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SPORTS

Michelle Cole (far right, blue dress) and her merry band of volunteers provided food, lodging and entertainment for attendees of the Coalmont Hotel 100th Anniversary celebration held in Coalmont this past weekend.

Standing for 100 years in her small community, the Coalmont Hotel has lasted through a century of parties, prohibition, acted as a theatre, housed a barbershop and was home to many throughout her lifetime.

Michelle Cole took out a lease on the hotel ear-lier this year and reopened for business just in time for the 100th Anniversary in April. She has had the saloon open since then and has been working hard

to renovate and fix the hotel up. “I put everything I make back into her,” Cole said. “I love her (the hotel), I love Coalmont and I don’t want to loose her, I feel at home here,” she adds.

Cole wants the hotel to become successful again so the owner won’t decide to just shut it down for good.

Cole operates the saloon daily from noon to 2 a.m., and Sundays noon until midnight. Saturday evening dinners are served at 7 p.m. and Cole will provide special catering for groups as well.

There is no need to worry about a place to stay

if you have taken in one too many spirits. For a small donation you can spend the night in one of the historic rooms available.

Generating ideas to create an interest in the hotel brought about the idea of a huge party, and what better party to have, than a birthday party. Cole brought her idea forward to other residents and “everybody loved it,” she said.

Plans then moved forward for a summer bash to mark the Coalmont Hotel’s centennial year.

Celebrating 100 years of life, history and community

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ArtsGARDEN CLUB: Meets second Tuesday of every month, 1 PM, Seniors Branch 30. Call Doreen @ 250-295-1577

ARTS COUNCIL: Meets the third Wednesday of the month. 4:30 pm. at the Riverside Centre. Enqui-ries contact Dell @ 250-295-3266 New Members Welcome!

BUNCHGRASS QUILTERSMeet 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month at the Riverside Centre from 10 - 3 p.m.. Everyone Welcome! Contact Sharon 250-295-4194 or Rosemary 250-295-6511

PRINCETON POTTERS GUILD, RIVERSIDE POTTERY STUDIO:Access to the potter’s wheel or hardwork, workshop opportunities, group projects. Call Sue for more info or to join. 250-295-0527

PRINCETON TRADITIONAL MUSIC SOCIETY:The Princeton Traditional Music So-ciety puts on the Traditional Music Festival each year in August, featuring traditional music from many places. The three-day festival is free and run entirely by volunteers. The 100+ musicians and dancers also offer their talents for free. If you would like to help out with the festival, please contact Jon or Rika @ 250-295-6010

Community:PRINCETON LIBRARY:Tuesdays: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. & 6p.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:New members are encouraged to join us for an exciting new year.

WELCOME WAGON! Are you a new to Princeton? If so, we have information regarding local, civic, community services and facilities. We also have gifts for you from local merchants and businesses. NO Current Representative

HOSPITAL AUXILIARY: Meets second Monday of every month, 1:00 p.m. Hospital Board Room. For info., call Doreen @ 250-295-1577

PRINCETON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY SKILLS CENTRE SOCIETY:Meetings are held quarterly on Tuesdays at 7:00pm.

HEDLEY LIBRARY HOURS: A reminder that the Library is open every Thurs. from 2pm to 7pm and is located at the OAPO Hall on Scott Ave.

HEDLEY OAPO: 3rd Monday of every month regular general meetings - Everyone welcome to come.

SENIORS BRANCH #30POT LUCK SUPPER: Last Friday of every month, 5:30 p.m. Seniors Centre. Members can invite a guest.

MEMBERS ONLYPOOL TOURNAMENT: Last Tuesday of every month at the Se-nior’s Centre. 10:00 am

WHIST & CRIB: (Seniors Branch #30) First Saturday of each month at 1 PM. Includes lunch. Everyone welcome.

VERMILION FORKS PRINCETON O.A.P.O. BRANCH #185: Regular meetings second Friday of every month at 2 p.m.. Pot luck supper every third Friday at 5:00 p.m.

SEARCH AND RESCUE TRAINING SESSIONS: Meetings will be held on the fi rst and third Tuesday of every month. Call Ar-nie Powell at 250-295-6759 for more information.

LITTLE FOLKS NURSERY SCHOOL: Meetings are every third Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. at LFNS. 250-295-3083

ELKS AND ROYAL PURPLECOUNTRY STORE: Friday’s 11 - 6 and Saturday’s 10 - 3. Table rentals available. For info. Contact Doris Driver at 250-295-3518. Lunch available.

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

HIGHER GROUND - 12 STEPMINISTRIES:An outreach of Living Water Foursquare Church 7-9 p.m. . Please contact Living Water Foursquare Church or further de-tails at 250-295-7733

CINDY PAROLIN SAFE HOMES PROGRAM: Princeton and area, crisis intervention, emotional support, information, legal strategies and safe shelter in cases of abuse against women in relationships. Call the 24 hour women’s crisis line at 250-295-8211 for confi dential services.

BACKDOOR COFFEE HOUSE:1st, 2nd & 3rd Friday every month 7:00 p.m. Entertainment for every age. 4th Friday Karaoke & Jam (bring your disc) Plus Jam & Practice night, every Wednes-day Night 7:00 p.m. Everyone welcome. Come & join in the music, or just come to enjoy the music. 38 Kenley @ The Back-door. Great Music - Great Company.

MONDAY NIGHT BRIDGE:@ Riverside Centre 7 - 9:30. Knowledge of bridge necessary. Call Gail @ 250-295-0171

HealthPRINCETON COMMUNITY HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CHAC): Meets third Tuesday of every month at 7 PM at Town Hall.

PRINCETON HEALTH ACTION COMMITTEE: Regular public meetings fi rst Wednesday of every month at 7 PM at the BPO Elks Lodge.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN:If interested in attending, please call: Barb 250-295-4050 orDel 250-295-3266

TOPS: (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) chapter meets at Riverside Wellness Cen-tre every Thursday. Weigh-in-Time 8:30 AM Meeting 9:00–10:00 AM. For more information please contact Lynda 250- 295-3658 or Myrna 250-295-7272 Visit www.tops.org

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS: Group helps bereaved parents. Will meet as needed. Call Shirley Haker at 250-295-3607. [email protected]

CRISIS LINE: You can call us 24 hours a day, everyday, and your call is confi dential and anony-mous. The crisis line is 250-493-6622. Or call collect from locations within the South Okanagan Similkameen: (250)493-6622.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS:Meet Friday In Tulameen at 7:30pm at Library call 250-295-7005

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Tuesdays @ 7:30 p.m. Arbor House. Thursdays @ 7:30 p.m. Baptist Church. Old Hedley road. Contacts: Fred 250-295-7272 or Marena 250-295-7663

ALANON: CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Meet every Wednesday at the 160 Old Hedley Rd. (Baptist Church Basement) 7:30 PM. Sunday at the Chamber Base-ment 7:30 P.M. Phone 1-877-234-5809

Club Notes:FREEMASONRY: FOR MEN OF GOOD CHARACTER:Freemasonry has been active in B.C. for over 130 years. It is a fraternity open to men of all races and religions. If you are of good character and want more infor-mation, please contact: The Secretary Similkameen Lodge #95A.F.. & A.M. C/O Box 174Princeton, BC V0X 1W0

PRINCETON LIONS CLUB: Regular dinner meetings the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of every month @ The Chamber of Commerce at 6:30 p.m.

ROYAL PURPLE:Meetings fi rst and third Tuesdays 7:30 PM, Princeton.

ELKS: Meetings every second and fourth Sun-day, 2 PM.

ELKS AND ROYAL PURPLE: Joint meeting and pot luck supper every third Saturday at 5:30 PM.

PRINCETON PERFORMING ARTS: Meet fi 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.

PRINCETON LADIES AUXILIARY LEGION BRANCH 56: Meet 2nd Tuesday of the month @ Legion Hall at 7:00 p.m.

SIMILKAMEEN VALLEY ATV CLUB: meet 3rd Saturday of each month at 3:00 p.m. (March - August) in the Cham-ber Boardroom. Contact: 250-292-8348 [email protected]

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 7pm every Wednesday at the Family Centre (behind the legion). Phone 250-295-6150.

VERMILION FORKS FIELDNATURALISTS:Group meets second Tuesday of every month, 7 PM at the Riverside Centre. Public welcome.

OTTER VALLEY FISH & GAME:Meeting’s 3rd Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Club House.

VERMILION TRAILS SOCIETY:Meets at the Chamber Basement every 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 fair grounds. New Members welcome!

PRINCETON FISH & GAME:General meetings 2nd Monday of the month. 7:00 p.m. Wellness Centre. For memberships contact Joy Klassen @ 250-295-3134

PRINCETON RACING DAYS ASSOCIATION:Meets at the fair grounds. Third Thurs-day of each month at 7 p.m. New Mem-bers welcome!

PRINCETON & DISTRICT FALL FAIR ASSOCIATION:Meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at the Princeton Library Conference Room. 6:30 p.m. New Members wel-come!

