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Electronics recycling at the Hut Lisa Carleton lisa@similkameenspotlight.com

A one stop shop for recycling is what Bill and Ann Vowles of The Hut are working towards. The Hut is the local bottle depot ( the Return-It location for bottles and containers with a B.C. deposit). The recycling of milk containers has been included for quite some time and in August of this year, the LightRecycle program began. Bill and Ann are excited to announce now, that electronics are accepted for recycling at The Hut. Approved electronics for the recycle program are items such as; portable audio video products, non-cellular telephones and answering machines, computer and video gaming peripherals, aftermarket vehicle electronic products, audio video and gaming products, printing products and multi-function devices, all-in-one and floor standing products, electronic musical instruments, monitors, televisions, desktop and portable computers, CPUs, laptops, notebooks, netbooks and tablets, servers, server modules and data storage and electronic toys. Items that are not acceptable for recycling are; communication products (ie; cellular phones), small appliances, large appliances and electric power tools. “All the electronic products included in the recycle program are 100 percent recycled,” said Bill Vowles, “nothing ends up in the landfill.” There are a few rules that go along with the

recycling programs at The Hut. Electronics must come in whole—not in pieces. You may if you wish, remove and destroy the hard drive from your computer. LightRecycle - bulbs must be brought in whole. If they are smashed or broken they are considered to be hazardous waste and can not be recycled. Milk containers - should be rinsed and may be crushed flat. Bring in the lids as well (separate from container) as they can be recycled too. Give your beverage bottles and cans a rinse before bagging them to bring them in for returns or even if you are dropping them into one of the donation bins. The Hut donation bins are currently housing donations for Halloween Family Fun Night, The Crisis Assistance Society, The Rotary Kitchen Project and the Community Bin for which Bill and Ann choose the recipients. (Usually sports programs.) The Hut also has a “Book by Donation” program which raises funds for local sport teams and the SPCA. Join Bill and Ann Vowles in their efforts to reduce and recycle. Before sticking stuff in the garbage - headed for the landfill ask yourself, “Can I recycle or return this item?” If it is acceptable in the electronics, LightRecycle or Milk container programs—get it up to The Hut.

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Electronics are now accepted for recycling at The Hut as well as light bulbs and milk containers.

Celebrate ~ October is Community Living month Lynn Pelly

Princeton & District Community Services

October is Community Living month – a time set aside to acknowledge the great strides that have been made in the lives of people with amazing abilities! For many years the focus was sadly on a person’s disability, losing sight of the many awesome qualities that the individual possesses. Just as many young people and adults were hidden away in institutions, the abilities of each person were rarely identified and appreciated. Today, the possibilities are endless and

I’m pleased to say that the individuals we support are living happy, productive lives in a very welcoming community. We support 27 individuals in our programs for adults with intellectual disabilities. Our goal is to assist them in reaching their full potential as members of our community. We provide knowledgeable and innovative support staff to guide them in their journey. We provide or find safe and affordable housing suitable to each person. Together we nurture opportunities that encourage inclusion in the community and employment and social/

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recreational choices specific to individual needs and desires. Each step taken is intended to increase their independence, their choices and their well-being. Their successes, big and small, are celebrated. We are so often humbled by their ability to overcome obstacles as they follow their dreams. Their increased inclusion in community life is rewarding to witness. Our role is to support and guide. The community’s role is to include, accept and guide. The employer’s role is to support, guide and set realistic expectations. The individual’s role is to be the best that they

can be; to be contributing members of their community; to acknowledge their disability but focus on the many possibilities available to them. Together, we will strengthen our community through inclusion and understanding. Most importantly, we must remember that we are all only one incident, one illness or one stroke of fate away from being a “person with a disability”. Walk a mile in their shoes, then practice compassion and thoughtfulness. And when you pass each other on the street, take the initiative and just say “hi”!

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Arts SHIRLEY’S ART CLASSES: Wednesday & Thursday Call Shirley at 250-295-4076 GARDEN CLUB: Meets second Tuesday of every month, 1 PM, Seniors Branch 30. Call Doreen @ 250-295-1577 ARTS COUNCIL: Meets the third Wednesday of the month. 4:30 p.m. @ the Riverside Centre. Enquiries contact Dell @ 250-295-3266 New Members Welcome! BUNCHGRASS QUILTERS Meet 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month at the Riverside Centre from 10 - 3 p.m.. Everyone Welcome! Contact Sharon 250295-4194 or Rosemary 250-295-6511 PRINCETON POTTERS GUILD, RIVERSIDE POTTERY STUDIO: Access to the potter’s wheel or hardwork, workshop opportunities, group projects. Call Sue for more info or to join. 250295-0527 PRINCETON TRADITIONAL MUSIC SOCIETY: The Princeton Traditional Music Society puts on the Traditional Music Festival each year in August, featuring traditional music from many places. The three-day festival is free and run entirely by volunteers. The 100+ musicians and dancers also offer their talents for free. If you would like to help out with the festival, please contact Jon or Rika @ 250-295-6010 Community: INTERESTED IN CHRISTIAN MEDITATION? For people who want to learn to pray with great simplicity, for people who would be willing to get to know Jesus who loves each of us immensely, for people who are at a dead end, for people who want to get to know themselves, for people who want to make a new beginning! We can go to God together and it’s free! Call me: Fr. Harry Clarke at 250295-3541. Let us get a group going to the advantage of all. PRINCETON LIBRARY: Tuesdays: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. and 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: New members are encouraged to join us for an exciting new year. WELCOME WAGON! Are you a new to Princeton? If so, we have information regarding local, civic, community services and facilities. We also have gifts for you from local merchants and businesses. Call 1-866856-8442 HOSPITAL AUXILIARY: Meets second Monday of every month, 1:00 p.m. Hospital Board Room. For info., Call Doreen @ 250-295-1577 PRINCETON AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY SKILLS CENTRE SOCIETY: Meetings are held quarterly on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. HEDLEY LIBRARY HOURS: A reminder that the Library is open every Thurs. from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. and is located at the OAPO Hall on Scott Ave. HEDLEY OAPO: 3rd Monday of every month regular general meetings - Everyone welcome to come. SENIORS BRANCH #30 POT LUCK SUPPER: Last Friday of every month, 5:30 p.m. Seniors Centre. Members can invite a guest. MEMBERS ONLY POOL TOURNAMENT: Last Tuesday of every month at the Senior’s Centre. 10:00 am WHIST & CRIB: (Seniors Branch #30) First Saturday of each month at 1 PM. Coffee & refreshments included. Everyone welcome. VERMILION FORKS PRINCETON O.A.P.O. BRANCH #185: Regular meetings second Friday of every month at 2 p.m.. Pot luck supper every third Friday at 5:00 p.m. SEARCH AND RESCUE TRAINING SESSIONS: Meetings will be held on the first and third Tuesday of every month. Call Arnie Powell at 250-295-6759 for more information. LITTLE FOLKS NURSERY SCHOOL: Meetings are every third Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. at LFNS. 250-295-3083 ELKS AND ROYAL PURPLE COUNTRY STORE: Friday’s 11 - 6 and Saturday’s 10 - 3. Table rentals available. For info. Contact Doris Driver at 250-295-3518. Lunch available.

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PRINCETON LEGION BRANCH #56: Reminds all veterans that the D.V.A. Now makes home visits. For more info. Phone 250-295-6060

HEDLEY MUSEUM: General Meeting, meets the 2nd Monday of each month. 6 p.m. @ The Hedley Museum

JA SCHOOL & COMMUNITY GARDEN: New members invited to volunteer as “garden angels”attend committee meetings and garden their own plots. Phone Sandra 250-295-3779, Sharon 250-295-4080 or JAE School 250295-6727

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.

CINDY PAROLIN SAFE HOMES PROGRAM: Princeton and area, crisis intervention, emotional support, information, legal strategies and safe shelter in cases of abuse against women in relationships. Call the 24 hour women’s crisis line at 250-295-8211 for confidential services.

VERMILION FORKS FIELD NATURALISTS: Group meets second Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m. at the Riverside Centre. Public welcome. OTTER VALLEY FISH & GAME: Meeting’s 3rd Thursday of each month at noon in the Club House.

MONDAY NIGHT BRIDGE: @ Riverside Centre 7 - 9:30. Knowledge of bridge necessary. Call Gail @ 250295-0171

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

Health PRINCETON COMMUNITY HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CHAC): Meets third Tuesday of every month at 7 PM at Town Hall.

