Similkameen Spotlight, August 13, 2014

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Smoke on the Similkameen

Infants, the elderly, and people with medical issues most at risk Andrea DeMeer publisher@similkameenspotlight.com

Smoke settled over the Town of Princeton on the weekend, and the Ministry of Environment has issued a Smoky Skies Advisory for the Similkameen area.

The drifting smoke, caused by large forest fires in other areas of the province, can be especially harmful for infants, the elderly, and people with medical conditions such as diabetes or lung and heart disease.

“We’re getting it from the north and the south,” said Kayla Pepper, a fire information officer with the government’s Wildfire Management Branch. Smoke travels great distances, she said. “Put it this way, there was one time we had smoke from Serbia. It gets in the jetstream and it can travel around the world.”

The fire closest to Princeton is currently about 20 km south. The 34-hectare fire started near Willis Creek August 1st, and was declared contained five days later.

Monday a crew of contractors was finishing the “mopping up” of the fire.

The Smoky Skies Advisory in Similkameen, which was also issued in Thompson, Fraser Canyon, Okanagan, Nicola, Boundary and Shuswap areas, is in effect until further notice from the ministry.

Smoky Skies Advisories are determined by satellite information, smoke transport models, photographs of visual air quality, first-hand observations and concentrations of fine particulate matter recorded at local air quality stations.

According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Environment and Interior Health, smoke concentrations may vary dramatically over short periods and over small distances.

“Avoid strenuous outdoor activities. If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms, contact your health care provider: difficulty breathing, chest pain or discomfort, sudden onset of cough or irritation of airways,” the release said.

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The moon rose red over the mountains in Princeton Sunday night, as forest fire ash threw particles in the sky. According to the NASA science website this phenomena is actually a blue moon. Because the particles from most forest fires are smaller than one micron (one millionth of a metre) they tend to scatter blue light, making the moon appear red.

The following tips are also recommended to reduce your personal health risk: • Stay cool and drink plenty of fluids.

• Smoke levels may be lower indoors, however levels of smoke particles will still be increased. If you stay indoors, be aware of your symptoms.

• Consider visiting a location like a shopping mall with cooler filtered air. Keep in mind that staying indoors may help you stay cool and provide some relief from the smoke, however many air conditioning systems do not filter the air or improve indoor air quality.

• Reduce indoor pollution sources such as smoking or burning other materials.

• You may be able to reduce your exposure to smoke by moving to cleaner air. Conditions can vary dramatically by area and elevation.

• Residents with asthma or other chronic illness should activate their asthma or personal care plan.

Copper Mountain reports record breaking production Andrea DeMeer publisher@similkameenspotlight.com

It’s been an active few days at Copper Mountain Mine.

Last week the company announced the completion of its $40 million dollar secondary crusher and on Monday it released its second quarter 2014 results.

Copper Mountain reported revenues of $68 million in the second quarter, with sales of 18 million pounds of copper, 6,300 ounces of gold and 94,900 ounces of silver. Gross profit for the three months ending June 30th, 2014 was $10.4 million, accord-

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The company also achieved re cord production during that time, producing 19.9 million pounds of copper, 5,000 ounces of gold and 113 ounces of silver. Copper production increased 27 per cent over the same period in 2013.

Mining rates improved as well with the addition of two trucks and the dispatch system. The mining rate set a new record in June, which averaged 200,000 tonnes of material moved per day.

The secondary crusher – completed on a seven-month schedule, will reduce operating costs at Copper Mountain.

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Since the acquisition PWP has hired eight new employees for a total of 37 between the two mills, and are looking for at least eight more.

Princeton Wood Preserves adds second site and creates new jobs Similkameen Spotlight Staff

A recent acquisition has secured an eightyear wood supply for Princeton Wood Preserves Ltd. (PWP).

“This is the most significant expansion of PWP’s business in its 41-year history. With the production power of two plants and a guaranteed wood supply, we will be able to expand to meet the demands of our Canadian and American customers,” Elizabeth Marion, president and owner of PWP said in a press release.

Earlier this summer PWP, a large producer of quality pressure treated round wood products, signed an agreement with Ledcor Resources &

Transportation for the acquisition of the Princeton Post and Rail plant site.

The agreement means both mills, which will now be operating under the name of Princeton Wood Preservers Ltd., will have enough wood supply for the next eight years.

Located just 18 kilometres outside of Princeton, this expansion raises the profile of the company as a local employer and a supplier in the Pacific Northwest.

PWP will be investing in upgrading fixed and mobile equipment at both sites to help boost production and adhere to a high standard of safety.

“With the equipment

in place, and wood supply secured, we plan on creating more fulltime permanent jobs,” said Marion.

Since the acquisition PWP has hired eight new employees for a total of 37 between the two mills, and are looking for at least eight more.

Marion bought the business in 2005 with the goal of expanding.

With the recession in 2008 the company

went through difficult times.

With the help and dedication of several long term employees, the company pulled through and is now looking to the future.

“Almost all of the crew are new,” she said. “With their youth and enthusiasm, we are all very excited about what we can do and what the possibilities are.”

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Spotlight strikes editorial board

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Got opinions? We’ll take those too.

Care about Princeton and how its newspaper serves its readers? So do we.

The Similkameen Spotlight is forming an editorial advisory board and is looking for members who would like some input into how the paper does its job.

Whether your interest is local sports, the arts, fundraising, tourism, business or…well, just about anything….we are literally inviting you to bring it to the table.

The board will start as an ad-hoc committee and applicants should be willing to commit to two meetings a month for three months. Meetings will be held in the evenings.

Anyone interested in sitting on The Spotlight’s editorial advisory board may contact publisher Andrea DeMeer. publisher@similkameenspotlight.com.

Letter Fond wishes for publisher

To the editor The Rotary Club of Princeton would like to thank Lisa Carleton for her many years of support for the club.

We know she put many hours of her time into making meaningful and effective ads for our events.

This has helped us to raise funds to return to our community.

The members would like to wish Lisa well in her future plans and much success going forward.

We are sure you will be a great asset to your future employer.

Good luck in your future endeavours.

You will be greatly missed The Princeton Rotary Club

Here’s a pay-it-forward story, a thank you and a smile all in less than one hundred words.

On Monday August 4th a 91-year-old woman found herself stuck at the Princeton Hospital, without her wallet. Hospital staffers tried, but were unable to, arrange a ride home for her. Another visitor to the emergency department overhead the story, called a taxi for the stranded woman, and paid for the cab ride.

The grateful recipient of this random act of kindness called the Spotlight to help her say “thank you” to her anonymous benefactor.

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The first question any self-respecting journalist asks when doing any kind of research but I am a trooper and willing to he or she is introduced to a new community might surprise go the extra mile for my craft.) The initial plan was to get this you. done in one week, but I’m now seeing the project as less of a It has nothing to do with local politics, current events, town one-off piece and more like a series. history or social or business landscapes.

This is what I’ve learned so far: It is simply this: Every coffee served at Thomasina’s is prepared fresh and Where do we get the coffee? individually in a French press. The restaurant is brilliantly Contrary to popular belief newspapers are not printed in located directly across from the newspaper on Bridge Street. ink. They are printed in medium roast. Coffee is as essential Co Co’s Bistro on Vermilion Ave blesses the community by to a working reporter as a notepad, a pen and a opening every day at 4:30 a.m. As someone who smart phone. I have known newsrooms where the is still waking up on Navel time I cannot find only reason the staff shows up on an even semithe words to sufficiently express my gratitude. regular basis is because there is real cream in the Co Co’s serves the wonderfully-named Cowboy lunchroom fridge.

Coffee.

Back in the place that imagines itself The Navel If you fancy the fancy Cool Beanz Coffee of the World (Ontario in general and the Greater House on Tapton Avenue serves cappuccinos, Toronto Area specifically) the coffee question is lattes, mochas and frappes. You can also get Plain easily answered.

Jane Joe and an internet connection.

In the Navel you get your coffee at Tim Like many of the coffee shops in Princeton ANDREA DEMEER Hortons.

