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Andrea DeMeerSpotlight Staff

A provincial court judge fears events in the tiny village of Coalmont “are spiraling out of control.”

Charges of uttering threats, criminal harassment and causing people to fear for their safety were laid last week against Karl Gatzke of Coalmont. He was remanded into custody in Princeton court pending a further appearance in Penticton.

“I don’t know what’s going on in Coalmont but I’m really concerned about all this,” Judge Gale Sinclair told spectators Friday at the end of two days of testimony in a case of mischief against Marianna Gatzke – Karl Gatzke’s daughter. “Some respected member of the community, or someone, should talk to some people. We now have multiple, multiple charges…I really don’t like it.”

At least ten percent of the village – between 10 and fifteen people – crowded into the Princeton court house Thursday and Friday, where Marianna Gatzke, who is acting as her own counsel, exam-ined witnesses including her father. The case was adjourned late Friday morning.

While the mischief charges stem from events in

April 2011 and May 2013, much of the testimony centered around subsequent happenings, including an incident where Marianna Gatzke said she was assaulted and suffered a broken orbital bone, as well as an assault on her father’s vehicle before he was arrested last Thursday.

The trial began in March 2014, when the prose-cution presented witnesses who claimed noise com-ing from Marianna Gatzke’s power tools and radio, as well as signage and spotlights at her residence, interfered with their enjoyment of their property.

In June last year, several people involved in the trial were injured, as well as charged with assault and aggravated assault, after what RCMP Sergeant Barry Kennedy described as a “brawl” involving pitchforks and shovels.

Thursday Karl Gatzke was brought into court in handcuffs and testified with a sheriff sitting beside the witness stand. He repeatedly made eye contact with spectators in the room. His examination was often conversational in nature.

“You always feel like you have eyes on you, is that right?” Marianna Gatzke asked. “It feels like we

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“I fear that this court case gives a skewed impression of day to day life here. - Ole Juul

Andrea DeMeerKarl Gatzke of Coalmont was escorted to Princeton court Thursday and Friday to testify at the mischief trial of his daughter Marianna Gatzke. Karl Gatzke was arrested last week on numerous charges including criminal harassment and uttering threats.

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Tears and sighs of relief greet guilty verdictDale Boyd

Black PressJohn Ike Koopmans, 51, is facing two life sentences after

the jury found him guilty of two counts of second degree murder and one count of attempted murder.

Koopmans was convicted for the second degree murders of Robert Keith Wharton, 43, and Rosemary Fox, 32, and the attempted murder of Bradley Martin, 51, on March 30, 2013 in Princeton.

Koopmans, who was wearing a brown collared shirt and black pants, was silent and showed no emotion when hearing the verdicts.

“We’re quite satisfied it’s the right verdict,” said Crown prosecutor Frank Dubenski outside the Penticton Court House.

Dubenski said he feels the issue of planning and pre-meditation is what the jury was grappling with during their deliberations, which started April 9 and concluded Saturday afternoon.

“Given the factors in the case. Some of the drinking, the alcohol intake that he had and the circumstances of the atten-dance of the property, I’m really not surprised that this is the verdict and it was certainly one they (the jury) were entitled to reach on the evidence in the case,” Dubenski said.

Tears were shed and sighs of relief could be heard in the courtroom from the Wharton family supporters who said they were pleased with the verdict but declined to comment further.

The jury made recommendations as to the amount of time served before Koopmans is eligible for parole. The recom-mendations did not have to be unanimous and seven jurors recommended a 15-year minimum of time served before becoming eligible for parole for each count of second degree murder, with five jurors making no recommendation. Nine jurors recommended a consecutive sentence, while one juror recommended a concurrent sentence with two jurors making no recommendation.

The decision will ultimately be up to Justice Miriam Maisonville, though the jury’s recommendations will be taken

into consideration.The verdict will lead to a sentencing decision dealing with

newer provisions in the criminal code the federal government put into place in 2011. The provisions pertain to verdicts with multiple homicides allowing consecutive parole ineligibility periods to be imposed.

“This is something new,” Dubenski said. “There aren’t many cases in British Columbia that have dealt with it since the implementation of that new legislation, so we’ll be look-ing at that and trying to figure out what kind of approach to take on the sentencing.”

Defence counsel Don Skogstad said the case is out of his hands regarding whether or not Koopmans is planning an appeal.

“There are some things that happened at the end of the trial that are still being analyzed,” Skogstad said. “It’s not usually good practice for lawyers to do their own appeals, you get a second fresh look, so that’s what we have here. So it will be up to that lawyer.”

“It was a very long trial. I think there was some evidence that was difficult. This is why the verdict took much longer than normal,” said defence counsel Don Skogstad

Skogstad said the last jury to acquit in the area was 11 years ago.

“These days you have a fear-of-crime mentality that seems to pervade this process. I’ve been doing jury trials for over 30 years and years ago juries clearly acquitted frequently,” Skogstad said.

He said he believed there were problems with some of the evidence in the trial, though Koopmans avoided a first degree murder charge.

“We’re happy it’s not first (degree). We didn’t really see any basis for that. I tried to convince Crown not to pursue first. He may have some life left as of this verdict. First (degree), and that might not have been the case,” Skogstad said.

The case will convene briefly on April 27 at the Penticton Court House to set a date for sentencing.John Ike Koopmans

Charges are pending against three people police have identified in connection with a recent spate of pick up truck thefts and break and enters in the Town of Princeton.

According to RCMP Commander Barry Kennedy the two men, and one woman, are not from the area and have been arrested in another community.

“We have recovered some property and there is still more property to go through,” said Kennedy.

During March ten pick up trucks, all left unlocked with keys inside, were stolen in Princeton and most of those vehicles have been recovered out of town. Kennedy said those thefts are related to approxi-mately seven break and enters in town during the same time.

Approximately $20,000 worth of personal prop-erty was stolen in those incidents, said Kennedy.

Police make progress in local break and enters

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VICTORIA – The B.C. Treaty Commission and its federal and provincial financiers put on a brave show last week, celebrating a “milestone” in negotiations for a modern treaty with five Vancouver Island First Nations.

A regional group representing the Songhees, Beecher Bay, T’Souke, Malahat and Snaw-Naw-As (Nanoose) First Nations have reached the “agreement in principle” stage of negotiations with Canada and B.C., after 20 years of treaty talks.

This is similar to the treaty finalized in 2007 with another five-member Vancouver Island group called Maa-Nulth First Nations. The Te’mexw Treaty Association agreed to accept 1,565 hectares of provincial Crown land and $142 million in federal cash to settle its historic aboriginal title.

