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Break in may have led to double murder

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John Ike Koopmans, accused of killing two Princeton residents and attempting to kill another, is shown outside the courthouse in Penticton. His trial continues this week. Koopmans is described in court as showing no emotion while he takes notes during testimony. Dale Boyd Dubenski announced 26 witnesses will During the cross-examination Skogstad saw his friends alive again,” Dubenski told Black Press take the stand during the trial that began on also questioned a missing bullet from the the court.

A survivor of an alleged double murder that occurred in Princeton is expected to testify this week at the Penticton Court House. Bradley Martin was shot in the chest on a property just outside of Princeton on Old Hedley Road where Rosemary Fox, 32, and Robert Keith Wharton, 43, were shot and killed on March 30, 2013. John Ike Koopmans, 51, is charged with two counts of first degree murder and one count of attempted murder and was arrested after police located him in a camper on the Old Hedley Road property on March 31, 2013. Crown counsel Frank Dubenski told the jury that he expects Martin to testify that Koopmans arrived at a residence Martin shared with Wharton and Fox and entered into an argument with Fox and Wharton. When Martin went to intervene, he was shot in the upper-right chest. Despite the wound, Martin left the property and survived as the result of open-chest surgery. “I expect Mr. Martin to tell you he never

Dubenski told the jury the argument may have been related to a break and enter that allegedly occurred on Koopmans’ property prior to the shooting. Dubenski said Koopmans believed Wharton to be responsible for the break and enter. Both victims were shot three times, with Wharton suffering three wounds to the head while Fox was shot in the head, chest and right ankle according to the agreed statement of facts. The statement of facts also noted a toxicology report that showed both victims had ingested marijuana and cocaine, though it was not possible to determine whether or not they were intoxicated at the time. Two weapons were discovered and entered as evidence in the trial. A .357 Ruger was discovered in the Similkameen River near the Old Hedley Road property by a police dive team seven months after the shooting, and a .38 handgun was discovered by a camper and reported to police a year and a half after the shootings.

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Wednesday and is estimated to last three weeks minimum. During a brief opening statement, defence council Don Skogstad noted to the jury that an opening statement from the defence was unusual, but asked them to pay particularly close attention to two witnesses, Martin as well as a young civilian witness expected to take the stand next week. Skogstad briefly approached an unusual line of questioning during the cross-examination of the first trial witness Cst. Tim Russell, who was the crime scene management officer for the case. Skogstad queried whether or not Russell had come across an unusual object while searching through Martin’s belongings in his residence. “I know this is a funny question, but trust me, I know why I’m asking. Did you come across a tinfoil hat?” Skogstad said. “No,” Russell said. The relevance of the tinfoil hat was not mentioned as the trial was adjourned until March 2.

crime scene. Four slugs were recovered from the scene by RCMP. Skogstad pointed out that according to the injuries sustained by Fox, Wharton and Martin, there should be seven bullets fired. Russell told court that it was determined that the bullet that struck Fox’s ankle had passed through another object before it struck Fox. He believed that one of the bullets that struck Wharton passed through and hit Fox as well, though Russell noted he was not a ballistics expert, and that was only his belief. “There’s still one bullet missing,” Skogstad said. Russell told court he exhausted his “physical and mental energy” trying to find the missing bullet. “I looked and looked and looked and could not find that last bullet,” Russell said. Koopmans took notes throughout the trial and showed no emotion during the proceedings.

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Toddler fights brain damage, and the law, for a chance Andrea DeMeer Spotlight Staff

Baby Orajel, Children’s Tylenol, antibiotics for an ear infection, these are the medicines most parents of a toddler keep in the cupboard over the bathroom sink. Ashley Aitchison and Clayton Swanson have something else – medical marijuana oil they are forced to obtain illegally as the only hope of bringing relief and a chance of development to their two-year-old son Remington. It’s expensive, it involves subterfuge, and it’s frustrating. Remington suffers from Myoclonic seizures, a severe form of epilepsy that can cause him up to 200 seizures a day. Every seizure damages his brain and puts him at immediate risk of physical harm. Medical marijuana was suggested by a pediatrician – who’d had other young patients respond to the treatment - after the family watched Remington deteriorate through 11 different pharmaceutical therapies. “It’s so important to get rid of the seizures and absolutely no pharmaceutical drug was doing that. We had a list and we kept crossing them off, the things that didn’t work,” says Aitchison. “The side effects were just brutal.” Remington was duly issued a license for medical marijuana use, however the law only allows for the drug to be inhaled. It prohibits its conversion to oil, which is the only form suitable for a young child. “How is a two-year-old supposed to smoke a cigarette?” Aitchison found a sympathetic and trained specialist who makes the oil in a safe environment. It costs approximately $200 per month. The cannabis comes from an industrial hemp plant containing high levels of CBD and low levels of TCH. “The oil that we are giving him has taken half of his seizures away so far.” Since beginning the marijuana treatment – he gets a rice-grain sized drop in a spoonful of food four times a day – Remington has also made developmental strides.

