NEWS Badour to serve 10 years without parole Page 3
COMMUNITY Lyn Graff retires after 33 years at Canada Post. Page 9
ENTERTAINMENT
Get ready for an afternoon of illusion Page 11
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The Similkameen
Volume 65 Issue 8
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
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We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Raptor 2000 crusher on the way
Heading for Kamloops via rail, the Raptor 2000 is so large it had to be shipped from Italy to the Port of Halifax for offloading on to land. Halifax, NS – Some assembly is required! Employees at the Port of Halifax unload components of Copper Mountain Mine’s new High Performance Raptor 2000 rock crusher for its $40 million secondary crusher program. One of only four in the world, the Raptor 2000 comes disassembled in a number of pieces and must be re-assembled at the copper mine site in Princeton, BC. The largest piece is the lower main frame which weighs 100 tonnes and measures 5.75m X 5.25m X 2.3m (approximately 19 feet by 17 by 7). Three other main components (the upper main frame, the bowl short head and the adjustment ring) each weigh just over 50 tonnes. The Raptor 2000 is the largest model on the market and is fit for the most demanding high tonnage applications. The Raptor 2000 is so large it had to be shipped from Italy to the Port of Halifax for offloading on to land. From Halifax the pieces will be transported by rail to arrive in Kamloops BC in mid-February where they will then be loaded onto special trucks and driven south to the mine site near Princeton. The Raptor 2000 will be assembled there and becomes operational in mid-2014. It will be used by Copper Mountain www.cumtn.com to pre-crush rock and increases the mine’s daily processing rate from around
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Lisa Carleton/Spotlight
The Switchmen; Corry Oerlemans, Mel Berg, Rick Law, Jason Gaperetto, Rick Freeman and Dwayne Sinninger donated their time to perform for the Rotary/Crimson Tine Players Valentine Dance fundraiser.
Dance fundraiser is a sweet success Lisa Carleton lisa@similkameenspotlight.com
Although attendance was low, the generosity of those who attended the Valentine Dance fundraiser for the Riverside Kitchen project was tremendous. The Valentine Dance fundraiser was a combined effort between the Crimson Tine Players and the Princeton Rotary Club to raise more funding to aid in finishing the kitchen at the Riverside Centre. Members and friends of Rotary, the Crimson Tine Players and the Princeton Arts Council baked pies and desserts, decorated and donated items for the silent auction. The Switchmen; a local band comprised of Corry Oerlemans, Mel Berg, Rick Law, Jason Gaperetto, Rick
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Freeman and Dwayne Sinninger donated their time to perform. Rick Freeman donated refreshments for the event as well. Esther Donovan, of the Crimson Tine Players said, “This is a community spirit event to support the kitchen project. Everything has been donated so all funds raised go directly to the kitchen.” “The idea for this kitchen was born of an idea to have dinner theatre here,” said Judy Short of Princeton Rotary. The idea grew from there to better facilitate rentals for weddings, graduation ceremonies, use by local clubs and organizations and the possiblity of hosting cooking programs.
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