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SEARCH CREWS LOCATE TEEN Kristi Patton

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The disabled Penticton teen who went missing for 24 hours got to spend Easter with his family after search crews found him Sunday morning.

RCMP said Evander Van de Sype, 15, essentially walked away from his home on Saturday afternoon. A ¿re storm of posts on social media followed as efforts were stepped up in the ground search for the teen.

“My baby is home and he has had an amazing night sleep. Thank you once again for the amazing support and love. Between the search and rescue, police and all the amazing people in our communities, what a great day it ended up being. Thank you, thank you, thank you,” the teen’s foster mom, Marlene McLauchlan, wrote on one Facebook group wall.

Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said the 15-year-old was found healthy and unharmed at about 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, following an overnight search effort by Penticton RCMP, Penticton Search and Rescue and community volunteers.

“It was actually a woman who lives in the area atop Ridgedale that hikes with her dog on a regular basis that decided to hike down there that morning. She spotted his blue shirt and worked her way down to him. She was on the other side of the creek but was able to keep him calm and get him to stay there. At that time the RCMP helicopter was Àying overhead and she was able to signal them,” said Cindy Smith, with Penticton Search and Rescue. “They would have never seen him without her assistance because he was tucked under a rock ledge.”

Smith said the search crews and dog team had concentrated their efforts that morning to the

same area.

“It was wonderful that the woman found him when she did. We would have come across him at some point, but who knows if he would have moved or if his condition deteriorated. It was fantastic that she found him,” said Smith.

Van de Sype was reported missing on Saturday around 2:30 p.m. and was last seen in the Wellington Street area of his home. Search and rescue crews scoured Penticton until 2 a.m. on Sunday then resumed the search at 6:30 a.m.

Smith said search and rescue volunteers were not aware how the teen managed to get down into Penticton Creek canyon because of the challenges in communication with the teen.

“It’s wilderness trails and it is very steep. Getting back out, search and rescue had to clear some trails and help him up. They piggy-backed him up a lot of the way. They had to clear the trails

because to go around would have taken a couple of hours and clearing was more of a direct access to the CrowÀats area where the ambulance was waiting,” said Smith.

Cpl. Moskaluk said even though Van de Sype was outside all night, he is “healthy.”

RCMP said the teen has Down syndrome. He does not communicate verbally, is deaf and mute and uses sign language. “(Saturday) afternoon local media assisted in disseminating the information, Penticton search and rescue was activated (Saturday) afternoon and the police dog service team. The search carried on throughout the night with door-to-door canvassing and a rural, urban-type ground search was conducted along with air services (Sunday) morning,” said Moskaluk.

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Penticton exchange opens new world to student Joe Fries Western News Staff

Even more important than the language skills Turkish exchange student Melike Korur has gained since arriving in Penticton last August is a newfound sense of self-suf¿ciency.

“I have a servant in my house (in Turkey), so

I’ve never done my own... housework.” the 16-yearold said with a laugh Monday as she shared highlights of her eightmonth stay through the Rotary Youth Exchange program. Her odyssey here ends in July.

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“Sometimes I miss the city life,” Korur said, “but I feel safer in Penticton.”

She also misses her family, which includes a teenaged brother and insurance-broker parents, plus her country’s food, about which she has educated some of her local hosts.

“In her opinion, most of the Greek food we have is actually Turkish food, and we don’t know what we’re talking about,” said Sandra Krauer, who acts as the teen’s Rotary-appointed counsellor. “And I think she’s probably right.”

The local realtor helped the girl set up a bank account, select school courses and get acquainted with local Rotarians and host families. Although Krauer had previously counselled six other female exchange students, she was unsure where to begin with Korur, because she knew only to prepare for a Turkish Muslim, a group not well-represented in this region.

“I wasn’t sure what to expect,” Krauer related, but her ward has proven to be “a very, very modern Muslim child.”

Korur, who now speaks four languages and aspires to be a

judge in her professional life, is also keenly interested in political affairs in her home country, a trait she says is common to most Turks who closely follow the happenings around them there and elsewhere in the Middle East.

At the moment, she’s keeping a close eye on tensions in Syria, where the government has put a bloody clamp-down on a 13-month civil uprising of people opposed to its rule. Some refugees have taken shelter in Turkey, into which the violence spilled over this week.

While she doesn’t fear for her home and family, which are far removed from the hostilities, “It’s my country,” Korur said.

“It’s just sad.”

She will keep a wary eye on the situation this week as she moves on to her third of three Penticton host families.

Krauer, who had the girl at her home for short stretches between families, said she’d love to see more such people step forward here as hosts, especially those with teenagers of their own.

“It’s been delightful,” Krauer said.

Local Rotary clubs are currently hosting one other exchange student, a boy from Brazil, while three Penticton teens are abroad through the exchange program.

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TURKEY NATIVE Melike Korur, 16, proudly shows off a button that bears a likeness of her country’s flag. Korur has decorated the jacket during her time as one of two Rotary youth exchange students living in Penticton.

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National park continues to create ripples Mark Brett

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Two area politicians are backing B.C. Environment Minister Terry Lake’s decision not to endorse a national park in the South Okanagan Similkameen at this time.

The comments from LIberal MLA John Slater (Boundary-Similkameen) and Area B (Cawston) director George Bush of the Regional District Okanagan Similkameen came on the heels of a series public pro-park meetings in the region.

Those sessions were organized through the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and the South Okanagan-Similkameen National Park Network.

Slater was particularly upset with the economic-bene¿t ¿gures given out at the meetings by CPAWS spokesperson Chloe O’Loughlin.

“I mean these numbers are all askew, they just don’t add up and I think that’s part of the problem, the numbers that are being thrown out there right now by CPAWS and other proponents just don’t make any sense,” said Slater, who agreed all the correct information should be made public before a ¿nal decision is made.

“You could have a referendum with all the people in the Okanagan who are affected, but before you have that referendum you want to have all the facts, not all this hearsay and innuendo we’ve been getting for the last nine years.”

In her defence, O’Loughlin pointed out her numbers were based on the details taken from the seven current national parks in B.C. and not the cur-

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A CANADIAN HELICOPTER flies over the Similkameen River, not far from the region where a national park was being considered. While the project has been stalled by the federal and provincial governments, there are still ongoing information sessions taking place.

rent concept.

“In every community forum I made it clear these numbers were an average and would not be the numbers that necessarily represent this park and they’re not the numbers that would be relevant until much later in the process,” she said.

“So Slater is right, but the numbers may be high, they may be low, but even if they are 90 per cent wrong, they are millions of dollars better than what you currently have. You have no visitor spending with what you have right now. “

She, like everyone else, believes the details of the joint federal-provincial feasibility study done over an eight-year period starting in 2002 must be made public.

CPAWS is urging B.C. to re-engage in the park process to bring the matter to a conclusion.

The province withdrew its support for the park which has been nearly a decade in the making in December of last year. A short time later Parks Canada announced it would not proceed publicly with the plan.

B.C.’s support is necessary for a

national park.

Meanwhile, in an open letter to the B.C. environment minister, the RDOS director for Cawston said it was during his campaign for of¿ce last year he realized just how opposed to the park residents were.

“It turned out that about 90 per cent of the locals did not want a park, and the few that did only wanted it because they didn’t want to see the land chopped up for residential lots,” he wrote. “I have attended all of Chloe O’Loughlin’s speeches on bene¿ts of the national park and she

states that only 21 per cent in our area ‘strongly’ oppose the park. This could be somewhat true, but she fails to say that the other 75 per cent are opposed to the park.”

In an interview Tuesday, Bush pointed out he campaigned against taking property out of the Agricultural Land Reserve for the proposed park, and believes those who elected him felt the same.

“I think we should be adding to it (ALR), not taking away from it,” he said. “In the big picture, I don’t understand why we would be spending millions or hundreds of millions of dollars to take away our food-producing land. It just doesn’t add up for me.

“All we would be doing is taking away from agriculture and giving it to tourism.”

According to RDOS chairman Dan Ashton, the board currently does not have a formal position, however, there will be a notice of motion coming forward at the April 19 meeting.

“I hope everybody (RDOS directors) votes to continue the process to make sure all of the outstanding issues are completed and the First Nations voice will be heard and the ranchers will be able to have formal discussions and the voices of the elected of¿cials, tourism and businesses will be heard,” said O’Loughlin. “I would hope the RDOS would provide that leadership. It’s just unfortunate the province didn’t have the courage to make that decision to move forward.”

For his part, Slater questioned why the entire process has taken so long with so little progress to show for it.

Photographing naked woman brings probation Western News Staff

A Penticton man who took a picture of a woman in the Penticton Community Centre change room has pled guilty to mischief.

Stephen Lechinsky, 41, was sentenced to a conditional discharge with three years probation in a joint submission by Crown and the defence at the Penticton courthouse on Tuesday. A charge of secretly observe/record nudity in private place was stayed.

Judge Meg Shaw said that on Nov. 27, 2011 Lechinsky was in the family change room area at the Penticton Community Centre pool, just adjacent to the women’s change room. A wom-

an, who was with her young son, observed a Àash while she was naked and saw a blue camera from the change area. Lechinsky was identi¿ed as the person operating the camera.

“Mr. Lechinsky gave a statement to police admitting he used both a dental mirror and a camera to observe the woman naked and take a photo,” said Shaw during her sentencing.

Since the incident, Shaw said Lechinsky has sought counselling, admitting he has an addiction to adult pornography. Defence council Tyrone Duerr told the court in his submission the apology letter Lechinsky wrote to the victim is one of the “most heartfelt and genuine apology letters” he has ever read. The letter was given

to victim services to pass onto the woman, who was not at the sentencing.

“I would like to apologize to her. Never have I thought in a hundred, thousand, million years I would be in situation like this,” said Lechinsky, who has no prior criminal record.

Judge Shaw imposed conditions on Lechinsky that include no contact with the victim or her children, who were not known to the man at the time of the incident, not to attend or be within 10 metres of the Penticton Community Centre, not to attend at any public swimming pool or any change areas to which the public has access.

Shaw also said Lechinsky must seek coun-

selling as directed by his probation of¿cer for pornography speci¿cally and not be in possession of any cameras or video recording equipment outside of his residence. Lechinsky was also ordered to advise any partner he enters into a relationship with about his charges, the basic circumstances and his sentence while on his three-year probation. This must be con¿rmed by his probation of¿cer that the partner was advised.

“This is about the safety of individuals until Mr. Lechinsky gets the appropriate time passed to get his addiction under control,” said Shaw, adding she believes he is taking the right steps towards dealing with his addiction.

Service being held Saturday for missing Penticton man Western News Staff

A public memorial service is taking place on Saturday for missing Penticton man Albert Chretien.

“This April 14, my husband and I would much rather be going to a homecoming party for Albert Chretien than his memorial service,” said Hannah Hyland. “We miss our neighbour/friend. Very reluctantly, several months ago we had to accept that he could not have survived, nor be found.”

An intensive search of the rugged northern Nevada region where the Penticton man was last seen alive was called off. Nearly 200 people went out last May, along with the Elko County Sheriff’s Department, but the search yielded no results and the dif¿cult decision was made to call it off after exhausting all leads.

Efforts to ¿nd Chretien, 59, were concentrated in the area of a remote forest service road near the Nevada and Idaho border af-

ter his wife, Rita Chretien, was found alive in the couple’s van seven weeks after they had been reported missing. She survived on trail-mix, melted snow and her faith.

Her husband left on foot to go seek help when their van became stuck after they took a wrong turn while on their way to Las Vegas for a business convention.

As of last May, an estimated 300 square Chretien miles of territory had been scoured from the air and ground in the search for Albert. Volunteers also devoted over 1,500 man hours.

“This memorial service will be comforting as family, friends, acquaintances and even strangers of the Chretiens come to show that we care. We do care,” said Hyland. “Who did not care when we learned about their disappearance, were sad when it appeared

they had both perished, stunned but overjoyed weeks later, when Rita was found alive. Amazed that Rita could survive such odds, hopeful that even something of Albert were found to give some closure. Who has not wondered how Rita and the family and close friends are handling losing Albert?”

Hyland said the Bethel Church, which has the largest seating capacity, will host the service, making it possible for many people to attend. Extra seating in the sanctuary and other parts of the building with audio and visual streams are being set up. Parking arrangements have been made so lots nearby in the library, Pen High, the Penticton Christian School on Edmonton Avenue and the Presbyterian Church on Preston Street can be utilized. A shuttle service to and from the Bethel Church will also be provided.

The memorial service will take place on April 14 at the Bethel Church starting at 1 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

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With a new policing contract less than a month old, municipalities across B.C. say that they have been blindsided by RCMP pay increases implemented by the federal government.

“It caught all of us off guard. I ¿rst heard about it when Diane Watt, the mayor of Surrey, brought it to everyone’s attention,” said Penticton Mayor Dan Ashton.

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palities to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews expressing “our complete shock and surprise” over the undisclosed pay lifts, which he warned will create “signi¿cant backlash” from councils and taxpayers.

Fassbender, the UBCM rep in the recent contract talks, said cities don’t yet know how much more money — if any — they will have to carve out of their budgets to fund the higher RCMP payroll.

While he was surprised by the announcement, Ashton said he doesn’t expect it to have a major effect on the city’s budget for this year, which already includes a scheduled increase.

“It has been already put into the budget process for this year and then any increases, we just have to make arrangements,” said Ashton. “The inspector (Brad Haugli) and the people around him have been doing a good job to keep a handle on costs.”

Ashton also said he is reassured that B.C. Justice Minister Shirley Bond has already started questioning the increases.

Bond is seeking more details, but said she has already been assured by Ottawa that administrative savings totalling $195 million will partly Àow to cities and could entirely offset the pay raises, and possibly even lower their costs.

“I am deeply concerned about any potential impacts on our municipalities and that this information came as a surprise,” she said.

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“We are all working together. There isn’t one governing body in Canada that doesn’t realize there is just one taxpayer,” he said. “By working together, federal, provincial, municipal/ regional, we only have one place to draw the resources from. And that is the taxpayer.”

The new 20-year agreement, signed by the province on March 21, also put an end to its threat to replace the Mounties with a provincial police force. While municipalities can still opt out of the agreement in favour of municipal policing, Ashton said that isn’t likely to happen in Penticton.

