Similkameen Spotlight, December 31, 2014

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Posse suffers bloody blow “The worst injury I’ve seen.” Andrea DeMeer Spotlight Staff

Hockey games change in a heart beat. It could be a goal, a brilliant save, a bad call, or “the worst injury I’ve seen.” Posse head coach Bill Rotheisler knew from across the ice at the Summerland Arena December 20 that newly-signed Brandon Schaber was in serious trouble. “I’ve known Brandon a long time. He’s a pretty tough guy and he doesn’t usually show pain. He was down on the ground…and there was a tremendous amount of blood.” Schaber, 19, was locked in the corner with a teammate and a Summerland player when a stick struck him in the face “acting like a machete,” crushing bone and cartridge and tearing flesh. “The nose part was gone,” said Rotheisler. “The cartilage was there, and the skin had peeled back exposing basically whatever was under it which wasn’t much and it wasn’t a pretty sight.” Schaber, who was taken to Penticton General Hospital, moved to Kelowna General Hospital and eventually transferred to University of Alberta Hospital, suffered numerous breaks to both nose bones as well as two fractures to the orbital bone beneath his right eye. Doctors are now waiting for Schaber’s facial swelling to reduce enough that he can undergo reconstructive surgery. A best-case scenario sees him returning to the ice in eight to ten weeks. “When something like this happens the game stops,” said Rotheisler. “It’s not about the game, win or lose anymore, your concern is about the well-being of your players. The boys have long careers and lives and you are concerned about any longterm effects and making sure they are alright physically and also mentally.” Rotheisler said he anticipated Schaber’s reaction to the incident. “You’ve got to know Brandon to understand. He’s a pretty tough guy. He’s just telling everybody not to worry about it that he’s fine and trying to keep a sense of humor the whole time. “The first question he asked was how soon he could come back.” Princeton re-signed Schaber December 1 from the Estevan Bruins, the culmination of a series of trades that saw the Posse give up point leader Colton St. John to the Comox Valley Glacier Kings. He recorded four goals and two assists in his first seven games. “Our expectations of Brandon were big and they still are because eventually he will be back,” said Rotheisler. “We’ve always known we are a playoff team and he will be back for that.” Also over the holiday break the Posse lost second year key

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Newly signed Brandon Schaber, shown here in hospital after receiving stitches, is awaiting word on when he can undergo facial reconstructive surgery following his injury in a game December 20. Schaber broke boht nose bones in several places, and fractured his orbital bone in two places.

forward Tyler Ehlers, who left the team citing personal reasons. “He’s not going to be easy to replace but at the same time there are other guys who are going to pick up the slack.”

Switching seats with his female passenger within view of an RCMP roadblock near Princeton has cost a man almost half a year of freedom. Mounties watched Rene Michael Charles Cherot swap places with the woman in her Jeep at a Highway 3 rest stop on Nov. 2, 2014, court heard at this sentencing hearing Tuesday in provincial court in Penticton. An officer walked over to the Jeep and soon spotted a can of bear spray inside, and a further search of the vehicle turned up a shotgun, one pound of marijuana and suspected cocaine and ecstasy. Cherot, 38, pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while disqualified, possession of a controlled substance and occupying a vehicle in which there is a firearm. He was sentenced to a total of five months in jail, which will start in March when he finishes serving what had been a conditional sentence of house arrest for prior offences. The conditional sentence was collapsed to a jail term upon his arrest in November, since he didn’t have permission to leave Princeton. Defence counsel James Pennington said his client left town for the weekend to meet relatives in the Lower Mainland whom he hadn’t seen for 10 years, but didn’t have a chance to get clearance ahead of time. “So he rolled the dice and he crapped out,” said Pennington. The lawyer added that Cherot’s female companion, who owned the vehicle in which they were travelling, did most of the driving but became ill, so Cherot took over not long before the roadblock west of Princeton, and tried to switch her seats before the roadblock because his driver’s licence was suspended. “We might all have done that, given his circumstances,” said Judge Gale SInclair with a grin. Besides the jail term, the judge also handed Cherot a three-year driving ban and a five-year weapons prohibition.

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THE SPOTLIGHT COMMUNITY CALENDAR

HELP US KEEP THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR UP TO DATE. Please remember to check your listing in the Spotlight Community Calendar. If changes to your listing are needed, please call us at 250-295-3535 or email editor@similkameenspotlight.com

Arts SHIRLEY’S ART CLASSES: Wednesday & Thursday 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 QUILTERS Meet 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 opportunities, 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, 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 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 Penticostal Church 165 Vermilion Avenue invites you to join us in Sunday Worship 10:30 am Pastor Jack McNeil 250-295-7951

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

250-295-7752

190 - 1st Avenue Everyone Welcome

Invites You to 38 Kenley Avenue 10:30 Morning Worship Pastor George Donovan Tel: 250-295-7733 Cell: 250-293-6447

(By Coopers) Join us for “Gospel Hour” Sunday mornings, 11 am We would love to meet you. 250-293-1205

Club Notes:

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.