Alas, agreement in principle is but the fourth of sixth stages. Now a platoon of lawyers takes over from the roomful of nego-tiators to produce the final legal text. It will be years before this treaty can be presented to the B.C. legislature and the House of Commons in Ottawa, if it ever is.

These elaborate ceremonies will never be viewed the same again after the release of federal treaty advisor Doug Eyford’s report last month. The Te’mexw event seemed to have an extra urgency after Eyford’s observation that much of this costly activity has become a job creation program for those involved.

These Vancouver Island communities deserve credit for set-ting aside their own territorial disputes. It’s more than most have done. Eyford concluded after a long summer of meetings last year that many treaty negotiation teams in this province and across the country show no such inclination.

In B.C. and elsewhere in Canada, there is a “conspicuous lack of urgency in negotiations” and “sharp divisions” between parties, most of which have been at the table for a decade or more, Eyford found.

This is what has come to be known as the “aboriginal industry,” where lawyers and consultants have a seemingly endless supply of

lucrative work, much of it of questionable value. For some aboriginal participants, attending treaty meetings year after year is the best paying job they have ever had.

Indeed, a common feature of the province’s dealings with aboriginal communities is that their leaders demand meetings, and then demand to be paid to attend them.

This latest Vancouver Island treaty, assuming it is ever finalized, would at least in part replace the Douglas Treaties, signed by B.C.’s colonial governor James Douglas in the 1850s.

These treaties around Fort Victoria were quickly concluded if nothing else. The Beecher Bay Band was paid 45 pounds, 10 shillings for

most of Sooke and another 43 pounds and change for its Metchosin territory.

One of the biggest missing pieces in the latest agreement in principle is the share of federally-regulated fisheries. This has been a theme of B.C. Treaty Commission reports in recent years, as Ottawa holds up treaties for years because it is unable or unwill-ing to offer shares of salmon in particular.

Hunting and fishing rights are acknowledged even in historic treaties, and reaffirmed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Sharing these rights while maintaining conservation of fish stocks has been more than Ottawa, and in some cases neighbouring aboriginal communities, have been able to manage.

Eyford’s findings, and the B.C. government’s sudden refusal to keep staffing a B.C. Treaty Commission that shows so little progress, have sent one overdue message.

If participants aren’t prepared to make real compromises and show a willingness to conclude agreements rather than drag them out, they should leave and come back when they are ready to do so.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: [email protected].

Treaty cash cow may dry up

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Branding is everything.Just ask Apple, Microsoft and Google, who according

Forbes magazine have the three highest prized brands in the world with a combined value of nearly $244 billion. (Coca Cola is fourth on the list of most valuable brands.)

When a company builds a successful brand it is something almost sacred. As one newspaper executive is fond of saying “McDonald’s doesn’t mess around with the secret sauce.” (McDonald’s, as a point of interest, has the sixth most valuable brand in the world worth a cool $39.9 million.)

Attendees to the Similkameen Valley Planning Society’s tourism industry day in Princeton last week got the opportunity to learn a bit about the valley’s brand. Similkameen Valley. Rugged. Rustic. Real.

As brands go it’s actually quite brilliant – and couldn’t have come about easily given the vast differ-ences between communities and attractions in the valley. From the mine to the vine in less than 45 minutes would create a challenge for any marketer.

Branding gets defined in many different ways – it is more than words and pictures, it is the sub total of all the experiences customers have with a business.

Marketing expert Lisa Buyer has this to say about brands.

“Branding is more than a name and symbol. A brand is created and influenced by people, visuals, culture, style, perception, words, messages, PR, opinions, news media and especially social media. Like when a child is born and given a name, a brand needs nurturing, support, development and continuous care in order to thrive and grow.”

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Across the street from the DeMeer’s for-mer home in Burford, Ontario there is an old cemetery.

Mr. DeMeer has been known to remark, unkindly, that the permanent residents of that property were the only neighbours I never managed to pick a fight with in nearly 30 years of marriage

I never counted the gravestones, but there are probably more people resting in the ground than are actually living in that tiny tobacco farming community. It is a morose observation, but walking around the neigh-bourhood graveyard rather puts one in that mood.

Walk around it we did. The graveyard offered a short cut to the town’s only grocery store, as well as the local liquor store. On a weekend the DeMeers could wear a path.

During one trip to purchase cat food my middle son paused to survey the rows and rows of monuments. “Mommy,” his eyes grew wide. “Do all these stones mark

the places where people actu-ally died?” He was too young to understand funeral customs. However I explained that if that many people mysteriously or even coincidentally dropped dead in the half-acre or so com-prising the town cemetery we would make a habit of taking the long way to the grocery store.

On another trip, we stopped at a monument marked 1905. Smooth and blood red, the writ-ing was etched deep and completely readable. The youngest child ran his hands along the cool stone. “This looks brand new,” he com-mented, while noting the date. “People,” he declared, “ought to be made of marble. They would last much longer.”

There are lots of ways to amuse oneself in an old cemetery. I like the stones from the turn of the century best. At that time it

was the fashion to record a per-son’s age in years, but also the months and days. For example Malcolm McIntyre, died Dec. 10, 1901, aged 61 years and 24 days. It’s like a reminder of the importance of appreciat-ing every single rotation of the planet.

Reading names is interest-ing, too. In my cemetery - NOT completely comfortable with they way that sounds, - there was a boy who died in 1879

with the Christian names Service Alonzo. Nearly 130 years later, I’ve never heard a name so unique and pleasing. Service died when he was three.

The babies’ graves were among the sad-dest and most compelling. So many children, felled by diseases we can cure in 2015, or infants who didn’t survive birth. Empathy is not diminished by 100 years.

Not all the tributes in our old village cem-etery were tender. In fact, many of them set my teeth on edge, and forced my fingernails into the palms of my hands. These were for men of course, remembered boldly, like their tombstones were marquees and the size of lettering mattered. Wives were frequently only called by first name, and more often acknowledged in smaller engraving. Women were not stars of the show, not even of their own after lives. They were part of the chorus, also-rans.

I discoursed on this subject at a cocktail party one evening, spluttering indignantly as I worked up to my theme. Men’s names always came first, even when they died sec-ond. I applauded those women who outlived their husbands.

Mr. DeMeer was not impressed. “I CANNOT believe it! You’ve finally found a way to fight with dead people!”

There are many ways to amuse yourself in a cemetery

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I was listening to a CBC broadcast once again reciting the litany of charges against suspended Senator Mike Duffy. Living in the serenity of the Similkameen Valley, I was tempted to think this court case in Ottawa is too far removed to impact me or my neigh-bours. Surely we are insulated against the alleged predations of Mr. Duffy.

