Similkameen Spotlight, October 01, 2014

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Bear safety in mindAndrea DeMeer

Similkameen SpotlightIt’s bear season in Princeton –

and everywhere else.In the past week there has been

one official bear sighting in town, on Billiter Avenue, as well as a cougar sighting on Huffs Road eight days ago, according to the Wildlife Alert Reporting Program operated by WildSafeBC.

But there are lots more bears out there, says Zoe Kirk, RDOS WildSafeBC community coor-dinator. Spotlight readers have reported seeing bears on the Princeton Summerland Road and Highway 5A near the airport. Kirk confirmed there is a bear currently living in downtown Penticton.

“British Columbia is home to 25 percent of the black bear pop-ulation in Canada,” said Kirk, in an interview with the Spotlight Monday. “There are only two places in BC that don’t have black bears and that’s down-town Vancouver and downtown Victoria.”

Conversation officers do not count bears or tag them, but Kirk said there are other ways to quantify the bear population including forensic evidence and environmental markers.

“It stands to reason that a place like Princeton, in a low lying area on the rivers with that big nice mountain behind you and the flat area in front of you that that is going to be an area that attracts bears...We’ve plunked ourselves as human beings in exactly the same habitat as the bears.”

Kirk said the large urban dear

population in Princeton, and the fact that the area has enjoyed a long hot summer, with good berry crops and strong river flows to accommodate fish, con-tribute to bear habitation.

Kirk, who recently gave a bear safety talk at Princeton’s New Beginnings, said education is the key to reducing the risk of human-bear encounters.

“When you get a bear com-ing into town and getting into someone’s garbage and realizing how easy it is to go down the smorgasboard of garbage cans, you get them habitating.”

During this season a black bear requires 24,000 calories a day and it has “a sense of smell that is five times better than a bloodhound. A bear can smell a peanut butter sandwich from a kilometer and a half away.”

WildSafe BC urges the follow-ing steps to promote bear safety around your home.

•Store garbage in a secure building until collection day or consider purchasing a bear-resis-tant household container.

•Ensure bins are tightly closed.•Regularly wash all recycling

items and clean the bins that con-tain garbage or recycling.

•Do not leave garbage in the back of a truck, even if it has a canopy.

•If you cannot store garbage securely, freeze smelly items and add to the bin only on the morn-ing of collection.

•Pick fruit and allow it to ripen indoors or pick daily as it ripens. Do not allow windfall to accumulate on the ground.

•If you do not want the fruit,

prune the tree vigorously to pre-vent blossoms or spray spring blossoms with a garden hose to knock them off.

•If you would like to make the fruit available to others, contact a local fruit exchange program or food bank.

•Consider using electric fenc-

ing to protect your fruit trees.If you no longer want to man-

age your tree, consider replace-ment with a native, non-fruit bearing variety.

•Berries should be picked as they ripen.

•Consider replacing your bushes with native, non-fruiting

varieties if you do not want the fruit.

•Consider using electric fenc-ing to protect your berry bushes.

•Birdseed is a good source of calories for bears and other wild-life. A kilogram of sunflower seeds has approximately 8,000

Black Press file photo

According to WildSafeBC the bear population in the Princeton area will be active and hungry until mid November to December..

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Spotlight StaffThe 182-hectare wildfire that

threatened Princeton three weeks ago was caused by a vehicle, according to the Kamloops Fire Centre.

Carbon from an unknown vehicle, or sparks from brakes, ignited dry grass and the fire quickly spread, said Kayla Pepper, communications offi-cer with B.C.’s Wildfire Management Branch.

The location of the fire’s origin – very near the roadway – was key to investigators identifying the cause of the blaze. While there was local speculation the fire was started by a

cigarette, Pepper said “other causes have been ruled out.”

The fire was reported September 14 about 6:30 p.m., six km north of town. Local fire volunteer fire crews joined the Kamloops Fire Centre. The suppression effort included the use of heavy equipment and five air tankers. Fire specialists remained on site for nine days for mop-up procedures.

“Personnel will continue to moni-tor the fire to ensure it remains extin-guished, said Pepper.

The investigation into the incident has been closed.

Vehicle blamed for igniting Princeton wildfire

Princeton Leaders for Literacy is pleased to announce the release of $25,000 in funding from the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Grant. This funding has enabled the purchase of 10 Toshiba laptops, 10 wireless mice, 1 print-er, 1 Dragon Naturally Speaking Program and 50 flash drives. The Princeton and District Community Skills Centre has been part-nering with Princeton Leaders for Literacy to provide Senior comput-er programs for the past several years and had no up-to-date technology with which to continue on.

“The Government of Canada’s New Horizons

for Seniors grant now provides us with mod-ern operating systems and the ability to extend our work with the senior population to develop this essential literacy for today,” stated Princeton and District Community Skills Centre Manager Sharan Jung. “We are thrilled that the Skills Centre is able to use this technology to deliver future computer classes to the general commu-nity.”

The Senior Computer Classes are completely free to seniors and run on the following upcom-ing dates:

Session #3 is November 17 - 28 and Session #4 is February 9 - 20, 2015.

25k grant allows program to purchase computers to benefit local seniors

Andrea DeMeer, Blackberry ImagePrinceton residents were treated to two evenings of spectacular rainbows last week, stretching across the sky from mountain top to mountain top and there was likely – literally – gold at both ends. The local forecast for the com-ing week is a mix of sun and cloud, with rain expected Sunday so perhaps there is more to come. If you have a photo of Princeton’s natural beauty or any event, contact the Spotlight. We may be able to publish you.

Margaret FraserJess Because, featuring teas, treats and toys, celebrated a grand opening on the weekend. The new shop is located beside Happy Hills on Bridge Street, and is owned by Jessica Rytaknen. Ellie Ryan enjoyed the balloons and face painting Sunday.

Literacy Outreach Coordinator for Princeton Leaders for Literacy Dierra Maynard and Princeton and District Community Skills Centre Manager Sharan Jung are all smiles as they show off the new computer equipment purchased through a $25,000 New Horizons Grant.

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Carla ClarkFor the Spotlight

The Riverside Centre was the focal point of the Earth Alive! art exhibition on the weekend. Its walls displayed an array of local artisan works ranging from kiln-fired clay pieces, to paintings created in all mediums - acryl-ics, watercolours, pho-tographic images – as well as the delicate intricacies of hand-made quilts. It gave one the feeling of entering Princeton’s version of ‘The Louvre’ as art aficianados took their time, assessing each piece – hands in pock-ets, a finger perched thoughtfully against closed lips.

The exhibition is open at the Riverside Community Centre until October 1.

