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Princeton Fall Fair marks milestone

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Despite eleventh hour grumbling from some Sunflower Downs user groups the First Annual Princeton Motorsports Weekend is being considered a huge – and dirty – success. Organizers are promising the event will be back next year. The weekend included mud racing, demolition derbies, free camping and live entertainment.

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Fifty years ago the Princeton Fall Fair was considered a minor affair. A small group of people met in October of 1966 to celebrate agriculture in the community. The fair has flourished for five decades and this year it celebrates its golden anniversary. Of course it’s had its ups and downs like all fairs, but it continues to expand each year. “It’s a milestone,” Jennifer Bernard, secretary for the Princeton and District Fall Fair, said. “There are other fairs like Armstrong and Comox that have lasted 50 years but they have a big population. It’s really the people behind the fair that have led to it lasting this long. They’re very passionate.” Bernard said she hopes the fair continues for 50 more years but that its success is dependant on the volunteer and community support. “It’s like everything else, we are in desperate need of volunteers,” she said. Agriculture related judging contests continue to be the base the fair is built around. Four buildings at Sunflower Downs are home to a slew of judged contests of all descriptions. “If you can think of it we probably have a category for it,” she said. There are even bizarre and odd categories like largest produce. “A few years ago I won the largest tomato category. It filled an entire

shelf. Everyone asked how I grew it and I didn’t do anything special I just planted it and it grew,” she said. An entire building is dedicated to flowers and one building houses all the entries from the junior categories. “It’s really great for the children to get involved,” Bernard said. For the 50th year celebrations the fall fair committee has brought in a few new things to offer families more to do during the weekend. A highlight this year will be performances by the Langley Riders Drill Team, which is also celebrating its 50th anniversary. Children’s entertainment is being provided by Jump ‘N’ Jax. In addition to the always child pleasing bouncy castles, children and adults alike can participate in jousting, sumo wrestling, a dunk tank and much more. “There are so many fun things for everyone to take part in,” she said. The Princeton firefighters are joining in the fun and bringing fair goers a chance to participate in the Fireman’s Smoke Event. As always there will be a horseshoe tournament and the fairgrounds will be filled with a variety of vendors, concessions and livestock. Gates open at 9 a.m. September 12 and 13 and the day starts with a pancake breakfast. Admission remains at $5 per adult, $2 for seniors and children ages 6 to 12. Children five and under are free.

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BC Children’s Hospital. Partnering with the Crimson Tine Players The Vermillion Fork has also staged a number of very successful mystery dinner theatres. Rock and Roll and Revenge is the next such event, being held Thursday September 17. The $45 per person ticket price includes a three-course meal, cocktail, and draws and contests. With indoor seating for 66, a bar area, dining room and outdoor patio, The Vermilion Fork offers comfortable space for couples, families, small groups, or friends who want to meet up after work for a drink. The bar features a number of local craft beers and one of its unique specialties is a selection of extremely fine Scotch.

The Vermilion Fork also has a banquet room that is used by local businesses and groups for meetings, and can be rented for any occasion including weddings and family parties. Smart and Haayer agree that the food preparation and serving team at the Vermilion Fork is second to none, and maintain they’ve been extremely lucky to attract, and help develop, local talented employees. The Vermilion Fork is open Monday to Thursday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. You can visit them at vermilionfork. com, or join them on Facebook.

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Local health care advocates are urging Princeton residents to vote this October with their hearts – and their stomachs, livers, lungs and bones. Representing the BC Health Care Coalition, Nienke Klaver and her husband Ed Staples manned a booth outside Coopers over the long weekend asking people to sign a pledge to vote for a party that will protect and grow health care in Canada. Their goal was to collect 300 pledges, and they were well on their

way to exceeding that by early Sunday afternoon. “We want people to vote for a candidate who will strengthen public health care,” said Staples, who stressed the coalition is not endorsing a political party. “It’s really important that people understand this is a non-partisan campaign and we are not promoting any parties’ line,” he said. “Like most Canadians we are concerned about health care and how important health care is to Canada.”

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Princeton’s Payton Cranston is gearing up for this year’s Paws for a Cause walk in Penticton, to raise money to end animal cruelty. Cranston, 11, has participated in the walk for five years and raised more than $3,000. Last year she was awarded a prize for raising the most money in the youth category. To sponsor Payton call 250-295-6757.