Then I recalled Bruce Hutchison’s words in The Unfinished Country, “Like most cap-itals,” Hutchison contends, “Ottawa is a parasite, a kept woman, feeding on taxpayers from coast to coast.”

It’s not what I want to hear about those who govern us. I would much prefer to think well of them. Maybe that is at the root of the problem. We assume our affairs are being tended to with integrity. This assumption lulls us into a state of complacency. The result is we don’t pay attention.

There have always been individuals pre-pared to take advantage of citizen apathy. The Pacific Railway Scandal during the tenure of our first PM, John A. McDonald, is an early Canadian example. More recently Vanessa Redgrave, former Premier of Alberta, became embroiled in a highly publicized case of mis-use of public funds. Highly placed executives in the Portland Hotel Society lived lavishly on donated funds. Examples abound at every level of government and society.

Mr. Duffy’s attorney, Donald Bayne, has

offered the explanation that “the rules about Senate expenses are unclear.”

It is apparently Duffy’s view, and that of at least some Senators, when rules are unclear it’s permissible to be reckless with our tax dollars. Although it would be unfair to believe all Senators have interpreted the rules too loosely, they have not chosen to rectify this situation that allows some members to live like High Rollers on the public purse. If they don’t understand that vague rules will lead to overspending on the part of some Senators, do they have the wisdom and integ-rity to represent us adequately?

I’d leave this alone if there were sufficient funds for a decent medical facility in our valley. If streets in disrepair in Hedley were redone with real blacktop. If we saw a police cruiser in town more than occasionally. If the aging infrastructures of towns and cities were being properly maintained. If disabled individuals and frail seniors received more services in their homes or in care facilities. If there were effective programs to support fam-ilies with special needs children and youth.

The sense of entitlement has never been dealt with because Senators from all parties have become comfortable with rules that per-mit virtually any interpretation. It’s a system that will always remain in place unless we become sufficiently irritated to shake off our lethargy and firmly instruct political leaders to remove the lavish “public trough”.

Like many of my neighbours in this val-

ley, I value the distance from our provincial and national capitals. I understand, however, that this distance does not impair the ability of the greedy ones in those capitals to be free wheeling with our tax dollars. I know also that I should not expect that the current revelations of shoddy practises will shame the Senate into enacting substantive change. The beneficiaries of our largess are not likely to do it willingly, or on their own initiative. The impetus will need to come from us, the citizens of this nation.

I have immense respect for those who write or call their elected representatives. Also for individuals who pen letters to editors of newspapers. Although it requires patience and perseverance, governments sometimes

will change policies and actions due to sig-nificant public outrage and pushback.

Donald Bayne has asserted the Senate permits its rules to be interpreted in virtually any way a Senator chooses. His client should therefore not be punished for his extravagant interpretation of the vague rules. If we dis-agree, or at least feel strongly the rules need to be tightened, this is an opportune time to make our views known on this matter. Complaining to a neighbour over the fence won’t be effective.

A brief note to our local political repre-sentatives and to leaders of the major parties could make a difference. Change comes when enough individuals act.

The valley could use some of that senate spending

Writing letters is a good step towards creating change.


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GEMINI: Gemini, criticism coming your way is intended to be constructive. Listen to what others are saying and recognize that they are advocates, not adversaries.

CANCER: Cancer, give yourself time to form an opinion on an important issue in your life. The more time you give yourself, the more clearly you will see the issue at hand.

LEO: Leo, not everyone moves at your breakneck speed. Just because others aren’t keeping up doesn’t mean they don’t understand what is going on. Give others time to catch up.

VIRGO: Virgo, a budding relationship demands your attention this week. Give this relationship the attention it deserves, and you will be glad for having done so.

LIBRA: Libra, resist the urge to rehash an old issue. You and others have long since moved on, and there are more positive things to focus on in the next week.

SCORPIO: Scorpio, your financial savvy comes to the forefront this week. Put your skill for finding a deal to work and you and your accountant will be glad you did.

SAGITTARIUS: Sagittarius, a goal that seems unlikely is still worth working toward. Others will be there to offer support and guidance as you pursue this very unique and rewarding goal.

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The conversation will be about what’s important now and in the future.

How do you see library service changing in the future to remain relevant in peoples’

lives? Stephanie Hall, CEO of the Okanagan Regional Library will be present to gather

community feedback and hear your voices.

Princeton LibraryApril 21, 6:30 - 8:30pm

LIBRARY SERVICE CONSULTATION

Library hours and service levels are set to change in Princeton

due to a funding shortfall. Come and voice your opinion

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In the library, 107 Vermilion Ave.

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Hope-Princeton highway gets $27.6 million in upgradesAndrea DeMeerSpotlight Staff

The provincial and federal governments will spend $27.6 million over the next 18 months to improve safety on Highway 3 between Princeton and Hope.

The announcement was made last Wednesday in down-town Princeton and met with enthusiastic applause from municipal leaders.

“I’m looking forward to this, getting less business,” said Doug Pateman, chief of Princeton Highway Rescue. “The majority of our work is done on that stretch of road.”

The Hope-Princeton Highway is one of the ten deadli-est roads in British Columbia, according to an ICBC report released earlier this year. It saw 24 fatal crashes between 2004 and 2013 and is regularly featured on Discovery Channel’s Highway Thru Hell.

“The realignment of Highway 3 just south of Princeton will make travel safer and more efficient for all motorists,” said Okanagan Coquihalla MP Dan Albas from Veteran’s Square Wednesday.

Albas drove the highway from the lower mainland to Princeton the previous evening. “I can certainly attest that this will be a welcome improvement.”

The realignment affects a 5.3 km stretch of road about 30 km west of Princeton - between Sunday Creek and Sunday Summit - and will include the straightening of two sharp curves and the addition of a passing lane in each direction.

The federal government has committed $10.3 million to the project from its Building Canada Fund, and the province is paying $17.3 million from the BC On The Move program.

Work is scheduled to begin in June and should be com-pleted by fall, 2016. When the improvements are made the highway speed will be increased to 100 km/hour from 80 km/hour.

MLA Jackie Tegart said the road re-construction supports tourism and economic development.

“The Hope-Princeton highway is essential to the provin-cial economy and these improvements will benefit residential and recreational travellers as well as commercial and resource

industry drivers.”Tegart credited the Highway 3 Mayors and Chairs Coalition

as the driving force behind the planned road improvements.“It’s because of that group that we are making this

announcement today.”Councillor Kim Maynard, who represents Princeton on

the coalition, said the group has been diligent in keeping Highway 3 on the provincial agenda and the announcement “just feels really great.”

