs and compatible tree species, encouraging agro-forestry, and tree growth regulators/inhibitors when and if registered), and the use of pesticides (herbicides). The common name (and examples of trade names) of the pesticides proposed for use under this plan include: dicamba (Vanquish), glyphosate (Roundup, Roundup Weathermax, Glyphos, Vantage, Vantage Plus), picloram (Tordon), and triclopyr (Garlon 4 or Garlon Ultra). Application methods include: foliar, soil, wick/wipe-on and cut surface, using backpack, wick/wipe-on applicator, squirt bottle, injection tools and handgun (power hose and nozzle).

The proposed duration of the PMP is from May 1, 2015 to April 30, 2020. A draft copy of the proposed PMP and maps of the proposed treatment areas may be examined online at fortisbc.com or by contacting the Applicant listed above.

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Former RDOS director gets NDP nod

Submitted photo Angelique Wood, NDP candidate for Okanagan Similkameen-Nicola, left, stands with fellow NDP candidate Dick Cannings, South Okanagan West Kootenay. Portions of the two ridings represent current MP NDP Alex Atamanenko’s riding of BC Southern Interior. The new boundaries take effect once the writ is dropped in the federal legislature.

Tara Bowie Spotlight Staff

Former RDOS director Angelique Wood has rebounded politically, earning the NDP nomina-tion for the newly formed Central Okanagan-Simlikameen-Nicola riding.

Wood’s nomination was uncontested at the rid-ing’s NDP nomination meeting in Summerland Saturday.

“I think I have the work ethic and the drive to really make a difference to our area and our country and I want the chance to do that,” Wood said a day before the meeting.

The relatively new riding was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and includes south of Keremeos to the US border, as far north as Kelowna, Thompson-Nicola, Logan Lake and west to Princeton and surrounding areas.

The new riding represents a portion of three-term NDP Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko’s jurisdiction.

The other portion, now dubbed the South Okanagan West Kootenay riding will be represented by Dick Cannings for the NDP party.

Wood, at first reluctant to step up to the reins when Atamanenko first approached her in 2014 said she is more than ready for the task.

“I kind of came to the realization that there isn’t a lot of times in your life that you have someone that says ‘I will help you. I will stand behind you. I think you got what it takes to do what I do,” she said.

Wood, a one-term Regional District Okanagan Similkameen director for area G lost her seat during the November 2014 election by a slim margin to cur-rent director Elef Christensen.

The Hedley resident said her time with the RDOS helped prepare her for what she hopes is her new role in politics.

“I sat on two southern interior local government organizations. I’ve driven all those places and met a lot of people throughout the riding,” she said.

The Emily Carr Institute graduate spent more than a decade working in sales and marketing at several art galleries and museums before moving to Hedley from Vancouver in 2006.

Since living in the Similkameen, Wood has vol-unteered in a number of capacities including on the Hedley fire department and with local museums.

She has also offered a variety of community con-versation talks about relevant issues to all residents of the area.

“I come with a lot of real life experience, not just limited. I live in a rural place but I have a lot of urban savvy,” she said.

Atamanenko was thrilled with the nomination.“I’m really happy that she’s taking up the chal-

lenge,” he said. “Angelique has proven to be a real hard worker for her community.”

The NDP is the last of the big three to make their nomination official. The Conservative’s nominated current MP Dan Albas last June, while the Liberals nominated Karley Scott in December.

Spotlight StaffIs your dog “legal?”Notices for dog licence renewals have gone out in

the mail, and owners have until the end of January to pay their $10 to the Town of Princeton and receive a dog tag. Licenses for dogs that are not spayed or neutered are $30.

The town currently licenses 245 dogs, according to Bob Riley, by law enforcement officer, and the fine for keeping an unlicensed dog is $75.

Unlicensed animals generally only come to the town’s attention if there is a dog at large that needs to be caught, said Riley. “For the most part people around here are pretty good,” said Riley, about watching out for neighbour’s pets and helping to contain them.

He said in many cases if a dog is off leash, a resi-dent will simply assist and take the dog home.

“In a small town not only does everybody know everybody, everybody knows everybody’s dog.”

Time for paperwork on the pooch

Non-profit groups hoping to receive funding from the Town of Princeton in 2015 must have their applications in by January 31st.

Applications forms are available at the town office and on its website.

Last year council budgeted $87,050 for the fol-lowing groups: Arts Council, $5,000; Princeton Posse, $15,000; Racing Days, 2,500; Fall Fair

Association, $4,500; Museum and Archives, $25,000; Hospital Auxiliary, $750; PXA, $20,000; Youth Ambassadors, $800; Traditional Music Festival, $2,000; Halloween Family Fun Night, $2,000; Kokanee Swim Club, $2,000, Rodeo Club, $2,500, miscellaneous, $5,000.

Non-profits may apply for council funding

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14-11-03 3:07 PMHockey Pool Manager

Page 1 of 2http://www.officepools.com/pool/print

Al Anderson 2

M C

Chucky 4

Fore!

Dusty 1

Mylou 3

Crosby Show

Bumpa

Joey

Happy Hour

B + E Gang 2

07-CJ

Andrea DeMeer

Palmer 3

Scholtz 2

KWH 2

The Walkers

Webby

Ma Turner

Ram 2

T J C

R + R Railroad

Froggy

Old Guy 2

Leaf's Spring

P J M

Billy-Boy 2

Philly 4

Tahm

C C Ryder 3

PSSAthleticsRNK TEAM TOTAL T Y W M GP GR GM P/G PT

1 290 0 4 0 26 273 1763 14 1.06 1

2 281 0 7 0 21 283 1760 7 0.99 3

3 278 0 5 0 23 263 1763 24 1.06 3

4 271 0 6 0 23 280 1757 13 0.97 1

5 270 0 6 0 29 275 1764 11 0.98 1

T6 267 0 7 0 24 262 1758 30 1.02 1

T6 267 0 10 0 28 275 1762 13 0.97 0

8 266 0 9 0 34 273 1767 10 0.97 1

9 264 0 6 0 16 283 1753 14 0.93 1

10 262 0 13 0 26 271 1764 15 0.97 0

11 260 0 3 0 16 261 1766 23 1.00 1

12 256 0 7 0 19 286 1754 10 0.90 1

13 255 0 2 0 20 269 1766 15 0.95 0

T14 254 0 10 0 23 260 1765 25 0.98 1

T14 254 0 8 0 23 279 1762 9 0.91 2

T14 254 0 4 0 21 274 1757 19 0.93 2

17 253 0 7 0 20 273 1756 21 0.93 0

18 251 0 6 0 30 271 1766 13 0.93 2

T19 249 0 7 0 25 274 1762 14 0.91 3

T19 249 0 2 0 15 270 1766 14 0.92 2

T19 249 0 3 0 14 264 1766 20 0.94 2

T22 248 0 8 0 20 278 1760 12 0.89 0

T22 248 0 4 0 16 273 1767 10 0.91 2

T24 247 0 9 0 23 268 1758 24 0.92 2

T24 247 0 3 0 24 265 1766 19 0.93 1

T26 246 0 8 0 18 271 1761 18 0.91 1

T26 246 0 7 0 18 266 1765 19 0.92 4

28 244 0 5 0 18 268 1760 22 0.91 1

29 243 0 4 0 16 283 1758 9 0.86 1

T30 242 0 6 0 17 265 1769 16 0.91 3

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� ank you for supporting PSS athletics!

