Wedding bell blues

From my own experience as a print journalist, there are two kinds of people: those who love Royal weddings, and those who hate them. It’s hard to find a balance. Why are people so enthralled with the wedding of a young prince to an American actress (on the ‘C’ list)?

A lot of people like weddings. Whenever you attend a wedding, it’s a chance to relive the memories of falling in love, of being young, and having your whole life ahead of you. For those who are happily married, it’s a pleasant reminder.

People are excited because they feel as if they know Prince Harry. We watched him grow up before our eyes — a reality show without a cheeseball host.

I’m interested in the royal wedding, but not to the point where I will be up at 4 a.m. this morning. I’ll watch the highlight package.

Is the news media overkilling this story? Yes, but they usually do on every major story. When the mainstream media finds a big story, they keep at it. As a side thought, wouldn’t it be wild if Meghan didn’t show up this morning? Also in the news. From Richmond, Virginia, police there fatally shot and killed a nude man, who was unarmed. Err, why would they shoot him? If he wasn’t wearing any clothes, he was obviously unarmed. Did they mistake a part of his anatomy for a 22 caliber rifle?

It was nice to see our army in the Okanagan helping with the flooding situation. Welcome, we’re glad to see you.

I watched Game 3, from Las Vegas, of the Golden Knights/Jets series. The opening ceremonies with jousting knights, smoke and a castle would have made sense if you were on acid. Donny Hathaway was gone far too soon.

There was a huge police presence last weekend at the normally non-violent Penticton Farmers Market. I think we counted five in total, plus the superintendent, along with volunteers from Citizens on Patrol.

Hopefully they were also investigating the “financial irregularities” which occurred with the Downtown Penticton Association. There are still not charges on that file, 18 months later.

A happy 50th birthday to Ed Kennedy from The Penticton Herald and Kelowna Daily Courier. Ed celebrates his special milestone on Sunday.

I was sorry to learn of Margot Kidder’s passing on Mother’s Day. I had a chance to interview her one-on-one for about an hour back in 2011 when she spent time in Penticton helping her brother John Kidder, who was a Liberal candidate in the federal election.

She was a bit of a curmudgeon, but definitely had a sense of humour. She made it clear — no movie questions — that was then, this is now.

I remember seeing the second “Superman” movie which was shot, in part, in Niagara Falls, Ont. I watched the film in a packed movie house and remember a loud cheer from the audience when the establishing shot of the falls was shown.

Movies were always set in places like New York City, Paris, London, or San Francisco — not in Canada, at a landmark many of us had visited.

Among those to tweet condolences for Margot was MP Dan Albas, who defeated John in the election.

Margot has her place in pop culture history — she hosted Saturday Night Live and was on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

James Miller is valley editor for Okanagan Newspaper Group.