During his opening remarks Mayor Frank Armitage recalled moving to Princeton as “a young lad, just before the paving of Hope Princeton” and said these newest improve-ments are a step towards “making it the second Trans Canada Highway.”

Armitage said: “The improvements will undoubtedly enhance our town’s ability to attract tourists, make it safer for residents to travel west, especially in the winter, and enhance the town’s position as a significant transportation hub.”

Andrea DeMeerMLA Jackie Tegart and Princeton Councillor Kim Maynard take a closer look at the improvements planned for Highway 3.

To the editorOn Wednesday, April 1st, members of the newly

formed Princeton Healthcare Sustainability Society met to discuss their goals and elect their first Board of Directors. The Society Board consists of 100% volunteers from local business, private citizens, and local physicians. They are: Ed Staples – Chair, Kim Vokey – Secretary/Treasurer, Susan Robinson – Director , Dr. Ella Munro – Director, Dr. Colleen Black – Director

The Princeton Healthcare Sustainability Society (PHSS) was formed to provide support for the recruitment and retention of family physicians for the community of Princeton and Area.

With a population of over 5000, the current roster of three doctors cannot provide sustainable health-care services which includes a clinic, emergency 24/7, residential care, and community care. British Columbia is presently experiencing a chronic short-age of family physicians.

Throughout the province there are over 300 fam-ily physician vacancies. In Interior Health alone, there are 33 communities looking for 66 doctors. Each community must be involved in the recruit-ment and retention of healthcare professionals, in

order to assure adequate physician supply, for today and tomorrow.

Our goal is to develop a team of healthcare professionals with five physicians and one nurse practitioner as the core for services provided for the residents of Princeton. Recruitment efforts will focus on the following:

• Hosting interested physicians for site visits• Promoting Princeton as a place of practice

to newly graduated and upcoming graduates of fam-ily medicine programs in BC

• Hosting family medicine residents for rural rotations as part of their residency program

• Incentives for recruitment of locums and permanent physicians

• Hosting courses in Princeton that physi-cians and residents would be likely to attend

• Print or web media advertisingPHSS is not-for-profit society, registered with

the Province of BC. Donations and expressions of interest for fundraising support should be directed to the Princeton Healthcare Sustainability Society, Box 257, Princeton, BC.

Ed Staples

New board struck to help with doctor recruitment

To the editorVirtually every country in

Europe has biking/walking only trails. European tourists used to come and bike the KVR, staying in the area for a couple of weeks, but no more.

Since machines took over the trail virtually no one else uses it. I no longer go anywhere near a person with a machine that can be heard for miles, unlike walkers,

and touring cyclists. There are a million miles of

logging roads in BC—that’s the

place for motorized vehicles!J. HenryPrinceton

To the editorATVers urged to use logging roads

To the editorThe Grad class of 2015 will be

out on Sunday April 19th to raise money for graduation. If you have any donations the students will be collecting between 11 am and 2

pm. There are also drop boxes for your donations at the Family Fair at PSS on April 16, and a specially marked box available at The Hut.

Thank you for your support.Julie McCutcheon

Grad fundraiser needs support

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Marianna Gatzke said she fears for her life from “basically all the circle people around my home.”

Father and daughter discussed Princeton RCMP, and put forward a theory that police have conspired with their neighbours against them.

Karl Gatzke told the court “there’s been no help for years” from police. “They just cover it all up.”

Marianna Gatzke also called two RCMP officers, a former boss and three neighbours to the stand.

While examining neighbor Sandra Aguillon Marianna Gatzke asked about an incident that occurred two days previously in which two men allegedly attacked her father’s vehicle.

“Did you see them attack my Dad’s car?”

Aguillon responded: “Only when your dad tried to back over them.”

Marianna Gatzke asked Sandra if she took pictures of the incident.

“Yes I was, of you,” the witnessed replied.

Marianna Gatzke asked: “Where was I?”

Sandra responded: “Sitting in the car taking pictures of me.”

Following court, in an interview with The Spotlight, Kennedy said the ongoing feud in Coalmont “has been

a real drain on resources” for the detachment. Since 2011 the RCMP has received more than fifty com-plaints from residents in the town and “we’ve been quite concerned about how volatile the situation is.”

Fourteen complaints have been lodged since last year’s brawl, said Kennedy. “Everybody is on condi-tions to not bother each other and not talk to each other and we still get called out.”

In a seemingly unrelated matter last week Rolly Giroux, of Coalmont, appeared in Penticton court and was charged with attempted murder after another Coalmont man, Warren Spence, was struck by a car while talk-ing at the town’s public phone booth Sunday March 29.

Ole Juul, who publishes the digital newspaper New Coalmont Courier, said in an email to the Spotlight “I fear that this court case gives a skewed impression of day to day life here. This is indeed a colourful commu-nity, but not quite as exciting as these recent events might suggest.”

Juul said “I hope that some practi-cal solution comes out of this court case. People just want to go about their daily lives without conflict,and the Coalmont community is no different in that respect.”

Bob MarshLocal Artist Jessica Lehtonen held a successful showing of her work at the New Beginnings Centre, last WednesdayFeud drains police resources

To the editorCongratulations go to the town for

taking control of the KVR trail within town limits.

This is a positive first step in pro-tecting an important tourist attraction. Motorized vehicles have no place on this trail. It should be for self-pro-pelled activities such as walking, run-ning, and biking.

The trail gives locals, as well as visitors stopping for a short time, an opportunity to use and to enjoy this restful, scenic trail. Imagine a person driving for several hours stopping in Princeton to have a breather, using the trail, and meeting machines on a very narrow piece of walkway?

Not only is this a safety issue, but a noisy one as well.These machines have already ruined many sections of the KVR; just ask cyclists. Everyone has acquiesced to their aggressive demands; they are now free to roam up and down the KVR.

These machines belong in the bush, logging roads, etc. They have vast areas where they can pursue their activities without impinging on other

users. I don’t care how polite these ATV’ers and the like are, the fact is they are not welcome on this section. Why must they have everything?

This is the last opportunity to keep a very small section of the KVR free of such machines.

Princeton needs to listen to what other groups have to say. Active motorized use has kept away visi-tors from Europe and other places who come expecting to find the kind of trails that they are used to, that is a separation of motorized and self-propelled activities.

Other communities here in BC, Canada, and the United States have done a wonderful job of creating such trails, so far it has been beyond the scope of Princeton.

