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Spotlight StaffHappy New Year Princeton – you

are $337,706.80 richer than you were in 2015. And you’re going to keep being richer, year after year.

A long-anticipated satellite boundary extension to bring Copper Mountain Mine into the welcoming arms of the Town of Princeton was passed into law January 1, by order of BC’s Lieutenant Governor in Council.

The move almost doubles the town’s industrial tax base and the application’s driving proponent, Mayor Frank Armitage, is not shy about his plans for at least some of those new dollars.

“I’ve said it before. I am in favor of aquatics, health and wellness,” he said in an interview with The Spotlight.

While a press release announcing the geographic windfall says the tax infusion will “assist us in improv-ing Princeton’s local infrastructure and community pursuits,” the mayor acknowledge that council’s plans for an indoor pool are at the top of the list.

“It won’t get the job done, but it will get us in the discussion,” he said. “This will bring us to the table.”

An aquatic and wellness center has been identified by council as a project to mark Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017.

It’s taken two and a half years to

finalize the boundary extension.“We wish to thank Mr. Jim

O’Rourke, President and CEO of Copper Mountain Mine for his support and assistance…in making Copper Mountain Mine part of the town,” stated the release.

O’Rourke was quoted as saying “Copper Mountain is pleased to have worked with the BC government and the Town of Princeton to have the mine included in the Princeton munic-ipal boundary. This co-operative move allows the mine’s property taxes to flow directly to the Town of Princeton which will provide extra funding for projects for Princeton and area resi-dents.

“I congratulate Mayor Frank Armitage for his patience and per-sistence in navigating this achieve-ment forward through the government approvals.”

Armitage admitted that while gov-ernment workers were helpful in mov-ing the application towards a success-ful conclusion “it took a lot longer than I thought…I drove the staff nuts in Victoria.”

He said the plan had the personal approval of Premier Christy Clark and was also aided by sport and cultural minister Peter Fassbender and MLA Jackie Tegart.

Life and death efforts

Andrea DeMeerSpotlight Staff

A local team of first responders that receives only about 25 calls a year was faced with life-and-death crises three times in one week over the holidays.

“Yeah, it’s been kind of busy,” said Rob Miller, chief of Hayes Creek Fire Rescue.

Miller said his team saved lives and “went above and beyond the call of duty” in responding to two snowmobile accidents and one serious medical call.

The most critical of the incidents occurred on New Year’s Eve day, at about 2:15 p.m., when two women on a snowmobile deep in the bush hit a tree.

“They hit a tree in the middle of nowhere, they were inexperienced and they both were not wearing helmets. They really shouldn’t have been there,” said Miller.

The rescue squad had to piece together the sequence of events that followed the accident, long after they received the initial call about an injured

snowmobiler.Miller said one of the women was knocked

unconscious by the impact, and lay bleeding in the snow with a head trauma. The second rider was stunned by the accident, and after arranging her friend’s body in a prone position, she wandered in the woods for about two hours looking for help.

A third-party call to the fire department had the crew assembled with equipment ready to launch a rescue “when a pick up truck came speeding down the highway with a woman slumped over in the front.”

Rescue workers flagged down the truck. Miller said the unconscious woman had somehow been located and brought out of the bush. She had severe facial injuries, no vision and broken bones. “We were worried about brain injuries.”

While the driver was headed for Princeton General Hospital the first responders, – which continued page 12

The Hayes Creek Fire Rescue Department used the unique rescue-boggan to transport an injured snow-mobiler, suffering from trauma, shock and hypothermia, 12 kilometers through the bush to a passable road where it could meet an ambulance. The lifesaving piece of equipment was purchased for $2,500 more than 10 years ago and modified by the local department for optimal efficiency. It was pressed into service for the first time just after Christmas and performed admirably.

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Art Martensliving significantly.ca

Standing on the threshold of a new year, some of us will dare believe we can rise up like eagles and attempt what we have thus far only dreamed of. We will dare to contemplate possibilities that both excite and frighten us.

Working with out of control ado-lescents on the streets of Surrey and also at Camp Colonial in Hedley, I began to understand that within each of us lies buried a belief we are destined to accomplish some-thing significant with our lives. This understanding was bolstered one morning when Mickey refused to get out of bed and go for break-fast. Only 15, he had been sent by a judge to the One Way Adventure Foundation in the hope one of our programs would foster a less adver-sarial, criminal mind-set. He was lodged with 11 other equally diffi-

cult youths in the Coach house. Fair haired and slight of build, he could be amiable when the gods were smiling on him. When discour-agement overtook him though, he became obnoxious and obstinate. This morning, I told the workers to take the others to breakfast and I’d talk with Mickey.

I sat on the edge of his bed and we chatted casually about his fam-ily and past life. An atmosphere of despair hovered about him. His mom had visited him only once since he arrived several months ago. Her boyfriend disliked him. His mind had plunged into a deep abyss of resignation, and he had no compelling reason to get out of bed. I wondered if there was even a tiny spark that could be ignited within him.

