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Little help for towns struggling with wildlife

Andrea DeMeerSpotlight Staff

Doug Pateman tells a compelling story that he says illustrates the need in Princeton for a conservation office.

Two weeks ago the municipal councillor placed several calls to Conservation Office Services to report a mother bear and cub sit-ting in a tree in his backyard. During one of those phone calls, while looking out his front window, he saw a young girl chasing a third bear down the street.

“I ran outside and ran between the bear and the little girl and the bear freaked out of course,” said Pateman.

“I called the conservation office back immediately and said ‘this is what’s hap-pened and it’s time to send someone out.’”

The bear was later shot by an off duty

RCMP officer, and it was days before Pateman received a follow up call from the ministry of the environment.

“It’s a perfect example of what’s going on in Princeton and why we want a conservation office brought back in our community. You can’t get any more real than that.”

Pateman said he was told that while there were bears both behind and in front of his house the ministry “had 22 other calls throughout the province and what little resources we have are stretched thin.”

Last week Princeton presented a resolu-tion to the Union of BC Municipalities call-ing for the restoration of the town’s conser-vation office, which was shuttered two years ago as a cost reduction measure.

While the assembly supported the resolu-tion, and the province expressed sympathy,

Minister of the Environment Mary Polak denied the request.

“She did agree that yes there is a need and they could obviously see the need in Princeton, but they aren’t prepared at this time for any increased funding or presence,” said Pateman.

On a related issue the province announced $100,000 in new funding for municipali-ties struggling with the problems created by urban deer.

Pateman, a member of the town’s urban deer management committee, admitted the promise amounts to “a drop in the bucket” but added he is “guardedly optimistic” about the future.

Princeton is one of fourteen municipali-ties that have been meeting since last year to present a united front on the urban deer issue.

“We’ve got our foot in the door now. We’ve got the province willing to commit $100,000 this year and if we are diligent and continue to work together we’ll have a stronger voice and hopefully we will be able to work to increase that funding and increase our presence with the ministry.”

Through local efforts including educa-tion about feeding deer, fencing the town’s landfill and installing a cattle guard at its entrance, Pateman said Princeton is “border-line on having it manageable….I’m happy to say we’ve dropped the numbers.”

However the town will continue to require provincial support.

“The province is very well aware that everyone in rural BC is at their wits’ end and they want the province to step in and help.”

Black PressThe province announced $100,000 last week to help municipalities manage urban deer, while a request for the reinstatement of a conservation office in Princeton was denied.

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Angelique Wood,NDP An experienced regional leader and community builder, Angelique will be a strong voice for Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola in Parliament. As part of Tom Mulcair’s NDP team, she will work to deliver concrete results for your family. Angelique has been a champi-on for social, artistic and eco-nomic development across our region. From 2011-14, she was the elected Area G Director on the Regional District of O k a n a g a n - S i m i l k a m e e n

Board. She has also served on the boards of organizations as diverse as the Southern Interior Local Government Association, the Keremeos Recreation Commission, and the Similkameen Valley Planning Society. Angelique is also a volun-teer firefighter and recently completed her air brakes cer-tification so she can be one of Hedley’s pump truck opera-tors. A strong community builder, Angelique has been a board member for the Hedley Heritage Museum Society, the Princeton Traditional Music Society and the Hedley Community Club. She is currently the coor-dinator for the Okanagan Similkameen Healthy Living Coalition. Angelique moved to the Similkameen Valley after liv-ing in Vancouver for 20 years, where she worked in the museum and arts communi-ties.

Dan AlbasConservative Dan Albas is a former small business owner who was rec-ognized as the “2005 Young Entrepreneur of the Year.” Dan has also been active in community service as cam-paign chair for the United Way of the South Okanagan-Similkameen, serving with Rotary and other organiza-tions. Currently Dan and his wife Tara reside in West Kelowna, where they raise their four daughters. Dan Albas was elected as an

MP in 2011 and in 2012 Dan became one of the first MP’s in recent history to have a Private Member’s Bill become law with unanimous support. Bill C-311 “An Act to amend the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act” amended a pro-hibition era law that prevent-ed direct to consumer trans-port of wine over provincial borders. In 2013 Dan was named as the Parliamentary-Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board. As the Parliamentary-Secretary Dan was influential in the passing of Bill C-21, the “Red Tape Reduction Act.” Most recently Dan cham-pioned the new Aquatic Invasive Species regulations coming into force that will help protect BC fresh water lakes from invasive zebra and quagga mussels. Dan’s Parliamentary record includes being recognized in 2015 as one of only five MPs in Canada with a 100% voting attendance record. Robert Mellalieu,

Green Party Robert Mellalieu was born in Chemainus and grew up in Duncan BC. In the 80’s he moved to Alberta to pursue an education in the high tech world of comput-ers. After completing his education, Rob accept-ed a position with ADP to head up the Central Canada Office in Winnipeg. In those days, he worked on mainframe computers the size of refrigera-tors.

In 1993, Rob moved back to BC to launch F1 Computer Services. He also instructed comput-er classes at Okanagan College and UBC. Rob and Dawn were married in 1989 and soon after Russell was born. They have lived in West Kelowna for over 20 years and plan to stay for at least 20 more. Rob is an active member of the com-munity. He has freely given of his time to Big Brothers, Freedom’s Door, Rotary, Antique and Classic Boat Society and of course, the Green Parties of BC and Canada. Rob deeply cares about our environment with other members of the Green Party of Canada. Rob is pre-pared to fight hard for injustices against the environment and citi-zens all while creating a sustainable economy and still being polite

Karley Scott, Liberal Karley Scott is a fresh, strong voice for change in Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola. Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Karley’s family moved to the northern com-munity of La Ronge, Saskatchewan to start a family business when she was very young. Karley is a proud mem-ber of the Métis Nation. After graduating from high school Karley moved to Saskatoon to attend the University of Saskatchewan, where she earned an under-graduate degree in English Literature.