“It’s been the best thing for us and for him. Now Remington sits all by himself, he does a military-type crawl now and he can pull himself up and stand against the couch. He’s playing with toys and he’s holding things better and he can look at them. “He is way more focused and aware of things that are around him than before. He’s actually looking at me. Just to have your son look at you and smile is huge.” Remington’s condition stems from a stroke he experienced at birth, although it went undiagnosed for seven months. Aitchison – who also has an eight-year-old boy named Chaise – recalls growing increasingly anxious caring for her infant son. While he wasn’t having seizures at the time, he was a colicky baby who cried often. “I knew there was something not right. He wasn’t sitting up, he never looked at things and he wasn’t grabbing…I just thought that maybe he was a little slower than others. I was almost kind of scared, that’s how I felt.” At BC Children’s Hospital an MRI revealed the stroke and an EEG detected abnormal brain activity. “That was a blow. I just couldn’t believe it.” Remington’s seizures manifested initially as twitching behavior. Today a seizure looks more like an electric shock. “It’s like something pushes him right over. Boom he’s on the floor….Two hundred a day. That’s a lot. It’s pretty much every few minutes.” Remington requires close, constant supervision and must be on a soft surface at all times. He cannot attend daycare and Aitchison cannot work outside the home. She receives a provincial benefit of $230 a month to cover respite care. “That buys me four hours a week.” With an easy laugh she adds: “That four hours goes pretty fast when you’re cleaning the house. You can’t clean the house with Remi around.” Aitchison is a solo parent for most of the time as Remington’s father works in Fort St.

Ashley Aitchison admits providing round the clock care for Remington leaves her no time to advocate for legalizing his much needed form of medical marijuana – but she’s hoping to raise awareness for her son and others like him.

John three weeks out of every month. Reminton’s parents grew up and went to school in Princeton, moving north about three years ago. Today Aitchison lives in Penticton to be near Remington’s doctors, as well as physio and speech therapists. Aitchison acknowledges the brain damage Remington has already incurred cannot be reversed, and that some children who suffer Myoclonic seizures eventually live their lives wheelchair-bound and immobile. She has never asked a doctor to give Remington a prognosis. “I have never really asked what they think

because I don’t want to know. I don’t ever, ever want to give up on the idea that he will speak and walk one day. All I want to do is my best to make sure that we are doing the right things to help him develop.” Anyone wishing to contribute to Remington’s medical expenses or care can donate at Round the Corner Café in Princeton. To donate on line to children in similar circumstances, learn more about Remington’s condition, or to help with the lobby for legalized medical marijuana oil, go to medicalcannabisforsickkids.com.

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Dry Grad is an admirable project. Fundraising throughout the province began last week for this year’s Dry Grad celebrations with BC Liquor Stores collecting donations towards alcohol free celebrations in 270 high schools. Those celebrations are constructed to be sober and well supervised, keeping kids safe and showing them alcohol is not a necessary ingredient in a recipe for a good time. These are laudable, worthy aims. The truth is, however, kids are going to drink. Parents, schools and communities need to come to terms with underage drinking in a realistic way or they will ultimately do more to endanger young people than to protect them. Attorney General and minister of justice Suzanne Anton recently said this: “Our government is committed to keeping alcohol out of the hands of minors.” Hmmmmmm. According to the BC Adolescent Health Survey 57 per cent of adolescents in British Columbia have tried alcohol, and 38 per cent are repeat users. Narrow the study group down to the graduate age – 17 years old – and the survey shows 78 per cent have tried alcohol. If the government is truly committed to keeping booze away from kids it is failing miserably, Dry Grad notwithstanding. “Just say no” has a nice ring to it, but assuming children will be kept safe from the dangers of consuming alcohol by telling them not to drink is like thinking teenage girls won’t get pregnant if we tell them not to have sex. It’s fine to preach abstinence, but it’s also necessary to back that up with access to birth control. In the case of alcohol, it’s necessary to recognize when and where teenagers might drink, and to put safety nets around those times and places. You are going to a party? Where is it? Who is going to be there? How are getting there and most importantly how are you getting home? Do you need me to pick you up? Do you need money for a cab? Can you sleep over? Text me around eleven o’clock and let me know how it’s going. Many parents are comfortable with introducing alcohol to adolescents in the home – a glass of wine at Christmas dinner or a Budweiser around the campfire on holidays. It creates opportunities for education and discussion. Here it is, this is what it tastes like, and this is how it makes you feel. Let’s talk about the difference between a bottle of beer and a tumbler of over-proof vodka. “Our government is committed to keeping alcohol out of the hands of minors.” The government might have to say that, but in practice it’s a risky policy. Parents don’t toss their kids the keys to the car on the magic day they turn 16 and expect them to know how to drive safely. Parents shouldn’t toss their kids the keys to the liquor cabinet at the age of 19 and expect them to know how to drink responsibly. (Well, especially since the kids already have the keys to the car.) Dry Grad is a fantastic initiative. As one teenager in The Spotlight office asked just this week: “Doesn’t anyone care about the other 364 days of the year?” - AD PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Annual subscription: $35.24 locally, $54.29 elsewhere in Canada.

