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Both the Penticton Vees and Global Spectrum are looking forward to when the city of Penticton awards a new contract to manage the South Okanagan Events Centre complex.

For Global Spectrum, it’s a competition to maintain their contract to manage the complex, which includes the events centre, Memorial Arena and the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre. Global’s current management contract ends on Dec. 31, 2013 and the city is currently seeking proposals from interested companies.

For the Vees, it’s a matter of negotiating a new lease with the city and the SOEC, as the previous agreement expired when the final whistle blew on April 21, ending the team’s championship hopes. According to a leaked draft copy of an economic impact analysis commissioned by Global Spectrum, the Vees are the biggest single contributor to economic activity generated by the SOEC, accounting for almost $3 million over the course of a season.

But rumours of major changes to the ownership of the Penticton Vees are unfounded, according to two members of the ownership cartel.

“We have a few minority owners and they come and go,” said Graham Fraser, president of the Vees organization and a majority owner.

Vees governor and part owner Neil Jamieson agreed, saying that while there are often expressions of interest in the team, he doesn’t know of any shareholders planning to sell.

Likewise, Penticton Coun. Andrew Jakubeit said there had been “some people kicking the tires” but no request from the Vees to review an ownership change. The city has the right to approve any ownership of any team or any business that would occupy any of the city’s facilities.

“There has been no formal application to the city to say person X is buying the team.

We would have to approve whoever the impending sale is to,” said Jakubeit. “At this time we have had conversations with the team to renew their contract and we are still working through that, so council hasn’t endorsed anything new.”

According to director of recreation Chuck Loewen, a new lease agreement may take some time to work through, but until that point, the city council has approved an extension of the current agreement.

“Any time we have leases that expire, they basically go month to month under the current arrangements and terms until a new lease or extension or renewal is signed,” said Loewen. “The complication is that we’re in the middle of an RFP situation for the management, the operations and everything else.”

Loewen said there has been a strong response to the RFP, which covers everything from overall operation of the SOEC to food services, marketing and ticketing, all services currently handled by Global and its group of affiliates. A recent tour of the facilities drew a number of interested companies, he said.

“Based on the response to that, we are expecting a number of proposals coming in,” said Loewen.

Global Spectrum, however, is doing everything they can to present their case to continue management.

The economic impact analysis commissioned by Global paints a rosy picture of how successful they have been in operating the SOEC complex, including Memorial Arena and the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre.

Between September 2011 and August 2012, the report, dated December 2012, estimates direct spending by visitors using the complex was $25.3 million, producing an estimated total economic impact of $36 million.

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Firefighters battle mill blaze Joe Fries Western News Staff

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Flames leap from sawdust escaping from a hopper at Greenwood Forest products on Friday as firefighters battle from the ground.

It took firefighters about four hours Friday to snuff out a potentially explosive situation at Greenwood Forest Products in Penticton.

Wood waste in a hopper that’s used to load transport trucks caught fire around 1:30 p.m., and the flames eventually worked their way into a second hopper beside it.

“This right now throughout B.C. is quite a big thing, (these) hopper fires and dust fires,” said Capt. Ken Fotherby of the Penticton Fire Department.

Fotherby said Greenwood’s workers were able Friday to slowly

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release wood waste from the hoppers, so firefighters could douse the material as it fell out.

“There was quite a bit of fine sawdust in (the hoppers) and we did have quite a few explosions as it dropped out, but everything was soaked down with water and foam really well, so as (sawdust) came out, it exploded for a second and then it was put out immediately,” he said.

The fire department also filmed the event for training and investigation purposes.

Fotherby said his crew of about 20 people left the site around 6 p.m.

Friday, and the initial attack was purposely delayed to await the arrival of paid on-call firefighters. He said the

blaze may have been sparked by an overheated mechanical part on the hoppers.

Greenwood Forest Products president Wade Walker said in a statement that the mill returned to full operations Monday and repairs are expected to be completed in the next few weeks. Walker praised the fire department’s quick, professional response, which he said kept damage to a minimum.

WorkSafeBC spokesperson Donna Freeman said her agency sent an investigator to the site on Saturday.

“We would be attending this regardless, but certainly we have a focus on sawmills,” she said.

Bobbitt pleads guilty to attack Kristi Patton

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Family of the victim of a vicious attack in July 2011 wiped away tears as a Penticton man pleaded guilty to all seven charges.

David Wesley Bobbitt appeared via video from Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre on Monday in Penticton Supreme Court, answering “guilty” to each of the following charges: two counts of unlawful confinement or imprisonment, aggravated assault, aggravated sexual assault, two counts of uttering threats and Bobbitt assault with a weapon.

The victim, whose name is protected by a court order, was not at the proceedings and family did not want to provide a comment other than they are glad Bobbitt is pleading guilty to all the charges.

Bobbitt stood with his hands shackled to address the pleas, only once straying from his emotionless answers by shaking his head side to side slightly and shrugging, stating “guilty” when asked his plea on the charge of aggravated assault against the victim’s toddler.

It was during the July long weekend in 2011 that a 22-year-old Penticton woman and her toddler son were held inside Dave’s Second Hand Store for over 10 hours. The woman was confined to a bed in the Ellis Street store and beaten by Bobbitt. Friends of the victim said she suffered bruising down her arms from fighting him off, two black eyes and she required 60 staples in her head. A friend of the victim also told the Western News that the 22-year-old was at the store to buy a mattress for her son and was on her way out when she was knocked out with a sledgehammer or mallet.

Family contacted RCMP when the victim did not drop off her child before she was to go to work, and began scouring Penticton and area for any signs of her.

It was in the early morning hours when the woman’s car was found with the windows rolled down and doors unlocked in a parking lot across the street from the store. The family of the woman began searching nearby buildings and RCMP eventually joined in, finding her and the toddler in the store. Bobbitt had already fled.

A manhunt ensued for four days before Bobbitt was arrested in the Oliver/Osoyoos area as he walked along Highway 97. An orchardist noted an individual setting up camp on his property and asked the man to leave.

Following the conversation the orchardist realized it was the person RCMP had been looking for.

Justice Geoff Barrow ordered an assessment done on Bobbitt for the Crown’s application for a dangerous, long-term offender status. His next appearance in court is scheduled for July 22 to fix a date for the application hearing and sentencing.

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Friends mourn woman killed in mishap Joe Fries

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Tributes are piling up for a woman who died last weekend following a motor vehicle mishap in Naramata.

Penticton resident Kyra Holt was killed around 9 p.m. Friday when she tumbled out of the box of a pickup truck onto Robinson Avenue across from Naramata Elementary School.

The 39-year-old was born in Smithers, attended school in Terrace, and in 1994 moved to Penticton, where she spent the past five years working as a hospital clerk, according to her obituary. She left behind an adult son.

Penticton Regional Hospital administrator Lori Motluk said in a statement that Holt’s colleagues were “extremely saddened” to learn of her death.

“Kyra was a valued unit clerk at PRH and will be missed beyond words. Our thoughts and sympathies are first and foremost with her family in this difficult time. Our thoughts are also with our staff, who worked alongside Kyra and were touched by her amazing spirit,” Motluk said. “Our focus right now is on supporting them as they grieve her loss.”

Friends described Holt as gregarious and well-liked.

“She absolutely completed everybody,” said Subrina Monteith, who started a Facebook page in memory of

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A MAkeShift MeMoriAl has been set up at the site where kyra holt was killed on robinson Avenue in Naramata.

Holt. The page had 300 members as of Tuesday morning.

Monteith said the two met when Holt worked as a waitress at a Penticton pool hall about 12 years ago.

She said Holt was “a ray of sun,” and “absolutely the most beautiful person, inside and out.”

Penticton RCMP said in a weekend statement that Holt and another woman were riding in the back of the truck driven by a 28-year-old man when Holt “apparently lost her balance and fell to the asphalt… suffering fatal head injuries.”

Monteith said her friend wasn’t

known as a risk-taker.

“I think it was a freak thing, for sure. I mean, she lived life to the fullest, but she wasn’t a daredevil,” said Monteith.

Another pal, Terri Lamb, said she’d heard Holt had been walking dogs with a friend on the KVR Trail

before catching the ill-fated ride into Naramata.

“Holt “was the most amazing person you’d ever meet,” Lamb said. “A friends-with-everybody type of Kyra Holt person.”

Naramata Fire Chief Will McCutcheon said his team was called out Friday to a report of “a possible cardiac arrest. Two members of his department went straight to the scene at Robinson Avenue to render assistance, but were unable to revive Holt.

“It just couldn’t have been any quicker,” McCutcheon said of his crew’s response.

Penticton RCMP spokesman Sgt. Rick Dellebuur said Tuesday the police investigation is still ongoing. He said as is the case with any motor vehicle-related fatality, police will send a report to Crown counsel for a decision on charges.

“It’s not unusual for it to take a couple of months to get it straightened out,” Dellebuur said.

A celebration of Holt’s life is planned for Friday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Penticton. In lieu of flowers, her family is requesting donations be made to the SPCA to honour her love of dogs.

Conservatives drop candidate for Similkameen Steve Kidd Western News Staff

Once again, the Boundary-Similkameen is garnering provincial headlines as a third candidate for the upcoming election has been dropped by their party.

Mischa Popoff, who was confirmed as the B.C. Conservative candidate just last month, was dropped by the party on Thursday, after what the party called “insensitive and disrespectful” comments resurfaced from columns he writes for a Kelowna newspaper.

Popoff isn’t going quietly, saying he is not backing away from his opinions, and will run as an independent if the Conservatives won’t support him.

Popoff joins incumbent and former Liberal MLA John Slater who was told in January the party would not endorse him as their candidate. Days later, NDP candidate Marji Basso unexpectedly stepped down, within an hour of Slater announcing that he would not run as an independent.

Popoff was the third of four candidates

the Conservatives lost in the last week. Earlier in the week, Ian Tootill (Vancouver-False Creek) was dumped over questionable comments on Twitter, while Jeff Sprague (North VanLonsdale) voluntarily Popoff stepped down over what was called an unfortunate personal incident. A fourth, Ron Hebert, was dropped on Sunday after the Conservatives stepped up their reviewing process. Hebert had only been named as candidate for Vancouver-West End last Thursday.

