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Long drive New riding bucks to cast a national trend - barely ballot Andrea DeMeer Spotlight Staff
While the majority of the country was painted Liberal red Monday night, Conservative Dan Albas, running in his newly-created local riding, squeaked out a victory. Tara Bowie Spotlight Staff
The majority of the country may be red, but the new riding of Central Okanagan Similkameen-Nicola is blue – barely. Conservative Dan Albas earned his seat by a slim margin last night, bucking a national trend that saw the Liberals capturing 184 seats. Conservatives were elected in 100 ridings, NDP 42, Bloc Quebecois
10, the Green Party 1. “It was a lot tighter than we expected it to be,” Albas said about his fight to return to Ottawa. Early in the night Albas had a more than 15 per cent lead on his closest rival Liberal Karley Scott. Media outlets called the election within the first 90 minutes of the polls closing but in the remaining hours the gap narrowed to a mere 2.2 per cent difference.
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The final result was Albas with 24,425 votes; Scott 23,028; NDP Angelique Wood 11,939 and Green Robert Mellalieu 2,428. Because results were so close, Albas put off interviews with the press until counting was almost complete. He spoke with The Spotlight only after 230 of the 231 ridings were counted. “We knew it was going to be a close continued page nine
You know it’s going to be an interesting election when people are angry before the votes are even counted. An unspecified number of voters from Princeton were directed Monday to Tulameen in order to cast their ballots. Barb Roccamatis, 66, called the experience “pathetic.” Roccamatis describes herself as “a religious voter” who has never missed her chance to exercise the franchise. And she’s always voted in the community where she lives. “I have lived here for 45 years and I’ve always voted at the Legion, or wherever downtown…we live behind the airport in city limits.” After standing in line, and using a walker to negotiate a path into the Princeton Legion Monday morning, she was told she had to drive more than 26 kilometers to Tulameen. The journey would take her and her husband along Coalmont Road, a steep and narrow incline. According to Google Maps the one-way drive from Princeton to Tulameen takes 31 minutes. “I hate that road and it’s not like it’s a hop, skip and a jump,” she said. Roccamatis said she made the journey with some misgivings, but was determined to mark her X. “I vote every election. I know one year I was so sick but I still voted.” She wants someone held accountable for an election day gone sideways. “I want to know what group of people sat down and said ‘all the people who live behind the airport have to go Tulameen’…did they get a map or go through the phone book and pick and choose?” Returning Officer for the newly-drawn riding of Central Okanagan Similkameen-Nicola, Basil continued page nine
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Police issue warnings as drug overdoses spike in valley Spotlight Staff
Local police officers have yet to encounter fentanyl on the streets of Princeton. Unfortunately “chances are” it will get here eventually, said RCMP Sergeant Barry Kennedy. “Right now it’s more in the South Okanagan - Oliver, Osoyoos and it’s possibly, moved into Ollala. Last week two people died in Ollala, east of Keremeos, from suspected drug overdoses. Kennedy has one message for drug users, and particularly young people in town. “It will kill you, plain and simple. You might as well go out and drink antifreeze because the antifreeze will kill you, fentanyl will kill you.” Kennedy said the local detachment has received directives about how to investigate suspected fentanyl cases, including the need for officers to wear protective clothing to avoid inhaling the drug or absorbing
it through the skin. “It’s that lethal, and in such small doses.” Two deaths that occurred in Ollala last week are suspected to be related to the recent spike in drug overdoses in the South Okanagan, according to police there. Cpl. Sean Hall in charge of the Serious Crime Unit based out of the South Okanagan said the coroner is currently investigating the deaths, however until the toxicology results come back nothing is for certain. Police aren’t ruling out fentanyl as a possibility. “We don’t know for sure yet because the toxicology and the autopsies haven’t been done, but it’s suspected,” Hall said. “Anytime you have overdoses like this fentanyl is always suspected because we’ve had a spike in North America over the last few months,” Hall said. “It’s suspected, but until we confirm, we can’t say.”
