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CLOSE-UP LINDA WILSON, a self-professed ballet groupie, told the audience at Wednesday’s public forum that Ballet Kelowna helped get her back on track after her husband’s death .

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This is like a death in the family,” says Rosemary Thomson, conductor for the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, pausing for a moment as emotion bubbles to the surface.

“I’m a little overwhelmed…I find this absolutely shocking—the lack of leadership we’re seeing here today.”

She was speaking at a meeting convened to discuss whether there is an appetite for saving Ballet Kelowna, which is currently scheduled to be shutdown at the end of this season.

The president of the board of directors for the society that runs the company, Jamie Maw, hovered in the back of the room, never introducing himself.

Three board members opened the meeting but never offered any answers or responses.

Though the ballet company is said to be down just five per cent of its budget, the board of directors did not confirm any numbers, telling the meeting’s moderator not to allow any discussion of internal Ballet Kelowna business. No definition for what that meant was

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Appetite to save ballet emerges ‘‘ given either.

Founding member Jiri Strom’s complaints that the discussion was being censored was itself censored.

And yet, of the 50plus people gathered at the Kelowna Art Gallery for a meeting to discuss “their love of dance” Wednesday evening, all said they were totally unaware the financial troubles raised at the last Ballet Kelowna annual general meeting in December would force the company to disband before spring.

And they were not impressed with the lack of communication involved.

As Thomson put it, the arts is always under fi-

nancial duress, but “you don’t just throw in the towel.”

There was no plea to the members for help before the announcement to fold. There was no fundraising campaign. There was no inkling of severe difficulties until a statement was sent to the press.

On Friday, Feb. 1, a press release, dubbed a joint statement from Maw and the company’s artistic director David LaHay, was issued late in the afternoon at a time slot well-known in marketing and public relations circles as a news dead zone.

Predictably, the story unfurled itself slowly. The

Capital News published a 700-word story to its website that Friday evening and a wave of headlines hit the mainstream media over the next week without making much of a splash.

Ripples among artists and in the arts community, through patrons and creators, nevertheless failed to dissipate and it didn’t take long before the company was inundated with letters, emails and offers of support.

It is very clear there is an appetite for dance in the Interior, and the stories that surfaced Wednesday only served to further the point.

“The first show that I

THIS IS THE TIME TO TAKE THE MEASURE OF OUR COMMUNITY…TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF THIS ART FORM. Alison Moore went to, it made me feel like maybe Kelowna is a place I could fit into. Kelowna is a place that is not easy to fit in. I don’t know if you know this if you’re from Kelowna, but

it’s really not easy,” said a woman named Larissa, who works in the UBC Okanagan library.

Ballet Kelowna tour coordinator Joan Wilson said the company was the kind of place her son, once a boy reviled by the notion of having to pick up his sister from dance class, could go work on the computers and walk away with such respect for what the company did that he sent his parents in to buy tickets.

Wilson would later find enough solace in the dancer’s performances to drag her out of the house after her husband’s death.

She went back. She started following the tour.

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Eventually, she would volunteer so much she became the tour director.

Glenna Turnbull, arts columnist and a long-time dedicated volunteer, said she provided her photography to the company for free and can remember rolling up the stage floor in Merritt during the years she sat on its board of directors.

“The way that we survived from the beginning was that everybody pitched in,” Turnbull said.

“We had a really enthusiastic board…in an arts organization, you have to volunteer.”

From Creator’s Art Centre ballet director Emma Donely’s suggestion that the ballet pursue a wider audience with more storyline performances, to dancer Kurt Werner’s plea to ask local radio stations to go directly to the public for help during rush hour, the suggestions to alleviate the immediate financial stress were plentiful.

And yet, it may already be too late.

Speaking an hour and a half into the meeting, David LaHay broke his silence to say he too was unaware of the company’s impending demise

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Described as an educator and visionary who was building a dance audience in the Interior so strong Revelstoke’s last performance sold out, performances in Golden always sell out and even tiny venues in the Kootenays were willing to invite the company back year after year, LaHay said he is not on the verge of retirement as the board of directors has suggested.

He does believe that announcing a company will cancel its dates, even if they are reinstated, as occurred late last week thanks to emerging funding from some generous patrons, is tantamount to suicide.

“It’s really like trying to resurrect something from the dead,” said LaHay. “It’s a ticking time bomb. Once the word is out, why would (anyone) give us money?”

LaHay pointed out

that the community of venues and promoters that the company has put a decade into developing cannot trust that it will be there next year, meaning it might be very difficult to book shows even if money surfaces to save the company.

LaHay said he turns 65 next year and was going to continue on for one more year, enough time to find a successor if the company can be saved.

Ironically, the company would only need a couple more years before it could likely qualify for federal and provincial arts grants that would provide the operational base to make the current issues a moot point. To secure Canada Council funding, at the very least, the company must complete two special project grants— the first was completed last year. Progress on B.C. Arts Council funding is

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BALLET KELOWNA supporter Jiri Strom speaks at Wednesday’s public meeting to discuss the future of the financially troubled dance company. more dubious.

But if there was one message that surfaced from the initial meeting on Ballet Kelowna’s fate it was that the Ballet’s hometown needs to step up to the plate.

“This is the time to take the measure of our community…to determine the value of this art form,” said retired executive director Alison Moore, who stepped

away from her post last year but sent a letter to the meeting to be read aloud.

Pointing out the company has yet to fill the seats in the Kelowna Community Theatre, she said the current approach of making up for government cuts with largescale fundraisers cannot and will not work without ticket sales to performances. Fundraisers simply cost too much to run.

She challenged the ballet’s supporters to get out and find the audience the dancers have never managed to enjoy in Kelowna. A meeting to discuss the particulars of the society’s financial position is pending. Anyone can become a Ballet Kelowna member for $25 and attend the meting.

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Vigil held for missing women

A group of 50 people marked Valentine’s Day in Kelowna Thursday with a short vigil on the steps of the courthouse downtown. They were there to remember aboriginal women who have gone missing in B.C. The crowd, made up mostly of women, was told it’s time to end violence against women and that the missing should not be thought of as statistics, but rather as human beings—mothers, sisters and even grandmothers, all of whom were loved and have left behind people who now grieve their loss.

“Think of each of them as a person who had a life, whatever that life was, and they were loved,” said speaker Edna Terbasket.

The gathering, the second annual Women’s Memorial Vigil in Kelowna, featured several speakers, both aboriginal and non-aboriginal, including RCMP Const. Kris Clark.

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oured to be asked to attend and speak.

Keeping his remarks brief, he said he wanted to reassure those who were gathered outside the courthouse, as well as everyone else in the community, that the police take the issue of violence against women, and the individual cases of missing aboriginal women in B.C., very seriously.

Recently, the RCMP in northern B.C. has come under fire by an American human rights group for alleged cases of abuse by officers against aboriginal women in several communities.

“I’m here to offer the RCMP’s support,” Clark told the gathering, adding while the issue of missing women has been centred on northern B.C., along the so-called Highway of Tears, and in the downtown eastside area of Vancouver in the past, violence against women is a concern across B.C. and across Canada.

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For some in attendance, the issue being highlighted by the vigil was also a personal one.

Stephanie Mason, an aboriginal woman from North Vancouver, who now lives in Westbank, said she experienced violence first hand, having been in an abusive relationship for several years in the past.

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She said as a mother of three daughters, her biggest fear is that one of them would be hurt or go missing. She feels more awareness is needed and men have a to role to play in both stopping themselves and other men from being violent.

It was a message echoed by her friend Nadine Jules, a member of the Westbank First Nation.“We need to strengthen our (aboriginal) men,” she said, adding while men have to learn that women are not “property,” women also have to educate themselves about safety. She said she had a

friend from high school who was 20 when she went missing while hitchhiking alone in Northern B.C.. The young woman’s remains were later in a forest, said Jules.

Also in the crowd was Dewayne Robinson, a former RCMP officer from Bella Bella and Smithers who was part of the early investigation into missing aboriginal women in northern B.C. Now a drug and alcohol counsellor at the KiLow-Na Friendship Centre in Kelowna, he said it’s time for everyone to tackle the issue of violence against women.

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Insha’Allah.

This Arabic term, meaning “God willing,” is used often in everyday conversations throughout the Middle East.

For years, Wendy Porteous Scorgie and Jim Scorgie heard their friend, Marwa Saffaf, speak the phrase. But recently, she has been saying it with increasing desperation.

Wendy and Jim moved to Aleppo, Syria, in 2001. At the time, the city was much different than the war-torn scenes portrayed in news stories today.

“The people were happy,” said Wendy.

“The whole time we lived there, the Syrian people could not have been more friendly and welcoming to us.”

Jim became the principal of a high school in Aleppo and Wendy was a teacher-librarian.

She had limited training in the position, but was quickly shown the ropes by her two library assistants—one of whom was Marwa.

It didn’t take long for Wendy and Marwa to become friends.

“What I loved about knowing Marwa was she educated me on what it was like being a single Muslim woman,” said Wendy.

From discussions of arranged marriages to the dynamics of family life, Marwa gave Wendy a better grasp of Syrian cul-

ture.

Wendy and Jim left Syria in 2004. Since then, a lot has changed.

Marwa now has a husband, Badreddin Homad, and three young boys: Mutaz, 5, Adam, 4, and Yuhus, 1.

Syria has changed as well, but not for the better.

Over the last two years, a nationwide uprising has taken over the country. Recently, the situation has gotten particularly bad in Aleppo.

Wendy and Jim communicated with Marwa over Skype as recently as Thursday morning. “(Thursday) she said there was somebody who can shoot from very far away—she means a sniper—so she can’t go outside the area,” said Wendy.

A bakery, a three minute walk away from her house, was blown up the day before. Marwa’s family constantly hear the sound of explosions.

“It is dire,” said Wendy.

In late January, Jim recorded a Skype conversation with Marwa.

“The street is horrible,” Marwa said.

“From six in the morning, soldiers are (near) my house, shouting for the people to stop and get back home, because (they) said they have the right to shoot any time they want.”

Wendy and Jim felt they had to do something—they didn’t want Marwa to stay and didn’t want to see her and her

Reaching out to a friend in need A West Kelowna couple is fighting to ‘save the lives’ of a Syrian family

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WENDY PORTEOUS SCORGIE (right) and her husband Jim are fighting to bring

their friend, Marwa Saffaf (left), and her family to Canada on a temporary resident visa.

Marwa is currently living in war-torn Aleppo, Syria. young boys cross the border into a “horrible” refugee camp in Turkey, Lebanon or Iraq.

Through Facebook conversations, the Westside couple encouraged Marwa and her family to apply for temporary Canadian resident visas and offered to put them up when, or if, they arrive in Canada.

Taking Jim and

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The journey was not an easy one.

“It’s about a five hour drive from Aleppo to Beirut. They were stopped, taken off their transport and her husband was put in a room and interrogated as to his political views and that type of thing,” said Jim. He added the trip required Marwa and her husband to travel through several small towns currently engulfed by violence.

Less than a week after submitting their application, they received a letter of rejection.

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The Capital News attempted to reach Albas Thursday; however, he was unable to comment because he was preparing to board a flight from Ottawa to the Okanagan.

Wendy and Jim have encouraged Marwa to keep trying to attain letters that may help her cause, even though “she’s having a great difficulty getting them.”

They’ve also asked Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney to reconsider approving the rejected application.

Wendy referenced the tale of the old man and the starfish to illustrate the impact she feels Minister Kenney can have on Marwa’s family.

In the story, an old man walks along a beach where thousands of stranded starfish will surely die from the sun, throwing the odd starfish in the water. A younger man passing by asks why he’s wasting his time and suggests he can’t possibly make a difference.

The man picks up a small starfish, throws it into the water, and says, “I made a difference to that one.”

“Minister Kenney can’t save the world, but he does have the power to save this one family,” said Wendy.

In the meantime, Wendy and Jim continue to do what they can while losing sleep worrying about their friend.

And, while stuck at home between power cuts and Internet failures, their friend Marwa continues to connect with them via Skype, hoping something will change to allow her family into the safe haven Canada can provide—Insha’Allah.

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In a letter obtained by Capital News dated Jan. 28, an officer of Citizen and Immigration Canada wrote: “I have completed my assessment of your application and I have determined that you do not meet the requirements for a temporary resident visa; therefore, your application is refused.”

The main reason for the refusal was that the officer was not satisfied Marwa and her family would leave Canada at the end of their stay as temporary residents.

Wendy said Marwa’s intentions are not to stay in Canada long-term— she owns a kindergarten in Aleppo and has a house that she hopes to return to.

“Syrians are very proud. They love their

country and hope it will be the same as it was before. She would like to go back,” said Wendy.

“Whether she has to renew, whether she can’t go back to the same place she left—that may be the situation. But she didn’t have a chance to explain any of that to anybody, it was just a case of: No. “That’s what we think has been very unfair about the process.”

Another concern was that Marwa has family ties to Canada. Wendy noted she has an aunt who lives in Toronto who she “would never think to contact.”

Jim said he has brought the issue to Okanagan-Coquihalla MP Dan Albas, but nothing has been done yet.

“In their application, we did everything we thought was right. We wrote a letter of invitation, saying we would be financially responsible for them here and we wanted them to stay for just short of a year—that’s the maximum visa they can get,” said Jim, adding Marwa planned to bring a significant amount of money, which he assumed would be looked at as a “good thing” to illustrate less dependency. “(Albas) indicated that those are all red lights for people who want to come in and claim refugee status.”

Jim said Albas told him Marwa needs to get evidence from prominent Syrians, such as mayors and doctors, who indicate her family is likely to return home before the expiration of a temporary visa.

“The trouble is, she’s out there trying to do that, but nobody wants to put pen to paper.

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NDP, Conservatives line up candidates for election Alistair Waters ASSISTANT EDITOR

Two men will duke it out for the provincial NDP nomination in Kelowna-Lake Country later this month.

With the countdown underway to the May 12 B.C. election, UBC Okanagan student Tom Macauley and area businessman Mike Nuyens will vie for the nomination and the right to challenge Liberal incumbent and current Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick.

The NDP riding association will hold its nomination meeting Feb. 26 at the Rutland Centennial Hall.

The B.C. Conservative Party has already nominated its candidate in the riding, former Kelowna city councillor Graeme James.

According to the Kelowna-Lake Country NDP constituency asso-

ciation president Matthew Reed, his party, from leader Adrian Dix on down, believes it can win the traditionally strong Liberal riding this time around.

Reed said Thursday that belief comes from an increase in interest in the NDP in recent years in the area.

He said the constituency association now has between 250 and 300 members—the highest number in the four years he has been president.

In the last year alone, it has seen a surge in both the number of volunteers willing to work for the party here.

Dix, who has come to the Central Okanagan many times in the last two years for announcements, meetings and appearances, has repeatedly said his party is targeting the Okanagan as somewhere it believes it can take seats from the Liberals in the next election.

Reed said both Macauley and Nuyens have had success signing up new members and the riding association believes the NDP will attract a large number of young voters who live in the riding.

Once part of a Social Credit stronghold, what is now Kelowna-Lake Country has been held by the B.C. Liberals since 1991, when Judy Tyabji won it for the party that was, at that time, led by Gordon Wilson.

Following a challenge to Wilson’s leadership

by Gordon Campbell after Wilson made Tyabji, who he was having an extra-marital affair with at the time, his party’s house leader in the legislature, Tyabji quit the Liberals in 1993 and sat as an independent before joining Wilson’s new party, the Progressive Democratic Alliance.

Tyabji ran in the 1996

election as a PDA candidate but was defeated by her ex-brother-in-law, Liberal candidate John Weisbeck, the B.C. Liberal candidate.

Weisbeck held the riding until 2005 when he decided not to run again and was succeeded by Al Horning, another Liberal candidate who had formerly been a federal Conservative MP and Kelowna city councillor.

Letnick easily won the riding for the Liberals in 2009 after Horning quit politics.

Over in Kelowna-Mission, only one candidate for the NDP nomination has publicly put her name forward.

Local businesswoman Dayleen Van Ryswyk, who has waged a public battle with the province over road access to her Okanagan Koi business on Highway 33, is expected to be acclaimed as the party’s candidate

to face incumbent Liberal MLA and current Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson.

