NEWS Terrific fireworks display and good family fun. Page 1 and 12
BUSINESS A double celebration at Everything Pets Page 5
COMMUNITY
Safety tips for Halloween Trick or Treaters Page 8
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The Similkameen
Volume 64 Issue 44
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Proudly serving the community since 1948 • www.similkameenspotlight.com We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities.
Halloween Fun Night fantastic Lisa Carleton
lisa@similkameenspotlight.com
The Princeton Exhibition Grounds swarmed with approximately 700 (or so) people on Saturday, Oct. 27. Organizers of Halloween Family Fun Night, Jennifer Bernard and Dawne Graves hosted the second annual event which has grown in both the creative processes and attendance from last year. The Princeton Highway Extrication crew ran the popular three legged obstacle race. Local R.C.M.P., B.C. Ambulance Service and Princeton Volunteer Fire Brigade personnel walked the grounds and passed out treats to children. The Princeton Fire Brigade manned the bonfire as well. Double J P.S.Y.C.H.O.S. Concession crew were on hand cooking and serving burgers, hot dogs, fries and onion rings, all compliments of; Princeton Rodeo, Little Britches Rodeo, Princeton Racing Days and the Princeton & District Agricultural
See HALLOWEEN - Page 12 Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday, November 4 at 2:00 a.m. Turn your clocks back by 1 hour.
Wendy Bentley/Spotlight
This lovely haunted bride (Larissa Simon) greeted attendees as they came to the end of their tour of the spook house during Halloween Family Fun Night at the Princeton Exhibition Grounds on Saturday, Oct. 27.
Service B.C. opens in new location Lisa Carleton
(or before you go to sleep on Saturday.) Reminder: Time change is the perfect time to check and change the batteries in your smoke detectors as well!
lisa@similkameenspotlight.com
For more than 136 years, Service BC’s government agents have been serving Princeton and area residents. After 84 years of service on Vermilion Avenue, as of Monday, Oct. 29, the Service BC Centre has officially reopened at its new location, #10 - 136 Tapton Avenue. The new location offers much better access for individuals with disabilities requiring wheelchair and scooter use. It is larger, brighter and also provides room for B.C. Parks and the Ministry of Forests to work out of when they are in the area. Conservation Officer, Ann Marie Gorecki and National Resource Officer, Ray Senger are working out of the new location as well.
Weather Watch Wednesday
High 9/Low 4
Thursday
High 8/Low 5
Friday
High 8/Low 4
Saturday
High 8/Low 3
Sunday
High 8/Low 3
Princeton
The Service BC Centre offers all the same services as it did in its prior location such as, licensing services for hunting, fishing and marriage, Birth Certificates, BC Medical applications, property tax services, passport information and more. As well as the core frontline services, the new location offers access to programs and information on behalf of the Ministry of Social Development such as; employment programs, temporary assistance and disability assistance. A front line business registration station that streamlines provincial and federal information while you register is available to use as well. Kathy Remple and Katie Waterfield, are the customer service representatives that will continue to provide you with the information and assistance you may need.
See SERVICE - Page 11
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207 Bridge Street, Princeton BC • 250-295-6933 Locally Owned and operated by Murray White & Cathy Facey
We are your Hometown Sears. If we don’t have it in-store, we’ll get it for you, and deliver it to your door.
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