Town mends zoning fences with business community Andrea DeMeer Spotlight Staff
Princeton council is a couple of steps closer to easing the pain felt by local businesses resulting from past zoning changes after a meeting Monday night. Three bylaws to amend the town’s Official Community Plan and zoning regulations were endorsed unanimously by councillors. The bylaws received first and second readings. A third reading is pending following a public hearing scheduled for November 16. In a related move, council also approved a $42,500 allocation for the 2016 budget to review the contentious OCP, and voted to award the contract to Urban Planners. “I think it’s great that we’re through this first step,” said Susan Robinson, co-owner of the Ace Hardware/ Fletcher group, one of the applicants. “Town council is putting its money where its mouth is. They said they wanted to work with businesses and they are doing it.” If a third reading is approved after the public hearing, four properties on Burton Avenue will be re-classed as Highway Commercial under the OCP, and their zoning changed from Single Family Residential use to Service Commercial. A second bylaw would change OCP classification for a property on Jacobson Road from Country Residential to Business Transition, with zoning in place to also allow Service Commercial use. The third bylaw affects two properties on Old Hedley Road, and would also re-designate them as Business Transition
with Service Commercial use permitted. The bylaws include conditions for urban landscaping and residential buffering. “There was a lot of discord with the last OCP,” said Mayor Frank Armitage. “We wanted to work towards an acceptable solution to all parties. That’s why we want to move forward on this. We did not want to draw the issue out.” Twenty-two business property owners found their holdings downgraded from various business uses to residential through zoning amendments in 2013 that fell out of the five year old OCP. The allocation for next year’s OCP review was approved by three councilors, with Jermoe Tjerkstra dissenting. Tjerkstra questioned both the cost of the consultants – which were used during the last OCP review in 2008 – as well as the scope of their proposal. “Forty-two thousand dollars is a lot of money. I’d like to think we could find a different way of doing this,” he said before the vote. “This is an opportunity to engage the community. A lot of people don’t even know what’s in the OCP.” Tjerkstra said he felt the issue deserves greater consultation than the two meeting dates proposed by Urban Planners. CAO Rick Zerr countered “it’s a lot of money but if we didn’t do it this way it would cost $142,000.” Armitage noted while $42,500 is allocated for the budget, the town hopes to recoup about $20,000 of that through provincial grants.
Hall said that the suspected drugs may be opiates, though that hasn’t been confirmed either. “Anytime you get an overdose like this you suspect it’s opiate related, but right now it’s like anything else until we get the (toxicology results) back there’s no way we can confirm,” Hall said. Interior Health is investigating the matter with co-operation from the B.C. Coroners Service and the RCMP. “Any information about someone selling dope, especially heroin or anything like that, call CrimeStoppers,” Hall said. “Any amount of heroin could be fatal, any amount of ecstasy or MDMA could be fatal just because somebody thinks they are doing a pure version of whatever they’re getting doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous to begin with.” “There’s no safe way to do this stuff,” Hall said.
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jean Salsbury (nee Kwak) on October 9, 2015. Jean was born in Langley, BC on November 3, 1934. She is survived by her husband Lloyd, daughters Kelly and Kim (Darrell), sons Butch and Scott (Sharon), as well as many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Jean will be remembered by her family as a kind and loving wife, mother, and grandmother. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Parkinsons Society of BC. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.hansonsfuneral.ca
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Odin the magpie gets Princeton prepares celebrity treatment for another night of fright and fireworks
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Rhonda Harrison was enjoying herself at a Halloween Party Saturday night when she received an urgent message. Odin is at the bar. Come get him before he hurts himself. While at first blush this may sound like a woman being called to retrieve a recalcitrant teenager or another errant male family member, Rhonda was out the door to rescue a five-month-old Magpie who delights in his position as Princeton’s unofficial mascot. Odin – possibly the world’s only Magpie with his own FaceBook page – had found his way into Vermilion Fork Restaurant where he quickly became the life of the party. “I went there and brought him out and eventually got him into the truck. I took him to my friend’s place in town,” said Harrison. “He slept there in a tree. It was an experience for him.” Harrison adopted Odin June 10th, when he was a featherless baby bird she found trapped in the mesh of her chicken coup. She believes he was ousted from his nest by a raven and attacked. “He had indents on both sides of his head from the raven’s beak, and bruising on both sides of his face. I didn’t know if he would make it through the first night.” Initially caring for Odin was as taxing as nurturing a newborn human child. He demanded to be fed every hour on the hour, and after researching the best foods for young magpies Harrison kept him on a steady diet of softened dog food, scrambled eggs and baked, crushed egg shells. “There were a lot of late nights,” said Harrison. With the help of a neighbor who became Odin’s “godmother” Harrison taught the tenacious bird
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to fly, and forge for his own food. He became a familiar visitor around her Taylor Mill’s neighborhood, and she attached an orange band to his leg so that others would recognize him as a quasi-domestic creature. In August Harrison started the Life of Odin Facebook page, and the group has 294 members. The page is filled with stories of Odin encounters and pictures of Odin hamming it for the camera at Princeton Secondary School, local gas stations, garages, lumber yards, almost always perched on someone’s hand or shoulder. Harrison said she started the Facebook group so people can follow Odin’s journeys, as well as understand that he likes people and would not try to attack them.
“When people first meet him it’s kind of a shock because all of a sudden there is a bird on your shoulder. I needed people to know he’s friendly and he’s not going to hurt you.” Like most birds Odin eventually left the nest. While Harrison was vacationing in September he followed her son into Princeton and has definitely developed a taste for town living. He still recognizes Harrison, however, and when they meet never fails to greet her with a kiss and a special noise. “This is kind of what I wanted,” said Harrison. “I wanted him to actually fly away with other magpies but he just loves people. “He doesn’t come home. He’s Princeton’s bird now.”