Mike McLoughlin, a long-time Kelowna businessman who has opened two medical clinics here, has been nominated in the riding by the B.C. Conservative Party.

The third Central Okanagan riding, Westside-Kelowna, has candidates for the Liberals,

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“There are far too many unanswered questions to provide unqualified support for the project at this time,” said James.

“Government and political parties must look past political gains to the bigger issues at hand. We need to stop the process now and engage in meaningful discussions with the people of B.C. Enbridge does not have the social license to proceed with this pipeline.”

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Kelowna-Lake Country Conservative candidate Graeme James says he can’t support Enbridge’s plans for a pipeline to transport bitumen across the province and then through B.C. coastal waters.

“One of my primary concerns is the Enbridge spill record from Wisconsin to the Kalamazoo River. Enbridge has had more than 600 spills involving legal action against the

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The riding is currently represented by Liberal Ben Stewart, B.C.’s Minister of Citizen’s Services and Open Government.

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To the editor: I have been a volunteer at the Salvation Army Thrift Store for quite a few years.

This morning I saw the same sight that I have seen so many times over the years.

I never become used to it though. Each time I become more sickened, disgusted.

The back of the store right up to the door is totally cluttered with donations that were left overnight and ripped open, along with old furniture that was also dropped off.

At both doors there are signs posted to not drop off your donations when there is no one at the door to accept them. And do not drop them off at night when no one is there.

Your donations are very important to us and certainly are appreciated and are used to help the less fortunate.

If your donations are good enough to be donated to a thrift store, then you should make the effort to get them to the store during work hours.

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Independent MLAs have a dream for B.C. I magine a province where party leaders are chosen in an independently supervised vote, with 12-year-olds, dead people and pets prevented from voting.

Imagine a province where roving gangs of influence-seekers aren’t allowed to join multiple parties, and the rule is actually enforced.

One where corporations and unions have to advertise in their own name instead of financing political parties and then disclosing millions in donations months after the election is over.

Imagine a province where elections are held based on audited financial statements, not a collection of election promises that will be dismissed as a work of fiction by the new regime if the

incumbent party is defeated.

A cat joined the B.C. Liberal Party to support Christy Clark. Adrian Dix won the NDP leadership with the help Tom of bags of $10 bills staFletcher pled to new memberships. As parties go to online voting, multiple PIN numbers may be activated from the same phone number or the same address.

These and other glaring problems with our party-based political system were highlighted last week in a set of reforms proposed by three independent MLAs. Vicki Huntington broke the party choke-hold on B.C. politics by getting elected as an independent in Delta

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Bob Simpson was kicked out of the NDP caucus shortly after winning re-election for the party in Cariboo North, because he dared to criticize then-leader Carole James for a lack of policy specifics.

They were belatedly joined by Abbotsford South MLA John van Dongen, who quit the B.C. Liberals in an orchestrated move to the B.C. Conservatives, and then quit that party soon after.

Van Dongen does not have the credibility of the others to speak on integrity, given his self-serving party antics and his questionable decision to hire his fiancée and pay her one and a half salaries to serve as his constituency assistant.

Leaving that aside, there are some good ideas in the independents’ reform package. One is to give back-

bench MLAs a meaningful role in policy-making.

Simpson gave the example of Prince George MLA Shirley Bond’s term as education minister, where she had to reverse ministry policies that didn’t make sense in rural school districts. The all-F party standing committee on education could have prevented this error, he said,l but it didn’t because it never meets.

The party voting irregularities de-h scribed above could be addressed byd giving Elections BC authority to super-i vise party leadership votes, the way itf does elections and referenda. There areT unknown costs for this, and other prob-p lems. For instance, should the Mari-i juana Party be subject to this, or thet Work Less Party, should either onep muster enough organization to stage aa y See Fletcher A11t

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Being elected would free Senators from ties to old political masters To the editor: Despite calls for its abolition by my own party, I prefer a serious attempt at reforming the red beast (the Senate).

First of all, let’s be clear about costs. The effective way is to cut the number of seats permanently to around 70 to 75 seats from the 110 plus other parties hanker after.

New Democrats wish to abolish (the Senate) which would be a mistake; The House of Commons need a counterbalance.

The current Senate has no power to originate financial matters except to ratify the House of Commons federal budget after debating it—so further changes are possible.

Here’s a rough distribution by province and

regional zone based on population.

Twenty seats for the four western provinces, all elected at a general election within each of the four western provinces and based on proportional representation. Manitoba for example would get fewer seats than Alberta or B.C. Ontario 20 seats.

Quebec with a lower and declining population, 15 seats.

The Maritimes 10 seats fairly and equitably distributed.

(Example: One senate seat for PEI.) Then there should be three seats for Nuavut (Iqaluit capital) and the western Northwest Territory (Yellowknife capital) plus the Yukon (Whitehorse capital)—one each.

Two seats might be re-

served for honorific appointments (the only ones) of past Prime Ministers who may wish to be named Senators until they too reach 75 years of age.

Joe Clark is almost 75!

Turner is over 75 but Paul Martin might qualify.

In general we need to divide the country into regions—surely 10 to 20 senators per region is sufficient for an Upper House.

First Nations would not have specific seats but would run as candidates as part of the 10 to 20 seats available in a region or province, like all other Canadians in a Canadian senate, and may choose to run under a political party label also.

Keeping the Senate at 73 to 75 seats would be cost effective and prevent

seat inflation as proposed by the current Conservatives.

All senators would be elected at-large within their province or territory for the same term as the House of Commons.

This would be done at normal federal election times, partially to ensure voter turnout and to save money—an original idea?

Once a senator reaches 75 years of age he or she must retire prior to the next election. (What a cruel birthday present to be forced to resign on your 75th birthday.)

Senate elections with a Federal House of Commons election would be cost effective.

A senator would represent a province not a constituency and not necessarily represent any

political party. Senators could run on a party label but would have the freedom to relinquish this if they chose to. Being free to take that “sober second thought” would be enshrined with the power to dissent from one’s political masters, once elected as a senator in Canada.

Ah, freedom from political party discipline. What a fundamental change in a reformed democratic senate that would be.

Senators only accountable to their provincial or territorial electorate. Dream!

It might cause the House of Commons or an arrogant majority to pause before ramming through a bill named Omnibus.

John O. Powell, Kelowna

Thousands of Alberta dinosaurs died in same event To the editor: Internationally-known paleontologist Philip Currie spoke Feb. 2 at Okanagan College’s Vernon campus on his Dino Gang theory.

Currie is a proponent of the bird-dinosaur link and “feathered dinosaurs.”

In a paper published in Science (Oct. 26/12) re: The “feathered dinosaur” Ornithomimus, fibrous impressions in Alberta sandstone were interpreted as feathers on the forewings. Yet the rock impressions of the

“feathers” consist mostly of straight lines that look nothing like flight feathers.

The fact that the specimens were found in Upper Cretaceous means true birds were already flying around when Ornithomimus lived, and the adult specimen exhibits the “dinosaur death pose” indicating suffocation in water.

New Scientist (online Nov. 23/11) reported when researchers placed seven plucked chickens into cool, fresh water,

their necks arched and their heads were thrown back within seconds. Sustained immersion of the chickens for up to a month slightly increased the severity of the pose, but the major movement of the head occurred almost immediately.

This is evidence dinosaurs were buried in a flood—a big one.

The logo for the proposed Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum (curriemuseum.ca) shows a Troodon formosus—a small carnivorous dino-

saur similar to a Velociraptor—in a death pose.

Dr. Carl Werner interviewed Currie for his first of two documentaries, Evolution: The Grand Experiment (2009) http:// thegrandexperiment.com.

Currie told Werner in a July 1997 interview: “...

Centrosaurus bone beds that are spread over a distance of about five miles in Dinosaur Provincial Park…In fact, there has been some attempt in recent years to calculate how many individuals we’re looking at in each

one of these bone beds, and it does exceed thousands of animals. We may be looking at herds of as many as 10,000 animals.”

Currie repeated the 10,000 figure in Vernon, saying “as many as 10,000 animals died in a single event.”

Werner will be speaking at UBC Okanagan: Feb. 14: Why I Abandoned Evolution (2 p.m., SCI 337); Living Fossils (7 p.m., Fipke 204).

All lectures are free.

David Buckna, Kelowna

Clothing, furniture gets routed through, spoiled Donations from A10 If it is just garbage don’t drop it off at night when no one can see you. Take

it to the dump yourself.

Yes the mess left from these drop offs in the middle of the night are disgusting and yes, we can

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leadership contest?

The independents had high hopes for one fundamental reform, moving B.C.’s set election date from the spring to the fall.

This would take a simple amendment. The idea is for the government to table the annual budget, present the audited public accounts for the previous year, then have an election that rests on tested fi-

nancial statements and initial results for the current forecast.

Both the B.C. Liberal Party and the NDP have expressed support for this idea. The independents suggest that this brief three-week legislative session is a good time to do it, so the next government can implement it.

I asked Mike de Jong, the B.C. Liberal finance minister and house leader, if he would consider it.

He allowed that it is interesting, but it’s not contemplated for the pre-election session. That will be dominated by returning the provincial sales tax, and the usual jousting over untested spending and revenue proposals.

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

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Good neighbours theme to celebration of Okanagan history Organizations throughout the Central Okanagan are joining the country and province in celebrating Heritage Week from Feb. 18 to 24.

This year’s Heritage Week theme of “Good Neighbours—Heritage Homes and Neighborhoods” has a broad appeal that will be represented in a number of different ac-

tivities in the local area.

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James Johnstone, a heritage advocate and house historian, will guide participants on a free virtual tour of Vancouver’s

oldest neighbourhood using archival and modern images.

Johnstone’s experiences and skills will inspire local residents to gain a deeper understanding of their own neighbourhood’s past.

The Heritage Week Kick-off Breakfast is Monday, Feb. 18, 7:30 a.m., hosted at the Kelowna Canadian Italian Club, 770 Lawrence Ave., by the COHS and the Rutland Residents Association.

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The breakfast is by donation and will also feature door prizes and a 50/50 draw.

Later on Monday at 1:30 p.m., the COHS will make a presentation to Kelowna city council, updating City Hall on Heritage Week events and the Kelowna heritage grants program.

On Wednesday, Feb. 20, there will be a Brown Bag Luncheon at the Kelowna Heritage Museum from noon to 1 p.m.

Some of UBC Okanagan’s talented students will present preliminary work they have done on an art and research project in Kelowna’s North End, called Eco Art for Newcomers.

On Thursday, Feb. 21, the COHS will have their annual general meeting and will host the 29th annual Heritage Awards, 7 p.m., at the Benvoulin Heritage Church.

On Friday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m., at the Environmental Education Centre of the Okanagan (EECO), there will be a special presentation called “Audubon and the Peregrine Falcon.”

The public is invited to celebrate the recently acquired Amsterdam print of the Audubon Peregrine Falcon, learn about its natural history and reintroduction programs. This free event will include refreshments.

And finally on Sunday, Feb. 24, 1 to 4 p.m., there will be a Heritage Home Tour and Tea. The self-guided neighbourhood walking tour begins at the Knowles House at 865 Bernard Ave. For a $5 donation you can enjoy tea and goodies and receive a passport to visit an additional five unique heritage homes.

Each house will feature displays about the first residents, using in-

triguing new information uncovered by the Kelowna and District Genealogical Society.

More information about each of these events can be found by calling or emailing the organizing groups, or by visiting www.facebook.com/ OKHeritagesociety.

This year’s participants include the Central Okanagan Heritage Society, Kelowna Museums, Okanagan Historical Society, RDCO Regional Parks, Kelowna and District Genealogical Society, Kelowna South Central Association of Neighbourhoods, Friends and Residents of the Abbott Street Heritage Conservation Area Society, Rutland Residents Association, UBCO’s Creative Studies department, Okanagan Regional Library, Okanagan Mission Residents Association and the Kelowna Canadian Italian Club.

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Fashion show benefit to help literacy in war-torn Uganda Mount Boucherie Secondary School Global Service program participants will host an Ethical Threads Fashion and Fine Arts Night.

The event takes place Feb. 21, starting at 7 p.m., in the school’s multi-purpose room. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

The night will feature 20 models in recycled fashion accessorized

by scarves and jewelry produced by students at Mount Boucherie.

All of the models’ clothing will be sold at the end of the evening.

Also available for purchase will be other donated clothing, Boojangles Jewelry, and Dreamweaver Scarves as well as silent art auction items.

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NEWS ▼ ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

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The society next month launches a free tele-support and learning group for local caregivers of a family member with

Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia who is living at home.

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Meetings will be conducted over the phone, on Friday afternoons, be-

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“Participants will gain increased knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, and better communication skills for interacting with the person with dementia,” Robson said.

Other benefits include improved problem-solving and self-care skills, better knowledge of—and access to—resources, and an expanded support network.

Each call will include up to eight family caregivers. Participants only need a standard telephone.

They call a toll-free number at the scheduled time and will be able to hear and speak with one another at all times during the meetings, which run from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Program hand-outs will be mailed to participants before March 15.

For more information and to apply, call Jan Robson at 604-742-4935 (tollfree 1-800-667-3742).

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Chair re-elected to head up Okanagan Basin water board

The representative for the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District has been appointed to another term as chair of the Okanagan Basin Water

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MUSSEL INSPECTION

The water board wants an inspection program to stop invasive mussels.

An infestation of zebra or quagga mussels in Okanagan lakes could cost $43 million annually in added water infrastructure maintenance and lost revenue (e.g. tourism), aquatic biologist Heather Larratt told the board.

This does not include the irreparable ecological damage, she added.

To help prevent the mussels from reaching the Okanagan, the board is sending a letter to the federal and B.C. governments urging an inspection program, similar to ones in the U.S., to stop the spread of this and other invasive species.

The board is asking Okanagan local governments to send similar letters.

Zebra and quagga mussels have been spreading quickly through the east coast of Canada and U.S. and are making their way west, fouling water infrastructure, destroying natural lake ecosystems and costing governments millions each year to manage. Okanagan waters are considered some of the most at risk in B.C.

MILFOIL CONTROL

After two years of meetings with the province to discuss the OBWB’s program for milfoil control and ways to also protect native freshwater mussels, the board is asking for a long-term permit.

The board is forwarding its request to B.C’s Minister of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, recognizing the need for winter rototilling while respecting the economic and social needs of Okanagan citizens and the needs of the environment. The board will be asking Okanagan local governments to also send letters.

WATER SHARING DEAL

The board greeted the International Joint Commission’s new Operating Orders for Osoyoos Lake with optimism.

The OBWB was successful in its opposition to guaranteed water flows to the U.S., and wanted a deal that more effectively managed water for residents, agriculture and the environment on both sides of the border. It’s believed a new rule curve for lake level management will address these issues.

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CAPITAL NEWS

ENTERTAINMENT

Music transcends language Jennifer Smith STAFF REPORTER

Music transcends language, says bilingual, fracaphone artist Ariane Moffatt as she deftly describes the groovy tunes that won her national acclaim in 2012 and her first Western Canadian tour this winter.

Singing in English and French, Moffatt opens the door for anyone to understand the soulful electronic creations she’s personally dubbed “folktronica” owing to their broad scope of instrumentation and heavy electronic underpinnings.

Yet, ensuring her English audience connects with the French and vice versa is more a matter for the seductive energy behind the beats driving tunes like Hôtel Amour.

“People that like music, they are interested in the sounds,” she said. “…The lyric content is not in big plenty for this record. ‘I want to go to hotel.’ Everybody can understand that.”

Funnily enough, the logic holds on instrumentation as well. Known for an incredibly eclectic style that might see her experimenting with jazz one moment and folk the next, she says she’s never been a virtuoso.

Piano got her into music, the guitar followed, but really it wasn’t until she started playing around with different sounds and a keyboard that her love for the combinations she could make really flourished.

This makes sense when one considers the root of her musical obsession.

At it’s core, Moffatt’s

▼ CD REVIEWS

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ARIANE MOFFATT plays the Streaming Café in Kelowna on Monday, Feb. 25. art is less about fantastic sound and more about what makes one want to move—and she attributes this to her family.

Her father was into sports and education and physicality was strongly encouraged in her home.