Realizing he had awakened to a mood of utter disconsolation, I felt

I needed to divert him in the most profound way I could think of. “Mickey,” I said, “do you want to do something important with your life?” A radical departure from our conversation to that point, I discerned from the sudden restless-ness of his legs that the question had unsettled him. After a moment the restlessness ceased and a meek voice answered, “yah… I do.”

“Can I give you an idea of what it takes to do important things?” I asked. He nodded, probably hop-ing he wasn’t wandering too far onto dangerous terrain. “Almost always it begins with changing our thinking,” I said. “Changing our thinking about what we are capable of doing and about how we deal with problems. Hard things will often stand in our way. We can believe it’s possible to overcome them and do important things in

spite of them.”Mickey’s nod indicated he had

not shut me out. He threw off the bedcovers, resolutely eased out of bed and reached for his pants and shirt.

Tennis super star Serena Williams could have given Mickey, and each of us, a much fuller understanding of a more productive way of think-ing. In “My Life: Queen of the Court”, she discusses the value of planting positive, uplifting thoughts in our minds, and reinforcing them continually. When she was young, her mother told her “whatever you become, you become in your head first. You become what you think about most. Good thoughts are powerful.” Serena clung to these words and wrote dozens of post it notes, reminding herself of who she wanted to be and what she hoped to accomplish.

Mickey’s mother never learned the importance of planting a pow-erful, positive vision in the mind of her son. Like virtually every stu-dent of whom I asked the question, Mickey did have the desire to do something significant with his life. He also had at least the spark of a belief that he could.

I concluded from the experi-ences I had with our students there must be planted within each of us a belief we are capable of doing something that has meaning and value. For all of us, the start of a new year is a great time to think about what we want to accomplish in the coming 12 months, and in the rest of our life. We can believe for more and reach a little higher. We all have everything it takes to do important things.

Every person can reach a little higher in the new year

It’s a difficult thing, getting your lives together.

That’s getting your lives together, not your life. Although getting your life together is likley quite a chore as well.

Getting your lives together happens when you mix your sets, or your circles; when you bring people from one area of your life and mash them together like potatoes with people from another area of your life.

In the best of worlds it can be like introducing chocolate to peanut butter.

Under less happy circumstances it’s like pouring vodka into milk.

Imagine inviting the boys from the bowling team home for your toddler’s birthday party, or visiting your boss’s office with your entire family in tow.

Are your friends going to embarrass you? Will the kids from the neighborhood like your bowling buddies? Are you a different person at work with colleagues than you are at home with your partner and children?

There is something to be said for degrees of separation, so long as they end before personalities actually split.

The DeMeer family had a taste of circle mash-ing over the holidays when the firstborn, bright and beautiful daughter, visited from the center of the universe for seven days.

She flew from Toronto with her boyfriend of 18 months, whose family lives in Abbotsford.

Time out for an aside about the world’s size. Daughter and boyfriend met in school in Kingston Ontario, about the same time the rest of the DeMeers were pulling the canvass over the wagons and head-ing west for the Similkameen Valley. As it turns out the boyfriend’s grandparents used to own and operate a light and power company in….Princeton, British Columbia.

Cue the Twilight Zone theme. In fanciful moments it’s not hard to suppose there is more design at work than coincidence. So many decisions made and dif-ferent paths taken over the years, but perhaps some journeys are meant to intersect eventually, one way or the other. The road to Princeton, sometimes also referred to as the road less travelled.

The lovebirds parted ways shortly after wheels down in Vancouver and for five glorious days we had baby girl at home to ourselves. There was much catching up, feeding, hugging and sometimes just hours of staring at this remarkable young woman we haven’t seen since last Christmas.

Boyfriend was scheduled to arrive for a two-night visit before they would both leave New Year’s Eve.

The princess’s nerves about this first meeting

were palatable. Two parents, three teenaged brothers and several domestic pets are an overwhelming prospect for anyone. Would he run screaming back along the Hope-Princeton highway?

A list was soon started and attached to the fridge, titled Things We Will Not Do When My Boyfriend Is Here. It was amended on a daily – sometimes hourly – basis, usually after her highness entered a room populated by her siblings.

There will be no farting, while He is here.

The same goes for burping.There will be no telling of jokes originating from

Family Guy, while He is here.Everyone will be fully dressed, while He is here.Utensils will be used at every meal, while He is

here.No food fights.Nobody will shoot chipmunks with a pellet gun,

while He is here. (In fairness, we are on the road less travelled.)

For the most part the standards set were attain-able, although Mr. DeMeer drew the line at using smaller wine glasses, while He was here. Also there was no way on earth we were all going to manage wearing matching socks for two consecutive days.

Wondered briefly if there was a parallel list for the Boyfriend…Things We Will Not Discuss In Front of My Family. (Marriage? Babies?) But I doubt it.

Happily the boyfriend turned out to be a very peanut-buttery kind of guy. Seems to go just fine with everything, including parents, teenage boys and domestic pets.