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Dig out that creepy costume and prepare for a fright. Princeton’s annual Halloween Family Fun Night will take place Saturday October 24 at Sunflower Downs, with gates open at 5 p.m. According to organizer Jen Bernard the success of the event can be attributed to the old fashioned flavor of the displays and activities. “It’s something that reminds me of the old days,” she said. “You know, back when your doors were open and there was caramel apples and popcorn balls and you’d go trick or treating. It’s just honest to good fun.” Spook houses and Halloween carnivals have a long tradition in Princeton and have been organized by a variety of groups at different venues. When Bernard began directing the Halloween Family Fun Night in 2011 it attracted between 500 and 600 people. This year 1,200 thrill seekers are expected to pass through the gates. “It’s fun and it’s free,” said Bernard, who added a large bonfire and fire works display are two of the event’s main draws. “We have a massive fireworks display, easily 20 minutes to half an hour. That’s probably the number one attraction because you just don’t get that in this area anymore.” The Fun Night also offers two spook houses, one for children and one for adults and teens, a kids’ craft corner and games including darts and a three-legged race. “Those are still hugely popular and
they will be back this year,” said Bernard. She added the spook houses are not for the faint of heart. “Two years ago one of my friends was a troll under the bridge in the adult spook house. She came bounding out and she scared one woman so badly the woman landed on her butt.” The most frightening thing about Halloween Family Fun Night this year, however, is that it almost didn’t happen. An initial organizational meeting attracted only one person, and regular volunteers found themselves overwhelmed with trying to meet the workload. A second meeting attracted a larger group of helpers. “I wound up getting phone calls and emails and people took on sections of jobs that needed to be done so with that kind of communication we got a little added help.” The Princeton Junior Posse and Camp Tulahead stepped forward to run some of the activities, and those attending the event are encouraged to donate to those groups or bring a nonperishable food item as a donation to the Christmas Hamper Drive.
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New ideas on getting old The best ideas are generally stolen. And there are some pretty fantastic ideas coming out of Okanagan Falls as a result of that community’s Age Friendly Plan that deserve a hard look from other areas in the valley. After all, getting old in Okanagan Falls can’t be substantially different from getting old in Princeton and Keremeos, and there is no point to re-creating the wagon wheel. Fifty-six percent of people living in the Falls are either seniors or near-seniors. British Columbia has a median age of 41.9 while Princeton and Keremeos register significantly higher at 52.5 and 60.8 respectively. A lot of people in the Similkameen are floating on the same creaky boat. A committee in Okanagan Falls has used provincial grant money to study in-depth the issues facing its aging population and form ideas about how to meet its needs. They run the gambit from health care access to transportation, housing, mobility, personal development, information sharing, recreation and socialization. A 104-page report recently presented to the RDOS by Okanagan Falls representatives outlines 48 recommendations for an age friendly community as well as thought provoking research. Some of the observations and suggestions are especially timely from Princeton’s point of view. As the town is posed to launch a serious bid at building a health, wellness and aquatic center the needs of an aging population demand particular attention. In any case, viewing a community specifically through the eyes of its senior population is a worthwhile exercise. Chosen at random – consider it cherry picking and food for thought– is a selection of recommendations falling out of the Okanagan Falls research. • Encourage nearby distributors of mobility devices to come to the community once a year or as needed to teach people how to use a variety of mobility devises, especially mobility scooters, and allow people to try them out. • Explore funding options to install age friendly outdoor exercise equipment at one of the parks in the community. •Develop an age friendly assistance organization that would include a list of people willing to help out seniors in need with a variety of tasks who cannot afford to obtain hired help. The organization would assist with tasks like driveway shoveling, lawn mowing, and providing emergency transportation. • Consider the creation of an intergenerational knowledge transfer program that would engage people of all ages (with a focus on seniors and youth) in knowledge exchange activities. The program would consist of both units and workshops and topics could including local history, farming, computers and tablet use, internet searches, gardening and food preservation. •Develop or reformat an age friendly exercise class that would guide older adults through different sets of low impact balance and strengthening exercises. The class should provide participants with two levels of difficulty and this feature should be well advertised in the class description. • Develop an age friendly online and print directory that older adults can use to find answers to their general questions, from “how do I receive a handicapped parking pass?” to “what kinds of exercise classes could I take in the community?” And so on. And so on. Implementing even one the considerations above, to say nothing of forming a comprehensive strategy for an age friendly community, is not necessarily the job of town council. While the municipality could play a leadership role in this direction there are dozens of key stakeholders – the seniors center, Legion, school district, social services, service clubs and health organizations – who all have something to contribute. And they might want to think about it. ‘Cause nobody is getting any younger. – AD
Let’s get real about trade deals As the dust settles from Monday’s federal election, to paraphrase former prime minister Kim Campbell, it’s time to talk about serious issues again. The Conservatives were hoping to make 2015 a free trade election, by signing onto the world’s largest trade deal at the end of July. But things didn’t go as planned at the talks in Maui, and Canada was among the players that walked away from the Trans-Pacific Partnership table at that time. Then came five days of round-the-clock negotiations in Atlanta, with the U.S. pushing for a deal with Japan, Korea, Australia and other Pacific Rim powerhouses to normalize trade in 40 per cent of the world’s economy. And the TPP came together at the end of September. Canada and B.C. essentially got what our governments were demanding, which was broad access to Pacific Rim markets and continued protection for nearly all of domestic dairy, poultry and egg markets. Also preserved was B.C.’s regulated market for logs and U.S. lumber sales. The 200-kg gorilla of the
