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eeling like the Michelin Man, suited up in 50 pounds of gear, the sound of my breath echoes like Darth Vader through the oxygen mask. Following the shadow of each other through the dark, smoke-filled hallway, we crawl on our hands and knees over debris to a corner away from the flames. The air is thick and hot above us, but down near the floorboards it’s bearable and provides some visibility through the thick smoke. A lesson learned as a child flashes into my mind as we aim to stay below the weight of the thermal blanket. I grasp at the hose, trying to heave its weight, but feel as though the hose is pulling me. As we move towards the source of ignition, I try to wipe the sweat dripping down my face, only to be blocked by my mask. Visions of the floor collapsing sink into my mind as we inch around the fire. ............................................................... Downstairs it is dark. I am led blindly by the light of a flashlight ahead while searching the corners for any sign of life or fire. There is none. Suddenly, we are told that the stairs have collapsed, we are trapped. Panic starts to set in as my Darth Vader breath becomes more rapid. There are only a few small basement windows, all too high to even climb out. We radio the outside crews who drop a ladder through the window. The thought of a fire inching behind us makes my heart race as I scramble to loosen the straps of my oxygen tank. “Time is of the essence,” Dave Sibilleau shouts to us. I watch the others climb the angled ladder with ease. But when my turn arises, I struggle to heave the pack up while trying to balance on the rails. I’m unsteady, my arms are shaking and somehow I must fit through this tiny window. Feelings of claustrophobia sink in as the window frame confines around me. I wriggle my way through, desperately clawing at the ground to pull myself through until relief sweeps over me. I briefly look back, flashing a grin of accomplishment over my face, as I join the troops back at accountability.

butes the decline to the economics of the last couple years. “Previous to that there was typically a lineup of people waiting to get in.” The problem isn’t just in the BX. “All departments overall are down on memberships,” said Wacey. “It’s a nationwide, provincewide issue. Across the country, volunteer fire departments are struggling with manning issues.” Along with an influx of young people heading north to work, time is one thing people appear to be lacking, as joining the department requires considerable time commitments. “You’re looking at probably anywhere from 400 to 600 hours, not counting call outs, in a year, — Bill Wacey for the first couple years,” said Wacey of the necessary training. But ask Wacey or any other firefighter and they will tell you the time invested is worth it to be part of the life-saving team. “Every single person will probably give you a different answer, from the community service – they want to give back to the community – to the excitement,” said Wacey, 55, who joined the hall in 1985 (with a full head of hair) and has been chief for 15 years now. “It’s a second job, but it’s the excitement of it, new experiences that you’ve trained for. “I love the job. At the end of the day, the people you deal with. The camaraderie, the closeness, that second family that a fire department can be.” On average, the department responds to 10 to 12 calls a month, although recent weeks have been an exception with 16 calls in just 18 days. Incidents range from structure fires to motor vehicle accidents. Anyone interested in becoming a firefighter can contact their local fire department. “In my mind it’s one of the greatest jobs in emergency services,” said Wacey of the paid, on-call duty. For a video of training through the eyes of a firefighter, visit vernonmorningstar.com

“Across the country, volunteer fire departments are struggling with manning issues.”

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Morning Star reporter/photographer Jennifer Smith gets suited up alongside BX-Swan Lake firefighter Lyndsey Pasemko before taking part in a practice burn at an old Dixon Dam Road home. Both of these are recent scenarios I was able to partake in under the guidance of the BX-Swan Lake Fire Department. The department, along with all regional firefighters, normally conduct practices at the Fire Training Centre. But this time the BX crews were able to use an old house for fire training. Thanks to the donation of the home by a local resident, the experience proved invaluable to the department.

The last time the department was granted a home to burn and train in was about six years ago, according to chief Bill Wacey. “We’ve got an immeasurable amount of training out of all of this,” said Wacey. Unfortunately, the number of firefighters taking part in this and other training exercises, as well as emergency incidents, is declining. “We’re allowed up to 31 (volunteer firefighters). I’m at 25,” said Wacey, who attri-

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Water rate debate boils over richard rolke

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Officials hope to bring some rationale to the cost of water. Greater Vernon Advisory Committee members met Thursday to discuss a future structure for residential, commercial and industrial water users. “We’re setting up the philosophy and how we establish them,” said Mike Macnabb, chairperson. Revenue is required for the master water plan, which could include $100 million in infrastructure. Staff suggested that shifting more burden on to business customers could negatively impact economic development, but director Bob Spiers disagrees.

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“The cost of water doesn’t add much of an increase to a product,” he said. “I don’t think we will drive any business away because of it.” Spiers is also frustrated that it was initially believed 2013 rates could climb three per cent, but they could be higher because low users will now starting paying for water, even

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under 20 cubic metres. “Mine has gone up 15 per cent,” he said. “We left here and everyone thought it was three per cent. Did everyone know what they were voting for?” Directors have instructed staff to present a water rates calculator on each category when rates change in the future. “We need something that shows what the increases are, what they are actually going to pay,” said director Bob Fleming. Director Gyula Kiss would like to see revenue generation shift from user fees to taxation. “With water rates, you always have to guess how much (money) you need,” he said. “If people reduce water, revenue is less so you have to increase rates.”

Greater Vernon residents voted Saturday on borrowing up to $7.5 million to construct a sports complex at Okanagan College. Election results were unavailable at the deadline for Sunday’s Morning Star. But details are available at www.vernonmorningstar.com, and more details will be in Wednesday’s Morning Star. A total of 1,445 people cast ballots during Wednesday’s advanced ballot — with 1,030 at the Schubert Centre, 280 at the Coldstream municipal office and 135 at the regional district office. On March 27, 1,225 ballots were cast during the first advanced poll.

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Public, media help police nab suspect ROGER KNOX Morning Star Staff

Acting on information from the public, RCMP officers arrested a suspect Friday in connection with a robbery the night before at a Vernon gas station. Police issued a video surveillance photo Friday morning of a suspect believed to be responsible for a robbery Thursday at Super Save Gas in the 4400 block of 27th Street. “Thanks to information from the public, and thanks to the media posting the suspect’s photo, calls were made to our detachment and a suspect was identified,” said Vernon RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk Friday evening. The man was arrested on the street with-

“Thanks to information...a suspect was identified.” — Gord Molendyk

out incident within a six-block radius of the gas station. Thursday’s incident occurred shortly before 9 p.m. when a lone male entered the gas station after another customer left the store, produced a knife and demanded money from the clerk. He left the store with an undisclosed amount of cash. As the man left the store, he walked northbound and then went westbound. A police service dog team could not pick up

a track. The photo released by RCMP Friday showed a male suspect wearing sunglasses, a red-and-white baseball hat with a black brim, one glove on his left hand and a lightcoloured hoody under a black jacket. Police also received a report Friday that a knife had been found near the gas station. Molendyk confirmed that officers recovered a knife but could not confirm if it had been used in the robbery.

Resident chases B & E suspect Morning Star Staff

A Vernon homeowner took matters into his own hands to help catch a break-and-enter suspect. Shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday, officers from the Vernon detachment were called to a report of a break-and-enter in progress in the 2300 block of 32nd Street. “Our officers responded quickly to the area, and when they arrived they were advised the homeowner had been alerted to someone in his driveway by his video surveillance camera,” said Vernon RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk on

Friday morning. The homeowner ran out of his home and saw a male suspect in his shed. The suspect took off on foot with the homeowner in hot pursuit. “The suspect ran through Vernon Creek to the Green Valley Motel,” said Molendyk. “Our officers conducted inquiries at the motel at several rooms the suspect was seen going into.” A 35-year-old man was arrested at the motel and taken into custody. He was expected to appear in Vernon Provincial Court on Friday.

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Town rings up cell service

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Cherryville residents continue to move towards improved communications. Telus has proposed installing a telecommunications tower on Cochrane Road so cellular phone service can be provided to residents and Highway 6 motorists. “It’s something the community really wants,” said Eugene Foisy, regional district director. Presently, there is no cell service in Cherryville except in some very limited pockets. “I have to drive to one or two spots to get service and it’s a hassle,” said Foisy. Telus is working with the provincial government to extend cellular service along Highway 6 as a way of improving safety for motorists. “For anyone who gets stuck on the road or needs an ambulance or police, this will help,” said Foisy. Foisy also believes a cellular network will help attract small businesses to Cherryville because some entrepreneurs need constant access with customers. Along with cell service, the tower would provide

“It’s something the community really wants.” — Eugene Foisy

Cherryville with high-speed Internet access. The tower would be 70-feet in height, with a 7.9-square-metre shelter at the base. The service could be operational by November. “The purpose of this proposed antenna system is to provide coverage to the area that is currently unavailable as a result of no other telecommunication structure within the coverage area,” said Phil Barker, Telus real estate specialist. “Additionally, there are no other carriers with towers in the area that would provide opportunities to co-locate. This tower will provide coverage for Telus and the opportunity for other carriers’ cellular equipment in the future.”

UBC bus route scaled back RICHARD ROLKE Morning Star Staff

Transit service between Vernon and Kelowna is being trimmed for the summer. The Regional District of North Okanagan board has decided to reduce the number of transit trips to the University of B.C. from 10 to four a day from April 29 to Aug. 30. Patrick Nicol “We agreed some time ago

that to increase the service (in the winter), we need to make this adjustment financially in the summer,” said chairperson Patrick Nicol. By having fewer trips when UBC classes are not in session, RDNO has enough money to provide additional runs when the campus is operating. Over the years, there have been complaints that the bus route is over-capacity and students are left standing on the side of the road and unable to get to classes. The scheduled departure times from Vernon Monday to Friday, from April 29 to Aug. 30, will be 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.

