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SPOTLIGHT The Similkameen
Volume 63 Issue 28
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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Highway closure explained Lisa Carleton lisa@similkameenspotlight.com
A fiery fatal crash on Highway 3 in Princeton Wednesday, July 4 is being linked to a domestic assault in Osoyoos. On Wednesday afternoon, RCMP in the Keremeos and Princeton areas were advised to watch for a suspect and vehicle as a result of a reported domestic aggravated assault which had occurred in Osoyoos. Police were in pursuit of the vehicle, but say they had to cease because of the dangerous manner in which the suspect was driving. They alerted Princeton RCMP members further ahead. Just outside of the Countryside Inn on Highway 3, eyewitnesses reported seeing a van driven by a male break through a police blockade, carry on down an embankment then come back up, flip and burst into flames on the highway. At approximately 3 p.m., officers arrived on scene about one kilometre away from the blockade and pulled the man out of the burning vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The highway was subsequently closed and remained closed throughout the night. The body of the suspect was removed from the scene shortly after 6 a.m. The Abbotsford Police Department are handling the investigation as RCMP policy requires an outside agency to do so. Osoyoos RCMP are continuing their investigation into the reported assault of a 62-year-old woman who is still in hospital. Highway 3 re-opened at approximately 11 a.m. on Thursday morning. As of press time on Monday no updates were available.
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The Princeton Ambassador team for 2012/13: Ambassador Megan Pateman and Vice and Friendship Ambassador Taylor Gibb.
Two new young ladies wear the Princeton crowns Lisa Carleton lisa@similkameenspotlight.com
Coronation night—once an impromptu question is asked of each of the Ambassador candidates, the final stage of their candidacy is complete. Former Ambassador candidate Bobby Gibb emceed the 2012/13 coronation event on Saturday, July 7 at the Riverside Centre Theatre. As retiring Ambassadors Taylor Robillard and Felicia Northway readied to give their farewell speaches, Acting Mayor Jason Earle
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thanked them for representing Princeton saying, “you’ve done a very good job and it has been a pleasure to have accompanied you to events.” The BC Youth Ambassador team along with royalty from Kamloops, Lytton, Osoyoos, Summerland, Vernon and Oliver came to pay their respects to the retiring Ambassadors and welcome the new Princeton team. Once the tallies were complete the awards were presented. Three of the candidates were presented with Toastmaster Speech Craft awards given by Sandi Lawlor, Area 61 Governor •
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