TPP burst out in 2012. the heat of the It’s easy for election camcomfortable First paign, and the World folks to proKim Campbell test conditions in rule was demrunning shoe and onstrated again. cell phone factories Much of the in India or China, discussion but the graph of TOM FLETCHER revolved around extreme poverty alleged secrecy, in those counas the legal tries shows steep text of the deal decline since 1990. won’t be out for Trade and technolsome time to come. Protected ogy are lifting up the poorest of farmers downed their pitch- the world. forks, counting their blessings, For B.C., withdrawing from and their guaranteed compen- Pacific Rim trade is unthinksation. able. We worry a lot about The NDP was forced to lumber and copper and natural come out against the TPP, as gas, but the TPP also opens it was against trade deals with up huge markets for services, the U.S., Mexico, Europe and where much of our economic others. But it’s getting lonely future awaits. for them as the rest of the world The question for us is simmoves on. ple. Can we compete in health Within days of the TPP deal, sciences, engineering, architecthe World Bank issued one of ture, digital media, and inforits periodic reports on “extreme mation technology? Do we poverty,” which it defines as an want to? income of less than $1.90 U.S. The TPP doesn’t change a day. And 2015 is the first year B.C.’s dependency on the when fewer than 10 per cent United States. As with NAFTA, of the world’s people remain our vital lumber trade remains below this global poverty line, under a separate agreement, down from 12.8 per cent in which expired on Oct. 1.
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I’m told by federal and provincial officials that at this stage, the U.S. isn’t even taking our calls on the softwood lumber agreement, which Canada and B.C. want extended. Americans are preoccupied with the TPP and domestic politics. After decades of bitter legal actions from the American industry, the latest softwood deal has provided a rough peace. It set a floor price for B.C.’s allegedly subsidized lumber exports, with an export tax collected by Canada when the price went below the floor of $355 per thousand board feet. That money went back into our government general revenue. Higher prices meant no export tax was collected through 2014 and early 2015, and only five per cent as of September. Now that the agreement is expired, by default we have actual free trade in lumber for up to the next year. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@ blackpress.ca
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Even in Canada, absolute power corrupts Art Martens living significantly.ca
For the past two months hundreds of decent, well intentioned individuals all over Canada have worked unstintingly to win the right to represent their constituency. Because my neighbour Angelique Wood was one of these dedicated ones, I have some comprehension of the energy and focus required to campaign effectively. Particularly in the last month, her car was rarely at home. Undoubtedly, she and most candidates entered the race motivated by a desire to make a positive difference. They have laudable intent, but in time the winners may conclude politics is a fickle and frivolous mistress. Increasingly over the past four years, there has been a growing sense on the part of Canadians that our democracy has become confoundingly undemocratic. The Prime Minister controls the appointment of many key figures in our system of government, including the Governor General, members of the cabinet, justices of the
Supreme Court, senators, heads of crown corporations, ambassadors to foreign countries, provincial lieutenant governors, and approximately 3,100 others. The appointees feel beholden to the PM and most do not dare voice disagreement with government policy. The National Post’s Andrew Coyne recently wrote, “cabinet does not matter. It does not govern. That is the job of the Prime Minister and the group of political staff he has around him.” This is not new. Several Prime Ministers in recent decades have chosen to govern almost as dictators. Some pundits contend it was Pierre Trudeau who first began seriously consolidating power in the Prime Minister’s office. Certainly his charisma generated a dizzying excitement in the electorate and people anticipated positive change. By the 1972 election though, the “halo effect” had run its course. Peter C Newman said being reduced to a minority government “was due to one central fact. He had lost touch with his constituency.
He functioned the first 54 months in office as head of a government, not the leader of a nation. He didn’t understand Canadians and their concerns. What was worse, he didn’t appear to care.” Although our democracy doesn’t prevent leaders with dictatorial inclinations from rising to the top, it does possess the means to push them ignominiously from “the throne.” Trudeau managed to hold onto power but, prior to the 1984 election, polls indicated the Liberals would not win with him at the helm. Chastened, he stepped down. Voters then gave the Liberals a political spanking, allotting them only 40 seats. Brian Mulroney and the Conservatives snatched 211, the largest majority in Canadian histo-
ry. Unfortunately, Mulroney didn’t learn the lesson of the Liberal debacle. He greatly irritated Canadians with the detested GST. When polls indicated he had lost support of voters, he retired just prior to the 1993 election. We replaced Mulroney with Jean Chretien, who did not keep his famous “Red Book” promises. He also allowed the “Sponsorship Scandal” in which some two hundred million dollars were squandered. In time, voters wearied of the Liberals’ evident sense of entitlement and Chretien, under extreme duress, agreed to retire. More recently, Stephen Harper, like Trudeau, Mulroney and Chretien, has ruled with a heavy hand and alienated large numbers of Canadians. MPs, and even most cabinet ministers, received instructions as to what they were permitted to say in public. Scientists and others were also muzzled. The problem of party leaders gripping the reins of power too tightly isn’t confined to the party in government. Writing in “Tragedy
in the Commons,” Alison Loat and Michael MacMillan suggest “Canadian party leaders today enjoy a remarkable amount of power when measured against peers in Canadian history, or against leaders in similar parliamentary systems around the world.” There is one possible glimmer of hope. Conservative MP Michael Chong has stickhandled a bill through Parliament that gives MP’s the power to trigger a leadership review and subsequently vote to oust the leader of their party. In a watered down version, the bill was approved by a majority of government MPs. Very likely they realized many constituents longed to give them the heave ho for the PM’s undemocratic rule. In spite of some resistance in the Senate, the bill was passed and the Reform Act received Royal Assent this summer. In politics there are few guarantees of course, but this could be a small step toward change. In time, newly elected MPs could have a more substantive role. Canadian democracy may yet smile.