An interesting take on the battle between the arts and sports, Moffatt’s incredible success proves a love of one’s artistic creation need not negate a passion to move to a groove.

After an incredibly busy touring year, featuring shows at Webster Hall in NYC and two full

European tours, she will include dates in Toronto at the Rivoli en route to her first western tour.

This will be her first run of dates out west and is intended to showcase the release of her 2012 album MA and MA Remix.

MA was long-listed for the Polaris Prize in 2012, hit number one on the Canadian iTunes chart, number one on the Billboard top selling Canadian albums chart mid-year and made CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi’s top 20 albums of the year.

MA Remix was re-

leased in the fall and is a collaboration with Montreal DJ/producer Poirier, featuring some of the biggest names in electronica—Dubbel Dutch, Nautiluss, Bonjay, Plaster as well as remixes from Poirier and Moffatt herself.

Altogether it should be an impressive show when she steps into one of Kelowna’s music hotspots to live stream her sets across the country.

Ariane Moffatt plays the Streaming Café Monday, Feb. 25, information can be found at streamingcafe.net.

For non devotees, Smash is an NBC television series about a Broadway musical based on Marilyn Monroe that is in rehearsal while the two main “bombshells” of the title compete with one another to see who will be the main cast member and who will be the understudy.

It stars Katherine McPhee as Karen and Megan Hilty as Ivy. Bombshell is also the second TV soundtrack after last year’s The Music Of Smash and it is much wider in scope, with 22 songs and 70 minutes compared with last year’s 13-track album.

The songs are realized by Tony and Grammy winning composer Mark Shaiman (City Slickers, Sister Act, A Few Good Men and many more) who has a sharp ear for detail and some clever lyrics on many of these songs that are often very wordy—as you might expect from a Broadway theatrical musical that is unfolding its plot with song as well as dialogue.

The first Smash cast album had songs written by stars such as Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic) and Carrie Underwood, and that debut enjoyed a minor hit with a cover of Christina Aguilera’s Beautiful.

This new cast recording doesn’t have allstar outside help but is,

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Bruce Mitchell in fact, even more ambitious than the first release as it explores Monroe’s life from childhood to foster homes, to her marriage and separation from Joe DiMaggio, to JFK dalliances, to actors studio method acting classes, etc.

The soundtrack’s ambition can also be heard in the eclecticism of music here from the show tune swing of the title track Bombshell to the doo wop of History Is Made At Night (not the Wanda Jackson classic), to the humorous Vegas glitz of Don’t Say Yes Until I Finish, and the campy big band rock and roll of I Never Met A Wolf Who Didn’t Love To Howl.

Fans of the TV show will probably really enjoy this lengthy soundtrack album but I don’t hear a hit off this set, although the closing song Don’t Forget Me has a sense of anthemic resolution that wraps things up and may be the attention-grabber for devotees.

Finally, the first season of this series is now also available on a fourDVD set so there is plenty of new Smash product to scoop up.

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE: TEMPER TEMPER (RCA) This Welsh alt metal and sometime screamo band has enjoyed big successes with their last two albums Scream, Aim, Fire and Fever that hit No. 4 and No. 3 respectively on the album sales charts.

This new album has been released in this fallow season for new product and so it too will most likely chart very high, but if you are familiar with Bullet For My Valentines’ metal core you won’t find too many challenges musically on Temper Temper where even the title repeats.

The group has rehired producer Don Gilmour (Linkin Park) to keep things humming along and the songs here are all short, sharp and to the point with lots of first world complaint rock.

There is some credible eye for and eye truculence on the opener Breaking Point and some tachycardia inducing truculence on Temper Temper and even a dash of drug addled truculence on Truth Hurts.

Bullet For My Valentine try a couple of new angles here with the speedy chug-itta, chug-itta rhythms of Dirty Little Secret (girl troubles) and some boogie metal on Dead To The World (existential numbness) while one of the stickered feature tracks, Riot, explores

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Another New Year’s keepsake from Vienna NEW YEARS CONCERT: THE VIENNA PHILHARMONIC 2013 (SONY)

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To me screamo is dead but Bullet For My Valentine offer just enough innovation for their hard core fan base.

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These New Years concerts at the Vienna Philharmonic have been ongoing for a very long time and 2013 marks year number 73.

The guest conductor for this year’s festivities is Franz Welser-Most (as he was a couple of years ago) and as ever this con-

cert celebrates the music of the Strauss family dynasty.

There are seven tunes by pappa Josef Strauss 1827-1870 (classical music liner notes always give the composers birth/ death years for some reason) and brother Johann Strauss II (1825-1899).

However, for the very first time the Vienna Philharmonic has introduced Richard Wagner’s very well known gem Lohen-

grin Prelude To Act III because he was such a big influence on the Strauss boys as per the liner notes.

It is also revealed that a few hitherto never before performed tunes such as From The Mountains Waltz, Theatre Quadrille, The Spinner French Polka and Hesperus Path Waltz are performed also for the very first time.

As this was a new years celebration, it feels like the audience and con-

ductor let there hair down and played more casual and exploratory instead of the sometimes gravitas angle of classical music in keeping with the sense of the moment.

You will, for example, have to buy the DVD or Blu-ray to see why the audience laughed throughout the curious sounding Reminiscences Of Ernst (aka The Venice Carnival Fantasia) by pappa Johann Strauss I

(1804-1849).

As expected the highlight here is the beautiful encore performance of The Blue Danube that is the best known tune ever from this always over-achieving family.

As an interesting side note there was a 90 year old woman in the audience by the name of Hedwig Aigner-Strauss who is the grand daughter of Karoline Strauss whom pappa Josef affectionate-

ly called Chatterbox and that titular polka is played here too, bringing everything full circle somehow.

While some high brows bristle at the hoi polloi of tourists who flock to these New Years concerts, a good time was still had by all. Check out the enthusiastic clap along to the Radetzky March.

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IN THE LOOP Global Citizen Kelowna Week: Global Children’s Villages 10 am-4 pm Feb 16 at New Life Auditorium; Global School House 9 am-3 pm Feb 18-21 at New Life Auditorium; GCK Speaker Series with Taylor Conroy 6-10 pm Feb 20 at Trinity Baptist Church; Taste of Home 5:30-8:30 pm Feb 23 at New Life Auditorium The Millennium Develop ment Challenge 9 am -2:30 pm Feb 28 at Rotary Centre for the Arts Global Music Fest 8-11:30 pm March 1/2 at Laurel Packing House An Artist’s Eye on the World 10 am - 2 pm March 2 at Laurel Packing House.

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Ethical Threads fashion show 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at Mount Boucherie Secondary School in West Kelowna, of donated fashion clothing and accessories. All clothing priced under $10 with proceeds to the schooling of former child soldiers and literacy projects in Uganda. Admission is a donation of pennies which will go to Global Service Club for water projects in Africa/ edit@kelownacapnews.com

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SPORTS ▼ CURLING

Scott set for 8th Scotties appearance “Every time is special and, no, it never gets old”— Kelly Scott on her eighth trip to the Scotties.

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Even after seven previous trips to the big show, the novelty is not wearing off.

For the eighth time in the last nine years, Kelowna’s Kelly Scott rink will compete for the Canadian women’s curling championship, as the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts kicks off this Saturday in Kingston, Ont. “The fact that this is the eighth time there for us is exciting,” said Scott, a two-time Canadian champ and the 2007 world champ. “Every time is special and, no, it never gets old. We’ve built a lot of memories over the years, met a lot of people, and it’s something we love doing. It’s a new experience every time.”

As has been the case several times in the Scott team’s storied history,

there have been some changes since the B.C. champs played in last year’s Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Red Deer.

Longtime teammate and friend Jeanna Schraeder is back playing at third after a year off, while Sarah Wazney moved from Winnipeg to Kelowna this season to take over the lead position from Jacquie Armstrong.

Second Sasha Carter has been with Scott ever since the two curled in junior in Winnipeg in the 1990s.

Scott said balancing families, curling, jobs and personal lives has made the rink members realize just how passionate they are about playing the game.

“Many children have been produced over the years,” Scott said with a laugh, “and we’ve just kind of had to roll with it and make the changes that are necessary.

“I think last year with all the maneuvering we did and digging deep, Sasha and I realized that we just love the game and we’re going to keep playing,” added Scott. “Getting Jeanna back this year gave us a sense of a sol-

id foundation that we’ve built and a sense of just how much we enjoy playing together. And having Sarah in the mix has been great, it’s brought a fresh new feeling to the team.”

The 2013 field in Kingston will be a mixture of familiar faces and newcomers.

Scott, along with Mantioba’s Jennifer Jones, and Team Canada’s Heather Nedohin will be among the most experienced rinks at the Scotties, while some young up-and-coming talent includes Ontario’s Rachel Homan, Jill Shumay of Saskatchewan and Alberta’s Kristie.

As always, Scott said it will be the crème de la crème of Canadian women’s curling and a mediocre week of play simply won’t get the job done.

“Just looking at the field, I think everybody is going to be beating up on everybody else,” said Scott, who qualified for the Scotties with her sixth B.C. title last month in Cloverdale. “It all comes down to who gets their rocks in the right place, who gets on a roll. I think 7-and-4, or maybe even

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Scotties on Saturday at 4 p.m. Pacific time against Alberta.

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▼ JUNIOR HOCKEY

Warriors close to playoffs; Chiefs have clinched a berth The West Kelowna Warriors can clinch a BCHL playoff spot this weekend as the team heads out on the road for a tough Coastal division road trip.

The Warriors will play three games in three nights on the coast, starting Friday night in Chilliwack before heading to Powell River on Saturday and then Alberni Valley on Sunday.

The Warriors have a solid hold on third place in the BCHL Interior and two wins this weekend will stamp its ticket to the playoffs.

West Kelowna is 23-12-3-8, just four points behind second place Merritt. With just four teams making the BCHL playoffs in the Interior Division, it appears the Warriors will match up against the Centennials in the playoffs.

The Warriors have 10 games remaining in the BCHL season with just two left at home, prior to the start of the BCHL playoffs which will begin in mid-March.

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UBCO team hosts CIS playoff action this weekend

UBC Okanagan is the scene of CIS playoff action for the first time this weekend as the women’s volleyball quarter-final match-up between the UBCO Heat and Mount Royal College will continue tonight (Friday) at the UBCO campus gymnasium.

Game one in the bestof-three series took place on Thursday night at UBCO. Results were unavailable at the Capital News press deadline but you can find out the status of the playoff at www.kelownacapnews.com.

It’s the first ever CIS playoff series to be hosted at UBCO with the Heat women in its second year of play in the CIS. The Heat women finished their second season in CIS play at 15-7, while Mount Royal was 14-8 in its first year of CIS play.

The winner of the series will move on to the Canada West Final Four hosted by the UBC where the top three finishers of the tournament earn a berth to the CIS championships.

The second match goes tonight at 6 p.m. at UBCO. If a third and deciding game is needed it will take place Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at UBCO. Admission is free for UBC students with Student ID

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and for children under 12. Adults are $5 and just $3 for youth, seniors and visiting students.

The games can also be seen online with live webcasts at ubco.canadawest. tv.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

The final chapter in the careers of Roslyn Huber (Kelowna, BC), Madison Kaneda (Vernon, BC), and Melissa Irish (Victoria, BC) will be written this Saturday evening UBC Okanagan will host the Thompson Rivers WolfPack for the

final regular season game for both of these teams.

Last weekend Kelowna native Huber became the school’s all-time point getter. With one game left in her career she now has 894 total points in her five years.

Tip off is at 5 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

The UBC Okanagan men’s basketball team will host the TRU WolfPack at UBCO this weekend in the second turn of the home and away series. The first match on Jan. 5 resulted in a victory for

UBC Okanagan in Kamloops.

Before the game, UBC Okanagan will honour their lone graduating player as Dave Mackay - a fourth year post from Vancouver - will graduate with a degree in Management this spring and will

not play for his final year of eligibility.

Neither team has qualified for the playoffs and tipoff for the matchup will follow the ceremony of the women’s senior players at about 7:30 on Saturday.

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Island Royals, the Rockets have now won 23 games on the season, the second most wins ever by a Rockets team, trailing just the 2006-07 squad that won 27. With six games remaining in the BCMML season, the win record in in reach for the Rockets who are also on pace to score 191 goals, just eight behind the 0607 team that scored 199.

The Rockets are 236-5, in third place in the BCMML and a lock to make the playoffs.

The team has had several outstanding individual performances this year that are threatening the

Rockets record books including: •B rett Mennear earned 3 points on the weekend and now finds himself just 6 points behind Brett Mulcahy for the all-time Rockets scoring lead. Mennear has 81 points as a Rocket with six games remaining. Mennear is currently third on the all-time list as Harlan Orr sits 2nd with 85 points in his two year Rockets career with Mulcahy the all-time leading scorer.

• Rockets captain Branden Wagner is also set to crack the top five in Rockets all-time scoring with 68 points so far in his Rockets career.

• Josh Blanchard is

seven goals behind Parker Bowles’ record setting mark of 35 in a single season set last year.

• With 35 assists on the year, 15 year old Liam Finlay is just four helpers behind the single season assist mark set in 200607 by Kyle Fraser who had 39 assists that season.

Finlay is also having one of the finest seasons ever by a 15 year old rookie for the Rockets. With 43 points already, Finlay trails just Ryan Harrison’s 48 points and Curtis Hamilton’s 58 points as 15-year-olds with the Rockets.

• Defenceman Alex Gran moved into a tie with Max Mowat for the fourth

most points by a defenceman in a single season with 36 points this year.

With a single point, Gran would move past Mowat into 4th, and match the 37 points Liam Gorges put up in 07-08. Matt Ridley holds the single season mark for defencemen with 49 points in the 06-07 season. Gran is already the career leader in points by a Rockets defencemen with 56 and counting, and the franchise leader in games played with 108 and counting.

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Kelowna’s legacy from hosting the International Children’s Games in January of 2011 lives on in the form of 20 athletes and five coaches, as well as several parents and chaperones, who will be leaving next week for Ufa, Russia and the sixth International Children’s Winter Games.

Kelowna is sending the second largest delegation and is the only team from Canada that will attend the games in Russia, a venture with a total bill close to $200,000, offset by sponsors, fundraising and parents wallets.

“This is the legacy of us hosting the games,” said Heather Schneider, president of the Kelowna International Children’s Games legacy committee.

“Since we hosted, we get invited to attend every one of these games.”

Kelowna’s delegation includes Kelowna’s bantam tier 1 hockey team as well as two members of the Kelowna figure skating club.

“This international experience is going to be great,” said figure skater Julianne Delaurier at an official send-off for the delegation, which will make the trip to Russia late next week for the games that begin Feb. 26. “We are excited for this opportunity to meet new people and see new things. It’s a chance to meet new skaters from all over the world which is

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KELOWNA bantam tier 1 player Jaden McNulty (left) receives some well wishes and a toque and scarf from Kelowna Rockets assistant captain Myles Bell during the official send off of the Kelowna athletes to the International Children’s Games in Ufa, Russia. very exciting.”

Delaurier along with Rosalyn Carr are the two figure skaters attending the event and they will be joined by the 18 members of the Kelowna bantam Rockets (see roster) as well as their coaches and many parents.

Hockey player Giovanni Sambrielaz spoke on behalf of the hockey team.

“We as a team are proud and excited to represent our association, our city and above all our country,” said Sambrielaz.

“We’re looking forward to being able to experience our sport in a different country. We are going to cherish the ability to see things that many Canadians will never get the

chance to see with their own eyes.”

Over 30 countries and 60 different city’s will be taking part in the International Children’s Games in Ufa, also the host city for the World Junior Hockey Championships earlier this year.

“This is going to be the experience of a lifetime for these athletes,” said Schneider.

The Kelowna skaters will compete against skaters from all different countries while the hockey tournament will feature teams from Russia, Mongolia, Latvia, Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia and Belarus.

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SPORTS ▼ RINGETTE

▼ HARD CORE RACE

Kelowna teams Sweethearts

Race through mud, sweat, tears

Kevin Parnell STAFF REPORTER

Two Kelowna ringette teams and one from West Kelowna claimed medals at the 23rd annual Kelowna Ringette Association’s Sweetheart Tournament last weekend.