15-01-19 9:53 AMHockey Pool Manager


Billy-Boy

M C

Chucky 2

Froggy 3

Bumpa

T J C

Happy Hour

Al Anderson

Dragon 7

Fore!

Mullin HuffMullin Huff 2

Ma TurnerMa Turner

Dusty 1 2

Joey

Ram

R + R Railroad

KWH

P J M

C C Ryder 3

WebbyWebby 2

07-CJ

Andrea DeMeerAndrea DeMeer 2

The Walkers

Scholtz

Crosby Show

Leaf's Spring

Palmer 2

Mylou

Gym

C + J Enterprizes

PSSAthleticsRNK TEAM TOTAL T Y W M GP GR GM P/G PT

1 924 0 8 0 174 1052 931 67 0.88 13

2 920 0 2 0 175 1060 924 66 0.87 15

3 914 0 4 0 159 1019 923 108 0.90 11

T4 902 0 9 0 160 1070 927 53 0.84 12

T4 902 0 4 0 162 1056 926 68 0.85 10

T6 900 0 8 0 155 1066 925 59 0.84 12

T6 900 0 4 0 150 1055 925 70 0.85 10

8 898 0 9 0 167 1004 925 121 0.89 11

9 890 0 16 0 157 1059 922 69 0.84 6

10 887 0 7 0 160 1033 918 99 0.86 10

11 886 0 6 0 158 1040 928 82 0.85 13

T12 885 0 7 0 176 1046 922 82 0.85 15

T12 885 0 8 0 154 1025 921 104 0.86 8

14 884 0 9 0 154 1058 917 75 0.84 12

15 883 0 7 0 165 1040 925 85 0.85 13

16 882 0 12 0 170 1068 920 62 0.83 9

17 880 0 8 0 171 1025 921 104 0.86 12

T18 879 0 7 0 163 1067 926 57 0.82 18

T18 879 0 4 0 181 1028 927 95 0.86 13

20 878 0 3 0 156 1062 920 68 0.83 14

T21 876 0 6 0 147 1063 917 70 0.82 14

T21 876 0 7 0 125 1030 921 99 0.85 13

23 875 0 8 0 161 1032 921 97 0.85 11

24 874 0 11 0 163 1056 919 75 0.83 14

25 873 0 8 0 169 1053 922 75 0.83 8

T26 872 0 8 0 153 1052 917 81 0.83 12

T26 872 0 6 0 168 1037 922 91 0.84 12

28 866 0 7 0 181 976 926 148 0.89 14

29 865 0 7 0 177 1011 926 113 0.86 13

T30 860 0 8 0 183 1024 925 101 0.84 10

15-01-19 9:53 AMHockey Pool Manager


Go Canucks 2

B + E Gang 3

Huff Mullin 3

Old Guy 2

N & L Services 2 5

Steve

Jay Cee

N & L Services 1 3

Allin

Rez 3

Team Annubis 3

Annie-Sue

Go For It

Puckmonkeys 4

Han Fan 4

Tahm

Rosajura

Emdubb 14 3

JGA

Benjowensyn

CSR

Bowling Alley 3

IWA 2

Debra Lyon

House 1 44

Bailee's Bets

Philly

Argoroads 2

T30 860 0 8 0 165 1015 930 105 0.85 11

32 858 0 8 0 157 1002 930 118 0.86 12

33 857 0 11 0 180 1022 927 101 0.84 6

34 855 0 5 0 169 998 925 127 0.86 12

35 854 0 9 0 139 1045 916 89 0.82 5

36 850 0 9 0 168 1008 916 126 0.84 9

37 849 0 11 0 157 1046 917 87 0.81 9

38 846 0 3 0 149 1045 914 91 0.81 11

39 842 0 8 0 156 1018 917 115 0.83 12

40 841 0 3 0 157 1018 925 107 0.83 14

T41 840 0 11 0 160 1030 924 96 0.82 10

T41 840 0 6 0 145 1020 924 106 0.82 11

43 839 0 7 0 155 1013 918 119 0.83 10

44 838 0 9 0 159 1008 931 111 0.83 11

T45 836 0 8 0 154 1030 923 97 0.81 10

T45 836 0 9 0 162 1051 922 77 0.80 10

47 835 0 4 0 168 1026 915 109 0.81 9

48 834 0 10 0 149 980 921 149 0.85 9

49 833 0 5 0 165 1024 921 105 0.81 13

50 831 0 9 0 178 988 924 138 0.84 9

51 829 0 3 0 157 1012 924 114 0.82 15

T52 826 0 11 0 150 1057 912 81 0.78 6

T52 826 0 7 0 160 1020 922 108 0.81 10

T52 826 0 8 0 172 1010 919 121 0.82 13

T52 826 0 8 0 138 1032 917 101 0.80 8

T52 826 0 2 0 158 1029 926 95 0.80 13

57 820 0 7 0 160 988 931 131 0.83 14

58 819 0 1 0 149 1043 924 83 0.79 18

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An Evening of Impressions

Saturday, January 31Doors open at 7:00 pmShow starts at 8:00 pm

Royal Canadian Legion Branch #56, PrincetonPresenting

with Iona Whipp as Amy Whinehouse and Liza Minelli&

Della Devine as Tina Turner and Whitney Houston

Dance starts at 7:00 pmDance the night away with music

provided by Ian Elko!

Valentine’s DayCommunity Dinner

& DanceSaturday, February 14

Roast Beef Dinner6:00 pm, $10

Tickets $15, includes appetizerTickets are available at the Legion.

Submitted PhotoTraffic was interrupted on Princeton Summerland Road last week when a Cat slipped on the ice. The large branch-cleaning rig was being a loaded onto a flatbed truck when it slid off the ice on the trailer and toppled. The incident occurred between Jellico and Shinish Roads.

Joe FriesBlack Press

The trial of a man accused of stabbing two women and then attempting to kill himself outside a Princeton restaurant may be moved to Penticton.

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 Wednesday in provincial court in Penticton and told a justice of the peace he will apply to have his client tried by judge alone in B.C.