The first-place win-ner, A Fish-eye View, was an 8 by 3 foot lexan (acrylic) column layered with hand-dyed mohair fashioned by elementary school teacher Shirley Lowe.

Second place was presented to Susan

Delatour for her hand-sculpted pottery Shadows on Ol’ Red Hoose and Dancing Towards Le Luberon. Third place was awarded to Merrilyn Huycke for her por-trait of Susan Allison. Honourable men-tions went to Jessica Dennis for her painting Recall This Place and to Ruth Kavanaugh for her works, Grotto # 2 and Spirit of the Similkameen.

All entries were

judged prior to the opening by art critics Katie Brennan and Jim Kalnin. Both jurors are well known in arts communities outside of Princeton.

“We were both really impressed by what we saw today, at the level of quality and the level of innovation and personal voice in the show,” said Brenna.

Other contribu-tors were Ed Staples, Ruth Kavanaugh, Susan Jakubec , Paula

Pateman,. Kathy Schneider, Alexanadria Smith, Shirley Freding, Joan Kelly, Johanna Nott, Joann Esselink, Rosemary Doughty, Renee Harrison, Joann Gabriel, and Guadalupe Gutierrez.

“I would like to thank the British Columbia Art Council for assisting us with the funding for this, for giving us the operating funds and the Town and the Regional District

of the Okanagan-Similkameen also for funding for these events,” said Marjorie Holland, Arts Council board director.

The Princeton

Arts Council would like to thank all who entered their work, Nadine McEwen and Nienke Klaver for their assistance, as well as Fletcher Building

Supplies, Rosemary Woodruff, Bunchgrass Quilters, Cool Beans, Sue Delatour, Kathy Schneider and Merrilyn and Paul Huycke.

Juried art show a banquet for the senses

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Shirley Lowe, right, was the first place certificate winner at Earth Alive! art exhi-bition, for her acrylic and mohair column A Fish-eye-View. She is shown here with jurors Katie Brennan and Jim Kalnin.

The Riverside Community Centre will be rocking this weekend when it hosts the Princeton Gem Show.

Exhibitors will be on hand with displays of completed projects and demonstrations of equipment and tools used in gem craft and there will be items for sale.

The Princeton Rock and Gem Club, which is hosting the two-day event with the Gem and Mineral Foundation of Canada, will display its own geological treasures, many of them found in Princeton’s backyard in river beds and on the side of roads.

Doors will be open Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm, and Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm. Adult admission is $4, children $2 and kids under age 6 are admit-ted free.

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WHISTLER – The big story at this year’s Union of B.C. Municipalities convention was a report commissioned by the B.C. government that reveals municipal pay increases for union-ized staff have been running at twice the rate of provincial raises.

When I asked Premier Christy Clark about the intent of this report, leaked just before the annual UBCM convention, she was blunt. It’s to get this issue onto the agenda for the November municipal elections, which the province has decreed shall be for four-year terms instead of three. After local elections, discussions with surviving and incoming municipal politicians will resume.

Things have been going pretty well for the main municipal union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, for the last couple of decades. As local election turnout has gone from bad to worse, municipal employees themselves have become an increas-ingly dominant voting bloc.

Then there are the “labour councils” in urban centres, now almost entirely fronts for public sector unions. They quietly survey council candidates to determine their level of affection for ever-growing public payrolls, and dole out campaign funds accord-ingly. Sometimes they organize full slates, with cuddly names like “Protect Coquitlam” to appeal to low-information voters.

During last week’s convention in Whistler, I caught up to Finance Minister Mike de Jong in a brief break from the dozens of meetings cabinet ministers have with mayors, councillors and regional directors.

Is the province going to impose some kind of solution?“There’s not some hidden legislative agenda,” de Jong replied.

More data needs to be gathered, and the report shows ongoing problems with management salaries at the provincial level as well.

Is this the first step to imposing a tight-fisted centralized bar-gaining agency, such as the government set up last year to wrestle the B.C. Teachers’ Federation to the ground?

“We haven’t formulated our answer,” de Jong said. “What the data does suggest, however, is that there may well be some merit [to centralized bargaining]. One of the recommendations points to a more coordinated approach to some of the negotiations that take place.”

Will the new municipal auditor general have a role in this?

“The purpose of the auditor was not to become an enforcement mechanism,” de Jong said. “It was to play a traditional audit function on whether tax-payers are getting value for money. To that extent I suppose a municipal auditor might be able to com-ment on the advantages of coordinating efforts.”

NDP leader John Horgan’s attack on the compensation report was as predictable as it was selective. In his speech to delegates, Horgan called it “one-sided, politically motivated, shoddy work” designed to embarrass local politicians on the eve of their elec-tions.

Did he question Ernst and Young’s numbers, the pay increases for municipal union staff of 38 per cent between 2001 and 2012, compared to 19 per cent for unionized provincial staff? Did he question their calculation that over that period, inflation totalled 23 per cent? No. The facts being against him, he went with an emotional pitch to distract from them.

Recall that during the final days of the teachers’ strike, Horgan suddenly decided that what was really needed was binding arbitra-tion. This was 24 hours after the teachers’ union took that position.

So there’s the big question to be considered by voters as local elections draw near. Which candidates are looking out for your interests, and which ones are working on behalf of CUPE?

There’s another troubling trend in manipulation of local gov-ernment that was more evident than ever at the 2014 UBCM convention. I’ll discuss that in a future column.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected]

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Butt seriously...

this is a problem

Smoking is a dirty, filthy rotten habit and people shouldn’t do it.

It’s pretty tough to make smoking even less attractive than it is naturally but one way is by not providing ashtrays to those poor addicts who need a fix.

Without ashtrays, not only are smokers pol-luting their own bodies and the air around them, they finish off by polluting the sidewalk and the ground.

Princeton needs ashtrays downtown.To its credit, the local works department

does a good job picking up litter in the town’s core and keeping the main street pretty. The job would be easier however if ashtrays were strategically placed along the main street so that smokers weren’t littering all day, some times every hour on the hour.

According to CigaretteLitter.Org, a not-for-profit group dedicated to education on this issue, several trillion cigarette butts end up as litter world wide each year. Cigarettes are actu-ally the most littered item in America.

In addition to spoiling the natural beauty of streets and beaches and hiking trails, cigarette litter negatively impacts the environment as butts are made of cellulite acetate tow, not cot-ton, and they can take decades to degrade.

The Princeton Legion sometimes leaves a large coffee can near its door, for passing smok-ers as well as patrons.

The Town of Princeton ought to be able to come up with a solution more sophisticated than that.

