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Pictured above are students from Princeton Senior Secondary’s textile class. The students are showing off the aprons that they will auction off at their 2011 Fashion for the Fire fashion show on June 29.

Once again Otter Valley Fish and Game Club sponsored their annual derby on Pike Mountain.

A gathering at the Legion last Thursday night was a celebration of a Princeton first. Princeton took on a program led by RCMP Drugs and Organized Crime Awareness Coordinator Amelia Hayden of Kelowna and Sgt. Dave Clare of Princeton and turned it into a resounding success thanks to many dedicated individuals and organizations.

The Princeton museum has received a much needed complete renovation, and will celebrate its Grand Re-Opening on Friday July 1, 2011 in conjunction with Canada Day celebrations including singing, birthday cake, games, live stage performances and much more. The entire community is invited to join in the re-opening celebration and ribbon cutting ceremony at 11 am at 167 Vermilion Avenue, Princeton BC.

Princeton Parks, Recreation and Culture have teamed up with the Princeton Posse Tour Bus to offer a variety of fun adventureous trips that are great for families, kids and youth this summer.

An evening featuring talent and fundraising was held at the Legion on Thursday, June 2.

Murder and mayhem have been foremost in the minds of some of the students at Vermilion Forks School as of late. They have been studying the fine details of forensic science through a fun team project. Teachers Shar Anderson and Georgina Tarswell started off this section of the Grade 7 Science Studies with the basic steps of forensics and from there the kids have been able to come up with some interesting stories of criminal intrigue.

Grassroots takes on a whole new meaning under the leadership of Princeton Secondary School teacher Gordon Bibby. Bibby identified a small plot of land that needed some help and got busy.

The Princeton group of Canadian Mothers for the Kids of Japan had another successful event this past weekend with a charity garage sale. The local group was overwhelmed with the generosity of donations the people of Princeton contributed; this made the garage sale a HUGE success

Although Otter Valley Fish and Game Club Big Buck Awards event was not held as usual, all awards were presented.