“In light of last week’s revelation about two of our candidates, I ordered a full re-vetting of all B.C. Conservative candidates. These are never easy situations for a campaign, but I believe that leaders must act proactively,” said party leader John Cummins on Monday. “As a result of this process, the senior volunteer responsible for vetting has stepped down from that position, and I fired Ron Herbert as our

candidate in Vancouver-West End. He will not appear on the ballot as a B.C. Conservative.”

“They say I am going to help them lose the women’s vote,” said Popoff, adding that his only communication from the party was a call from provincial campaign manager Jeff Bridge at about 9 p.m. on April 25. “He said this is bad, very bad. He said he would think about it and get John Cummins to phone.”

Popoff said he hasn’t been officially notified yet, that information has all come through the media.

“I don’t even have an email yet. I don’t have an email from the so-called leader of this party.

I don’t have an email from Jeff Bridge,” said Popoff.

Quotes taken from his columns calling the Missing Women Inquiry a waste of time and criticizing single mothers for having children without a man by their side are being taken out of context, contends Popoff.

“I am shocked, and for the record, I didn’t say anything against women, I said something against the inquiry,” said Popoff. “We had a useless inquiry. Everything I said was against

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the inquiry, not the women. I don’t want any woman, any person, to go missing, no matter what they do for a living. I want the cops to find whoever does anything abusive.”

But the B.C. Conservatives wasted no time distancing themselves from Popoff’s opinions, issuing a release and removing his profile page from their website.

“Mr. Popoff’s various comments were insensitive and disrespectful, particularly to women and single mothers who are, in fact, heroes to their children and their communities in many cases,” reads the unsigned release. “We are a party that believes in a respectful airing of views. Mr. Popoff’s statements were unacceptable and he has been removed as a candidate.”

“I write 26 columns a year, and they pull one quote out of a column on single parenthood. I don’t think we should champion single motherhood, I don’t think we should encourage it. I think we should do everything we can to talk women out of having kids out of wedlock,” said Popoff, adding that his own mother was a single mom and that he is not running them down, but is promoting two-parent families.

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PeNtictoN Art GAllery curator Paul crawford gives his heartfelt thanks to Marion Armstrong who celebrated her 100th birthday by donating $25,000 to the gallery. Armstrong was a leader in fundraising and in the construction of the art gallery in 1985.

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While most people accept gifts on their birthday, Marion Armstrong gave a very generous one.

A donation of $25,000 was made in her honour to the Penticton Art Gallery on Monday during her 100 birthday celebration at the Hamlets. Integral to the fundraising and construction of the art gallery in 1985, she continues to be a driving force behind art culture in the city.

“Art was my life,” she explains. “I have been many things, teacher and so on, but art is just a basis of interest in my life. Everything flows from art.”

Her son, Bob Armstrong, said Marion was always a pioneer and independent thinker.

Born in Grannum, Alta, she was one of the first women to graduate from the University of Alberta. She was also one of the first white women to live in Yellowknife in the ‘30s. She later discovered a passion for art, learning from prominent Vancouver artists including Joe Plaskett, Tako Tanabe and others while studying in Naramata before she attended San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. Marion was then accepted by the Montreal Musee de Beaux Arts into their five-year training program learning from the Canadian Group of Seven artists.

“My mother is a true artist,” said Bob, adding that she has instilled the love for the arts in each of her children and grandchildren.

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1974. Marion then took on the task of establishing the Penticton Art Gallery which came to fruition in 1985.

Art gallery curator Paul Crawford said at that time the area where the art gallery now sits was seen as “the wrong side of the tracks in Penticton.”

“I think putting the art gallery where it is certainly was a catalyst for change,” said Crawford. “The fact the gallery was put down there helped revitalize the area.”

Crawford said her legacy will not only benefit the gallery, but the community as a whole. He said her donation is an example of how the gallery and arts in the city makes a difference to a lot of people “I know your legacy will be felt well beyond today. To me, it is personally heartening that the arts actually do mean a lot to the community. We are eternally grateful for all you have done in the past and for this donation,” he said.

Marion’s impact to the community continues today and will be passed on for several more generations. Nicholas Vincent, president of the board of directors for the Penticton Art Gallery, said the building perched along the shores of Okanagan Lake was one of the main reasons he decided to become a resident of Penticton.

“I moved to Penticton four years ago and decided to stay in Penticton because I went to the gallery and met the curator and saw that Penticton had a vibrant arts culture scene,” he said during a short speech at the birthday party on Monday. “It was enough to keep me here and from moving to Vancouver.”

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In reCognItIon oF Fallen worKerS — Brigid Kemp from the South okanagan Boundary labour Council addresses the crowd gathered Friday for the Day of Mourning ceremony outside Mclaren arena. the annual event recognizes workers across Canada who have died due to job-related injuries or illness.

Meeting inspires Upshaw Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of profiles of the candidates for Penticton MLA. Steve Kidd Western News Staff

A chance meeting with one of Canada’s best known premiers helped put Sean Upshaw on the track to conservative politics.

“When I was 10 years old, I met Premier Peter Lougheed and I was impressed by his persona,” said the B.C. Conservative candidate for the Penticton riding. “I began at that point gaining an interest in politics.”

His “old school” conservatives values led him to seek the nomination with the B.C. Conservatives.

“I grew up with conservative values. The conservative value system, I believe is what is

best for the country and the province as a whole.

I am quite comfortable with it, because it allows me to stay true to my own values,” said Upshaw.

“What got me interested in it was the common sense approach that if you have a dollar, that’s all you should spend. If you speak, you should tell the truth.”

Upshaw left Alberta for B.C. in 1971, moving to the Okanagan with his wife Heather in 2003.

“We chose the Okanagan because we thought it would be a great place to raise our family,” said Upshaw, who has three children and two grandsons.

The Kelowna resident and real estate agent, however, promises another move, this time to the Penticton riding, should he get elected.

“You can’t serve

people if you don’t live amongst them,” said Upshaw, adding that he has a genuine compassion for the riding and for its people.

There are two types of politicians, according to Upshaw. There is the professional politician who sees it as a career path, then there is the passionate politician who sees a need and is driven to act on it.

“At this point they don’t need someone who is trying to fill a role or a position. They need somebody who is willing to listen,” he said. “I am a genuine, caring individual that has the desire and, I believe, the intestinal fortitude to hang in there and be the voice they need, and get it done.”

Upshaw also thinks there is stronger support for his party than is perceived.

“It would be safe to say that B.C. Liberals, ie Christy Clark and for that matter, Stockwell Day, are well aware of the threat that the B.C. Conservative party holds for them,” said Upshaw. “They believe that if they ignore the values and the thrust of the BCC, that it will go away.

The general population doesn’t see it that way.”

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he B.C. Conservatives really need to do a better job checking out their candidates beforehand. Not just for themselves, but as part of their responsibility to the people they want to elect them.

Over the course of the last week, the party lost four candidates. At least two of them were dumped over comments made prior to their candidacy, including Mischa Popoff, the B.C. Tories’ candidate in Boundary-Similkameen.

For regular readers of Popoff’s column, the idea that he might have said something to upset the applecart won’t come as a surprise. He’s well known for being outspoken and provocative, though he prefers the term “evocative.”

Mind you, it shouldn’t have come as a surprise to the Tories, either; Popoff has had an on again, off again, relationship with them for years. In 2010, he split with them over the HST, resigning and eventually starting his own far, far right “Individual Rights Party of B.C.” Popoff’s views, whether you agree with them or not, are not at issue. What is at issue is that the B.C. Tories, so eager to have candidates in every riding, were endorsing people with views that not only they didn’t approve of, but were damaging to their chances to win. We think that shows a lack or respect for both voters and the concept of representative government.

It’s a pity the Boundary-Similkameen riding had to go through another round of controversy, after having both Liberal and NDP candidates resign unexpectedly within an hours of each other back in WESTERN January. But there is a caution PENTICTON there for voters in all ridings.

Because what your vote really does is represent the riding to Victoria. And as important as deciding which party should be leading the province, voters need to ask themselves whether this is the person they want speaking on behalf of their riding for the next four years?

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NDP plan is to borrow and spend Fourth in a series on party platforms.

NDP leader Adrian Dix has finally rolled out his “fully costed” election platform.

Major policy announcements had been released previously, but there was plenty more spending added to the total.

The NDP’s health care plan is surprisingly modest — more money for home support, residential senior care, mental health and addiction services and a rural acute care initiative totaling $159 million over three years.

As health critic Mike Farnworth points out, the residential care increase will allow seniors two baths a week instead of one. Full marks to the NDP for this part of the platform.

Increases to Community Living B.C., children and families programs and aboriginal friendship centres are also commendable.

Other NDP proposals don’t inspire as much confidence.

Raise welfare rates $20 a month and index them to inflation. Index the minimum wage to inflation too, at a time when inflation can only rise.

Set up a new child bonus

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B.C. Views program to send $70 per month for each child with family income under $25,000. Lesser payments would go to families with income up to $66,000.

This ’70s-style family allowance scheme is based on a “child poverty” claim that misrepresents federal statistics of relative income distribution.

The program is optimistically budgeted at $210 million a year.

Dix insists it isn’t a “big new social program,” which makes me wonder what would qualify.

It would be partly funded by cancelling a B.C. Liberal plan to establish education savings accounts for kids born after 2006. Out with self-reliance, in with the nanny state.

Another $100 million is added to hire more teachers, to address the teachers’ union’s often-repeated but false claim of “a decade of cuts” in education.

Another $100 million goes to student grants, much of it further subsidizing the oversupply of English, education, sociology, women’s studies, journalism and other university grads who eventually discover there is little demand for their degrees. As with welfare, increasing support for bad choices can only yield more bad choices.

On a related note, the NDP will revive a ministry of women’s equality, “to promote social and economic equality to all government programs....”

As with female candidate quotas, the NDP keeps the flame of ’70s socialist feminism alive.