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS: Group helps bereaved parents. Will meet as needed. Call Shirley Haker at 250-295-3607. sehaker@persona.ca

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

SENIORS BRANCH #30 POT LUCK SUPPER: Last Friday of every month, 5:30 p.m. Seniors Centre. Members can invite a guest.

CRISIS LINE: You can call us 24 hours a day, everyday, and your call is confidential and anonymous. The crisis line is 250-4936622. Or call collect from locations within the South Okanagan Similkameen: 250-493-6622.

MEMBERS ONLY POOL TOURNAMENT: Last Tuesday of every month at the Senior’s Centre. 10:00 am

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

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

WHIST & CRIB: (Seniors Branch #30) First Saturday of each month at 1 PM. Coffee & refreshments included. Everyone welcome.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Tuesdays @ 7:30 p.m. United Church. Contacts: Fred 250-295-7272 or Marena 250-295-7663

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

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.

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

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

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.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Meets every Wednesday & Sunday at the Info Centre in Chamber Basement 8:30 P.M. Phone 1-877-234-5809

PRINCETON ROTARY CLUB: Meets every Tuesday @ 12 p.m. Heartland Restaurant (dining room). For more info. Call Judy @ 250-2950217. New members welcome!

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 support, information, legal strategies and safe shelter in cases of abuse against women in relationships. Call the 24 hour women’s crisis line at 250-295-8211 for confidential services. MONDAY NIGHT BRIDGE: @ Riverside Centre 7 - 9:30. Knowledge of bridge necessary. Call Gail @ 250-295-0171

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 1-866-856-8442

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

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.

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

PRINCETON and DISTRICT COMMUNITY SKILLS CENTRE SOCIETY: Meetings are held quarterly on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m.

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PRINCETON MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES: 167 Vermilion Avenue 250-295-7588 princetonmuseum@gmail.com www.princetonmuseum.org

HOSPITAL AUXILIARY: Meets second Monday of every month, 1:00 p.m. Hospital Board Room. For info., Call Doreen @ 250-2951577

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PRINCETON HEALTH ACTION COMMITTEE: Regular public meetings first Wednesday of every month at 7 PM at the BPO Elks Lodge. CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN: If interested in attending, please call: Barb 250-2954050 or Del 250-295-3266 TOPS: (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) chapter meets at Riverside Wellness Centre every Thursday. Weigh-in-Time 8:30 AM Meeting 9:00–10:00 AM. For more information please contact Lynda 250- 295-3658 or Myrna 250-295-7272 Visit www.tops.org

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 ROYAL PURPLE: Meetings first and third Tuesdays 7:30 PM, Princeton. ELKS: Contact Chris at 250-295-3949. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 noon in the Club House.

Youth 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.

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Christmas visits Princeton on the back of a Honda Spotlight Staff

If you happened to witness a couple of motorcycles cruising around town in the days before Christmas – complete with stockings, tinsel, reindeer antlers and a fully decorated and lighted fir tree – it wasn’t the eggnog. Ed March, 27, and Rachel Lasham, 30, stopped in Princeton for the night on a journey from their home on the English coast. Their eventual destination is Argentina, via Alaska, Nova Scotia, Tennessee and Oregon. “I’d like to say Canadians are very, very friendly,” said March, who has toured 36 countries on his Honda 90, and always decorates it for whatever holiday is in season. “It makes people laugh when you have to change lanes,” he said. Lasham, who is on her first motorcycle adventure, said she has been awed by the scenery in

British Columbia. The most memorable part of her journey so far was viewing the North Lights while wild camping. “That for me was really magical.” March admitted BC mountains are “nice…I’m not so fussed on snow covered mountains. I rode through the Himalayas in Nepal and even then it wasn’t the mountains for me it was the people.” The couple has been camping and staying with strangers since arriving in Anchorage late in July. In Princeton they were offered the use of backyard. March, an electronic engineer, and Lasham, a transport planner, said they planned their Western continent trip when they realized they were working too many hours for too little money. They are on a $40-a-day budget, and are very impressed with the cheap price of Canada gasoline. March and Lasham left Princeton heading for Osoyoos and the east coast before turning their Honda’s south.

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Ed March and Rachel Lasham, with their festive motorcycles, spent the night in a Princeton backyard recently on their way from Alaska to Argentina.