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VICTORIA – In a recent speech, Premier them were in B.C. Christy Clark quipped that while teenagers tend “To clarify this, and to address the cackling to be lazy, there is a limit. chickens on the other side, we have 430,000 If your kid is still on the couch after age 30, students in our system,” Wilkinson said. “Some she said, he’s not a teenager any more. “He’s a of them are part-time; some of them are on short New Democrat.” courses. We have 180,000 students who are in Clark’s ‘get off the couch and get a job’ mesthe system full-time and eligible for student aid. sage is now being translated into government “Of those 180,000 students, 45,000 turn to the policy. The B.C. government is using one of the province for financial aid – meaning that 75 per few tools available to it to track down people who cent of students, more than what was quoted on TOM FLETCHER aren’t paying off their student loans, by linking the CBC yesterday, go through their education defaulted debt to driver’s licence renewals. without incurring debt through the provincial There are “hardship” provisions for those who student aid program.” don’t have a job. ICBC will only refuse to renew Whatever the amount owing is for an individual, it’s a debt that will be more difficult to a driver’s licence or vehicle plates for those who have let their student debt go for a year without making some avoid paying. The province has long used the withholding of driving privileges to collect unpaid provincial court fines, and that was effort to deal with it. Student debt collection is a long-standing problem for the prov- recently extended to those who are 90 days in arrears on $25 or ince, with about $185 million currently on the books as defaulted more worth of Lower Mainland bridge tolls. and unpaid. Students naturally move around after completing This student debt collection move follows efforts to match up their studies, and once the six-month grace period for beginning post-secondary funding to areas of employment demand. In an to repay student loans expires, finding those who aren’t paying era where misguided university professors use their positions to becomes a costly effort. organize violent protests against job-creating projects, the mesHistorically governments sent defaulted debt to collection sages are similar. Variations of this productivity theme are being heard from agencies. Last year $17.3 million was collected. How big is student debt these days? The subject was discussed governments across North America. The baby boomers are retiring. We are bringing in temporary foreign workers, not because of briefly in the legislature last week. In question period, NDP leader John Horgan reminded the some right-wing plot, but because too many people growing up in government that tuition fees have doubled over the past decade, our society refuse to do an increasing range of jobs. We have an education system – and media – that encourages and cited a Bank of Montreal estimate that the average university student emerges from a four-year program owing $35,000 in stu- people to complain and make demands to get what they want. And dent loans. we are seeing the results of all of this. With his usual modesty and tact, Advanced Education Minister There was a U.S. president once who said, “Ask not what your Andrew Wilkinson dismissed Horgan’s accusation that he is indif- country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” ferent to the plight of students. Wilkinson noted that the Bank of Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Montreal surveyed 602 students across Canada, and only 78 of Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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People sue newspapers for the craziest reasons Recently I happened across an entertaining piece about a US newspaper reporter who was forbidden by a local politician to use his name in print. The politician said he would sue. Those kinds of threats don’t go over well in any newsroom and the following day an editorial appeared naming the man more than two dozen times. I will sue. Print that and I will sue. You will be hearing from my lawyer. Next to cancelling a subscription, the threat to sue is the most common one leveled at any newspaper. There was a time in the industry when journalists considered being sued a badge of honor. There was pride associated with doing the job so well – or so badly. It was bragged about, over pitchers of beer after deadline. Given the exponential costs of even responding to a lawsuit, to say nothing of getting into court, most news people today try to avoid it if they can. We worried so much about getting sued in the company I worked for previously the word “lawyer” was actually a verb. Any story that so much smelled of controversy was “lawyered.” Often times a story being lawyered came back with so much blacked out, it was like