Fire ban for Princeton and area remains in place

Although BC Wildfire Service has rescinded the campfire ban on those lands which fall within their provincial fire jurisdiction, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen’s (RDOS) temporary open fire ban, which includes campfires, remains in place for those lands which are contained within the RDOS Fire Protection Areas, which include the Anarchist Mountain, Kaleden, Keremeos Naramata, Okanagan Falls, Tulameen and Willowbrook Fire Area. The RDOS, in conjunction with the municipalities of Penticton, Summerland, Oliver, Osoyoos, Princeton and the Village of Keremeos has determined that due to the current weather conditions and fire risk, the ban should remain in place. This ban includes all open fires, including campfires and fires in portable wood burning fireplaces. The ban does not restrict fires in stoves using gas, propane or briquettes. Provincial Parks and Campgrounds are Crown Land and fall under the authority of the BC Wildfire Services area. Please check to see if you fall within the RDOS fire service area at http://www.rdos.bc.ca/newsevents/eoc/current-eoc/. For more information, please call 250-492-0237 or toll-free 1-877-610-3737 or visit our website at www.rdos.bc.ca.

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Last week an ad in the Similkameen Spotlight gave the incorrect date for Princeton’s Terry Fox Run. This year’s run is being held Sunday September 20 and starts in Veteran’s Square. For pledge forms, or to volunteer or make a donation, contact Holly Fenrick at 250-295-7051.

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Consider voting for these women So we’ve heard about the economy. And we’ve been lectured on national security. We’ve pondered the middle class, taxation and the Senate. During this past week we’ve done practically nothing but fret about the migrant crisis and whether or not we are doing enough for refugees. It’s far past the time to talk about indigenous issues and what our federal leaders are willing to do to aid First Nations people. The lack of focus on First Nations is not hard to understand. After all, statistics show that in most ridings fewer than 50% and sometimes less than a third of eligible voters living on-reserve cast a ballot. There are 49 indigenous candidates spread out between the four parties. Only three have the Conservative nomination (shocker), with the NDP leading in aboriginal candidates (23), followed by the Liberals (16) and the Greens (7). Each party has an Indigenous Peoples platform or set of policies and promises. The Conservatives’ is the shortest (shocker) and includes more than $1 billion in funding mostly for areas surrounding education and skills development. The party promises to review the 94 recommendations released by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The Greens, in that comfortable position of knowing they will never achieve power, promise more than $5 billion and offer among other things a commitment to review all existing federal policies on self-government. Land claims, treaties, fishing, trapping and logging rights, and the correcting of historic wrongs. These are issues so complex they challenge even the most informed voter – to say nothing of the candidates – to form fact-based opinions. But here is one issue that’s pretty darned easy to get your head around: Canada has been either the lost home or the grave for more than 1,100 abducted and slaughtered aboriginal women over the past 30 years. Only the Liberals and the NDP pledge to launch the long-lobbied-for national and public inquiry into the crisis of missing and murdered aboriginal women. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been painfully clear he thinks these women do not represent “a sociological phenomena”. This feeling was also expressed eloquently last week by Kootenay Columbia Conservative candidate David Wilks, when he said that these women should be discussed simply as “missing and murdered people.” Yes, we get they are people. But does everyone? Wilks said: “I don’t think when it comes to missing and murdered Aboriginal peoples that it’s fair for the government of the day – whether it’s us, the Liberals the NDP or the Greens – to say ‘what are you going to do about it?”. It is fair. And those Canadians who are fortunate enough to posses both a vote and a conscience need to make sure that gets understood. There are at least 1,100 aboriginal women who cannot vote in the coming federal election. Vote for them. - AD The Similkameen Spotlight welcomes letter to the editor on matters of public interest. Letters are subject to editing for libel, taste and length, and must include the writer’s name and a daytime phone number for confirmation. Email your submission to publisher@similkameenspotlight.com or bring your letter to the office. Remember – most people ARE NOT forming their opinions based on what they read on Facebook. If you’ve got something to share, we are happy to help you.

Urban society slides into helplessness Of all the immature, ignorant whining that came out of the recent power failure in the Lower Mainland, one example summed up the decline of our urban culture for me. It wasn’t the people who flooded 9-1-1 with calls demanding to know when their power would be restored, or complaining about their freezers. It wasn’t those on Twitter insisting BC Hydro pay for food that went bad. It was another social media moment. With part of his community without electricity for a third day, Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart went to his Facebook page, which has a wide following. There he pleaded with residents to stop phoning city hall to demand that a local bigbox supermarket provide milk and eggs. Power had been restored at the store only a few hours before, in the dead of night, and it’s safe to assume that all stores were working flat out to restock perishables. Where do people get the notion that city hall, or whatever all-powerful nanny state they imagine, controls grocery stores? How do they con-

