news Pat LePoidevin is on tour with his latest album. Page 1 & 2
Sports Good reason to buy a round at Princeton Golf Page 6
Community
The Similkameen Spotlight is 65 years old! Page 12
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Volume 65 Issue 35
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
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1948 - 2013 Celebrating 65 years!
Coalmont Energy apologizes Lisa Carleton lisa@similkameenspotlight.com
On August 24, an emergency containment pond at the Coalmont Energy Corporation Coal Mine was breached, sending approximately 6500 gallons of coal slurry into the Tulameen River. The next morning, residents of Coalmont began to notice that the river was turning black, raising much concern about the water supply and the health of fish and the Tulameen River. On the 28 of August, a public service announcement was released from Interior Health stating that, “Interior Health wishes to advise areas residents that there is little or no impact to drinking water sources in the Coalmont and Tulameen areas as a result of the recent tailings spill breach from the Basin Coal Mine.” On Friday, August 30 Coalmont Energy Corporation hosted a public information session at the Tulameen Community Hall.
See CLEAN UP - Page 11
Weather Watch Wednesday
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Thursday
High 26/Low 13
Friday
High 23/Low 14
Saturday
High 19/Low 12
Sunday
High 21/Low 13
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Tavin Gibson won the first place in the 48th Annual Agricultural Fair Bike Parade in the boys division. His little sister, Jazlyn Gibson took first place in the girls division. See more fair results on page 10 in this edition of The Similkameen Spotlight.
One night stop on Canadian tour Lisa Carleton lisa@similkameenspotlight.com
Returning home for a one night stop during the Canadian tour of new album, American Fiction, is Pat LePoidevin. LePoidevin is a Princeton grown, singer-songwriter, musician who has just debut his forth album. He will introduce the latest to locals at the Riverside Center on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. Doors will open at 7 p.m., tickets are $10 at the door. Along with his vocal talent, LePoidevin uses a looper pedal to ‘create a blend of sound using guitar, ukuleles, percussion and violin.’
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If you have not had the opportunity to hear the incredible voice of this talented young man take the time to do so. Check him out (Pat LePoidevin) on youtube.com, music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Pat-LePoidevin or one of his latest at www.pigeonrow.com/ pat-lepoidevin-american-fiction/. Returning home with LePoidevin is his childhood friend Lewis Smith. The two joined forces while LePoidevin was researching his American heritage. (He is the son of an American born artist.) Together, the two wrote about ‘small American towns, drawing inspiration from their own experiences in rural
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