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

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

PRINCETON FISH & GAME: General meetings 2nd Monday of the month. 7:00 p.m. Wellness Centre. For memberships contact Joy Klassen @ 250-295-3134

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN: If interested in attending, please call: Barb 250-295-4050 or Del 250-295-3266

PRINCETON RACING DAYS ASSOCIATION: Meets the Princeton Library Conference Room on the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. New Members welcome!

TOPS: (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) chapter meets at Riverside Wellness Centre every Thursday. Weigh-in-Time 8:30 AM Meeting 9:00–10:00 AM. For more information please contact Lynda 250295-3658 or Myrna 250-295-7272 Visit www.tops.org

PRINCETON & DISTRICT FALL FAIR ASSOCIATION: Meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month at the Princeton Library Conference Room at 6:30 p.m. New Members are most welcome!

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS: Group helps bereaved parents. Will meet as needed. Call Shirley Haker at 250295-3607. sehaker@persona.ca CRISIS LINE: You can call us 24 hours a day, everyday, and your call is confidential and anonymous. The crisis line is 250-493-6622. Or call collect from locations within the South Okanagan Similkameen: (250)493-6622. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Meet Friday In Tulameen at 7:30 p.m. at Library call 250-295-7005 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Tuesdays @ 7:30 p.m. Arbor House. Thursdays @ 7:30 p.m. Baptist Church. Old Hedley road. Contacts: Fred 250295-7272 or Marena 250-295-7663 NEW LADIES AL-ANON MEETING: Are you concerned about someone’s drinking? Mondays; noon - 1 p.m. @ Riverside Wellness Centre. Contact Central Referral @1-604-688-1716 NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Meet’s every Wednesday & Sunday at the Info Centre in Chamber Basement 7:30 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 #95 A.F.. & A.M. C/O Box 174 Princeton, BC V0X 1W0 PRINCETON LIONS CLUB: Regular dinner meetings the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of every month @ The Chamber of Commerce at 6:30 p.m. ROYAL PURPLE: Meetings first and third Tuesdays 7:30 PM, Princeton. ELKS: Meetings every second and fourth Sunday, 2 PM. ELKS AND ROYAL PURPLE: Joint meeting and pot luck supper every third Saturday at 5:30 PM. PRINCETON PERFORMING ARTS: Meet first Tuesday of each month @ 7 p.m. in Riverside Theatre. Contact Derek @ 250-295-3037 ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION: General meeting held on the third Sunday of each month at 1:00 PM. PRINCETON LADIES AUXILIARY LEGION BRANCH 56: Meet 2nd Tuesday of the month @ Legion Hall at 7:00 p.m.

PRINCETON ROTARY CLUB: Meets every Tuesday @ 12 p.m. Heartland Restaurant (dining room). For more info. Call Judy @ 250-295-0217. New members welcome! COPPERHILL LANES: YBC Bowling Saturday 10 AM. Club 55. Men’s, Ladies and Mixed bowling leagues. Call 250-295-6500 for more information.

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The newest and youngest additions to the PXA are Chloe Littlejohn (back) and Melissa Birchard. (forward) These two young ladies are full of energy and excitement. They are currently working very hard and helping to improve the Princeton Exhibition Grounds.

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SPECIAL “O” BOARD; Meets 3rd Tuesday of the month. Contact 250-295-7218 for meeting place & time. FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP: For more information, please contact Jennifer @ 250-295-7438 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! Youth GIRL 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 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 11:00- 2:00. (Pre-natal) 11:00 -12:00 Mom’s help prepare and enjoy lunch together.

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The regional district board agreed to a recommendation to maintain communication with the federal government regarding the Penticton airport. The recommendation was made acceptable to the board by the exclusion of a phrase that included “ownership and operation” of the airport. The board was sensitive to the fact that First Nations had concerns with the airport lands, noting it was a pending issue to local Indian bands. Joint Council and Steering Committee recommendations were made at the October 3 meeting of the regional board. Chairman Pendergraft and Vice Chair Manfred Bauer, as well as a City of Penticton director will represent the Joint Committee, while CAO Bill Newell, Deputy Corporate Officer C. Malden and a third representative to be named later were named to the Steering Committee. The Board approved a motion forwarded by Area “G” Director Angelique Woods proposing the Regional District send a letter to the Province supporting the licensing of All Terrain Vehicles Area “H” Director Brad Hope, noting difficulties the Regional District had obtaining information in the aftermath of the Coalmont tailings spill, requested the board forward a letter to the provincial government asking it consider implementing Emergency Response Management System protocols within all of its provincial ministries. The board approved the motion.  Mary Ellen Heidt, executive director of Community Futures — OkanaganSimilkameen, led a delegation before the board reporting on success of the Economic Gardening program and making an $80,000 request for continued funding. Her report was received as information and will be reviewed as part of budget deliberations.

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Community invited to celebrate the past and future of local health care The Princeton Health Care Steering Committee invites residents of Princeton and the surrounding area to gather for a reflection on the past and a look at the future of local health care. Join elected officials, care providers, and other community members for Princeton Health Care - Honouring the Past, Presenting the Future, at the Riverside Centre Thursday, Oct. 10 from 5 – 7 p.m. Cake and coffee will be provided. Following the successful recruitment of three new physicians, the emergency department at Princeton General Hospital returns to 24/7 service on October 11, 2013. The Steering Committee, with membership from Interior Health, Regional District of OkanaganSimilkameen, the Town, physicians and nurse practitioner, the South Okanagan Similkameen Division of Family Practice and the community worked together to develop an effective health care model for people living in and around Princeton. Join us to celebrate this successful collaboration and to recognize the contributions of the Princeton care team, past and present.

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Just use plain old soap and water Black Press Guest Editorial

It is a multi-billion dollar industry that could soon be costing municipalities a bundle more if the trend continues. According to news reports, communities such as Kingston, Ont., Vancouver, Wash., and London, England, are facing a new problem in their sewers, a problem that just can’t be wiped away. Even smaller communities, such as Okanagan Falls and Penticton are facing the same problem. It’s only a matter of time before it happens in Princeton. Flushable cleaning cloths, flushable moist wipes or whatever name they use, are the result of a clever marketing campaign designed to make adults feel like they aren’t getting the job done with regular toilet paper. When did that problem arise? Did the sun start shining where the sun isn’t suppose to shine? The problem is that the wipes that claim to be flushable, or septic safe, hang around too long. Consumer Reports.org who report on the good, bad and ugly of all things consumer, tested three wipe products all claiming to be flushable and that are supposed to disintegrate just like toilet paper. Indeed the wipes were flushable, in that they went down the toilet. The wipes did not disintegrate as quickly as toilet paper. Toilet paper usually takes less than 10 seconds to disintegrate. By the time the flushed water leaves the domestic plumbing, the toilet paper has disintegrated. Using the same test on the three brands of wipes, all claiming to be flushable, Consumer Reports.org stopped the test after 30 minutes with no sign of the wipes disintegrating. Thirty minutes is long enough for a wipe to make its way down the sewer system and clog a pump, and in the case of local municipalities, add thousands of dollars to their maintenance costs. If you have a septic system prepare to have your tank serviced much more frequently. This is one problem we can easily wipe away the old fashioned way — by using soap and water.