The party totals up its new program spending to $988 million over three years. That’s exactly the amount Dix estimates will be raised by tax hikes on corporate income, bank capital, personal income over $150,000, carbon tax on oil and gas drilling, and cancelling the B.C. Liberals’ RESP and child tax credit plans.

As for deficits, the NDP claims that the B.C. Liberal

budget hides a deficit of $800 million this year and similar deficits in the next two years.

The B.C. Liberals point to an impressive string of “net zero” wage settlements with publicsector unions, the core of their spending control record.

Would the NDP continue to hold the line on public service wages, as the B.C. Liberals have done?

Dix’s NDP caucus and staff is stocked with former government union officials. Party president Moe Sihota is essentially a direct employee of the same unions. The B.C. Federation of Labour has shaped the NDP’s Labour Code changes, which we won’t see until after the May 14 vote.

And how much money does the “fully costed” NDP plan set aside to pay wage increases for its government union brothers and sisters? Zero.

Since this is the party that appears to be cruising to victory in the May 14 election, I’ll look at what’s not in their platform and other issues next week.

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

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Voting a democratic obligation for Canadians On May 14, both the strength and the Achilles’ heel of democracy will be fully in play in our backyard. Winston Churchill defined democracy as “The worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”

Churchill saw vividly the particular strengths of democracy displayed in guarantees of free speech, opinion and assembly, as well as the importance in any democratic system of a free press, academic freedom and an independent judiciary.

These guarantees allow us in British Columbia the opportunity to make our electoral judgments with evidence-based understanding of the economic system, as well as of the social and ecological issues society faces. For our system of government allows us to gain necessary knowledge about the private sector as well as about the government’s responsibility to step in to correct for the private sector’s lapses. The vital role of a free university system cannot be overstated with respect to providing the knowledge necessary to make informed decisions.

While a properly functioning democracy provides the resources and the ability for voters to make informed decisions, the recipe is not complete without voters who are willing to put in the time and effort to gain evidence-based knowledge. Learning is hard work — use the democracy or lose it.

Political ethics in short supply

Articles in the local news media have indicated some of the ill-manners expressed by the B.C. Liberals regarding their campaign strategies.

We all know how vulgar and mean some parties can get, with their win-at-all-cost attitudes. Use of smear tactics and the wooing of ethnic groups by the Liberals with the use of public money, is totally unacceptable, and beyond the unthinkable. When they got caught the apologies came quick and often, but were as ethically proper as handing out used serviettes to your dinner guests. How much further down the pipe will they go to try to stay in power?

This whole ordeal under the Liberal government, in essence, has told British Columbians that we are not respectable, trustworthy, educated people and can be taken advantage of for political gains. This happens too often and in too many places around this world. As far as we are concerned, the buck stops here and now, in B.C. This kind of foul behaviour is no example to anyone, anywhere, at any time.

For many of us, the B.C. Liberals no longer have credibility to be in the legislature. I again remind voters, and especially non-voters, that this is the most opportune election to change the political environment for the betterment of all British Columbians.

True democracy requires informed people who vote. Be a big part of it on May 14 and vote wisely.

James Demetrick Oliver

Hospital staff dedicated

I recently had the misfortune to contract the dreaded Montezuma’s revenge, and was whisked away to Emergency at PRH. I would not wish that ailment on my worst enemy. If Premier Clark ever got to ride a gurney from Emerge to the south pavilion, she would have a first-hand visual of the many half-hanging ceiling tiles, stained and peeled, vertical blinds in the rooms with one-third to one-half of the fins missing, etc. It’s an eye-opener for sure.

The first thing they ask you is where are you? And my first thought was, nurse, if you can’t see me, how are you going to help me?

Turns out that after a battery of probing, prodding and blood-sucking tests, I was over indulging with the golden nectar and had de-liv-

There are litanies of examples which reflect the possibilities for democratic failure when voters fail to discharge their responsibilities avidly and wisely. Foremost in my mind’s eye is the democratic failure that ensued in 1932 when Hitler was popularly elected in Germany. Or, closer to home, we all remember the economic and military disasters which were propagated by the popularly elected president of the United States in 2000 and 2004.

Voter behaviour in electing leaders usually bears out my old dictum: The behaviour of government reflects the level of understanding and the moral and ethical values of the society that makes up the economy.

Only a fool would deny that British Columbia faces mounting socioeconomic, political and environmental problems.

When anxiety is rampant in society, extreme political positions become the order of the day. This is what we see today in British Columbia. Thus we have the leftist variety promoting continuation of an outdated socialism, or Green Party environmental absolutism; and on the right we have only the ultra-right, promoting a philosophical barbarism that would be comfortable only for John Birchers of the 1950s U.S.A., who once accused President Eisenhower of being a Communist. In the modern Cana-

er-ed myself from my favorite pastime. I can’t imagine going fishing without a cold one.

Apparently though, after a while a recovering alcoholic will declare that he would rather have a frontal lobotomy than a bottle in front of him. Time will tell.

Meanwhile, in Emerge, you have gunshot victims and broken bodies coming and going through the automatic doors and the ever present morphine seekers, complaining about lower back pain, and the food. And while nurses are multi-tasking with the real needy, they will shout in a stern voice, “Be patient.”

And that is exactly the impression the addict is trying to portray. A desperate, hurting patient in need of pain relief because they owe their dealer money and he’s out of merchandise until he gets paid. What a revolving door that scenario is, and getting fuller by the day of lost souls in need.

The highlight of my stay at PRH was trying to score some soda crackers for my roommate in the staff room of Pediatrics and getting busted. I got my bum smacked and marched back to my room. I enjoyed that so much, I was tempted to try it again but my roommate discouraged it, reminding me I could get spanked at home without the guilt.

The bottom line is, if you are in need of recovery and repair, you will never find more dedicated, patient, caring professionals watching over you every minute of your stay.

Andy Homan Penticton

Banking on emergency measures

Cody Young, you missed Mark Walker’s important point: bad people are still using “emergencies” to enslave us. If our esteemed publisher “conveniently skips over” anything, it’s 9/11 in New York and the 7/7 subwaybombings in London. These two glaring “emergencies” worked like a charm. Clearly, humans in shock herd like the very cows of your analogy: a cattle-prod to the human mind, as it were. (See: The Shock Doctrine, a bestseller by Naomi Klein.)

How about WMD? Crimes against humanity, some say. Yet, Dubya still walks free; Tony Blair, his fiendish accomplice, has been promoted from PM of the UK to senior-advisor at JP Morgan-Chase. But North Korea? This one’s a serious “emergency” some say. Watch out freedom; and beware the fortunate-son.

Good people agree the repeal of GlassSteagall was a great liberation for all those CEOs, hedge funds and corporations that prof-

dian lexicon, this philosophy promotes more guns and lower taxes, to the exclusion of anything in the way of rational conservative policy. Neither side seems to have an inkling of what government’s task is in a mixed economy such as Canada’s.

The issues that matter to society such as the rejection of the modern HST in favour of a continuation of the ludicrously outdated GST and PST, are given short shrift. Believe me, to replace the patronage-driven rascals of the left with the knownothing rascals of the right is only to sidestep the issues that counts. It is time to address the real issues in the economy that hamper investment in business and employment. We should demand of our public servants that they put aside concern for their own pensions or their semi-corrupt plans for their political afterlife.

The worst failure for the voter, even a dissatisfied knowledgeable voter, is to opt out entirely by not voting. Ultimately, voting is our democratic obligation. If discontent with all the candidates is our prevailing motif, at least cast a blank ballot to express dissatisfaction, but vote. Again, use our most valuable democratic franchise or lose it.

Kell Petersen Osoyoos

ited from the credit crisis. Faith-based lobbyists and security firms did well, also. Indeed, unbridled capitalism has become like stampeding cows.

What’s worse, the same high-financiers who are rustling the personal accounts of Cypriots have direct access to yours and mine.

They gather to graze with Bono and Angelina at various G8-G20 summits, Davos, Bilderberg Group meetings, etc. These elite insiders are eyeing our account details, even as we speak, but only for the greater, collectivist good, of course.

Then, there was the “Earth Summit” in Rio, 1992, where Al Gore and David Suzuki first started dating. (See: “Agenda 21”; it’s the globalist nightmare vision for the 21st century.)

Smart grid, smart growth, sustainable development: all a function of collectivism, plain and simple. It includes everything but you and me.

Iceland’s President Ragnar Grímursson says it’s a crisis of democracy, not currency.

If it weren’t for the EU, Cyprus and the rest would be free to follow the example of Iceland’s heroic tale. Therein, Icelanders put it to a national referendum, and the people said: banks be damned. This in the face of erupting volcanoes and EU politicians and IMF bigwigs threatening to destroy the tiny nation if its citizens didn’t bail out the bankers. The banks were allowed to fail; the fraudsters went to jail.

It wasn’t easy, but debt-slavery was averted, and now there is hope for us all. Look to Iceland, oh freedom-loving Canada.

The latest Conservative budget, the Economic Action Plan 2013, does suggest a “bail-in regime” that could include consumerdeposits “in the unlikely event that a systemically important bank depletes its capital...”

The finance minister refused to clarify precisely what liabilities would be covered by depositors. However, anyone with a nose will recognize the same stockyard gases drifting across from the EU. Cow and bull smell the same.

And how about Mark Carney? He was a soldier for Goldman-Sachs on the frontlines of Russia’s 1998 financial collapse, before his time with the Bank of Canada. Now he moves on to the Bank of England, yes, but once Goldman-Sachs, always Goldman-Sachs, some say.

Bail-in, bail-out; bail-in, bail-out: just what is going on? And when will our esteemed editor allow usage of the popular pejorative contraction: bankster?

Geoff Burton Penticton

Build on park’s momentum

I was honoured to attend the press conference of the Okanagan Nation Alliance when they released the results of their feasibility study regarding the proposed national park.

I was encouraged to hear that they believed the park would be positive for their people.

This gives us the opportunity to work with our First Nations neighbours.

Building on First Nations support, now is the time for all of us who believe in the national park to write federal Environment Minister Peter Kent. Let him know that you support the national park, and urge Parks Canada to finalize negotiations with the province. Final negotiations would detail the final boundaries and resolve the outstanding issues with local businesses, ranchers and First Nations.

