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Cougar stalking deer spotted on Tulameen Ave

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Residents called the BC Conservation Office Saturday afternoon when they spotted this cougar in a residential driveway on Tulameen Avenue. The cougar was reportedly chasing deer in the area.

Manhunt for violent fugitive ends in Cawston orchard Tara Bowie Spotlight Staff

A two-day manhunt that tore through the South Okanagan came to a dramatic conclusion in a Cawston orchard.

At 10:40 a.m. Thursday, July 23, police apprehended Ronald Arthur Teneycke at Taylor Farms on Barcello Road.

Teneycke appeared in court Friday and now faces charges of robbery and using an imitation firearm to commit an indictable offence.

The prolific offender is also facing one count of being unlawfully at large and three counts of breaching probation.

RCMP issued a warning Wednesday that Teneycke was considered armed and extremely dangerous and was in the Oliver area.

On Thursday morning an RCMP officer involved in the search spotted a truck near Cawston that looked like the one Teneycke had allegedly stolen a day earlier after a violent attack.

The officer approached and identified Teneycke alone in the vehicle and Teneycke

attempted to flee heading toward FairviewCawston Road.

Bryan Dyck, the orchard owner’s sonin-law, was in the orchard at the time of the arrest.

As he pruned in the orchard he watched helicopters search the area from the air most of the morning and thought it likely had to do with Teneycke.

When he saw the helicopters start to come down he decided to head in that direction.

Dyck said RCMP T-boned a truck, pushing it into the orcharde believes Teneycke was inside. He heard a series of gun shots.

As he came out of an orchard row, he came face-to-face with a police officer.

“He told me I better get out of there. Here I am with pruning shears in my hands and he’s telling me to get out of there and I’m hearing shots,” he said. “I’d say I was about 20 feet from them. I’m not sure who was shooting at who.”

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While a witness heard shots during the take-down of fugitive Ronald Arthur Teneycke, police would not confirm if gunfire was involved in the arrest.

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Better busing for Princeton not right around the corner Andrea DeMeer Spotlight Staff

Better bus service may be on its way to Princeton – but it isn’t exactly right around the corner.

A strategy to improve bus service in and around Princeton would benefit local riders and make it easier for residents to travel to Penticton and Kelowna, according to managers at BC Transit.

However it could be several years before new services are in place, and the plan relies on funding from both the provincial and municipal levels that is currently not available.

The Okanagan-Similkameen Transit Future Plan – developed by BC Transit after consultation with stakeholders through out the regional district – was presented to town council last week.

It calls for expanded service from Princeton to Kemereos in the next five years, including twice weekly trips between the communities, three new routes within the local market, as well as schedule adjustments that would allow riders from

the area to make regional connections between Penticton and Kelowna.

“Here in Princeton we have a lot of local transit users and we need to improve local transit,” said Maria Lockley, senior transit planner.

Princeton currently has 287 registered transit users, and there is a waiting list for trips.

Transit use in Princeton has increased in the past year by approximately seven per cent, she said.

Currently the Princeton bus system offers door-to-door service within town, and Monday, Wednesday, Friday service to Penticton via Keremeos.

Lockley described the plan to increase trips and ridership as putting “building blocks” in rural communities that can be tapped to extend the regional transit network.

There is no cost attached to the plan at this time, “but it’s going to cost more,” she told the Spotlight following the meeting.

Currently BC Transit and the municipality share the cost of busing. Princeton’s annual share of the expense is approximately $104,000 and it receives about $38,000 in offsetting revenues.

The one-way fare to Penticton from Princeton is $4.

The first step in implementing the transit plan is to adopt a governance strategy and create a transit committee that will include representation from local councils. Lockley said a timeline is uncertain as “we are in flat funding mode for three years. The province isn’t currently providing funding.”

Long term the plan calls for evening bus services in Princeton and Keremeos on Fridays, Saturday local service and a feasibility study on bus service between Princeton and Copper Mountain Mine.

The goal of the plan is to increase bus trip in the region from the current annual level of 494,000 to 1.74 million by 2040.

Council received the report as information.

Province upgrades valley’s drought Spotlight Staff

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No charges were laid following an accident in downtown Princeton last week when a 75-year-old man on a scooter was struck by a passing BMW. RCMP, ambulance attendants and emergency services workers responded to the accident, and were assisted by passersby on the street. The man was taken to Princeton General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Drought conditions in the Similkameen were upgraded Monday afternoon to Level 4 by the provincial ministry of forestry, lands and natural resources.

“At Level 4, conditions are extremely dry,” said a government release. “Further declines in stream, lake and aquifer levels could lead to water shortages and affect people, industry such as agriculture, wildlife, and fish stocks. All water users, including those who access groundwater, are urged to maximize their water conservation efforts.”

The Level 4 drought gives regional water managers the right to suspend water licenses or short-term water approvals in affected areas, dependent on stream conditions.

Kevin Huey, Princeton’s manager of infrastructure, said the municipality is reviewing the announcement.

“This just came out this afternoon so we haven’t really had a chance to talk about it.”

He said “if conditions persist” it’s possible the town will further restrict lawn watering and other water uses. “We do ask residents to be concerned and to reduce. We don’t want

to put on further restrictions but will if we have to.”

Earlier this month when Level 3 drought conditions were declared, the ministry also imposed a two month fishing ban in the Similkameen and its tributaries and requested all users, including municipalities, voluntarily reduce water consumption by 20 per cent.

Last week the RDOS issued a statement asking regional water users to reduce water consumption by 30 per cent, and announced it had already made those adjustments to at its own parks and recreation facilities.

COUNCIL PRIORITIES UPDATES

Town Hall News REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) MUNICIPAL WEBSITE DESIGN AND HOSTING The Town of Princeton is looking for a qualified website developer to redesign the Town’s municipal website. This site is used to reach a broad and diverse public and to communicate with customers, citizens, visitor, existing and potential developers and business entrepreneurs. The Town of Princeton wants to ensure its online information is not only valuable and current , but is delivered in a manner that is pleasant, easy to find, and fully promotes the wonderful beauty and opportunity that Princeton has to offer.

All Proposals should be clearly labeled with the Proponent’s name and address and the RFP title and RFP reference number as shown on the title page and must be received: At the office of Purchasing Department as follows:

By Courier or hand:

The Town of Princeton 151 Vermilion Ave Princeton, BC V0X 1W0 or

By Canada Post: The Town of Princeton Box 670, Princeton, BC V0X 1W0 Electronic Submissions as follows: By email to: smcmahon@princeton.ca

By Facsimile to: 250-295-3477 On or before the Closing Date and Time as follows: Date: August 14, 2015 Time: 3:00 pm local time The Request for Proposal is available on the Town of Princeton website - www.princeton.ca

It is important to reflect on the work that has been accomplished these past years and the work that is in progress. Council continues to identify and confirm the needs of our community, and discuss the approaches to meeting those needs.

The Town has completed many of the identified projects in accordance with our priority schedule, while a number of projects remain in progress. We have accomplished this by accessing available grant funding, efficiently scheduling projects, and leveraging budgeted funding effectively. Fiscal responsibility is balanced against the delivery of high quality services in a timely manner. In addition, the Town of Princeton is in a healthy financial position, has reasonable residential taxes, and can be counted among those municipalities in the province that are debt free.

Town of Princeton Regional Library Council is pleased to report that the Town of Princeton and the Okanagan Regional Library have reached an agreement to maintain current service levels at the Princeton Library.