Election news no different than snakes in a can
At the risk of being labeled facetious and terribly irresponsible – and recognizing at time of writing there are three excruciating days to endure before Canadians go to the polls – it needs to be said. I barely care for the outcome. I just want it to be over. The campaign has dragged on so long it’s hard to remember what Canada was like when we weren’t in election throes. It’s hard to remember what the news what like and what television commercials were like. Didn’t we report on nice clean train wrecks and isn’t it time for marketers to be stuffing Christmas down our unprepared throats? If election stories were Oreos, everyone would weigh three hundred pounds. Following the campaign news is a little like watching CNN cover unrest in some faroff and war torn habitat. There isn’t enough unspun information or context to understand what actually is going on, it is impossible to tell the bad guys from the really bad guys and you look at the videos long enough you don’t care who wins. You just want it to stop. It was with this frame of mind I approached news consumption in the past week, diving into pages and clicking on headlines looking for good, healthy distraction that has nothing to do with economic plans, the definition of the middle class or foreign policy.
Stories about icky things appearing in There were the Blue Jays of on more than one occasion, course. Make no mistake I also while nursing at the dinner processed foods are not all that uncommon. don’t give a fig for who wins the table, I dumped wine on the There are famous ones, like the Texas woman who bit into a human tooth (not her own) in World Series but there sure was head of an offspring. an entertaining story coming out Not a big deal. Unlatch the a brand name candy bar, and the man who of game five against the Texas child, lick the Pinot Grigio drank half a decomposed frog in a can of Rangers. from between the rolls of fat popular soda beverage. But everyone probably has a version. Numerous Jays fans, reacton his neck, and everybody resumes with their meal. No Years ago I purchased a half-case of Sleeman ing to a controversial call by ANDREA DEMEER one gets charged and no one Cream Ale that contained a bottle awash with officials, rose up and pelted the old dog brown slime. (Good job that didn’t hit one of makes the front page. playing field with garbage. One new tricks Another compelling story the kids.) man, who was later charged by The woman from Sleeman customer serto emerge last week Employment was the police, threw a can of beer and WorkBC Services Centres case of a Hamilton, Ontario vice said the slime was an unfortunate bythe spray from that beverage hit of cranberry sauce a small baby, being held on her mother’s lap. woman who opened product of a failed pasteurization Newa can schedule for the week of Nov. 2 toprocess Nov.and6 So it’s not nice to throw things and it’s for Thanksgiving dinner and found a snake. offered vouchers for free cases of Sleeman It wasn’t one of those trick cans you can beer. unwarranted and embarrassing behavior (see notes on election advertising above) but it buy at the joke shop, when you open the top No need, then, to involve lawyers. also is not as if the child was struck by the and paper snakes fly out. It was a legitimate In another life Mr. DeMeer worked partactual can. The child was hit by beer foam. genuine garter snake soaked in berries and time in the produce department of a large Monday Nov. 2grocery7:00 pmwith a customer Newspapers carried photos of a sobbing jelly sauce. store am—8:30 and had to deal Ah.….dinner will be a little late while the who found half a lizard inside a package of mother clutching her infant the same as if it cook receives CPR on the kitchen floor. had been showered in battery acid. Caesar salad. Tuesday, Nov. premixed 3 How do CLOSED The woman eventually recovered enough Squirmed in my chair a little, reading you respond to that except to about that. The DeMeers have committed to call the Ocean Spray customer service line wonder aloud what happened to the OTHER PROFESSIONAL parenting four times and in total I breastfed and was told the company could send her half of the lizard? children for seven years. (That’s a consecu- vouchers for free cans of cranberry sauce. We could dwell more on this subject. It DEVELOPMENT tive motherhood sentence by the way, not Surprisingly she declined this generous offer, would only serve to unsettle, and make the 4 feel nauseas. CLOSED and her next call was to theWednesday, Canadian FoodNov. reader served concurrently.) See notes on federal election campaign While no particular incident springs to Inspection Agency, followed no doubt by one above. PROFESSIONAL mind the law of large averages suggests that to her attorney.