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B.C. referendum misguided I won’t be signing the “Sensible B.C.” petition to demand Colorado and Washington have gone the legalization a province wide referendum on marijuana enforcement. You route, so far without interference from their federal governshouldn’t either, and here are a few reasons why. ment. These states need money, and they don’t need more I’ve been calling for legalization and regulation of pot crime or ill-considered hippy gesture politics. for 20 years, to conserve police resources and reduce violent Meanwhile in Ottawa, Health Canada is trying to convert crime. Our war on drugs is a failure even for a poorly regulated mess of small-scale medical heroin and cocaine, and marijuana is obviously marijuana licences to a free-market system of much easier to produce. commercial producers. The current effort led by Dana Larsen is not Local politicians tore a strip off Health only misguided, it’s dangerous. Canada officials at their recent convention, after The petition does not propose legalization. It years of warnings that federal licences were scatseeks to impose a provincial law that would stop tered at unknown locations, often used as fronts B.C. police from using any resources for simple for larger grow-ops. possession charges. This would create a loophole One reason not to support Larsen is the in the federal drug law. conduct of his organizers. One fellow set up TOM FLETCHER So what would that do? It would protect otha petition table at, of all places, the Terry Fox erwise innocent customers of the current illegal Hometown Run in Port Coquitlam. marijuana trade, while leaving the criminal disAfter scrawling “pot cures cancer” on the tribution business in place. table, he interrupted speeches by cancer survivors Larsen’s loony law would tie police hands when they are and the run itself by yelling the same false slogan. trying to hold someone on a lesser charge while they search You can imagine how people with terminal cancer and for evidence of something nastier. This is a source of many their loved ones would react. Some would know that marisimple possession charges today. juana may alleviate side effects of chemotherapy, just as it Police chiefs have a different idea, asking for the option of can ease suffering for some multiple sclerosis patients. But the treating simple possession as a ticket offence to keep the court suggestion of a cure is as cruel as it is moronic. time to a minimum. I wouldn’t support the Larsen bunch for anything, unless Both of these notions have the same obvious flaws. They it involved them looking for jobs. Just say no. don’t deal with sales to minors and they divert no revenue to Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for government, leaving most of that in the hands of criminal Black Press and BCLocalNews.com Twitter:@tomfletcherbc dealers who buy cocaine, guns and fancy cars. E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Concentration of food services a big mistake Open Letter to Linda Larson, MLA, BoundarySimilkameen Dear Linda, I appreciate your response on July 31 to my letter of May 31. In your letter you state that the produce used to make the meals at Orchard Haven in Keremeos, comes from the area where it’s prepared and therefore it’s “local”. I certainly can’t agree with your definition of “local”. By “local” in this valley we are talking about 4 or 5 kilometres from the source of the food grown to its final destination. Trucking the meals in enormous containers from Vernon to Keremeos when we produce in this area almost everything needed to make good nutritious meals is an abdication of reason in order to reach some nebulous bottom line. That leaves a mighty big footprint, and besides, aren’t our highways dangerous enough already? Certainly the most immediate of my grievances is our seniors. As you are the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health for Seniors, I can’t imagine you would be in agreement with a policy such as this. The company that

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supplies Keremeos is also servicing all the Okanagan from north to south, the Boundary area, and the Kootenays. By the time this food reaches its destination it can’t have a lot of nutrition left in it. I believe that the concentration of food services is a big mistake (as in most services). It tends to stifle small communities and limit their opportunities, and the result in this area is that we are serving our seniors meals that cannot be very nutritious, having been prepared in huge amounts in a facility 90 miles away, trucked here, and then reheated. The facility in Keremeos has an excellent kitchen that was made to accommodate the preparation of meals for the residents. There are people here who have the skills to prepare those meals and we certainly have the produce that is grown right here using the best farming methods known. This is a bad policy and I certainly hope you will encourage our provincial government to review it and take notice of how it’s affecting our communities and our seniors in a negative way. Sincerely, Donna Stocker Cawston, B.C.

Please learn from this experience Dear Editor, I am sharing this experience so that others may learn from it— My 76 year old, otherwise very healthy sister died in Ottawa, Ontario in late August from a gallstone that she was advised by the specialist she went to, that unless it was giving her a lot of discomfort, she didn’t need to act on it. So, she left it for a year and ended up in the emergency room with a severe attack at 1 a.m., by ambulance. Because her blood pressure was too low, the doctors weren’t able to give her sedatives, otherwise her blood pressure would go even lower, so she was in excruciating pain. The emergency doctors were trying to wait to see if her blood pressure would rise sufficiently for them to go ahead and operate. It did not,

and they couldn’t wait any longer, so went ahead with the operation. The gallstone had lodged itself into the bile duct, there was a leak in the gallbladder, which aloud toxins to leak into her system, the pancreas was perforated and her kidneys shut down completely. She ended up going into a coma and the doctors said that she would more than likely have brain damage if she lived, and would be on dialysis for the rest of her life. She was taken off life-support one day later. Such a senseless, senseless death. On the internet, it states in one paragraph, that if left untreated, can be deadly, as infection and other complications can spread to the liver and the pancreas, Gail Sawchuk Princeton, B.C.

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Nine naturalists, together with assorted family members, walked or cycled the KVR trail from Coalmont to White Sands Beach and back again on September 21. It was a jovial group that made its way along the trail, stopping from time to time to listen to Ed Staples’ interesting, educational briefs on historical aspects of the area, such as Granite Creek and its halcyon days after the 1885 gold rush. We spotted a Hooded Merganser, breathed in the fresh, cool air of the last day of summer, basked in the intermittent sunshine, and gloried in the beauty of the Tulameen River, complemented by the colourful leaves of the deciduous trees. Later we lingered at White Sands, refreshing ourselves with food and drink, while the dogs played in the water and Ed fished (successfully!) upstream. Ranging in age from 9 to 90, we straggled back to our starting point in groups of 2 or 3, content with yet another companionable outdoor trek. Our next field trip will be a moderate hike up Darcy Mountain on Sunday, Oct. 6. Please confirm with Doug Rebagliati at 295-6778. Our next meeting will feature guest speaker Dennis St. John with a presentation on “Monarchs and other Butterflies.” Please join us at Riverside Centre, 7 pm on Tuesday, Oct. 8.

A perfect time to take note of our blessings This week is a bit of a ramble. It must be the Naturalists who are into carpooling and bag change in seasons but I can’t really seem to land lunches. You can watch for free skate sessions at anywhere in particular so I’d like to start with the arena that are sponsored by local businesses. talking about money, mostly because I don’t have Princeton’s churches offer opportunities to much these days. volunteer to help with community outreach for But wait, hasn’t it always been that way for relevant social issues. All of these examples nearly everyone? It has always been very temptrequire little or no money to participate. ing for me to wish for a few thousand dollars Now I admit that so far, I am enjoying reasonably good health that enables me to take more per year so I could buy a better car, get a MERRILYN HUYCKE new computer and smart phone, take more trips advantage of most activities available, but maybe the lifestyle of small town living is related at and so on. When I finally got the picture at an least in part to keeping my health. You have to embarrassingly late period in my life and figured work overtime to be bored around here! Staying out that there will never be enough to satisfy my connected is as easy as getting the mail or going wants (but plenty to provide for my needs), I grocery shopping. There is a lovely confidence and ease in started to take note of my blessings. Living in a small town is the most obvious blessing as far stepping outside every morning because I am on a first name as I’m concerned. Have you looked around lately at the many basis with one quarter of the people that walk past our yellow ways we can save money and entertain ourselves at the same door on Bridge Street. I am caught between wanting everyone in the world to time? We have glorious trails most folks can use by stepping a short distance outside their door with no need to use a vehicle. come and share what we have and to see how happy they could From the Miner’s Climb to the paved Trans Canada Trail we be, and hoping like blazes that no-one finds us and spoils can walk and enjoy our wonderfully wild environment. We everything! I would like to invite my poor deprived city friends have Swan Lake, a three minute drive out of town. It is a won- who are artists to come and live inexpensively, renting studio derful wildlife sanctuary that has trails and viewing huts and a space at a fraction of what they pay now. new outdoor toilet! Although our incredibly inexpensive pubTrouble is, they attract far too many people who would lic pool is closed for the season, there are winter opportunities want to tidy us up. You see my dilemma? So I will have to to cross country ski and snowshoe at the Princeton Airport or conclude by declaring I am rich beyond measure. I don’t have Snowpatch groomed ski trails. many material possessions but I sure recognize how blessed I There are skis and snowshoes for rent and if you check am and that it doesn’t have a whole lot to do with the amount bulletin boards, you may be able to get a second hand set of of money in my purse. I wouldn’t change a thing. equipment. You can take hikes with the Vermilion Forks Field How about you?