The Kelowna 18plus team had an 11-2 win over Port Coquitlam to claim the gold medal while Westside Ringette’s Under-14B team earned the gold medal with a 3-1 win over Red Deer in the division final.

Kelowna’s Under14A team snared a bronze medal with a 4-3 win over Richmond in the bronze medal game last weekend, ending another successful Sweetheart tourrnament for Kelowna ringette. s “It went excellent,” ssaid tournament director eMelissa Elsom. “There swere just over 1,200 atheletes and families and dcoaches and everything -went smoothly. We had no issues.” e With 88 teams from -all over B.C. and Alberta, ”including 14 from Kelowna and a half-dozen from -West Kelowna, action ttook part in nearly every trink available from Win-field, to Rutland, CNC -and Memorial in Kelow,na and Jim Lind and Roy-al LePage Place in West aKelowna.

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THE KELOWNA CHIEFS 18-plus team was one of

two Kelowna ringette teams to claim a gold medal last weekend at the Kelowna Ringette Sweetheart Tourney.

The team is (back row, left to right) Connie Chapman, Vanessa Cross, Kelley Taylor, Bobbi McIvor, Kaitlyn Collins, Natalie Stewart, Holly Langlois, Jordan Ossachuk and Taylor Pomponio (front row) Melanie Brown, Nicole Martini and Catherine Brown. exhibition between the B.C. Thunder national ringette league team and the Thompson Okangan U-19 team.

As usual, it was an important date on the calendar, not only for teams from the local associations but a popular event for teams from the rest of B.C. and parts of Alberta.

“We get all of our teams involved in the tournament from decorating and helping out as well as playing,” said Elsom. “A lot of our teams go to the coast for tournaments because there are no other tournaments close to us so it’s nice to have one close to home.

The whole weekend our volunteers heard from so

many teams from out of town that they love coming here. It’s their favourite tournament of the year. We go above and beyond. We have all the rinks decorated in hearts and we do the big opening ceremony.”

Many ringette teams will go straight from the Sweetheart tournament and into playoffs, using the annual event as a tuneup as they get set to chase provincial titles.

The next two weekends will see the start of the Thompson Okanagan Ringette League playoffs with provincial tournaments taking place in March. kparnell@kelownacapnews.com

Another race is coming to the Okanagan with the announcement of a new adventure event to take place this May. Mudd, Sweat & Tears (MST), Canada’s premier 5k and 10k mud run obstacle course race, has announced it will be landing in the Okanagan this spring, with the addition of Mudd, Sweat and Tears Kelowna, taking place at Lake Okanagan Resort on May 4.

The 10k obstacle course mud run, which has competitors crawling, climbing, swimming, carrying and dragging themselves (and possibly fellow competitors) over a series of military-style obstacles ranging from mud pits and quarter-pipes to steep hill climbs and ninefoot walls, will incorporate the best of Lake Okanagan Resort’s beautiful 300-acre property with upland and waterfront vistas.

“Lake Okanagan Resort was really the logical choice for MST Kelowna,” said John Reed, of Mudd, Sweat & Tears Canada.

“The resort’s 300+ acre property on the shores of Lake Okanagan provides for a great variety of course design options, and the chance to partner with one of the areas top waterfront resorts. It’s really a unique opportunity.”

A major component of the Mudd, Sweat & Tears

experience is its charitable donations to the Breakfast Clubs of Canada.

Breakfast Clubs of Canada is a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing services and funding to school breakfast programs across Canada. The program provides a hot nutritious breakfast to students who would otherwise not have a chance for breakfast due to circumstances beyond their control. MST donates a percentage of net profit from all events to this organization.

MST Kelowna consists of the main event on

Saturday, with participants able to select from full weekend accommodation packages, both at the resort and within the Kelowna area.

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Athletes represent Kelowna at Kid’s Games in Russia

Kid’s Games A24 games in 2011, the first time a children’s winter games was held outside of Europe, Kelowna has won medals at both the winter and summer games and has taken part in every games that have been held.

The Kelowna games saw over 1,000 athletes from 36 cities come to the Okanagan and provide a $2.2 million economic impact on Kelowna. Following that Kelowna athletes competed in Lanarkshire, Scotland in 2011 and Daegu, South Korea in August of last year. Boys and girls basketball teams from Kelowna as well as track and field athletes are expected to attend the 2013 International Children’s Summer Games which will be held in Windsor-Essex,

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KELOWNA ATHLETES ATTENDING THE CHILDREN’S GAMES Figure Skating Julianne Delaurier Rosalyn Carr Hockey Lucas Cullen Liam Hughes Thomas Pattison Shawn Guison Calvin Rout Sam De Melo Drayton Martin Joel Scrimbit Drayton Martin Connor Marritt Thomas Bodtker Ryan Pereverzoff Jeremy Hite Jaden McNulty Jordan Robinson Connor Schultz Zach Erhardt Giovanni Sambrielaz

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Stars scrimmage with the Rockets The Kelowna Rockets added some minor hockey flavour to the end of a practise this week as the Kelowna bantam Stars joined the Rockets for a spirited scrimmage Wednesday at Prospera Place.

The Stars won the right to skate alongside the Rockets by raising more money and food than any other team in the Kelowna Minor Hockey Association, donating over $4,000 in cash and almost $1,000 in food to the Kelowna Community Food Bank.

After touring the Rockets dressing room the Stars donned their gear and hit the ice to scrimmage with the Rockets.

“It was awesome,” said Stars coach Chad Jones. “The kids had an absolute blast. The Rockets were a bunch of young and very polite kids that spent time with our players and had fun. Our guys

had lots of fun and I think even the Rockets players did as well. I think this will be a highlight of a lot of these kids careers.”

ROCKETS HEAD COACH Ryan Huska (left above) drops the puck between Kelowna bantam Stars player Parker Jones and Rockets forward JT Barnett.

Kelowna Stars player Noah Pemberton (above) tries to skate away from the check of Rockets forward Henrik Nyberg while teammates Linden McKinney (back) and Josh Ruda (right) support the puck.

Members of both the Kelowna Rockets and Kelowna bantam Stars (below) along with team coaches pose for a picture after the practise.

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▼ THE BRAIN

Research in co-existing ADHD/bipolar disorder HEALING MINDS

Paul Latimer ADHD. This finding shows us a unique connection between the two conditions at the level of brain structure.

It will likely prove useful as we move forward to further understanding of these two conditions and how they interact.

Until we have definitive diagnostic testing for these conditions, we do have some ways to distinguish between bipolar disorder and ADD/ ADHD today.

First, we can examine the age of onset. ADD/ ADHD is present right from early childhood whereas bipolar disorder

typically presents after puberty. Consistency of symptoms is also a clue.

In ADD/ADHD, symptoms are always present. Bipolar disorder symptoms come and go in an episodic way.

We can also examine the triggers, rapidity and duration of mood shifts.

In ADD/ADHD, mood shifts are usually clearly triggered by life events, they can change very quickly throughout a day depending on what is happening and moods tend not to last nearly as long as the mood states commonly found in bipolar disorder.

If you think you or a loved one may have one or both of these conditions, there is good help available. Speak to a mental health professional to get an accurate diagnosis and learn about options for managing these conditions.

Paul Latimer is a

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Sounds like a shopping list of symptoms for bipolar disorder.

True, these symptoms are all quite normal in a person experiencing this serious mental illness.

They are also hallmarks of ADD/ADHD. Bipolar disorder and ADD/ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) share many overlapping symptoms and are also quite frequently found to co-exist in one patient.

Between five and 20 per cent of individuals with bipolar disorder also experience ADD/ADHD. Because of their overlapping symptoms and frequent comorbidity, it can sometimes be difficult to properly diagnose these conditions or to correctly identify when both are present in the same individual.

A recent study published in the journal Bipolar Disorders has discovered that brain structure abnormalities previously thought to be linked solely to bipolar disorder may actually be specific to both conditions occurring together.

In this MRI study, scientists from the University of California attempted to determine how ADD/ ADHD and bipolar disorder each contribute to brain structure abnormalities.

They scanned four groups of patients. Some had only bipolar disorder, some had only ADD/ ADHD, some had both conditions and one group had no mental illness.

Using MRI, they measured cortical thickness in each group and found that overall cortical thickness was less in those with bipolar disorder regardless of their ADD/ADHD status.

Interestingly, in two areas of the brain the effect of bipolar disorder on the cortical thickness was different in those with and without ADHD. In the right orbitofrontal cortex and the left subgenual cingulate, cortical thinning was less or non-existent for those with comorbid ADD/

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NEWS ▼ HEALTH

Nutritious value of modern day wheat being questioned A few months ago, I read a book entitled Wheat Belly

by Dr. William Davis.

Davis is a practicing cardiologist in Milwaukee. Although I didn’t find the book particularly well-written, his information and research was excellent.

This book concerns itself with the effects of the ingestion of wheat and our health.

He claims the obesity epidemic is affecting us in North America as a re-

process and induces abnormal metabolic signals to the rest of our body.

Many people will say, in frustration, “I don’t understand. I exercise. I reduce my fat intake and increase healthy whole grains, yet I can’t seem to lose the weight.”

This is due to the fact that every single meal and snack contains foods made from wheat flour.

It is the most dominant gluten protein in the human diet comprising 20 per cent of our daily ca-

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Markus Thiel sult of years of consuming wheat-laden foods that trigger the production of insulin and ergo fat storage.

In addition, he illustrates how wheat provokes an inflammatory

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Would it surprise you to understand that whole wheat bread increases our blood sugar more than table sugar?

In his study, Davis took his diabetic and overweight patients and removed grains for three months.

The diabetics became non-diabetics and most of them subsequently lost between 20 and 40 pounds.

In addition, acid reflux disappeared, diarrhea ceased, energy improved, sleep improved, rashes disappeared, arthritis pain improved and asthma symptoms were alleviated.

He stipulates that the wheat of today is not the same grain as our forebears ground into their daily bread.

It has changed dramatically in the last 50 years under the influence of agriculture scientists.

It simply and genetically is not the same, changed solely for the purpose of increasing the yield per acre.

In fact, the wheat of

today has been modified to such an extent that modern strains are unable to survive in the wild without human intervention.

In his research, Davis stated that no animal or human safety testing was conducted on the new genetic strains of wheat that were created.

The sole intent was to increase yields.

Glycemic Indexes are used to measure the body’s response to the sugar in food.

For instance, table sugar has a GI of 59. A Snickers bar has a GI a 41. White bread has a GI of 69 and whole grain breads a GI of 72. Surprising?

In fact, eating two slices of whole wheat bread is worse than drinking a can of sugar sweetened soda or a candy bar.

Where there is glucose, or sugar, there is sure to be an accompaniment of insulin, the hormone that allows the entry of sugar into the cells of the body converting the sugar to fat. That’s why we are fat.

The higher the glucose of the food, the higher the insulin level, the higher the fat produced.

There is a strong addiction component to wheat. Let’s face it, we have all craved this what we conveniently call ‘comfort food.’

Wheat is the largest culprit as it is in most everything in our pantry, restaurants and daily selection of foods.

In his study, Davis found that when people participating in his research project stopped ingesting wheat products, 30 per cent experienced something that would be considered withdrawal— fatigue, mental fog, irritability, inability to function at work or school and depression.

Food and the biological reaction within our body, as a response, can induce or influence certain moods and behaviours and dominate thoughts. This sounds like addiction to me.

Gluten, one of wheat’s main constituents, is broken down into a mosaic of polypeptides.

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Once these polypeptides enter the brain, they bind to the brains morphine receptor sites, the exact same receptor site in which opiate drugs bind as well.

Obesity in North America is believed to have accelerated in the mid-1980s.

This was during the time when all the nutritional directives were saying to eat more healthy whole grains.

The extremes in blood sugar and insulin are largely responsible for the growth of fat in our society. This fat produces inflammatory signals throughout the body responsible for diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis and colon cancer.

I was curious about this new approach by Davis to this information.

His reasoning, though radical, made sense to me as a health care practitioner. So I thought I would try it.

I removed all forms of wheat from my diet for a period of six weeks.

The cravings for me were enormous in the beginning, only to wane two weeks after I started.

I slept better, my mood was calmer, I had much fewer aches and pains throughout my body and I lost 16 pounds.

The energy that I had was enormous. In discussion with one of my diabetic patients today, he said that he had also read Davis’ book and implemented its guidelines.

And to his great surprise, he had decreased his need for insulin by as much as 60 per cent.

His energy was excellent and he had lost 18 pounds.

To date, I have 17 patients who have removed wheat from their diet and they unanimously agreed that they will never eat it again, based on their newfound wellness.

In light of this new information, I think the dogmatic approach of five to seven servings of grains a day may seem a little antiquated and in need of further investigation.

Wheat is not what it used to be and it makes us take a look at our daily bread in a different light.

Any arguments that are based on the food guide need not apply.

Markus Thiel is a Kelowna doctor of chiropractic. askdrthiel@shaw.ca

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NEWS ▼ MOTORCYCLE RIDING

▼ DINE AND DONATE

Bai Tong assists literacy cause Gearing up for summer Making big moves with young children is difficult.

Moving halfway around the world to a country where you don’t speak the language is difficult.

Put the two together and it might seem impossible.

But in May 2000, with their two and a half and seven year old children in tow, Kitti and Jamjit Karunyasopon did the unthinkable—moved away from their home in Bangkok and traveled half way around the world to land in Kelowna, unable to speak any English.

How did they manage? They went to Project Literacy Kelowna Society for free English language tutoring.

“We spent two years working with our tutors,” said Jamjit.

After working seven years in a family-run restaurant, Kitti and Jamjit were able to save up enough money to open their own restaurant, called Bai Tong.

And now, they want to give back.

From Feb. 18 to March 28, the couple will

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PROJECT LITERACY supporters Kitti and Jamjit Karunyasopon, owners of the Bai Tong restaurant. host their second Dine and Donate fundraiser for Project Literacy.

People are invited to purchase $10 or $20 vouchers redeemable at Bai Tong restaurant Monday through Thursday for lunch, dinner or take-out, with 100 per cent of the voucher value going to Project Literacy.

The vouchers can be purchased at Project Literacy or at Bai Tong when there for a meal.

“We are so grateful to Kitti and Jamjit. I can’t thank them enough,” said Blair Lischeron, executive director of Project Literacy.

“It’s such a good idea.

It could be called Donate and Dine—for free. It’s as close to the proverbial ‘free lunch’ you’ll ever get. And of course the food and atmosphere are fantastic.”

This is the second year Kitti and Jamjit have hosted Dine and Donate.

Last year, they were able to donate $4,000 to Project Literacy.

“We understand how hard it is for people when they don’t know English,” said Jamjit.

Bai Tong is best known for Jamjit’s Pad Thai, Chicken with Cashew Nuts and their cur-

ry dishes.

Located at 275 Bernard Ave., the restaurant is open Monday through Friday for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and seven nights a week from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. for dinner.

Project Literacy Kelowna Society recently celebrated its 25th anniversary of providing free tutoring to adults in the Central Okanagan.

Society tutors not only helped Kitti and Jamjit to learn English, but they also help people to upgrade their reading, writing and math skills so they can improve their education or employment opportunities.

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If learning to ride a motorcycle is one of your goals for 2013, the Kelowna & District Safety Council’s open house info sessions might help you make that resolution come true.

The open houses take place on either Wednesday, Feb. 20, or Thursday, March 7, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the safety council facility, 395 Hartman Rd. in Rutland These open houses are free, but an RSVP is appreciated. People are encouraged to bring a friend, there will be no pressure to register and coffee and donuts will be provided.

Each open house will start with an informal presentation about the ICBC licensing process, tips for passing the motorcycle learner’s permit test (ICBC reports a 46 per cent failure rate), and an overview of KDSC’s popular Learn to Ride Program.

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Memories of sunshine, super summers and skunks G ‘‘ rowing up in the Okanagan Valley was more than just a dream, it truly was a blessing.

Straight out of a novel or a Hallmark movie, I had the ideal childhood, romping throughout the summers in a world of sunshine, swimming, and the simple, sweet life.