Unique music therapy program coming to Ridgewood Submitted by Support Our Health Care

If the eyes are a window to the soul, than our ears may be the portal to our memory. Music as therapy for Alzheimer’s patients has received a great deal of attention over the past several years. In 2006, Dan Cohen founded an organization called Music & Memory based on the idea that if he ended up in a nursing home, he wanted to be able to listen to his favorite ‘60‘s music. After discovering that none of the 16,000 longterm care facilities in the United Stated used iPods for their residents, he volunteered to create personalized playlists on iPods for residents at a local nursing home in New York City. Music & Memory has never looked back. Since its inception, the organization has “implemented iPod personalized music programs in hundreds of care facilities throughout the U.S. and Canada.” By providing access and education, and by creating a network of certified eldercare facilities, Music & Memory aims to make this form of personalized therapeutic music a standard of care throughout the health care industry. Coalmont resident,

Diane Sterne learned of the Music & Memory personalized music program and brought it to the attention of Support Our Health Care (SOHC). Nienke Klaver, SOHC Secretary, is now working with Barb Gagnon, Ridgewood Lodge Recreation Director, to establish the program in Princeton. In an interview with Gagnon, she told SOHC that she asks new residents and their families what type of music they like to listen to so she can get a feel for their interests. “You can really tell when someone likes a piece of music or when it soothes them”, she said. Gagnon related an incident when a church group came to Ridgewood to sing songs with the residents. One member of the

group played the violin. Gagnon happened to mention that one of her residents used to play the violin as a child and would she be allowed to let her hold the instrument. The violin was handed to her and right away she put it under her chin, held the bow and started to play along with the music. She hadn’t played since she was a teenager, but holding the instrument reawakened her memory and she just started to play. Gagnon is interested in taking the certification course developed by Music & Memory, which involves the creation of a facility-ready iTunes library, managing resident playlists, handling equipment and security concerns, integrating personalized

REGIONAL DISTRICT OF OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN

PROPOSED BOARD DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Board Meeting dates for the year 2015 are as follows: January 8 22 July 2 16

February 5 19 August 6 20

March 5 19 September 3 17

April 2 16 October 1 15

May 7 21 November 5 19

June 4 18 December 3 17

Regular Board Meetings will be held at the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen Boardroom located at 101 Martin Street, Penticton, BC per the above scheduled dates. Please refer to the RDOS website at www.rdos.bc.ca for meeting start times.

digital music into daily care plans, and evaluating the program’s effectiveness. When certified, Ridgewood Lodge will be one of only five facilities in BC offering this program.

SOHC will be covering the cost of the course and certification which is made possible through a generous donation by Doug Rebagliati, in memory of his wife, Mary Bedford. Mary

was an active member of Princeton’s arts community and served many years on the Board of the Princeton and District Arts Council. In her final years, she was a resident at Ridgewood Lodge.

Additional funding for the purchase of iPods has been made available through a donation by the Princeton Rotary club.

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BC needs rivers AND mines

The easiest way for a company to make headlines is for it to be connected with an environmental issue of some kind. Princeton knows this only too well, as earlier in the month a spill from a tailings line at Copper Mountain leached into Wolfe Creek. Mine officials responded promptly to the incident and contained the spill in 20 minutes, but not until 500 litres of slurry had been discharged. Days later the Lower Similkameen Indian Band threatened to seek a court injunction shutting down operations at Copper Mountain, until certain conditions were met. The Band asked for an independent inquiry into the spill, as well as an investigation into the consequences of mining on the Similkameen Valley. A 2013 spill on a much larger scale at the Basin Coal Mine injected 65,000 litres of coal slurry into the Tulameen River, and was never resolved to the Band’s satisfaction. Demands for inquiries and requests for information and study are not unreasonable given what is at stake for the Similkameen and its tributaries. Seeking court injunctions though, those are fighting words. The mining industry and the environment and the people who lobby for them both need to work cooperatively for actual solutions. In 2013 BC produced $2 billion worth of copper and nearly $300 million worth of gold. Mining and related industries employ 30,000 people in BC – with average annual salaries and benefits of more than $100,000. In Princeton it is easy to draw the line between mining and a healthy economy. Copper Mountain Mine employs more than 400 people and 70 percent of them live in the area. Those people and their families own houses here, they buy groceries and clothes and winter tires and they eat out in restaurants. They pay taxes that in turn fund a police department, firefighting and other municipal services. Moreover there isn’t anyone – practically anywhere – who doesn’t utilize the end products of BC mines. Consider the amount of construction aggregates like sand, gravel and stone that are produced in BC. It doesn’t just build roads and hospital parking lots. Do you like to ski? Does your income rely on tourist dollars? Approximately 4,000 cubic metres of concrete were used in building Whistler’s Peak 2 Peak gondola. Perhaps you are one of the three million adults in BC who owns a smart phone. Smart phones require metals like gold and copper, as well as an industrial mineral called silica for the screens. To echo mine minister Bill Bennett, every British Columbian has a connection to the mining industry in this province. The economy is important, it needs to be sustained. The environment is important, it needs to be sustained. Those goals needn’t be mutually exclusive if people are willing to compromise, and work together. - AD PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Annual subscription: $35.24 locally, $54.29 elsewhere in Canada.