The new boyfriend is just a little bit like peanut butter

old dog new tricks

ANDREA DEMEER

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Spotlight StaffThe credits are about to roll on

movie nights in Princeton.After four years of hosting film

nights at the Riverside Centre, the municipality is pulling the plug on the program, citing a waning interest from the community.

“We’ve seen a steady decline in people coming out to the mov-ies,” said Nadine McEwen, rec-reation director for the Town of Princeton. “For the town to be hosting them, it just isn’t cost effective.”

Movie nights began about four years ago. The program was ini-tiated “because we didn’t have a movie theatre here and so we decided to bring movies into the community.”

The town purchased a license providing access to recently-released theatre titles for $1300 a year.

According to McEwen the events initially drew between 50 and 100 people per show, and there were two movies featured each month. “Then we dropped it to one a month. If it’s a children or family movie we are probably hitting 70 people but for any other movie we are lucky to get 20.”

Admission for the shows is $5 per person.

“It’s the community showing us that they are doing other things so if they are not coming out to the shows we can’t justify the cost.”

McEwen suggested Princeton residents are investing in other local recreation options like hock-ey and curling, and added that big name movies are now more readily available in households through digital technology.

This Friday, January 8th, Riverside is showing The

Martian, with Matt Damon. The final movie event will be The Peanuts, shown February 26.

Spotlight StaffPrinceton is on the hunt for a new manager of

parks and infrastructure.Kevin Huey, who has held the post for three

years, will finish his tenure with the town January 15th.

He is relocating to Penticton citing family rea-sons.

“It wasn’t an easy decision that’s for sure,” he said. “Sometimes circumstances dictate these things. You have to move for family issues.”

While born and raised in Princeton, Huey came to the top job in the local works department from the

position of manager of the Kaleden and Keremeos water districts.

Major projects he oversaw during his time with the municipality include water line and sewer upgrades, renovations to the new municipal hall and the visitors’ center, pool upgrades and an aggressive roads paving program.

“The team here is amazing and it’s been a plea-sure to work with not only the mayor and council but the staff and crew, and for the people of Princeton,” he said.

“I know I’m leaving Princeton in good hands.”

Curtain falls on local movie nights

The Martian, being shown this Friday at Riverside Centre, is one of the last films in the municipality’s film program.

Public works boss resigns position

Spotlight StaffA sharp-eyed Argo maintenance worker may be responsible for saving at

least $70,000 of recreation equipment from Tulameen residences.RCMP received a call Tuesday morning about 5 a.m. from an Argo driver

who became suspicious after he saw several garage doors open on seasonal homes.

According to Sergeant Barry Kennedy four homes were broken into. One trailer and five All Terrain Vehicles were stolen.

Police found the trailer and ATVs parked at the end of a Tulameen street. “It looked like they were ready to be loaded,” he said.

Kennedy said police believe the thieves were spooked by the curious Argo employee and left the area before collecting their spoils.

He said the crimes are linked to the theft of a pick up truck the previous night in Keremeos.

Thieves leave Tulameen empty-handed

Spotlight StaffA sunny morning fol-

lowed by overcast skies turned Highway 3 east of Princeton into a skat-ing rink last Monday, causing at least four accidents on a 10 km stretch of pavement in just a few hours.

While only one driver received minor injuries, RCMP Sergeant Barry Kennedy said that man is “lucky to be alive.”

According to Kennedy the man’s Ford F150 pick up truck left the highway and crashed through the trees along the Similkameen River.

“The trees stopped him from going into the river but the cab of the truck was completely crushed, everywhere

around the driver except his head,” said Kennedy.

Passersby stopped and broke out the win-dows of the vehicle to extract the driver.

Kennedy said the

black ice conditions were caused after morn-ing sunlight produced moisture on the road which froze when the day turned overcast.

Driver avoids river, “lucky to be alive”

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BC ViewsTOM FLETCHER

I first met Stephen Harper when he was running for the Canadian Alliance leadership in 2002.

Speaking to a group of Fraser Valley members concerned that the party had split over the leadership of Stockwell Day, Harper didn’t mince words because a local reporter had showed up on a Saturday morn-ing. He explained his predic-tion that no matter who leads the conservative movement started by Preston Manning, the national media would work against it.

“The press is owned by big-L liberals and staffed by small-L liberals,” Harper said. “Preston was too cerebral; Stock was not cerebral enough. I’m not sure where I will be, but the media will always be on the other side.”

Harper’s cold war with national media is a theme that runs through his decade as prime minister, peaking in 2015 with the most slanted election coverage I’ve ever witnessed. The celebration continues over Justin Trudeau’s victory, with the supposedly non-partisan federal bureaucracy cheering along with much of the national media.

Harper’s assessment of

major newspaper ownership is no longer accurate, except for the Toronto Star. But the dying tra-dition of owners looking up from their accounting ledgers to endorse a political party continued, with the Postmedia chain and the Globe and Mail pointing out that Trudeau’s rash promises didn’t add up.

