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The Similkameen
Volume 64 Issue 13
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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Princeton celebrates Earth Hour Lisa Carleton
lisa@similkameenspotlight.com
An Earth Hour party was held in Veterans Square on March 23. Hosted for the second year by the Princeton Exhibition Association (PXA) the party was a success, giving residents a chance to go out for some fun while conserving energy at home during Earth Hour. Kevin Chuley and Lydia Buhler manned the barbecued hot dogs provided by Cooper’s Foods. Princeton Home Hardware, The Source, Shoppers Drug Mart, Princeton Crisis Assistance and Everything Pets supplied prizes for the partygoers. A glow-in-the-dark parade with kids and adults dressed in brightly coloured clothing adorned with neon bracelets, fluorescent blinking headbands and reflective stickers marched through the square along to music provided by The Trubador, Mr. Allan Kovaltsenko. The children enjoyed an Easter candy hunt and those who entered the colouring contest each received a flashlight courtesy of Princeton Crisis Assistance. The PXA was given the opportunity to participate in the FortisBC Earth Hour Challenge for non-profit societies. The challenge was to get votes for an upgrade from residents when they made their Earth Hour pledge. Although the PXA did not win the contest, they are pleased with the excellent support they received from the community. According to a release from FortisBC, Participation in this year’s Earth Hour resulted in a 5.7 megawatt drop in electricity consumption, or the equivalent of switching off over 96,000 incandescent light bulbs. (60 Watt) Seventeen communities provided this drop in consumption—Princeton being one of them.
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Kids of all ages enjoyed the Princeton Earth Hour party held at Veterans Square on Saturday, March 23. Hot dogs courtesy of Cooper’s Foods along with a parade, Easter candy hunt and colouring contest were enjoyed during the energy saving hour.
Good news for literacy in B.C. VANCOUVER - The B.C. government is providing Decoda Literacy Solutions with a $1 million grant to support the organization’s literacy outreach programs in communities throughout British Columbia. Education Minister Don McRae made the announcement on Monday at a Decoda conference in Vancouver on literacy and essential skills in the B.C. labour market. The $1 million in funding brings total grant funding to Decoda to $2.5 million from the Ministry of Education in 2012-13. This includes $500,000 provided in September for the Raise-A-Reader campaign. The funds will be used to further support 102
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community literacy task groups in B.C. These community organizations make an important contribution to the development of individual and family literacy skills through the delivery and coordination of literacy programs. The services many of these groups provide include employment readiness programs and essential job skills training. Decoda Literacy Solutions is B.C.’s provincial literacy organization. In 2011, Literacy BC merged with the literacy department of 2010 Legacies Now to become Decoda Literacy Solutions. Decoda supports literacy and learning in communities throughout B.C.
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