Karley worked for 10 years (1999 - 2009) with the federal gov-ernment delivering socio-economic pro-grams in partnership with Aboriginal com-munities. As a Program Officer she was a lead-er in initiatives address-ing youth employment and urban Aboriginal homelessness. Later, as manager, she was the most senior federal official responsible for building relationships between Aboriginal leaders and the Federal government across the northern half of Saskatchewan. Karley met her hus-band James 19 years ago while at university and they will celebrate 13 years of marriage in 2015. Their daugh-ter, Kassia, was born in 2006 and their son, Maxwell, in 2008. Karley, James, Kassia and Maxwell moved from Calgary to West Kelowna in 2012, where Karley began her law practice. Karley contin-ues to practice part-time as a sole practi-tioner.

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Convicted murderer maintains his innocenceDale Boyd

Black PressThe application for a mistrial relating to

the Princeton double murder in 2013 was denied Thursday.

John Ike Koopmans, 51, was convicted in April for the second degree murders of Robert Keith Wharton, 43, and Rosemary Fox, 32, as well as the attempted murder of Bradley Martin, 51.

However, Koopman’s defence counsel Don Skogstad applied for a mistrial on the charge of attempted murder in August. Skogstad said the jury was not given options for lesser charges prior to their deliberation in April. The lesser charges would have included unlawfully causing bodily harm, wounding and assault caus-ing bodily harm, but the jury was only presented with the options of guilty or not guilty on the attempted murder charge.

“This was a non-lethal shot and (Martin) wasn’t pursued and (Koopmans) had no motive. Did he really want to kill this guy? Or just get him out of the way,” Skogstad

said outside Supreme Court on Thursday.He said the options for lesser charges

were overlooked by all involved at the end of the eight-week trial.

“There was three of us in that room. The judge, me and Crown. None of us thought of that. It was pretty hectic on that Thursday night,” Skogstad said.

Justice Miriam Maisonville ruled she did not have the Supreme Court jurisdic-tion to make an assessment on the matter, and that it would have to be taken to the B.C. Court of Appeal for review.

“I believe that this is the proper assess-ment to be made by the court of appeal and not the proper function for me to say,” Maisonville said.

“It’s an emerging area where it looks like the trend is that these errors should get corrected at the lower court, but this judge feels that it hasn’t,” Skogstad said after the proceedings.

The Crown and defence both presented case law in a tricky legal area regarding

the jurisdiction of a judge post-verdict but pre-sentence.

“I find that there are limited circum-stances in which a mistrial can be declared by the court following the jury’s verdict of guilty, but in this situation this is not one of those appropriate situations where the court should exercise its discretion to declare a mistrial,” Maisonville said.

Skogstad told the Western News that an appeal is being considered.

“From the day of the conviction, I have a client who is adamant about his innocence and we have learned additional information since the trial,” Skogstad said. “There’s lots of reasons to think there will be an appeal.”

Koopmans is expected to be handed his sentence on Oct. 6, as the multi-day sentencing proceedings begin Sept. 25. The length of the sentence could range from 17 to 30 years, and the issue of parole eligibil-ity will also be discussed.

Town staff still waiting for an elevatorSpotlight Staff

Employees at the Princeton Municipal Hall are waiting for an elevator.

While the town received a $200,000 provincial grant in May to fund the installation of the elevator, and indi-cated at that time work would begin almost immediately, structural issues have delayed the project.

“There were some issues. We couldn’t put the elevator in the middle of the building,” said CAO Rick Zerr. “It just wouldn’t fit. So we are doing it on the outside of the building and we will be building a shaft outside.”

The elevator shaft will be built on the east side of the town hall, next to the Vermillion Fork Restaurant.

Zerr said the new design “will

probably be cheaper” than the original plan, as it does not require pipes or chimneys to be moved.

He said he hopes the elevator will be functional “by the end of the year. But sometimes these things take a little time.”

The courthouse is located on the second storey of the town hall, and it includes enough meeting space that council will be able to hold its meet-ings there once the space is accessible. Currently council regularly meets in the boardroom of the library.

The town also received $50,000 in May for an elevator for the Princeton and District Museum and that project is slated for winter when the museum is closed, said Zerr.

On Thursday, the Princeton Chamber of Commerce hosted an open house to give community members an opportunity to meet the new Board of Directors, and see the Chamber build-ing located on Highway 3 East.

Fifteen guests joined the directors in an informal barbecue, and several guests toured the building. There is strong interest from the community in the future of the building. New membership applications and fees were collected. Guests had questions

about the benefits of being a chamber member.

There are several reasons to join the Chamber, including access to group benefits, competitive commer-cial insurance rates and networking events.

Two free memberships will be awarded and announced in October.

The Princeton Chamber will host an All Candidates Forum in mid October. Watch this publication for place and date to be announced.

Chamber of Commerce planning all candidates meeting

Koopmans, who will be sentenced October 6, is considering an appeal.

Spotlight StaffAfter a dismal turnout to its Annual General

Meeting, the Princeton Arts Council is trying again.Only six of 135 members attended the group’s

AGM last week, and another meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday September 30, 7 p.m. at Riverside Centre.

President Marjorie Holland said it’s crucial that Princeton show its support for the council, or the arts community risks losing provincial funding.

The council receives approximately $30,000 a year in grants.

“We operate using a lot of grant funding and we are a registered charity. But if we aren’t able to dem-onstrate public support we risk losing this funding,” said Holland.

The Princeton Arts Council funds the local the-atre group, sponsors concerts throughout the year, produces visual art shows, and runs the Sunflower Gallery downtown where all local artists can display and sell their work.

“Art is important for our health and our mental wellbeing,” said Holland.

“That government puts money into a community if they feel it deserves it. If we don’t demonstrate that we use it effectively in our community it will go to someone else and some other community will get the benefits.

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Inner children take over city hall

Which organ will you vote

with?

We’re seeing the effects of our post-literate, feelings-based education system and media on the federal election. Candidate bozo eruptions are becoming more frequent.

Most recently a Liberal candidate on Vancouver Island admitted she has long believed that hijacked jetliners could not have destroyed the World Trade Centre on 9-11, that it was all “a lie.” That was “my truth,” she said, in the lingo of the feelings-first, inner-child crowd.

Now she’s “moved on” to a slightly different fact-free con-clusion, that we’ll just never know how those 3,000 people were murdered. And she wants to go to Ottawa and help run this country.