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Good Guy advocates for NOCLS JENNIFER SMITH Morning Star Staff

A local lawyer, a key supporter of the annual NOCLS charity golf classic, has been granted a prestigious honour. Nixon Wenger’s Gar y Weatherill donned the signature cap and jacket as the 2013 Good Guy of the Year Wednesday. “Your name was right at the top of the list,” said Richard Rolke, North Okanagan Community Life Society golf committee member. With a grin on

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“It’s a fundraiser but it’s also a very fun event.” —Gary Weatherill

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The nominees for Woman of the Year 2013 come from a variety of backgrounds but they have one thing in common — their dedication to making the community a better place. The 11 nominees, put forward by community members, and their nominators were introduced at a Vernon Women in Business reception Wednesday evening at City Furniture, one of the sponsors of the program, which is in its 26th year. They are Ann Cotton, Ruth Hoyte, Deb Leroux, Trudy McGrath, Melina Moore, Dalvir Nahal, Claire Radford, Ryan Robson, Dawn Roy, Linda Wills and Linda Wilson. “We are delighted with the number of nominees this year. They represent a broad range,” said Colleen Barker, Woman of the Year event chairperson. “They are not all business women — they are women who have made important contributions to the community in so many ways. We want to honour all these women. We thank all our sponsors for helping this grow to be a prestigious event in Vernon.” The nominees and their nominators will enjoy several pre-events before the Woman of the Year gala at the Prestige Hotel May 9. The Woman of the Year is selected by an independent panel of judges not associated with Vernon Women in

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Colleen Barker announces the 11 nominees for the Woman of the Year honour during a reception at City Furniture Wednesday. Business. “I love recognizing these women. We have so many amazing women in our community,” said Angela Yablonski, who is organizing the pre-events which will include a zumba evening at Curves, pampering by Mary Kay and time at the Equine Connection with Wendy Elrick. “Sometimes the nominees don’t all know each other even though they have been active in the community for years. This is a chance for them to have fun and for us to show that we appreciate each one of them.” Mary Williamson, Woman of the Year 2012, looked back on her year. She continued her volunteer work and is now in her 52nd year of nursing.

“It’s been fabulous. It’s such an honour that I’m still humbled by the thought. The nominators have done a lot of work. I congratulate all the nominees. You are all winners.” Vernon Women in Business president Krista Harris had some words of advice for the nominees. “Be aware of how much love you are getting here. You have all done a ton of things for our community. This is what people have want-

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Another deadline passes

ell, Roberto Luongo and I dodged another trading deadline. In actual fact I don’t think I can be traded (although I sometimes have nightmares where I get traded for, well, very little, and to someplace I’ve never been or never wanted to go to), and Luongo didn’t dodge the trade deadline so much as not get what he wanted: that is, to be traded. Apparently the Leafs and the Canucks were close, but Luongo’s contract (which “sucks” apparently) was likely the stumbling block, although I’m pretty sure if anybody can afford him it’s the Leafs and if he actually helped get them into the playoffs and all the money that would bring in, methinks it might have been worth it. If they don’t make the playoffs for some reason, critics (i.e. Leaf fans) will definitely point at the trade that wasn’t as one reason, whether it really was or not cause that’s Glenn Mitchell what hockey fans do. Oh well, it was not to be and the Canucks will just have to move forward with two very well-paid star goalies and the Leafs hopefully will creep into the playoffs with two cheaper, not-yet-star goalies. However, that’s the thing about goalies – they can go from great to not-so-great (and the other way around) in fan’s eyes pretty quickly. So, we’ll see. And often the best trade you make turns out to be the one you didn’t make, if you know what I mean. It’s curious that the biggest news on trade day was a couple deals, Luongo and Miikka Kiprusoff, that didn’t take place. So much for filling 10 hours of television coverage........ .......and speaking of trades. Jay Leno is being replaced by Jimmy Fallon next year on NBC’s Tonight show. It sounds like the 11:30 show is moving to New York as well. Now I’m a Leno fan, I once saw him at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver and he was great and his ratings are still solid and, I

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believe, he’s No. 1 in his time slot. However, he is getting older, aren’t we all, and some new, younger blood might be the way to go. Fallon is funny in his 12:30 slot (I like Thank You notes and stuff like that but sometimes he relies on skits or games a little too much for my liking) and they’re probably trying to keep in step with the relatively young Jimmy Kimmel moving to 11:30 on ABC. Plus Canadian Lorne Michaels, of Saturday Night Live fame, is going to take over as executive producer of the Tonight show, so he and SNL alumni Fallon should add an edge to the show and be attractive for younger audiences. Of course all this puts pressure on once thought to be heir to the Tonight show, David Letterman, over at CBS. He’s not getting any younger, either, although I think he’s still great, too, but then again I’m not exactly young anymore either. I also realize that I can never have Jay and Dave over for supper together, but I don’t think that’s ever going to be a problem, quite frankly. Anyway, we’ll see how it all plays out, and I’ll be watching, although I’ll likely be watching the Eastern stations at 8:30 p.m. because I can’t actually stay up for late-night TV anymore. Which, of course, tells you something about whether late-night TV producers should be worrying about attracting my age group or not, heavy sigh..... .......sad to see movie critic Roger Ebert move on to the balcony seat in the sky this past week. I used to watch his show back when he and fellow critic Gene Siskel would bicker over whether a show got a good rating or not, and more often than not I agreed with Ebert. He later lost portions of his jaw to cancer and couldn’t speak but overcame these obstacles to get back to writing and eventually TV as well. “You play the cards you’re dealt,” he wrote according to an Associated Press story. What’s your choice? I have no pain. I enjoy life, and why should I complain.” Thumbs-up for that piece of advice.

Politicians on all sides are busy campaigning for the May 14 election. Meanwhile, over in Victoria, at least one office hasn’t turned out the lights while waiting for voters’ decision. The office of the auditor general, which until late May is under the auspices of outgoing auditor-general John Doyle, is working harder than ever to let B.C. residents know how well or poorly government agencies have been spending their tax dollars. In recent weeks, Doyle has issued reports on carbon credits, governance of school districts, the air ambulance service and financial management within the Legislature. His office has also done a follow-up report, looking at a number of past audits and seeing how various organizations are doing in meeting auditorgeneral recommendations. Doyle’s office is doing so much right now because he wants to have outstanding matters cleared off his desk, as he returns to his native Australia. However, his look at so many areas of government spending is commendable, for it highlights a very important part of governance that is frequently ignored by politicians, commentators and the public. Politicians promise new programs, and certain groups and individuals apply pressure for these programs. But when they are put in place, is the money used to run them spent wisely? We all pay a lot of taxes. Many of the programs which government runs are reasonably efficient, but others are not, and there is insufficient accountability in the spending of tax dollars. Thankfully, the auditorgeneral is still asking hard questions, checking over the books and issuing tough and controversial reports. — Langley Times

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ith the Kitimat refinery project, I first heard of this concept from David Black (Morning Star owner) a number of years ago. At the time, I was skeptical of its chances. My initially negative attitude was based mainly on my experience of 10 years service on the board of directors of Imperial Oil. Since I was accustomed to the discussion of petroleum economics centered in Calgary, I saw no need for a refinery in Kitimat. That attitude was based on the fact that there had not been a new refinery built in North America in many years. And any needed increase in petroleum production was achieved by expansion of existing refineries throughout North America. But after my service with Imperial Oil, I went on to serve four years at Canfor which led to my nine visits to China in search of lumber markets. My exposure to the phenomenal expansion of China's economy opened my eyes to the true merit of the Kitimat refinery concept. It made me realize that it would not be just another refinery relying

on the North America market but rather a refinery that would supply the vast appetite of China for petroleum products. The challenge will be to draw the attention of Asian investors who would see the value to this investment. It appears that David Black, after many years of effort, is nearing an agreement that could provide the vast capital infusion needed to make this refinery initiative a reality. The appetite for oil products for all of Asia will continue to grow and the Kitimat refinery is ideally situated to take advantage. Asian countries, especially China, are very interested in securing sustainable supply of resources that will flow freely without undue trade barriers like surprises with taxes, regulations or tariffs. Canada has a good reputation as a free trade country that can be relied on as a dependable source of supply. Now is a very opportune time to attract the vast investment needed to make the Kitimat refinery go ahead. David Black, with his years of diligence, deserves our appreciation for displaying the foresight and

Yes to amalgamation Regarding the amalgamation of local communities, I agree with Brandon Lee's letter in The Morning Star entitled, "Put it to a vote." I also agree with Ed Proteau, a Coldstream resident, who believes amalgamation would cut cost of operations, eliminate duplication and improve efficiency. We spent many years living and working, raising our family in the City of Vernon, after which we retired, with 32 years of residency in the BX area. We love it here. If we amalgamate, our taxes will go up. There are no city services that we require. The roads, water and all services are adequate and well maintained. So why am I for amalgamation? For more than 45 years, I have been listening, reading and watching the controversy between our three main governing bodies: Vernon, Coldstream and the regional district. Each of them trying to protect their own

courage to invest his time, money and reputation to help bring along this huge initiative. The positive merits of the Kitimat refinery are so profound that this project is really beyond any political persuasion. Any and all supporters of the NDP, Liberals, Conservatives or even Greens should see the tremendous benefits that would come to B.C. with this project. This initiative will involve the

turf, while expanding their mini-empires to the detriment of the taxpayers. I believe this has cost taxpayers dearly. Endless meetings held, solving very little all at the taxpayers' expense. With amalgamation, a ward system could be set up with representatives from all areas according to population numbers. Some of the questions on mind are: Why did the City of Vernon close the Okanagan Landing volunteer fire service? Where will Okanagan College expand in the future if a sports complex is built next to it? What will taxes look like for our children and grandchildren if we continue this inefficiency and are over-governed? In a world where people and communities are coming together, why is this community choosing to stay apart? michael detourdonnet thank You The Vernon Jubilee Hospital Auxiliary

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investment of many billions of dollars. That's for sure. It's hard for any of us to visualize a million let alone a billion of any thing. So let's look at the on the ground facts of such an undertaking for all of us in B.C. Let's start with the big picture. When it comes to the benefits of a petroleum cycle from well exploration to the gas station, the jurisdiction that hosts the refining process enjoys a huge portion of the value addition to the raw material. That would mean several thousand, mostly trade union jobs for the multi-year term of the construction phase. It would also mean the creation of more than 3,000 permanent jobs for the operation and supply support of the refinery when running. This refinery would be processing 175 million barrels per year which means the tax revenue that could go toward health care, education, vital services for the disabled and elderly would be immense. It also would provide much lower risk to the marine environment. The shipments out of the refinery would be finished product like

wishes to thank the following businesses and people for helping to make the 42nd Annual Party for the Disabled, during Vernon Winter Carnival a huge success again this year by donating their talent and products. We thank the King of Hearts (formerly the Kings) for again providing their lively music so our guests could rock the afternoon away, and Lee Dinwoodie for singing a few sets. Patrick Nicol was once again our MC and provided a huge selection of prizes that were enjoyed by everyone. Buy-Low Foods made it possible for all of our food to be donated. We appreciate their continued generosity to all of our auxiliary activities. Tim Hortons donated Tim Bits for everyone and McDonald’s provided the orange drink. This party is a fun event that our guests and our members look forward to each year. nell mcinnes

aviation fuel, gasoline and diesel These products, if ever spilled, would have much less impact on the marine environment. They would also be transported in smaller ships. I know there are those on both sides of the political aisle that address this as a political issue. And I would disagree with both. This is a project that can be attractive to all political stripes. Trade unions would see a significant increase in jobs and memberships. Hospitals and schools across the province would see an improvement in government funding. Business activity especially in the challenged northwest B.C. would be very positively impacted. And those with a concern for the threat of marine spills would see a significantly reduced exposure for the environment. Based on the huge positive impact this initiative could have on B.C., I think the question should not be if we want it, but rather, how can we help make sure that the petroleum world sees this as an attractive way to invest billions of shareholder capital. Jim shepard