PRINCETON ROTARY CLUB:Meets every Tuesday @ 12 p.m. Heart-land Restaurant (dining room). For more info. Call Judy @ 250-295-0217. New members welcome!

COPPERHILL LANES:YBC Bowling Saturday 10 AM. Club 55. Men’s, Ladies and Mixed bowling leagues. Call 250-295-6500 for more information.

SPECIAL “O” BOARD;Meets 3rd Tuesday of the month. Contact 250-295-7218 for meeting place & time.

FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP: For more information, please contact Jennifer @ 250-295-7438

LAPADARY 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 RODEO CLUB:Are you a horse owner/rider interested in arena riding, Barrel Racing, Pole Bending, Stake Race, Key Hole? Join us for Gymkhana Fun Days. August 4th & 18th. September 1st (Fall fair) & 23rd.8:30 am start time to beat the sum-mer heat. For more information email:[email protected]

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 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10:00- 1:00. Thursday morning 9:30 - 1:00(pre-natal) 10:00 -11:00 Mom’s help prepare and enjoy lunch together.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

During the first quarter of 2012 Princeton RCMP responded to 395 calls for service, compared with 382 calls during the first quarter of 2011. This cor-responds to a minor increase of three per cent.

Reports relating to thefts from vehicles increased in the first quarter after several months of below average numbers. Most of the vehicles were left unlocked overnight with valuables inside when they were targeted by thieves.

Vehicle thefts, conversely, declined to only one report received in the last three months. Break and enters and mischief/property crime files declined substantially from the first quarter of 2011 while other crimes such as other thefts, cause distur-bances and assaults saw minor increases. There were no reports of serious violent crimes (robbery/homicide), sexual assaults or business B&Es in the Princeton detachment area during the first quarter of the year.

Drug EnforcementIn the first quarter of 2012 Princeton RCMP

investigated nine founded drug offences.One of these files involved drug trafficking and

is still under investigation, while the remaining eight files involved drug possession

Traffic SafetyBetween January and March of 2012, Princeton

RCMP charged two drivers with impaired driving under the Criminal Code. A further two drivers were given three day Immediate Roadside Prohibitions, while three drivers were given 24 hour suspensions for drug use and two drivers were given 24 hour suspensions for alcohol use.

Community EngagementThe Princeton detachment had a very busy

quarter with community events. The detachment was represented by members’ attendance at the following events; Brownies, Anti-bullying day at Vermillion Forks and John Allison Elementary schools. Princeton Secondary Grad Hockey game, Princeton Legion Youth Night, Posse Jr. Hockey club, Princeton Minor Hockey and the Princeton Figure Skating club.

The Princeton detachment maintains a Community Consultative Group and remains in regular contact with the committee. Sgt. Clare has attended council meetings when requested and participates with the Highway 3 Corridor Liaison in partnership with ICBC/Traffic Services/BC Coroners Service/MOT.

The detachment remains involved with and sup-ports the Restorative Justice Committee as well as the Rick Hansen Relay Committee. The detachment also supports and conducts Forestry Recreation Site Patrols with an MOF Recreation Officer. Representatives for the Princeton RCMP attend the Princeton Inter-Agency meetings, Princeton Ground Search and Rescue and CAPE Committee Meeting.

The Princeton Restorative Justice program has been used with success and the members continue to refer files as appropriate. There are currently five active volunteer facilitators and two files in develop-ment.

Princeton RCMP continues to appreciate the sup-port from Citizens On Patrol, who remain a valuable resource for the detachment.

RCMP members conduct foot patrols through-out the downtown centre throughout the year as an excellent opportunity to connect informally with the community.

Prolific and Chronic Nuisance OffendersThere are currently no individuals in the Princeton

On July 21 at 5:28 p.m., the Princeton RCMP responded Bromley Rock to assist BC Ambulance with a possible drowning vic-tim. A 20 year old had attempted to swim across the Similkameen River when the fast flowing water pulled him under. The male was under water for approximately 3 minutes before several of his friends located and rescued him from the water, CPR was started by his friends and con-tinued until the Ambulance arrived to take over. After 30-40 minutes of CPR the victims pulse had returned. The male was transported to the Princeton Hospital and then to Kelowna Hospital where he remains in stable but critical condition.

On July 27 at approximately 5:45 p.m., Princeton RCMP received a report of a suspicious occur-rence in the area of Allison Ave., and Asp Street in Princeton. Two children stated they were aggressive-ly approached by a female who attempted to speak with them. The children did not know the female and

went home and advised their mother of the incident. The female was a passenger in a silver car with a male driver. The intentions of the occupants of the vehicle are unknown at this time.

The RCMP would like to remind parents to speak with their children and to educate them on how to react when approached by strangers.

If anyone should have further information and/or knowledge of the incident they are asked to contact the Princeton RCMP Detachment at 250-295-6911.

Princeton RCMP

Police Briefs

On July 26 at 10:30 a.m., the Princeton RCMP responded to a two vehicle collision at the intersection of Hwy. 3 and Bridge Street in Princeton.A vehicle travelling eastbound on Hwy. 3 turned north onto Bridge Street in front of a vehicle approaching westbound on Hwy. 3.Occupants from both vehicles were transported to Princeton General Hospital by BC Ambulance Service. All parties were later released from the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.


Princeton RCMP fi rst quarter reportSteve Arstad

Keremeos / Okanagan Falls Review

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In May of this year the Community Hospital Forum opened an office on Vermilion Avenue to do whatev-er possible to help get the Emergency Room at Princeton General Hospital back open 24/7.

Rented and donated equipment and space is what the volunteers are working with.

Countless hours of research and actions towards this result has been performed by volunteers from this community, providing the Stakeholders Table with the information they need.

One of these volunteers, Dawn Gardner, was able to volunteer because she had free time due to surgery, and since recuperation she continues to volunteer at the forum daily, during her off-work hours.

“It has been a huge learning curve,” Gardener said. “In the beginning we didn’t know sweet diddley — but we have learned a lot.”

Gardner said the volunteers have spent enor-mous amounts of time talking with doctors, nurses, the Ministry of Health, community leaders, MLAs and industry representatives — anyone who could offer assistance.

They found that generally the reasons it was hard to get doctors to rural communities was because they had not been paid completely, had nowhere to stay and they were tired of paying extra expenses out of their own pockets.

The volunteers found out about a program called REEF (Rural Emergency Enhancement Fund) and were hopeful that by aquiring that funding, 24/7 ER services will be restored to the Princeton General Hospital.

“Interior Health Authority (IHA) seems to be throwing constant curve balls,” said Gardner.

The REEF application should have been admin-istered already. Five communities: 100 Mile House, Golden, Lytton, Pemberton and Tumbler Ridge have REEF funding in place up to the end of March 2013.

Local industry has come forward to supply bridge-funding as a temporary stop-gap measure to assist in the acquisition of locums to cover the ER until REEF funding is in place.

Forum volunteers then worked towards find-ing housing for locums to stay in. They found a local contractor, who could offer just what was required.

On July 16, Council of the Town of Princeton announced that together with the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen (RDOS) they would lease a townhouse, fully furnished and maintained for $2,200 per month from Fred and Company Builders Inc., in order to supply housing for locums.

On May 28, during the second protest rally in Princeton, directly after a meeting with IHA and town council, protestors asked IHA employees how they were planning to bring back 24/7 ER care.

They were told that two external agencies wold be used to help recruit locums. “The long-term (solu-tion) is to bring physicians to town to establish practice... In the short-term we need to get people from out of town to help us out,” said IHA senior medical director Jon Slater.

“We’re doing the work for IHA” said Gardner, they’re laughing—they can’t find their ass with both hands through all their meetings and red tape!”

On to finding locums—sounds simple, and it actually was. The volunteers contacted residents in the community to find out what doctors had worked in Princeton previously (checked out prescription labels) created a list and began making calls.

“Within two days, working together with Dr. Eva’s office (Dr. Eva working on recruitment as well) we had five confirmed weekends booked with doctors,” said Gardner.

“On July 20 I got a call from IHA telling me to stop recruiting locums,” said Gardner. She said she was told that doctors that are recruited have to have Princeton General Hospital privileges and that qualifications had to be checked and doctors had to be approved.

“Well, if they already worked here before...” was the statement Gardner said she responded with.

On Monday, July 30 the Spotlight contacted IHA to find out where the ER stood on opening 24/7. Susan Brown, vice president of acute services reported that “they are still getting physicians to sign up—there are still gaps.” She said that the Princeton folks were doing a wonderful job of get-ting the word out. Brown explained that the local physicians need to agree with coverage and feel sure that the shifts would be covered before the ER could actually re-open. “We don’t want to be see-sawing in the community—we need doctors to commit to the weekend shifts.” she said.

Brown said that the goal is to work towards 24/7 ER services, “we want it open as much as Princeton does,” she added.

As for the REEF application, Brown reported that they were finalizing details and it was in the process of being submitted. As for how long the approval would take, Brown said that the approval process was unknown but that she “didn’t antici-pate that it would take a long time.”

