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Volume 64 Issue 19
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Penticton doctors want commitment
NDP leader Adrian Dix visits city to renew commitment to expansion project and pour water on his rival’s claim to the contrary Joe Fries Penticton Western News
Doctors working to raise the profile of a proposed expansion project at Penticton Regional Hospital were rewarded this week with fresh commitments from B.C. political leaders, but physicians aren’t letting down their guard yet. “We’re not going away until the shovel’s in the ground,” Dr. Susan Tebbutt said Friday, moments after NDP leader Adrian Dix reaffirmed his commitment to building the four-storey ambulatory care tower. Tebbutt and the rest of the Penticton Medical Society have been working since last year to rally public support for the $300-million ambulatory care tower and get to it on the political radar. The mission was accomplished this week when the tower became a provincial election campaign issue. “It’s certainly getting a lot of discussion and play, and that is what we want,” Tebbutt said. She said what doctors need now is a firm commitment from politicians to the project as conceived. “We want them to come out publicly and support exactly what it is we’re proposing. We don’t want them to downgrade the project. We don’t want them to take off any floors.
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Summer fun has begun
Wendy Bentley/Spotlight
The Young Life kids got their summer fun started with the annual ice cream fight on Monday night at the Baptist Church. They were supposed to eat the largest ever built banana split, but it definitely didn’t work out that way.
420 Eva Nichole released Saturday Lisa Carleton
lisa@similkameenspotlight.com
An incredible project dedicated to Princeton’s Air Cadet Squadron 217 saw completion this past Saturday with the official dedication and release of 420 Eva Nichole. The wind vane, a T-33 Jet now marks the entrance of the Princeton Airport. This project from start to finish took approximately two and a half years to complete with much appreciation for the assistance of many individuals and businesses. Roy Harker along with friends; Hank Rabe and Gord Walker (instrumental in the project) were given thanks by the Town of Princeton for their work and dedication. Honour Guard for the dedication was provided by members
of the Princeton Legion Branch #56; Doreen Poulsen, Jean Lindsay, Wayne Terepocki, Chuck Whitlock, Bernadette Kelleher and Legion president, Jim Turner. Sgt. Jay Harker, Mayor Frank Armitage and Legion Ambassador Candidate Destiny Earle revealed the dedication plaque, the donor silhouettes and assisted Roy Harker in the ribbon cutting ceremony. People who went up to visit the site prior to the dedication and during were invited to write a message to be placed within the time capsule set in the nose of the T-33 by Sgt. Jay Harker. Roy Harker’s granddaughter Nichole was raised up to reveal the nose art designed in her honour. (Eva Nichole)
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