Like ashtrays.In addition to the aesthetics issue and envi-

ronmental damage, cigarette butts also pose another risk immediate to Princeton and that’s wildfire. Unlikely an uncontrollable blaze will break out at Veterans’ Square, but let’s err on the side of caution and clean streets.

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Similkameen Spotlight October 1, 2014 www.similkameenspotlight.com A5OPED

There’s someone I would like you to meet.

Gifted and prolific writer, courageous newspaperwoman, pioneering feminist and freedom fighter.

That is my grandmother, Irma Grebzde.I didn’t meet Irma, did not know she

existed until 14 years ago. And I’ve never written about her, which is odd because with nearly 30 years in the business I’ve written about almost everything else.

It started with a phone call, and a stranger on the line from the bowels of a government building in Montreal. The stranger’s name was Barbara, and her hobby was the very illegal accessing and matching of birth documents with infor-mation gleaned from an online adoption registry to which I’d contributed data years previously.

I have the name of your birth mother. She is Dace Grebzde.

Barbara was passionate about uniting birth families. She was on a search for her own daughter whom she gave into adoption the same year I was born. Also a genealogist and researcher, she went to work for me investigating the past.

Never ask a question unless you are sure you can handle the answer.

Dace Grebzde became a mother at the age of 24. Years earlier she was, by all accounts, a bright and inquisitive young-ster. At the age of nine she experienced an acquired brain injury and that’s where she stayed, at the age of nine and a forever child.

There is no record of my birth father

so all I know about him is he raped my mother, as a for-ever child cannot form consent.

Dace herself was born in Germany in 1943, and her father – my mater-nal grandfather – was described to me as “a tax col-lector for the gov-ernment of the day.”

The search was over. Mommy was brain damaged, Daddy was a sexual predator and for all I knew I was directly descended from Hermann Goring. It brought the essential functionality of my adopted fam-ily into startling focus.

And that’s when Barbara gave me Irma.Irma Grebzde was born in Latvia in

1912. University educated as an agricul-tural engineer, in 1935 she veered from that path to become perhaps the very first professional woman journalist in that country.

Over the years I’ve had nuggets of her work translated to English. In one bio-graphical piece she described her first day at work, walking into the newsroom to see all the men employed there had pushed their desks to the outer walls, leaving her workspace isolated in the centre of the office.

I can hear the silence of the Underwoods as she took her seat, and I like to imagine she gazed calmly around and instructed

the closest misog-ynist to get her a coffee.

In another article she wrote about watching her friends being herd-ed onto trains.

Irma was there for that. She saw it and she reported it and she was one of those tremendously

brave journalists who risked their lives trying to inform their own communities and the rest of the world what was hap-pening in Eastern Europe at the beginning of the war.

Irma fled Latvia with the Russian army at her heels. You know a country is a hot spot when your idea of safe haven is Nazi Germany during the Battle of Berlin. She lived there for four years and it’s where she published her first book, a collection of children’s stories I imagine she wrote first for Dace.

In 1948 Irma and Dace escaped Germany for a home in Canada, leaving grandpa somewhere in the rubble. Once here she established herself as a dominant figure in Latvian culture both in the west and in the Baltics. She penned dozens of books, fiction and non-fiction, and hun-dreds of newspaper and magazine articles, many of them about women’s rights, pro-tecting children and challenging injustice. She wrote a weekly column for a Latvian newspaper in Toronto until her death. Her

last submission, I believe, was published posthumously.

When I found Irma I was already formed; a mom, something of an obnox-ious feminist according to friends, and a journalist whose passion was exposing the abuse of women and children, and vulnerable people. I’d had my own weekly newspaper column for 11 years.

It’s comforting to think that as a person you are not just so much paint thrown at a wall, to think perhaps there is an artist at work as well.

I attempted to reach out to Irma, after speaking several times on the phone with caregivers at the Latvian retirement home where she spent her final days, living as always with her forever child. I explained to them I’d recently learned Irma and I had family in common.

I wrote her a letter. Dear Irma, I hope it’s okay to write to you.

Two days after I mailed it Irma died. The envelope was returned via Canada Post, unopened, and covered in black cray-on scribbles. Of course that was my mom.

It saddened me because I wanted Irma to know the child whose conception and creation must have caused her so much grief did okay. I wanted her to know I was in the world taking baby steps on a trail she blazed. I wanted to say thank you.

Eventually I concluded I didn’t need to tell Irma anything.

If life works the way I think it does,

and I guess I’ve just explained why I know it must, Irma knows.

Dear Irma, I hope it’s okay to write to you

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1912 - 2000

IRMA GREBZDE

Art Martenslivingsignificantly.caThe two high spir-

ited hounds were in the box of Travis Barck’s pickup truck, parked on the former tailings pond that lies alongside Hedley’s 20 Mile Creek. Linda and I saw them immedi-ately when we turned a corner and entered the spacious open area. Howling, wag-ging their tails, bound-ing around excited-ly in the box, they demanded to be let out so they could run.

Travis was exercising immense patience as he attempted to calm one of the dogs long enough to put on a leash.

Linda and I observed for a few minutes, particular-ly intrigued by this scene because we were familiar with the events that predated it. It’s a story that pos-sibly only those who regularly walk the trail along 20 Mile creek are aware of.

Zak, a rescue dog, is new to the family.

Travis and his partner Angelique had picked him up in Kelowna this past May. Not long after bringing him home, Angelique brought both dogs to this field. Confident a solid bond had already developed between her and Zak, she let him and Rocky off the leash. “They ran with complete abandon, burning off a lot of energy,” she said later. “When it was time to go, Rocky came but Zak stayed out of my reach.”

For Angelique and Travis, this initi-ated a two week les-son in patience, per-severance, and acts of thoughtfulness toward a frightened dog. Having been abused, he was unable to trust any human.

It’s a wilderness area , at times fre-quented by coyotes, bears and occasion-ally a cougar. They returned to the field each day and usually saw Zak. Sometimes they sat quietly for hours, wanting him to be comfortable with their presence. It encouraged them that he stayed in the

area and played with Rocky. They prepared a comfortable bed for him with a jacket and a blanket in a covered shelter. Each day he ate the food they left.

In response to calls from several individu-als who spotted Zak on walks along the creek, Angelique and Travis began posting messages on trees. They reported on any progress in win-ning his confidence, and also asked people not to try to get close to him. They didn’t want Zak to become anxious and leave the area.