Supreme Court in Penticton.That application will be heard on an as-yet unde-

termined date. Johnson also asked that a one-day preliminary inquiry with three police witnesses be scheduled to determine if there is enough evidence to send the matter to trial.

Buhler remains behind bars and didn’t appear in court Wednesday.

Police allege he stabbed his wife and daughter multiple times outside a Dairy Queen and then began cutting his own throat. All three were sent to hospital and survived.


Two illegal weapons were taken off the streets in the Princeton area as a result of tips received by the Okanagan Similkameen CrimeStoppers program over the last year.

Because CrimeStoppers is based on anonymity and protection for the tipsters Al Sismey, regional co-ordina-tor for the program, couldn’t provide detailed information.

“The protection of our tipsters is first and foremost,” he said during an interview about CrimeStoppers month last week. “For the protection of tip-sters we generalize instead of talk-ing specifics. It could be any prohib-ited weapon, guns bear spray, knives but whatever it was taking it off the street definitely makes the community safer.”

Last year the Okanagan Similkameen CrimeStoppers pro-gram, whose coverage area includes Princeton, Keremeos, Penticton and everywhere in between, received 700 tips via telephone, Internet or text message, that resulted in 35 arrests, 37 cases cleared and 35 charges laid.

Police recovered $13,600 in stolen property and $719,590 worth of illegal drugs were taken off the streets.

Forty-one of those tips provid-ed information about crime in the Princeton area.

“Obviously a lot of the tips are going to about the Penticton area just

because it’s a larger population but any tip that is received about crime in Princeton has the potential to make the community safer and needs to be looked into,” he said.

About $2,000 in reward money was doled out to tipsters last year and about $50,000 has been rewarded since the program’s inception 23 years ago.

Approximately 75 per cent of tip-sters turn down rewards.

“That’s kind of interesting that most don’t want rewards they are doing it because they feel it’s their community responsibility. It’s their civic responsibility,” he said.

Over the five years a growing trend has emerged with tipsters choosing to provide information through techno-logical means including text messages or through the Okanagan Similkameen CrimeStoppers website.

“It took awhile for it to catch on. It’s like everything else when it’s new it takes people awhile to learn and become comfortable with and trust it,” he said. “I would say now that it’s a 50/50 split between the internet and phone calls.”

Specially designed software makes it impossible for tips to be tracked back to the sender making anonymity possible.

For more information visit www.sostips.ca.

Attempted murder trial approachesProgram fields forty tips about area crime

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VICTORIA – Did you do a “cleanse” to start the year? A diet or supplements to, you know, “detox” your body?

Please, if you did, I don’t want the details. I’m here to discuss the underlying assumptions of this fad. TV presenter Dr. Oz is a promoter of various schemes, soup diets and the like, but there are many books and consumer products being flogged.

“Supplements, tea, homeopathy, coffee ene-mas, ear candles and foot baths promise you a detoxified body,” writes Ontario pharmacist Scott Gavura, who treats cancer patients with medi-cine’s most potent drugs.

Frustrated by the pharmacy industry’s willing-ness to cash in on fake cures for nonexistent conditions, Gavura began contributing to ScienceBasedMedicine.org, where you can search “detox” find his takedown of this notion.

He traces the roots of purification rituals in religious and medi-cal history, such as when patients were bled with leeches.

Actual “detox” is administered in hospital for those with dan-gerous levels of drugs, alcohol or other poisons. Credible physi-cians abandoned theories of “autointoxication” in the 19th century.

“Today’s version of autointoxication argues that some combi-nation of food additives, salt, meat, fluoride, prescription drugs, smog, vaccine ingredients, GMOs and perhaps last night’s bottle of wine are causing a buildup of ‘toxins’ in the body,” Gavura writes. “And don’t forget gluten. Gluten is the new evil and there-fore, is now a toxin.”

Gluten-free products now occupy whole sections of grocery stores, not far from the pricey “organic” produce that may or may not be tested for synthetic pesticides.

Living in the Lower Mainland 20 years ago, I noticed people lugging big plastic jugs to the grocery store to fill with water. Metro Vancouver is a rainforest, with some of the best tap water in the world, so I wondered what they were trying to avoid.

Discreet inquiries yielded similar answers. Aside from the odd superstition about chlorine or fluoride, they had no idea at all. They didn’t know about the Coquitlam reservoir, or ozona-tion, or what they were buying, which was essen-tially municipal water run through a filter. They had been convinced to pay $2 for water in plastic bottles, and this somehow led to the conclusion that their tap water is only fit for washing clothes and driveways.

Vaccinations? Don’t get me started. In the past year I have had an argument with a registered nurse at a blood donor clinic, annoyed that the health ministry denied her imagined “right” to infect frail patients with influenza, and with a vet-

eran politician who only recently overcame a vague taboo against putting vaccines in her body.

It’s no wonder people constantly fall for enviro-scares like toxins from the Alberta oil sands that are actually concentrated in cities where all that fuel is burned, or the threat of genetically modified canola oil, or smart meters. The media are frequently part of the problem, lacking scientific literacy and preferring conflict over common sense.

Take Vancouver (please). The mayor rose to fame with a com-pany that sold overpriced imported tropical fruit juice in single-serving plastic bottles. Calling it “Happy Planet” convinced a new generation of urban rubes that they’re doing something for the environment. Plus, there are “no chemicals” in it, to cite the central myth of hippy science.

At the risk of giving you too much information, I did a cleanse last year. It was for a screening colonoscopy, one of many that have taxed the B.C. health care system since a new test was added to the standard medical checkup.

Try that one if you’re over 50.Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black

Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]

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An attempt to ease

Princeton’s gas pains

If people in Princeton aren’t talking about the weath-er or the deer, they are talking about the price of gas.

And they fume.Gas prices everywhere have dipped recently, and that

relieves a bit of rancor, but the impression persists that gas in Princeton is still more expensive than in other centres.

And maybe some days it is.However on Monday gas in Princeton, according

to bcgasprices.com, was 98.9 at four locations. In Penticton on the same day the cheapest gas was just one penny a litre less, 97.9. Most stations in that city – often a destination for Princeton commuters – were also selling for 98.9 and there was one station with the price of 99.9.

Gas in Keremeos was 99.9 and gas in Kelowna ranged between 97.9 to 99.9.

The cheapest gas in British Columbia Monday could be found in Prince George where customers at Costco could fuel up for 82.9. Gas was also significantly cheaper at some stations in Abbotsford and Chilliwack.

If you lived in Royston on Monday you were paying 119.9 per litre – the highest price in the prov-ince. Kersley, Fort Nelson, Eastgate, Gold River and Hudson’s Hope all had gas priced above $1.10.

Gas prices in BC are very literally all over the map. In an interview with The Spotlight Jason Parent,

vice president of fuel industry consultant MJ Ervin Associates, said there is nothing nefarious or unusual behind Princeton’s gas pricing.