clude that in of it. the midst of the In Coquitlam worst electriand elsewhere, cal grid failure poles were down on record, BC in areas too rainHydro is going saturated for heavy to address their repair trucks to personal situreach. Yes, there ation above all were some tooothers? optimistic repair TOM FLETCHER Va n c o u v e r estimates given out, broadcast media in response to the weren’t much constant screeching better. Their big for instant answers. focus was that BC Hydro’s webAbout 15 years ago I expesite crashed, so people couldn’t rienced my worst power outage call it up on their smartphones in the Fraser Valley. In a semiand find out instantly when rural area with little backup their power would be back on. grid capacity (since greatly Some even questioned why improved), my family went wireless power meters didn’t three days without power. This help. Perhaps these were the was in winter, due to wind and same journalists who fed the freezing rain followed by snow tinfoil-hat superstition about and cold. their signals. Trickles of water kept pipes The facts should be known from freezing, and the gas by now. After an extremely stove provided a bit of heat. dry spring and summer, a high I heard no complaints about wind shattered trees and took the crews struggling around the down more wires and poles clock with the dangerous job than BC Hydro had ever coped of repair. Media coverage was with before. Further damage mostly adult supervised. was done within areas that were Megastorm madness isn’t already blacked out, leaving an isolated case. A couple of overtaxed technicians unable to weeks before that, a tempoaccurately assess the full extent rary construction bump on

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the Lion’s Gate Bridge deck caused panic and rage. Aggravated by a couple of accidents on the alternate route, and fed by hysterical media, drivers of West Van luxury cars were white-knuckled. Traffic choked the region that recently declined to pay a bit more for road improvements. In both cases, people outside Lotus Land were muttering: Welcome to our world. This is pertinent to the federal election. Are you competent to save for your retirement with RRSPs and a tax-free savings account, or do you need the government to do it for you, by force? Are you capable of managing your own child care, or should the nanny state create a hugely subsidized system, which has already failed in Quebec, from coast to coast? Are you ready for the day when the machine stops? Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@ blackpress.ca

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Letters to the editor ATV rider urges Princeton to consider recreation To the editor All I can say is WOW to the article on the front page of the August 19th Spotlight. Catching my attention was the picture of an ATV with all four wheels in the air. I thought, ‘oh, there is an ATV racing event coming to town.’ As I read the article I was shocked and disappointed at the comments. Nineteen years ago I married a Princeton girl and purchased property and a business in Area G, on the border of Area H, 20 minutes from Princeton. Up until now I always considered ourselves to be part of Princeton. Over the years my wife and I have been in groups and tourism discussions in Princeton, always under the impression the surrounding area and the Town of Princeton were together on these goals of promoting both the town and the area. So, as mentioned in the previous

article, if Area H isn’t worth fivecents, then I can’t imagine how little Area G is worth to Princeton. As an ATV rider I fail to see any relation between the ATV in the picture and myself along with many other ATV riders in this area that use the rail trail as a main access link to all the Princeton and outlying recreation areas activities. Anyone in BC as of this year, I understand, that operates a motorized vehicle off road is to be insured and displaying a license plate. One of the reasons for this is so that they can be identified if law enforcement is necessary. The argument of no motorized vehicles through town because of a few bad incidents doesn’t make sense, as the ones causing trouble along the trail most likely won’t have plates and will be on the trail regardless of what is assigned to trail use.

Breaking up the trail corridor right in the middle where the users come to get their supplies is going to send a clear message to outdoor enthusiasts that Princeton does not want you. Having been an outdoor enthusiast all my life here in BC, using all modes of transportation (except horseback) I have watched the individual groups fight amongst themselves as to who should get to use what (instead of sticking together and sharing). All the while industry has taken over so much control of our back road access that just trying to get to a rec destination is a lost and dangerous task. All one needs to do is check out the northwestern USA to see the benefits of all groups sharing the back roads and trail accesses. I do four to six trips a year to the US just for my rec use. It is very clear by the way the US manages its off road areas that they

want everyone’s business regardless of what they drive, or their activity, all the while still integrating industry use. Princeton and area has a gold mine of an opporunitiy to welcome all recreation types. Don’t blow it. Maybe try researching areas that are successful at recreation instead of listening to the age old frail excuses from a few, only concerned with their own agenda. If one is to let a few bad off road vehicles ruin it for all, then maybe Princeton horse owners should be suspects in all train and bank robberies as that was Bill Miner’s choice of transport for escaping crimes. Lyle Zimm PS Just because area residents can’t vote for the mayor and council doesn’t mean we don’t consider this our town.