Feelings-based beliefs were on display again at last week’s Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Vancouver, where bozo eruptions by local politicians come in bunches.

This year’s main outbreak was an emotional demand that the B.C. government enact a provincial bill of rights. This magic municipal Magna Carta “recognizes the right of every resident to live in a healthy

environment , including the right to clean air, clean water and vibrant eco-systems.”

Alert taxpay-ers may won-der, how many lawyers would it take to define “vibrant”? More on that in a moment.

Local councils across B.C. and around the country have been pitched this scheme by the David Suzuki Foundation, which calls it the Blue Dot campaign. In short, it’s part of the bigger plan to save the planet by crushing capitalism, currently being pushed by the Pope, the UN and others.

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps was one of the most passion-ate backers. She quoted the plea presented to her council by an 11-year-old recruited by the Blue Dot team.

There are many such chil-dren, terrified by indoctrination about the imminent destruction of Earth and all its cuddly crea-tures that has bombarded them since they learned to speak.

They are found in the wealthiest countries in human history, those enjoying health, comfort and oppor-tunity not imagined by anyone 100 years ago.

In the vast, air-conditioned hall of the Vancouver Convention Centre, there were several

attempts at adult supervision.Coquitlam Coun. Terry

O’Neill noted that unlike intrinsic rights articulated in Canada’s charter, freedom of assembly and so forth, this is an attempt to invent new rights that are actually demands for “others to do something for you.”

Indeed, if we’re going to have government by 11-year-olds, we might as well throw in a right to free ice cream.

Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz went off on a rant about how this new “vision” would protect us from things like Volkswagen fiddling its diesel fuel emission results.

The resolution calls for “access to justice when envi-

ronmental rights are infringed,” which sounds like code for some sort of costly new legal aid program to pursue every individual grievance.

Meanwhile in the real world, class action lawsuits are being prepared to gain compensation for lost resale value of millions of cars. This is what happens in fortunate places like Canada that already have access to jus-tice.

O’Neill read off a long list of existing B.C. legislation that protects water, air, wildlife, food, public health and so on. Helps replied that this bill of rights would “consolidate” all that. One more layer of bureau-cracy, that’s the Victoria spirit.

Williams Lake Mayor Walt Cobb pleaded with rural del-egates to reject this “David Suzuki propaganda” that is designed to put more road-blocks in the way of the very resource industries that provide our modern comforts.

Alas, the resolution passed in a show of hands that should have been, but wasn’t, put to a counted vote.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

At the risk of stating the wholly obvious, women are women.

And they should vote like women.Women as a voting or special interest group have been

largely overlooked in this election campaign. That’s sur-prising as there are more women than men in Canada, and women are more likely to vote than men. One has to shake her head and wonder why the politicians of the day aren’t out there offering massages, manis and pedis to secure this critical demographic.

Some politically correct rhetoric suggests that because women are equal members of society they shouldn’t get to have their own issues.

That makes perfect sense until you decide that women are NOT equal members of Canadian society and baby, there’s a long way to go.

Consider the 2015 Status of Women Report, a document the federal government wanted to keep under wraps so badly it had to be requested under the Freedom of Information Act by CBC News.

According to the report Canada is in the basement when it comes to the pay gap between men and women. Canadian women are paid only 80 per cent of what men earn, and of 34 OECD countries only South Korea, Japan and Germany score worse.

Poverty rates are on the rise for single elderly women and single parent families led by women, in Canada.

In addition, Canada lacks a national strategy to address violence against women, falling behind comparable countries like the UK, Ireland and Australia.

According to the World Economic Forum, Canada ranks an embarrassing 42nd in the world when measuring the gender gap in politics – with one woman in parliament for every three men.

If that’s equality the feds can give it to someone else.It is inescapable truth that financial and social policies

affect women uniquely in many ways. If you doubt that try to remember the last time you heard a man discuss Canada’s oppressive need for a national childcare policy.

The Conservatives’ record on women’s issues is so fla-grantly horrid it is no wonder the Prime Minister has twice blown off opportunities to debate policies impacting women on a national stage.

If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything all….A short sample of programs defunded by the Harper

government includes The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, the National Association of Women and the Law, The BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, and The Child Care Advocacy Federation. The Conservatives also shuttered 75 per cent of Status of Women offices.

When pressed on women-centric policies by Chatelaine magazine Harper said, among other things, that the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls has already been “studied to death” (Poor choice of words, to say the least.) He acknowledged that only 18 per cent of his party’s candidates for election are women, the fewest among the four parties. After claiming that more than 40 per cent of the government’s senior executives are women he said, bizarrely “it’s nothing but positive. The one observation I would make is I think for whatever reason women are often less aggressive in pushing themselves forward, and not for any good reason that I have seen.”

Presumably a politician would never think of assigning such a stereotype to a racial or religious group. It is equally wrong to apply it to women.

With no record to defend the other leaders come out stronger on some women’s issues. Tom Mulclair and Justin Trudeau both recently declared themselves to be feminists and the NDP is promising to – literally – turn the Senate into a day care centre.

The Liberals have been strong on social policy, insisting that members of caucus must support abortion and same-sex marriage. While Elizabeth May has actually been accused of having an “anti-feminist” approach to family law she points to the Green’s pledge to restore funding to Status of Women offices and other programs for women, as well as developing child care policies that are “holistic.”

On election day some people will vote with their hearts. Some people will vote with their brains.

It’s perfectly okay to vote with your uterus, too.

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One of the realities of living in British Columbia’s interior that continues to chal-lenge and amaze the DeMeer family is this – in many cases there is only one way to get anywhere else.

Frankly I’m convinced there are places in this province you can’t get to, period. Imagine just over the next mountain, a pocket of civilization where villagers live hermit style without automobiles or debit cards or even...gasp…FaceBook.

If you feel that idea is farfetched you need to be reminded that just last week residents of Alert Bay on Cormorant Island told the media they are convinced they can hear a Sasquatch howling at night.

British Columbia has more reports of Big Foot than any other province – 130 recorded sightings between 1924 and 2013.