“This isn’t really unique to you guys. It’s just com-mon to smaller communities and it happens all over the country. We have some communities where the prices sit a little higher than communities down the road.”

According to Parent there are many markets where retailers don’t feel the need to be competitive to the point of dropping prices that might trigger a price war. He noted communities with one especially price-competitive retailer, such as Costco, will always have cheaper gas.

As well, he said, in smaller markets where the vol-umes of gas sold per dealer are lower than in larger cen-tres, gas is naturally priced higher in order for retailers to make a profit. He added that consumers generally do not leave their hometown to drive somewhere else just to buy gas.

Parent’s advice to Princeton – and this is paraphras-ing– is to suck it up.

“Really as a consumer there is not a whole lot you can do about the price of gas. There’s supply and demand and about the only thing you could do is simply drive less but that’s not going to necessarily drop the price.”

If you can reach the owner/dealer of your gas station and wish to share your thoughts on competitive pric-ing go right ahead. But don’t harass the employee at the pump or the cash register. Those people work long hours and are remarkable cheerful and customer service-oriented given the amount of griping they put up with.

Finally, if you are still having gas pains, just spend a few minutes being thankful you don’t live in Royston.

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One would have to be a Similkameen Valley transplant to fully appreciate the unique culture of British Columbia’s interior.

There are days I swear the family arrived here from southwestern Ontario not via the Trans Canada Highway, but in a tiny black and white farmhouse spinning through a tornado.

Hitchhiking is a perfect example of BC culture shock. It’s not done so much, back home.

I see hitchhikers everyday along Highway 3, dozens a day in the summer. There are coastal communities where hitchhiking is actually encouraged, through signage and social media, as a way of returning to a kinder, gentler way of life.

It is also sometimes a necessity. The nature of the province’s interior and north precludes public transport. Hitchhiking underpins the local economy, as it facilitates the movement of transient workers so vital to the area’s fruit and vegetable farms.

It still gives me goose bumps.I was 12 when Diary of A Teenager

Hitchhiker hit the screens. Charlene Tilton has much to answer for.

A decade later I was a young editor covering the peripheral of Paul Bernardo’s hunting ground. To this day my breath jumps when I see a white Camaro.

Finally, I was raised by two people who lectured daily on the dangers of getting into a stranger’s car. In retrospect a few conversations about getting into cars with people who AREN’T strangers would not have gone amiss, but that is a subject for a different day.

Despite its appeal for a variety of reasons, hitchhiking is a dangerous activity, not worth the risk.

It is equally foolhardy to offer a ride to a stranger. Several years ago while driving through northern Michigan my sons were extremely amused by the signage along the highway in the vicinity of a large penitentia-ry. Each time we passed a notice that said Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers there was a chorus of “Well DUH!” from the back seat.

Last week while driving from Keremeos to Princeton I passed a man hitchhiking with

a knapsack on one arm, and a large chain saw on the other.

A chain saw.In all likelihood he was

some kind of harmless free-lance logger just trying to make a living. That said any-one who would consider pick-ing up a complete stranger and his chainsaw needs to watch more horror movies.

Often when I see a woman hitchhiking alone I am tempt-ed to stop for her, both so I

know she has at least one safe ride and so I have the chance to execute a proper lecture.

Mindful as I am that Bernardo worked in concert with his wife Karla Homolka, I can’t quite get my foot to the brake pedal.

I’ve only once stopped for a hitchhiker, several years ago on a highway about a half hour outside of Woodstock, Ontario. Telling the story over dinner that evening I was treated to a full assault from husband and children.

WHAT? You NEVER pick up hitchhikers. Who WAS this guy? What were you think-

ing?I was thinking, as it turned out, that the

man was on crutches and his left leg was amputated just above the knee. I’m not say-ing he couldn’t have been dangerous. For all I knew he lost his leg in a chain saw attack gone horribly wrong. I did like my chances of getting away, however.

And, I felt bad for him.To suggest it’s wrong to stop and help a

stranger in need is in some ways a cynical and sad commentary on the human condition.

But there is something to be said for per-sonal safety and self-preservation.

As we travel in a place where hitchhik-ers are, literally, part of the landscape it’s important to remind our children that it’s not a safe practice. Just because lots of people do it doesn’t make it okay.

Dorothy got lucky on the Yellow Brick

Road, when she managed to pick up the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and Cowardly Lion. Don’t forget she also ran into the Wicked Witch of the West, and a lot of flying mon-keys.

Kids please don’t try hitchhiking at home

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Henry and Barb Allison live on Reserve land directly across from the iconic Standing Rock on Highway 3 near Keremeos. From the outset of our 2 hour conversa-tion with them in their immaculate log home, my wife Linda and I were impressed with their warmth and congeniality.

My interest in them stems in part from their status as Elders in the Lower Similkameen Indian Band. I was also curious about Standing Rock, a revered First Nations cer-emonial site.

In response to my question about their home, Henry said, “I was a logger. I personally logged the trees for the house. I traded logs in exchange for the construction.”

I encouraged Henry to continue. “We weren’t going to build on this site,” he said, “but Barb’s mom owned the land and she insisted we build here so we could protect Standing Rock.” They have been diligent in carrying out her wish, at times telling people not to deface the Rock with writing.

Henry was born in Princeton and lived in Hedley, attending school here to the end of Grade 6. “It wasn’t easy,” he said. “The other kids teased us a lot because we were Indians. For a time we had to sit on a bench along the wall. The white kids had desks.” He complet-ed Grade 8 in Keremeos. In Grade 9 his teacher said, “We don’t know how you’re doing it, but you must be cheating. You couldn’t be get-ting such high marks.” Frustrated by the racially inspired accusations, he quit school.

It was at the Keremeos School

that he met Barb. They come from very different families. Barb’s parents were ranchers, living in Chopaka. “Dad was sent to a resi-dential school,” she told us. “When the authorities came for us, he wouldn’t let them take us away.” She and her siblings rode hors-es across the Similkameen River to their school in Cawston. Like Henry, she and other Indian chil-dren had to initially sit on a bench against the wall.

Especially at that age, being Aboriginal was difficult. “One day some white boys told us they would wait for us at the railroad tracks,” she said. “They were going to beat us up. We waited at the school, hoping they would leave. Finally we went to meet them. When we put up our fists to defend ourselves, they ran away.”

Henry’s mom had been taken to a residential school at age 10 and wasn’t returned home until she was 18. “She didn’t see her mother all those years,” he said. “She never learned to be a mother and as an adult alcohol got a hold of her. Once, when I was 8, us kids were left with cousins in a cabin in the bush near Hope. We fished and picked berries to feed ourselves. We didn’t know if our parents would ever return. I felt abandoned.”

“I didn’t understand her life until I attended a workshop about resi-dential school experience,” he said. “Then I was finally able to forgive her.”