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Zombies ready to invade
Posse struggles for positive attitude after seven losses
Don’t be alarmed this Saturday when zombies invade downtown Princeton. The Crimson Tine Players is holding a Zombie Walk on Bridge Street at 2 p.m., while collecting donations for the food bank, giving out candy and two-for-one vouchers for the group’s winter play “1001 Arabian Nights and a Matinee.” The local theatre group is also holding its final murder mystery dinner theatre of the year October 30, at Vermilion Fork Restaurant. The title is Chaos At The Count’s Castle and will be about what happens when Dracula throws the biggest Hallowe’en Eve party of the year.
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It’s been a tough couple of weeks to be a cowboy. The Princeton Posse, which only a month ago was tied for the top berth in the division, has lost seven consecutive games and suffered its worst defeat ever Sunday night against Summerland, losing 8-0. “I don’t have a lot to say when you lose 8-0,” said coach Geoff Goodman. “That pretty much says it all.” However, the coaching staff is maintaining a positive attitude, and focusing on transferring that energy to the team. “Losing can become habitual,” said Goodman. “We have to get the negative out. We have to be positive and understand that it’s a game and a process and you are not going to perfect every night. You have to go over some of the things that you do well.” Goodman described the team as definitely “on edge” and said the players need to focus on coming to games with “the right physical and mental readiness.” He predicted no immediate changes in the line up. “Everything that’s available wouldn’t be an upgrade. Our changes that have to be made are mental.” Goodman said he has plenty of experience as a player and a coach breaking losing streaks. “I’ve been on a team, when we were young like these guys, and all our vets graduated and we were a young team. We struggled and struggled and struggled, finished less than 500 and all of a sudden it clicked in the playoffs. We did enough to make the play offs and we ended up winning a national championship. “Those are the things that can happen when you believe in yourself and believe in each other.”
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Princeton’s Craig Thompson goes into the boards in a 4-1 loss to the Kamloops Storm Saturday night.
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continued page nine election. It’s good to see that the people want to have an experienced member of parliament.... someone who can work with anyone. I think the people are always right,” he said during a phone interview from his celebration party in West Kelowna. Albas was first elected in 2011 as
Conservative MP for Okanagan Coquihalla. Electoral boundaries were adjusted in 2012 to reflect current population trends. The new boundary includes Princeton, Keremeos, and stretches north to Logan Lake, Merritt and east to West Kelowna. Albas, a former Penticton city councillor, moved to West Kelowna in 2012. During his time as MP, he served a majority Conservative government. He is now part of the official opposition and said he looks forward to the challenge. When asked to comment about the overall showing of the Conservative Party following the election he
expressed sympathy for all MPs who were not re-elected. “So many good people from all sides of the house aren’t returning to Ottawa in what will be the 41st session of parliament... there were many great candidates all across Canada,” he said. He expressed appreciation for his fellow candidates in Central Okanagan SimilkameenNicola adding they ran “very honourable campaigns.” Liberal Karley Scott
came in a close second only losing by 1,397 votes. Scott did not conduct interviews with the media until the final polling station results were filed. Although disappointed she did not win, she was also optimistic. “We’ve been knocking on doors since March. We knew we would perform well in this riding and I think it is a testament to the amazing campaign run nationally on hope, optimism and sunny ways,”
she said. “Of course I would have liked to have won. We worked hard for a win but I’m optimistic that there will be a Liberal majority for the next four years.” Angelique Wood, who ran for the NDP and the only candidate to live in the Similkameen, received about 20 per cent of the vote. Wood, who was in West Kelowna during election night, did not return phone calls by press time. Green Party candidate Robert Mellalieu
No answers for voters sent out of town on election day
continued page nine Skodyn, was unavailable to comment. A media spokesperson for Elections Canada did not return calls to The Spotlight Monday. Several people from Princeton reported experiences similar to Roccamatis’ on social media Monday and there were problems in other areas of the riding. Some voters in Keremeos, for example, were required to vote in Hedley. Roccamatis admits she and her husband didn’t carefully read their voters’ registration cards, which had been stuck on the fridge for weeks. The cards said that polling for her address was located in Tulameen while advanced polls were held at the Princeton Legion. “What about people who can’t get to Tulameen. They don’t get to vote, is that right?”
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said he was disappointed his party only managed to secure one seat – that of party leader Elizabeth May who was re-elected in the riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands. “I expected more. I thought there was going to be a few seats in Vancouver,” he said from West Kelowna. Mellalieu said he plans to run Green again in the 2019 election and expects his party to do better if the Liberals live up to their promises. “(Liberals) said they would take care of elec-
toral reform. This will be the last past the post election so we’ll see how we make out next election,” he said. Unofficially voter turnout was estimated at 71.8 per cent in Central Okanagan SimilkameenNicola. No comparisons from previous elections are available as it is a new riding. Voter turnout nationally was estimated at about 67 per cent well over the 2011 turnout of 61 per cent.