I asked our lawyer what I getting a letter from a soldier should do, when dealing with during the war that had been the “I am going to sue you through the censure office. threat,” to keep us out of court. As overheard in the newsroom: “Well, at least the lawyer It was the same gentleman who says we can print my by line.” preached the dangers of tone. I was successfully sued He thought about it for a while once, and I’ve had the opporand suggested I just hang up the tunity to work with some fine phone. Gently. ANDREA DEMEER media lawyers. One of the first Readers often mistakenly things I learned was people think they can sue over rights old dog are often motivated to sue a to privacy. new tricks newspaper over the tone of an A woman in Ontario filed article, rather than its specific intent to sue our newspaper content. for invasion of privacy after she had her arm This was troubling as tone is up there, for chewed off in a snow blower and we ran a me, with raindrops on roses and whiskers on picture of paramedics working at the scene. kittens. If your arm gets eaten in a snow blower I The one time I signed my name to a settle- believe you have bigger problems than getment – which amounted to a payment of $1 ting your picture in the paper. That’s why I to the local hospital board and a front-page just hung up the phone. apology – it was because of tone. On another occasion a prominent area It’s also true that people sometimes sue woman threatened to sue the paper because a newspaper not so much over what was we published an unauthorized picture of her printed, but by how the reporter or editor or house. She was in tears. The picture did not publisher handled the conversation when the show her property to its best advantage, the initial complaint was made. An angry reader flowerbeds needed weeding and the grass gets angrier if he is not given the attention was not freshly cut. I wanted very much to and service he thinks he deserves. Also, com- suggest she sue her lawn maintenance comments made after a story is published can and pany. But I just hung up the phone. are used against you in a court of law. After running a police press release about

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I first spotted Bill Robinson’s cabin in 1976 when I began regularly travelling the winding #3 Highway between Hope and Hedley. Nestled among trees and brush, and separated from the highway by the Sumallo River, the cabin seemed shrouded in an aura of mystery. It appeared well constructed with a stone fireplace and chimney. Whoever built it must have planned to stay awhile. It’s ravaged, weathered exterior had obviously already been exposed to many years of frigid winter winds and heavy snowfalls. In addition to the cabin, there were two outbuildings, all apparently empty and equally neglected. I wondered what sort of individual had chosen to live in this remote mountainous valley. Had its inhabitant become dissatisfied with the expectations of civilization? Had he (I assumed it was a man) felt rejected by people? What had driven him to this place where contact with society must have been scant? In the hope of satisfying my curiosity, I began seeking answers to my myriad questions. Bill Robinson didn’t make my quest easy. He apparently didn’t leave behind any account of his life. Michael Cluckner’s Vanishing British Columbia did provide some useful information, as did comments on his website left by others. Robinson named his home Camp Defiance, probably because he was defying the wilderness. He was a prospector and the proprietor of Foundation Mines. I came across no record of him having hit pay dirt, but he must have discovered a bonanza in the realm of life experience. It is believed Robinson was there from the end of World War 1. In Vol. 46, 1982 of the Okanagan Historical Society, Joan Greenwood wrote that in August, 1926 a nurse, Mary Warburton set out from Hope

There is not much remaining of the cabin once known as Camp Defiance.

by foot to pick fruit in the Okanagan. The #3 Highway did not yet exist so she must have been on the Dewdney Trail, which ran close by Camp Defiance. She knocked on Robinson’s door but he was still in bed. By the time he had got dressed and opened the door, she was disappearing from sight down the trail. She got lost in the mountains and was missing for several weeks. Coming

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across the cabin owned by “Podunk” Davis, she lit a fire in the stove and accidentally burned the place. This drew the attention of Podunk and she was rescued. In 1929 Rev. John C Goodfellow was walking from Hope to Princeton. He later wrote “After a while … we came to the first sign of civilization since leaving the Overland (car) at Mile 9 Bridge. This was

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Camp Defiance. We walked right in and received a royal welcome from a man named Robinson.” A couple of years later Bruce Hutchinson, a writer for the Province Sunday Magazine also walked the trail. In the August 10, 1931 issue he wrote, “Camp Defiance is almost the farthest thrust of civilization in these mountains. His little garden of strawberries, lettuce, and potatoes, 6 petunias and 8 Sweet Williams, in the narrow gorge between the mountain and the stream, are a welcome sight to those who have just come out of the wilderness. And so are the big firm trout Bill caught at his back door last night, and the pie made from his late ripening strawberries.” It is evident from the few brief accounts that Robinson was not deranged, a malcontent or a hermit. Rather he was gregarious and hospitable. Many years later Leo McIver worked along the Hope-Princeton Highway. Sometimes he visited Camp Defiance. His son Len wrote “Bill burned wood in his fireplace and coal oil in lamps. He and his cronies told stories, fished, drank and dreamed.” Sometimes men brought their wives, but I have seen no mention of Robinson having a wife. In this setting it would almost certainly have been mentioned if there had been a woman present. White men frequently had common law relationships with aboriginal women. Bill Robinson apparently did not. The fact that Leo McIver visited Camp Defiance after the highway was built in 1949 indicates Robinson was there at least until then. In the end though, he slipped into oblivion as quietly as he had come. He left behind no diary so all we have is the minimal memories recorded by others. This winter Linda and I pulled over onto the shoulder of the highway to capture a few photos. Not much left of the cabin. Like Bill Robinson, it will soon be only a memory, still shrouded in mystery.