Henry grew up to be physically robust, with a desire to leave his past behind. Working in the bush, he became a skilled logger, eventu-ally owning two mills and his own logging show. He and Barb began

dating and he gave her an engage-ment ring as a graduation gift.

“That really upset my mom,” Barb recalls. “She was complete-ly against our engagement. She wanted me to go to university and become a lawyer.”

Barb and Henry met with her parents to talk. Finally her dad said,“ we better let them get mar-ried or they’ll run away.”

Henry was non-status at the time so when they got married, Barb lost her status. Later she and a group of women travelled to Ottawa to plead for status and it was granted. “I had some trouble persuading them I was Indian,” she said. Possibly the bureaucrats in Ottawa didn’t understand that an Indian could be so intelligent and articulate.

After gaining some life experi-ence, Barb was nominated for the position of band chief in 1994. She won in spite of intense opposition. Believing band accounting might be flawed, she submitted the books for a forensic audit in Kamloops. Irregularities came to light and some individuals lost their jobs and band funding. This was not an easy decision but she possessed the integrity and inner strength to do it.

We sensed the depth of their despair when they talked about the loss of one of their three children. “Our son was 18,” Henry said, “He was my right hand man in our log-ging operation. One day when he was on the job the new pickup he was driving stalled on a hill and went over a steep bank. I was away with the logging truck at the time. When Barb arrived, she climbed down the bank and lay down beside him until he died.” Now years later, both Barb and Henry still carry the

grief of that loss.When we left the Allisons and

their comfortable house of blond logs, we felt we had become friends. The racism in their early years and also later hasn’t made them bitter. The tragic loss of their son has not robbed them of

joy. They have decided instead to focus on the wonderful blessing of having two children, 10 grandchil-dren and three great grandchildren. They have become resolute, people of integrity and strong character. Henry and Barb would indeed be good friends.

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Development of a pest management planRight-of-way — Application #FEI-ROW-2015

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Attention: vegetation management The purpose of the proposed Pest Management Plan (PMP) is to manage problem vegetation on rights-of-way transmission corridors, and their access roads within the FortisBC service area. The FortisBC service area is located in proximity to the communities of Cranbrook, Sparwood, Fernie, Kimberley, Vernon, Salmon Arm, Revelstoke, Kamloops, Merritt, Cache Cr, Clinton, 100 Mile House, Williams Lk, Quesnel, Prince George, Mackenzie, Chetwynd, all of the Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland as well as Victoria, Nanaimo and Campbell River on Vancouver Island.

The pest management methods proposed for use include physical (non-chemical) treatment methods (selective slashing, mowing, pruning and burning), a biological control agent (fungus), cultural control methods (planting low growing trees and shrubs and compatible tree species, encouraging agro-forestry, and tree growth regulators/inhibitors when and if registered), and the use of pesticides (herbicides). The common name (and examples of trade names) of the pesticides proposed for use under this plan include: dicamba (Vanquish), glyphosate (Roundup, Roundup Weathermax, Glyphos, Vantage, Vantage Plus), picloram (Tordon), and triclopyr (Garlon 4 or Garlon Ultra). Application methods include: foliar, soil, wick/wipe-on and cut surface, using backpack, wick/wipe-on applicator, squirt bottle, injection tools and handgun (power hose and nozzle).




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To the editorCouple spots rare birds near Osprey Lake

To the editorMy wife Terry and I were vol-

unteering on the weekend look-ing for a lost Standard Poodle puppy dog when we came across a variety of birds. The Great Grey Owl has been spotted a num-ber of times off of the Princeton-Summerland Road. While we were searching around a property for this distressed puppy we heard a familiar flight sound of a bird and then spotted a morning dove perched in a tree. This is the first sight in our 13 years of sighting and recording birds in the Osprey Lake area. Further down the road we had a nice sighting of a Pygmy Owl at the Tee-Pee Lakes store. While we never spotted the lost 6-month-old Standard Poodle in over three days of searching it was found safely on Monday eve-ning just off of Agur Rd - a happy ending.

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This Great Grey Owl was photographed on the Princeton-Summerland Road. The Great Grey is the largest documented owl, measured by length.

Andrea DeMeerStudents at Vermilion Forks Elementary School got right into character during their mock town council meeting earlier this week. From left to right are Vann Costa, Ryan Peterson and Ashley Barbeler.

Spotlight StaffA very different kind of town council meeting

took place Monday in the Grade 7 classroom at Vermilion Forks Elementary School.

Students brought two months worth of research and preparation to a “mock” council debate on envi-ronmental issues.

Grocery bags, water and genetically modified food were on the agenda.

Teacher Sharleen Anderson – who assumed the role of mayor – said she got the idea for the project from a teachers’ workshop she attended last fall. Each student had to pick a side for the debate, but

then was required to argue an opposite position.Each student also assumed a character for the

meeting and the room was filled with concerned mothers, business people, doctors, town employees and even a marine biologist.

Anderson said while the research and learning about the issues were valuable to the class, the day was an opportunity to demonstrate the skills of per-suasion.

“I’m looking for knowledge,” she said. “But they also have to think on the run and I’m looking for voice.”

Students debate hot environmental issues

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Posse records wins off the scoreboardAndrea DeMeer

Similkameen SpotlightIt’s not often that a week

marked by two losses can be described as “good” for any sports team. However the Princeton Posse is smiling as it skates away from defeats against the Sicamous Eagles and the North Okanagan Knights.

Over the weekend The Posse secured its play off spot, as North Okanagan fell out of contention. As well, Brandon Schaber, who was seriously injured during a game before the Christmas break, made an unexpected early return to the ice.

“We’re easing him into the line up,” said Bill Rotheisler, Posse head coach. “It was a surprise to us all. It came to our attention about three days before the game [Sunday] that he was technically cleared to play and we chuckled figuring it was a joke.”

Schaber broke both nose bones in several places, and fractured his orbital bone when he was hit in the face with a stick. He required numerous stitches as well as facial reconstructive sur-gery.

“He did very well,” said Rotheisler. “He made some hits. When someone comes back from that kind of a substantial injury they can tend to hesitate when they are put in physical situa-tions and it was good to see that Brandon was un-phased by it.”

Last week was the deadline

for Junior A clubs to sign affili-ate players and Rotheisler said he was satisfied to note Princeton may have more skaters of that caliber than any other team in the division. “Our total number of players we have affiliated with Junior A is a massive number. For comparison we had two players affiliated with Junior A clubs and now we have 13.”

Losing three players on the weekend to Junior A teams made it difficult for the Posse to secure a win of its own, but Rotheisler defended his decision to release those players. “We have a policy and its part of being able to recruit these good players that during regular season if they get called up they go up and that gives us respect among the players,” he said.