Switching to a municipal police force has been discussed at council, but according to Ashton has never been an active possibility, with concerns over costs and communication between jurisdictions.

“It means higher labour loads, because there is more members in the cars. Is it moneysaving? I don’t think so,” said Ashton, who suggests that if a switch were made away from the RCMP, it should take place at the provincial level, as Ontario has done with their provincial police.

“That reduces the number of jurisdictional issues that have to be dealt with. So, if it is like the OPP, then if it was to be discussed, it should be discussed at the provincial level,” he said.

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Unfortunately, that’s exactly the paradox many seniors face as they age.

Just as a signi¿cant and growing portion of our population’s need for help and support increases, so does their dif¿culty in getting it.

It’s hardly a new issue — seniors and seniors’ advocates have related the problem for years.

Nonetheless, the problem persists. And it’s worsening, particularly with the ¿rst wave of baby boomers already into of¿cial seniorhood.

Whatever efforts have been made at the local, provincial and federal levels to address the conundrum, seniors remain more or less unable to access help when it’s needed.

And by then, the original issue is more often than not further exacerbated by the delay caused in the attempt to navigate the labyrinth toward accessing help.

What’s to be done? First and foremost, every community needs to invest in seniors’ advocacy.

That investment might be through ¿nancial assistance or simply providing space and resources to assist existing advocates — the South Okanagan has several spread through different volunteer and non-pro¿t organizations — in co-ordinating and unifying their efforts.

Once that’s accomplished, the availability of that co-ordinated resource — aimed primarily at directing people in the right direction, if they can’t solve the issue then and there — must be made widely known throughout the community.

The help is usually already available at some level of the system, people just need someone to direct the traf¿c.

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Political spotlight falls on Cummins The information age might have sped up B.C. voters’ mood swings, but the basic dynamic hasn’t changed since the days of Social Credit.

When familiarity breeds contempt, people vote to reject the familiar and see what happens. Or as one radio talk-show caller summed up his decision to climb on board the B.C. Conservative bandwagon, he knows two things about leader John Cummins: “He’s not Adrian Dix and he’s not Christy Clark.”

It’s been more 21 years since Gordon Wilson reshaped B.C. politics and launched the modern-day B.C. Liberal Party with a single quip in a leaders’ debate between a bickering Rita Johnston and Mike Harcourt.

Cummins has about a year to show he’s earned his rising poll numbers, and to refute the conventional wisdom that he’s the best friend the NDP has had since Wilson put them in power and later joined them.

So let’s get to know Cummins a bit better. He’s 70, and has an 18-year record as a Reform-Alliance-Conservative MP. His Ottawa days are mainly remembered for battling treaties and Aboriginal-only ¿sheries, and for being the ¿rst Reform

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B.C. Views MP to reverse himself and take the MP pension. That pension pays him about $100,000 a year as he tries to build a second political career in B.C. Another legacy of Cummins’ federal record is his support for the harmonized sales tax. As he hastens to clarify, he supported Conservative legislation to enter into HST deals with any province, which Ontario and B.C. subsequently did.

Cummins said B.C. could have brought in the HST at a lower rate to reÀect its broader reach, as Atlantic provinces did. But they tried to make it a “tax grab” and now they’ve “poisoned the well” for many years.

“We’re going to have to pay the price I guess, in the sense that where it has been introduced, it has been shown to have grown business,” Cummins said. “Think tanks on both the left and the right have come to that conclusion.”

To me this beats the NDP’s crude coffee-shop populism that simply ignores HST bene¿ts for small business and the poor.

Speaking of crude, Cummins further distinguishes himself from the B.C. Liberals by endorsing the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline to Kitimat. He applauds the federal government for moving to place limits on submissions to federal environment hearings, citing the thousands of Internet sign-ups that have clogged the Northern Gateway hearings.

His record on aboriginal issues suggests he has little sympathy for territorial objections from First Nations, those with treaties or those without.

The April 19 byelections in Port Moody-Coquitlam and Chilliwack-Hope offer a chance for the B.C. Conservatives to present policy alternatives. So far they’re against gas taxes, especially the carbon tax, against

a second Metro Vancouver garbage incinerator, and in favour of ¿xing the “catch and release” justice system. These are the slogans that stand in for actual policies needed to govern.

Cummins will be going door to door in the byelections, especially in Chilliwack-Hope, where he believes his upstart party has a real shot at winning.

He offers a telling anecdote about the last time he was doorknocking in Port Moody, the premier’s former hometown.

The B.C. Liberals have suggested the B.C. Conservatives chose Christine Clarke as their candidate to capitalize on the premier’s name recognition.

That wasn’t what Cummins and his previously unknown candidate found when they ¿rst started campaigning.

“She’d say hi, my name is Christine Clarke, and the doors would close rather quickly,” Cummins said. Now she identi¿es herself as the B.C. Conservative candidate, then gives her name.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews. com. tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Campaign aims to raise awareness of hunger In a country as afÀuent as Canada, hunger is unacceptable. Yet, close to 900,000 Canadians will visit a food bank for assistance this month alone. Of those, 38 per cent will be children or youth. Hunger is often a hidden issue, and we are working to change that fact with Hunger Awareness Week, which we’ve expanded from previous years’ Hunger Awareness Day. One day is simply no longer suf¿cient to call Canada to action on this pressing issue. In Penticton and the surrounding area the rise in need is represented by an increase of 800 individuals in 2011 needing assis-

tance from The Salvation Army Community Food Bank. More than 40 new individuals were assisted this past month alone.

On average, over 1,000 people per month ¿nd it necessary to access our food bank services.

During Hunger Awareness Week, May 7-11, we encourage Canadians to Give it Up for Hunger.

Give It Up — Challenge yourself to give up your lunches or a food staple for the week.

Give a Shout — Share your experience by going online to show your support via Facebook, Twitter or blogging, or wear a Hunger Awareness Week sticker.

Taxpayers footing the bill

I ¿nd it hard to understand why Jack Kler received approximately $250,000 for doing nothing. I guess it pays to get ¿red.

Teachers are hard done by because they are not paid enough. The facts are that a teacher with no experience and a minimum of training receives over $47,000, and the top of the pay scale is around $75,000. They receive pensions, a medical plan, a dental plan, sick leave with pay and lots of holidays. How much is enough?

What about all the other unions clamoring for salary increases?

I have no love for the government, especially since both parties voted themselves a raise. I am told that Gordon Campbell received a 48 per cent increase. He probably quali¿es for a severance package and a pension, not to mention a pretty good patronage appointment. It does not get better than that.

The problem is that the government is not the real opponent. It is the taxpayer who picks up the tab. He pays the bill with money he does not have.

It goes on the debt to be paid with interest at a later date.

Is it possible that we are too tolerant of everybody’s greed at our expense?

Gerry Lepine Summerland

Join the fight against cancer

We’ve all been touched by cancer.

In fact, two in ¿ve Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime and one in four will die.

We are encouraging all local residents to show their support for those affected by cancer, and to remember those lost, by wearing a daffodil pin.

What better way to declare our part in this ¿ght than to wear the pin on our lapels.

On Daffodil Day, April 27, the Canadian Cancer Society is encouraging people to mark that day by doing something special for someone living with cancer or to contribute in some way to ¿ght against the disease.

Give It Out — Donate food, funds or your time to your local food bank.

Empty brown paper lunch bags with the Hunger Awareness logo will be available at key locations throughout Penticton. Individuals are encouraged to ¿ll the bag with healthy food items for The Salvation Army Community Food Bank.

Together, we can work to raise awareness of the solvable issue of hunger and ¿nd solutions to reduce hunger in communities across Canada.

By learning about hunger and experiencing it personally, we can all change the way we think about hunger and activate the changes needed

to reduce it.

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one to take part. Visit www.hungerawareness.

Scouting out information

Does anyone out there have any Scout books. I have a 1959 Queen Scout uniform with over 30 badges that I’d love to identify. Last worn heading to Victoria for tea with Queen Elizabeth.

If anyone has some info, I can be reached at 250-492-6028.

Bob Richards Penticton

We want to hear from you The Penticton Western News welcomes letters to the editor for publication. We suggest a maximum length of 400 words and reserve the right to edit letters for length, brevity, clarity, legality, abusive language, accuracy and good taste. All published letters remain the property of the Penticton Western News, which is the sole judge of suitability for publication. Letters must include the writer’s address and daytime phone number, which will not be published. Letters should be signed with the writer’s full name and be sent by e-mail to letters@ pentictonwesternnews. com; mailed to the Penticton Western News, 2250 Camrose St., Penticton, B.C., V2A 8R1; or faxed to 250-492-9843.

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THE SOUTH OKANAGAN SIMILKAMEEN MEDICAL FOUNDATION Raises funds for the medical facilities throughout the region, including the Penticton Regional Hospital, Moog & Friends Hospice House, Trinity Centre, Summerland Health Centre and Extended Care, Princeton General Hospital and Ridgewood Lodge, South Similkameen Health Centre and Orchard Haven in Keremeos, South Okanagan General Hospital and Sunnybank Centre in Oliver.

Mr. Robert A. (Bob) Lougheed is presenting Janice Perrino, Executive Director of the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation with a cheque for $25,000. These funds will be used to help purchase a new colonoscope for the Endoscopy department. Colonoscopes help detect cancers of the colon. When asked why Mr. Lougheed made this gift he explained, “I feel very fortunate that I have been lucky enough in life that I can help a little and I want to encourage everyone who can to do the same”. In the past, Bob & Millie Lougheed have given $36,900 to the Penticton Regional Hospital. With this gift, the families total contribution is $61,900. On behalf of the board of directors, the medical staff and all of the patients and their families, thank you to the Lougheed family for their incredible support and thoughtfulness.

We want people who have been affected by cancer to know that they are not alone.

During the month of April, the society’s army of canvassers will be knocking on doors seeking donations.

Each time they knock on a door, they are bringing a message of hope, that one day no Canadian will fear cancer.

Help the society help those affected by cancer by giving generously when we come calling.

Jean Corrie Penticton Unit - Canadian Cancer Society

ca for more information.

Cathy Dimopoulos, president and Velma Weeks, Vice President both of the Hellenic Community presented the Medical Foundation with a donation of $500 for the SunFM Radiothon for the Pediatric/Nursery/Maternity department at Penticton Regional Hospital. This donation was raised from the Greek Orthodox Church’s annual bake sale. Thank you to everyone who participated.

Pamela Hanson, along with Cabrini Babakiaff donated $8,436.64 to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation from, “We’re Here for a Good Time Dance and Fundraiser” held on March 16th. These funds raised will help purchase a ceiling lift for the Rehab department at Penticton Regional Hospital. Thank you to everyone who helped to make this event a huge success.

We would like to thank all the individuals, service organizations and business groups for their dedication and thoughtfulness by making donations to the South Okanagan Similkameen Medical Foundation.

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Preference should be given to local vendors There are three kinds of monies in Penticton: There is recirculated money which is the base of most business in town. It comes from the people that work or live here and spend their money where they work and live.

Then there is the inÀux of new money. This comes from businesses that depend on out-of-trading area markets to buy their product. They introduce new money to our town when they use that money to provide services and labour for that business plus their living costs. This valuable new money is also brought to town by federal and provincial government jobs and retirees that move here.

The third kind of money siphons cash out of our town and takes it to other areas where it provides new money to operate out-of-town operations and living costs wherever they come from.

The issue of the farmers’ markets has come to a head be-

Campbell has gas

In a recent letter to the editor, Brian Hughes suggests that regional governments should “stop whining and actually do something about the problem” of methane gas at the Campbell Mountain land¿ll site.

I would like to direct your readers to the updated RDOS Solid Waste Management Plan. The plan was created through extensive public consultation, including a volunteer public advisory committee made up of local residents and businesses. It provides a series of strategies to manage waste, recycling and organic materials.

As always, it is important to be ¿scally responsible, so the plan includes the projected costs as well as the greenhouse gas reduction potential of all major programs. The RDOS board adopted the new Solid Waste Management Plan in 2011.

The plan calls for the collection of all food waste from homes and businesses in the RDOS. This includes providing green bins to residential homes. This multi-million dollar commitment, made by the RDOS, will significantly reduce waste going to local land¿lls and prolong the life of these facilities.

The RDOS has invested in studies to determine the viability of generating power from methane generated at Campbell Mountain land¿ll. Due to our dry climate, lack of water and land¿ll design, green power is not an option. The latest provincial requirement at the Campbell Mountain land¿ll will result in a small intermittent Àare to burn off gases at a huge cost to local taxpayers.

We believe we have a better solution.

Ongoing research has shown that thick layers of compost can naturally break down methane released from land¿lls; in some cases more effectively than land¿ll gas Àaring. A compost layer has the potential to be a cost-effective way to destroy methane as well as beautify the land¿ll with rich vegetation.

Rather than spending millions on a land¿ll gas strategy, I believe the RDOS would be better served by using the funds to help develop food waste collection and other components of our Solid Waste Management Plan.

This would be a much more cost effective and environmentally sustainable use of those local funds.

I look forward to continuing this discussion and to implementing these and other environmental initiatives.

Gary Litke, chair RDOS Environment and Infrastructure Committee

Responses don’t make the grade

Let me open by saying this is the last I will write on the subject. Responding letters from Nancy Carlson and Kevin Epp fail terribly to grasp the points in the message. I’ll do my best to quickly bring you up to speed.

Ms. Carlson: Your statement that I implied about “sneaky teachers” hiding assessment data and that most teachers you know send emails,

cause apparently they have shut out many local farmers whilst giving preference to out-of-town producers.

While it is true, as Julius Bloom¿eld says, the markets bring about 5,000 people downtown, can this same affect not be produced by local farmers? One has to consider that the cash the farmers make at the present farmers’ market leaves town with them and probably affects the hiring of local people in our local area markets which has a cascading effect on our economy.

Yet the prices farmers charge are as much or more than what can be had locally, and from my own experience, too often no fresher in appearance or taste, plus they operate without the overhead of a retail operation which should be taken into account by city council.

Council should also differentiate from the Penticton Downtown Association markets which use many local producers and businesses in their adjacent market and we increasingly see

printouts directly to the parents. That was never argued by me.