Back at the forum office, the volunteers will carry on. They will continue working to provide the Stakeholders Table with any and all information that they can to get the ER back to 24/7 operation.

Volunteer force behind ER restoration


Dawn Gardner volun-teers her time at the forum because she be-lieves the community requires an ER 24/7. She along with other volunteers work the fo-rum offi ce 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays.Photo below is the cal-endar marked with the names of various doc-tors avaialble to pro-vide weekend coverage of the Princeton Emer-gency Room.



SpotlightELECTION

Question 1: If you become mayor/councillor, where would you place the health care issue on your list of priori-ties for Princeton?

Rosemary Doughty (RD): Health care would be my first priority. When I go door to door it is the only thing that people talk about. Whatever the community wants is what I would stand for.

My model of a good mayor is Walter Despot who worked hard for Keremeos’ health care. I would be involved in the issues. When I went to the ER closure demonstrations, I did not see the Mayor or Council there. I would like to see Council start a monthly open information session where they share with Princeton residents what they are doing and planning to do. If I become mayor, I would like to give more information and share more information. Leadership and being pro-active are part of my platform.

Frank Armitage (FA): Health care is #1 on the list. It is the most critical thing in Princeton. It has to be solved. Without health care we have nothing.

Doug Pateman (DP): As president of Highway Extrication and Rescue I believe that health care goes hand in hand with each other. We have to have health care here, extended health care and doctors.

Rob Rubis (RR): Health care is the pre-eminent issue that faces this town. Council needs to be supportive of what citizens are doing, and to take the lead where appropriate. Having said that, Council then needs to move on to focus on other issues, such as long range plan-ning for economic development.

Question 2: Are you aware that recruitment of doctors is the town’s responsibility? If you are elected mayor/councillor, what would you do to recruit doctors to come to Princeton?

RD: It all comes down to money, pro-motion, advertising and incentives such as furnished living space. If doctors need incentives to come here that is what we have to do.

FA: We have to forget conventional ways. Money is an incentive but only to a certain degree. Put resources in place. We have to do whatever it takes to solve the short term 24/7 solutions. We have to get the input of the physicians in Princeton. While I was on council we met with Dr.. Smith who feels that because of liabil-ity issues surgeries are not of benefit. I have to also point out what Dr. Adams at the Forum mentioned about the differ-ent levels of ambulance care. We have to pursue that. And there should be standard-ized compensation, a salaried approach to 24/7 doctor services, which would remove the “I have to get a certain number of patients” issue. We recognize all doctors must have an acceptable balance of work and lifestyle.

DP: I talked with two of the volunteers working in the SOHC office. They did the job of finding doctors. There were grants that were supposed to be filled out and were not. I have experience filling out grant applications and I’m good at it so I can help with that. Also, I think it’s impor-tant that when you know a doctors term is going to be finished, start a year before to get everything in place to replace him or her.

RR: No, I was not aware of this. I am at the beginning of a long learning curve,

but I am a quick learner and talk to a lot of people about the issues. From what I understand the money to get doctors here is available, but we have to attract doctors that want to come and live here. Providing accommodation is a band aid and may work in the short term, but why don’t we develop a proposal to use the hospital to its fullest? The facilities are there that could be more fully used. For example, why not have people come here for a treatment specialty such as knee opera-tions, then as they convalesce, they will stay here and provide an economic boost to our community. Why don’t we try to attract a new wave of retirees to come and live in Princeton? I would work on attract-ing and retaining seniors and families so the town population is growing.

Question 3: Are you aware that rural BC communities are providing incen-tives such as free housing to attract doctors? What are your feelings about this practice?

RD: If it works, it is great.FA: Who best knows but doctors them-

selves. We have to solicit their help. In the past we counted on IHA. In recent times that did not work. We have to take charge. Define our priorities based on budget. I commend Town Council for recently establishing free accommodation for locums. This approach may well be attractive to regular full time physicians.

DP: Nakusp purchased a home, wooed a doctor and family. If we have to give a little to get doctors, that is a great thing. We have to make our community more attractive (not the way IHA means it). I honestly don’t know and I want to work on this together with the new mayor and council. What this town has been and could be is a big split. One of the prob-lems we need to deal with is how to mini-mize the snowball effect of people leaving our community.

RR: I don’t think it is just a matter of money. Although I don’t yet understand all the economics and logistics, I assume that the town could also provide other incentives. I am not sure if locums are the answer. They don’t have a connection to town. I think it would be better to find doctors who will come to Princeton and be involved in town rather than someone coming in for a weekend.

Question 4: BC communities are competing against each other to get doctors. How do you feel about that?

RD: I do not feel it is right that com-munities have to compete with each other. I am of the opinion that IHA is not doing their job. If I become mayor, I would like to see the mayors in the region forming a hospital support committee, which would show unity between communities and a shared goal of increased health care.

FA: We need essential services. Normal hospital care has to be available and care for the elderly. Knowledgeable people from the medical profession have to be involved to see what is possible. What we have now is insufficient. ER is a must. Selection of a specific community by a doctor is a personal choice, we must ensure that our package is attractive.

DP: I will have to go deeper and find what other communities are doing. Unfortunately this is what the situation is now. Is it fair? I don’t think so personally. When I was asked to run for mayor, I did

not think I would have the experience, so I decided to run for councillor. In the same way I feel that doctors should get their experience by first going to a rural area. Competition is the way the world is right now; it is a fact of life. I don’t like it, I don’t necessarily agree with it, but that is life.

RR: That is why I am thinking that withdrawing from IHA is something we have to explore and see if it can be done. If we were in charge we have to battle for everything with IHA. Besides, everything we get from IHA means that another B.C. resident living somewhere else might not get what they deserve. I think the idea of assuming control of our own health care has great merit. We have a huge resource of capable and talented people in town and by offering new alternatives we can draw more people in.

Question 5: What essential health services would you like to see at PGH?

RD: I would want to see an increase in hospital beds, we used to have 26 beds, now that is down to 6. I would want to get equipment back that used to be in the hospital and also get the right equipment. Money for our health care has been taken out of our community and been given to Kelowna. Our hospital had a kitchen and a laundry facility. I would want to work to rebuild the hospital to what it was 10 to 12 years ago.

FA: Obviously we must have 24/7 ER services. We must work with our doctors to learn what is realistic and practical and strive to have that level of care imple-mented and maintained.

DP: In 1976 the mine and the mill were here, logging was here and smaller branches. The hospital had a delivery room, doctors were doing surgery. That is what I would like to see again. As a whole we need to have a hospital where you can give birth; shouldn’t have to go to Penticton. We had the beds and a mater-nity ward.

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This past week Save Our Hospital Coalition conducted interviews with the two candidates for mayor, Rosemary Doughty and Frank Armitage, and the two candi-dates for Councillor, Doug Pateman and Rob Rubis. Each candidate was asked nine questions regarding health care issues in our community. Here are the results of those interviews.

Cadidates answer questions on health care

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The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, on behalf of Alex Atamanenko,

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community within Canada, or an achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada;

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for the long term. We need routine medical services and after that we need to look at extended care, special services, and more extensive palliative care. We need to be help-ing people to stay in their own homes and help them to stay in their community once this is not possible. Why couldn’t we have an obstetrician? There may not be many babies born in Princeton at the moment, but once you have the Operating Room facili-ties, people could once again be born in their community. As an expecting father I will make more than a dozen trips to Penticton, which is expensive and time consuming, but I want to be there for my daughterʼs birth.

Question 6: There are four different levels of ambulance care. We have the first two levels in Princeton, SOHC would like to promote getting level 3 ambulance care. What is your opinion?

RD: I would want to look more into the ambu-lance services. One thing I do know is that ambulance workers should get more money for on call duty. As it is now, people who are in the station and do a 12 or 14 hour shift earn $7 per hour. If an ambulance worker is at home and has to be available 24 hours they receive $2 per hour. Our health care problem does not end with doctors coming into town.

FA: Dr. Adams spoke to this matter at the SOHC forum. We definitely should have Level 3 (ability to resuscitate patients in transit) in Princeton. Level 4 if possible and practical as well.

DP: New recruits don’t want to be here. They get their 6 week EMR course, then upgrade by taking the PCP course, which allows them to administer drugs among other things. New recruits are breaking their teeth in our community and then leave. They want to move on. There is not enough incentive to keep them here. There are 2 different levels of pay.

RR: Over the winter I commuted weekly on Highway 3 and have seen several accidents on this stretch of road. I think Princeton has a good case for extended ambulance services.

Question 7: An audience member at the Public Forum mentioned education as an important issue to recruit and keep doctors here. What are your thoughts on this issue?