2015: the year of climate adaptation VICTORIA – It’s time to look beyond the While this 1964 the treaty has no end date, its protests and political battles around climate flood control mandate expires in 2024. I spoke change that dominated 2014, and look at the year with Deborah Harford and Jon O’Riordan, members of the Simon Fraser University Adaptation and the decade ahead. to Climate Change Team (ACT), who, along with From the California drought to shifting forest ACT senior policy author Robert Sandford, have patterns across B.C., there is evidence that our written a provocative book on the treaty. They climate is changing more rapidly. Public debate hope it will help lead to a renewed agreement that consists mainly of squabbling about the significance of human-caused greenhouse gas emiswill be a model for a changing world. sions, rather than what can be done to prepare. “If you’re looking ahead 60 years from 2024, A draft discussion paper from the B.C. forthere’s a lot of climate change projected in that TOM FLETCHER ests ministry on wildfire control was released in period, for British Columbia and the U.S.,” December after an access to information request. Harford said. “For the B.C. side, we’re looking “Climate Change Adaptation and Action Plan For at heavy precipitation and potential increase in Wildfire Management, 2014-2024” describes the snowmelt runoff, while in the States, you’re getprogress made in the province’s community forest fire prevention ting the opposite, much less snow. “There will probably be no snowpack left down there, and plan, and its goal to create “wildfire resilient ecosystems and wildfire adapted communities” over the next 10 years. they’re looking at the prospect of quite drastically lower flows in The final discussion paper is to be released early in 2015, but the summer.” the key research is in. It estimates that by 2017 there will be 788 The treaty, sparked by devastating floods in 1948, led to million cubic metres of dead pine in B.C. forests. Fires in these construction of three dams on the B.C. side and one at Libby, areas spread 2.6 times faster than in healthy green stands, up to 66 Washington that backed up Kookanusa Lake into B.C. Between metres per minute. that reservoir and the Arrow Lakes, 110,000 hectares of B.C. land The report calls for fuel management beyond community was flooded, including orchards, dairy farms and the homes of boundaries to stop “mega-fires” by creating landscape-level fuel 2,000 people. breaks, with targeted harvesting, prescribed burning and new silThose dams hold back spring flood water and provide for irrigation that has allowed Washington to expand its agriculture to a viculture practices. It notes that bark beetle infestations and bigger, hotter fires are $5 billion-a-year industry. The treaty shares the value of hydrobeing seen across North America, with costs rising along with electric power generated by the many downstream U.S. dams urban development. For example, the 2011 Slave Lake fire in such as the Grand Coulee, but it pays B.C. nothing for agricultural northern Alberta generated the second largest insurance charge in benefits that were achieved at the cost of B.C. farms and aboriginal territories. Canadian history. O’Riordan notes that climate shifts create a strategic benefit for The costs of preparing are huge. The costs of not preparing B.C. The U.S. has no more dam capacity to exploit, and needs us could be catastrophic. Also in 2014, the B.C. government appointed an advisory com- more than ever, for flood protection and water supply. mittee to prepare for the renewal of the Columbia River Treaty Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black with the United States. Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca</

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CAPRICORN: Don’t try to hide your emotions this week, Capricorn. If others know just how you are feeling they will be more likely to offer a helping hand and some valuable advice. AQUARIUS: You have an infectious amount of energy this week, Aquarius. That will serve you well because many things are piling up on your to-do list. You’re ready to meet tasks head-on. PISCES: Do you feel like you’re being pulled in too many directions, Pisces? Let up on accepting any new responsibilities for now. ARIES: It may seem that you have your head in the clouds, Aries. But you know that you have everything under control. Disregard the critics and keep plugging away. TAURUS: Taurus, look inside yourself for the solution to a problem that has puzzled you. You understand the situation better than anyone else, so bear down and find the solution. GEMINI: There is no easy way out of the work you have to get done, Gemini. Just hunker down and accept that these tasks have to be completed before you can move on. CANCER: You may feel some pressure from higher-ups, Cancer. But don’t allow that pressure to distract you from the tasks at hand. You will get things done on time. LEO: Leo, after weeks of running around, it is finally time to kick your feet up and relax. The concept may seem strange to you, but soon enough you will get the hang of it. VIRGO: Virgo, you have been stuck on a problem but the solution is right around the corner. Perhaps you should change your perspective and go about it in a new way. LIBRA: Focus on the positives of a new venture even if you’re nervous about the outcome, Libra. If you let negative thoughts slide in you can quickly be overwhelmed. SCORPIO: New possibilities seem to arise out of nowhere, Scorpio. Embrace the good fortune coming your way and make the most of these wonderful and exciting opportunities. SAGITTARIUS: It will take some energy to referee a situation at home, Sagittarius. Strong personalities can clash at times, but you have a way of working through the obstacles. FOR ENTERTAINMENT ONLY