Visitor Centre Relocation By locating the Visitor Information Centre in the downtown of Princeton, Council has created an opportunity to showcase the attractions and services offered by our local businesses.

Landfill Scale installation, wildlife electric fencing and just recently a cattle guard installation have been completed.

Old Hedley Road Improvements Was resurfaced and widened from Hwy 5A to the Town limits with improvements made to the intersection of the Princeton-Summerland Road; as well as a re-alignment of the Old Hedley Road near the Weyerhaeuser office building.

Town Hall Relocation The Town of Princeton renovated the Old Court House to preserve a valued heritage asset; this is now the home to the New Town Hall; Court Services remains in operation upstairs.

Directional Signage New signs were installed around town to direct visitors to tourist attractions.

Satellite Boundary Extension The Town continues to work with the Province to complete the Boundary Extension.

Business Park/Economic Development The Town of Princeton continues to work with the Princeton and District Chamber of Commerce on the topic of Economic Development and is happy to report the sale of three more lots in the business park (July 2015).

Town Website Our Town website upgrade is scheduled to be completed by the fall of 2015.

Town Hall Elevator Project Staff has acquired funding for this project and it is scheduled for installation in the fall of 2015. Council also acquired funding for the installation of an elevator at the Princeton and District Museum.

Town of Princeton Cemetery Upgrades Scheduled for 2016 the construction of a reflecting area.

This would include the construction of a gazebo and a landscaped area surrounding it. We will provide an area for the spreading of ashes, often referred to as gardens of remembrance. This area would provide a place to spread the ashes of a loved one and an area for the installation of a memorial plaque.

Phone: (250) 295-3135 * Fax: (250) 295-3477 * Email: info@princeton.ca * Website: www.princeton.ca

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Manhunt highlights system failure

The question needs to be asked why Ronald Arthur Teneycke was allowed on the street in the first place.

Ronald Teneycke’s story is a sad one. Sad for him, and far more sad for those that crossed his path.

Over the years, Teneycke, an untreated sex offender, has bounced in and out of jail, serving time for a variety of crimes. Most recently, he pleaded guilty to making or possessing explosives and possessing a weapon contrary to a court order and was sentenced to 90 days in jail intermittently on weekends, which he defaulted on earlier this month.

This led to the RCMP manhunt for the prolific offender, who was considered armed and dangerous.

This isn’t argument about getting tough on crime, or needing longer sentences. What we have here is an individual that the judicial system failed.

Teneycke’s record makes it clear he was unable to fit into society. But our system kept putting him back on the street, even as his behaviour got more and more erratic.

Despite designating Teneycke a prolific offender in 2013, little changed. He still continued to make regular appearances in court, breaching his probation conditions or being charged with new crimes.

You can look at it from two directions, either the courts needed to do a better job of protecting society from a dangerous man like Teneycke, or they needed to do a better job of getting him help, whether he wanted it or not.

The situation we face today was inevitable. Sadly, Teneycke is now endangering lives, both of the public and of the RCMP who conducted the search for him.

Now that Teneycke has been captured, we hope the courts see fit to ensure that he never be in a position to threaten this, or any, community ever again.

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For $3 billion you could buy The Los Angeles Lakers, the Toronto Maple Leafs AND the Chicago Cubs.

Three billion dollars will buy a round trip to the moon for four people, and the opportunity to take a moon walk.

For $3 billion you could own ten F-35C Lightning II Fighter jets and still have enough money left over to purchase the world’s most expense house, the 400,000 square foot Antilia Mumbia in India.

With three billion dollars you could purchase the Solomon Islands – a country that includes Guadacanal – two Airbus A380s – the largest passenger planes in the world – and 19 of the planet’s most expensive sports car, the 1963 Ferrari GTO plus a couple Lamborgini Veneno Roadsters.

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Free trade in milk, eggs, even logs?

VICTORIA – One of the rituals of life in southgovernment ended the monopoly of the Canadian ern B.C. communities is cross-border shopping for Wheat Board in 2012, and grain growers continue to certain items. compete globally. A trade deal with Korea saw tariffs Even corner store owners are known to pop down come off Korean import vehicles, and life goes on. to Washington border towns to load up a van with Another controlled and protected commodity that U.S. milk, taking advantage of a price difference is seldom discussed is logs. That’s changed with generated by our “supply management” system. the push for the Trans Pacific Partnership, as Japan The recent slide in the Canadian dollar reduces protests federal and provincial restrictions that push this pressure in the short term, but the fact remains up the cost of logs for export.

TOM FLETCHER that dairy producers are propped up in Canada. And Ottawa regulates the export of private land logs, that’s increasingly a problem as Canada pursues but only in B.C. This is a long-standing irritant for entry into the Trans Pacific Partnership, the next private land owners, holding the domestic price for big trade deal. With the U.S., Japan, Australia, New premium “J grade” Douglas fir logs below $80 per Zealand and other countries involved, it would form cubic metre while the price in Asia and Washington the largest trading bloc in the world. state has climbed above $100.

Canada uses tariffs of up to 300 per cent to protect its dairy and The U.S. has long complained about B.C.’s cheap Crown land poultry industries from foreign imports, and the higher domestic stumpage and low domestic log prices in general, viewing them as price on milk and eggs is a burden that falls most heavily on poor a subsidy to lumber production. people.

Indeed, this whole protection apparatus is designed to stimulate The industry group Dairy Farmers of Canada and others argue domestic milling, although it doesn’t seem to be working. The that reducing or removing Canada’s import protection won’t main investment by B.C. forest companies recently has been buychange the huge farm subsidies paid by European and U.S. gov- ing southern U.S. sawmills. ernments. The recent trade agreement between Canada and the The coastal industry has maintained that profits from log European Union has already chipped away at this protection. exports are keeping logging alive, paying for the harvest and proThe Conservative government is tiptoeing on this issue as a cessing of logs in B.C. With Pacific trade talks in the background, pushed hard by U.S. fall election approaches, with rural seats across the country at stake. But the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand have President Barack Obama, the latest Canada-U.S. lumber agreederegulated their dairy industries and the Canadian industry is ment is due to expire in October. It will be more difficult to defend already facing increased cheese imports due to the European what University of Alberta economist Jack Mintz calls a “Sovietstyle approach to price determination.”

Union agreement.

B.C. used to do something similar to this with wine, protectIt’s an issue to watch as the federal election heats up. The NDP has positioned itself as a defender of supply management, a par- ing a backward industry cranking out mostly god-awful plonk. ticularly touchy issue in rural Quebec, while the federal Liberals Competition made the wine industry better, and now it’s world are committed to keeping up with the U.S. and joining the Trans- class.

Pacific Partnership.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black The trend toward freer trade is broad and long. The Harper Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Couple uses vacations to give help and hope to others Art Martens livingsignificantly.ca

At a class reunion this summer I became reacquainted with my former classmate, Dr. Art Friesen.

Both Art and spouse Marlyce are highly regarded cardiologists.

“Twenty five years ago,” Art told me, “Marlyce and I decided every vacation must have a purpose. We had a desire to give something of value to the area we were visiting.”

Initially there were five “vacations” in China, where they taught at medical schools and hospitals.

They also travelled twice to The Democratic Republic of Congo.

Here they taught at a medical school and helped set up a clinic.