To tempt Zak, they purchased a supply of pepperoni at Doug’s Homestead. Leaving the field the next day, Angelique began breaking off small chunks of the sausage

and scattering them on the trail behind her. She fervently hoped Zak would accept the bait and follow. He found the pepperoni irresistible and ate each piece. When they emerged from the treed area and came to within about 100 meters of her home, Angelique thought victory might be at hand. However, finding himself on pavement and in the midst of houses, he grew uneasy and turned around. The open field, in spite of its dangers, appar-ently felt safer than civilization. Less reso-lute individuals might have despaired, but Travis and Angelique were committed.

They continued the daily visits and Zak slowly became accus-

tomed to their regular presence. He began drawing closer, trust-ing them a little more each day. One evening Angelique was able to put a leash on him and he accompanied her willingly.

“He became anx-ious when we left the treed area behind and entered the town,” she said. “I picked him up and skirted around the far side of the buildings, close to the base of the mountain.

He accepted this and we arrived at home with no incidents.”

Surrounded by towering green moun-tains, we observed Travis now as he slipped the leash around Rocky’s neck. It surprised us when he said, “Things have changed a lot. Zak has become eager to please. When we call him, he responds. It’s Rocky who needs the leash now.”

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October 4th to 5th, 2014Sat. 9 am - 5 pm, Sun. 10 am to 4 pm♦ Dealers ♦ Demonstrators ♦ Displays

Join us for a Family Concert:Linnea Good in Concert

with David JonssonOctober 4th, 7:30 pm

at St. Paul’s United Church Hall190 1st Street, Princeton

Ticket Prices $10 Adults(tickets at the door or at the Church)

Children 10 & Under are FREEFor more information contact

Sue Alton at 250-295-0176

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ArtsSHIRLEY’S ART CLASSES:Wednesday & Thursday Call Shirley at 250-295-4076

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

ARTS COUNCIL: Meets at Noon on the third Wednesday of the month. Everyone Welcome! 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 OAPO: 3rd Monday of every month regular general meetings - Everyone welcome to come.

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

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 � 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 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

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

HealthCRISIS 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 In Tulameen at 7:30 p.m. at Library call 250-295-7005

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Tuesdays @ 7:30 p.m. Arbor House. Thursdays @ 7:30 p.m. Baptist Church. Old Hedley road. Contacts: Fred 250-295-7272 or Marena 250-295-7663 NEW LADIES AL-ANON MEETING:Are you concerned about someone’s drinking? Contact Central Referral @1-604-688-1716

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Meets every Wednesday & Sunday at the Info Centre in Chamber Basement 7:30 P.M. Phone 1-877-234-5809

Club Notes:FREEMASONRY: FOR MEN OF GOOD CHARACTER:Freemasonry has been active in B.C. for over 130 years. It is a fraternity open to men of all races and religions. If you are of good character and want more information, 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 � 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

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(� e Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)

165 Vermilion AvenueBeside the Museum,

invites you to join us in Sunday Worship

10:30 am Morning Worship

250-295-7951Pastor Jack McNeil

Princeton Baptist Church

Across from Arena - Old Hedley Road

Family Worship

10:00 am

250-295-7752

St. Paul’s United ChurchAlso serving the Anglican Community

O� ce: 250-295-7714 WORSHIP - 10:00 AM

O� ce Hours:Tues. 9:30 a.m. - Noon

� urs. 9:30 a.m. - Noon190 - 1st Avenue

Everyone 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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Similkameen Spotlight October 1, 2014 www.similkameenspotlight.com A9NEWS

Debbie Lyon

Shoppers Drug Mart on Bridge Street held a bake sale last week as part of that company’s Tree of Life Campaign. The proceeds were donated to Cindy Paorlin Safe Home.

Deb Lyon

Coopers is having some Halloween fun while supporting BC’s Children’s Hospital. The store is inviting customers to guess the weight of its giant pump-kin, and guesses cost $2 each with proceeds going to the cause. The winner of the contest receives the opportunity to have the largest Halloween jack o’ lantern in town. Grael Obey is hoping to get lucky.

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Meet your Friends at the Rink

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Annual General Meeting 7:00 pm

Saturday, October 18

Drop-in Clinic, all levels

www.princetoncurlingclub.com250 295 6400

The Apple Pie Baking Contest at The Keremeos Grist Mill and Gardens begins at 1 p.m. on Thanksgiving Monday, October 13th.

Three judges will award First, Second and Third place Ribbons

The winners will receive

$80, $50, $35 Gift Certificates.

Grist Mill Heritage Club vol-unteers are busy assembling the Heritage andHeirloom Apple Displayand will pick them up from growers who have any of those special old or unusual varieties. Call 250-499-5417

for pick-up.The Apple Day Pancake B

Thanksgiving Monday is a Half Price Day at The Grist Mill, $3.50 and $2.50 for seniors and students. Kids six and under come in for free.

Inquiries at 250-499-2888.

Mmmmmmmmm......Apple Pie Baking Contest


Lifebloodof the valley

Join us for an Interim Report on the Similkameen Watershed Plan

Tuesday, Oct. 7Keremeos Victory Hall

427 - 7th Avenue

Thursday, Oct. 9Princeton Skills Centre206 - Vermilion Avenue

6:30 - 8:30 p.m. — Presentation at 7 p.m.

Learn more about the Sustainable Similkameen Strategy and the Similkameen Watershed Plan and find out how you can participate in upcoming workshops and programming.

The Power of a Regionis harnessed when the Valley’s communities

take advantage of the social, politicaland economic strengths

that come from collaboration.

For More Information: WWW.RDOS.BC.CA

Smell ‘n’ tell

Natural gas is used safely in B.C. every day. But if you smell rotten eggs, go outside first, then call us.

Learn more at fortisbc.com/safety.

Call FortisBC’s 24-hour emergency line at 1-800-663-9911 or 911.

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Andrea DeMeerSimilkameen Sportlight

The Princeton Posse rode through a one-point weekend dropping an overtime decision to Creston Valley Thunder Cats Friday night at home in front of a packed house, and losing 6-4 Sunday on the road to Chase Heat.

The Posse struggled with two issues Sunday that worked togeth-er to bring them down; needless penalties and sloppy penalty kills. Chase was four-for-four on the power play – a replay of the first time the Posse met the Heat this season and Princeton gave up its all three goals while shorthanded.

“Our penalty kill just needs to be better,” said head coach Bill Rotheisler. “I think that’s pretty much all tomorrow’s practice is going to be.”

Sunday the Princeton coach-ing staff struggled with undisci-plined play. “There are certainly penalties that you have to take and there are certain ones that you shouldn’t.”

Rotheisler said he shortened the bench in an attempt to achieve control. “Regardless of a player’s skill and ability you’ve got to treat everyone the same and we were forced to deal with that yes-terday (Sunday).”