Princeton has one last opportunity to make it right, by making a very small section of the trail free of motor-ized vehicles. The town needs to have more vision than the gratification of a demanding, vocal group ( ATVers and the like) in planning a town for future generations.

M. Masiel

Support for banning motorized vehicles from local trail


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Andrea DeMeerSpotlight Staff

The Town of Princeton is giv-ing up the ghost on trying to keep grass alive at its cemetery.

Instead, over the next two years, the municipality will invest $45,000 in building a gazebo with appropriate landscaping, and cre-ating a garden of remembrance, to enhance the property.

“Much money has been spent getting water there and trying to get it green and it’s just impos-sible,” Kevin Huey, director of parks and infrastructure, told The Spotlight in an interview last week.

Huey said town staff has strug-gled for years, utilizing insuf-ficient wells, sprinklers and staff time to try and grow green grass

without success. Because the soil is comprised of sand and gravel it does not retain moisture, said Huey, and a study completed last fall indicated it would cost a mini-mum of $250,000 to connect the cemetery to the town water sup-ply.

“We had complaints, we had concerns about it, and based on those complaints we looked at it and said ‘this is the reality of this situation.’”

Huey said the problem of dry grass is very common to small town cemeteries in the BC inte-rior.

Construction of a Princeton cemetery gazebo – with seating and a reflection area – will begin about June, said Huey, and will cost $15,000. The area surround-

ing the gazebo will be landscaped with shrubs and bushes costing an additional $10,000.

In 2016 the town will spend $10,000 to build a garden of remembrance where ashes can be spread, and where families will be able to install memorial plaques. Further landscaping at a cost of $10,000 is also planned for next year.

Huey said he expects the improvements to the cemetery will be well received, but is also aware some people will continue to be unhappy with the lack of green space.

“People have expectations and you have to respect that a cem-etery brings up lots of emotions.”

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Andrea DeMeerGeorge Hanson, owner of Seven Stones Winery, was pouring the hospitality at the Similkameen Valley Planning Society’s annual tourism event held at the Riverside Centre last Wednesday. The success-ful afternoon included hands on workshops for local tourist businesses, and was capped off with the release of the 2015 Similkameen Valley Travel Experiences Guide, produced in conjunction with the Similkameen Spotlight and Keremeos Review. Mayor Frank Armitage, Okanagan Couquihala MP Dan Albas and local artist and health care activist Nienke Klaver were happy to sample some of the valley’s attractions.

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Spotlight StaffTown council is tak-

ing a time-out on the issue of the motorized vehicles using the KVR trail in town limits.

While poised for three readings of a bylaw to ban ATVs from the trail, councilors voted last Tuesday to defer the decision until more time is spent in review.

Mayor Frank Armitage said the deci-sion was reached after meeting with trail users and the RCMP.

Councillor Doug Pateman will form a committee that should report back to council in about six weeks, said Armitage.

Council takes time out on trail ATV issue


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Andrea DeMeerThe Town of Princeton recently declared April Daffodil Month in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. Carrie Kassa was on hand at last week’s council meeting to “pin” all of the councilors, as well as CAO Rick Zerr.

Bob MarshMayor Frank Armitage was one of the many well wishers who attended a retirement tea for Lynn Perry, executive director of Princeton and District Community Services April 10th. Pelly was hired as a book-keeper in 1987 and in 2002 she assumed the position of executive director. Pelly’s official retirement is scheduled to begin in May.

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If you have a “Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down”, or want to be our “Smile of the Week”,

give us a call at 250-295-3535 or drop by the Spotlight at 282 Bridge Street.

THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN!

• Thumbs up to everyone supporting the

PSS graduating class of 2015 – don’t forget to

attend Thursday’s fundraiser and family

fair!

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The Otter Valley Fish and Game club held a successful Easter Egg Hunt and Pancake Breakfast Easter Sunday with more than 50 children participating in the annual event. More than 100 breakfasts were served – and the club’s thanks go out to all the volunteers as well as the Tulameen Fire Department for visiting with its truck.

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ArtsSHIRLEY’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 QUILTERSMeet 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 op-portunities, 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, featur-ing 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 con-tact Jon or Rika @ 250-295-6010

Community:INTERESTED IN CHRISTIAN MEDITATION?For people who want to learn to pray with great sim-plicity, 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 them-selves, 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 [email protected]

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 busi-nesses. Call 1-866-856-8442

HOSPITAL AUXILIARY: Meets second Monday of every month, 1:00 p.m. Hos-pital Board Room. For info., Call Doreen @ 250-295-1577

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

HEDLEY LIBRARY HOURS: A reminder that the Library is open every Thurs. from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. and is located at the OAPO Hall on Scott Ave.

Community: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.

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

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

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

VERMILION FORKS PRINCETON O.A.P.O. BR. #185: Regular meetings second Friday of every month at 2 p.m.. Pot luck supper every third Friday at 5:00 p.m.

SEARCH AND RESCUE TRAINING SESSIONS: Meetings will be held on the � rst and third Tuesday of every month. Call Arnie Powell at 250-295-6759 for more information.

LITTLE FOLKS NURSERY SCHOOL: Meetings are every third Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. at LFNS. 250-295-3083

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 sup-port, 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 con� -dential services.

MONDAY NIGHT BRIDGE:@ Riverside Centre 7 - 9:30. Knowledge of bridge nec-essary. 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 250-295-4050 or Del 250-295-3266TOPS: (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

HealthCOMPASSIONATE FRIENDS: Group helps bereaved parents. Will meet as needed. Call Shirley Haker at 250-295-3607. [email protected]

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS:Meet Friday & Saturday In Tulameen at 7:30 p.m. at Li-brary call 250-295-7005

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Tuesdays @ 7:30 p.m. United Church. Contacts: Fred 250-295-7272 or Marena 250-295-7663 AL-ANON:Are you concerned about someone’s drinking? Contact Central Referral @1-604-688-1716

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: Meets every Wednesday & Sunday at the Info Centre in Chamber Basement 7:00 P.M. Phone 1-877-234-5809

Club Notes:FREEMASONRY: FOR MEN OF GOOD CHARACTER:Freemasonry has been active in B.C. for over 130 years. It is a fraternity open to men of all races and religions. If you are of good character and want more information, please contact: The Secretary Similkameen Lodge #95A.F. & A.M. C/O Box 174Princeton, BC V0X 1W0

ROYAL PURPLE:Meetings � rst and third Tuesdays 7:30 PM, Princeton.

ELKS: Contact Chris at 250-295-3949.

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

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

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

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

THE PRINCETON RIFLE AND REVOLVER CLUB: INDOOR SHOOTING RANGE Juniors & Seniors meet at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at the Family Centre (behind the legion). Phone 250-295-6150.