My argument is that you, the teachers, do not want to have broad-scale assessments run independently of your markings to show the results that teachers, schools, school districts are making with students at the Grade 4 and 7 level (I believe those to be correct, if not I stand corrected). Irregardless, are you saying in that statement that because you are a teacher you should be excluded from having your work assessed in that manner? Multi-billion-dollar companies bring in outside consultants (as one example) to ¿x, re¿ne, grow, steer, evaluate their operations.

As I stated, and will again, as taxpayers that ultimately pay your salary, assessing how schools are bringing along students at those levels is a good thing. Or should we just wait until they are 14, hitting puberty, having peer pressure and then tell them that they don’t measure up?

Both you and Mr. Epp miss the mark on this.

My ¿ve business professionals? I said pick ¿ve, not my ¿ve. Perhaps we should assess your reading level, as now twice you have clearly missed what I wrote.

Lastly, you write that schools are at the mercy of not being able to “sell more widgets”.

Almost 20 years ago I took a job as a district manager for a chain of stores that had gone into bankruptcy protection the year prior. With that, all of our service contracts were gone. It was so bad that I used to go to Costco to buy eight-foot Àorescent light bulbs by the dozens and carry them in the car with me. In stores, there I was on a ladder, in a suit, doing what it took to make stores go.

Did I enjoy that part? Not really, but it’s what it took. And if I didn’t like it, I had every opportunity to work elsewhere. Bottom line is I made the choice to be there and work through what was in front of me. There was no union to protect me, no resources to make it better at that time and I sure as hell didn’t get three months holidays. No, we went on call overnights for two weeks at a time in which we were responsible for any after-hours problems for the province. These problems ranged from pipes bursting, cash registers jamming, rocks being thrown through windows and up to and including physical assaults and murder. We got one day off with pay for each two-week shift we did.

Let’s bring this back to what it was: me challenging Kevin Epp that these exams do have a place — and they do. Teachers are not above being graded.

Kelly David Penticton

Taxpayers getting soaked

Regarding the water deal with the RDOS. If I understand, the City of Penticton will supply treated water to the West Bench for an upfront payment of $3.6 million funded from grants by the B.C. government (taxpayers) and then will be charged 22 cents per cubic metre. The cost of this water to Penticton taxpayers is 39 cents per cubic metre.

more local farm producers in this market as well as local artisans.

There should be a difference in business licensing costs between the two markets and it should be varied on what percentage of the market is based on local producers.

This could be done each fall based on last year’s stats which would show where the majority of vendors come from.

Times are tough. Local producers are struggling. Whether it is a local lady selling handicrafts or a local business or farming producers, they should be given ¿rst dibs and discounted rates at our open air markets. And it should also be reÀected in the licensing costs.

After all, what is the alternative? In business you compete or get out of town.

Elvena Slump Penticton

You can rest assured the up-front payment will go towards another hair-brained scheme such as the Hilton hockey players motel on Eckhardt. The taxpayers of Penticton will then ante up the additional 17 cents per cubic metre of water sent to the West Bench for the next 25 years.

Taking money from one source and then paying it back from another sounds like a ponsi scheme to me.

We may be part of an aging population but we are not all senile.

T. Howson Penticton

Liberals heading for iceberg

Is there a danger that the seemingly unsinkable Liberal Titanic may, in fact, do just that?

What has happened since 2001 to make this a possibility? Is there an “iceberg” in the Liberal future?

Let’s reÀect a little. Campbell and the Liberals came to the fore in 2001 with sweeping promises: income tax cuts, both personal and corporate; deregulation (reduction of government’s role to allow more freedom in business); sale of government assets, such as the Fast Cats; reduction in spending (which led to reduction of services in some areas); passing legislation making teachers an essential service; lifting of a six-year fee freeze on post-secondary education; environmental policy reversal; Aboriginal treaty reversal; drew up new health policy, however, put several caveats in the policy; introduction of new impaired driving laws; increased minimum wage to $8 an hour; and of course, the orchestration of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Who could overlook that accomplishment? You can see the formation of the tip of an “iceberg,” can’t you?

In 2005,Campbell’s second term as premier added more to the iceberg. Up to now, just a small tip was showing. The economy grew, unemployment fell sharply and Campbell started to look “good”. Whoa, there. Teachers’ actions did not die irrespective of being deemed an essential service. In 2008, we saw the development of the Climate Action Plan for dealing with greenhouse gases, etc. First Nations treaties and discussion of same were revisited. A little progress was made but not without some unresolved issues.

Campbell term number three came upon us.

Can you remember that far back in 2009? It brought many revelations: B.C Rail sale scandal; the so-called bene¿t to B.C taxpayers of the HST; and ultimately, Campbell’s resignation.

He’s gone on to bigger and better things.

Enter the Liberal scene, one Christie Clark brandishing a penchant for the slogan: “Families First”. Which families are these? How have they really bene¿tted? Are we there yet for all of these family ¿rst promises? Child poverty in this province says otherwise.

Has there been the plethora of jobs to stimulate the economy such that average families will see bene¿ts? What about the “repealed HST tax” that is still in effect? Is this still bene¿tting families? Another bump in minimum wage? Big whoop. Too little, too late.

Has there been a reality check on MLA wages and bene¿ts; upper echelon Crown corporation executive wages and bene¿ts, et al? I think we all know the answers to those questions, don’t we?

The iceberg seems to be getting bigger by the day. The B.C. Rail scandal is still evident; the Fast Cat sale is still in many people’s minds; the Families First manifesto has somewhat fallen by the wayside; the promised massive job creation and economic boom hasn’t happened; the HST is still here; dedicated Liberals may be deserting a somewhat sinking ship, a la John Van Dongen; and the NDP and Conservatives appear to have some new life and are adding to the submerged part of the “iceberg” so as to make it more pronounced and much larger with more to see.

I guess the real question is: Is the iceberg getting big enough to sink this so-called Liberal juggernaut? I guess time will tell.

Ron Barillaro Penticton

Park being trashed

There was a sports meeting at Kings Park on a recent Saturday; some activity took place there on Sunday also.

When I walked from my house nearby to mail a letter on Monday morning I had to walk through fast food containers, styrofoam cups and plates, even a plastic grocery bag full of garbage strewn along Moosejaw on the grass verge alongside Kings Park.

People competing in and watching these sports must have come in cars. It would have been civic minded of these sports people to take their garbage home with them if they could not ¿nd a garbage can.

Are there no garbage cans in the park?

Maybe a garbage can should be put on this grass verge also to prevent this unsightly mess happening again.

Pamela Campion Penticton

Vandalism sparks concerns

Recent acts of vandalism along the south end of Winnipeg Street give reason for some concern. These are random acts by sick minds that make us very nervous and feeling insecure to live in this city.

Within the last two years, the bus stop shelter glass panels were smashed twice and the aluminum picket fence along 849 Winnipeg St. has been damaged several times over the same period.

Recently, Dr. Prabhu’s picture window at his of¿ce at 847 Winnipeg St. received an airgun shot in the centre that put a hole in the outer pane. The newly installed wooden fence at 711 Winnipeg St. was severely damaged.

Perhaps some cameras installed at strategic locations on a temporary bases could catch these criminals, although I hate to be subjected to being monitored. Better yet, we all keep our eyes and ears open to detect aberrant behaviour and report it.

Rolf Loth Penticton

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MALIBU KNIGHTS frontman Dan Harden and bassist Dean Irving at the Rock The Peach battle of the bands held at the Barking Parrot on Friday. Below, Dan Bouchard of The Daybeats wails on his guitar while on his knees.

Malibu Knights knocks out competition Kristi Patton

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What do three guys who build playgrounds do on the side? Make music, of course.

“On the side we work as much as we can building playgrounds when we aren’t making music,” said Malibu Knights drummer Rod Anderson, who grew up in Okanagan Falls. “It is kind of funny. There have been times last year we were on tour, then in between a few shows we stopped in Calgary and built two playgrounds.”

The Malibu Knights, who are based out of Kelowna, have a classic rock sound that won over the judges at the Rock The Peach battle of the bands ¿nals held at the Barking Parrot in Penticton on Friday. This earned them a spot on the opening night lineup of the inaugural Rock The Peach three-day music festival being held at King’s Park July 27 to 29.

The band beat out Penticton/Summerland band The Daybeats, who brought a dance party with them to the Barking Parrot, and Kelowna alternative rock band The Flu, who also had an energetic 30-minute set. Malibu Knights formed in 2008, and the drummer describes their sound as a “groovy, 70s rock feel” with a slice of alternative rock.

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Following Malibu Knights on stage at Rock The Peach will be The Steadies, Treble Charger and Collective Soul.

“I grew up in Okanagan Falls and to be able to play in my hometown area and opening for such bands as Collective Soul and Treble Charger would mean very much to us. I would love to be able to play a big show in the place I grew up in. It would be icing on the cake for me personally,” said Anderson.

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Parks society AGM looks at area’s ecological reserves Mark Brett

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PICTURED IS A section of Big White Ecological Reserve Rim and Bowl. It is one of 14 reserves in the Okanagan Valley. The protected areas will be the topic of discussion at the upcoming meeting of the Okanagan Similkameen Parks Society.

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— Mike Meheriuk

by experts as part of the forum on Friday at Summerland’s Centre Stage Theatre.

For nearly a half century the volunteer agency has worked to convince all government levels of the importance to preserve the ecologically diverse Àora and fauna of this region.

“What we hope to do at the meeting is we’re going to acquaint the people with the ecological reserves we have in the immediate area,” said society director Mike Meheriuk, who has been a member of the organization for about 15 years. “Our mandate is to establish new parks where possible in the Okanagan Similkameen areas.

“Most assuredly it is important for the public to get involved because it’s these volunteers who do accomplish a lot and without whose efforts these areas wouldn’t exist at all.”

Special guest speaker Keith Baric, the head of the Ministry of Environment Okanagan planning division, will be joined by local reserve wardens Eva Durance, Laurie Rockwell and Don Guild at the meeting.

Baric is scheduled to provide an overview on the 14 ecological reserves in the Okanagan, four of which are in the southern section: Mahoney Lake, Trout Creek, Haynes and Big White Mountain.

Ecological reserves have been established throughout the province as a means to protect and preserve ecosystems for scienti¿c research, public education and enjoyment.

“These people (speakers), they are the ones who have the expertise as to what exists in each of the ecological reserves and they can tell people who want to visit them just what to expect and to look for,” said the director.

“Also, sometimes these places are in outof-the-way places so it’s not unusual that people don’t even know they exist and this is a means of letting the public know that they’re there and we would very much like them to go and have a look.”

Established in 1966, the society has a long list of accomplishments to its credit.

Those include being instrumental in securing provincial park status for Cathedral Mountain, Conkle Lake and Okanagan Mountain.

It also purchased 700 acres of winter rangeland for what is now known as the Vaseux-Bighorn National Wildlife Area.

It has recommended to the Ecological Reserves Committee a 200acre reserve for arid and marsh lands at the head of Osoyoos Lake.

The group is still very much committed to seeing a national park in their region, and while Parks Canada has for now at least scaled back its work on the plan, the society is continuing to move forward.

While the matter is not on the agenda for the meeting, Meheriuk added questions about the concept would be responded to as best as possible.

With about 300 members that includes other organizations with similar pursuits, the director is hoping more people will join in the future.

In addition to new parks and reserves, the society also works with the governments in terms of upgrades to existing protected areas.

Centre Stage Theatre is located in the Summerland Secondary School on Main Street. For more information call 250494-8996 or visit okanagansimilkameenparkssociety.ca.

Meeting time is 7 p.m. and admission is free with donations welcome.

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Girl sheds locks to help kids Kristi Patton Western News Staff

While some kids were catching up on sleep or heading out on vacation for spring break, Hannah Bloom¿eld did something a little different.

The Grade 6 student at KVR Middle School got her hair cut. While it may not seem that unusual, what she did after was.

“I thought it would be I thought it a really good idea to donate it to kids that have would be a recancer,” said Bloom¿eld.

After lopping off ally good idea about 12 inches of hair, she did exactly that. In to donate it to fact, it isn’t the ¿rst time kids that have she chose to donate her cancer. hair to be made into wigs for kids with cancer. In — Hannah Bloomfield 2009, she cut off about 15 inches of her hair and donated it to Angel Hair for Kids.

This time around she researched with her mom and found the Wigs for Kids program af¿liated with the B.C. Children’s Hospital oncology department.

Wigs for Kids B.C. was created to raise funds for children requiring hairpieces to replace their own hair lost during treatment for cancer and other serious childhood illnesses. The program accepts both

monetary donations and those of hair.

For her earlier donation Bloom¿eld was recognized with a laminated certi¿cate, and she expects something similar for her most recent offering of hair.

The girl’s parents, Liisa and Jason Bloom¿eld, said they are very proud of their daughter who approached them ¿rst with the idea.

“We are so proud of her to think of other people like that,” said Liisa.

The Bloom¿elds have had their own lives touched by cancer. Jason received treatment for thyroid cancer.

“It is nice to see her give back to people. I guess she has been taught well,” said Jason, who has been doing well since his cancer treatment.

Hannah said since the haircut helps keep her cool in the summer, she hopes to keep donating her hair to help kids.

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HANNAH BLOOMFIELD looks over some of her hair she is donating to the Wigs for Kids program at B.C. Children’s Hospital.

Projects tap into water board funds Western News Staff

Six grants totaling $84,040 were handed out by the Okanagan Basin Water Board to projects in the South Okanagan.

In total, $300,000 in grant funding was approved throughout the Okanagan by the board.

“This program is a great way to support non-profits in our community and local governments to do on-the-ground tangible work that improves water in our valley for people as well as everything else that depends on stable, clean water supply,” said Dr. Anna Warwick Sears, executive director for the OBWB. The City of Penticton received one of the largest grants in the southern region to complete a source assessment of Penticton Creek in the same manner as many other water utilities throughout the valley.

Risks to water supply and quality throughout the watershed will be assessed.

Friends of Summerland Ornamental Gardens received $25,000 to implement a large-scale water conservation pilot project on the Okanagan’s largest ornamental gardens to reduce water use in landscaping, enhance habitat and engage the public in water stewardship.