RD: Education is a core value of mine. I served on the Princeton Child and Youth Committee for 13 years and developed an understanding of the grass roots community and the relationship to educa-tion and our children’s development. Our children have close relationships with their community. They know their extended families, their neighbours, their histories, the geography of the Similkameen, the political issues and values. Our children participate in community activities. Community is part of their education, personal development and identity. Urban children don’t experience this. Our schools have excellent teachers and staff who are connected to the community as well as the schools they serve in. The Community Garden at John Allison School is an excellent example of formal education and com-munity involvement, which was created by teachers working voluntarily. In the Community Garden, chil-dren have learned to be self-sufficient, to grow their own food, to produce a cookbook, and participate in nourishment and good health. I value this relationship between community and education. Princeton is a leader in this respect. The idea would be to illuminate and promote the value of interactive community and education in order to attract the right doctors to Princeton.

FA: Key and critical. One of the things we have not done in the community is take advantage of untapped human resources. We have a large number of knowledgeable people in our community. I’ll be the first one to form advisory committees, giving spe-cific tasks to provide recommendations to Council. For example: We would appoint 3-5 people with a professional background to serve as an educational advisory committee. This can be done on a coopera-tive basis.

DP: It bothers me that people are commuting here for work in the mine. We have to attract families and it will snowball. Increase the numbers, that will snowball. More students will attract more teachers. Those are the key issues.

RR: I read with interest and dismay the Fraser Institute School Rankings report for 2012. Why is it that other similar communities in our area seem to be providing better quality educa-tion than we are? It bears investigation. Just because we are a small community there is no reason why our schools should be in the bottom third of provin-cial rankings. I am also hearing of another potential school closure in the district. I have one child now and one on the way and I want them to have a quality education.

Question 8: How do you feel about the idea of opting out of IHA and appointing a local board to run the hospital?

RD: IHA is top heavy and its roots into rural communities have been badly damaged, as demon-strated in Princeton. I would like to see mayors form a regional hospital support committee as well as recre-ate a local hospital board. I believe this is imperative to continued communication with IHA, on which we are dependent. I see a shifting of powers with the provincial elections hovering. Princeton’s SOHC has put rural health care on the political agenda front and center. I would like to see this local involvement remain in place. I believe a local hospital board is necessary.

FA: My whole life has been about jumping in and doing it. If that is what it takes to get an acceptable and comfortable level of health care, I am all for it. I’ll be right at the front, if this is the only solution. Let’s go forward collectively. This is the biggest issue facing the town of Princeton since 1950. This has to be the priority; a proper facility staffed with enough doctors, because the way it is now, seniors who have the means, are leaving. We have to pull out all the stops. I think that Jason Earle, Brad Hope and the stakeholders committee have done an excellent job.

DP: Isn’t that what we are doing now? Volunteers who find doctors? We just haven’t made it official.

RR: If I am elected to Council, the idea of taking control of our own health care is very attractive to me. Everything I have read about IHA is that we have to fight tooth and nail for everything. We are all busy people and it should be a given that we have 24/7 ER. Although the ER is important, we shouldn’t have to be spending so much time and energy on it. Instead, we should be focusing on the long term issues.

Question 9: Do you have any other thoughts you’d like to add?

RD: SOHC has identified and defined the crisis our health care is experiencing and has spoken out against the deterioration of our hospital. As mayor I would support this vital community movement to the maximum. I worked as an employee of IHA for nearly 13 years and saw first hand how the operating room functioned and saved lives and how the disman-tling of health care services has eroded the capacity of our hospital resources and consequently the capacity of doctors and nurses. A unified voice against further erosion is vital, and a unified proactive movement to restore our hospital’s losses is needed. This is a long term involvement to put “health” back into health care for Princeton. The leadership and empowerment SOHC has provided needs to be officially endorsed by mayor and council, and if elected will be my first duty in office. Thank you SOHC.

FA: Why don’t we have a proper helicopter pad at or near the hospital? We have to learn from the Noel Ashley experience.

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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) launched a new billboard campaign July 25 aimed at ensuring Canadians from coast-to-coast know just how lopsided the current MP pension scheme really is.

Billboards sporting the message “For every $1 an MP puts into their pension, taxpayers put in $24” were put up today in Vancouver, Calgary, Regina, Ottawa and Halifax. The Vancouver billboard can be found on Nootka Street, just south of East Broadway.

“The MP platinum pension plan is the peak of political pork,” said Jordan Bateman, the CTF’s B.C. Director. “Taxpayers are sick and tired of pouring money into MP pensions when their own retirement funds are shaky at best.”

The goal of the billboard campaign is to get Canadians to take action this summer and put pressure on their MPs, opposition leaders and the prime minister before they come out with their MP pension reform plan this fall. Canadians are encouraged to text “TAX” to 212121, so they can sign the CTF’s petition, e-mail the Prime Minister and learn more about the MP pension plan.

“We know the government is planning to modify the MP pen-sion plan this fall, and we want to make sure it’s a full-blown overhaul and not just a minor tinker,” said CTF Federal Director, Gregory Thomas. “If they go from the current $24 from taxpay-ers for every $1 from an MP ratio, down to $18 to $1 or $12 to $1, that’s simply not going to cut it.”

The CTF is calling on MPs to shut down the current MP pension scheme and join a new $1 for $1 matching RRSP-style pension plan. Further, the CTF would like to see a “Lavigne rule” put in place to ensure parliamentarians convicted of offences relating to their office are barred from collecting parliamentary pension benefits.

“Many British Columbians have been very concerned by the closure of the Kitsilano Coast Guard station,” said Bateman. “Ottawa’s dirty little secret is that the $900,000 a year saved by the Kits closure could be covered by the year one pension payouts for B.C.’s Conservative caucus. Instead of putting tax dollars into important services, they are going into MP pension accounts.”

In 2010-11 MPs and Senators contributed a combined $4.5 million to the parliamentary pension accounts, while taxpayers contributed $110.7 million ($26.7 million in contributions and $84 million in ‘interest’ and actuarial adjustments).

To read a calculation of pension payouts for B.C. MPs, here is the link: http://taxpayer.com/blog/18-01-2012/bc-what-your-mps-pension-value

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To view the final artwork for the billboards you can see it here: http://taxpayer.com/sites/default/files/downloadable/M7627_Billboard_ART.PDF

To read the Report on the Administration of the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2011, here is the link: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/reports-rapports/mpraa-larp/2011/mpraa-larp-eng.pdf

To read the CTF’s MP pension report from January 2012 including estimated pension calculations for all sitting MPs, here is the link: http://taxpayer.com/sites/default/files/CTFMP-PensionReport-WEB.pdf

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At least that is what it seems when it comes to the emergency room crisis with our local hospital. Our ER remains closed four nights per week and we have still only two doctors serving the community on an emer-gency basis on top of their already fully filled work days. How long are these two gentlemen expected to continue like this? I’m no doctor, but I sure as heck bet they are completely exhausted. Much gratitude to both of them for caring enough to continue.

I know that there are people from our community working tirelessly to come up with solutions to rectify both our immediate ER crisis and to find long term solu-tions to our hospital issues. Volunteers, community lead-ers and industry spending hours upon hours researching and attending countless number of meetings...understand-able, our community is in crisis and these individuals are doing all they can to help.

What I don’t really understand is WHY. The Interior Health Authority mission is to—and I

quote directly from their website,“Promote healthy lifestyles and provide needed health

services in a timely, caring, and efficient manner, to the highest professional and quality standards.”

Ahem... exhausting the current resources (our two doctors) is not timely, nor caring or efficient. Sending patients for care well over an hour away is not timely, nor caring or efficient. (Remember the golden hour?)

Forcing people who already pay for services not even being rendered to come up with more funding, more expenses (the provision of locum housing) and having to deal with more stress is not timely, nor caring and by no means is it efficient.

Cutting services from rural communities while larger centers are getting new wings, new equipment and even new hospitals does not seem timely, nor caring or effi-cient.

I do understand that there are shades of grey in every situation, but there is always a solution if you pay close enough attention. Princeton and Area H have come up with funding, housing and a list of doctors willing to provide coverage in the ER. Yet our ER remains closed four nights a week.

Would someone please explain to me, how and when the almighty dollar become more valuable than a human life!

Mystery Man Who am I? This one will really tax your memory.Check next week’s Spotlight for the answer. Clues: 1) Note my hat. 2)Worked as a miner in Copper Mountain Mine for years. 3) Moved up North, from East Princeton. 4) Wife’s name is Linda. 5) Last name is first name of famous Canadian Prime MinisterLast week’s mystery person was Harold Bellmond

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Open letter to Premier Christy ClarkMs. Clark:If time were a tradeable commodity we could all point to the

waste and sadly shake our heads in frustrated bewilderment.I am addressing the Emergency Room closures suffered by the

community of Princeton B.C. Most would think that a major high-way (3500 vehicles an hour during summer) would be a deterrent to closure of an essential service like emergency room coverage. People would also feel the same of a town with twenty-four hour industry. A mine and mill both run here 24/7.

Normally the powers that be would be enough to rectify this constitutionally illegal action. Indeed, your own minister of health issued a deadline of July 12th, 2012 for a resolution. It is now the 23rd and I write to you simply because Minister Michael de Jong’s underlings at the Interior Health Authority seem to think he wasn’t exactly serious.