The national park reserve would bring positive economic benefits to the region — providing business and tourism opportunities, jobs and a tourism destination and product that is unique and unparalleled anywhere in B.C. or Canada. The proposed national park reserve will protect one of the most imperilled ecosystems in British Columbia and is of crucial conservation importance to all Canadians.

We can’t let this momentum be lost. Let the politicians know you support the park.

Harry Nielsen Osoyoos

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Hancheroff views politics from teacher’s eye y Mabuha Soo dhawow Chào mùng

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Hancheroff said he’s been an NDP supporter for a “long, long time,” although, “I’m not leaning to the left a lot. In my opinion, I’m in the centre.”

Key issues for him lie in the forestry sector, in which he wants to see the government create more jobs and stop raw log exports, and agriculture, an industry he thinks would be reborn with his party’s threepoint plan to encourage the purchase, production and consumption of B.C. goods.

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SOEC - Shows draw from outside region The chosen period, however, falls after both a shuffling of the local management team and a long period where the SOEC was operating at a minimal level, with only a few events other than Vees hockey happening in the main arena.

The Economic Planning Group, who prepared the report, also inserted a disclaimer they were preparing the report after the review period, so there was no opportunity to directly survey users on the amount they were actually spending. Instead, secondary sources were used “supplemented by estimates of the analysts based on experiences elsewhere.”

Taken individually, the 2012 report does jibe with a 2004 feasibility study. That report predicted the building would add a yearly economic impact of $6 to $8 million, matching the $6.7 million impact the 2012 study attributes to the events centre portion of the complex.

The analysis also indicates the SOEC has been largely successful at attracting visitors from out of town. While attendance at Vees games is 87 per cent local, concerts, trade shows and other events are drawing more than half their visitors from other parts of the Okanagan or farther afield.

The trade and convention centre, by far, remains the main economic driver for the complex, drawing in more than 100,000 visitors and generating $14.1 million of the estimated direct expenditures.

Where those visitors are coming from depends on the type of the event, according to the analysis. Conventions draw approximately 78 per cent of their attendees from outside the Okanagan region, while consumer shows draw almost all locally and regionally.

Proposals for the SOEC contracts had to be in by April 30, which is when Loewen expects the city will receive the bulk of the submissions.

“It will take probably at least the month of May to get through all of them and make a decision as to what the shortlist is,” said Loewen. “We do hope that towards the end of summer we will have a sense of the direction we are heading.

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If it hadn’t been for a T-shirt Aaron Pritchett saw in a bar, the world would have never been introduced to his hit Hold My Beer.

“I thought people were going to hate it and I played it for my grandmother and she said she loved it, so then I knew it was going to be a hit,” Pritchett said withe a laugh. “This guy had it written on the back of his T-shirt and I thought that is the funniest thing I have ever seen. I took the idea and ran with it.”

Sitting in a studio session later with Deric Ruttan and Mitch Merrett, the T-shirt slogan, ‘Hold my beer while I kiss your girlfriend,’ popped into his head. The song most definitely will be heard when he plays the Barking Parrot in Penticton on Thursday.

Since that 2006 hit from Big Wheel, Pritchett has had a string of anthems including Let’s Get Rowdy (2008’s release Thankful) and Light It Up (2010 release from In the Driver’s Seat). Now, he is counting on another in Suntan City, coming this month, a tune that Luke Bryan originally recorded but never released.

“That is a summer anthem that people at PeachFest are going to be singing,” said Pritchett, who lived in Penticton for a short time, having his home featured on MTV Cribs. “It is a tune that as soon as I heard it, I said this is me. This is definitely what I am like.”

While Bryan’s version has a definite American feel to it, Pritchett changed it up to make it his own, giving a nod to his B.C. roots.

“Instead I say ‘Hey there cutey with the Hold My Beer coozie, have you ever hung out with a West Coast boy? Why don’t you and your friends come over here and have a beer with the real McCoy,” said Pritchett.

The country singer, known for his energetic live shows, said whether he is playing a room of 500 or a venue of 30,000, he has one goal in mind.

“It is pretty much in your face.

Lately I have been starting the shows with Let’s Get Rowdy and that is the intention, let’s get rowdy. Let’s have some fun and I don’t care if you are sitting down, you will be getting up at some point in this show and getting crazy with me because that is what I like to do

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With the new single coming out, a potential album for the end of the year, recent hosting duties at the Saskatchewan Country Music Awards and touring, Pritchett has a busy year ahead of him. It has been one of adjustment for him, just as his twitter bio states ‘2012 was the year of change and now 2013 is going to be the year of greatness.’

“It’s a bit of a self-motivator more than it is trying to be prophetic. It was a lot of change that I made, hoping it would be for the better. This year I am seeing a lot of the benefits of making those changes. I am hoping greatness comes of it and it has already started. We are at the start of May and I have had a lot of really great things happen,” said Pritchett. “I am fortunate to be surrounded by the people that I am in the industry, as well as people that I have at home, that stable base at home.

Things have been great so far and I hope they just keep getting better.”

Part of that new approach, means slowing things down to spend more time with his family and friends. Pritchett said from 2007 to the beginning of 2010 he was home maybe four months in total, and those days came sporadically. He came to the realiza-

tion that he needs to separate the country-singer lifestyle from regular life at home with his three sons.

“When I go out on the road, I still get to be that guy. I play the part of somebody that everyone seems to know, but when I am at home I just want to be a regular person. I just want to be ‘dad’ and ‘honey,’ and it really comes down to that,” said Pritchett.

He has plenty to be proud of as a father. Having shown off oldest son a few times at his own live shows, Jordan now shreds on the guitar in Canadian pop-punk band Faber Drive. Pritchett’s middle son also plays in bands while the youngest son, Mason, wants to be an actor and has a comedic side to him. Sounds almost like a variety show in the making.

“The Pritchetts will be on stage as a foursome and Mason will act out the songs we are singing, that would be great, or maybe even mime them” he joked. “But seriously, I think in the future I would love to do something with Jordan.

Maybe some sort of recording and then tour down the road. This time I would actually be the supporting act for him.”

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Inspired by his fight, the Uplands Elementary School student’s classmates and their parents organized a walk-a-thon to raise money for his family’s eventual return home.

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Hackman said her brother has been battling the tumour for two years, and the current round of treatment includes chemotherapy and radiation.

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She said the walka-thon would be live streamed on the Internet so her brother could watch from the hospital.

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Cline said McGrath’s parents are practically living at the hospital in Vancouver, so the family finances have suffered.

“We want to make it as comfortable and natural and normal (as possible) when they come home,” she said.

The parents also staged a bottle drive two weeks ago that raised $3,500 for the McGrath family.

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Penticton duPlicate Bridge cluB holds weekly games Wednesdays at 7 p.m., Thursdays at 1 p.m. and the Under 100 Club Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. at the Penticton Library. Call Birgitta at 250-770-1154 for info.

65-Plus singles coFFee cluB meets at 10 a.m. at the Penticton Golf and Country Club. For info call 250-492-0459 or 250770-1018.

Bingo every Wednesday in the Legion hall for the Ladies Auxiliary, 502 Martin St. at 1 p.m. They will be paying out 100 per cent on the door game.

Lunches are available. seniors’ recreation and Wellness Centre at 439 Winnipeg St. hosts euchre every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Call Betty at 250-490-0468 for more information.

F alls o kanagan seniors’ Activity Centre has exercise classes at 8 a.m., music and coffee hour at 9 a.m., followed by carpet bowling at 1 p.m. al-anon For Friends and family of alcoholics at 7:30 p.m. at United Church, 696 Main St. Call 250-490-9272 for info. iode tHriFt store on 464 Main St. has weekly specials and is open

Monday to Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. tHe BreastFeeding caFé will be held the first and third Wednesdays of each month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Penticton and District Community Resource Society at 330 Ellis St. Moms, babies and toddlers are all welcome to join. Contact Kaili at 250404-4299 for info.

Foster care inFo sessions every Wednesday at 10 a.m. at MCFD Resource Office. For info call Moe at 250-770-7524 or visit www.fosterbc.ca or www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/foster. oliver douBle o Quilters have drop-in activities every Wednesday.

Penticton Quilters meet on the second Wednesday (May 8) of the month at the Salvation Army hall at 9 a.m. Check their website at www.pentictonquilters. com. kiWanis cluB Has a lunch meeting every Wednesday at noon at 390 Brunswick St. alcoHolics anonymous Has Nooners meetings Monday to Friday noon at 361 Wade Ave. Call service 24-hours is 250-4909216. Night group meets in the Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m. at 1498 Government St. The Summerland group meets at 8 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. in the basement. soutH main Drop-in Centre has beginner line dance at 9 a.m., a coffee social and Medical Qi Gong at 10 a.m., and easy to intermediate line dance and cribbage at 1 p.m. Call 250-493-2111 to confirm line dance activities.

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anavets has Hump Day with dinner at 5:30 p.m. and music by Buzz Byer at 6:30 p.m.

Penticton academy oF Music String orchestra rehearses at the Leir House under the direction of John Suderman from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. New members welcome. For information please call 250-493-7977.

Bereavement tHe resource Centre at 626 Martin St., is hosting weekly drop-in grief support sessions: Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. and Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Also at Chestnut Place at 453 Winnipeg St. on Tuesdays.

Also providing grief counselling over a pet loss.

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Franco 50-Plus cluB meets from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Drop-in program for French speakers wanting to socialize in French, including activities such as games, outings, discussions, hobbies and projects. Call Lina at 250-4922549 for info. desert sage sPinners and Weavers Guild meets at 10 a.m. at the Oliver

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Members create beautiful handworks. Visitors are always welcome. If you are interested in becoming a member stop by or contact Gail Erickson at rgerickson@telus.net or 250-498-4959.

Fitness Friends meets at 10 a.m. in the Legion Hall at 502 Martin St. Come, get in shape. Everyone is welcome. royal canadian legion branch 40 has crib at 7 p.m. L/A will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. at the Kaleden Restaurant at 224 Highway 97.