Endorsements were a brief interruption in the media assault on Harper’s record. His govern-ment’s plan to welcome 10,000 refugees, unveiled way back in January 2015, was portrayed as heartless and feeble, while Trudeau’s 25,000 by Christmas represented the generous char-acter of the true Canada.

As it turns out, the Liberals have been hard pressed to reach even the 10,000 mark. But they’ve put out a rash new promise to make it 50,000 at some point in the future, so the media’s new-found message of sunshine, hope and change continues.

Those modest $10 billion annual deficits that Trudeau

promised, and Harper warned against? Borrowing and spend-

ing will far exceed that, but we’re assured that’s because they were based on inflated C o n s e r v a t i v e financial fore-casts.

In fact, inde-pendent private sector forecasts are now the key reference for gov-ernment budgets

at the federal and provincial level. None of them predicted the further slump in energy prices that continued through 2015.

And cooking the books before an election isn’t real-ly possible any more, thanks to the establishment of the Parliamentary Budget Office. That was a Harper innovation, along with scheduled elections.

And that Trudeau pledge to raise taxes on the wealthiest Canadians and use the proceeds to finance a tax cut for the middle class? That one didn’t add up either. For one thing, wealthy people have a variety of legal ways to reduce their taxable income.

Here’s an actual front-page

headline from the Globe and Mail, reporting this unfortu-nate fact, well after the elec-tion: “The way Liberals gauged response to new tax rate explains gap.” So it was just an understandable oversight, you see.

Trudeau’s star turn in Paris, where he pronounced that “Canada is back” in the battle to control the world’s weather? The official submission from his bloated delegation to the UN climate meetings was actu-ally the existing Conservative plan, which includes phasing out coal-fired electricity gen-eration.

Harper generally represent-ed a preference for the indi-vidual over the state, a concept that at one time was known as “liberalism.” This was illustrat-ed by his preference for parents rather than a nanny state to administer child care.

He advocated free trade, small government and low taxes. We’ll see how that leg-acy survives the new govern-ment and its media cheering section.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @tom-fletcherbc

Passages of 2015: Stephen Harper

The Liberal government is sure to take some abuse over its plan to make spanking illegal in Canada.

That’s because while most people of good sense would agree it’s wrong to “hit” a child, as many as 70 per cent of Canadians are okay with “spanking” a child.

There are no available opinion polls on how many people can tell the difference.

Hint: there isn’t one.At present the Criminal Code of Canada allows

parents and guardians, including teachers, to use rea-sonable force as a means of correction for children between the ages of 2 and 12. Force is only abuse if the parent uses an instrument, strikes a child in the head or leaves a mark.

While child advocates have been lobbying for the repeal of “the spanking law,” (Section 43 of the Code) since it was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2004, the recent discussion falls out of an election promise by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to imple-ment all of the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

The TRC calls corporal punishment “a relic of a discredited past [that] has no place in Canadian schools or homes.

More than thirty countries have already outlawed spanking, recognizing its potential to cause children long term harm.

A 2012 study from the University of Manitoba suggests that children who are spanked can experi-ence the sting far into adulthood, and are more likely to develop mental illnesses including depression, mania and alcohol and drug addiction.

Mindsets towards the essential wrongness of spanking children are difficult to change.

For one thing, spanking tends to be effective in the short term. Whopping a toddler on the tush as a means of getting him to brush his teeth will likely result in excellent dental health.

So will asking nicely, or employing behavior management techniques, or using and following through on consequences, or actually helping the child to complete the task, although all those things take longer.

Spanking is learned, literally at Mom and Dad’s knee.

It’s easier to defend the practice with the line “I was spanked and I turned out okay” than it is to examine spanking’s painful roots and results.

It may be easy and it may be a programmed part of a generation’s parenting toolbox, but spanking – hitting – a child is just wrong.

Children deserve all the protections of the law that Canadians enjoy as adults. (Spanking an adult is illegal.)

Advocates of “spare the rod and spoil the child” might want to compare how they feel about spank-ing with how they feel about the treatment of other helpless beings.

For example, it would not be surprising at all to learn that 70 per cent of Canadians feel it’s definitely NOT okay to spank a dog.

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THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN! Thumbs up to Princeton Council, and especially Mayor

Frank Armitage, for the successful boundary expansion

that will benefit Princeton to the tune of $1 million over just the next three years. It’s an

incredible coup, and few municipal politicians ANYWHERE can claim such a

contribution to their hometown.

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Thumbs down to drivers who pass on Highway 3 east of Princeton in unsafe places and conditions. It’s a daily occurence and often when there are accidents on this road it’s because someone was making a stupid pass. Just sit back, turn up the tunes, and resign yourself to having to wait two minutes to get to town. Arriving in Princeton is great – but getting here as fast as possible isn’t worth killing people over.