In 1998 they visited Ukraine. In this land from which Art’s parents had emigrated in the 1920’s, they found people living in precarious circumstances. “They asked us to come and help, so we did,” he said.

In 2000 they attended a meeting with other concerned individuals at the University of Toronto. Most were Mennonites from Ukraine, or had relatives there. This group developed a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) with a board of 8-10 members. Art and Marlyce are on the board. “All the mem-

bers of the board are highly motivated and deeply involved in various ways”, he said. “We purchased a former girls school in eastern Ukraine, about 150 kilometres from the violence. When the school was completely renovated we established the Friends of Mennonite Centre.”

The organization is funded almost entirely by donations from individuals around the globe, although most come from Canadians. It contributes financial aid and advice to Ukrainians who want to improve their nation.

“We’re a small organization,” Art said. “We don’t have many people to do the work. Anyway, it’s important that Ukrainians do the work themselves. We have 10-12 employees, including a cook.”

Many seniors in Ukraine are destitute and don’t have access to nutritious meals. Three days a week 80-120 elderly individuals show up for a free meal.

The Friends of Mennonite Centre has partnered with local governments, hospitals, orphanages and schools. “We offer help and hope in tangible ways. We assist people in dire circumstances, regardless of religion, gender or ethnic back-

ground. Sometimes people ask why we do it. I say we do it in the name of Christ.”

By Canadian standards, Ukrainian medical services are abysmally lacking. In large centres they are often at third world levels, according to Art. “In small communities they are generally hopeless. They have no budget. No one maintains the facilities or supplies medical equipment. Doctors receive $100-$200 per month. In most places they can’t live on this.

Often they require payment from patients, but people don’t have the money. Our organization has paid for about 1000 medical procedures to this time. We have also established a tele-medical service.”

The Friends of Mennonite Centre has replaced the floor of a school gym. On an ongoing basis they assist destitute farmers, also mothers and families. A school for disabled and autistic children receives assistance.

Art hopes the Centre’s example will encourage the people to again build a civil society. To develop leadership, they provide scholarships to gifted students who want to improve their country. Currently they support 44 students, all attend-

Cardiologists Marlyce and Art Friesen

ing universities in Ukraine. “When students attend universities elsewhere,” Art said, “they rarely return.”

When we were speaking by telephone recently, Art was at his computer. “Requests for help are coming in as we speak,” he told me. “A church is asking if we can provide kitchen equipment. A kindergarten needs new windows before winter.

The army is requesting stoves so the soldiers can heat meals.”

More than a million refugees have left their homes due to the conflict in the neighbouring Donetsk region. The Mennonite Centre helps groups set up and operate refugee centres. Being in eastern Ukraine, most of those requiring assistance speak Russian,

so communication is through an interpreter. Financially, The Centre runs a tight ship and administration expenses are less than 10 %.

Now in semi-retirement, the Friesens could be living comfortably in their Abbotsford home.

What they are doing may not fit our idea of a dream vacation, but the enthusiasm in Art’s voice suggests their “vacation” decision is giving them immense satisfaction and meaning.

Their example may provide a clue as to how each of us can add a serious dose of adventure and significance to our life. Anyone wanting more information on this intriguing project can google Mennonite Centre in Ukraine.

Great concert memories tell the stories of our lives It’s impressive really, that a place which could arguably be described as two blocks past the middle of nowhere (hang a right at the mule-tail and avoid the rock slide) has such fine access to concerts.

Just a thumb ride away, Penticton gets its fair share of hot performers. Journey played there recently, and Ringo Starr makes an appearance in October.

Next weekend Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley and Chris Young headline the Rockin’ River Country Music Festival in Merritt.

The annual Princeton Traditional Musical Festival coming up in August is world-class.

It’s easy to imagine an event of this caliber drawing many tens of thousands of fans in any urban setting.

Concerts really tell the stories of our lives.

Great concert memories get filed in that cerebral envelope reserved for significant moments alongside family weddings, and where we were when the planes hit the Twin Towers. (Further comparisons between mar-

Lewis and Bram – I Love You, riage, terrorism and man-made You Love Me, The Cat Came disasters are solely the responBack and Skinny Marinky sibility of the reader.)

Dinky Dink.

I saw my first concert at In the blink of an eye my 13. In an unprecedented and daughter and I were buying ticknever-to-be-repeated act of cool parenting my father drove a carets to see teen idols. We went to a Hilary Duff concert, and load of barely-pubescent girls were both escorted by security to the Kingwood Music Theatre back to our seats. Eventually at Canada’s Wonderland to see ANDREA DEMEER we graduated to really enjoying Bryan Adams. shows of mutual interest like The night was magic, and old dog Taylor Swift and Brad Paisley. marked the first time I got new tricks Where does the time go? escorted anywhere by security.

The last concert the DeMeer It was just back to my seat, but it made me feel like what my own children girls attended together was The Bay City Rollers performing at Casino Rama. The would today call ‘a badass.’

In the years following there were lots of woman beside us carried a tartan handbag and a cane. concerts, Lover Boy, Neil Young, The Who. My favorite concert memory is of Paul Not long after the Who gave it’s final, final, final farewell tour a new age of concert- McCartney when he appeared at the Air Canada Centre. Although considerably older going was born.

That meant Barney Live and Sharon than 64, the former and still-sexy Beatle per-

formed magnificently for hours and our seats for the sold-out event were fabulous.

I floated through the days following that show, humming Band on the Run and Let it Be, clipping all the press reviews and taping them to my work station.

Even Mr. DeMeer – always more of a John Lennon guy – still talks reverently about that night. Forty thousand people in downtown Toronto for one of the city’s biggest shows of the year and he managed to find a parking space only steps away from the venue, for a mere $15.

To this day we can’t go anyplace there are lots of cars without it coming up. The McCartney concert represents the parking coup against which all other spaces in our time together are measured.

For some people great parking space memories get filed in that cerebral envelope reserved for significant moments alongside family weddings, and where they were when the planes hit the Twin Towers.

SPOTLIGHT on the ARCHIVES 1 YEAR AGO:

Your input needed for BC Transit future If you have ideas about what you want to see in improvements in our current transit system over the next 25 years, BC Transit wants to hear from you.

BC Transit are asking communities throughout the Okanagan-Similkameen to assist them in building a 25-year‘ Transit Future Plan’ by requesting your input by filling out a Transit Future Plan Phase 2 survey (Similkameen Edition). There is also a larger Region-wide Super Survey for Okanagan Falls, Naramata, Osoyoos, Oliver, Princeton, Keremeos and Summerland.

5 YEARS AGO:

Hedley farmers market We invite you to partake in the first day of the Hedley Farmers Market on Sunday, August 1 from 9:00 - 1:00 on Daly Avenue, across the street from the museum (on their property with the bell tower on it). We have 10 vendors to start with (from Osoyoos to Princeton) and we may have more before the week is out. We’ve got farmers and gardeners, woodworkers, bakers, glass painters/etchers, sewers, quilters, knitters, beadwork, handmade drums, and jewelry - so far. Start small but THINK BIG! This is only the beginning. Hope to see you there!Hedley Farmers Market Society

20 YEARS AGO:

New Rec Director hired

Former Princeton resident Lyle Thomas is returning to his home town as the the new Recreation Director.

Councillor Randy McLean made the announcement at the July 17 meeting of Town Council, saying that Thomas was the best of several excellent candidates for the job.

