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Chinese New years
Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: Kindergarten students celebrated Chinese New Years with a meal. We chopped vegetables and cooked them with noodles. We added bean sprouts that we grew in the classroom. It was a challenge to eat chow mein with chopsticks. To celebrate our 100th day of school, everyone made hundreds of scales on our special Chinese dragon.
Chinese New years
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Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: Kindergarten students celebrated Chinese New Years with a meal. We chopped vegetables and cooked them with noodles. We added bean sprouts that we grew in the classroom. It was a challenge to eat chow... more
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Friends Program Celebration
Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: A class completes the friends program with a celebration.
Friends Program Celebration
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Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: A class completes the friends program with a celebration.
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Wind powered cars
Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: One class was experimenting with the power of wind to power cars.
Wind powered cars
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Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: One class was experimenting with the power of wind to power cars.
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'Twas One Week Before Christmas
Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: The students drew pictures of their school preparing for holidays in 'Twas One Week Before Christmas, a slide show for their Christmas Concert. The poetry was artfully read and everyone enjoyed the pictures drawn by the children. The Christmas spirit blossomed during the performance.
'Twas One Week Before Christmas
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Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: The students drew pictures of their school preparing for holidays in 'Twas One Week Before Christmas, a slide show for their Christmas Concert. The poetry was artfully read and everyone enjoyed the pictures... more
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Snow Fun
Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: Princeton has its locals out having fun. Look for more snow art in the next couple of days!!! Walking, sledding, skiing, hiking, swimming and river rafting are among a few of the activities in Princeton... what a place to live!!!
Snow Fun
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Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: Princeton has its locals out having fun. Look for more snow art in the next couple of days!!! Walking, sledding, skiing, hiking, swimming and river rafting are among a few of the activities in Princeton...... more
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Proud of our community- Go For Gold!
Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: I am so proud of Princeton's accomplishemnt with Gamestown 2010. I believe we are one on the smaller communities selected yet the citizens of Princeton have submitted the most stories (540) to date. These stories demonstrate a community that value a quality of life, love for one another, pride in our youth, sensitivity of our environment and the importance of a healthy lifestyle. Way to go Princeton! You desirve GOLD and the right to be called GameTown 2010.
Proud of our community- Go For Gold!
Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: I am so proud of Princeton's accomplishemnt with Gamestown 2010. I believe we are one on the smaller communities selected yet the citizens of Princeton have submitted the most stories (540) to date. These... more
I'm Home...
Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: Shortly after we arrived in Princeton 16 years ago, I took a walk downtown to see what I could see. As I was approaching Bridge Street, I saw a man - he was my (then) stereotypical logger type. Big steel-toed boots, plaid logger jacket, baseball type, the whole nine yards. However, my stereotype view was shattered as I drew closer. He had knelt down on the sidewalk and was deep in conversation with a little cocker spaniel that gazed raptly up at the fellow. That just dropped me and that was when I knew I had come home!
I'm Home...
Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: Shortly after we arrived in Princeton 16 years ago, I took a walk downtown to see what I could see. As I was approaching Bridge Street, I saw a man - he was my (then) stereotypical logger type. Big steel-toed... more
Patriotic Community
Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: We are a proudly Canadian/B.C. community. We are fortunate to have an active RCMP member who gives a great deal to the community (working with youth) and shares his singing of our National Anthem at our Junior Hockey games, in RCMP uniform. He is a tremendous asset to our Community. Princeton is the home of our famous Junior Hockey POSSE!!!
Patriotic Community
Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: We are a proudly Canadian/B.C. community. We are fortunate to have an active RCMP member who gives a great deal to the community (working with youth) and shares his singing of our National Anthem at our... more
Basket Ball
Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: Highschool basketball...Basketball has become a "way of life" here in Princeton once again. The programs are second to none with two of our teams Provincially ranked. What a fitness theme for all our youth, and nice to watch for some of us grandparents who played on these teams fifty years ago!!
Basket Ball
Date: Jan 5, 2010
Entry: Highschool basketball...Basketball has become a "way of life" here in Princeton once again. The programs are second to none with two of our teams Provincially ranked. What a fitness theme for all our youth,... more
Princeton is a fisherman's dream
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Do you fish? I do! Princeton is an amazing fishing location with numerous lakes, 2 rivers, countless streams and of course lots of secret locations Princeton is a fisherman's dream. Be it ice fishing, high mountain, or the river there is no time of year that is not good for fishing.