If you have a “Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down”, give us a call at 250-295-3535 or drop by the

Spotlight at 282 Bridge Street.

Thumbs down to drivers who THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN!��

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ArtsSHIRLEY’S ART CLASSES:Wednesday & Thursday @ Riverside Center Call Shirley at 250-295-4076

GARDEN CLUB: Meets third 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., 250-295-6718 or Joann Gabriel, Sec., 250-295-3361 for location. General meetings quarterly as announced.

BUNCHGRASS QUILTERSMeet 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month at the Riverside Centre from 10 - 3 p.m.. Everyone Welcome! Contact Sharon 250-295-4194 or Rosemary 250-295-6511

PRINCETON POTTERS GUILD, RIVERSIDE POTTERY STUDIO:Access to the potter’s wheel or hardwork, workshop op-portunities, group projects. Call Sue for more info or to join. 250-295-0527

PRINCETON TRADITIONAL MUSIC SOCIETY:The Princeton Traditional Music Society puts on the Traditional Music Festival each year in August, featur-ing 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 con-tact Jon or Rika @ 250-295-6010

Community:INTERESTED IN CHRISTIAN MEDITATION?For people who want to learn to pray with great sim-plicity, 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 them-selves, 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 250-295-3541.

ORL- PRINCETON BRANCH: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 [email protected]

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 busi-nesses. Call 1-866-856-8442

HOSPITAL AUXILIARY: Meets second Monday of every month, 1:00 p.m. Hos-pital 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.

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.

Community:HEDLEY SENIORS’ CENTRE: 3rd Monday of every month regular general meetings - Everyone welcome. 2nd Sunday Pancake Breakfast, 8 am - 10 am. Daily Coffee & conversation 6:30 am to 8 am. Every Tuesday & Thursday exercise at 9 am.

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) 1st & 3rd Fridays of each month at 1 PM. Coffee & refreshments included. Everyone welcome.

VERMILION FORKS PRINCETON O.A.P.O. BR. #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 � rst 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

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 250-295-6727

CINDY PAROLIN SAFE HOMES PROGRAM: Princeton and area, crisis intervention, emotional sup-port, 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 con� -dential services.

MONDAY NIGHT BRIDGE:@ Riverside Centre 7 - 9:30. Knowledge of bridge nec-essary. Call Gail @ 250-295-0171

DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB:Wednesdays @ Riverside Centre 10:30-3. Call Arlen @ 250-295-6157

Health

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN:If interested in attending, please call: Barb 250-295-4050 or Del 250-295-3266TOPS: (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 250- 295-3658 or Myrna 250-295-7272 Visit www.tops.org

HealthCOMPASSIONATE FRIENDS: Group helps bereaved parents. Will meet as needed. Call Shirley Haker at 250-295-3607. [email protected]

CRISIS LINE: You can call us 24 hours a day, everyday, and your call is con� dential 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 & Saturday In Tulameen at 7:30 p.m. at Li-brary call 250-295-7005

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Tuesdays @ 7:30 p.m. United Church. Contacts: Fred 250-295-7272 or Marena 250-295-7663 AL-ANON:Are you concerned about someone’s drinking? Contact Central Referral @1-604-688-1716

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Meets every Wednesday & Sunday at the Info Centre in Chamber Basement 7:00 P.M. Phone 1-877-234-5809

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 #95A.F. & A.M. C/O Box 174Princeton, BC V0X 1W0

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

ELKS: Contact Chris at 250-295-3949.

PRINCETON PERFORMING ARTS: Meet � rst 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.

GRANITE CREEK PRESERVATION SOCIETY: Meet the third Thursday of every month at 1:00 p.m. in the Princeton Museum Archive Room (upstairs). Every-one is welcome! There will be no meetings in July & Aug.

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 250-295-6150.

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

OTTER VALLEY FISH & GAME:Meetings 3rd Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Club House.

Club Notes:

VERMILION TRAILS SOCIETY:Meets at the Chamber Basement on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. For more info: Contact [email protected] 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, con-tact Al Lay 250-295-0250.

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

PRINCETON ROTARY CLUB:Meets every Wednesday @ 6 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. Mens, 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.

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!

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

PRINCETON CURLING CLUB:Leagues start Oct. 20th. Mon - mixed, Wed - Ladies, Thurs - Day League. www.princetoncurlingclub.com or 250-295-6400

RECREATIONAL BADMINTON:Mondays at 8:00 pm at PSS gym, beginners welcome. Adult & Juniors (age 12+)

BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU:Mondays & Thursdays, 7:00 pm at the Princeton Baptist Church. Contact Kyle 250-295-5489

YouthGIRL GUIDES OF CANADA:Contact: Carol Mack 250-295-7085

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 Thurs. 11- 2. (Pre-natal) 11 -12 Moms help prepare and enjoy lunch together.