When I wasn’t roaming in the hills around Bear Creek, I was playing road hockey with Danny, Rob, Kenny and the rest of the crew around Water Street or Knox Crescent, or hanging around City Park earning potential manhood stripes by jumping off the top of Athens’s

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Cripey, I was the prince of paradise—or so I like to recall.

My parents were good folks, for the most part.

My mother a living angel and my dad a Jekyll and Hyde, part amazing part monster, but both loved their kids to bits.

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What I did not know back then was that we lived a lie.

I always had a warm house, food on the table and no real recognition that my parents struggled not only with their health but financial disaster.

My proud dad did his best to see to it that as kids we did not go without.

I never knew that while we appeared to live in the world of middle income we were bankrupt, almost always.

I suppose to some degree I simply took many of my pleasures as routine, not knowing the sacrifices the adults in my world gave to make them take place.

One of ‘regular’ joys I enjoyed as a youth, (and looked forward to throughout the winters) was my summer excursions at summer camp.

As I’ve mentioned previously, I spent four or five summers attending either church or cub camps at the fabulous facility known as the Anglican Church Camp

(OAC) located on Westside Road.

Countless magical moments flicker through my brain as I recall nights spent sharing ghost stories or similar scary tales with other young campers huddled in the old cabins lined with bunk beds.

Armed with flashlights and our favourite blankets and pillows,we would secretly cower in our beds, attempting to be brave while the older or braver lads in our hut would succeed in attempting to scare the daylights out of us.

Thankfully, there was always the elder cabin ‘captains’ or wardens who would appear at just the moment when a good bed-wetting or tears of fear attack was pending, and save us the humility of such a scenario.

One particular episode I will never forget was when my cohorts and I with the Sixth Kelowna Cub Pack set off on a planned nature trek from our cabins to the giant cross situated high up on

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In order to reach the sacred spot, we had to pass by a former dump site which was noted for attracting a particular family of skunks.

My mom, who also doubled as the cub pack’s Akela leader, gave us all a lengthy lecture about how we were to remain walking in formation with our designated buddy, and most important of all we were to (under no circumstances) go near the family of skunks that resided at the dump site.

Less than an hour later, with mom’s lecture

still foremost in my brain, I watched in spellbound horror as my assigned buddy, Charlie Ulmer, broke that vow.

In total delight at spotting the skunk clan, Ulmer rushed over to the mother skunk, (proudly sporting her magnificent tail complete with an impressive and almost iridescent white stripe), scooped up the terrified critter and rushed back to the troop of kids.

Then, with total glee and enthusiasm, thrust the skunk towards me with his arms extended fully until the skunk was mere inches from my face, and squealed, “Look what I got Charlie.”

Before I could utter a single word of protest the captured creature let loose with its top defence mechanism and covered me from head to toe in the foulest fumes known to man.

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Within mere moments, I was whisked back to the main camp where I had to sit and wait while my father drove from town to pick me up and return me home to a tub full of tomato juice.

Apparently the only known solution to arresting the nauseating aroma in those days was to be submerged in the red liquid for a lengthy time period. I am sure my father dearly wanted to hold me under until the bubbles stopped. To this day, I admit to a slight aversion to the site of a glass of tomato juice.

I’m not sure if I have ever truly forgiven Charlie Ulmer for ending my summer camp experience that year.

In fact, I may just have to find out where he resides at present because clearly the moral church camp lesson about how to forgive is divine still allude me.

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FREDERICK SOUND, Alaska—“There’s a whale right here, next to us!” whispered 15-yearold Will, leaning over the railing and frantically trying to focus his camera on the shiny black hump off the port side bow. “And there’s another one, right there!” he said, pointing at the second giant head that rose up and tipped sideways, fix-

ing a round black eye on the ship.

Humpback whales, too many to count, circled the Sea Bird as the 62-passenger vessel, a Lindblad Expedition cruise ship, idled in Alaska’s Frederick Sound. Like kids at the circus, afraid of missing something, Will and his cousin Dagney—my nephew and niece—dashed back and forth across the deck, counting the whales: two close to Will, another four off the starboard bow and more in the distance. Gent-

ly rippling the water’s glassy surface, the behemoths rose, blew long frothy breaths and with a final flip of enormous white-flecked flukes, dove out of sight.

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That’s not my idea of wild country. I want to see the glaciers from a deck near the water, close enough to hear a fish jump. To kayak along the shoreline, looking for brown bears scratching up gravel in search of a meal.

To snap photos of Bird Island, where sea lions haul out on the rocks. For me, being in the scene is what Alaska cruising is all about.

Cruise West’s fleet used to sail these routes.

But the company is gone now, folded in September 2010. Fortunately, five of its expedition-style ships still said in the “silver triangle,” the waterways roughly between Skagway in the north, Sitka in the west and Ketchikan in the south. A network of channels, bays and inlets protected by adjacent islands, the region teems with life.

Three of those ships now belong to Inner Sea Discoveries and its deluxe division, American Safari Cruises—rebranded “Un-Cruise Adventures” a few weeks ago (January 2013). The new name reflects what the company has been doing all along, says Un-Cruise spokesperson Sarah Scoltock.

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Un-Cruise’s seven-ship Alaska fleet has been redesigned to carry fewer passengers, more crew and a lot more outdoor gear: kayaks, inflatable rafts, snorkel and scuba gear. The com-

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tables. That gave us a chance to move around and sit with passengers we’d met on excursions, kindred spirits with similar life experiences and sometimes even politics.

“The people on these kinds of cruises are birds of a feather,” said Joyce Hunter, a retiree from Michigan.

For this or any expedition cruise, I recommend hiking boots or sturdy tennis shoes. You may have to walk on a dirt path, a gravel beach, and will probably climb in and out of the Zodiacs. Our passenger contingent ranged from 35 to 65 years old, but there were exceptions: a toddler, two teenagers and several octogenarians. While we tramped on the beaches and paddled kayaks, the seniors were happy to watch from the deck or the lounge. On a small ship cruise, Alaska is that close.

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Itineraries: Most small ship routes in the Silver Triangle sail half-circle routes between Juneau and Sitka. Check websites for specifics.

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“We’ve gotten very good at breaking up large groups into units of eight or 10, each with a guide, so that when you’re out in a Zodiac or walking along the beach, you feel like one of a very few,” said Scoltock. “Even with 80 passengers on board— and that’s not a lot—each person has a truly personal experience.”

As for the Sea Bird, she sails where giant ships can’t go, maneuvering in shallow coves and through narrow fiords.

With flex time built into the schedule, her captain is free to follow a pod of swimming orcas or to stop to photograph a raft of sea otters.

“Each trip has an intended itinerary” said Brian Silver, an adventure specialist at Lindblad’s headquarters. “But these are expeditions with a purpose, to show you wildlife and the wildness.

And since animals travel and weather conditions vary, it’s possible that you’ll visit slightly different places.”

The onboard natural-

ists on our trip—experts in marine biology, geology, regional history or native cultures—guided most onshore outings and led the daily pre-excursion orientations, sometimes with spot-on timing.

We were standing by the rail, talking about melting glaciers just as a giant chunk of ice calved off into water.

Our only port-of-call was at Petersburg, a fishing village settled by Norwegians. We stretched our land legs on a guided “bog walk,” then wandered about, visiting the history museum and the drug store (handy if you run out of toothpaste).

And we sampled one of the town’s several fishand-chip joints, serving the world’s best (no kidding) fresh halibut, beer-battered and deep fried.

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Kia has raised the small car bar to a new level with the 2014 Forte sedan.

This is an economy car, but it doesn’t look like one or drive like one.

Small car buyers are no longer content with “cheap and cheerful” basic transportation.

Yes, they want economy and reliability, but they also want style and, above all, comfort and luxury.

Easy to say, but not so easy to do when you are pumping out hundreds of thousands of vehicles from plants around the world where every tenth of a cent counts to keep costs under control.

But at first blush, it looks like Kia has found a way to merge affordability with the increasing demand for luxury in the second generation Forte There will be two engines offered on the Forte, depending on trim level.

The LX is equipped with the familiar 1.8-litre inline four-cylinder producing 148 hp and 131 lb/ft of torque with a standard six-speed manual transmission driving the front wheel with a sixspeed automatic optional.

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dle shifters for those who care about these kinds of things.

A luxury feature which I believe is a first for small cars is the Forte’s available “FlexSteer” electric power steering that allows the driver to change the ride feel three ways—Comfort, Normal and Sport.

FlexSteer is light years away from the first generation of electric steering with its ratchet wrench stiffness. Steering on the Forte is fluid and communicative and the difference between the three modes was noticeable.

Sport, for example, was true on centre but taut, a feeling made more so by the shape and size of the steering wheel which was perfect for me.

Comfort was just that and it’s lighter feel is appreciated in low-speed situations, especially parking.

Kia being Kia, they are constantly honing and retooling their products and that holds true on the 2014 Forte with a revised MacPherson front suspension system with larger bushings. At the back, the torsion beam suspension has been tuned to match the stiffer body platform and the wider stance of the tire footprint.

Kia skews its vehicles towards European ride/ handling partly because Kias are very popular over there thus we get the benefit of that engineering.

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the SX model we will get in Canada.

My co-driver and I covered a lot of ground to the north and east of Phoenix, much of it on freeways with a nice mix oof mountain roads thrown fin.

With the extra torque of the 2.0-litre, the Forte e twas quick off the ramp sonto the highway and ”I could pick my spot geven with traffic movoing around 80 mph. Lane echanges were made withlout effort with the torque coming on song right when it was needed.

- Up in the mountains, -we were as high as 4,938 feet at one point with the eascent steep enough to -cause our ears to pop all -the way to the top. e Once again it was the torque that made the dif,ference with no howl of tprotest from the engine eand the transmission shiftfing back and forth dehpending on the grade with the actual shift barely notticeable and that mostly -because of the change in dsound of the motor. now y Everybody knows about Peter eSchreyer, the styling guru Kia stole from Audi and dhow he literally changed the face of Kia with his signature “tiger mouth” ngrille and liquid bodylines.

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years ago at the launch of the first generation Forte, which was the first Kia to sport the Schreyer look.

This time the Forte is 5 mm wider, 25 mm lower and wheelbase has been increased to 2,700 mm, just the palate Schreyer needed for the next generation look.

The grille retains the signature shape but it has more glam adding to the overall it-looks-luxury image the Forte carries.

The luxury sedan look is enhanced by available LED lighting that flank the grille as well as available high-intensity discharge (HID) headlights.

The swept-back, lower roofline and very strong character line on the flanks make the Forte appear sporting for a humble econo sedan.

But where the real econo-as-luxury DNA of the Forte really comes through is in the cabin.

Imagine available 10way heated and cooled front driver’s seat, heated back seats and a heated steering wheel with controls for all the major functions like phone, audio and cruise.

There are several interior material choices and you can have carbon fibre look accents if you chose.

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THE SECOND GENERATION 2014 Kia Forte has a very handsome exterior design complemented by an interior which does justice to many luxury cars. button start/stop, proximity puddle lighting, navigation and rear air ventilation.

Standard features include Bluetooth handsfree connectivity, satellite radio, power windows and locks, AUX/USB inputs, trip computer and acres of soft-touch materials.

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The Forte has fourwheel disc brakes as standard where several of its main competitors have drums at the rear.

At this writing pricing

has not been announced but I expect it to be very similar to the Hyundai Elantra with which it shares most of the mechanicals so figure $16,000$26,000.

Fuel numbers have also not been finalized but the 1.8-litre should be the same as the Elantra (automatic) at 7.2/5.2L/100 km city/highway. The 2.0-litre is unique to the Forte so I’m not going to

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This is a very good-looking car with road manners above what one might expect from a small car.

The 2014 Forte really does lives up the Kia motto: The Power to Surprise.

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lar Cab and four-door Double Cab are available in 4x2 and 4x4 configurations, and four-door CrewMax is a standard 4x4 configuration.

Toyota’s Calty design team set out to create a bold and powerful exterior to embody Tundra’s performance capability.

The all-new front design integrates the hood and grille for a chiseled and modern industrial image.

Designers increased the size of the front fascia and tightened up the surfaces and character lines to punctuate Tundra’s pulling power and wide stance.

The chrome grille has a taller, bolder look visually connecting the upper intake to the lower bumper. The front lower bumpers are now a three-piece design, allowing for grade differentiation and less expensive replacement parts.

In addition, the fenders and wheel wells have been squared-off for a wide and sturdy stance.

The all-new interior variations are thematic and cater to a specific customer with a specific budget.

Ergonomic improvements include easier driver access to controls as the reach to the audio and HVAC controls was reduced by 66 mm (2.6 inches).

Large knobs have been retained so they can be operated with or without work gloves.

Tundra continues to offer two proven powertrains. The 4.6-litre DOHC i-Force V8 offers 310 hp and 327 lb/ ft of peak torque, and the available 5.7-litre DOHC i-Force V8 produces 381 hp and 401 lb/ft of peak torque.

Both V8’s come standard with a six-speed electronically controlled automatic transmission.

The base and SR5 grades will ride on 18inch styled steel wheels, while the Limited, Platinum and 1794 Edition will ride on all-new 20-inch alloy wheels specific to each grade.

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WISE BUYERS READ THE LEGAL COPY: Vehicle(s) may be shown with optional equipment. Dealer may sell or lease for less. Limited time offers. Offers may be cancelled at any time without notice. Dealer order or transfer may be required as inventory may vary by dealer. See your Ford Dealer for complete details or call the Ford Customer Relationship Centre at 1-800-565-3673. ◆Offer valid from January 15, 2013 to February 28, 2013 (the “Offer Period”). “First Three Bi-Weekly Payments on Us” (the “Offer”) applies up to a total maximum amount of [$500] / [$750] / [$1,000] / [$1,750] (all three bi-weekly payments in total) (the “Maximum Amount”) per eligible 2013 [Focus (excluding ST and BEV), Fiesta] / [Fusion, Escape, Focus ST, Focus BEV, CMAX] / [Mustang, Taurus, Edge, Explorer, Flex, F-150] / [Expedition] – all Shelby GT500, F-150 Raptor, Transit Connect, F-Series Super Duty, F-650/F-750 Lincoln models excluded (each an “Eligible Vehicle”) to customers who finance or lease an Eligible Vehicle during the Offer Period through Ford Credit or the FALS program on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit Canada. For customers making monthly payments, the first three bi-weekly payment amounts will be calculated by multiplying the monthly payment by 12, dividing the resulting amount by 26, and multiplying the resulting amount by three. In most cases, the customer will be responsible for making all scheduled payments in accordance with his or her purchase or lease agreement but will receive a cheque from the dealer for an amount equivalent to the first three bi-weekly payments, including tax, up to the Maximum Amount. The means by which the Offer will be executed by dealers to customers will vary based on the type of purchase or lease agreement - see dealer for full details. Offer not available to cash purchase customers. This offer can be used in conjunction with most retail consumer offers made available by Ford at either the time of factory order or delivery, but not both. 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Offers vary by model and not all combinations will apply. ▼Program in effect from January 15, 2013 to April 1, 2013 (the “Program Period”). To qualify, customer must turn in a 2006 model year or older vehicle that is in running condition (able to start and move and without missing parts) and has been properly registered/plated or insured for the last 3 months (the “Criteria”). Eligible customers will receive [$500]/[$1,000]/[$2,500]/[$3,000] towards the purchase or lease of a new 2012 or 2013 Ford [C-Max, Fusion Hybrid, Fusion Energi]/[Fusion (excluding SE), Taurus (excluding SE), Mustang (excluding Value Leader), Escape (excluding XLT I4 Manual), Transit Connect (excluding EV), Edge (excluding SE), Flex (excluding SE), Explorer (excluding base)]/[F-150 (excluding Regular Cab 4x2 XL), Expedition, E-Series]/[F250-550] – all Fiesta, Focus, Raptor, GT500, BOSS 302, Transit Connect EV, Medium Truck, Value Leader and Lincoln models excluded (each an “Eligible Vehicle”). Taxes payable before Rebate amount is deducted. To qualify: (i) customer must, at the time of the Eligible Vehicle sale, provide the Dealer with (a) sufficient proof of Criteria, and (b) signed original ownership transferring customer vehicle to the Authorized Recycler; and (ii) Eligible Vehicle must be purchased, leased, or factory ordered during the Program Period. Offer only available to residents of Canada and payable in Canadian dollars. Offer is transferable only to persons domiciled with the owner of the recycled vehicle. Offer can be used in conjunction with most retail consumer offers made available by Ford at either the time of factory order or delivery, but not both. Offer not available on any vehicle receiving CPA, GPC, Commercial Connection or Daily Rental Rebates and the Commercial Fleet Rebate Program (CFIP).