Thomas is expected to begin his new job August 1. He has considerable experience gained from his former position in Alberta.

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Music Festival looking for volunteers Rika Ruebsaat

This year’s Princeton traditional Music Festival features an exciting lineup of new talent together with many familiar faces from past years.

Linda Chobotuck from Burnaby is one of the Festival’s new performers.

Linda grew up in a singing family and resented being sent to bed when her parents held a hootenany. But this experience left her with an extensive introduction to folk music in both American and British traditions. In that milieu everyone she respected as a musician was also a songwriter, so from an early age she made up songs.

Linda is best known as a singer and writer of labour songs. Her most widely-known song, “Canning Salmon”, which she wrote while working in a cannery in Richmond, has been recorded by several different musical groups.

One group of familiar faces that the Festival is delighted to have back is the Vancouver Morris Men. Morris dancing is a type of folk ritual and traditional dance from England going back over 500 years. It is traditionally danced only by men.

After a two-year absence the Festival is delighted to have the Vancouver Morris Men back shar-

ing their gyrations in the streets of Princeton. The group has been together for over thirty years. Go to any street festival in the Lower Mainland and you’ll probably see them dancing with bells ringing and handkerchiefs waving. They have also been known to dance on dark, rainy parking lots on Guy Fawkes Night. Enjoy their “guerrilla” street dancing this weekend.

Dancing, of course, requires music and morris dancing is danced only to live music. The Vancouver Morris Men dance to the strains of button accordion, fiddle or even a tuba.

Dancers and musicians spell each other off so that the musicians get an opportunity to dance. This means that the Vancouver Morris Men is blessed with a wealth of fine musicians.

Sometimes the musicians in the group, under the name of Rattlebone Band, play for country dances or even just for fun. Rattlebone Band will be performing at the Festival this year and they are as swift with their fingers as they are on their feet. Group singing is a central part of the morris dance tradition. Consequently Rattlebone Band’s performance will feature lots of singing along with the instrumentation.

The Vancouver Morris Men and

To the editor

Seek support when making end-of-life decisions To the editor Recently I had the experience of my life partner suddenly departing, and having to seek the need of certain essential services by appointment.

The arranged time arrived and I was greeted with the welcome mat by the attendant. I outlined the request of my wife – only the bare essentials. It was at this point that I felt my shoddy runners were soiling the mat.

The printed item checklist sheet we followed until we came to an item, described as a black carrying box, which was essential. I advised not necessary.

At this point I paid the bill, was surprised at the amount– but in no condition to question.

I was phoned and informed that the documents were ready as well as the work results. The only matter was that of the black box. Again not essential.

But I was advised it is only $45.

Now I know that the black box on an airliner is an essential piece of equipment. Not so with my wife. She

knew where she was going and had great help on how to get there. She was a great fan of Canadian composer Paul Anka who wrote I Did It My Way. In the meantime I had the opportunity to compare similar services required by three family members in Powell River, Maple Ridge and Regina – all very happy with the results, and two neighbors, the latter being by far the most costly.

Fortunately the Town of Princeton came through by mail. I received two free tickets to make use of the local landfill. I read closely the instructions – no restrictions. So if I am lucky to add these two tickets to my will before my 85th birthday the family coffers will be saved.

We are never too old to learn. I learned when you are in a vulnerable state take a family member, friend or somebody off the street for support.

Murv Baker Princeton

Cattle guard reduces deer numbers Spotlight Staff

A $25,000 cattle guard recently installed at the Princeton landfill site is already contributing to a reduction in deer in the area, according to town councillor and deer committee member Doug Pateman.

“I’ve been up there several times and they seem to be getting the hint,” he told council last Monday.

Pateman made the observation as council reviewed a resolution to be presented to the UBCM at its convention in 2015. The resolution notes the BC Conservation Service “has not adequately addressed wildlife-human conflict in the town of Princeton due to lack of facility” and calls for increased funding for the service to be more active.

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To make the festival a success the organizers will need lots of volunteers.

If you’d like to get involved, please contact them. Even if you have only a couple of hours available your help would be most welcome. Give them a call and they’ll welcome you aboard.

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Speeding tickets generate revenue for local projects

Jackie Tegart MLA, Fraser-Nicola

Let’s suppose you’re running late for an appointment and you’ve been caught speeding in a 30 km/h zone in Princeton.

You’re pulled over and a police officer hands you a fine for $196.

What a way to start your day!

But have you ever wondered what happens to the money you and thousands of other British

Columbians pay to resolve traffic tickets?

You might be surprised to learn a portion of your fine comes back to B.C. communities twice a year in the form of a grant to fund policing initiatives and community safety projects.

There’s more. As a community with a population of less than 20,000, Princeton also qualifies for a twice-yearly Small Community grant. Since March 2011, Princeton has received $2,244,824 in Small Community grants, including $295,712 just last month.

These grant programs are great for local governments because they pay for municipal projects without affecting local taxes.

This is how they work: ·The Small Community grant

program provides unconditional grants, meaning local governments can spend the funding according to their needs and priorities. The grants apply to communities with fewer than 20,000 people and are used for infrastructure, administra-

tion and delivering services. ·Traffic Fine Revenue funding comes from ticket fines and courtimposed fines on violation tickets.

The program returns 100 per cent of net traffic fine revenues to communities that are responsible for policing costs. Rural communities and municipalities with populations under 5,000 who do not pay directly for policing participate in the program through a reduction in the police tax.

There is a third grant program as well. Regional District grants are also applied twice a year and, like Small Community grants, are unconditional and can be spent however each regional district sees fit to assist with administration costs. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen received

$112,797 from the program last month, and $850,234 since 2011.

Since 2009, the Traffic Fine Revenue, Small Community and Regional District grant programs have provided more than $792 million in funding to communities throughout B.C., to help pay for local projects.

Unlike other grants that go toward a specific purpose, these grants can be used at each community’s discretion on local projects that might otherwise go unfunded.

Our government understands there is no standard formula for addressing priority projects in individual communities. These programs allow decisions to be made locally to help pay for projects that build safer, stronger communities – without burdening local taxpayers.

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Judy Robinson, an active member of the Otter Valley Fish and Game Club, was one of many area residents to visit the BC Museum’s Species at Risk exhibit, on display at the Princeton Museum last week.

Seven students also took part in a week-long day camp associated with the exhibit.

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LOCAL NON PROFIT GROUPS BENEFIT WHEN YOU SHOP LOCAL

1. Buy Local -- Support yourself: Several studies have shown that when you buy from an independent, locally owned business, rather than a nationally owned businesses, significantly more of your money is used to make purchases from other local businesses, service providers and farms -- continuing to strengthen the economic base of the community .

2. Support community groups: Non-profit organizations receive an average 250% more support from smaller business owners than they do from large businesses.

3. Keep our community unique: Where we shop, where we eat and have fun -- all of it makes our community home. Our one-of-a-kind businesses are an integral part of the distinctive character of this place. Our tourism businesses also benefit. “When people go on vacation they generally seek out destinations that offer them the sense of being someplace, not just anyplace.” ~ Richard Moe, President, National Historic Preservation Trust

generally means contributing less to sprawl, congestion, habitat loss and pollution.

public services as compared to nationally owned stores entering the community.

5. Create more good jobs: Small local businesses are the largest employer nationally and in our community, provide the most jobs to residents.