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 [email protected]

Princeton Pentecostal Church

165 Vermilion Avenueinvites you to join us in

Sunday Worship10:30 am

Pastor Jack McNeil250-295-7951

Princeton Baptist Church

Across from Arena - Old Hedley Road Family Worship

10:00 am

250-295-7752

St. Paul’s United Anglican Church

January 3rd - No Service

O� ce: 250-295-7714 WORSHIP - 10:00 AM

190 - 1st AvenueEveryone Welcome

Living Water Community Church38 Kenley Avenue

10:30 AM Morning WorshipPastor Jason Neu� eldKids Club Fridays @ 6Youth Fridays @ 7:30

Tel: 250-295-7733

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Putting you in touch with the right business. Keep these

numbers for all of your service and shopping needs!

MAC’S AUTO PARTS193 Vermilion Ave.Ph: 250-295-6944HONDAWATER PUMPS, TILLERS, LAWN MOWERS, GENERATORS, SNOW BLOWERS

3 Licenced Mechanics 250-295-0005

I’m not a poet and I know it...

BUT I AM THE BEST DAMN

MECHANIC IN THIS TOWN!

TIRESTOWING

N & L SERVICESSERVICES

THE HUT Bottle Depot

367 Hwy. 3 250-295-3835

WE ACCEPT MOST BEVERAGE CONTAINERS

HOURS: 11 AM - 4 PM DAILY

CLOSED TUESDAYS AND STAT HOLIDAYS

• Electronics• Household Fire

Alarms• C02 Alarms• Light Bulbs

Drop off only during regular hours.

THE HUT

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

Brian CoyneOwner

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

Brian Coyne

Phone: 250-295-7381 Princeton Plaza

Quality Foods,

Toys and Supplies for your

Dogs & Cats.

Aquarium Supplies Aviary Supplies

Herp SuppliesLive Fish

PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES AVAILABLE

•Commercial •Residential •Industrial

OTTER VALLEY

Rentals, Supplies & Services

250-295-6449

Septic inStallation *Gov’t Cert./Registered/Isured*

• new inStall • Replacement • maintenance contRactS

FENCING SPECIALISTS

www.rdlandscaping.ca

OTTER VALLEY

Princeton HeatingHeating and Air Conditioning Specialist

• Gas Fitting• Custom Sheet Metal• Lennox Dealer• Wett Certi� ed • Chimney and Wood Stove Inspections• Pellet Stove Installations

Family owned and serving the area since 1968.Ty French 250-295-8341YOUR AD COULD BE HERE!

Call 250-295-3535

for more information.

Laska’s Floor Service•Supply •Sales •Installation

Phone: 250-295-0454 / Fax: 250-295-0474 Email: [email protected]

www.laskasflooring.com

Carpet ~ Hardwood ~ Lino ~ VC TilesLaminates ~ Engineered Wood ~ Cork~ Area/Throw rugs

Email: [email protected]

Open 6 days/weekMon 9-5, Tues-Sat. 8-5

295 Culbertson Way

250-295-7155 250-295-6668 after hours

• New Wash Systems

• New Vacuums

• Wash Bays Open 24/7

• Auto & Bottle Propane

• Showers & Ice

• Year round RV spaces available.

• Propane available during offi ce hours.

Pellets Available $3/bag

Spit n’ Polish

Space for RentHigh ReadershipReasonable Rates

Monthly LeaseCall for details250-295-3535331 Old Hedley Road

PO Box 948Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0

Brian CoyneOwner

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

Old Style

Sales & DeliveryPosts

Open Daily 11-3, 4:30 - 8:30

Closed TuesdaysTel: 250-499-2561 Cell: 604-649-9908

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.benjathairestaurant.com

YOUR AD COULD BE HERE!

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$15 per week + GST

(with a minimum 4 week committment).

Ask us about our multi-market deal

and � nd even more customers!

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4 LICENSED MEChaNICS 2 with Extensive GM Training / 2 with 30 years experienceall mechanics take ongoing training & updating. We have the Best Diagnostic equipment availaBle•A/C Work •Transmissions • Specialize in Computers & Computerized Fuel Injectionnow offering: •Flat Repairs •New Tire Sales •Wheel BalancingCan inspect motorcycles to greyhounD Buses

Huffy’s Auto Repair

Ph: 250-295-6458

* now open 6 days a week! Huffy’s Auto Repair

331 Old Hedley Road

PO Box 948Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0

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

Brian CoyneOwner

Old Style

Sales & DeliveryBedding & Pellet

Reichert Sales & Service Ltdski-doo & can-am Sales & Service

[email protected] & Ed ReichertPh: 250-295-6489Fax: 250-295-7768

Tulameen, B.C.V0X 2L0

Serving the Similkameen Valley ◆ 250-295-50811-855-646-8986 ◆ [email protected]

• High Efficiency Furnaces• Boilers, mid and high efficiency• Full Ducting Installations• High Velocity Systems• Residential & Commercial Units• Trailer Furnaces, LPG or Nat. gas

• On Demand Water Heaters• Gas fitting, bbq lines, underground• Fireplaces• Radiant In Floor Heat• Hot water tanks• FREE ESTIMATES

Services & Installation

LINCOLN HEATING Inc.a name you can trust

TOM REICHERT RENTALSBox 1C #2 Tulameen, BC V0X 2L0 Phone 250-295-7329 Fax 250-295-7395Specializing in: Cement Finishing Damp Proofi ng & Forms

[email protected]



Call 250-295-3535


Increase exposure by advertising in

future business directories.