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Support for a private shooting range is on target in rural Lumby. The Electoral Area Advisory Committee wants to send a non-farm application to the Agricultural Land Commission for a gun range at the five-kilometre mark on Burnyeat Forest Service Road in Trinity Valley. “There is also a lot of support from the agricultural committee and the advisory planning commission,” said Rick Fairbairn, Rick Fairbairn rural Lumby director. “There is a need for this type of facility.” A local resident is proposing to use 1.48 hectares of a 129-hectare site for a private shooting range which would include a parking area and shooting building. The shooting range is proposed to measure 938-metres-by15-metres. “We have numerous hunters who need a place to sight rifles instead of ad hoc out in the (forested) area,” said Fairbairn, add-

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ing that such a facility would improve safety for firearm users and the public. “It’s isolated. If all of the safety precautions come into play and the issues of noise and traffic are addressed, it will be an isolated spot.” Portions of the land to the west and northwest are in the Agricultural Land Reserve so approval must be sought from the ALC for a non-farm use. “It is able to support agriculture and has historically been used for range land,” said Jennifer deGroot, Regional District of North Okanagan planning assistant, in a report to the EAAC. “Approval of the application could set a precedent that would lead property owners to believe that agricultural parcels within the regional district can be used for non-agricultural purposes.” Staff had recommended to EAAC directors that the application not be forwarded to the ALC. However, directors opted to send the proposal to the RDNO board to consider if it should go to the ALC. “It’s only about half-an-acre in the reserve and removing it won’t affect the quality of the rest of the agricultural land (in the ALR,” said Fairbairn. If the ALC approves a non-farm use, the property owner will then have to pursue rezoning from RDNO.

Efforts aim to honour Kermode RICHARD ROLKE Morning Star Staff

A legendary North Okanagan photographer could soon be remembered permanently. The Cherryville community is lobbying the provincial Geographical Names Office to name a small lake in Monashee Provincial Park after Doug Kermode. “So many people remember him,” said Eugene Foisy, Cherryville’s regional district director. “He was such a big part of Monashee park.”

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In 1946, Kermode, who died in 2001, visited the Peters Lake area of the Monashee Mountains. “As a professional photographer, he was so taken by the beauty of the area, that the idea came to him that this area should be preserved as a park,” said Ernie Laviolette, Cherryville Historical Society president. “For 14 years, he brought together various committees that tirelessly lobbied forestry and parks officials towards the eventual creation of a park in the area. On June 1, 1962, Doug Kermode the area around Peters Lake was designated as Monashee Provincial Park.” Wanting to have a lake named after Kermode was first discussed during the park’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 2012. “We realized that much is owed to this man who dedicated so much of his life to the park,” said Laviolette. Kermode, who was born in Vernon in 1913, captured the history of the North Okanagan through 1,500 photographs, which are part of the Greater Vernon Museum. “It’s an amazing collection that he provided us,” said Ron Candy, museum curator. Kermode was an honorary member of the Professional Photographers Association of B.C. The Regional District of North Okanagan has been asked to provide a letter of support to have the lake named for Kermode.

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Township fine with referendum ROGER KNOX Morning Star Staff

Spallumcheen council thinks a referendum either through taxation or borrowing money to pay for an expansion at the Armstrong Spallumcheen Fire Hall is a good idea. And they thought the City of Armstrong felt that way, as well. Township council voted unanimously Tuesday on a motion put forward at a joint council meeting stating that capital improvements to the joint fire hall be deferred to 2014 “pending consideration being given to fund capital improvements by long-term Todd York debt as authorized by a referendum.” Armstrong council unanimously defeated the same motion at its last regular meeting (though Coun. Paul Britton was absent), but did agree to defer the matter to 2014. “At the joint council meeting, I thought we left it unanimous that it would be through referendum,” said Spallumcheen Coun. Joe Van Tienhoven. “When (Armstrong) Mayor (Chris) Pieper brought this up at joint council meeting, I thought it was a really good idea,” added Spall Coun. Christine Fraser. “He started off the conversation on the fire hall talking about doing a referendum and all of the reasons he thought it was a good idea. “I think it’s a good idea too, and we must make sure we’re doing what’s best for both communities looking down the road because Armstrong and

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The City of Vernon will be reconstructing 43rd Avenue sanitary sewer between 18th and 17 streets starting Monday. The project will include upgrading of the sanitary main and sanitary services to property lines, as well as asphalt road resurfacing “During this time, there will be local traffic only with detours in effect for the duration of the project,” said Richard Bedard, municipal design technician. “Flagging people will also be onsite directing local traffic.”

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Home sales still ‘fairly flat’

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Real estate activity in the North Okanagan continues to experience challenges. There were 108 units sold overall in March, down 13.6 per cent from 125 during the same month in 2012. “During March, sales in our board area mirrored activity in most housing markets in the province, remaining fairly flat as reticent buyers continue to be influenced by tighter credit rules affecting affordability, and thereby, reducing the rate of consumer demand,” said Karen Singbeil, Okanagan Mainline Real Estate Board president. “The market slowdown from late 2012 carried over into the first quarter of 2013 as buyers and sellers continue to sit on the fence, and take a wait and see approach.” Total residential sales in the North Okanagan slipped from 114 to 97 units, or 14.9 per cent. Single-family home sales were down 21.2 per cent, from 66 to 52. Year-to-date, sales were down 17.4% compared to the first quarter of 2012 (to 237 from 287).

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Recreation opportunities extended ROGER KNOX Morning Star Staff

Armstrong and Spallumcheen residents could be swimming earlier and skating later. A r m s t r o n g Spallumcheen Parks and Recreation has announced that stronger sales projections for April will result in the ice at the Nor-Val Sports Centre staying in longer. “They ran the ice a little longer this year and they’re now thinking of doing that again next season,” said Spallumcheen Coun. Joe Van Tienhoven,a township representative to the Armstrong Spallumcheen Parks and Recreation board. “They had the ice booked up and did quite well because of that. It’s proven to be a good plan to keep the ice in longer.” Of course, keeping

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the ice in longer was helped along by the run of the KIJHL’s North Okanagan Knights to the league final. The target for ice sales in April was projected to be $4,361 but actual figures showed the number at $6,848. With a new boiler ready to be installed, parks and recreation is hoping for an early opening for the pool, which usually opens on the May long weekend. “The new boiler should keep people coming in,” said Van Tienhoven. The pool and sports centre are just two rea-

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Horticultural and cattle buildings are rented weekly at the IPE. “Parks and recreation is very proactive in trying to get all of our facilities used,” said Van Tienhoven. “Most parks and recreation departments don’t have as many diverse buildings as we do. We have quite an opportunity to rent out things.”

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A world champion hockey player wants to bring more awareness to amputees playing the game. Vernon’s Curt Minard, 33, helped Canada win its sixth consecutive world amputee hockey championship in 2012 in Finland. Minard, in February, was named the Western Canadian coordinator the Canadian Amputee Hockey Committee, and one of his first efforts is to put on a Western Canadian hockey camp for amputees. The camp runs April 12 to 14 at Vernon’s Priest Valley Arena, featuring up to 20 players from across Western Canada. “My goal, and our organization’s goal, is to put disability on the ice and provide an atmosphere for amputees to come out and enjoy the game,” said Minard, who lost his left hand at the wrist in 2008 in a workrelated accident near Invermere. “I decided I really wanted to put something together in the west this year and shed some light and get some young kids out to the camp.” Running the camp will be Team Canada head coach Jamie McGuire of Toronto with help from Vernon’s Dean McAmmond, a former NHL star who has helped Minard with his own hockey training. “Dean worked quite a bit with me last year, he’s an outstanding guy,” said Minard. The camp is an open camp for all amputees of any age and skill level. The players will hit the ice for their first workout on Friday, April 12, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. That will be followed with an early-morning workout Saturday, April 13, from 7:15 to 8:45, and there will be a scrimmage against the Armstrong Safe Hockey League’s men’s division playoff runner-ups, the Jayhawks, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The camp ends Sunday with a workout from 1:15 to 2:45 p.m. Attendees will unveil the new Western Canadian Amputee Hockey Committee jer-

seys at the camp. Two teenage goalies from northern B.C. and northern Alberta will be at the camp, as will one national team goalie and five or six of Minard’s national squad teammates. “We want to get these kids involved and keep them interested so, hopefully, one day, they end up on the national team themselves or at least stay in the game and the program,” said Minard. All activities are open to the public free of charge. “My personal goal for this camp is to give some public attention to it,” said Minard, who hopes to entice hockey-loving amputees from the Okanagan to the camp. As of this week, nobody from the Okanagan had signed up. Anybody interested can contact Minard at cminard@live.ca. The camp is free. Out-of-town players must pay for their accommodations.

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Vernon’s Curt Minard, a member of Team Canada’s 2012 world champion amputee hockey team, is hosting a Western Canadian hockey camp for amputees at the Priest Valley Arena April 12 to 14. Minard lost his left hand at the wrist in a work accident near Invermere in 2008.