Bonuses considered a good way to attract doctors To the editor Your article on “free houses, cars, incentives for doctors” etc, and the comments by Mr. Staples I feel needs some replies and additional comments. My personal experience as a physician is that I have now worked in eight different communities in BC over the past two years, and have certainly gained some practical experience in the recruitment of doctors, which I have in reality been doing for the past 22 years in Canada. From Saskatchewan to NorthWest Territories to many different localities in BC (my personal experience), the problem remains the same. There is just a chronic shortage of family physicians all over rural Canada at the moment (and for the past 10 years at least). There are many causes. One could even trace some of them back to the time of Pierre Elliot Trudeau, who declared when he was prime minister that he was not going to fund the Canadian medical schools

with any additional federal funds as there were “too many” doctors. In addition the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons has also recently changed its criteria for selecting doctors, which has in essence also cut out the dial-911South Africa for instant doctors. So what are the communities doing about this? If you look at Saskatchewan it still allows in South African doctors (plus many other Foreign Medical Graduates - FMG’s) as long as they sign a retention of at least three years which is the way that I arrived in this country and which is, to my mind, an excellent way of keeping rural physicians. We signed a contract for three years in rural Saskatchewan and stayed for seven years, and this happened in many other rural communities. There were no bonuses added. The bonus was that you were allowed to work in Canada from day one (considered a privilege) as long as you challenged all the examinations within your first

year. To my way of thinking this was the very best way of recruiting doctors from all over the world. This unfortunately cannot be done in BC anymore, due to the new regulations by the College which has successfully cut off the instant supply of FMG’s. They have a new program where a selected few FMG’s have to go through a rigorous training period of some six months or more, which in reality supplies a very small

number of additional physicians to the communities. In recent times however, as we all know and see, the situation has got out of hand, and there is a large “supply and demand” problem. So what has happened is that some of the richer communities (or those with benefactors) have been offering large bonuses to attract doctors to their community. I need not point out, I am sure, that we have two doctors in this community that were attracted by the generous bonuses offered by the present provincial government, which is all good and well for Princeton, and we are of course delighted to have them. There were many other communities in rural BC, however, who all applied for these funds but it is my understanding that there were only 10 or so of them awarded (two to Princeton), and now they have all dried up. So the bonuses worked well Mr Staples, whether you liked it or not. I have absolutely no doubt in

my mind that should this bonus be offered again that we would fill the remaining two positions overnight. What exactly is the ethical problem in this scenario that Mr Staples is complaining about? As stated above it’s simply a case of short supply, big demand, and the simple law of economics which applies. What is wrong with that? So life is never fair as we all know. I am afraid that at the present moment with the severe shortage of physicians, the richer towns with more to offer are going to succeed, and I can attest to that having worked all over BC in many small communities. This is certainly going to apply in short term, but with more and more physicians now graduating out of Northern Health at Prince George, as well as the new Okanagan Medical School at Kelowna, perhaps we are not going to have to wait too long. We certainly hope so. David Smith Princeton

Everyone deserves memories of small town fairs It is an unfortunate person who doesn’t have childhood memories of a fall fair. The early years of Princeton’s own annual exhibition – celebrating its 50th anniversary this weekend – must be recalled fondly by many residents who showed 4-H cattle, challenged friends in the egg-and-spoon race and admired the homecraft displays of canning and vegetables and decorated cakes. The October 12, 1966 Similkameen Spotlight carried front page coverage of the first Princeton Fall Fair, and while declaring the event a success bemoaned the lack of suitable facilities. Full details of that event are somewhat lost, as the article promises to continue on page eight and then….just…doesn’t. This kind of thing happens more often than you might think in the newspaper industry. I manage to do it a couple of times a year. Heart-tugging aside: page eight does feature a photo of a Thanksgiving family reunion for the Armitage family. “One of the highlights of the reunion was the fact that four generations were present: Mr. Fred H. Armitage of Calgary, his son Frank Sr. of Princeton, Frank’s son Frank Jr.

of Granisle and Frank Jr. Jr.” bill so hard our hands sweat, Also, bacon was .89 cents a with visions of candy apples pound at Overwaite. and duck pond games racing The following year the fair around our minds. also received front page treatSeveral years later in Paris, Ontario fair weekend was ment. The lead is as follows: always Labor Day. A large “The Princeton Fall Fair was betagricultural exhibition, it was ter in every way than the first one also an opportunity for everyheld last year.” ANDREA DEMEER Fair coverage shared page one one to show off their new with the happy news that Mrs. school clothes to all those old dog Roy Lind gave birth to a girl, on friends they didn’t see over new tricks October 5, at Princeton General the summer. There is more Hospital. than one type of cattle show Gotta love old-time newspapers. at the fair. My own fair memories go back almost There were rides of course. I rememnearly as far as Princeton’s– to trips to Brome ber enjoying them without actually recalling Fair in Quebec’s Eastern Townships. how. On bracelet night we rode the Zipper Each Labor Day weekend we’d hitch up again and again without anyone ever getting Grandpa’s buckboard – okay, okay, it was dizzy. Today quickly turning around in the a station wagon – for the drive through the kitchen is enough to make me feel slightly Appalachian Mountains to the fair. It’s the nauseas. Sometimes I have to sit down. feeling of anticipation that lingers the stronProbably the best fair memories are from gest, something akin to Christmas morn- when the kids were little. Every Thanksgiving ing when the house is still quiet. Brothers, weekend we’d trail behind them to the faircousins, we were giddy with excitement grounds on Loonie Night, which eventu– everyone clutching a folded five dollar ally became Twoonie Night. How one fam-