$15 per week + GST (with a minimum 4

week committment). Ask us about our

multi-market deal and � nd even

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SEPTIC SERVICEF1rst Choice

Septic CleaningOuthouse Rentals & Sales

Mark Riegling Owner /Operator

250-295-4191

LINCOLN HEATING Inc.LINCOLN HEATING Inc.LINCOLN HEATING Inc.LINCOLN HEATING Inc.LINCOLN HEATING Inc.LINCOLN HEATING Inc.LINCOLN HEATING Inc.

FLETCHER Building Supplies

email: [email protected]

250-295-6938

222 Burton Ave.,PrincetonWinter Hours: Open @ 8-5 Mon-Fri, 8:30 -5 Sat, 9-4 SunROOFING SUPPLIESSHINGLES,

METALONDURA...

FLETCHER Building Supplies

email: [email protected]

Farm Feed and Pet

Food

222 Burton Ave.,PrincetonWinter Hours: Open @ 8-5 Mon-Fri, 8:30 -5 Sat, 9-4 Sun

TOOL & EQUIPMENT RENTALSGord McEwenRentals

[email protected]

TOM REICHERT RENTALS

YOUR AD COULD

BE HERE!Call 250-295-3535


#7-136 Tapton Ave., Princeton [email protected]

Princeton Paint and Decorating

Authorized Cloverdale Paint Dealer

Shade-o-maticHabitat Phone: 250-295-6732

Mark & Edith Howarth

Paint, Wallpaper, Custom Blinds, Rentals


Space for RentHigh ReadershipReasonable RatesMonthly LeaseCall for details250-295-3535

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Monthly Rentals:• Fully furnished and includes utilities.

• Room with Kitchenette$450

• 2 Bedroom Apt., bathroom & kitchenette $1000 - $1200

• 2 Bedroom Lakefront Apartment $1000 - $1200

• 4 Bedroom Apartment $1800

Phone Princeton Castle Resort250-295-7988

CANADA BENEFIT Group - Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll-free 1-888-511-2250 or www.canada benefi t.ca/free-assessment

Travel

TimeshareCANCEL YOUR Timeshare. No risk program stop mort-gage & maintenance pay-ments today. 100% money back guarantee. Free consul-tation. Call us now. We can help! 1-888-356-5248

Children

Daycare Centers

LICENSED FAMILY DAYCARE

Little League Day Care for children ages 1 to 12.

Call to set up an interview.23 Years experience

250-295-3493 Yvonne

Employment

Business Opportunities

HIP OR Knee replacement? Arthritic Conditions/COPD? Restrictions in Walking/Dress-ing? Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. Apply Today For As-sistance: 1-844-453-5372.

Education/Trade Schools

HEALTHCARE DOCUMEN-TATION Specialists in huge demand. Employers prefer CanScribe graduates. A great work-from-home career! Con-tact us now to start your train-ing day. www.canscribe.com. 1-800-466-1535. [email protected]

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT SCHOOL. Hands-On Tasks. Start Weekly. GPS Training!

Funding & Housing Avail! Job Aid! Already a HEO?

Get certifi cation proof.Call 1-866-399-3853 or go to:

iheschool.com

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

START A new career in Graphic Arts, Healthcare, Business, Education or Infor-mation Tech. If you have a GED, call: 855-670-9765

TRAIN TO be an apart-ment/condo manager. Many jobs registered with us. Good wages and benefi ts. Govern-ment Certifi ed online course. 35 Years of success!www.RMTI.ca/enq

Services

Financial Services

LARGE FUNDBorrowers Wanted

Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or

604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

Painting & Decorating

WWW.PAINTSPECIAL.COM (1) 250-899-3163

3 Rooms For $2992 Coats Any Colour

(Ceiling & Trim extra)Price incls. Cloverdale High

Performance Paint. NO PAYMENT,until job is completed!

PlumbingFULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928

A-CHEAP, LOWEST PRICES STEEL SHIPPING Dry Storage Containers Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated con-tainers 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 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm. De-livery BC and AB www.rtccon-tainer.com

Misc. for SaleSAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - make money and save money with your own bandmill - cut lumber any di-mension. In stock ready to ship. Free info and DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

Misc. WantedFIREARMS. ALL types want-ed, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed Dealer. 1-86-960-0045. www.dollars4guns.com

Misc for RentMisc for Rent

Obituaries ObituariesObituaries

Announcements Employment Merchandise for Sale Rentals

Information Education/Trade Schools

Heavy Duty Machinery

Apt/Condo for Rent1 & 2 Bdrm apartments in new building. Close to trail & river. Twin River 223 Burton Ave., F/S, cats OK, starting @ $700/month + utilities. 604-783-7020 or 604-721-4234

Apartments for rent in Prince-ton, available now. Level ac-cess in a quiet building. Need excellent references & D.D. No pets, can furnish if needed. Rents start at $500.00 month. Phone 1-250-295-1006 for de-tails or leave a message with the best time to call back.