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Scientists project warmer, wetter winters for B.C. Earlier runoff could spell summer water supply problems Jeff Nagel Black Press

Climate change will likely mean warmer, rainier winters in B.C. as well as reduced summer stream flows, a forum in Vancouver heard Monday as new international findings were released. Dr. Francis Zwiers, director of the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) and vicechair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) working group 1, said projections for B.C. point to further warming of 2.9 degrees in the winter and 2.4 degrees in the summer by 2100, under a moderate carbon emission scenario. Winter warming on that scale could translate into 17 to 51 more days per year of frost-free conditions, he told the forum, in the wake of the already measured reduction of 24 annual frost days since 1900 and a 2.1-degree increase in the province’s winter temperatures. While a longer growing season might be a boon to gardeners and

farmers, Zwiers noted warming winters have also allowed unwanted species like the mountain pine beetle to flourish and wreak havoc on Interior forests. “That’s an impact that has been linked to a changing climate,” Zwiers said. “You can just imagine there would be many other organisms that would find B.C. to be a much more hospitable place to live, even in a slightly warmer climate than we have at the moment, or a slightly wetter climate than we have at the moment.” PCIC researchers projected climate changes in B.C. over the rest of this century using the same models as the IPCC. Winter warming would be greater in the northeast than other parts of the province, while summer warming projections are roughly uniform. Zwiers said the modelling shows winter, spring and fall precipitation will increase in B.C., with a 10 per cent increase in precipitation in winters expected and summers potentially getting

wetter in the north but drier in the south. Wetter, warmer winters could affect the province’s supply of water for drinking, farming, power generation and salmon migration. With less water being stored as snow over the winter, Zwiers said, B.C. can expect higher amounts of winter and spring runoff, leaving less behind in the upper elevations to deliver water in summer. The new IPCC report reiterated that the planet is warming and people are the probable cause. But some observers criticized it for downgrading projected temperature increases due to a 15-year “pause” in average surface temperature rise. Zwiers maintained human influence is clear and action is urgently needed to both reduce emissions and adapt to expected “substantial” impacts. The IPCC report predicts Canada will face more warming than the global average, along with more frequent and more intense extreme weather events.

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Up to 10,000 expected to participate in Okanagan Fall Wine Festival Kristi Patton Black Press

Whether you are an experienced wine connoisseur or a novice wine drinker there is something for everyone at the Okanagan Fall Wine Festival. Until Oct. 11, over 150 events will take place throughout the valley from the Osoyoos border all the way up to Kamloops. Okanagan Fall Wine Festivals Society public relations director Lori Pike-Raffan said they expect about 10,000 people will take in the events. “It is such an incredible experience for people to be able to come during all the excitement of harvest and get to see the hands on the process themselves,” said Pike-Raffan. “We are out in the vineyards picking, crushing, fermenting and the smell of the fermented juices in the air is gorgeous. It is such a pretty time too when the leaves start to change. You get to see winemaking up close and personal.” Visitors to wineries at this time of the

Clos du Soleil took the Best of British Columbia award for their white wine, Capella 2011 vintage as well as a gold medal. Clos du Soleil also won silver medals for their Celestiale and Fume Blanc. Rustic Roots won a bronze for their 2012 Santa Rosa Plum. The 11 days of celebration culminate in the Valley First Grand Finale Consumer Tastings at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre. “Something that is really cool and new this year at the Grand Finale Tastings is they are offering a Wine 101 classes. So if you are wanting to learn more or just getting into wine it is a great opportunity to learn in a fun, casual environment,” said Pike-Raffan. This event takes place on Oct. 11 and 12 from 6 to 9 p.m. and allows consumers to experience 80 wineries under one roof. Tickets are available at ValleyFirstTix.com or by calling 877763-2849.

season will get a chance to see the winemaking process up close. “Very much so. That is another thing that is very special about our valley, we are small wineries and you do get to meet the owners and winemakers that you might not, say, visiting a region in California where they are all big wineries and you don’t get to actually meet the people behind the grapes,” said PikeRaffan. “They will be out on the crush pad bringing in grapes, you’ll see the people out in the vineyards picking and several of the wineries offer hands on type experiences.” From going out on a hike in the vineyards and helping pick grapes, to taking part in a blending session there is plenty to do. “Then, of course, there is all the amazing food. There are tons of winemakers’ dinners and lunches,” said PikeRaffan. On Oct. 3, the 2013 B.C. Wine Awards were handed out with Similkameen wineries earning their fair share.

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DR. DAVID SMITH Many of you are aware of the fact that I am retiring at the end of this year. For this purpose I will be transferring my patient files up to the Cascade Clinic, as soon as Interior Health has given me permission to do this. If this permission is not granted, then unfortunately there will be a charge to both photocopy the files, and to send them to the Cascade Clinic. I wish to reassure all my patients that all personal files will be kept safely while I am away, and you will have continual access to a copy of these files whenever needed, if Interior Health does not agree to this transfer. As you all well aware, there will be 4 doctors to choose from by the time that I leave Princeton. It is of course any patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right to have the doctor of their own choice, and this well be left open to their own decision. All 4 doctors will be accepting new patients. I also wish to reassure patients that I am only leaving in December, so there is no immediate rush to have any files transferred. I will certainly keep you well informed, closer to the time. Both Mez and I are going to leave the medical practice with a heavy heart, but the children and grand-children back in South Africa, are calling. We will be away for about 5 months and look forward to our return to this town of Princeton, which we both love so well.

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Make Thanksgiving dinner preparation a family affair NC - Thanksgiving is a time to be appreciative and a time to enjoy delicious food. But the meal shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be the responsibility of just one person. As the saying goes, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;many hands make light workâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. By teaching your kids how to help in the kitchen from meal prep to cleanup, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also helping them understand how to prepare healthy meals and appreciate food for years to come. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parents can always use an extra pair of hands in the kitchen, especially with such a big meal like Thanksgiving dinner, and when encouraged, kids can enjoy spending time cooking and learning how to prepare meals,â&#x20AC;? says Laura McGowan, Director of Marketing, LG Electronics Canada. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Helping in the kitchen teaches useful skills that will last long past dinnertime and create some great moments together as a family as well.â&#x20AC;? McGowan provides insight on children of all ages lending a hand and learning in the kitchen: â&#x20AC;˘ Grocery discoveries: Kids of all ages can learn the tricks of the kitchen on a trip to the grocery store. When children are involved in picking out new foods, such as exciting vegetables, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re more likely to try (and enjoy) new things, helping

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Area â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dâ&#x20AC;? Director Tom Siddon called on regional district staff to provide the Protective Services Committee with full disclosure of a recent COR safety audit performed on the Regional District Okanagan Similkameen at the October 3 board meeting. The request came after Siddon received a letter from a constituent claiming that comments quoted in a recent Western newspaper article by RDOS Emergency Services Coordinator Dale Kronebusch indicated that the regional district failed the safety audit because of â&#x20AC;&#x153;deficiencies with peripheral organizations such as recreation commissions and fire departments.â&#x20AC;? Siddon went on to say that the Western article had only recieved a summary of the audit, omitting the names of the failed peripheral organizations because they were staffed by volunteers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The implication is we failed the safety audit largely because of our volunteers,â&#x20AC;? Siddon said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and we have at least one representative of a couple of those groups crying foul, saying â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nobody talked to us about this.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Siddon requested the board receive a full copy of the safety audit, noting that the Western report said that certain recommendations from a 2010 audit had been implemented. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is three years later and if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the case, I want to know who fell down, and where. If it was the voluntary groups, I guess we better get into discussion with them.â&#x20AC;? Chief Administrative Officer Bill Newell explained that the RDOS was the first regional district to receive COR accreditation.He said the

regional district maintained that certification for three years, but Worksafe BC â&#x20AC;&#x153;changed the rules somewhat.â&#x20AC;? That was pointed out during the external audit earlier this year, he said. Newell said that in order to meet the changes for COR certification the regional district was going to have to change some of their practices and they were preparing a response on that. He went on to say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not quite sure why the intense interest in pointing out that we failed the audit - weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re one of the few that initially achieved it, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still safer than most organizations in the province.â&#x20AC;? Newell added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The terms of reference had changed, one of the main reasons for that was they separated the peripheral organizations from the larger organization, which they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do in the first round, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re adjusting to that, and addressing some of the issues. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be happy to report on that.â&#x20AC;? Siddon insisted on clarification surrounding the implication that it was the peripheral organizations that were at fault. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we should be pointing, or laying blame anywhere, until the board knows what the background circumstances are.â&#x20AC;? Newell agreed to provide the board with a full copy of the COR report, reitirating once more that the failure to receive the COR certification didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean that the regional district wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t safely run. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want our volunteer organizations to be tarnished by things that they may or may not be (responsible) for,â&#x20AC;? concluded Siddon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exactly why we arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t releasing names or specifics,â&#x20AC;? replied Newell.

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A SALUTE TO OUR LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS Eastgate Fire Protection Society Princeton Volunteer Fire Brigade Tulameen Volunteer Fire Department Hayes Creek Fire & Rescue Erris Volunteer Fire Department Hedley Volunteer Fire Department

Get cookin’ with fire safety There is a very simple recipe for cooking up trouble in the kitchen: all you need is a bit of distraction, loose sleeves, and a little bit of disorganization on the stovetop. Needless to say, it’s not the best dish to serve up to your family. Fire Prevention Canada has a better menu in mind with this year’s Fire Prevention Week, from October 6-12 — the perfect time to be thinking about how to prevent kitchen fires while cooking.