PeacH city toastmasters meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Penticton United Church.

Toastmasters improves speaking abilities and leadership skills. Call 250492-2362 for info. toPs (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, 523 Jermyn Ave. Call Merle at 250770-8093. toPs B.c. 1640 meets from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Bethel Church basement at 945 Main St. Phone Beverley at 250493-5968 or Liz at 250493-7997 for more information. o kanagan F alls seniors’ Activity Centre has computer classes at 9 a.m., bridge at 1 p.m. and cribbage at 7:30 p.m.

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calendar Al-Anon for friends and family of alcoholics meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Summerland United Church. Call 250-4909272.

Alcoholics Anonymous night group meets at 8 p.m. on 150 Orchard Ave. in the Outreach Centre.

The Okanagan Falls group meets at 8 p.m. at 5328 Hawthorne St., and the men’s book study group runs at 7:30 p.m. at 102 1825 Main St., Vineyard Church. frAternAl order of the Eagles have Joseph’s famous pizza from 4 to 7 p.m., followed by music trivia at 7 p.m. with Affordable Music. All members and guests welcome to the hall at 1197 Main St. AnAvets has pool at 7:30 p.m. and 269 Dart Club at 7 p.m. elks club on Ellis Street has darts at 7 p.m. All skill levels welcome. s outh o kAnAgAn / similkAmeen chApter of the MS Society hosts monthly support meetings for those with MS, their family members, friends and caregivers. The purpose of the group is to provide information and support. The next meeting is from 10:30 a.m. to

noon at 3373 Skaha Lake Rd. For more information, please call Sherry at 250-493-6564 or sherry. wezner@mssociety.ca. legion lAdies AuxiliAry lunch bunch will meet at the Copper Mug at 11:30 a.m. at 409-1301 Main St.

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seniors singles lunch Club welcomes 65-plus each Friday. For location call 250-496-5980 or 250-770-8622. south mAin drop-in Center at 2965 South Main St., has an evening of social dancing, music with Melody Lane and Ivan at 7:30 p.m. $6 per person. All welcome.

890 Wing of South Okanagan Air Force Association gets together at 4 p.m. at the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave. cAre closet thrift Store at 574 Main St. has weekly specials and silent auctions. Open Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers always welcome. c omputer s enior drop-in Sessions are held every Monday

and Friday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. These sessions are for members to help solve problems other members may be experiencing with their computers.

Al-Anon meets At the Oasis United Church at 2964 Skaha Lake Rd. from 6 to 7 p.m. For info call 250-490-9272.

A l c o h o l i c s Anonymous hAs a group meet in Naramata at 8 p.m. at 3740 3rd St. in Community Church hall.

In Summerland, the step study meeting is at 7:30 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. Friends Friday night at 6:30 p.m. at 2964 Skaha Lake Rd. at

Oasis United Church. c AnAdiAn r oyAl legion branch 40 has daily lunches from Monday to Thursday, with fish and chips on Friday at 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Jerry’s Jam Session from 5 to 9 p.m. elks club on Ellis Street has drop-in darts/pool at 6:30 p.m. and poker at 7 p.m. summerlAnd pleAsure pAinters meet every Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Harold Simpson Youth Centre at 9111 Peach Orchard Rd. frAternAl order of eAgles has a mem-

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Achieving that qualifies teams for the Dominion Curling Club Championship (Canadian tournament). They did that and more by defeating a Washington rink 6-4 to win the PIC. “It was pretty amazing for us to win B.C., and then to win the international side is a huge bonus,” said Black, who played with Shaun Everest, Kim Dixon and Doug McCrae. “The calibre of curling is very good. A lot of these guys have been to the Brier in the past.”

Black said one of the rules is that a team cannot have more than one person who has been at the provincials or nationals in the last four years.

Shaun Everest, Black’s third, said he really wanted to make sure the team took it to the next level this time.

“We had been so close before,” said Everest, who made his third trip to PIC with Black.

“I think we were going in there with an attitude that this should be our time.”

Black’s rink started the championship with a

Glen Meadows (9-3). The gold medal game had them facing Cloverdale again, this time winning 8-1.

“It was like, holy (expletive),” said Black.

“Look what we just accomplished. First time anybody has ever done that. Nobody has gone 9-0 in the 14 years.”

Black said the young Washington rink was really good. To get a better understanding of their talent, Black said of his teams’ eight games on the B.C. side, they only played three full games. Against Washington, it came down to the final rock.

“Our team just wasn’t missing a whole lot,” said Black.

Heading into the championship, Black’s team picked up Dixon to fill in for Tim Haberstock, who wasn’t able to make it. Dixon did a good job of setting them up right off the bat. His play gave the group the confidence to play the aggressive style Black likes.

“We play a very finesse game if we are getting the rocks in play,” he said. “We forced some misses and that’s how we ended up dominating the event.”

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The thought of representing Penticton at the Canadian Championship in Thunder Bay next November began to sink in for Black when they were sized up for jackets and had their photos taken. After collecting several prizes that included beautiful championship rings, Black described it as a dream come true. Winning the PIC is the biggest curling victory for Black, who placed third in the province for the Brier once.

“To go to the nationals is amazing,” he said.

“We want to do well at Canadians. We know the work ahead of us.”

Black praised his team for coming together the way they did.

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Senior boys Pen High Lakers senior boys rugby coach Ken Sommerfeldt witnessed something in a 36-10 win over the South Kamloops Titans he hadn’t seen all season: scoring that was spread out.

“It was good to see some different players getting tries,” said Sommerfeldt. “For the last several games we’ve had one player doing all of our scoring, that’s Nakai Penny. We had six tries scored and he only got one. Up until last game, he has been virtually dominating the scoring.”

there is a good chance we wouldn’t make the playoffs,” he said.

The Lakers were put in that situation after they blew leads against Salmon Arm resulting in a 17-12 loss, and to Rutland, 17-14. Sommerfeldt considers his team the underdog on Thursday against the Bears. Their last win was a 59-7 victory over Rutland.

“For us to get a win, even at home, is going to be an upset,” he said.

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across the field. He doesn’t want to see his players sucked into the tackling leaving the sides open for the Bears to run free. Even if the Lakers do lose, Sommerfeldt wants the final result to be close. The Bears’ only loss this season came to the No. 4 provincially-ranked Kelowna Secondary School Owls, 36-0.

“They are a very strong team. I know their coach and I know what he will try to emphasize,” he said of the Bears.

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The latest win was a 66-0 thumping of the South Kamloops Titans on April 22. That offensive burst bumped their totals to 260 points scored, while only allowing 17. Coach Ian Butters has been using starters from every grade and seeing positive results.

“They have a wealth of experience and knowledge of the game,” said Butters.

“The Grade 9s and 10s are natural athletes. They are very intelligent young women. They are learning an enormous amount every time. They are very eager to listen and to learn.”

Butters likes how his team attacks and uses its size and speed. The season has been a build-off from last year.

Currently in first place in the Okanagan AAA league, the Lakers have a bye this week and will host Mt. Boucherie next week in the opening round of the playoffs, while North Kamloops is hosting Salmon Arm. Butters said he didn’t want to “jinx” anything, but if his team continues to perform as they have, he sees them competing in provincials.

The focus for improvement will be to continue to learn the rules. Butters said rugby is an extremely complicated game.

“There is an awful lot going on,” he said as his players watched the boys’ team defeat the Titans last week. “You can learn enough to be able to play, but it can take a lifetime to learn all rules. You can exploit another team’s lack of

Along with Penny, Nico Carboni scored, as did Alex Graham, Donavon Schwartz, Makz Foot and Parker Berry. Sommerfeldt was glad to see Foot score as he is a Grade 10 player.

The win improved the Lakers to 2-3 in the Okanagan AAA rugby league with their final regular season game Thursday against the Mt. Boucherie Bears (5-1) at the McNicoll Oval.

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NAKAI PENNY WAS a force for the Pen High Lakers senior rugby team against the South Kamloops Titans. While he scored just once, Penny ran the ball extremly well for his team during a 36-10 win April 25.

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The Vancouver Canucks Young Stars tournament is likely returning to Penticton. Dean Clarke, general manager of Global Spectrum, confirmed that they are working with the Canucks to make it happen. Clarke said they expect to make an official announcement the first week of June.

A tweet by a Vancouver sports reporter was posted on the Canucks message board that the dates are Sept. 5 to 9. The tournament was cancelled last fall due to the NHL lockout.

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In 106 BCHL games with the Vees and Vernon Vipers, he finished with 32 goals and 71 points. In another roster move, the future considerations deal with the Coquitlam Express has been completed. The Express confirmed they are receiving forward Mike Rebry and goaltender Nic Renyard to complete the deal that sent John Siemer to Penticton on Jan. 10.

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Summerland orchardist Neal Carter is a busy man these days.

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“It’s spring and we’re grafting, trying to finish pruning, mowing, pruning, getting the planting blocks ready and then all the Okanagan Specialty Fruits stuff on top of that, it’s pretty crazy,” said Carter, whose company, Okanagan Specialty Fruits, has developed a method to switch off the gene that causes apples to turn brown when cut, using molecular biology techniques.

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“There is a lot of interest in the techniques and technology we are using.

Even if it is not specifically the non-browning trait, but the whole package, how we can modify traits through molecular approaches.”

The introduction of the non-browning apples hasn’t been without

controversy, however, including a resolution from the B.C. Fruit Growers Association against the introduction of genetically modified fruit, which they feel could harm the province’s reputation as a producer of high-quality, healthy fruit.

“That’s really part of the educational challenge we have with this product. People think the worst immediately, and they don’t really give you time to explain it,” said Carter. “It’s a very innocuous use of molecular biology techniques. All we have done is target 800 base pairs out of 750 million and turned those off. It’s very specific and the rest of it is just exactly the apple people have always enjoyed.”

Carter said not only do the non-browning apples retain their nutritional value longer, benefiting growers, packers and retailers by reducing food waste and shrinkage, there is an opportunity to increase the apple market in the fresh-cut fruit industry, where his Arctic Apple varieties will retain their fresh appearance longer.