9. Buy what you want, not what someone wants you to buy: A marketplace of tens of thousands of small businesses is the best way to ensure innovation and low prices over the long-term. A multitude of small businesses, each selecting products based not on a national sales plan but on their own interests and the needs of their local customers, guarantees a much broader range of product choices.

6. Get better service: Local businesses often hire people with a better understanding of the products they are selling and take more time to get to know customers.

7. Invest in community: Local businesses are owned by people who live in this community, are less likely to leave, and are more invested in the community’s future.

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Get ready for Tulameen Days

Popular band returns for Hedley Street Dance this weekend Friday, July 31st marks the third year that Lazy Mike and the Rockin’ Recliners will bring their brand of “Harp Driven Rockin’ Blues” originals and covers to Hedley for an all ages Hedley Summer Street Dance.

Lazy Mike and the Rockin’ Recliners have been rocking Vancouver Island since 2007 with appearances at many Blues Festivals including the “Vancouver Island Blues Bash ” in Victoria and “Summertime

Blues” in Nanaimo, plus the “Powell River Blues Festival ” and at “The Sky High Blues Festival” in Rock Creek B.C. and “The Nanaimo Marine Festival” and “Blues in the Park” in Nanaimo, to name a few.

We are being hosted, in Hedley, by The Hedley Community Club. The dance is free but come and enjoy a fantastic Hedley style barbeque at 5:00 pm

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The community of Tulameen gets ready to balloon this weekend with the much-anticipated return of Tulameen Days. Events take place all weekend and include a “Superheroes and Princesses” parade Saturday at 11:15. Carnival games, a Cake Walk at the town hall, barbecues, bake sales, raffles and beach volley ball take place through Saturday. The Tulameen Fire Department hosts the Firefighter Fit Challenge Saturday beginning at 10 a.m.

The family of Vickie Lynn Shanks wish to express their gratitude to Dr. Black, the Nursing and Support Staff at Princeton General Hospital for their excellent care and kindness to Vickie during her final days.

A special thanks to Sarah who informed me of Vickie’s passing and was there when the family arrived at the hospital to comfort us.

The family also wishes to thank Marlene Smythe and the Home Support workers for their care for Vickie at home before her hospitalization.

We also thank Coleen Wedd for her kindness and assistance during the past few weeks.

Repeat offender facing new charges

Ronald Arthur Teneycke

-— With files from Dale Boyd/ Penticton Western News

Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Tulameen Community Club from Tulameen BC has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Thompson-Okanagan, for a licence for Community Hall purposes situated on Provincial Crown land located on Lots 1 - 28, Block 15, District Lot 128, YDYD .

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call from Dyck, her son-in-law telling her shots were fired in the orchard and police had arrested someone.

She’s lived in the area for more than 35 years.

“I don’t remember anything like this happening here before.

It’s pretty crazy for little old Cawston,” she said.

Earlier in July a warrant was put out for Teneycke’s arrest after he failed to show up for his intermittent (weekends only) jail sentence. Teneycke pleaded guilty to charges of making or possessing explosives and possessing a weapon contrary to a court order.

The 52-year-old was sentenced on April 9 to time served since his Jan. 22 arrest, as well as an additional 90 days, a lifetime firearm ban and three years probation.

After his sentence was suspended in April due to health related issues, Teneycke pleaded with the court to extend the start date of his sentence to no avail.

Teneycke failed to report for his weekend jail sentence June 26.

On July 16, South Okanagan

(Oliver) RCMP attended to a complaint of an armed robbery in the 6400 block of Park Drive in Oliver.

Officers attended and spoke to the business owner who advised that just shortly after 10 a.m. that day an unknown man entered the store and produced a weapon. It’s believed Teneycke was behind the armed robbery.

Around 11:30 a.m. July 22 Oliver RCMP learned that an individual picked up what they thought was a hitchhiker on Baldy Mountain Forest Service Road. Police said the individual allegedly assaulted the driver with a weapon and stole the owner’s 1999 white three-quarter ton GMC pick-up with the licence plate 7621 GG with “Okanagan Rustic Furniture” written across the back window.

RCMP issued a warning that same say stating Teneycke was considered armed and extremely dangerous and was in the Oliver area. The South East District Emergency Response team, as well as police from multiple detachments, including Penticton, were seen in Oliver where police had located a vehicle they believed Teneycke to be driving.

Teneycke spent 12 years in federal prison, most of those related to being found guilty of a sexual assault with a weapon on a 17-year-old female. Since his release in 2007, Teneycke has returned to jail several times for breaches of probation and in 2013 was found guilty of possession of methamphetamine.

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continued from page one a real or imitation gun or if a collision had occurred during the pursuit during a phone interview Monday.

He did say in an email to Black Press, “It is believed no one was injured in the arrest, but cannot be confirmed at this time.”

Tyreman said the case is still under investigation and is before courts now so details are not expected to be released.

Although Barcello Road was open to traffic, Lowe Drive was closed and police were positioned at cross roads and guarded a portion of the orchard.

Residents were not evacuated but no one could get into the area where the arrest took place.

Many residents in the Cawston area suspected Teneycke was close by when they found Fairview Road between Cawston and Oliver closed last Wednesday afternoon.

Sally Taylor, the orchard owner, was at home a short distance away at the time of the dramatic arrest.

“I didn’t really know anything about it. I was out cutting the grass on the riding lawn mower and I couldn’t hear the helicopters. I did know he was in the area so I asked one of the guys just to check the garden shed for me. I was scared he might be in there,” she said while taking a break from cutting the lawn.

Her son had called her from his job at the packing house nearby and told her to get in the house and lock the doors because Teneycke was definitely in the area.

Not long after, she received the

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Similkameen Spotlight Wednesday, July 29, 2015

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THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN! People who report suspicious activity to police! That’s how they catch the crooks.

People who leave their dogs in hot cars while they are shopping.

If you have a “Thumbs Up or Thumbs 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.

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THE SPOTLIGHT COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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

Arts

Princeton Pentecostal Church 165 Vermilion Avenue invites you to join us in Sunday Worship 10:30 am Pastor Jack McNeil 250-295-7951

Community:

Princeton Baptist Church Across from Arena Old Hedley Road Family Worship 10:00 am

250-295-7752

Health

St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s United Anglican Church Office: 250-295-7714 WORSHIP - 10:00 AM 190 - 1st Avenue Everyone Welcome

Living Water

Community Church Invites You to 38 Kenley Avenue

10:30 AM Morning Worship Pastor Jason Neufield Tel: 250-295-7733 Cell: 250-293-6224

Club Notes:

ART

HEDLEY SENIORSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; CENTRE: COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS: SHIRLEYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CLASSES: VERMILION TRAILS SOCIETY: 3rd Monday of every month regular general meetings Group helps bereaved parents.

Will meet as needed.

Call Wednesday & Thursday

Meets at the Chamber Basement on the 2nd Tuesday of Everyone 2nd Sunday Pancake Breakfast, 8 am Shirley Haker at 250-295-3607. sehaker@persona.ca Call Shirley at 250-295-4076

PEACH

welcome.

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each month at 7:00 p.m.

For more info: Contact kvrrid- 10 am. Daily Coffee & conversation 6:30 am to Â&#x201E; 8 am.

CHBC  ­ Â&#x20AC;

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Â&#x201A; er@gmail.com New Members welcome! Â&#x2020;Â&#x20AC; LINE: GARDEN CLUB: KNOW Â&#x201A; Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2026; Â&#x2026; Â&#x20AC;Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x201A; CRISIS Â&#x201A; Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2026; Â&#x201A;

Every Tuesday & Thursday exercise at 9 am.