“At the end of the day we a full roster coming into the play offs and they are just that much better with that experience…We said we built this team for the play-offs and it stays true for that.”

As the regular season comes to an end Rotheisler said it’s impor-tant for Princeton to maintain its third place spot in the divi-sion. Currently Kelowna trails the Posse by only three points. “We like the match up with Summerland first. We think it’s been inevitable all year that we would be matched up with them in the first round and we want to try to maintain that.”

Last Friday Sicamous defeat-

ed the Posse 5-2. Although lead-ing the game 2-1 early in the third period the team suffered a familiar third period melt-down that resulted in four unanswered goals. Thomas Cankovic was the Posse Star of the Game with one goal. Brandon Workun had a goal and Konnar Dechaine, Estevan Hale and Eden Dubchak earned assists.

Sunday night against Okanagan the Posse lost 3-2 in double overtime, giving up an empty net goal with seconds left before the end of the game. “I’ve had to explain that a million times,” laughed Rotheisler, when questioned why he pulled Bailey Stephens from the net.

“In hindsight there is really no doubt it was the right call,” he said.

As North Okanagan was already out of play off conten-tion, and the Posse needs every point it can win to stay ahead of Kelowna, Rotheisler chose to give Princeton the extra man advantage in the dying seconds of the game in hopes of netting two points. “We just statistically prevented it from being a tie and rolled the dice.”

Kyle Bergh was the Posse Star of the Game, with one goal. Konnar Dechaine also scored, and assists were earned by Eden Dubchak, Kurtis Klinger and Brandon Workun.

Bob MarshBrandon Schaber, who underwent successful facial reconstruction surgery following a serious injury in December, returned to the Posse lineup much earlier that expected, playing against Okanagan Sunday night.


For 20 seasons, Ken Sward has waited for his name to be pulled so he can go bighorn sheep hunt-ing.

Now he fears he might never get the chance because of new provincial hunting regulations that he charges unfairly take away opportunities for resident hunters.

“I’m 60 years old now. I’ve been waiting for 20 years. Even if I did get pulled in the next lottery I might not be up to it physically,” he said.

Sward, president of BC Wildlife Federation for the Okanagan Similkameen region, said the fed-eration strongly opposes new regulations that would give guide-outfitters and their clients a larger share of big game permits.

The changes became public in mid-December and will increase guide permits to hunt moose, griz-zly bear and other restricted animals in limited-entry hunting areas in B.C.

Sward said his “beef” wasn’t with legitimate guide outfitters trying to their make their busi-nesses viable but rather the provincial government for choosing out-of-province hunters over resident hunters.

Under the latest policy, the guide outfitters’ share is 20 per cent for elk, 20 or 25 per cent for moose depending on the restricted region, 35 per cent for mountain goats, and 40 per cent for grizzly bears.

“When you continue to erode resident opportu-nity I do have a problem with it,” he said.

Forests Minister Steve Thomson said in an inter-view with Black Press in December that he made the decision on the latest allocation after a long con-sultation where the BCWF and the Guide Outfitters Association of B.C. couldn’t agree. The decision

was to provide certainty for guide businesses, but also took away guides’ rights to pool regional game allotments and hunt in vacant guiding territories.

“There are arguments over the number, depend-ing on which base you use, and I expect those argu-ments will continue,” Thomson said. “At the end of the day we all want the same thing, which is healthy wildlife populations.”

BCWF meetings have been held all over the province to gather resident hunter input on the changes.

A meeting is scheduled for Oliver on Sunday, January 25 at 5 p.m. at the Legion Hall.

For more information contact Sward at 250-499-5984.

Hunters urged to attend meeting on changing rules

Some area hunters say new provincial rules give too much opportunity for big game away to out-of-province hunters.

Development of a pest management planWood structure — Application #FBC-WS-2015

Applicant: FortisBC


Email: pestmanagementplans@ fortisbc.com Tel: 1-866-436-7847 Fax: 1-866-627-7038

Attention: vegetation management The purpose of the proposed Pest Management Plan (PMP) is to manage wood rot, wood pests and mechanical damage caused by pests on wood structures located on power line corridors, road frontage areas, generation facilities and electrical facilities within the FortisBC service area, including wood structures on FortisBC owned or leased property. The FortisBC service area is located in proximity to the communities of Creston, Crawford Bay, Kaslo, Slocan, South Slocan, Nelson, Castlegar, Salmo, Trail, Fruitvale, Grand Forks, Greenwood, and Midway, in the Okanagan Valley from Osoyoos to Kelowna, and in the Similkameen Valley from Princeton to Keremeos.

The pest management methods proposed for use include stubbing (nonchemical), pole replacement (non-chemical) and wood preservative treatments (internal and external). The use of wood preservative pesticides is intended within the area to which the PMP applies. The common name (and examples of trade names) of the pesticides proposed for use under this plan include: copper naphthenate, sodium fluoride, borax (Cop-R-Plastic, CobraWrap, CuRap20), metam sodium (Woodfume, Guardsman Post and Pole Fumigant), disodium octaborate tetrahydrate (Tim-Bor Professional), boron, boric acid, copper (Impel Boron Rods II, CobraRod), and bendiocarb (Ficam D). Application methods include: external bandages, internal liquid and solid treatments, and external insecticide treatments.




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Spotlight StaffSome people really know how to make a birth announcement. Proud parents (and painters) Kalla Dewar and Kyle Weber were so happy to welcome 9 lb 4 oz Brinnely to their family they shared it with all of Highway 3 near the golf course. The pink spray paint and balloons drew considerable comment in the Town of Princeton last week until the snow fell over the weekend.


They might be the only ones hoping for more snow.

Although trails main-tained by the Timberline Cruisers Snowmobile Club based in Tulameen have more snow on them last year, they could always use more, said club president Bill Reichert.

“It’s better than last year this time, but we need more snow in some

areas,” he said after a club meeting Saturday. “Some parts of the trails have an icy crust on it. We always like more snow.”

The club, which formed in 1997, main-tains more than 100 kilometres of trails spanning Riddell and Lawless creeks and Rabbit Mountain.

“We bought a new groomer last year. We basically use the groom-

er on the trails and clear the bush. It’s a big job,” he said.

Although the club is thriving with between 80 to more than 100 club members by the end of the season, the cost to groom the trails is high.

Club members vol-unteer as much as pos-sible but it costs the club more than $300 each time the groomer goes out on the trails.

“It depends on how

much snow there is but there’s a cost to it,” he said.

The club is holding its biggest fundraiser of the year February 7.

The annual poker run attracts close to 200 rid-ers depending on weath-er for the about 60-kilo-metre ride.

“It’s a beautiful ride, takes about six hours to do. It’s a really fam-ily orientated event,” he said.

The ride will take participants through the Kettle Valley Rail Trail to Boulder and onto Rabbit Mountain.