The Gold Leaf Award was presented last week at the Bio International Convention in Chicago, where Carter was also scheduled to deliver two presentations: “Challenges and Opportunities for Small Companies in AgBiotech: Collaborating and Competing with the Majors” and “Agricultural Biotechnology: Feeding a Hungry Planet and Saving Lives.”

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Full-time detailer required for busy Penticton dealership, full benefit plan. Drop off resume in person to Larry Pidperyhora Sr., Penticton Toyota, 2405 Skaha Lake Rd., Penticton Japanese food cook needed, waitress/waiter as well, exp. a must, Jimmy’s Kitchen, #101 Westminster Ave., apply to manager, (250)492-2121 Nature’s Fare Markets Penticton is now hiring for our supplements department. This position includes assisting customers as well as general daily duties pertaining to this department. A background in supplements is an asset, candidates must be able to work weekends.

Nature’s Fare offer’s a competitive starting wage and many other staff initiatives. If you enjoy working in a positive and rewarding environment please drop off resumes to: #104 - 2210 Main St., Penticton or e-mail to: bobbi_krien@naturesfare.com

MEAT MANAGER, Jasper Super A. Jasper Super A is looking for an experienced Retail Meat Manager. As Meat Manager you will be responsible for all aspects of the managing the department, including cutting meat. You must have working knowledge of gross margins, expense controls and human resources management. The successful candidate must have Grade 12 (or equivalent) and be able to provide a “clear” security clearance. If you have the skills and abilities please forward your resume to our Head Office, The Grocery People Ltd. (TGP) in confidence to: Human Resources, The Grocery People Ltd., 14505 Yellowhead Trail, Edmonton, AB, T5L 3C4. Fax 780-447-5781, humanresources@tgp.ca

SUNRISE FORD 100 Mile House Requires Ford trained technicians & apprentices.

Well equipped 11 bay shop, competitive wages & benefits E-mail Resume to Att; Helmut Loewen helmut@sunriseford.ca

IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: It’s That Simple.

Your Credit / Age / Income is not an issue. 1.800.587.2161.

Valley Wide Lawn & Yard Care, weekly mowing, experienced pruner, Dry Valley Landscape renovator, 250492-4731

PENTICTON Junk Removal!

Anything goes!

Household waste, furniture and appliances to the dump 250-770-0827

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Home Improvements

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Must have 3/4 ton or 1 ton Van 2 days a week - Wednesday & Friday Early morning deliveries • Okanagan Falls • Oliver • Osoyoos For more info please call Mark or Brian or email: circulation@pentictonwesternnews.com 250-492-0444 Ext: 219 or 205

Now Hiring, 426889 BC Ltd. o/a Tim Hortons 8907 Main Street, Osoyoos #150-34017 Hwy 97, Oliver 7710 Prairie Valley Rd, Summerland 1077 Westminster Ave, Penticton 1697 Fairview Road, Penticton #100-2695 Skaha Lake Road, Penticton Food Counter Attendant 20 Positions Available Flex Position: Full Time/Shift Work, Nights/Overnight’s, Early Mornings/Weekends $10.25/hr + Benefits Apply at store Email: b.sym@shaw.ca Fax: 1.778.476.5991

Westminster Party Rentals has a position open for a laundry/pressing multi tasking individual immed. Please apply in person w/resume at 357 Okanagan Ave, Penticton Westminster Party Rentals is now hiring a full-time Counter/Customer Service, Multi-task position, applicants must be able to lift medium to heavy weight casually, hourly wage starts at $12 for the first 6 weeks of training, Apply in person at 357 Okanagan Ave., Pent.

Trades, Technical CONCRETE FINISHERS & Form Setters.

Edmonton based company seeks experienced concrete finishers and form setters for work in Edmonton and Northern Alberta.

Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; Fax 780-444-9165, Jobs@RaidersConcrete.com GUARANTEED JOB Placement: General Laborers and Tradesmen For Oil & Gas Industry.

Call 24hr Free Recorded Message For Information 1-800-972-0209.

Services

Penticton Taxi is looking for a full-time mechanic, call Tony, (250)492-5555

Counselling

Seasonal Crew Leaders

Counseling available for police and military personnel and those with chronic illness or disabilities.

Reasonable rates starting at $75/hr. www.globalcounsellor.com or text message 250-488-5084

Seasonal Crew Leaders wanted at Coral Beach Farms Ltd. lake Country B.C. Previous experience required. Must have your own transportation and be capable of working in all weather conditions. 6-7 days a week, 10-12 hours a day beginning in Mid-July 2013. Work includes leading multiple cherry picking teams while maximizing quality and efficiency. Pay range is $16$18/hour. Apply by fax at 250766-0813 or E-mail jobs@coralbeach.ca

Seasonal Farm Laborer

Seasonal Laborer positions at Coral Beach Farms Ltd, Lake Country. No experience necessary. Must have own transportation. Applicant must be capable of physically demanding work, including heavy lifting, in all weather conditions.

6-7 days a week, 10-12 hours a day beginning approximately June 30, 2013. Work includes but is not limited to cherry picking, sorting, tree planting, pruning and irrigation. Pay $10.25/hour. Apply by fax at 250-766-0813 or Email: jobs@coralbeach.ca.

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Home Care Elderly gentleman seeks lady 60+ to come in to home for cooking and home care, no cleaning, wage negotiable, live in an option, (250)770-8730

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Cleaning Services Housekeeping - not just the basics, anything you can’t or don’t want to do, I’ll do it for you. Move-in’s, move-outs, 18 yrs. in the business’s & I’ve never had an unhappy client.

You’ve had the rest, now try the best. (250)462-0644 MISS MOP N’ TASKER. Licensed, bonded & insured professional house cleaning service. Contact 250-809-7522

Garden & Lawn

Carriers Needed

The Penticton Western News has Routes available in these areas for Wednesday & Friday: • Penticton • Oliver • Summerland • Trout Creek For more info please call Mark or Brian or email:

circulation@pentictonwesternnews.com

250-492-0444 Ext: 219 or 205

over 15 years in business licensed, insured, WCB

painting, tiling, ooring, kitchen/bath reno’s, carpentry nishing,

Len (250)486-8800 www.belcan.ca lenmass@gmail.com

(Temporary) Community Services Department Temporary Trail Crew summer student positions are available for the summer of 2013 within the Community Services Department of the Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen.

The Trails Crew is accountable to the Community Services Manager, and under the direction of the Parks/Facilities Coordinator, will perform a variety of trail improvement and maintenance duties, landscaping and horticultural tasks, facility and equipment repair, as well as patrolling the trail and park areas as required.

Qualifications: • Must be currently enrolled in post-secondary studies and returning to school in the fall; • Previous experience using and maintaining hand tools and small equipment would be an asset; • Basic horticulture and landscaping experience would be an asset; • Valid Level One First Aid certificate would be an asset; • Valid Class 5 Drivers License for the Province of B.C. required; and • Ability to pass and maintain a criminal record check is required.

Bi-weekly wages for the position is proposed at $15.00 (currently under review) plus 14% in lieu of benefits, pension and vacation.

Please forward a resume before 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 6th, 2013 addressed to:

We wish to thank all applicants for their interest in the position; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Premium Wood Shavings New supplier of Animal bedding, starting at $250 for 54 cubic yards delivered, (250)770-0214

Merchandise for Sale

Farm Equipment

BWR Contracting, From Ground Up to Grass Down, Your Complete Builder. New construction or renos, specializing in ICF buildings, farm buildings, window/door replacing, flooring & siding. 2/5/10 Warranty, Insured, WCB. Penticton raised 48 years. Free Estimates.

Call Bruce (250)488-2471.

Cobblestone, bricks, driveways, walkways, retaining walls, patios & concrete work, reno’s, decks & fencing, free estimates, excellent ref’s, Edged In Stone, 778-476-1997

FLOORING SALE

6ftx31”wide wooden cupboard/bookcase with glass doors, very heavy, you must pick up, (250)497-8282 Free, window air conditioner, vertical style, (250)497-6232

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Laminates - $0.59/sq ft Engineered - $1.99 sq ft Hardwood - $2.79 sq ft Overnight Delivery in most of BC!

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Meadowvale Construction Reno’s, additions, new construction, bathrooms, tile, roofing & more, over 35 yrs experience, call Mark (250)809-8425

Landscaping Bobcat with operator $55/hour.

(250)488-2471

Moving & Storage FAMILY Movers. Moving?

Anything, anywhere. Local and long distance trips. Packing service available, weekly trips to Vancouver, Alberta, full and partial loads. Cheapest rates in the valley. Free Estimates, 250-493-2687

Painting & Decorating

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

Trails Crew Summer Student (2 positions)

Livestock

10HP 3 phase 220/440 volt Berkley pump, (250)497-7058 Surplus Farm Equip., 32’ Sprayteck boom sprayer, Tjets, $600, 6’ Terra Nova rototiller, $1800, 6’ wide land roller, water filled, $1800, 3 bottom John Deere hydraulic plow, $600, 11’ Brouer 5 gang reel mower, $800, 18’ Calkins skew treader, rotary harrow, $1500, Allis Chalmers PTO hay rake (antique), $300, assorted harrows, assorted sheep fence, 250-498-3094

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Human Resources Department Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen 101 Martin Street, Penticton, B.C. V2A 5J9 Tel: (250) 490-4216 Fax: (250) 492-0063 Email: hr@rdos.bc.ca

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2 Days a Week - Early Mornings

Painting & Reno’s

HERBARIA GARDEN AND LAWN is taking on new customers for garden maint. and weekly lawn care in Penticton.

Call Paul at 250-493-3362.

Miguel Lawns, Grass Cutting, garden clean-up, call (778)476-2227

REGIONAL DISTRICT OKANAGAN-SIMILKAMEEN

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BELCAN

Pets & Livestock

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3 Rooms For $299, 2 Coats Any Colour

Sales

Free Items

Furniture *NEW QUEEN MATTRESS SET* Pillow Top in Plastic. Mfr. Warranty Must Sell $200 ~ (1)(250)870-2562

Stearns & Foster King sized bed, (250)490-3303 Tan colored couch, $375, 6 dark wood & grey wrought iron dining room chairs with dark wood seat, good cond., $50 each, (250)490-9966

Garage Sales 3 family “Yard Sale”. Saturday April 27th 7am - 11am. 662 Wiltse Blvd. No “early birds” please.

