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SPOTLIGHT The Similkameen
Volume 63 Issue 23
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
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Election date set Michaela Garstin
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Princeton residents will vote for their new mayor on Aug. 11, replacing former mayor Fred Thomas who died in early May from prostate cancer. An advanced poll will take place on Aug. 1 for those who cannot make it on the regular day. No one has confirmed to the Spotlight they are running for mayor, and candidates have from June 26 to July 8 to announce they are running. Thomas beat incumbent Randy McLean by just over 200 votes in the November election. Around 45 percent of Princeton residents cast their ballots. Shirley MaMahon, who is also deputy treasurer, was appointed chief election officer for the byelection. If a member of town council chooses to run for mayor, he or she must resign from council by June 18.
New ZigZag Trail contract awarded Michaela Garstin editor@similkameenspotlight.com
An new elaborate ZigZag Trail will soon connect Second Bench to downtown, costing just over $206,000. Mierau Contractors beat out four other companies with the lowest bid. Provincial funding made up $180,000, with the rest being paid for by Federal Gas Tax funding and ICBC. The new ZigZag Trail will replace the out-ofcommission trail that was destroyed by a run-away truck two years ago.
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COMEDY - The Crimson Tine Players are putting on Glorious, a true story about a New York socialite who desperately wants to be a operatic diva despite having an awful voice. The Crimson Tine Players are putting on comedic play Glorious, a true story of a legendary New York heiress and socialite who wanted to be a great operatic diva despite having one of the worst singing voices in history. The play is at the Riverside Theatre on June 8, 9, 15 and 16 at 7 p.m. and June 10 and 17 at 2 p.m. Socialite Florence Foster Jenkins uses all her money, charm and unstoppable will-power to make her singing career happen. Who would believe this flamboyant, energetic lady would dare
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to perform for her many womens clubs when she was laughed at, mocked and made fun of? She was a truly wonderful person who lived life to the fullest, regardless of what people thought. The soprano voice she heard in her head is beautiful, and it never occurs to her this is not the sound coming from her mouth. The characters are played by Esther Donovan (Florence), Josh Herzog (Cosme), Britt Fraser (St. Clair), Rhianfa Riel (Dorothy) and Carla Friesen (Marie and Verrinder Gedge).
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