Colton St. John was the league-awarded Star of the Game Sunday, with two goals. Destin Robinson and Bradly Palumbo rounded out scoring for the Posse.

Spencer Huff in the Posse net faced 38 shots.

Friday night’s loss was a heart-breaker for the hometown fans, who sat through 52 minutes of scoreless play before the Posse’s Thomas Cankovic pushed the puck past a very hot netminder. Creston responded one minute later and then won the game 45 seconds into overtime.

Stephen Heslop stopped 21 of 23 shots for The Posse.

Rotheisler said despite the weekend’s disappointments the team is primed to ride against the division’s number one club, Osoyoos, on the road Wednesday night.

“We actually played really well but it’s tough because we only got one out of four points. The problems that we have are fixable things so our guys are

actually still in good spirits.”Osoyoos has yet to lose this

season. “They are a really good team,” said Rotheisler. “They’ve got a lot up front but we think we play a more structured game. We are going to be really tough to play against.”

The Posse rides at home again Friday night, at 7 p.m. against Kelowna.

Penalty kills kill Posse hopes in weekend action

Bob MarshConnor Sloan holds his position in front of the net against Chase Heat Sunday.

Bob MashThe Princeton Posse had the lead for one minute in the third period against Creston Friday night when Thomas Cankovic was one of the few players on the ice to notice the puck was not actually underneath the hot Creston goaltender like everybody – including the goaltender – thought.


BILLY’S FAMILY RESTAURANT 301 Vermilion Avenue, Princeton 250-295-3939

October is Fish n’ Chips month at Billy’s!

Three

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w/coleslaw

$13.95

One pieceFish n’ Chips Kids Meal$7.35

Two Piece Fish n’ Chips, with coleslaw

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TAKE OUT:Call ahead and pick

up your order!

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DATE: Saturday October 18, 2014

TIME: 1:30 – 3:30 pm

VENUE: Riverside Centre 148 Old Hedley Road, Princeton (retired elementary school by the arena)

COST: FREE

Learn about di�erent types of arthritis, ways to reduce sti�ness and pain and how to improve daily activities.

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ARTHRITIS FOR INDIVIDUALS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS, WHO LIVE WITH ARTHRITIS

We gratefully acknowledge the �nancial support of the United Way

Princeton Secondary School Awards Local high school students received awards Friday they would ordinarily have been

given at the end of June. Over the next few weeks the Spotlight will publish all of the photos the school provided, so if you don’t see yourself this week keep watching!

Tierra McIvor, Carver Carrat, Trysten Drewes and Leigh Grenier received awards for outstanding achieve-ment as First Nations students. They were presented by Renee Hartwell.

Awards for drama and art were presented to Macrus Brodie, Madison Hassel, Bill Preston, Dayton Wales, Brynn Johnson, and Stacey Hunt.

Grade 11 Passport to Education recipients included Morgan Grigg, Brooke Bottcher, Reuben Howarth, Ryan Grgich, Shaylyn Douglas, Morton Johnston and Alex Burke.


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Princeton Secondary School Awards Day

From top to bottom: Top All Around Students were Gabe Oliver, Taylor Sanderson, Mike White, Zoe Douglas, Morgan Grigg, Reuben Howarth and Bernice Wardell. Most Improved Students were Veronica Gudbranson, Dillon Marsel, Samantha McEwan, Vance Goodman, Jessica Musgrove Will Zheng, Brook Bottcher, Trysten Drewes, Tierra McIvor and Quinn Murray. Awards for achievement in band went to Alex Burke, Bethany Herting, Brynn Johnson, Dayton Wales, Emily McConnell, Eric Ogrinc, Taylor Sanderson, Miranda Crucil and Nicholas Cimbaro.

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If you have a “Thumbs Up or Thumbs 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.

THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN! Thumbs up to Bob

Marsh, of Bob Marsh Photography, for doing a fantastic job as the Posse’s official pho-tographer. Bob could work in any newspaper sports department in Canada and the Posse (and the Spotlight) is very lucky to have him.

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Heather DobbsLicensed Property Manager

Cell: 250-295-8025

240 Bridge StreetPO Box 499Princeton, BC V0X 1W0

Office: 250-295-3222Email: [email protected]

Heather DobbsLicensed Property Manager

Cell: 250-295-8025

240 Bridge StreetPO Box 499Princeton, BC V0X 1W0

Office: 250-295-3222Email: [email protected]

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

4 LICENSED MEChaNICS 2 with Extensive GM Training / 2 with 30 years experience

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

Huffy’s Auto Repair

Ph: 250-295-6458

* now open 6 days a week!

222 Burton Ave., Princeton250-295-6938

ROOFING SUPPLIESSHINGLES, METAL

ONDURA...

FLETCHER Building SuppliesROOFING SUPPLIES

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

Ph: 250-295-0606Fax: 250-295-6588

Brian CoyneOwnerOld Style

Sales & DeliveryBedding & Pellet

BEDDING & PELLET

AD SPACE AVAILABLEYOUR AD HERE

TOM REICHERT RENTALSBox 1C #2 Tulameen, BC V0X 2L0

Phone 250-295-7329 Fax 250-295-7395Specializing in: Cement Finishing Damp Proofi ng & Forms

[email protected]

Reichert Sales & Service Ltdski-doo & can-am Sales & Service

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

Tulameen, B.C.V0X 2L0

CAN-AM SKIDOO

FEED SUPPLY STORE

AUTOMOTIVE

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RENTAL SERVICES

222 Burton Ave., Princeton250-295-6938

FLETCHER Building Supplies

Farm Feed and Pet Food

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS OR SERVICE

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FREE ESTIMATES • ALL WORK GUARANTEED

ALL PURPOSE ROOFING• Let me keep you dry /Reasonable rates• Any type of re-roofing & repairs• Serving the area for over 20 years• Over 60 years experience/NO Subcontracting

RAY MICHAUD email: [email protected]

Toll Free 1-877-299-ROOF (7663)Princeton: 250-295-3643 Fax: 250-295-3472

•10% Seniors Discount

ROOFING SPECIALISTS


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Janis WrightVermilion Forks Field Naturalists

were blessed with yet another glori-ously sunny day for our field trip on Saturday, Sept. 20th, as Ida Larson led a group of seven on a hike to the KVR trestle that lies between Princeton and Osprey Lake. Members parked off Hwy. 40 and hiked for half an hour up a steep hill until they reached the level trail of the Kettle Valley Railway bed, and then walked 1.5 kilometers to the trestle, which sits over a deep canyon. At this point, the landscape opens up to reveal spectacular vistas of vast bald mountainsides, endless green of the healthy coniferous forest, and colourful, deciduous undergrowth in the canyon itself, with the glistening creek snaking far below. Trains along

this section of the KVR visited Jellicoe, Erris, Jura and Belfort many years ago, and the trestle itself is an incred-ible work of engineering. It has been restored to include high, sturdy sides and bottom planking, to entice hikers and cyclists with acrophobia. A tunnel lies another 10 kilometres from this point, a destination we may reach on a subsequent outing!