Homes for Rent2bdrm (plus small offi ce) on river in town, wood burning stove, new fridge, stove, washer, dryer, heat pump, nice yard, alley access, $995, avail. now, 250-295-7635, [email protected]. Utilities average $58/mo.

3+ bedroom house next to golf course, wood stove, large yard, $700 a month, 509-477-9504 or 250-295-3536

For LeaseCommercial space for lease. 1500 square feet. 20ft ceilings, overhead door, small offi ce. $800.00/month. Day time call 604-877-1599 & Night time call 604-298-1948.

Like new view home on acreage. Quiet main fl oor suite. 3 bedrooms, 2 bath-rooms, jacuzzi tub and gas fi replace. All appliances, laun-dry and utilities included. $950/month 250-295-3966

Newly renovated 2 bdrm home for rent in Princeton, N/S, references required, fully fenced yard, F/S W/D. 250-295-6449 or 250-295-8504

To advertise in print:Call: 250-295-3535 Email: [email protected]

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included a former BC paramedic– convinced the driver of the truck to remain at the fire hall, where the victim could receive immedi-ate care and wait for an ambulance to transport her to Penticton General Hospital.

She suffered a cracked skull and bleed-ing in the brain, and was being treated in the Intensive Care Unit as of the weekend.

The second woman also received medical care in Penticton for “a huge bump on the head.”

It proved to be a stressful afternoon for the Hayes Creek first responders, as it came on the heels of anoth-er snowmobile acci-dent that necessitated a lengthy and intense res-cue during the Osprey Snow Wheelers’ annual Poker Run.

That incident occurred Sunday, December 27. A 41-year-old Mission woman, one of 47 riders in the event, turned her snowmobile over into the ditch. The accident took place about 12 kilo-meters from a passable road, and both the per-son reporting the emer-gency and the person-nel who responded were forced to rely on radio relays to pass informa-tion.

The Hayes Creek team drove a rescue-boggan into the bush to retrieve the victim, who was unable to move and suffering from shock and hypothermia by the time responders accessed the scene. It took about 45 minutes for the rescue-boggan, which was also accompanied by a nurse and two off-duty Chilliwack firefighters, to reach a waiting ambulance.

The woman was treated at Penticton General Hospital and released after four days.

Miller said while the rescue-boggan

was purchased by the department in 2004 this was the first time it was put to use. “We were glad to have it,” he said. The vehicle has both skis and wheels, and room for one patient and a first responder. “It was a relief to everyone, to know we were going to get her out.”

The holidays in the Osprey Lake area were marred a final time in the early hours of the New Year. A 62-year-old Chain Lake man suf-fered a collapse in his home January 1st about 5 a.m and was driven to Princeton General Hospital by ambu-lance. Hayes Creek first responders performed CPR on the patient and helped lift and transport him to Princeton, where he remains in hospital.

“It saved the guys’ life. It’s never very good when you are doing CPR on someone. It’s not very often that you bring somebody back. It happens in television shows every time, but not in real life.”

First responders go “above and beyond” to save lives

Jackie TegartMLA Fraser-Nicola

As one year ends and another begins, it’s important to take a look back at what we have accomplished in the past and what we hope to achieve in the future.

For the Princeton area it was a busy 2015 with some major road improvements along the Highway 3 corridor, funding for arts and culture - including $14,000 for the Princeton Arts Council and nearly $50,000 distributed to local organizations through Community Gaming Grants, and $250,000 to make two public buildings more acces-sible (for a complete list of Nicola Valley 2015 achievements visit my website www.jackietegart.ca).

Transportation is an ongoing issue in our rural areas and this past year the Ministry of Transportation has complet-ed significant portions of the 2015/2016 Road Improvement Program valued at over

$44M in Fraser Nicola. Road improve-ments in the Princeton area included a partnership with the federal government to widen and realign 5.3 km of Highway 3 from Sunday Summit to Sunday Creek,

installation of two overhead warning signs at Whipsaw Creek, and road widening on Highway 3 at Saturday Creek.

While these works have greatly enhanced road safety, with winter now here, I’m aware of the importance of highway maintenance. That’s why I met with local Highway’s Department officials in late December to discuss ways we can ensure our highways are kept clean and safe. If you have specific issues regarding the condition of our highways, please con-tact my office and I’ll ensure that informa-tion is included in the maintenance contract renewal process, which will begin in 2016.

Together we have accomplished much this past year. I am honored to represent you in Victoria, and thank you for the work you do for your communities. I am looking forward to a busy 2016 and wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!

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