ily – even one as irresponsibly large as the DeMeers – can drop $100 at the fair on Twoonie Night remains a mystery. Thanksgiving weekend is the tail end of fair season in southwestern Ontario, which is the only way the fair in Burford, Ontario managed to offer carnival rides. Burford got the rides after they’d been dragged around the province to all the other larger and more prosperous fairs. Many of the fair attendants looked like they had been dragged along as well. (More fair memories from a misspent youth. The word “carny” is NOT short for carnival worker. It’s an abbreviation for carnivore.) One year at the Burford Fair I spent at least thirty minutes watching two bearded and monosyllabic men dig in all corners of their pick up trucks, trying to find enough bolts to put the Gator Coaster together. On another occasion the Cyclone caught fire and more than once I saw carnival rides – quite literally – held together with duct tape. Some things at the fair are enough to make a woman my age feel slightly nauseas, and need to sit down.

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New leadership, new computers, for high school Andrea DeMeer Spotlight Staff

On the Friday before the Labor Day weekend the halls of Princeton Secondary School were quiet, clean and uncluttered. As one school secretary remarked: it is the calm before the storm. The new year brings a number of changes to the local high school, including a just- imported vice principal, a well-known face taking the principal’s chair for the first time, and a step back from administration for the former principal who becomes the school district’s area guidance counselor. PSS has also acquired 90 laptops – 70 new and 20 refurbished – and will benefit this year from wiring upgrades expected to improve electronic communication. “I’m really excited about being here in Princeton and making my educational leadership start in this community,” said Ian Tisdale, PSS vice-principal. Tisdale, who was born and raised in Chilliwack, spent 18 years teaching in Alberta, most recently in Red Deer. He has worked almost exclusively with high school aged students in small school communities, and is currently completing his Masters Degree in Educational Leadership through the University of Lethbridge. Tisdale said he was attracted to the school for the opportunity to

move into an administrative role. “Also BC is my home province and there are always those heartstrings that pull someone home. Plus, I get to watch the Canucks games on Sportsnet.” In addition to his administrative duties Tisdale will also teach a variety of subjects at different grade levels. Patrick Kaiser, who moves from vice-principal to principal this year, said he welcomes Tisdale’s “fresh perspective” of the school. Kaiser has worked at PSS for 10 years. “Having taught here and then in my role as vice principal and now as principal, you get immersed in a culture…I’m excited that he is here and he doesn’t have that history.” Sandy Blair, formerly PSS principal, remains at the school this year as guidance councillor for the high school as well as its feeder schools. One thing that won’t be changing this year at PSS is the curriculum. While the ministry of education is making its new curriculum available in September for schools to implement on a voluntary basis – it becomes mandatory in 2016 – Kaiser said PSS teachers will take this year to evaluate all the information provided. One of the consuming focuses for this year will be providing the best possible course selection, said Kaiser – always a challenge at a

Town Hall News STREETLIGHT SERVICE REQUESTS We appreciate your help to identify street lights that are malfunctioning. You can submit your request by emailing admin@princeton.ca or phone at 250-2953135. When reporting a streetlight service please provide us with the following information:  the pole number, if posted on the pole; and  the nearest municipal address is very helpful to assist staff in locating the correct street light. Thank you

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY The Town of Princeton has development-ready industrial zoned property for sale. Lots range from one (1) to three (3) acres in size. For more information contact Rick Zerr, Chief Administrative Officer at rzerr@princeton.ca or call 250-2953135.

NO FIRES! A reminder that fires are not permitted within the town limits from April 15 to October 15. The Town of Princeton thanks you for your cooperation in this matter.

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There are lots of changes at Princeton Secondary School this September. Ian Tisdale (left) is the new vice principal, and Patrick Kaiser has been promoted to the position of principal.

small school. “With our staff we’ve been able to do a wide variety of things and make challenges available to our

student body. So our big challenge is to be able to maintain the variety of course offerings and opportunities.”

Kaiser said he feels confidant PSS has “an entire staff moving forward on the same page for student learning.”

BE BEAR AWARE

DEER FEEDING

To report wildlife in conflict please contact the BC Conservation Officer Service reporting line at :

A reminder to all residents of the Town of Princeton’s Deer Feeding Bylaw No. 822, 2009. The Bylaw reads “No owner or occupier of land within the Town of Princeton shall intentionally feed, cause to be fed or provide or make available food or other substances for the consumption by deer within the Town of Princeton, either on private property or on public property”. The fine for feeding deer is $100.00. The Deer Feeding Bylaw is on the Town of Princeton’s website www.princeton.ca.