‘Round the Corner, on Bridge Street tucked in Tim Hortons populates Ontario the way deer behind the Winking Pedlar, has a full menu. This old dog populate Princeton. They are simply everywhere. cafe should also contact the people at Guinness new tricks Even the word “coffee” has faded from popular regarding the size of their muffins. use and been replaced by one of the most powerFinally at Golden Hills on Bridge Street Jai ful brands in the nation – “Timmies.” offers his coffee with a smile, interesting conversation and 24 Tim Hortons is the largest fast food seller in Canada, with flavors of soft serve ice cream. (Future column idea….try all 3,588 restaurants north of the line. It has more than $3.2 bil- two dozen varieties and report back.) lion in annual sales and owns 62 per cent of the Canadian cofI am very, very awake. fee market. By way of comparison Starbucks is number two, Tim Hortons has plans to build 500 new locations in at seven per cent.

Canada over the next five years, but I’m not thinking we will All of that speaks to the overwhelming power of strategic see one in Princeton anytime soon. marketing because, frankly, the coffee doesn’t taste all that speWhen it comes to coffee, this town is already very well cial. It’s particularly dissatisfying when it is cold, which is often served. how coffee gets consumed in a newsroom.

With no Tim Hortons within an hour’s drive of the office, Note: If I have missed a café that specializes in take out coffee my first self-assignment at The Spotlight was to try all the cof- please let me know who you are and where you are...there is more fee in Princeton and report back. (Most journalists also abhor important research to be done!

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Changes to outdated farm rules are a positive move for province

TOM FLETCHER

BC Views VICTORIA – The B.C. government’s intentions for the Agricultural Land Reserve have been clarified by a public consultation that proposes new commercial and industrial uses on farmland.

Political watchers may recall that this was the hill the NDP was prepared to die on this spring. It was going to be a farmland looting spree for rightwing property developers

and all hope of “food security” would be dashed.

As I attempted to explain at the time, the changes have little or nothing to do with ALR exclusions. Now a discussion paper poses a series of questions, some of which illustrate the need to bring farmland regulations up to date.

The first one deals with restrictions on retail sales, a case study in arbitrary state control. There is a strict maximum floor space. A minimum one half of retail sales must be produced on that farm.

Food packing, preparation and processing are similarly restricted.

This requires multiple duplicate operations of questionable viability.

It brings to mind Mao Tse Tung’s Great Leap Forward, where farmers

all had little iron smelting furnaces out back to make tools. But I digress.

“Amongst other things,” the discussion paper says, “lessening the restrictions on on-farm processing could allow the establishment of abbatoirs (large, small or mobile) on farms, to serve surrounding cattle, game or poultry farms.” Then there’s cheese, fruit juice and even medical marijuana products.

And did you know that wineries and cideries are allowed on farmland but breweries, distilleries and meaderies aren’t? (Mead is made from honey, and doesn’t have to be drunk from a bronze mug while wearing a horned helmet.)

Now that we’ve discovered that breweries don’t have to be giant

urban industrial plants producing mediocre lager that all tastes the same, possibilities abound.

On-farm wine and cider sales have similarly quaint retail space and product origin restrictions. The government proposes to allow sales of products not made on site, as long as they’re made in B.C. This could make more local retail beverage coops viable. Or it could spawn a wave of unregulated rural liquor stores that create chaos on country roads. You decide.

On a more serious note, there are a couple of questions about changes to the newly created “zone two,” the Interior, Kootenay and North regions. One repeats the government’s intention

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Princeton’s regional art show is gearing up for a spectacular return

To the editor In approximately six weeks, Princeton Arts Council will be hosting a regional art show. The last such event was held in 1998 in the Princeton Arena and was a screaming success if I remember correctly. Several of us worked very hard to ensure a spectacular event and when it was over, we were able to congratulate ourselves on a job well done.

We had a huge, if somewhat cumbersome space generously given to us in which to mount the exhibition. We wound up hanging paintings on trade show velvet curtains kindly left up for an extra two weeks. We had work bees to construct and paint plinths for three dimensional works.

There were nearly a hundred works of art from all through the Okanagan Valley as well as the Thompson Region. But what overwhelmed me with delight was the number of local folks who entered their work.

There were astounding story quilts from First Nations artists. Potters, painters, sculptors, spinners, weavers, jewellers and other craftspeople

submitted excellent works.

We spent many hours deciding where and how to exhibit every object to best advantage. Our out of town jurors chose their favourites and prizes were awarded. There was a People’s favourite and everyone was encouraged to vote. I seem to remember that we had a children’s exhibition as well.

The opening ceremony included two pipers who escorted the mayor and councillors through the show and a few short speeches where we all congratulated and thanked everyone. We had two spinners demonstrating their craft. They brought rabbits and a sled dog, taking fibre from each to spin. Over the course of the next week, we had many visitors and the feedback was most positive. It was just swell!

In the intervening years faces have changed but we still have some amazing folks who love art and are willing to volunteer hours and hours of their time to put together another show. We are in the process of gearing up, lining up volunteers for various committees.

Our space is more manageable this time with Riverside Centre being at our disposal.

We have two highly recommended jurors who love art and artists. They have generously agreed to hang around during our opening on Saturday, September 27 and offer critiques should an artist or craftsperson request time with them. I have been on the receiving end of such critiques many times and I can tell you that it has always been a very positive experience.

There will be a children’s component where children are encouraged to bring two works for showing. Their exhibition room will also have an art and craft area for them to try out a few things. Each child will be given a certificate of participation for their involvement.

I guess by now you will know that I’m pretty pumped. I hope that everyone of our local artists will talk this up and offer encouragement to each other. We have a theme which is open-ended. It is “Earth Alive” and is meant to inspire but not limit. There are applications at the library and the Sunflower Gallery. Or, you can always email me at merrilynhuycke@gmail.com or call me at 250 295-0232. We hope that the Princeton grapevine is in good working order and, of course, we will be using Facebook to get the word out. Of course, if you would like to volunteer, we would declare you a local hero and welcome you with open arms!

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to open up non-farm use rules to allow certain oil and gas service functions on farmland. This is to reflect the reality already on the ground in the Northeast. What other non-farm activities it may entail is not yet known, as the consultation and regional meetings continue until Aug. 22.

There are proposals to bypass the Agricultural Land Commission for certain kinds of farmland subdivision in zone two. These are where the subdivided parcels are a quarter section (160 acres) or bigger, or where they are divided by a road or waterway.

And finally there are proposed exemptions from ALC scrutiny of leases, to allow “intergenerational transfer,” so retiring farmers don’t have

to plead for state permission to remain on their own property. Another exemption would “encourage the use of otherwise unfarmed land by existing or new farmers.”

NDP agriculture critic Lana Popham, who circulated a photo of herself with a samurai sword in a theatrical “Kill Bill 24” campaign, continues to insist that these changes open up 90 per cent of ALR land for “development.”

It’s a hypocritical as well as a misleading statement, since a portion of her own Saanich farm property is rented to a successful craft gin distillery.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

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Clinics improve health care for Princeton seniors Merv La Brash and his wife Frances couldn’t be happier with Princeton’s health care services, especially with the increased specialist care that’s now available.

For the past few years, Frances has been seeing a specialist that came to Princeton once or twice a year. Now, through a project designed to improve access to specialist care in Princeton, she can arrange to see her specialist more often without leaving Princeton.

In 1975, Merv and Frances made the decision to get away from their busy, crowded life in Langley and move to a small town. They chose Princeton area somewhat by chance.

On their way to Penticton they stopped along the highway near the Sterling Creek Bridge to help a rancher put out a fire in his garage.

After the fire was contained, the rancher told them about a piece of property that was for sale on Old Hedley Road which they ended up buying. Merv and Frances recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary and are now living in Vermilion Court.

Access to specialistcare can be a concern for people like Merv and Frances who live in rural BC communities. Seniors who no longer drive are strongly affected because they often rely on family or friends for rides or spend a full day getting to and from Penticton on the HandiDart bus. Travel can be even more challenging if their appointment is in Kelowna.

The Princeton Health Care Steering Committee, which includes physicians, community and Interior Health representatives, was formed in September 2013 with the goal of supporting improved care in the region. The committee has been working with the South Okanagan Similkameen Division of Family Practice on a Princeton Access to Specialist Care project funded by the Shared Care Committee, a joint collaborative committee of the Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health.

The goal of the proj-

ect, which began last November, is to improve and sustain access to specialist care and to support Princeton physicians in providing optimal care.

With appointments made by their family doctor, the first phase is providing local access to specialties in higher demand through outreach clinics where specialists see their patients at Princeton General Hospital. Specialty areas presently being covered include nephrology, respirology, rheumatology, cardiology, pediatrics, and psychiatry, with more specialty areas being explored.