Learning how to be wise when using the stove and microwave oven is as easy as learning to cook in the first place. Show your children the kid safety zone in the kitchen — this is a 90-cm buffer zone around the stove and oven. Because hot oil can spatter burning droplets into the air around the stovetop, and because of the risk of knocking over boiling pots of water, it is important that kids keep well clear of the dangers around this appliance. To put out a microwave fire, stop the appliance immediately by unplugging it or using the “cancel” button. Never open the door until all signs of fire are gone; simply shutting it off and leaving the door closed will deprive the fire of oxygen and put it out. If the appliance continues to appear to be burning even after the flames are out, call the fire department. Be sure to keep an eye on a bag of microwave popcorn that is being popped, because heat can build up quickly. For dangerous grease fires, never use water to extinguish the flames. Turn off the burner, quickly put on an oven mitt, and slide a cover over the burning pan or pot of grease — use a metal cookie sheet if you can’t find a pot lid. Leave the house and call 911 as soon as you think you can no longer control any kind of kitchen fire.

Kitchen fires are a very real danger!

Never leave cooking food unattended. Use a pot or frying pan that has a diameter equal to or bigger than the heating element. Keep children and animals well away from hot appliances and roll up long sleeves. Turn pot handles towards the back of the stove; use oven mitts to remove dishes from the oven; place hot plates on an appropriate surface well away from the edge of a worktop or cooking surface; and beware of steam produced by cooking food. Do you feel like some delicious homemade French fries? Be sure to use a certified fryer with a thermostat — don’t heat oil in a pot to fry foods, because oil fires are easy to start and hard to put out.

Keep articles made of paper, fabric, and plastic well away from heating elements. When you leave the kitchen ensure that all cooking devices are switched off. Don’t store objects in the oven. Greasy residues can accumulate and catch fire, so be sure to regularly clean the inside as well as the outside of your stove, the ventilation hood, and the recipients under the elements. Don’t allow a buildup of residues to accumulate in a self-clean oven. If your clothing catches fire, drop to the ground and roll around while covering your face with your hands. Never extinguish a cooking fire with water or try to move the pot. Instead, cover it with an appropriate sized lid to cut off the fire’s source of oxygen. Use a fire extinguisher if necessary and call the fire Don’t take cooking department, even if the fire lightly — burns and seems to have gone out. After kitchen fires are no fun. all, you can never be too cautious.

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Cooking meals can be a great source of pleasure, but danger may be lurking in the background. A few safety rules should always be followed in order to prevent burns and fires. The first step is to have a thorough knowledge of how your cooking appliances work, whether you’re using the stove, microwave, deep fryer, or fondue burner.

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Fire Prevention Week October 6 - 12, 2013

Tulameen & District Fire Department

With appreciation for the dedication of our local Fireghters!

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Furnaces should be inspected and your chimneys cleaned each year. Install smoke alarms on every floor of your home and outside every bedroom. Replace smoke alarm batteries every year, and test alarms on a regular basis. Ensure your family has a fire escape plan, with two exits identified for every room. Small appliances should be unplugged when they are not in use. Sponsored in recognition of Fire Prevention Week by:

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Princeton Volunteer Fire Brigade members visited the local schools last week to promote fire safety.

Without all of you people, I would have no homes to sell and maybe even some missing clients. Keep up the good work and thank you for your valuable time!

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Hayes Creek Fire Rescue Hayes Creek Fire Rescue was established in 2003 and is a non-certified department located 40 kilometres east of Princeton via highway 40 and includes Osprey, Link and Chain lakes with a total of about 350 households, 90% 0f which are seasonal residences. The Rescue consists of a medical first responder unit with aid/crash bags, defribulaters, 6 oxygen therapy units, spine boards, rescue tools, auto lifting air bags and stretchers. We are dispatched to all medical calls by BC Ambulance Service to treat numerous medical issues. It takes us three to nine minutes from the 911 call to being on scene with patient. We stay with the patient until an ambulance from Princeton or Summerland arrives. This takes, on average, an hour. This hour is critical for many medical issues. Our quick response is possible as some volunteers have oxygen units at home and respond from home to patient while others bring the truck from the firehall. We have a 2000 gallon tender which also has hose and a 1000 gallon per minute pump, the third truck is a 750 gallon per minute pumper with hose, tools, chain and styl saws, generator and lights and a foam unit. The department is manned by 20 medical and fire trained volunteers and has four base stations for dispatch,all members carry radios to be available 24/7. 2013 has been a very big year with the “Raise the Roof” project being started and completed thanks to donations from The Osprey Ratepayers Association and help from Area H rep Brad Hope with funds from the forestry initiative. Community minded neighbours gave donations and volunteered with the RDOS - Area H actual work from design to build.It was Extends a thank you to our a real community coming together with meals every day at the hall and every member having a job to do. Volunteer Firefighters. Working together as a team with a common goal and everyone being equally important, looking forward to each day working to achieve a common community goal. Difficult to describe the teamwork, respect, Hayes Creek, Eastgate, Erris, love and looking out for each other. As Red Green says....”we’re all in this together” Allison Lake, Tulameen, We now have a wonderfull space for community meetings and events and most importantly a space to lecture and train our members. Our last four training sessions averaged 16 members which says a lot when Missezula Lake and Princeton, there are only 20 full time residences nearby. where we share services. We recently were fortunate to add two new volunteers, Brent and Janet Fraser, newly retired BC Ambulance paraYour dedication is greatly medics. This year, with their expertise, we accomplished appreciated! two air ambulance airlifts from here to Kelowna Hospital; *Reminder - Fire season is not one a spinal collapse and the other a heart attack. Both situations that require quick medical intervention. over yet! What has been accomplished out here by ordinary folks is extraordinary and befitting a much larger municipality Regional District of We have accomplished more in medical first response than Okanagan-Similkameen some towns have. It is a source of comfort in our area, knowing trained help and equipment is nearby. This is a credit to our founding members, who had the vision and drive to get started. With land, very little seed money and expertise from the late retired Vancouver Battalion Chief Don Moyes they overcame many hurdles. For fire prevention week we encourage that smoke alarms be checked and chimneys and distance from wood burning appliances and combustables be monitered as people spend more time indoors now till spring.

Eastgate Fire Protection Society

There’s no time to waste when it comes to keeping your family and home safe from fire. Here are ten important fire prevention tips to follow every day. 1. Keep volatile chemicals, such as fertilizers and turpentine, in labeled containers within a locked storage area separate from your home. 2. Store gasoline in an approved container outside of your home. 3. Store matches and lighters in a locked cabinet. 4. Keep things that can burn away from your fireplace and always keep a glass or metal screen in front of your fireplace. 5. Never leave the kitchen unattended while cooking. 6. Keep things that can burn, such as dishtowels and plastic bags, at least three feet away from the range top. 7. Thoroughly soak cigarette and cigar butts with water before dumping them in the trash.

2013 has been a fairly quiet year for the Eastgate Fire Protection Society. This was a relief after the spring weather had been so dry.

8. Never leave barbecue grills unattended while in use. 9. Never leave burning candles unattended. 10. Don’t overload electrical outlets, extension cords and power strips.

A special thank you to the volunteer Firefighters who make our community a safer place to live and work.

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Fire Prevention Week October 6 - 12, 2013

Erris Volunteer Fire Association The recent completion of our magnificent 3 bay Fire Hall has brought full circle an idea that was started in 2009 when the Erris Volunteer Fire Association was formed. We currently have 12 Fire Fighters and 6 Medical First Responders covering the 12k mark to the 31k mark of the Princeton Summerland Road (including Baker Hill Road).

Be Alarmed. Be Prepared.

Smoke Detectors available here!

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Members of the Erris Volunteer Fire Association Rick Freeman, Dwayne Sininger, Co-Fire Chief Dave Stringfellow, Wayne Ross, Rick Lawlor, Co-Fire Chief Rick Blue, Front Row: Rudy Salo, Fire Hall Mascot “Lucy”, John Gregson

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We appreciate all that you do. Many thanks for your hard work this year!

Pictured with the EVFA Fire Fighters in front of our recently completed Fire Hall are First Responders CoCoordinator Debbie Blue, Dispatchers Emily Posein and Chris Ross.