Paperwork is unfinished. How does it work when a Ministerial deadline is ignored? Any other type of business would require a disciplinary action or dismissal.

Interior Health Authority hasn’t even done a shuffle, as govern-ment does to avoid bad press. It’s bad enough to run for cover. It is something else again to put constituents lives at risk nightly, and expect the same kind of protection as you try and sweep attention under the carpet.

I realize you may be a ‘busy’ person, however, as Premier of

B.C. do you not have an obligation to the safety and well being of British Columbians?

The people of Princeton are not satisfied with partial E.R. coverage. Not while they pay taxes based upon 24/7 coverage. Perhaps the people of B.C. ought to have a tax rebate for services NOT rendered.

Again, a deadline was imposed by your minister and ignored. It sets a very dangerous precedent, don’t you think? If a minister of the province can be totally disregarded by the people who work for him direct, how is the rest of B.C. to take anything your gov-ernment says seriously?

Any further delay will seemingly force the addition of lawyers into the mix. We all know how that goes, cameras, news stories and press that is unflattering at best, career crippling at worst.

I see two stances you can take, that of an out of touch health authority (eyes blind, ears deaf) or as an active concerned leader with the very real interest of B.C. voters in mind. It’s your choice, but it is our lives & health that hang in the balance. As you are the last possible human with the authority to fix this situation, I await your swift, competent solution.

Please respond A. S. A. P.

Darrell DobiePrinceton, BC

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Natures babies are here for summer

Sitting here on a rainy Friday afternoon and thought that we needed to be cheered up a bit since most of you have been enjoying the heat this summer while we have been basking in rain and lots of it. But, on the bright side we know that you haven’t had these visitors to your house this year. The little Flycatchers are growing quite nicely for the 3rd year in a row in the same basket that we provided them with a couple of years ago. The little fawn was with us all day yesterday looking for a nice resting spot while Mom was out feeding. She came by this morning to pick her fawn up at about 7:30 a.m. A while ago our neighbour was able to take the picture of the mother moose and calf as they walked from our property to their’s in early June. The little bear is just hanging around our friends Mark & Bettina Wongs property for

the past month and is visible most days as we saw him on two occasions this past week. On another note the Loons that we have moni-tored the past eight seasons didn’t fare all that well as mom had a small loon chick on June 7 and it was quickly lost, we believe that the Bald Eagle got this newborn. Mom went back to the nest shortly after this as there was still another egg that needed tending to. She sat on the nest until July 19 or so and we believe that the egg was sterile. That must have been agonizing for her as she should have only sat for 28 - 29 days and here she was still tending for a further 42 days.

Hope all is well with all our friends and familyCheers,Greg & Terry

Save Our Similkameen (S.O.S.) would like to thank the community for once again providing a voice. Our doctors have shown amaz-ing fortitude throughout. Their dedication has shown every one of us, the invaluable contribution of their chosen profession in which they serve. So thank you doctors for all that you do, today, tomorrow, and yesterday.

We’d also like to thank the wisdom, guidance and gumption from Branch #30 Seniors for never letting us forget what’s on the line. Industry, First Nations, Business and all participants have created amazing and inspirational energy and contributions. All ought to be pleased with what has been accomplished.

Everyday people, involved directly or otherwise have again brought forward a common thread that unites us all. Our health. Boys and girls, the buck stops here. This can not be done without you. This is the 75% mark,... please stand by.

Save our Similkameen extends their appreciation

Terry & Greg TellierContributed

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August 5 - 10:30 a.m. Special SpeakerRev. Robert BashorMany will remember Pastor Bashor who was such a bless-ing to our town. Come out and hear the wonderful, inspirational music that Pastor and Mrs. Bashor will bring.

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KELOWNA, B.C. – July 26, 2012: FortisBC proposes to continue improving and modernizing its electrical grid with an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project in an application filed today with the BC Utilities Commission.

With this filing, FortisBC begins a public and transparent regu-latory process that will end with a decision from the BC Utilities Commission determining whether or not FortisBC can begin its AMI project.

Should FortisBC receive a positive decision, the utility would proceed to upgrade its electrical grid by exchanging close to 115,000 manually read meters with advanced meters and incor-porating the supporting hardware and software. The project is expected to cost approximately $48 million and save customers $19 million over the life of the project. Meter exchanges would begin in 2014 and be complete by the end of 2015.

“FortisBC believes this project will provide enhanced customer service and better value for our customers,” said Tom Loski, vice president of customer service at FortisBC. “When the project is complete, our electricity customers will have a chance for the first time to see in near real-time how much electricity they are using and will be able to make more informed decisions regarding

conservation.”Project highlights include:$19 million in savings over the life of the project helping to

keep rates lower for electricity customers.Enhanced information to help customers manage their electric-

ity consumption, including the ability to see how much power has been used since the last bill.

Improved ability for FortisBC to detect and restore power out-ages.

Reduced electricity theft – FortisBC estimates that $3.7 million of electricity is stolen annually – revenues that would otherwise reduce customer rates.

FortisBC notes the timing of the project also corresponds with new standards from Measurement Canada requiring greater meter accuracy. The enhanced accuracy requirements will require FortisBC to exchange approximately 80,000 electromechanical meters with digital meters whether the AMI project goes ahead or not.

FortisBC is evaluating the business case for advanced meters for natural gas, but at this time has no plans for a similar deploy-ment of remote gas meter reading technology.

RCMP detachment area who match the criteria for chronic nuisance offender.

The Area Commander supports a “Zero Tolerance” approach in regards to repeat offenders, in particular those on conditions. All breaches are treated as in-custody investigations and offenders are either held for a Bail Hearing through the JJP process or escorted to Penticton to stand before a Judge. Crime analyst reports are used to target high crime areas.

Crime StoppersCrime Stoppers received one tip relating to events

in Princeton during the first quarter of 2012.YouthThe Area Commander has designated school zones

as a priority for the detachment. Members are com-mitted to the safety of the youth in the community and provide a daily presence, morning and afternoon, in school zones throughout the community.

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FortisBC fi les Advanced Metering Infrastructure application with BC Utilities CommissionProject expected to deliver $19 million in savings to electricity customers

ANSWERS - from Page A5DP: I am willing to bet that our town is treated as

not being as important as larger towns. We are under-staffed, we are swept under the carpet.

RR: I am a late entrant in the race and have not been highly involved in any of the issues to date. People are going to wonder about that, but I make no apologies for this. My priority is my family and I have spent my first year here finding and moving into a new home and searching for employment. Now that we are settled here, I am studying the issues and will pursue solutions with all my energy. There are many issues in Princeton and we have to set our priorities and then pursue them with vigor. Then we can suc-ceed. I feel I have a responsibility to get involved and I have the tools to make a difference.

Over tournament weekend, the juniors, ladies, and men golf-ers competed to determine club cham-pions. A total of 38 men and 16 ladies par-ticipated in the event. Jonas Montgomery (141) emerged as the Men’s Champ; Michael White (176) Junior Champion; and Sharleen Anderson (160) the Ladies’ Champ.

LADIES GOLFThe ladies competed over two days in their Club Championship. Overall Low Gross winner was Sharleen Anderson (right) with scores of 83 and 77. Betty Jarvis (left) cap-tured the title of Overall Low Net with scores of 72 and 71.First flight gross and net winners were: Brittani Martini, Elaine Harwood, Barb Jones, Cathy Chadsey, Pam Morphy and Gail McEwen.Second flight gross and net winners were: Lois Simpson, Lisa Coutler, Lorraine Kirby, Sharon Paterson, Betty Evans and Gloria Gagnon.KP prizes went to Pam Morphy, Cathy Chadsey, and Lorraine Kirby. Long Drive honours went to Brittani Martini and Lisa Coulter. Closest Chips went to Sharon Blower and Sharleen Anderson.Deuce, chip-in and birdie prizes went to Sharleen, Brittani, Cathy, Lois, Betty Jarvis, and Sharon Blower.

GOLF CLUB CHAMPIONSGOLF CLUB CHAMPIONS

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This is the fourth in a series of stories about some of the perform-ers appearing at the Princeton Traditional Music Festival. The Festival begins on the evening of Friday, August 17 with the open-ing ceremony followed by a country-dance on Veterans’ Way beside the Legion. The dance will feature a live band with fiddle, guitar and concertina. Everyone is welcome. There will be a caller to teach the dances so no experience is necessary and people don’t even need to bring a partner. On Saturday and Sunday there will be music from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on two stages – one on Veterans Square and one in front of the Museum.

One of the exciting things about this year’s Festival is that over one third of the performing groups are new to the Festival. Half of these new groups are coming because of our “Princetonograd” eastern European theme. One of those groups is Something About Reptiles, a somewhat outra-geous Turkish-Balkan cabaret band. They describe their music as “kitsch meets classic with traditional music, warped into something east of cabaret and west of gravity.” With their gypsy fusionist music they will sweep you away with diasporic melodies that range from sardonic sarcasm to sensual coaxing, music for people who aren’t afraid of anything. With guitar, bass, viola, darbuka (hand drum), vocals and accordions, Something About Reptiles will play music to mend your heart.

