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October 3, 2012
Hunter missing
Inside Continuing debate… Lake Country Mayor James Baker comments on support from fellow mayors for decriminalizing marijuana. ...............................
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Katie Brennan has her art work selected for a gallery showing in New York. ...........................
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DOUG FARROW/CONTRIBUTOR
MUSICAL DUO IN TRAINING…Kain’noa (left) and Alexa Petitt strum a tune in Winfield’s Beasley Park. The dynamic brother
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and sister team hope to have enough practise to one day try their skills at busking.
for Ryan Roycroft as he takes on the job of economic development manager for the District of Lake Country. ...............................
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Flyers ■ Budget Blinds ■ Grouse River ■ JYSK ■ Rona ■ Staples
A 52-year-old Lake Country man who went hunting in the Wilma Lake area on Saturday has been reported missing. On Sunday, Sept. 30, at 1:20 p.m., the Kelowna RCMP received a report of a missing hunter in the Wilma Lake area. The man had left the previous day for the evening but did return. Police located the man’s vehicle and commenced searching with a police service dog as well as members of the Central Okanagan Search and Rescue (COSAR). As of Monday midmorning he had still not been located. A helicopter was deployed Monday to assist with the search. If you have any information that can assist in this search, contact Lake Country police at 250766-2288.
▼ OPENING CONVERSATION
Local business leaders want to ‘walk the talk’ BARRY GERDING An innovative pilot project to help strengthen Lake Country’s local economy is being launched this week. Lake Country, along with Kelowna, West Kelowna, Peachland and Westbank First Nation, will be included in the first Business Walks pro-
gram launched in Canada. On Thursday, Oct. 4, local businesses will be visited by a trio consisting of Lake Country Mayor James Baker, a member of the Regional District of the Okanagan planning staff and a Lake Country Chamber of Commerce business community volun-
teer to ask how the business landscape can be improved. The three specific questions to be asked are: “How is business?”; “What do you like about doing business in your area?”; and “How can business be improved?” More than 300 businesses across the Central Okanagan will get an
unscheduled pop-in visit, with the information gathered being used to track the pulse of a given business community and help identify needed programs and services. “Civic leaders can better connect with businesses in their communities through the faceto-face conversation that is initiated, and iden-
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tify and remove barriers to doing business in their areas,” said Corie Griffiths, business development officer with the Central Okanagan Development Commission, the regional districtfunded agency which is heading up the Business Walks initiative. “Member-driven organizations such as busi-
ness improvement associations and chambers of commerce can tailor their services to the expressed needs of the businesses they serve.” Griffiths said the Business Walks concept originated in Sacramento, California, a SEE BUSINESS A3
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4 Course Dinner Paired With Arrowleaf Wines Wednesday, October 10th Tickets $75 $5 from each ticket going to help build the new Lake Country Food Bank
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