1-877-952-7277.

MANAGE YOUR ATTRACTANTS If you manage the bear attractants around your house or worksite you can keep your family safe and keep bears from being destroyed. There are a number of things you can do: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Keep all garbage securely stored until collection day. Placing garbage at the curb before collection day is poor behavior and often illegal. Manage your fruit trees and berry bushes responsibly. Pick all fruit as it ripens and ensure that windfalls do not accumulate. Bird feeders often become bear-feeders, so please only feed birds during the winter months. Feed pets indoors, or if fed out of doors, take in any feed that is not immediately eaten. Keep your barbecue clean and free from odours. Burn off the grill every time after use and clean out the grease traps. Manage your compost properly. Composts should have equal amounts of brown and green materials added to reduce odours.

Bears have a sense of smell far greater than that of dogs and it is this sense of smell that helps them locate food at great distances. If you have any problems with bears in your yard contact the BC Conservation Officer Service reporting line at 1-877-952-7277 or for more information visit www.wildsafebc.com.

Deer are especially hard to remove from a neighbourhood once they have established themselves, so it is important to ensure that the deer do not become comfortable in your yard. 1.

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Do not feed deer, your are not helping them out in the long run. Deer have plently of natural foods in the wilds and keeping them there will prevent the need to deal with a deer “problem” in your reighbourhood at some later date. Take away the welcome mat. Make your yard unattractive to deer by trimming back any cover that they might use while traveling or bedding. Motion activated lights and sprinklers, if used randomly, help to dissuade deer from using your yard. Chase deer from your property whenever they appear and they will learn that your property is not worth the effort. But remember that it is illegal for your dog to injure a deer.

If you have any problems with deer in your yard, contact the Conservation Services at 1-877-952-7277 or for more information visit www.wildsafebc.com.

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Cycling considered to be best use of KVR To the editor This letter regards the current state and the potential of the KVR Trail. It is based on my experiences on the KVR and my opinion of the potential of the trail becoming a world-class, long distance, wilderness route. I have only done a one-day pedal from the old toll booth location to Hope and a multi-day trip from Merritt to Summerland via Princeton a few years ago. The longer ride was by a mature group of friends who had met doing all kinds of outdoor trips in the Hosteling International Outdoor Group from Metro Vancouver. Everyone on the longer trip had a wonderful vacation. We all enjoyed the people we met, the scenery, the history, the museums the restaurants, the motels and campgrounds, the rivers and the lakes. The only sour note were parts of the trail where we saw convoys of ATVs and “dirt bikes”. The effect of such light motor traffic was to churn the trail to sand in many places. We were forced to walk,

pushing our gear laden mountain bicycles on the destroyed trail. We all abandoned the KVR 40 to 50 kilometres from our destination of Summerland. Later, we were told by local cyclists that the best maintained part of the trail was close to Summerland. Due to the poor conditions of the trail, no one from our group has ventured back onto the KVR. Every year for the past nine years, I have cycle toured in Europe during May and June. To date I have cycled along most of the rivers and most of the coasts of both the Baltic & North Sea. I’ve been asked many times about cycle touring in Canada and I share with them that we have a potential world-class wildness path in the KVR. Governments in Europe now understand the economic potential of cycle tourism and are improving or developing new long distance cycle paths. It is my opinion that the KVR has the potential to be a “gold mine” but the cul-

ture of illegally driven motor vehicles on the trail has destroyed the trail. ATVs and motorized dirt bikes are not heavy enough to pack the trail, but in many places have churned it into a long sand trap. If the motor vehicles would stay off of the muscle -propelled trail, the KVR could be repaired. Only then a campaign to attract cyclists from around the world would increase cycle tourism to BC. My guess, based on conversations in Europe, is that a ten fold increase is possible in a few short years. In Europe I’ve seen how the EU governments work with the national, regional and local governments to better the long distance cycling path. Then small businesses respond to the increased demand. I have noted both a better trail and more restaurants, hotels in a few short years along the Loire River in France. I have also noted many more people are enjoying just a day ride from town to town. Keith Lang Dale Boyd, Black Press

NDP leader Thomas Mulcair greeted MP hopeful Angelique Wood in Penticton last week. Wood is running in the newly formed Central OkanaganSimilkameen-Nicola constituency.