Our next field trip will be Saturday, October 4th, when Blaine Marsel will lead us to the Keremeos columns. Confirm with Blaine at 295-3404 and meet at Billy’s at 9 am. Our next meet-ing will be held Tuesday, October 14th, 7 pm at Riverside Centre, when John Henry and Mary Masiel will give a presentation on Cathedral Lakes. All are welcome.

Visit to trestle thrills hikers

The KVR trail lies between Princeton and Osprey Lake.


Business & Service Directory

BINS & DISPOSAL


Brian CoyneOwner

Ph: 250-295-0606Fax: 250-295-6588

TOOL & EQUIPMENT RENTALSArnold Buteau

Rentals

EQUIPMENT RENTALS

Sakchai Rick Chaicomdee516 7th Ave. P.O. Box 128, Keremeos, BC V0X 1N0

Tel: 250-499-2561 Cell: 604-649-9908Email: [email protected]

Website: www.benjathairestaurant.com

RESTAURANT

THE HUT Bottle Depot

WE ACCEPT MOST POP, JUICE, WATER, MILK, LIQUOR AND BEER CONTAINERS

HOURS: 11 AM - 4 PM DAILYCLOSED TUESDAYS AND STAT HOLIDAYS

367 Hwy. 3 250-295-3835

• Electronics• Household Fire

Alarms• C02 Alarms• Light Bulbs

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Brian CoyneOwner

Ph: 250-295-0606Fax: 250-295-6588

Old Style

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SEPTIC SERVICEF1rst Choice

Septic CleaningOuthouse Rentals & Sales

Mark Riegling Owner /Operator

250-295-4191

SEPTIC SERVICES

PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES AVAILABLE•Commercial •Residential •Industrial

OTTER VALLEY Rentals, Supplies & Services 250-295-6449Septic inStallation *Gov’t Cert./Registered/Isured*• new inStall • Replacement • maintenance contRactS

FENCING SPECIALISTS

www.rdlandscaping.ca

FENCING/SEPTIC SERVICES

3 Licenced Mechanics 250-295-0005TIRES TOWING

N & L SERVICESPROFESSIONAL SERVICE, KNOWLEDGE & HONESTY

are hard to find...But N&L SERVICE is one of a kind!

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES

Laska’s Floor Service•Supply •Sales •Installation

Phone: 250-295-0454 / Fax: 250-295-0474 Email: [email protected]

Carpet ~ Hardwood ~ Lino ~ VC TilesLaminates ~ Engineered Wood ~ Cork

~ Area/Throw rugs

FLOORING SERVICES

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

HONDAWATER PUMPS, TILLERS,

LAWN MOWERS, GENERATORS,

SNOW BLOWERS

AUTO PARTS

HANDYMAN SERVICES

ennington’s carpentry

Professional Workmanship by a licensed, insured journeyman

611 Similkameen Ave., Princeton, BC

250-809-8691

Phone: 250-295-7381 Princeton Plaza

Quality Foods,

Toys and Supplies for your

Dogs & Cats.

Aquarium Supplies Aviary Supplies

Herp SuppliesLive Fish

PET SUPPLIES

ennington’s carpentry

Professional Workmanship by a licensed, insured journeyman

611 Similkameen Ave., Princeton, BC

250-809-8691

MINISTRY

Tuesday - Men’s - Bob @ 295-3205Wednesday - Ladies - Margie @ 295-6775

Thurs. Daytime - Mixed Curling - Georgina @ 295-0067

Meet your friends at the rink!

250-295-6400

www.princetoncurlingclub.com

CURLING CLUB

Truck Parts - Hydraulic HosesATV Accessories - Industrial Supplies

Gord McEwenwww.westcoasteq.com

Princeton, B.C. Ph: 250-295-0101 Fx: 250-295-0103email: [email protected]

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The Similkameen Spotlight Wednesday, October 1, 2014 www.similkameenspotlight.com A17

In Loving Memory OfAlbert Maurice Pare

August 1, 1942 ~ September 29, 2001

Those we love don’t go awayThey walk beside us every day

Unseen, unheard but always there

Still loved, still missed and very dear.

I miss you Dad

Michelle & family

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58 (NICOLA-SIMILKAMEEN)

COMPUTER TECHNICIAN II

Applications are invited for the position of Computer Technician II 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 711490). Applications, including a detailed resume with a minimum of three references, will be accepted until October 10, 2014.

PLOW TRUCK

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

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310.DEBT(3328) PENTICTON

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Information Business Opportunities

Seafood Retail Program Merchandiser

(Vancouver Island)

Full time coordinator for a seafood merchandising pro-gram including ad program management & department manager training in our main offi ce in Errington, BC.

Previous experience in the grocery industry with a specialty in seafood and seafood operations is re-quired. The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellent operational knowledge, com-munication, team building and leadership skills.

We offer Excellent Benefi t & Incentive Programs

For further details visit: www.QualityFoods.com

Apply to Lyall Woznesensky : Quality@

QualityFoods.com

Career Opportunities

Education/Trade Schools

Legal Trades, TechnicalCANADA BENEFIT Group - Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll-free 1-888-511-2250 or visit online: www.canadabenefi t.ca.

Introduction ServiceAre you... new to the area?Do you... have a new baby?

Are you... a new Bride?

Local representative requiredplease visit

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PersonalsMEET SINGLES right now! No paid operators, just real peo-ple like you. Browse greetings, exchange messages and con-nect live. Try it free. Call now: 1-800-712-9851

Lost & Found

~ LOST CAT ~Grey & black Tabby. Pink camo collar. Answers to “Kiwi”. Lost in Midway, Sept. 19 / 20th. Please call 250-449-2707.

Travel

TimeshareCANCEL YOUR Timeshare. no Risk Program stop Mort-gage & Maintenance pay-ments today. 100% money back guarantee. Free consul-tation. Call us now. We can help! 1-888-356-5248

Children

Daycare CentersLICENSED FAMILY

DAYCARELittle League Day Care for children ages 1 to 12.

Call to set up an interview.23 Years experience

250-295-3493 Yvonne

Employment

Business Opportunities

EXPANDING INTOPRINCETON!Includes Training.