The group coming from farthest away is The Holdtocks, who will travel all the way from California. Dick and Carol Holdstock sing tradi-

tional ballads, songs of the sea, old time tavern songs, songs of the California gold rush and songs of social significance. They delight audiences with the unusual harmonies and arrangements of their varied material. Whether accompanying themselves on guitar, mandolin or autoharp, they get the stories of the songs across in a way that assures audience involvement. With lots of choruses it doesn’t take long for everyone to sing along.

These are just two of the performing groups appearing at this year’s Festival, and the best thing about it is it’s free!

The reason it’s free is because it’s run entirely by volunteers and the performers are donating their talents. To make the festival a success the organiz-ers will need lots of volunteers. If you’d like to get involved, please contact them. Even if you have only a couple of hours available your help would be most welcome. Give them a call and they’ll welcome you aboard. To find out more visit the Festival’s webblog at princetonfestival.org or give Jon and Rika a call at 295-6010.

Festival: Something about Reptiles

Similkameen Family Literacy Outreach is offer-ing it’s Summer Day Camp August 20-24, from 9 a.m. to noon.

This year’s camp will work and play with folks 9 to 15 years. There is an open invitation to older youngsters and parents to join in as volunteers.

As in 2010 and 2011 the week long camp will happen in the grounds of The Keremeos Grist Mill and Gardens. Mill operators, Jim and Brenda Millar, are once again offering a welcome to area youngsters.

In 2011 the camp did Box Theatre exercises in which participants developed their own scripts and played them for each other and a invited audience at close of the week.

In 2010 it was a Your Own Book Written By You with the work written, illustrated, read and performed by the campers.

This summer’s Young Writers and Players theme

will combine exercises in composition, theatre games, some rigorous run around games, snack break and the formation of teams of players to take their written work and combine it bring it to life in short plays.

There will be a wrap-up presentation for family and the public at 11 a.m. on Friday, August 24th.

The day camp is funded through Provincial Gaming dollars and is administered by Lower Similkameen Community Services Society. Co-ordinator for Similkameen Family Literacy Outreach is Dave Cursons.

To register for The Young Writers and Players Day Camp call 250-499-2352 or drop by Lower Similkameen Community Services at the corner of Veterans Ave and Third Street across from the health unit. The office is open 8 am to noon, Monday to Friday.

Summer Day Camp at Keremeos Grist Mill

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Festival

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During July 27 and 28 Coalmont quadrupled in population with a few hundred visitors to the Coalmont Hotel. Entertainment was provided by New Fish, a Celtic band out of Vancouver, Elvis entered the building when Tulameen’s very own Darrell Douglas arrived and guests were treated to surprise songstress —Coalmont’s own darling Terry.

Volunteers headed up by, as Cole said “the amazing Ken Reeve,” cooked prepared and served dinner to the party goers for hours on Saturday night.

Cole is extremely pleased with the success of the celebration and very grateful to her sponsors and volunteers.

She extends an invitation to all to come visit and get a taste of the Coalmont Hotel experience.

For more information please visit the website: www.coalmonthotel.com

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A small sample of the number of visitors to the Coalmont Hotel Centennial celebration this past weekend. Right - Tulameen’s very own, Darrell Douglas performed as ‘Elvis’ to the delight of many.



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The Princeton Kokanees have com-pleted Shark Week proving kids can have lots of fun while work-ing hard! Swimmers attended grueling practices all week designed to build muscles and stami-na. Coaches put the team through a tough regime in prepara-tion for the upcom-ing regional and pro-vincial swim meets. Shark Week started with a family picnic

at Bromley Rock. The week included five crazy costume days for coaches Lindsay van Genne and Alyssa Larson, eight hard-core practices for swimmers, three early mornings, dry land training, dancing, yelling, water fights, thunder, lightning and rain, before conclud-ing with a pizza night and movie at Riverside Theatre. Fantastic job everyone!

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$287,500.00

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MLS 138451Charming home with easy main-tenance fenced yard. 1-2 bed-room home with alley access to single car detached garage.

$157,000.00

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MLS 138528Copperstone Homes - Princeton’s Premire Development. Quality homes built on the most excellent locations.

$260,000.00

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MLS 137771Charming 3 bedroom, 2 bath home in quiet neighbour-hood just a couple minutes walk to downtown Princeton. $219,900.00

222 Biliter222 Biliter

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$319,900.00

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MLS 137863Enchanting log home that is pri-vately surrounded by trees, nestled upon 10 acres offering country liv-ing only 10 minutes from town.

$549,900.00

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MLS 1378173 bedroom, 3 bath home sitting on 2 titled lots zoned duplex. Located near convinience store, park and is a short walk to down town.

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MLS 137302Fabulous newer 2 bedroom home just 20 minutes drive form Princeton. Enjoy all 4 seasons in this quality built home.

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MLS 136980Great 1st time buyer or rental home in quiet area, just minutes to downtown Princeton. Partial basement and cold room. $134,500.00

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The following businesses were too late to list their new or changed number in the 11-12 phone book:

PRINCETON TAXI.................Essential Massage...............Denice's Doos......................Happy Home Inspection......Princeton Health Centre.....Maiya’s European Spa........Joan's Jewellery & Baskets..Care A Lot Home Support...Princeton Appraisals...........Princeton Grocery................The Winking Pedlar..............Nugget Valley Gold..............

ATTENTION BUSINESS OWNERS:If you *missed the book* and operate a business in our market area. Call the Similkameen Spotlight at: 250-295-3535 or Fax us a note at: 250-295-7322 and publish your name and number at no charge.

Please Call The Spotlight Today to list your phone number at no charge!

250-295-2727250-295-7980250-438-3022250-295-5391250-295-4442250-295-3640250-295-6509250-295-1884250-295-3095250-295-0290250-295-0820250-295-1775

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Spotlight on Smiles

Name: Tigger (double grr)Tigger is a Bengal cat from Langley, BC who

loves belly rubs and his best buddy, Hank the hound.

Thumbs up the Community Band Concert at the gazebo on

Saturday. Excellent music, wonderful way

to spend the afternoon

Thumbs down to Princeton’s participation in its own events,

attendance is very poor.Get out there and support the

events!

Thumbs Up/Down

If you have a thumbs up/down or want to be our

Smile of the Week, give us a call at 250-295-3535

or drop by the Spotlight at 282 Bridge Street.

Princeton Pentecostal Church(The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)

165 Vermilion Avenue Beside the Museum,

invites you to join with us in

Sunday Worship10:30 am Morning Worship

Pastor Dave Janke250-295-7951

St. Paul’s United ChurchAlso serving the Anglican Community

Offi ce: 250-295-7714

WORSHIP - 9:30 amCommunion: 3rd Sunday of the month

Offi ce HoursTues and Thurs: 9:30 am - noon

190 - 1st AvenueEveryone Welcome

Baptist Church of Princeton

Across from Arena - Old Hedley Road

Family Worship 10:00 am

Prayer Meetings on

Wednesday at 7:00 pm

250-295-7752

Living WaterFoursquare Gospel Church

Invites You to

38 Kenley Avenue

10:30 Morning Worship

With Coffee to follow

Pastor George DonovanTel: 250-295-7733

St. Peter’s R.C. Parish43 Billiter Avenue

Princeton

250-295-3541MASS

SATURDAY: 6:00 PMSUNDAY:

10:30 a.m. May - Oct. 11:30 a.m. Nov. - April


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RENTALS/LANDSCAPING

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DARYL CLARKECertifi ed Septic Design & Installations / Foundation Excavations

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OPEN:Mon. - Sat. 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Phone:(250)499-5785Email: [email protected]

Don & Anna’s Greenhouses

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331 Old Hedley RoadPO Box 948Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0

Brian CoyneOwner

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Septic CleaningOuthouse Rentals & Sales

Mark Riegling Owner /Operator

250-295-4191

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Knights of Armour’

New Inventory Every Week!

Open Every Weekend!9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

375 Rainbow Lake Road 250-295-7988

New & Used Items

PRINCETON CASTLE RESORT(2kms from downtown Princeton)

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All mechanics take ongoing training & updating. WE HAVE THE BEST DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE

•A/C Work •Transmissions • Specialize in Computers & Computerized Fuel Injection

Now offering: •Flat Repairs •New Tire Sales •Wheel BalancingCan inspect MOTORCYCLES to GREYHOUND BUSES

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Ph: 250-295-6458

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~ Kitchen & Bath~ Kitchen & Bath~ Custom Cabinets~ Custom Cabinets

~ Planning & Design~ Planning & Design~ Counter Tops~ Counter Tops

A Division of Surecraft Construction Ltd. “Your local building professionals!”