Since January, there have been 14 specialist outreach clinics and 135 appointments in association with the project. Everyone surveyed has rated their overall satisfaction with the visit as excellent or good. For patients who have missed specialist appointments in the past because of transportation difficulties, the clinics provide much improved access. Numerous patients have stated their great appreciation for the clinics being held in Princeton.

Instrumental to the success of the program is the commitment of staff, in particular, the Princeton General Hospital Registration Clerk, Darla Biagioni.

Darla’s organization of the clinics and support of the patients ensure the clinics run smoothly and patients feel comfortable. Because of her position, Biagioni has heard many positive comments about the program, including one person

who told her that she was thinking of moving from Princeton to be closer to specialist services, but will now remain because of this program.

Dr. Brian Forzley, a Nephrologist who sits on the Project Advisory Committee, states: “It’s been refreshing to do these outreach clinics, to get to know the Princeton physicians better, and to try and help people that have a hard time getting to Penticton for appointments. It’s easy as a doctor to forget what people go through for a ‘routine’ visit when they are coming from out of town. I hope there’s more yet that we can accomplish with our existing resources to make our care even better for people living in Princeton.”

Dr. Ella Monro, Merv and Frances’ family physician, also serves on the committee overseeing the project. Dr. Monro says it’s a privilege to be involved in the project and finds the association with the visiting specialists to be professionally stimulating. In addition to taking care of patients, specialists provide professional development opportunities for local health care providers through lunch and learn sessions.

Merv La Brash sums it up for all involved, “This is a real blessing to have the specialists coming to Princeton and I hope the program will continue well into the future.”

Article contributed by the Princeton Health Care Steering Committee.

The Princeton Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Business Get Together Event.

• Date: Monday, August 18, 2014 Where: Town Square When: Between 3:30 and 5:30 pm • Keynote Speaker will be Jackie Tegart, MLA for Fraser-Nicola, presented by Brad Hope of the RDOS. • Local businesses are invited, both members and non-members of the Chamber, in an effort to bring the business community together.

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Dr. Ella Munro, a family physician involved with the outreach clinics, checks Frances La Brash’s blood pressure while Frances’ husband Merv looks on.

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Festival this weekend will honour Seeger Pete Seeger died in January of this year. He was a giant in the folk music world who married music and participatory singing with social activism. To honour him, the Princeton Traditional Music Festival will feature a “Pete Seeger Tribute” workshop, a ninety-minute session highlighting many of the songs that Pete sang as well as others that focus on making the world a better place.

Participating in the workshop will be the Diggers, a trio from the Lower Mainland who sing labour songs. The group consists of Earle Peach, musician, social activist and conductor of Solidarity Notes Labour Choir, Regina Brennan, retired union rep for the Public Service Alliance of Canada, and Dan Keeton, freelance journalist and host of “Union Made” on Coop Radio.

Joining them onstage will be Jim Edmondson, a retired teacher and social activist/singer from Vancouver, Tim Hall and Tom Rawson from Seattle and Mike Marker from Bellingham.

Pete Seeger was born in 1919 and was a fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s. He also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Leadbelly’s “Goodnight Irene”, which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950.

Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger reemerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture and environmental causes.

Seeger was a prolific songwriter; his best-known songs include “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”, “If I Had a Hammer” and “Turn, Turn, Turn.” He was largely responsible for popularizing the spiritual “We Shall Over-

come” that became the anthem of the 1960s American Civil Right Movement.

In the 1940s Pete Seeger worked with Alan Lomax, American folk song collector and broadcaster, and through him he met such folk music luminaries as Woody Guthrie, Josh White, Burl Ives and Leadbelly. In the spring of 1941, twenty-one year old Seeger performed as a member of the Almanac Singers along with Millard Lampell, Cisco Houston, Woody Guthrie, Butch and Bess Lomax and Lee Hays. There was often controversy over the perceived leftist content of some of the group’s songs.

Seeger served in the US Army in the Pacific during the war. He was trained as an airplane mechanic but was reassigned to entertain troops with music. Later, when people asked him what he did in the war, he always answered, “I strummed my banjo.”

Many people credit Pete Seeger with starting them off on the banjo. In 1948 He wrote How To Play the Five-String Banjo, a book that is still in use today. Mike Marker, who will be participating in this workshop, is a virtuoso banjo player, thanks largely to Pete Seeger.

The “Pete Seeger Tribute” is just one item on the rich menu of music available at the Princeton Traditional Music Festival.

The Festival begins at 6:15 pm on Friday 15 August with an opening ceremony and a participatory dance on Veterans’ Way. On Saturday and Sunday there is music from 10 am until 6 pm right in downtown Princeton. It’s all free and everyone is welcome. Visit the Festival’s website at HYPERLINK “http://www.princetontraditional.org” www.princetontraditional.org. If you’d like to help out at the Festival the committee would love to hear from you.

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Similkameen Spotlight celebrates at Open House

Community leaders, volunteers and readers turned out in full force last Tuesday night for The Similkameen Spotlight’s Open House to recognize departing publisher Lisa Carleton for her 11 years of dedicated service to the newspaper and the community.

Princeton Mayor Frank Armitage (left) and CAO Rick Zerr will miss Lisa at council meetings.

It was a night for lots of hugs. Lisa got a bear squeeze goodbye from local businessman Corry Oerlemans, co-owner of Co Co’s Bistro Cowboy Coffee.

Brad Hope, Area H Director, and Johanna Nott, local volunteer, both had smiles and best wishes for Lisa.

Jon Bartlett took time away from preparing for the annual Princeton Traditional Music Festival to join the fun.

Guests crowded The Spotlight office for the three-hour event. From left to right are Neinke Klaver, Ed Staples, Councillor Kim Maynard, Lucy Nylund, and Ross and Joyce Edwards, owners of The Winking Pedlar.

The Spotlight’s Open House was also a chance for new publisher Andrea DeMeer to meet people from the community, including Mayor Frank Armitage and Councillor Kim Maynard.

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Mac MacDonald happily presented Barb Gagnon of Ridgewood Lodge with the funds to cover the purchase of a new colour printer. The residents are very much looking forward to having colour pictures again.

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He’ll be coming down the mountain on a broom

Art Martens livingsignificantly.ca I have come to have a great deal of respect for the hardiness and ingenuity of the men who worked in the Mascot and Nickel Plate mines in the first half of the last century. The mines were high above Hedley and for those who had a wife and children in town, transportation was a constant challenge. According to historian Doug Cox, miners were allowed to ride in the skips used to transport ore down to the Stamp Mill. Permits were required though and they were limited. Tough and determined, the miners resorted to innovation.

Cox says “some men got around the pass system by hiding near the upper ore bin until the skip had started down. Then they jumped on. The hitch hikers jumped off the skip before it reached the bottom ore bin and kept out of sight of the supervising staff. They skirted around the bluff, then down to the Hedley town site.”

In my opinion, it is the “broom rid-

ers” who were the most inventive and enterprising. In a letter to The Western in the June 20, 1990 edition, miner Bob MacRae (now deceased) wrote about placing a broom on one of the ore car rails and riding on it down the mountain. “This ‘broom affair’” he says, “consisted of a piece of rubber belting and a piece of tin channelled to fit the rail. It was nailed to an old house broom.” He wore old rubber boots for brakes and found that if he cut the handle off the broom, he could double his speed.

His record for a trip down the mountain was four and one half minutes, including walking several flat stretches. On one occasion a worker had wiped grease on the rail and Bob’s rubber boot brakes became useless. His speed increased considerably. “I think I probably broke my record,” he says in his letter.

Bob’s sister Effie, a Hedley high school graduate, told me he had a good reason to rush down the mountain after

work each day. “Bob had a new English bride from Manchester,” she said. When I asked her if her brother had been a dare devil type, she said, “oh no, he was very cautious.” Possibly there were things about Bob that Effie didn’t know.

In time, others joined Bob in broom riding. Not all copied his more advanced innovation. Some just borrowed a broom and rode down.

Ken Jones, a former miner now living on Old Hedley Road, tried it once, “just for the fun. I couldn’t get the balance or the speed,” he told me. “It wasn’t for me.”

In time, company officials banned broom riding, but this left them short of more than 20 miners due to lack of transportation. To make up the deficiency they brought in a bus, and Bob MacRae was one of 2 drivers assigned to driving duties. Bob’s description of this assignment suggests the bus ride may have been more dangerous than riding the broom. “Snow, ice, rocks, cows, horses and deer on the road with numerous blind corners made it treacherous driving,” he said. “There was times I wished I was riding carefree down the mountain on my broom.”