A warm lunch will be served at the Rabbit’s Den, the heated trailer

the club owns. Prizes will also be up for grabs.

Registrations takes place at the Tulameen Fire Hall between 9 a.m. and 10: 30 a.m.

Cost is $20 for Timberline Cruiser

members and members of other snowmobile clubs and $30 for non-members.

For more information visit timberlinecruisers.com.

Tara Bowie The Timerbline Cruisers Snowmobile Club is holding its annual poker run February 7 in Tulameen. All proceeds will go to trail maintenance. Left to right, club members Bill Reichert, Nadine McEwen, and Shambree Reichert, 10.

Snowmobile club looks for white stuff, green stuff


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.

ORL- PRINCETON BRANCH:Tuesdays: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m./ 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.Wednesdays: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.Fridays: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.Saturdays: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

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

DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB:Wednesdays @ Riverside Centre 10:30-3. Call Arlen @ 250-295-6157

Health

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 Tuesday @ 12 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 POSSE JR. HOCKEY CLUB: 250-295-6544

PRINCETON FIGURE SKATING CLUB:Lynette Boyd: 250-295-7113

KOKANEE SUMMER SWIM CLUB:Lindsay: 250-295-0759

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.

THE SPOTLIGHT COMMUNITY CALENDAR

HELP US KEEP THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR

UP TO DATE.Please remember to check your listing in the

Spotlight Community Calendar.If changes to your listing are needed,

please call us at 250-295-3535 or email [email protected]

Princeton Penticostal Church

165 Vermilion Avenueinvites you to join us in

Sunday Worship 10:30 am

Pastor Jack McNeil250-295-7951

Princeton Baptist Church

Across from Arena - Old Hedley Road Family Worship

10:00 am

250-295-7752

St. Paul’s United Anglican Church

O� ce: 250-295-7714

WORSHIP - 10:00 AM

190 - 1st AvenueEveryone Welcome

Living Water Community Church

Invites You to38 Kenley Avenue

10:30 Morning Worship Pastor George Donovan

Tel: 250-295-7733Cell: 250-293-6447

Shining His Light Ministries

(By Coopers)Join us for “Gospel Hour”Sunday mornings, 11 am

We would love to meet you.

250-293-1205

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Merrilyn HuyckeArtifacts

I figure it’s about time we had a semi-official visual arts report so everyone can stay up to scratch about the activities that have been taking place in the fall and early winter months. Here’s the scoop.

Many folks have either participated in or viewed the Earth Alive! art exhibit at Riverside Centre this last September. I think we were all amazed and impressed at the quality of work entered. I was particularly pleased with the number of youngsters that attended the Saturday afternoon session of art making during the show in the large meeting room. They also brought art from home and from school that was wonderfully colourful and original.

A mostly unanticipated benefit, at least in my mind, was that the lounge area in Riverside was given a great lift by new paint on the walls, a wonderful hanging sys-tem courtesy of Princeton Community Arts Council and perhaps most dramatic of all,

new environmentally advanced LED spot-light type lighting to set off the artwork and reduce the electricity bill. As a result, the art-work looked even better, creating an enviable ambience for the enthusiastic yoga group that held their class on the carpet in the lounge while meditating on the paintings exhibited.

The delight this created apparently nur-tured the artists as well as the building users. So it was suggested that we keep the art up on the walls and encourage folks to participate in two month exhibitions that would highlight a particular artist’s path as they developed their voice. The work would be rotated to give everyone who had five or six pieces that they felt were worthy the opportunity to continue to exhibit. Of course, we the building users were delighted to see this development.

Our first two participants were Sue Delatour and Kathy Schneider who both happen to have working studios in Riverside Centre. They were gracious trailblazers that helped us work out the procedure for further exhibits.

This last week, we hung our first official two month exhibit. Our guest artists are Ruth Kavanaugh and Johanna Nott. The work has been carefully selected to follow a theme or a subject matter that shows the gift and the par-ticular style of each painter. Ruth Kavanaugh has a remarkable inventory of work done from her teen years in the nineteen forties through to the newest landscape from 2014. Her love of nature has always been her inspi-ration. She can tell you that as a youngster, she could only afford tempera or poster paint. She had five colours plus black and white and transformed images from her parents’ drapes, wallpaper and fabric. These early works are exquisitely executed.

All her adult life she has painted the land-scape with pastel, watercolour, oil or acrylics. Many of her works are recognizable as local scenes. It isn’t often that we can see such a retrospective and enjoy the progression of technique as well as depth of beauty.

Johanna Nott is another painter who takes her inspiration from the natural world. She

remembers spending many, many hours as a small child playing in the fields and for-ests around Agassiz. As an adult she has hiked many hundreds of kilometres through Scotland, France and Spain as well as Canada. She has great empathy for the beauty of nature and it shows in the work we have chosen to exhibit.

Now, if you are interested in participating in such a project, you don’t need to wait to be invited. You can email [email protected] and I will send you the criteria and application form and we will help you choose your work. Otherwise, you can drop around to Riverside Centre, go to the very end of the building, look for the sign that says “the Studio” and there will be application forms with criteria in an acrylic notice holder on the door. If you know of someone who has five or six works that they are pleased with, please encourage them to get in touch with me. We want to keep the energy level up and encourage our visual artists to get their stuff out there!

Riverside Centre launches regular shows for local talentPrinceton arts report


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Residents can also sign up for free e-mail or text reminders advising them when to place out refuse each week.

“I know there have been a few evenings I’ve wondered if it is recycling week or when the landfill closes,” stated RDOS Chair Mark Pendergraft in a press release. “Simplifying how people get information saves time and helps people place out the right stuff.”

Each municipality and rural areas within the RDOS have slightly different garbage and

recycling programs including separate collec-tion days and modified services.

In 2014, the RDOS became a part of ReCollect, a web based service.

The application provides links on what can be recycled and the location of nearby recycling depots.

To access ReCollect visit www.rdos.bc.ca and click on Curbside Calendar, on the right hand side.

The application is also available through the City of Penticton, Town of Oliver and Town of Osoyoos websites.

The RDOS and member municipalities will continue to provide paper calendars to their residents each year. Residents can always contact their local government if they have any questions about curbside or landfill services.

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CAPRICORN: Spend the week in as much quiet contemplation as you can manage, Capricorn. You have a few big questions to work out and can only think when you have private time.

AQUARIUS: Aquarius, dissatisfaction at work has you wondering if things would be different elsewhere. Sometimes a change of attitude can give you an entirely new perspective.

PISCES: Pisces, a loved one comes to you seeking guidance this week, but don’t be bummed if they ultimately do not heed your advice.

ARIES: Take a leadership role on a work assignment, Aries. If your interest in work has been waning of late, a more active role may help you change your perspective.