GARAGE SALE. Glassware, electronics, books, furniture.

Sat 27th, Sun 28th.

2426 WESTWOOD DR / PENTICTON GARAGE Sale on Sat., Apr 27 from 8am-Noon - 137 Oak Ave, Kaleden (and surrounding homes).

KALEDEN Fire Dept. ANNUAL GARAGE SALE! May 4 2013 8am-12, 303 Lakehill Road, Kaleden. Items in all categories. Food & coffee Multi-family yard sale, Sat & Sun, May 4 & 5, 8am-noon, back alley at 920 Creston Ave., west side of SOEC Osoyoos, Downsizing sale, household furniture, pictures, mountain bike, etc., contact for appointment, (250)689-1105

Sales

EXPERIENCED FULL-TIME SALES PERSON REQUIRED

Automotive or motor sports experience preferred but will train the right applicant. Must be willing to work weekends. Call Darren at 250-770-0404 or send resume to southoa@shaw.ca or apply in person to South Okanagan Auto/Cycle & Marine at Suite 3 - 1031 West Eckhardt Avenue, Penticton.

Home Improvements

Home Improvements

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Merchandise for Sale

Heavy Duty Machinery 204 Excavator + attachments; 2004 gravel box for tandem truck; Palfinger Crane 36 ton, fits tandem truck; 2004 Volvo Loader, Lowbed trailer. Call 250-309-0404 A-STEEL SHIPPING DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS Used 20’40’45’53 in stock.

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

Sets up in one day!

40’ Containers under $2500!

Call Toll Free Also JD 544 & 644 wheel loaders JD 892D LC Excavator Ph. 1-866-528-7108 Delivery BC and AB www.rtccontainer.com SCRAP PAPPY Will pay cash for oversized scrap steel, cats, yarders, saw mill equipment, farm equipment, etc. All insurance in place to work on your property. 250-260-0217

Misc. for Sale AT LAST! An iron filter that works. IronEater! Fully patented Canada/U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manganese. Since 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions online at; www.bigirondrilling.com or Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON.

Merchandise for Sale

New Reese adjustable tow bar, $85, 2 X-Box’s w/4 games, $125, (250)493-0045 SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSaw mills.com/400OT or call 1-800566-6899 Ext:400OT. STEEL BUILDING - Blowout clearance sale! 20x22 $4,188.

25x26 $4,799. 30x34 $6,860.

32x44 $8,795. 40x50 $12,760.

47x74 $17,888. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800668-5422. Or visit us online at: www.pioneersteel.ca STEEL BUILDINGS/metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-4572206 or visit us online at www.crownsteelbuildings.ca WANTED: Vintage paintings, postcards, fishing rods, reels, tackle, old knives, Native baskets, old guns, saddles & gun rigs, military medals, pocket watches, etc. Silver & gold coins. Honest & Confidential!

Cash Paid!

250-308-7342, 250-260-8069

Misc. Wanted True Coin Collector Looking to Purchase Collections, Accumulations, Olympic Gold and Silver coins, Bills + Not melting down, Serious Collector. Call: Coin Couple 1-250-499-0251

Musical Instruments

Apt/Condo for Rent

Homes for Rent

1bdrm, $700+util., 2bdrm, $825 incl. cable, + util., adult/senior oriented, clean, quiet, cat ok, 250-492-7328

3 BDRM upstairs fenced yard, share utilities. $899 OBO. Long term only. On Hansen street.

Reference needed.

250-487-0268

Real Estate

2 BR Condo DT Penticton, newly reno’d, clean quiet Adult Bldg np/ns, avail May 1. $775 + util; 1yr lse. 250-770-2003 FURNISHED or un-furnished apt’s for rent in Princeton Avail. now, need excellent ref’s & DD. No pets. $450 & up.

Call 250-295-1006 leave a message.

Acreage for Sale

Spacious 1bdrm, freshly painted, across from Skaha Beach, laminate floors, avail immed., $750, 250-492-6718

6.44 acres Arrow Lakes Area, well & road to site for trailer $96,600. 250-269-7328 Pic’s email selkirk8@telus.net

Commercial/ Industrial

For Sale By Owner

1300sqft, Downtown Penticton, 462 Main St., parking in front & back, 250-460-2499

3 bedroom home with full basement on 1/3 acre, great location, tool shed & sharpening shop (will train),carport + garage, $385,000, 1288 Lyon St., Penticton, (250)493-9320 ******* OKHomeseller.com View Okanagan properties for sale by owner. Selling? No Commission. 250-545-2383, 1-877-291-7576 PRIME LAKEVIEW LOTS from $140,000. www.orlandoprojects.com Also: 1 precious 3 acre parcel, owner financing. 250-558-7888

IN PENTICTON

We have lots available for new Mfg. Homes in an adult Park in Penticton.

Walking distance to shopping, banks, and restaurants.

All amenities.

250-493-6751 Lots NOVA SCOTIA’S Eastern Shore. Waterfront Lots for Sale Excellent Climate Near the Atlantic Ocean. Three Bedroom House for Sale or Rent Visit us online at: www.sawmilllanding.com or waterfront@bellaliant.net, call 1-902-522-2343 or 1-902-3284338.

Mobile Homes & Parks RETIRE IN Beautiful Southern BC, Brand New Park. Affordable Housing. COPPER RIDGE. Manufactured Home Park, New Home Sales. Keremeos, BC. Spec home on site to view. Please call 250-4627055. www.copperridge.ca

Recreational FOR SALE: Beachfront lot, on OK lake. Westside rd. Leased land. 250-549-3377.

Rentals Apt/Condo for Rent 1 & 2 bdrm, newly reno’d suites. Secured access, util incl, near hospital, bus route and close to all amenities, n/p, n/s 250-938-3626

For Sale By Owner

For Sale By Owner Executive Home in Princeton

$399,900.00

250-295-2415

Rentals

Sporting Goods

Guitars, amplifiers, drums, keyboards, band & string instruments, music books & access., music lessons, sales & rentals, Skaha Sound, 51 Nanaimo Ave. E, 250-492-4710

147 Tulameen Trail Princeton, BC V0X 1W0

Rentals

25th Anniversary Deals at Weber & Markin Gunsmiths The Best Little Gunshop Around 4-1691 Powick Rd Kel 250-762-7575 Tue-Sat 10-6 facebook.com/WeberMarkin DUFFERIN Pool Table & All Accessories (Lights, Score Board, Cues, Rack, Pictures, Bar) A must see! $1,800. Call Ed at 250-762-2576 Swagman 2 bike hitch type rack, $135, (250)770-0991

Houses For Sale Golf Clubs, w/ bag & balls, used twice, $150, Shaw PVR, $100, Debbie Travis stand up bath cabinet, never used, $60. (250)-462-6275

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3 bdrm, 2.5 bath w/bonus room above the 22x26 oversized garage/ workshop. Interior completely repainted, gas fireplace, formal dining room and large kitchen.

Paved parking for 5 vehicles plus RV parking. Fully landscaped with underground irrigation and mature shrubs. Enjoy the fully fenced backyard on the large deck. 10x10 garden shed, new gas furnace/air conditioner and exterior paint in Sept. 2012.

485 Warren Ave E, 2345 sq.ft., high profile corner building, shop, new lighting, new offices, 3 phase power, 10x10 overhead door, shop w/ 1 tonne center pole jib crane, etc. Pent. (250)490-9016, dana@trucktransformer.com Downtown offices, newly reno’d, 200sqft, $200/mo., 300sqft, $250/mo., 416sqft, $320/mo., + HST, call 778476-6026 PRIME Commercial Spaces: 2300sqft. in busy Plaza, ample parking, also 770sqft., in OK Market for food-related retail business, Barb 250-492-6319

Duplex / 4 Plex 3bdrm, all appl., ref’s req., top half of duplex, no yard, $1000/mo., (250)498-2737 KEREMEOS $675/MONTH 10 YR OLD 2 BEDROOMS PLUS LARGE LAUNDRY. SENIORS GROUND FLOOR UNIT WITH SMALL FENCED YARD. 5 APP & GAS FIREPLACE. 250-499-6051 Newly reno’d 2bd West Kel. unit Avail. June 1st Can walk to shops, bus,schools & rec centre , 5 appls, incl new w/d.

A/C. 1 level. Free prkng NS, NP.$900 + utils, 250-767-6330

Apt/Condo for Rent

4BDRM lakeview home in Oyama. 5appl, huge deck. $1500/mo. (250)540-7961 Save 40-50% of your rent Own your own home!

With as low as $0 down.

Call today 250-809-5004 Charlie Brooks

Royal LePage Locations West

Recreation For rent 2 cabins and 2 lots.

50x100 on Okanagan Lake Avail. now. 1-604-794-3318

Suites, Lower 1bdrm daylight basement, close to Wiltse Elem. Sch., N/S, N/P, prefer mature responsible person, ref’s req., $650 incl. util., (250)493-5630 1bdrm furnished beautifully reno’d suite, secure access, util. incl., near two malls, ns, np, adult/senior oriented, short term possible, $675/mo., (778)476-7849 HIGHLAND motel suites avail now, no pets. 1140 Burnaby Ave., 250-809-1253 Oyama: Lrg 2bdrm basement suite, N/S, N/P. $1000/mo.

Jerry 250-549-0224

Suites, Upper 2bdrm suite in quiet neighbourhood, prefer mature working person, ns, np, $800/mo., (util. incl.), call 250-493-3428

Townhouses Adult Oriented, Twhse rancher in Penticton, beautifully upgraded, 2Br/2ba, oak flr in living & dining area, tiled & carpets, 5appl., central AC, patio, garage, no yd maint., NS, NP, long term lease pref., $1170+util., avail. June 30, 250-496-5267, 250-770-1790

Apt/Condo for Rent MONDAY - FRIDAY

Front Street Realty Property Management #2 Front St., Penticton, B.C.