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

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

Club Notes:

VERMILION TRAILS SOCIETY:Meets at the Chamber Basement on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. For more info: Contact [email protected] New Members welcome!

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

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

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

PRINCETON ROTARY CLUB:Meets every Wednesday @ 6 p.m. Heartland Restaurant (dining room). For more info. Call Judy @ 250-295-0217. New members welcome!

COPPERHILL LANES:YBC Bowling Saturday 10 AM. Club 55. Mens, Ladies and Mixed bowling leagues. Call 250-295-6500 for more information.

SPECIAL “O” BOARD;Meets 3rd Tuesday of the month. Contact 250-295-7218 for meeting place & time.

LAPIDARY PRINCETON’S ROCK & FOSSIL CLUB:Meetings held third Tuesday of the month. 7:00 p.m. Riverside Centre. Call Franz Hofer @ 250-295-3896 for more info. New members welcome!

PRINCETON COMMUNITY BAND:Meets Mondays and Thursdays 6 p.m. in the PSS Band Room. New musicians welcome!

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

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

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

PRINCETON MINOR HOCKEY:Lori Gullison 250-295-3977

SIMILKAMEEN (JKA) SHOTOKAN KARATE CLUB: 250-295-3909 or 250-295-7374

PRINCETON POSSE JR. HOCKEY CLUB: 250-295-6544

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

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

PRINCETON FAMILY SERVICES SOCIETY : FAMILY PLACE 120 Kenley Ave. open Tues., Wed., and Thurs. 11- 2. (Pre-natal) 11 -12 Moms help prepare and enjoy lunch together.

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 [email protected]

Princeton Pentecostal Church

165 Vermilion Avenueinvites you to join us in

Sunday Worship10:30 am

Pastor Jack McNeil250-295-7951

Princeton Baptist Church

Across from Arena - Old Hedley Road Family Worship

10:00 am

250-295-7752

St. Paul’s United Anglican Church

O� ce: 250-295-7714

WORSHIP - 10:00 AM

190 - 1st AvenueEveryone Welcome

Living Water Community Church

Invites You to38 Kenley Avenue

10:30 AM Morning WorshipPastor Jason Neu� eld

Tel: 250-295-7733Cell: 250-293-6224

Shining His Light Ministries

(By Coopers)Join us for “Gospel Hour”Sunday mornings, 11 am

We would love to meet you.

250-293-1205


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· New Fixtures Supplied & Installed · Drain & Sewer Cleaning · Service Repair · Hot Water Tanks · Hot Water Heating

Fully LicensedEmergency Service

250-295-7085Dave Mack or Nigel Mack

4 LICENSED MEChaNICS 2 with Extensive GM Training / 2 with 30 years experienceall mechanics take ongoing training & updating. We have the Best Diagnostic equipment availaBle•A/C Work •Transmissions • Specialize in Computers & Computerized Fuel Injectionnow offering: •Flat Repairs •New Tire Sales •Wheel BalancingCan inspect motorcycles to greyhounD Buses

Huffy’s Auto Repair

Ph: 250-295-6458

* now open 6 days a week! Huffy’s Auto Repair

331 Old Hedley Road

PO Box 948Princeton, B.C. V0X 1W0

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

Brian CoyneOwner

Old Style

Sales & DeliveryBedding & Pellet

222 Burton Ave., Princeton250-295-6938

ROOFING SUPPLIESSHINGLES, METAL

ONDURA...

FLETCHER Building SuppliesBuilding Supplies

Reichert Sales & Service Ltdski-doo & can-am Sales & Service

[email protected] & Ed ReichertPh: 250-295-6489Fax: 250-295-7768

Tulameen, B.C.V0X 2L0

222 Burton Ave., Princeton250-295-6938

FLETCHER Building Supplies

Farm Feed and Pet Food

CONTRACT CLEANINGWINDOW & GUTTER CLEANING

CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANINGBox 2141Princeton, BC V0X 1W0 Ph: 250-295-6873

Reece LavictoireCall for appointment 7 days a week.

Serving the Similkameen and Lower Mainland1-855-646-8986 ◆ Princeton references available.

• Roof top units• Unit heaters overhead• Furnaces, high efficiency• Boilers, mid and high efficiency• Infrared radiant tube heater res/com• On demand hot water tanks res/com

• Hi-Velocity systems• Gas fitting, bbq boxes, underground• Fireplaces• Full ducting installations• Hot water tanks• Radiant in-floor heat

Services & Installation

LINCOLN HEATING Inc.a name you can trust

TOM REICHERT RENTALSBox 1C #2 Tulameen, BC V0X 2L0 Phone 250-295-7329 Fax 250-295-7395Specializing in: Cement Finishing Damp Proofi ng & Forms

[email protected]

CONTRACT CLEANINGCONTRACT CLEANINGTOM REICHERT RENTALS

YOUR AD COULD BE HERE!Call 250-295-3535

for more information.

Finish Carpentry • Renovations • Outdoor Projects

Kitchen/Bathroom Renos • Tile Work & Backsplash Tiles

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SHORT & LONG term available for friendly dogs

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Dog Boarding

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Dog Boarding

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Septic CleaningOuthouse Rentals & Sales

Mark Riegling Owner /Operator

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COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL

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MAC’S AUTO PARTS193 Vermilion Ave.Ph: 250-295-6944HONDAWATER PUMPS, TILLERS, LAWN MOWERS, GENERATORS, SNOW BLOWERS

3 Licenced Mechanics

N & L SERVICES

250-295-0005

Mother’s car is ill for

Heaven’s sake!

GET REAL...CALL NEAL!

TIRESTOWING

SERVICES

THE HUT Bottle Depot

367 Hwy. 3 250-295-3835

WE ACCEPT MOST BEVERAGE CONTAINERSHOURS: 11 AM - 4 PM DAILY

CLOSED TUESDAYS AND STAT HOLIDAYS

• Electronics• Household Fire Alarms

• C02 Alarms• Light Bulbs

Drop off only during regular hours.

THE HUT

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

Brian CoyneOwner

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

Brian Coyne

Sakchai Rick Chaicomdee516 7th Ave. P.O. Box 128, Keremeos, BC V0X 1N0Tel: 250-499-2561 Cell: 604-649-9908Email: [email protected]: www.benjathairestaurant.com

HANDYMANA little job... or a lot of work?Painting YES!Call today, I’ll be there.Ed: 250-295-4038

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

Brian CoyneOwner

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

Old Style

Sales & DeliveryPosts

Phone: 250-295-7381 Princeton Plaza

Quality Foods,

Toys and Supplies for your

Dogs & Cats.