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Conquering fear is the first step for a better future

Art Martens, left, teaching life and paddling skills to troubled youth. Art Martens livingsignificantly.ca

On a visit to Mountain Prison near Agassiz some years ago, I encountered a number of round faced men, clad in drab grey prison garb. They were sitting on hard wooden benches set against long metal huts. Except for occasionally inserting a cigarette between their lips, they sat still and lifeless as sand sculptures on a forgotten beach. I approached them and asked, “what are you all waiting for?” An elderly man with a balding scalp roused himself and responded quite amicably, “we’re waiting for

the ringing of the lunch bell. Then we can go in and eat.” On subsequent visits, I saw the men there many times, often arriving long before the bell summoned them. For some, meals were the most significant events in their day. In time I understood that prison life had fostered a toxic lethargy in them and most had no realistic goals or vision for anything better. They seemed not to grasp they could be preparing for the rigours of life awaiting them beyond the high chain link fence around the prison. Inside the fence they were able to blame others for their plight. Outside they would need to deal

with reality. They feared reality. Although they admitted it only rarely, some felt safe only within the fence. They reminded me of T.S. Eliot’s “Hollow Men.” Seeing these men was a reminder to me that it is in the storms of life that we grow strong. I realized how true this is later when I was working for the One Way Adventure Foundation in Hedley. Each summer we took small groups of Young Offenders on a Bowron Lakes canoe expedition. The trip consists of portaging, canoeing on lakes and rivers, and camping in a pristine wilderness. Once on the lakes, we had no means of com-

municating with anyone outside our group. If a canoe began to leak, we had to deal with it. On one trip our crew consisted of three leaders and nine adolescent boys travelling in six sturdy, Frontiersman canoes. The youths came primarily from poorly functioning homes. They generally arrived at our campus with a distinctly uncooperative attitude, often with a swagger. They attempted to portray themselves as tough and street smart. Having no chain link fence to protect them from life’s harsh realities, they had donned a mask to hide their sense of insecurity. We wanted to expose them to mosquitoes, horse flies, paddling or portaging all day, sometimes in incessant rain. We considered it important that they feel the discomfort of a canoe yoke digging into their shoulders on portages. The experience would plant a significant memory in their psyche. A memory of grappling with unaccustomed and unexpected challenges, and discovering they had the stamina to persevere to the end. They would see that we, the leaders, were also being ravaged by the insects and the elements. Masks would begin to slip as we all contended with a reality we could not ignore. It was an overcast Thursday morning when our little contingent emerged from the fast flowing, dangerous waters of the Cariboo River onto Lanezi Lake. A powerful headwind was already whipping up waves. Spray blew into our faces and we could scarcely move. Our canoes bobbed like corks on the restless water. Because the tower-

ing mountains descended on either side to the edge of the lake, we could find no refuge there. Fear gripped the boys. They were city youths and had never paddled in turbulent water like this. Fear in their voices concerned me. It was quickly eroding their inner strength. I needed to do something to give them confidence. I started singing, “row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream.” Initially they looked at me as though doubting my sanity. Sensing my confidence, a couple of the older boys began singing with me. Their voices weren’t much better than mine but in the blowing wind, it didn’t matter. “Row, row, row your boat.” Soon we were all singing and whooping and paddling like mad voyageurs. Suddenly, we were lusty and strong and free. I looked at the 2 straining, sweating boys in the canoe closest to me and both of them grinned broadly. They were having too much fun to be scared. Three hours later, in the safety of our rustic camp, with tents set up, a camp fire warming us, and hot food in our bellies, we knew we had conquered our fears. Now, with a new year dawning, this is a good time for all of us to decide we won’t be content to sit on a bench mindlessly waiting for our next meal. This is a good time to think about how we will respond to the storms of life that may descend on us in 2015. To Editor Andrea, staff, and all readers of the Spotlight, my wife Linda and I wish you a New Year of adventure, satisfaction and fulfillment.