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Students plan for trip abroad Morning Star Staff

After the last two successful spring break trips to Italy and Greece, and cruising the Greek Islands, Pleasant Valley Secondary School is going back to the traditional European field trip for spring break 2014. Career programs co-ordinator Paul Britton met recently with students to discuss the planned trip. Approximately 50 students showed up to hear about the Ireland, Scotland, England and France trip which goes under the title, The Capitals of the British Isles. “Pleasant Valley Secondary has never travelled to Ireland or Scotland so there is great excitement amongst the students to actually be in Ireland for St. Patrick’s Day and be part of that country’s celebration,” said Britton. The trip will be facilitated by a company Britton is familiar with. “We use EF Educational Tours for the trips for many reasons but most importantly for peace of mind,” he said. “EF has been in business for more than 45 years and has offices around the world. I enjoy working with EF tours because you have a full-time local tour director that makes sure every-

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A Vernon-based company is playing a major role in a Lower Mainland development. Tolko Industries has been selected to provide the lumber for Mountain Equipment Co-op’s new headquarters at False Creek Flats in Vancouver. “Not only is Tolko a company with its origins in B.C., it’s family-owned and being run by the family’s third generation,” said Ralph Austin, with Seagate Structures, which has the construction contract for the wood — John Dunford framing of the headquarters project. “As a company committed to traditional values, concern for the environment and having a constructive role in the communities in which they operate, Tolko was a natural fit.” Tolko will supply about 600 lifts of kiln-dried

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The daffodil is the iconic symbol of hope in the fight against cancer. It is also a bright and hopeful emblem of support for people living with cancer. Daffodil Month, which runs during April, is a national fundraising campaign organized by the Canadian Cancer Society to support Canadians in the fight against cancer. Prospera Credit Union is a lead participant in the 2013 daffodil campaign.

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With a double engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Brad Farynuk is well prepared for the job market. Hockey, however, is keeping the Enderby product from joining the work force full time. Farynuk, a 31-year-old former Edmonton Oilers farmhand, just helped the Tohoku Free Blades shock the topranked OJI Eagles in the Asian Ice Hockey League playoff championship series. He and his wife, Kathy, leave next week to Australia to sightsee and visit Brad’s aunt, a trip postponed in 2011 due to the Tohoka earthquake/tsunami the Farynuks witnessed first-hand. After a season in Italy last year and a few seasons of minor-pro, Farynuk has experienced a few different hockey cultures and he’s in no hurry to give up the game. — Brad “I’m going to take a month or so to assess my life ambitions and hockey,” he told The Morning Star. “I plan on working at AMS Solutions when I get back, an automation engineering company in Enderby headed by ex-Viper/North Okanagan King Richard Vetter and electrical engineers Roland Davyduke and Ron Pobuda. “AMS has projects all over North America and many with Tolko. I have played professionally seven years now so I’m preparing myself for the transition to an engineering career. The only problem with the idea of retiring is that I love hockey so much. Once I’m back and see what hockey offers are available to me, I’ll weigh out my career options.”

Farynuk, a defencemen, racked up 105 points in 135 games with the BCHL Vernon Vipers from 1999-2002, getting 19 goals and 59 points his final season. He racked up 79 points in four years at RPI in Troy, N.Y. In the best-of-five Asian finals, Farynuk scored both goals in Game 2 as the Free Blades bounced the Eagles 2-1 in overtime after losing the opener in OT. He finished with 5-7-12 in eight playoff tilts, earning three game winners. Farynuk pocketed 16 goals and 43 points in the regular season, where the Blades lost 13 games and finished second behind the Eagles, who lost just twice in regulation. He made the first all-star team while missing just four games with a tricep tear. “My dee partner’s name is Kyohei Kikuchi and is a very steady, hard-working defensive player so I can play very offensive,” said Farynuk, a 6-foot, 210-pounder who wears No. 44. “He speaks very little English but we both understand each other when commuFarynuk nicating on the ice, using a mix of Japanese and English hockey terms. “We had a very hard in-season training program that wore on us bigger players just trying to keep up with our speedy Japanese teammates who never stop working. Practices are usually at least 45 minutes longer than North American pro standards but you only play 42 regular-season games. The Blades had U.S. defenceman Justin Fletcher and forward David Wrigley of Toronto. They both played in the DEL (Germany’s top pro loop) the past few seasons. They also had a very eager d-man from China who constantly questioned Farynuk on hockey in hopes of improv-

“The way the people handled the tsunami and quake was phenomenal.”

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erred Smithson woke up Wednesday morning in Sunrise, Fla. as a Florida Panther and smiled at his very pregnant fiancée Jaymie Hackman. Jerred woke up Thursday a member of the Edmonton Oilers and an expectant father. Jaymie was scheduled to be induced around dinner time in Florida and deliver the couple’s first son. They named the sixpound, nine-ounce Kevin Mitchell winger Hunter. Not sure what was wrong with my suggestion: Kevin Eberle Hall Smithson. Jerred will wake up today in Los Angeles, where he is scheduled to make his Oiler debut Monday night against the Anaheim Ducks.

It’s the fourth NHL team for the Vernon minor hockey grad. This will be his most stressful move after living in L.A., and Nashville in the show, and minor-league cities Lowell, Mass., Manchester, N.H. and Milwaukee after five years of Major Junior with the Calgary Hitmen. Many fans assume pro athletes, after a trade, just stuff a few suits and a pair of Armani shoes in a Nike bag, grab an electric toothbrush and settle into their new place. Smithson said his head was spinning big time after learning he was an Oiler. Every day away from his precious new son is a day he can’t get back. Sure, he makes $800,000 a year, but you can’t put a price on a newborn child. And as Smithson starts work on a new chapter in his life, so does former Vernon Viper leading scorer Mike Santorelli, another Panther who was leaving on a jet plane. On the same day Smithson was dealt, Santorelli, who billeted with Ariel Tyk’s family in Vernon, was plucked off the waiver wire by the “Let us give you something to smile about...” Winnipeg Jets. Santorelli, of Vancouver, has followed Smithson from Milwaukee to Nashville and Florida, with a short stint in San Antonio, Tex. in between. This is also his fourth NHL team. And then there’s Aaron Gagnon, the pride of Armstrong. Dr. Sean Bicknell and Dr. Karl Denk are pleased to In case you forgot about the onewelcome Dr. Isabelle Henri to the practice. Dr. Henri time Seattle Thunderbird centre, brings many years experience in all facets of family Gagnon is now with the American dentistry, and is excited to now call Vernon home. Hockey League St. John’s IceCaps. He’s on The Rock of Canada, and New extended hours including was just named the CCM/AHL Player evenings and weekends of the Month for March. The Winnipeg Jets took notice and NOW ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS! recalled the smooth-skating Gagnon on Thursday. He wore No. 21 and got 2301-32nd Avenue nine minutes of ice time in a 4-1 loss Vernon, BC to the Canadiens. Santorelli played just over 14 minutes. Visit our NEW website www.pleasantvalleydental.ca After five years in Seattle, Gagnon has put on bus miles in Boise, Idaho, Des Moines, Iowa, Grand Rapids, Mich., and a few air miles with the

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Armstrong’s Aaron Gagnon, a forward with the St. John’s IceCaps, was named the American Hockey League’s Player of the Month for March. Gagnon’s stellar play has earned him a call-up with the Winnipeg Jets. Dallas Stars and Jets. He has played 29 NHL games, including one with Winnipeg this season, and has two career assists. Gagnon, who returned to the St. John’s lineup on Feb. 10 after missing six weeks due to injury, hit his stride in March, recording a point in all 11 games he played – totaling nine goals and nine assists. After recording Smithson single points in each of his first three games in March, Gagnon recorded his first two-goal game of the season in a 4-2 loss to Syracuse on the ninth. He had 1+1 in a 5-0 win over Hamilton six nights later and tied a career high with three assists in a 4-3 victory at Manchester on the 24th. Gagnon scored twice, including his third game-winning goal of the month, to help the IceCaps past Albany, 4-2, on March 27, and finished the month with 1+1 in a come-from-behind 5-4 overtime win at Worcester on the 30th.

Armstrong super hockey fan Sharon Bain steered me to a YouTube post with Gagnon being interview by Caps’ play-byplay man Brian Rogers. Said Gagnon: “I feel great. It’s just one of those things. It’s a funny game how it works. At the start of the season, I couldn’t get anything going and once I found my game, things have been bouncing my way.” Gagnon posted three winning goals, three on the powerplay and two shorthanded. The Caps were second-to-last in the 16-team Eastern Division on Friday afternoon. They will miss the playoffs. Among Gagnon’s teammates in Newfoundland are Nanaimo Clipper grad Raymond Sawada and ex-Red Wing/Jet Derek Meech. In recognition of his achievement, Gagnon was supposed to be presented with an etched crystal award prior to the IceCaps home game Friday night against the Toronto Marlies. He was still with the Jets so that ceremony was postponed. Gagnon has racked up 74 goals and 172 points in 328 career AHL games over six seasons, and reached the Calder Cup finals with the Texas Stars in 2010.

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The Penticton Vees will continue their Fred Page Cup title defence as they visit the Surrey Eagles for Game 1 of the B.C. Hockey League final Friday at South Surrey Arena. Fred Harbinson’s Vees eliminated the West Kelowna Warriors with a 2-1 overtime win in Game 5 of the Interior final Thursday night at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

Surrey, featuring former Vernon Viper Adam Tambellini, swept the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in the best-of-seven Coastal final. Tambellini, who was dealt from Vernon to Surrey at the carding deadline, leads the postseason goal scoring with nine snipes. He is third in points (9-313 in 11 games) behind Eagle teammates Brady Shaw (6-10-16) and Michael Stenerson (6-8-14). Meanwhile, Curtis Lazar’s

Edmonton Oil Kings opened the WHL Eastern Conference semifinal with a 4-1 win over Cole Sandford’s Medicine Hat Tigers Friday night at Rexall Place. Brady Brassart’s Calgary Hitmen are up 2-0 on the Red Deer Rebels in the other Eastern semi. The Kelowna Rockets hosted the Kamloops Blazers in Game 1 of their Western semi Saturday. Game 2 goes tonight (5:05) at Prospera Place.