Aquarium Supplies Aviary Supplies

Herp SuppliesLive Fish

TOOL & EQUIPMENT RENTALSArnold ButeauRentals

[email protected]

PRESSURE WASHING SERVICES AVAILABLE

•Commercial •Residential •Industrial

OTTER VALLEY

Rentals, Supplies & Services

250-295-6449

Septic inStallation *Gov’t Cert./Registered/Isured*

• new inStall • Replacement • maintenance contRactS

FENCING SPECIALISTS

www.rdlandscaping.ca

Laska’s Floor Service•Supply •Sales •Installation

Phone: 250-295-0454 / Fax: 250-295-0474 Email: [email protected]

www.laskasflooring.com

Carpet ~ Hardwood ~ Lino ~ VC TilesLaminates ~ Engineered Wood ~ Cork~ Area/Throw rugs

OTTER VALLEY

HANDYMANLaska’s Floor Service

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Ravneet DhaliwalCertified Esthetician

• Manicure • Pedicure • Facial • Massages

• Tinting • Waxing

250-499-0064(By appointment only)

618, 6th Avenue Keremeos

Ravneet Dhaliwal

Aladdin Flooring Carpet One1505 Main Street, Penticton

250-492-8221Aladdincarpetonepenticton.com

We come to Princeton/Keremeos Areas to do

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• Carpet • Vinyl Tile • Hardwood • Laminate • Tile and more!

YES!

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WINDY VALLEY SEALCOATING

BOB REMPEL

• Commercial, residential

• Asphalt repairing

• Driveway sealcoating

• Line painting

• Hot crack sealing

• Foundations

1932 Hwy 3

Cawston, BCV0X 1C2

Phone: 250-499-5416

Cell: 250-460-2325

E-mail: [email protected]

EALCOATING

WINDY

No job is too small!

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Luke Kirby July 15th 1946 - April 2nd 2015

Luke passed peace-fully and now watches over us

with his dear Grandfather Frank Chase, his Mother Frances L. Kirby and Father Luke T. Kirby.Luke is survived by his beloved wife Jan Kimberley and his four children, Alisha Wilby husband Mike , Luke Kirby, Ma hew Kirby,

Jason Kirby and rst wife orothy Kirby. Luke is also survived by his brother Terry Kirby (wife Wendy), sister Colleen Stothert (husband Bob), brother Mark Kirby, step-mother Irene Kirby and many nieces and nephews as well as his loved and esteemed friends. He will be forever missed by his family and friends. Luke was born in Princeton, his family moved around BC a great deal in his early years due to his father’s job. He spent his teenage years in ancouver. A er a end-ing Brentwood College for several years he worked with explosives building logging roads all over BC with his grandfather un l marrying in 1979 and moving to Abbots-ford where he worked as a drywaller and helped raise his four children. The last 10 years he lived in Ashcro with his wife Jan whom he loved very much. He enjoyed being an integral part of the Ashcro Legion. He loved hun ng, shing and just being in the great outdoors. He o en stated he felt he had been born 100 years too late as he would have loved to have been a pioneer living o the land.

Service will be held at the Ashcro Legion #113 April 18th 2015

@ 1:00pm.ASHCROFT #113 300 Brink Street

Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0

KIRBY, LUKE FRANKLIN

(1946-2015)

Mary passed away April 2nd at ap-proximately 11:00 pm. At 100 years & 7 months she has

lived a good life. Husban, George, predeceased her by 50 years and she was the last living of 3 siblings. Her children, Leonard & Muriel, 6 grandchildren and 9 great grand-children will miss her but rejoice in the hope of the resurrection through Jesus Christ.Due to her recent 100th birthday celebration, there will be no further public service.

ROBERTS, MARY AGNES(nee Gaskin):

Henry RykersMarch 1, 1950 - April 15, 2014

TU ME MANQUEI hide my tears when I say your name but the pain in my heart is still the same. Although I smile and seem carefree there is no one whom misses you more than

me. Always remembered, Forever loved. April

I’M FREEDon’t grieve for me, for now I’m free.I could not stay another day, to laugh,

to love, to work or play...Tasks left undone must stay that way, I

Found that peace at the close of the day.If my parting has left a void, then fi ll

it with remembered joy.A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,

Ah, these things I too will miss.Be not burdened with time of sorrow,

I wish to you the sunshine of tomorrow.My life’s been full, I savored much,

Good friends, good times, a loved one touched.Perhaps my time seemed all too brief, don’t

lengthen it now with undue grief.Lift up your heart and share with me,

I am free.

Obituaries

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HIGH CASH producing vend-ing machines. $1.00 vend = .70 profi t. All on location in your area. Selling due to ill-ness. Call 1-866-668-6629 for details.

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Employment

Drivers/Courier/Trucking

DRIVERS WANTEDAZ, DZ, 5, 3 or 1 w/ Airbrake

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Heavy Duty Machinery

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Real Estate

For Sale By Owner

4 Bedroom, 2 bath, large shop. Double lot.

306 8th ave. East Princeton250-295-6770

Modular Home in Pines Trail-er Park, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, handi-cap accessible, carport and work shop, $100,000. For more information call 250-295-7425 or 250-295-0368.

Modular Home in Pines Trail-er Park 45A, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, W/D/DW/F/S, $70,000 OBO. For more information call 250-295-7425 or 250-295-0368.

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentApartments for rent in Prince-ton, available now. Level ac-cess in a quiet building. Need excellent references & D.D. No pets, can furnish if needed. Rents start at $500.00 month. Phone 1-250-295-1006 for de-tails or leave a message with the best time to call back.

Rentals

Apt/Condo for RentAPARTMENTS FOR RENT: Small bachelor unit $450. Lg. bachelor unit $550. 1 bed. unit $650. All utilities included. 1 bedroom $550 utilities extra. 1 bedroom $500 utilities extra. Call Karen @ 250-295-3095

Commercial/Industrial

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

Homes for Rent1 bedroom furnished suite for rent in down town Princeton, level access, including power & heat & satellite TV $550 per month. Need excellent Refer-ences, D.D. Cat maybe?? Avail. Feb. 1st. Phone 604-484-2783 and leave a message with the best time to call back.

2 bedroom Apt., very clean and quiet, close to downtown, laundry facilities. $700 a month, heat & hot water in-cluded in rent. Phone 250-295-3482

4 BEDROOM house, by the golf course. Wood stove. Large yard. Avail Now. $725/month. Discount of $20 for prompt ren-tal payment. 1-509-477-9504 or 250-295-3536.