News outlets should leave practical jokes to others The break between Christmas and New Year’s Day is typically what is known in the industry as “a slow news week.” No one is making announcements or holding meetings and unless there is some kind of natural or man made disaster headlines run towards look backs, reviews, the year in the pictures, that sort of thing. On Boxing Day I read a unique spin on this theme: The Best Hoaxes of 2014. You probably recall some of them. No, there wasn’t really a shark in Lake Ontario, and you can’t charge your iPhone in the microwave. (That latter one though, I can tell you from personal experience if you drop your cell phone in the toilet you might as well try drying it out on the defrost setting as you have nothing to lose and might actually extend its life by a couple of hours.) Social media has elevated the news hoax to previously unimagined levels. Satirical websites also have much to answer for. As it turns out in 2014 the rumors of Betty White’s death were greatly exaggerated. Also Jose

Blood and Guts, Ordinary Canseco did not lose his finger Magic, Spenser: Pale Kings and in a poker game and try to sell Princess, Shadow Builder, Phil it on Ebay. the Alien, The Prize Winner of I have executed one media Defiance, Ohio, and Away from hoax in my career. It caused Her. so much flurry and angst in It was more believable than a town not much larger than sharks in Lake Ontario, at any Princeton, I swore never to do rate. it again. ANDREA DEMEER All the reader had to do, to It was one of the rare publishing days at a weekly paper realize page one was an April old dog that fell square on April Fool’s Fool’s Joke, was open the paper new tricks Day. The front page of the and look at page two. The story newspaper that April 1 was even gave directions: continued given over to a picture of Leonardo DiCaprio on page two. – this was a couple of years after he drowned Only nobody did that right away. in the North Atlantic –with a story about how The first phone calls were from town the young star would spend the summer in administrators and councilors, incensed that town filing a remake of Rebel Without A Paramount Pictures issued a news release Cause, directed by Rob Reiner. without obtaining the necessary municipal The idea was not completely fantastic. permissions for filming. Paris, Ontario has provided the setting for a An acting school from Toronto emailed number of feature and made-for-television the morning we hit the streets, wanting help movies including The Hard Part Begins, to co-ordinate a field trip of several dozen

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Museum looks forward to an exciting future Submitted by Rika Ruebsaat, Acting President

Museums are often thought to be musty places filled with old stuff that only pioneer families or history enthusiasts are interested in. The Princeton Museum, on the other hand, is exactly the opposite. The interior is bright and welcoming and over the past year the Museum has been a vibrantly active hub of the community. During the summer, excited voices filled the Museum as Princeton’s children explored our past at overnight adventures and three successful summer camps. In collaboration with our local naturalists club, the Museum hosted a showing of local filmmaker Jeff Turner’s latest film. The Museum once more welcomed the community to celebrate Canada Day. A very well-attended presentation on local railway history by Joe Smuin took place last fall, organized by Museum board member, Terry Malanchuk, a local historian in his own right. Community involvement in the Museum, however, goes far beyond just hosting special events. Local fossil enthusiast, John Henry, is putting in dozens of hours with our world-renowned Pollard collection of fossils and minerals. Our “Living History” project, under the able direction of Dierra Maynard, has documented the stories and lives of six community elders. The late George Kassa put in countless hours in the Archives, identifying photographs and explicating documents. The Museum was proud to host a memorial for this Princeton elder. Many other volunteers put in hours of work keeping the Museum open during the winter and working with artefacts and in the archives This year the Museum proudly hosted the War of 1812 exhibit on loan to us, thanks to a great

friendship with the Osoyoos Museum. We were also fortunate to be given an introductory assessment of our fossil collection by SFU palaeontologist Bruce Archibald. This will be the first step of a much larger future scientific assessment and inventory of our important and valuable specimens. Many of our successes would not have been possible without the work of four excellent summer students. Thanks to them we kept the Museum open to visitors all summer. We were also able to digitize 3000 of our old photos and have made leaps and bounds in our archaeology department, thanks to the knowledge of summer student Brent Davidson who is studying archaeology at UVIC. An exciting project for 2015 will be the rehabilitation of a very old pair of “Logging Arches”, a piece of Princeton’s logging and milling history from 1926. The arches, which were pulled by horses and have ten-foot diameter wheels on wooden axles, were a method of transporting large logs. The arches were used at Gibson’s mill at Jura in the 1930s. In 2015 the Museum has been offered an exciting week-long summer kids program called “Species at Risk”, which will be hosted by members of the Royal BC Museum in Victoria, right here in Princeton. This program will run in addition to the already established summer programs that have grown year after year, thanks to the interest and participation of Princeton’s youngest museum members. In 2015 the Museum, under the able management of Robin Irwin, will host more special events, new programs, and easier access to our research collections. We will continue to apply for grants that, along with our healthy volunteer involvement, will help us remain a hub of the community.