Just sayin’.Our first inkling about the unique nature

of travelling in remote areas occurred just over a year ago, on the very last leg of the trans-Canada journey to Princeton from southwestern Ontario.

We stopped in Hedley and met a kindly gentleman operating a general store who proudly proclaimed that Highway 3 is the only road through BC’s southern interior. You can’t get to the coast without passing right in front of this store, he said.

Still very much using an “Ontario brain”

my first thought was that Hedley would be an awesome spot for a Tim Hortons.

I get now that probably wouldn’t work.

The inconvenient nature of driving here was brought home with more force a few weeks later, while heading out Highway 5A towards Merritt, to do a little weekend trout fishing.

The journey ended about half-way to Dry Lake in a line of cars idling before a very large tree that had fallen across the road. (Maybe it was pushed over by a Sasquatch.)

There was clearly no way to remove the tree without some heavy equipment and after about ten minutes of fretting we were forced to turn around and go home.

This did not sit well with the young fishermen in the back seat, who – still using Ontario brains – insisted there must be some other way to get to the water.

Take another a road.Can’t you just turn somewhere?There HAS to be some other road to Dry

Lake.Only there isn’t.Born and raised in a place where there

are innumerable paths to every destination – another highway, take that exit, just a kilome-

ter back there has to be a con-cession – the notion that “you can’t get there from here” was suddenly more to them than a joke on Corner Gas.

And it happens all the time, most notably here on Highway 3 where a logging truck rollover or a rockslide can back up traffic for hours with no chance of escape. Drivers seem resigned to this phenomenon. They get out of their cars and rubberneck,

smoke and chat good-naturedly with other motorists. Experiencing a traffic delay in the interior is a little like being at home when the electricity goes out. Everything you are doing and every plan you have just gets put on hold and you might as well light the candles and make the best of it. It’s like a mini holiday.

Of course, just because Ontario has more pavement than BC has Big Foot sightings does not mean that province is immune to traffic interruptions. Anyone who has even occasionally driven into Toronto on one of the 400 Highways knows what it is like.

Eight lanes of traffic in both directions, bumper to bumper and travelling at 120 km and hour and all of sudden the road ahead is a cresting river of brake lights. God help you if you are in the middle of reading a text

message. You inch ahead every five minutes or so.

A lane to the right flows a little steadier and like lemmings everyone rushes to force their way in. That lane immediately becomes a parking lot and the one you just exited moves ahead. No one gets out of their cars to pass the time of day, which is probably a good thing given general frustration levels.

As quickly as it begins, it passes. The traf-fic moves and you prepare for the most mad-dening part of the experience. There is never an explanation. You never get the satisfaction of seeing the tree across the highway.

You crane and peer and shake your head and can’t locate a reason for what you just went through.

Call me heartless. After sitting motionless on the highway for an hour, missing lunch, late for a meeting and desperate to pee, I don’t want to see carnage. I could be made happy with a bit of twisted metal, though.

Don’t tell me that entire episode was caused by people slowing down to watch someone change a tire.

Well. Ontario makes people a little crazy.

On balance, I much prefer Highway 5A to Merritt, and just getting to turn around and go home.

old dog new tricks

ANDREA DEMEER

Some traffic jams are easier to understand than others

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This past Sunday my friend Mark Lamont of Burnaby partici-pated in a team climb of the Grouse Grind to raise funds for Alzheimer’s research and services.

On the same day a group of climbers assembled at Base Camp on the 5,895 metre high Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to mount an assent, also to raise Alzheimer’s research funds.

Except in winter months, Mark has been training on the 2.9 kilome-tre Grind every second day. Over the past three years he has done more than 200 climbs and has taken part in the Alzheimer’s Climb each year

At age 52, he is physically fit, without an ounce of flab. In one climb he was surprised by an unan-ticipated blizzard. He’s extraordi-narily determined and it didn’t stop him. For the Sunday Grind, par-ticipants were divided into teams of 7. Each team’s combined climbs amounted to approximately the same elevation as Mt. Kilimanjaro. With a time of 38 min.1 sec., Mark recorded the fastest climb this Sunday.

“I began doing it when I learned that a person very close to me was showing symptoms of Alzheimer’s,” he said. “I want to do something to help find a cure. If we do nothing, the situation will not get better.”

According to a brochure I picked up at the Alzheimer Society, Alzheimer’s is the most common of a large group of disorders known as dementias. It is an irreversible

disease of the brain in which the progressive degeneration of brain cells causes thinking ability and memory to deteriorate. Currently about 70,000 British Columbians are suffering from some form of dementia.

Most of us know at least one person with the illness. We’ve seen victims held in its vice-like talons, being drawn relentlessly into a puz-zling maze where there exists chaos and sometimes sheer mayhem. Like a heartless vampire, it sucks the life from loving relationships.

Not long ago, my friend Henry experienced the devastating impact Alzheimer’s can have on a rela-tionship. On a cold winter day he walked into his wife’s room in an Alzheimer’s unit of an extended care facility. The puzzled expres-sion on her face told him immedi-ately she was confused by his pres-ence. “Who are you?” she asked. He explained he was her husband and they had been married 42 years. “No,” she said emphatically, “you are not my husband.” Pointing at a photo of a young army officer on her dresser, she said, “that is my husband.” The disease had placed a veil between her and reality. He could not help her understand he was the young man in the photo taken 41 years ago.

For me a line in one of the pamphlets was personally disquiet-ing. “In a population in which one parent has Alzheimer’s,” it said, “five of every 100 individuals can expect an Alzheimer’s diagnosis by about age 65.” I find this troubling because my mother was given a

dementia diagnosis in the last year of her life. Does this mean one day I might be one of those five?

To this time the complexity of the brain has prevented major breakthroughs. Research has how-ever produced several medications that can help with symptoms such as declining memory, language, thinking ability and motor skills. The Alzheimer Society says earlier diagnosis can mean treatments are started in the early stages.

The Society recommends a healthy lifestyle to help the brain maintain connections and even

develop new ones. Challenging the brain and keeping it active is important. “Try something new,” the Society suggests, “and change routines. Take up a new interest such as learning a language or play-ing an instrument. Be socially and physically active.”

The Society stresses the impor-tance of protecting the head by wearing a helmet in contact sports and other activities.