I wonder what present day union bosses and the WCB would have to say about this practise. Unfortunately, I have seen no photos of these ingenious, hardy men racing down the mountain on their brooms.

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Orofino Winery breaks top 20 in WineAlign 2014 National Awards The WineAlign 2014 National Wine Awards of Canada results were just announced and the Similkameen Valley’s Orofino Winery ranked 18th amongst all of the wineries who competed from across the country. The 2014 edition of The Nationals were the biggest yet with over 1300 wines submitted.

“It is a big honour to be recognized at such a high level against the best wines from the best wineries in the country,” says owner/winemaker John Weber.

“Our little team here at Orofino works hard to make wines that show off the terrific vineyards in this unique appellation of the Similkameen Valley. It is all about the grapes grown in our neighbourhood.”

Orofino grabbed one of the coveted

Platinum Medals for their 2013 Celentano Vineyard Gamay. Only 14 Platinum Medals were handed out to the top 1% of wines in the competition. In addition to the Platinum Medal, the Gamay received the 4th highest score of all BC wines entered in the competition.

Head judge and Vancouver wine critic Anthony Gismondi stated “If you want to know why the Similkameen Valley is special, buy this wine.”

Orofino also received a Gold Medal for their 2013 Old Vines Home Vineyard Riesling and a Silver for their 2013 Scout Vineyard Riesling. “Riesling is a focus here at Orofino, so it is so great to win medals for those,” says co-owner Virginia Weber. “People know to come

here for great Riesling.” The 2011 Passion Pit Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon and the 2011 Scout Vineyard Syrah also won medals, bringing home a Bronze Medal for both. All of these wines were grown in Cawston Vineyards.

Orofino Winery is situated on a mature six acre vineyard on the Cawston Bench in the Similkameen Valley. The focus is on making single vineyard wines that show off the special places where they were grown. The eco-friendly winery was built using a straw bale construction method that used 890 bales to make up the walls. A solar power project was completed in 2012 and the wineshop and some of the production facility is run by solar power.

“Transborder” website aims to promote tourism along Highway 97 corridor website – route97.net.

The goal of the site, with more than 30 attractive and informative webpages, is to make visitors aware of the amazing destinations along Highway 97, give them direct links to key organizations, places, and tourism resources in the area, and to promote travel on this important Canada-United States corridor.

TOTA President & CEO Glenn Mandziuk says the new website demonstrates the benefits of two tourism regions working together to help expand visitor stays in both areas.

“This is exactly the kind of initiative we envisioned in 2012 when TOTA and

Large turnout expected for Chamber of Commerce event with Jackie Tegart Princeton’s business community is coming together Monday August 18th for a town square barbecue and a chance to talk with Jackie Tegart, MLA for Fraser-Nicola.

It is the first Business-to-Business event organized by the Chamber of Commerce in 2014.

Chamber president Brenda Crawford said Tegart will tour the town’s business areas, and hopefully share some of her own ideas about how Princeton can encourage business growth, particularly in the downtown.

Crawford described the event as a good opportunity for business owners to network, and continue their ongoing discussions about economic development.

She said she hopes between 80 and 100 people will attend the event, and added that members and non-members are welcome.

The barbecue is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

NCWEDD pledged Washington’s Chelto work together on an, Douglas and ways to grow our Okanogan Counties tourism industries,” and crossing the CaMandziuk says. nadian border into “By giving visitors British Columbia’s to North Central Thompson OkanaWashington and the gan Region, then onThompson Okana- ward to Alaska.” gan a website full of information about It includes lively and the exciting destina- informative text, imtions in both regions, ages and links about we can help to draw communities and visitors up and down destinations in areas Highway 97 for lon- such as Wenatchee ger trips. This helps National Forest, travellers and it helps Lake Chelan, Leavour tourism industry enworth, the Chanstakeholders on both neled Scablands, sides of the border.”

Moses Coulee, the NCWEDD Omak Stampede, The website introduc- historic Winthrop, tion notes: “Route 97 the Methow Valley, is the ribbon of high- Osoyoos Lake, the way that binds each Nk’Mip Desert Culcommunity with the tural Centre, Oliver next, stretching from wine country, Sumthe Cascade foothills merland, Kelowna, of the Wenatchee Na- Kalamalka Lake, (MJHP TZY \JJPQ^ Ć^JWX tional Forest through Vernon’s Sparkling

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Launch of the new Discover Route 97 website coincides with start-up of a new ground transportation shuttle service in the South Okanagan.

The South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce, along with partners in the South and Central Okanagan including TOTA and Air Canada, have announced the

new daily scheduled shuttle service from Osoyoos to Kelowna International Airport (YLW) with 10 intercommunity stops along the way. The service begins Mon., Aug. 11 and offers four round trips per day.

The Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) is a non-profit society governed by an elected Board of Directors who represent business and community tourism interests throughout the region.

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Spotlight on Smiles

Thumbs Up/Down Thumbs up to all the hard working volunteers of the Princeton Traditional Music Festival.

Princeton Pentecostal Church (The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)

Thumbs down to people who pick fruit before it is ripe.

165 Vermilion Avenue Beside the Museum, invites you to join with us in Sunday Worship 10:30 am Morning Worship 250-295-7951 Pastor Jack McNeil

St. Paul’s United Church Also serving the Anglican Community

Office: 250-295-7714

WORSHIP - 10:00 am

Names: Lisa and Karen Like: Taking holidays together

If you have a thumbs up/down or want to be our Smile of the Week, give us a call at 250-295-3535 or drop by the Spotlight at 282 Bridge Street.

Communion: 3rd Sunday of the month

Office Hours Wed. 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Thurs. 9:30 - 11 a.m.

190 - 1st Avenue Everyone Welcome

Baptist Church of Princeton

Across from Arena - Old Hedley Road Family Worship 10:00 am Prayer Meetings on Wednesday at 7:00 pm

250-295-7752

Living Water

Community Church Invites You to

38 Kenley Avenue 10:30 Morning Worship

Pastor George Donovan Tel: 250-295-7733 CELL:250-293-6447

Similkameen Spotlight August 13 2014 NEWS

Everyone was a winner at the Hayes Creek Firefighters’ BBQ and garage sale Hayes Creek Firefighters had their annual meet n greet, AGM, BBQ, raffle and garage sale at the firehall on Sunday, August 3rd.

The winner of the large trailer of firewood was Joe Medieros, presented by firefighter Peter Greizer.

The event was a great afternoon and fundrais-

er with $2,000 made for much needed equipment.

Special thanks to K & M trucking and Ken Johnson for donating the firewood and Sherry Nolan and Patti Carlson for the 6 lovely gift baskets.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Arts SHIRLEY’S ART CLASSES: Wednesday & Thursday Call Shirley at 250-295-4076 GARDEN CLUB: Meets second Tuesday of every month, 1 PM, Seniors Branch 30. Call Doreen @ 250-295-1577 ARTS COUNCIL: Meets at Noon on the third Wednesday of the month. Everyone Welcome! Contact Marjorie Holland, Pres., 250-2956718 or Joann Gabriel, Sec., 250-2953361 for location. General meetings quarterly as announced.

BUNCHGRASS QUILTERS Meet 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month at the Riverside Centre from 10 - 3 p.m..

Everyone Welcome! Contact Sharon 250295-4194 or Rosemary 250-295-6511 PRINCETON POTTERS GUILD, RIVERSIDE POTTERY STUDIO: Access to the potter’s wheel or hardwork, workshop opportunities, group projects.

Call Sue for more info or to join. 250295-0527 PRINCETON TRADITIONAL MUSIC SOCIETY: The Princeton Traditional Music Society puts on the Traditional Music Festival each year in August, featuring traditional music from many places. The three-day festival is free and run entirely by volunteers. The 100+ musicians and dancers also offer their talents for free.

If you would like to help out with the festival, please contact Jon or Rika @ 250-295-6010 Community: INTERESTED IN CHRISTIAN MEDITATION? For people who want to learn to pray with great simplicity, for people who would be willing to get to know Jesus who loves each of us immensely, for people who are at a dead end, for people who want to get to know themselves, for people who want to make a new beginning! We can go to God together and it’s free! Call me: Fr. Harry Clarke at 250295-3541.