You can call a day, is PXA MEETING: Meets third Tuesday of every month, 1 PM, Seniors

KSPS

­ Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2021; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2C6; Â&#x201E; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2C6; Â&#x201E; us 24 hours Â&#x2030;Â? everyday, and your call Â&#x201E;

­ SENIORS BRANCH #30 POT LUCK SUPPER: confidential and anonymous.

The crisis Branch 30.

CallÂ&#x160; Â&#x2020; ­ Doreen @ 250-295-1577 KHQ

Â&#x2039; Â&#x152; Â&#x2026; Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x2020; ­ Â&#x17D; Â&#x2026;

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line is 250-493

Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC;

month.

Held on the third Tuesday of each 7Â&#x160; Â&#x20AC; ­ Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC; p.m., at the KREM Â&#x2018;Â&#x201E;Â&#x201A;  ­ Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2019; Â&#x2039; Â&#x201C; Â&#x201A; Â&#x20AC; Last Â&#x2020;Â&#x2020; Â

Â&#x2020; Â&#x2039;

the South Â&#x2018;Â&#x201E;Â&#x201A;  ­

Â&#x2020; Â&#x2039;

Friday of every month, 5:30Â&#x2030; Â&#x2039; p.m. Seniors Centre.

6622. Or call collect­ Â&#x201C; Â&#x201D; Â&#x160; Â&#x192; from locations within Princeton PXA Grounds.

New Members welcome!

ARTS COUNCIL:

Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2022;Â&#x2013; A&E

Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2022;Â&#x2013;

Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2022;Â&#x2013;

Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2022;Â&#x2013;

Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2022;Â&#x2013;

Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2022;Â&#x2013; Members can invite Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2022;Â&#x2013; a guest.

Okanagan Similkameen: 250-493-6622.

Meets at Noon on the third Wednesday of theÂ&#x201A; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC; month. Â&#x201C; Â&#x2020;

Â&#x2018;Â&#x2014;Â&#x160;Â&#x2DC; ­ KXLY Â&#x2018;Â&#x2014;Â&#x160;Â&#x2DC; ­ Â&#x2026; Â&#x2039; Â&#x2018;Â&#x2014;Â&#x160;Â&#x2DC; ­

Â&#x2018; Â&#x160; Â&#x2021;

­ Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC;

PRINCETON FISH & GAME: MEMBERS ONLY Â&#x20AC;

POOL TOURNAMENT: Everyone P Welcome!

Contact Marjorie Holland, Pres., GBL ­

Â&#x201A; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x201A;

Â&#x201E; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Â&#x201E; Â&#x192; Â&#x2026;

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Â&#x201A; meet

Â&#x2020;Â&#x20AC; Princeton Fish and Game

Association, the second V Â&#x201A; CITV Â&#x201A; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x201E; Â&#x192; Â&#x2026; Last Tuesday of every Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x201E; Meet Friday & Saturday ­

Â&#x201A; Â&#x2020;Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x201A; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC; month at the Seniorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Centre.

In Tulameen at 7:30 p.m. at Li250-295-6718 or Joann Gabriel, Sec., 250-295-3361 Wednesday of the Month at the Princeton Library, conD ­

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Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC; CBUT

10:00 am brary call 250-295-7005 for location.

General meetings Â&#x2020; Â&#x20AC;

quarterly as announced. tact Al Lay 250-295-0250.

Q Â&#x160; Â&#x20AC;Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2039; Â&#x192; Â&#x2026; Â&#x160; Â&#x20AC;Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2039; Â&#x192; Â&#x2026; TLC Â&#x160; Â&#x20AC;Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2039; Â&#x192; Â&#x2026; Â&#x160; Â&#x20AC;Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2039; Â&#x192; Â&#x2026; Â&#x160; Â&#x20AC;Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2039; Â&#x192; Â&#x2026; Â&#x2020;

Â&#x192; Â&#x192; BUNCHGRASS QUILTERS Â H Â & CRIB: Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2018;

Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2018;

Â&#x192; Â&#x160;Â&#x201D; Â&#x192; ALCOHOLICS YTV Â WHIST Â&#x2122;

Â&#x160;Â&#x201D; Â&#x192; ANONYMOUS: Â&#x20AC; Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x192; Â&#x160;Â&#x201D; Â&#x192; Â&#x160;Â&#x201D; Â&#x192; Â Â Â?

ASSOCIATION: PRINCETON & DISTRICT FALL FAIR Meet 1st &N 3rdÂ?

Thursday of each month Riverside (Seniors Branch #30) TSN Â&#x20AC;Â Â&#x161; at the Â&#x2020; Â&#x2026;

Â&#x2020; Â&#x201C;Â&#x201C; First Â&#x2021; Â&#x201E;

Â&#x2039; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x2039; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC; Contacts: Fred

Â&#x2039; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x2039; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC;

Saturday of each month at 1 Tuesdays @ 7:30 p.m.

United Church.

Meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month in the office @ MC Welcome! Â&#x192; Â&#x2039;

Coffee

Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2030; Â&#x201E; Â&#x2021; Everyone welcome. Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2122;

­ Â&#x2020;

Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2030; Â&#x2019;Â? Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2039; Â&#x20AC; Â?Â? ­   Â&#x201A; Â&#x203A;  Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2030; Centre from 10Â&#x2019;Â? Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2039; Â&#x20AC; - 3 p.m.. Everyone Contact PM. & refreshments included.

250-295-7272 or Marena 250-295-7663 at the PXA Grounds at 6:30 p.m.

R ­ Â? Â&#x2020; Â&#x2021; CTVBC 250-295-6511

Â&#x192; Â&#x192; Â&#x2DC; Â&#x2DC; Â&#x2020; Â&#x20AC; Â? ­ Â&#x20AC; ­

Â&#x160; Â&#x20AC; ­ Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC; Sharon 250-295-4194 or Rosemary E Â&#x20AC; Â&#x201A;Â&#x192;  Â? Â&#x201E;   Â?Â&#x2026; Â&#x2020; Â&#x153;  Â?Â&#x17E;Â?Â? Â&#x201E;

VERMILION FORKS PRINCETON O.A.P.O. BR. #185: AL-ANON: DISC

Â&#x201C;Â&#x20AC;Â&#x; Â&#x201C;Â&#x20AC;Â&#x; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x201A;Â&#x192; Â Â? Â&#x201E; Â Â Â?Â&#x2026; Â&#x2020; Â&#x153; Â Â?Â&#x17E;Â?Â? Â&#x201E;

Â&#x2020; ROTARY CLUB: Â&#x2020; PRINCETON F POTTERS TOON ÂĄ Â&#x2020; Â&#x2039; ÂĄ Â&#x2020; Â&#x2039; Â&#x20AC; Regular Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x17D;Â you Â&#x192;Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC; Â Â&#x20AC; Â&#x201C;Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x2020;

Contact

Â&#x192;Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC; Â Â&#x20AC; Â&#x201C;Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC; PRINCETON GUILD, meetings Â&#x17D;Â second Friday of every month Â&#x20AC; at 2 Are concerned about someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drinking?

Meets every Wednesday @ 6 p.m. Heartland Restaurant G FAM Â&#x20AC;

­ Â&#x2122;Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2039; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2026; p.m..

Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2026; Â&#x20AC;Â&#x201A;Â? Â&#x192;Â&#x192;

Â&#x2026; Â&#x192; Â&#x; Â&#x201C;Â&#x20AC; Â&#x160; Â&#x2026; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2026; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x192; Â&#x152; Â&#x2026; Â&#x203A; Â&#x160; Â&#x2020; Â&#x2026; Â&#x192; Â&#x; Â&#x201C;Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2026; Â&#x192; Â&#x; Â&#x201C;Â&#x20AC; RIVERSIDE POTTERY STUDIO: Pot luck supper every third Â&#x2020; Â&#x153;  Â?Â?¢Â?

Friday at 5:00 p.m. Central Referral @1-604-688-1716 (dining room). more

info. Call Judy

@ 250-295I KTLA Â&#x2018; Â&#x160; Â? ­

Â&#x2026; Â&#x160;

Â&#x192;

Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2018; Â&#x160; Â? ­ Â&#x20AC; Â&#x17E;Â? Â? ­ Â&#x20AC; Â&#x17E;Â&#x17E;

For

Access to the potterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wheel or Â&#x2018; Â&#x160; Â? ­ hardwork, workshop op- ÂŁ Â&#x201D; ÂĄ 0217. New members welcome!

J

 Â&#x160; Â&#x2039; Â&#x201E; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2020; Â&#x192; Â&#x2026; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2122; SEARCH AND TRAINING ANONYMOUS: RSP RESCUE

Â&#x2039; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC; SESSIONS: ¤Â? NARCOTICS Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x2039; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x2039; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x2039; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC; portunities, group projects.

Call Sue for more info or to K

Â&#x2020; Â

CITY

Â&#x20AC; ­ Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC; third Tuesday Â&#x201A;

Â&#x201A;Â&#x2122;Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x192; Â&#x161; Â&#x160; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x203A; Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x203A; Â&#x192; Meetings will be held on the first and of MeetsÂ&#x201E; Â&#x2021;

every Wednesday & Sunday at Â&#x20AC;

the Info Centre Â&#x192; Â&#x161; Â&#x160;

in COPPERHILL LANES: Â&#x20AC;

join. 250-295-0527 Y Â&#x192; Â&#x17E;Â&#x201D; ÂĄ Â&#x2030; Â&#x2020; Â&#x20AC;

HIST Â&#x201C;Â&#x2020; Â&#x201E; Â&#x2020;

Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x201E; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x201E; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x2020; Â&#x2020;

every month. Call Arnie Powell at 250-295-6759 for Chamber Basement 7:00 P.M. Phone 1-877-234-5809 YBC Bowling Saturday 10 AM. Club 55. Mens, W Â&#x20AC;Â&#x2020; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x160; Â&#x192; COM Â&#x160;Â&#x201D; Â&#x192;

Â&#x2039; Â&#x2030; Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x2039;

Â&#x20AC; Â&#x160; Â&#x192;

Â&#x192; Â&#x192;

Â&#x192; Â&#x192;

­ Â&#x192; Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x2018; Â&#x160; Â&#x2021; Ladies PRINCETON TRADITIONAL MUSIC SOCIETY: more information. and Mixed bowling leagues.

Call 250-295-6500 for more B SPC Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x201C; Â&#x2039; Â&#x2020; Â&#x2020; Â&#x2020;Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2020; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC;Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2020; Â&#x2030; Club Notes: The Princeton Â&#x20AC;Â&#x20AC; Traditional Music Society puts on the information.

BRAV U Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2020;

Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x160; Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2020;

Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC;

LITTLE FOLKS NURSERY SCHOOL: Traditional Music Festival each year in August, featur- MEN OF GOOD A SHOW

Â? Â&#x2020; Â&#x192;Â&#x192;Â? Â&#x192; Â Â&#x201E;

­ Â&#x201C;

Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. ­ Â&#x201C; at FREEMASONRY: FOR

Â&#x2021; Â&#x153;Â?

CHARACTER: ­ Â&#x201C;

­ Â&#x201C;

Meetings are every third â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oâ&#x20AC;? BOARD; ¤Â? Â&#x201E; Â&#x2020; ¤Â? Â&#x201E; Â&#x2020; ing traditional music from many places.

The three-day has been active in B.C. for over 130 years.Â&#x201E;

Â&#x192; Â&#x2039; It SPECIALÂ&#x201E;

Â&#x192; Â&#x2039; WGN Â&#x20AC; Â? Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2021; Â&#x192;Â? Â?Â? Â Â&#x2020;Â&#x20AC; Â Â?Â?Â&#x2019;Â?

Â&#x192; Freemasonry

250-295-3083 Tuesday of the month.

Contact

250-295-7218 Meets 3rd

festival is free and run entirely by volunteers.

The 100+ LFNS. KAYU

Â&#x192; Â&#x192;

Â&#x192; Â&#x192; Â&#x2DC; Â&#x2DC; Â&#x2020;

Â&#x20AC; Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x192; ­ is a fraternity open to Â&#x2030;Â&#x2014;  Â&#x2013; ­ men of all races and religions.

If ÂŁ place & time.ÂĄ Â&#x2020;Â&#x;Â&#x2021; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x192; ÂĄ Â&#x2020;Â&#x;Â&#x2021; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x192; SPIKE Â&#x2039; Â&#x2039; Â&#x2039; LEGION Â&#x2039;

you are

of good character

and want more

information,

for meeting ÂĄ Â&#x2020;Â&#x;Â&#x2021; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x192; musicians and dancers also offer Â&#x2039; their talents for free.

If PRINCETON BRANCH

#56: you would like to help out with the festival, please con- Reminds all veterans that the D.V.A. Now makes home please contact: LAPIDARY PRINCETONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ROCK & FOSSIL CLUB: tact Jon or Rika @ 250-295-6010 The Secretary Similkameen Lodge #95 visits. For more info. Phone 250-295-6060 Meetings held third Tuesday of

the month. 7:00 p.m.

A.F. & A.M. C/O Box 174 Riverside Centre. Call Franz Hofer @ 250-295-3896 for Community: JA SCHOOL & COMMUNITY GARDEN:

Princeton,

BC V0X 1W0 more info. New members welcome! members to volunteer as â&#x20AC;&#x153;garden angelsâ&#x20AC;?

PEACH

New

invited

 �����   INTERESTED IN CHRISTIAN MEDITATION? ROYAL PURPLE: attend committee

CHBC Â&#x201A; Â&#x201A; Â&#x20AC; great Â&#x192; Â&#x201E; Â&#x192; Â&#x201A; meetings Â&#x20AC;Â&#x201A;Â&#x2026; and garden their own plots. Â&#x20AC;Â&#x201A;Â&#x2026; Â&#x2020; Â&#x2021; Â&#x201E;

Â&#x20AC;Â&#x201A;Â&#x2026; Â&#x2020; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2C6; Â&#x201A; Â&#x201A; Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x192; Â&#x201A; PRINCETON COMMUNITY BAND:  For people who ­ Â&#x20AC;

want to learn to pray with sim- Meetings fi rst and third Tuesdays 7:30 PM, Princeton.

Phone Sharon 250-295-4080 or KNOW Â&#x2030;

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Sandra 250-295-3779, Â&#x192; Â

Â&#x2C6; Â&#x201E; Â&#x160;

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Â&#x2C6; Â&#x201E; Â&#x160;

Band Meets Mondays and Thursdays 6 p.m. in the PSS plicity, for people who would be willing to get to know KSPS Â&#x20AC;

 250-295-6727 Â&#x152; Â&#x17D; Â&#x2021; Â&#x2020;

Â&#x2018;Â?Â&#x2019;Â&#x201C;Â&#x2020; Â&#x201E; Â&#x2039; Â&#x201E; Â&#x201A; Â&#x2039;

Â&#x20AC; JAE School Room.