Princeton is a fisherman's dream
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Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Do you fish? I do! Princeton is an amazing fishing location with numerous lakes, 2 rivers, countless streams and of course lots of secret locations Princeton is a fisherman's dream. Be it ice fishing,... more
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snowing at JA school
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Snow Day! Princeton schools never close for any amount of snowfall. It was a great adventure for the students at John Allison Elementary when the snow was just right for making snowmen. It was a little sticky for sledding on JA Sliding Hill, but it was great fun for all.
snowing at JA school
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Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Snow Day! Princeton schools never close for any amount of snowfall. It was a great adventure for the students at John Allison Elementary when the snow was just right for making snowmen. It was a little... more
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Princeton Arena supports Princeton's Games Town 2010 bid
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Arena staff at the Princeton & District Multipurpose Arena have been hard at work getting people to vote for Princeton on the gamestown2010.ca website. When you walk in the door one of the first things you notice is the VOTE PRINCETON signs on every door. Arena staff printed off custom Vote Princeton signs and posted them in all high traffic areas of the arena. They also took all the Games Town 2010 info cards and wrote VOTE PRINCETON on them, handing them out to users over the holidays.
Princeton Arena supports Princeton's Games Town 2010 bid
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Arena staff at the Princeton & District Multipurpose Arena have been hard at work getting people to vote for Princeton on the gamestown2010.ca website. When you walk in the door one of the first things... more
skiing at China Ridge
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: A healthy life starts with daily exercise. Princeton offers a multitude of activities including many kilometers of scenic trails and warming huts at China Ridge Cross Country Ski hill, minutes from downtown Princeton. This photo was taken New Year's Day, 2010!
skiing at China Ridge
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Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: A healthy life starts with daily exercise. Princeton offers a multitude of activities including many kilometers of scenic trails and warming huts at China Ridge Cross Country Ski hill, minutes from downtown... more
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Princeton has THE weather
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Winter weather is the best in Princeton for grandmas to take their grandbabies sledding, tobogganing, and snowmobiling.
Summer weather is the best in Princeton for grandmas to take their grandbabies berry picking in the mountains.
Princeton is the best place for grandmas!!!
Princeton has THE weather
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Winter weather is the best in Princeton for grandmas to take their grandbabies sledding, tobogganing, and snowmobiling.
Summer weather is the best in Princeton for grandmas to take their grandbabies berry... more
great place for kids
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: My grandaughters and grandson love to ride toboggans and sleds and snowmobiles in our wonderful winter wonderland. And I love to play winter sports with each of them. Grandmothers are like that!
Princeton winter weather (after the snow falls) is sunny and fun.
Princeton summer weather is warm, sunny, dry, and the best.
great place for kids
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: My grandaughters and grandson love to ride toboggans and sleds and snowmobiles in our wonderful winter wonderland. And I love to play winter sports with each of them. Grandmothers are like that!
Princeton... more
Special Olympics, Princeton
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Curling, bocci, softball, bowling, downhill skiing....our Special Olympians can do it all. Gold medal at the 2009 Summer Games for bocci, the first of lots to come. Princeton's Special O curlers (2009) won their very first game....and scored in the final end to tie there very second game! Lots more stories to come from Princton Special Olympians.
Special Olympics, Princeton
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Curling, bocci, softball, bowling, downhill skiing....our Special Olympians can do it all. Gold medal at the 2009 Summer Games for bocci, the first of lots to come. Princeton's Special O curlers (2009)... more
Relay for Life
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Six staff members of the Princeton branch of Valley First Credit Union participated in the Canadian Cancer Society's 'Relay for Life' in Penticton. This is the fifth year that Princeton staff has participated in the event. The Relay is a 12-hour night-time event where participants take turns walking, running or strolling around a track in a non-competitive relay in support of those who are fighting cancer, to remember those who we have lost to the disease, and raise awareness of the impact cancer has on all of us. Participants rai se funds not only for research, but to provide much needed services and support for those living with cancer and going through treatment. The Valley First Princeton Pacers, consisting of Angie, Shannon, Norma, Alannah, Virginia, and Linda, raised a total of $4,174.00 for the Cancer Society this year, placing 5th out of 44 teams. Fundraising initiatives included sales of homemade craft items, a flea market sale (at the Lions Club sponsored flea market), and door to door canvassing. Except for a few short breaks to eat and catch their breath, the Princeton Pacers remained on the track the entire evening.
Relay for Life
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Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Six staff members of the Princeton branch of Valley First Credit Union participated in the Canadian Cancer Society's 'Relay for Life' in Penticton. This is the fifth year that Princeton staff has participated... more
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Lions Walk for Guide Dogs
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Princeton Lions Second Annual Walk For Guide Dogs was a huge success.Missy Mouse single-pawed raised $340. When asked how she did it, Ms. Mouse replied "It was like shooting fish in a barrel, I just sat on my table , turned up the cute, and watched the Pledges roll in." By the end of the walk Mouse was a little tired, it wasn't easy keeping up with big brothers, Ben and Taurus. The hot dog sales at the walk generated quite a bit of interest and raised a fair amount for the guide dogs. The walkers lined up in front of Phifer's fountain for a picture before they set off.
Lions Walk for Guide Dogs
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Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Princeton Lions Second Annual Walk For Guide Dogs was a huge success.Missy Mouse single-pawed raised $340. When asked how she did it, Ms. Mouse replied "It was like shooting fish in a barrel, I just... more
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Play ball
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: These Princeton teams worked hard all ball season and made their way to the Provincials.