Winners of the Spotlight’s annual Christmas decoration contest were The Style Chamber in the business category (above) and the home of Julie McCutcheon, Auburn Crescent in the residence category, The home of multitime winner Mac MacDonald was the out-of-town winner.

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Recalling a new year fire Kim English Hedley Heritage Museum

The Grand Union Hotel in Hedley was insured for $5,000 in 1918 when it burned to the ground.

Built in 1902 by McDermott & Marks and later sold to Robert Herron and Anton Winkler, the substantial Grand Union Hotel once stood at the northeastern corner of Scott Avenue and Haynes Street in Hedley. The hotel proudly boasted its “good table and comfortable rooms” the “choice liquor” and always kept cigars in stock. Anton Winkler directed the staff to give careful attention to the wants of the travelling public and regular boarders. It was first class accommodation until the eve of December 31st, 1918 when fire

completely destroyed the building. Earlier that evening Winkler had brought a party in his car to Princeton to attend a hockey game and dance. He was notified by phone that his

place was on fire. The Grand Union was the second hotel built in Hedley and did a roaring business. Winkler had $5,000 insurance on the building - quite a sum in those days.

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Police focus on drugs and repeat offenders

Sgt. Barry Kennedy Sgt Barry Kennedy Non Commissioned Officer in Charge Princeton RCMP

As we approach the end of another year, it seems that time has flown by. It was one year ago that I came to Princeton, looking to take on the chal-

lenges facing the detachment and integrating into a new community. Over the past year, the Princeton RCMP has had great success within the community. Our priorities for the past year have been to increase traffic safety, contribute to a safer community and to interact with the Youth and build stronger relationships. I think that we have come a long way to achieving these goals. Our crime rate has decreased by 19% over the past year, mostly due to frontline policing and the willingness of our community to be proactive in crime reduction. Our officers have become more involved in community events and actively participating with the youth at school at sporting events. I would like to see our efforts continue into the new year, as we are clearly going

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I look forward to working with our Community Partners in the coming year and encourage everyone to take a stance and report crime if you see it, this is our community and we want to keep it safe.

Lots of holiday fun remains for Princeton and area Look no further than your own backyard for entertainment during the holiday week. For a little early New Year’s Eve fun join the Princeton Posse as they take on Summerland Steam with the puck dropping at 5:30. Also New Year’s Eve The Princeton Figure Skating Club Show takes place at the Tulameen Rink as part of the

Tulameen Community Club 2014 Winter Carnival from 6 -7 pm. Lace up your skates and join the fun at 7:30 for a public skate and be sure to stay for the fireworks display schedule for midnight. Join the China Ridge Trails Association for a New Year’s Day Omelette Party beginning at 10 a.m. and stay for the skiing and snowshoeing.

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Business & Service Directory AUTO PARTS

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

YOU DON’T KNOW HOW WELL I FEEL... MY OWNER TOOK ME TO NEAL!

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Laska’s Floor Service

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•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

$15.00 PER WEEK YOUR AD HERE

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YOU DON’T KNOW HOW WELL I FEEL... MY OWNER TOOK ME TO NEAL!

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EQUIPMENT RENTALS

3 Licenced Mechanics

250-295-0005

TOWING

BOTTLE RETURN/RECYCLE

THE HUT

• Electronics • Household Fire Alarms Bottle Depot • C02 Alarms WE ACCEPT MOST POP, JUICE, WATER, • Light Bulbs MILK, LIQUOR AND BEER CONTAINERS HOURS: 11 AM - 4 PM DAILY CLOSED TUESDAYS AND STAT HOLIDAYS

367 Hwy. 3

250-295-3835

FENCING/SEPTIC SERVICES OTTER VALLEY Rentals, Supplies & Services

TOOL & EQUIPMENT RENTALS

Arnold Buteau Rentals

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

FENCING SPECIALISTS

arnold@warnerrentals.bc.ca

PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES AVAILABLE •Commercial •Residential •Industrial

HANDYMAN SERVICES

HEAVY DUTY TRUCK PARTS

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Truck Parts - Hydraulic Hoses ATV Accessories - Industrial Supplies

$15.00 PER WEEK

MINISTRY

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Brian Coyne

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

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES

TOWING

BINS & DISPOSAL

BACKHOE SERVICES

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

POST SALES

PET SUPPLIES Aquarium Supplies Aviary Supplies Herp Supplies Live Fish

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

Phone: 250-295-7381

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

Princeton Plaza

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Brian Coyne Owner

Sales & Delivery

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

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

SEPTIC SERVICES

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Sakchai Rick Chaicomdee

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

Septic Cleaning Outhouse Rentals & Sales Mark Riegling

Owner /Operator

250-295-4191

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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

SPOTLIGHT The Similkameen

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SUBSCRIPTION RATES Local area includes: Princeton & Area H, Hedley

Local Regular: 3 00 Local Seniors: 30 00 Out of town: 5 00 U.S. : 13 25

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Argo is accepting Resumes for drivers experienced in the operation of tandem axle trucks for the Princeton Area. 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 National driver abstract by email to argosok@argoroads.ca or by fax to 250-295-7983.