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Team Canada was tied 1-1 with Italy after the first day of play in their Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group quarterfinal tie Friday at UBC’s Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver. Both nation’s No. 1 players captured their matches, as Vernon’s Vasek Pospisil fell to world No. 18 Andreas Seppi 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, with world No. 16 Milos Raonic (Thornhill, Ont.) then squaring things up with a 6-4, 7-6(4), 7-5 victory over Fabio Fognini. Pospisil, ranked 140th and now based in Vancouver, fought hard to push Seppi to five sets. After being broken in the very first game, he turned it around to take the first two sets. Seppi’s play improved as the match went on, and the three-time ATP World Tour titlist rallied to give Italy the lead. “In the third set he stepped up for sure,” Pospisil told Vasek Pospisil Tennis Canada. “Right from the first game, he played great, I couldn’t really do much. “He put more first serves in the beginning, he played very aggressive; more aggressive than the last time I played him and the first two sets. The fourth set maybe a little bit in the beginning I kind of had a little metal lapse in concentration where it was important for me to raise the intensity, so those twothree games at the beginning of the fourth maybe cost me that set, but other than that he played very well.” Raonic clinched his match in part due to the strength of his serve, as the 22-year-old only faced two break points through the match. After falling behind 2-1, Raonic immediately rebounded by taking the next game. He then broke again at the 6-5 mark to take the match. In total, Raonic went three for 15 on break point opportunities. “It was good. I played within myself; I felt I was able to control it most of the time,” said Raonic. “I felt that most of the time I was putting it in my terms, that we were playing under ‘Milos can decide which way this goes.’ I did slip up a little bit but I turned that around and I’m proud with how I managed it.” Canada is playing in the Davis Cup quarterfinals for the first time in its history following a 3-2 firstround victory over No. 1-ranked Spain in February. The winner of this tie will move into September’s semifinals. Both teams have already secured their places in the 2014 World Group. Pospisil was expected to team up with veteran Daniel Nestor to face Daniele Bracciali and Paolo Lorenzi in doubles action Saturday. Nestor is the world No. 6 in doubles, while Pospisil is 308th. The tie concludes today, 2 p.m. PT, with the two reverse singles matches, which will be broadcast on Sportsnet and TVA Sports.

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Officially, Rhett Haubrich is on shortterm injured reserve. Luckily, he was totally healthy for his last competition of the snowboard season, the $10,000 Sport Chek Snow Crown Freestyle Nationals at Calgary’s Canada Olympic Park. He’s in no rush to get on the active list. “I hurt my ankle playing around doing some jumps up at Silver Star so I’ll be out for a week or two,” laughed Haubrich, a Vernon 20-year-old with — Rhett five years of boarding competition experience. Haubrich posted a top-25 at the FIS World Junior Championships in Erzurum, Turkey, so pre qualified for the Junior and Open division semifinals at nationals. His execution on one of the slopestyle jumps was less than what he is accustomed to, and placed him seventh in the Junior class, ruled by Michel Gregoire of Quebec. Tanner Holland of Kelowna, who like Haubrich, trains at Whistler, bagged

the bronze medal. Haubrich put together a near-perfect run (89.50 points) in the Open to place third overall and pocket $750. Darcy Sharpe of Team Canada (Comox) won the Open crown with a 96.00, followed by Tyler Nicholson of North Bay, Ont., at 95.5. Nicholson, who trains in Colorado, landed a massive switch back 1200 for the Most Outstanding Trick award. “I was just boarding well and landed my run with three jumps and a rail. I Haubrich was happy for sure,” said the modest, soft-spoken Haubrich. “The money will sure help me out.” In Turkey, where Nicholson struck gold in the slopestyle, Haubrich registered a first-rate run but unfortunately, a slight stumble on the rail left him 21st in the field of 50. His coaches figured he would have been top-five without the slip. Haubrich shares a place with two friends at Whistler and works summers.

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Xavier Bitz gets back out on the course at Ranger Park for another season of racing with the Vernon BMX Club. the club is hosting an open house, including a clinic for new riders, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. It will be an opportunity for families interested in learning more about BMX to try riding the

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BMX club geared up Chains are oiled, tires pumped and the track is groomed for the Vernon BMX Club’s 30th season. The Ranger Park track, located at 1900 47th Avenue, is open for the season and will remain that way until mid-October, weather dependant. Practices go Monday nights starting this week, with Under 6 riders and newcomers hitting the track at 5 p.m. The club welcomes new riders of all ages to come out and try out the sport. If you have a bike, you can bring it to the track and ride it, but the club requests that riders do not have training wheels still on (strider bikes are acceptable). Racing goes Tuesday nights, starting at 7 p.m. On Sunday, May 5,

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A pair of North Okanagan athletes were finalists for the UBC Okanagan Heat’s Top Male Student Athlete Award. Vernon’s Austin Jones (soccer) and Armstrong’s Mitch Goodwin (basketball) were nominated for the honour, which was won by Cochrane, Alta.’s Brett Uniat, a fifth-year volleyball player. In his second season with the Heat, Jones played in all fourteen regular-season games, scoring six goals as a starting midfielder. He earned a berth on the PacWest All-Star team and finished seventh in league scoring. Goodwin, who played junior hoops with the Pleasant Valley Saints before transferring to the Kelowna Owls, exploded onto the Canada West scene in his rookie season. He not only poured in points, but was a hard-nosed defender in head coach Pete Guarasci’s defence-first philosophy. Nominated for the CIS All-Rookie team, he was also a finalist in for the Canada West Rookie of the Year after leading all Canada West freshmen in scoring with 13.4 points per game. Uniat had 81 total blocks and 69 block assists to finish sixth in the CIS, while averaging 89 per cent in his engineering classes. Other Top Male Student Athlete nominees were Salmon Arm’s Cody Bell (golf) and Kelowna’s Colin Wallace (cross country). The Top Female Student Athlete Award was shared by Jen Woods (golf) and Roz Huber (basketball), both in their fifth and final years and both graduates of Rutland Secondary.

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Dee Capozzi chats with Agricultural Minister Norm Letnick (middle) and Eric Foster Thursday during the opening of Foster’s campaign office at 3401A 30th Ave. Foster will attempt to hold on to the VernonMonashee constituency for the Liberals in the May 14 provincial election.

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It’s going to cost more to use water at Silver Star. The Regional District of North Okanagan has increased rates by 3.2 per cent, which is about $10 per year for the average residential user. “This increase is to compensate for an increase in the Silver Star operating budget and decrease revenues from the past two years,” said James de Pfyffer, small utilities manager.

RDNO has also adopted a small utilities rates imposition bylaw. The bylaw consolidates the following utilities into one structure: Grindrod water, Gunter Ellison Road water, Mabel Lake water, Mabel Lake sewer and Whitevale water. “It provides standardized definitions, standardized rates and fees for similar services and reduces administration costs,” said de Pfyffer.

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A City of Vernon contractor will be conducting drilling investigation to collect soil information for a proposed utility and pavement structure upgrade. Watch for construction workers and flaggers Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the following locations. April 9 33rd Street between 32nd and 35th avenues 35th Avenue between 34th and 32nd streets 32nd Avenue between 34th and 32nd streets 43rd Avenue between Pleasant Valley Road and

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A VARIATION ON A WELL-KNOWN THEME Gene Mora, who writes the “Graffiti” cartoon, used this line: “If at first you do succeed, try not to look surprised.” If you work out the right line of play in this deal, try not to look surprised! What would you do in three notrump after West leads his fourth-highest spade? Do not be concerned about a low doubleton when opening one no-trump. Here, if you open one club, your partner will respond one diamond. What would you do then? You would have no accurately descriptive rebid. You start with seven top tricks: one spade (because of the opening lead), two hearts, two diamonds and two clubs.

You must establish two more club winners to get home. First, though, what do you do at trick one? With honor-doubleton on the board, put up the honor; here, the king. (If it were queen-doubleton on the board and king-third in your hand, you would play the queen.) If East plays low, work hard to keep him off the lead, so that he cannot push a spade through your queen. Here, though, East takes the king with his ace and returns the 10. You duck and win the third spade. Now you must not let West win a trick, because he would then cash two spade tricks to defeat you. It is time for an avoidance play. Lead a diamond to dummy’s king and call for

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Seed savers go back to basics June Griswold Special to The Morning Star

The weather cooperated again this year for the 19th annual Shuswap Seed Savers Swap and Sale last month. The attendance was down from last year, but most vendors reported good sales. There were 61 tables set up for vendors and information displays. New vendors included: David Doran (organic potatoes); Anita Fletcher (apple juice); Harriet Hall (sheep skin); Ann Lotwin (raw desserts); Tim Skrypiczajko (vegetable seeds); Elaine Spearing (garden produce); Helene Wlasuk (preserves); Marianne

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Linthorne (herbal medicine); and the youngest vendor, 10-year-old Liam Stagg, with worm composting. In the theatre the DVD, Genetic Roulette, was shown twice. Speakers were Heidi Osterman of the True Food Foundation, and Huguette Allen of BeeSAFE. Sarah Bradshaw and Paulette Hunt were at the Seed Bank table. Ben Fulton sold potato boxes at the school entrance. The other display at the entrance was not authorized by the Shuswap Seed Savers. Thanks to custodians Tammy Koroluk and Howard Piggot, and all the excellent volunteers who helped make the event such a great success. Our Seed Savers display will be in the Artisan Building at the

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Patrick Steiner of Stellar Seeds talks with a customer at the swap and sale. Patrick, Colleen and baby Mael had their business affected by last summer’s landslide at Johnson’s Landing, so the Seed Savers had a fundraising display to help the family, with a quilt donated by Joan Beddoes for the prize, won by Lynne Holmes. Salmon Arm Fall Fair on Sept. 6, 7 and 8, 2013.

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On the road again

t was just about one year ago that I wrote about my travels to assorted ports in Ontario, Florida and Newfoundland and thought at that time that it might be my last trip east, the land of my birth. Yet here I am again returning to the homeland to visit relatives and friends and have new Pat Black adventures, all thanks to the generosity of my son, Chris, and his family and to the generosity of my sister, Connie, who presented me with the airline tickets to go. Only this time I am going for two months rather than four as I did last year. My flight from Kelowna to Toronto was amazing. I sat next to a non-stop talker. At first I was very dismayed and kept raising my book to read but the message went unnoticed and on and on he droned. His monologue covered many subjects. He was a retired school teacher with many interests and lived in a small Ontario city with his wife of 45 years. I travelled alongside him as he revisited Cuba, Hawaii, Alaska, his daughter’s hillside home in Kelowna and the new baby. We went back to

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the ‘50s with his camping and his trekking around Europe with other would-be-hippies. Finally I was treated to most of the thousand or so photos he has on his iPad. Pompeii, a Mediterranean cruise, the Vatican, Santorini, Venice, he had been to them all, and on and on it went. By now I recognized his sisters and brothers-in-law and other relatives. If I had known before I boarded the plane that I would have to sit next to a person who never stopped talking I probably would have changed my flight. But amazingly as I got up to go to the bathroom for the third time, the pilot announced that we would be landing in 30 minutes. I didn’t even have time to plan at what point to take my tranquilizer and we were already arriving in Toronto. Most of the time flying for me is very stressful and this long trip usually seems to last forever and a light tranquilizer is my insurance against anxiety attacks. This time the trip seemed to take no time at all and I thanked my seat mate for his company before he rushed to get off the plane. Isn’t it interesting how inaccurate our convictions can be when opportunities arise to put them to the test? It doesn’t seem to matter how old we are, we can always learn something new and valuable.