Mark told me funds raised through the MKGG (Mt. Kilimanjaro Grouse Grind) will help ensure that people whose

lives have been impacted by any of the dementias can connect to a province-wide network of support services and education programs.

Anyone desiring further infor-mation can go to www.alzheim-erbc.org. To support Mark in rais-ing funds, go to www.hikemkgg.com and click on “donate”. This will take you to the “Search for a Participant” page. Type in Mark Lamont and follow instructions.

For me a donation is a welcome way of making a positive difference without exposing my human frailty on the remorseless Grouse Grind.

Climbers searching for cure to deadly illness

Motivated by a friend with dementia, Mark Lamont recorded the fastest time at the Grouse Grind climb for Alzheimer’s recently.

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To the editorI was made aware of an issue

by someone here in Merritt where I live.

I used to live in Princeton, where my husband and I brought up our kids,from 1962 to 1975.

I can’t remember too much of politics back then but I’ve been told that some political vandalism has taken place. Persons of some ilk have destroyed Conservative signs in the Princeton area. Do these vandals know that destroy-ing federal election signs is a federal offence and they will get jail if they are caught?

I’ve been a Conservative all my life. Canada is in safe hands with the Conservatives.

Our economy is in good hands.The party carried us through the 2008 recession and is doing it again. For example, the Conservatives contributed a $121 million increase for veter-ans, $1.99 billion for aboriginal affairs, 42.3 billion in total ben-

efits for seniors and all with a surplus budget. Canadians have benefitted from a Conservative government. Now is not the time for a change in our world that is so unstable.

The NDP and Liberals have promised much but with your money on the line. Do not listen to the red and orange socialists.

Every province that the NDP gov-erns fails. Read Mark Milke’s book called “Barbarians in the Garden City.”

Manitoba is in the tank and Albertans are protesting their new NDP leader. They may even recall the government.

Mary HaleMerritt

To the editorI thoroughly enjoyed your

September 16th editorial about hockey parents, and it is past time that more small town newspapers exposed the vagaries of minor sports.

Not only are parents crazy, but often times the only coaching avail-able is from parents who have a poten-tial ‘star’ on the team. I could write a book about the minefield of pit-falls my own kids traversed in minor hockey. I think it is purely good luck and watchful parenting that has turned them into responsible adults. Frankly, the ‘sportsmanship’ lessons they are taught by irresponsible coaches has me wondering why we don’t have more psychopaths in our midst.

In another town some years ago: While out of town on a tournament with an older son, the younger ten-year-old was choked on the ice by the opposing coach. The boy’s crime was to sidestep a vicious check that left the opposing player crashing into the boards and in need of his coach’s attention.

None of the parents or even the

boy’s own coach interceded. The local MHA were in an uproar. ‘That guy will never coach again’ was the cry. Well, if you believed that, I’ve got a ‘Bridge of Dreams’ to sell you for a Gordon Campbell Dollar.

If my own kids had not loved the game so much, I would have put them both into basketball.

Your editorial Andrea, says a whole lot about responsible parenting. Bottom line: instead of using sports as a baby-sitting service, more parents need to monitor the coaching our kids receive in minor sports.

HPToews, Princeton

To the editor:I would like to commend Mr. Art Martens on

his well written article “Cenotaphs a reminder that vigilance is still needed” ( Spotlight, Aug 19, 2015 ).

Mr. Martens was referring to a ceremony that took place last month, at the Cenotaph in Hedley, which was to commemorate the fact that almost exactly 100 years ago seventeen men departed from that spot and enlisted in the Canadian military.

This would, of course, have been in the early years of the First World War. Today however with our country not being at war for many decades, and for the most part as Canadians lead fairly comfort-able lives, it is possible to lose sight of the fact that there are still threats to our security and way of life.

Unlike those WW1 soldiers who could easily see the enemy from their trenches in the battlefields of northern Europe, today what is much less visible to us are those individuals and groups at the highest levels of political and financial power that can create policies which could adversely impact us.

Witness the fact that Prime Minister Stephen Harper, just this summer, entered into highly secre-tive talks with 12 other nations about issues sur-rounding trade.

This was the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. While it appears no final agreement was reached, on the table for discussions were issues around prolonging patent protections and if this is applied to drugs the cost of prescription drugs would go up in Canada. Distressing to me was the fact our prime minister was willing to enter into theses talks without due parliamentary debate.

One other sector where the government has shown destructive leadership is the area of health care. Basically the federal government for the past decade has walked away from any kind of con-structive collaboration with the provinces on health matters.

Let me jump back to Mr. Martens description of the Cenotaph in Hedley. He states that cenotaphs are a reminder of those who fought for our coun-try and a reminder that vigilance for our safety is still needed. I think vigilance is definitely required especially with respect to the movements of our federal government. Do you really think a vote for Mr. Harper will keep safe our way of life and serve our best interests?

G Partridge MDKeremeos

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On Tuesday, September 15, the Princeton Health Care Steering Committee (PHCSC) began its third year of operation.

The PHCSC received a mandate from the stakeholders at their July meeting and agreed to continue working to improve the model of health care for residents of Princeton and Area.

The meeting was attended by represen-tatives from the Town of Princeton, Area H (RDOS), health care practitioners, Interior Health, and SOHC. The meeting was chaired by Area H representative, John Akerley.

One of the ongoing projects of the PHCSC is Art for Health, led by a group of local art-ists working to make our health care facilities more welcoming and healing for patients.

The group announced that they have received funding from the Princeton and District Arts Council to purchase the materials needed for four art proj-ects that will be installed at Princeton General Hospital and Cascade Medical Centre.

The projects include a children’s corner mural with artwork by local artist, Jessie McIvor; a wall mural in the wait-ing room at the hospital; new and upgraded art-work on the walls of the hospital; and a ceramic tile mural at the hospital nurses station.

The Art for Health working group expressed its appre-ciation to Marjorie Holland, president, and the members of the Arts Council for their gener-ous support.

In response to a con-cern raised by local resi-dents, Cascade Medical Centre would like to inform women over 40 that they are eligible to have a mammogram even if they are not cur-rently attached to a fam-ily physician or nurse practitioner.