SHOWROOM WILL BE CLOSED TILL SEPTEMBER

Please call for an appointment

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[email protected] & Ed ReichertPh: 250-295-6489Fax: 250-295-7768

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MAC’S AUTO PARTS193 Vermilion Ave.Ph: 250-295-6944

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LAWN MOWERS, GENERATORS,

SNOW BLOWERS

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20% off Giftware

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ENTER TO WIN HERE!

SUMMER SHOP LOCAL

Sale ends Aug. 4/12

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Tree planting at rivers junction to honour friendsEileen Pagdin (McKay) and Joanne Branch (Parkinson), grew up in Princeton and gradu-ated in 1965. Both women have since passed away. Friends of these two women gathered together during the July long weekend to plant trees at the junc-tion of the Similkameen and Tulameen rivers in honour of their friends.l-r: Sally Tarr (Heap), Tricia Sauve, (Ewart), Jerry & Merilee McKay, Peter Antonick, Marilyn Strilchuk (Dunsmore), Jamie Atkinson (Mullin), Rosemary Christoffersen (Robb), Nellie Dunsmore (Lightenberg) and Trudi Schulli (Clark)


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[email protected]

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Heather JohnsonOwner/Manager

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[email protected]

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We were wondering if we would ever see Summer here at the lake. Most of you are bask-ing in the warm sunshine and complaining about the heat and humidity. So, we thought that we would show you some of the natural treasures of the area that we have had a chance to see and make our Spring a pleasant time.

Greg & Terry Tellier


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The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance has launched its annual pre-budget consultation process, which will result in a report to be tabled in the House of Commons prior to the December 2012 parliamentary break. This year, the pre-budget consultation process will take a slightly different form: online submission of answers to spe-cific questions on which the Committee is focused at this time.

“I encourage everyone to get involved and let the government know what our real priorities are as they plan next year’s budget,” stated Alex Atamanenko, MP for BC Southern Interior. “With the online process in place, it will be much easier to have a say in the direction that our country is headed. However, for those who are unable to contribute online, there are other ways to participate.”

The website at which Canadians can contribute their ideas has opened online and will remain open until August 3, 2012. Individuals and groups are invited to access the secure online questionnaire, once per individual or group, at

www.parl.gc.ca/PBC2012. The questions have been designed to be fairly open-ended and were voted on by the all-party Committee.

The five questions on the online questionnaire are in the following areas:

Economic Recovery and GrowthJob CreationDemographic ChangeProductivityOther Challenges.Those who lack access to the internet and are

unable to contribute online should contact the Clerk of the House Finance Committee by calling 613-992-9753 for assistance in finding other ways to

provide their thoughts and ideas.

Pre-budget consultation submissions will be posted on the Committee’s website once they have been translated. This year’s pre-budget consultation hearings are expected to begin in September 2012.

Atamenenko encourages citizen input for Budget 2013

Alex AtamenenkoMP for BC Southern

Interior

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MILLER, WILLIAM HYATTFebruary 20, 1916 - July 24, 2012

William Hyatt Miller was born in Rossland, BC on Feb. 20, 1916. His parents were William Stewart Miller and Evelyn Miller. He and his family came to Princeton in 1919. Bill had 4 sisters, Jean Dunsmore/Broomfi eld

(deceased), May Savage (deceased) Louise Mullin (deceased) and Beth Norman (Jim Sr.) and 2 brothers

Wilfred (died in infancy) and Bob (deceased). Bill was married to his fi rst wife, Nadine, in 1940. She died in 1970.

They had 3 children: Karen (Craig), Mary-Lou and Bill Jr. (Patsy). He married his second wife Connie in 1976. He had 2 step children, Leda Leander and Steven Leander. Bill had 15 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and 5 great

great grandchildren. He will also be sadly missed by his many nieces and nephews who live throughout BC and Alberta and one in South America and his many great nieces and nephews

and great great nieces and nephews.During the early depression years Bill worked on farms and for West Kootenay Power on power line construction. He

spent 43 years in the mining industry mainly for Granby and associate companies at Allenby, Copper Mountain, Granisle

(Plant Superintendent), Phoenix Copper (Manager), and Vancouver. He was also closely associated with Western

Nickel, Jedway Iron Ore and Granduc. While in Vancouver he worked on many feasibility studies and spent time as manager of a mine in Southeast Africa. Late in 1979 Granby was sold

to Noranda so he retired and moved back to Princeton. He has travelled extensively over the world. He said recently: “my health and happiness over the last 36 years is mainly due to my lovely and loving wife, Connie, and I have had a good life and have been extremely proud of all my family and my

extended family”. He loved the great outdoors, loved to fi sh and could be seen frequently at MacKenzie Lake and at many of the streams,

lakes and rivers in the Princeton area.He will be sadly missed by all of his large family and his

many many friends.

A celebration of life will be held at the Tulameen Community Hall Saturday August 11, 2012 at 1:00 pm.

In Lieu of fl owers donation can be made to the Princeton General Hospital.

“We’re here to help”

KEREMEOS-SIMILKAMEEN FUNERAL & CREMATION

CENTRE

712-5th Street 1-800-275-1202

PRINCETON FUNERAL

& CREMATION CENTRE 2 Princeton Plaza

250-295-6102

HANSONS’ ARBOR FUNERAL

CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM

527 Ellis Street, Penticton 250-492-4202

CompassionateLife Celebrations

All Funeral Plans AcceptedBronze and Granite Cemetery Markers

AffordablePre-arrangements and

arrangements can be made in the comfort of your

home or our home.

Ray & Kelly Hanson www.hansonsfuneral.com [email protected]

5593101

5593093Announcements

In Memoriam

B.C. & YukonHeart & Stroke

Foundation

In Memoriam

Box 1838Princeton

Or Contact Maria 250-295-6247

CANADIAN CANCERSOCIETY

IN MEMORIAM

Dianne Box 1906

250-295-6648

Cards of Thanks

We would like to thank the neighbours and friends

in our Town.Big Thanks to the

invisible Mushroom for all the help with the

parade before we ever left Town.

(Thanks go out to the doctors for

saving Jim’s life)Thanks to The Rotary

Club, A.T.V. Club, Trails Society and the many

members who sent cards and visited Jim when he

returned home.Our many neighbours for the mowing and watering of the grass, fl owers and

house plants.The delivery of four pies to our door for which I

really appreciated with all the company.

Also credit goes to the pie maker, as Jim is having a terrible time to eat and had two pieces of pie.

Thanks DawnWe are so blessed with

such great neighbours and friends in Princeton. Jim is improving daily, and

the wonderful helpfulness and kindness of everyone

helps greatly.Heartfelt appreciation from Jim & Judy Short

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Business Opportunities

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Employment

Career Opportunities

NOW HIRINGWestern Forest Products Inc.

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Education/Trade Schools

COMMERCIAL BEEKEEP-ING Certifi cate Program. GPRC Fairview Campus. Ex-tensive study of beekeeping, queen rearing, and honey business. Paid work experi-ence. Affordable on-campus residences. Starts January 7, 2013. Call Lin 1-780-835-6630 www.gprc.ab.ca/fairview.IF YOU’RE Interested in real estate, then take Appraisal and Assessment, a special-ized two-year business major at Lakeland College’s campus in Lloydminster, Alberta. Your training includes assessment principles, computerized mass appraisal valuation of properties, farmland evalua-tion and property analysis. Start September; 1-800-661-6490, ext. 5429.www.lakelandcollege.caMEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION Rated #2 for at-home jobs. Start training today. Graduates are in demand! Enroll now. Take advantage of low month-ly payments. 1-800-466-1535 www.canscribe.com [email protected] TO Be an Apart-ment/Condominium Manager at home! We have jobs across Canada. Thousands of gradu-ates working. 31 years of suc-cess! Government certifi ed. www.RMTI.ca or 1-800-665-8339, 604-681-5456.

Employment Agencies/Resumes

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Employment

Help Wanted

ALPINE TOYOTAAttention Toyota Product Advisors

Alpine Toyota has an imme-diate opening for a Toyota Product Advisor. Our dealer-ship is situated in Cranbrook B.C., the major business and recreation hub for the entire East Kootenay. We are cur-rently looking for a Product Advisor with a track-record of success who is interested in working in a positive team environment. We offer on-going training, a generous compensation plan and an engaged group of Team Leaders to help our Product Advisors achieve their goals.For the right applicant, relocation expenses and a guaranteed income will be considered.If you love selling Toyota products and the quality of life that can be found in the East Kootenay’s sounds in-teresting, please forward your resume in confi dence to our Sales Team Leader by email: kdunsire@alpinetoyo-ta or by phone at (250)489-4010. If you present the qualities and values we are looking for, we will contact successful applicants for an interview.

An Alberta Construction Com-pany is hiring dozer, excavator and labour/rock truck opera-tors. Preference will be given to operators that are experi-enced in oilfi eld road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Al-berta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Con-struction at 780-723-5051.