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To the editor Minister defends new wildlife harvest allocations To the editor After more than 10 years of review and negotiations, it’s time to put the issue of wildlife-harvest allocation behind us and have some certainty. At the end of the day, all stakeholders want the same thing healthy wildlife populations that can be sustainably used by all groups. Obviously the issue is contentious, with a middle ground that was hard to find. If it weren’t, it wouldn’t have taken a marathon 18 months of intensive negotiations to determine how to allocate the 7,500 big-game animals affected by allocation. Under the decision, an estimated 60 total animals have been moved to guide-outfitter hunts. Regardless of this decision, resident hunters will continue to harvest about 92% of the approximately 48,000 big game animals taken annually by hunters. Many popular big-game species are not affected at all, including mule deer, white-tailed deer, most Rocky Mountain elk populations and black bear. This is because allocation is required only for species in areas that cannot be managed solely by general open season and only in the parts of British Columbia covered by guiding territories.

Hunting and fishing are key parts of many British Columbian families’ lives and I am committed to keeping it this way. In fact, the increase in resident hunters from 82,000 10 years ago to over 102,000 today is in part because of resident hunter recruitment and retention strategies introduced and implemented by our government. The decision on wildlife-harvest allocation also reflects this commitment. Under the decision, resident hunters continue to be recognized as having priority over non-resident hunters. Resident hunters make an important contribution toward the economy in this province by pursuing their passion for hunting and fishing, and it is anticipated this will continue. They also make large and ongoing contributions to wildlife stewardship. The guide-outfitter industry also plays a valuable role, encouraging tourism and providing income for British Columbia residents and families. Out-ofprovince guide-outfitter clients are some of the highest-spending tourists per capita in British Columbia. I am also committed to maintaining the viability of the guide-outfitter industry, and to do that this allocation decision was required.

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That said, I am sensitive to concerns of resident hunters. It was for this reason that I revisited my December 2014 determination and found strategic ways to reduce the transfer of animals from 110 down to 60. Guide outfitters were not happy about this shift, but I felt it was important to balance the priority of resident harvest with the need of business certainty for guides. Government’s intent is for a consistent and transparent policy that is fair to all wildlife user groups, where conservation comes first, First Nations’ needs are met, and resident hunters receive priority allocation. The harvest allocation decision meets this intent, and will ensure that the $350 million that hunting brings to the B.C. economy (from both guides and residents) continues to be viable for years to come. Now that a decision is made, I am hopeful that resident hunters and the guide-outfitter community can work together with government in support of these goals, which are supported by all hunters. Steve Thomson Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations

Dog owners make trail “disgusting” To the editor I was out walking with my dogs on Tuesday afternoon. It was a beautiful, sunny, warm day and we decided to walk down the Trans Canada Trail. As we walked down the trail from Subway to the tunnel I noticed that several dog owners had neglected to pick up after

their dogs had done their business on and near the trail. This made the trail rather disgusting to be on this beautiful day. I’m not sure if the town has any bylaws on this but dog owners need to be more responsible and pick-up after their buddies on their walk-abouts.

We have little containers of doggy-doo bags that hang right off their leashes so it’s not a big deal for us to pick-up after them. However it would be great to have some place along the trail to dispose of these doo bags as well. Yours truly Loran Wozniak

To the editor After reading Ms. Tegart’s glowing report about herself and her party, I had to pinch myself to make sure that she and I were in the same province and in the same town. Everyone is talking about the budget surplus but no one is talking about how that might have been accomplished. Let us talk about realities. Our medical premiums went up; my husband and I have to pay the same rate that a family that makes $100,000/year, and we make a quarter of that and I believe that our present government will be raising that amount yet again. Our health performance ranks what? After health authorities successfully destroyed rural health care in our provinces and pocketed the money surplus. What did we get? From the start many people in town were not able to get a family doctor and it has become progressively worse. I had to wait two months for an appointment, it was not an emergency but nonetheless, I have never had to wait that long before! When I first came to Princeton, there were 3 doctors and later 2 others joined them. There were more people living in Princeton; we had our own hospital; we had an emergency room

and an operating room; many surgical procedures were done locally and children were born here. Time progressed and it became clear that the government’s agenda was a destroying mission, Princeton had fewer doctors but yet everyone was able to boast of a family doctor. When these doctors retired there were no others to take their place. Not only that, IHA made it extremely difficult for new doctors to get hired. In the end we got what every other rural community received, presented in such a way that it made us feel special, but we weren’t. Now, thanks to the BC Liberal Government (a misnomer), we have a fragmented health system. The community of Princeton built the hospital and the government took it away, a story repeated all over the province. The health story is not the only thing that Ms Tegart got wrong. A government does not deserves kudos when it under funds essential services like libraries, museums, parks, crisis centres, etc. These services are an integral part the cultural, social, and economic fabric of a community. Please, Ms. Tegart, put me on the same planet that you are coming from! M.Masiel, Princeton