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“Pow Wows help keep the culture alive” Art Martens livingsignificantly.ca

As Linda and I parked across the street from the Ashnola Campground on Saturday, we could hear the distinct, steady boom of a large drum. Somewhat akin to the toll of a village church bell summoning the faithful, the drum was announcing that afternoon’s session of the Lower Similkameen Indian Band Pow Wow. At the entrance to the circle of bleachers, we saw dancers in elaborate, colourful regalia assembling for the Grand Entry into the performance arena. We were about to experience the Similkameen Pow Wow of Champions. In a phone conversation several days earlier, one of the organizers, Wendy Terbasket, had told me a Pow Wow is “a social and contest event. There are competitions in singing, dancing and drumming. The dancing is about prayer,” she said. “While dancing you think about people who can’t.” We would also learn it is about family and culture. Some of the dancers were barely past the learning to walk stage. Young parents and grand parents were making an effort to keep the children involved. Noticing a man in an especially intricate regalia, I asked if I could take his photo. He agreed readily and told us he is a Blackfoot (Siksika) from Alberta. His name is Leon Crane Bear and he has an M.A. in Native American Studies. The ceremony began with a brief talk and prayer by an Elder. She prayed earnestly for her people, especially youth who have gone astray. “We must love them and give them a hug,” she said. She also prayed for people with cancer and other illnesses, and those who have passed on. I sensed her deep desire to see the values and culture of her people transmitted to the next generation. The dancers, a wonderful splash of colour, now proceeded with great dignity onto the grass floor of the arena. Here their pent up excitement and energy was released in eye pleasing dances, accompanied by drumming and singing. There were too many to count, children, youth, adults and some elderly individuals. It was an impressive moment of joy and exhilaration for dancers and audience. I wandered away several times from the arena to

speak with individual dancers waiting to perform. Moonlite was one of the princesses honoured by the MC. Some of her brief address to the audience had been in the Okanagan language. She permitted me to take several photos and said her ambition is to become a psychologist. I also spoke with Tyler Jensen. His outfit had cost him about $1800 but still needs bead work, which will be costly. Many dancers do some or all the work themselves. I gathered that being a dancer involves commitment of time, energy and funds. For Wendy and Lauren Terbasket, the initiation of their seven year old nephew Kirshon into the Pow Wow gave special significance to the event. The initiation included several dances in which he was central. Steven Point, a provincial judge and former Lieutenant Governor of B.C., was present to witness the ceremony. Laurence Trottier, a respected dancer, singer, and friend of the family spoke in Kirshon’s honour. For the Terbasket family it was a memorable occasion. In a conversation with Lauren I came to a greater understanding of the Pow Wow. “Our committee spends the whole year planning,” she said. “We get a lot of help from the community.” She especially appreciates the assistance given by Darlene Choo of Bright Light Pictures and also Gorman Brothers. “The singing and dancing heal the participants and the onlookers,” she believes. “It’s a celebration dance and it draws families together. We want children to participate at a young age. We give them each $5.00 for dancing. Pow Wows help keep the culture alive. We don’t allow any drugs or alcohol.” Lauren paused for a moment to consider, then said “the drum beat is the heart beat of the people. Watching the dancers makes you feel good. It lifts up the spirit and heart. The Pow Wow is our way of giving to the people. Blessing comes when we give.” When we left, I was impressed with the organization and efficiency of the event. Equally important is the emphasis on teaching values and culture, giving young people a sense of pride in their heritage, and striving to keep families intact. As we drove away, the big drum was still booming.

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Dancers from all disciplines participated in inter tribals during the Similkameen Pow Wow Saturday in Ashnola.

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Christian Terbasket, left, dances with Bryson Longchild during the Similkameen Powwow of Champions. Terbasket was initiated during the Pow Wow.

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Posse set for season opening weekend Goaltending will emerge as a strength for the re-configured Posse, said Goodman, with last year’s MVP Stephen Heslop returning to net, backed up newly signed Zak Babin, 18, from Surrey. Wearing the “C” this year for the Posse is returning defenseman Cody Lassiter. Assistant captains are Princeton’s own Morton Johnston, along with Thomas Cancovik and Drew Carter. Both home opening games this weekend get

kicked off by a parking lot tail gate party starting at 6 p.m., with the hockey action starting at 7 p.m. Billy’s Restaurant is serving beef on a bun Friday evening, and Little Creek Grill has soulvalki plates on offer Saturday. The game day sponsor for opening weekend is Ace Hardware/Fletcher Building Centre. “I’m just hoping we get a lot of people out for our opener,” said Goodman. “It should be a good weekend of hockey. With a young

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HAVE A BALL! Bob Marsh

The Posse put up a tough battle against North Okanagan during the preseason, and managed to come away with a 1-1 tie. While winless in exhibition play, Posse coach Geoff Goodman is feeling optimistic about the team’s chances. Andrea DeMeer Spotlight Staff