When asked, “Who is your family doctor/nurse practitioner?”, answer “Cascade Medical”. Your mammography results will be reviewed by a physician or nurse practitioner at Cascade Medical Centre.

In her monthly report on PGH staff and facil-ity updates, Cherie Whittaker announced

the hiring of a new lab technician who will be joining the labora-tory team of three per-manent and two casual lab technologists at the hospital. Hope Byrne is the team’s Professional Practice Leader with Interior Health.

Kim Maynard, Princeton Town Councillor, reported on the spring work-shop of the Okanagan Similkameen Healthy Living Coalition held in Penticton on September 10.

There were 12 pre-sentations made by various groups and individuals in the coali-tion, including a pre-sentation on the Town

of Princeton’s work to develop a no-smoking bylaw for our commu-nity.

Ed Staples, President of Support Our Health Care, gave a report on the South Okanagan Mental Health Project led by Dr. Nelly Oelke of UBC Okanagan.

The aim of this proj-ect is to build capac-ity in older adults with mental health concerns through the develop-ment of innovative tools to increase awareness, decrease stigma, and promote self-manage-ment.

Dr. Oelke is apply-ing for a grant from the Vancouver Foundation to expand the project

to include the commu-nities of Princeton and Keremeos. She is look-ing for partners in our community who will provide letters of sup-port and in kind contri-butions that will address this important project.

Princeton General Hospital welcomes new lab tech and receives artistic facelift

Princeton Town Council is poised to make $6,938 in tax exemptions for local organizations.

Council was to hear three readings of a tax exemption bylaw Monday night.

If eventually passed the bylaw will exempt six local churches from property taxes, as well BC Trails, Interior Health Authority, Princeton and District Community Services, Princeton Long Term Care Society and Princeton Silver Crest Housing Centre.

The largest overall exemption is for the Health Authority of $1898.24 and the largest church exemp-tion is for the Princeton Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses for $880.34.

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ArtsSHIRLEY’S ART CLASSES:Wednesday & Thursday @ Riverside Center 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.

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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

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

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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! There will be no meetings in July & Aug.

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 7 p.m. 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.

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Spotlight Community Calendar.If changes to your listing are needed,

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Sunday Worship10:30 am

Pastor Jack McNeil250-295-7951

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250-295-7752

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Ref bounces coach as Posse ties for division’s top berth

Andrea DeMeerSpotlight Staff

After a week of hockey that was both emotional and physical, the Princeton Posse is tied for first place in the Okanagan Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, sharing the top berth with the Summerland Steam.

An extremely pleased Geoff Goodman summed it up with a laugh in an interview Monday.

“I guess I’m as surprised as everyone else,” said the team’s new coach.

“I think so, just from where we saw ourselves at main camp and having fourteen or fifteen new faces…but something has happened with this group and they’ve really gelled.”

Wednesday night the Posse’s Zachary Babin earned a shut out against North Okanagan in a game that included more than 100 penalty minutes and four game misconducts, three against the Posse including one for Goodman.

In an unusual move Goodman was extremely outspoken regarding officiating, and has already written a complaint to the league.

“North Okanagan plays a very aggressive style and they kept running our goalie. The referees wouldn’t deal with it,” he said.

“We even went to the referee and said ‘look, this is what we’re seeing’ and he didn’t seem to think it was a problem. The next thing you know they run the goalie again and fights are breaking out.”

Goodman, who earned a two-game suspension with just seconds left in Friday’s contest, said he is “usually pretty calm. I don’t get out of bed to go to the rink and yell at the referee. That’s unless the ref-ereeing is really bad. Unfortunately it happened….It’s not a first for me but it’s not something that hap-

pens very lightly.”Goodman said Babin was “outstanding. I think

it motivated him. He did a great job and he held his composure. I think he liked the response he got from his teammates that they were helping him by defending him.”

Babin, with 41 saves, was Player of the Game. Goals were scored by Thomas Cankovic, Joshua Dickson and Chad Kimmie, with assists going to Sean Emmerson, Kirt Fortney, Sunil Sahota, Drew Carter (2) and Cody Lassiter.

The final score was 3-0.Friday night the Posse soundly defeated the

Nelson Leafs 6-2 in a match that Goodman said is one of the team’s best so far.

“From the opening shift to the end of the game we saw our team play with a lot more passion. We wanted the puck and we were first to the puck. We were very diligent in our back check, our penalty killing was outstanding and our goaltender Stephen Heslop obviously had a great game.”

Sunhil Sahota was the game’s Home Star, contrib-uting a goal and three assists. Drew Carter, Tristan Vandermeulen, Kirt Fortney, Brandon Breithaupt and Mort Johnston also scored, with assists earned by Chad Kimmie, Joshua Dickson, Connar Peers, Johnston and Craig Thompson.

Princeton and Summerland are tied for first place in the division with eight points each, trailed by Kelowna, Osoyoos and North Okanagan.

Drew Carter leads the Posse in points, with two goals and five assists.

The Posse faces off against Osoyoos Wednesday September 30 at 7 p.m. at the Princeton arena.

Bob MarshBefore leaving the dressing room for the second period against North Okanagan Posse coach Geoff Goodman instructed his team to protect goaltender Zakery Babin from assaults at the net – advice that was clearly taken to heart in a game with more than 100 penalty minutes. “Goaltenders are vulnerable. I don’t care who you are you never run the goaltender,” said Goodman. Babin responded with 41 saves, a 3-0 shutout, and was named Player of the Game.

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CAPRICORN: Capricorn, expect to be excited by a budding relationship in the weeks ahead. Open up to friends or family members so you can share this positive development with loved ones.

AQUARIUS: Waiting patiently this week will not get the job done, Aquarius. You may have to be more assertive to get things done. Others will understand and prove helpful.

PISCES: Pisces, a problem at work seems tough to crack. Take your time and try a new approach, and you will be happy with the results.

ARIES: Aries, it may be challenging to express your true feelings, especially when you fear what others may think. Just do what feels comfortable to you.

TAURUS: Take a sentimental journey with a loved one, Taurus. You never know what examining your emotions will uncover, and you will get to spend quality time together.