For LeaseCommercial space for lease. 1500 square feet. 20ft ceilings, overhead door, small offi ce. $850.00/month. Day time call 604-877-1599 & Night time call 604-298-1948.

HOUSES FOR RENT. Call Heather at 250-295-8025

Rentals

Homes for RentFor LeaseNew 680 sq. ft. 1 bedroom suite in commercial building. Lots of parking & lots of stor-age. Washer & Dryer. 1 year lease. $750 month. Call 604-877-1599(Day) & 604-298-1948(Night) for any questions. Located at 600 Similkameen.

Offi ce/Retail2 - 200 sqft offi ce space available.. Call Heather 250-295-8025

Suites, LowerPrivate Entrance, non-fur-nished 2 bedroom - lite house keeping basement suiteavailable. Has spacious kitch-en and living area. Quiet non smoker required. No pets - ref-erences and damage deposit required. $650.00 per month. Phone 250-295-0028.

Transportation

Vehicle WantedFor Sale: Chrysler Concord ‘94. 3.3 LTR V6 Automatic. $1000.00 OBO 250-295-6626

Scrap Car RemovalFREE SCRAP CAR, EQUIP-MENT & QUANTITY SCRAP METAL PICK UP. Cash for some. Or drop off at 256 Cop-per Mountain Road. Good Used Tires & Steel for sale. I also buy old car & truck batter-ies. Pick up available. Call Mooney at 250-295-5354

Trucks & Vans1967 Dodge stock truck. Over $10,000 invested. Good run-ning shape. Haul 7 horses, 15 calves. Must sell $3500 OBO. 250-295-7168

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OFFERS END APRIL 30THBCGMCDEALERS.CA

OWNER CASHUP TO $1,500 FOR ELIGIBLE OWNERS¥

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ON NOW AT YOUR BC GMC DEALERS. BCGMCDealers.ca 1-800-GM-DRIVE. GMC is a brand of General Motors of Canada. Offers apply to the purchase or lease of a new or demonstrator 2015 GMC Sierra 1500 Double Cab (1SA), or purchase of a new or demonstrator 2015 GMC Sierra Kodiak Edition and GMC Terrain FWD (3SA). Freight ($1,695/$1,650) and PDI included. License, insurance, registration, PPSA and dealer administration fees and taxes not included. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Offers apply to qualifi ed retail customers in the BC GMC Dealer Marketing Association area only. Dealer order or trade may be required. *$10,000 is a combined total credit on 2015 Sierra Kodiak addition consisting of a $4,500 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit (tax exclusive), $1,000 Loyalty Cash (tax inclusive), a $2,155 manufacturer to dealer Option ‘Kodiak Edition’ Package Discount Credit (tax exclusive), $250 Kodiak Double Cab 2WD cash credit, and $2,095 manufacturer to dealer cash credit (tax exclusive), which is available for cash purchases only and cannot be combined with special lease and fi nance rates. By selecting lease or fi nance offers, consumers are foregoing this $250 and $2,095 credit which will result in higher effective interest rates. Discounts vary by model. ‡Lease based on a purchase price of $31,372/$34,357, (includes $4,500/$3,500 manufacturer to dealer delivery credit, a $1000 manufacturer to dealer Option Package Discount Credit and a $893 Loyalty Cash) for Sierra 1500 Double Cab 4WD (1SA/G80/B30)/ Sierra 1500 Crew Cab 4WD (1SA/G80/B30). Bi-weekly payment is $145/$155 for 24 months at 0.0% APR, on approved credit to qualifi ed retail customers by GM Financial. Annual kilometer limit of 20,000 km, $0.16 per excess kilometer. $1,850 down payment is required. Payment may vary depending on down payment trade. Total obligation is $9,393/$9,930, plus applicable taxes. Option to purchase at lease end is $21,979/$24,427. Price and total obligation exclude license, insurance, registration, taxes, dealer fees and optional equipment. Other lease options are available. Dealers are free to set individual prices. Limited time offer which may not be combined with other offers. See your dealer for conditions and details. General Motors of Canada Limited reserves the right to amend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice. † Purchase price includes $670 Loyalty Cash and a cash credit of $4,200 and applies to new 2015 GMC Terrain SLE-1 FWD models at participating dealers in Canada. Purchase price of $24,995 excludes license, insurance, registration, dealer fees and taxes. Dealer may sell for less. Offer may not be combined with certain other consumer incentives. GMCL may modify, extend or terminate this offer, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. See dealer for details. ¥ Offer applies to eligible current owners or lessees of any model year 1999 or newer car that has been registered and insured in Canada in the customer’s name for the previous consecutive six (6) months. Credit valid towards the retail purchase or lease of one eligible 2015 model year GMC SUV, crossover and pickups models delivered in Canada between April 1, 2015 through April 30, 2015. Credit is a manufacturer to consumer incentive (tax inclusive) and credit value depends on model purchased: $750 credit available on eligible GMC vehicles (except Canyon 2SA, Sierra Light Duty and Heavy Duty); $1,000 credit available on all GMC Sierras. 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SCORE FOR SAFETY*†

2015 SIERRA 1500 CREW CAB WITH ALL-TERRAIN PACKAGE SHOWN

WITH $1,850 DOWN. BASED ON A LEASE PRICE OF $31,372‡ (1SA MODEL). INCLUDES $1,000 LOYALTY CASH FOR ELIGIBLE OWNERS¥, $1,000 DISCOUNT CREDIT, $4,500 DELIVERY CREDIT, FREIGHT & PDI.

WITH $1,850 DOWN. BASED ON A LEASE PRICE OF $34,357‡ (1SA MODEL). INCLUDES $1,000 LOYALTY CASHFOR ELIGIBLE OWNERS¥, $1,000 DISCOUNT CREDIT, $3,500 DELIVERY CREDIT, FREIGHT & PDI.

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2015 TERRAIN SLE-1 MODEL SHOWN

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DOUBLE CAB 4WD

CREW CAB 4WD

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2015 TERRAIN


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$10,000INCLUDES:

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BI-WEEKLY LEASE

DOUBLE CAB 4WD

CREW CAB 4WD

FOR

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MONTHS

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$145 @ 0%

$155 @ 0%

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2015 TERRAIN


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$24,995†

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$10,000INCLUDES:

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$250
















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BI-WEEKLY LEASE

DOUBLE CAB 4WD

CREW CAB 4WD

FOR

FOR

MONTHS

MONTHS

$145 @ 0%

$155 @ 0%

OR STEP UP TO


2015 TERRAIN


STARTING FROM


$24,995†

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