PRINCETON LIBRARY: Tuesdays: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m./ 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Wednesdays: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Fridays: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Saturdays: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

PRINCETON MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES: 167 Vermilion Avenue 250-295-7588 princetonmuseum@gmail.com www.princetonmuseum.org WELCOME WAGON! Are you a new to Princeton? If so, we have information regarding local, civic, community services and facilities.

We also have gifts for you from local merchants and businesses. Call 1-866856-8442 HOSPITAL AUXILIARY: Meets second Monday of every month, 1:00 p.m. Hospital Board Room. For info., Call Doreen @ 250-295-1577 PRINCETON and DISTRICT COMMUNITY SKILLS CENTRE SOCIETY: Meetings are held quarterly on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m.

Joe Medieros, right, was the winner of the truck of wood.

HEDLEY LIBRARY HOURS: A reminder that the Library is open every Thurs. from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. and is located at the OAPO Hall on Scott Ave. HEDLEY OAPO: 3rd Monday of every month regular general meetings - Everyone welcome to come.

SENIORS BRANCH #30 POT LUCK SUPPER: Last Friday of every month, 5:30 p.m.

Seniors Centre. Members can invite a guest.

MEMBERS ONLY POOL TOURNAMENT: Last Tuesday of every month at the Senior’s Centre. 10:00 am WHIST & CRIB: (Seniors Branch #30) First Saturday of each month at 1 PM. Coffee & refreshments included. Everyone welcome.

VERMILION FORKS PRINCETON O.A.P.O. BRANCH #185: Regular meetings second Friday of every month at 2 p.m.. Pot luck supper every third Friday at 5:00 p.m.

SEARCH AND RESCUE TRAINING SESSIONS: Meetings will be held on the first and third Tuesday of every month. Call Arnie Powell at 250-295-6759 for more information.

LITTLE FOLKS NURSERY SCHOOL: Meetings are every third Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. at LFNS. 250-295-3083 PRINCETON LEGION BRANCH #56: Reminds all veterans that the D.V.A. Now makes home visits. For more info.

Phone 250-295-6060

Errol Bourgoin won the garden basket.

Chris Michie won the children’s basket.

Community:

Club Notes:

ELKS AND ROYAL PURPLE COUNTRY STORE: Friday’s 11 - 6 and Saturday’s 10 - 3.

Table rentals available. For info. Contact Doris Driver at 250-295-3518. Lunch available.

GRANITE CREEK PRESERVATION SOCIETY: Meet the third Thursday of every month at 1:00 p.m. in the Princeton Museum Archive Room (upstairs).

Everyone is welcome!

VISIT WITH YOUR MLA Visit MLA Jackie Tegart at the Princeton Town Hall: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.

JA SCHOOL & COMMUNITY GARDEN: New members invited to volunteer as “garden angels”attend committee meetings and garden their own plots.

Phone Sandra 250-295-3779, Sharon 250-295-4080 or JAE School 250295-6727 CINDY PAROLIN SAFE HOMES PROGRAM: Princeton and area, crisis intervention, emotional support, information, legal strategies and safe shelter in cases of abuse against women in relationships.

Call the 24 hour women’s crisis line at 250-295-8211 for confidential services.

MONDAY NIGHT BRIDGE: @ Riverside Centre 7 - 9:30. Knowledge of bridge necessary. Call Gail @ 250295-0171 Health PRINCETON COMMUNITY HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CHAC): Meets third Tuesday of every month at 7 PM at Town Hall.

PRINCETON HEALTH ACTION COMMITTEE: Regular public meetings first Wednesday of every month at 7 PM at the BPO Elks Lodge.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN: If interested in attending, please call: Barb 250-295-4050 or Del 250-295-3266 TOPS: (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) chapter meets at Riverside Wellness Centre every Thursday. Weigh-in-Time 8:30 AM Meeting 9:00–10:00 AM. For more information please contact Lynda 250295-3658 or Myrna 250-295-7272 Visit www.tops.org COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS: Group helps bereaved parents. Will meet as needed. Call Shirley Haker at 250295-3607. sehaker@persona.ca CRISIS LINE: You can call us 24 hours a day, everyday, and your call is confidential and anonymous. The crisis line is 250-493-6622.

Or call collect from locations within the South Okanagan Similkameen: (250)493-6622.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Meet Friday In Tulameen at 7:30 p.m. at Library call 250-295-7005

PRINCETON LADIES AUXILIARY LEGION BRANCH 56: Meet 2nd Tuesday of the month @ Legion Hall at 7:00 p.m.

HEDLEY MUSEUM: General Meeting, meets the 2nd Monday of each month. 6 p.m. @ The Hedley Museum THE PRINCETON RIFLE AND REVOLVER CLUB: INDOOR SHOOTING RANGE Juniors & Seniors meet at 7 p.m.. every Wednesday at the Family Centre (behind the legion). Phone 250295-6150.

VERMILION FORKS FIELD NATURALISTS: Group meets second Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m. at the Riverside Centre.

Public welcome.

OTTER VALLEY FISH & GAME: Meeting’s 3rd Thursday of each month at noon in the Club House.

VERMILION TRAILS SOCIETY: Meets at the Chamber Basement on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. For more info: Contact kvrrider@ gmail.com New Members welcome!

PXA MEETING: Held on the third Tuesday of each month. 7 p.m., at the Princeton PXA Grounds. New Members welcome!

PRINCETON FISH & GAME: Princeton Fish and Game Association, meet the second Wednesday of the Month at the Princeton Library, contact Al Lay 250-295-0250.

PRINCETON RACING DAYS ASSOCIATION: Meets the third Thursday of the month in the office at Sunflower Downs (PXA Grounds) at 6:30 p.m.

PRINCETON & DISTRICT FALL FAIR ASSOCIATION: Meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month in the office at the PXA Grounds at 6:30 p.m.

PRINCETON ROTARY CLUB: Meets every Tuesday @ 12 p.m. Heartland Restaurant (dining room). For more info. Call Judy @ 250-295-0217.

New members welcome!

COPPERHILL LANES: YBC Bowling Saturday 10 AM. Club 55. Men’s, Ladies and Mixed bowling leagues. Call 250-295-6500 for more information.

SPECIAL “O” BOARD; Meets 3rd Tuesday of the month. Contact 250-295-7218 for meeting place & time.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Tuesdays @ 7:30 p.m. Arbor House.

Thursdays @ 7:30 p.m. Baptist Church.

Old Hedley road. Contacts: Fred 250295-7272 or Marena 250-295-7663

LAPIDARY PRINCETON’S ROCK & FOSSIL CLUB: Meetings held third Tuesday of the month. 7:00 p.m. Riverside Centre. Call Franz Hofer @ 250-295-3896 for more info. New members welcome!

NEW LADIES AL-ANON MEETING: Are you concerned about someone’s drinking? Contact Central Referral @1-604-688-1716

PRINCETON COMMUNITY BAND: Meets Mondays and Thursdays 6 p.m. in the PSS Band Room.

New musicians welcome!

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Meet’s every Wednesday & Sunday at the Info Centre in Chamber Basement 7:30 P.M. Phone 1-877-234-5809

Youth GIRL GUIDES OF CANADA: Contact: Carol Mack 250-295-7085

Club Notes: FREEMASONRY: FOR MEN OF GOOD CHARACTER: Freemasonry has been active in B.C. for over 130 years. It is a fraternity open to men of all races and religions. If you are of good character and want more information, please contact: The Secretary Similkameen Lodge #95 A.F.. & A.M. C/O Box 174 Princeton, BC V0X 1W0 PRINCETON LIONS CLUB: Regular dinner meetings the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of every month @ The Chamber of Commerce at 6:30 p.m.

ROYAL PURPLE: Meetings first and third Tuesdays 7:30 PM, Princeton.

PRINCETON MINOR HOCKEY: Lori Gullison 250-295-3977 SIMILKAMEEN (JKA) SHOTOKAN KARATE CLUB: 250-295-3909 or 250-295-7374 PRINCETON POSSE JR. HOCKEY CLUB: 250-295-6544 PRINCETON FIGURE SKATING CLUB: Lynette Boyd: 250-295-7113 KOKANEE SUMMER SWIM CLUB: Lindsay: 250-295-0759 PRINCETON FAMILY SERVICES SOCIETY : FAMILY PLACE 120 Kenley Ave. open Tues., Wed, and Thursday 11- 2. (Pre-natal) 11 -12 Mom’s help prepare and enjoy lunch together.