GEMINI: Gemini, you can strike up a conversation with just about anyone this week. Your gift for gab makes you a fun person to have around and a welcome member to any new group.

CANCER: Cancer, someone may catch you off guard this week and you don’t have your go-to plan in place. Worry not, as you will rebound quickly and bounce back in a big way.

LEO: Leo, it may seem like everyone is hanging on every word you say this week. Don’t worry about performing, just continue to do what gravitates people toward you.

VIRGO: Virgo, although you’re not a big fan of the spotlight, this week you will be asked to handle a situation on center stage. You just may enjoy the situation, so don’t fret about it.

LIBRA: Libra, share your long-term goals with colleagues and you may find some unexpected allies. Support can only help your efforts even further.

SCORPIO: Scorpio, set personal feelings aside when dealing with professional matters. Allowing emotion to get in the way of your goals will only end up affecting you.

SAGITTARIUS: Sagittarius, this is a great time to try something new. Whether it’s a new food or a new experience you’ve been looking to try, dive right in and enjoy the excitement.

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Hedley Boundary StaysIn spite of a number of letters

from local residents, Hedley health care boundary will remain the same, with Hedley in the Keremeos area.

Princeton Community Health Council reviewed correspondence on the matter, and decided to add one more comment to the ongoing controversy.

Overwaitee Advertised PricesFowl, Grade B 3 - 4 lbs, $0.25/lbSalmon, by the piece, $0.49/lbBacon, 1 pound, $0.79Dad’s Cookies, $0.89Kernel Corn, 12 oz, $0.39Bread $0.23Local hiking group visit The KVR trail

between Princeton and Osprey Lake.

Construction angers residentsThe construction of a new Esso card lock station beside the old one is causing local residents to be up in arms. Two years ago, Town Council adopted an Official Community Plan in September - just months before the municipal election, to phase out the industrial zoning and adopt light density residential zon-ing, yet the zoning by-laws remain unchanged.

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P.S.S. Rebels Athletics Hockey PoolIt is time, once again, to fill out your P.S.S. hockey pool. Please clearly select one player from each box, points will be awarded as follows: goals and assists are worth one point each, goaltender wins are two points each, shut-outs are worth an additional three points, and shoot-out losses are worth one point. All profits from the pool go to support student athletes at P.S.S. First place is worth $400, second place is $200, third place is $100, fourth place is $70 and fifth place is $30. Entries are $20 per pool, standings will be posted weekly in the Spotlight, and entry forms may be submitted at P.S.S. or dropped off at the Spotlight office by 4:00 Friday October 9th.

Forwards (pick 1)__ Crosby, S (PIT)__ Ovechkin, A (WAS)__ Seguin, T (DAL)__ Stamkos, S (TB)__ Tavares, J (NYI)__ Voracek, J (PHI)

Forwards (pick 1)__ Benn, J (DAL)__ Giroux, C (PHI)__ Johnson, T (TB)__ Malkin, E (PIT)__ Perry, C (ANA)__ Tarasenko, V (STL)

Forwards (pick 1)__ Backstrom, N (WAS)__ Getzlaf, R (ANA) __ Johansen, R (CBJ)__ Kane, P (CHI)__ Kessel, P (PIT)__ Sedin, D (VAN)

Forwards (pick 1)__ Datsyuk, P (DET)__ Foligno, N (CBJ)__ Hudler, J (CGY)__ Pavelski, J (SJ)__ Sedin, H (VAN)__ Toews, J (CHI)

Forwards (pick 1)__ Forsberg, F (NAS)__ Gaudreau, J (CGY)__ Nash, R (NYR)__ Pacioretty, M (MTL)__ Parise, Z (MIN)__ Zetterberg, H (DET)

Forwards (pick 1)__ Hall, T (EDM)__ Hossa, M (CHI)__ Kucherov, N (TB)__ MacKinnon, N (COL)__ Schwartz, J (STL)__ Stone, M (OTT)

Forwards (pick 1)__ Couture, L (SJ)__ Eberle, J (EDM)__ Landeskog, G (COL)__ Monahan, S (CGY)__ Palat, O (TB) __ Steen, A (STL)

Forwards (pick 1)__ Duchene, M (COL)__ Kopitar, A (LA)__ Nugent-Hopkins, R (EDM)__ Oshie, T (WAS)__ Spezza, J (DAL)__ Tatar, T (DET)

Forwards (pick 1)__ Bergeron, P (BOS)__ Brassard, D (NYR)__ Plekanec, T (MTL)__ Ribeiro, M (NAS)__ Staal, E (CAR)__ Turris, K (OTT)

Forwards (pick 1)__ Carter, J (LA)__ Krejci, D (BOS)__ Thornton, J (SJ)__ van Riemsdyk, J (TOR)__ Vrbata, R (VAN) __ Wheeler, B (WPG)

Forwards (pick 1)__ Hornqvist, P (PIT)__ Huberdeau, J (FLA)__ Iginla, J (COL)__ Ladd, A (WPG)__ McDavid, C (EDM)__ Nyquist, G (DET)

Forwards (pick 1)__ Backes, D (STL)__ Hartnell, S (CBJ)__ Pominville, J (MIN)__ O’Reilly, R (BUF)__ Ryan, B (OTT)__ Stepan, D (NYR)

Forwards (pick 1)__ Callahan, R (TB)__ Kuznetsov, E (WAS)__ Little, B (WPG)__ Marleau, P (SJ)__ Okposo, K (NYI)__ Simmonds, W (PHI)

Forwards (pick 1)__ Desharnais, D (MTL)__ Gaborik, M (LA) __ Jagr, J (FLA)__ Vanek, T (MIN)__ Saad, B (CBJ)__ Strome, R (NYI)

Forwards (pick 1)__ Filppula, V (TB)__ Gallagher, B (MTL)__ Hoffman, M (OTT)__ Kane, E (BUF)__ Kesler, R (ANA)__ Lucic, M (LA)

Forwards (pick 1)__ Bjugstad, N (FLA)__ Bozak, T (TOR)__ Galchenyuk, A (MTL)__ Scheifele, M (WPG)__ Toffoli, T (LA)__ Zibanejad, M (OTT)