Call Dave for Home InspectionPresentation. 1.855.301.2233www.bc.abuyerschoice.com

GET FREE VENDING MACHINES. Can Earn $100,000.00 + Per Year. All Cash-Retire in Just 3 Years. Protected Territories. Full Details CALL NOW 1-866-668-6629. Web-site WWW.TCVEND.COM.

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Career Opportunities

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Em-ployers have work-at-home posi-tions available. Get the online train-ing you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: Career-Step.ca/MT or 1-888-528-0809 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

In Memoriam

Funeral Homes

MANAGERIAL POSITIONS We’re growing on Vancouver Island! If you have multiple years’ experience in a mana-gerial role in the grocery business and want to join an innovative & creative group then we would love to hear from you.We offer exceptional bene-fi ts, Group RSP and many

other incentives.Please send your resume

to: Lyall Woznesensky [email protected] Director Professional

Development.

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

DRIVERS WANTEDAZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 w/ Airbrake

• Guaranteed 40hr. WorkWeek & Overtime

• Paid Travel & Lodging• Meal Allowance

• 4 Weeks Vacation• Excellent Benefi ts Package

Must be able to have extended stays away from home. Up to 6 months. Must have valid AZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 with airbrake license and have previous commercial driving experience.Apply at:www.sperryrail.com,

careers & then choosethe FastTRACK Application.

EXPERIENCED CLASS 1 Drivers, F/T, P/T for California & Arizona produce hauling, ex-cellent pay and benefi ts, safe-ty bonus and home time. Call Jerry or Bill 1-877-539-1750.

In Memoriam

Funeral Homes

APARTMENT/CONDOMANAGER TRAINING

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MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online train-ing you need from an employ-er-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-888-528-0809 to start training for your work-at-home career to-day!MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONISTS needed! Employers seeking over 200 additional CanScribe gradu-ates. Student loans available. In-come-tax receipts issued. Start training today. Work from Home! [email protected]

Help WantedAn Alberta Oilfi eld Company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-(780)723-5051.

FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR

sought by Kwakiutl BandCouncil in Port Hardy.

Send cover letter andresume by

Oct 1. Competitive wage DOE. Enquire and apply [email protected]

Little Folks Nursery is looking for a substitute teacher with ECE or ECE assistant for on call. Contact Sandi at 250-295-3083

Financial Services

BUSY LAW FIRM in Penticton seeks full time conveyancing assistant. Email resume in confi dence to [email protected]

Medical/Dental

MEDICAL Transcriptionistsneeded! Employers seeking over 200 additional CanScribe graduates. Student loans available. Income-tax receipts issued. Start training today. Work from Home! Website: www.canscribe.com. Send email to: [email protected]. Or call 1.800.466.1535.

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EXPERIENCED GRAPPLEYarder Operator Full time - 10 mths/yr. Competitive ratesEmail or fax resume [email protected] 604-485-6380

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Monthly Rentals:• Fully furnished and includes utilities.

• Rooms from $400 - $450• 2 Bedroom Apt. $1000 - $1200• 4 Bedroom Apt. $1800• 4 Bedroom Cabin by Creekside $1800• RV Site $500Also 2/3 Bedroom House with huge yard to the

river. Fully furnished but excludes hydro: 207 Angela Ave. $1000

Phone Princeton Castle Resort250-295-7988

Box 340, Princeton, BC V0X 1W0Phone: 250-295-3535

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Services

Financial ServicesGET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

If you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Cred-it / Age / Income is NOT an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

TAX FREE MONEYis available, if you are a homeowner, today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mort-gage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

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Business/Offi ce Service

Services

Medical HealthCANADA BENEFIT GROUP - Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll-free 1-888-511-2250 or www.canadabenefi t.ca.

Personal Care

ESSENTIAL MASSAGEPampering By Pamella

Famous Kick Butt Massage

Lymph drainageHot stone massage

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•Rest •Relax •RejuvenateKwikFit4u.com

Distributor for whole body vibrational machines

HandypersonsNeed a Handyman? Painting, home repairs, yard work, xmas lights, reliable. 250-295-4038 ask for Ed.

Home ImprovementsFULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928

Business/Offi ce Service

Services

Misc ServicesHEATING SERVICES, furnac-es, pellet stoves. Call Mark at 250-295-7624

Painting & Decorating

WWW.PAINTSPECIAL.COM (1) 250-899-3163

3 Rooms For $299,2 Coats Any Colour

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls. Cloverdale Premium

Quality Paint. NO PAYMENT, until job is completed!

Pets & Livestock

LivestockDORPER Cross Sheep fl ock for sale. 15 ewes and 25 lambs. $4500. Phone 250-397-4126.

Merchandise for Sale

Building SuppliesSTEEL BUILDINGS/Metal Buildings 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62,45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

Cottages / Cabins


Friendly FrankFREE Beer Fridge. Call 250-295-0118

Firewood/FuelWOOD STOVE - Blaze King Wood stove, takes 16” pieces of wood, $800 OBO. 250-295-1794

Misc. for SaleA-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS

Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all

sizes in stock. SPECIAL

Trades are welcome. 40’Containers under $2500!DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544

& 644 wheel Loaders. Wanted to buy 300 size

hydraulic excavator. Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108

Delivery BC and ABwww.rtccontainer.com

Enerzone Wood Burning Stove, heats up to 1000 sqft, 2 years old, in perfect condition, cost $1200 + tax. First $650 takes it. 250-295-3642Franklin Wood Heater, suitable for a cabin, like new, $100. 250-295-7278HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

Cottages / Cabins


Misc. for SaleSTEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

Tires, winter/summer, $25 and up. Please leave a message at 250-295-5354

Misc. WantedPrivate Coin Collector BuyingCollections, Accumulations,Olympic Gold & Silver Coins +Chad: 250-499-0251. Local.

Rentals

Apt/Condo for Rent1 & 2 Bdrm apartments in new building. Close to trail & river. Twin River 223 Burton Ave., F/S, cats OK, starting @ $700/month + utilities. 604-783-7020.

1 bdrm Apt for rent in Prince-ton, available now. Level ac-cess in a quiet building. Need excellent references & D.D. No pets, can furnish if needed. Rents start at $530.00 month. Phone 1-250-295-1006 for de-tails or leave a message with the best time to call back.