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Thanks to area residents, Nelson man Man mourns cat and dog reunited after eighteen days To the editor Three weeks ago my brother, his beloved dog Boris and a group of friends went from Nelson, BC to the Princeton area to go 4x4ing and camping on the Whipsaw loop. On the last night camping at Lodestone Lake Logan’s dog Boris got spooked and ran off. Since he wasn’t in the area he knew he got lost. Logan and friends searched and searched for Boris and after staying two extra days, Logan eventually had to end his search and go home and back to his job in Nelson. He and our entire family was devastated. He shared the news with me and I informed the Princeton bylaw officer, the SPCA and made a few posters which were emailed to the various organizations in the Princeton, Coalmont and Tulameen area for posting. We also began posting the information about Boris’s disappearance on every Facebook page we could find in these communities. On the Wednesday after Boris went missing, a wonderful woman Candace at the Tulameen store called to say she had seen Boris on Monday, and had just seen the poster which was put up at the store by the Tulameen Fire Chief. This was amazing news, so Logan went back to Tulameen and spent four days searching for Boris, and finally on the Sunday had to go home and back to work. Another devastating blow, going home
Boris’ owner Logan refused to give up the search for his beloved pet.
without his beloved dog. Another week went by with no information, until the Friday before Thanksgiving when a hunter in the area called to say he had seen Boris. Logan went back again, to the exact GPS coordinates of where the hunter had seen him. And again after three days of searching and many difficulties like blowing two tires Logan had to go home to Nelson on Thanksgiving Monday with no Boris. We were all beginning to lose hope, and were feeling defeated. Then on Tuesday morning we got a phone call about a posting on one of the Princeton Facebook
To the editor If you don’t want to see your cat die before your very eyes pay attention to the following advice. Your beautiful pet has been the joy of your life for many years. You known by now most of his habits and then some. But now, slowly, almost undetected, over the last days and weeks, your cat acquires some different habits. He drinks more. He urinates more. These are the first signs of diabetes. Take him to the vet. If you don’t, he might stop peeing, drinking or eating altogether and drag himself across the floor. Before you know it, he’ll fall into a coma. Then it’s too late to bring him to the vet where he will be diagnosed with high blood sugar and a defective liver. Your only recourse will be to put him to sleep permanently. That’s when you realize that in the past weeks, you have watched your cat expire. Don’t be like me. Take action before this happens so that the nicest and most beautiful cat you’ve ever seen in your life may continue to have a happy life. His last day was on October 9, 2015. So long Moca, you will always be on my mind. Joseph Dube Princeton
pages that Boris had been seen again on Thanksgiving Monday. Logan was able to talk to the person who saw Boris and to get some tips on the area where he was seen and turned around again and went back to Princeton to that exact area of Wells Lake. He drove back to Princeton and this time took an ATV with him so he was able to get to remote Wells Lake. When he arrived at the lake he called and called and then noticed something moving. It was Boris! Once Boris knew it was Logan the two were reunited. Logan rode all the way back to Lodestone Lake on the ATV with Boris on his lap. Both were thrilled to be together again. Boris was skinny, but seemed amazingly healthy other than that. If it wasn’t for the ability to spread the word through social media and wonderful citizens in the Princeton, Coalmont and Tulameen areas putting up posters and keeping the word out and informing us when they saw Boris, Logan and Boris never would have been reunited after 18 days. Our family would like to thank all of the wonderful, animal loving citizens in Princeton, Tulameen and Coalmont who helped us so that we were able to find Boris. If you ever loose your pet, don’t give up hope! It’s amazing how the will to live can keep a pet going and the love for pets by people can bring them together again. Thank you, Nona Lynn
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BURNING OF LEAVES AND GREEN BRUSH The Town of Princeton is advising residents not to burn wet leaves, thatch and green brush. Smoke from burning can create serious health problems. Wet leaves, thatch and green brush are potent sources of smoke when burnt. Thick billowing smoke contains soot, dust and fine particulates that can cause serious health problems for children, seniors and people with respiratory issues. Fine particulates in smoke have been linked to increases in heart and lung disease and cancer. The Okanagan and Similkameen valleys can trap smoke causing a buildup of particulates. Residents have a number of ways to dispose of leaves, thatch and green brush. The Princeton & District Landfill can take, free of charge, compostable yard waste. Leaves can also be composted beautifully at home. Leaves are designed to break down quickly creating nutrient rich compost that can be applied to lawns or gardens.
SURPLUS SALE The Town of Princeton offers for sale by bid: 1995 Chevrolet Pickup For further information phone 250-295-3522 or email publicworks@princeton.ca Viewing available from Monday – Friday 7:00 am-3:00 pm at the Public Works Yard, 199 Harold Avenue. Bids to be delivered to Town Hall ,151 Vermilion Avenue until 2:00 PM on Monday, November 9th, 2015. Sale is “as is, where is”, the highest or any offer may not necessarily be accepted.