250-492-2233 ASK FOR DEBBIE

APARTMENTS /CONDO’S

132 POWER STREET............................................ $900.00 2 bed, completely reno., fr/st, incl. utilities. Ground floor. Avail. NOW 246 HASTINGS ..................................................... $1100.00 2 bed, 2 bath corner unit, 5 appl. Avail. MAY 1

REALTY EXECUTIVES VANTAGE APARTMENTS: $550

Bach suite, 3rd floor, f,s, coin-op laundry, west facing balcony, elevator. Avail. May 4th (EFR301) $725 1 or 2 bdrm 55+ 1 bath, f, s includes heat and hot /$795 water and cable. Avail. NOW (WT 105/306)

HOUSES: $1300 Near Skaha Beach, 2 + 1 bdrm, 2 bath, carport, large yard, deck, 1 year lease req’d. Pet on approval. Avail. June 1 (H561)

TOWNHOUSES: $950

3 bdrm + den twnhse, 1.5 bath, f, s, common green area space, close to schools and bus, no pets, no smoking.

Avail. NOW (Th480) $1200 Near Pen Hi and downtown, end unit in tri-plex, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, laminate floors, wood fp, 3 appl. Avail. June 1 (OT581) Prospective tenants must complete an application form at:

280 MAIN STREET, PENTICTON, B.C. V2A 5B2 PHONE: 250-493-4372 - www.rentalspenticton.com Only qualified applicants will be contacted.

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Legal Notices

Legal Notices

C I T Y PA G E THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PENTICTON 171 Main Street Penticton, B.C. V2A 5A9 250-490-2400 (phone) 250-490-2402 (fax) web page: <www.penticton.ca>

LEASE OF PROPERTIES PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 26(3) of the Community Charter that the City of Penticton intends to renew a Lease over the 4.123 ac. of agricultural land within the KVR Trail Right of Way adjacent to the King Family Farms Ltd., property near 895 Carder Rd. for a period of 5 years with a 5 year renewal option at market rate of $4,733 per year plus property taxes and annual CPI adjustments.

Any person, who wishes to comment on the proposed Lease, may appear in person or by agent, the evening of the Regular Council meeting on Monday, May 6, 2013 at 6:00 p.m., or submit a petition or written comments to the Corporate Officer prior to the meeting. Those persons with special hearing, language or access needs should contact City Hall at 490-2400 prior to the meeting.

The proposed disposition and supporting documentation may be inspected at the office of the Land Administrator, located at 171 Main Street, Penticton, B.C. between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, excluding holidays, up to and including Monday, May 6, 2013.

PHASED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT BYLAW 2013-10, 450 MARTIN STREET PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held at 6:00 p.m. Monday, May 6, 2013 at Penticton City Hall, 171 Main Street, Penticton, B.C. to consider Phased Development Agreement Amendment Bylaw 2013-10 to amend Phased Development Agreement Bylaw 2009-66 as follows: ■ Amend Recital “A” to reflect the consolidation of the lots into Lot A, District Lots 4 and 202, Group 7, SDYD, Plan KAP90148 (450 Martin St.).

■ Amend under heading Phasing of the Development as follows: • Item #13 from required commencement date from five years from the date of adoption of the Zoning Amendment Bylaw to eight years from the date of adoption of the Zoning Amendment Bylaw; and • Item #14, change the required commencement date from ten years from the date of adoption of the Zoning Amendment Bylaw to thirteen years from the date of adoption of Zoning Amendment Bylaw.

Phased Development Agreement Bylaw 2009-66 outlines a four phase construction plan.

The developer, P2 Developments Inc., is proposing to construct three towers consisting of residential units, a hotel and offices atop a three storey podium containing a parkade, retail and grocery store.

ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW 2013-12 711 CREEKSIDE ROAD PUBLIC NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held at 6:00 p.m. Monday, May 6, 2013 at Penticton City Hall, 171 Main Street, Penticton, B.C. to consider Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 2013-12 to amend Zoning Bylaw 2011-23 as follows: Rezone Lot 5, District Lot 249, SDYD, Plan 1491, Except Plan 11107 located at 711 Creekside Rd. from R2 (Small Lot Residential) to RD2 (Duplex Housing: Lane).

The developer is proposing to subdivide the property and create two duplex lots with the intent of constructing a duplex on each lot.

TEMPORARY USE PERMIT - 1102 BURNABY AVENUE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Council will consider a Temporary Use Permit respecting Lot 1, District Lot 366, SDYD, Plan 8595, Except Plan 25494 located at 1102 Burnaby Avenue, Penticton, B.C. at its Regular Meeting scheduled for Monday, May 6, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. at Penticton City Hall, 171 Main Street, Penticton The applicant has applied for the Temporary Use Permit to operate a seasonal pay parking lot from May 1, 2013 to October 31, 2013.

Any person whose property may be affected by the above Bylaws or Permit may appear in person, or by agent, the evening of the Regular Council meeting, or submit a petition or written comments to the Corporate Officer prior to the meeting. Delegations and Submissions will be received no later than 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 6, 2013 to Attention: Corporate Officer, City of Penticton, 171 Main Street, Penticton, B.C. V2A 5A9; Email: publichearings@ penticton.ca. No letter, report or representation from the public will be received by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Please note that all submissions are a matter of public record. Those persons with special hearing, language or access needs should contact City Hall at 250-490-2400 prior to the meeting.

The proposed Bylaws, Permit and supporting documentation may be inspected between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, up to and including Monday, May 6, 2013, in the offices of Development Services and Corporate Administration at Penticton City Hall, 171 Main Street, Penticton; Penticton Public Library (hours vary), 785 Main Street, Penticton and the Penticton Community Centre, 325 Power Street, Penticton or online at http://www.penticton.ca/EN/meta/city-news/latest-news.html.

Anthony Haddad Director of Development Services

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Used Tires, Huge Selection of used tires and wheels in stock.

We might have what you need. Prices vary according to size and quality. Starting at $25.00. Call us or drop in to Larsens Excel 555 Okanagan Ave East 250-492-5630 Penticton

2001 Hyundai Sonata, 4dr, auto, a/c, exc. cond. in/out, $1950, call 250-770-1813

Auto Financing

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1-800-961-7022

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Cars - Sports & Imports 1997 Subaru Impreza, 2 door, 197,000 kms, $4000, 250-4626275

Motorcycles 2003 Honda Shadow ACE, Harley Replica, rare, 750cc, custom paint, 25,000 kms, mint, cobra pipes, new tires, must see, $5500, 778-4762046 2007 Honda Shadow Spirit, red, mint, cobra pipes, new tires, 10,000 kms, 750 cc, $4500, 778-476-2046

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Transportation

Sport Utility Vehicle

Tenders

1995 Pontiac Sunrunner, 4x4, 16 valve front and rear receiver hitches, cd player, no rust, runs great, $3000 obo, (250)496-5486

LAND PARCEL sale by tender SW 17-28-29W1 RM of Shell River, MB. 80 acres. hay/pasture/bush for farm/recreation/acreage. Highest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. Closes May, 17, 2013.

Call 204-937-7054 (Roy).

2003 Toyota 4 Runner Limited, 275,000 km hwy miles.

V8, FT 4 Wheel Drive, leather, full option load inc sun roof.

All options work, no cd changer. Clean interior, motor and drive train excellent.

Well maintained, $9000. In Penticton. call 250-462-4441 2010 GMC Train, 4dr, 70K, extended warranty, new tires. $20,000 obo. 250-275-7683

Recreational/Sale

Trucks & Vans

1993 Travelaire Rustler 23ft Fifth Wheel. Exc cond, roof air, fridge, freezer, stove, microwave shower in bathroom, new furnace & water heater. $4500 obo. 1-250-541-0236 2002 34ft Dutchstar Motorhome, Class “A,” 2 slides, Ford V10, walk-around queen bed, 41,496 miles, $43,500, (250)485-8089, Oliver 2004 Nash 22N Trailer, queen air, tv, micro, new cond, heated tanks $9450. 250-549-3081 2008 Windsport Motorhome, as new condition. V10 Triton.

3slideouts, full body paint, auto leveling, etc. $85,000 obo. (250)260-8999 Immaculate 38’ 2007 Paradise Point 5th Wheel, 4 slide outs, fireplace, sliding glass doors between kitchen & LR, maple finish, Queen bed, a/c, washer/dryer combo, fridge/freezer, Onan gen, spare tire, $75,000 new, used 9 months, asking $44,900, call 778-476-4738 Westland RV Manufacturing, from custom building to major repairs, insurance claims and renovations, free estimates, reasonable rates, seniors discounts available, for all your RV needs, call 250-493-7445

1970 Chev half ton, 2/wheel dr. good shape $2000 OBO 493-4934

Scrap Car Removal ARMOUR TOWING Scrap Removal,Will meet or beat all competitors pricing, 250-801-4199

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1985 Chev 1-ton w/dump box $2800 493-4934 2006 E-350 Cargo Van, 124K, roof rack, air/cruise/tilt, $9,800.obo 1 (250)307-0002

LOWERED ‘93 SIERRA 2wd, 350ci, automatic, 2 door, extended cab, short box. Power windows & locks. Custom grille, tail lights & paint. 230,000km.

Ready for Spring! $3,900.

(Kelowna) Phone Derek: 250-718-4969

Adult Escorts BEACH BUNNIES Be Spoiled At Kelowna’s Only 5 Star Men’s Spa #32-2789 Hwy 97 Blue Heights www.beachbunnies.ca 250-448-8854 MALE 4 Male Erotic Massage $95, waxing, intimate grooming & skin care. Winfield, 9-9 Daily 250-766-2048 Vernon’s Best! Lily 24, Danielle 27, Candice 21, Venus 20.

Short notice appointments. For your safety & comfort, in/out 250-307-8174.

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Utility Trailers 16ft Open deck car/utility trailer, $2000, (250)488-2471 20ft RV frame trailer, $400, (250)488-2471

Boats 1989 20’ Aqua Star Bowrider with trailer, 350 inboard/outboard GREAT Shape $8500, (250)488-2471 Canoe, new paddles, excellent condition, $300, 778-476-2046

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