The Princeton Posse was winless in the preseason, but new coach Geoff Goodman is feeling a lot better about the team’s prospects than he was a month ago. “I’m more optimistic,” said Goodman in an interview Sunday. “You lose a lot of guys like we did you kind of rely on the veterans to carry the load early, but I’m also very happy with the kids we brought in. They are starting to gel as a team.” The Posse experienced a mass exodus of skaters in mid- August, as nine players signed with Junior A franchises

across the country, and three went on to play at the post-secondary level. Princeton lost its first exhibition game, against Abbotsford, 8-0. “It was a rough game,” said Goodman, who used the opportunity to field prospects who attended the Posse camp last week. A second match up with Abottstford resulted in a 3-3 tie. “It was a much better game with more of our vets in the line up. It really showed how we could play…. Overall I’m really happy with what I see happening on the offensive side. We just need to get work on our defensive

side.” The Posse also tied North Okanagan, 1-1, and lost a decision to Grand Forks 3-2. This Friday and Saturday 22-carded members of the Posse – among them 13 Junior B rookies – suit up for the season opening weekend, playing Summerland and Osoyoos at home. Goodman admits they will be challenging contests. “I think [Summerland] is going to be a very strong team. I would think they are going to be battling for the top of our division.

They only lost three guys from last year… They are going to be a very strong team to play against, just because they are going to be a little bit older and a little bit more mature.” Last year’s division champions Osoyoos “are going to be another good team to play. They have a lot of returning players as well. If we can get the guys to play within our systems and do all those things we should be doing we are going to be okay,” said Goodman. “It will give us an early test and a real indication of what we need to do.”

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CAPRICORN: Capricorn, someone is proud of all you have accomplished. Don’t feel badly about bragging a little about the things you have done. It’s good to also be proud of yourself. AQUARIUS: Aquarius, your generosity knows no bounds this week. All that you do unselfishly will come back in spades. Keep up your charitable efforts. PISCES: Pisces, if things seem a little bit confusing this week, take some time to sit and reflect. The answers will come to you eventually. ARIES: Aries, explore a new way of thinking and keep an open mind. Maintain energy and enthusiasm about a new project. Your energy will inspire others to get moving. TAURUS: You may need to get a little pushy to get what you need, Taurus. Don’t overdo it, but don’t hesitate to insert yourself into certain situations this week. GEMINI: This is a good week to share your positive thoughts and hopes with others. It’s advantageous to have as many people on your side as you can. CANCER: Cancer, you have many things to do in the coming days, but you can still manage to have fun along the way. Schedule some rest and rejuvenation once the week has passed. LEO: If you learn something new this week, it very well may be something important, Leo. Stay attuned to the things going on around you, so you know when to act. VIRGO: Getting your point across will be difficult this week, Virgo. Take a patient approach and give others the time to explain their points of view before sharing your own. LIBRA: You are still in love with that special someone after all of these years, Libra. Share your good fortune with others and you may inspire some new relationships in the process. SCORPIO: Scorpio, it may be difficult to avoid conflict this week, but do your best to smooth over the situation. Try not to escalate any encounters and add fuel to the fire. SAGITTARIUS: Sagittarius, give something frivolous a try this week. You may find it takes your mind off of other things and restores some of your natural joviality. FOR ENTERTAINMENT ONLY

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SPOTLIGHT on the ARCHIVES 1 YEAR AGO: Princeton teachers take to the street

More than 50 teachers, support workers, friends and members of the public gathered in the town square Friday for a picket line that had all the flavour of a street party,up to and including a barbecue and free hotdogs. While everyone in downtown seemed to enjoy the rally, the government and the teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; union sparred throughout the day and into the weekend. Education Minister Peter Fassbender rejected the B.C. Teachers Federationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s call for binding arbitration to end the strike.

20 YEARS AGO:

5 YEARS AGO:

A magical 150

50 YEARS AGO: Playing at the Capitol:

Tulameen completes outdoor recreation facility

The Tulameen Community Club has received $9,000 representing full payment of a BC 21 Community Projects award that helped replace the dirt surface on the outdoor arena with concrete. Yale Lillooet MLA Harry Lali announced September 7. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Putting concrete over the dirt surface has changed the arena from a winter skating facility to an outdoorrecreation pad that will be used year round.â&#x20AC;? said Lali. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This project is a fine example of what can be accomplished when community members and local businesses work together.â&#x20AC;?

A hold-up was just one of the wonderful events held over the weekend as Princeton celebrated its 150 birthday with style, grace and humour. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Princeton sure knows how to throw a party,â&#x20AC;? stated a smiling Harry Lali. MLA Lali was just one of many dignitaries who attended the weekend celebration. From the Allison descendants to the young and old of Princeton, the 150 year old community was honoured for its history and its future.

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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

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

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.

Living Water

Community Church Invites You to 38 Kenley Avenue

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

Princeton Pentecostal 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

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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! There will be no meetings in July & Aug.

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 7 p.m. in the Club House.

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

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