NEWS Ambassadors welcome Wine Fest attendees Page 1 & 20
EVENTS Help support Shave for the Brave Page 3
SPORTS
Local boys headed for provincials Page 12
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The Similkameen
Volume 65 Issue 10
Wednesday, March 5, 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.
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The Dairy Queen parking lot was blocked off by police vehicles and tape while local RCMP, later joined by officers from the Penticton Serious Crime Unit performed their investigation.
Domestic dispute results in stabbing Lisa Carleton lisa@similkameenspotlight.com
All entrances to the Princeton Dairy Queen restaurant were taped off by local RCMP Wednesday afternoon, at approximately 4 p.m. Sgt. Barry Kennedy of the Princeton RCMP reported that a domestic dispute resulting in a stabbing had occurred in the parking lot outside of the restaurant. In a press release received at 11:45 a.m., Thursday morning, RCMP report that upon arrival to the scene, a man was observed holding a knife and allegedly cutting his own throat. Two women located with stab wounds have since received medical attention and the man is listed as in critical condition. Officers from the Penticton Serious Crime Unit are currently investigating. No further details are available at this time. If you witnessed this incident and have not spoken to an investigator, please contact the local RCMP at 250 - 295 - 6911.
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Rotarians Colleen Stevens (left) and Ernie Lawrence (right) share in the exitement of Cynthia Frost who turned the key to open the locked box containing the Diamond Pendant from Paris Jewellers. Frost drew the winning key on behalf of Darnella Armitage.
Rotary Wine Fest sets record year Lisa Carleton lisa@similkameenspotlight.com
One hundred and forty-five tickets were taken in at the Princeton Rotary Wine Fest and Tastes of Princeton event held at the Riverside Centre Theatre on Saturday, March 1. This number did not include the Rotarians, wineries or the Tastes of Princeton participants—the place was packed. The theatre was elegantly decorated with lights, grapevines and candles with dining tables and chairs in amongst the Tastes of Princeton representatives, all surrounding the participating wineries from the South Okanagan and Similkameen. The evening was organized by Rob Marshall and Colleen Stevens, who stated that the whole club pitched in and did their part. “Lot’s of people helped,” said Rob Marshall, “We had
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great support from the wineries, businesses and community.” The Princeton Rotary Club is a small yet powerful club that does a great deal for the community. Marshall and Stevens were joined by April Earle, Ernie Lawrence, Judy Short, Mike Talarico, Frank Turner, Rob Bett, Brenda Crawford, Linnette McClelland and Randy McLean. Some of the projects that this group work hard to support include; World Wide Polio Eradication, International Student Exchange Program, Princeton Ambassador Candidate Sponsorship, an annual Secondary School Scholarship, the Princeton Hospital Foundation, Dictionaries for Elementary School students, Little Folks Nursery School, Crisis Assistance and the Cindy Parolin Safe Homes Program.
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