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Local Midget Rep team players off to Provincials

Five local boys who play on the South Okanagan Midget Rep team won the Playoff Championship this past weekend which will take them to the Provincials. Mort Johnson, Craig Thompson, Brett Herrick, Parker Thibert and Tristan VanderMeulen all played their hearts out this Saturday in Kelowna winning 2-1, then again Sunday winning 3-2 in a hard fought battle. Provincials will be hosted in 100 Mile House March 16-21. Congratulations, boys.

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Local candle maker lights up the Oscars Steve Kidd Black Press

A Princeton woman is back home after spending some time in Hollywood. Rosalinde Blake was invited to be part of the Oscars, not because of her acting ability, but because of the handmade scented candles she makes. It’s not the first time she has done a big show; the Oscar invitation came after she took her candles to the Country Music Awards last September. “The people that organize that are the same people that organize the gift lounge at the Oscars,” said Blake. Though the organizers might be the same, Blake said the experience was quite different with the gift room hosted in the penthouse suite of the Luxe Hotel on Rodeo Drive, rather than back of stage. “It was quite glamorous, there were lots of people,” said Blake. That included journalists, promoters and, of course, stars like Kevin Sorbo, Lauren Shaw, Susan Santiago and many more, encounters she has chronicled on her Facebook page, RosalindeBlakeCandles. “It was a long day, but it was a lot of fun and got to meet a lot of interesting people. Everyone is quite down to earth,” she said. But despite a chance to sample the high life, Blake said she isn’t quite ready to move to Hollywood

yet. “It was glamorous, but it is high maintenance as well,” said Blake. “I’m still very much a country girl, I love the laid-back lifestyle here.” Though she enjoyed meeting and chatting with the stars, Blake wasn’t surprised that so many responded to her candles. “I wasn’t shocked it went over well. We spent a lot of time building the product and working on the brand. It’s been nice reinforcement for me,” she said. “I believe I have good product. I put a lot of attention to detail in it and we use quality materials.” Those quality materials start with the pure soy wax, made from organic plants, to the essential oils used for scenting the wax and the lack of any artificial dyes. “They are sort of a creamy offwhite colour naturally. If there is some colour in the candle, it comes from the essential oils,” she said, adding that the Orange Burst scent uses orange oil, so the candles naturally has a bit of an orange tinge. “Altogether, including both the essential oil line and the premium fragrance line I would say we have about 10-15 different fragrances that are part of our standard line,” said Blake, who started experimenting with candle making about three years ago, making scented candles for herself and the occasional

Rosalinde Blake (centre) poses with Lauren Shaw (left) and Susan Santiago (right) at the Oscars gift room.

Christmas gift for a friend. But about a year ago, Blake started her business, lending a helping hand along the way. In that first year of business, Blake has used her candles to generate $1,000 for the Princeton Crisis Assistance Society and $6,000 from Christmas sales for the B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation in partnership with Copper Mountain Mine.

“I’ve always believed it is important to give back. We have a lot here,” she said. Blake also brought a little bit of Hollywood back to Princeton. She is running a contest to give away four Oscar Swag bags, with winners drawn randomly from all the entries to correctly identify the star posing in the image pinned to the top of her Facebook page.

Blake’s luxury candles and wax melts are available in several locations, including Sweet Sensations Flower and Gift Shop in Princeton, her essential oil line at Sangsters Health Food Store in Penticton, Penticton Visitor Information Centre, Fairmont Pacific Rim Giovani Market in Vancouver and online at www.automagicalbliss. com.