Other projects that received funds in the South Okanagan include the Town of Osoyoos for a pilot test for groundwater quality, the Okanagan Nation Alliance to assess the feasibility of changing water intake levels on the Oxbow Lakes of Okanagan River and to monitor water quality as part of the Okanagan River restoration initiative, and the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen received funding for the water ambassador program to reduce outdoor water consumption in Naramata, West Bench and Sage Mesa.

The OBWB received 39 applications that were reviewed and ranked on a number of criteria including basin-wide bene¿t, focus on action, collaboration and promotion of best practices.

“The water in this valley is all connected. This grant program is a way to bring residents of the Okanagan together to take on projects that improve water in their own backyards, but which also have valleywide bene¿t. We have one valley, one water,” said Warwick Sears.

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O V E R E AT E R S A NONYMOUS meets from 2 to 3 p.m. in Room 103 of the Penticton United

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HAND AND FOOT CANASTA at 1 p.m. in the Penticton Leisure Centre, 439 Winnipeg St. Lessons available for those who have

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Call June evenings at 250-492-7630 for info.

PENTICTON DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB holds weekly games Wednesdays at 7 p.m., Thursdays at 1

p.m. and the Under 100 Club Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Penticton Library.

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p.m. Call 250-4924458 for info.

65- PLUS S INGLES COFFEE CLUB meets at 10 a.m. at the Penticton Golf and Country Club. For info call 250-492-0459 or 250-770-1018.

BINGO E V E RY WEDNESDAY in the Legion hall for the Ladies Auxiliary, 502 Martin St. at 1 p.m. regular bingo at 6:30 p.m.

SENIORS’ RECREATION and Wellness Centre at 439 Winnipeg St. hosts euchre every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Call Joy at 250-770-1174 for more information.

F ALLS O KANAGAN S ENIORS ’ Activity Centre has exercise classes at 8 a.m., music and coffee hour at 9 a.m. followed by carpet bowling at 1 p.m.

SOUTH MAIN DROP-IN Centre has beginner line dance at 9 a.m. (call 250-493-2111 to confirm), coffee social at 10 a.m., intermediate/advanced line dance and cribbage at 1 p.m.

ANAVETS HAS HUMP day with entertainment by Buzz Byer at 6:30 p.m. Dinner available.

AL-ANON FOR FRIENDS and family of alcoholics at 7:30 p.m. at United Church, 696 Main St. Call 250490-9272 for info.

IODE THRIFT STORE on 464 Main St. has weekly specials and is open Monday to Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m.

S UMMERLAND A RT CLUB meets every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the library’s lower floor on Wharton Street.

Painters of all levels welcome. Workshops available. For info call Barb at 250-4943002.

FOSTER CARE INFO sessions every Wednesday at 10 a.m. at MCFD Resource Office. For info call Moe at 250-770-7524 or visit www.fosterbc. ca or www.mcf.gov. bc.ca/foster.

FRATERNAL ORDER OF the Eagles has a general meeting for all members every second Wednesday at the hall on 1197 Main St. OLIVER DOUBLE O Quilters have dropin activities every Wednesday.

PENTICTON QUILTERS MEET on the second Wednesday of the

month at the Salvation Army hall at 9 a.m.

Check their website at www.pentictonquilters.com or email ggovier1@shaw.ca.

PENTICTON ACADEMY OF Music has string orchestra under the direction of John Suderman from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. at the Leir House. Open to intermediate and advanced string players ages 16 and up. New members welcome.

KIWANIS CLUB HAS a lunch meeting every Wednesday at noon at 390 Brunswick St., Penticton PIECEFUL EVENING QUILT Guild meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Penticton Seniors Drop-in Centre on 2965 South Main St. For more info call Sue 250-492-0890, Fran 250-497-7850 or Penny-April 250 4938183.

A L C O H O L I C S ANONYMOUS NIGHT group meets in the Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m. at 1498 Government St. Nooners meetings are Monday to Friday noon at 361 Ade Ave. CONCORDIA LUTHERAN CHURCH has Ready, Set, Learn for threeyear-olds and their parents from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Come for crafts, stories, information on early learning, and more.

EDINA CHAPTER #33 Order of the Eastern Star has a meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic Hall at 157 Orchard St. All OES members are invited to attend.

T HE C ANADIAN CANCER Society has a four-part lecture series to understand cancer’s three c’s — cause, course and cure. The first speaker will be Malcolm Paterson, PhD at 7 p.m. at St. Saviour’s Anglican Church at 150 Orchard Ave. Other lectures will be on April 18, 25 and May 2. All donations for Canadian Cancer Society.

THURSDAY April 12

FRANCO 50-PLUS CLUB meets from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Drop-in program for French speakers wanting to socialize in French, including activities such as games, outings, discussions, hobbies and

projects. Call Lina at 250-492-2549 for info.

DESERT SAGE SPINNERS and Weavers Guild meets at 10 a.m. at the Oliver Community Centre. Members create beautiful handworks.

Visitors are always welcome. If you are interested in becoming a member stop by or contact Gail Erickson at rgerickson@telus.net or 250-498-4959.

PEACH CITY TOASTMASTERS meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Penticton United Church, Toastmasters improves speaking abilities and leadership skills. Call 250-4922362 for info.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 5:30 p.m. at 431 Winnipeg St. Call Merle at 250770-8093.

SOUTH MAIN DROP-IN Centre has Spanish conversation and carpet bowl at 10 a.m., improver line dance at 12:30 p.m., bingo and crafters meet at 1 p.m., and table tennis at 7 p.m. Call 250493-2111 to confirm line dance activities.

TOPS B.C. 1640 meets from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Bethel Church basement at 945 Main St. Phone Betty-Lou at 250-4927623 or Liz at 250493-7997 for more information.

O KANAGAN F ALLS S ENIORS ’ Activity Centre has computer classes at 9 a.m., bridge at 1 p.m. and cribbage at 7:30 p.m.

Everyone welcome.

C ANADIAN R OYAL LEGION branch 40 has crib at 7 p.m. Ladies Fitness and Friends at 10 a.m. at the Legion Hall. Legion Ladies Lunch bunch will meet at China Palace at 1933 Main St. S OUTH O KANAGAN I MMIGRANT and Community Services is offering free English classes. For more info, stop by the office at 508 Main St. or call 250-492-6299.

AL-ANON FOR FRIENDS and family of alcoholics meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Summerland United Church. Call 250-490-9272.

FRATERNAL ORDER OF Eagles has Joseph’s Famous Pizza from 4 to 7 p.m. Music trivia

by Affordable Music.

Prizes. Members and guests welcome to hall on 1197 Main St. ANAVETS HAS POOL and the 269 Dart Club at 7 p.m.

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ELKS CLUB ON Ellis Street has darts at 7:30 p.m.

A L C O H O L I C S ANONYMOUS NIGHT group meets at 8 p.m. on 150 Orchard Ave. in the Outreach Centre.

THE RUG HOOKING Circle meets every second and fourth Thursday of the month from noon to 3 p.m. at Leir House Arts and Cultural Centre at 220 Manor Park Ave. For info, contact Angela Possak at 250-7670206.

FRIENDSHIP FORCE OF Penticton-Okanagan will meet for lunch at the Royal Canadian Legion branch 40 at 502 Martin St. Club focuses on international cultural exchanges.

Call Sharon at 250493-1649 or Mavis at 250-498-4896.

FRIDAY April 13

ELKS CLUB on Ellis Street has Okie Dokie karaoke 6:30 p.m.

SOUTH MAIN DROPIN Centre has Friday night dances with Cathy K at 7:30 p.m. $5 per person. All welcome.

FRATERNAL ORDER OF Eagles has dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Proceeds go to Muscular Dystrophy.

Entertainment by DJ Johnny Rock at 7 p.m. All members and guests welcome to their hall at 1197 Main St. SENIORS’ COMPUTER CLUB meets at the Leisure Centre, 439 Winnipeg St. Members drop-in from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the main hall.

Call 250-770-7848 for more information.

S ENIORS S INGLES LUNCH Club welcomes 65-plus each Friday. For location call 250-496-5980 or 250-770-8622.

PDSCL has bingo at 1 p.m. in the Leisure Centre on Winnipeg Street. Call Tarra at

250-490-0200, ext. 1 for more information.

SOUTH MAIN DROPIN Centre has Tai Chi Chuan at 10 a.m., cardio dance at 11:10 a.m., new beginner line dance at 1 p.m.

ANAVETS HAS KARAOKE with Monica at 7 p.m.

890 WING OF South Okanagan Air Force Association gets together at 4 p.m. at the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave. AL-ANON MEETS AT the Oasis United Church at 2964 Skaha Lake Rd. from 6 to 7 p.m.

For info call 250-4909272.

A L C O H O L I C S ANONYMOUS HAS a big book meeting and 12x12 thumper group meets at 7:30 p.m. at 431 Winnipeg St. in Penticton. Naramata group is at 8 p.m. at 3740 3rd St. In Summerland, the step study meeting is at 7:30 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. Nooners meetings are Monday to Friday at noon at 361 Ade Ave. FUNTIMERS BALLROOM DANCE Club meets most Fridays upstairs at the Elks Club on

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Ellis Street from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. For ballroom and Latin American dancing. instruction is provided on certain Fridays. For more info please contact Brian at 250-4927036 or visit www. funtimers.bravehost. com.

O K A N A G A N SIMILKAMEEN PARKS Society is having an ecological reserves presentation at 7 p.m. at the Centre Stage Theatre in Summerland.

Admission is free, donations are welcome.

COMING EVENTS GET BENT ARTS and Rec has A Friday Night Affair — Girls Glow Night — youth/ teen dance party in the Cannery. It’s the second in their series of youth and teen fitness/dance parties. Kids get free sports drinks, glow sticks, glow paint and are led through a fitness class with a sprinkling of yoga and dance, followed by an hour of

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Cool mentors, alcohol/ drug-free supervised high energy party. Will take place from 9 to 11 p.m. on April 27. Preregister is $15 and $18 for drop-in. Call Get Bent to register and hold your spot at 250462-1025.

BIRTHRIGHT IS HAVING a strollerathon on April 28 at 10 a.m. The five-kiloemtres stroll starts at the beginning of Okanagan Lake Park. They are asking for community walkers and pledges’.

Anyone interested in helping out, call Lois at 250-492-4901.

T HE O KANAGAN RHYTHM Fest being held June 22 to 23 is seeking volunteers to help out in various capacities. The event will include a variety of drumming workshops and performances at the Rotary Centre for the Arts. Volunteers who are selected will receive a free pass to a workshop or performance. For more festival information, see www. okanaganrhythmfest. ca/ If you would like to apply for a volunteer position contact Robin Richie at drummer-

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Alix Varchol plays for the SOYSA Pinnacles under-16 team and recently travelled with a boys team to Spain and trained at the Real Madrid facilities. Varchol was among two players who impressed the Spanish coaching staff with her skills. Varchol loves everything about the game. This season she wants to improve her touch with the ball and field positioning.

PENTICTON VEES forward Joey Benik is having a strong playoff performance, which is highlighted with eight goals in 13 games. Game 4 is tonight in Powell River. Should a Game 5 be necessary, it will return to the South Okanagan Events Centre on Friday. Check www.pentictonwesternnews.com for Tuesdays game result.

Benik a driving force for the Vees Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

When Joey Benik fanned on an open net chance in Game 2 of the BCHL championship, it’s one of the few times he didn’t look that good.

Benik, who will suit up for the St. Cloud State Huskies next fall, looked up in disbelief.

Vees coach-GM Fred Harbinson couldn’t believe it, either. Fortunately for Benik and the Vees it didn’t come back to haunt them as they defeated the Powell River Kings 2-1 and took a 2-0 series lead into the Sunshine Coast.

“That’s tough,” said Benik after the game as the puck slid away from the back of his blade.

“The ice is chippy and there’s lots of snow.”

The other reason Benik wasn’t a goat is because he erased the Kings’ 1-0 lead when his wrist shot deflected off Sean Maguire’s glove and in midway through the second period.

“I used a guy as a screen,” said Benik, talking about the play.

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“The chemistry just started to go,” he said. “We’ve been on fire. We are matching the offence of the top line and shutting down opponents. It’s great.”

After being knocked out in the second round of the playoffs by the Salmon Arm SilverBacks, Benik returned with a hunger to go deeper in the playoffs. The Andover, Minn. resident was named an assistant captain at the end of training camp as he impressed Harbinson. Benik leads the Vees with eight goals in 13 games and wants to win a national championship. Harbinson said Benik has had a great second season and has carried it into the playoffs. Harbinson described Benik as a top performer in all aspects.

“He’s a big reason why we are in the finals,” said Harbinson. “He has been consistent all year. Coming back, he improved his strength and speed. His goal the last game was from creating a turnover and then he breaks away.”

Harbinson also said the five-foot-11, 170-pound forward is taking advantage of opportunities when he’s in position for a shot.

He sees a competitive kid that wants to win extremely bad.

“He leads by example,” added Harbinson.

With practices being shorter during the playoffs, Benik focuses on touching up his skills and keeping his feet moving. He and his linemates are focused on being strong in the defensive zone. If they do that well, Benik knows they can get the puck and things will happen.

Ice chips: Vees goalie Chad Katunar is the BCHL’s Player of the Week ending April 8. Katunar collected three wins, including the first two in the BCHL championship for the Fred Page Cup. Katunar stopped 99 of 103 shots and had a .961 save percentage. The NHL Central Scouting Bureau released its final rankings in advance of the 2012 Entry Draft and seven BCHL players are included. Among the seven is Victoria Grizzlies/ Penticton Vees forward Wade Murphy at 142.

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Former Penticton Vees defenceman Joey Laleggia has won the Rookie of the Year award.

It was announced Friday that Laleggia, a Burnaby native, won the sixth annual Hockey Commissioner’s

Association national division 1 ROY. The five-foot-10, 180pound blueliner skated in 42 of 43 games for the University of Denver Pioneers and led National Collegiate Athletic Association rookie defensemen with 38 points on 11 goals and 27 assists. LaLeggia, who garnered 27 first-place votes

was an All-WCHA rookie team selection, was an AllWCHA first team honoree and the 2011-12 WCHA Rookie of the Year. He finished the season with a +13 rating, along with three power-play goals, a shorthanded goal and one game-winning tally on Dec. 31 against Air Force in a 7-1

victory.

