News Leader News for April 07, 2009
FALL FAIR PROMOTES KIDS' FAIR
One of the major topics at the March 31 Fall Fair meeting was the Junior Fair. The number of youngsters participating in the fair has declined in the past two years. To encourage greater participation, Fall Fair members voted to no longer charge an entry fee for Junior Fair exhibits. In addition, prize money for Junior Fair has been increased to one dollar for third, two dollars for second and three dollars for first.
Glow Lemon will contact the community garden group and encourage classes to enter the garden produce they plan to grow this year at John Allison Elementary.
There was a lot of discussion of the exhibitor's booklet and the business directory of those businesses supporting the fair. The directory will be available for residents as a quick reference for trades people and other businesses, such as cottage industries.
Convenors were appointed for various categories. Dan Kastor will take charge of the horseshoe tournament again this year. Jason Earle will manage the pet parade. Lisa Carleton will be in charge of Junior Fair. Shirley Freding will convene Leisurecraft, with Christina Scarisbrick convening needlework. Glow Lemon is convenor for vegetables and fruits, and plans to have some demonstrations going on in regard to gardening. Rose Flegel will manage Canning and Home Baking and has already ordered sponsored prizes for those divisions.
Dawne Graves and April Earle will seek vendors, and April Earle will convene the Eggs and Dairy section.
The Fall Fair Association is confirming a contract with the Appaloosa Band for Saturday, August 29, to be joined by "Elvis" on Sunday, August 30. Lyn Melnechenko will arrange for a Cowboy Church on Sunday morning.
Vince Milligan and Keith Olsen will be in charge of decorating the grounds for the fair.
A volunteer is needed to convene the Flower category, and a convenor is needed for Art and Photography sections.
John Bey asked for volunteers to assist with landscaping at the fairgrounds later this month.
The next Fall Fair meeting will take place on April 28 at 6:30 PM at the fairgrounds. This meeting will begin with a tour of the grounds to show the facility to new members and to determine what repairs or renovations are required.
ARENA REMAINS THE COOLEST PLACE IN TOWN
The Princeton & District Multi Purpose Arena will continue to have ice in it until April 19th.
A total of three spring camps have been scheduled which has assisted the facility in earning the reputation of being the
'coolest place in town.'
The first camp, held this past weekend (April 4th and 5th), featured a total of six teams with players born in 1999 and 2000 in what was called a Triple A Summit Series. Approximately 120 players participated in the event which included teams from the Okanagan, Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland.
The second is the Junior A Trail Spring Camp this weekend (April 11th and 12th) with the final one being a Junior A Powell River Spring Camp on April 18th and 19th.
The following week work will begin on removing the ice at Princeton Arena to make way for other event rentals with the first big one being the Princeton Lions Club Auction. Summer Hockey Camps are planned for August with the Princeton Posse 2009/10 Junior B KIJHL hockey season to start in September.
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ROAD RESCUE CREW!
They are local men and women who may be coworkers or part of your social network. They are also people you can depend on when there's trouble on the highway or any location that requires a specialized team of experts to get the job done.
Their official name is Princeton & District Highway Extrication Society, but for most Princeton area residents they are the people who drive the Rescue Truck and appear on the scene to do things BC Ambulance attendants can't such as scale down an embankment to rescue a driver who's gone off the road.
They are often confused with Princeton Ground Search & Rescue who typically are called out to locate missing persons.
The 'Road Rescue Crew' needs to raise some money (which local non-profit group doesn't?) and they have come up with a very creative fundraising idea.
It's called 'Golfspiel' and to the average sports fan a name like that would conjure up thoughts of two different sports: golf and curling.
Golfspiel is set to take place this Saturday, April 11th and according to organizers, response has been pretty good with teams entering the golf portion and some entering the curling portion of the fundraiser.
Golfspiel offers participants the opportunity to play 9 holes of golf (registration fee is $25.00) or 4-ends of curling (registration fee is $25.00) or the option of a combo play of both (registration fee is $40.00).
Golf registrations will be collected Saturday morning starting at 11:00 AM at the Golf Course with a shotgun start for the event at 12 Noon. Curling registration fees will be collected at 1:00 PM at Princeton Curling Club. A dance is also planned for the evening at the Curling Club starting at 8:00 PM.
To register for the 'Balls or Stones' fundraiser call (250) 295-1427 or (250) 295-8416.
One of the raffle prizes being featured as part of Golfspiel is a retro Corona Cooler valued at $400.00 (hint: it'll be filled with a particular brand-named beverage). The cooler has been donated by Molson Breweries and only those participating in Golfspiel will be eligible to win.
All proceeds collected from the Golfspiel event will go to support Princeton & District Highway Extrication Society.
The group has also partnered with Princeton Rotary Club and will be one of the recipients of funds raised from a golf tournament, scheduled to take place later this year.