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Auxiliary changes the face of Princeton health care donated $68,686 to the Princeton General Hospital, and its contributions have gone to a variety of needs including purchasing a pediatric emergency system, an ambulatory blood pressure monitor, and to help purchase an ECG machine. Ridgewood Lodge has benefited from $43,136 donations in the same time frame, helping the lodge acquire wheelchairs, walkers and other equipment. In 2013 the auxiliary donated $5,000 towards the purchase of a bathtub for Vermillion Court and between 2011 and 2013 the auxiliary bought $33,365 worth of equipment for Highway Search and Rescue including pagers, and funds towards the group’s truck. Public Health and Ground Search and Rescue have also received donations. The auxiliary has 45 members and everyone who works at the thrift shop is a volunteer. “Everyone has special jobs, we all work together and we all have fun,” said Davidson. The auxiliary is always looking for new members and Davidson said the group is especially looking for members who can help with lifting and carrying. “We have had men in the past, they are welcome too.” A thrift store spring fashion Andrea DeMeer show is planned for May 20th, and Executive members of the Princeton Hospital Auxiliary are, left to right, Sandy Wilson, Virginia Brock, Laila Hockey Pool Manager details will be available shortly. Bird, Patricia Vinthers and Penny Davidson.

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It difficult to imagine what Princeton health care would look like today without the work of the local hospital auxiliary. In the past five years the auxiliary has donated more than $150,000 to local health and safety groups for much-needed equipment, and also contributed to education bursaries, Meals on Wheels, and the Penticton General Hospital and BC Children’s Hospital. Last week the auxiliary unveiled a new CR Reader it helped purchased with a $30,000 donation to Princeton General Hospital. The reader is an upgraded model that allows x rays to be downloaded, read and shared quickly and with more clarity. “It (the request) came to us from the foundation and we got right on it,” said executive member and thift store manager Penny Davidson. “We raised that $30,000 in six months.” Every dollar the auxiliary has ever raised and donated comes from the Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop on Vermillion Avenue, open from 10 am to 3 pm Wednesday through Friday. “The amazing people of Princeton donate to the thrift shop and then come in and buy it back,” said Patricia Vinthers, auxiliary secretary. Since 2009 the auxiliary has

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Legion is not just for veterans

Four Princeton boys are on their way to the provincial hockey finals as part of the South Okanagan Minor Hockey Association, Bantam and Midget teams. The playoffs take place in Port Hardy and Dawson Creek, and the teams are fundraising to offset the costs of the tournament with a goal raise $1,000 per player for each team. These young players will be outside the BC Liquor Store this Friday night selling raffle tickets. There are two first prizes of $500 each, and also a chance to win a $250 gift card from Home Hardware and an annual pass to the Sonora Community Centre in Osoyoos. Left to right are Jayden Simon, Tristan VanderMeulen, Parker Thibert and Grant Yee.

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Come on in and visit us, or just give us a call at 250 295 6060 and let us know you are in town! We invite all good adult Canadians to join the Legion! The Legion stands for your family, your friends, your coworkers and we want you all to join our ranks. Every year we support youth groups, sports groups, Air Cadets, seniors groups, the food bank, fire halls and rescue organizations, music festivals, youth ambassadors, award bursaries, and many more activities and groups. We like to have fun and bring excitement to the town. You are no doubt aware of our many fund raising events, for example our female impersonators on January 31. We would like to take this opportunity to thank some of the volunteers who helped put this particu-

lar event together. Thanks to Johnny, Shelley J., Lyle, Ken F. Glen, Bob H., Jim M. Jen, Sophia C., Char S., Dawn G., Yellowbird, Cindy C., Emily and Danny, Karen W and especially the Spotlight for the front page interview story. And letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not forget the wonderful professional entertainers that gave us such a great time for such a great price. We apologize for anyone we missed. One last thing I need to mention is the upcoming Free Tax Clinic at the Legion. This is available to all low income earners and seniors Saturdays at the Legion from 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1 PM from March 14 to April 25th. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just another way Legion volunteers support our community. Doreen Poulsen

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CAPRICORN: Capricorn, find balance between your personal ambitions and things you have to accomplish at work and at home. Finding a middle ground is the best approach. AQUARIUS: Aquarius, you need a few extra people to contribute to a special task, but you do not know who to ask. If you think hard enough, you will know who you can depend on. PISCES: Your demeanor makes it easy for others to enjoy your company, and that will come in handy as your social schedule fills up in the days ahead. ARIES: You impress everyone with your creativity this week, Aries. Allow this creativity to be the inspiration behind projects you have been putting off of late. TAURUS: Keep your goals relatively simple for the next few days, Taurus. You can benefit from the positive reinforcement of completing tasks and getting things done. GEMINI: Gemini, you have been immersed in work and are starting to show the ill effects of keeping long hours. Now is a great time to take a few days off or enjoy a mini-vacation. CANCER: Cancer, you have a lot to get done, but resist the urge to micromanage every detail, as this could be a surefire path to burnout. You need to take a few breaths. LEO: Leo, avoid the temptation to get started on another new project. You already have plenty of other things on your plate. Finish those tasks before moving on to something new. VIRGO: It is sometimes easy to miss the forest for the trees, Virgo. Try taking a step back so you can look at a puzzling project from a new perspective. LIBRA: Libra, you may be searching for a new adventure, but try to appreciate the here and now as well. It’s easy to get swept up in fantasies, but don’t let them carry you too far away. SCORPIO: Scorpio, you suspect that someone is hiding something, and that very well may be the case. Perhaps a welcome surprise is coming your way. Resist the urge to dig too deep. SAGITTARIUS: You can probably talk your way out of trouble, Sagittarius, but this time it’s better to let things play out. Keep conversations light and free from controversy. FOR ENTERTAINMENT ONLY