Laleggia also recorded 15 points, including four goals, during a season-high eight-game point streak from Dec. 30 to Jan. 28. Overall he tied for fourth among all NCAA Division I rookies and was third among WCHA blueliners.

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Continental Cup seeking volunteers Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

While the top curlers on the planet are delivering stones as North America takes on the World in the South Okanagan Events Centre, there will be dedicated community members making sure the Continental Cup goes without a hitch.

Penticton is hosting the international event Jan. 10 to 13, but the host committee is seeking volunteers to make sure the four-day event is a success. Kim Kirkham, who heads the host committee, said they currently have 145 volunteers and need a total of 95 more.

To become a volunteer, it costs $100. Included in that cost are three-piece uniforms and they can watch games when not volunteering. There are also functions to attend.

“They get good value for $100,” said Kirkham, who added that once people find out why they have to pay they understand. “People who volunteer are into curling. They can go to any game including the finals.”

Kirkham noted that some who were going to purchase passes decided to become volunteers.

Continental Cup event manager Terry Morris is confident they will get there. One of the reasons he feels it hasn’t filled up yet is because people aren’t thinking about curling right now. The goal is to have all the volunteers in place by May 1. The functions for the volunteers, Kirkham said, is about making the experience for volunteers the best it can be. Kirkham attended the event in Langley this year and noticed how positive the volunteers were there.

She also said that hanging out with the world’s best curlers

is enticing, especially if you’re a volunteer driver.

“I don’t think we will have trouble getting volunteers,” she said.

Morris said the committee is working hard to get things done.

Another area of focus is ticket sales. Kirkham said things are going well but good seats are still available. Morris said it seemed slow, but added that each day tickets are selling.

“We have sold 250 so far,” said Morris as of Monday. “The goal is to have 3,000 a draw.”

There are two packages available called Double Impact: one is, two tickets for five specified draws for $169 or the Old Classic, which is a single ticket for all 11 draws for $129. The deadline for that is Oct. 30.

The committee is also working on getting more sponsors. From Kirkham’s perspective, things are looking great because they do have some big ones.

“The key are the teams coming out,” she said, adding that Jennifer Jones, Heather Nedohin, Glen Howard and Kevin Martin from Canada will help North America. “Sales are key to the success of the event. We want this to be the first of many events.”

The committee has an office in the Cherry Lane Shopping Centre. People can either go to the website to volunteer or the location at the mall.

“It’s a good event for Penticton,” said Kirkham, adding that the economic benefits is expected to reach $2 to $3 million.

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THE SUMMERLAND/PENTICTON ICE HAWKS won the Rainier Red’s hockey tournament in Summerland during the Easter weekend. The Ice Hawks defeated the Crazy Canucks in a shootout after being tied 3-3 in regulation. The team is as follows, back row: coach Frank Gould, Christy Tiessen, Sophia Waterman, Diane Henderson, Amélie Pépin, Julia Perrier, Judy Beck and MJ Elson. Front row: Cindee Melashenko, Cheryl Lomax, Sarah Holland, Lori Hopkin, Kristi Patton, Tannis Hiebert, Shaun Johnston, assistant coach Jeff Parker. Absent are: Dana Klassen, Joanne Parker and Bryn White.

Ice Hawks take Rainier Red tourney in shootout Western News Staff

It took a shootout to crown the women’s champion of the Rainier Red’s hockey tournament held in Summerland on the long weekend.

The combined Summerland/ Penticton Ice Hawks defeated the Crazy Canucks in dramatic fashion after finding themselves deadlocked 3-3 at the end of regulation.

The Ice Hawks came from behind to even the game with goals from Lori Hopkin, Amélie Pépin and Sarah Holland. In the shootout, goalie Kristi Patton allowed only one goal on four shots, while

Hopkin and Pépin scored to secure the win. Rainier Red’s hockey tournament organizers awarded Ice Hawks centre MJ Elson the tournament most valuable player award.

The two teams met earlier in the preliminary round, which also was decided by a shootout. Ice Hawks forward Johnson scored twice and Pépin scored in regulation time with Hopkin and Pépin scoring in the shootout in the 4-3 win. Johnson was awarded the most valuable player of the game award.

In their first game, the Ice Hawks were downed by the Toe Draggers 2-1. Scoring the lone goal was

Hopkin, who also earned player of the game honours. In other preliminary action, the Ice Hawks defeated Here 4 Beer 3-2. Elson and Diane Henderson each scored once to tie the game 2-2.

With just 45 seconds left in the third period, Joanne Parker netted the game-winner. Most valuable player honours for the Ice Hawks went to Elson. The Ice Hawks train Saturday nights at Summerland Arena. Women of all ages and abilities, with an interest in learning or improving their game while having fun, are encouraged to join next season.

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Penticton rugby dates back to 1907 Marty Godsmark Special to Western News

Rugby in Penticton started around the beginning of the 20th century.

A photo of the original club in 1907 from the Penticton Museum is in the Penticton Harlequins rugby clubhouse. It shows 12 members lined up at scrimmage. The rugby league grew directly out of the rugby union and eventually evolved into a game called “football”

by North Americans.

Although in the “football” version, the foot rarely touches the ball. In Canada, this gridiron version of rugby features the Grey Cup as its top annual award; a trophy which was originally presented in 1909 by the Governor General of Canada, Earl Grey for the Amateur Rugby Football Championship of Canada.

At Penticton Secondary, rugby developed in a different direction. Rugby Union, as initiated at Rugby School in England around 1837, is the brand played throughout the last 40 years.

In 1973, Dr. Paul (Doc) Kennedy, arrived at Pen

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PA ‘KIT TOURNAMENT which started in 1993 has attracted several teams, including from countries overseas, was not held in 2012 due to a shortage of referees and coaches.

High and was talked into getting rugby going at the secondary school level by a couple of his chemistry students, Bill Lusted and Ross Bowman. At that time, Alan Forsey had a junior boys’ rugby team at McNicoll Park Jr. Secondary and Eugene Mioshi started one at Princess Margaret Jr. Secondary The players of these sides included such legends as

Peter Adams, Rob and Don Bryden, Andy Sajna, Gary Hoolaoff, Bruno Timpano, Brian Moore, Alan Briard, Roly Egilson, Matt Attrill, Kerry Kenyon, Richard Muchman, David Szabo, Ray Perrault, Mark Ruffiange and, when he wasn’t busy with hockey, Andy Moog.

These players and others all brought rugby to Doc Kennedy’s program. The

‘70s were booming years during which, according to Forsey, the Penticton sides played against schools up and down the Okanagan Valley and McNicoll. With the help of co-coach George Millar, they rarely lost.

The coaching staff Doc led included enthusiastic individuals as the great football coach Dave Lee; Gary Unterschultz,

who would return as principal of Pen High in the late 1990s, and numerous non-teaching community coaches such as Murray Duncan and Dr. Miles Adams, who was also responsible for the creation and support of the Penticton Harlequins Rugby Football Club in 1979. Through the 1980’s, Doc was assisted mostly by staff member Hugh Lines.

By 1990 both a Grade 8 and a junior boys’ side was added to Doc’s senior boys team. Coaches Brian Salter and Marty Godsmark started the Grade 8 boys in the fall and the junior boys were organized the following spring.

Godsmark continued this work by organizing the Southern Interior Grade 8, junior and senior boys’ leagues to provide a continuity of matches. The leagues included three Penticton schools plus Summerland, coached by Don Bergstrom; Oliver, coached by Huia Martin; Osoyoos; and for a couple of years, Keremeos under principal Brett Orinson.

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Penticton player ties crokinole record Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff

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Quin Erzinger was pleasantly surprised when he tied a world crokinole record.

Playing in his fourth B.C. Crokinole championship in Oliver on March 17, Erzinger wasn’t focused on that but on having fun.

“It was pretty cool,” said Erzinger, who enjoyed a personal best performance during the preliminary round of 20s.

Erzinger ended up winning the 20s with a score of 108 as he equaled Jarmo Puiras’ record set in 2004. However, he shattered Orrin Hargraves’ provincial mark of 92 set in 2010.

During the tournament Erzinger, 17, played 23 games. He also placed fourth with Ed Erzinger in the doubles competition, won by Brian Cook and Fred Slater from Toronto.

Taking second was Jordon and Ed Ripley of Summerland.

Erzinger began playing crokinole when he was seven and learned from his father.

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BRIAN COOK of Toronto won first in the singles competitive division during the B.C. Crokinole championship held in Oliver. Below right, Quin Erzinger tied a world record with 108 in 20s. He placed fourth in singles competition.

you can hit great trick shots,” said Erzinger, who loves to play board games and golf. “That’s the fun part for me. You just get satisfaction when a shot works.”

Erzinger found the competition to be fairly easy until he faced Cook and Slater. However, his performance this season was his best by far of the four years. Erzinger plays

once a week in Summerland but also at home.

In doubles recreation, Vancouver’s ValerieArnup and Nicole St. Pierre took first place, while Charlene and Tyler Ripley of Summerland were second. In third was Angie and Newt Tomson from Minitonas, Man. In singles competitive, Cook took first place, while Slater was second.

Adrian Conradi from Kamloops was third and Erzinger placed fourth.

In singles recreation, 11-year-old Jordan Ripley won. In second was Arnup, while Doug Mills of Summerland was third. In fourth was 10-year-old Elle Good.

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SWEET SUCCESS — Penticton Vees captain Logan Johnston accepts this three-foot, 25-pound chocolate Easter bunny from James Palanio and other members of the Re/Max Penticton Vees Kids Club at a recent home game in recognition of the record-setting 42-game win streak. The club is currently recruiting new members for next season to have the opportunity to spend time with the players and support the team.

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Okanagan College students have teamed up with the regional district to bring a popular event overseas to Penticton.

A one-day trunk sale, or car boot sale as they are known in England and Australia, is a way for local residents to sell unwanted items out of the back of their car. Students in Free Enterprise Okanagan and the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen will host the event on April 28 at Okanagan College in Penticton from 8 a.m. to noon.

“SIFE seeks projects that promote good business practices while helping the community,” said Ryan Ruyball, a second-year business student at Okanagan College and a co-ordinator of the event. “We are excited to help start this event in Penticton. It will clean up homes, promote reuse of valuable materials and provide a way for people to make a little money. We hope to work with the RDOS to make this an annual event.”

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RYAN RUYBAL (left), Ryan Lancaster (bottom), Bryan Lynka (middle), Trina Carroll and Drew Vincent are ready for the SIFE Trunk Sale at Okanagan College in Penticton on April 28.

SIFE is asking the public to also bring donations for the food bank as part of their Campbell’s Let’s Can Hunger project.

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The En’owkin Centre is hosting an open house today as part of their year-end student showcase and celebration.

The public is invited to celebrate the rich cultural event of the Okanagan Indian Educational Resources Society. En’owkin Centre is committed to Okanagan language revitalization and is also home to Canada’s only indigenous multi-disciplinary national arts training centre funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

“For the last 30 years, faculty and staff of the En’owkin Centre have provided students with strong cultural and academic foundations for success,” said Lauren Terbasket, education director.

“Many former En’owkin students have gone on to become national and internationally recognized writers, artists, educators and language speakers.”

The open house takes place at the centre on Green Mountain Road from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and will feature language cultural presentations, readings, ¿lms and art exhibitions.

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Kelowna’s coolest Indian Restaurant just keeps dishing out the fun — with tasty events and new menu items.

I recently had a chat with Aman Dosanj, brand and marketing manager and part of the Dosanj family-run business Poppadom’s. Aman had just returned from a visit to her former home, London, England, where she submerged herself in the local foodie scene both for fun and research.

And what a trip she had — from attending master cooking classes with chef Vivek Singh through his famed Michelin-starred restaurant The Cinnamon Club, onto another class at Jamie Oliver’s new digs Recipease, to becoming a zookeeper for the day through a special program at the London Zoo. Obviously inspired by her trip, Poppadom’s has released an amazing array of events and activities for the Indian foodie as well as catering to her British roots. Aman’s goal is to bring both Indian food lovers and those who may have misconstrued their image of what Indian food can offer. She says she wants to “show people that Indian food isn’t necessarily super hot or just (a variation) of the same sauces”.

After being open for two years now, Aman also says they have honed their food philosophy to include local Àavours and are using many local ingredients.

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OWNER AND “MOM” of the Poppadom’s family-run eatery, Jas Dosanj, offers cooking classes on how to cook healthy Indian cuisine. Here she demonstrates how to make roti, an Indian-style bread.

if you have a sari, here’s your chance to wear it. Football (soccer) lovers and expats will love that Poppadom’s will be broadcasting the matches for the Euro Championships — with appropriate British knosh and beer to enjoy as well.

And then there is the fabulous Indianized cocktail menu that Aman’s brother, mixologist Harry, has come up with. The cocktail list includes the following delicious creations: Gindian: classic gin and tonic with star anise. Manglore: with Indianspiced vodka and fresh muddled berries. Mojito: a twist on the original mojito with ginger, lychee and fresh mint.

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Menu puts spotlight on sustainable seafood Jennifer Schell Special to the Western News

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The goal of this ecoconscious chef and ¿shmonger is to ensure that the seafood available for sale to restaurants and the community is harvested from sustainable sources and does not harm the habitat from which they were taken.

“My hope in putting on this event is that customers will go away with a greater awareness of the choices they are making when shopping or eating at restaurants,” said Cordonier. “I feel the biggest opportunity though is to teach the chefs of the future about these sustainable options.

When the young cooks from Hillside move on to their own kitchens as chefs, they will take this initiative even further, and share the knowledge with another generation of cooks.”

Bravo chef!

Eat ’em to Beat ’em —

A gourmet dinner of invasive ¿sh species — runs from May 4 to 12 from 5-9 p.m. Here’s a sample of the menu (Four-course dinner is $39, with paired wines $54): Duelling Shell¿sh: Miyagi oyster with apricot pearls and chili oil; savoury clam and fennel chowder. Wine pairing: Muscat Ottonel.

Butter Basted Yellow Perch: Green beans, almonds, sauce vierge.

Wine pairing: Un-oaked Pinot Gris.

Humboldt Squid: Grilled humboldt, watercress, sundried tomato, olives, Tellicherry pepper and port jam. Wine pairing: Pinot Noir Blackberry Tartlet: White chocolate, lavender cream.