ELKS: Meetings every second and fourth Sunday, 2 PM. ELKS AND ROYAL PURPLE: Joint meeting and pot luck supper every third Saturday at 5:30 PM. PRINCETON PERFORMING ARTS: Meet first Tuesday of each month @ 7 p.m. in Riverside Theatre. Contact Derek @ 250-295-3037 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION: General meeting held on the third Sunday of each month at 1:00 PM.

HELP US KEEP THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR UP TO DATE. Please remember to check your listing in the Spotlight Community Calendar.

If changes to your listing are needed, please call us at 250-295-3535 or email editor@similkameenspotlight.com

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Business & Service Directory AUTOMOTIVE

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS OR SERVICE HERE FOR ONLY

ALL PURPOSE ROOFING • Let me keep you dry /Reasonable rates • Any type of re-roofing & repairs • Serving the area for over 20 years • Over 60 years experience/NO Subcontracting

$15.00 PER WEEK AUTOMOTIVE

* now open 6 days a week!

Huffy’s Auto Repair 4 LICENSED MEChaNICS

2 with Extensive GM Training / 2 with 30 years experience

all mechanics take ongoing training & updating.

We have the Best Diagnostic equipment availaBle •A/C Work •Transmissions • Specialize in Computers & Computerized Fuel Injection now offering: •Flat Repairs •New Tire Sales •Wheel Balancing Can inspect motorcycles to greyhounD Buses

Ph: 250-295-6458

AUTOMOTIVE

Hope Auto Body Ltd.

• Complete collision & glass services • Courtesy Vehicles • Express repair facility - all insurance company estimates written here

966 6th Avenue, Hope, B.C. 604 •869 •5244 www.hopeautobody.ca 11/13W_HAB28

CHILDCARE

Living Water Community Childcare Now accepting applications for September!

Before and after school care for ages 7 - 12 years.

Limited space available. Providing child care in a happy, healthy environment.

Call 250-295-7733 for more information & registration. livingwatercc@eastlink.ca

FEED SUPPLY STORE FLETCHER Building Supplies

Farm Feed and Pet Food 222 Burton Ave., Princeton 250-295-6938

MACHINING

EJC General Machining Serving the Mining, Logging & Lumber Industries

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Custom & Contract Work Lathe Turning Milling Machine Large Radial Arm Drill Press Unit C, 1402 Orme St., Large Capacity Broaching Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 Hydraulic Cylinders e.j.c.5858@gmail.com

(250)315-5692

AD SPACE

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS OR SERVICE HERE FOR ONLY

$15.00 PER WEEK

•10% Seniors Discount

RAY MICHAUD

email: roofer.101@hotmail.com

Toll Free 1-877-299-ROOF (7663) Princeton: 250-295-3643 Fax: 250-295-3472 FREE ESTIMATES • ALL WORK GUARANTEED BEDDING & PELLET

Brian Coyne le y t S OldBedding & Pellet Owner

Sales & Delivery

331 Old Hedley Road PO Box 948 Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0

Ph: 250-295-0606 Fax: 250-295-6588

AD SPACE

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS OR SERVICE HERE FOR ONLY

$15.00 PER WEEK AD SPACE

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS OR SERVICE HERE FOR ONLY

CAN-AM SKIDOO Reichert Sales & Service Ltd ski-doo & can-am Sales & Service reichertsales@mac.com

Marg & Ed Reichert

Tulameen, B.C. V0X 2L0

Ph: 250-295-6489 Fax: 250-295-7768

AD SPACE

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS OR SERVICE HERE FOR ONLY

$15.00 PER WEEK GREENHOUSE

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS OR SERVICE HERE FOR ONLY

$15.00 PER WEEK

$15.00 PER WEEK

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

RENTAL SERVICES

Cell: 250-295-8025

Heather Dobbs

Licensed Property Manager 240 Bridge Street PO Box 499 Princeton, BC V0X 1W0

Office: 250-295-3222 Email: hdobbs@telus.net

ROOFING SPECIALISTS ALL PURPOSE ROOFING • Let me keep you dry /Reasonable rates • Any type of re-roofing & repairs • Serving the area for over 20 years • Over 60 years experience/NO Subcontracting

•10% Seniors Discount

RAY MICHAUD

email: roofer.101@hotmail.com

Toll Free 1-877-299-ROOF (7663) Princeton: 250-295-3643 Fax: 250-295-3472 FREE ESTIMATES • ALL WORK GUARANTEED

TOM REICHERT RENTALS Box 1C #2 Tulameen, BC V0X 2L0 Phone 250-295-7329 Fax 250-295-7395

Specializing in: Cement Finishing Damp Proofing & Forms otterrock@nethop.net

ROOFING SUPPLIES FLETCHER Building Supplies ROOFING SUPPLIES SHINGLES, METAL ONDURA...

222 Burton Ave., Princeton 250-295-6938

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Business & Service Directory AUTO PARTS

OTTER VALLEY

MAC’S AUTO PARTS 193 Vermilion Ave. Ph: 250-295-6944

Rentals, Supplies & Services 250-295-6449 www.rdlandscaping.ca Septic inStallation *Gov’t Cert./Registered/Isured*

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES

• new inStall • Replacement • maintenance contRactS

N & L SERVICES

FENCING SPECIALISTS

PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES AVAILABLE •Commercial •Residential •Industrial BINS & DISPOSAL

BACKHOE SERVICES

Brian Coyne Owner

DARYL CLARKE

Certified Septic Design & Installations / Foundation Excavations Water, Electric & Sewer Line Installations / Landscaping & Clearing

Phone: 250-295-0095

Cell: 250-293-6021

ENGRAVERS

Zorn EngravErs & TrophiEs Hermann Zorn

Government Certified and Licensed Engraver since 1966 Supplier of a complete line of quality trophies, gifts and manufacturer of plastic or metal signs & badges.

P.O. Box RR#1, Site 11, Comp 26 Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0

Phone: 250-295-6254 E-mail:hermannzorn@xplornet.com

FLOORING SERVICES

Laska’s Floor Service

•Supply

•Sales •Installation Carpet ~ Hardwood ~ Lino ~ VC Tiles Laminates ~ Engineered Wood ~ Cork ~ Area/Throw rugs Phone: 250-295-0454 / Fax: 250-295-0474 www.laskasflooring.com

Email: mlaska@nethop.net

331 Old Hedley Road PO Box 948 Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0

EQUIPMENT RENTALS

$15.00 PER WEEK YOUR AD HERE

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS OR SERVICE HERE FOR ONLY

$15.00 PER WEEK

I’m not a poet and I know it...

BUT I AM THE BEST DAMN MECHANIC IN THIS TOWN! S

TIRE

3 Licenced Mechanics

250-295-0005

TOWING

BOTTLE RETURN/RECYCLE

THE HUT

WE NOW ACCEPT ELECTRONICS FOR RECYCLING!

Bottle Depot

(* excluding small appliances)

WE ACCEPT ALL POP, JUICE, WATER, MILK, LIQUOR AND BEER CONTAINERS WE ALSO RECYCLE HOURS: 11 AM - 4 PM DAILY LIGHT BULBS! CLOSED TUESDAYS AND STAT HOLIDAYS

367 HWY. 3

250-295-3835

FENCING/SEPTIC SERVICES OTTER VALLEY Rentals, Supplies & Services

TOOL & EQUIPMENT RENTALS

Arnold Buteau Rentals

250-295-6449 www.rdlandscaping.ca Septic inStallation *Gov’t Cert./Registered/Isured* • new inStall • Replacement • maintenance contRactS

FENCING SPECIALISTS

PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES AVAILABLE •Commercial •Residential •Industrial

HANDYMAN SERVICES

HEAVY DUTY TRUCK PARTS

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS OR SERVICE HERE FOR ONLY

Truck Parts - Hydraulic Hoses ATV Accessories - Industrial Supplies

$15.00 PER WEEK

MINISTRY

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS OR SERVICE HERE FOR ONLY

Ph: 250-295-0606 Fax: 250-295-6588

HONDA WATER PUMPS, TILLERS, LAWN MOWERS, GENERATORS, SNOW BLOWERS

POST SALES

PET SUPPLIES Aquarium Supplies Aviary Supplies Herp Supplies Live Fish

Quality Foods, Toys and Supplies for your Dogs & Cats.