Defence (pick 1)__ Burns, B (SJ)__ Giordano, M (CGY)__ Karlsson, E (OTT)__ Letang, K (PIT)__ Shattenkirk, K (STL)__ Subban, P (MTL)

Defence (pick 1)__ Barrie, T (COL) __ Byfuglien, D (WPG)__ Carlson, J (WAS)__ Streit, M (PHI)__ Weber, S (NAS)__ Yandle, K (NYR)

Defence (pick 1)__ Doughty, D (LA)__ Faulk, J (CAR)__ Josi, R (NAS)__ Keith, D (CHI)__ Markov, A (MTL)__ Wideman, D (CGY)

Defence (pick 1)__ Ekblad, A (FLA)__ Ekman-Larsson, O (ARI)__ Green, M (DET)__ Hamilton, D (CGY)__ Hedman, V (TB)__ Pietrangelo, A (STL)

Defence (pick 1)__ Daley, T (CHI)__ Johnson, J (CBJ)__ Klingberg, J (DAL)__ Kronwall, N (DET)__ Krug, T (BOS)__ Muzzin, J (LA)

Goalies (pick 1)__ Bishop, B (TB)__ Holtby, B (WAS)__ Lundqvist, H (NYR)__ Price, C (MTL)__ Quick, J (LA)__ Rinne, P (NAS)

Goalies (pick 1)__ Anderson, F (ANA)__ Dubnyk, D (MIN)__ Fleury, M (PIT)__ Halak, J (NYI) __ Luongo, R (FLA)__ Rask, T (BOS)

Goalies (pick 1)__ Bobrovsky, S (CBJ)__ Crawford, C (CHI) __ Hiller, J (CGY)__ Miller, R (VAN)__ Schneider, C (NJ)__ Varlamov, S (COL)

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DERKER, PEARLJune 30, 1931 -

September 17, 2015It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our mother, grandmother Pearl. She is survived by her 3 children, Laura Charron (Derker) (Bob),

Darrell Derker (Shelley), Kelly Derker (Li-an), sister Irene, grandchildren: Andrea, Richard, Breanna, Braden and Kathryn and numerous nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her loving husband Robert “Bob” Derker. Pearl was born in Rama Sask. Her family moved to Vernon when she was young, she later pursued a career in nursing, working at the hospital in Vernon, until she met her late husband Bob. They married moved to Kelowna and started a family, which Pearl was content to stay at home with her children. Pearl and family moved several times until settling in Princeton in 1972 where she resumed working in the Princeton Hospital for several years. Pearl loved children and was always available to help babysit for many families. After the passing of her husband in 2012 Pearl moved to Kelowna, where she lived until passing away. Pearl will always be known for her spit-fire, no nonsense attitude, her drive and determination, her willingness to help others and most of all her love and devotion to family. Pearl loved to bake and was well known for her cabbage rolls and buns which she always made plenty to give away. Besides family, Pearl loved animals, word search, gardening and puzzles. Pearl will be greatly missed, but her family take comfort in knowing she is now with her husband, family and pets. Pearl requested neither Service nor Celebration of Life. The family request that you simply recall fond memories and to share them with everyone. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to either the Cancer or the Diabetic Associations. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.firstmemorialfuneralkelowna.com Arrangements entrusted to First Memorial Funeral Services, Kelowna, B.C. Ph: 250-762-2299.

SULLIVAN,JOHN B.

June 28, 1947 - August 19, 2015We are heartbroken to announce that John Sullivan, age 68, has passed quite

suddenly, without warning and peacefully into the arms of the Great Architect of the Universe.Beloved husband of Vickie Hansen of Hedley. Loved father of Cassandra (Otis) of Vancouver and step-father of Curtis Hansen, Bogota, Columbia and Christine Hansen (Miles Williams, Sawyer and Quinn) of Sechelt. Dear brother of Christine Gaylor (Geoff) of Galiano Island. Uncle to Nathan (Halii) of Slocan Park, David (Cedana )of Galia-no Island and Great Uncle to Artemesia. Cherished son of Margaret McPherson of Victoria. Predeceased by his father Art and his brother Grant. John was a self-made and well-read man. His love of history and his ability to make the experiences of the past relevant in today’s time was a genuine gift. He loved (and gave) a good lecture. We enjoyed his stories and his hilarious political ‘rants’. He was a very artistic, charismatic, open and genuine person and we will sorely miss him. He was always searching for the meaning of life and for the truth and we know he will be fascinated to finally get the answers.

“Death opens unknown doors. It is most grand to die.” (Pompey, The Great)

John worked hard, loved well and died easy. One week after John’s passing, his be-loved dog Pepper joined him. They will be laid to rest together in Scotland.

A gathering of family and friends and a Memorial Service will be held on Saturday,

October 3, 2015 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Victory Hall, 427 – 7th Street, Keremeos, BC .

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Princeton BC where he and his wife Dini raised their two girls. Don is survived by

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Gabby, Evan, Izzie and Landen. With his quick wit, sassy sense of humour, and

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Our dear Dad passed away with his loving family by his side. Dad is predeceased by his father Sam McCull-och (his best friend), his mother Sarah and

sister Mabel. He is survived by his spouse Gayle (the one true love of his life), sons James (Barb), Paul (Alda, dedicated care-giver), daughter Donna (Jerry) and grand-daughter Hayley. Jim was born in Sardis BC and then moved to Saskatchewan and as a young boy worked alongside his father on their farm in Meath Park, Sask. With a desire to see the world he took to riding the rails until enlisting in the army. As a soldier in WWII (serving in Britain, France and It-aly) he was a dispatch rider at the front lines, military policeman and physical trainer. At the end of the war Dad met his bride Gayle in New Westminster, BC and raised their fami-ly in Maple Ridge, BC, eventually retiring in Princeton, BC along the Similkameen River. There he spent his retirement working the land and being with nature and his good ol’ dog Tex. Dad had many interests over his lifetime but what stood out the most was his love of working the land, love of nature’s beauty and music, with a special fondness for guitar and playing the harmonica. Dad loved his family and would do anything for them. Dad had special times with us all and will always be loved and present all around us. We love you Dad

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