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Much appreciation is extended for the dedicated service of our local firefighters! Phone: 250-295-7381

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Hedley Fire Department Last year we celebrated 100 years of service to our community with a celebration, an open house, hot dogs and live fire demonstrations. Children were very much involved in the activities. Over the past five years the Hedley Fire Department has acquired a new fire apparatus, an air filling station for breathing air bottles, as well all personal fire equipment such as turn out gear has been brought up to date. The department has been ably led by our Chief Terry McFarlane along with a compliment of officers each in charge of a particular aspect of operations. While our fire protection is limited to Hedley proper we provide medical first responder service fifteen kilometers east and west of the town. This includes medical response and motor vehicle accidents.

In August of this year we had thirteen combined medical and fire callouts which is well above our average. Our crew of firefighters and medical first responders are a reliable and faithful crew. Fire practices are held every Tuesday evening at 7:00pm.

We are always interested in having new recruits join us. We provide training in areas such as first aid, first responder licence, driver/pump operator, air brake endorsement over and above basic firefighting skills. For an interview and a tour of the Fire Department contact Graham Gore, Manager at 250-292-8444.

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Thumbs Up/Down Thumbs up to the businesses and individuals who helped to make the University Basketball weekend at Princeton Secondary School a terrific success! Thumbs down to indivual(s) who took the garbage bins from the United Church. It would be appreciated greatly if they were returned.

Princeton Pentecostal Church (The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)

165 Vermilion Avenue Beside the Museum, invites you to join with us in Sunday Worship 10:15 Children’s Sunday Safari 10:30 am Morning Worship Pastor Joe Martinsen 250-295-7951

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

Office: 250-295-7714

WorshiP - 10:00 am

Pockets front and Shilo back Lane Likes: Food… Yummy! Dislikes: Pockets - big dogs. Shilo - hates cats!

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

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Baptist Church of Princeton

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

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Living Water

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

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Basketball Association appreciates support A massive thank you goes out on behalf of the Princeton Basketball Association (PBA) to Princeton and the basketball community in general. Kings University Eagles Women’s Coach Chad Podhiachuk summed the weekend up best when stated “I have never been involved in a better team bonding event. Everything we did went off as planned and it was just great to see all the help from everyone involved. To not have to organize anything allowed everyone, coaches included, to just relax and focus on the team and the games” The organizing group and assistance offered from everyone involved was a testament to the program, the school, and Princeton in general. The girls won both games easily and it was the perfect early tonic for a young team in preparation for a long season. Fans witnessed moments of cohesion and fluidity. Local player Makenzie Johnston looked comfortable on her home court and with the run and gun pace – the veteran part of the lineup looked very sharp at times. PSS basketball coaching staff manned the bbq serving up smokies donated by Dougs Homestead. The men’s game Friday night was a great display of the physicality in basketball. It is truly a contact sport. The tempo was fast, the bodies were flying, and fans witnessed a demonstration of every step, every sec-

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ond, every square inch being a fight. Nothing went uncontested in a game eventually won by visiting the visiting Bearcats 86-82. Saturday was a continuation with the Eagles prevailing by a dozen, and smokies served up by the Posse players and coaching staff. All teams showed some preseason rust, but overall it was a great weekend to be a local basketball fan. In the end, the PBA raised the targeted $2000 in order to offset the cost of officials and Bearcat accommodations. The combination of donations, volunteerism, 50/50, tickets, bbq smokies and the feeling of ‘do whatever it takes’ was unbelievable and inspiring. The weekend events wrapped up with a dinner evening Saturday for teams, coaches and volunteers, allowing everyone to take in the true value of the events. A massive thanks to the following for helping make this weekend happen: Billy’s Family Restaurant, Doug’s Homestead, Hayes Canyon Contracting, Princeton Posse, RDOS, Larry MacKenzie, PSS & PSS Rebels Basketball, Princeton Basketball Association, April Earle, Weyerhaeuser, Shayne O’Malley, Nicke Forde, Ponderosa Motel, Thomasina’s, Growers Press, Dessert Ladies (Lynne, Janice, Angie), all volunteers and of course the King’s University Eagles and Columbia Bearcats.

Timberline Cruisers Notice Of Annual General Meeting Saturday, October 12th, 2013 10:00 am at the Tulameen Community Hall Everyone Welcome!

Princeton and District Minor Hockey OFFICIALS NEEDED Princeton Minor Hockey Association requires officials for this hockey season.

Officiating Clinic will be held Saturday, October 20, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. in the Arena Mezzanine. Please contact Carson Zieske at 250-438-0053 or email: czieske@telus.net We PAy: Pee-Wee House - $30/Game/Official Level 1 & Level 2 Top photo: Kings University College Eagles played the Columbia Bearcats mens and womens teams at Princeton Secondary School. Below: PSS graduate, Julia Reichert now plays on the UBCO Heat women’s basketball team.

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UBCO Heat women’s basketball coach Heather Semeniuk looks up to Princeton’s Julia Reichert, literally. “She is 6-foot-3, and she has a 6-foot-7 wing span. She’s athletic and fast. That pretty much says it all,” laughed Semeniuk, of why she likes her newest recruit. The Heat coach said the team needed size. Reichert, a Princeton Secondary School grad, is among three on the team 6-feet or taller and she leads they way by an inch. Semeniuk, in her 20th season with the Heat, sees the former Team B.C. member playing a big role. It doesn’t hurt that Reichert learns quickly and is competitive. “When you can recruit someone with her talent and her stature, they can come in and have an immediate effect,” she said. Along with bringing an offensive pedigree, she averaged 20 to 30 points a game, she has a good basketball IQ and is quick near the basket. Semeniuk said Reichert, described as funny with a sense of humour, is also inquisitive. If she doesn’t know something, she asks. Reichert, who was named the most outstanding defensive player for Princeton as a senior, is enjoying the transition to the college game. “I’ve been playing with the same group for five years. It was a good change,” said Reichert, who helped Princeton earn a third-place result during provincials at Prince George earlier this year. The Heat recently participated in the Freak’n Farmer held at Covert Farms in Oliver on Sept.21 and Reichert’s group finished first. “She puts herself out there. She’s a great teammate for the girls. A great team person for me to coach,” said Semeniuk. Reichert enjoyed the Freak’n Farmer event because she grew up outdoors. It gave her a taste of the country and she enjoyed reliving it. For some of the events, the players were put in pairs and Reichert said it was

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Annual General Meeting • Registration • Social good for team building. One of the events had the players climb a rope to a certain height. Because they weren’t able to reach it, they had to do burpees. While training had been hard, she feels good about it. A post player, Reichert wants to get stronger as the competition will be too. She made her debut with the Heat in Penticton at Pen High against UBC on Sept. 28 in front of her family. Reichert, who is on an athletic scholarship and wants to become a social worker, decided to join the Heat because she wanted to live in Kelowna, but having known Semeniuk for a few years, she also likes the coach. “She’s a good coach, and also supportive,” said Reichert, adding that Semeniuk has an ear for whatever problems the players are in need of answers for. “I like the players on the team.” The Heat will play their first regular season game against the Unversity of Alberta on Nov. 1.

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Enjoy international cuisine at home Enjoying the cuisine of other countries is a popular reason to travel. Many foodies have found their love of food has taken them overseas, opening doors not only to international cuisine but international culture as well. For those who can’t afford or find the time to travel abroad, it’s easy to bring the cuisines of other cultures into your own home. Doing so can still shed light on other cultures while also turning dinner time into something to look forward to. Those interested in learning about Spanish cuisine should consider the following recipe for “Sage and Canela-Rubbed Lamb Chops With Grilled Peaches” from James Campbell Caruso’s “Espana: Exploring the Flavors of Spain” (Gibbs Smith).