Customers eligible for CFIP are not eligible for this offer. Limited time offer, see dealer for details or call the Ford Customer Relationship Centre at 1-800-565-3673. ***Estimated fuel consumption ratings for 2013 Focus 2.0L I4 5-speed manual transmission: [7.8L/100km (36MPG) City, 5.5L/100km (51MPG) Hwy] / 2013 Escape FWD 1.6L GTDI I4 EcoBoost 6-speed automatic transmission: [9.1L/100km (31MPG) City, 6.0L/100km (47MPG) Hwy] / 2013 F-150 4X4 5.0L V8 6-speed automatic transmission: [15.0L/100km (19MPG) City, 10.6L/100km (27MPG) Hwy]. Fuel consumption ratings based on Transport Canada approved test methods. Actual fuel consumption will vary based on road conditions, vehicle loading, vehicle equipment, vehicle condition, and driving habits. **When properly equipped. Max. towing of 11,300 lbs with 3.5L EcoBoost 4x2 and 4x4 and 6.2L 2 valve V8 4x2 engines. Max. payload of 3,120 lbs with 5.0L Ti-VCT V8 engine. Class is Full-Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs GVWR vs. 2012/2013 competitors. ‡‡Max. horsepower of 411 and max. torque of 434 on F-150 6.2L V8 engine. Class is Full–Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs GVWR vs. 2012/2013 comparable competitor engines. ©2013 Sirius Canada Inc. “SiriusXM”, the SiriusXM logo, channel names and logos are trademarks of SiriusXM Radio Inc. and are used under licence. ©2013 Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. All rights reserved.

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MOTORING preted the concept of the 1970’s GSR for the modern era.

Just like the GSR from days gone by, the body of the new version is yellow.

The hood and the trunk lid of the 1973 Beetle were painted in matt black, as were the bumpers. Black trim strips underneath the side windows and black/yellow side stripes above the doorsills rounded off the look.

The new Beetle GSR with its 210 PS engine needs just 7.3 seconds to accelerate to 100 km/h.

It has a top speed of 142 mph.

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MOTORING ▼ FAMILY HAULER

Nissan stays in mini van market with Quest Rob Beintema

holders respectively, have held their ground with overhauled versions of the Odyssey and Sienna.

Even Nissan, a small time contender in this class, refused to throw in the towel, returning for another round with a new, fourth generation Nissan Quest, redesigned for the 2011 and still carrying on today.

The Nissan Quest takes a slightly different approach.

Yes, there are the usual requisite minivan elements—the big box dimensions, the higher driving position, sliding side doors and rear liftgate, along with three rows of seating with cargo/passenger layout flexibility.

And the Quest starts off simply enough, sharing Nissan’s “D” platform with Maxima, Altima and Murano. The Quest is taller but, at the same time, smaller than some of its competitors, not quite as long or as wide.

Character lines and “fluidic sculpture design”

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THE 2013 NISSAN QUEST minivan, starting at $29,998, offers a unique and family-friendly range of equipment

choices and trim levels, culminating in the top-of-the-line 3.5 LE model, tested here with an MSRP of $46,998.

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“The rumours of the minivan’s death have been greatly exaggerated” as Mark Twain once famously wrote.

Or, wait a minute, I might have got that quote wrong…

In any case, pundits have been predicting the minivan’s demise for some time. Some manufacturers, like Ford and GM, surrendered to forecasts of doom and gloom, gave up on their failing family haulers and replaced lineups with new crossover choices.

Kia and VW dropped out temporarily, promising to return. And a few hung on to continue to exploit the diminishing but still sizable minivan market.

Chrysler, with a lock on the niche for over 25 years, still dominates with over half of all minivan sales in Canada, while Toyota and Honda, distant second and third place

break some of the potential monotony of the Quest’s expansive sheet metal sides. And, while its slab-sided exterior makes it look bigger than it is, a smallish turning circle also makes it surprisingly maneuverable.

The most eye-catching styling aspect of the Quest design is an unbroken sweep of the full surround privacy glass. Accented by black sash molding and chrome trim, the Quest strikes a distinctively classy pose. It looks best in black but passes itself off nicely in the silver shade tested here.

Inside, you’ll find evidence of the slightly different approach. Rather than adopt a flop-into-thetub third row, or a removable or fold-into-the-floor second row, Nissan has opted for a simpler foldflat philosophy.

Quick-release seats make that conversion easy and, although the overall cargo space is less than

See Quest B7

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UNDER THE HOOD, Nissan’s 260 hp VQ35DE 3.5-litre DOHC V6 engine is mated to an Xtronic CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) with Adaptive Shift Control (ASC) that provides power to the front-wheel-drive.

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Available in most new Ford vehicles ***Estimated fuel consumption ratings for model shown: 2013 F-150 4X4 5.0L V8 6-speed automatic transmission: [15L/100km (19MPG) City, 10.6L/100km (27MPG) Hwy]. Fuel consumption ratings based on Transport Canada approved test methods. Actual fuel consumption will vary based on road conditions, vehicle loading, vehicle equipment, vehicle conditions, and driving habits. **When properly equipped. Max. towing of 11,300 lbs with 3.5L EcoBoost 4x2 and 4x4 and 6.2L 2 valve V8 4x2 engines. Max. payload of 3,120 lbs with 5.0L Ti-VCT V8 engine. Class is Full-Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs GVWR vs. 2012/2013 with 6-month pre-paid subscription competitors. ‡‡Max. horsepower of 411 and max. torque of 434 on F-150 6.2L V8 engine. Class is Full–Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs GVWR vs. 2012/2013 comparable competitor engines. ©2013 Sirius Canada Inc. “SiriusXM”, the SiriusXM logo, channel names and logos are trademarks of SiriusXM Radio Inc. and are used under licence. ©2013 Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. All rights reserved.

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MOTORING

Plenty of ‘oomph’ under Nissan Quest hood to get moving

in some competitors, the resulting flat cargo floor offers good access and plenty of space.

The tub behind the -third row acts as a permanent rear storage well thidden under a sturdy s60/40-split multi-position sremovable cover.

Quest’s family-friendly design includes power-sliding side doors and a lower than average gstep-in height intended to tease access for children or older adults getting into the second or third rows. d It would help if the door openings were wider as well.

- Up front, the Quest offers room, comfort, and a r

wealth of options available in a traditional instrument layout that dials down the kitschy eccentricities of earlier generations.

The shifter protruding from the dash blocks some of the driver’s view of HVAC and audio buttons, and a little more range in tilt-telescopic steering extension would be nice but, overall, the interior ergonomics work well.

Under the hood, Nissan’s 260 hp VQ35DE 3.5-litre DOHC V6 engine makes more than enough oomph to get the Quest up to speed. The front-wheel-drive power is smoothly translated by an Xtronic CVT (Con-

tinuously Variable Transmission) with Adaptive Shift Control (ASC).

Fuel economy is rated at 11/8.0L/100km (city/hwy). I managed 10.4L/100km on a 200 km highway run and averaged 13.6L/100km in real world, combined driving.

The 2013 Nissan Quest comes in four trim levels—S, SV, SL and LE—and carries over relatively unchanged, although price reductions for 2013 are listed below.

The Quest 3.5 S, at $29,988 (price unchanged), starts with A/C, 16-inch steel wheels, rear roof spoiler, six-way adjustable front bucket seats, fold-flat second and third row seats, permanent rear

storage well, first and second row centre consoles, Nissan Intelligent Key with Push Button Ignition and a four-speaker AM/FM/6CD audio sys-

tem.

The Quest 3.5 SV, at $33,398 (- $2,380) adds 16-inch alloy wheels, One-Touch power sliding doors, Tri-Zone Auto

See Quest B8

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Eva Krim flew the coop on February 12, 2013 at the age of 64. She left behind one son Dan (Sam), one daughter Serena (Dale) and four grandchildren, one brother Steve (Carolle), one sister Anna and numerous extended family and friends. A Memorial Service to be held on Monday, February 18, 2013 at 4:00 pm at Springfield funeral home, 2020 Springfield Road, Kelowna, BC, with a celebration of life to follow.

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ATWOOD, ELDON CLAYTON Born March 10, 1930 in Raymond AB went fishing for the big one on February 2, 2013. Survived by his sister Lee Feist, his children Lynda, Bonnie (Leonard), Ken, Dale (Heather) and their mother Isabelle Atwood. Four grandchildren, Josh (Crysta), Stephanie, Bailea (Jake), Dakoda, one great grandchild Keiranna and many nieces and nephews. Clay is also survived by his long time dear friend Bunny McPhail (Sicamous). He was predeceased by his brother Walter. Celebration of life to be held at a later date. Special thanks to the staff at Cottonwoods for the care they gave to dad.

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GREGG, GWENDOLYN MARY CAMPBELL May 23, 1925 ~ February 2, 2012.

Gwen passed away peacefully on February 2, 2013 in Kelowna, BC at the age of 87 years, predeceased by her first husband Norris V. Campbell on February 12, 1999 (81 years), followed by her second husband Arthur E. Gregg on December 21, 2006 (93 years). She will be lovingly remembered by her son Alexander Campbell (and grandsons Lucas and Joey) and her daughter, Della Campbell; and granddaughter – Sadie McInnes ; her 92 year old sister Dorothy Townsend (and nephew Peter (Rosalind); grand nephews Chad and Clay); along with many other extended family members and friends. Her precious 16 year old cat “Babe” predeceased her on June 13, 2005.

Gwen or “Grammy” as she was affectionately called was blessed with a kind and gentle spirit that will be missed by all who knew her. She loved to teach Kindergarten and Sunday School students. She taught us many things and we will all remember her many words of wisdom such as: Yesterday is history Tomorrow is a mystery Today is a GIFT That’s why we call it the present We will all miss you Gwen. Rest in Peace!

A private Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

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SUNDMARK, REV VERNON HARRY 1926 – 2013 Our beloved Vernon left this life on Feb 9, 2013. He was a father, husband, friend, mentor, counselor and Theologian. We are grateful for his love and kindness. He was born in the R.M. of Clanwilliam, Manitoba on March 14, 1926. He served Lutheran congregations in Sask., Ont., Man., and BC and retired to Kelowna in 1985. He was predeceased by his parents, and his brother Cecil. He leaves to mourn his wife Myrle; three children ,Dana (Gisele), Lyndon, Valdine Elsholtz (Harry); seven grandchildren; and 4 great grandchildren; nieces, and nephews and many other relatives and friends.

A viewing and prayers will be held at Everden Rust Funeral Home on Feb 24, 2013 at 1:30 pm.

Memorial service to be held at Christ Lutheran Church at 2091 Gordon Drive, Kelowna BC on Feb. 25, 2013 at 1PM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Canadian World Relief or Christ Lutheran Church.

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BAUER, ROBERT (BOB) JOSEPH June 26, 1937 ~ January 25, 2013

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Robert Joseph Bauer, beloved husband, father and grandfather. Bob passed away peacefully from complications following a short battle with pneumonia.

He is survived by his wife Janet, of Spruce Grove, AB., and son Craig (Kathy), grandsons; Brandon and Richard, of Moosejaw Sask., step daughters; Shaun and Shelley, step grandsons; Troy and Devon, of Spruce Grove AB., Also continuing life’s journey without him are his twin brother John, sisters; Patricia, Monica and Louise.

With a final farewell to his family, Bob left this life on January 25, 2013, to be united with his parents John and Elizabeth. Born and raised in Kelowna, Bob was a good natured, caring man, leaving behind happy memories of his love of music, fly fishing, and his sharp sense of humour.

His great passion was fly fishing in the local mountain lakes and camping with family and friends.

He was a Charter Member of the Kelowna Fly Fishers Club, past member of St. George’s Masonic Lodge, a member of The Royal Canadian Legion, and the Commissionaires. Bob attended school in Kelowna and began employment at CP Telegraphs in Kelowna and Vancouver before enlisting and serving honourably in the Air Force at the early age of 19. His broad professional and entrepreneurial career continued until he retired.

Bob took pride in his work and it showed in everything he did down the years.

A memorial service will be held in Peachland at a later date.

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ORCHARD & field workers needed for thinning, pruning weeding & picking. Start June 1st, 2013. 40hrs per week. $10.25/hr. Fax resume to: Byrnes Farms (778)-484-0061

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Email bilgafarms@hotmail.com or Call 250-212-4431

Seasonal labourer positions at Coral Beach Farms Ltd. 16351 Carr’s Landing, Lake Country BC. 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 March 15, 2013 - April 30, 2013. Work includes tree planting, pruning & irrigation.

Pay $10.25/hour. Apply by fax at 250-766-0813 or email at jobs@coralbeach.ca

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A new business development program targeting youth 18-29 is now taking applications. Applicants must not be receiving EI or have established an EI claim in past 3 years (5 years for maternity).

This unique program will help you examine your business opportunity, develop your business idea and complete a business plan to get ready for start-up.

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For more information or to provide us with your resume (in CONFIDENCE) please email: jziehe@bensonlawllp.com.

WGP-210 Holdings Ltd. (O/A Tim Hortons) at 1694 Powick Rd., Kelowna is looking for a Food Counter Attendant. Full time, shift work (nights, overnights, early mornings, weekends) $10.25/hr.

Apply within or fax 250-717-3987

Cherry Sorters, Pickers & Pruners required $10.25/hr.

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Driver/Merchandiser/Salesperson required for full time employment. Must be able to work weekends. Knowledge of the Okanagan and surrounding area an asset. As a service driven business, you will merchandise our product and offer ultimate customer service.

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JENISH HOUSE DESIGN FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT Looking for an experienced draftsperson to join our team in Kelowna. Please forward resume and cover letter to: homeplans@jenish.com Journeyman HD mechanic required for oilfield construction company. Duties will include servicing, maintenance and overhaul of our equipment. The job will be predominately shop work , but with a portion of your time spent in the field. A mechanics truck will be supplied for you. The job is based in Edson, Alberta.

Call Lloyd at 780-723-5051.

North Enderby Timber is looking to hire a Millwright and Heavy Duty Mechanic. We offer competitive wages along with a comprehensive benefit package. Please fax resume to (250)838-9637 SweetWater Springs requires a self-motivated, BOTTLED WATER DELIVERY DRIVER, for the Kelowna area.

Computer skills required. Must be an entrepreneurial selfstarter, with exemplary customer service skills and will be expected to pass drug and abilities test. Email resumes: hrm@sweetwatersprings.ca TJ’S The Kiddies Store, BC’S largest baby & childrens furniture store in Kelowna is accepting resumes for a PT position. Retail & computer exp an asset, apply in person at unit #4-360 Spedding Crt.,250860-2229 kelowna@tjskids.com WANT to live in PARADISE? A year round, resident caretaker couple is required for beautiful Paradise Lake Resort in the Thompson/Okanagan.

We are seeking a dependable couple who will work independently throughout the year and have skills in the maintenance and repair of electrical and plumbing systems; carpentry and/or construction experience; and a mechanical aptitude. Experience in a similar role would be an asset. Compensation will be commensurate with skills and experience and includes living accommodation. Please direct any questions to Tracy at tklassen1@hotmail.com.

Resumes, along with a cover letter, can be emailed to the above or mailed to: Paradise Lake Resort c/o 24560 - 58A Avenue, Langley, BC V2Z 1G9. The deadline for receipt of applications is Feb. 28, 2013.

WGP-210 Holdings Ltd. (O/A Tim Hortons) at 3255 Lakeshore Rd., Kelowna is looking for a Food Counter Attendant.

Full time, shift work (nights, overnights, early mornings, weekends) $10.25/hr.

Apply within or fax 250-712-9893 WGP-210 Holdings Ltd. (O/A Tim Hortons) at 160 Hollywood Rd., Kelowna is looking for a Food Counter Attendant.

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Apply within or fax 250-763-4322.