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For Sale By Owner Modular Home in Pines Trailer Park, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, handicap accessible, carport and work shop, $100,000. For more information call 250-295-7425

Homes Wanted WANTED TO PURCHASE 2+ acres with residence within 10 km of Princeton. Price reflective of property value. Horse set up ideal, but not necessary. Judy 604-617-3470

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2000, 72-passenger Bluebird bus on propane. For more information or to view, please phone (250) 315-1113. There is a reserve bid on this bus and it will be sold on an â&#x20AC;&#x153;as is, where isâ&#x20AC;? basis. Sealed bids will be received at the School Board Office, 1550 Chapman Street, P.O. Box 4100, Merritt, BC V1K 1B8, until 4:00 P.M. March 11, 2015.

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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

Mobile Homes & Pads For Rent 2 bedroom mobile home in Deblyn. Quiet location close to school. $650.00 per month plus utilities. Phone 250-2956993. Available March 1/2015.

Homes for Rent 1 bedroom furnished suite for rent in down town Princeton, level access, including power & heat & satellite TV $550 per month. Need excellent References, D.D. Cat maybe?? Avail. Feb. 1st. Phone 604-4842783 and leave a message with the best time to call back. 2 Bedroom apt. in a quiet building. Very clean, heat included. Coin op. laundry. $700.00 a month. Phone 250295-3482 3 BEDROOM house, by the golf course. Large Garage. Large yard. Recently remodeled. Avail Now. $725/month. Discount of $20 for prompt rental payment. 1-509-477-9504 or 250-295-3536. Downtown house for rent, 1 lg bdrm, 1 sm bdrm, renovated, Fridge, stove, washer & dryer. Rent $700 a month & utilities. Avail. March 1st 250-295-7557

For Lease New 680 sq. ft. 1 bedroom suite in commercial building. Lots of parking & lots of storage. Washer & Dryer. 1 year lease. $750/month/single $900/month/two people. Open house for viewing Feb 27th & 28th. Call 604-877-1599(Day) & 604-298-1948(Night) for any questions. Located at 600 Similkameen.

For Rent 3 bedroom main floor house. 75 Kenley Ave, Princeton. Utilities included. $900.00/month. D.D required. Available March 1st, 2015. 250-295-6329. HOUSES FOR RENT. Call Heather at 250-295-8025

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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

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

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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 MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES: 167 Vermilion Avenue 250-295-7588 princetonmuseum@gmail.com www.princetonmuseum.org WELCOME WAGON! Are you a new to Princeton? If so, we have information regarding local, civic, community services and facilities. We also have gifts for you from local merchants and businesses. Call 1-866-856-8442 HOSPITAL AUXILIARY: Meets second Monday of every month, 1:00 p.m. Hospital Board Room. For info., Call Doreen @ 250-2951577 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.

St. Paul’s United Anglican Church Office: 250-295-7714 WORSHIP - 10:00 AM 190 - 1st Avenue Everyone Welcome

Living Water

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

Shining His Light Ministries

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

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

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Health

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 & Saturday 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 & DISTRICT FALL FAIR ASSOCIATION: Meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month in the office at the 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

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 7:00 P.M. Phone 1-877-234-5809

PRINCETON ROTARY CLUB: Meets every Wednesday @ 6 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 DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB: Wednesdays @ Riverside Centre 10:30-3. Call Arlen @ 250-295-6157

Health CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN: If interested in attending, please call: Barb 250-2954050 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.

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 PERFORMING ARTS: Meet first Tuesday of each month @ 7 p.m. in Riverside Theatre. Contact Derek @ 250-295-3037

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

ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION: General meeting held on the third Sunday of each month at 1:00 PM.

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

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!

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

PRINCETON LADIES AUXILIARY LEGION BRANCH 56: Meet 2nd Tuesday of the month @ Legion Hall at 7:00 p.m. HEDLEY MUSEUM: General Meeting, meets the 2nd Monday of each month. 6 p.m. @ The Hedley Museum

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

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.

PRINCETON FIGURE SKATING CLUB: Lynette Boyd: 250-295-7113

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

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.

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

KOKANEE SUMMER SWIM CLUB: Lindsay: 250-295-0759

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