6 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon, preferably canela 2 teaspoons kosher salt 1/2 cup olive oil 16 thick-cut lamb chops 4 cups Spanish Tempranillo wine or Cabernet Sauvignon 1 cup beef or veal stock 2 tablespoons butter 4 ripe peaches

Sage and Canela-Rubbed Lamb Chops With Grilled Peaches Serves 8 2

tablespoons chopped fresh sage

CAPRICORN: Capricorn, work and family responsibilities have put you under a lot of pressure recently. You could be in need of a respite, even if that break is brief. AQUARIUS: Aquarius, it’s quite possible you will not get much done this week, as you may be too busy encouraging others rather than focusing on your own needs. PISCES: Compassion is your speciality, Pisces. Others appreciate your warm nature, so accept their gratitude and affection. ARIES: Aries, patience is a virtue you possess, and you must make the most of your patient nature this week. Keep this in mind when dealing with family and coworkers. TAURUS: Taurus, keep things in perspective and you will have your cake and eat it, too. You can coolly handle tough situations, and that ability serves you well this week. GEMINI: Your imagination is working overtime this week, Gemini. Channel that creative energy and get started on a project you have long been considering. CANCER: Cancer, you will be very content for the next few weeks. Enjoy these good times and invite those closest to you to enjoy them as well. LEO: Leo, your heightened sense of focus on a particular task has left you wondering how to proceed in another area of life. You may want to seek the advice of others. VIRGO: Virgo, you may be tempted to throw caution to the wind. While that may make for a memorable experience, it may not prove wise over the long haul. LIBRA: You could get caught up in a social whirlwind this week, Libra. Keep your feet on the ground or you may be swept away in all of the energy. SCORPIO: Staying connected to your feelings is empowering, Scorpio. Even if others don’t feel exactly the same way that you do, they may go along with plans to make you happy. SAGITTARIUS: Sagittarius, indulgent behavior won’t pay off in the long run. Moderation works best, and you’ll be glad you didn’t overindulge after the fact. FOR ENTERTAINMENT ONLY

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In a small bowl, make a paste of the sage, garlic, cinnamon, salt, and olive oil. Rub onto lamb. Marinate in refrigerator for one to two hours. Combine the wine and stock in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Simmer about 30 to 40 minutes, until reduced to about 11/2 cups. Turn heat to low and stir in butter. Set aside and keep warm. Heat a charcoal or gas grill to medium-high. Grill

lamb chops 4 minutes per side. Cut peaches in half and remove pits. Grill 1 minute on each side. Arrange lamb and peaches on a platter. Drizzle with wine sauce. Sprinkle blue cheese over the top just before serving. PC12A491 CAPTION: Sage and Canela-Rubbed Lamb Chops With Grilled Peaches

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Mahindra Tractors

Farm & Industrial Equipment

FEED FENCING

George Edge

$15.00 PER WEEK HANDYMAN SERVICES RETIRED GUY

Experienced painter, home & deck repair.

250-295-0118

George Edge

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COMMUNITY CHILDCARE

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FOR ALL YOUR PET NEEDS DOG & CAT FOOD PETS PET SUPPLIES EXOTIC FISH FISH FOOD AQUARIUMS & TERRARIUMS BIRDS & CAGES

Before and after school care for K - Gr. 7 children.

Summit Kennel Blend Nu Way Sport Mix NOW Nutro and More!

283 Burton Ave, Princeton, B.C. www.princetonfarmcenter.com

RENTAL SERVICES

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

SERVICE

Mahindra Tractors

PET SUPPLIES

YOUR AD HERE

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RENTAL STORE

$15.00 PER WEEK

www.westcoasteq.com

283 Burton Ave, Princeton, B.C. www.princetonfarmcenter.com

EQUIPMENT RENTALS

Princeton, B.C. Ph: 250-295-0101 Fx: 250-295-0103 email: george@westcoasttruckparts.com

FARM SUPPLIES SHAVINGS/HAY STOVE PELLETS

Tulameen, B.C. V0X 2L0

Princeton, B.C. Ph: 250-295-0101 Fx: 250-295-0103 email: george@westcoasttruckparts.com

FARM MACHINERY DEALER

FARM & GARDEN SUPPLIES

Marg & Ed Reichert

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

Farm & Industrial Equipment

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RENTAL STORE

ski-doo & can-am Sales & Service

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

Now Come see our new facility located at 38 Kenley Ave. Call 250-295-7299 or accepting 250-295-7733 for more information. applications! livingwatercc@eastlink.ca

SEPTIC SERVICES PRINCETON SEPTIC SERVICE GOVERNMENT CERTIFIED Planner - Installer - Maintenance Provider Residential & Commercial Inspector *Contracts Available* PORTABLE TOILET RENTALS

RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL

Septic Tanks - Grease Traps - Holding Tanks - Sumps Sewer Line Router Service Backhoe - Excavator - Gravel Truck - Cat 250-295-7994 or 250-295-5217 Allen Zirk ROWP

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Business & Service Directory AUTO PARTS

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

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

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Sales & Delivery

WE NOW ACCEPT ELECTRONICS FOR RECYCLING!

Bottle Depot

(* excluding small appliances)

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

367 HWY. 3

250-295-3835

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

BIN & DISPOSAL

Meet your friends at the rink!

Owner

250-295-6400

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

Try Mixed Social Curling on Thursday Nights alternate weeks, singles or teams are welcome. Call Steph and Greg 250-295-0363

www.princetoncurlingclub.com

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

$15.00 PER WEEK

Phone: 250-295-7381

RESTAURANT

Aquarium Supplies Aviary Supplies Herp Supplies

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

AD SPACE

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS OR SERVICE HERE FOR ONLY

$15.00 PER WEEK HAIR STYLIST

Madysen Salway Licensed LicensedHair HairStylist Stylist 224 224 Bridge Bridge Street Street Princeton Princeton BC BC 250-295-2552 250-295-2552

madysensalway@gmail.com Walk Walk In’s In’sWelcome Welcome

Free Estimates - Senior Discount Professional Work Inside & Outside

Macey MacDonald

Mobile Home Specialty No Job Too Small Professional Decks

250-295-4393 Cell: 250-295-2049

Princeton Rentals Rentals Princeton Rents Air Compressors 185 CFM, 250 CFM & 375 CFM Diesel Our 38th Year in Business

Princeton Plaza

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

Sakchai Rick Chaicomdee

General Home Repairs & Renovations

RENTAL SERVICES

PET SUPPLIES

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS OR SERVICE HERE FOR ONLY

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

CURLING

Brian Coyne

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

Owner

Posts

BOTTLE RETURN

THE HUT

Brian Coyne

•10% Seniors Discount

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email: roofer.101@hotmail.com

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

FLOORING SERVICE

Laska’s Floor Service

•Supply

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

Email: mlaska@nethop.net

Brian Coyne Owner

Sales & Delivery

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

AUTOMOTIVE

N & L SERVICES

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, KNOWLEDGE & HONESTY are hard to find...

But N & L SERVICE is one of a kind! 2 Licenced Mechanics

250-295-0005

YOUR AD HERE

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$15.00 PER WEEK RENTALS/LANDSCAPING

POST SALES

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Call 250-295-6545 or 1-800-253-0233

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

OTTER VALLEY Rentals, Supplies & Services Septic inStallation

250-295-6449

-landScaping -FoundationS • new inStall -wateR lineS • Replacement FENCING SpECIalIStS • maintenance contRactS *Fully insured* *Gov’t Cert./reGistered/isured* ALL Facets of PRESSURE WASHING with HOT WATER •Commercial •Residential •Industrial

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Daycare Centers

Help Wanted

Trades, Technical

Financial Services

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

Receptionist/Front Desk Clerk, 5-6 days/week, approx. 5-6 hours/day, shift work 11-3, 4-10. Drop off resume to Ponderosa Motel, 130 Bridge St. or email to ddoo1987@hotmail.com. If interested in learning to make Sushi, I will teach and pay. 250-295-6941

EDMONTON BASED Company seeks qualified & experienced (or experienced) Mulcher Operator. Fort McMurray, camp work, 21/7 rotation, flight in/out provided, safety tickets and drivers abstract required. Fax 780-488-3002 or email to; jobs@commandequipment. com

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GROW MARIJUANA commercially. Canadian Commercial Production Licensing Convention October 26th & 27th. Toronto Airport, Marriott Hotel. www.greenlineacademy.com. Tickets 1-855-860-8611 or 250-870-1882. SOCIAL Mixed Curling, Alternate Thursday nights. Call Steph or Greg 250-295-0363. Enter a team or we’ll put you with someone fun!

Introduction Service Are you... new to the area? Do you... have a new baby? Are you... a new Bride?

Employment Business Opportunities ALL CASH drink/snack vending business route. Complete training. Small invest. req’d. 1888-979-VEND (8363). www.healthydrinkvending.co CANADIAN TAXPAYERS Federation (taxpayer.com) has an opening in its Sales Division. Aggressive Commission Scale. Door to Door experience an asset. Email: national. manager@taxpayer.com or 1800-667-7933 Ext 111.

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Career Opportunities

Lost & Found

TRAIN TO be an Apartment/Condominium Manager online! Graduates get access to all jobs posted with us. 33 years of success! Government certified. www.RMTI.ca or 1800-665-8339, 604-681-5456.

