SUMMERLAND REVIEW THE VOICE OF OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1908
VOLUME 65 - ISSUE
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NO. 50 • S U M M E R L A N D, B.C. • T H U R S D AY,
A one-day clinic last week provided free dental care for low-income adults and seniors.
DECEMBER
13,
2012
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20
PA G E S
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$1.15
INCLUDING
HST
Resource centre funded by John Arendt
Dental care
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A proposed resource centre, organized by Summerland United Church, will receive significant funding from municipal council. On Monday, council approved a $20,000 grant-in-aid for the Summerland Community Resource Centre for 2013. This grant will be includ-
ed in the 2013 budget. The cost of operating the resource centre is estimated at $42,000 a year. Of this amount, $12,000 will come from Summerland United Church who would also donate the use of the church basement. Another $10,000 will come from the Summerland Food Bank with the remainder to come from
the municipality. The municipal finance committee endorsed the recommendation. “The committee felt that grants-in-aid were meant to help organizations to start up in the community and that funding could be reduced in future years once the requesting organization became more established,” Ken Ostraat, dir-
ector of finance said in a report to council. The committee recommended a one-year commitment, but would consider giving additional funding in the future. The United Church proposed the centre more than a year ago, in October, 2011. At the time, John Bubb, a member of the church, said the centre would pro-
vide resources to those in need from one location. “Summerland’s been gradually losing community services,” he told council on Monday evening. “The food bank has been there since 1985 and the need is still quite acute.” Council gave unanimous support to the centre. “I think it’s a fabulous project,” said Coun. Bruce Hallquist.
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Tax transition
The majority of B.C. businesses are not ready for the transition to the Provincial Sales Tax in April, according to a recent survey.
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Store entered
Thieves stole around $10,000 worth of electronics during a weekend break-in.
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Return to Africa
A Summerland artisan returned to Mozambique to provide training on a new lathe.
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Bobsleigh action
Justin Kripps and his teammates earned an eighth-place finish in world cup bobsleigh competition on the weekend.
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Comedy
Grade 11 students at Summerland Secondary School will provide an evening of comedy tonight at Centre Stage Theatre.
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YOUR SMILE Cross-country skiing is great — if you live in a small country.
On stage
Grade 11 students Cam Weir, left, and Kieran Braid perform a short comedy sketch at Centre Stage Theatre. Students will present an evening of comedy tonight at 7 p.m.
Coroner investigates senior’s death Resident at Summerland Seniors’ Village had been ignored for days by Barbara Manning Grimm The B.C. coroner’s service is investigating the case of Alfredo Bonaldi,
91, who died last Friday after being ignored for days while lying ill in a Summerland seniors’ home. Bonaldi was a resident of Summerland Seniors Village, where he was found near death in his room Nov. 25 after missing meals for three days. When a relative discov-
ered him that day, unconscious and lying in filth, he was taken to Penticton Regional Hospital where he was treated for a variety of ailments including salmonella and kidney failure. An autopsy was performed this week and the case is being investigated by Elizabeth Noble of the B. C. Cor-
oner ’s Service Interior office. Funeral arrangem e n t s have been announced. A memorial mass is Alfredo planned for Bonaldi Dec. 15 at 11 a.m. at Holy Child Cath-
olic Church in Summerland. When Bonaldi had dinner with Edi and Gil Inglis, his daughter and son-in-law, on Wednesday Nov. 21 at the seniors’ home, he appeared to be in good health. Then he missed lunch and dinner on Nov. 22, 23 and 24. See PROVINCE Page 8