Play ball
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Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: These Princeton teams worked hard all ball season and made their way to the Provincials.
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Donating to a worthy cause
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: The Princeton General Hospital Auxiliary donated $10,000 to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation for the Nursery and Pediatric department at the Penticton Regional Hospital.
Donating to a worthy cause
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Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: The Princeton General Hospital Auxiliary donated $10,000 to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation for the Nursery and Pediatric department at the Penticton Regional Hospital.
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Jeans Day
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: The staff at the Valley First Credit Union did their part to raise money for BC's Children Hospital by paying for the privilege to wear jeans.
Jeans Day
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Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: The staff at the Valley First Credit Union did their part to raise money for BC's Children Hospital by paying for the privilege to wear jeans.
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Helping hands
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Tuesday morning the employees at CIBC showed up in their jeans with more than a casual dress day on their minds. With Children’s Hospital as the beneficiary, CIBC has been working hard to raise money. Jeans Day is a national holiday that has brought fundraising for the hospital into the forefront once a year. It is a simple way of making a difference and many businesses take part in the recognized day. For $5.00 workers can pay for the privilege of wearing jeans. All proceeds from the donations go directly to Children’s Hospital.
CIBC does more than just participate in Jeans Day. Employees and customers got together and donated items for a garage sale. Customers and passers-by did their best to support the rummage sale and eagerly paid asking price or more for anything they purchased. Jennica Maxfield, rummage sale overseer for the day, said, “people are really generous. Everybody wants to help out.”
Donation jars have been set up in the bank for approximately a month and Children’s Hospital bears, chocolate bars and pens were on display for purchase throughout April. The bank also held a bake sale to supplement their fundraising efforts. Bank manager, Lynn Holland stated, “the tables were loaded with baked goods in the morning…many customers donated goodies. The employees baked for days and days. There was a lot of stuff there. We planned to hold the bake sale until 3 pm, but the support for the event was phenomenal. At 10:30 we had completely sold out.” The sale raised almost $500.
“The Children’s Hospital and the CIBC Run For the Cure are the two big fundraisers supported by CIBC and everybody really gets into it,” Holland went on. “The employees and customer have been wonderful. One would think they would get sick of continuously donating, but they don’t. People have been wonderful. We always seem to get more than we hope for.”
“$2000 to $2500 seems to be our mark we always come in around by the time the fundraising is over,” said Holland. Over $800 was raised at the rummage sale and the month isn’t over yet. “With so much local support, our CIBC is sure to meet their mark again.”
Helping hands
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Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Tuesday morning the employees at CIBC showed up in their jeans with more than a casual dress day on their minds. With Children’s Hospital as the beneficiary, CIBC has been working hard to raise money.... more
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Helping hands
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Donation jars have been set up in the bank for approximately a month and Children’s Hospital bears, chocolate bars and pens were on display for purchase throughout April. The bank also held a bake sale to supplement their fundraising efforts. Bank manager, Lynn Holland stated, “the tables were loaded with baked goods in the morning…many customers donated goodies. The employees baked for days and days. There was a lot of stuff there. We planned to hold the bake sale until 3 pm, but the support for the event was phenomenal. At 10:30 we had completely sold out.” The sale raised almost $500.
“The Children’s Hospital and the CIBC Run For the Cure are the two big fundraisers supported by CIBC and everybody really gets into it,” Holland went on. “The employees and customer have been wonderful. One would think they would get sick of continuously donating, but they don’t. People have been wonderful. We always seem to get more than we hope for.”
“$2000 to $2500 seems to be our mark we always come in around by the time the fundraising is over,” said Holland. Over $800 was raised at the rummage sale and the month isn’t over yet. “With so much local support, our CIBC is sure to meet their mark again.”
Helping hands
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Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Donation jars have been set up in the bank for approximately a month and Children’s Hospital bears, chocolate bars and pens were on display for purchase throughout April. The bank also held a bake sale... more
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MS walk
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Ken Carlson of Princeton talks with a fellow participant in the Super Cities Walk for MS Sunday along the Lakeshore Drive route. Carlson, who has MS, raised the most amount of money, over $15,000.
MS walk
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Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Ken Carlson of Princeton talks with a fellow participant in the Super Cities Walk for MS Sunday along the Lakeshore Drive route. Carlson, who has MS, raised the most amount of money, over $15,000.
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Recruiting
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Princeton formed a Doctor and Nurse Recruitment Committee. Then, secured two apartments for locum doctors. Princeton has been struggling to keep their community safe and healthy. DNRC is one more way Princeton is trying to stay sustainable. Residents also signed petitions to keep the local hospital open and went to the media for help. So far the hospital is still open as a result of these community efforts.
Recruiting
Date: Jan 4, 2010
Entry: Princeton formed a Doctor and Nurse Recruitment Committee. Then, secured two apartments for locum doctors. Princeton has been struggling to keep their community safe and healthy. DNRC is one more way... more
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