Favourite local musical act Uncorked will play on May 4 and 11.

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BDO Canada Limited Trustee in Bankruptcy, #200 -1628 Dickson Avenue, Kelowna, BC. V1Y 9X1 6 Farm workers needed for picking, pruning & thinning, 40 hrs/wk. $10.25/hr. Apply Lekhi Orchards Ltd. 250-490-1895 WANTED someone to spray 14 fruit trees in Olalla, BC Ph 250 496-4106

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Lost & Found

The Hamlets at Penticton 103 Duncan Avenue Penticton, BC V2A 2Y3 Fax: (250) 490-8523 andrea.clark@thehamletsatpenticton.com

Children Childcare Available A mom with 5+ years of babysitting experience, has 1 spot avail. any age.(250)490-0470

Thank you to all applicants. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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JJosephh P Peter (October 8, 1918) With heavy heart the family announces the passing of our father on April 7, 2012. Born in Portage La Prairie, son of Peter and Alexandra Bogan, married to Bernice (deceased 1999), four children: Gordon (Irene), Richard (Paula), George (Gwen) and Judi Thompson (Alan): grandchildren, Joe, Darryl, Deborah, Christopher, Michael, Jennifer, Natalie and Troy: great grandchildren Chelene, Lauren, Colby, Rowan, Aiden, Rylee and great, great grandson Skyler; sister Stella. Service Thursday, April 12th at 11:00 am at St. Annâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church Main Street. In lieu of flowers, those who wish, please make memorial donations to: The Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Penticton Regional Hospital.

Marretje M j (M (Mary)) Passed away at home with her husband at her side, Saturday, April 7, 2012. She is survived by her loving family, husband, Bob; children, Ron (Nina), Marty (Cristina) and Helen, as well as grandchildren, Matt (Seroda), Mitch and Adelynn. A Memorial will be held Friday, April 13, 2012, 11:00 a.m. at the chapel of Everden Rust Funeral Services (1130 Carmi Ave., Penticton).

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Employment

Employment

Services

Income Opportunity

Trades, Technical

Drywall

EARN EXTRA Cash! - P/T, F/T Immediate openings. Easy Computer work, others positions are available. Can be done from home. No experience needed. www.hwc-bc.com

WILLIAMS Machinery LP is looking for a General Equipment & Parts Specialist in Kelowna to provide vendor and customer support under direction of Journeyman or Partsman. More details at www.williamsmachiner y.com/aboutus/careers or send resumes to careers@williamsmachinery.com.

For all your renovation needs, boarding, painting, taping & texturing, skimming, panelling & wallpaper walls. Big & small jobs. 250-490-4085

Employment

Employment

Employment

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

URBANA Clothing Co. invites applications from interested persons who are self-motivated, mature, energetic and who understand and can provide a high degree of customer service. Some merchandising skills are also necessary. This is a part/time position. Please present your resume in person to Elisa after 3pm at URBANA Clothing Co. - 407 Main Street, Penticton. Please no phone calls.

Nature’s Fare Markets Penticton is hiring for a part time position in our vitamin department. Applicants must have exceptionally good customer service skills, a background in natural foods, vitamins and herbs is an asset. We offer a competitive starting wage and other staff initiatives. If you enjoy working in a positive and rewarding environment please drop off resumes to #104-2210 Main St. Penticton. Or e-mail resume to bobbi_krien@naturesfare.com Seasonal Fruit Processing Assistant positions available at Coral Beach Farms Ltd. (Lake Country) . Must have own transportation. Successful candidates will have a minimum of 2 years experience and knowledge of cherries relating to receiving fruit, measuring quality & firmness and ensuring traceability following quality procedures and standards.

Applicant must be capable of work in cool weather conditions. 6-7 days a week.

10-12 hours a day beginning approximately July 3rd. until the beginning of September 2012. Pay range $10.50$14/hour. Apply by fax at 250-766-0813 or email at jobs@coralbeach.ca SEASONAL labourer positions at Coral Beach Farms Ltd. (Lake Country). No experience necessary. Must have own transportation.

Applicant must be capable of physically demanding (incl. heavy lifting) work in all weather conditions. 6-7 days a week. 10-12 hours a day beginning approximately July 10th. 2012. Work includes but is not limited to cherry picking, sorting, tree planting, pruning & irrigation. Pay $10.25/hour.

Apply by fax at 250-766-0813 or email at jobs@coralbeach.ca SERVICE MANAGER - Hanna Chrysler Ltd. (Hanna, Alberta).

Opportunity in a perfect family environment. Strong team, competitive wages, benefits, growth potential. Fax resume: 403-854-2845. Email: chrysler@telusplanet.net.

Westminster Party & Tent Rentals looking to hire a mature, friendly, out-going personality person for a multitask, full-time store assistant position. Duties: front counter customer service, answering calls, booking of rentals, help cleaning of rental returns (tableware). Please apply in person w/resume at: 357 Okanagan Ave. E, Penticton

Help Wanted CONVEYANCER

JOBS! JOBS! JOBS! No experience necessary, we will train. Must be 18+yrs. of age.

Students Welcome. 250-8603590 Email:info@plazio.ca

Mid-paced Penticton Notary firm seeks experienced conveyancer for full time position. Very pleasant environment. Salary/wage commensurate with experience. Please submit resume to: Christine Duncan, 130-300 Riverside Drive, Penticton, BC, V2A 9C9 or email to: christine @pentictonnotary.ca

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The Penticton Western News is searching for a Customer Service Representative - Advertising Reporting to the Sales Manager, the Customer Service Representative will be successful in completing the job Western duties by demonstrating The Penticton News, the ability to deal with Retail Advertising the South Okanagan’s best read clients in a professional and courteous manner, community newspaper, has a and complete customer contact, production position available within our sales information, billing and administrative duties as team. required.

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Ambitious hardmay working individual The ideal candidate have experience who can work in a fast paced in an administrative role, call centre or deadline environment. food service driven setting and is searching for a position that offers real career You will be required to advancement manage opportunities, normal working hours an existing account list assisting and above average compensation.

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This is a full time position, salary, bonus opportunities, benefi ts and a allowance.

No phone calls please.carEmail, fax or No phone call please. Please email, fax or mail mail your resume to: resume and cover letter to: Larry Mercier Larry 2250Mercier Camrose Street Sales Manager Penticton, BC V2A 8R1 Penticton Western News Fax: 250-492-9843 larry@pentictonwesternnews.com larry@pentictonwesternnews.com Fax 250 492 9843

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Help Wanted

The HOLIDAY BEACH RESORT MOTEL is currently seeking an active, semiretired couple for the position of live-in Resident Managers.

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing all aspects of operations for this seasonal 21 unit motel. Computer & hospitality experience an asset.

References required. Spacious year-round living quarters included.

Trades, Technical

Work Wanted

Please forward resumes to: Gordon Ferguson gm@pentictonramada.com www.holidaybeachmotel.ca

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MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Home Care/Support 24 hr. Live-In Support Required (Kamloops, B.C.) Dengarry Professional Services Ltd. is seeking experienced individuals or couples for contract to provide live in 24 hr. support for short term stabilization to adults with mental & physical disabilities in Kamloops. Applicant must have education and exp. either in behavioral and/or medical supports. Applicant will undergo extensive screening including reference checks, Crim Check and drivers abstract.

Housing & Utilities incls. w/ a Remarkable Compensation Package.

Please forward resume to Kristine Toebosch at ktoebosch@ dengarry.bc.ca or fax to 1-250-377-4581 or mail Attn: Kristine PO Box 892 Kamloops BC V2C-5M8 CARE Attendants Needed to care for 19 year old male with muscular dystrophy - full time power wheelchair user. 3 - 6 hour shifts to cover 7 days a week. Personal care, meals, support. Starting at $18.00 hour. Training provided. Send resume to c.cunningham@shaw.ca - Full time, part time and weekend work available.

Experienced female caregiver for quadriplegic woman in my own home. 5 scheduled 24hr shifts per mth, part-time position, could lead to more Some housekeeping/cooking.

Prefer N/S, must have DL. RCA an asset, 250-494-1195

Help Wanted

LOSS PREVENTION OFFICER A retail leader in your community is hiring an individual in the field of Loss Prevention. The successful candidate will be responsible to: detect and apprehend criminals, preserve evidence, appear in a court of law and provide testimony, submit apprehension reports, maintain and utilize CCTV systems, investigate internal theft, monitor physical security measures assist in the monitoring of JHSC requirements as part of the safety team. Our in-store Loss Prevention associates are mature, responsible, demonstrate a sense of urgency and are able to work unsupervised.

Apply by cover letter to: Box 401, 2250 Camrose Street Penticton BC V2A 8R1 Candidates must have permanent employment status within Canada and be willing to have a criminal background check done.

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www.tolko.com CONCRETE FINISHERS and Form Setters.

Edmonton based company seeks experienced concrete finishers and form setters for work in Edmonton and northern Alberta.

Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; Cell 780-660-8130. Fax 780-444-7103. john@raidersconcrete.com

HHDI RECRUITING is hiring on behalf of Baker Hughes Baker Hughes Alberta based oilfield services company is currently hiring;

DRIVER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS & SERVICE SUPERVISORS Class 1 or 3 License required.

Drivers

HD MECHANICS 3rd or 4th apprentice or Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanics with their Red Seal and CVIP License to work in Whitecourt and Hinton, AB. Please call 250-718-3330 or Fax: 1-888-679-0759

Andre’s Penticton has just completed a major renovation and we are expanding our sales team.

We are looking for an individual to work primarily in our Telus section. Previous cellular experience is an asset.

The position is salary based with commission.

There is also an attractive benefits package.

This is a full time position.

Please drop off a resume in person to Kevin at Andres Electronics Experts, 101 – 2601 Skaha Lake Road, Penticton.

For more information or send your resume & current drivers abstract to: driverclass1@shaw.ca JACOBS FIELD Services Ltd. (Maintenance) is looking for a General Foreman with oilfield experience for a Northern BC site. Person will live in Dawson Creek or Fort St. John. Send resume to fax 780-485-6722, humanresources@ tritonprojects.com NEEDED. HEAVY Equipment Technicians and Maintenance personnel for expanding pipeline company in Olds, Alberta for work in shop and jobsites throughout Western Canada.

Fax resume to 403-556-7582 or email: pdunn@parklandpipeline.com

BOOKKEEPER with over 20 years experience in small business accounting. I am now accepting new clients and I deal primarily with small to medium sized businesses. My services include A/R, A/P, Bank Reconciliation,HST Filing,Source Deductions Filling,Monthly Financial Statements and more. Contact: Lori G o l d s t r a n d Phone:250.496.5923 Email:lgoldstrand@shaw.ca

Services

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Personal Care

Garden & Lawn Locally Grown Hedging

CEDARS $ 10

350

7-8 ft. for Other sizes available up to 9ft.

GIARDINO 250-493-0007 149 Upper Bench Rd. S.

HERBARIA Garden and Lawn.

Quality landscape maintenance.

Nine years experience.

Call Paul at 250-493-3362.

Handypersons HANDYMAN4HIRE prompt service 250-499-9897 www.job4james.com

Home Improvements

HIGHLANDER

RENOVATIONS 40 YEARS Carpentry & Home Improvement Experience Decks - Siding - Fences - Sheds All Interior & Exterior Renos

250 486-3109 250 770-8063

BELCAN Painting & Renos Licensed-Insured-WCB, Painting, Tiles, Flooring, Finishing Carpentry, Kitchen & Bath Reno’s. Call Len 250-486-8800

GREAT Canadian Builders Ltd. “Turning Houses into Homes.” Your complete renovation specialists. 25 years experience. All interior & exterior work, concrete, sheds, garages, fences, roofing, decks, drywall, framing. Restorations, additions. Licensed and insured, for your free estimate call Steve 250-490-9762, 250488-0407 MB Home Improvements & Construction Voted 1 of the top renovation companies by Okanagan Life Magazine Serving Penticton Since 2003 No job too big or small!

-kitchens -bathrooms -doors & windows -all types of flooring -moldings -dry walling & painting -foundations to finishing Any project from start to finish Licensed & Insured (250)486-0767 www.mbhomeimprovements.com

For rent, capable lady preferred, 60+, nice private suite, $400/mo. incl. meals, light duties req. 250-494-1323, S’land.

Rob Hurren Carpentry, renovations big and small, kitchen and bath remodeling, doors trim work, finishing and more, professional design available, call Rob 250-809-7131

Accounting/Tax/ Bookkeeping

VINYL DECKING

Antoneshyn Bookkeeping Services, extensive knowledge of various businesses, payroll, T4’s, gov’t taxes, A/P, A/R, bank rec’s, year end prep for accountants, exc. ref’s from accountants & existing clients, reas. rates, Val for FREE consult. 250-276-3113, Penticton

Armor Decking sales & installation. **10 year warranty** Serving the Okanagan Valley for the past 9 yearsFree estimates for complete deck repairs Composite decking Structure repairs / Tiling S. Okanagan 250-490-5630 Kelowna 778-214-0824 email: info@ricklynrenos.ca

Cleaning Services CLEANIQUE: Personal, Residential and Commercial Cleaning Service. Tailored to your needs, environmentally friendly products, customized vacation service, competitive rates. Servicing Penticton and OK Falls, Summerland, Peachland, West Kelowna, Kelowna. Contact: 250-4933271 or 250-486-3271. Email: cleanique21@yahoo.com HOUSECLEANING SERVICE. Weekly/Bi-weekly. (Penticton) Call Rosanne 778-476-3187.

Drywall For all your drywall, boarding, taping & light framing needs.

Free estimate, call John (250)809-8708

Landscaping Cattle manure for sale, composted or fresh. Fir bark mulch.$20 per yard on orders over 30 yards. 250-838-6630.

LAWN CARE Now taking bookings for seasonal lawn maintenance. Space limited, reasonable rates. Call Del 250-488-8079 DIH Enterprises

Moving & Storage FAMILY Movers. Moving?

Anything, anywhere. Local and long distance trips. Packing service available, weekly trips to Vancouver, Alberta, full and partial loads. Cheapest rates in the valley. Free Estimates, 250-493-2687

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Services

Painting & Decorating Painting and Paper Hanging Excellent work. 35 years experience. Small jobs welcome.