UPCOMING EVENTS October 24 October 24
Zombie Walk Princeton Family Halloween Festival
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‰ Â? Â? Â? Â?  Â? ƒ  ‰ Â? Â? Â? Â?  for meeting place & time. musicians and dancers also offer their talents for free. If you are of good character and want more information, PRINCETON LEGION BRANCH #56: A SHOW ‚ Â? ‡ Â?  — ™ ˆ Â? € Â? Â?  — ™ ˆ ¢ „ • ÂŒ ¤ Â? ‡ you would like Â? ÂŒ to help out with the festival, please con- Reminds all please Â? Â? contact: veterans that the D.V.A. Now makes home WGN Â? ÂŒ Â?Â? Â? Â? Â? Â? Â? Â? €  €  € ‚ € ‚ LAPIDARY PRINCETON’S ROCK & FOSSIL CLUB: tact Jon or Rika @ 250-295-6010 The Secretary Similkameen Lodge #95 For more info. Phone 250-295-6060 KAYU visits. Â? Â? € ‚ Â? „– Ž” Â? Â? ¢ ÂœÂŚÂŽ Â? Â? Â?  Meetings Â? held third Tuesday of the month. 7:00 p.m. A.F. Š & A.M. C/O Š Box 174 SPIKE  ‚ Community:  ‚  ‚ JA ‚ & COMMUNITY  ‚ GARDEN:  ‚ Š • ˆ ÂŒ Š Š RiversideŠ Â… Â? ‰ ÂŒ Centre. Call Franz Hofer @ 250-295-3896 for SCHOOL Princeton, BC V0X 1W0 more info. New members welcome! New members invited to volunteer as “garden angelsâ€? INTERESTED IN CHRISTIAN MEDITATION? ROYAL PURPLE: PRINCETON COMMUNITY BAND: For people who want to learn to pray with great sim- attend committee meetings and garden their own plots. Meets Mondays and Thursdays 6 p.m. in the PSS Band plicity, for people who would be willing to get to know Phone Sandra 250-295-3779, Sharon 250-295-4080 or Meetings first and third Tuesdays 7:30 PM, Princeton. Room. New musicians welcome! Jesus who of us immensely, for people who are JAE School loves each 250-295-6727 ELKS: at a dead end, for people who want to get to know them- CINDY Chris at 250-295-3949. PAROLIN SAFE HOMES PROGRAM: Contact PRINCETON CURLING CLUB: PEACH  Â?Â? selves, for people who want to make a new beginning! We Princeton and area, crisis intervention, emotionalÂ? € ‚ Â? ƒ supLeagues Oct. 20th. Mon - mixed, Wed - Ladies, CHBC
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Â? Â… Â? Â… † ” ‰ † PRINCETON POSSE JR. HOCKEY CLUB: We also have gifts for you from local merchants ‰ Ġ and busi- 4050 General Meeting, meets of each month. G or Del 250-295-3266 FAM Â? ˆÂ? Â? Â… Â? ˆÂ? Â? Â… ‹ ‰ ¤ Â…ÂĽ “ ‡Â? the 2nd Monday “ ‡Â?  Œ ” €Â? Â? 250-295-6544 nesses. Call 1-866-856-8442 6 p.m. @ The Hedley Museum KTLA I „ ÂŁ Â? „ ÂŁ Â? ¤ Â? „ ÂŁ Â? Â? ˜— ÂŁ Â? Â? ˜˜ TOPS: J Â? „ RSP Â… Â? Â?  Â? Â… Â? Â?  Â? Â… Â? Â?  Â? PRINCETON FIGURE SKATING CLUB: (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) chapter meets at Riverside HOSPITAL AUXILIARY: THE PRINCETON RIFLE AND REVOLVER CLUB: Â… Â? Â?  Â? K ‰ Â&#x; ‰ Â&#x; ‘ ‰  Â? Â? Â? CITY  Š † ˆÂ? „ § Â?  Â?‡
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Rooms for rent in private home for workers needing part-time or temporary accommodation. Everything is included with use of kitchenette and large family room. Very clean, quiet & comfortable. Reasonable rates. Must have references. 250-295-6408
FULL SERVICE plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928.
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For Lease Commercial space for lease. 1500 square feet. 20ft ceilings, overhead door, small office. $800.00/month. Day time call 604-877-1599 & Night time call 604-298-1948.
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PLOW TRUCK OPERATORS Argo is accepting Resumes for drivers experienced in the operation of tandem axle trucks for the Princeton Area. Positions are seasonal. Exp. operating snow removal equipment would be an asset. Must hold a valid BCDL, minimum Class 3 with air. Submit your Resume with a current National driver abstract by email to argosok@argoroads.ca or by fax to 250-295-7983.
TRADE JOURNEYMAN HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC FT, TJHD Mechanic or Apprentice (3rd or 4th level) for our Princeton Shop. Licensed TJHD Mech with CVIP Cert., BC DL Class 3 w/Air. Comp. wage & benefits pkg as per Union Contract. Forward resumes to argosok@argoroads.ca or by fax to (250)493-6427.
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