This old dog is certainly learning new tricks every day. For the first week of my trip I am staying at my son’s home in Aurora before flying to Naples, Fla., to spend a month with Connie, my sister, at her condo. I have been here almost a week and still haven’t developed any kind of routine to write or work on projects. I have been too busy having fun and experiencing new adventures, while eating fantastic meals cooked by Kathy, our resident gourmet cook, and drinking lots of wine. More about my adventures in my next column! March is nutrition month and living on a limited income doesn’t have to mean that seniors can’t eat healthier. Kerri-Ann Jennings, registered dietitian of the Eating Well magazine, identifies 12 super foods that are inexpensive. The list includes: lentils (high in fibre and protein), oats, kale, almonds (one ounce serving has 37 per cent of the daily requirement of Vitamin E), tea (especially green), oranges (one orange has the daily requirement of Vitamin C), tuna, peanut butter (look for natural peanut butter without hydrogenated oils and sugar), apples, eggs, carrots, and cabbage. If you have questions or comments you can reach me at blackmail1@telus.net

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2013 Official Community Plan Review

The Corporation of the

City of Vernon Sewer Main Construction 43rd Avenue — 18th Street to East of 17th Street

The City of Vernon is reviewing the Official Community Plan (OCP). The OCP is Vernon’s guide for growth and development, and represents the community’s vision of what our city will be like in the future. This review is seeking to make the plan more effective in achieving the community’s vision. You can get involved in helping determine the future of Vernon. Please visit www.vernon.ca/talkocp to learn more about the process. Since February, there have been several opportunities to provide input into the OCP. Each session has included additional detailed information on specific topics for discussion and feedback. More open houses are scheduled for April and May. Check with www.vernon.ca/talkocp for more updates. Transportation, Infrastructure, Community Amenities and Agriculture New Open House Added: Thursday, April 18 The Hub Arts Collective, 2906 30 Avenue Noon - 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20 Vernon Recreation Centre, 3310 37 Avenue Noon - 4:00 p.m. Draft Land Use Plan, Sustainability and Regional Context Thursday, May 9 Alexis Park Elementary School, 4205 35 Street 2:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

The City of Vernon will be reconstructing 43rd Avenue sanitary sewer from 18th Street to east of 17th Street starting the week of April 8th. Works to include upgrade of: • sanitary main, • sanitary services to property line, • asphalt road resurfacing During this time there will be local traffic only with detours in effect for the duration of the project. Flagging people will also be onsite directing local traffic. The City would also like to remind drivers to obey traffic control personnel and to slow down through the construction and detoured areas. For further details of the project please contact Richard Bedard, Municipal Design Technician at 250-550-3634.

Foothills Neighbourhood Plan: Community Open House A Neighbourhood Plan is being developed to help guide the future of the Foothills area. The City of Vernon will be hosting a Community Open House to gain additional input into the draft Neighbourhood Plan.

Saturday, April 27, 2013 BX Elementary School, 5849 Silver Star Road 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. To view the draft Neighbourhood Plan, please visit www.vernon.ca/foothills. For more information, please contact Rob Miles, Long Range Planner at rmiles@vernon.ca or 250-550-7830.

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Saturday, May 11 Fulton Secondary School, 2301 Fulton Road Noon - 4:00 p.m. If you are interested in having staff visit your neighbourhood or organization to discuss the OCP review, or for more information, please contact: Rob Miles, Long Range Planner 250-550-7830 • rmiles@vernon.ca

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April 9 - 12

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April 16 - 19; April 23 - 26

This program is funded by residential garbage customers and is provided on the same day and location as regular garbage pickup. Missed piles not reported to The City of Vernon within 24 hours after the second week will not be picked up. As the service provides only 10 minutes maximum chipping per customer each week, please observe the following: ✔ Same day/location as garbage pickup ✔ Do not pile with neighbour’s ✔ Do not tie with wire ✔ No roots or dirt in pile ✔ Pile thorns separately ✔ No branches or tree trunks more than 4” in diameter ✔ Stack all prunings with butt ends facing street or lane. Tangled piles or excessive volumes may result in material left behind, therefore property owners can hire a chipper or haul to the landfill. Customers using bin service must make their own arrangements to dispose of prunings. Greater Vernon Recycling & Disposal Facility (Sanitary Landfill) is located 6 km south of Vernon off Hwy 97 (120 Birnie Road). Current hours of operation: from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more landfill information call RDNO at 550-3700. Tipping fees will be waived for all residential yard and garden waste, including prunings (less than 20 cm in diameter), from April 7 to April 30, 2013. For further chipping information, please call 250-549-6757. 3400 - 30 Street, Vernon, BC V1T 5E6 • 250-545-1361 e-mail: admin@vernon.ca Agendas for Council Meetings are posted on the Internet at www.vernon.ca/index.php/council/meetings

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Cliff Lattery of Vernon spends time with some of the children at an orphanage and school in Faridabad, India, during a recent volunteer trip he made there through International Volunteers HQ.

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Cliff Lattery is one of many people who want to get involved but find their time is limited by work and family commitments. For him, the best way to give is spending his holidays on volunteer aid trips to places where his assistance is needed. He went to Cambodia last year and has recently returned from helping at an orphanage and school in Faridabad, near Delhi, India. “I love kids and I went there to spend time with the children, to help them with English and just to be with them,” said Lattery, who works in the housing industry and is the father of a nine-year-old daughter. “I brought home a lot more than I gave. I feel humble that I was able to do this for these children.” He did the trip through International Volunteers HQ, which set up everything, including a family home stay. “This is the best way to get involved with a different lifestyle and culture. I was at the Miracle Charitable Society which runs the orphanage and school and they spoke English. It was a slum area where there was a lot of need.

The children studied English but could not speak it so we got along with hand gestures and pictures. I played games — the boys like cricket — with the children and took some to a fair which they had never been to before. There were not many male volunteers so I got a lot of attention.” Lattery saw a need for some basic items at the orphanage and was able to buy sheets, clothes, hygiene things, carpets to sit on and paint for a chalkboard at the school. When he saw children playing on the roof tops and jumping over four-foot gaps, he built a walkway for them. “Everyone has something to gain from an experience like this, even though I realize this is not for everyone. I came home thinking that I was so grateful for what we have here, although I think we are missing a lot of family and neighbourhood bonding support,” he said. “I want to continue to do this every year if I can. There was also a chance to see the country. I went to see the Taj Mahal one weekend. This kind of travel makes you more open-minded and understanding and interested in others. My passion is to have other people experience something like this. But you don’t have to go far away to help others. There is always need.”

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Community Calendar history in Mara and Grindrod and the development of Sure Crop Feeds. Short meeting includes reports on activities of the branch, and refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome. cOMMuNITY-WIDE SING-ALONG April 7 from 7 - 8 p.m. at Faith Baptist Church (3908-27th St., Vernon). Join us for an hour of singing your favourite gospel songs and hymns led by Karl and the Sing-Along Band. The prelude begins at 6:40! Invite your friends to enjoy this time of fellowship through music we love! SMARTIES DROP-IN ART PROGRAM, GALLERY VERTIGO All ages welcome. No registration necessary, just drop in for some fun. All welcome! Suggested donation: $3 per person. Children 12 and under must be accompanied by adult. Teens welcome too. High school students interested in art invited to assist at workshops, which happen every Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m. Gallery Vertigo is upstairs at suite #1, 3001-31st St., downtown Vernon. Call 250-503-2297 or see www.galleryvertigo.com Check our Facebook page. FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES MEGA MEAT DRAW Second and last Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. at the hall, 5101-25th Ave. ELKS cRIb TOuRNAMENT first and second Sunday of each month at the hall, 3103-30th St. . Cost is $10, plus lunch of soup, sandwich and coffee for $4. Registration at 9 a.m., crib starts 10 a.m. Everyone welcome, members and non-members. VERNON TREATMENT cENTRE Do you or a loved one have an alcohol/drug and/or other addiction problem? We can help! Day and evening courses available. Call 542-6151 for more information. MEDIEVALLY MINDED Come and join us and explore what history can do for you. Learn about medieval fighting, crafts and feasting. The Society for Creative Anachronism meets every Sunday at 3 p.m. Info., www.krakenfjord.org THE ScHubERT cENTRE Many activities for seniors 50+ to enjoy. Mondays, pinochle, tai chi, bingo, line dancing, exercise class. Tuesdays, bridge, canasta, crafters, wood carving. Wednesdays, afternoon dancing to live music, birthday lunch last Wednesday of every month. We’re open seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Pool room and coffee shop are open daily; the Thrift Shop, Monday to Friday.