Dave Barnett Decorating 497-7912

Painting, Installs & Repairs.

20 yrs exp., References, Insured, Licensed, WCB, Timely & reasonable cost, Glenic Industries Inc., Nick (250)4862359

Community Newspapers We’re at the heart of things™

Rubbish Removal PENTICTON Junk Removal!

Anything goes!

Household waste, furniture and appliances to the dump 250-770-0827 Trainor’s Family Hauling, serving Penticton, dump service, junk & yard waste, odd jobs, service with a smile, 250486-4867

Tiling KALEDEN Tile - Installation of ceramic, porcelain, granite, & slate. I tile floors, decks, backsplashes, fireplaces, showers, make shower pans & curbs.

Free estimates, Insured, references & pictures available. No Job to big or small. Glen 250 488 1985

Pets & Livestock

Equestrian DIAMOND H TACK 16TH ANNUAL Garage Sale, Saturday, April 14th at 9AM Sharp! Consign your Horse, Rider & Stable Products from March 24 to April 11th 1953 Kirschener Rd. Kelowna, BC (250)-762-5631

Feed & Hay 30 round bales, net wrapped, 1230lbs, alfalfa/grass 2nd cut, no rain, $75/bale,Vernon, good 1st cut small squares for $6. 250-5583008.

Dairy quality 2nd & 3rd cut alfalfa 3x3x8 bales,test avail, Delivery avail. Shavings & sawdust available as well.

250-838-6630.

Ginseng tarps 24’ x 165’ for shade or windbreak. Inexpensive and attractive solution for hay shed, livestock shelter etc. $150 each. 250-558-8322.

Quote available for installation.

HAY FOR SALE; Grass or Grass Alfalfa mix, Round bales $70 each, approx.

800lbs. Large square bales, 3x3x8, $160/ton.

Delivery avail. on larger orders. 250838-6630 *HAY-SALES-GUARANTEED Quality Grass, Alfalfa, Mixed square bales, round bales & Silage bales. Delivery avail.

(250)804-6081,(250)833-6763.

McLeery Ranch, Armstrong.

Alfalfa/Alfalfa Grass small squares, exc hay $6. Haylage $40., Dry Rounds $50.; 1250-546-0420, 250-503-8184 Meadow hay, exceptional quality, 500lb bales. 250-5152429 Falkland.

Livestock Shavings Friendly service from Summerland since 1972 Les Porter 250-490-1132

Pets DOBERMAN pups, Ready May 2. Females & males, $500.ea (778)212-2468 Happy and healthy home raised purebred American Staffordshire terrier pups from champion blood lines. CKC registered, micro-chipped, first two shots, two girls left. $800 each.

Email to: cleanique21@yahoo.com for photos, call 250-493-3271.

Unregistered Purepred Rottweiler puppies, taking deposits now, puppies due Apr15, Must be paid in full, if requesting tails on.

(250)549-0324 250-547-6815 WOLF HYBRID Cubs Avail. $850.Sun Valley Wolf Kennels Kelowna(250)-765-4996 www.sunvalleywolfkennels.com

Merchandise for Sale

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Real Estate

Real Estate

Appliances

Misc. for Sale

Houses For Sale

Slight scratch and dent. SAVE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS! Washer/Dryer set starting at $399. Ranges starting at $299 LG TV 50’’ $499.CANADIAN LIQUIDATORS 250-490-0554.

SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money and save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock, ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: 1-800566-6899 Ext:400OT.

Mobile Homes & Parks

Building Supplies 1x6 Cedar fence boards. No holes. 3’ - .90ea; 4’ - $1.40ea; 5’ - $1.87ea. Rouck Bros.

Lumby, BC. 1-800-960-3388. www.rouckbros.com

Farm Equipment Cherry Hydro cooler, 2 compressors, 7.5hp & 5hp, stainless steel tank, 40-50 boxes per hour, good condition, $50,000obo, (250)498-9696

Firearms PENTICTON GUN SHOW: This weekend, April 14 & 15.

Meet Chris from The Best Little Gunshop Around Weber & Markin 4-1691 Powick Rd, Kel. Tues-Sat 10-6 250-762-7575.

PENTICTON GUN SHOW: This weekend, April 14 & 15.

Meet Chris from The Best Little Gunshop Around Weber & Markin 4-1691 Powick Rd, Kel. Tues-Sat 10-6 250-762-7575.

Firewood/Fuel WANTED Applewood, will buy as rounds/logs, or can remove trees for wood. 604-970-4041

Furniture dark blue rocker/recliner chair, like new condition, $200 obo, (250)494-1612 White bookcase.

71.5”x 29.5”x11.5”. 5 shelves, $60.

(250)490-9082

Garage Sales GARAGE sale Saturday April 14 from 9am to noon in alley, rear of 1036 Penticton Ave.

NARAMATA COMMUNITY YARD SALE 20+ locations in one small, scenic town Sat., April 21, 9-2, see MyNaramata.com for a map of sale locations

Heavy Duty Machinery Will pay cash for oversized scrap steel, cats, yarders, saw mill equipment, farm equipment, etc. All insurance in place to work on your property. 250-260-0217

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Mr. Mobile Home Certified Factory Outlet.

Spaces Available, Your location or crawlspace/basement models.

Show homes 1680 Ross Rd. Kelowna 250-769-6614 www.accenthomes.ca

www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT

Musical Instruments Guitars, amplifiers, drums, keyboards, band & string instruments, music books & access., music lessons, sales & rentals, Skaha Sound, 51 Nanaimo Ave. E, 250-492-4710

Other Areas NOVA SCOTIA Rural waterfront lots for sale. Country living at its best. Three bedroom apartments for rent. 45 miles to university town. 1-902-5222343 www.sawmilllanding.com waterfront@bellaliant.net

Sporting Goods BLADEZ vibration machine, make an offer, (250)770-8737 PENTICTON GUN SHOW: This weekend, April 14 & 15.

Meet Chris from The Best Little Gunshop Around Weber & Markin 4-1691 Powick Rd, Kel. Tues-Sat 10-6 250-762-7575.

PENTICTON GUN SHOW: This weekend, April 14 & 15.

Meet Chris from The Best Little Gunshop Around Weber & Markin 4-1691 Powick Rd, Kel. Tues-Sat 10-6 250-762-7575.

Apt/Condo for Rent 207-1410 Penticton Ave. 2 bdrm, pet friendly.

13611 Bloomfield in Summerland 3 bdrm, bsmt suite f/s, s/d.

Acreage for Sale

TOWNHOUSES

296 & 298 Maple Street 3 or 4 bdrm - 2½ bath 250-490-1215 250-490-1700 250-486-3791

$164,020 11.8 acres cabin Arrow Lakes area 250-269-7328 Pic’s email selkirk8@telus.net

For Sale By Owner CUSTOM MODULAR HOME 2006 Moduline Modular Home 5 appls, deluxe carport & deck area, 2 bdrm, 2 bath. 2 RV parking, skylights

KEREMEOS $136,000 Please phone

250-499-0131

Princeton, 3bdrm, double pane windows, laminate floors, nearly new appliances & furnace, fenced yard, $129,900, (250)276-6335

Houses For Sale ******* OKHomeseller.com Where smart sellers meet smart buyers! View Thompson Okanagan properties for sale.// Selling? No Commission. (250) 545-2383 or 1-877-291-7576 Panoramic Hilltop, 4-bdrm, 2.3Acres, 10min from Vernon, $549,000 (250)540-2788

Mobile Homes & Parks

Mobile Homes & Parks Furnished park model, 1674 South Ave B #28, Yuma AZ. Nice location across from the pool. 1 bdrm, 1 bath, large shed. $13,000 obo. Call Ann 1-928-247-7410.

Apt/Condo for Rent

1 & 2 bdrm Apt. in clean, quiet NS bldg. near Cherry Lane, Adults 45+, Elev., 4appl., insuite storage, coin laundry, NP, $650+util., 250-492-4265 1 & 2 bdrm, newly reno’d suites. Secured access, util incl, near hospital, bus route and close to all amenities, n/p, n/s 250-938-7146 1bdrm, across from Skaha Beach, secure adult building, np, $700 (incl. util), (250)2769394 1 bdrm loft $750/mo, no pets.

Tiffany Gardens, 3140 Wilson.

Jim 250-492-0413 1bdrm, overlooking oxbow, close to beach, $650, 250276-9394

RENTALS

(250) 770-1948 101-3547 SKAHA LAKE RD. Skaha Pl.: 1 Bdrm, f/s, a/c, 2nd floor. Secure Pent. Ave. 1 & 2 bdrm, F/S, W/D, A/C, storage, carport pkg. $69500 & $74500 incl. bldg. Pkg. $70000 incl. water water Downtown: 1 bdrm/bach, F/S, A/C, decks, incl. pkg. $58500-$62500 incl. util & cable (250) 770-1948 Property Management

Mobile Homes & Parks

Mobile Homes & Parks

Misc. for Sale 76 Mercury Marquis 460 Auto. $1000. 69 Chev Dually 396, 4 spd, 33,000 orig.miles, $5500.

4x8 slate from 1800’s from El Dorado Hotel, one pce of slate broken on corner but have pieces $400. Baretta over & under stainless 12 gauge, $850. Trap shoot 12 gauge new 2 barrels, $650. Antique horse stuff collars, hames, saddles, pack boards, etc.

McLary cook stove warming oven, mint $500. Harley Davidson leather bucket seats plus console, original $1500.

250-494-7525or 250-494-1657 DIY STEEL Building deals!

Many sizes and models. Make an offer on clearance buildings today and save thousands of dollars. Free brochure - 1-800668-5111 ext. 170.

Fridge $140, washer $75, 98 Grand Prix SE $2800 obo.(250)490-0470 STEEL BUILDING - Blowout sale! 20x26 $5,199. 25x28 $5,799. 30x42 $8,390. 32x56 $11,700.

40x50 $14,480.

47x76 $20,325. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

Apt/Condo for Rent

Duplex / 4 Plex

1bdrm unit, parking avail. great location, $750 heat/cable incl. n/s, cat ok w/deposit, 250-488-7902 900sqft 2bdrm Apt, newly reno’d, incl. in suite w/d, $850 + util,n/p, n/s, Avail. Immed.

250-486-3539 or 1-888-6699844 FURNISHED or un-furnished apt for rent in Princeton, Avail. now, need excellent ref’s & DD. No pets., rent starts at $525/mo., Call 250-295-1006 leave a message.

LARGE 1 & 2bdrm apt. for rent. +40 bldg, $750 & $850 +util, ref’s req. 250-487-1136 Summerland studio unit, 6appl., wall bed, quiet, reliable, ns tenant, $700 (util incl.), (250)494-7488

KEREMEOS - Seniors 2 bdrm Duplex, near downtown, small fenced yard, 1 pet OK, 5 appl., $625/month + utilities. Avail. immediately. 250-499-9253

Commercial/ Industrial 2 MONTHS FREE RENT on 1024 sqft., 2148 sqft., 2280 commercial/whse/ office spaces avail. on Government St in Penticton FREE local use of moving truck for move-in, FREE advertising on LED road sign call 250-493-9227 APPLE Plaza 770sq.ft, suited for food related retail business, also 2300 sq.ft. available. Call Barbara 250-492-6319 Bays for rent, Summerland, 8720 Alder St., 800sqft, $600/mnth., 250-494-8555 For Lease, Red Dog Cafe, good location, across from Penticton Convention Centre, Avail immed., $800/mo.+ HST, (250)494-8741

PENT central, ground level, 2bdrm, 6appl., ns, no pets, 2 parking spots, storage, patio, garden, avail. April. $925+util. (incl. water) 250-493-3141 SUMMERLAND, near town, 2bdrm, 1bath, ns, np, $800+ util., (250)494-9331

Mobile Homes & Pads Olalla, 2bdrm, w/d, f/s, ns, $600/mo., 1/2 hour south of Penticton, wood stove, baseboard heat, large fenced yard, pet neg., 250-499-8913

Homes for Rent 3bdrm rancher, w/d, fp, close to school, nice yard, James St., $1250, (250)493-0310 4bdrm, in-law suite, big yard, $1500/mo. ref. req. Avail. May 01, 250460-0754, after 4pm Beautiful, 3-bdrm, 2-bath, upper, Oyama, lakeview, 7min walk to beach, RV parking, w/d, $1100+1/2util, May1, n/s, n/p, R.R. (250)549-6774 HOUSE for Rent. House with basement and fenced yard in Penticton. $1200.00 per month plus utilities. No pets. 250490-5077 LG 3bdrm, ref. req. reasonable rent, n/p, 250-492-3593 or 809-6972 Save 40-50% of your rent Own your own home!

With as low as $0 down.

Call today 250-809-5004 Charlie Brooks

Duplex / 4 Plex 2bdrm 2ba unit, laminate floors, central location, private parking, cat ok w/deposit, $900, 250-488-7902

Apt/Condo for Rent

Royal LePage Locations West

Apt/Condo for Rent MONDAY - FRIDAY

Front Street Realty

Property Management #2 Front St., Penticton, B.C.

250-492-2233 ASK FOR DEBBIE

APARTMENTS

132 POWER STREET ............................................................ $900 2 bed renovated, fr/st, includes utilities. Avail. NOW

310 YORKTON AVENUE .................................................... $1000

2 bed, 6 appl., ground floor unit, includes utilities & basic cable. Avail. NOW

160 LAKESHORE DRIVE (14th Floor) ............................ $1700 2 bed, 2 bath, includes all appliances. Avail. NOW

3313 WILSON STREET ....................................................... $1150 2 bed, 2 bath, all appliances. Avail. MAY 1

803 FAIRVIEW AVENUE ...................................................... $750 2 bed, 1 bath, fridge/stove, d/w. Avail. NOW

HOUSES

80 GREEN AVENUE EAST .................................................. $1000 3 bed, 1½ bath, 4 appl., fenced yard. Avail. NOW

296 KINNEY AVENUE (NEW) ............................................ $1375 3 bed, 3 bath, 5 appl., c/a, fenced yard, dble garage. Avail. NOW

REALTY EXECUTIVES PENTICTON

Medical Supplies Shoprider Mobility Scooters & Powerchairs. New & Used, New Stair & Platform Lifts, Kel: 250-764-7757 Vernon: 250542-3745 T-free 888-542-3745 www.okmobility.ca

Rentals

Rentals

Real Estate

A MUST SEE!