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MATURE caregiver with certificate required for local Home Care company. Send resume to Box #338 c/o Kelowna Capital News 2495 Enterprise Way Kelowna. BC V1X 7K2

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Natural Stone Surfaces

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TAXES INCLUDED FOR LIMITED TIME. Free Estimates. Install, service & repair all makes of: furnaces, fireplaces, boilers, A/C, heat pumps and water tanks.

Plumbing heating, renovations and new construction. Licensed and insured.

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MOVING/STORAGE

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good rates since 2001.

LANDFILL since 1985.

CLEANING since 1985.

Home & Business

Ron: 250-801-8940

Senior’s Specials Experience & Quality New Homes & Repaints Ceilings Bondable. Insurance Work Call Terry

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Quality workmanship at reasonable rates.

Free estimates 250.979.8948

TEAM GERMAN MASTER ROOFER ROOFS OF ALL KINDS

PAINTING SERVICE

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DEREK’S PAINTING Serving Western

250-317-0323

• Local/long distance • Storage Available • No job too small • Free Estimates Call Joe Anytime 250-470-8194

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Decks, kitchen, baths.

Guaranteed work.

Call 250-870-1009

SERVICE YOU CAN TRUST

• Bath Remodels • Decks • Drywall

• Kitchen Remodels • Painting • Plumbing

• Electrical • Tile Work • To-Do Lists • Much More

RUBBISH REMOVAL

250-765-3191

250.317.0323

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WELDING

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TILING

250.863.8224

PAINTING

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DALE’S

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Joe’s Moving Service

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“PREMIUM PAINT AND SERVICE”

member of B.B.B. Fully insured, WCB coverage. All types of shingle roofing & torch on roofing systems.

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• • • • •

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RENOVATIONS

ROOFING

FEATURE

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FAMILY MOVERS

PAINTING/DECORATING AFFORDABLE PAINTING

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250-763-7114

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Price includes Cloverdale Premium Quality Paint NO PAYMENT Until Job Is Completed!

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We install, service, & repair all makes of doors & openers.

Broken Springs, Cables, Rollers...

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Ceiling and trim extra

Gates & custom orders, staining.

TRY THE SALES & SERVICE INTRO PRICE

OVERHEAD DOORS

3 rooms for $299 (2 coats any colour)

ALL KINDS OF FENCING 6x8 cedar panels starting at $65.

Construction site cleanups to the dump/recycling depot. We haul appliances, household waste & furniture

Get Featured!

Call

250-763-7114

Licensed, Bonded & Insured

Independently Owned and Locally Operated

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Serving the Okanagan 14 yrs.

Vinyl Decking up to 80 mil., Aluminum, Glass, Topless, Short Regular Posts, Picket Railings, Fences & Gates.

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Services

Accounting/Tax/ Bookkeeping The Tax Pros. Income Tax Service. Orchard Park Mall.

250-762-8206, 250-717-8299

Cleaning Services MAID 2 SHINE CLEANING. REFERENCE’S AVAILABLE. $20/HOUR. (250)718-5181 WILL do all types of cleaning. $20/hr Also - office / evenings. 250-765-8880

Computer Services 12/7 A MOBILE COMPUTER TECH. Certified computer technician, virus removal, repairs, upgrades. Let me come to you. (250)-717-6520.

Concrete & Placing SPRING is coming! Water leaks? O.K.D.C concrete services can help with all your concrete services and repairs.

Call now for a FREE estimate. www.okdcs.ca.

Government Certified. (250)-451-6944

Contractors KSK Framing & Foundations.

Quality workmanship at reas rates. Free est 250-979-8948

Countertops Orchard Valley Countertops Family Owned & Operated, Monthly Specials, 862-5970.

REFACE Countertops.

1/2 the Cost of Replacing. Granite & Corian Designs. 470-2235.

Drywall PESL DRYWALL Service Inc. Renovations, new construction and repairs. Boarding, taping, textured ceilings. Call Tomas at 250-212-4483 or 860-3495.

Fencing

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Services

Services

Moving & Storage

Swimming Pools/ Hot Tubs

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

ROLL ENDS For Sale at The Kelowna Capital News.

2495 Enterprise Way. GREAT for the kids to draw on, puppy training, and packing for moving.

CLEANER THAN NEWS PRINT! $1 + up.

Talk to the girls in classifieds to purchase yours.

250-763-7114

Painting & Decorating

PENGUIN MFG. HOT TUB COVERS. 250-860-7805

Tiling GREAT TILE & DESIGN Every kind of tile work by European standards. Fair Prices. Talk to Anatolij (250)-863-8484 L & J Floors. Floor for generations. Custom tile setting. Affordable prices. Call Jeremy (250)801-7303

Tree Services 1-ALL Exterior Hedge & Tree Service. Insured, For free a quote call Dave: 250-212-1716

3 Rooms For $299,

Plumbing

www.sunvalleywolfkennels.com

Merchandise for Sale

Antiques / Vintage

ALL KINDS OF FENCES. Cedar, Gates,Custom & Stain.

250-491-4622 www.akf.ca

DREGER MECH. Plumbing, Gasfitting, comm/res & reno, ins’d, 24hr. Call 250-575-5878.

Recollectables is now open!

Collectables, antiques, furniture & quality used goods. 191 Asher Road, 778-753-6169.

We buy select items & estates.

Garage Door Services

Roofing & Skylights

Building Supplies

GARAGE Doors- install, service, repair all makes of doors & openers. 250-878-2911

Garden & Lawn JIM’S MOWING Book a job at www.jimsmowing.ca or call 310-JIMS(5467).

Handypersons A-Z HANDYMAN, domestic wizard, furniture assembly, all repairs & reno’s.250-859-4486

Heat, Air, Refrig.

DAKIN Mechanical Plumbing, Heating, Gasfitting, Lic. Ins. Free Estimates (250)470-2019

Home Improvements www.paintspecial.com.

3 rooms for $299! Price incls.

Cloverdale Premium Quality Paint. NO PAYMENT until the job is completed! Free Est. (1) 250-899-3163

Home Repairs

GERMAN MASTER ROOFER. Free estimate. BBB Member Call Steffen, 250-863-8224 RYDER Roofing Ltd. ‘From a hole in your roof to a whole new roof.’ Call: 250-765-3191

WANTED IMMEDIATELYHOUSE LOGS must be dry and straight. Minimum 12” diameter. Will consider all wood species. Please call 250-9998000- leave a message if you don’t catch us.

Rubbish Removal

$100 & Under

#1 AAA Junk Removal. Anything,Anytime,Anywhere! Construction/Appls. 250-317-0323

KELOWNA DECK & RAIL. Vinyl, Alum., GlassTopless short reg post Picket 878-2483

Black Pendaliner Box liner for a short box (almost universal) $50 (250)717-0581 FREEZER, Upright, 14cuft.

Kenmore, must sell, moving. $100 OBO. Call:250-868-3598 LOVESEAT, 2 cushion, flowered, must sell, moving. $100 OBO, Phone: (250)868-3598 Norge Fridge, Excellent cond., side by side, almond color, $80. Phone: (250)979-7642

Auctions

Auctions

ED-SON’S 1 Ton Dump Truck.

“Anything you can’t haul, give me a call”!(250)-718-1595

Sundecks

Machining & Metal Work

View and browse the catalogue on-line

Moving, Landfill & Cleaning Good Rates, Home & Business. Call Ron: 250-801-8940

Moving & Storage # 1 Family Movers Moving & Deliveries.$49/hr+up. Satisfaction Guaranteed 250-317-0323 AAA Best Rates Moving $59+.

FLAT Rates long dist. Weekly trips BC/AB. 250-861-3400 DAN-MEL MOVING SERVICES Local & long distance 250215-0147 or 250-766-1282 JOE’S MOVING.reasble rates fully equip’d trucks, local-long dist, no job too small470-8194

Quality Firearms Buy & Sell.

Weber & Markin Gunsmiths The Best Little Gunshop Around 4-1691 Powick Rd Kel 250-762-7575 Tue-Sat 10-6 facebook.com/WeberMarkin

$200 & Under GE White Fridge, Good Condition, $125. Phone: (778)7554356 MOFFIT White, self cleaning RANGE in excellent condition. $150 Call 868-3415

Farm Equipment

Furniture Oak Diningroom table 6 chairs $895. Chair, foot stoo,l coffee table $495. Almost new Queen mattress pad $150. Two pots and lids, casserole enamel on cast iron $25. Please call (250)448-5522

Heavy Duty Machinery A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’53 in stock.

SPECIAL 44’ x 40’ Container Shop w/steel trusses $13,800!

Sets up in one day!

Also Damaged 40’ $1950 Call Toll Free Also JD 544 & 644 wheel loaders JD 892D LC Excavator Ph. 1-866-528-7108 Free Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com 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

Beachcomber 578 Hybrid Hot tub, hush pump system, everlite mood lighting, reflex foot massage, jet seats. Seats 6-8 people, Great condition, needs new cover. $9000 New, Asking $3999 obo. Phone 1(250)503-4652 HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

WANTED: Vintage paintings, postcards, fishing rods, reels, tackle, old knives, Native baskets, old guns, saddles & gun rigs, military medals, pocket watches, etc. Silver & gold coins. Honest & Confidential!

Cash Paid!

250-308-7342, 250-260-8069

Sporting Goods

Real Estate Apt/Condos for Sale

AQUASSURE Walk-in Tubs & Showers 1048 Richter aquassure.com 250-868-1220 Stair lifts, platform stair lifts, vertical platform lifts. Shoprider Scooters & Power chairs, new & used. Kel: 250-7647757, Vernon 250-542-3745.

Toll Free 1-888-542-3745 www.okmobilty.ca

PURCHASING old Canadian & American coin collections & accumulations. 250-548-3670

Garage Sales

Garage Sales

Mobile Homes & Parks

4Yrs New $428,000 No Hst. Vaulted. Hrd/wd. 3bths 4bd garage. RV parking. MLS Ken Dempsey Remax 250-717-5000 MORTGAGES LOW RATES. 10YR. 3.89% 5YR. 3.04% Trish at 250-470-8324

CANADIAN built SRIs in quiet Belaire Estates MHP. Sound investment with head lease to 2054 & undergound services including natural gas immediate occupancy on show homes or custom order to suit your budget. Call Lake Country Modular, 515 Beaver Lake Rd.(adjacent to SRI’s factory) 250-766-2214 www.LCMhomes

Fruit & Vegetables

Fruit & Vegetables

Houses For Sale

Fresh From the Fields “Local Produce at Your Doorstep” To place an ad...call the Kelowna Capital News

250-763-7114

HAZELDELL ORCHARDS 5-litre Boxes of Gala Apple Juice For Sale Call 250-862-4997 for pick-up

Viewings to be held in our Vernon Showrooms.

VIEWINGS: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Wednesday thru Saturday 9:00 AM ‘til sale time Sunday SALE TIME: 1:00 PM Sunday, February 17th Check out our website www.antiqueimports.ca

ANTIQUE IMPORTS CHARTERED MEMBERS: B.C. AUCTIONEERS ASSOCIATION MEMBERS: CERTIFIED PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISERS GUILD OF CANADA

3021 - 29TH AVE., VERNON 250-542-9119

Our classified ads are on the net! Check it out at www.bcclassified.com For Sale By Owner

Misc. Wanted

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Antique Imports will be selling, by Public Auction, a Prominent Estate from the Lower Mainland.

Partial List Includes: Pair of Victorian detailed walnut His & Hers matching slipper chairs, Victorian pine double door wardrobe, 14kt Gold Multi-colour Sapphire Bracelet (Appraised at $10,450.00), Arts and Crafts oak arm chair and fainting couch, 1794 Hallmarked Dublin sterling silver stuffing spoon, Victorian mahogany étagère, Original Allen Sapp painting and Andy Warhol works on paper, large assortment of collectibles, boxed lots and so much more….

to advertise in the Capital News, the Vernon Morningstar and the Penticton Western News! Call 250-763-7114 or email your ad to

Business for Sale FOR Sale - 3 CHAIR BARBER SHOP. Call for details. (250)765-7210

For Sale By Owner

Medical Supplies

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While we try to ensure all advertisements appearing in the Kelowna Capital News are placed by reputable businesses with legitimate offers, we do caution our readers to undertake due diligence when answering any advertisement, particularly when the advertiser is asking for monies up front.

Refund Policy Our ads are non-refundable when booked for less than 4 weeks (12 issues), when cancelling a 4 week ad you will be refunded in weekly increments only, calculated at the appropriate discount level. Refunds not available for 1/2 price promotion.

Rancher $288,800 Hrd/wd tile Gorgeous Kit. sm fenced yard garage. RV parking. MLS Ken Dempsey Remax 250-717-5000

Seniors corner. $199,000 2bd 2bath Very nice. Walk to mall & beach. MLS Ken Dempsey Remax. 250-717-5000

AUCTION

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH

Misc Services

ATTENTION The Capital News cannot be responsible for errors after the first day of publication of any advertisement. Notice of errors on the first day should immediately be called to the attention of the Classified Department to be corrected for the following edition.

Starter & Alternator 350 motor GM. New. $100 Call (250)717-0581

AND COLLECTIBLE

LARRY’S Handyman & Reno Serv., Lg. & Sm. jobs, Graffitti Removal etc., 250-718-8879

GET BENT Metal Fab, fences, gates, railings, security bars, 863-4418www.getbentmetalfab.ca

Houses For Sale

BUYING or SELLING? For professional info call Grant Assoc. Broker, Premiere Canadian Properties (250)-8626436, FREE Evaluation

Free pickup, of aluminum windows, wire, pipe, air conditioners & batteries. 250-717-0581 FREE Pick-up of used bicycles that you no longer want. Ok if need repair 604-800-2104 FREE P/U- Appliances, Rads, Batteries, Old machinery & vehicles. Harley 778-821-1317

WOLF Hybrid Cubs. Reserve now. Sun Valley Wolf Kennels Kelowna (250)-765-4996

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls. Cloverdale Premium Quality Paint. NO PAYMENT, until job is completed!

Misc. Wanted Local Coin Collector Buying Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold & Silver Coins + Coin Guy: 250-863-3082

Hay for sale, barn stored, 1st crop, $4.00 bale, 70 lb bales.

250-546-3371 250-309-5910.

Pets

2 Coats Any Colour

Misc. for Sale

Free Items

WWW.PAINTSPECIAL.COM

Real Estate

1/2price 500s/f 12.3 Laminate $1090. Vintage Maple. 1.04KT Round Brilliant Diamond $2350 obo. 250-260-8511

Feed & Hay

ATTENTION The Capital News cannot be responsible for errors after the first day of publication of any advertisement. Notice of errors on the first day should immediately be called to the attention of the Classified Department to be corrected for the following edition.

Merchandise for Sale

$100 & Under

Pets & Livestock

Hauling

Merchandise for Sale

PORTABLE Inglis dishwasher, arborite top, almond $80.

778-484-5488.

1950’s International Cub Tractor, with hydraulics & row crop cultivator, good running condition. Phone: (250)762-8617

110% Derek’s Painting, 34yrs exp. Clean quality work, reas rates. Free est. 250-769-9068 1ST. In customer service, Cando Painting, prof. reliable crew, 15yrs. in business, Int/Ext. Eddie 250-863-3449 DALE’S PAINTING SERVICE. Painting Kelowna a better place since 1982. 862-9333

(1) 250-899-3163

Merchandise for Sale

AND MORE...

MOVING SALE 25%- 50% off EVERYTHING!!

3292 Hwy 97N, Kelowna (2.5km N of McCurdy) 11am - 5pm, Tues. to Sat.

Fri & Sat, 9-6, 875 Wayne Rd. Sofa, desks, quality dining set & cabinet, kids items & shelves HUGE, Inside Moving/Garage Sale at 1841 High Rd. Feb 9th & 16th, 9-1pm. 250-870-7183

LET US HELP YOU SELL YOUR CAR!

3 Bedrooms 2.5 baths 1860 square feet.

Marigold Cresent All amenities close by with Bus route.

Beautiful yard with fish pond.

No Realtors please!

$384,900

Call 250-860-6323

FOR SALE BY OWNER SPECIAL Save on Real Estate Fees!

Limited time offer!!