Phone: 250-295-7381

Gord McEwen www.westcoasteq.com Princeton, B.C. Ph: 250-295-0101 Fx: 250-295-0103 email: gord@westcoasttruckparts.com

Princeton Plaza

le y t S d Ol Posts

Brian Coyne Owner

Sales & Delivery

331 Old Hedley Road PO Box 948 Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0

Ph: 250-295-0606 Fax: 250-295-6588

SEPTIC SERVICES

RESTAURANT #

F1rst Choice

SEPTIC SERVICE

Sakchai Rick Chaicomdee

516 7th Ave. P.O. Box 128, Keremeos, BC V0X 1N0 Tel: 250-499-2561 Cell: 604-649-9908 Email: numnongkhai@hotmail.com Website: www.benjathairestaurant.com

Septic Cleaning Outhouse Rentals & Sales Mark Riegling

Owner /Operator

250-295-4191

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Spanish Mackerel Grilled With Citrus Sauce Serves 4 1 cup plain sugar syrup 1/2 cup water 4 kinkan (kumquats) 61/2 tablespoons koikuchi shoyu (soy sauce) 61/2 tablespoons mirin 61/2 tablespoons sake Zest from 1/2 yuzu (Japanese citron), substitute with one lemon, grated 4 filets Spanish mackerel, about 4 ounces each, cut in three-section filet 8 kogomi (fiddleheads), total

about 2 ounces, blanched in salted water, then refreshed in cold water (optional) 1. Put 1 cup plain sugar syrup and 1/2 cup water, and the whole kumquats, in a small saucepan, and bring to a gentle boil, then simmer for 5 minutes.

CAPRICORN: Few things can wipe away the smile on your face this week, Capricorn. You are in an eternally good mood, and your positivity is intoxicating to others around you.

AQUARIUS: Aquarius, you will have an enormous sense of accomplishment when you finish a task you thought above your skill level. Always believe in yourself.

PISCES: There is little room for things other than work this week, Pisces. Now is not the time to take on new chores. Save them for later.

ARIES: Aries, you may have to make a few minor changes to your original plan, but other than those minor adjustments there is nothing standing in your way this week.

TAURUS: Home improvement projects continue to pile up, Taurus. Use this week as an opportunity to get everything in motion and on the path to completion.

GEMINI: A few more tweaks and your master plan will be complete, Gemini. Now you just need a few able-bodied volunteers to work with you through some of the hard labor.

CANCER: Cancer, a late-summer trip makes the perfect finale to a few good weeks of recreation. A little adventure is in your future, so make the most of this opportunity.

LEO: Leo, once you have your mind made up, it is extremely difficult to sway your opinion. Others will try this week to get you onto their side.

But you’re just not feeling it.

VIRGO: Virgo, whether you have been lucky or unlucky in love as of late, this is the week for some romantic surprises. Your entire perspective could be turned on its head.

LIBRA: A small disappointment has you out of whack, Libra. Don’t let it get to you for too long. Family members will help pull you out of a brief funk and get you on your feet.

SCORPIO: Scorpio, you may be ready to make some really big changes.

Forge ahead with the plans you have created, and you will be glad for having done so.

SAGITTARIUS: Financial issues come to the forefront of a relationship, Sagittarius. Keep arguments from escalating by being open and honest about all purchases. Things can be worked out together.

FOR ENTERTAINMENT ONLY

2. Place soy sauce, mirin and sake in a saucepan and heat over medium heat until it comes to a boil. Remove from heat and cool.

3. Add grated citron zest to the cooled sauce and pour over the fish, then leave to marinate for 3 or 4 hours.

4. Remove the mackerel from the marinade, skewer each slice with 2

metal or bamboo skewers (soaked in water), and grill on a charcoal grill or broil under an oven grill, taking care not to burn the fish.

5. When nicely browned on both sides and thoroughly grilled, arrange each filet on a serving platter and garnish with poached kumquats and blanched fiddleheads. PC128338

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Announcements

Cards of Thanks Heartfelt thank you to: Dr. Munroe, Dr. Black, Nurses; Michelle, Erin, Courtenay, Dorothy, Sheri, Home Support Workers, Home Care Nurses, Jamie (Social Worker), the lab and x-ray techs, volunteer firemen and the BC Ambulance Paramedics for your care and excellent work getting Jack stable for transfer to Penticton. Extra special thanks to Merv and Rita Baker for taking care of Bella. If I’ve missed anyone I apologize. Gail Davidson The Otter Valley Fish & Game Club are listing the winners for their Annual Raffle: First Prize - Clark Esselink, Princeton, BC. Second Prize - Jody Woodward, Coalmont BC. Third Prize - Mark Jones, Tulameen, BC. Mystery Prize - Tom Fripp, Kamloops, BC. Thanks to everyone that bought tickets.

Also want to thank everyone who baked and donated to the Club Bake Sale, held Sat., it all went real well.

Thank you to those who helped to see tickets and helped with the bake sale.

Also thanks to David Parolin for donating & cutting the wood for the draw won by Mark Novak.

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Information Dr. Barry Cook’s Dentist Office is pleased to announce that Dr. Harold Prussin has joined our staff.

Dr. Prussin is a graduate of McGill University and has many years experience in all aspects of dentistry. For an appointment please leave a message at 250-295-6212 and your call will be returned.

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An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring experienced dozer and excavator operators, meals and lodging provided. Drug testing required. 1-(780)7235051.

Class 1 Driver needed, good wages/benefits, possible business opportunity. Call 250295-8855

CERTIFIED BOOM TRUCK OPERATORS WANTED * Union Environment * Possible employment in heavy construction and pipeline industries * Must be willing to work out of town and in camp. * Minimum 5 years experience Please include photocopy of certification, current resume and current abstract. Send your response to: PO Box 95045, Kingsgate Vancouver BC V5T 4T8

PCL ENERGY now hiring Journeyperson: Pipefitters, Millwrights ($40+/hr) and Scaffolders ($38+/hr) for immediate shutdown work on an industrial project in Vanscoy, SK. LOA of $145/day worked, travel and bonuses paid! We offer competitive wages and benefits.

Call 780-468-8026, send resume: pclenergyjobs@pcl.com

ROPER Ventures Ltd. is seeking equipment operators or contractors for their stump-todump logging crews. Currently, we are seeking: Experienced Processor Operators The work is less than one hour out of Rocky Mountain House.

Call 403-669-7476 or email susanr@roperventures.ca All equipment is non-smoking and successful applicants must complete substance impairment testing before commencing work.

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

Obituaries

Obituaries

Travel

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Children Daycare Centers LICENSED FAMILY DAYCARE Little League Day Care for children ages 1 to 12.

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ALLIANCE TRAFFIC GROUP Position: FLAGGER (TCP) (Princeton Area) We are looking for certified individuals with TCP tickets who hold a valid driver license. Please send us an email with your resume, drivers abstract and copies of all certificates (TCP, WHMIS, First Aid etc.) Please Contact us thru Email only. Email: tara.thuot@alliancetraffic.ca

Funeral Homes

Funeral Homes

Personals

Employment

LOST - July 28/14 around 11:00 am, Large black transportable bag/suitcase, with clothes, personal items (adult & children’s), containing all of our family vacation money, 7 km’s out towards Hedley on the straight away near PWP. Please call 250-295-0664 or 780-965-5000.

Employment

DISCRIMINATORY LEGISLATION

Advertisers are reminded that Provincial legislation forbids the publication of any advertisement which discriminates against any person because of race, religion, sex, color, nationality, ancestry or place of origin, or age, unless the condition is justified by a bona fide requirement for the work involved.

Announcements

NELSON’S Glass Ltd., located in the sunny North Okanagan Valley, is looking for a full time ticketed auto glass installer. Drivers license is required and glazing experience is an asset. Email inquiries/resume to nelsonsglass@telus.net

In Loving Memory of

KATIE GRGICH August 14, 2001

Remembering you is easy We do it every day Missing you is the hardest part As it never goes away To hear your voice.

To see your smile To sit with you and talk for awhile Would be our greatest wish Today, tomorrow, our whole life through We shall always love and remember you.

Love Louie and Family

Obituaries

Obituaries

LUBIAK MARGARET:

Margaret Lubiak of Hedley, B.C. passed away peacefully at home with family at her side, on July 31, 2014.

She leaves behind husband Richard, children Stan, Nadia and Tania.

Grandchildren; Caitlin, Evan, Kyle, Leah and Isaac.

A celebration of life will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, August 16, 2014 at Seniors Hall, 789 Scott Avenue, Hedley, BC. Memorial donations may be made to Leukemia Foundation or Canadian Cancer Society.

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.hansonsfuneral.ca.