LOST - Diamond Ring, 24 single cut, 1 lrg center, lost in Coopers Foods or in Coalmont area. Call 250-295-4054 or 604-942-4966

FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN THE CLASSIFIEDS

Travel

Help Wanted An Alberta Oilfield Company is hiring dozer and excavator operators. Lodging and meals provided. Drug testing required. Call (780)723-5051 Edson, Alta.

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JOURNEYMAN AUTOMOTIVE Service Technician(s) in Hanna Alberta. Hanna Chrysler Ltd. offers competitive wages from $30/hour, negotiable depending on experience. Bright, modern shop. Full-time permanent with benefits. Friendly town just 2 hours from major urban centres. More info online at: www.hannachrylser.ca. Fax 403-854-2845; or Email: chrysler@telusplanet.net.

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Financial Services Need Cash? Own A Vehicle? Borrow Up To $25,000 Snapcarcash.com

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Legal Services CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.

Help Wanted

Argo is accepting Resumes for drivers experienced in the operation of tandem axle trucks for the Princeton Area. Part time, as and when required. Exp. operating snow removal equipment would be an asset. Must hold a valid BCDL, minimum Class 3 with air. Submit your Resume with a current driver abstract by email to argosok@argoroads.ca or by fax to 250-295-7983.

Services

CANCEL YOUR Timeshare. No risk program. Stop mortgage and maintenance Payments today. 100% money back guarantee. Free consultation. Call us now. We can help! 1-888-356-5248.

EDMONTON BASED Company seeks qualified & experienced Buncher Operator and Processor Operator. Fort McMurray, camp work, 21/7 rotation, flight in/out provided, safety tickets and drivers abstract required. Fax 780-4883002 or send and email to; jobs@commandequipment. com

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Travel

Funeral Homes

CENTURY PLAZA HOTEL Best Rates. 1.800.663.1818 century-plaza.com

Services

PLOW TRUCK OPERATORS

Trades, Technical AUTOMATED TANK Manufacturing Inc. is looking for experienced welders. Competitive wages, profit sharing bonus plus manufacturing bonus incentive. Full insurance package 100% paid by company. Good working environment. Keep your feet on the ground in a safe welding environment through in hole manufacturing process. No scaffolding or elevated work platform. Call Cindy for an appointment or send resume to: cindy@autotanks.ca. Call 780846-2231 (Office); 780-8462241 (Fax).

Services

Help Wanted

Norms Auto Refinishing, Terrace, BC. High production, ICBC Accredited body shop requires a LICENSED AUTOMOTIVE PAINTER Competitive wages, Excellent Benefits. fax 250-635-3081 email: mel@normsautorefinishing.ca attn: Mel Rundell, Manager

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Children

CURL with US! Men’s Oct. 22, Ladies Oct. 23, Seniors Oct. 24, Mixed Social Oct. 24. www.princetoncurlingclub.com

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58 (NICOLASIMILKAMEEN) SPEECH-LANGUAGE ASSISTANT School District No. 58 is accepting applications for a Speech-Language Assistant for Merritt schools. This is a temporary position for 5 hours per day, school days only for the period October 21, 2013 to June 27, 2014. Qualifications and salary will be in accordance with the C.U.P.E. Local 847 Collective Agreement. The district has a high percentage of First Nations and other multicultural students and so being sensitive to cultural diversities would be an asset. For a complete listing of the duties, responsibilities, qualifications and experience required for the position, please refer to the district’s website www.sd58.bc.ca under Jobs, Support Positions, and Current Job Opportunities (Job Code #407488). Application forms are available at the School Board Office, 1550 Chapman Street, Merritt, BC, Princeton Secondary School, 201 Old Merritt Road, Princeton, BC or on-line at www.sd58.bc.ca, click on Jobs/Support Positions and search under ‘Current Job Opportunities’ and follow the prompts. Applications, including a detailed resume with a minimum of three references, will be accepted until October 11, 2013. Please forward to: Attn: Secretary Treasurer School District #58 (Nicola-Similkameen) P.O. Box 4100, 1550 Chapman St. Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 Fax: (250) 378-6263 Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Services

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Merchandise for Sale

Transportation

Misc. Wanted

Auto Financing

Rentals

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Apt/Condo for Rent

Painting & Decorating

APARTMENTS FOR RENT: Sm. bachelor unit $450. Lg. bachelor unit $550. 1 bed. unit $650. All utilities included. 1 bedroom $550 utilities extra. 1 bedroom $500 utilities extra. Call Karen @ 250-295-3095

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Pets & Livestock

FURNISHED or un-furnished aptâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for rent in Princeton Avail. now, need excellent refâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & DD. No pets. $450 & up. Call 250-295-1006 leave a message.

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Pets FILA Brazilio Puppies (Guard Dogs). Families best friend/Intruders worst nightmare. All shots. 604817-5957

Merchandise for Sale Friendly Frank 2 - 16â&#x20AC;? truck rims w/8 studs, $5 each. Call 250-295-3376 Beer Fridge $25, 250-2957610 Compact electric treadmill. Good condition. $50. 250-2953391 I have a 21 cu.f. chest freezer, want to trade for a 10 cu.f. Call Norm at 250-273-0055 or 330 Allison Ave. Opaque glass blocks 6â&#x20AC;? x 6â&#x20AC;?, 80 available $3 each or $99 takes them all. 250-295-0118 ReďŹ nished end table $25, students desk $30, Panasonic vacuum $30, end table magazine rack $35. 250-295-0028 Washer & Dryer - Good working order, $99/pair. Call 250295-3992

Firewood/Fuel FIREWOOD: Call 6757 for more info.

250-295-

Heavy Duty Machinery A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122;40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;45â&#x20AC;&#x2122;53â&#x20AC;&#x2122; in stock. SPECIAL 44â&#x20AC;&#x2122;X40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Container Shop w/steel trusses $13,800! Sets up in one day! 40â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Containers under $2500! Call Toll Free Also JD 544 & 644 wheel loaders JD 892D LC Excavator Ph 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com

Misc. for Sale HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper? STEEL BUILDINGS/Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit online: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca STEEL BUILDING - The great super sale! 20x20 $4,070. 25x26 $4,879. 30x32 $6,695. 32x40 $8,374. 35x38 $9,540. 40x50 $12,900. One end wall included. Call Pioneer Steel 1800-668-5422. or online: www.pioneersteel.ca

Career Opportunities

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Genuine Coin Collector Buyer Collections, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins etc 250-499-0251

4HE "#30#! CARES FOR THOUSANDS OF ORPHANED ABAN DONED AND ABUSED DOGS EACH YEAR )F YOU CAN GIVE A HOMELESS DOG A SECOND CHANCE AT HAPPINESS PLEASE VISIT YOUR LOCAL SHELTER TODAY

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

Homes for Rent 1,000 sqft 3 bdrm mobile home on acreage, oil forced air & wood heat, shop with power and other out buildings, space for farm animals, etc. 20 mins. from town, $750/month + utilities. Ref. reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. 250-2953603 2 bdrm home for rent in quiet area of Princeton. References required. For more info please call 250-295-6449. Comfortable one level, no steps, low maintenance 3 BEDROOM house on large lot, quiet street, 3rd bench. Many nice features, attached garage, $900/month. Avail. now. Electric heat. Need 2 excellent references, No canine pets, Call 250-295-7827 for more details after 5 pm

Rooms for Rent Newly renovated home, rooms for rent in town $375 plus utilities, 778-235-5924 or leave a message.

Transportation

Auto Accessories/Parts

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Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how many companion animals will need loving, new homes this year. Will you open your home to one?

Fetch a Friend from the SPCA today!

Off Road Vehicles 2011 ATV 400 Max Bombardier with extra seat; mag wheels, winch, 54â&#x20AC;? snow plow, excellent shape. 1 yr warranty left. $7500 OBO. Call 250295-0355

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Boats

WANTED: Jeep TJ parts. Call 250-295-3745

12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2003 Misty River boat. 9.9 mercury motor (2003), EZ Loader (2001). plus spare tire. Boat cover, swivel seats. $3,500 OBO 250-295-2500

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Paint Sale Buy 1 Get 1

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*offer applies to 3.78L selected ACE, Clark+Kensington and SICO brand paints. Half price can of paint must be equal or lesser value. Cannot be combined with any other offer. See in-store for details. Expires October 31, 2013

Fletcher Building Supplies 222 Burton Ave., Princeton princeton@timbrmart.ca Monday - Friday 8 - 5 pm Saturday 8:30 - 5 pm Sunday & Stat Holidays 9 - 4 pm

250-295-6938