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LOCAL CURLING skip Kelly Scott is searching for a new lead for her team as Jacquie Armstrong has called it quits.
MEMBERS of the B.C. Lions were in West Kelowna yesterday talking to local students about making smart choices, staying in school and getting an education.
BESTSELLING author, Paul Young, who wrote the popular book, The Shack, will be here to speak at an event April 17. Young is no stranger to Kelowna, as his grandparents lived here..
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LOCAL CHEF Tanya Jennens works on a soecial cake replica of Seattle’s Space Needle, ordered for a wedding. JUDIE STEEVES/ CAPITAL NEWS
fondant. Rice cereal and marshmallow treats were used for the lower observation deck, because they can be shaped easily. They’re also covered in icing and fondant, which seals in the cake,
keeping it moist even if it has to sit outside during the reception or an event. The observation deck is a 10-inch cake, decorated to replicate the Space Needle’s top, complete with an aerial on top.
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Despite surprising news of RCMP wage increases last week, West Kelowna council opted to authorize the mayor and city clerk to sign on to the Municipal Police Unit Agreement (MPUA) on Tuesday. Marnie Manders, director of administration with the District of West Kelowna, told council that the agreement outlines the terms and conditions agreed to between the province and individual municipalities that choose to have the RCMP serve as their municipal police force. She added that the goal of the agreement is to provide municipalities with some foresight on costs that are coming down the pike and ideas of what those costs might be for. “The whole backbone of the (MPUA) was the transparency, the building of the relationship between the two parties and accountability from the RCMP,” said Manders. That transparency was questioned last week when news broke that the federal government had approved pay raises for the RCMP. “On Thursday we got a shock that the RCMP was provided pay increases—which the province had absolutely no knowledge of—that had gone through the federal government.” Manders told council that the RCMP received a 1.75 per cent increase as of Jan. 1, they will receive a 1.5 per cent increase on Jan. 1, 2013 and a two per cent increase on Jan. 1, 2014. Langley Mayor Peter Fassbender has sent a letter to Public Safety Minister Vic Toews on behalf of the Union of B.C. Municipalities expressing concerns over the pay raises and additional costs that might be associated with them. Manders explained that several other municipalities are waiting to see what UBCM’s next move is. “They’re looking at getting all the mayors togeth-
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One of the tallest cakes ever made in the Okanagan moves from its Rutland birthplace to a wedding reception today. Chef Tanya Jennens, owner of Whisk Cake Company, started making the five foot tall, 1/120th size replica of Seattle’s Space Needle two weeks ago, as per a quirky request from the groom, who is from that city. The bride wanted cupcakes instead, so a small forest of cupcakes decorated with grass and flowers will form the base of the tall, slim cake— satisfying both the bride and groom. Elaborate cakes—for all sorts of occasions—are becoming more and more popular, likely due to the growing interest in Food Network shows about extreme cake making, such as Ace of Cakes, and Jennens has found herself making everything from a Canucks skateboard to a desk scenario to Gucci high-heeled shoes. The sugary confections for weddings have included all manner of detailed sugar flowers, some spray painted with food colouring, as well as a variety of other decorations. “I enjoy being pushed to do more,” said Jennens, as she applied fondant windows to the observation deck for the top of the Space Needle cake. Her dad’s mathematical skills were helpful in
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