TAURUS: Taurus, there is nothing you cannot accomplish this week. The sky is the limit in terms of your potential. All you need to do is focus your energy on a particular task.

GEMINI: Let something that’s been bugging you cool off for the time being, Gemini. There’s plenty of time to revisit the situation later, and you will be glad you took some time away.

CANCER: You’re willing to give a loved one the benefit of the doubt when that person makes a proposal that seems to come out of nowhere. Your patience will be appreciated.

LEO: Expect to be surprised by good news, Leo. Share your good fortune with others this week, and you will realize the good news will prove even more enjoyable.

VIRGO: You may benefit from a change of scenery, Virgo. If you have the time, book a getaway to an exotic locale and make the most of this time to rest, relax and recharge.

LIBRA: Libra, rest assured that a broken heart or bruised ego will not last too long. There are big changes ahead in your personal or professional life, so keep your eyes open.

SCORPIO: Taking charge comes naturally to you, Scorpio. In fact, you thrive in this role. But this week you may have to play second fiddle for the good of the team.

SAGITTARIUS: You seem to be operating on auto-pilot this week, Sagittarius. Your routine has become so ingrained that things are automatic. Make a few minor changes to liven things up.

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PUBLIC WORKS

Temporary Labourer

Under the supervision of the Foreman, the Labourer will be required to: -Perform maintenance duties, assisting in the installation and repair of water, sewer mains and services. -Basic repair and maintenance of town facilities. -Perform parks and cemetery maintenance duties -Snow shovelling and removal -Operate small equipment as required in a safe and efficient manner. Qualifications: -Completion of Grade 12 or equivalency -Class 5 B.C. Driver’s Licence (air endorsement an asset) -Proficient in the operation of small equipment ---Good physical condition with sufficient strength and stamina to perform heavy manual work. -The ability to exercise independent judgement in performing and completing assigned tasks.

Rate of Pay as per CUPE 608 collective agreement Resumes to be submitted by January 23rd , 2015 to:

Kevin Huey Director of Infrastructure and Parks Town Of Princeton 151 Vermillion Ave. PO Box 670 Princeton, BC V0X -1W0 [email protected]

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58 (NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN)

PLUMBER

Applications are invited for the position of Plumber with School District No. 58, (Nicola-Similkameen) in Merritt. This is a 12-month per year, 7.5 hours per day position. Salary and benefits will be in accordance with the C.U.P.E. Local 847 Collective Agreement. For a complete listing of the job description and qualifications please visit the district’s website at www.sd58.bc.ca click on Jobs/Support Positions and search under ‘Current Job Opportunities’ and follow the prompts (Job Code 796147). Applications, including a detailed resume with a minimum of three references, will be accepted until January 23, 2015.

PLOW TRUCK

OPERATORSArgo is accepting Resumes for drivers experienced in the operation of tandem axle trucks for the Princeton Area. Exp. operating snow removal equipment would be an asset. Must hold a valid BCDL, minimum Class 3 with air. Submit your Resume with a current Nation-al driver abstract by email to [email protected] or by fax to 250-295-7983.

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Bonnie Cook

Bonnie Cook passed away in her home in Princeton BC on December 26th, 2014 surrounded by her family. She passed away after

a very short but determined battle with pancreatic cancer.Bonnie was born in Princeton BC on February 18, 1945. She was predeceased by her parents, Ivan and Kathy McKay, her sister Geri McKay and her grand-daughter Katelyn Hofstrand. She is survived by her loving husband, Dennis; her son, Jordie (Debbie); her daughters Kelly (Marty) and Denise (Puff); her grandchildren: Clint, Cache, Dez, Ethan; her brothers: Don (Carol-Ann), Bob, Mike (Tanya), Richard; her sisters Mary-Anne and Julie and numerous nieces and nephews. A private family service will be held at a later date.In lieu of owers or other offers of condolence, the family is asking that a donation in Bonnie’s name be made to your favorite charity. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.hansonsfuneral.ca .

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Real Estate

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2014 GMC SIERRA 1500 B5270 7,716 $49,968 $340.10 *B/W2014 GMC SIERRA 1500 SLE N15252A 34,615 $35,536 $242.82 *B/W2014 GMC SIERRA 2500HD SLT N15237A 45,201 $55,998 $380.74 *B/W2013 GMC SIERRA 2500 N14355A 28,989 $35,696 $243.90 *B/W2013 GMC SIERRA 1500 N14453A 73,000 $26,857 $184.32 *B/W2013 GMC SIERRA 1500 N14322A 36,813 $25,410 $174.57 *B/W2012 GMC SIERRA 1500 N14443A 41,200 $25,875 $177.71 *B/W

2012 GMC SIERRA 3500 N14406B 87,129 $24,976 $171.65 *B/W2011 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 LT B5272 53,617 $27,399 $213.18 **B/W2008 CHEVY SILVERADO LTZ N14416A 124,679 $22,967 $209.06 ***B/W2008 CHEVY SILVERADO HD B5282 177,515 $32,622 $295.19 ***B/W2008 CHEVY SILVERADO LT N14370A 96,557 $20,784 $189.59 ***B/W2006 CHEVY SILVERADO N14399D 145.049 $15,359 $141.19 ***B/W

2013 CADILLAC ESCALADE B5242 15,583 $68,215 $463.09 *B/W2013 GMC TERRAIN SLE2 N15173A 22,442 $26,019 $178.68 *B/W2013 GMC YUKON B5250 40,314 $34,495 $235.81 *B/W2013 GMC TERRAIN SLE1 N15104A 62,624 $21,875 $150.74 *B/W2013 GMC TERRAIN SLE1 B5271 17,244 $23,987 $164.98 *B/W

2013 HONDA CR-V N14444A 21,665 $25,665 $176.29 *B/W2012 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER B5283 37,440 $40,712 $277.71 *B/W2009 CHEVY TAHOE LT B5237A 180,940 $20,483 $160.30 **B/W2007 SATURN OUTLOOK XR AWD N14338A 122,500 $13,914 $128.30 ***B/W

2014 CHEVY MALIBU 1LT B5263 16,240 $20,361 $140.54 *B/W2013 BUICK VERANO B5257 2,852 $19,995 $138.07 *B/W2013 FIAT 500C N14424A 25,218 $17,682 $122.48 *B/W2012 BUICK LACROSSE AWD B5153 25,795 $24,550 $168.77 *B/W

2011 MAZDA MAZDA 3 N15002DA 35,732 $13,352 $105.77 **B/W2010 PONTIAC G3 WAVE B5255A 58,419 $6,939 $56.730 **B/W2010 TOYOTA VENZA B5172A 75,718 $20,696 $161.92 **B/W2008 BUICK ALLURE CXL N15071A 121,558 $9,896 $92.46 ***B/W

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Similkameen Spotlight, January 21, 2015