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THE SHOPARAMA SPRING MARKET boosts ur first season of 2012 was a great success and we need you, a budding bunch of entrepreneurs, crafters, and your family and your friends to help that continue in 2013. home based business. Baking too! Entertainment, Anyone who creates goodies for the kids, door prizes and a yummy conquality hand-crafted, hand cession. Admission is free, however you are invited to bring a non-perishable food item for the food sewn, home-grown, homebank. April 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Vernon baked products, artworks, jewRecreation Centre, 3310-37 Ave. Thousands of elry, wood works or has a spefood items have been collected over the years. If cial service they would like to visitors forget to bring food items to donate they can simply donate cash at the familiar Christmas promote are welcome to join. Kettle, which will greet them at the front door of Our market is held Saturday the centre. 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Time DIScuSSION Welcome Parliamentarian of the Hospital’s compassion-comfort fund. The artist commitment is 2 1/2 – 3 hours a week for spring Year, Elizabeth May, together with Arthur Black, himself is presently experiencing therapy for session April 8 to June 7. Orientation and training former host of CBC’s Basic Black, as they “Stand Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Preview prints at week April 8 to 12 at Historic O’Keefe Ranch. on Guard for Canada” at Schubert Centre 7 p.m. www.themichaelproject.com. Pick up a daffodil April 8. Join Black and May in a serious and satiriSign at www.notra.info or call 250-549-0105. pin, to show support for those who have had, and SOLD MEETS Society for Open Learning & cal discussion of our political future and ominous are presently battling, all forms of cancer. Discussion meets April 8 at People Place, room present. Tickets for this historic and quite possibly PRO LIFE THRIFT STORE Come in and see our 6, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Topic is “International hysterical combination of wit and wisdom availstore packed full of spring and summer clothing. able at the Bean Scene or www.okshuswapgreens. Adoption.” Everyone welcome. We have had a special donation of ‘70s vintage KINDALE THRIFT STORE IN ARMSTRONG com. Rush tickets at the door. Sears Arnel mushroom pattern kitchen ware. Having a 25 cent white tag sale on all clothing PRINcESS bRIDE FuNDRAISER Come enjoy Open Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., April 8 to 13. Our racks are full. Come out and a night at the movies April 8 and help teens get to Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We are at 3102-31st find that perfect spring outfit. We are located Rockridge Camp in Princeton. The Princess Bride Ave. Call 250-545-0777. at 2725 Patterson Ave. Hours are Monday to is a classic film that has everything: romance, OLD TIME DANcE cLub ANNuAL GENERAL adventure, laughs and tears. Tickets $8 per perSaturday 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. MEETING April 7 at the Enderby Drill Hall, 2 PARENTING THE LOVE & LOGIc WAY Six-week son or $20 per family. Sponsored by Young Life p.m. Come out and support the club. For more practical parenting course starts April 8 at St. Vernon. Tickets at the door (cash only); box office information, call 545-5414 or 545-4220. John’s Lutheran Church in Vernon, facilitated by opens at 6 p.m., movie starts at 7 p.m. or buy them SOVEREIGN LAKE NORDIc cLub AGM Annual Joel and Jodie Haberstock, 6 to 7:45 p.m. Program online at http://princessbride.eventbrite.ca. General Meeting at the Sovereign Lake Nordic is $40 per couple, $25 per individual. Childcare FLOOR cuRLING AT ScHubERT cENTRE Centre Lodge April 7 at 2 p.m. For more inforavail., $3 per child, $5 family. Also, meal offered Every Monday 10 a.m. to noon; Thursdays 1 to 3 mation see www.sovereignlake.com or contact p.m. and Sundays 1 to 3 p.m. It’s loads of fun, easy at 5:15 p.m. for $10. Register: 250-549-2244 Hugh Hamilton at hugh@sovereignlake.com. OKANAGAN GARDENS & ROSES cLub to do and lots of friendly people. All welcome. MuLTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE BX Fire hall MEETS Second Monday of the month at and Noric House are teaming up for fundraiser Schubert Centre, 7:30 p.m. All welcome. for a local family. Garage sale, hotdog sale, kettle corn, Tarot card readings. April 7 from 8 a.m. to READY SET LEARN Okanagan Boys and Girls Info., call Jocelyne at 250-558-4556. Club and School District 22 present this free pro- GEORGETTE SHOP IS READY TO bEAT 4 p.m. Fire hall requests no early birds please! Obesity for Humans is a North American epidemic. 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We meet is tough, especially when those eyes suck you in for FALKLAND FIRE to practice every second that little piece of toast or cheese. Sunday at the Army Navy SUPPRESSION COMMITTEE Often we do not consider their body mass in and Air force, 2500-46th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING comparison to ours. Let’s take for instance a Hot Ave. New members are Back to school with a new tablet! Dog on a bun. To a 22-pound dog that Hot Dog is always welcome, no expeequivalent to us eating three entire hamburgers with All residents of the Falkland Fire Suppression rience required. Come and the fixings. We also need to understand that, as we Area are encouraged to attend. This meeting join the fun! The next pracage, our dietary and calorie requirements change. The will provide an opportunity to answer any tice is April 7, beginners same goes for our pet. 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therapeutic breathing exercises Presented by Blue Eagle Yoga for people who suffer from COPD, asthma, emphysema, etc. Classes provide tools for relief, better quality of life and energy. Classes run Mondays from 1 to 2 p.m. at People Place, by donation only. Melissa at blueeagleyoga@yahoo.ca www.workwithme.net | 250-490-7173 Info., schubert centre tai chi club For people who have already taken beginner tai 250-545-0103 chi there are classes on Monday and Thursday mornings 8:30 a.m. and Tuesdays 4 p.m. at 3105 - 36th Ave, Vernon Schubert Centre. All classes are one hour. Genuine Care. True Health. Since the doors at Schubert Centre are locked at 4 p.m. it is important to be a little early for the afternoon classes. For more information please call Catherine Dawson at 250-545-6494. an eVening OF YOga Knox Presbyterian Church, 3701-32 Ave., Mondays 6-8 p.m. • Hormone balancing Evening includes breathing exercise, beginners • Menopause, PMS yoga (45 mins), meditation with music and vegetarian dinner. All welcome. By donation. • Depression/Anxiety halina seniOrs’ centre 50+ are welcome • Infertility, Pregnancy to come out for a fun game of bridge, 3310Dr. Krista Ingram, BSc, ND • Insomnia 37th Ave., Monday and Friday 10 a.m. to 1 Naturopathic Physician p.m., Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Our Dr. Nicole Shortt, BSc, ND billiard and shuffleboard room is open. Enjoy Naturopathic Physician a game Monday www.balancenaturalhealthclinic.ca through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. or Saturdays 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Canasta Mondays and Fridays, Give your child the long lasting 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Chair yoga benefits of self-confidence, Mondays 1:30 and self-awareness. to 3 p.m., floor curling Mondays, New kids’ classes are 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Call 250forming now! 542-2877. narcOtics ALSO Adult Kickboxing anOn. Monday Classes 10% off. 7 p.m., Twisted Register Sisters meets 3204 Alexis Park Now for Spring and Dr. behind Knox Summer! Church. (Closed, women only, topic/discussion th 4704 29 Street, Vernon meeting, wheel250-545-7710 chair access). Our 24-hour helpline is www.keesokanagan.com at 250-503-3260 or 1-866-918-3574. rOYal cDn. legiOn br. 25 VernOn Where else can you play free pool all day? Come on down Mondays with a member and sharpen your skills. Or become a member and

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FlY Fishing anD FlY casting cOurse The Kalamalka Fly Fishers Introduction to Fly Fishing/Fly Casting course will teach you everything you need to know to start and enjoy the sport of fly-fishing. Five-night course covers equipment, knots, finding fish, local entomology and fly-casting. Each student receives fly-fishing/casting manual. Course runs Tuesdays April 9- May 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. Register at Vernon Rec Centre or www.greatervernonrecreation.ca (course code #27614). Cost $85 per person. More info., call Ruben at 558-5362 or see www.kalflyfishers.ca mexican-themeD spring Fling April 9 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Lumby Community Hall. Bring your poncho, sombrero or maracas down to the hall for lunch, live music, dancing, door prizes and loads of fun. Advance tickets $5 or at the door $6. For tickets, call Whitevalley Community Resource Centre at 250-547-8866. palestine stuDY grOup & kairOs (VernOn branch) are co-sponsoring an afternoon of solidarity with the struggles of the Palestinian people called: Fish, Freight, and Olives.

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AURA brings light to spring concerts Choir shows that music for the dead doesn’t have to be dreary Kristin Froneman Morning Star Staff

Composed for the souls of the deceased, a requiem could be considered a dour piece of music, or in Mozart’s case, a passion project cut short due to his own death. However, AURA Chamber Choir is about to show a lighter side to the mass for the dead when it performs two requiems at its spring concerts, April 13 and 14 at All Saints Anglican Church. Entitled Lux Æterna, Latin for eternal light, the concerts will feature the requiems written by French composers Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Duruflé. “It’s not uncommon for these two masses to be paired, however, this is the first time AURA has done them together,” said Imant Raminsh, the choir’s founder and leader. “It’s comforting music. There’s no emphasis on the fear of hell or retribution like in Mozart’s requiem. They are more optimistic; looking forward to the after life and paradise.” Composed before the turn of the 20th century, Fauré’s Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 is written for orchestra, organ, mixed chorus and two soloists, while Duruflé’s The Requiem, Op. 9 was composed just after the Second World War, and was written for a SATB (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone) choir with

mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists. Although AURA will not have a full orchestra accompaniment, it will feature Marjorie Close on All Saints’ pipe organ, while AURA co-director Terry Logan will perform on piano. George Kiraly has also been invited to play the obbligato cello solo from Duruflé’s requiem, while vocalists, Penticton’s Mia Harris and Donald Goerzen, who is coming in from Calgary, will sing the mezzo soprano and baritone parts respectively. Vernon soprano Miya Doige is also performing the Pie Jesu from the Fauré requiem. The concert is a sneak peek of what’s to come when AURA celebrates its 35th anniversary in 2014 with a full performance of Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor K, 427, which will be a B.C. Interior premiere, said Raminsh. “In Mozart’s lifetime there are two pieces he never finished, his requiem and his grand mass, although he completed portions of it,” said Raminsh. “At the time he was rediscovering the music of Bach, and (the mass) is reminiscent of Bach’s Mass in B minor. Mozart also couldn’t escape opera and so there is that influence as well.” Written in 1782 and 1783, Mozart’s first son, Raimund Leopold, died around that time, and so it is believed that the composer put the work aside because of the painful events in his life, said Raminsh. The mass has made a recent revival, however, with a new version written by composer Robert Levin

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imant raminsh leads the aUra Chamber Choir in its spring concert, Lux Æterna: requiems by Fauré and Duruflé, at all saints anglican Church april 13 and 14. and conducted by Helmut Rilling for the 2006 Mozart anniversary year. “Levin took the original music and also studied some of the other music Mozart was working on at the time and filled in the parts that were missing,” said Raminsh. The result is a large work, 80 minutes in its entirety. “We are hoping to raise money for an orchestra and we already have some fine soloists from the Okanagan and Kamloops joining us,” said Raminsh. Sopranos Alexandra Babbel of

Kelowna and Stephanie Nakagawa of Salmon Arm, as well as bass Allen Corbishley from Kamloops and Thomas Bijok, a tenor also from Kamloops who has studied in Prague, will join AURA, which is expecting to start rehearsals in the fall. “We are inviting back all AURA singers and other interested choral singers from the community to join us. It is a demanding work so the singers will need some agility, and if they are interested they can audition,” said Raminsh.