Princeton Family Service Society Community Worker Position A GP for Me Project Job Summary:

The Community Worker Position is designed to work collaboratively with family physicians to support vulnerable patients in the community. Community Workers offer patients psychosocial support and resource coordination, and work in an interdisciplinary team based environment. : • Follow primary care treatment plans • Provide psychosocial support • Coordinate the range of community and allied-health resources designed to benefit vulnerable patients • Assist in stabilizing vulnerable patients so that they can fit into typical family practice settings • Help to strengthen the quality of connection (attachment) between patients and family doctors • Community Workers work collaboratively through a shared care arrangement with the local family physicians to help improve both patient and provider experience.

Skills and Abilities:

Business Opportunities Gym for lease with all equipment. Call 250-488-7294 THE DISABILITY Tax Credit. $1,500 yearly tax credit.$15,000 lump sum refund (on avg). covers: Hip/knee replacements, arthritic joints, COPD. For help applying 1844-453-5372.

Business/Office Service

PLOW TRUCK OPERATORS

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15 ¢ each Colour Copies: 75 ¢ each

FAX/SCAN SERVICES AVAILABLE

• Excellent written and verbal reporting skills • Demonstrated ability to teach and work effectively with others in both team and one to one setting. • Knowledge and understanding of working in interdisciplinary teams • Ability to build effective and diplomatic working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders • Knowledge and understanding of primary care settings • Knowledge and awareness of appropriate community resources • Good organization, time and general management skills • Good interpersonal communication skills • A moderate level of physical fitness is required since direct delivery of program activities may involve standing, walking, bending, lifting.

Qualifications, Education and/or Equivalent Experience Essential Requirements • Experience working with vulnerable populations (people living in poverty, elderly, substance misuse and mental health issues) • A diploma in social work/human services or a related field or the equivalent education and/or experience. • Direct program delivery experience in the community social services sector with a demonstrated working knowledge of community, regional and provincial based programs • Valid BC’s Driver’s License • Access to an adequately insured reliable vehicle

Assets (preferred requirements)

Experience working in healthcare field

For further information regarding this position please e-mail Heather Eriksen at childcareadmin@telus.net or call our office 250-295-3126. This posting will be open until January 9th, 2015.

Services

Services

Help Wanted

Financial Services

Personal Care

FT Head Baker for True Grain Bread in Summerland. Producing highest quality baked goods. 5yrs experience baking bread from scratch. Forecasting, ordering, recruiting, training & scheduling responsibilities. Master level certification or Red Seal required. Full details: http://www.truegrain.ca/index. p h p / c o n t a c t - 3 / e m p l oy m e n t Send resume: leslie@truegrain.ca

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

Painting & Decorating WWW.PAINTSPECIAL.COM

(1) 250-899-3163

3 Rooms For $299, 2 Coats Any Colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls. Cloverdale Premium Quality Paint. NO PAYMENT, until job is completed!

Merchandise for Sale

Firearms

FIREARMS: ALL types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed dealer 1-866-9600045. www.dollars4guns.com.

Heavy Duty Machinery A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’53’ and insulated containers all sizes in stock. Trades are welcome. 40’Containers under $2500! DMG 40’ containers under $2,000 each. Also JD 544 & 644 wheel Loaders & 20,000 lb CAT forklift. Wanted to buy 300 size hydraulic excavator. Ph Toll free 1-866-528-7108 1-778-298-3192 8am-5pm 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 us online at: www.crownsteelbuildings.ca.

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1 & 2 Bdrm apartments in new building. Close to trail & river. Twin River 223 Burton Ave., F/S, cats OK, starting @ $700/month + utilities. 604783-7020. 1 bdrm Apt for rent in Princeton, available now. Level access in a quiet building. Need excellent references & D.D. No pets, can furnish if needed. Rents start at $450.00 month. Phone 1-250-295-1006 for details or leave a message with the best time to call back. APARTMENTS FOR RENT: Small bachelor unit $450. Lg. bachelor unit $550. 1 bed. unit $650. All utilities included. 1 bedroom $550 utilities extra. 1 bedroom $500 utilities extra. Call Karen @ 250-295-3095

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

Homes for Rent HOUSES FOR RENT. Call Heather at 250-295-8025

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

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