Rentals

IN PENTICTON

DOUBLE SIZE SHOWHOME CLEARANCE Time to change some inventory

#1 Magnum Double - 1296 sq.ft.

3 bedroom - 2 bathroom Regular price, including taxes ....................... $154,241.35 TO CLEAR ONLY ..................................$135,000.00

#2 Landmark Double - 1485 sq.ft.

(including taxes)

2 bedroom - 1 den - 2 bathroom Regular price, including taxes ....................... $193,954.96 TO CLEAR ONLY ..................................$175,000.00

APARTMENTS: $600 $525 /$625 /$750 $625

Skaha Place, 1 bdrm grd flr, new flooring and paint, fridge, stove, a/c unit, coin-op laundry. Avail. NOW (A444) Near library, 1 & 2 bdrm apartments, children welcome, f, s, a/c, balcony, elevator, covered parking. Cat ok. Avail. NOW (EFR)

Skaha Pl. 1 bdrm grd flr, fridge, stove, no pets, no smoking, coin op laundry. Avail. Now (A380) $925 The Ellis, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 6 appl, in-suite storage, balcony, sec’d parking. Avail. NOW (A369) $950 The Ellis, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, corner unit, 6 appl., sec’d parking. No pets.

No smoking. One yr. lease req’d. Avail. April 16, 2012 (OT372) $1600 Lakeshore 3 – 12th floor, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, exec. condo, park and lakeview, seasonal pool, sec’d parking. Avail. July 1 (A412)

TOWNHOUSE: $1200

BRAND NEW 2.5 Bdrm Naramata townhouses 2.5 bath, unfin bsmt, garage, near school. Avail. NOW (Th496-1)

HOUSES:

These prices Th i include i l d d delivery li bl blocking/leveling, ki /l li finishing i hi both interior/exterior, skirting, a temporary set of stairs, and cleaning. Customer is responsible for site preparation, utilities and hook-ups, and a Building Permit.

Across from Columbia School, 1 bdrm lower portion of duplex, f,s, shared washer/dryer, 1 year lease req’d. Avail. NOW (OT447) $1100 3 bdrm ½ duplex, on Naish (Columbia area ) No appl, no pets and no smoking. Avail. May 1 (H521) $1500 Large 3 bdrm house, with in-law suite, single garage, 2.5 bathroom, f,s, d/w, w.d. Avail. NOW (H656)

Questions or Appointment

Prospective tenants must complete an application form at:

(including taxes)

CALL RALPH 250-493-6751

$850

280 MAIN STREET, PENTICTON, B.C. V2A 5B2 PHONE: 250-493-4372 - www.rentalspenticton.com Only qualified applicants will be contacted.

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Motels,Hotels

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Rentals

Rentals

Office/Retail

Rooms for Rent

$480 up Motel suites and RV pads. Located at Penticton and RV park Summerland.

Good till May 31st. 250-4870268

1000-1500sq’ of Industrial/ Commercial Space for lease compounded yard w/security cameras, overhead doors.

Warren Ave. 250-765-3295

Room for rent, Close to OK lake. Room and sitting room.

Private entrance, Share bathroom and kitchen. Fully furnished.

Avail. immediately, $500/mo., 250-490-4717

Shared Accommodation

Legal Notices

Legal Notices

Legal Notices

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

Mobile Food Vendor x Kenyon Park, Okanagan Falls The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) is issuing a Request for Proposal for the provision of mobile (push cart) food service to Kenyon Park beach and park visitors for the 2012 season. This is a pilot program, with no guarantees that the program will continue in perpetuity. Must be an independent contractor with self contained unit Proposals, clearly marked “Mobile Food Vendor - Kenyon Park” will be received until 4:00 p.m. local time, Monday, April 30, 2012.

RFP documents may be obtained at Okanagan Falls Parks and Recreation website www.okfalls.net or RDOS www.rdos.bc.ca

Room for rent in my home, $450-500 incls everything.

(250)492-2543

Suites, Lower

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Covenant Amendment Application

Auto Financing

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Recreational/Sale

LEISURELAND RV CENTRE • Licensed RV Technicians • Appliance Warranty Depot • ICBC & Private Insurance Claims • Check out our In-Store Saturday Parts Specials"

www.leisurelandrv.ca

126 INDUSTRIAL PLACE • PENTICTON • 250-487-2288

Trucks & Vans 2005 Dakota 4x4, ext-cab, 2nd owner ex/cond., low Km’s, First $10,500, Rick 306-5656 2008 Chev Colorado, extended cab, 4 cyl, automatic, 3200 kms, $15,500, (250)494-4196 2008 F350 shortbox, crewcab, 4x4, all options, incl navigation & power moon roof, sprayed in boxliner & new tires, 75K, $34,500,250-558-9796 Vernon

Adult

Poor, Good, OR No Credit at AUTO CREDIT NOW DL9597 Details and APPLY online autocreditwithbarrie.com OR TOLL FREE 1-877-356-0743

Escorts

Cars - Domestic 1997 Mazda 626LX, loaded, a/c, 4 dr, cass, 4 cyl,auto. Exc cond $1450obo. 250-462-3505

Recreational/Sale FOR SALE (Reduced), 2005 27ft travel trailer, great condition inside and out, asking $10,250 obo, (250)485-2348

Cars - Domestic

Allow Skyler to give you what she knows you need, 24/7, out/in, 250-809-3733, Penticton BEACH BUNNIES Be Spoiled At Kelowna’s Only 5 Star Men’s Spa #32-2789 Hwy 97 Blue Heights www.beachbunnies.ca 250-448-8854 Krista, Begging for attention, take a chance on me. Body massages. 1-250-870-8710.

MALE 4 Male Erotic Massage $95, waxing, intimate grooming & skin care for the face & back. Winfield, 9-9 Daily 250-766-2048

Cars - Domestic

THE BEST DEALS HAPPEN HERE!

650 Ellis Avenue, Naramata, Electoral Area ‘E’ Lot 1, Plan KAS3884, District Lot 210, SDYD

BLOWOUT PRICE

Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Old Age Pensioners Hall 330 3rd Street (corner of Ritchie Avenue) Naramata, B.C. PURPOSE: To amend the 'Right of First Refusal' housing covenant that restricts the sale price of the dwelling units on the subject property to be discharged after the initial sale and not held to a seven year term.

Auto Financing - Dream Catcher, Apply Today! Drive Today!

All Makes, All Models.

New & Used Inventory.

1-888-229-0744 or apply on line at: www.kiawest.com (click credit approval)

Recreational/Sale Winner

Scrap Car Removal

YOU’RE APPROVED

PENTICTON: UPDATED 3 Bdrm, 2 Bth, 5 appl, NS, I small pet, $1150 (includes water), avail Now. 250-493-5497.

ST BE of the

Recreational/Sale

1AA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Min $60 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 250-899-0460 Scrap Batteries Wanted We buy scrap batteries from cars & trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10.

Call Toll Free 1.877.334.2288 Scrap car removal, will pay up to $120.We are licensed & insured, more weight, more money,250-328-8697, Pent.

Auto Accessories/Parts Used Tires, Huge Selection of used tires and wheels in stock.

We might have what you need. Prices vary according to size and quality. Starting at $25.00. Call us or drop in to Larsens Excel 555 Okanagan Ave East 250-492-5630 Penticton

Transportation Older Travel-Mate 8’ camper.

Hunter/fisher special. Everything works, no leaks, hydraulic jacks. Asking $600. 250498-0868 or 250-462-1888.

Transportation

Townhouses

2008 2008 220 0088

www.rdos.bc.ca / info@rdos.bc.ca

Auto Financing

1bdrm private entrance across Convention Ctr, avail. now, $620+util, np, ns, 250494-8741

REGIONAL DISTRICT of OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN 250.492.0237 1.877.610.3737

Townhouses

Suites, Upper

outh S Okanagan

telephone toll free

Transportation

TOWNHOUSE For Rent 3 bed, 1.5 bath, f/s, w/d, fenced yard, no smoking, no pets, seeking long term tenants. $1100+utilities 250-486-4980

1BDRM on Wiltse, utilities incl, avail. now, n/s, n/p, $700/mo, avail now 250-492-2908 or 250-490-1025 2 bedroom basement suite on private half acre in Penticton.

5 minutes to town. Utilities incl, own laundry facilities.

Available immediately.

No pets, no smoking. $800 month plus $400 damage deposit.

References a must. Owner lives on property. 250-2613356 SUMMERLAND Ground Floor, 1400 sqft suite, 2 bd, private, front & back ent, 6 appls, gas f/p, all utils incl + cable. Avail now. $800/mo. (250)494-7413 Wiltse area, 2bdrm ground level, w/d/dw, close to school, util. incl., a/c, np, ns, ref’s req, $850, (250)493-2109

Questions can be directed to Janet Black at info@okfalls.net or (250)497-8188.

101 Martin Street Penticton, British Columbia

Rentals

2011 Hyundai Santa FE AWD

VISIT OUR WEBSITE! www.olivercarandtruck.com

TWO WHEEL DRIVE

JUST LANDED

3.5L automatic, alloy wheels. Traction control, satellite radio, MP3, IPod, USB. Only 17,000 kms! This is a very nice vehicle. RED METALLIC. P184A. Was $28,998 NOW...

$

2009 Toyota Matrix 4 Dr. Hatchback 1.8L 4 cyl., automatic transmission, only 41,900 kms. Air conditioned.

Power windows power locks, CD player.

Satellite radio. RED. P1118A

$

16,981

25,850

BLOWOUT PRICE

CUMMINS

2008 Dodge Ram 1500 Quadcab 2WD Pick-Up 4.7L V8 engine, alloy wheels, power sunroof, satellite radio, anti-spin rear axle, ABS brakes & Only 77,200 kms!

BLACK. P1121A

$

20,998

BLOWOUT PRICE

Many vehicles to choose from!

250-498-0570

650 Ellis Ave

Toll Free

1-877-365-4711 33882 HWY. 97 SOUTH OLIVER, BC

2008 Dodge Ram 2500 Quadcab 4x4

2008 Ford F-350 Shortbox Crewcab 4x4 XLT

2008 Saturn VUE XR Front Wheel Drive SUV

6.7L Cummins Diesel, 6 speed automatic with manual shift mode, 70,200 kms.

Power seat, 6 disc CD player, back up sensors, phone, running boards, fog lights INFERNO RED. P1110A

6.4L powerstroke diesel engine, 6 speed automatic transmission, tow pkg with electric brake controller, power pedals, fog lights, park aide system, alloy wheels. Only 59,800 kms! RED EXTERIOR. P1107A

3.6L V6 engine, 6 speed automatic transmission, traction control, ABS brakes, tow pkg. Satellite radio, fog lights, 17” alloy wheels. SILVER. P130A

$

$

36,998

NEW ARRIVAL

$

34,800

14,998

BLOWOUT PRICE

JUST LANDED

THIS WEEKS

SPECIAL VIEW COPIES OF THE DRAFT COVENANT & SUPPORTING INFORMATION AT:

LARIAT

Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen 101 Martin Street, Penticton, BC on weekdays (excluding statutory holidays) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed amendment can present written information or speak at the public hearing. All correspondence for the public hearing to be addressed to: Public Hearing Covenant Amendment, c/o Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen. No letter, report or representation from the public will be received after the conclusion of the public hearing. This public hearing has been delegated to a Director of the Regional District.

Please note that all correspondence submitted to the Regional District in response to this Notice will form part of a public record and will be published in a meeting agenda when this matter is before the Regional Board or a Committee of the Board. The Regional District considers the author's address relevant to the Board's consideration of this matter and may discuss this personal information. The author's phone number and email address is not relevant and should not be included in the correspondence if the author does not wish this personal information disclosed.

12,862

2008 Dodge Caravan 7 Passenger Van

3.3L V6 engine. This van only has Only 123,325 kms. Alloy wheels, air 58,900 kms! DVD player, power drivers conditioned, power windows, power seat and many more great features. locks, CD player. Tonneau cover. BLUE. Better hurry on this one. WHITE. P138A P1119A $

22,870

$

10,970

LOW KMS!

EX-L V6

2004 Ford F-350 Crewcab Shortbox 4x4 Lariat 6.0L powerstroke diesel with banks turbo, heated leather seats, 18” alloy wheels, roller tonneau, back up sensors. Only 87,500 kms! WHITE. P1128A

$22,998

Telephone: 250-490-4107 Fax: 250-492-0063 Email: planning@rdos.bc.ca Web: www.rdos.bc.ca DL 8590

Bill Newell Chief Administrative Officer

2007 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab 4x4 4.0L V6 engine, automatic transmission.

BLOWOUT PRICE

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES:

Donna Butler, MCIP Manager of Development Services

2007 Toyota Corolla 4 Dr. Sedan 1.8L 4 cyl., engine, automatic transmission, remote keyless entry, air conditioned., only 68,900 kms. Looking for economy & convenience? SILVER. P1117A $

2007 Saturn Aura XE4 Dr. Sedan 3.5L V6 engine, automatic transmission, power seat, sunroof, traction control, ABS brakes, alloy wheels, XM Sat. Radio & Only 26,000 kms! Pearl White.

P128A $

12,660

2003 Honda Accord EX-L

2003 Ford Crown Victoria LX

Leather and 3.0L V6 engine, heated seats, alloy wheels, power sunroof, Okanagan vehicle with complete service history. RED. P1126A

4.6L V8 engine. This well cared for vehicle has only 88,200 kms! Alloy wheels, power pedals, dual power seats, automatic climate control. Total luxury! BLUE. P1116A

$

10,870

$

7,998

Email: olivercarandtruck@persona.ca

ON THE SPOT FINANCING O.A.C.

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We’re compiling a special “Best of” list again this year, but we need your expertise… your first-hand knowledge of the best places to go in the region (between Summerland and Osoyoos).

Simply write your choices in the corresponding blanks and we will compile and print your preferences in a special section to be published in May. To make sure your vote is counted, your entry must be received by April 27, 2012.

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■ BEST NEW BUSINESS OF THE YEAR: _________________________________________________________

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