APARTMENTS FOR RENT: Small bachelor unit $450. Lg. bachelor unit $550. 1 bed. unit $650. All utilities included. 1 bedroom $550 utilities extra. 1 bedroom $500 utilities extra. Call Karen @ 250-295-3095

Commercial/Industrial

COMMERCIAL SPACE for rent on Vermilion Ave. 1000 sq. ft. or 400 sq. ft. of commer-cial, with 600 sq.ft. attached living quarters. Call Karen @ 250-295-3095

Rentals

Misc for RentPrinceton & District Commu-nity Services Society is now accepting applications for As-pen Court, a 3 bedroom, 2 bath family townhouse com-plex. BC Housing offers af-fordable rents for qualifi ed ap-plicants based upon 30% of gross income. Please contact Princeton & District Commu-nity Services Society at 250-295-6666 for applications and information.

Princeton & District Commu-nity Services Society is ac-cepting applications for Silver-crest, an affordable housing complex for adults 55 years of age and older, and people with disabilities who can live inde-pendently. Please contact Princeton & District Commu-nity Services Society at 250-295-6666 for applications and information.

Homes for Rent2 bdrm Home - newly renovat-ed, car port, down town, $700 + utilities. References re-quired, available immediately. Call 250-295-3404

3 bdrm plus den, fenced, heat plus utilities, $750/month. Available Oct. 1st. 250-295-8333

3 bdrm, upper fl oor, 2 pc. & 4 pc. bath, incl. heat, hydro, parking and shared laundry. 3rd Bench past hospital. Available Oct. 1/14, $1200/month. 250-295-6714

HOUSES FOR RENT. Call Heather at 250-295-8025

PRINCETON - 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, 5 appliances, close to Cooper’s. No pets. No Smok-ing. Damage Deposit & refer-ences required. Avail. now. $850 + utilities. 250-295-3988

Offi ce/Retail2 - 100 sqft offi ce space available.. Call Heather 250-295-8025

Rentals

StorageNeed Storage? Winter Storage for your boat, RV, Camper or other? Secure Storage. Call 250-295-5354

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seeds has approxi-mately 8,000 calories – about 20 times the caloric reward a bear would get from graz-ing the same weight of wild clover.

•Use bird feed-ers only in the winter when bears are hiber-nating and natural bird food is limited.

•If you feed birds in bear season, consider the following steps to minimize your contri-bution to human-bear conflicts:

Take bird feeders in at night

Keep the ground underneath the feeders clean and free of bird seed

Fill your feeders regularly with just a small amount of feed - this will decrease the reward a bear would receive if it does get to your feeder

•The key to a healthy compost is ensuring equal amounts of brown and green materials.

•Layer your greens, such as kitchen scraps and fresh grass clip-pings with no more than 10 cm of browns, such as dried leaves, grasses, shredded newspaper and card-board.

•Do not add fish, meat, fat, oils, un-rinsed eggshells or any cooked food.

•Add oxygen by turning regularly.

•Avoid overloading the compost in fruit season - freeze material and add gradually.

•Avoid adding cere-als or grains.

•Feed pets indoors.•If pets are fed out-

side, ensure all food is cleaned up.

•Store pet food in a

secure location or in a bear-resistant bin.

•Clean barbeques after use by burning off the grill entirely.

• Remove and clean the grease trap after every use.

• Cover and/or store indoors (do not take propane tank indoors).

Even more ways to prevent bears from gaining access to human food

•Protect beehives with electric fencing.

•Store freezers indoors if possible. If left outside, clean out-side of freezer after every use to remove food residue.

•Food smokers and the preparation and curing of wild meat can be an attractant – consider using electric fencing.

•Store petroleum products in a secure enclosure.

•Never leave a cooler outside unless it has been thoroughly cleaned.

People who work in the wilderness and rural areas of BC need to understand what animals they are likely to come across and what precautions need to be taken to ensure that these encounters are safe for both the worker and the wild-life.

Understand the probability of encoun-ter for both the area and for the time you will be working in an area. If possible, time your work in the area to minimize the possi-bility of an encounter: e.g. if you need to take soil samples in a berry patch that is known

to have a large popu-lation of bears try to sample the area before or after the berry crop, or if you need to be there when berries are in season try to be in the area during the heat of the day and when bears will more likely to be sleeping in a cooler area.

Take training such as offered in the DVD “Staying Safe in Bear Country.” This is an excellent video and covers everything you need to know about bear safety. It is the best 30 minutes you will spend in terms of your education about bears.

Carry Bear Spray with you. Remember to

Have taken training it its proper use

Check the expiry date and have a cur-rent can

Transport it prop-erly (appropriate con-tainer, in the box of truck, trunk, or back of your vehicle under a blanket)

Carry it with you in a quick release holster in easy reach (never tucked under a rain jacket or in the back of your pack)

The best bear encounter is the one you avoid so always be vigilant when in the bush. Watch for bear sign (scat, tracks, signs of grazing, overturned

logs, claw marks on trees, etc.).

Bear scat varies in size, consistency and content depend-ing upon the season. Typically high in plant content, the bear scat will become loose and runny the more the bear feeds on berries.

Bear tracks will show all five toes and claw marks about an inch or so above the toe pads.

Overturned logs and stumps torn apart should be checked for signs of freshness.

Talk or sing while working to let the bears know you are in the area. The sound from bear bells do not carry as far nor are as distinct as the sound of human voices.

Be especially vigi-lant if you are work-ing alongside running water, in thick bush or if there is a strong wind blowing – in these circumstances a bear is less likely to hear you and a chance for a surprise encoun-ter is greater.

Pack out whatever you pack in: do not leave any organics behind – even though that apple core will rot and decompose, it could also be eaten by

a bear that would then associate the smell of humans with a food reward.

It is best not to work alone in bear country. Just the fact that there are two of you in the area should help pre-vent a bear encounter.

If you do have a bear encounter remem-ber these safety basics:

Assess what type of encounter it is – defen-sive or predatory

A defensive encoun-ter will usually be marked by a lot of noise by the bear and a head on rush at you.

Hold your ground and pull out your bear spray and release the safety

Speak to the bear in a loud low voice “Whoa bear – you’d better back off”

If the bear continues its charge and closes to within 5-10 meters deploy your bear spray

in a short burst, aim-ing from the ground up to create a wall between you and the bear. When the bear retreats, head back to your vehicle and con-tact the Conservation Officer Reporting line as soon as possible. Alert others in the area to the presence of the bear.

If the bear breaks off its charge before you have to deploy your spray – take a step or two back away from

the bear. Continue to speak in a low voice. Do not make direct eye contact with the bear.

Keep your bear spray at the ready. Once the bear knows you are not a threat it should leave or return to what it was protect-ing. C

ontinue to back away and keep an eye on the bear. Return to your vehicle and alert the authorities and your co-workers as to the presence of the bear.

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