AUTOMATED TANK Manu-facturing Inc. is looking for welders. Due to a huge ex-pansion to our plant located in Kitscoty, Alberta, 20km west of Lloydminster. We have open-ings for 10-3rd year apprentic-es or journey person welders. We offer best wage in indus-try. 3rd year apprentice $28-$30/hr, journeyperson $32-$35/hr, higher with tank expe-rience. Profi t sharing bonus plus manufacturing bonus in-centive. Full insurance pack-age 100% paid by company. Good working environment. Join a winning team. Call Basil or Blaine at (offi ce) 780-846-2231; (fax)780-846-2241 or send resume to:[email protected]; [email protected] your feet on the ground in a safe welding environment through inhole manufacturing process. No scaffolding or ele-vated work platform.

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Merchandise for Sale

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$200 & Under1995 U-BILT car dolly $200. 250-295-7375CAST IRON tub with legs $200. 250-499-9481 or 250-292-8504

$400 & UnderROBIN 5TH wheel hitch, used twice $390. 250-295-3134

Free ItemsFREE: Built in dishwasher. Coffee table 3x3. 250-295-6428FREE: TO Good home. 2 sweet house cats, 5 & 6 years old. Call 250-295-0510

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Cars - Domestic


Friendly Frank6” JOINER 120 or 240 volt. Best offer. Air nailer, will shoot 2.5 to 3.5 nails with 3 boxes of nails. Best offer. Old postage stamps 1935 -1950 Offers. Sil-ver ware set, serves 8 Offers. 250-295-7531GOLF CLUBS, Ladies & men’s,clubs in bag& on cart. Very little use, like new $75/each or $140/both. Clock radio, G.E. under shelf mount,white $25. Oak mirror (real wood),framed,bevelled & corners etched 40”x27” $55 obo. Interior slab door,2 pan-els,ready to paint New $20/each. Ice melt roof & gut-ter cables. Used one season only,3x30’ $20/each. Call 250-295-0675KARCHER POWER washer, near new $99. Call 250-295-3367LAWNMOWER, 3 in 1 self propelled $100. Compressor on wheels, 125 psi, 13 gallon tank, 5 HP. $100. Generator $100. Cordless drill Power Max, 2 battery packs $40. Digital air conditioner w/re-mote. $100. 250-295-7635NEW PORTABLE solar gen-erator $75 obo. 250-499-9481 or 292-8504PIPE RACK, fi ts pick box 5x6.5x711 250-295-0502TRAMPOLINE for sale $75. 250-295-0093WASHER & DRYER $99. See meat 266 Burton Ave

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Misc. for SaleBRAND NEW 20 Gallon Eagle Compressor. Won at Princeton Show ‘n’ Shine. Never used. Donated by Mac’s Auto Parts. $425. 250-295-0495HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/news-paper?

Cottages / Cabins


Misc. for SaleSTEEL BUILDING - Huge clearance sale! 20x24 $4,658. 25x28 $5,295. 30x40 $7,790. 32x54 $10,600. 40x58 $14,895. 47x78 $19,838. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel, 1-800-668-5422.www.pioneersteel.ca.

Misc. WantedI Buy Old Coins & Collections Olympic, Gold Silver Coins etcCall Chad 250-499-0251 Local

SEEKING 2-5 acres of land. Willing to pay severance costs. Call 250-295-3882

Real Estate

Business for SaleLocated in the sunny warm southern interior of BC. Prof-itable, established Welding Shop & Power Equipment Dealeship. Turnkey Operation. Asking $529,000. Call 1 (250)453-2242 or email: [email protected]

For Sale By Owner

4 Bedroom, 2 bath, large shop. Double lot.

306 8th ave. East Princeton250-295-6770

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2 Bedroom Mobile, Pines mo-bile Home park Princeton $30,000 Seller will pay 1 years pad rent 250-487-0864

OLDER MOBILE home, Needs Complete Renovation. $4500 obo. Call 1-250-672-9254

RETIRE IN Beautiful Southern BC, Brand New Park. Opening May 2012. COPPER RIDGE. Manufactured Home Park, New Home Sales. Keremeos, BC. Ask us about our Free Rent option! 250-462-7055.www.copperridge.ca

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FURNISHED or un-furnished apt for rent in Princeton Avail. now, need excellent ref’s & DD. No pets. Call 250-295-1006 leave a message.

Apartment Furnished

1 BEDROOM suite for rent,11 km’s from town on Hwy 3,fur-nished, F/S, incl. utilities and WiFi. Very nice, bright and clean, huge deck overlooking river, N/S. $600/month. Call 250-295-7861

Cottages / Cabins2 BEDROOM cabin suitable for sharing shift work. Fully fur-nished. Includes internet, TV & util. $750/month DD & Ref’s Req. N/pets. Avail. August 1. 250-295-6207

Duplex / 4 Plex2/3 BEDROOM duplex. Price neg. Avail August 1. Call 1-604-590-2753

Misc for RentBACHELOR SUITES, SMALL 1 bedrooms, Plus many more. Call 250-295-7274 for details

Rentals

Mobile Homes & Pads

3 BEDROOM mobile onacreage. 20 Mins. from townon Princeton-Summerland rd.Out buildings for storage orworkshop, small barn. Avail. August 16. $800/month. Call 1-604-626-5974

Modular Homes2 BEDROOM trailer on 5acres,2 acres are fenced for a horse. Many updates, 20 min-utes from town, beautiful view,very private. $850/month + til.Avail mid July. 250-295-3739

Homes for Rent2 BEDROOM house, 5 appli-ances,small yard. $700/month+ util. avail now. Call 250-295-7635.3 BEDROOM, 2 bath, storage,large deck, F/S/W/D. 1 1/2blocks from downtown.$850/month + Util. 250-295-05103 BEDROOM home. $750/month + Util. Avail. Au-gust 1.1-250-689-1057

HOMES FOR RENT• OFFICE Space avail, in Medical building. Suite

single professional. $400/month includes

everything• 2 BEDROOM suite in town,

newly reno F/S/W/D, $725 incl heat and lights.• 4 BEDROOM, F/S/W/D,

nice deck, river front. $1200/month Avail. Aug 1.• 2 BEDROOM, furnished home big yard W/D/F/S. $800 + Util. Avail. now.

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Suites, Lower1 BEDROOM, + den, base-ment suite furnished/un-fur-nished. Includes Util. N/S, N/P, DD & Ref’s Req. 250-295-38632 BEDROOM basement, 2ndbench W/D/F/S. $500/month+ Util. N/Pets, N/Smoking.Call 250-295-3248 or 250-295-1366 (cell)

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Off Road Vehicles1984 YAMAHA Quad 2wd.Asking $1200. 250-295-6428

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Trucks & Vans1991 FORD F250 4x4 5 speed with boat rack. $1200. 250-295-3134

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THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:ARIES, TAURUS, AND GEMINI.

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TAURUSWhether you’re close to home or alreadyon vacation, you will feel inspired to seekout adventure and discover different cul-tures from around the world.

GEMINIThis will be an emotionally intense week.A few disagreements could hurt yourpride, but you are a sociable person andyou will succeed in restoring peace.

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AQUARIUSYou might be tempted to make a decisionrather hastily. You will be able to make awiser choice once the moon is full.

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PUZZLE NO. 359

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 359 HOW TO PLAY:

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AUTOMATED TANK MANUFACTURING INC. is looking for welders. Due to a huge expansion to our plant located in Kitscoty, Alberta, 20km west of Lloydminster. We have openings for 10-3rd year apprentices or journey person welders. We offer best wage in industry. 3rd yr apprentice $28-$30/hr, journey person $32-$35/hr, higher with tank experience. Profit sharing bonus plus manufacturing bonus incentive. Full insurance package 100% paid by company. Good working environment. Join a winning team. Call Basil or Blaine at; (office)780-846-2231; (fax)780-846-2241 or send resume to [email protected]; [email protected]. Keep your feet on the ground in a safe welding environment through inhole manufacturing process. No scaffolding or elevated work platform.

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EXPERIENCED PARTS PERSON and an Inventory Clerk are required for a progressive auto/industrial supplier. Hired applicant will receive top wages, full benefits and RRSP bonuses plus moving allowances. Our 26,000ft2 store is located 2.5 hours N.E. of Edmonton, Alberta. See our community at LacLaBicheRegion.com. Send resume to: Sapphire Auto, Box 306, Lac La Biche, AB, T0A 2C0. Email: [email protected].

CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE Assistant Superintendent, Solid Waste Facility. The City of Yellowknife is seeking an individual to assume the position of Assistant Superintendent, Solid Waste Facility. For more information on this position, including the required qualifications, please refer to the City of Yellowknife’ s web page at: www.yellowknife.ca or contact Human Resources at (867) 920-5659. Submit resumes in confidence no later than August 10,2012, quoting competition #902-105M to: Human Resources Division, City of Yellowknife, P.O. Box 580, YK, NT, X1A 2N4; Fax (867) 669-3471 or Email: [email protected].

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STEEL BUILDING - HUGE CLEARANCE SALE! 20X24 $4,658. 25X28 $5,295. 30X40 $7,790. 32X54 $10,600. 40X58 $14,895. 47X78 $19,838. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

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