Buy 2 weeks, get 30% off the 2nd week

ONLY $69.99 plus HST

A healthy local economy depends on you

SHOP LOCALLY

1 col x 2” size with or without picture for 3 insertions(1 week) (Reg Price $196.25)

Call your classified representative today!

250-763-7114

PERFECT FOR HORSES

2.4 Acres in South East Kelowna Backs onto South Slopes Park Trails.

1500 sq.ft Open Plan 3bdrm 2 bath Rancher.

New Horse & Hay Shelter. Immaculate. $695,000 Call 250-764-9401

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Rentals

Rentals

Rentals

Transportation

Transportation

Adult

Mobile Homes & Parks

Commercial/ Industrial

Homes for Rent

Suites, Lower

Auto Financing

Scrap Car Removal

Adult Entertainment

MOVE into your Brand New Home & get 6 Whirlpool appliances FREE. 3 bedroom, 2 bath California finished drywall homes.CEMboard siding. #1317 SIERRAS $159,900.00 #606 SIERRAS $169,900.00 #601 SIERRAS $209,900.00 Accent Homes 250-769-6614

FOR LEASE 1000 sq.ft. Office Trailer fully serviced on fenced 1/2 acre. Zoned Heavy Industrial Including Auto Wrecking. $3000 triple net incl. Fenced 1/2 acre service industrial lot available. Central Westside Location. will build to suit.

250-769-7424

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Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1BDRM, 1 bth, 4 appl., grnd floor, priv fncd yard, wheelchair accessible, near hosp. $800+utils. April 1st 862-5075 1bdrm apt., 55+, NS, ND, NP, Appls. Neat & Clean. Gordon Manor near Capri Centre. Avail March 1, $795, 250-764-5151 2bd Senior’s apt. quiet cls to Downtown, 3appls, heat, hotwater, drapes, A/C, secure parkng w/video surv., onsite mgr, safe & secure. NS, NP, no pets, $800, 250-860-6548 Bach&2BD Pandosy St. Adult building very clean W/d Heat incl’d, NP. NS. Walk to hosp. $625-$995. 250-878-0136 BARBER Rd. Rutland. Brand new, 1bd+den. 2 full bths, Avail Mar 1. NS, NP. DD & ref’s req’d. $1000. Call 306867-1893, 778-753-4500 DISTRESS SALES Bank Foreclosures. Free List Of Court Order Sales. Receive Free Computerized Print out. www.ForeclosureKelowna Listings.com Royal Lepage

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FURNISHED Lrg 1Bdrm Condo. Near Orchard Park mall, Large Deck with Great View, Gym, 2 Underground Parking Stalls, NO Pets/Smoking. $1275 Utils, Cable, Wi-fi incl’d.

Call 250-808-7988 or Email: epiphany1771@gmail.com SPACIOUS 1 & 2 bdrm aprtmnts close to Capri Center Mall in newly renovated building. F/S, D/W, A/C, hot water, undrgrnd parking, laundry services avail.NS NP $775 & $875 + utils Call to view. 250860-7416.

CENTRE of Kelowna. New affordable lux 1&2bd, 5appls, ug prking, NS/NP. 250-763-6600. www.rentcentrepoint.com

Duplex / 4 Plex 2,000sqft, Reno’d SxS, 4bds, 2bath incl bsmnt. D/W, A/C, fenced. $1,350+utils. NS/ND/No Pets.

Avail now. 250-763-5217 Coscto/Springvalley

Mobile Homes & Pads McLeese Lake Estates MHP

Large single & double wide manufactured home sites available. Quiet country living, with low pad rent, year round RV sites available for month to month rental, full hookups.

(Not a campground.)

1(877)304-4644

Modular Homes 2bdrm Westside Mobile Home. Includes washer, dryer, fridge & stove. Avail immed, $675 & $765 250-768-5080, 250-717-1033 No Pets.

Homes for Rent AVAILABLE Now, 3bdrm, 1bath, shared lndry, hardwood throughout. Close to schools, bus & across from park. $1300/mo, free 1st month with 1 year lease. 840 Leathead.

250-860-8663, 778-214-4552.

Glenrosa, 4000sqft, 7bdrm, 4.5baths. Newly reno’d, new paint & floor. Near Middle School & bus. $2190/mo.

Phone: 778-821-4361 Lakeview, 3bd house, $1000.

2 full baths, lrg living rm, sundeck, newly painted. 718-1975 N. Glenmore. 3bdrm, 2bth,fam rm. 5 appls, garage, 2 stall driveway, 2 decks, many parks/trails,near schools, NS, NP, Ref’s, Avail late Feb., $1280+utils. (250)-718-2771 Winfield, 1bd, Available Feb. 21. Single & employed pref’d, $750 incl utils. 250-860-8027

Apt/Condo for Rent

BEST DEALS IN KELOWNA!

Affordable 1, 2 & 3 Bdrms. AC, near schools, shopping & bus route. Insuite laundry H.Up’s.

Across from Park. Clean Quiet & Spacious.

Sorry NO Pets. Well Managed Building (250)-861-5605 or (250)-861-5657

HURRY! Luxury and location.

Modern suites from 765 sq’-1,500 sq’

Only a few left lease required

Kelowna’s newest and finest selection of rental suites.

773 Glenmore Road, corner of Glenmore & Summit.

Call for appointment to view 778-484-5847 or inquire at www.kelownaconservatory.com

While we try to ensure all advertisements appearing in the Kelowna Capital News are placed by reputable businesses with legitimate offers, we do caution our readers to undertake due diligence when answering any advertisement, particularly when the advertiser is asking for monies up front.

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Get a jump on Christmas shopping at the annual Sugar Plum Fair at Quails’ Gate Estate Winery on Boucherie Road in West Kelowna Sunday, Nov. 18, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

There will be local artisans such as Jean-Ann Copley with her stained glass, Ray Jurys’ wood work, Betty Gordon’s clay jewelry, Vera Gibault’s bead jewelry, Andrea McFadden’s lavender products, Annabel Stanley’s wicker art, Giselle Gaspar’s unique jewelry and Laurette Kropp’s skin care products for sale.

Santa will hold court in the historic Allison log home on the winery grounds, the Old Vines Restaurant will be open for dining, and there will be wine sipping in the wine shop—including seasonal mulled wine and treats. Bring your non-perishable food items to donate to the food bank and enjoy a festive afternoon with dancers from Ballet Kelowna and carollers to entertain.

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Last month, the WKRA asked residents to help identify gaps and problems with existing health care services on the Westside.

The residents association has agreed to gather the feedback on behalf of Joanne Konnert, the consultant hired by the District of West Kelowna to prepare a report on the proposed Westside health facility.

“I think Ms. Konnert is probably expecting a larger number,” said WKRA director Ron Green.

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The West Kelowna teenager currently on trial for murder will finally tell her version of the events that left one of her peers dead, and turned a quiet Peachland street into a chaotic crime scene.

The 18-year-old, whose name is under a publication ban, is alleged to have stabbed Ashlee Hyatt, 16, in her neck after an argument at a June 2, 2010, party.

It’s a story that Crown counsel Murray Kaay assembled a number of witnesses to tell from varying angles, but defence lawyer Ingrid Friesen pointed out Friday that none of those viewpoints added up to a complete picture.

“You as a jury will be the first to hear her side of the story—she wants very much to tell it,” Friesen told a B.C. Supreme Court jury Friday. “She’s been waiting two years to tell it.”

The accused, who defence described as a “new girl trying to fit in at a new school,” has seen her point of view be absent in the last two weeks of trial, as even RCMP officers who dealt with the investigation failed to offer her perspective on what happened that night.

What the jury has learned from teen witnesses who were there, however, is that the accused kissed a boy, while her boyfriend was nearby.

This apparently upset Hyatt and the two started exchanging verbal barbs, which escalated to further pushing on the street, and eventually Hyatt was fatally wounded.

Continuing on with the altercation, however, was the teenage host of the party.

The defence has already suggested she was the one who brought the knife to the fight between the accused and Hyatt, and Friday two witnesses took the witness stand to highlight the teenage host’s behaviour in the aftermath and leading up to the fatal altercation.

They also called upon George Young, who lives adjacent to the party house, to give testimony. Young testified he was brought into the fray when he heard a teenage boy in the street talking into his cellphone, saying, “It’s going down, it’s going down, it’s happening now.”

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For the Bank of Canada, Kelowna The memorial marks the Battle of was right on the money when it came to picking one of five Canadian cities to an- Vimy Ridge during the First World War, in which Canadian troops played a signounce the introduction of the country’s nificant role. new polymer $20 note.

Vimy Ridge was taken by Canadian After introducing new polymer $100 soldiers in 1917 at a cost of 3,600 lives and $50 bills in Vancouver and Victoria respectively last winter and in the spring, and 7,000 wounded, Lt.-Col. Nigel Whittaker, commandthe bank chose Kelowna to unveil the er of the Kelonwa-based B.C. Dragoons, new version of the country’s most popuspoke at the introduclar bank note Wedtion of the $20 note nesday. during Wednesday’s The announcenews conference at ment was made the Brig. Angle Arsimultaneously with moury in Kelowna. similar announceHe called the Batments in Calgary, Ottle of Vimy Ridge a tawa, Montreal and on pivotal moment in Prince Edward Island, Canadian history. said Bank of Canada And he said he officials. was pleased to see The new $20 bill, the sacrifice of Canthe latest to be remade adians in uniform using polymer, a recognized on the smooth, durable film, country’s money features the same “It’s wonderful high-tech security feathat men and women tures included on the of Canada’s mil$50 and $100 notes. itary are being recThey include ognized,” said Whitmetallic holographic DOUG FARROW/CONTRIBUTOR taker. portraits of the Queen SHOWCASING the new $20 “It’s fitting that and the Peace TowCanadian bill are Lt.-Col. Nigel they are being reer in Ottawa, a large membered on bank clear window, special Whittaker and Isabelle Jacques, notes of a country numbering and bora senior analyst with the Bank of that strives to be a ders, raised ink secCanada. force for good in the tions and a frosted world.” maple leaf window.

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Assessing the best mortgage deal Mortgage clients constantly tell us: “I need the best mortgage rate. What rate do you offer?”

While mortgage brokers always seek to find the best rates, making that consideration also involves looking at the “extras” when selecting the best mortgage.

Those extras might include prepayment privileges, the amount you are allowed to prepay on your mortgage without penalty. Those privileges can vary from 10 to 20 per cent depending on the lender.

For example, if you have a mortgage of $300,000 the difference in a prepayment allowance can be huge.

Another option to consider is the ability for missed payment flexibility. You don’t want to see yourself fall into that situation but it’s still omforting to know the option is there.

The ability to port a mortgage is equally important. If you chose a mortgage that is portable, if you were to sell your home and purchase another prior to your term being fulfilled, you can port

your mortgage to the new home without paying a penalty.

The lender will treat the new home as a new application but your existing term will remain and no penalty will be levied.

If the mortgage on the new property is less than what your current mortgage balance is, you would pay a penalty on the reduction portion of the mortgage.

Another option to consider is if your mortgage is assumable. An assumable mortgage means the mortgage can be transferred to another borrower. It allows a purchaser to, upon qualification, take on your mortgage terms and payments as part of the sale of your home.

In this situation, there would be no interest penalty assessed to you.

Of Prime Interest is a collaboration of mortgage professionals Trish Balaberde (250-470-8324); Darwyn Sloat (250-718-4117); and Kristin Rosdal (250-878-3007).

Price matters for getting a quick sale

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ouse sellers often ask the question of their real estate agents, “When will my place sell?”

If things were only black and white there would be a simple answer to that question, but unfortunately the real estate market doesn’t quite work that way.

Some properties sell within hours of listing on the market, some take months to sell and some never sell at all.

Price plays a major factor when facilitating a quick sale.

Pricing is usually determined by the help of a thorough competitive market analysis conducted by a professional realtor, but ultimately the listing price decision rests in the seller’s hands.

Although the price is

REAL ESTATE RUNDOWN

Ceinwen Morgan set by the seller, it is important to list the property at the right price, because the value of the home is determined by the buyer who’s basing their decision on any current market trends that have occurred in our uncertain economy.

On an emotional level, it’s understandable that a seller will want top dollar for a house. But in the end, it comes down to a business deal based on the buying and selling of a product.

The buyer may not

carry the same emotional attachment as the seller may have for the property, and therefore may not share the same understanding about the asking price.

As a seller, one way to avoid an over-priced property is to make sure to steer clear of this scenario by not allowing your emotions to warp your judgment.

The negative side effect of over-pricing your home is simple—you will help sell the competition and in today’s economy you will inevitably be chasing a down market and risk the possibility of loosing out on more money in the end.

Every property is unique in its own way and can’t always be equally compared to the next.

It’s important when

selling your home to measure your home against similar properties in comparative neighbourhoods.

According to the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation, when comparing property values there are five major factors that make up 85 per cent of that value— location, lot dimensions, square footage, quality of construction and the age of the property (keeping in mind of any renovations).

Ultimately, there are several factors to consider when selling your home, so always be sure to consult with a real estate professional to help facilitate a quick sale in a timely matter.

Ceinwen Morgan has worked in the Kelowna real estate industry for the past five years.

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20,000 savings event designed for first-time buyers creates success with 6 sales in 6 weeks

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Each homE at Dwell features a private rooftop patio that is 410+ sq. ft. in size.

First-time home buyers looking to purchase in Kelowna should act quickly.

After only a few weeks, the $20,000 savings incentive offered by local builder Mission Group has been very successful and only four homes remain eligible for this offer.

If you are a first-time buyer, now is an ideal time to purchase your first home for a number of reasons. In addition to low interest rates and the $10,000 B.C. First-Time New Home Buyers’ Bonus (which ends March 31, 2013), Mission Group is offering an additional $10,000 discount to purchasers.

“This is a great opportunity for first-time home buyers to save on the purchase of a new home, like those at Dwell in mid-town Kelowna,” says Darcy Nyrose of Nyrose & Associates from Coldwell Banker Horizon

Realty. “These incentives are only available for a limited time so buyers need to act quickly.”

Here is an example of how the current incentives would break down on the purchase of a new townhome at Dwell: Example: #6 -1881 Ambrosi Road, Kelowna: 2-bed, 2-bath, 2-car garage, rooftop patio List Price: $299,900 incl. net HST LESS $10,000 Builder Discount LESS $10,000 B.C. First-Time New Home Buyers’ $10,000 Bonus (if you qualify) = $279,900* for a new home at Dwell.

Why Should Buyers Act Quickly?

In order to qualify for all incentives avail-

able to first-time buyers at Dwell, an offer must be made on a home by early March.

“While the B.C. First-Time New Home Buyers’ $10,000 Bonus ends March 31, 2013, homebuyers should write on offer on a home by March 10, 2013, to allow time to finalize financing and for subject removal (usually 7-14 days), plus 7-10 days for conveyancing,” says Nyrose.

“While it is possible to close a deal on a new home in as little as two weeks, it would be difficult and you might feel rushed,” he says. “So, if you are considering purchasing your first home it is important to act quickly in order to take advantage of these great, limited time savings opportunities.”

Details and restrictions may apply to these offers, call Darcy Nyrose today at 250-5751946 to learn more and to see if you qualify.

their choice of floor plan, which range from 1,158 to 1,361 sq. ft. in size.”

Tour Dwell’s three display homes at 1851 Ambrosi Road, Saturdays and Sundays from 1-4pm or by appointment, call 250-575-1946.

Visit dwelluptop.ca to learn more. * price includes limited time developer and provincial incentives.

Why Choose Dwell?

Dwell is the perfect alternative to condo living and the only urban-style townhome community in mid-town Kelowna. Here are some highlights: 1. LOCATION- close to everything you need without having to get into your car.

2. PRICE - with prices including net HST and limited time incentives, the time to buy is now.

3. PRIVATE - 2-car garage (no parkade).

4. STYLE - only new, brownstone-style townhomes with private rooftop patios.

“The $10,000 builder incentive only applies to the next four homes sold at Dwell, and there are a number of move-in ready homes to choose from,” says Nyrose. “Home buyers need to act quickly in order to have

FinishEs incluDE modern interiors with contemporary laminate flooring.

DwEll is locatED at 1851 Ambrosi Road in Kelowna. Display homes are open Saturday & Sunday 1-4pm.