AURA performs Lux Æterna Saturday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 14 at 2 p.m. at All Saints Anglican Church, 3205 27th St., Vernon. Tickets are available from choir members, at the door and at the Bean Scene Coffee House. Adults are $18; students are free. Extra parking is available across the street from the church in the Beairsto school parking lot. More information is available at aurachamberchoir.com, email aurachoir@gmail.com or phone 250542-8118.

Funtastic announces heavy hitters for A&W Music Festival Kristin Froneman Morning Star Staff

If you’re expecting to unwind at this year’s Funtastic A&W Music Festival, think again. This year’s lineup features a diverse array of artists guaranteed to have both slo-pitch players and music lovers pumping their fists and flicking their Bics (make that Smart phones.) New this year is an added extra night of

music, on the Monday, which this year happens to be Canada Day, said Jim McEwan, Funtastic executive director. Performing before the fireworks display will be two of Canada’s rock heavyweights, Vancouver’s Theory of a Deadman and Toronto’s Big Wreck. “Canada Day is the perfect day to bring two huge Canadian acts to town,” said McEwan, adding Funtastic is also appealing to its 25-to-40-year-old demographic with

some more modern-era bands. “The crowd is going to be wowed. Theory of a Deadman and Big Wreck are very much musicians’ bands. They are unbelievable in the studio and even better live.” Big Wreck, which reunited in 2010 with lead singer Ian Thornley and guitarist Brian Doherty, has more recently hit the airwaves with Top 5 hit Wolves off its 2012 album Albatross, and is sure to play past hits such as The Oaf, That Song, Blown Wide Open,

and Ladylike. Meanwhile Theory of a Deadman continues to tour North America. The first band to be signed by Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger’s label, the band has had seven Top 10 hits, including Santa Monica, Hurricane, Lowlife, So Happy, Bad Girlfriend and All or Nothing, and won a Juno for Best New Group of the Year in 2003.

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Philip hauls didgeridoos to Vernon Shane Philip to play new songs off upcoming album at The Hub Arts Collective Morning Star Staff

Multi-instrumentalist Shane Philip is known worldwide for his dynamic didgeridoo-infused music. Voted Best Live Act at the 2012 Vancouver Island Music Awards, Philip has been touring constantly for the past few years now, and is about to return to the North Okanagan with a show at The Hub Arts Collective in Vernon Thursday. For those who have never caught the Quadra Island performer before, Philip is a one-man force on stage. His feet wildly work his drum kit while he plays guitar, the aslatua (an African shaker), the djembe and, of course, his didgeridoos. Philip’s rhythmic and intoxicating sounds are powerful enough to fill a room with dancing fans and soulful enough to quiet a packed house. Those songs have captured audiences for years in Canada, particularly along the West Coast, but for the past five years, he’s captured listeners around the globe. Philip’s last recording, Life.Love.

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Shane Philip brings his arsenal of instruments to The Hub Arts Collective in downtown Vernon Thursday. Music, is rich with vocals and features much more of that mesmerizing sound

he is so well known for. Before that, he released Live at Baker Studios. Heavier on the blues side, this album had more of the grit that comes out during Philip’s live shows. For Life.Love.Music, Philip once again hooked up with producer Joby Baker (Cowboy Junkies, Alex Cuba). Baker often plays bass and drums on the tracks and the two took a total of eight days to record the album. That might sound fast, but Philip is known for completing his projects quickly. The Baker Studios album took only two days to record. The result of taking the extra time is a polished recording that maintains the grit and integrity of Philip’s compositions. This year, Philip is well on his way to releasing a new album and those who attend his show at The Hub Arts Collective can look forward to hearing some of the unreleased tracks. Joining him at the performance will be special guests Mikkal Waters, Jayme McKillop, Lowell Friesen, and DJ Molokaii. Philip takes the stage at The Hub, located next to the Towne Cinema on 30th Avenue, Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $20 in advance at the Ticket Seller, 5497469, www.ticketseller.ca or the Bean Scene coffee house.

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The festival starts its four-day weekend at the Department of National Defence Vernon Army Camp field June 28 with some classic Canadian rock with the return of ‘80s hitmakers Honeymoon Suite (Wave Babies, New Girl Now). Festival attendees are then guaranteed to go wild when ‘70s British band Sweet (Ballroom Blitz) headlines June 29. For who missed the Wilson sisters rock out

recently in Penticton, Heart fans can get the next best thing when Vancouver act tribute act Barracuda also plays June 29. Country fans can get in on the action when B.C. born and raised Aaron Pritchett returns to Funtastic with hits such as Hold My Beer (While I Kiss Your Girlfriend) June 30. Rising star on the Canadian country music scene Julian Austin will kick off the show before

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Pritchett takes the stage. “Julian Austin does a lot of work with the Canadian military, which is fitting as he’ll be playing on Vernon’s DND grounds,” said McEwan. “We hope to give our visitors and the folks in Vernon a really great show. We are talking to visitors about booking extra nights in town as it will be the start of vacation time for many of them.” Tickets for the Funtastic A&W Music Festival go on sale to the public June 1 at all A&W locations in Vernon and Armstrong. Visit funstasticsports.ca for more information.

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he Earth has been overrun by a parasitic alien race. Humans play host to fragile tentacled beings of light, small enough to hold in your hand. Taylor & Howe These creatures are surgically implanted into our necks where they latch onto our brain stems, at which point we cease being who we were and become them. Some humans are able to resist this personal invasion and fight back, from within their own minds. From this internal struggle a resistance is formed. We say, “It’s a perfect example of the kind of story not to make into a movie.” HOWE: The Host is a very interesting concept of a movie yet I found myself wishing it was over within the first 15 minutes. There were a few things that really grated me about it. The main seeker (Diane Kruger) riding around hopelessly looking for Melanie/Wanda for most of the movie and

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Jake Abel and Saoirse Ronan make out (again) in The Host. even the great William Hurt couldn’t save this dud. But what really got under my skin was when Melanie (Saoirse Ronan) was implanted with the parasite,Wanda. The conversations, the arguing and the screaming (that takes place inside Melanie’s head) between the personalities, was really annoying. TAYLOR: I agree. Anytime you have narration in a movie, it’s usually because the film is unable to speak for itself. Oftentimes novels that have been turned into movies fail because of an inability to

have a character’s thoughts expressed visually. Both these setbacks plague The Host and it suffers because so much of the drama takes place in one girl’s bifurcated consciousness. HOWE: Yet again we find ourselves rooting for the bad guys, after all the aliens were providing us with a Utopian system to live by: no war, no poverty and lots of love. Maybe a little too much love in this instance: One girl, two boys. Yet this is nothing new to expect from writer Stephenie Meyer seeing as she is the author of the Twilight

Keloha announces summer lineup KELOWNA — Hey kids, summer’s coming and adding to the long list of big concerts coming to the Okanagan this year is the just announced lineup of Kelowna’s Keloha Music and Arts Festival. Taking place at Waterfront Park, July 5 to 7, music acts include MGMT, Matt & Kim, MUTEMATH, Atlas Genius, Arkells, Capital Cities, Cults, Current Swell, Tanlines, The Trews, Shad,

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Saga. I wonder if she has another agenda for herself? TAYLOR: Cashing in on the shallow lusting of teenage girls? This encompasses the bulk of the plot. It’s a shame really. Meyer has left so many questions unanswered, and these concerns are the things that would have made the film better. Without learning much of anything about this ancient alien race, we are left with a girl with two personalities: one loves boy A, one loves boy B. Guess who doesn’t care... HOWE: Either of us. The film could have made a meaningful statement about the power of love, or even other human emotions. Instead it’s about physical attraction and nothing more. It wasn’t even interesting to watch, except for the shiny Lotus. TAYLOR: Those seeking some of the illusory magic that made Twilight the phenom it was would be best served by simply reading The Host and leaving it to your imagination. It’s probably more capable. This movie is boring in multiple galaxies. — Howe gives The Host 1 wandering soul out of 5. — Taylor gives it 1.5 rolled eyes out of 5. The film is currently playing at the Galaxy Cinemas in Vernon.

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Empowering workshops offered Morning Star Staff

The Monashee Arts Council continues its innovative offerings of art classes and workshops into April with new courses. Following this weekend’s workshop on Altered Books: Journaling with Collage and Paint workshop, facilitated by instructor Rosalie Williams, the MAC is offering a three-day workshop entitled Women’s Spirit Theatre, which will run April 13, 20, and 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Presented by Leda Cedar, the goal of the workshop is to make tangible the struggles of women as an oppressed population, and engage the community in learning this creative approach to facilitating community dialogue, said Jennifer Greenwood, arts and culture program coordinator for the Monashee Arts Council. Cedar will facilitate the method she has learned through Theater for Living director David Diamond and teach participants to develop images, voice and movement to represent authentic concerns. “Her overall objective is to reach local women who are seeking deeper self and life understanding, and perhaps solutions for achieving social justice for themselves,” said Greenwood. After the first couple of classes, which will be filled with fun activities, participants will work in groups

to make images that depict their concern and give them authentic movement with voice. “Participants will focus on what concerns them in the scope of social justice issues,” said Cedar. Registration is required for this workshop by noon Thursday at the Monashee Arts Council office. The council is also offering the Earth Arts - Medicine Pouch workshop Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Local artist and entrepreneur Suzan Purdy is taking time away from her studio at Blue Mountain Tannery to facilitate this one-evening class on creating a traditional medicine pouch. “Students will learn how to fashion a mystical medicine pouch using traditional materials and methods,” said Greenwood. “Most often made of leather, a medicine pouch contains special items meaningful to the person who wears it such as a crystal for clarity, or a coin for prosperity.” Registration is required by noon on Tuesday through the MAC office. To register or to receive more information on these art courses/ workshops, contact Greenwood at 778-473-3029 or by emailmonasheeartscouncil@gmail.com. The MAC office is located at 1961 Vernon St. in Lumby. More information can also be found at www.monasheeartscouncil.com.

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