IN LOVING MEMORY JOSEPH AMBROSE MEYER

September 13, 1921 ~ July 29, 2014

“Joe” passed away at Mariposa Gardens on Tuesday 29th with his wife Doris, son Larry and daughter-in-law, Maureen by his side. He was predeceased by his youngest son, Denny in September, 1973. He was 1 of 8 siblings and was predeceased by all of them.

Joe will be fondly remembered by his family, including wife Doris of 69 years; sons Larry (Maureen) and Allen (Corrine) (granddaughter Lindsay) ( grandson Danny). Also survived by 2 sistersin-law, numerous nieces and nephews and a couple of dear old friends in Finley & Bobby.

“Joey” as he was called by his brothers & sisters were all born in Richdale, Alberta. He worked at farming until 1947 when he and some of his brothers & sisters family’s went to Hedley BC to work at the gold stamp mill.

After the mine & mill shut down in 1955 he worked away from home at various mines in Copper Mountain, Port McNeil and Zeballoes. After 1967 he went into the construction business as a crane operator building the Peace River Dam and later building new mines in the Highland Valley area near Ashcroft BC. In the late 1970’s & 1980’s he used his handyman skills around Hedley & Keremeos.

Joe and Doris resided in Hedley for 63 years and in 2010 moved to Mariposa Gardens in Osoyoos BC. Enjoy the rest of your journey Dad. Thanks & appreciation to those very special individual care givers that were so kind and gave Dad such good care.

A family prayer service will be held at the Nunes-Pottinger Funeral Chapel in Oliver.

Urn committal will take place at a later time.

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Services

Services

Financial Services

Financial Services

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Business/Office Service

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Financial Services

Merchandise for Sale

Merchandise for Sale

Rentals

Transportation

Auto Financing

Home Repairs

Misc. for Sale

Misc. Wanted

Homes for Rent

FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928.

12’ Fibreglass boat w/oars & seat $200. Treadmill (new) $700. Planer $100. Solid brass fireplace hood w/brass trim $300 - paid $800 - unique! Call 250-292-8782

FIREARMS. ALL types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation.

Licensed Dealer. 1-866-9600045. www.dollars4guns.com.

Painting & Decorating

A- STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’ 53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock.

SPECIAL Trades are welcome.

40’ Containers under $2500!

DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each.

Also JD 544 &644 wheel Loaders Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Rentals

2 bedroom house for rent in Princeton, N/S, no pets, references required. 250-295-6449 3 bdrm, 2 bath home, energy efficient with new appliances, furnace & hot water. Heated floors & central air cond., nice yard & garage. Close to downtown. $1,000 plus DD. No pets. Must have good references. Phone 250-295-6408 and leave a message.

3 bdrm plus den, fenced yard, F/S, W/D on Similkameen Ave. $750/month plus utilities.

Available August 15. 250-2958333 3 bedroom comfortable one level, no steps, low maintenance, on large lot, quiet street, 3rd bench. Many nice features, attached garage, $900/month. Avail. Aug. 1st.

Wood furnace and Electric heat. Need 2 excellent references, No canine pets, Call 250-295-7827

WWW.PAINTSPECIAL.COM

(1) 250-899-3163

3 Rooms For $299, 2 Coats Any Colour

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls. Cloverdale Premium Quality Paint. NO PAYMENT, until job is completed!

Pets & Livestock

Feed & Hay Good horse & cow hay, bales weight between 60 - 80 lbs, 250-295-6409 ask for Trudie or John Parolin.

Local Hay for sale - square bales, horse hay. Call 250295-7678

Merchandise for Sale

Auctions ONLINE AUCTIONS: Heavy & Recreational Equipment - Terex Dozer, Chris Craft Boat, Modified E-Tec Skidoo, Customized Sled Trailer, Gang Plank Edger, Motorbike & Glorious BC Mountain Ranch. www.mcdougallauction.com.

1(800)263-4193 PV#319916

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Friendly Frank Porta potty $30, Coleman Stove $20, Tile Cutter $20.

250-295-8782

Financial Services

LIFE-CHANGING DEBT SOLUTIONS

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HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper?

KILL BED Bugs & Their Eggs!

Buy Harris Bed Bug Killer Complete Treatment Program or Kit. Available: Hardware Stores, Buy Online: homedepot.com KILL ROACHES! Buy Harris Roach Tablets.

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STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

STEEL BUILDINGS steel buildings. “steel overstock sale!” 20x20 $4,055. 25x24 $4,650. 30x32 $6,586. 32x34 $7,677. 40x48 $12,851. 47x70 $17,899. One End wall Included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-6685422. www.pioneersteel.ca

Misc. Wanted Collector Buying Coin Collections, Native Art, Estates, Gold, Silver + 250-499-0251

Cottages / Cabins

Apt/Condo for Rent 1 & 2 Bdrm apartments in new building. Close to trail & river.

Twin River 223 Burton Ave., F/S, cats OK, starting @ $700/month + utilities. 604783-7020.

1 bdrm Apt for rent in Princeton, available now. Level access in a quiet building. Need excellent references & D.D. No pets, can furnish if needed.

Rents start at $530.00 month.

Phone 1-250-295-1006 for details or leave a message with the best time to call back.

APARTMENTS FOR RENT: Small bachelor unit $450. Lg. bachelor unit $550. 1 bed. unit $650. All utilities included.

1 bedroom $550 utilities extra.

1 bedroom $500 utilities extra.

Call Karen @ 250-295-3095

Commercial/ Industrial COMMERCIAL SPACE for rent on Vermilion Ave. 1000 sq. ft. or 400 sq. ft. of commercial, with 600 sq.ft. attached living quarters. Call Karen @ 250-295-3095

Homes for Rent 2+ bdrm house for rent, incl. fridge & stove, N/S, No Pets, Avail. Sept. 1. $850/month, references required, 250.493.6308 2 bdrm mobile, large fenced yard, 2 blocks to school, located in large park, covered deck.

Avail. Sept. 1st. Great for couple or single parent. No smoking, no drugs. $750/month. Must have references. Call 250-378-4411 2 bdrm Upper suite in Princeton, $800/month includes utilities & TV, small pets OK, N/S, Call 604-465-6568 or 604-861-0506

Monthly Rentals:

Phone Princeton Castle Resort 250-295-7988

1.800.910.6402

HOUSES FOR RENT. Call Heather at 250-295-8025 PRINCETON - 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, 5 appliances, close to Cooper’s. No pets. No Smoking. Damage Deposit & references required. Avail. Sept. 1. $900 + utilities. 250-295-3988 Tulameen - 3 bdrm house, garage & shop, F/S, W/D, A/C, No smoking. $900/month plus utilities. References required.

250-295-7097 or 604-882-4939

Office/Retail 200 sqft office space available.. Call Heather 250295-8025

Suites, Lower LARGE 1-BDRM, 1 bath. Very clean. All appl’s incl, insuite laundry, ground floor of home on Auburn. With sep. entr.

A/C. Inclds heat & hydro. RV parking avail. Large fenced yard & own covered deck.

N/S. Avail. Sept. 1 or earlier if needed.

Small pet neg. $700/mo. Call (604)535-1980 for more info/viewing.

Transportation

Cottages / Cabins

• Fully furnished and includes utilities.

• Rooms from $400 - $450 • 2 Bedroom Apt. $1000 - $1200 • 4 Bedroom Apt. $1800 • 4 Bedroom Cabin by Creekside $1800 • RV Site $500 Also 2/3 Bedroom House with huge yard to the river. Fully furnished but excludes hydro: 207 Angela Ave. $1000

Auto Financing - Dream Catcher, Apply Today! Drive Today!

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Scrap Car Removal “WANTED” Scrap Cars, Trucks, Metal.

U Call I Haul.

Scrap Metal & Vehicles can be dropped off @ 680 Old Mill Rd. Cash for some.

250-295-5102

Sport Utility Vehicle GMC Terrain, 2010, 24000 kms, still under warranty, clear title, 250-295-6875

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FLETCHER Building Supplies Open Sundays 9 - 4 222 Burton Avenue email: princeton@timbrmart.ca DEAR CUSTOMER: If an advertised item is not available due to unforeseen reasons, we will either provide a “rain check” or substitute a comparable quality product whenever possible. Some products may not be exactly as shown. We aim for accuracy, but occasionally an error occurs. Any changes that have occurred will be posted in our store. ALL SALE PRICES CASH & CARRY. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES.

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