New musicians welcome!

Jesus who loves each of us immensely, for people who are ELKS: Â&#x2021; Â Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x160; Â&#x201D; Â&#x2030; Â Â&#x2022; KHQ Â&#x20AC; Â&#x201E; Â&#x2021; Â Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x201E;

Â&#x2021; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x201E; at a dead end, people who want to get to know them- CINDY PAROLINÂ&#x20AC;Â&#x201A;Â&#x2026;

SAFE HOMES PROGRAM: Â&#x2013; Contact Chris at 250-295-3949. for PRINCETON CURLING KREM Â&#x152;Â&#x2039;Â&#x192; Â? Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2019; Â&#x160; Â&#x2026; Â&#x192;

  Â&#x20AC;Â&#x201A;Â&#x2026; Â&#x2020; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2C6; Â&#x152;Â&#x2039;Â&#x192; Â? Â&#x20AC;

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CLUB:

Â&#x201A; selves, for people who want to make a new beginning!

We Princeton crisis intervention, emotional supA&E

Â&#x201E; Â&#x2030;

Â&#x201E; Â&#x2030;

Â&#x201E;

Â&#x201E; and area,

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Â&#x201E;

Â&#x201E; Â&#x2030;

Â&#x201E; Â&#x2030; Leagues start Oct. 20th.

Mon mixed, Wed - Ladies, PRINCETON PERFORMING ARTS: KXLY Â&#x2026;

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can go to God Â&#x152;Â&#x2014;Â&#x2021;Â&#x2DC; Â&#x20AC; together and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sÂ&#x152;Â&#x2014;Â&#x2021;Â&#x2DC; Â&#x20AC; free! Call me: Â&#x192; Â&#x201E; Fr. Harry port, information, legal strategies and safe shelter in Thurs Day League. www.princetoncurlingclub.com or Meet first Tuesday of Â&#x20AC;Â&#x201A;Â&#x2026; Â&#x2020; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2C6; each month @ 7 p.m. in Riverside GBL Â&#x20AC; Â&#x192; Â&#x201E; Â&#x192; Â&#x201A; Â&#x20AC;Â&#x201A;Â&#x2026; women in relationships. Call Â&#x20AC;Â&#x201A;Â&#x2026; Â&#x2020; Â&#x2021; Â&#x201E; Â&#x20AC;

Â&#x192; Â&#x201A; Â Clarke at P 250-295-3541. cases of abuse against the 250-295-6400 Theatre. Contact Derek @ 250-295-3037 V Â&#x192; Â&#x201A; Â&#x192; Â&#x201E; CITV Â&#x20AC;Â&#x201A;Â&#x2026; Â&#x2020; Â&#x20AC; Â&#x2C6;

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Â&#x192; Â&#x201E; 24 hour womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Â&#x20AC;Â&#x201A;Â&#x2026;

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It is with loving memories and great sadness that the family of Vickie Lynn Shanks (nee Kendall) announces Vickieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passing on July 17th at Princeton General Hospital after a brief battle with cancer.

Vickie was born in Vancouver, BC March 26, 1954. Vickie is survived by her husband, Dale, her son Trevor Hunt, her grandson Johnathan and her granddaughter Ridley. She is also survived by her mother Patricia Kendall, two sisters, Debbie (Jim) and Terry (Robert), a niece Tamara and a nephew Bradley, a brother in-law Neil, niece Tina (Raymond), a nephew Christopher of Saint John, NB. Vickie was predeceased by her father Kenneth Kendall in 2001.

Vickie requested cremation, no service or celebration of life.

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Glen Allen Falladown March 10, 1927 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; July 26, 2014 You are in our hearts and our lives every day.

Deeply missed by wife, Martha, daughters Lynn (Ernie) Willis, Harriet (Ian) Stanley, and son Tom (Tracy) Falladown. And by 7 grandchildren (Erica, Clare, Darcy, Aimee, Hallie, Tyson and Jill), 8 great grandchildren (Kea, Tiegan, Ryland, Cade, Dailynn, Harper, Casey and Joseph) and his sister, Verna Kinross, in Ontario.

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MONICA FRANCIS

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Monica Francis Broderick, beloved mother, friend and family member. Monica passed away on July 9, 2015 at Princeton General Hospital.

Monica was born in Princeton November 10, 1932, where she greew up, met and eventually married William Broderick on November 10, 1951. William passed away November 22, 2011. They will be greatly missed. They are survived by son, Robert (Red), daughter Kellie, grandchildren Spenser and Daysen.

We wish to thank the nurses, care aides, and Dr. Black at Princeton General Hospital and Ridgewood Lodge for your compassionate care.

A private service for family and close friends will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers or cards please make donations to Ridgewood Lodge for activities.

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Rents start at $500.00 month.

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

Homes for Rent 2 bdrm home w/additional 2 bdrm loft on Auburn Crescent, recently renovated, bright and clean. F/S W/D, lg. laundry room and storage area downstairs.

Avail.

Aug. 1st, $900/month + utilities. N/S No Pets. Must have references.

Call 250-295-0898 or 1-604302-1084 2 Bedroom apt. in a quiet building. Very clean, heat included. Coin op. laundry. $700.00 a month. Phone 250295-3482 2 bedroom house, upstairs, quiet area, fenced yard, large deck, all appliances, available immediately $900/month, includes utilities. 250-295-8333

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1500 square feet. 20ft ceilings, overhead door, small office. $850.00/month. Day time call 604-877-1599 & Night time call 604-298-1948.

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HOUSES FOR RENT. Call Heather at 250-295-8025

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

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Plumbing 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.

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2 - 200 sqft office space available.. Call Heather 250295-8025

Transportation

Cars - Domestic 1991 Mazda extended cab, AC, tint, power steering, power brakes, posi traction anti lock brakes, 5 speed, excellent condition. First $1000.00 250438-0031

Large leather burgundy sofa $200.00 250-295-0440

Heavy Duty Machinery A-CHEAP, LOWEST PRICES STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock. 40’ containers as low as $2,200DMG. Huge freezers.

Experienced wood carvers needed, full time. Ph Toll free 24 hours 1-866-528-7108 or 1778-298-3192 8am-5pm. Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale 1 Walnut buffet & hutch in mint condition $400, 1 beautiful antique walnut 1960’s stereo, radio & TV with sliding doors.

Asking $500 OBO. 250-2953613 Craftsman Ride on Lawnmower, new bagger, 22HP. Bowflex Extreme 2SE. Eliptical trainer Nautilus Model E514.

Recumbent Bike Nautilus Model R514. 250-293-6336 DON’T OVERPAY! www.rtmihomes.com “Your smart housing solution” Canada’s largest provider of manufactured housing. Text or call (844)3342960. In stock 16’/20’/22’ homes on sale now!

Pallet Jack. Works well. Large capacity. Asking $150.00. Call 604-671-3123

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1 bedroom furnished suite for rent in down town Princeton, level access, including power & heat & satellite TV $550 per month. Need excellent References, D.D. Cat maybe??

Avail. Feb. 1st. Phone 604-4842783 and leave a message with the best time to call back.

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